President Roosevelt's Message Sparks Federal Reform Debate
Washington dec 4 public interest swelled as president roosevelts message urged stronger federal control of interstate commerce a national incorporation act and licensing for railways it called for publication of accounts stricter anti trust enforcement and currency reform including emergency currency measures. Speaker Cannon expanded the banking and currency committee and democratic caucus leaders in the senate named culberson mccreary and Owen.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Roosevelt
Soncerna
House
Cannon
Committee On Banking and Currency
Fowler
New Jersey
Senate
C. A. Culberson
Texas
McCreary
Kentucky
Owen
Oklahoma
Final report of Oliver grand jury exposes graft in San Francisco
The Oliver grand jury, after meeting 100 days with 95 sessions and returning 4417 indictments against 47 people, disclosed a vast graft network involving municipal affairs and the public utilities. It cites police protection for vice, corruption by city leaders, perjury, and widespread police connivance with criminals.
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San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
Coffee
All Fame Trust
Anonher
Panic Hits Constantinople as US Banking Crisis Sparks Failure
Financial tremors rise in Stamboul amid US monetary turmoil causing a large American bank to suspend operations. Liabilities top $1,000,000 with assets reduced. several local firms affected until the Ottoman Bank intervened to avert a wider collapse.
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Constantinople
United States
Stamboul
Several Jim Crow bills head Oklahoma legislature
The Oklahoma legislature sees multiple Jim Crow bills introduced while the nation faces varied market and political shifts. The report notes the Chicago wheat market’s dip amid a surge of gold power cables and wheat supply, and Eaton-linked wage and currency debates occupy the public record.
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Oklahoma
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Allen Thomas
United States
Venezuela
Cleveland
Waveland
Miss
New York Stock Exchange
Garner
Texas
Southern Steel Company
Birmingham
Ala
Digestive claims at lunch counters spark health ad
A health article criticizes lunch counter eating habits and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It urges proper digestion for success and happiness, then sells the 50 cent tablets with a free sample offer. Zacharias Weddell, a Benton township farmer, is rumored cremated in his barn during a cattle rescue attempt, leaving a wife and four children.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bsq
Marshall, Midh
Goshen
Ind
Zacharias Weddell
Benton Township
Weddell
Japan Envoy Aoki Says He Will Return Home for Consultations
Viscount Aoki, Japanese ambassador, states he will return to discuss immigration and other joint U S matters verbally with his government. He emphasizes no sign of strain or unfriendly relations and expects a satisfactory immigration resolution, though his precise plans remain undecided.
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Japan
United States
State Department
Aoki
Department
Twenty Five Bodies Recovered After Namol Mine Explosion
Pittsburg Dec 4 After a search of all but one entry of the Namol mine near Fayette City United Coal Co officials announced twenty five bodies recovered from a black damp explosion Sunday night. Officials say additional bodies may be found in the unexplored entry.
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Pittsburg
Namol
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Offcore
Fire destroys Rochford Plano Company's plant in Tipton
A fire of unknown origin gutted the Rochford Plano Company's new Tipton plant, destroying six carloads of unfinished planos and valuable tools. Insurance coverage reportedly covers the total loss of about 45 dollars.
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Tipton
Rochford Plano Company
Positive guarantee sales pitch by C D Knoefel Drugist
A New Albany Indiana druggist C D Knoefel promotes a product with a full money back guarantee if it fails to satisfy. He urges those who are sick and need strength to try it under this understanding.
Ambassador recalls Aoki before Christmas in Washington
The note states Count Aoki's recall stems from no government dissatisfaction and does not disavow his actions. The ambassador plans to depart Washington for home before Christmas, with Mr Miyaoka acting as charge d affaires in his absence.
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Aoki
Washington
Miyaoka
Rumored Japanese Ambassador Aoki May Return to Japan
In Tokyo on December 4, reports say Viscount Aoki, Japan's ambassador to the United States, may resign and return home soon. The foreign office declines to confirm a resignation, though the possibility is admitted.
