Miriam Fell Hart to Present The Melting Pot Drama
Miriam Fell Hart will present The Melting Pot, a Zionist era drama by Israel Zangwill, at the Christian church Friday evening December 8. The play follows a Jewish musician and a Russian settlement worker who fall in love while exploring Americas promise as a crucible for unity among races and faiths. Also reported is the November 28 marriage in Topeka of Pearl Pratt to Earl G McCauley, a former city resident.
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Israel Zangwill
Zangwill
America
Mr. Zangwill
David Quixano
Vera Tevendal
New York City
David
Baron Revendal
Vera
Orphan
Wanderer
Miriam Fell Hart
The
Christian Church
Kansas
Topeka
Rap
Mins Pearl Pratt
Earl G. McCauley
McCauley
Nell Pratt
Lee Street
Walta-Lamberd Company
American killed by Villa bandits in Parral
A telegram from the Alvarado Mining and Milling Company reports Howard Gray, an American mining man at Parral Chihuahua, was killed by Villa bandits when they entered on November 6. A messenger added that Gray was hanged by order of Villa.
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Ascociaren
EL Paso
Howard Gray
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Alvarado Mining and Milling Company
Par- Thi
Gray
Boy Charged With Theft Of Big Sum
A 16 year old boy, employed at the Commercial Hotel on West Pike Street, is charged with stealing 351.56 from Mrs. Fred Empey. He reportedly failed to return after a bank errand, evaded watchers on inter urban cars, and was arrested in Fairmont while buying a suit with 39 in cash in his possession and 10 paid on the suit. Police and city detectives led the investigation.
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Fred Emprey
West Pike Streas
J. L. White
Fairmont
Boyle's
Nicholas M. Whyte
Mrs Frances Knapp Dies At 64 In Waterloo Home
Frances Knapp widow of Charles W. Knapp longtime Associated Press director died of pneumonia at her daughter’s home in Waterloo. Charles W. Knapp died in New York last January soon after becoming treasurer of the New York Times. Villa doubt report on Chihuahua battle emerges as deserter claims Villa directed fighting by telegraph from Busillos ranch.
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Associated Pere
Waterloo
Dea
Frances Knapp
Charles W. Knapp
Associated Press
Guthrie McConnell
New York
The
New York Times
Washington
Villa
Chihuahua
Ciu
Tanza
Busillos Ranch
War Department
Sutton Named Guardian for Virginia Cottrill
Felix O Sutton has qualified as guardian of Virginia Cottrill with a $200 bond, Amanda Cottrill named as surety.
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Felix O. Sutton
Virginia Cottrill
Amanda Cottrill
Administration plans to fast track railroad bill through Congress
Washington Dec 8 Administration leaders plan Thursday to hurry President Wilson's railroad legislation through Congress by adopting amendments to the pending bill to increase Interstate Commerce Commission membership. The plan, already passed by the House, would save weeks by not introducing an entirely new set of bills. No leaders have agreed, but strong pressure supports it.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate
Fire destroys large transfer shed at Brunswick station
A major portion of the Baltimore and Ohio transfer shed at Brunswick Maryland was burned on Thursday. Eight loaded freight cars and a large quantity of merchandise on the platform also burned. Officials cannot yet estimate the loss but it is thought to be heavy.
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Brunswick
City to appoint official dog catcher in Des Moines
Des Moines council voted to appoint an official dog catcher after a councilman's remark that large numbers of dogs raise living costs. The Political Equality Club met to form a butter and edges boycott.
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Des Moines
Political Equality Club
Local snippet hints at concise news item
A brief readable fragment suggests a compact newspaper item. It preserves named entities and places while implying a short report about a local event or note. The exact details remain unreadable, but the format mirrors a routine notices card.
Princess Anastasia in Paris Seeks Unity Amid Royal Divides
Princess Anastasia of Russia, mother of Germany's Crown Princess, lives in Paris and holds sympathies differing from those of her daughter. Her stance underscores a growing royal rift and calls for unity among European monarchies during unsettled times.
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France
Anastasia
Russia
Germany
Paris
Birthday Telegram From William to Von Mackensen Celebrates Danube Troops
The telegram from Emperor William to Field Marshal von Mackensen on his birthday praises the Danube and Ninth Army for notable exploits on the Roumanian front. It notes Mackensen’s leadership and marks the capital Bucharest as the enemy’s last holdout, while recalling his birth date of December 6, 1849.
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Amsterdas
William
von Mackensen
Teutonia
Roumanian
Tencharest
Peir
Danube
Indicted for Murder in Hi Death Case at Ossipee New Hampshire
Frederick I Small a former Boston broker was indicted for murder by the Ossipee New Hampshire grand jury investigating the strangling beating and shooting death of his wife Arlene C Small in their Ossipee home. The crime occurred September 28 and the house was burned in an apparent attempt to conceal it.
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Ossipee, N.H
Frederick i. Small
Boston
Arlene C
Small
Sore Throat Remedies and Cautions
Public health notice warns against unsafe folk remedies such as lamp oil fat or old cloth wraps for sore throats. It emphasizes medical care and recommends Toniline throat treatment sold by hospitals and druggists at 25 or 60 cents, with a $1 hospital size.
Switzer Unable to Fill Engagement for Blarksburg Meeting
J M Switzer of the National Cash Register Co Dayton O cannot attend the next Thursday night meeting of the Greater Blarksburg movement. Dudderar of the board of trade notified that a substitute speaker will be sought. if none is found the meeting may be postponed. Switzer, prized as a top lecturer, intended to explain Dayton’s commission form of government. James P Martin and Anna Gray were married in the courthouse by Rev W T Kennedy just before noon Thursday.
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J. M. Switzer
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Greater Blarksburg
GW. Dudderar
Board of Trade
Dudderar
Switzer
Commission
National Cash Register
James P. Martin
Anna Gray
Court House
W. Ti Kennedy
Court Schedule and Sinking Report From London
There was no session of the county criminal court Thursday. The next segalon will be held Saturday morning and no jury trials until Monday. In London, December 8, Lloyds reports the sinking of the Russian ship Ans.
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Segalon
Adjudged Insane Woman from Sardis to State Hospital
Martha Cunningham aged 45 of Sardis was adjudged insane by the county lunacy commission on Thursday and her brother HI Moore transported her to the state hospital at Weston in the afternoon.
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Martha Cunningham
Sardis
HI Moore
State Hospital
Weston
Raceway leader Jesse Taylor dies in Ohio home
Jesse Taylor, director general of the National Highway Association based in Washington, D. C., and president of the Ohio Good Roads Federation, died at his Jamestown, Ohio home early Thursday from Brights disease. He was a prominent figure in road advocacy.
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Springneild
Jesse Taylor
National Highway Association
Washington, D. C
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Jamestown
Bright
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