Wright Heads Ojibway Nation as Leech Lake Elder Chief
Rev. Charles T. Wright, in charge of Episcopal church work among Ojibway at Leech Lake, is described as a full-blooded Indian and eldest son of White Cloud, making him direct head of the Ojibway tribe. Prof Schaffer criticizes the lance as harmless and proposes a larger head to increase lethality. Britain exports coal to major nations, while Vienna horsemeat shops present clean displays. horse meat must be labeled. Sicilian cities use leather disks over horse nostrils to curb running horses.
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Charles T. Wright
Episcopal Church
Leech Lake
White Cloud
Vienna
Gates on Norwegian roads hinder travelers and delay journeys
Travelers across Norway face delays from thousands of gates that must be opened to pass farms or waste lands. Honolulu marks first letter carriers August 14 aiding free mail delivery and city census. In Württemberg, educators are ordered to replace English sports terms with German equivalents in gym and games.
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Norway
Honolulu
Islands
Wurtemberg
Bequest to National Museum Opens Vent for 200 Year Preserve
Dr. von Jirusch a Prague pharmacology professor leaves nearly 15000 dollars to the National Museum. The earmarked bequest requires all belongings including furniture clothes plate and manuscripts to be packed in air tight cases and stored for 200 years to enlighten people of the twenty second century about twentieth century manners.
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Witt
von Jirusch
Prague University
National Museum of
the City
Ink Daubed Hands at House Desk Inks A Daily Tally
Members leave ink on hands from ink wells in new desks as ink is released by pressing the top. A strolling member often touches the desk edge and transfers ink to one hand, sometimes both. It is estimated that fifty members per day end up with ink stained hands.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Wage Credit Gambling Pact
A Wisconsin gambling dispute centers on an employer who sought to credit or debit card game winnings to workers. The Wisconsin Supreme Court voided the agreement, ruling it invalid as against public policy and in violation of gambling statutes.
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Wisconsin
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Silk Thread Gloves From Spider Silk Fashion Trend
A French hosier notes fashion leaders pay up to 2001 for cocoon silk gloves. A firm estimates 1,350,000 yards of single spider thread needed per square yard of dress silk. Thread thickness ranges from 1-1000 to 1-4000 inch and can bear 60 grains.
Rouen Millionaire’s Will Prompts Giant Prize Plan
Rouen faces an awkward choice after a millionaire leaves his fortune to the town with a condition. Each year the city must award a marriage prize of 25000 dollars to a couple of giants whose offspring could improve the French race. One candidate is a 27 year old police officer in good health and of enormous size.
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Rouen
Floating camera cost and distant ocean stories
A digest of diverse notes reports Morocco sultan spent 10000 on a camera. Mariners note spiders fall on ship decks miles at sea. California lemons drive Sicily lemons from markets. Various facts cover elections, forestry in France, Hungary fares, and French perfume factories. Also listed are elephants, sugar sources, view distances from cliffs, cable ships, Italian silk, and more global curiosities.
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Morocco
California
Sicily
Oregon
Moselle
France
Hungary
Grasse
Algun
Italy
Henry I
England
Bauclerk
Topeka
Kan
Rocky Mountain
Menelik
Abyssinia
White House turkey distribution and US Danish West Indies talks
The 24th saw 87 turkeys given to White House staff by the president, the largest such giveaway. Reports also note China hiring an American adviser at $15,000 yearly, while Denmark-US talks on ceding the Danish West Indies consider a plebiscite. U.S. internal revenue for November 1901 totaled $23,178,951, down $2,165,330 from November 1900.
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White House
Washington
United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
New York News Highlights Anthony & Seovill Co. Incorporation
Articles filed at Albany reveal the Anthony and Seovill Co with capital of 2.5 million, consolidating EF & I T Anthony Co and Seovill & Adams Co among others in photographic apparatus. Comptroller Coler reports 30,000 dollars losses from Chipp and Taylor defalcations. Sugar refiners cut prices, Yale receives a 30,000 dollar gift, and Joseph Lawler the famed steeple climber dies.
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Anthony & Seovill Co
EF. & I. T. Anthony & Co
Seovill & Adams Co
Coler
New York City
Herbert K. Smith
Melissa K. Smith
Ernest W. Smith
New York
Edward A. Smith
New York Athletic Club
H. N. Pillsbury
Dayville, Woolen Co
Danielson
Lawler
Fire Department
Doble Boys Drown After Ice Fracture on Conesus Lake
Walter and Gerald Doble aged 13 and 15 fell through an air hole in the ice on Conesus lake near Livonia New York on the 27th and were drowned.
