Dr Aked Calls for Seven Thousand Dollar Donation
At Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Dr. Aked urged a $7,000 “deficit” payment to fund the current account. He criticized the church’s finances, distributed pledge cards, and announced the goal would be met by the end of the morning service. The money was eventually raised after a whispered report. He then preached on the balance between business and Christian life.
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C. F. Aker
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown
Mr. Robinson
Dr. Aked
Mr. Aked
Neal Bank at Atlanta Closed After State Takeover
The Atlanta Clearing House Association failed to aid the Neal Bank after a daylong inquiry. The bank is handed to the state bank examiner and will not reopen. State deposits around $100,000 are secured. deposits total over $2,000,000. E. H. Thornton presides, W. F. Manly vice president, H. C. Caldwell cashier. Large Cuban and Alabama loans hindered aid from other banks.
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Tribune
Atlanta, Ga
Neal Bank
Atlanta Clearing House Association
State Bank Examiner
E. H. Thornton
W. F. Manly
H. C. Caldwell
Atlanta
Philadelphia Hires 2000 Strike Breakers For Imminent Transit Tie Up
Philadelphia rush hires two thousand strike breakers to cover streetcar lines amid threat of walkout by Amalgamated Association members. workers say are paid 3 dollars daily starting when placed on cars. officers guard barns and fire department ready. union seeks 25 cents hourly raise and ten hour day. arbitration urged. no strike believed imminent. W D Mahon travels from Chicago warning Philadelphia crews will strike without concessions.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
New York
Amalgamated Association
Central Labor Union
Rapid Transit Company
Chicago
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Electrical
Thousands of Revolutionary Skeletons Found at Old North Church
Telegraph reports Boston December 22 that skeletons of about a thousand bodies lie in the church catacombs and sub-basements. Notable remains include Major Pitcairn and Nicholson. Vaults are decayed, many bones scattered. lack of records means unlisted dead await records. Rev Charles Duane begins compiling the tomb records.
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the Tribune
Boston
Old North Church
Major Pitcairn
Nicholson
Board of Health
Charles Duane
Goldfield Dispatches to Roosevelt on Goldfield Crisis
Governor Sparks plans a formal appeal to President Roosevelt over Goldfield conditions. He seeks retention of some troops beyond December 30 despite War Department orders. Sheriff Ingall and county leaders warn they cannot manage after troop departure. Mine owners’ deputies patrol with shotguns and automatics, while the Western Federation of Miners backs the local union.
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Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
Roosevelt
War Department
Ingall
Benjamin Rosenthal
Spinker
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Mahoney
Western Federation of Miners
Miners’ Union
Consolidated Company
Goldfield Appeal Urges Federal Troop Retention
White House reports telegraphic appeals from Goldfield Nevada civic groups mine owners and residents urging keeping some federal troops in Goldfield indefinitely. Adjutant General Ainsworth says Taft orders to withdraw troops from Goldfield by December 30 were forwarded to General Funston.
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Washington
White House
Goldfield
Nev
Roosevelt
Ainsworth
Taft
Funston
Loeb Replies on Goldfield Troop Request
The Central Federated Union reports Secretary Loeb responded to a protest over sending U S troops to Goldfield. He notes Nevada Governor sought federal troops and the President may act. A three member committee Murray Smith Neill was sent to Nevada to investigate and report back.
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Central Federated Union
Loeb
United States
Goeldfeld
Nevada
Lawrence O. Murray
Commerce and Labor
Herbert Knox Smith
Charles Pr. Neill
Two Toledo Boys Drowned While Skating on River Slip
In Toledo today, Frank Ballmer aged thirteen and Frank Felix aged twelve drowned while skating on a river slip near Park Row Building. The notice also lists a refined luncheon and dinner service at Refined Sum s Restaurant with music for ladies.
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Toledo
Frank Ballmer
Frank Felix
Park Row
Sum's
Jetties at Southwest Pass Near Completion Open a Deep Harbor
New Orleans reports the Southwest Pass jetties on the Mississippi nearing completion after four years of work. The project aims to deepen and straighten a channel to at least 100 feet wide and 35 feet deep, enabling 10 and 200 foot depths for large steamships and linking with the Ohio Missouri Arkansas and Red rivers. The $6.6 million effort uses willow, stone and concrete and may enhance regional trade by creating new banks and safeguarding other river outlets.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Red Rivers
United States
South Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Southwest Pass
Taft Heads Home to Settle Mother's Will in Cincinnati
Secretary Taft left Washington for Cincinnati to begin the legal steps to become executor of his mother's will. He will remain until Tuesday and then return to Washington for Christmas. Arthur I Vorys, Taft's campaign manager, arrived and discussed the Presidential situation but declined to comment on the campaign's direction or Taft's prospects.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Foraker
Cuyahoga County
State Central Committee
Cincinnati
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
West
Cortelyou
Arthur I Vorys
Vorys
Mr. Vorys
America
Mr. Loeb
Elmer Ier
Republican National Committee
Republicans to endorse Hughes at New York club meeting
A special meeting of the Republican Club of New York City will act on a resolution endorsing Governor Charles Evans Hughes for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. The club leadership expects unanimous endorsement with no opposition seen, aiming to coordinate support across city state and national groups.
