Federal court halts federation boycott of Buck Stove Co
Justice Gould grants a temporary injunction blocking the American Federation of Labor from continuing to boycott Buck Stove and Range Co of St. Louis pending final settlement. The case centers on labor groups labeling stores as unfair and the scope of interstate commerce and Sherman law. The decision is viewed as a major victory for the Buck Stove Co and opponents of the boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Buck Stove and Range Co
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Justice Gould
District of Columbia Equity Court
van Cleave
Gould
Federation
District of Columbia
J. R. Ralston
Beck
Bender
Bakers and Confectioners’ Union
Lawton
International Carriage and Wagon Workers
Bucks Brove
Federation of Labor
The Needle Lady Dying After Recurrent Needle Ingestion
Mrs. Molly Desmond known as The Needle Lady in Manhattan and the Bronx is dying at Fordham hospital. After 26 operations for needle removal and near elimination of 144 swallowed needles, an eighth needle could not be located and caused complications leading to renewed surgery and critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Molly Desmond
Manhattan
Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Nature
Mrs. Desmond
Fordham
Bellevue Hospitals
Mines Kill 22 840 in 17 Years
Washington reports that US coal mines killed 22 840 men in 17 years and show lethal incidents about triple that of most European nations. In 1906 6 861 men were killed or injured, with 2 061 dead and 4 800 injured, per government experts under Secretary Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Garfield
Interior Department
Supreme Court rules on cigarette law in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court holds that the anti cigarette act regulates only cigarettes with health harmful additives, not those made from pure tobacco. The case title reads An act to regulate the sale of cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Supreme Court
Cashier Dies in Bathtub in North Attleboro Bank Home
Wredereik Sargent cashier and vice president of the Jewelers' National Bank North Attleboro is found dead in his home bathtub. Medical Examiner Molden later says accidental drowning likely. Directors convene at bank offices as investigations continue.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Wredereik
Sargent
Jewelers’ National
Providence
R, L
Orth Attleboro
Jeweler’s National Bank
Albert H. Wiggins
Chase National Bank
New York
Strike in Tarapaca Nitrate Fields Paralyzes Chile
Santiago Chile Dec 18 workmen in the Tarapaca nitrate fields have gone out on strike. The movement involves thousands of men quitting work and is crippling busi ness. Iquique faces a critical situation with warships and troops sent to the troubled area. So far no violence has been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago, Chili
Tarapaca
Iquiqul
Wreck of schooner Thomas W breaks adrift after collision
In Hughtown on December 18 the schooner Thomas W wreck, which sank November 14 in Broadsound with 16 of 18 crew lost, broke free from the Peck holding ft.
Heavy Snowfalls Reported Across Regions
Heavy snow falls across the Bos mountains in Northeast Arkansas with reports of snow in Arkansas, Kansas and parts of Missouri. Weather officials note significant accumulation delaying travel and requiring caution in affected counties.
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Lous
Pitt
Bos Mountains
Arkansas
Vy Falls
Kaweas and
Parte
Mie
Pittsburg Woman Acquitted in Embezzlement Case
Bertha A. Goodwin was acquitted in the criminal court on the charge of embezzling money she had collected for Pittsburg hospital. After charges were filed she left the city and was arrested later in Newburyport Massachusetts in male attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg, Pa
Bertha A. Goodwin
Pittsburg Hospital
Woman Telegraphist Halts Trains After Bridge Fire
Miss Bula Na Algermissen, 21, night telegrapher for the Wabash at St Peters Missouri, spotted a blazing long bridge east of the station and stopped both the fast Kansas City passenger and a long freight train, averting disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Bula- Na Algermissen
St. Peters
Kansas City
Governor offers reward after mob attack near Chathamville
Baton Rouge Louisiana Governor Blanchart offered a reward of 1009 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the mob attack on Italian laborers near Chat hamville resulting in two deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Dee
Blanchart
Chathamville
Nurse Mary Earley Killed Crossing Tracks at Dixmont
Mary Earley a trained nurse at Dixmont Hospital for Tulane was killed by an express train while crossing the tracks to reach Pittsburg for Christmas shopping. The Morgantown North Carolina resident lived in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary Earley
Dixmont Hospital
Tulane
Dixmont
Thie City
Morgantown
N. C
Exile Orders for Jews Move From Vladivostok
Dispatch reports Jewish residents ordered to depart Vladivostok within four days while Jewish property holders have eighteen days to liquidate. The action targets Jews as part of a sweeping expulsion directive.