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Walter
Gerald Doble
Conesus Lake
Livonia
N. Y
Wage Raise Issued by Indiana Railway Co
The Indiana Railway Co of South Bend Ind orders a wage increase for motormen conductors and all power station employees paid by the hour. It is the second raise in a few years boosting annual payroll by about 10000 dollars and takes effect January 1.
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South Bend
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Treasury Department
la Costa
Charlotte Harbor
Florida
Ufter Hamilton
Chicago
Lues Becker
Colby
New Lothrop
Mieh
John McCartney
John Kelly
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Barles Station
Col
Commercial Athletic Club
Samuel M. Robinson
Emperor orders expulsion over Viennese baccarat scene
The Austrian emperor orders expulsion of the principals from Austria tied to the December 21 baccarat game at the Vienna Jockey Club where Count Potocki lost $500,000 in three hours while Count Pallavicini won most of the money. Also noted is Brigand hostage news involving Ellen M Stone and Miss Stone's fate. A Naples tornado on the 26th kills one, injures 36, and damages buildings and rail property.
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Count Potocki
Count Pallavicini
John and
Joseph Potocki
Haveetivetto Russing
W. W. Peet
Missionary Society
Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Miss Stone
Dense fog wrecks Cannon Ball express. two killed
A foggy, switch error in Nashua New Hampshire halted the Cannon Ball from Montreal to Boston. Two men were killed and about six injured as the crash occurred in the north yard. Additional items report Ontario government actions and labor disputes, including mine strikes and a proposed Amigeoma tube works in Maine. The text also notes municipal audits, streetcar tensions, and a Carnegie gift discussion with Roosevelt.
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Nashua
N. Fh
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Boston
Connell
Ontario
Amigeoma Tube Works
St Clorgue
Salt Ore
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Wheeling Creek
Bridgeport
New York City
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Waldo
Secret Service
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Vencer
Sas
Revolutios Agit Presb
Casta
Passenger Train Collides With Freight West of Chicago
Four killed and 29 injured when The Oniwha Flyer and a freight collide at Malta Illinois 60 miles west of Chicago. A switch error caused the crash. fire destroys coaches and cars. Several victims died en route or on arrival at St Luke's Chicago. most injured expected to recover.
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George W. Radio
Western
Kirk Soap Co
Vinalia
T George Wo Radio
Omaha
DO. Nichols
Council Bluffs
Rochelle
DeKalb
St. Luke's Hospital
Malta
Duncan
Rudio
Nichols
Trainmen killed as landslide buries wreck near Lynchburg
A landslide on the Chesapeake and Ohio near Reusen's station south of Lynchburg caused a wreck that killed conductor E. Whittaker engineer George Fisher baggageman Thompson and express messenger Shannon. A machinist named Baker from Clifton Forge is missing and others are injured. witnesses fear passengers may be buried. The train involved was No. 1.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Reusen’s
James River
Wuashouts
BE. A Whittaker
Chorge Fisher
Thompson
Shannon
Baker
Clifton Forge
Fisher
Whittaker
Robbery Strikes New York Couple Jewelry Worth Fifty Thousand
A New York couple, Mr and Mrs Paul G Theband of Madison Avenue, reported Sunday jewelry valued at about 50 000 missing after a robbery. The valet disappeared and a butler, who recommended him, is under police watch while Mr Theband and a police associate reviewed a partial list of stolen items including a 20 000 pear shaped diamond and 15 000 pearl among 300 smaller pieces.
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New York
Paul G Theband
Madison Avenue
Salt Lake murder mystery judged solved by pistol clue
Salt Lake officers say enough evidence exists to clear the James Hay murder case. A calender pistol traced to a secondhand store matches a suspect description. Fire in a Christmas tree warehouse caused heavy damage, a six story building burned, many escaped, and residents clung to ledges as flames spread.
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Utah
James i Hay
Peter Miorterscat
Alexander
Thames
Ohio State News: Collision on the G H and MH Cincinnati
A southbound Chicago express on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line failed to stop at Hartwell due to signaling issues, striking a freight train and wrecking three cars. Four passengers and two trainmen injured, all expected to recover. A wrecking train en route to Hartwell crashed, killing Matrick McCoy and fatally injuring William Nip er and Louis Tenbrink. In Columbus a bill drafts for a corporate tax in Ohio seeks annual taxes on all corporations and greater disclosure penalties.
