Venezuela in Turmoil as Castro Regime Falls
Caracas reports Castro's fall after a thwarted plot to kill Acting President Gomez. Gomez forms a new ministry, frees political prisoners, and pursues peace with foreign powers. Dutch ships to be withdrawn as Holland and Venezuela seek a treaty while Seckendorf engages in talks in Willemstad.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Wilemstad
Curacao
Castro
Republic
Yellow House
la Guaira
Berlin
Gomez
Baron von Seckendorf
Holland
M. de Reus
Willemstad
Not Unexpected Venezuela Crisis Forecast by U S Officials
Washington reports that the government anticipated Venezuelan unrest against President Castro and a possible revolution after his departure for Europe. State Department prefers non forceful measures, trusting the situation to resolve itself despite unlikely bloodless change. Navy patience continues as the crisis unfolds.
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Washington
Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Europe
Peticence
Navy
Navy shifts ships to guard West Indies routes
The Maine left Norfolk on a cruise as part of a naval move to the West Indies or Venezuela. Authorities consider patrolling passages to intercept filibustering from the United States in support of any Venezuelan revolt while maintaining neutrality. The gunboat Dubuque at Key West is to be ordered to Havana to aid this disposition.
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Navy Department
Dubuque
Key West
Havana
Venezuela
Castro Seemingly Unaware of Venezuela Downfall
Berlin dispatch notes Castro appears ignorant of his own political collapse in Venezuela. His aides claim he sends and receives no messages, while observers say his power is broken as government agents omit communications about the crisis.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Woman Demanded Armed Protection in Night Rider Trial
Union City Tenn Dec 23 Mrs Emma Jackson a state witness demanded armed protection after leaving the stand saying she would not leave the courtroom without it She identified at least twenty seven night rider members and was corroborated by daughter Dora Jackson and witness Will Russell Russell testified under guard fearing assassination as he confessed after the Ranken killing The attorney general had to repeat most answers for clarity during testimony
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Union City
Tenn
Emma Jackson
Jones
Dora Jackson
Will Russell
Russell
Ranken
Fehringer
Canal Zone Chief Justice Picked for Panama Court
President Roosevelt plans to appoint H A Gudger of North Carolina as chief justice of the Panama canal zone supreme court for six years. He will succeed Dr F Mutts Duran whose term ends January 1. Gudger is a former const general to Panama with close Isthmian experience.
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H. A. Gudger
Dr. Duran
Washington
North Caurolioa
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the
Canal Zone
F. Mutts Duran
Panama
Gudger
Isthmus
Packers Face Grand Jury Probe Over Rebating Hints
Chicago December 23 reports say the federal grand jury issued 100 subpoenas, 25 served on Morris & Co. traffic department employees, signaling an inquiry into rebates among large packing firms at the stockyards.
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Chicago
Morris & Co
Editor George Oliver Backed for U.S. Senate Nomination
In Pittsburg on December 28 George T. Oliver owner of the Gazette Times and Chronicle Telegraph received unanimous endorsement from Allegheny county members of the state legislature as the hopeful to succeed Senator Knez.
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Pittsburg
George T. Oliver
Gazette-Times
Chronicle-Telegraph
Allegheny County
United States
Knez
Flashlight photo figures in Pittsburg bribery case
Preliminary hearing opens in Pittsburg as seven councilmen and two bank officials face charges of conspiracy bribery and corrupt solicitation. A detective duo used a decoy firm and a flashlight photo to capture alleged bribery in a private hotel room amid a citywide purge.
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Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Harrison Nesbit
German National Bank
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
A. Leo Weil
Wiliam Brand
John F. Klein
J. C Wasson
T. O. Atkinson
Jacob Soffel
W. H. Melaney
Hugh Ferguson
A. A. ViIsack
Council
Major Smith's Funeral Rites Held in Sleepy Hollow
Simple ceremonies marked the burial of Major Orlando Jay Smith late president of the American Press Association. The service took place at his Dobbs Ferry home with officials and employees of the APA and members of the Loyal Legion in attendance. Floral pieces surrounded the casket.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Major Smith
Dobbs Ferry
Loyal Legion
Revision Work Begins On Tariff Bill In Congress
Washington December 23 The house ways and means committee finished hearings on tariff revision and the Republican sub committee started drafting a tariff bill. The measure will go to Congress at the special session Judge Taft is expected to convene next March.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Taft
Corroborative Evidence in Hains Murder Trial Emerges
In Flushing New York on December 23 testimony aimed to corroborate witnesses in the killing of William B. Anais during Thorston J. Hains trial has developed from several of the prosecution's witnesses.
