Haiti’s Coup Elevates Legitime as Alexis Flees to French Ship
Nord Alexis has been deposed and seeks safety aboard the French training ship Duguay Trouin in Port au Prince. General Legitime is proclaimed president as General Simon leads an insurgent army toward the capital, amid chaotic crowd violence and French intervention.
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Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Duguay Trouin
Port Au Princes
Antoine Simon
Legitime
Alexis
Laval
M. Carteron
Fouchard
Simon
Firmin
Menos
General Legitime
Dynamite Blasts Try Rechanneling Arkansas River at Pine Bluff
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on December 3 the Boyd's Point area at the river bend was demolished with dynamite. The aim is to alter the Arkansas current so it hits further downstream, away from costly riverbank structures endangered by recent cavings.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Boyd
Anthony Shapiro
Dickson City
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Jenkins Trust President Acquitted? No, Guilty Verdict Stuns Brooklyn
John G. Jenkins Jr former president of the Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn was found guilty by a Brooklyn Supreme Court jury ofappropriating fifty thousand dollars of trust funds for his own use. The Dec 3 verdict follows his prior position at the Brooklyn firm.
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Jenkins
New York
John G. Jenkins, Jr
The
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Chinese View Of US Japan Pact Shocks Pekin Officials
In Pekin the accord with the United States and Japan causes surprise and caution. Officials doubt a solution to China's crisis while praising restraint and warning against discrimination in favor of Japan. Tang Shao Yi heads to the US to push plans. Tokyo reports mourning reductions for legations.
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Pekin
Li Lien Ying
Prince Chun
United States
Pacific
Japan
China
Ao Osnah Oon
Amoy
Sunshine Whis
Tang Shao Yi
Tokio
Russia
How and Why the Standard Oil Trust Was Liquidated
John D. Archbold testified in the federal suit to dissolve Standard Oil detailing the trust’s liquidation from 1892 to 1899 under Ohio court orders. He said only about percent of certificates were converted to subsidiary stock as small holders held on for market value. He noted Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was chosen as holding company due to New Jersey laws favorable to corporations.
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New York
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil
Pany
Archbold
Ohio Supreme Court
Standard of Company of
Found New Tribe in Dutch Guiana Described by Expedition Leader
Lieutenant Wy mans reports a strange tribe in Dutch Guiana with a self made language. The group, encountered after marching from the Surinam river boundary, appears to be descendants of escaped slaves and shows a mix of Dutch Portuguese and English words.
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New York
Ro TS Wymans
Dutch Guiana
South America
Surinam
Wymans
Japanese Reaction to New Diplomatic Notes
Tokyo observers split over the exchanged notes between Japan and the United States. Some opposition papers criticize the approach on emigration and naturalization, while leading papers and statesmen hail the agreement as a major diplomatic advance.
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Tokio
Japan
Feud Reignites With Deadly Duel in Arden Oklahoma
In Arden Oklahoma on December 3 Luther Ford twelve was shot and killed William Hallow fatally shot and Policeman Smith Red man seriously injured when John Foshee tried to shoot Ball lew with a shotgun Foshee is jailed The feud traces to a year earlier when Hallow killed Foshee’s brother in a street duel and the conflict escalated into this fatal exchange.
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Arden
Okla
Luther Ford
William Hallow
Smith Redman
John Foshee
Ballew
Foshee
Hallow
Woman Shot Dead in Greenville Home
Neighbors gathered after pistol shots found Mrs George Gilmore dead at her Greenville Mississippi residence. Boarder Sharley, husband of the deceased, admits the killing by the separated wife’s spouse.
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Greenville
Miss
George Gilmore
Sharley
Gilmore
Foley's Orino Laxative Cure Cites Chronic Constipation Relief
D Knoefel advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a remedy for chronic constipation and liver stimulation. It claims the product regulates bowels to set naturally, reducing the need for ongoing purgatives.
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Foley
Orino
D. Knoefel
Rent Recepts at AAA Incomplete OCR Note
Fragmentary OCR from a local page notes rent receipts at AAA. Gorm appears in a damaged line about traffic or activities, but details are unreadable.
