Parcels Post Triggers Prune Price Cut Nationwide
Washington dispatch reports the parcels post forced express firms to drop prune rates from 96 to 35 cents after a San Diego grower planned two carloads sent in 8 pound boxes to New York. Dr. Charles P. Grandfield predicts further rate pressure as parcels post expands, boosting boarding house tables nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Charles P. Grandfield
San Diego
Cal
New York
Grandfield
Rock
Langford Beats McVey In Australia Heavyweight Clash
Sam Langford knocked out Sam McVey in the thirteenth round in a fierce Australian bout. It was their sixth meeting, with Langford now holding four victories to McVey’s one and a draw. Langford, 32, began pro boxing in 1902 and holds the English heavyweight title.
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Sydney
Australia
Sam Langford
Sam McVey
Langford
McVey
Paris
Chamon
England
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Holds National Convention in Nashville
The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity convention opens at the state capitol Nashville with delegates from across the country. Morning exercises welcome members. a business session features an illustrated lecture on fraternity history by W. C. Clevere of Evanston Illinois. A ball in honor of visitors is planned for tonight.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
W.C. Clevere
Evanston, Ill
Obituary for Clara Mary Schroder in San Antonio
Clara Mary Schroder 30 native of Paducah Ky died at 8 45 this morning at 120 Belvin Street San Antonio where she had lived five years Survived by parents J C and wife five siblings John Jonesboro Ark George and Charlie San Antonio Inez Means Mary Karsten Jeannette and Lillian all of San Antonio Funeral 230 Saturday from the residence Interment Mission Burial Park.
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Jeannette
Lillian Schroder
Mission Burial Park
Christmas Fireworks Maim 75 In New Orleans
For the 24 hours ending midnight, 75 Christmas celebration victims were treated at local hospitals in New Orleans, mostly minors injured by blank cartridges and toy weapons. Arrests for Christmas figures totaled 176, with 93 for drunkenness and 78 for disturbing the peace.
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New Orleans
Turks Present Counter Peace Proposals At Conference
Turkish delegates at the peace talks propose to keep Adrianople and Saloniki, drawing a frontier from Adrianople to Enor with the Dardanelles left to Turkey. Balkan allies demand greater concessions, while Saloni ki could be retained as a bargaining chip. The sides prepare counter propositions ahead of the next St James Palace session.
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London
Adrianople
Turkey
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Serres
Midia
St. James Palace
Enor
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles Straits
Austria
Servia
Montenegro
Scutari
Albania
Mount Lowehen
Gulf of
Cattaro
Adriatic
Probe Death Mystery in Indianapolis Doctor Slaying
Dr. Helen Knabe was found with her throat slit in her Indianapolis apartment on October 24 1911. Grand jury hearings with fifteen witnesses and detective H C Webster suggest an indictment may follow as investigators pursue the case amid wartime diplomatic notes and local events. A Neal Baraca class Mexican supper and musical program are announced for Prospect Hill Baptist Church Friday night.
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Helen Knabe
Indianapolis
Grand Jury
H. C. Webster
Council of Women
Grand
Neal Baraca
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Paris Sleuths Track Mysterious Shooting of Walter De Mumm
Paris detectives pursue the shooting of Walter De Mumm in Mrs. Marie Barnes apartments. Rumors say the wounded American adventuress Marie Creel fled with possible help from allies of either party. The case links a years long affair, family disputes, and a Chilean husband’s former wife Marie Rensimer, a Pennsylvania mill worker’s daughter.
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Paris
Walter de Mumm
Marie Barnes
de Mumm
Mumm
Boy Missing Stepfather Sought in San Antonio
Everett Harrison, 13, remains at police headquarters while officers search for his stepfather Henry Wisener who was due to meet him after arriving from Gainesville. The boy has no other relatives and is a stranger in San Antonio.
