President Roosevelts New Deal For Nation Need
Washington December notes Roosevelt outlines in his annual message key bills on corporate control and campaign finance, calls for inheritance and income taxes, labor and child labor reforms, and stronger federal authority to regulate corporations. He presses national steps on eight hour railroad work, injunctions in labor fights, and shipping, currency reform, naturalization of Japanese, and Cuba and Panama policy. He urges actions to curb wealth growth, protect aliens, and stabilize insular governance while warning against demagoguery and mob violence.
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Dowie Deemed Insane After Mad Desertion of Followers
Chicago reports John Alexander Dowie founder of Zion City and head of the Christian Catholic church is declared insane after a wild attack on his followers in Shiloh house. He claimed to lead a victorious army while wounded and urged generals to follow his banner amid a staged battlefield scene.
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John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Dowie
Shiloh House
John A. Lewis
James F Peters
Apostle
Peters
President Roosevelt to refund insured fund donations
Washington reports that President Roosevelt plans to refund 148000 dollars to policy holders of Equitable Life Mutual Life and New York Life Insurance Companies. The funds came from the 1904 Republican National Committee support, raised from policyholders of the three companies. Roosevelt allegedly sought repayment months ago, but Cortelyou and Bliss delayed action.
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Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Equitable Life
The
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New York Life Insurance Cos
George B. Cortelyou
Cornelius W. Bliss
New York
Mr. Cortelyou
Mr. Bliss
Farewell Sermon by Dr Alger S Crapsey at St Andrew's
Rochester obituary notice reports Dr Alger non S Crapsey preaching his farewell sermon at St Andrew's church. The church was crowded to the doors and listeners were deeply moved by the service though he made no explicit reference to leaving the ministry.
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Rochester
N. Y
Algernon S. Crapsey
St. Andrew’s Church
Plans to Aid Indigent Consumptives in States
Atlanta on December 3 reports that the American anti tuberculosis league plans a campaign to push in every state legislature bills for uniform care legislation for indigent consumptives.
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Atlanta
American Anti-Tuberculosis League
Raid on Coal Train in North Yakima
North Yakima Wash December 3 A coal famine sparked a raid on a coal train Trainmen tried to stop the seizure but were threatened with bodily harm and kept from intervening
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Yakima
Wash
Wreck on Coal Belt Electric Railway Kills Man near Marion
Marion Ill Dec 3 James Joyner was killed and several injured in a wreck on the Coal Belt Electric railway at Donahue five miles from Marion An open switch caused an electric car to strike a locomotive on a steam road authorities investigated the incident
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Marion
Ill
James Joyner
Coal Belt Electric Railway
Donahue
Mutiny Sailors Sentenced to Court Martial at Cronstadt
Six hundred eighty three sailors involved in the summer mutiny at Cronstadt receive court martial sentences. They face imprisonment or service with discipline and instruction for varying terms.
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Cronstadt
Erv Boivantus
Farmer Governor Harris Praises Agriculture to Ohio Youth
New York report on Governor Andrew L. Harris of Ohio speaking at the Waldorf Astoria banquet. He urges young Ohioans to study agriculture, explains farming as both business and science, and says he will return to his farm when state needs end. He accepts the title The Farmer Governor with pride.
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Andrew L. Harris
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New York City
Heroine Dragged Friend From Train Path Then Crushed
Nellie Carter nineteen died saving her girlfriend Nettie McIntyre who survived after they walked along the railroad near Creston Ohio. The Thanksgiving gathering at the Carter home was halted as the fast Erie passenger train bore down.
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Erie
Nellie Carter
Judge Carter
Weigh In Proposal Would Tax Riders by Weight in Cleveland
Sheriff Mulhern proposes a weight based streetcar fare scheme for Cleveland that would replace five and seven cent tokens with two cents for each first 100 pounds and one cent for every additional 50 pounds. The plan envisions a scale on the back platform registering weight and determining fare, aiming to end fare disputes and implicating Mayor Johnson with higher fares.
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Cleveland, O
Mulhern
Cleveland
Johnson
Saucy letter prompts $1000 cost to daughter
The Toledo area notes an old letter Mabel Houghton wrote to her father ten years ago, leading to a probate filing after Riley Micham’s death in Adams township. The will divides an 80 acre farm among Alvin L. Micham, Guy W. Micham, and Gladys Eva, with Mabel receiving $100. The letter insult prompted the unequal bequest.
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Blissfield
Mich
Mabel Houghton
Grand Avenue
Taisey
Riley Micham
Adams Township
Fetta
Alvin L
Guy W
Gladys Eva
Manacled suspect escapes train in Indiana
Glenn Watson, held on grand larceny charges, was handed to South Milford authorities after a transfer. While on a northbound train at the state line he asked for air and leaped from a moving car at about 40 mph, slipping away despite being handcuffed.
