Christmas in the Crescent and a Fatal Train Wreck
The report blends holiday scenes with a Canadian train disaster near Wanstead. It notes two dozen deaths and many injuries when the Pacific express collided with a freight in blizzard conditions, detailing survivor accounts, wreckage scenes, and operator remarks about conflicting orders and dispatch rules.
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London
Ont
Wanstead
Canada
Sarnia
Grand Trunk
Pacific Express
Andrew Carson
Watford
McAuliffe
Associated Press
Express
J. G. Kerr
Wyoming
Kings Court Junction
Carson
Kerr
George D. Jones
Toronto
Sandard
News in Brief: resignations plans wealth and purchases
General Reyes resigns as Mexican war minister. An admirer will place Lincoln busts in New York public schools. National Live Stock convention to meet in Kansas City. Miles to be followed by Young then Chaffee as army head. Chicago and Alton clerks receive 10 percent wage rise from December 1. Osborne offered 2 million for Ontario iron mine. Winnie O Connor to earn 25000 yearly riding abroad for Rothschild and De Bloch. Mrs. Graves receives 250 check after 105 years of claims. Odd society and pool hall wreck figures appear amid record accounts for San Francisco memorial cost.
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National Live Stock Association
Kansas City
Miles
Young
Chaffee
Chicago & Alton Railway
Charles E. Osborne
Wisconsin
Ontario
Winnie O'Connor
Baron de Rothschild
M. de Bloch
George A. Graves
Ogden
Utah
United States
Gpa
Diffey
Bing
Hot Springs
Ark
Newton Thorp
Union Square
San Francisco
Ate Ee
Manila Y
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Dispatcher Kerr Praised as Efficient Royal Tour Operator
The speaker attests Kerr as one of the best dispatchers in the service and notes he accompanied the train bearing the duke and duchess of York on the royal tour of Canada last year, expressing full confidence in him.
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Kerr
Duke and Duchess of York
Canada
Moors Routed as Fez Braces for Trouble
In Tangier on December 22 10 000 Shereefian troops under a minister’s brother moved to strike at the pretender near Taza. The imperial army met heavy cavalry and fled to Fez. Fez gates are shut with unrest and 500 people leaving town. Reports claim 2000 imperial casualties and possible troop desertions aiding the rebels.
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Tangier
Morocco
Taza
Fez
Shopa
Popu
Wedmaneb
Appeals for Aid From Ex Secretary Caleb Powers
Georgetown Ky ex Secretary Caleb Powers pleads for financial help for his third trial over Goebel murder. He says letters asking aid were genuine though signed by different people to meet time limits. Powers has been jailed nearly three years and faces another life trial, appealing to friends outside Kentucky.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Goebel
Kentucky
W. J. Bryan in Mexico on official duties and sightseeing
William J. Bryan visits Mexico City with a mix of sightseeing and formal calls. He meets President Diaz and Finance Minister Limantour, while Mrs. Bryan and the children visit the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The party plans a trip to Cordova and Alfred Bishop Mason’s hacienda, returning Tuesday morning. Government officials have not sought his views on silver.
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Mexico City
William J. Bryan
Diaz
Finance Limantour
Bryan
Cordova
Vera Cruz & Pacific Road
Alfred Bishop Mason
Weissinger Tobacco Plant Sold to Continental Tobacco
Louisville business reports say Harry Weissinger president of Weissinger Tobacco Company closed a deal to sell his plant to Continental Tobacco Company for 2.5 million dollars. Papers signed and Weissinger will travel to New York to finalize details. The Weissinger firm is among the largest independent tobacco companies in the country.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Harry Weissinger
Weissinger Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Weissinger
New York
Cervera Named Navy Chief of Staff after Surrender
Madrid reports Vice Admiral Cervera is appointed chief of staff of the navy following his surrender to the American fleet off Santiago de Cuba as published in the Official Gazette.
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Madrid
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Big South Omaha sheep barn fire causes $50,000 loss
Fire destroyed the Union stock yards main sheep barn in South Omaha with 993 sheep inside. 500 were saved as flames swept the timber building 700 by 160 feet high. Beatrice fire leveled Day's drug store in the Masonic block causing $150,000 damage and speculated incendiary origin.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Stock Yards Company
Beatrice
Day’s Drug Store
Masonic Temple
Beatrice National Bank
Trevitt, Mattis & Baker
Day's Drug Store
United After Many Years in Plattsmouth Tale
Mrs Agnes Lieber shal, formerly Miss Agnes Backus, reunites with her father R G Backus after years apart. Backus, Cincinnati Times Star rep, learns of his daughter through a letter from Cincinnati. He visits for the holidays. Agnes recently married Anton Liebershal, a cigarmaker.
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Plattsmouth
Agnes Liebershal
Agnes Backus
Backus
Cincinnati Times- Star
Antone Liebershal
Ten Year Old Boy in Suicide Crisis at Christmas
Adelbert Lemon, ten-year-old son of Rev. H A Lemon of Bethany state evangelist, fired a rifle into his body the day before Christmas. The bullet ripped through his abdomen severing organs. after telling his parents he did the deed on purpose he died from hemorrhage and shock following an emergency operation. He had shown Christmas joy recently and said he had pondered the act for weeks with no clear reason.
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Adelbert Lemon
H. A. Lemon
Bethany
Christian Church
Nebraska Cattle All Right Despite Western Storm Concerns
State Veterinarian Thomas reports Nebraska cattle in excellent condition after a western wind and snow affected forage. He notes stacked hay, no rancher distress, and rising interest in university debates with Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri in May. Missing ranchman John Gotte from Whimball County is feared dead after a storm.
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Lincoln
Thomas
Scotts Bluff
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
State University At
Denver
Kansas
Lawrence
Kaw
Missouri
John Gotte
Slone
Penny Fragment Sparks Laugh in Spare Moments
Spare Moments notes a Yorkshire town habit of scrutinizing a penny before paying. A deaf man visits a doctor for a bruised finger, hearing a free treatment offer, then pays two shillings sixpence after mishearing the price as a deduction.
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Yorkshire
Wealthy New York youths stay busy with big affairs
A number of rich young men in Manhattan preserve active lives in business and invention. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jack Astor are continually at work, while Harry Payne Whitney, George, Clarence Mackay, and J P Morgan Jr. stay deeply involved in their fathers’ enterprises and London affairs.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jack” Astor
Harry Payne Whitney
George
Clarence Mackay
J. P. Morgan, Jr
London
Reward for Catarrh Cure Prompted by Local Ads
An old advertisement bundle touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It lists Toledo firms F. J. Cheney & Co and Hall's Cure endorsements, plus testimonials and internal consumption claims. Also promotes Defiance Starch and Dr August Koenig Hamburg Breast Tea with various price points and guarantees.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J
West & Truax
Waldi Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
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