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Republican Club
Hughes
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States of America
F. R. Finch
House
Stead argues Britain should match Germany by fleet parity
William T. Stead writing in The Daily Mail claims Germany’s naval buildup weakens its position. He says a non supreme navy is vulnerable and that British counterfleet building would constrain German power. He notes the US Pacific fleet challenges Japan and warns of reliance on sea power.
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London
William T. Stead
the Review of Reviews
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Northern Pacific
Sam
United States
Pacific
Aged Woman Narrowly Escapes Electric Truck
Mrs. Margaret Lebrecht, seventy, was struck by a heavy electric truck at Eighth Avenue and 142nd Street while waiting for a downtown car. She rose unaided, refused a physician, and took the next car home. The incident drew a churchgoing crowd.
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Margaret Lebrecht
East Sth Street
Eighth Avenue
Couple Escape Fire After Car Jump Near Stone Avenue
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Miller of 477 Stone Avenue Brooklyn jumped from a burning auto after a passerby warned them. The car, with a leaking gasoline tank, caused about $1 500 damage. Fire crews responded while ten neighbors fled to the street.
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Philip Miller
Stone Avenue
Brooklyn
Senator Stephen Mallory Dies in Pensacola Florida
Stephen R Mallory United States Senator from Florida died at his Pensacola home at 2 o clock this morning Born November 2 1848 he served in the Confederate army and later held three terms in the Florida Legislature He served in the Fifty second and Fifty third Congresses and was elected to the Senate for a term starting March 4 1897 re elected in 19 he term ending March 3 1905
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Tribune
Pensacola
Fla
Stephen R. Mallory
United States
Florida
Senator Mallory
Virginia
United States Senate
Shah Yields to Constitutionalists in Persia
The Shah of Persia signed a declaration on the Koran admitting the constitutionalists demands. He agrees to punish riot leaders and dissolve the court clique and sent the document to the Assembly as a pledge to adhere to the constitution.
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Teheran
Fire Rages In Schoenberger Mine Amid Entombment Rumors
sensational reports spread of twenty men entombed as a Schoenberger mine fire at Baird Station Monongahela Valley rages. officials say no one is inside when fire started likely from an electrical short and crews battle flames while denying additional explosions in Ellsworth and Findlayville.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela Valley
Schoenberger
Baird Station
Monongahela
Washington, Penn
Ellsworth
Findlayville
Wrecked Freight Blocks Rail Lines Near Bolivar
Twelve injured as two wrecks pile up in Bolivar Pennsylvania delaying three Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Chicago Mail plows into debris at high speed. front locomotive demolished and several passengers hurt by flying glass. Officials expect track clearance by tomorrow morning.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bolivar
Penn
Here
Chicago Mail
Sunday wood chopping brings Sabbath fines
Captain Brown and Magistrate Steinert convict two woodchoppers for disturbing the peace of the Sabbath after they were caught working on a vacant lot on 21st street. Frank J. Mac Clellan and Michael Barlow, both impoverished, deny intent to violate law but are fined $3 each.
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Brown
New West 20Th Street
Steinert
Captain Brown
21St Street
Frank J. MacClellan
West 31St Street
Michael Barlow
West 23d Street
Bloodless duel between Wekerle and Pelonyi in Budapest
Premier Dr. Wekerle and former Justice Minister Herr Pelonyi fought a sword duel over a parliamentary accusation. Both unharmed, Wekerle dominated in two bouts before reconciliations and a telegraphed congratulation from the Emperor. The piece ends with an advertisement for Angostura Bitters.
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Budapest
Dr. Wekerle
Herr Pelonyi
Polonyi
Christmas Week Quiet as Theaters Limit Crowds in New York
crowds avoided shows as bartenders overworked. Harlem and lower Manhattan saw many moving picture houses closed under the new ordinance while others opened for limited programming. Despite a general lull, a few venues kept vaudeville and sacred performances, with arrests of managers and pushcart peddlers reflecting enforcement of the restrictions.
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New York
Doull
Harlem
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue House
Colonial
Alhambra Theatres
Keith & Proector
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Moving Picture
Manhattan
Metropolitan Opera Houses
Hammerstein
Ted Marks
American Theatre
Dewey
Eden Musée
Gotham
Harlem Opera House
Metropolis
Murray Hill
Tony Pastor
East Side
St. Nicholas
Lower East Side
Eighth Avenue
23D Street
Broadway
Manhattan Theatre
Bronx
Brooklyn
Majestic Theatre
Blaney’s
the Majestic
Court Street
Palace Hall
Grand Street
Prospect Pak
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Alabama
NEW Orleans Bank
New Orleans Clearing House Association
State National Bank
Robert E. Lee
152D Street
West Sth Street
Newvania Railroad
Ne York
62 Avenue
Old North
New Goldfield
Lower
Foraker and
MR. Taft
Queenstown
Atlantian
Brow Head
William Cliff
Liverpool
Cambrian
Cunard
Fastnet
Usher
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Shah
Pennsylvania
Liw Plain
Dr. Siegert’s
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Opera House
Justice O’gorman
23Th Street
Conried Temple of Music
Bingham
Alfred Hertz
Williamsburg
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