Hews Of A Week In Condensed Form At Home And Abroad
A condensed weekly chronicle notes that in Ohio the county tally shows Nichoas Longworth defeated in the First Ohio district by Democrat Stanley Bowdle by 28 votes. In New York, Chairman William T. McCombs begins a long vacation after election night. California unofficial returns show Roosevelt ahead by 45 votes, subject to official confirmation.
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Hamilton County
Ecc- Mons
Nichoas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Stanley Bowdle
William T. McCombs
New York
Democratic National Committee
South Carolina
California
Roosevelt
Wilson
Vincent Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Canal completion eyed within twelve months report
Washington official claims Isthmian canal will finish in the coming year. Secretary Knox and Russian envoy near abrogation of the 1832 treaty, with January 1 as the effective date. Taft notes resignations, appointments, and policy shifts shaping the new administration.
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Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
Russia
Knox
Bakhmeteff
Balkan War Push and Diplomatic Shifts (1912)
Reports indicate Bulgaria drives toward Constantinople as armistice appeal is referred to allies. Russian stance on Servia port denied. Constantinople says Turkey negotiates with Bulgaria directly, easing European tensions. Obituaries note deaths of former Gov William Larrabee and Sen Joseph M Terrell, plus Vincent Astor's 21st birthday and inheritance, Arena Club president Dow elected Illinois federation head, and Clark Threadworks founder William Campbell Clark dies in Newark.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Servia
Adriatic
McNamara Bomb Plot Linked to Miss Dye Case
In the dynamite conspiracy trial Frank Eckhoff, a Cincinnati neighbor of the McNamara family, testified about James B McNamara’s plan to explode a bomb under Miss Mary C Dye, a stenographer for the Iron Workers union, claiming she knew too much.
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James B. McNamara
Mary C. Dye
Iron Workers’ Union
Frank Eckhoff
McNamara
Cincinnati
Monastir Falls to Serbs After Three Day Battle
In Belgrade reports the Turkish fortress Monastir surrendered after fierce three day fighting. About 50,000 Turks including three generals laid down arms as defenders retreated after their line to Ochhrida was cut. Serbians reports cite heavy losses on both sides with mud hindering advances and key heights Obalakovo and Kochista captured at night.
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Belgrade
Monastir
Ochbrida
Oblakovo
Kochista
Turkey
London
Constantinople
Balkan
Hakdene
Tchatalja
Adrianople
Tchatalfa
Weymouth
United States
Scorpion
Bosphorus
U. S
Washington
Porte
Naval Department
Supreme Court rules against bathtub enamelware cartel
Washington November 20. The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that license agreements among enamel ware manufacturers violate the Sherman Antitrust Act. Justice McKenna stated patent rights do not shield such restraints on interstate trade. The decision upheld government charges against 50 defendants, including Edwin L. Wayman, for price fixing and contractual restraints aimed at enforcing a patent driven cartel in sanitary enameled ironware.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
McKenna
United States District Court of Maryland
Edwin L. Wayman
Supreme Court
Wayman
Caught in 1 500 000 Deal
Federal officials began arrests in a global stock and bond swindle netting over 1.5 million dollars in profits. Indicted by the Cincinnati grand jury were F D Minyard J Gordon Malcom Thomas Fishwick George Hannaford and J R Long. Arrests included A Bruce Crane in Newark and Mason G Worth in New York with others in Cleveland Rochester and Boston.
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Washington
United States Grand Jury
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
F. D. Minyard
Cleveland
J. Gordon Malcom
Canada
Thomas Fishwick
Boston
George Hannaford
Chicago
J R. Long
Buffalo
Rochester
American Redemption Company
United States
E. C. Smith
Horace D
Eighteen Hurt In Bridge Collision At Marysville
Eighteen people were injured in a head on crash between a freight motor and a street car on the bridge linking Yuba City and Marysville. Several are reported fatally hurt.
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Marysville
Cal
Yuba City
Night Shirts Spark Missouri Buyer Offer
A traveling man waits to showcase samples to a Missouri merchant when a customer purchases two night shirts. A lank lumberman, trousers stuffed in boots, asks what the other man bought. The merchant replies with a quip about not staying up much at night.
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Missouri
Lippincott’s
The Luckiest Man Eben-So Miss Antique to wed
The couple announces an upcoming marriage with Flo The clergyman as the groom. The cleric will receive payment and disclaims responsibility for the union.
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Eben
SCOFFERS Turn to Postum Health Pledge in Letter Ad
An advertisement presents testimonials from readers who abandon coffee and tea for Postum. A sister in an eastern city reports headaches vanish after switching, and a father and daughter claim reduced headaches and sour stomachs. The notice notes ongoing reader letters and promotes Postum Co in Battle Creek Michigan with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Tapligs
Adv
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Anti-Saloon League of
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Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America
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Frederick A. Dow
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Bathtub Combine
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