Port Arthur Court Martial Trials Detail Surrender
Russia battles over Port Arthur surrender as Generals Stoessel Reiss Fock face charges. Nine generals hear indictment on capitulation terms and military incapacity while Stoessel seeks rehabilitation amid intense army interest.
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Rt. Petersburg
Bagan
Steesse
Port A
Fock
General Relief
Smirach
Stoessel
Doubassoff
Kuropatkin
Bilderling
Myloff
Gursky
General Stoessel
Syrdanoff
Veliamoff
Port Arthur
Smirnoff
Bruessel
Reiss
Stossel
Kondratenko
Port Arthur Fon
Council
Eagle's Nest
Malchenko
Nogi
Rejas
Alexieff
Kurepatkin
Wiren
Genema
Stofane
Stoesser
Senate in Session Briefly Contences Bond Questions
Washington December 10 The senate met for about an hour with little business. Bills were introduced and pending resolutions by Clay Culberson awaiting Aldrich absence. Tillman urged finance committee inquiry into the recent bond issue. again Aldrich’s absence paused action. A resolution on swamp land reclamation was adopted. The house adjourned without business beyond bill introductions as committees to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Clay
Culberson
Secretary of the Treasury
Aldrich
Tillman
Committee On Finance
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
House
Supreme Court Sustains California Bank Holiday Statute
The U S Supreme Court upholds California’s special holiday statute passed in an extraordinary session to protect banks and aid the business of the court. The ruling confirms the law as constitutional and in force.
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C. K
San Francisco
California
United States Supreme Court
Veteran actor James Henry Stoddart dies at Sewaren NJ
Brief dispatch reports the death of James Henry Stoddart veteran actor at his Sewaren New Jersey home. Other items note Piratica depredations on the Whang Ho river Chinese government issues, New York stock market action, and a boiler explosion at Allentown plant killing three workers.
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James Henry Stoddart
Sewaren, N. J
Whang Ho
Hughes
John F. Ahearn
Manhattan
New York
Argentina
Chicago
Allentown
American Steel and Wire Company
John Armstrong
Christian Science Publications
Boston
Mr. Armstrong
Carrollton
Defense Contends Aft Davit Lacks Specificity in Gambling Case
Orange Circuit Court hears Mack Larter argue quashment of indictment for visiting a gambling house in Grange county Indiana. Defense claims the affidavit fails to describe the premises sufficiently to enable proper defense. Other cases postponed until current argument resolved.
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Paoll
Ind
Mack Larter
Mabis
Grange County
Indiana
Indiana mine law cuts deaths. 300 arrests since April
Terre Haute report shows State Mine Inspector Epperson and deputies note 300 arrests for new safety law violations since April. Early resistance gave way. no deaths from powder handling now, and inspectors can close mines until compliant. Improved sanitary conditions and broader enforcement credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Epperson
Indiana
Terre Haute Mills Reopen With Expanded Capacity
Terre Haute Indiana December 10 The American Hominy company plant rebuilt after a recent fire is nearly ready to resume operations with increased capacity, claiming to be the world’s largest hominy mill The Highland Iron and Steel mill has restarted after a brief idle period with about 500 workers and sufficient orders to run through winter Manager Reading reports 1200 car works employees will be kept at work through winter
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Terre Haute
Ind
American Hominy Company
Highland Iron and Steel Company
Reading
Car Works
Not a Whitecap Victim in Indiana Jail Tale
Edward Ford, jailed in Bloomington awaiting grand jury action for the murder of Joel and Frank McCoy, denies a Nashville Indiana source report that he received a whitecapping. He says he was once a witness in a whitecapping case and was nicknamed Persimmon during a trial, but asserts no personal trouble and finds no foundation to the tale.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Ford
Joel
Frank McCoy
Nashville
Ford
Persimmon
Woman killed crossing rail line in Schererville near Hammond
Lizzie Schultz, 35, was fatally cut to pieces when struck by a moving train at the Pennsylvania tracks crossing between Hammond and Crown Point. Spectators watched as the accident occurred, recalling that her father Henry Schultz, a livestock dealer, died at the same crossing two years earlier. The woman was slightly deaf and may not have heard the approaching train.
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Hammond
Ind
Lizzie Schultz
Pennsylvania
Schererville
Crown Point
Henry Schultz
Schultz
Man Shoots Self After Speech to Child in Daleville
James Sheets twenty three years old from Daleville is found at home with a bullet in his forehead after telling his two year old child to watch him shoot. He is unconscious and his right side is paralyzed. The incident follows a remark to the child as he fired the shot. In a separate note Boston along with eighteen other Massachusetts cities vote today.
