Abduction of Attorney General Family Drama Shocks Nation
A sensational incident unfolds as Mrs Helen Miller abducts her seven year old son from the Miller household. A hot chase ensues across state lines after the nurse alerts the father. The couple, once connected to the United States attorney general, had marriage history and no divorce.
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Indianapolis
United States
Miller
Samuel PD
WT. Miller
New York
Samuel Miller
Wwife
West
WH. Miller
Candy
Union Station
Helen.Karch#r
Potstown
Samuel Mile
Washington
Arrest of William Temple and rig disappearance at Dakota City
County employee William Temple hired a livery rig in Dakota City Nebraska and disappeared after three days. Sheriff Sides learned Temple had been seen in Sioux City with the rig and could not be traced. Authorities in nearby towns were alerted and a man was reportedly held in limbo in Otter, Iowa. Temple allegedly sold the rig for thirty five dollars, losing most of the money in gambling.
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Nand
L. Hilanchard
Dakota City
Neb
Jackson
B. JF
Mr. Sawyers
Arith Sherif
Temple
Sioux City
Sides
Marshal Boosee
Otee
Sherif
Ruboets
Lageawehene Temple
Struck by Train Near Ord Injures Mrs Hasek
Mr and Mrs Hasek were struck by a Burlington passenger train while driving home from Ord Saturday night. Mrs Hasek sustained severe injuries including a crushed foot but is expected to recover. The accident occurred west of Ord as they crossed the Burlington track in a dark, windy cut.
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Ord
Hasek
Ana
Burlington
Jiasek
Ushie
Griay
Feud Rumors Surround Christmas Killing in Carl Ky
Reported Christmas night in Carl Kentucky describes a feud between leading families. Robert Morris reportedly shot and killed Marion Menderson as he advanced. Police expect further bloodshed. ten years ago Lem Morris wounded Cusis Henderson and a year later Jack Henderson killed Lem Morris.
Army to hold volunteers in Philippines until new law
A conference between the secretary of war and General Ludington leads to no troop homeward until Congress approves replacement measures. The War Department insists on an army of 80 men in the Philippines to maintain municipal governance, delaying mass volunteer return until the new army bill is enacted and troops can be replaced. Homecoming may be postponed to February.
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Ludington
Tha
Philippines
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Department
United States
War Department
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Closing the Holy Door at St Peter’s Cathedral
The pope closed the holy door of St Peter’s on December 24 in a grand ceremony at 11 am attended by 80,000, with pomp and a vast gathering of church leaders. He descended to the cathedral, sang the Te Deum, and placed a symbolic script on the threshold as the pontifical court joined in the rites.
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Pope
St. Peter's Wathedral
St Peter's Cathedral
St. Peter’s Door
Fragments Said to Be Father Marquette Remains Found Near Frankfort
A Toledo dispatch reports Michigan officials exhumed remains near Frankfort that may be Father Jacques Marquette. Experts say only skull and major bones remain and identify a white man. The Michigan Historical Society asserts Marquette was buried in 1675 and the find prompts a full investigation.
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Toledo
Ann Arbor
Father Marquette
Frankfort
Mieh
Cross
Michigan Historical Society
Father Marquettee
Michigan
Thomas A Williams Dead Professor and Botanist
Professor Thomas A Williams assistant chef of the division of astronomy at the department of agriculture and a well known authority on botany died December 24 at his Takoma residence of heart disease. He was thirty five and came from Weeping Water Nebraska. He edited the Asa Gray Helene botanical publication and held professorships at South Dakota Agricultural College and Columbian University. Hastings reports another death of Dr Williams Phelps in Linelabus.
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Thomas A. Williams
Department of Agriculture
Takoma
Washington
Weeping Water
Wiliams
Asa Gray
Agricultal Collegé of
South
Carrie Nation Arrested After Damage in Wichita Saloon
Mrs. Carrie Nation of Medicine Lodge was arrested in Wichita after smashing a painting and a large hotel mirror as she warned saloon owners of her intent to close joints. She said she acted to defend humanity against murder shops and would continue her anti liquor campaign if freedom permits. She awaits trial with bail set and possible defense by John G. Woolley.
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Wichita
Carrie Nation
Medicine Lodge
Carey Hotel
New
Cleopatra
Marian Bros
Kiowa
Nation
Woc. T.U
Ao Mitter
Wichitas
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Fire at Marshall Field’s threatens building on State Street
Fire at the Marshall Field & Co. store in Chicago damaged the third and fourth floors of the old Field building on State Street. General Mescen Selfridge estimated the loss not to exceed $25,000, mostly from water, with the fire confined to the third and fourth floors after intense efforts.
