Janetta Seeks Work Amid London Class Tension
Janetta Howard persuades her brother Neville to pursue a risky lodging-house plan and advertises for a companion. A hopeful letter from Miss Clarice Seymour offers a sixty pound yearly post, but a train crash en route to Northcliff tests their resolve and draws Janetta toward a mysterious, good looking stranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janetta
Neville
Paddington
Northcliff
Clarice Seymour
Wien
Punche
Parrot
Nevilleion
Porter
Jennie
Furniture polish recipe in old manuscript
Readable fragment describes an excellent furniture polish made of equal parts shellac varnish and spirits of wine. It reflects period home crafting with simple ingredients and practical finishing aim.
Cape Colony Braces for Boer Rebellion and Martial Law Debates
Dispatches from Cape Town report Cape Colony facing Boer raids and a looming rebellion. Reinforcements are urged as Lord Kitchener directs defense while debate grows over proclaiming marshal law, with Dutch sentiment and disrupted rail traffic shaping the crisis. A Boer column attacked Steynsberg and an assault on Venterstad was repulsed as the situation darkens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laandon
Cape Colony
Pos
Capetown
Philliptown
Cape
Lord Kitchener
Daily Mail
Venterstad
Strike on trolley leaves Scranton rail system idle
Every one of the 300 car and barn employees of the Scranton Pennsylvania Railway Company obeyed a strike order that went into effect at 30 clock December 23. Only two cars were run in the LacKawa na valley. These two cars were manned by Superintendent Patterson and dispatchers foremen and clerks. No attempt was made to molest them. Rain fell most of the day. The tied up region extends from Pittsburg to Forest City a distance of thirty miles and includes sixty five miles of Wilglen where eighty cars normally run.
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Scranton, Pa
Lacckawana Valley
Patterson
Pittsburg
Forest City
Wilglen
Mansfield Marshal Kills Nebraska Man in Longstanding Feud
Mansfield Texas marshal Morrison shoots and kills Dick House of Nebraska and wounds House's father On DP during a farm dispute. Morrison, a Mansfield officer for fifteen years, is unharmed. Cause of the tragedy remains unclear but reportedly stems from a long standing quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Mansfield
Texas
Dick House
Marshal Morrison
Disease threat to range cattle reaches Wyoming
Word has arrived from the ganges west of the Black Hills in Wyoming about a deadly disease among range cattle. It is similar to human diphtheria, fatal, with throat swelling and obstruction. State veterinarians fear it will be hard to stop, hoping cold weather may halt its spread.
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Ganges
Black Hills
Wyoming
Inarian
Dowager Lady Churchill Found Dead at Windsor Palace
The Dowager Lady Churchill, senior lady of the bedchamber and close confidante to the queen, was found dead in her bed at Windsor Palace on December 25. She retired complaining of cold but appeared in no distressed condition beforehand, and authorities report no alarming symptoms prior to death.
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Churchill
Churchil
O&shorn Palace
Major cave in at Ravine mine endangers Pittston streets
A large collapse at the Ravine mine operated by Pennsylvania Coal Company in Pittston Pennsylvania caused a 35 foot section of the main street to fall into the pit. The incident, cited as the worst in the anthracite region, risks further subsidence and flooding as water pours into the mine. Seven houses suffered heavy damage. Authorities fear pillar robbing caused the collapse.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittston
Three Battle Creek Suspects Charged in Hog Heist
Charles Spiece Babe Pees and Will Hale are jailed on charges of stealing a wagon load of hogs from F. J. Hale. The hogs were found in Madison. Fraser testified identifying Spiece and Lovelace is said to have confessed after being pushed. Hale is described as a boy.
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Charles Spiece
Babe Pees
Will Hale
Battle Creek
F. J. Hale
Madison
Fraser
Spiece
Lovelace
Hale
Sudden Death of Ogalalla Grocer W A Forsyth
W A Forsyth head of Forsyth & Son grocers in Ogalalla was found dead in bed Sunday morning after leaving work earlier. Aged 76, heart failure determined as the cause. Forsyth, a pioneer of Ogalalla’s commerce, was one of its leading businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogalala
W. A. Forsyth
W. A. Forsyth & Son
Ogal‘alla
Forsyth
Ogalalla
Ten-Year-Old Sattler Sentenced to Reform School
Albert, son of John T P Sattler of Plattsmouth Nebraska, was sentenced by Judge Douglass to the Wearney state reformatory. He was among those who burglarized the Sattler Furniture Co. store safe and the city steam laundry safe. Complaint filed by W W Coates.
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Albert
John TP. Sattler
Plattsmouth
Neb
Douglass
State Reformatory
Wearney
Sattler Furniture Company
City Steam Laundry
W W. Coates
Tragic Christmas Shooting in Great Falls Leaves Boy Paralyzed
Jacob Werten fatally wounds his son Jolena during a December 25 incident in Great Falls Montana after the son protected his mother. The father surrendered to authorities as the wounded boy remains paralyzed and near death.
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Great Falls
Mont
Jacob Werten
Jolena.Werten
Wealthy Man Murdered in Savannah
Frank Richardson a wealthy businessman from St. Joseph Michigan was found murdered at his Savannah home. A stranger who had quarreled with Richardson followed him from town and shot him in the back of the head. Richardson was brother to John D. Richardson general manager of the biscuit trust.
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Frank Richardson
Wes
St. Joseph
Michard
Savannah
Richardson
John D. Richardson
The
Biscuit Trust
Kaiser Decorates Chancellor on Christmas Eve
Emperor William visited Chancellor Count von Buelow and personally conferred the Black Eagle insignia on him in a formal ceremony.
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Kaiser
Emperor William
Count von Buelow
Order of the Black Eagle
Three Boys Perish In Fire On Little Roc Ave
A fire on Little Rock Avenue claimed the lives of three boys related to Dick Lathemson. The youths, playing with matches, could not escape as the house burned.
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Little Roc Avs
Dick Latmhersoms Isons
Oil well dispute in Muskegon ends in good flow after blast
Qi Strand of Muskegon Michigan disputes that an oil well development was shot. After the explosion pumps were set and a strong flow followed, boosting production at the site.
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Muskegon
Mich
Fire at Fox pressed steel car works causes major loss
A blaze at the Fox pressed steel car works, a major city institution, caused extensive damage estimated at about 100000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames as the factory sustained substantial destruction.
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Wwolet
Deastro
Othe Fox
Otal
Murdered for Money in Cobber Texas
In Cobber Texas the prominent farmer J J Johnson was found dead in his yard. Authorities say he was evidently murdered for his money as investigators probe motive and details.
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Ober, Tex
J.J. Johnson
Nebraska and World News Briefs From Early 1900s
A condensed report notes Boers threaten Kutte rley and Lord Kitchener’s news cutoffs. Weeklong stock declines hit many states. Nebraska items include Nick Gentleman’s Platte Center court case and Missouri River commission talks of abolition. Miss Gertrude Lott’s marriage to Maxine Elliott’s sister is mentioned. Christmas trade in Nebraska towns, plus a court in Cleveland sentencing Edward Ruthven for murder. In Hastings Iowa Inez Gibson, 12, died by suicide after poor school results.
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Nick Gentleman
Soren Oleson
Platte Center
Neb
Charce Ot Murs
Hastings
Iowa
Inez Gibson
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London
Daily Mai
Janetta Howard
Janatta
Daretta
Meville
Advertiser
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Punch
Ani
Merivals
George
Eneral Kitchener
Rive
Pennsylvania
Ing District
Nebraska
Boy
Missouri River Commission
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