President Zelaya Resigns as Nicaragua Turmoil Grows
Zelaya tendered his resignation as Nicaragua’s president amid a violent revolt. Five deputies were named to draft a bill to accept the resignation, seen as a formality. News spread of anti US sentiment and calls for Estrada as the revolution disrupts Managua. Marines and ships move toward Corinto to protect Americans as Madriz and Irias rumors swirl.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Nicaeeiag Republic
Congress
National Assembly
United States
Estrada
Corinto
Washington
Buffalo
Panama
Irias
Madriz
Kimball
Dixie
Perme
Yorktown
Vickaburg
Saturn
Taft Attends Sister-in-law Taft Funeral in Connecticut
President Taft traveled by private car with Capt Butt to Watertown Connecticut for the funeral of his sister-in-law Mrs Horace B Taft. The attendance marked the family rites with Taft returning to Washington afterward. Kermit Roosevelt arrives in Nairobi after bagging three sables and plans onward travel.
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Washington
Taft
Butt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Watertown
Conn
Horace B. Taft
White House
Kermit Roosevelt
Nairobi
British East Africa
Passenger wreck at Reedy Fork claims 12 lives
Local Southern Railway train No. 11 derailed at Reedy Fork trestle ten miles north of Greensboro. Twelve dead, twenty five injured, with reports of more fatalities. George J. Gould and party survived. Derailment blamed on a broken rail near the trestle. engines and some cars remained upright.
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Greensboro
N. C
Southern Railway
Richmond
Atlanta
Reedy Fork Trestle
Here
St. Leo's Hospital
George J. Gould
Jay
R. H. Russell
New York
Metropolitan Magazine
Russell
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Bayard
Arbuckles agree to $695,573 settlement with government
Arbuckle Bros admit failing to pay customs on imported sugar from 1898 to 1907 and offer $695,573 as settlement with treasury department. Criminal prosecutions remain possible. Government reports $2,830,573 in restitutions and fines from raw sugar importers. Ernest Gerbracht, ex supervisor at the American Sugar Refining plant in Williamburg, arrested and freed on $10,000 bail as secrets guarded the case.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros
American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckles
Treasury Department
Ernest Gerbracht
Williamesburg
United States
Hitchcock
Hero in Engine Stops 100 Passengers Rail Expert
Engineer Seab Davis of the Georgia Central fast mail saved about 100 passengers when a driving rod broke near Clarkston Georgia. Davis hung to the outside of the cab at 50 mph, reached the emergency lever and halted the train after enduring searing steam and burns.
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Clarkston, Ga
Seab” Davis
Georgia Central Fast Mail
Davis
General W W Dudley Dies in Indiana
Gen W W Dudley former commissioner of pensions and Civil War veteran from Indiana died after a period of illness Brights disease caused he had been improving before sinking this morning He was a warm friend of President Harrison who appointed him pensions commissioner
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Harrison
Bright
Washington
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Dudley
Blodgett Resigns as U S Attorney for Missouri
Henry W. Blodgett United States attorney for the eastern district of Missouri with headquarters in St. Louis has resigned and the resignation has been accepted to take effect December 31.
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Henry W. Blodgett
Washington
United States
Eastern District of Missouri
St. Louis
New Japanese Envoy Arrives in San Francisco
Baron Ya supa Uchida, newly named Japanese ambassador to the United States, reached San Francisco aboard the Tenyo Maru. He was met by Baroness Uchida, a Bryn Mawr College graduate, as part of the arrival ceremony.
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San Francisco
Baron Yasupa Uchida
United States
Baroness Uchida
Bryn Mowr College
Illinois Central Rail Road charged with seven per cent fraud
Illinois Attorney General Stead accuses the Illinois Central rail road of systematic fraud since 1877 to divert seven per cent charter revenues and evade taxes. He alleges $10 million in rebates and $214 million in concealed receipts, in a suit to compel accounting and tax payment.
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Springfield
Ill
WW. H. Stead
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Illinois Central
Jacob M. Dickinson
Taft
W. 8
Horton
Stead
Stead Ted
Stough
Demurrer
Negro Kills Woman in East Carmi Shooting
Marshall Rudd a 19 year old Negro shot and killed Mrs. Charles Bolerjack a 63 year old white woman in East Carmi Ill after she objected to his approach to her daughter. Sheriff Grisson of White county moved the suspect here to avert a lynching and kept him secret until transfer.
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Mr. Vernon
Marshall Rudd
Charles Bolerjack
East Carmi
Rudd
Grisson
White County
Bolerjack
Princess De Sagan Wins Suit Over Tutor for Sons
Paris court rules in favor of Princess de Sagan in action by ex husband Count Boni de Castellane. court orders defendant to appoint a tutor for their three sons acceptable to the father. Castellane to pay costs.
