Pribilof Fur Seal Report Urges Land Filling Repeal
Professors Jordan and Clark report to the Commerce and Labor Department on Pribilof fur seals showing a decline from 2,500,000 in 1867 to 215,000 in 1912 and recommend repealing the five year land filling suspension. President Taft concludes Panama Canal inspection and heads home on the Arkansas. Signals corps says planes can locate submarines, aiding naval use. Ernest Baumann and Henri Martin receive transfers between Paris and Washington and Montreal. Taft to order abolition of many customs houses in January for economy.
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Pribilof Islands
David Starr Jordan
George A. Clark
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ernest Baumann
Paris
Washington
Henri Martin
Montreal
Taft
Steel firm offers employee stock at set prices
United States Steel plans January subscriptions for employees to buy preferred shares at 109 and common shares at 66, steady with last year’s prices. Subscriptions follow its profit sharing plan of 1903 as the American Association for Labor Legislation meets in Boston on factory inspection.
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United States Steel Corporation
Ite
The
American Association For Labor Legislation
Boston
Count von Buelow killed by freight train near state line
A laborer in striking contrast to European aristocracy Count Max Von Buelow, descendant of General Von Buelow, died after being struck by a Southern Pacific freight train near the California Nevada line. The incident prompted no immediate follow up in the reported text.
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Count Max von Buelow
General von Buelow
Prussia
Europe
Southern Pacific
California-Nevada State Line
International and domestic upheavals and royal births in brief
An official bulletin reports the viceroy of India Bar on Hardinge recovering satisfactorily after a bomb attack by an Indian fanatic. Mexico faces its largest strike as National Railway workers quit over pay. The Kaiser’s fifth grandson born to Princess Auguste Wilhelm in Berlin with 72 gun salutes. Ice swimmers finish Dorchester Bay races despite floe. Rome probes a plot to kill King Victor Emmanuel with five anarchists arrested. Tokyo foiled an assassination attempt on Prince Yamato Gamata who escaped unharmed. British schooners Cartagena and Georgiana foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with all 22 aboard drowned.
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India
Baron Hardinge
Kaiser
Auguste Wilhelm
Wilhelmstrasse
Berlin
Potsdam
Rome
Henry Dal Ferro
Victor Emmanuel
Gulf of Mexico
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Virginia Welcomes Home Governor Woodrow Wilson
Personal Virginia greets Gov Woodrow Wilson the eighth son to become president as he crosses Alexandria and arrives at Staunton birthplace amid enthusiastic display. John R Keene ill in New York hotel. valet Frank Fissler death by own action. Congressman-elect Timothy Sullivan recovering at Yonkers sanitarium may attend extra session. Mrs Woodrow Wilson selects Isabella Hagner as White House secretary.
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Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Alexandria
Staunton
John R. Keene
New York
Long Island
Mr. Keene
Frank Fissler
Timothy D. Sullivan
Yonkers
N. C
Washington
Congress
Isabella Hagner
Roosevelt
Murdock of Streator Dies. Lincoln Conspirator
J T Murdock a Streator lawyer who helped supervise the execution of Mrs Surratt and other Lincoln conspirators during the Civil War died at his home in Streator Illinois The report notes his Civil War service and role in the execution.
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J. T. Murdock
Streator
Hancock’s Corps
Washington
Surratt
Lincoln
Illinois News Nuggets From Springfield and Towns
Reports from Springfield reflect an attempted train robbery case against Jack Hartnett of Chicago and Elmer Vigus of Springfield, with detectives presenting a strong case. Across towns, mine cave-ins, accidental shootings, and a fire claim lives or injuries, including a 14 year old in Alabama? and a child killed by a train near Pekin.
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Springfield
Cain
Jack Hartnett
Chicago
Elmer Vigus
McGlaughlin
Sullivan
Express
Ayres
Hartnett
Vigus
Wilbur Galeener
Litchfield
George Mitach
John Mitach
Mrs Pig-Now Curly Party Behavior Torn
A playful request urges Curly to act like a perfect hog at a party. The statement blends nickname usage with a humorous demand for well behaving behavior.
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Mrs. Pig
Curly
Eager for His Rights A Bristol Times anecdote
A Bristol Times item recalls three year old Freddie’s first knickerbockers moment. At breakfast he parades his new attire, his mother declares him a little man, and he asks to call on Billi, showing pride in his grown up status.
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Henry Luke
Santa Fe
Streator
Ill
Luke
Springfield
Tee
Faith
Pawnee Missionary Baptist Church
C. O Rooth
Freddie
Bristol Times
Mummie
Billi
Steady Hand A Surgeons Hand Should Be the Firm est
A surgeon explains fifteen years of insomnia indigestion and nervousness from coffee and caffeine in tea. He says quitting coffee and drinking Postum steadied his hand and restored health enabling him to return to practice. Instant Postum details and prices follow with a request to mail for a trial tin.
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Wellville
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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Bridge
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Johnson City
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