Marked For Death Cured By Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs A Q Williams of Bath, Kentucky credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a grave yard cough that lasted three years. She reports losing 58 pounds before recovery and praises the medicine as the world’s healing remedy for coughs and lung diseases. Sold with a guarantee at Obbs Drug Store, 50 cents and one dollar. Trial bottle free.
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King
QO. Williams
Bac, Ky
Pneumonis
Kuocefel
Indiana Takes Stock Honors at International Livestock Exposition
Fyvie Knight, a Purdue University bred Angus steer, earned the royal purple badge at the Dexter Park arena in Chicago. Purdue herdsman Dick Hamer, number 560, guided the 1610 pound champion bought from Milton Foss of Boroughs Indiana. The Hoosiers also won substantial cash prizes and a solid gold medal for Hamer.
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Chicago
Dick Hamer
Purdue University
Milton Foss
Boroughs
Ind
Fyvie Knight
Exposition Association
Negro Assaults Woman Near Seymour Station
In Seymour Indiana a strange negro assaulted Mrs. Harrold Daunt on a road two miles south of town. She was left unconscious, choked, and struck on the forehead before regaining consciousness and seeking help. A posse pursues and the suspect was tracked from Chestnut Ridge to Crothersville heading south toward Jeffersonville amid rising tensions.
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Seymour
Ind
Harrold Daunttell
Chestnut Ridge
Crothersville
Jeffersonville
Gary Threatened by Fire Tears Through Proshack House
Flames swept the Proshack department house in Gary Indiana at 3 a.m. in a fierce gale with no city fire department. The 7000 square foot frame building valued at $10 000 housed seventy occupants who fled in scant attire. Several volunteers jumped from second story windows suffering sprains and injuries while firefighters saved nearby structures.
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Gary
Ind
Bremen Remonstrance Signatures to Be Proved on Special Train
In Laporte Indiana on December 3 the dry majority plans a special forty mile train to Bremen to verify signatures on the remonstrance that drove out saloons. Judge Tuthill ruled that each individual signature must be proved, as the war over the vote continues.
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Laporte
Ind
Bremen
Tuthill
Brakeman Burroughs Killed Between Coal Cars
John Burroughs twenty a Lafayette resident from a prominent family died when bumpers on two coal cars closed on him during coupling at West Point ten miles west of Lafayette. He was unmarried and the incident happened on the Wabash railroad.
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Lafayette
Ind
John Burroughs
Clayton Burroughs
North End
West Point
Here
Mystery of a Charred Stump in Indiana
In a burned maple stump on Henry Wolford’s Otis area farm charred human bones are found. Prosecutor Smith is notified and police investigate. John Kowenski a farmer and employee vanished after a Nov. 22 coon hunt.
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Laporte
Ind
Henry Wolford
Otis
Smith
John Kowenski
Einoes
Pyramid Pile Cure Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a fast remedy carried by all druggists. It claims long cures after weeks, urges purchases at once, and offers mail orders with a trial package for fifty cents. It asserts testimonials and invites readers to avoid surgery or hospitals.
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Warerall Mich
Costs to governor and postal abuses in second class mails
The fiscal year cost to the governor for free departmental and congressional mailings was 42.544 million dollars, plus 57 million for uncompensated handling of second class matter. Abuses include premiums for subscriptions and bulk sales to institutions. The money order system reportedly yields a $500,000 surplus over expenses.
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Washinc
Maddox Elected Mayor of Atlanta in Close Race
Robert F Maddox wins the mayoralty after a tight contest in Atlanta. The telegram notes an exciting election result amid local civic focus.
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Robert F. Maddox
Atlanta
Carslisle Indians
Nebraska State University
Marsh claims to locate Gunness helper Jennie Olson in Illinois
Ira Marsh of Oglesby Illinois reports to Sheriff Smutzer that he has found Mrs Belle Gunness and Jennie Olson, foster daughter and alleged victim, and will reveal them when paid the believed reward. He says Gunness arrived in Oglesby last May and joined a man who accompanied the supposed Gunness to the Gunness farm on July 9 per Lamphere trial witnesses. The woman Marsh thinks is Jennie Olson reportedly now marries the companion from that visit.