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Lima, O
Indiana
Glenn Watson
South Milford
Watson
State Line
Cleveland capitalists plan steel roof and pipe plant combine
In Cleveland discussions aim to unite 18 Ohio plants with 35 plants in Indiana Illinois Iowa and other states to form a regional steel roof and sheet iron pipe manufacturing combination.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Dayton detectives hunt elusive Gilman murder crew
Dayton police sheriffs and detectives seek a new crew to the Gilman murder with no arrests and no solid leads. Rumors of Mrs. Gilman’s death and confession proved unfounded as she improves at Miami Valley hospital. Officers and private detectives continue the investigation.
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Dayton
Gilman
Brothers’ hunting accident ends in Roy Gates fatality
In Marion Ohio a 15 year old Roy Gates and his older brother hunted rabbits. The rifle discharged while resting on a decayed log, the bullet struck Roy in the stomach. Roy Gates cannot survive.
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Marion
Roy Gates
Roy
Cincinnati Painters Win Two and Half Cent Wage Increase
Nearly two thousand Cincinnati union painters have secured a wage rise of two and a half cents per hour. The news follows broader reports of higher wages for railroad workers.
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Cincinnati
Dayton Superintendent Arrested on Bigamy Charge
Lorain Ohio Frank Mulligan aged 49, was arrested in Dayton and brought to Elyria jail by Chief Smith to answer a bigamy charge filed by Mrs. Margaret Mulligan of Greensburg Indiana. Mulligan is the superintendent of the National Cash Register Co. at Dayton.
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Lorain, D
Frank Mulligan
Dayton
Elyria
Smith
Margaret Mulligan
Greensburg
Ind
National Cash Register Co
Dayton Train Collision Injures About 20 Passengers
A collision between the Dayton and Xenia outgoing traction car and a C. H. and PD. freight engine at the Sixth and Ludlow street intersection in Dayton, Ohio, injures about twenty passengers.
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Dayton
Xenia
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Ludlow
Angry Woman Holds Lawyer Prisoners In Ohio Office
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Myrtle Chapman a widow armed with a revolver held attorney S M Winn and William Lentz as prisoners in Winns office for two hours. Her grievance was against Lentz who has been paying court to her She charged Lentz with attempting to assault her 14 year old sister and Lentz was arraigned in police court on that charge.
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Zanesville
Myrtle Chapman
S. M. Winn
William Lentz
Winn
Lentz
Veterans Feast At Dayton Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner
Thousands of veterans at the Soldiers' home in Dayton shared Thanksgiving dinners with about 1500 pounds of turkey consumed at the state hospital. Local institutions including the workhouse and county jail served special meals to the veterans.
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Dayton
Soldiers’ 'Home
State Hospital
Newark Woman Dies After Train Collision
Mrs. Harry Radebaugh of Newark died after she and her husband were struck by a freight train the other night. The couple was buried in the same grave at Cedar Hill.
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Newark
Harry Radebaugh
Radebaugh
Cedar Hill
Oysters Embalmed Spark Probe in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio the board of health launches a probe into oyster preservation after inspectors find boric acid used in 23 of 24 samples shipped for Thanksgiving. The discovery prompts a health crusade against acids used to treat oysters.
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Youngstown
Board of Fhealth
Italian man’s bank withdrawal leaves him short on trip home
In Youngstown Ohio Tony Pitts an Italian readying a Europe trip withdrew his savings totaling 629.59 dollars from a bank and began home by streetcar, but upon arrival he found the cash had been exhausted.
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Youngstown, O
Tony Pitts
Europe
Ohio to raise insurance on buildings with moving picture gear
Sandusky Ohio state electrical inspector W C Harris warns premiums on all Ohio buildings housing electric or moving picture apparatus will rise soon due to the highly inflammable nature of the films used.
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Sandusky
W. C. Harris
Ohio
Hold Up Men Infest Sandusky City Streets
Sandusky police seek hold up men after a spree of assaults on pedestrians in the downtown area within the last 24 hours. Reports indicate continued depredations reaching the outskirts as officers investigate the pattern and warnings are issued to residents.
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Sandusky
Sandusky, O
Spreading Rails Cause Wreck Near Summerford
A westbound I C & E traction limited car derailed at Summerford four miles north of London Ohio when rails spread. Three people were injured in the crash.
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Indiana, Columbus & Eastern
Summerford
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Wedded in An Automobile in Cleveland Society Circle
Miss Irene Dennart and Attorney Lawrence Damschroder, noted society figures, married in a speeding automobile on Euclid avenue as police pursued at around forty miles per hour, a sensational union that drew citywide attention.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Irene Dennart
Lawrence Damschroder
Sol dier accident leaves Grover Wilson dead
In Chillicothe Ohio Kate Wilson aged 16 while playing soldiers fired an old musket near Richmondale. The weapon discharged striking her 15 year old brother Grover Wilson in the head. He died from the injury. The incident occurred in the county as reported.
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Chillicothe
Kate Wilson
Grover
Richmondale
Heidel berg student dies of gas asphyxiation
Miss Kathryn Barnum of Heidelberg University, a Heidel berg junior, was found dead in her dorm room from natural gas asphyxiation after her room was burglarized. The body was discovered on her bed, fully dressed, in Tiffin, Ohio.
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Tiffin, O
Kathryn Barnum
Heidelberg University
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