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Flushing
N. Y
William B. Anais
Thorston J. Hains
Stomach Function and Dyspepsia Remedies Highlighted
An article explains digestion, the role of gastric juices, and how dyspepsia results from poor digestion. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy, claims physicians endorse them, and offers a free sample by mail from F. A. Stuart Co.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Deadly Duel in Artemus Mines Town
In Artemus near London Kentucky a clash between officers and African Americans left Officer Brooks and a man named Foley dead and Officer Robert Smith fatally wounded. Several others were seriously hurt as both sides exchanged fire after officers moved to arrest accused robbers.
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London
Artemus
Brooks
Foley
Robert Smith
Illness Toll in Illinois: Tuberculosis Tops Death Causes
A state health bulletin reports 31 443 Illinois deaths in the first half of the year 3 786 from tuberculosis and 4 117 from pneumonia. The death rate is 11.19 per 1000 population. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended to ease coughs and prevent pneumonia.
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Springfield
State Board of Health
Illinois
Coal Strike Ends. West Virginia Miners Return to Work
In Paint Creek, WV, 2600 miners idle since the dispute with operators returned to work after settlement. Operators concede to a new wage scale and check off, eliminate discrimination clause, and agree to union only in future mining operations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paint Creek
Beo Ky Woman Credits King’s New Discovery Cure
Mrs A C Walliams of Beo Kentucky says a graveyard cough nearly killed her until Dr King’s New Discovery healed her. She gained 58 pounds and fully recovered after initial improvements. The medicine is claimed to cure coughs colds and lung throat diseases and prevent pneumonia with guarantees and samples priced 500 and 1.00.
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Dootore
Pneumonls
Obas
D. Kacofel
Sina Ofere
City partners with Rescue Mission to lodge tramps in Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana December 23 by contract with Frank Wetzel Rescue Mission the city will lodge tramps and homeless men at the mission for 25 cents per night with breakfast the men sent to city limits after lodging reducing jail costs under sheriff custody rules.
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Lafayete
Ind
Frank Wetzel
Lafayette
Wetzel
Burglars Lift 600-Pound Safe From Meat Market
Burglars in South Bend remove and rifled a 600 pound safe from the Buehler Brothers meat market but fail to reach its contents after breaking the combination. The safe contained several hundred dollars.
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South Bend
Ind
Buehler Brothers
Postoffice Safe Blown At Marion Indiana
The Van Huren post office safe was blown open and 170.50 dollars in cash plus 286.50 dollars in stamps were stolen. Thieves used nitroglycerine to destroy the lock after drilling into it.
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Marion
Ind
van Huren
Traction Agent Fatally Burned at Van Buren Substation
Asa Miller aged twenty five, night agent for Marion Bluffton Eastern Traction at Van Burne, died after twenty two thousand volts passed through his body. He was in the substation for coal when his coal scuttle touched a generator, a circuit formed through his body, and the machinery suffered several thousand dollars in damage.
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Marion
Asa Miller
Marion, Bluffton & Eastern Traction Company
van Burne
Return of a Fugitive
Former deputy postmaster Claude D. Stitt of Wabash turned himself in to U S Marshal Henry C. Pettit in Indianapolis on December 28. He was held for the federal grand jury after a hearing. Stitt had disappeared days before Thanksgiving and was found to be $2500 short in his accounts.
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Indianapolis
Claude D. Stitt
Wabash
United States
Henry C. Pettit
Federal Grand Jury
Stitt
Pleads Guilty to Cruelty at Local Mine
Linton Indiana December 23 James Sims a driver at the Superior mine was arrested at his Dugger home for cruelty to animals. He admitted punching a mule in both eyes with a spray after it failed to pull five coal cars. Sims pled guilty and was fined 25 plus costs.
