Roosevelt White House Reception Attracts 8100 Attendees
A New Year reception at the White House drew about 8,100 people. President Roosevelt greeted each guest in the Blue Room as Miss Alice Roosevelt and a group of young ladies assisted. Mrs Roosevelt wore a heavy white silk gown with lace trim and a bouquet of ink and purple orchids. Foreign legations from China Japan and Korea hosted open houses nearby while diplomatic figures in Mexico and Germany also exchanged greetings by telegram.
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Bomb in Balcony At Grand Duke Constantine Palace
A Kiev dispatch reports a bomb exploded under the balcony of the Grand Duke Constantine’s grand palace as salons were crowded with guests. No injuries occurred but damage was heavy with shattered windows. Nihilist students are suspected and fifteen have been arrested.
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Blood in Their Eye Port of France dispatch reports Caribbean operation
Senormatos and several generals and 300 volunteers sail from Martinique on the Libertador toward the Venezuelan coast after a manifesto urged armed action. Preevent 18 M One Seanana was notably cordial to the Pan American cause. Berlin New Year events include a palace chapel service and the Kaiser’s chat with Ambassador White praising Roosevelt.
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Slaughter of Sparrows in Pleasant Township
In Pleasant township two farmer teams hunted sparrows for a banquet prize. Twenty men per side bagged 13 000 and 11 000 birds respectively, totaling 24 000. Birds averaged four ounces, yielding over three tons of sparrows killed in a week long hunt noted as one of the state’s notable events.
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Mystery in His Death Shrouded in Dual Theories
News from St. Joseph Michigan reports the sudden death of James Hidlicka a local machine company representative. Authorities debate whether death resulted from foul play or self harm amid several suspicious circumstances.
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Death Toll Soars After Train Derailment and Fire
Pittsburg dispatch reports a Baltimore and Ohio derailment caused multiple deaths and many injuries as the train tumbled near Glencoe. Firemen battled gas-fed flames as wreckage burned, with two engineers among the dead and several seriously hurt.
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Kidnap Case Swirls Around 80-Year-Old Farmer
Frederick Hannaman, 80, of Lakefield township near Merrill, has been missing for months after a sept 2 trip to Saginaw to secure a 700 dollar loan. His son John Hannaman, a junk peddler, is jailed on kidnapping charges with an accomplice in the case. The old man cashed the loan Sept 7 and has not been seen since the 15th.
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Rhodes Attacks Cuartel Near Manila in Flanking Strike
Lieutenant Charles D. Rhodes of the Sixth Cavalry with two orderlies, within six miles of Manila, surprised a cuartel of twenty insurgents. He drove them out, seized two rifles, three revolvers and ammunition, then burned the barracks and moved to Manila. Reports from Samar note limited progress and rising native hostility. General Chaffee may visit Samar to assess affairs while Batangas reports a favorable campaign with swift results anticipated.
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Farmer taps endless water well in Franklin Wisconsin
Milwaukee county farmer L Buseh drilled 267 feet on his Franklin farm and uncovers a perpetual geyser like Old Faithful. Since Monday the six inch jet reaches thirty feet high and shows no sign of stopping, flooding fields over a mile in several directions after a season of drought and water scarcity.
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Race question sparks dispute in Clark county
Rafes Brodas, a Black resident near Charlestown, challenges school segregation by refusing to send his children to the Black teacher in district. Arrested under truancy law, he was fined but the judgment suspended if he enrolls his children in school. He tried to send them to a white teacher, who refused. Brodas faces compulsory attendance in the colored school.
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Omaha road buys land and builds rail links in Sioux City
Omaha railroad purchased sixty acres in downtown Sioux City and began large machine shops for the Northern Iowa and Dakota divisions. Plans include a Union station for northwest lines, a link to Le Mars, and a connection from Merrill Indiana to Centerville South Dakota. Expected local expenditure tops one million dollars.
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Loeb declares life is electro dynamic in origin
Chicago January 2 Professor Tacques Loeb of Chicago University states life in higher organisms is electro dynamic by experiments with jelly fish and ion charges The finding claims electricity powers muscle and organ energy not heat and overturns much physiology teaching He traces rhythmic heart action to electrical ions and cites nerve action as the final link in a decade long program
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Cummins Congratulates Shaw On Treasury Appointment
Governor elect Cummins called on Governor Shaw in Des Moines to extend congratulations on his appointment to the treasury portfolio. The meeting, held amid political chatter, aimed to quell claims of criticism and reportedly ended without disagreement as Shaw prepared to read his message to the incoming executive.
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WILL SUE THE UNITED STATES Sealers Seek Damages Over Pelagic Ban
Victoria B C Jan 2 United States sealers plan to claim damages from the US government for loss of share in the sealing industry after pelagic sealing bans. Some schooner operators seek data in Victoria for claims. The move follows enforcement that limited seals under the US flag to the American Commercial Co. and restricted skins admitted to the US market.
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British invites Clyde yards to bid on new battleships
Glasgow Jan 2 The British admiralty invites Clyde ship yards to tender for two battleships five armored first class cruisers and two protected cruisers Officials urge prompt bids The new battleships will have greater gun power than any current naval vessels
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A Fatal Mistake In Arsenic Poisoning Case
Detroit reports the death of Beaulah Wheeler a young society woman at her home after she took arsenic for antipyrin by mistake. The incident is described as a tragic accident highlighting accidental poisoning.
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Gov Shaw in Chicago on way to Washington
Governor Shaw of Iowa arrived in Chicago early today en route to Washington to confer with the president on his appointment to the treasury portfolio.
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Admiral Sampson’s Illness Worsens Slowly at End
Washington reports Admiral Sampson’s illness advances with arteria degeneration signs. Medical science cannot stop it and the patient grows less responsive to treatment. Secretary Hay is indisposed due to a severe cold and did not go to the state department today.
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Lucky Kansas Man Names All Postmasters
Washington January 2 W R Spilman of Manhattan Kas has been appointed chief of appointments of the division of the post office department in charge of the appointments of all postmasters.
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Eugene Carter Dead At 43 In Chicago Billiard Expert Dies
Eugene Carter a billiard expert died in Chicago today from lung trouble at age 43. Other brief items note the Everett Moore syndicate assets in Ohio and Michigan being placed under a Cleveland bankers committee, Northern Pacific stock actions in New York, a fatal boiler explosion in Macon Georgia, Belmont named Democratic nominee for New York seventh district, a Desoto Iowa burglary, and a list of Dickens title suggestions including Hard Times.
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