Census announces U S population at 93 402 151 growth 20 9 percent
Official census figures show 93 402 151 residents in 1919 up 20 09 percent since 1900. Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico Panama Zone and naval vessels counted. Philippines Guam and Samoa excluded. Chicago leads city gains. China remains top world population. Hendricks commits suicide after months in Rest Haven sanatorium.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Guam
Samoa
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Iindlsa
Pennsylvania
New York
Congress
House of Representatives
Durand
Pacific Coast
Chicago
West
Detroit
China
British Empire
Russia
New York Owes Most Per Capita Debt Among Cities
Census bureau figures show New York City at 1538.02 dollars per person in net debt. Cincinnati 125.40, Boston 114.62, while Detroit 22.95 and Milwaukee 31.68 have the lowest among large cities. Johnstown 9.71 leads as the lowest. For cities over 300000, Boston 28.50, Washington 25.73, and New York 24.99 top per capita expense payments.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
New York City
Cincinnati
Boston
Detroit
Milwaukee
Johnstown
New York
Brunswick Hotel Fire at Fourth and Hennepin
Fire engulfed the Brunswick hotel in downtown Minneapolis at Fourth and Hennepin. The blaze started in the basement and the hotel was crowded when discovered. Authorities estimate losses near 150000 and believe several may have perished in the flames.
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Flaimes
Minneapolis
Brunswick
Fourth and Hennepin Avenue
Twin Cities
Wealthy mine owner found dead by own hand in Chicago
The body of J. P. Hendricks a rich mining man with ties to New York Chicago and Denver was found frozen in a cul de sac at 6926 Wuclid Avenue. The death is treated as a suicide and police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
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J. P. Hendricks
Chicago
New York
Denver
Wuclid Avenue
White Named Chief Justice of U S Supreme Court
Associate Justice Edward Douglas White of Louisiana will become chief justice to fill Melville Fuller’s vacancy. Joseph R. Lamar of Augusta Georgia will be named associate justice succeeding White. Judge Willis Van Vandeventer of the Eighth Circuit will fill Moody’s vacancy. White and Lamar are Democrats while Van Vandeventer is a Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Douglas White
Louisiania
Supreme Court
Melville W. Fuller
Joseph R. Lamar
Augusta
White
Willis van Vandeventer
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Justice White
Mr. Lamar
Judge van Vanderventer
Sorority Girls Engage in Doll Dressing for Charity
Richmond Indiana December 12 members of the Psilota Psi Sorority are busy dressing dolls for poor children at the suggestion of a city charitable organization.
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Richmond
Ind
Psilota Psi Sorority
Masked bandits rob two Joliet butcher shops
Two masked men robbed two Joliet butcher shops at gunpoint, taking about $500. Victims were Joseph Snyder of 811 North Eastern avenue and Michael Wojtinski of 311 Chase avenue. proprietors were forced to the wall in both incidents.
Oil Plant Fire Destroys Standard Oil Facility
The Standard Oil plant at Whiting Indiana burned, destroying the engine room and causing about 75000 dollars in losses. The recently built facility employed 100 workers and produced petroleum by products. Insurance covers the loss and the blaze threatened the city briefly due to wind.
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Hammond
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Coal Miners Strike Benefits Totaled 1.58 Million
Strikes by coal workers across the United States and Canada cost the United Mine Workers 1 582 022 42 in benefits for the year ending November 20. Edwin Perry secretary reported 140000 miners are on strike and drawing benefits from the international union at its Indianapolis headquarters.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Canada
United Mine Workers
Edwin Perry
North America
International Union
Mendon Michigan Fire Destroys Several Businesses
A major blaze in Mendon Michigan destroyed Motter's meat market and several other stores including Klose's harness shop Olney's furniture North's jewelry Simpson's hardware and the Southern Michigan Telephone exchange. The total loss is about 25000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Mendon, Mich
Motter
Klose
Harnes
Olney
North
Simpson’s
Southern Michigan Telephone Exchange
Maccabe Hall
Fire destroys Campeche theater and warehouses in Veracruz report
Vera Cruz reports a huge fire in Campeche wiping out the Renacimiento theater with a $100,000 loss and damaging several large warehouses and other buildings for a total likely exceeding $200,000. The blaze’s cause remains unlisted but authorities dispatched aid.
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Vera Cruz
Campeche
Edward D Durand Finishes U S Census Task
Edward D. Durand completes the assignment of taking the census of the United States. The report confirms the required enumeration and finalizes the nationwide data collection.
