Carnegie Offer to Fund Education Draws Quiet Backlash
Washington reports Andrew Carnegie offered to donate ten million six hundred thousand dollars in bonds of the United States Steel Corp for higher education. Roosevelt seeks to keep the proposal private to avoid acrimonious congressional debate and possible anti trust clashes. Some Republican leaders advise Carnegie withdraw to spare the president embarrassment and avoid a government conjoined with a steel firm.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Congress
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Steel Company
Steel Corporation
House
Senate
Mr. Carnegie
MY. Gummepte
Peonitout
Alx
Cathege
Five Teams Push In Six Day Race At Madison Square Garden
The six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden grows more tense as five teams push hard and sprinters cling to small gaps. Riders use strychnine tablets to combat exhaustion while officials reconcile disputed laps as the 102nd hour marks a high pace and 1,847 points in the lead.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
McEachern
Walthour
Ifaiman
McHachern
Fisher
Chevalier
Ac Bo
Poison to her mother confesses by 11 year old in Syracuse
Dec 13 Syracuse report: Julia Barpely 11, under arrest for attempting to poison her mother Mrs. Lewis Badgely with powders given by her father who urged spying and threatened violence. Julia admits pouring powder in tea. Mrs. Badgely to recover. Earlier, Boston man Michael Quinn commits suicide after robbery losses. Vienna proposes pre marriage medical exams. Kokomo sleighing party railroad crash kills Frank Keiffer and injures others.
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Fied
Ier
Syracuse
Julia Barpely
Lewis Badgely
W. W. Jamieson
Badgely
Notifiea
Jnna Badgely
Julia
Mrrs. Badgely
Kokomo
Ind
Frank Keiffer
Mutual Hatred Between Argentina and Chile Intensifies
War rumors rise as Argentina and Chile trade accusations over Terra Del Fuego neutrality, Magellan Straits fortifications, and naval buildup. Washington signals willingness to mediate if both nations desire, with Argentine minister Garica Meron stressing caution and readiness to help restore peace. Argentina deposits £2,000,000 in London to cover debt coupons as tensions persist in Buenos Aires.
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Washington
South America
State Department
W. P. Gord
Argentina
Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Terra del Fuego
Straits of Magellan
United States
Sam
Phil
Senor
Garica Meron
Hay
Phe
Ony
Hach
Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Tex
Argentina Republic
Sinatigga de Chile
Great Britain
London
Holy Ghosters Trial Shocks Maine Town
In Auburn Maine on December 13 an elderly woman, Mrs. Maria Lombard, lies critically ill after icy baptisms by the Holy Ghosters of the Sandfordite sect. Relatives and local doctors urge proper care while sect followers resist medicine, sparking police action and threats of jail for a church elder. The case draws regional attention to their medicine ban and alleged interference.
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Kile
Maine
Auburn
Holy Ghost
Us Society
Maria Lombard
Androscoggin
Harry Hackett
Lombard
Sandford
Sanford
Shiloh
Union Traction Company Refuses Arbitration in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 18, the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees and the Philadelphia Street Railway Employees union declared that Union Traction Co would not arbitrate disputes with workers. An open meeting of minotormen and conductors is set for next Tuesday to vote on strike action. Grievances call for a 1 hour day with 30 cents, fully vestibuled cars, and reinstatement of all discharged workers since July for activity in this movement.
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Union Traction Company of
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Philadelphia Street Railway Employees’ Union
Minotormen
Spanish treaty claims total 494 cases worth $60 million
Washington reports Chandler, chair of the Spanish treaty claims commission, says 494 claims filed totaling $60,158,878. He urges ample provision for defense of the government and authority to punish false swearing abroad. London dispatch notes severe English storm damage with deep snow and telegraph and telephone outages.
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Paris
Washington
Chandler
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Senare Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
United States
London
England
Birmingham
Yale Coaches Face System Change For Consistency
Contends Yale football lacks unified coaching with Strathern as head coach and a single instructor for the season. criticizes multiple coaches causing inconsistent training, cites Weymouth case and calls for board learning aided by the blackboard to reduce risk and improve performance.
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Yale
A. Tt. Sharpe
Davenport Church
Strathern
Weymouth
Instanes
Sharpe
Eye Blown Out By Premature Dynamite Blast
Meriden, December 13. Supt. G. Inglis of the Meriden Golf Club was struck in the face by a premature dynamite explosion while blasting rock on the golf grounds yesterday afternoon. The left eye was completely destroyed and his condition is serious though officials expect recovery. Inglis, a well known figure among state golfers, came to Meriden from Poughkeepsie, New York, last spring where he served as greens keeper for Duchess County club.
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Meriden
G. AL
Tuglis
Meriden Golf Club
Inglis
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Duchess County Club
Canadian Textile Price List From a 19th Century Ad
A compact catalog of fabrics and garments listing French Flannelette and other flannels with color options and yard prices. Items include Comet Flannel, Extra Heavy Comet Flannel, Colton Flannel, All Wool Dress Flannel, various French Flannel colors, Fancy Jess Plaids, Figured Cretonne, Figured Denim, Cortin Maslin, and Children and Ladies nightwear, with Thursday sale prices and yardage details.
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Lowney
Morton
Pruges
Bars of Corp
Naugatuck Grocery Company
Main Street
W. Hi. Miner
J. S. Sullivan
Nes
Dyevening
Intex Ganees
Vass
Kapermal
Mabe Sco Glepane
Ming Potka Academy
St Veredia
Ppystiint
Truss Masonce
Colt and
Exatine Ourliivalor Rabice Phegaatis
Truss
Nalgaiuck Dri CO
Pole Maeniss
MR Carnegie
Hopservelt
Dinton
Kui
WWEW
Bonnie
Ry the
Bonine
Lola Ila Bouine
Charles 4. Douglass
Ayres
Clearast
Avre
Bho
Boston
Mass
Michael Quinn
Franklin Field
Quinn
Vienna
Reichsrath
Uncle Sam
the Holy Ghosters
Sage
A. M. Sharpe
Quincy
Perley G. Ashley
Brockton
Jesse James
Leroy Thorpe
Ashley
Thorpe
Cambridge
Allston Grammar School
Boardman Street
Floyd
Broadway Baptist Church
Gately & Brennan
Credit Clothiers
Center St
Winterdis Conn
GEM Opera House
Alice Kellar
PRI
Brooklyn
Morris
Greenburg’s
Wyon
Naugatuck
Colton
Cortin Maslin
M. Freedman
N. F. P. Hansen
Bank Street
Waterbury
Conn
Taylo
Post Office
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