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Linton
Ind
James Sims
Superior Mine
Dugger
Sims
Moore Found Guilty in Indictment Near Seymour
Will Moore, a Black man, was found guilty of assault by Mrs Harold Dannetzell near Seymour Indiana and sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for a term of two to fourteen years. The trial lasted about an hour.
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Brownstown
Ind
Will Moore
Harold Dannetzell
Seymour
Indiana Reformatory
brakeman killed after foot caught in switch
December 28 report from Nebart states Charles Rowe brakeman on a passenger train was run down by an engine and killed after his foot was caught in a switch. His home was Ft. Wayne.
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Hammond
Nebart
Charles Rowe
Ft. Wayne
Life Sentence For Simmons in Evansville Murder
Harry Simmons was found guilty of murdering his wife with a sabre in Evansville last June. The verdict came after about four hours of jury deliberation and faces a life sentence.
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Simmons
Princeton
Ind
Harry Simmons
Evansville
Idance
Lincoln Farm plans memorial building on Lincoln birthplace site
The Lincoln Farm association approves a memorial building enclosing the birthplace cabin to honor Abraham Lincoln. A ceremony is planned for the centenary on February 12 with speakers including Gov Folk, Gov Wilson, Secretary Wright, Justice Holmes, Cardinal Gibbons, and President Roosevelt delivering a Gettysburg address style oration.
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Abraham Lincoln
Richard Lloyd Jones
Lincoln Farm Association
Lincoln
Rock Spring
Thomas Lincoln
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Augustus E. Wilson
Kentucky
Luke E. Wright
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Union
Cardinal Gibbons
Roosevelt
J. A. Edgerton
Bank cashier arrested in $2700 Eufaula bank robbery
H Bar ret t Elliott, former assistant cashier of the First National bank at Eufaula, was arrested on information from County Attorney Deubert charging him with robbing the bank on December 14. Deubert says the money has been restored to the bank and the crime is believed to be the work of professionals.
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McAlester
Okla
H. Barrett Elliott
First National Bank
Eufaula
Deubert
Filiote
Horseshoes as Luck Symbols Across History
An account traces luck belief to iron objects found rather than bought, noting horseshoes as the standard emblem. Aubrey's Miscellanies mentions church mounting and London homes with horseshoes on door thresholds, and Admiral Nelson reportedly nailed one to the Victory’s mast.
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Aubrey
London
Nelgon
London Chronicle
Prospective Tenant Chooses Smaller Yard For Home
A prospective tenant criticizes a house saying the yard is frightfully small. The agent suggests using folding flower beds to maximize space amid concerns about the flower bed size.
Medicine That Is Medicine Eludes Suffering in Arkansas
W. O. Kicetler of Halliday Arkansas reports relief from stomach and liver troubles after using Electric Butter’s remedy. The ad promotes Electric Butters as a medicine that is medicine for stomach and liver ailments and various conditions, claiming purification and enrichment of the blood.
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W. O. Kicetler
Halliday
Ark
A Ae Viger and Coorsy
The Subtle Female and Porcelain Blues in Fact
A column contrasts social shifts toward practical female influence over adornment with a gentlemanly fear of marriage. It also notes Revue Scientifique findings debunk Sevres blue as unique to Sevres and credit other French potteries for cobalt blue and the celadon green pigmentable elsewhere.
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Sevres
St. Louis
China
London Barges Decline Amid River Trade Slump
The London barge once abundant on the Thames is fading as poor coasting time pushes work elsewhere. Noted for economy and simple rigging, two men can haul 200 tons with shallow draft and leeboards, guiding channels that a man could wade.
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London
Thames
London Express
Cost of a Dreadnought class battleship per year
London Answers calculates annual operating cost at 600 000 dollars with 200 000 dollars for salaries. Peace-time ammunition, target practice, victuals, fuel, and other expenses compose the rest. Estimating initial cost at 7.5 million dollars and a 20 year life, total cost from launch to sale as junk is about 17.5 million dollars.
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London Answers
The Basilisk and its Famed Legends from Ancient Texts
A fragmentary note describes the basilisk as a legendary creature said to hatch from a fowl egg, depicted in old books as a winged serpent or dragon. It mentions origins from the term basilican and the creature's crown-like head spots, with a reference to Pliny.
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Pliny
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