Taft rules whisky includes neutral spirit blends
President Taft declared whisky to include products made from neutral spirits and blends. He ordered precise branding to show whether a bottle is whisky made from straight, neutral, or blended spirits and allowed terms such as Bourbon or Rye when warranted.
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Washington
Taft
Pure Food Department
Wiley
Taark
Dr Wiley
Powers
Jt Ander
Royal Commission of Great Britain
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Bowers
Bureau of Chemistry
Roosevelt-Bonaparte-Wiley
Storm Sweeps Spain Claims Hundreds of Lives
Madrid reports incomplete flood tallies from Spanish provinces with a lower death estimate of five to six hundred. Harsh weather sharpens distress as towns remain isolated by damaged roads. Banks of the Guadalquivir show corpses. livestock losses and crop damage raise food and stock import needs.
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Madrid
Dee
Spain
Guadalquiver
Langy Bob Tops Fitzsimmons In Australia Ring Clash
Sydney December 27 Lang Australian heavyweight defeats veteran Bob Fitzsimmons in the 12th round at Rush Cutters Hay stadium the bout tilting late after Lang drives Fitzsimmons to the ropes and floors him with a right uppercut Fitzsimmons had led early but Lang’s steady pressure wins favor with 12 000 spectators noting Lang weighed 188 pounds and Arthur Scott was referee
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Sydney
N.S W
Lang
Bob Fitzsimmons
Rush
Cutters Hay Stadium
Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimons
Australia
Fitz
Laney
Grogey
Snow Blockade Halts Pennsylvanian Trains at Lancaster
About 500 passengers remained in Harrisburg as snow blocked the line east of Lancaster. Westbound trains were halted and no eastward service was planned for the night, delaying travel across the region.
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Harriaburg, Pa
Penna
Lancaster
Mob Executes Oliver Snyder After Sheep-Herder Killing
Heppner Oregon December 27 Oliver Snyder shot and killed Arthur Greene a farmer and sheep herder. A mob seized Snyder from Deputy Sheriff Joe Cassidy and riddled his body with bullets on the road near Hamilton after he fired on Greene to kill a dog. Cassidy pursued the mob then took Snyder toward Canyon City but found him dead.
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Hamilton
Oliver Snyder
Kan
Earth
Pose
Canyon City
Tim
Heppner
Ore
Arthur Greene
Joe Cassidy
Cassidy
Snyder
Greene
Charles Beymer
Tallers
Coseldy
Tests for Census Enumerator Jobs in Washington
Washington on December 2L bid outlines tests for census enumerator candidates. Applicants will fill a narrative population schedule and, for rural districts, an additional agriculture schedule, mirroring Twelfth Census procedures.
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Washington
Durand
Census Bureau
Germany Will Not Buy Zeppelin's Latest Dirigible
Berlin December 77 The German war office announced it will not purchase Count Zeppelin's Zeppelin 1, rejecting a planned sale expected to net about 140000 dollars. Officials cited the thiết rapid pace of technical improvements rendering the craft obsolete within two years.
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Germany
Zeppelin
Berlin
Europe
Mrs Knight and Daughter Aboard Northern Pacific Train
Mrs G W Knight and her daughter Miss Mary Knight were passengers on the Incoming Northern Pacific train today. The report notes their travel without indicating any incident or outcome.
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G. W. Knight
Mary Knight
Northern Pacific
Blizzards Grip New York as Death Toll Tops Fourteen
New York reports fourteen deaths from a Christmas blizzard that raged two days. Winds hit sixty mph, with the East Side hardest hit and many destitute aided by charities. Separate reports from New Haven and Boston cite further fatalities and widespread property damage across New England.
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Ulliaard
New York
Two Die as Blizzard Rages Near New Haven
Two men are dead and about four million dollars in property damaged after a two day blizzard. Wires are down and transit is disrupted as Conductor Donovan and passenger Michael Morton drown when a street car derails into the Nagutuck river.
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East Side
New Haven
Conn
Donovan
Michael Morton
Oan Embankment
Nagutuck River
Passengers Held in Pittsburg After Storm Disrupts Rail Service
Passengers remained stranded in Pittsburg as a severe storm affected Pennsylvania rail operations. Trains halted since early yesterday as crews battled frost and snow. Local travelers sought shelter in hotels while railway workers struggled to restore service and reestablish schedules.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Evetema
Blizzard disrupts Chicago street cars and rail traffic
Chicago sleet and ice from a two day blizzard left street car service partially resumed, wires down, and tracks iced over. Railroads remain crippled and schedules doubtful for days. Overland mail from the west delayed up to 26 hours as trains snowbound beyond the city.
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Chicago
Three Victims From OW Tank Explosion on Roma Oleum
Three men were brought to Downing hospital after an oil tank explosion on the steamer Roma Oleum near Vallejo California late yesterday. Manuel Silva is dying while Lewis Tyler and San Knutsen are seriously burned.
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Vallejo
Calin
Dee
Ing
Roma
Civil War Veteran Ber tin Hinkney Dies in Peabody
Col. Bertin Hinkney, a noted Kansas planter and commander of the Sixtieth Wisconsin Volunteers, died yesterday in Peabody at age 66. Local reports list his service in the Civil War and his standing in the community.
