Spain and Belgium Seek Most Favored Nation Status
Caracas dispatch reports Spain and Belgium delivering a joint note to Venezuela asking that, if other foreign claims are paid, Spain and Belgium receive the same treatment. Senate debate in Washington discusses Monroe Doctrine implications amid Venezuela debt disputes and German pressure.
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Racas
Caracas
Venezuela
Senor Gaytan de Ayala
M. van der Heyde
Spain
Belgium
Cabinet Talks Venezuela Deeply at Washington Session
President Roosevelt and cabinet held a lengthy meeting on foreign affairs focusing on Venezuela. No new conclusion reached, keeping the administration firm against pressures from Germany and Britain. Officials indicate no retreat on Venezuela or Central and South American policy as outlined in the president’s message to Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Germany
England
South
Central America
Congress
Poison Case Testimony in Dunlap Trial at Aledo
In the Dunlap poison case at Aledo Illinois on December 17 Miss Coleman testifies Dunlap talked of bitter candy and sickness after Pools death. Elisabeth McCreight notes Dunlap planned fall work in Velix store. Nannie Thomson recalls a visit where Dunlap said she had poison and mystery remains how it got in candy. Dr Browning treats Dunlap denies poisoning.
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Aledo
Ills
Tota Dunlap
Mike Allie Dool
Manche Coleman
Miss Dunlap
Coleman
Miss Pools
Tona
Allie Dool
Elisabeth McCreight
Velix
Nannie Thomson
Work of train wreckers near Moundville, Alabama
South bound train No. 1 from Cincinnati to New Orleans on the Alabama Great Southern railroad wrecked two miles south of Moundville at 3 a m. Officials say wrecking caused a rail removal near a trestle. Engineer P H Larkin saw the missing rail too late as the locomotive left the track and toppled into a creek. The train’s cars piled up in the water. Ex Messenger Colson was killed and mail clerks Kelly and Riggs were severely injured. Fireman Burr, colored, was hurt. no passengers were harmed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Alabama ‘Great Southern
Moundville
P. H. Larkin
Colson
Kelly
Riggs
Burr
Fatal Explosion Kills Father and Five Children
In Fort Lee the acetylene gas tank exploded yesterday. John Puglughi was killed along with his five children. His wife is gravely injured and expected not to recover.
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Fort Lee
Xii
John Puglughi
Grain and livestock market report from Chicago and Buffalo
Market summaries show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading lower in Chicago with mixed price ranges and many quotations across cuts and grades. Buffalo reports indicate holdovers, active hogs, and strong lambs with varied prices, while Milwaukee and Toledo grains show softer wheat and corn futures and steady rye and oats.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
Milwaukee
Toledo
Dee
US Steel to buy Union and Sharon Plants in $45 million deal
Judge Ebert H. Gary announced the purchase of the Union and Sharon Steel plants near Pittsburgh Pa by United States Steel Corporation for a bond issue of 45 million dollars. The plants include coking coal acreage and ore mines in Mesaba and Marquette regions with rail and lake assets.
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Chicago
Ebert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Union
Sharen
Union Steel Company
Pittsburg
Gary
Steel Corporation
Sharon Steel
Monongahela River
Sharon
Connellsville
Coke
Mesaba
Marquette
Steel plant deal linked to bonds and cash infusion
The agreement covers paying exact manufacturing plant costs by auditors, plus above cost for real estate ore and coal lands, with stockholders providing about 10 million dollars in new cash. A 45 million dollar bond issue secured on the property will fund the deal, bonds issued at par for plant value real estate ore coal value and the new cash portion, while remaining bonds stay in treasury for future development.
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Steel Corporation
Union
Sharon
Women performers need courage and strength for trapeze
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for “female weakness” and other diseases. It features a testimonial from Mary Conway of Appleton Tennessee praising relief from pain and fatigue, plus a confidential consultation offer and sale details for medical books.
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Pierce
Dr Pierce
Mary Conway
Appleton, Lawrence Co
Tenn
Rotten eggs takes a hand in scandal at law students
In Ann Arbor six law students are implicated in a scandal involving two Detroit women and the Students' Christian association. The students hosted the visitors in their rooms prompting disciplinary action by the faculty.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Detroit
Students’ Christian Association
Fac
Nord proclaimed president amid Haitian turmoil
Washington reports a cable from Tort au Prince recounting General Nord's arrival and seizure of power as supporters of Seneque Pierre flee to consulates. Nord is acclaimed by troops while most of congress backs Pierre. He is said to plan to dissolve the chamber and senate and order new elections in his favor.
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Venezuela
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Cullom
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Bacon
Hoar
Lodge
Stewart
Britain
Germany
State Department
William
Roosevelt
Thomas Th. Reed
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Eines
Reed
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Cers
Eve
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Porto Rico
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Cipeat
Interior
Legation
Seneque Mpierre
Seneque
Pierre Itte
Chamber of Communes
Des Moines Mayor Brenton Aims at Chicago Campaign
Des Moines mayor Brenton, nicknamed Big Jim Renten, plans to campaign in Chicago next spring to oppose municipal ownership. He claims to have defeated municipal ownership in Des Moines and wants to challenge Carter Harrison about the issue. In Escanaba, Michigan, the bodies of Ole Gunderson and Thor son, who attempted to cross the bay on December O, were found one mile from the landing in three feet of water.
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Des Moines
Hrenton
Big Jimrenten
Pound
Chicago
Brenton
Carter Harrison
Escanaba
Mich
Ole Gunderson Did
Thor Son
Bay
Eighteen gypeler die from freezing near Arad Hungary
Eighteen gypsies encamped at Blaseney near Arad in Hungary have frozen to death. The tragedy highlights harsh winter conditions affecting nomadic groups in that region.
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Vienna
Gypeler
Blaseney
Arad
Hungary
Ottumwa considers taxpayer water company after court blocks bonds
Ottumwa officials and city attorneys study forming a company of all taxpayers to furnish water to the city and private users after two injunctions blocked bond issues. Voters favored municipal ownership, but legal challenges stalled construction. In another item, Madge Bell, 18, drew a revolver during an attempted chastisement killing a lock of her hair. she was arrested and fined. Bell lives near Seymour, Iowa.
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Ottumwa
Federal Court
Ftr
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Madge Bell
Bell
Seymour
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Promotes Local Sale
Hardware dealer F L Stewart recommends Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues, claiming noticeable relief after continued use. He cites the Columbia Pharmacy as the place to buy and notes a 50 cent price per box with Foster Milburn Co. as U S agents.
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F. L. Stewart
South
Iowa Ave
Columbia
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
United States
Doan
Gompers Testifies On Labor Limits At Strike Commission
Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation of Labor, testified at the strike commission proceedings detailing the impact of organized labor, wage trends, and the need for employers to recognize unions. He argued unions should be recognized and opposed incorporating a union.
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Scranton
U., Dee
John C. Haddock
Peter Rotorta
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Taddeck
Chatonen Gry
Gompers
Immigration debate and Union boss testimony in Congress
In Washington and elsewhere, hearings feature Samuel Gompers arguing about immigrant workers and union membership age. James Torrey questions him as to evidence of company sponsored circulars and forced migration. The session also covers freight rates, civil service terms, and the Spain United States treaty ratification. In Niles Michigan Andrew Jackson estate dispute surfaces as a Chicago woman claims heirs.
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Europe
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Gompers
Washington
Senate
United States
Spain
Niles, Mich
Andrew Jackson
Citiens
Indianapolis
Jackson
Julia Washington
Chicago
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