Rail merger rejected by ICC halting giant Nickel Plate plan
Edward W. Pickard notes the Interstate Commerce Commission rejected the proposed Nickel Plate merger citing unfair financial terms. The ruling prompts a new plan by Van Sweringen brothers while stock markets react with record trading and widespread declines.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Hocking Valley
Pere Marquette
Erie
van Sweringen
Prposed New Nickel Plate Company
Commission
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
N Financial
Wall Street
Coolidge
Mexican protestant clergy exiled as priests barred from country
Secretary Kellogg informs Senate committee that a new note to Mexico aims to end the land and laws dispute. Mexico expels foreign Protestant ministers, with the first Catholic clergy arrival in New York revealing harsh measures. Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas set priest quotas per community, tightening religious presence.
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Ecretary
Kellogg
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
King
Utah
United States
New York
Vera Cruz
Tamaulipas
League of Nations Council Session Hailed as Vital in Geneva
The Geneva meeting of the League of Nations council is described as highly significant with expectations that discussions will be intense and outcome decisive for future actions. Officials foresee critical debates shaping policy directions and collective security efforts.
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Germany
Poland
Doctor Stresemann
Council
London
Mussolini
Spain
Vatican
League
Council For
Brazil
Europe
America
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Senate
State Department
Secretariat
League of Nations
World Court
Department
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Morocco Fronts Brace for Major Offensive as Abd el Krim Strikes
Morocco fronts tighten as French and Spanish forces plan a decisive push to crush the Rif tribes. Abd el Krim counters with early attacks targeting French lines and hostile tribes. Both sides seek strong strategic posts to push for peace talks.
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Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Brennan and Volstead reform push shape Illinois politics
In Chicago REICS sparks national interest as Republican factions clash over crime conditions. George B. Brennan announces a Senate bid against McKinley backed by a demand for Volstead Act modification to permit light wines and beer and Chicago home rule. A Maryland senator chairs a new unofficial temperance committee drafting hearings for March 31 to revisit prohibition policy.
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Reics
Chicago
Congress
Illinois
George B. Brennan
Mr. McKinley
Champaign
Frank Smith
Mr. Brennan
Pee Breents
Tive Bill
Maryland
Temperance Board
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt Return From Asia Adventure
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt returned from central and southern Asia with numerous fine animal specimens. In New York Theodore avoided policy talk on landing but hints suggested he could seek office again, possibly governor of the Empire State.
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Heodore
Kermit Roosevelt
Central
Asia
Theodore
New York
Empire State
Real China likin tax sparks proposed US China trade reform
Washington reports American representatives have presented a plan to end Chinese likin or transit taxes in exchange for abolishing likin. The piece explains likin as a per mille levy on goods in transit and warns that provincial authorities often double and triple the tax, hindering commerce and raising costs for consumers.
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Washington
China
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
United States
Union
Peking
George Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Franklin
Philadelphia
Shanghai
Soochow
New York-Philadelphia
New York
Hoboken
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Princeton
Trenton
Germany
Indians Breat: Rule Ute Tribe Mourns
Durango Colorado. Attorney Barry Sullivan a Harvard graduate and longtime adviser to the Ute tribes died with his wife when their car skidded off a mountain road near Durango. Sullivan, adopted by the Ute confederation, led councils and guided them for 25 years. Tribes held a full war costume funeral for the couple, a first for a white man in Ute custom.
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Durango
Colo
Barry Sullivan
Harvard
Colorado
Sullivan
Utah
Revalla
Stray Dog Discovers Oil in Abandoned Well
In Muskogee Oklahoma a stray dog on Katherine Lee Oil company land uncovered oil in an 11 year abandoned well. W R Sommerville found a 10 inch casing nearly full of oil after inspecting a plank covering the plug. The well holds 1425 feet of oil and will be prepared for pumping. the dog has not returned for the reward.
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Muskogee
Okla
Katherine Lee Oil Company
W. R. Sommerville
Saloon Curio Shop Displays World Horn Collection
In San Antonio the Buckhorn curio shop preserves the saloon name while hosting a vast display of horns and heads from Africa, India, China and the Americas. Highlights include a 7 ft 9 in steel head above the bar, 30,000 rattlesnakes, and a 5 ft 4 in gorilla shot in 1914. Albert Friederich founded the business in 1881 and still operates it.
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San Antonio
Texas
Albert's
Buckhorn Curio Shop
Rocky Mountain
United States
Wilhelm Mayer
Abassa Land
West Africa
Albert Friederich
Vaudeville Act Trial in Erie Church Services
Vaudeville acts will be included in Sunday services at the First Baptist Church of Erie as an experiment in church and theater cooperation. The move signals a novel collaboration between religious and entertainment venues to broaden outreach.
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Erie
First Baptist Church
Squire Pinched Philadelphia Extortionist Sentenced
D. Martin Yerkes, a feared firing squire from Philadelphia, has lost an appeal and will serve six months in jail for extortion and malfeasance, following a lower court decision.
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Philadelphia
D. Martin Yerkes
Squire
Unwashed Russian Colony Found in Irkutsk Region
Government sanitary inspectors uncover a large isolated Russian community hundreds of miles away that has never washed or bathed or used water for cleaning. When urged to bathe, locals resisted and one man reportedly died of fright. The community lives in primitive conditions, with unwashed clothes and utensils.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Coal Hauling and Local Visits Highlight Fosterburg Notes
Fosterburg residents report Lew Easler hauled coal for Doolen school last Tuesday. Roads rough enough for mail in an auto. Mrs Betty Nichols of Zion visited her brother Fl Morgan family Saturday. Mona Arnold of Clinton visited with son Robert’s family Wednesday. Thelmna Arnold suffered throat trouble last week. Dr Murfin treated her. Arnold Chapel area notes several craps and other farm tasks. Paul Arnold traveled to Chicago on personal business, plans sale March 12 before returning soon. Orval Doolen’s team ran away Tuesday causing minor egg losses.
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Lew Easler
Doolen
Betty Nichols
Zion
Fl Morgan
Mona Arnold
Clinton
Robert
Thelmna Arnold
Murfin
Arnold Chapel
Echoselt
Paul Arnold
Vernon
Clem Doclen
Blanche Dooig
Tue Bates
Frank Quayle
Orval Doolen
Chiscago
Aliens Offer Discounted Paint At 10 Cents A Quart
After a few weeks visit at the Peek home Mrs. Paul Limben and children returned to Hannital Missouri last Thursday. The notice hints at price memory from last year and urges readers to buy paint now at ten cents per quart in any color.
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Peek
Paul Limben
Hannital
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West
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Watson-Parker
Railroad Labor Board
Watson- Parker
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Ierce
Feng Yuhsiang
Chang ‘Tso-lin
Manchuria
Wu Pei-fu
Gen. Smedley Butler
San Diego
Cal
Middleboro
Mass
Montana
United States Senate
Curio Shop
Fosterburg News
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Buick
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