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Bt. Petersburg
Swe
Vladivostok
Pacific Fleet Near Jupiter Inlet En Route to Pacific
A Pacific bound fleet reported by radio to be 600 miles east of Jupiter Inlet at noon with eleven knot speed and perfect weather. Tokyo and Tokyo press welcomed the voyage, with officials expressing friendship and hopes for a safe trip. Japanese leaders and Admiral Rozestvensky commented on potential future visits and the cordial reception expected if the fleet sails toward Japan.
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Savannah
Burrelle
Jupiter Inlet
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
America
Far East
Viscount Hayashi
Rojestvensky
New York
Count Togo
Adm
Saito
Adm. Evens
Massive explosion rocks Palermo powder magazine
An enormous blast at Palermo in the military powder magazine caused a chain of explosions and fires. About 25 people were killed and 100 injured as the town shook and residents fled amid burning ruins.
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Palermo
Damages Awarded for Trinity Building Foundation Injury
Patrick Simpson, a laborer, won $26,000 damages in the New York Supreme Court at Flushing for a back injury from an accident during the Trinity building foundation work at 111 Broadway on June 27, 1906. Simpson remains paralyzed from the waist down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Patrick Simpson
Trinity Building
Broadway
Supreme Court
Flushing
L. L
Foundation Company
Aspinwall
Simpson
Diplomat and newspaper man dies on Main Street crosswalk
Memphis residents report the death of a well known diplomat and newspaper man who collapsed on Main Street at the Court avenue intersection near Van Leer Park. Doctors ruled heart failure as the cause before medical help arrived.
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Memphis
Tenn
Main Street
Court Avenue
van Leer Park
Blind Designer Falls on Ferry Wave During Trial
Newport R. I. Dec. 20 Capt. John B. Herrescoff a blind boat designer was seriously injured by a fall down a hatchway on the ferryboat Wave during a trial run. The Wave had been built for the government for use at the torpedo station here.
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Newport
R. L
John B. Herrescoff
Philadelphia Mint to Coin New Double Eagles
The Philadelphia mint receives treasury orders to cease uso f subsidiary coining and devote effort entirely to exclusive coinage of the new double eagles. The instruction aims to standardize production and emphasize the higher denomination.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
Treasury Department
Coling
Pew
Steel Men Discuss Trade and Price Revisions
Industry leaders from the United States steel and iron sectors hold sessions in New York amid preparations for next week's general conference. Discussions focus on price revisions and trade conditions, with expectations of reductions in sheet bars billets and tin plates. A key rail price basis and a large Can Co order are cited as drivers of possible price concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Stee Corporation
Great Corporation
General Co-Operative Committee
Steel and Iron Industries
Steel Association
Mennessen
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Sharon
American Can Co
California Fruit Packers’ Association
Can
Harmful medicines and a lesson on old prescriptions
A man brings a stale bottle of medicine to a drug store after a year. The clerk explains medicines vary in preserving efficacy and warns many old drugs can harm or lose effect. He refuses to reuse the bottle, risking a loss to keep the customer safe, highlighting caution in keeping and using old medicines.
Stitches Put In His Heart Patient Surges Back to Health
William Johnson survived a heart surgery at Roosevelt hospital after four stitches were placed in his heart for a stab wound. He developed plural pneumonia but is now convalescing as doctors report recovery steps including repairing a half-inch pericardial slit.
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New York
William Johnson
Roosevelt Hospital
Johnson
Johnon
Trains Collide Near Calera Injuring Four Seriously
Four people are seriously injured after a southbound passenger train collided with a northbound freight one mile south of Calera on the Louisville and Nashville line. Engineers J D Hayes and Dave Watts were hurt, as were mail clerk Shea and tramp J D Long. none of the passengers suffered serious injuries.
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Calera
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
J. D. Hayes
J. D. Long
Dave Watts
Shea
Wreck crews accused of collusion in Terra Cotta crash
Assistant District Attorneys Given and Proctor charged during the trial of Engineer Hildebrand and others that crews from both trains conspired to blame the telegraph operator at Silver Springs for the Terra Cotta wreck near Washington last December. Engineer Vermillion admitted the motive.
