Socialism Surges Across States In 1900s Rise
Nationwide Socialist vote leaps from 86 000 in 1900 to more than 400 000 this year with forecasts of 500 000. Massachusetts shows sharp gains with Boston and Cambridge ballots rising. Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Toledo and Evansville report significant increases. Debs emerging as a national factor ahead of future elections.
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New York
Eugene V. Debs
Massachusetts
Old Bay State
New Party
Chase
Cambridge
Boston
Springfield
Brockton
Quincy
Rockland
Ware
Newark
Coler
iMlwaukee
Chicago
Toledo
Evansville
Mmlwaukee
Indiana
Ohio
Cincinnati
Dayton
Cleveland
Debs
Covington
Campbell County
Gompers Exonerated and Roosevelt Speech in Memphis
In New Orleans on November 20 the federation of labor cleared Samuel Gompers of charges of infidelity to union principles amid a Socialist debate. In Memphis that night President Roosevelt honored General Luke Wright, praising Tennessee’s role in national expansion and reunion with Confederate veterans.
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New Orleans
Gompers
Shafer
Association of Iron Steel Workers
Vention
Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Memphis
Tenn
Luke Wright
Phillippines
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Luke E. Wright
Allegheny Mountains
Gulf
Pacific
United States
White House
Hardihood
Andrew Jackson
Sam Houston
Farragut
General Wright
Confederacy
Spain
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Joe Wheeler
Wright
Philippine Islands
Philippine Island
Doctor Flexner Uses Antitoxin to Cure Snake Bite
Nov 20. Dr Simon Flexner of the University of Pennsylvania reports success with a snake bite antitoxin. J P Corrigan, a medical hall janitor, was bitten by a rattlesnake and treated at the university hospital. This is claimed as the first human cure using the antitoxin after venom exposure.
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Philadelphia
Simon Flexner
University of Pennsylvania
J. P. Corrigan
University
University Hospital
Flexner
Corrigan
Destructive Bay Storm Hits Frisco Coastline
A severe norther raged over the bay causing extensive harbor damage in San Francisco. Wharves, vessels, and an immense pile driver on the Santa Fe construction wharf were wrecked or damaged. Telegraph service was interrupted by a dragged anchor. The storm brought the season's first heavy frost to northern California.
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San Francisco
Cal
Postal Telegraph Co
Contra Costa
Santa Fe Company
Stockton
California
Arizona
Black Snake and Hawk Battle in Midair at Grantsville
In West Virginia on November 20 Mack Ball, Grantsville Poorhouse keeper, watched a midair duel between a black snake and a chicken hawk. The hawk faltered from a mountain height and the snake coiled around its body, crushing bones as the birds suffered fatal injuries. both died.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Mack Ball
Grantsville
Vyesterday
Mr. Ball
Malcom Secretay Indicted in Passaic Loan Case
NEW YORK November 20 William Malcom secretary of the Passaic Mutual Loan Building Association who fled three months ago has been indicted on three counts charging misappropriation of one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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New York
William Malcom
Passaic Mutual Loan Building Association
Weather Report Indigations for Arizona Fair and Cooler
Arizona forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. No precipitation expected while winds remain light across central regions.
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Arizona
Fire at Oakland burns Ferry Building and rail coaches
Fire swept the Ferry building at Oakland Mole and connected structures early today. Nine men asleep in the bunkhouse narrowly escaped. eight are accounted for and one is missing. Telegraph wires were burned, 47 passenger coaches destroyed, with losses estimated at 300 000 dollars. the building dates from 1883.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakland Mole
Carrie Nation Provokes Uproar at Harvard Memorial Hall
Carrie Nation entered Harvard Memorial Hall in Cambridge during dinner hours and incited pandemonium by denouncing the saloon. She spoke from the visitors’ gallery as students protested with table banging and dining ware flying, then she retreated.
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Boston
Mass
Carrie Nation
Harvard Memorial Hall
Cambridge
Reformer
Carrie
Mountain Lion Encounter Near Hermits Peak
A party including William Stuart and Charles Mumbrauer of Missouri and Ed Donovan of Washington, D C, while sightseeing near Hermit's Peak New Mexico faced a mountain lion attack. Mumbrauer shot the beast with a Winchester, saving Donovan from serious harm. The animal was exhibited afterward. locals say it is the largest killed in years.
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Las Vegas
N. M
New Mexico
Hermit’s Peak
Here
William Stuart
St. Louis
Charles Mumbrauer
Hermann
Donovan
Mumbrauer
Winchester
Wholesale divorces sermon in Elkhart sparks reform talk
In Goshen Indiana Rev William P Pearce of First Baptist denounces rising divorces at Elkhart circuit court. He links lax home training youth and secular marriage to the trend. He urges stricter laws punishments a Marriage Board and earlier hearings to curb hastily granted licenses.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhart
Wm. P. Pearce
First Baptist Church
America
Indiana
Elkhart County
Aaron S. Zook
Assyria
Persia
Rome
Constantinople
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Arlington
Alaska
Philippines
Doctor Gures
Frisco
Gollide
Black Snake
Hawk
Memorial Hall
Mountain Lion
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