Supreme Court to Review Bulger Slocumb Case
Associate Justice Van Devanter ordered the Nebraska Supreme Court to send up for review a suit by Mrs. Cheries Bulger of Lincoln. She won $2,750 against two saloon keepers under the Slocumb law for damages alleged from her husband becoming an habitual drunkard. The saloonkeepers challenge the law’s constitutionality.
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Associated Press
Washington
van Devanter
Supreme Court
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cheries Bulger
Lincoln
Huerta asserts control and protection of Mexican oil regions
Victoriano Huerta, provisional president of Mexico, states his government controls the oil regions of Tamulipas Tampico and Tuxpam and will suppress the revolution. He says defeats are not important and that such reverses are insperable to any armed struggle of long duration.
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Associated Press
New York
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Tamulipas
Tampico
Tuxpam
No. Alonzo's World Says Money Is What You Do Next
A quotation frames ambition and action stressing that the world cares about outcomes, not the path to wealth. It notes that a married man who hesitates is controlled, underscoring a caution about indecision and agency.
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Alonzo
Dr. Pierce's Medical Discoveries Marketed For Healing
Advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and body builder. It claims benefits for digestion and blood purification and lists liquid or tablet forms with trial tablets mailed for stamps. It also advertises The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and free mailed summaries for women and families.
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Pierce
Pierce’s
Great Seq Daee People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
Ambition and Purpose Drive the L and N Enterprise
A promoter message urges keeping ambition fiery yet guided by judgment to achieve progress for farmers merchants and manufacturers. It highlights the L and N Railway's support and expert services to develop the territory and keep communities, states, and the region prosperous through sustained effort.
Gas Explosion Rocks Pittsburgh District Injures Dozens
Gas explosion in a nine foot sewer in Lawrenceville Pittsburg yesterday injures score or more people and damages many buildings. A manhole blast tossed five workers. lightning strikes near rail lines and factory windows shattered as three large gasoline tanks overturned. City officials order lights out, evacuations, and debris clearing with disinfectants used in flooded streets.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Lawrenceville
Thirty-eighth Street
Alexander Campbell
Sassafras Alley
Thirty-third Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Thirty-fourth
Petroleum Products Company
Liberty Avenue
Thirty-third
Cold Roller Steel Company
W. Y. English
John S. Herron
Russian protests German mission to reorganize Turkish army
The Russian government protested Germany sending a military mission to Constantinople to reorganize the Turkish army. The Berlin Cologne Gazette dispatch says the issue was discussed during Premier Kohorsoff’s Berlin visit and negotiations continue.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Ger
Constantinople
Berlin
Kohorsoff
Blease Grants Clemency to South Carolina Convicts
Governor Cole L. Blease freed about 100 inmates at the state penitentiary and on chain gangs, including 26 murder and 26 manslaughter convictions. One full pardon, one commutation, others paroled to allow them to celebrate Thanksgiving at home. Since taking office, Blease has granted nearly 900 clemencies.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
State Penitentiary
Cole L. Blease
Blease
Chink Smuggler Finally Landed in New York
Harry White a wealthy Chinese leader of a border smuggling ring was arrested in New York on November 26 Chinese Inspector A B Wiley reported White led a group that operated across the Canadian border and had brought more than 400 Chinese into the country
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Harry White
Associated Press
New York
A. B. Wiley
White
Cotton Exchange backs warehouse plan for Southern cities
A New York Cotton Exchange committee urges extending the warehouse system to Southern cities. This would let Southern shippers avoid sending cotton to New York for grading on futures contracts, improving safety, reducing costs, and boosting sales locally and for export. The plan aims to prevent market manipulation and make cotton a safer loan collateral.
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Committee of
New York Cotton Exchange
Associated Press
New York
Exchange
Mail trucks to obey local speed laws in New York
New York aldermen unanimously adopted a resolution bringing United States mail trucks under local traffic rules and speed ordinances. Fifteen people were killed by mail trucks this year, and previously trucks were exempt, thought to be necessary to avoid mail delays. The post office department and contractors opposed the change, arguing faster speeds were needed to prevent delays.
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Associated Press
New York
Board of Aldermen
United States
Post Office Department
Doctor charged in mail fraud case over cure claims
Memphis Tenn November 26 Dr J N Tracy a prominent local specialist was arrested after a federal grand jury indictment. Authorities say his advertising claiming to cure many diseases was impossible and used the mails to defraud.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
J. N. Tracy
Federal Grand Jury
Cascarets For Liver and Bowels Promote Clean Systems
An old style advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent box remedy to cleansing the liver stomach and bowels. It claims the product removes sour fermenting food foul gases bile and constipation while offering painless overnight relief and easy dosing for all ages.
Valuables Left Behind After Harvard Yale Game
Nearly $10,000 worth of furs jewelry pocketbooks and personal effects were found in the Harvard Athletic Association vault awaiting owners identification. A fur coat valued at $800 and other items were forgotten by spectators after the Harvard Yale game. Association staff retrieved the loot after inspecting the stadium.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Athletic Association
Harvard
Stephen Bull's fortune goes to his children
The will of Stephen Bull Sr who died a week ago was filed for probate in Racine county. The estate is estimated at 10 million dollars with 20 thousand to a local orphan asylum. The bulk of property goes to three daughters and one son, with smaller legacies to grandchildren. F K Bull named executor.
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Racine
Wis
Stephen Bull
F. K. Bull
Beachy Performs Loop Twice Over San Diego Airfield
Beachey, the aviator, loops twice in the air above Near land yesterday, starting from a high lift and then turning over again before landing. He reported no loss of control and said he would repeat the performance Thursday.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Beachy
Loos
Imi
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