Melvin Peterson Builds Toward Home Ownership
Melvin Peterson at 16, a Star newsboy, works long hours to fund his family home purchase. He saves $60 in the bank, sends daily earnings of $2 to $2.50 to his mother, and plans education for his younger siblings once the home is bought. He previously carried a Star route on Second and Pike, earning steady business through politeness and reliable service.
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Petersons
Peterson
Melvin
Second
Pike
Treaty a Trap in Taft Arbitration Proposals
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska warned in Washington that Taft arbitration treaties aim to entangle the United States with England. He claimed a behind the scenes fund backs the drive and argued that giving a treaty commission full interpretation power is a political trap.
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United States
England
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Oregon Demands Halt on Hook Supreme Court Nomination
The Oregon railroad commission protests Justice Hook’s appointment, arguing he would be dangerous on the high court after opposing railroad rate cases. The issue was sent to Senator Bourne of Oregon via telegraphic protest. Meanwhile in Boston Rev. C W T Richeson appears a physical and mental wreck amid murder case against Miss Avis Linnell with trial looming January 16.
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United Press
Salem, Or
Justice Hook
Kansas
United States Supreme Bench
Supreme Court of Oregon
Railroad Commission of Oregon
United States
Bourne
Oregon
Peace Threatened as Mexican Munitions Flow North
Mexican peace is believed threatened again as eight carloads of cartridges and powder shipped from Pennsylvania and New Jersey entered Mexico in the last 60 days.
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New Orleans
Jane de Me
Orleans
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Mexico
Indiana Democrats Back Marshall for President
The Indiana Democratic State Central committee endorsed Gov. Thomas R. Marshall for the presidency. Campaign plans have already been secretly prepared for the state.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Democratic State Central Committee
Thos. KR. Marshall
Fresno man confesses to murder of Schoolhouse Mary
Fresno January 4 police report Wm Scott, a mixed race man, admitted killing his wife known as Schoolhouse Mary near Reedley on Christmas Day. He said intoxication was his defense and described the crime in police testimony.
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Cal
Wm. Scott
Reedley
Scott
Armour Manager Testifies in Chicago Packers Trial
W D Miles former Armour Packing manager testified in Chicago on the United States court case against packers for criminal conspiracy. He described conferences as defensive measures due to product perishability and said he attended Veeder meetings ten years and never saw price fixing, though margins were controlled for district managers.
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Chitago
Jan
W. D. Miles
Kansas City
Armour Packing Company
Chicago Packers
United States
Nter
Miles
Wright Applies for $60,000 Life Policy for Affinity
Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago architect linked to Chicago society, seeks a $60,000 life insurance policy naming Mamah Borthwick as beneficiary. He says his wife and children are cared for, but he must protect his affinity, fearing a pitiless world if he dies.
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United Presse
Spring Green
Wis
Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago
Mamah Borthwick
Wright
Wedding Gifts Totaling Seventy Thousand For Miller Welch Honeymoon
Monroe Miller and his bride Margaret Welch left Spokane after a wedding attended by about four hundred at the Welch home. The couple’s net marriage gifts reportedly total more than $70,000, with Margaret Welch being the daughter of Patrick Welch, a wealthy mining contractor. The pair planned a honeymoon trip to Honolulu.
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United Press
Spokane
Welch
Monroe Miller
Margaret Welch
Patrick Welch
Honolulu
Eeeaeen
Girl Robber Pleads Guilty in San Francisco Burglary Case
Arva Casa pleaded guilty to robbing Leopold Rancroft Pur company using a breeches buoy and wire entry method and awaits hearing on probation. Her companion George Upton also pleaded guilty and received 18 months at San Quentin.
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San Prancisco
Arva Casa
Leopold Rancroft Pur Company
George Upton
Bulkty
San Quentin
Hunt widow denied reopening divorce case by state supreme court
The New York based United Press reports Mrs. Bessie A. Hunt, ex wife of late Los Angeles turpentine magnate John W. Hunt, sought to reopen the absolute divorce proceedings but the state supreme court denied the application. Hunts estate was valued above $2,000,000 at his death in December 1910, and she would have gained a dower right if the decree were annulled.
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United Press
New York
Bessie A. Hunt
John W. Hunt
Los Angeles
Hunt
State Supreme Court
Mre
Police Judge Offers Free Weddings to Leap Year Victims
Police Judge Shortall declared he will marry women and their alleged male escorts brought before him in leap year to encourage them to take advantage of the date. He stated he is in earnest.
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Dan “Prancieco
Cale
Francisco
Cal
Shortall
Grave charge against old man in Sacramento
C. V. Ewery, 60, was summoned before the grand jury and examined on charges brought by Hazel Hamilton, 12, who alleges that the aged lawyer assaulted her while soliciting ticket sales for a charity. Ewery denies the accusation. Physicians testified the child shows evidence of assault.
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Sacramento
C. V. Ewery
Hazel Hamilton
Swery
Put an Extra Stomach to Work
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promise instant relief from indigestion bloating and sour taste by aiding digestion. The ad claims one tablet digests 3 000 grains of food and that 40 000 physicians recommend the national remedy sold in drug stores for 60 cents a box with a free sample upon request to F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Marshall
Mich
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