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Paris
Princess de Sagan
Count Boni de Castellane
Jay
Castellane
Leopold King of the Belgians Dies at Seventy-Nine
Brussels reported King Leopold of Belgium died at 2 35 this morning after a sudden collapse following a period of seeming improvement. Doctors failed to prolong life despite efforts by Dr Thiriar and Dr De Page.
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Brussels
Leopold
Belgium
Thiriar
de Page
Bakes Up Slavery Bill in Immigration Reform
The house considers a drastic immigration bill creating criminal penalties for importing or harboring women for immoral purposes. It replaces earlier Bennet Sabath measures and Mann’s proposal, with up to ten years and a $5000 fine for violations. Deportation applies to aliens found in such houses. Returning after deportation is a misdemeanor.
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Washington
House
Immigration Committee
Bennet
Sabath
Mann
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
Takes Up the Big Strike in Railroad Labor
The railroad employes' department of the American Federation of Labor met in special session in St Paul on December 18 led by Chairman H B Perham. The group, about 600000 strong, will coordinate with switchmen and prepare for a possible general railway strike, with member organizations including the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and the International Association of Machinists among others.
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Department of the American Federation of Labor
St. Paul
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Roilermakers and Shipbuilders of America
International Oclation of Car Workers
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Maintenance of \ay Employem
Itters
Union
Civil War Veteran Frees Head Bullets After 47 Years
Francia Fogers of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania ejects three bullets from his head after decades of carrying them in his skull. The wartime injury occurred during a violent encounter and was only recently revealed.
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Wilkesbarre
Francia Fogers
Big Holiday Trade Shows Mixed Early Season Strength
Bradstreet reports seasonable weather and the approach of Christmas lift retail and holiday trade with strong regional gains, though wholesale demand eases as stock-taking nears. Raw materials soften while iron and steel stay active on old orders, and year-end specifications remain high in volume.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Canada
R. G
Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
New England
Market Reports From Cincinnati on Grain Cattle and Hogs
Cincinnati markets note winter patent prices for flour and rye futures and a fair wheat market with No 2 red around 1.28 to 1.30. Corn and oats trend firmer. hay prices steady. Livestock receipts include cattle 470 head with soft demand. calves weak. hogs active with good to choice at 8.45 to 8.50. sheep receipts 427 head with steady to good demand.
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Cincinnati
Bray
Valuable Rheumatism Recipe From Famous Doctor
A noted doctor offers his best prescription for rheumatism and backache. The remedy combines one ounce compound syrup Sarsa parilla one ounce Toris compound and half a pint of whiskey. Shake well and take a tablespoon before each meal and at bedtime. Any druggist can supply the ingredients.
Impertinent exchange sparks debate on Sunday school attendance
A terse street exchange captures a clash over religious instruction as a missionary voices frustration at a missing month in Sunday school and a quick retort from a youth challenges the notion of heaven. The fragments hint at a lively neighborhood confrontation.
Stamps of German Domestics in The Sunday Magazine
A note on weekly government stamps pasted by German servant girls into a small book as a compulsory five cent donation. If illness occurs the stamps are redeemed by the government. otherwise the stamps may be kept until retirement when a government premium is paid.
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Germany
Sunday Magazine
Home Made Bitters Promoted By Medical Authority
Loss of appetite and lassitude signal weakened vitality. A well known medical man recommends a homemade bitters mixture to improve appetite and digestion. Mix one ounce balmwort compound fluid with one ounce syrup sarsaparilla in half a pint of whiskey and take a tablespoonful three to six times daily as a tonic.
A Remnant of the Dark
A colored man dies without medical aid and the coroner investigates. A sobbing woman at the door admits the remains, saying she is the remains in a pointed, defiant manner.
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Samuel Williams
Dyola Dye Promises Rich Color on All Fabrics
Mrs Corbett endorses Dyola for cotton wool and mixes with a lasting color. Each package costs 10 cents at dealers and if out of stock, mail 10 cents to Dyola Burlington Vermont with color preference to receive color card and directions.
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Dyola
Winter’s coal inequality sparked by telegraph office race
A dramatic exchange reveals tensions as a community wrestles with resource access after the cable office beat them to service. The line about coal hints at deeper local hardship and competition over essential supplies. The setting suggests wartime energy scarcity influencing daily life.
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Nicaraguan National Congress
Assembly
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Goulds
Stead Ogores
Market Reports
Caramba
Dodds
KIDNI
Bae
Rupert
W. F. Young
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