Happenings Worldwide Highlight Taft Roots Roots in Peace Talks
Washington notes reveal Taft returning from world trip with assurances on Japan US relations while the Central American peace conference closes with eight conventions. A fist fight erupts on the House floor over a motion to pass the lie detector bill, and Dewey celebrates his 70th with a Navy fleet sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
Japan
United States
Root
Luis Anderson
Ambassador Creel
Mexico
Washington
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
House of Representatives
Williams
de Armond
Admiral Dewey
Roosevelt
Evans
Hampton Roads
Pacific Ocean
Norfolk
Charleston
D. C
Congress
Ridgely
Tillman
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Justice
Ansberry
Ohio
Toledo
Chicago
Maumee River
Lake Michigan
New Vegas National Forest
Nevada
Aquarius National Forest
Utah
Notable Deaths and Trials Across All Nations
James H. Oliphant died from a fatal shooting at his New York office by customer Charles A. Geiger who then killed himself. Karl Lindenaun received three years in prison with civil rights loss for libel and blackmail. Nursing home abuse hearings revealed alleged cruelties at Ward’s Island NYC. Mrs. Theodore Weld Birney, founder of the National Congress of Mothers, died in Chevy Chase. Roosevelt issued a proclamation creating Arkansas National Forest and ordered troops withdrawn from Goldfield Nevada. The University of Oklahoma main building burned. Alfred M Hewlett, Western Tube Co. president, died in Keewanee Illinois. Princess Terri Pomare arrived in San Francisco from Papeete.
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Chile
Tarapaca
Olive Bartlett
J. J. Bartlett
Olathe
Kan
J. Frederick Kastendick
Howard West
Frank Earl
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
William Legg
Sidney, O
Philadelphia
William A. Hewett
D. L. Keller
D. L. Smith
United States
Reno
Nev
Kamloops
B. C
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
Pittsburg
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jacob Dalm
Bryant Paper Mills
James Dolan
Lebanon
Garfield
Supreme Court of Illinois
Henry F. Currier
National Bank Examiner
Jewelers’ National Bank
North Attleboro
Mass
Frederick E. Sargeant
Frank Wise Miller
University of Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Sonora
Mex
William FF. Walker
New Britain
Conn.) Savings Bank
California
New York
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Catherine Breshkovsky
St. Petersburg
Col. Gurko
Stoessel
Port Arthur
J. Israel Tarte
Public Works
Canada
Montreal
William H. Hinrichsen
Illinois
East Liverpool
A. Hilton
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Goldfield
Moyer
Western Federation
Gov. Harris
Ohio
Willam Houck
Sarah Hess
Bladensburg
W. A. Moore
Cornell University
New York State
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Randolph
Charles M. Freeman
Cus Ringling
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Balle
Forepaugh-Sells
New Orleans
Custom House
M. J. Howell
Bureau of Combustibles
James H. Oliphant
Stock Exchange
James H. Oliphant & Co
Charles A. Geiger
Beaufort
S. C
Oliphant
Karlsruhe
Germany
Karl Lindenau
Olga Molitor
St. Thomas
Culebra
Roosevelt
University of Oklahoma
Alfred M Hewlett
Western Tube Company
Kewanee
Terri Pomare
Royal Family of
Tahiti
Mirau
San Francisco
Papeete
Columbus Racially Motivated Assault Trial Sealed
John Young a Black man confessed to kidnapping and raping Mrs. W. B. Hershey in her Columbus home Friday. He led detectives from Dayton to the Big Four railroad yards and rode a train to Brooks Station before arrest. Upon arrival in Columbus a hostile crowd demanded lynching as police protected him.
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Dayton
John Young
Tobias
W. B. Hershey
Columbus
Police Department of
Young
Hershey
William B. Hershey
Union Station
New England Industries Signal Cautious 1908 Outlook
Boston reports a conservative end to 1907 with curtailment across woolen mills leather hides boot and shoe trades and machine shops. Output is restricted to avoid price slumps while shoe factories move toward full time as improvement appears. 1908 may bring partial recovery though 250 000 to 290 000 workers stay on short time.
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Boston
Mass
New England
United States
Congress adjourns both houses until January 6
Washington reports the senate and house adjourned on the 21st with no business conducted aside from introducing bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
I Wish People Wouldn’t Be So Polite
Mr Grayboy reflects on age and courtesy as a young truck driver and a passerby show him politeness that both flatters and dented his illusion of youth. He concludes the kind acts from strangers remind him of aging and wish for less deference.
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Mr. Grayboy
Where Our Money Goes to Europe for Music Art
The article states that by season's end America will send at least 6 million dollars to Europe as tribute to musical art. It notes 1.25 million for foreign opera companies, 0.5 million for concert singers and instrumentalists excluding two famed pianists, 0.5 million in royalties to foreigners, and thousands more spent on musical comedies and popular songs of foreign origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Paderewski
Kubelik
The Dewberrys Rebrand to Dubarry in Town Gossip
A village inquiry about the Dewberry family lingers five years after their move. The postmaster explains they struck oil and now own a mansion on the hill with three automobiles. Their daughter is betrothed to a duke, and they have renamed themselves Dubarry to sound more fashionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du- Barry
Markets Summary From New York to Toledo December 23 1907
Today's markets show mixed grain and livestock prices across major cities. Wheat ranges from 1.04 to 1.07 cash, corn around 60 to 72 cents, oats near 53 to 56 cents, with butter cheese eggs and hay steady to firm. Cattle and sheep varying by region, hogs steady, and Toledo reports cash prices for wheat corn oats and cloverseed.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
Market Prices Report from East Buffaloo
East Buffaloo notes cattle and hog prices with bids and weights. Beef steers bring $5.00 with weight quoted 6.265. sheep wethers $4.40 to $4.75. lambs $5.00 to $6.40. Hogs Yorkers $4.70 and pigs $4.20.
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Washington Notes
Paris
H. Clay Wyatt
Lawton
Okla
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Hugh L. Creighton
Oakville
London
German War Ministry
Pulsen
Berlin
Copenhagen
David Currier
Westbrook
Conn
Saybrook Point
Kentucky
Mike
Bridgeport
Teheran
Charles Hank
International Brick, Tile and Terra Cotta Workers
Athens
Billy” Warren
Stuart
Warren
Robert Mitchell
State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Princeton
Ind
Edward Clifford
Peoria
Darr
Pittsburg Coal Company
Jacobs Creek
Palermo
John Meyer
Holy Cross
James B. McGonigal
Panhandle
King Oscar of Sweden
Stockholm
Republican County Committee
New York County
Charles E. Hughes
C. Hauge
Christiania
Henry Dibblee
Philippine Assembly
Springfield
John C. Pierik
Glenville Banking & Trust Company
M. Filossofoff
Maine
Frank Krag
Buffalo
N. Y
Jake Shore
Collinwood
Waisner Bros
Sheridan
Wyo
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