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Laporte
Ind
Ira Marsh
Oglesby
Smutzer
Belle Gunness
Jennie Olson
Brownsville Becomes Dry After Century of Saloons
Brownsville Indiana marks a milestone as Union county declares dry with the license of F P Dye and D Crosby expired. Brownsville, historic county seat, ends its era without a saloon for the first time, following a remonstrance victory by 28 votes.
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Brownsville
Ind
F. P. Dye
D. Crosby
Liberty
Union County
Hepburn Eyes Fight for Seat in Congress Amid Liquor Debates
Washington dispatch notes Iowa Republican Pete Hepburn plans to contest a Democratic win based on irregularities. The veteran congressman, 75, chairs the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and helped craft railroad rate legislation. Also covered are potential omission of the inaugural ball, U.S. Cuba policy, Prohibition efforts in D C, and ongoing Interstate Commerce Commission duties on railroads and rate disputes.
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Congress
Cuba
Washington
Pete Hepburn
Iowa
Hepburn
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Pete
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Commission
Murder and forgery basis of indictment in Illinois
Dr. B F Brayfield of Mulkeytown Illinois is indicted for murder and forgery in the deaths of his wife and Reuben F Parrish and for attempts to collect life insurance from fraternal orders. Parrish, an Illinois Central agent, died March 11 after Brayfield treated him. Brayfield then issued a natural death certificate for Parrish and for Mrs Brayfield. Brayfield sought insurance payouts totaling 3000 with policies from Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen. A bench warrant issued after indictment. bail requested. Mrs Parrish is in Sparta Illinois.
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Ilinois Central Railway
Mulkeytown
Parrish
Brayfield
Creighton
Isham Harrison
America
Rumors of Gigantic Uprising in India Revealed
British officers in Vancouver report details of a planned uprising against British rule in India. Outrages are said to be occurring at scattered points to scatter troops, with a major action planned in April at Amritsar. Arms stockpiled in districts from modern Japanese manufacture. artillery reportedly scarce.
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Vancouver
Pacific Coast
India
Amritzar
Japan
Telephone Cases Postponed In Toledo Court
Rumors of an early trial in the United States Telephone company versus the Bell system injunction suit to halt independents joining Bell are unfounded. Judge Robert W. Tayter's circuit court hearing, set for Friday, was postponed indefinitely at Bell interests request to prepare their defense.
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Toledo
United States Telephone Company
Independents
Bell System
Bell
Robert W. Tayter
United States Circuit Court
Frise
Papers for Sale at This Office Ten Cents Each Hundred
Classified notice announces Queensland papers available for purchase at the office at ten cents per hundred. Reads like a short sale pitch with exact pricing and ready for readers to buy bundles.
Presence of Mind In an Unpleasant Situation
Agostino Polidori, great grandfather of Dante Rosset, recounts a Paris scene during the 1780 Bastille siege. A powdered wig maker handed him a sword and cried to fight for the country. He fled the moment and offloaded the weapon to an unarmed passerby.
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Agostino Polidori
Dante Gabriel Rosset
Polidori
Paris
Palais Royal
Market Quotations and Medicine Adgment Report
Indianapolis grain and Livestock market quotations for wheat hogs cattle and lambs with receipts and price ranges from Cincinnati Chicago and New York. The piece also includes an advertisement for Biestis Bittere claiming relief for malaria stomach complaints and a money back guarantee from Chas D Kocefel's drug store.
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Indianapolis
Cormin
Timothy
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France
Chigfse
Sion
Joun D. Archbold
Rom Cok
Indiana
Hoosier State
Purdue
Fyvie
Purdue Agricultural Station
Dexter Park Arena
Postoffice Department
Hoaree
D. Knopfel
Charles W. Arthur
Washington Street
Jonk
Havana
Uncle Sam
Liberal Party
Roosevelt
Anti-saloon League
District of Columbia
Senate
Excise Board
Illinois
Qld
Ofice
Cincinnatil
Walliday
Ark Electric
Chas. D. Kocefel
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