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Anderson
Ind
James Sheets
Daleville
Papa
Sheets
Rivalry sways on convention choice in Democratic debates
Indianapolis dispatch reports Thomas Taggart heads to Washington for the Democratic national committee meeting. Denver vies for the 1908 convention with a $100000 gold bid, while Fairbanks boosters in Indiana push for an Indiana strong showing in Chicago. Banks across Indiana remain above legal reserves, and Indianapolis plans a union labor park project with a $3000 capital.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Washington
Loulaville
Chicago
Taggart
French Lick
Denver
Bryan
Marion County Labor Day Committee
Eagle Creek
Religious War Must Cease
St. Petersburg reports the government again urges Sofia to curb Bulgarian bands in Macedonia. Recent fighting causes over 100 casualties, roughly split between Christians and Mohammedans, highlighting a serious threat to regional peace.
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St. Petersburg
Sofia
Macedonia
Michigan Central switchman presumed drowned in harbor
The body of Herman Shure a 47 year old Michigan Central railway switchman who vanished from his home six weeks ago was found in the harbor at Michigan City Ind He is survived by a family and authorities believe he fell from the rocks into deep water during a nighttime misstep
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Michigan City
Ind
Herman Shure
Michigan Central Railway
Shure
In Memory of James Kerr Dear De Soto 1907
A letter from R. R. Tuley notes James Kerr's death and burial in De Soto Missouri with condolences to the family. The message reflects on faith, the afterlife, and a life well spent, citing a Bible verse about death as a transition to a better realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kerr
de Soto
Uncle Sam
Grandpa Kerr
R. R. Tuley
Roosevelt coins drop trust on the new issue
President Roosevelt removes the word trust from the new gold coins while noting other trusts remain in business. The change reflects a stylistic shift in national currency inscriptions following the reform.
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Roosevelt
Poets Seek Fame in a Dry Town Rumor
Louisville Courier Journal notes how poets like Chaucer Shakespeare and Jonson would cope with a dry town and local option. The piece contrasts literary ambition with provincial limits and asks how a poet might rise in such a setting.
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Chaucer
Jonson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Good Cough Medicine for Children Says Mothers Trust Chamberlain's Remedy
A Ripley West Virginia mother praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her children. The ad notes it contains no opium and is safe for both children and adults and lists T. & Basye as the seller. It ends with a proverb about perseverance in victory and loss.
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F. F. Starcher
Ripley
W. Va
Chamberlain
T. &. Basye
Lawyers Will Practice in State and Federal Courts
Law office in Rockport Indiana on ground floor opposite the Court House announces practice in State and Federal courts with representative services and contacts.
Law Firm Ad for Smith and McCullough in Rockport
M. M. Smith and McCullough Smith and McCullough Lawyers announce practice in all courts. Office on ground floor south side Main Street Rockport Indiana.
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Rockport
Indiana
Main Street
Rockport Attorney Ad Runs From Main Street Office
B F Huffman attorney at law announces office in the post office building on Main street opposite the court house in Rockport Indiana and states he will practice in all courts.
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W. B. Brown
Brown Brown & Brown Attorneys-At-Law
Rockport
Indiana
Main Street
Court House
Postoffice Building
B. F. Huffman
Allen J. Payton
Sargent’s Drug
Third Streets
Rockport Will Practice in All Courts in Indiana
The notice states Rockport Indiana will practice in all courts on the ground floor opposite the Court House, listing the location and access details for official proceedings.
Local Plea About Santa and Respect for Churches
A reader jokes about hoping Santa brings suspenders for a nineteen year old son and remarks that people often attack churches to justify meanness, expressing frustration with moral comparisons and parental humor.
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Santa Claus
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Otandpalat
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Asien
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Hagis
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Peck
Rt. George
Shnator Aldrich
Red Cross Society
Horror At Monongah, W. Va
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Ant
Orange Circuit Court
Battia
Massachusetts
Chiles
Goofrich
Te Republcar
Wes
Goodrich
Fairbanks
Evansville
Madison
Lafayette
Marlon
Ft. Wayne
South Bend
Castoria
Louis Post-Dispatch
B. M
Bwan
W. C, Bason
Swan & Mason
J. W. Burns
R. E. Roberts
Attorney-At-Law
Occidental Hotel
M. Smith
McCullough Smith & McCullough Lawyers
F. J. Reinhard
Arch &Tavenson
Reinhard & Stevenson
F. A. Hearing,jr
Kramer
J. Philip Burns
Eva Buxton
Krieger
Fourth Street
Main
Cumberland
D. C. Pattridge
Chas, E. Poole
Home Insurance and
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Farmer's Bank
Champerlain
T.C. Basye
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