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Marshall Field & Co
Chicano
Til
Coach overturns in icy plunge injuring several passengers
A coach on a mountain stage overturned in icy conditions sending six or more people from the vehicle. A passenger suffered dangerous injuries while the driver, John Bates, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and multiple bruises. Other travelers were injured to varying degrees.
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Ina Rina
Amd
John Bates
Nore
United States Proposes 12 Million Kroner for Danish West Indies
Copenhagen dispatch reports US minister Swenson offered 12,000,000 kroner for the Danish West Indies to aid acquisition. The sum equates to about 3.24 million dollars and may require a treaty and congressional appropriation before any transfer.
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Indiana
Copenhagen
United States
Denmark
Swenson
Aritilfes
West
Indies
Swen- Son
Senate of
Hermit finds government bonds and pension vouchers
A chest in a hut occupied by hermit Ypsilanti Smith near Fletcher, Miami County, contained government bonds totaling 15,000 dollars with coupons attached and pension vouchers about 5,000 dollars. Smith had lived there forty years and died recently after years of mental decline following his wife’s death.
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Ypsilanti-Smith
Sle
Iletcher
Miami County
Prairie Fire Tragedy Strikes Family En Route
A Stackers family moving from Stillwater Oklahoma to Rogers Mills were trapped asleep in a wagon when a prairie fire engulfed them. A seventeen month old baby perished. A boy lies dying. A young woman is expected to lose both limbs and the mother may not survive.
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Gottlieb. Stackers
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Rogers Mills
County
Three Men Plead Guilty in Wolfe & Bros Burglaries
Three men arrested for the Wolfe and Bros Elgin burglary confessed names Myres aged 32 Wilson 40 and Liss 29. They received sentences of six years six years six months and seven years respectively. The trio were found with stolen food, guns, and skeleton keys. Two had prior convictions for petit larceny and one for disorderly conduct. They will serve their terms in prison.
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Wolfe & Bros
Elgin
Myres
Wilson
Liss
Kansas Leads In School Enrollment And Teacher Ratios
The report ranks Kansas atop the states for school enrollment to population at 27.87 percent, with total Kansas enrollment 554,992 and teachers 28,694. Pennsylvania and New York trail with 18.76 and 16.94 percent respectively, while Kansas also has the highest teacher to pupil ratio with 28,694 teachers. Chester Crane, once listed in death notices from General MacArthur in Manila, was a resident of Ottawa Kis and served as a sergeant in the Twentieth Kansas during the war.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Chester
Crane
General MacArthur
Manila
Ottawa
Kansas Volunteers
Eleventh
Cavalry
Dubuque Morning Flerald Suspends Publication
The Morning Flerald of Dubuque Town has suspended publication though the establishment dates back to 1836. The evening edition will continue to be issued.
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Dubuque
Ssi
Fire at Water Street: Mill Union Slitting Company Blaze
A fire on the west side damaged the Water Street mill Union slitting company building and machinery, with an estimated loss of 30000 dollars and insured for 25000 dollars. The incident details are sparse in the readable OCR segment.
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West Side
Mill Union
Slitting Company
Te Building
Miichiery
Record fragments show 19th century notices and tours
Telegraph items reference a 1870 American tour by an unnamed Miss Marriott and mention a death of a person identified as Edgar. The text also notes an incorporation certificate filed at Dover and a Midland Canal matter connected to Fargo North Dakota with a stated capital of 81,000,060.
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York
Etéatin
A. Ape
Miss. Marriott
Alice
Edgar
London
Dover
Debs
Midland ‘Canal
Fargo
Nu. D
Fourth annual National Live Stock Association convention in Salt Lake
The fourth annual National Live Stock Association convention at Salt Lake City promises to be the largest stockmen gathering. Delegates will be entertained in Salt Lake City with concerts, excursions to mines, and a special Denver to Salt Lake City rail trip on January 18 priced at 18 dollars.
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National Live Stock Association
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Assembly Hall
Mormon Church
Rand
Tabernacle
Deériver& Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
Colorado
S. K. Hooper
Rio Grande
Contagion by Rats Warns of Plague on Vessels
The French public health committee warns of high contagion risk from rats and mice boarding ships due to bubonic plague in Portugal. Garfield Terris claims to cure chronic constipation and other diseases by cleansing the system and purifying the blood. A harness denier mislabels his storeroom as a bridle chamber.
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Portugal
Garfield Terris
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