Famine Relief Stretched Across Russian Volga Provinces
The famine regions including Saratov Kazan Tambov Ufa and Samara face widespread hunger. Estimates from Moscow Zemstvo place relief needs at 75 million dollars with shortages expected as funds run out by January. Epidemics of hunger typhus and scurvy have appeared in three provinces.
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Mara
Saratov
Sembirsk
Kazan
Tambov
Ufa
Moscow Zemstvo Relief Organization
Zemstvo Organization
Prince Evos
Twulla
Samara
Tubes Mistakenly Mixed In Manila Cholera Lab
An investigation at Bilibid shows plague germs found in bodies of ten inmates inoculated with cholera. A visitor mixed plague germ tubes with cholera serum tubes in Dr. R P Strong's laboratory during an absence. Local natives and papers react with indignation. no charges expected, but resignation possible.
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Manila
Bilibid
R. P. Strong
Bureau of ‘Science
Strong
Serious charges of land fraud and murder plot amid coal land probe
A. J. Smith accuses Union Pacific Coal of stealing coal lands and plans to press the inquiry in Denver. Detective Michael A. Myendorff’s Salt Lake City testimony is linked to alleged poisoning attempts, along with A. F. Abbott of Peerless Copper Extraction and others involved in the probe.
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Denver
Union Pacific Coal Company
A. J. Smith
Smith-Bradbury Mining Company
Smith
Michael A. Myendorff
Land Office
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Myendorff
Union Station
A. F. Abbott
Peerless Copper Extraction Company
W. H. Canniff
Block Operator Missing After Lawyers Station Wreck
Officials from Southern Railroad in talks over conditions from the Lawyers Station Va. wreck that killed President Samuel Spence and six others. Transportation Superintendent Taylor says operator Mattox, who manned the block signal tower at the accident entrance, remains unfound after searches. Mattox, a Sandy Level Va. native, has three years with the company. Two independent investigations are under way to fix responsibility for the wreck.
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Washington
Southern Railroad Company
Lawyers Station
Samuel Spence
Taylor
Mattox
Sandy Level
Ambassadors Nonsense War Talk Denied by Japan’s Aoki
Washington December 5 Viscount Siuzo Aoki Japan’s ambassador laughed at war talk with the United States saying it was absurd and impossible He voiced confidence in President Roosevelt Secretary Root and the American people noting no enemies exist between the nations and that sensational dispatches are misleading The envoy also downplayed San Francisco tensions as a local incident without concern
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Washington
Siuzo Aoki
Japan
United States
Root
San Francisco
Europe
Girl Aims for Death Over Cheating Charge at School
Hazel Scott thirteen year old Robbinsdale public school pupil attempted suicide by taking five grains of strychnine after being accused of cheating in an examination. She told companions she would rather die than face her parents. Found unconscious by her mother, a physician attended. recovery chances reported as slim.
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Minneapolis
Hazel Scott
Robbinsdale
California Defies Federal Requests Over School Segregation
In San Francisco the school board and California officials vow to uphold 1872 state law on schooling for Japanese students, defying President Roosevelt and federal pressure. They warn of ongoing conflict if the issue is not settled by state or U.S. courts, noting claims of Japanese superiority and a rising influx.
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San Francisco
California
Golden State
School Board of
Roosevelt
Federal Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Commissioner of Labor For
Sierras
Supreme Court narrows Missouri pool selling ban
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that selling pools on races within the state is not prohibited if bets are registered by telephone from another state. Charles Oldham of Kansas City was acquitted after being convicted for operating pool booths at Elm Ridge racetrack where bids were registered in Kansas City Kansas. Judge Gantt wrote the opinion and all judges concurred.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Charles Oldham
Kansas City
Elm Ridge Racetrack
Kan
Gantt
Russians Say Fresh Troops Are Sent To Manchuria
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports intense Japanese activity in Manchuria and says fresh Japanese regiments are being drafted into Manchuria via Korea, according to information received at the Russian war ministry. Local ts
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London
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Russian War Ministry
Korea
To Cure A Cold In One Day Patent Medicine
Advertisement claims LAXATIVE BROMIDE QUININE tablets cure a cold in one day and promise a refund if unsuccessful. Product bears E W Grove name on each bar and is sold by druggists.
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E. W Grove
BayarpD Berach Property Deals In Houghton Area
To buy sell insure or borrow money upon city or farm property see or write BayarpD Berach Houghton bleck.
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Houghton Bleck
Famous Strike Breakers Advertises Dr King Pills
An old ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the famous strike breakers. It claims the pills settle stomach and bowel trouble and purify the body. Priced at 25 cents at Holland Wheeler’s drugstore.
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Dr. King
Holland Wheeler
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Aids Bell’s Tenn Man
W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee battled nasal catarrh for twenty years. After applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the sore inner nose, swelling and soreness disappeared and did not return. Claiming it the best salve, the ad notes 25 cents at Holland Wheeler’s drug store.
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W. L. Rawls
Bells, Tenn
Holland Wheeler
Miraculous Cure Reported for Child’s Eczema
H M Adams and wife of Henrietta Pa report a miracle cure after using Electric Bitters for five years with a previously incurable eczema. They claim rapid improvement after two bottles and full recovery after seven. Advertises the medicine as a modern blood purifier and body builder. Prices 50 cents and 1.00 at Holland Wheeler's.
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H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Holland Wheeler
A Western Wonder at Bowie Hill Doubling in Size
W L Hill, a 90 pound youth at Bowie Texas, claims a dramatic gain to over 180 pounds after using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He says doctors had given up hope, and credits 12 bottles for his recovery. Guaranteed by Holland Wheeler Druggist 60 cents and 1.00.
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Bowie
Tex
W. L. Hill
Dr. King
Holland Wheeler
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Royal
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Royal Insurance Company
Huron South Dakota
SAM Appel & CO
World Building
Huron, S. D
Tennessee
Lyed
Shine Parlor
John Davy
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J.T. Breen
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Phone Main
Huron
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