Direct Nomination of President and Territorial Policy
President delivers state of the union, urges prompt direct primary and national platform reform, supports retaining conventions for platform but voters choose nominees via primaries, calls for selfgovernment in Philippines and extended territorial responsibility, and presses rural credit, anti trust, and conservation measures. He warns on Huerta in Mexico and seeks laws on mines, railroads, and sailor safety.
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Ant
United States
Iny
Congress
Senate
Forto Tice
Hawai
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Aawail
Overorganization of social entertainments anxiously criticized
A Wise professor argues that plentiful town entertainments in small cities raise living costs and waste money. He notes many events are promoter schemes to raise funds, saturating markets with mediocre attractions and harming true public instruction and value. He advocates saving for genuinely worthwhile concerts and lectures.
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Muass
Sonsin
Ami
Lfe
America
Thea
Mimi
Fragmented notice887
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a sign and housing context with unclear names or dates. The snippet hints at a personal statement and plans but lacks complete facts to identify entities or a clear event.
Heard Screams and No Light in Knabe Apartment
Shelbyville Indiana December 6 defense in the Craig murder trial revealed the Knabe apartment had no light when screams were heard about 12 30 am. State witness Joseph Carr testified he heard screams from the apartment yet saw no light and admitted spending part of the evening in a wine room.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Wm. B. Craig
Helene Knabe
Knabe
Joseph Carr
Carr
Pardons push for Tedford trust amid nine year scandal
Chicago reports active steps to obtain a pardon for Joshua Tedford, once a policeman sentenced for conspiracy to shirtt away a jail term. He rose to superintendent at a major men’s furnishing firm despite the hanging sentence, with officials backing his legitimacy and urging gubernatorial clemency.
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Chicago
Joshua Tedford
Tedford
Supreme Court
Tefiford
Tobacco chewing deer entertains Spokane with unlikely habit
A month-old blacktail deer near Coolin Idaho frequents a Spokane store daily except Sundays to seek tobacco. Leonard Paul and Charles Goon report the animal’s addiction, noting it swallows rather than spitting and has become a local curiosity since its roadside rescue by Hugo De Witt near Priest River.
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Spokane
Wash
Coolin, Jr
Leonard Paul
Charles Goon
Paul
Isleace
Priest River
Hugo de Witt
Priest River-Coolin
de Witt
Alleged wife beater lashed by Ku Klux Klan in Decatur
Five masked men abducted Harry Sieh from his Decatur home on a December night. They bound him to a tree in the yard and whipped his bare back with wires and bugs. Sieh faced charges of beating his wife and consorting with bootleggers.
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Decatur
Afcala
Harry
Sieh
President Wilson Confined to Bed at White House
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson again confined to his bed with a cold. Dr Carey Grayson ordered rest today, cancelling engagements. The president will stay in his room tomorrow and possibly Sunday, with no plans before Monday.
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Washington
Wilson
Carey T. Grayson
Toma
Earlie
Kaiser Orders Troop Removal From Zabern Alsace
Emperor William ordered the transfer of the entire Zabern garrison amid military civilian clashes in Alsace. He also directed faster court-martial proceedings for rioting cases, a move seen as both stabilizing and potentially harming Zabern’s local revenue.
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Donaueschingen
Germany
William
Zabern
Alsace
Zabetn
Huerta Family Flees to Vera Cruz Amid Mexico City Turmoil
In Mexico City, reports say Provisional President Huerta’s family secretly moved to Vera Cruz on November 34 aboard a special train, with Huerta following by auto to Esco. The development sparks talk that Huerta may have left the capital as Villa and Carranza plan future steps in the rebellion.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Vera Crug
Fexcoco
Villa
Chihuahua City
Chihuuahua
Villa Teday
Carranza
Hermosillo
Chihuuhua
Villa Ahumada
Juarez
United States
Refugees flock to American border amid growing arrivals
Washington reports refugees from Mexico arriving at Laredo Texas in increasing numbers with Mexicans outnumbering Americans and other foreigners. Tampico refugees are expected at Port Arthur Sunday. Acapulco district sees worsening anti American demonstrations. The armored cruiser California lies at Manzanillo with rail links Scuilio Torrent unsettled. Federal evacuation of Chihuahua city left good order and no American inconvenience reported.
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Washington
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Chihuahua
Scuilio
Torrent
Suspect Plot to Disarm Ulster Unionists in Ireland
Prominent unionists warn any attempt to deprive the Ulster volunteers of weapons could spark an uprising in Ireland. Dublin's importation of arms is expected to be forbidden by a revived Irish Crimes Act, with a proclamation imminent. Augustine Birrett and Earl of Aberdeen confer as government moves against Carson followers. Shipments of rifles and bayonets to Belfast have risen recently.
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Addrees Gurecivas
Ireland
Ulster Volunteers
Dublin
Augustine Birrett
Earl of Aberdeen
Edward Carson
Belfast
Auditorium denied to National Protestant League meet
The board of directors refused the Auditorium for six days to a National Protestant league event. J L Kennedy, chairman, said as custodians of a public institution they could not let the facility to a partisan organization. The decision was made unanimously.
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Todry
National Protestant League
J. L. Kennedy
Denies Players Signing With Federal League for 1914
New York December 6 President David E Fultz of the Baseball Players' Fraternity issued a statement denying reports that a number of major league players, members of the fraternity, had signed contracts to play with clubs in the Federal League in 1914. He said most players would wait for contracts satisfactory to the fraternity and warned that signing now would be hostile to the fraternity, while noting some may sign once approved. The advisory board believes players will remain loyal and follow the plan agreed months ago.
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New York
David E Fultz
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Texas Floods Drive Refugees to Trees and Homes Lost
Texas floods sweep north and central areas as Hearne and Conrado Brazos rivers crest. Death toll expected 30 to 40 with $2 million in damages. Refugees flee to trees and tents while livestock drown and bridges wash out in Missouri and Kansas as rain continues.
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Pallas
Tex
Texas
Conrado
Brazos
Hearne
Brazos River
Dallas
Texas Food District
Fieal
Waco
Calvert
Kansas
Kansas City
Missouri
Kan— Zug
Pankhurst Arrest Triggers Violence Across Britain
Reports from Exeter and London outline hunger strikes by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst after arrest on the Star Jestic. Vandalism and plots to rescue her prompt heavy police vigilance as Britain debates the outcome of her detention and suffragist tactics.
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Exeter
Eng
Emmertine Panklwurst
Star Jestic
London
Bromeline Pankhurst
Nat Wemyss Bay
Scotland
Majestic
Mrs. Pankhurst
Plymouth Harbor
District Attorney-elect warns assistants on drinking
Pittsburgh Pa December 5 District Attorney elect T H Jackson announced that each of the 35 men to fill positions in his office after January 1 will be asked to resign if any appointee at any time indulges in intoxicating liquors. The move aims at efficiency in the office.
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Tedford
K. Lytton
Olson
Chinn Srant
John J. Healy
Brentano
Pittsburgh
T. H.ackson
Jackson
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Bureau of Mines
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George Litton
Animal
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Protestant League
David Fultz
Players’ Fraternity
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