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United States
60 Miners Entombed in Canadian Mine Disaster
A blast at the Western Canada Collieries Bellevue mine on Crow's Nest pass entombed sixty miners. Rescue teams recovered thirteen dead among twenty moved. many victims burn severely as officials and inspectors rush to the scene. Special trains with rescue equipment arrive from Fernie Ashworth and Michel. The Bellevue mine lies two miles east of Frank.
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Calgary
Alberta
Western Canada
Bellevue
Crow's Nest Pass
Fernie
Ashworth
Michel
Frank
Burglars Secure Rich Haul in Detroit Robberies
In Detroit on December 12 burglars robbed a saloon and two stores, taking 1250 cash and 450 in checks from local Catholic Mutual Benefit Association funds. Edward Faber's saloon at 205 Benton avenue yielded 950 cash and 250 in checks. William R. Damrau's picture store at 450 Gratiot avenue lost 300 cash and 200 checks after a rear door glass was smashed. Fred Hunter's wallpaper shop at 562 Gallot avenue reported 3 stolen.
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Detroit
Edward Faber
Benton Avenue
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
William R. Damrau
Gratiot Avenue
Robbers Loot Milton Bank In Connersville Indiana
Mil ton bank workers reported two vault doors blown off but robbers failed to reach the inner safe. About 400 dollars in change was stolen from near the vault, plus a buggy and horse taken from a Milton stable. The thieves then entered Griffin Saunders livery barn in Connersville and fled.
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Connersville
Ind
Farmers’ Bank
Milton
Griffin & Saunders
Boys Die Under Car After Bronx Sled Fall
Two boys sledding down a Bronx hill were struck by a passing auto. Alexis Ensign nine year old son of architect William Ensign is critically injured and James Golden sustained a broken thigh.
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New York
Bronx
Alexis Ensign
William Ensign
James Golden
Rebels Hold Guerrero as Government Delays Attack
Amador Gonzales reports rebels remain entrenched in Guerrero and refuse surrender talks. Government troops march cautiously toward the stronghold amid conflicting reports on American treatment and rebel strength.
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City
Mexico
Guerrero
Navarro
Puebla
Creel
Senor Creel
Amador Gonzales
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Senor Gonzales
Rebels Terrorize Texas Border Towns Near Rio Grande
J H Dodd reports bands of Mexican revolutionists terrorize Americans along the Rio Grande in Terlingua Texas. Local residents fear an attack for robbery as hundreds cross the river. patrols with rifles and pistols monitor the border. Supposed insurgent rendezvous据 rapidly gathering in the Big Bend area.
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Austin
Tex
J. H. Dodd
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Texas
Terlingua
South Bend Plow Company President Cassidy Dies in California
William L. Cassidy aged 66, president of the South Bend Chilled Plow company and a millionaire, collapsed and died at his Ocean View summer home in Los Angeles, California, according to a message received in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
William L. Cassidy
South Bend Chilled Plow Company
Ocean View
Los Angeles
Cal
Root Moran Team Wins Six Day Bicycle Race
Eddie Root of the Root Moran team finished first in the final dash at Madison Square Garden. He rode the mile in 36 56 and completed six days totaling 2 545 miles, three laps.
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New York
Eddie Root
Root-Moran
Madison Square Garden
Ambassador Jusser and French Diplomat for European Court
A report discusses ambassador Jusser and a senior French diplomat who could be posted to a European court. The discussion covers potential roles, regional implications, and the diplomatic considerations shaping their assignments.
Gold Thieves Captured in San Francisco Heist
Secret Service reports six men and one woman arrested after a three month pursuit for stealing $50,000 in Alaska gold bullion from the steamer Humboldt. Chief conspirators BE C Smith and his wife were found in a lodging house room with most of the recovered gold in government hands.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Humboldt
Secret Service
Harry Moffitt
BE. C. Smith
Market Street
Smith
Tanan
Wider makes confession in Russo-Chinese bank theft case
Erwin J. Wider, former cashier of the Russo-Chinese bank, is dictating a full confession to a stenographer in District Attorney Whitman’s office. The session is incomplete and Whitman declined to reveal details. A second session is planned Saturday. public disclosure of the confession is anticipated.
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New York
Erwin J. Wider
Whitman
Opium Dumped Into Missouri River After Raids
A wagon load of opium valued at 14000 dollars was dumped into the Missouri River by government officials following seizures in raids on Chinese dens.
