Germany may land troops in Venezuela amid escalating crisis
Berlin dispatch reports threat of ultimatum within days and possible German attack on Venezuela after. Training ships Vineta and others ordered to La Guaira while Caracas relations remain strained under long standing disputes. US Monroe Doctrine noted not to block debt payments. Russia none.
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Mdon
Central News
Berlin
Exueia
la Te
Caracas
Germany
Ezuela
Venezuela
Monroe
United States
Venez
E Department
Killed His Father In Awful Mistake
RENOVO Pennsylvania December 30 1910 A fourteen year old Roy De Haas mistook his father for a deer during a deer hunt and shot him Joseph De Haas died the boy hid for hours then was found by two hunters half frozen and nearly deranged by the event
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Renovo
Roy de Haas
Joseph de Haas
Alaska Copper Claims Bring Big Money
Charles G. Weir a New York mining expert and an English syndicate have bought twenty eight rich copper claims in Alaska's Copper River country via L C Dillman for 1 060 000 dollars with 5 percent paid on delivery and rest after clear title. Weir plans a 300 000 dollar smelter and a 3 500 000 dollar 100 mile railroad from Vaides to Bonanza Group once the remaining owner signs.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles G. Weir
New York
Copper River
Alaska
L. C. Dillmay
Don Ue
Weir
Dillman
Vaides
Bonanza Group
Schley’s Counsel Makes a Suggestion
New York December 30 Captain James Parker says Admiral Schley deems the case closed but his friends will urge Congress to vindicate him by retirement with full pay and expenses to be paid.
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New York
James Parker
Admiral Schley
Train Collision At Number 3 Tunnel Injures Man, Destroys Track
Two men missing and one badly hurt after a west bound Baltimore and Ohio freight derailed colliding with a rock at Number 3 Tunnel near Long Run in Parkerburg. One engine and four train cars wrecked, about a hundred feet of track torn up.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Number 3
Long Run
Michigan doctors claim breakthrough in intestinal disease cure
In Arbor Michigan December reports that Doctor Navy and Professor Paul Greer at the University of Michigan bacteriological laboratory have developed an intestinal anti toxin named benzozone. Five volunteer medical students ingested doses daily with sterilized milk to test the substance's ability to destroy intestinal poisons. Results show total destruction of toxins with no germ traces in tests on animals and humans await further trials under ethical limits.
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Arbor
Mica
Varsity of Michigan
Navy
Doctor Novy
Roosevelt Swings Senate View on Schley Controversy
President Roosevelt shapes a shift in Senate sentiment on the Schley controversy by opposing recognition of Rear Admiral Schley. He argues the dispute undermines the navy and harms the country's standing abroad. Some senators who favored action have reversed course, citing the President's broad, nonpartisan view.
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Schley
Santiago
Arizona's Rich Game Region Where Wild Turkeys Abound
A historical account describes the Mogollon and White mountains in Eastern Arizona as home to vast wild turkey populations. It recounts large hunts by Apache and white parties, notes record birds up to 50 pounds, and reflects on the species’ historic range and intelligence. It also mentions local lore and a modern theater advert in Tucson.
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Arizona
Glore
Ariz
Mogollon Mountains
Turkey Creek
New Mexico
Bush
San Carlos
White Mountain Creek
Mogolion
White Ranges
BRC
John Dacey
Fort Apache
Globe
Turkey
Tereek
Fra Agapida
Cortez
Mexico
Michigan
Ontario
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
William Moeur
White Mountains
Moeur
Missionary Declared Likely Legally Dead After Boxers’ Massacre
In New York officials consider declaring Rev Cortlandt Van Renesellaer Hodge legally dead after he is believed killed by Boxers near Pao Ting Fu China around July 1 1900. His death would settle his share of the Van Renselaer estate now tied up by missing signature. His brother and sisters in Philadelphia would inherit his thirty sixth interest. His wife Elsie Campbell Sinclair also vanished during their China trip.
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New York
Cortlandt van Renesellaer Hodge
Gouht
Pao-Ting- Fu
China
Hodge
van Resselaer
Reidente
Philadelphia
Payne Promotes Penny Postage Policy
Milwaukee December 30 Henry C Payne future Postmaster General spoke on post office reforms. He said the department will curb fraud in second class mail and aims for a self sustaining service leading to postage reductions and the eventual establishment of penny postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
Postoffice
Fourteen Cows Stripped of their Tails
In Goshen New York December 30 Reverend Andrew Schriver retired Methodist preacher and farm owner reports his Holstein herd suffered tail removals after a dispute with a farmhand. The assailant fled and remains at large as the minister plans to pursue him.
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Goshen
N. Y
Andrew Schriver
Chester
Adjutant General of California Dying
Washington D C Dec 30 The condition of Gen William H Seamans of California is such today that his friends have abandoned hope of his recovery His strength is leaving him and the end is likely to come at any moment Just received a large shipment of electric shades fancy plain etched and cut Russell and Sheldon
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Washington, D. C
William H. Seamans
California
Russell & Sheldon
Severe Rainstorm Strikes Southern States Causes Fatalities
Torrential rains in Georgia Alabama and East Tennessee have killed four people and caused widespread damage. The Chattahoochee river is expected to rise further while warnings spread. In West Point Georgia three drownings occurred crossing floodwaters and a freight wreck near Notatalga claimed an engineer Thos Russell. The Tennessee river stood near 29.5 feet with floods reported across upper East Tennessee and the Schuylkill river near Philadelphia flooded industries and halted work.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Chattahoochie
West Point
Sustrrias Chattahoochie
Thos
Russell
Notatalga
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee River
Upper East Tennessee
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Schuylkill
Dare Her to Marry Ends in Wedding of Walden and Simms
In St Louis a table dare led Dr E C Walden son of Bishop Walden of Cincinnati to wed Miss Bessie Simms daughter of a Jacksonville TL resident. They married after a bet by C H Brooks and Dennis that the couple would couple would not. the couple plan a trip to Cincinnati and the East.
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ST. Louis
E. C. Walden
Cincinnati
Bessie Simms
Jacksonville
Walden
Miss Simms
Olive Street
C. H. Brook
Mrs. Simms
Brooks
Venus Las
Ciacinnati
Railroading in Mississippi Has Some Serious Features
Four men led by Ashley Cocke a Mississippi planter killed J M Phea a railroad engineer on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train near Leland Mississippi and forced the engine uncoupling. The suspects attempted to flee but were captured later in the incident that shook the station region.
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Mississippi
ST. Louis
Ashley Cocke
J. M. Phea
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Mississipppi
Leland, Miss
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Washington
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Maclay
Tucson Opera House
Schell
Uhurca
Congress Street
MR. Payne
Citizen
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