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Everett Harrison
Henry Wisener
Gainesville
San Antonio
Aged man arrested on assault charge found with cash
An elderly white man arrested at noon on a charge of striking a woman was searched at police headquarters. Officers found $3455 in currency in his pockets. He posted bond for court tomorrow and was advised to deposit the money in a bank.
Court Will Elect Clerks for Six-Year Term in January
The Court of Criminal Appeals adjourned in Austin on December 26 without electing clerks for the next six year term. Election in December was customary, but no action was taken before adjournment amid speculation of potential changes.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lost prospectors rescued by station overseer
Two prospectors near Broken Hill in Australia strayed and believed themselves near death until a nearby telephonelike wire alerted them. The overseer dismissed their danger, advised a smoke, and arranged wagonette transport to the station for dinner.
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West Australia
Broken Hill
Melbourne
Stomach Health Theory and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A discussion of hurried eating causing indigestion argues for treating the stomach like machinery and endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution. The ad-style piece claims the tablets digest all foods, prevent acidity, and aid over eating, selling at 50 cents a box in drug stores.
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Stuart
America
Five Control Graft Tied to Four Inspectors and One Civilian
Judge Edward F. Swan of the City Magistrates Court says the NYPD graft ring is controlled by four police inspectors and one civilian. He identifies a brains of the combine and notes partners share in gambling and other illicit earnings. He argues removing these inspectors would ruin the system.
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Edward F. Swan
City Magistrates’ Court
New York
Knights of Columbus Minstrels Ready at Grand Opera House
The Knights of Columbus Minstrels under Frank A Long prepare a matinee and evening show at Grand Opera House on Friday December 27 with new songs jokes and a violin solo by Professor Romberg The program lists overtures solos duets and a comedy act featuring characters such as Hon Bill Johnson and Abraham Liftcoln in a political campaign setup.
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Lodge of Knights of Columbus
Frank A. Long
Grand Opera House
Professor Romberg
Crest
Land of Cotton
Isadore, Witmar
de Camptown
Louis Melas
P. M. Licklider
J. E. Gregg
Knights of Columbus Minstrels
Thomas Lodovic
W. H. Smith
Pedro Aleyar
Walter Romberg
Booster Club of
Blackville
Bill Johnson
Judge
J. W. Conroy
James Jackson Muchmouth
Chester Slimp
Charlies Augustus Hotfoot
J. Ross Boles
Abraham Liftcoln
Washington
P. W. Licklider
William Bilkins Smith
Garfield. Fussfeathers
A. H. Simon
Alexander Brutus Thicklips
P.S. McGee
Quiet Christmas Dinner Helps Brownsville Poor
Christmas was quietly observed in Brownsville with about 300 of the city's poor served a large dinner and many receiving clothing.
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Brownsville
Tex
Water witches work in locating underground water sources
The US Geological Survey notes in a water supply paper that no device, mechanical or electrical, reliably detects underground water where observation fails. Divining rods yield results mainly from unconscious muscular action and operator bias, effective mainly in layered porous materials where wells can be found.
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United States Geological Survey
Sheriff Resigns as Special Grand Jury Cracks Down
In Muskogee Oklahoma the special grand jury did not indict but forced the resignations of Sheriff W R Robison and six jail guards along with Ed S Williams city police judge and six police officers. Dan Coody Porum justice of the peace was indicted for murder of Charles McClure. Mel Bailey Muskogee justice of the peace indicted for carrying concealed weapons. Additional indictments included conspiracy in Porum feud murders and twenty for minor offenses.
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Muskogee
Okla
W. R. Robison
Ed S. Williams
Dan Coody
Porum
Charles McClure
Mel” Bailey
Schwab Acquires 135000 Dollar Private Car Loretto
Charles M Schwab has received from the Pullman Company his steel private railway car Loretto valued at 135000 dollars. The remodeled car is reduced in size to pass through the Hudson River tubes and took eight months to rebuild.
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Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Pullman Company
Loretto
Hudson River Tubes
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