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U.S
Kansas City
Missouri River
Young Couple Elopes in Secret Wedding
Forest Fellows aged 18 and Miss Fay Montgomery aged 16, socially prominent in Columbus Indiana, eloped to Jeffersonville where they wed. On returning they kept the marriage secret from their parents until Sunday.
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Columbus
Ind
Dee
Hogs and Cattle Markets Reported for Chicago on Dec 12, 1910
Estimated receipts for hogs 42 000 with yesterday's leftovers 1 887. Market 10 lower than Saturday's average with light hogs 7 7 from 7 45 to 7 00 heavy shipping grades 7 45 to 7 85 rough 7457 65. Cattle 41 000 prospects 10 lower. Sheep 4 000 prospects steady. Hog totals show 47 000 today, 9 022 official yesterday with 2 215 shipments. Lone note of steady runs tomorrow 25 000 and bulk prices 7 75 to 7 58 for various hog classes.
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Chicago
Market Cattle Receipts and Price Ranges
Estimated receipts show 41,000 cattle market activity with prices listed for various categories. Beeves offer 10 lower, cattle from 4 35 to 7 20 for cows and heifers, Texas steers from 2 25 to 6, stockers and feeders from 4 00 to 5 25, Western cattle 3 30 to 5 60, and 4.00 to 6 10 for other classes.
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Texas
Market notes on livestock and grain from Beach-Wickham
Estimated receipts list cattle, sheep, lambs and western stock with price ranges. Sheep steady, native and western cattle slow and weak. Grain market furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co of Chicago provides price ranges and bulk comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Illinois
Washington City Market Prices Report
Prevailing prices listed for market staples at Washington City. Items include hay by road and bale, straw by load or bale, flour per sack, bran and shorts per hundred, corn meal per hundred, and miscellaneous gutter or veneer costs with a noted closing figure around 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Reister & Son Quotations Turkeys Fowls and Ducks
Fragmentary OCR text lists Reister & Son quotations for turkeys fowls springs and ducks with unclear surrounding details. Partial phrases mention prices and items but lack coherent context or full facts.
Hitchcock Reports Postal Gains and Parcel Post Push
Postmaster General Hitchcock renews calls for parcel post expansion on rural routes, citing a substantial reduction in the year’s postal deficit without curtailing services. The annual report highlights savings plans, new post offices, and 525 added rural routes spanning 12,235 miles.
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Department
Comefge
Unanim
Death of John A. Hunt Prominent Hotel Proprietor
John A. Hunt president and principal owner of the Southland Hotel in Dallas and owner of the Angeles Hotel in Los Angeles died in a Dallas sanitarium from a complication of diseases. He held naval stores properties at Jacksonville Florida and was regarded as a multi millionaire. Born in North Carolina seventy years ago.
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Dallas
Tex
John A. Hunt
Southland
Angeles
Los Angels
Cal
Ir. Hunt
Naval
Jacksonville
Fla
North Carolina
Tragedy at Ricketts crossing claims Umbarger life
In Kokomo Indiana J Umbarger and his daughter-in-law Mrs Umbarger were struck by a train at Ricketts crossing while unaware of the approaching LB and W railroad engine. J Umbarger died from injuries while Mrs Umbarger survived with severe bruises. Olga Floyd, daughter of former Councilman Clarence Floyd, dies after allegedly requesting an illegal operation and names a local woman. Dr J L Puckett is cited as physician.
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Kokomo
Ind
LB &W
Ricketts Crossing
J. Umbarger
Ina
Indaw
Umbarger
Ir. Umbarger
Olga EK. Floyd
Clarence Floyd
J.L. Puckett
Cmo
Atte ‘Oun Woirar
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Modern Structural Steel Company
Waukesha
Wis
Hendricks
Rest Haven
J. R. Lamar
Willis van Vanderventer
Joliet
Standard
Edward D. Durand
C. M. B. A. Lodge
Milton Bank
Boys Coast
Greel
Son
Amador Gon
Zales
South Bend Plow
California
Ambassador Jusser
Sam Stellen
Oay Harris & Ewing
Wider
Indiana
Wisconsin
PT Ae
Reister & Son
Fredace
John A. Babcock
Commission Merchants. Yards
Ghigago
Malo
Exch
Hitchcock
Postal Savings System
Kokomo Man
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