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Dew
Chicago
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Road
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Matrick McCoy
Injgurine William Nipper
Lous
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Attorney General
Guy Nash
Ohio
Congress
New York
Gov. Nash
Laylin
Secretary of State
Jury Disagreed in $50,000 Rail Case at Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 28 the jury in the $50,000 damage suit of W. R. Sullivan versus the railway failed to reach a verdict after one week of trial. Sullivan, a fireman who lost both legs in an accident, had eleven jurors favoring damages while juror John Daskin stood for the railway, leading to discharge of the panel.
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W. R. Sullivan
Neff
Sullivan
John Daskin
Oberlin College fails to meet Rockefeller gift deadline
At a Oberlin trustees meeting on Friday it was announced that raised funds fall short of Rockefellers 200000 offer. The college aims for 300000 but still needs 28700 with only 19300 additional gifts announced yesterday. J G W Cowles of Cleveland will travel to New York to seek Rockefeller acceptance of the simul success pledged and the deadline is January 1.
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Oberlin College
Rockefellers
J. GW. Cowles
Cleveland
New York
Rockefeller
Six Men Fatally Wounded in Pike County Church Fight
In Piketon on December 27 a violent brawl broke out during a religious meeting when Charles and Orin Day declared they had come to end family quarrels. The clash erupted inside the church and nearby, sparking a panic among worshippers and leaving six men apparently fatally injured.
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Piketon
Pike Post
Adlace
Charles
Orin Day
Ein Ort the Tages
Railroad deaths and injuries rise in yearly report
Columbus reports State Railroad Commissioner Morris released the annual figures with Gov. Nagh showing 607 people killed and 6371 injured by railroads in the past year. One employee in every 12 was injured. 66,249 workers were employed, down 1,489 from prior year. seven passengers died and 304 injured, 542 trespassers killed and 394 injured but not fatally.
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Columbus
Morris
Nagh
Death of Col D L Cockley shocks Shelby community
Shelby, Dee. Col D L Cockley, a highly respected citizen and founder of the Shelby Steel Tube Co the first in the United States died of heart failure Thursday night while entertaining a party of young people at cards and dancing He also served on Gov Bushnell's staff.
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Shelby, Dee
Col
D. L. Cockley
Shelby
Col. Cockley
Shelby Steel Tube Co
United States
Vandals Damage Powers Family Cemetery grounds
In Youngstown on December 25 vandals entered the Powers family burying ground and cut down trees planted by the heirs. Sixteen men were accused of destroying the grounds and warrants were issued for their arrest.
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Youngstown
Dee
Powers
Burglars Looted a Jewelry Store in Cleveland
Cleveland reports a jewelry store at 16 Central Avenue robbed by burglars. Goldstein, who recently moved from Buffalo and opened the shop, discovered the break in Tuesday morning, with about 500 dollars worth of jewelry missing.
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Cleveland
Goldstein
Buffalo
No. 16
Central Avenue
Salem Lawyer Ils Honored in Philippines Service
Salem resident Ambler of this city has been tendered and accepted a federal position in the Philippines. The arrangement calls for him to depart for Cebu first, then proceed to Maida, with initial duties to begin promptly.
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Dee
Ambler
Fedveat Pudteeshop
Locas County Regatta Delegation Plans Escape Felony Bill
A member of the Locas County delegation announced plans for a bill to classify escaping from jail as a felony. The proposal aims to strengthen punishment for inmates who flee confinement.
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Toledo
Dee
Locas County
Jaca
Suit settles bequest dispute over Mast estate to Ohio Wesleyan
Heirs of the late T P Mast reach an out of court settlement to settle the bequest of the Moist homestead to Ohio Wesleyan University. The university relinquishes slices of the homestead and retains stock valued at $20,000. The settlement preserves ownership and finances as of the ruling yesterday.
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T. P. Mast
Ohio Wesleyan University
Tne University
Allela
Siwano
Teversity
Gallipolis Furniture Co. four story blaze causes heavy loss
A four story Gallipolis Furniture Co building burned last night in Gallipolis. The blaze caused damages estimated near 875,000 with about 75,000 in damages and 45,000 insured. The fire disrupted a busy evening for local residents and the cause is under investigation.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Furniture Co
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