Bowman Is Unseated In Congress Over Corrupt Practices
The House voted 153 to 118 to depose Representative Charles W. Bowman of Pennsylvania’s Eleventh District for corrupt practices in the 1910 election. His opponent George R. McLean was refused seating 181 to 88. The seat remains vacant until March 4 when Democrat John C. Casey will take the seat. The debate featured a clash between A Mitchell Palmer and John R. Farr over railroad influence.
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Washington
Charles W. Bowman
Pennsylvania
House
George R. McLean
Bowman
John C. Casey
A. Mitchell Palmer
John R. Farr
Farr
Palmer
The
Lackawanna
Heffin
Uncle Joe
Cannon
Freight Rates Spark Rail Shipper Dispute
Entangled talks between shippers and railroads over what constitutes a fair freight rate reveal deep tensions. Officials from both sides advocate different benchmarks amid ongoing negotiations that could influence pricing and service terms for shipments nationwide.
Trial Reveals Mrs Jacobson Faced Remains of Husband
In Houston Me on December 13 a detective led Mrs Annie Jacobson to a room where the skull and bones of her husband lay on a white cloth as she testified in the murder trial. Her son Edgar and son in law Rev Charles N Emelius also testified while Emelius expected to take the stand next. Edgar said he argued with his father and left home prior to the tragedy and only learned of the death after a phone call.
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Houston
Supreme Court
Annie Jacobson
Edgar
Charles N. Emelius
August Jacobson
Edgar Jacobson
Otto Jepson
Jacobson
French Republicans Confer On President Selection
Paris December 13 The first annual political step toward France’s next president was taken by the Republican group in the chamber of deputies. Senate and chamber will meet January 17 at Versailles to name Farreries successor. Discussion avoided concrete candidates and sought cross‑group consultation. Leon Bourgeois is urged by some deputies to stand, which could yield his return.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
National Assembly
Versailles
Farreries
Leon Bourgeois
Many Rich Italians Implicated In Murder
Carlo Battiste, condemned to die, claims Joseph Petrosino was killed by a powerful Italian band. He names influential New York Montreal and Vancouver citizens as members. Battista says his statement will go to the justice minister for investigation before his execution for another murder.
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Montreal
Carlo Battiste
Joseph Petrosino
New York
Sicily
Petrosino
Battista
Vancouver
Batista
Salvatore Macoruso
Housekeepers League Drives Egg Price Cut in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 13 the Housekeepers League retailed over two million eggs at 24 cents a dozen as part of a campaign to lower living costs. President Mrs Derr urged volunteers and more cars to distribute eggs tomorrow, promising to push the effort until high price dealers are taught a lesson. Retailers had lowered storage egg charges, but few matched the leagues rate.
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Philadelphia
Housekeepers’ League
League
Derr
Lured Sweetheart Shot Fatally in Idaho Mine
In Harvard Idaho Jessie Dillman lured his 18 year old sweetheart Miss Jennie Liner into a mine and shot her. He then wounded himself and fired at approaching miners who entered the tunnel to investigate the sounds. Dillman surrendered at the tunnel mouth as miners recovered the body.
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Paloush
Wash
Miss Jennie Liner
Harvard
Idaho
Jessie Dillman
Dillman
Miss Liner
Novel Debate by Statesmen
Washington observers report a humorous debate at the National Press Club on whether bow-legs or knock-knees threaten navigation more. Rep Sulzer and Rep Stanley defended bow-legs while Sen Penrose and Sen Gore condemned knock-knees, with Referee Hammond noting neither posed real obstruction. The exchange invoked biblical and artistic allusions as partisanship over a playful issue.
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Washington
National Press Club
Sulzer
New York
Stanley
Kentucky
Penrose
Gore
John Hays Hammond
Taft
George V
International Board of Navigation
Berlin
Hammond
Moses
Socrates
Hannibal
Raphael
Salt Creek
Drunken Man Snoozes on Chicago Elevated Tracks
Oscar Sorenson, after liquor purchases in the business district, slept on an elevated railway pillar and later between tracks near the third rail. He woke to train noise, wandered along the line, and was rescued by firemen before being arrested.
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Chicago
Oscar Sorenson
Sorenson
Bacon and Gallinger Likely to Continue Pro Tem Alternation
Washington dispatch reports Regular Republicans abandon hope of Gallinger as pro tem due to La Follette opposition. It is now anticipated Bacon will hold the post briefly until Gallinger succeeds him, with a GOP Democratic alternation pattern likely to persist through March 4.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
la Follette
New Hampshire
Bristow
Dixon
Poindexter
Gailinger
Vacant Lots For Sale In City Listings
A series of city vacant lots offered with dimensions and prices. Properties include S State Pine Street 471 2x150 and S Basil Kennedy Street 47x150, plus multiple lots on N Dauphin Tacon Streets 125x160 priced at 950 dollars. Other parcels range 50x150 to 50x103 with prices 400 and 250 dollars.
Dr Kings New Discovery Cures Coughs Colds Pneumonia
The ad proclaims pneumonia as a deadly winter and spring threat and promotes Dr Kings New Discovery as the best medicine to ward it off. It cites Mrs George W Place of Rawsville Vermont praising its effectiveness for coughs colds and crib and offers a trial bottle free with a general price of 50 cents to 1.00 plus.
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Takire
Dr. King
George WV. Place
Rawsonville
Thankful note for relief from stomach trouble and rheumatism
C B Rader of Lewisburg West Virginia expresses gratitude for Electric Bitters claiming a double benefit curing ten years of rheumatism and stomach trouble. He asserts the tonic aids dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons and praises its effectiveness. Sold for 50 cents at druggists.
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C. B. Rader
Lewisburg
W. Va
Button Game Promises Cash in Next Mobile Item
A teaser notes a game involving a button with money at stake, urging readers to watch next Sunday’s Mobile Item for details. The brief mentions a date range 12 9 6t and hints at a lottery style prize.
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Lor W. Plum
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West Claiborne
Bet
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Norville Bros
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