Claus Spreckels Dies Sugar King of the Pacific
Claus Spreckels a wealthy Pacific coast magnate known as the Sugar King died in San Francisco at age eighty after a pneumonia attack. The death follows a long career as a pioneer sugar refiner, investor in California and Hawaii, and leader of many businesses including the Oceanic Steamship Company. His family and prominent associates were at his bedside as relatives return from Honolulu and others attend from the Spreckels enterprises.
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San Francisco Call
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Washington
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First National Bank
New York
Nippon
Morning Call
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Emma Watson
Lamstadt
Germany
United States
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Philadelphia
Probe Lilley Expense Funds to be Probed in New Haven
An election court opened in New Haven to inquire into the campaign and election expenses of Congressmen and Governor-elect George L. Lilley of Waterbury. George L. Fox, a local schoolmaster, filed the petition under a 1905 corrupt practices act. Judges Bilas A. Robinson and W. L. Bennett preside. The case marks the first election court of its kind in the nation.
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George L. Lilley
Waterbury
George L. Fox
General Assembly
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W. L. Bennett
Superior Court
Syracuse machinist shot in boarding house quarrel
Buffalo reports Harry Carr of Syracuse, a typewriter company machinist, was shot and killed in a Morgan Street boarding house. Alleged shooter is fellow boarder Lytton Munch Cordery. In Brooklyn, Walter Denaing, 18, died after living 184 days with a broken neck.
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Fallieres Attack Maniacal Effort Figures in Paris Row
Paris dispatch notes the attack on President Fallieres by Mattis, an unemployed waiter, viewed as petty and lacking political meaning. The piece cites broad press consensus while noting royalist clerical agitation fueling civic unrest and a postscript about Mattis losing $1,200 in a matrimonial ad scheme.
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Castro's Friends Arrested in Venezuela Crackdown
Port Spain dispatch reports Acting President Gomez arrests leading Castro supporters to preempt uprising. Jails fill with political prisoners as Castro followers face deportation. Venezuelan army troops who sympathized with Castro are discharged and tanks are filled with Gomez supporters.
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the Tribune
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Venezuela
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Castro
Beach Hargis Jury Disagrees in Father Murder Case
Irvine Kentucky December 28 The jury in Beach Hargis murder case reported no verdict after nine members favored conviction and three for acquittal. The defendant had been in a drunken state days before the incident and was brought back to Jackson. In trial Beach confronted Judge James Hargis in his store and fired multiple shots while over him in a grapple.
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Peril at Garage Fire in Chicago’s Pope Toledo Livery Garage
A blaze at the Pope Toledo Company livery garage on Wabash Avenue and Thirteenth Street destroyed fourteen motor cars and caused two explosions. Fourteen vehicles burned in the $60,000 fire as three employees and four firefighters narrowly escaped serious harm.
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Attorney General Receives Request to Take Testimony
Jefferson City Mo Dec 28 Attorney General Hadley received a letter from Judge Spencer of St Louis representing the International Harvester Company asking to take considerable testimony before the evidence to the ouster suit against stop submitted referee for report.
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Monument to Themselves Opens Memorial Park Above Palisades
Funds raised by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs and a Palisade League formed to back the effort will secure land atop the Palisades for Memorial Park. A committee led by Misa Demarest of Passaic chose the site. Interstate Park Commission secured the land. A memorial structure with an artistic railing and seat will crown the cliff, offering a view of the Hudson. An inscription honors those who fought to save the cliffs in the early 20th century, while the site remains otherwise natural.
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Hudson
A Strange Hairpin From a Bachelor’s Cabinet
A narrator walks guests through a flat to inspect a famed hairpin collection of over a hundred items stored in a Louis Quinze cabinet. The most remarkable is a hollow glass pin filled with perfume that releases drops through a tiny hole. A geisha in Yokohama gave it to him after watching her play the samisen while the perfume dripped like tears.
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Yokohama
French claim over picture postal cards inventor debated
A French newspaper cites a bookseller Bernardeau as the inventor of picture postals during the Franco German war. His cards bore a camp scene from Sarthe and the inscription Souvenir of the National Defense with Family Honor Fatherland Liberty. Sold mainly to Brittany soldiers to keep kin informed.
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Bernardeau
Brittany
Jane Knew the Teacher and the Moistened River Tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a classroom moment where a student asks about the meaning of moistened. The child recounts a river mishap as Tommy Green slips into the water and is moistened, prompting the teacher’s explanation in a period feel.
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Tommy Green
Sissy Pratt
Tommy
Cleveland Plain
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claim in Toledo Court Document
Ohio affidavit by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo pledging to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 8, 1886. Includes testimonial note and product promotion for Toledo and druggists.
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Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
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A. D
A. W. Gleason
Pain Oil Promoted as Strongest Cheapest Liniment
An advertisement claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil is the strongest and cheapest liniment ever devised and presents it as a household remedy in America for 25 years.
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America
Health is Expensive Cures and Cold Neglect Warned
A county plagued by migrants seeking health highlights the cost of neglected colds. It notes throat and lung troubles, chronic catarrh, and wasted fortunes, urging use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by E. BH, Conuzer to prevent serious diseases.
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Preventics Candy Cold Cure Tablets Advantage Claims
Preventics, the new Candy Cold Cure Tablets, are said by druggists to have four advantages over other remedies for colds. They contain no quinine or harsh ingredients, provide almost instant relief, taste pleasant like candy, and come in a large 48 tablet box. Also marketed as suitable for feverish children. Sold by KB. E. Conner & Co.
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KB. E. Conner & Co
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