Census Figures Prompt Calls to Redraw House Seats
The 13th national census reports the U S population at 93 402 151 including territories. City populations rise with urban areas surpassing rural areas while immigration drives growth. Director Durand notes 45 percent urban by later stats and warns the House would expand beyond 400 seats if based on present ratios.
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United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Durand
Middle States
New Supreme Judge Named by President Taft
Washington. Douglass White, associate justice of the Supreme Court, will be named by President Taft as chief justice to succeed the late Fuller. White is a Louisiana Democrat, a former Confederate general, and left the Senate to assume judicial duties.
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Edward D. White
U. S. Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Fuller
Justice White
Lousiana
White
United States Senate
Cyclones in Spain Cause Deaths Flooding and Shipwrecks
Madrid reports a second, harsher cyclone sweeping across Spain after days of prior storms. Many people killed or injured as low-lying areas flood. Seville threatened with citywide inundation. Telegraph lines to provinces nearly cut. reports of shipwrecks along the coast.
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Madrid
Spain
Engineers Refuse Wage Offer Across 61 Railroads
Chicago report shows 7 percent rejection of officials wage proposal by locomotive engineers on 61 western railroads. Engineers sought 18 percent raise while officials offered about 9 percent. A conference between officials will be held promptly.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Acquit Ballinger Critics Exonerate Interior Chief
A congressional majority report exonerates Secretary Ballinger amid the Ballinger Pinchot case findings. It states evidence fails to prove misconduct and portrays Ballinger as competent and honorable in serving the public interest. The panel includes Nelson Flint Sutherland Root with Republicans supporting exoneration.
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Congressional Committee
Balinger-Pinchot
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L. R. Gravis
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
Nelson
Knute Nelson
Frank P. Flint
George Sutherland
Elihu Root
Samuel W McCall
Massachusetts
Martin HB. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Edwin Denby
Michigan
D. A. Fletcher
William EB. Purcell
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
James M. Graham
Illinois
Edmond H. Madison
Kansas
Minneapolis
Cunningham
Alaska
MacVeagh Urges Reform Plan To Cut Panics And Budget
The 1912 fiscal plan totals 687 million dollars including Panama Canal costs. Franklin MacVeagh condemns the monetary system as panic breeding and calls for broader banking reform, tax on new bonds, and restrictions on bank use of circulation to curb inflation. He wants a nonpolitical civil service, streamlined government, and red tape reductions.
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Washington
Dec
Franklin MacVeagh
Panama Canal
MacVeagh
Congress
New York
Panama
Yale Men In Auto Wreck In Stratford
Stratford Conn Dec 10 Stuyvesant Peabody of Chicago a Yale senior is held as a witness after a collision between his car and a trolley car. Mrs Jessie Saunders of Mystic Conn was killed. B O Thompson another Yale senior had an arm fractured. Saunders fell on the trolley track and was run over. Thompson was thrown aside.
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Conn
Stuyvesant Peabody
Chicago
Yale
Peabody
Jessie Saunders
Mystic
Thompson
Cholera Crisis Deepens in Madeira Island
Reports from Funchal show the cholera outbreak worsening across Madeira with daily case increases. Food shortages grow as the Portuguese gunboat Zaire proceeds to the island with troops and medicines.
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Lisbon
Funchal
Madeira
Dietz Loses in Supreme Court Over Writ and Bail
The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted the state motion to quash the writ of habeas corpus and denied a reduction in bail. It also refused to order immediate service of all warrants against John F. Dietz, who is jailed in Hayward on multiple charges.
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Dietz
Supreme Court
Madison
Wis
Au Preme
Forty Hurt As Trains Collide Near Lofdatown
In Warren Ohio on December 7 a Pennsylvania freight train and a work train collided on a curve near Lofdatown injuring forty track laborers.
