Notable Week Teems With Deaths and Disputed Deals
A roundup of notable events includes Gen. Green Berry Baum's death at 84 in Chicago and Thomas J. Lynch elected president of the National Baseball League in New York. Other items report deaths of figures tied to politics, business, and philanthropy, plus investigations into financial misdeeds at a Chicago life insurer and dramatic crime, fire, and transport incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orig
Green Berry Baum
Chicago
Thomas J. Lynch
National Baseball League
New York
Horace B. ‘Taft
Taft
Johs Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harvey Cushing
George Parish
England
United States
Great Britain
Emmett Delton Williams
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Kansas City
Charles N. Crittenton
Racial Violence Ignites Mob Lynches Man in Texas
News reports a race riot spanning Texas and Louisiana with killings and Wounds after a white farmer accused a Black man of theft. Mob violence frees and lynches a jail inmate as clashes leave four dead, including a city marshal. A barricaded Black suspect dies in a burning house after exchange of gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nosebad
Tex
Mills
Williaew
Wis
Grand Cane
John Allen
William Bower
Bower
Kinsman
Allen
Magnolia
Ann
Ernest Salde
Clinton Montgomery
Montgomery
Con Panions
Ernest Slade
N. G. Carlton
Tom Shields
William Lindsey
Fire Devastates Arding and Hobbs Store in Clapham Tragedy
A disastrous London blaze at Arding and Hobbs in Clapham started by a broken electric bulb. The five story drapery building, crowded with Christmas shoppers, burned within an hour leaving three dead and many employees missing as rescue efforts continued at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Arding & Hobbs
Clapham
Ballinger Pinchot Feud Tops Taft Inquiry Plan
Washington headlines say a public investigation into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy will be held by Congress. President Taft agrees to probe the charges, with Ballinger pressing for a definitive inquiry as the cabinet crisis deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Congress
Land Office
Washington, D. C
Interior
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Department
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
T. R. Mavin
The
Bomb wrecks building in New York tenement
A time fuse bowl exploded in the lower hallway of a Prince Street tenement, panicking thirty families and badly damaging the building. No one was hurt. A separate note claims four children from the Ambrawe family were kidnapped and returned after a ransom. one kidnapper later received a 15 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Prince Street
Ambrawe
Keyra
Statehouse Probe Aims at Bank Depositories
Ohio officials press Senator Burton to secure a federal order compelling all national banks with state funds to reveal ledgers. Harmon, Denman, and Gay insist banks disclose facts. suits may seek 6 percent interest on monies deposited before the depository law. First petitions will name two Cleveland banks and Euclid Avenue Trust Co, with Zanesville evidence to be included in Franklin County suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Theodore EB. Burton
Cleveland
State House
Harmon
Denman Kay
Burton
Controller of the Treasury
Ohio
Gay
United States
Booth
Euclid Avenue Trust Co
Zanesville
Brave reporters rescue women in Ohio basement blaze
Reporters from the Associated Press and special wire telegraphers aided a panic among girls in the circulating room of the Evening Mispatch in Columbus. Miss Mary Foskett, a stenographer, was rescued as firemen placed a ladder to the second story. Fire reached the composing room before the ladder lowered. Dense smoke forced abandonment of instruments. repairs are pending as the Dia patch will publish at the Ohio State Journal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mary Foskett
Associated Press
Almatory
Ohio State Journal
Ten inspectors resign in Columbus request to Haswell
William Haswell Democratic chief examiner of stationary engineers receives resignations from all ten district inspectors. Tenure spans two parties with two Democrats and eight Republicans, all appointed by former Republican Kennedy of Cincinnati. Haswell has not yet decided when he will accept the resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William #. Haswell
Haswell
William H. Kennedy
Cincinnati
Harmon Jena
Withdraw Public Lands Affects Western Acreage Adjustments
Washington announces about 70,000 acres of public land withdrawn from entry in the west to aid proposed legislation on phosphate disposal. An additional 1,820 acres in Utah and 37,474 acres in Colorado are temporarily withdrawn for petroleum legislation. Secretary Ballinger also withdraws 4,669 acres in Idaho and 44,862 acres in California to aid water power policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Utah
Colorado
Tses
Ballinger
Datio
California
Night Watchman Murdered in Cleveland Plant
William Huebner, 60, on duty as night watchman at the American Steel and Wire Co WP plant in Cleveland was killed in a suspected premeditated attack. He was struck on the head with a hod and then shot twice, with a third bullet grazing his sleeve, investigators report as Deputy Coroner Droege and police pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manaus
Henry Caldera
Comaul
United States
Zelaya
Neem Klehwagman
Fireworks Station
Mont St. Louis
Tom Walker
P. W. Bauer
Tucson
Golden State Limited
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Benson
Copenhagen
Prederick A. Cook
Cook
Lamar Harris
Highland Park
Til
Leslie Harris
MacFarland Shirt Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Nelson County
Kentucky
J. W. Bridge
Pittsburg
Duck Island
Lake Huron
Sault Ste. Marie
Garrett Johnson
Arthur Lear
Night Riders
Quentin Rankin
Union City
Taylor
Cleveland Railways
Joseph B. Richeson
Ernest 5. Stout
Grand Island
Neb
Broul
Solomon Islands
Royal Mail
New York City
Taft
House
Washington
Immigration Committee
Cleveland
William Huebner
Droege Beleve
American Steel & Wire Co
Tim
Half the Battle of Life and The Spider in Society
This piece argues women should cultivate self reliance to make quick, decisive choices without doubt. It contrasts female hesitation with confidence, cites baking and daily tasks as tests of resolve, and notes the spider’s ecological role and social reticence as a less frightening creature amid sanitary concerns.