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Peabody, Kas
Bertin Hinkney
Kansas
Sixtieth
Wisconsin Volunteers
Industrial Worker Killed in Duel With Policeman
Portland Ore Dec 27 A W Needlow a patrolman shot and mortally wounded bystander Christopher Elliston during a saloon confrontation with Andrew McCormick a member of the Industrial Workers of the World The clash arose when McCormick refused to pay for a drink drawing a pistol firing at the proprietor and at the policeman McCormick later turned and fired at Needlow Bigelow wounded bystander and crippled by McCormick before the officer returned fire McCormick identified by a card bearing a Portland I W W number 14 The incident ends with McCormick an itinerant concrete worker who joined the order on October 9 1909 leaving for San Francisco.
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Ben Francisco
Andrew McCormick
Johnsvind Workers of the World
A. W Needlow
Polceman
McCormick
Petton
Christopher Elliston
Bigelow
Portland Organization
Portland
Ore
Ledgetriat Workers of the World
San Francisco
Thie Ia
Aviator Harry Orme’s trial flight ends in crash
Washington reports Harry Orme, inventor of a longster aeroplane, suffered a private trial mishap last week. The machine, damaged by a broken wire and ruined supports, will be repaired and tested again. Orme’s design includes a parachute arrangement above the biplane to prevent a sudden plunge.
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Washington
Harry Orme
Orme
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Leutenant Selfridge
Tacoma Inventor Solves Flying Problem
Tacoma today follows the Blartiing investigation into Lucian F. Cook a local capital ist who claims to have invented a flying machine that could revolutionize aerial flight. He plans demonstrations within weeks and a patent within two months with a principle based on atmospheric contact like birds in flight.
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Tacoma
Blartiing
Lucian F. Cook
Cook
LaBonm Appeals for Montana Stone State House Wings
Helena Mont Dec 27 A special session of the legislature convened to consider an appeal from organized labor for extra funds to build the proposed wings of the State house from Montana stone rather than cheaper Indiana material from Tredford.
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Helena
Mont
State House
Montana
Tredford
Indiana
Rock Island Stock Soars Then Slumps On Exchange Turmoil
The Rock Island common stock jumped from 50 58 to 81 and back to 50, triggering a huge sensational rush on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading drove the market lower across many issues as panic selling spread on the floor. The day opened with 600 shares at 60 5 to 60 5 and a stream of heavy orders followed from all sides.
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New York
Rock Island Common Stock
Stock Exchange
Death by own action through fear of insanity
Seattle report states Raymond Lloyd, 36, son of a New York lawyer and Yale graduate, drank carbolic acid in a suicide prompted by fear his mind was failing. A telegram from his father wishing happier times was found in the room.
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Seattle
Raymond Lloyd
H .B. Lloyd
New York City
Yale
Lloyd
Children die in Loveland house fire in Tennessee
Loveland Tenn Dec 27 Two small children of M Sunny of this city were burned to death as a fire destroyed their home. The wife escaped from the burning building in her night clothes after futile attempts to save the children.
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Loveland
Tenn
of & M
Sunny
Nelsons and Sloan Visit In City
Mr and Mrs T T Nelson and C of Vale are visiting in the city at the home of Mrs Nelsons parents. Mr and Mrs H M Sloan.
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T. T. Nelson
C. of
Vale
City
Visting
Madriz begins reform wave in Nicaragua
Managua reports President Jose Madriz acts decisively to curb Zelaya era excesses. Arrests include Joaquin Passos, Zelaya son-in-law, and Ernesto Martinez, former finance minister, over misappropriated funds and unsigned currency. Authorities prepare a decree to revoke monopolies tied to Zelaya, while Zelaya allies are recalled or banished as Madriz consolidates power.
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Zelaya
Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Madriz
Madriz
Joaquin Passos
Ernesto Martnez
Iints
Perse
Passosin
Senator Ramiris
Madty
Generis Anastasio Ornaiz
Henito
Chavagria
Paulino Godey
Zelaya Flight From Nicaragua Sparks U S Mexico Talk
In Mexico City on December 27 government circles report a secret U S Mexico understanding on former Nicaragua President Zelaya fleeing the country. Some say exile was tacit. Another report claims the United States may pursue action over alleged injuries to American nationals in Nicaragua. Foreign office officials refuse comment.
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Amexico City
United States
Mexico
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Foreign Office
Remington Dictates His Epitaph Before Death
Ridgefield Conn Dec 27 Frederick Remington the artist who died yesterday after an appendectomy had his tombstone engraved with the world He knew the horse This was his last wish His body was taken to Canton N Y where Remington was born Funeral services will be held tomorrow
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Ridgefield
Conn
Frederick Remington
Canton
Plaice Remington
Pinchot renews attack on foes of conservation
New York and Washington reports say Forster Gifford Pinchot today renewed his attack on those opposing conservation. He argued that American resources must be conserved for the majority, not for a few, amid ongoing battles over the forest service and water power control.
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New York
Forster Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service Chine
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