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Warren
Pennsyvania
Lofdatown
Milwaukee Police Chief Asked to Quit After Mayoral Pressure
Milwaukee mayor Emil Heidel requests the resignation of Police Chief John T. Janssen over alleged disharmony with city administration. The move follows tensions between the chief and the mayor regarding policy and cooperation.
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Milwaukee
Emil Heidel
John T. Janssen
Bedouins Massacre in Kerak Syria. 100 Christians Fall
Telegram from Jerusalem reports Bedouins killed the Turkish garrison at Kerak in Syria and fatally wounded more than 100 Christian inhabitants in revenge for a Bedouin chief execution. Kerak holds 8,000 residents, 6,000 Muslims, on the Damascus to Mecca route near Moab mountains.
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Jerusalem
Kerak
Damascus
Mecca
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British Church Missionary Society For Africa
The
Hast
el Hast
Jury Acquits Menlo Moore in Indiana Murder Trial
In Vincennes Indiana jury returns not guilty verdict for Menlo Moore manager of a theater circuit charged with murdering Charles B Gibson a wealthy oil field operator. Moore is carried from the courtroom by supporters as crowd cheers after a ten day sensational trial. Gibson’s alleged conduct toward Mrs Moore cited as motive.
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Ind
Menlo Moore
Charles B. Gibson
Moore
Indiana
Gibson
Italy to Extradite Porte Charlton for Murder
The U S state department confirms Italy may extradite Porte Charlton charged with murdering his wife near Lake Como. It interprets the extradition treaty literally, holding treaties need not be reciprocal and pledges to honor the agreement as a matter of national faith.
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Washington
State Department
Italy
Porte
Charlton
Lake Como
United States
Department
Roosevelt to Lose Timber Land Bequest in Codicil
In South Bend Indiana a will probate reveals Charles W Hall once left Theodore Roosevelt 1000 acres of timber land but a codicil executed before his death transfers the bequest to Hall's brother. Hall died at Benton Harbor Michigan. estate valued between 100000 and 200000 dollars. The original will dated October 5 1908 was amended after Roosevelt's 1908 election.
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South Bend
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Hall
Benton Harbor
Mich
Roosevelt
Winter trade optimism as year-end harvest nears record value
R. G. Dun weekly review notes harvest value near 9 billion dollars marking a basis for next year’s industrial growth. While sentiment stays cautious, holiday and staple trade improve in key centers, with inventories and pig iron stocks debated and a mixed outlook for fabrics, shoes, and steel.
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Weekly Review of Trade
Cincinnati Markets Reported Grain and Livestock Prices
The Cincinnati market lists grain prices for flour patents and various wheats and kernels with ranges. Live stock quotes cover cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with classifications from butcher to good to choice and per head or hundredweight figures.
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Cincinnati
Bologna
Munyon's Cold Cure advertised with claim
An old Munyon's Cold Cure advertisement urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at a drug store to prevent colds from becoming pneumonia. It promises relief from sinus and eye inflammation fever and overall toning of the system and offers free diagnosis by mail from Munyon's Doctors in Philadelphia.
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Mall
Sane
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Why Do They Why Women Like the Baldheaded Man
A brief readers’ note cites opinions from the Daily Mirror on why women prefer baldheaded men. It suggests traits such as thoughtfulness trustworthiness whimsy and maturity, and notes that baldness can symbolize dignity and learning for doctors making practice seem more respected.
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The
Daily Mirror
A Lingerer. The Hidest Daughter
A fragmented snapshot notes a line of dialogue about a noble knight and a father delaying a final farewell, hinting at themes of duty memory and time. The piece contrasts old fashioned virtue with present hesitation and fading resolve.
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Harry
Which is the Star Over the Church Sign Debate
A church debates where to feature the star on a new electric sign. Members clash over whether to highlight the minister or the choir soprano, with factions forming on the decision.
We Cannot Teach Truth We Help Him Find It
A brief aphorism from Galilea stating that teaching truth to another is impossible. instead guidance helps one locate truth within themselves. The quote reflects on personal discovery and the limits of instruction.
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Galilea
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