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Mother
Bey
Musca Domestica
Insect Mfe
Leslie's Weekly
Boxes Fitted with Ivory Offer Antique Charm
Ivory fitted English work boxes, About 614 pieces, are in strong demand among antique dealers. Many feature hidden compartments, several neat drawers, sewing utensils, spindles, tiny ivory boxes and tubes, appealing to modern girls who seek novel, quaint storage and secret hiding places.
Origin of Victory at Last Hymn Recounted in Montclair Service
A long memorial service at Trinity church in Montclair New Jersey explained the origin of William Bradbury's hymn Victory at Last. The hymn was written the night news of Leo's surrender reached Montclair and the composer hummed the tune on the way to New York with a quartet of friends, who then sang it on the ferryboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bradbury
Trinity Church
Montclair
N. J
Leo
New York
Bredbury
Markets and prices drift through a mixed December session
New York markets show money on call firm at 4 to 6 percent with gains in mercantile paper and a slight sterling movement. Cleveland reports mixed grain and dairy quotes including No 2 yellow corn and No 2 white oats while cattle and hog markets show varied values. Toledo and Buffalo price rounds list cash wheat at 1.26 and cattle, hogs, and sheep with modest shifts. Paris- era summaries reflect December futures activity and vouchers, with January wheat and corn futures quoted and local price spreads noted.
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New York
Mercastle
Daly
Cleveland
York State
Ohio
Toledo
Pee
Cloverwood Cook
Prescription for Rheumatism and Backache from Doctor
Clip this out valuable reminders when afflicted with rheumatism or backache. A renowned doctor’s best prescription calls for one ounce Sara Parina compound syrup, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of high grade whiskey mixed. Take a tablespoonful before each meal and at bedtime. the bot must be well drunk each time. Any druggist can supply the ingredients from his wholesale house.
EyeAilment Cured by Cuticura Ointment Claim
An elderly reader from Mouth of Wilson Virginia in 1908 reports severe eye inflammation lasting years improved after about a week of Cuticura Ointment with near complete recovery within two weeks. The note credits the remedy and criticizes prior physicians.
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Sam
Cutieura
G. B. Halsey
Wilson
Hatton
Prank J Cheney Rakes Cain in Cattawau District
Fragmented OCR reveals a claim of deception and a line about a wife’s satisfaction. The passage mentions partners, properties, and a Diocese, with scattered names and dates. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century local notice or gossip column, ending with a quip about a wife’s contentment and conflict.
Fragmented ad filled page with scattered sayings and sales lines
A garbled mix of product pitches and brief quotes. Items include a dye advertisement promising color on cotton and wool with a color card offer from Burlington Vermont, random proverbs about money and happiness, and quirky lines about a party and rheumatism cures. The text reads like a damaged newspaper fragment with numerous misspellings and filler phrases.
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Corbett
Dealora
Burlington, Vt
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General News
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Genoa
Christopher Columbus
Federal Life Insurance Company
Burton C. Smith
Isaac Hamilton Miller
Schruck & Sherwood
Philadelphia
Charlen Bowler
Asbury Park
N. 4
Portune
Ming Juliette Hero
Anja Zelaya
Hero
Maney Ber
Pont Arthur
Port Arthur
Jesse Spalding
St Harbor Beach
Audi
Alma Kellner
Loutaville
Harry Milburn
Maron
John Crocker
Milburn
Hfe
Ruth
Fort Morgan
Ale
Ninety-ninth Coast Artillery
Gulf
Colorado River
Yuma Valley
Joseph Bergin
Burlington
Joliet, ii
Deneen
Burington
Captain Loose
B. 8
Osbon
Arctic Club
August W. Loowse
Loose
Loosa
Hhis
Mons
Statehouse
Denman
Rcwlat
National Bank
Columbus Dispatch
Ronan
EyeBalla
Lido
Germany
ToLane
Lucas County
Prank J
Cheney Rakes Cain
He & Fens
Cumver & Co
Tofedin
Minty
Dollans
Catawau
Shemet EY & Co, Toda
Pettit's
Eve Strain
Howard Bros
Amman
Wien
Detchou
Melita
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