A Despondent Michigan Man Attacks Family
Washington reports Ada Gilbert Dennis a fashionable dress maker found in her room badly injured with a fractured skull and bloodied clothing after a struggle. Detectives pursue the unknown assailant as a separate incident from Copper Falls details John Kinonen who killed his wife and two sons before taking his own life. his family survived.
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Mich
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King Fixes Date For Coronation In June
London December 10 at the privy council the king set June 26 as the coronation date. Parliament is scheduled to meet January 16.
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London
Privy Council
Parliament
Freed by coroner subsidy scheme inquest verdict
New York reports Mrs. Elizabeth Howe Dale exonerated by a coroner's jury though she faces grand jury action over her child's poison death. The jury found the poisoning accidental and unknown to her, while she seeks bail pending grand jury hearings.
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Elizabeth Howe Dale
Emmerline Dale
Dale
Chicago
Hoboken
LOCKJAW SERUM CLAIMS PROVEN IN PITTSBURG TECO
Dr. Leteve of Mercy hospital reports a serum treatment for tetanus showing strong early results in three human tests. The patients, a middle aged man a middle aged woman and a one year old boy, began in violent spasms after injection but recovered within days. He cautions that the cure may not work for all cases but believes the tetanus problem may be solved.
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A. Leteve
Leteve
Baltimore Man Invents a Device for Disposing of Mer Services
Ernest A. Paller, a Baltimore electrical and mechanical engineer, has built and tested a mechanical operator for telephone exchanges in Germany and the United States. He argues it uses far fewer moving parts and magnets than existing automatic exchanges, promising faster, simpler operation with fewer lost calls and easy retrofitting to current equipment. The article notes the invention’s development, testing sites, patent stance, and potential impact on smallpox vaccination progress.
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Ernest A. Paller
Black Forest
South Germany
San Francisco
Viaduct
East Fayette Street
Cashier Fleishman vanishes with bank funds in Los Angeles
W H Fleishman cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank disappears with an estimated 100 dollars. Vice President H W Hellman says the bank will continue business as investigations begin. Fleishman was last seen Saturday morning at his club after notifying he would not be at his desk. He has a bonded surety of 90 000 and owns property in the city.
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Tec
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Bellman
Machinery clash and Metal Trades rise at union meeting
At Scranton the American Federation of Labor discussed boycotting machine made cigars and failed to strike out the word machinery. The Metal Trades Federation organized with officers urged direct talks with manufacturers. In Ti En Tsin a clash between German and Punjaub forces left several dead or wounded and troops confined after street fighting.
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United States
Cigarmakers’ International Union
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Thomas F. Tracey
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Tieirty
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Worcester
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South Africa
Fire destroys key business block in Hoopeston
Hoopeston Illinois faces a major blaze in the First National Bank block on Main Street damaging the post office and four two story brick shops. Losses list banker J S McFerren at 50000 and B E Oppenheim general store at 18000 with other firms suffering notable losses as insurance pools at around 310500. Origin remains unknown.
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J. S. McFerren
B. BE. Oppenheim
C. F. Davis
J. S. Dunscomb
Hoopeston Telephone Company
Charles A. Allen
Box Car Crash Fells Fifty Workmen in Peru Embankment
A box car carrying fifty workers ahead of a construction train jumped the track near Peru Indiana and rolled down a fifteen foot embankment. Perry Landers was pinned under a red hot stove and may die. Several others were badly hurt with severed legs, dislocated hips and multiple injuries.
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Cincinnati
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Perry Landers
North Judson
Nevada Walters
Wabash
Charles Peterson
Fremont, O
Thomas O. Laughton
Urbana
Louisiann
Louisville
Frank Teward
William Bates
Catholic Federation Meets in Cincinnati
Cincinnati hosts the first conference of the American Federation of Catholic societies with about 500 delegates. Religious services at the cathedral preceded the business session at the auditorium, with Nash and Mayor Fleischmann delivering welcomes and federation officers replying.
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American Federation of Catholic Societies
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Fleischmann
Federation
Fire Devours Wayne County Court House in West Virginia
Fire rages through Wayne County courthouse about 20 miles south of Huntington, consuming eight buildings as of early reports. Fire crews battle the blaze amid tense conditions and ongoing efforts to contain damage.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wayne Court House
Week's Work Reports Boer Losses and Prisoners
Lord Kitchener in Pretoria dispatches a week of operations with 31 Boers killed 17 wounded 252 prisoners and 35 surrendered. Supplies captured and blockhouse lines extend into Ermelo Gethal and Carolina enabling systematic actions in the southeast. Boers remain strong in far western Cape, maritz forces attacked Tontenlboschkop with heavy clashes and casualties.
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Gethal
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Orange River Colony
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Omaha Loan and Trust considers relief. no receivership yet
President A A Wyman of the Omaha Loan and Trust company says no receivership will be requested now after a directors meeting to discuss relief. The company’s liabilities are expected to be higher than first thought and stockholders report the $500 000 capital is gone. A receiver request was briefly considered in district court but not granted.
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Root
Col
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War Department
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Russell
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Omaha
Neb
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Crofcot & Scott
Wise Do's and Don'ts on Dignity and Politeness
A St Louis Post Dispatch excerpt urges restraint in demeanor avoiding pose and superlatives. It counsels humility, self-improvement and discreet criticism, noting politeness as essential diplomacy and warning against pretension and loud judgments.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
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