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Tokio
Viscount Aoki
United States
Aoki
Japan
Foreign Office
Conference Adopts Resolution in Brunswick Georgia
The South Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, ending its session in Brunswick, passed a resolution urging the U.S. president to restore the motto In God We Trust on coins, as placed by the founders.
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Brunswick
South Georgia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
United States
Navy appoints Leonard G. Hoffman naval secretary to Admiral Dewey
Leonard G. Hoffman a clerk at marine headquarters has been named naval secretary to Admiral Dewey to replace John W. Crawford who recently vanished after threats of self harm. In Lawton Oklahoma on December 4 the body of PD Rankin cashier of the defunct Merchants and Planters bank was found in Cache creek near Lawton, ending a month long disappearance.
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Washington
Sec
Leonard G. Hoffman
Marine Headquarters
Admiral Dewey
John W. Crawford
Lawton
Okla
PD. R. Rankin
Merchants and Planters Bank
Cache Creek
Ford Is Acquitted In Bribery Case
San Francisco December 4 Jury finds Tirey L Ford not guilty in bribery charges against the United Railways company. In Fedors Tennessee, W Pepper recalls illness and praises Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs, colds and throat bleeding with rapid relief and guaranteed cure at C D Knoefels drug store, trial bottle free.
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Ford
San Francisco
Tirey L. Ford, Attoriey
United Raitlways Company
Ubat Troth
Fedors
Tenn
W. Pepper
Docore
C. D
Bradley acquitted in murder case of ex senator Arthur Brown
Not guilty verdict by jury frees Mrs. Annie M. Bradley who was charged with killing former U S Senator Arthur M. Brown in a hotel. The crowd applauded as she was discharged and will travel to Goldfield Nevada to join her sister.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
United States
Arthur M. Brown
Utah
The Greatest Wedding in Antiquity
The article claims Alexander the Great arranged a mass wedding in Persia with over 10 000 soldiers marrying 10 000 Asiatic women to Statira, then concludes with a five day festival of grandeur and magnificence unprecedented in history.
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Alexander the Great
Darius
Persia
Alexander
Alvander
Statiro
Tuono
Pas Ciel
Pisarm Berg
Chaimbers
Miss Rockingham and the English Duke Wedding Rumor
A fragmentary tale hints that Miss Rockingham may wed an English duke, prompting suspense about the engagement and her father’s finances, as a battle of doubts and rumors unfolds amid speculation of a grand match.
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George
Miss Rockingham
Chicago
Plecord
Piers
Judge Charles M. Hough Named Federal Jurist in Harriman Case
Federal jurist Charles M. Hough of the southern district of New York faces scrutiny over his decisions in the Harriman rail dispute. Born in Philadelphia in 1868, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1870 and was noted for maritime law expertise while with a top New York firm.
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Charles M. Hough
United States
Southern District of
New York
Judge Hough
Philadelphia
Dartmouth College
Signs Of Old Age Jokes From The New York Press
A group laughs over signs of aging with jokes about hair, tremors in the morning, stairs, and pants dangling from a bedstead as a marker of growing old. The exchange highlights humorous takes on aging from the New York Press.
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Eli
Nat Sel
New York Press
Shoes for all at Mr Goodfellow’s wakeup call
The Plitsburg Post recounts Mr Goodfellow urging wives and children to step up and receive shoes, offering another pair and assuring they won’t hurt. Mrs Goodfellow then woke.
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Mr. Goodfellow
Stop Look Listen at Crossing Sign Cited in Suit
A plaintiff described a collision with a shunted box car at a railroad crossing. He argued a new crossing sign reading Stop Look Listen contributed to the accident, while the defendant pressed for proof of warnings and clouded testimony. A second tale recalls a pair debating odd anecdotes with a gambling stake.
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Darky
Lawya
Mupme
La 4
Dar
Markets Report Workers Grain and Livestock Prices
Market updates across Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo show varied grain and livestock values. Wheat ranges from 92 to 99 cents depending on grade while corn sits around 52 to 60 cents. Cattle and hogs move within mixed ranges across cities with receipts listed and futures-like quotes for lambs and sheep.
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Indianapolis
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