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Washington
Terra Cotta
D. C
Silver Springs
Given
Proctor
Hildebrand
Vermillion
Black Hand Letter Claims Driver’s Life in Uniontown
Dominick Karota, a brewing company driver in Uniontown Pennsylvania, was shot and killed. The crime is linked to a Black Hand threat letter demanding $600, which Karota ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Dominick Karota
Black Hand
Karota
Rapid Transit Co Faces Strike Vote Over Cat Deliveries
Philadelphia report: The Rapid Transit Co orders cats to be delivered at car barns amid looming labor strike. The question of calling a strike will be submitted to a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
the Rapid Transit Co
Voecks Indicted in Blackmail Case Tied to Hitchcock Stories
Indicted in New York on a blackmail charge connected to stories by young girls about Raymond Hitchcock. Herman Voecks was held on $2,500 bond after his arrest prompted by Hitchcock.
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Blackmall
New York
Herman Voecks
Raymond Hitchcock
Voecks
Immigration Sage. Flame Hungary Port to U S Emigration Slump
A warning from the port at Flame Hungary on December 21 notes a sharp decline in emigrants to the United States. The Cunard steamers show marked empty berths for the past week, signaling reduced passenger flow to America.
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Flame
Hungary
United States
Cunard
America
Naming Suburbs With Poetry and Pragmatic Pride
The Atlantic Monthly suggests real estate aims blend poetry with place names to match labor energy and industrial vigor. It contrasts Lakewood and Riverside style with names like Ivanhoe or Stroke, urging true to strenuous character while adding beauty.
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Lakewood
Riverside
Lincoln
Ivanhoe
Smithville
Atlantic Monthly
Collecting His Bill On A Philadelphia Merry-Go-Round
A lean man at a vacant Philadelphia lot repeatedly rode a merry-go-round to collect a debt. When asked why he stayed on, he said the ride was his only way to collect money owed by the rides’ operator despite his seasickness.
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Philadelphia
Odors Fill Building Plea for Cheap Boarding
In a humorous monologue, Mr. Flatdweller laments the building’s vast network of pipes and shafts that spread every scent throughout. He imagines a place where odors are nourishment and jokes about the affordability of boarding if one could literally live on smells.
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Mr. Flatdweller
Great Scheme About Chickens Slyly Foiled
A humorous exchange notes a man bragging of a plan to hide chickens by placing eggs in the grass each night and retrieving them each morning, claiming the neighbor’s fowls are now kept away. The dialogue implies a comical ruse rather than real trickery.
Cuticura Remedies Said to Save Child from Cuban Itch
Mrs Zana Miller of Union City Michigan recalls a three month old infant cured of severe Cuban Itch after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports the child slept better after treatment and was fully well within two weeks at a cost of 75 cents.
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Zana Miller
Union City
Branch Co
Mich
Is the room disinfected and ready for Arthur
The exchange from Lippincott's humorously lists exaggerated cleaning measures like sterilizing curtains and vaporizing air as a daughter reports to her mother that Arthur is waiting in the hydrogen room. The tone is satirical and reflects early 20th century newspaper whimsy.
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Arthur
Lippincott's
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
$100 reward offer from F. J. Cheney & Co. claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional catarrh by acting on mucous membranes. Proponents advertise testimonials and urge sending for a list. Also promotes Hall's Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclcave
Thetter Hall
Bend
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Wisdom is the Olive of the Heart and Tongue
A concise quotation from B. Grymestone extols wisdom as an olive sprouting from the heart blooming on the tongue and bearing fruit in actions. The saying links inner insight to outward conduct.
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B. Grymestone
Mysterious Ad Copy Seeks Hidden Message in Laxative Brand
A fragmented ad style text mentions LAXATIVE and a signature line reading B. we Grove. Sage tee World and Cure & Culd appear as cryptic references. The piece hints at a bluff or con, with focus on keeping a lid on a hidden meaning or message.
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Prat
Quinn
B. We Grove
Sage Tee World
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Batavia
Ohio
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Sienaie
Navy
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Cincinnati
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