Solar Plexus Blow General Sniffen and Dries Club Guests
Washington dispatch notes a Senate push to end speakeasies in prohibition areas, mentions Senator Wilson Knox Tillman and the dispensary press, and recalls General C C Sniffen’s retirement. It also covers mileage perks for congressmen, Bryan’s Grid club invitation, and Roosevelt era hunting legends.
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General Sniffen
Gridiron Club
William J. Bryan
General Rucker
Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
Senator Wilson
Iowa
Supreme Court
Tillman
South Carolina
Knox
C. C. Sniffen
Army
Navy
Sniffen
Grant
Representative Carlin
Virginia
Alexandria
Representative Mudd
Baltimore
Pacific Slope
Hawaii
Philippines
Grid Club
Roosevelt
Taft
Telegram halts hanging of Henry Thaxton at gallows
In Birmingham Alabama on December 28 a governor’s telegram halted Thaxton’s execution for fifteen days just as the black cap was about to be placed. He cried out My God as the message was read and prison crowds cheered before he was returned to jail.
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Daniel H. Rucker
New Jersey
War Department
Rucker
Birmingham
Ala
Henry Thaxton
S. T. Hunstucker
Courson
Brown
County Sues Bank and Bondsmen Over County Funds
Jackson county Mo files suit against the suspended National Bank of Commerce and its bondsmen to recover county funds deposited in the bank totaling 202600 dollars. Named officers include W S Woods president W A Rule cashier and W H Winants vice president.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
National Bank of Commerce
W. S. Woods
W. A. Rule
W. H. Winants
He Wins Her After All in Delaware Love Triangle
New York reports Irven A. Kenney and Charles K W Mann once rivals for Miss Minerva J. Bowers of Delaware New Jersey. Miss Bowers chose Kenney who later died and Mrs Kenney died. Mann then married and later reunited with Miss Bowers former sweetheart and married her now.
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New York
Irven A. Kenney
Charles KW. Mann
Minerva J. Bowers
Delaware
N. J
Kenny
Port Huron Post Holiday Shoplifting Streak Ends
Port Huron Michigan police report a remarkable first in years with no shoplifting cases during the holiday rush after stores closed Tuesday evening.
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Port Huron
Mich
Governor Hughes returns to duties after grip attack
Governor Hughes resumes work at the Albany executive mansion after several days ill with influenza like grip. Clarence Darrow withdraws from Pettibone Steunenberg murder case for mastoid operation. Senator Newlands urges President to keep troops in Goldfield. National Commercial Teachers Federation meets in Pittsburg. Rogers Cutlery Northampton plant becomes open shop. Henryetta Oklahoma endures nightly fears after a black lynching. East side tenement tenants in New York strike over rents following Irish example.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Clarence Darrow
Pettibone
Steunenberg
Boise
Ida
Newlands
Goldfield, Ney
National Commercial ‘Teachers’ Federation
United States
Canada
Pittsburg
Rogers Cutlery Company
Northampton
Mass
Henryetta
Okla
New York City
A Lesson In Honesty From a Virginia Patch
A boy recalls a watermelons patch prank with a friend Bill. Their father threatens to measure feet and tracks to punish theft. The narrator and Bill swap shoes, get punished, then reveal how they outsmarted the other, ending with mutual mischief and wit.
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Virginia
Bill
Mars
World’s Smallest Coins Compared Across Regions
The Malay peninsula uses a wafer like coin from tree resin worth about one five thousandth of a cent. The smallest metal coin today is the Portuguese three reis at six one hundredths of a cent. In the British empire the five millesima piece of Gibraltar is the smallest officially circulated coin at one quarter of a cent.
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Malay Peninsula
Gibraltar
Wash Day Routine From Monday Morning
A brief excerpt describing washing clothes on a Monday morning with a repetitive refrain. The text emphasizes the daily chore of laundry and the routine of washing garments. It presents a simple domestic scene without new events or characters.
Schoolboy questions proof of Earth's roundness
A pupil doubts the Earth's shape despite a teacher, a book, and a man all asserting it. The boy's skeptical reply reflects a common schoolyard challenge to accepted knowledge.
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Johnny
Thunder Bird and Katahdin Guardians Tale
Passamaquoddy story explains thunder as the work of a great thunder bird. Au Lodian follows snowshoe tracks to Katahdin, encounters Thunder and Lightning, stone-faced brothers who aid him. After seven years with the guardians, he returns home and is made chief.
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Katahdin
Riddles and Wordplay From a Playful Exchange
A sequence of playful questions and answers explores humorous paradoxes and light bulb ideas. It begins with a giant and soft boiled eggs joke, then pivots to a painter's best cheap light, names ink as the enlightening black thing, and ends with a cheeky bite swap about a lion and tiger.
Tool Chest Compliments
A playful exchange between workshop tools features the hammer and gimlet trading light taunts. Baid the gimlet responds with a witty retort, keeping the mood merry and the craft alive in the busy shop.
Trade activity amid holidays shows heavy spending yet slow manufacturing
The Weekly Review of Trade reports heavy holiday spending boosting season totals, but general business remains quiet and factories cut idle capacity. Dry goods retailers push clearance sales and banks loosen currency for payrolls, while wage unemployment rises and production lingers until after January.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Christimas
Captain Kulp To Be Reprimanded By Court Martial
Des Moines Ind Dec 28 The court martial trying Captain Kulp of company B Thirty Fourth regiment found he disobeyed orders to stop a prize fight on Nov 21 though not intentionally The court recommended a reprimand for Captain Kulp this action was ordered by Adjutant General Thrift.
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Kulp
Des Moines
Thirty-Fourth Regiment
Turift
Thrift
Cholera Ravages Pilgrims to Mecca Mecca Medina Yembo Death Toll Rising
Cholera is ravaging pilgrims bound for Mecca with deaths averaging about a hundred daily in Mecca Medina and Yembo. Constantinople reports the outbreak spreading among the pilgrim groups.
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Constantinople
Meera
Mecca
Medina
Yembo
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and colder conditions in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin, with Iowa generally fair and colder in its eastern and central portions.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Chicago Market Quotes Mixed Despite Large Receipts
The Chicago Board of Trade quotations show mixed movement across Wheat Corn and Oats with varying highs and lows. Reports note large receipts for live stock and steady to firm pricing for cattle hogs and sheep, while cash sales reflect diverse grade pricing.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Timothy Hay
Silionts
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Bug
East Buffalo
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Alabama
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Colesso
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Sprague Iwrespondence School OF Law
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Lemmons Pharmacy
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