Battle anticipated over Searles Lake potash claims
Armed men guard roads to Searles Lake as California Trona Co dispute over property sparks expected clash. Attorney Hutchinson seeks federal deputy marshals as Burns detectives head to Mojave desert after a relocation and prior armed confrontations connected to Foreign Mines Development backing since 1903.
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United Free
San Bernardino
Cal
Searles Lake
California Trena Co
J. K. Hutchinson
Trona Company
Burns
Desert
Hutchinson
Mojave
Foreign Mines Development Co. of
London
Tronacomency
Henry R. Lee
San Francisco
Blind, Ill Mother Looks to Son’s Royal Engagement
Totally blind and in constant pain from a hip injury Mrs. Peter L. Shepard mother of Sidney L. Shepard the St. Louis railroad man to marry Helen Gould philanthropic, says she is glad he will wed. The New Haven hospital inmate for nearly five years she remains cheerful and praises her son. Sidney sent a telegram to announce the engagement.
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New Haven
Conn
Peter L. Shepard
Sidney L
St. Louis
Helen Gould
Seattle wrestler in fatal hit and run in Chicago
Dr B F Roller and Mrs Merri Wether accompanied him as he drove to a family's home with Christmas toys. A girl named Mary Kurnick crossed in front of the car and was fatally struck. Roller rushed the injured child to a hospital but she died a few hours later.
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Chicago
B. F. Roller
Seattle
Mary Kurnick
Merriwether
Roller
Crisis Looms as Talks Resume Over Adrianople Revictualing
London dispatch reports that Turkish delegates insist on revictualing Adrianople before conferences with Balkan envoy delegations resume. A crisis in negotiations is anticipated at the formal meeting this afternoon.
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London
Turkey
Balkan
Adrianople
Auto Crash Kills Sailor and Injures Dentist Driver
Dr. Harry Erwin a Chicago dentist of 400 34th Ave drove recklessly down Madison between Third and Fourth Ave causing a crash that seriously injured Harry Cohen a sailor from the cruiser Virginia. Erwin was thrown clear when the car hit a telegraph pole. Police cited broken steering gear. In Chicago Horace Fargo faced twenty tire punctures in three days linked to a device that dropped tacks from above the front wheel as sand was spread at the garage. Fargo seeks the car seller.
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Harry Erwin
Madison
Harry Cohen
Virginia
Erwin
Chicago
Horace Fargo
Fargo
Post Office Annual Report Shows Britain Avg 70 Letters
London reports for the year ending March 31 the average Briton received 70 letters and 4 186 800 000 letters plus 905 500 000 postal cards were delivered. Total postal packets including newspapers and parcels reached 6 483 000 000, an average of 120 8 per head. Dreamland notes dance tonight. In San Francisco Geo Dolag fired a pistol to kill himself but failed. His landlady now sues for two broken windows and a mirror.
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London
Great Britain
Post Office Department
San Francisco
Geo. Dolag
Postal laws to end gambling in stock markets proposed
Thomas W. Lawson argues in Everybody's Magazine that a postal law, implemented via Congress and the courts, can swiftly destroy high cost living by targeting stock exchanges. He says the post office can bar mail to unlawful brokers, using established constitutional authority to regulate what is delivered through the mails.
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Lawson
New York
Thomas W. Lawson
America
Everybody's Magazine
Postal Department
Stock Exchange
Congress
Grantic
Joe the letter interpreter solves odd address puzzles
A Seattle post office letter to Milicocche, Vie soncos is misread by clerks until Joe, a translator of difficult addresses, steps in. He rewrites the destination to Milwaukee Wisconsin and explains how he maps foreign spellings to real streets. He deciphers Blackdayment and Genesee as Genesee.
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Seattle
Milicocche
Viesoncos
Joe
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Joe’s
Gilmour
Blekdayment
Dennis C. Street
Tobacco as Preventive for Cholera in Paris
A Paris bulletin from December 23 asserts tobacco use as the most effective preventive against cholera. The terse report emphasizes its perceived protective value amid ongoing health concerns.
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Paris
Lister to Name 626 On Public Payroll in Washington
Washington December report shows Governor Lister will appoint 626 public payroll members, including chiefs and subordinates, with salaries from 4000 dollars yearly to 52 dollars monthly. Chiefs name the assistants. Dr. W B Riley to open revival services at the new tabernacle at 16th avenue and Pine street, built cooperatively by Capitol Hill churches. tabernacle ready next week.
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Olympia
Wash
State Board of Control
Lister
W. B. Riley
Big Tabernacle
16Th Av
Pine At
Adorten Capitol Hill
Bizarre Local Happenings From Cities Across the Nation
A collage of brief quips from Rochester to Los Angeles reports odd events and petty crimes. Notable items include a convention of state beekeepers in Rochester, women to scrub streets in Williamsport as a rebuke to city leaders, and highwaymen in Kansas City ordered to shoot on sight with officers promised ten days’ vacation for each capture.
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Rochester
N. N
Williamsport
Kansas City
Buffalo
N. Y
Vreeland
San Francisco
Michael Heney
Frank Gaynor
Heney
Gaynor
ST. Louis
Los Angeles
Eddie Havlik
Joe Vannetl
Joe
Haviik
Turkish ships whipped in fight at the Dardanelles
Constantinople reports confirm Turkish warships suffered a defeat in an attempt to run the Greek blockade. Also stated that Greek forces trying to reach Janina were repulsed after five days of bloody combat.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Janina
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Olympic Market
Occidental
Yester Way
Westlake Meat CO
Westlake
Pine
American Meat CO
Third
Jefferson
People's Market
Western Av
Western Meat CO
Spring
Ballard Market
Ballard Av
U. S
Horlu Car
Andhe Sen
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Ian
O. K
He Heaes
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Deratch
Rome
Booth
Elliott
Stallia
F. A. Fairbanks
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Dell
Ee del Ponte
Idaho
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Ghirardelli
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Runkel
Jonathan Ap
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Anderson Grocery Co
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Gleason
del Monte
Ammourdale Meat CO
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Libby
Pawling’s
Jersey
Anoh
Yast
Housewives’ League
Philadelphia
Oliver Smoked Meat House
Fonda
Burbank
Brenneman & McIntosh
Lewes
Loth
W. S. Bui
People’s Butter Store
Washington
Pacific Coast Fish Co
Apedal
Iba Smetts
Pine St
the Sanitary Coffee Co
Yakima
Belle Flower
Grimes’ Golden
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Box
Lucky Strike Fruit Co. Cor
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Imperial Meat Company
E. N. Schumann
Mgr
Westlake Fish Co
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