Senator Lodge Persists in Consular Reform Push
Washington December 27 Special The persistence of Senator Lodge seems likely to push through a consular reform bill after years of defeats over civil service concerns If added to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill it would raise salaries enhance officer status and promise better service Opponents warn of higher costs and patronage losses Other items note military camping grounds vivisection law efforts child protection board and a humorous exchange over a Philippine tariff amendment by Gaines and Grosvenor
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New York
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Wisconsin
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Congress
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New Hampshire
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Colorado
Judiciary Committee
National Board of Child Protection
Gaines
Tennessee
Islands
Payne Says I Answered Ermmit the Lougbter
Representative Payne of New York speaks about a response to a query, mentioning Arthur W. Dunn in a brief exchange. The fragment hints at a political remark or caption from a historical page.
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Representative Payne
New York
Ermit the Lougbter
Arthur W. Dunn
Fire Nearly Destroys Richmond Businesses In Wake Of Bakery Blaze
A blaze originating at Fisher's bakery swept through Richmond Walew on Thursday, destroying the Richmond Gazette plant and several shops. Fire damaged two grocery stores a drug store two bakeries a restaurant meat market furniture store a tallier shop and Woodmen's hall along with five occupied flats. Insurance coverage is estimated between seven thousand and eight thousand pounds with total losses near thirty thousand pounds.
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Richmond
Fisher's
Richmond Gazette
Four Men Found in Cellar. One Killed in Westchester
Lewla Brown of New Garden, near Westchester, shot at four men inside his cellar. He fired the shotgun, killing one. Blood traces near the house suggest others were wounded as the group, bearing large sacks of potatoes, prepared to depart.
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Westchester
Lewla Brown
New Garden
Here
Accident In Woods Injures Edward Felt In Indiana
Edward Felt age 14 was accidentally shot in Greentild Indiana when Rose Wagener’s gun discharged as the youths waited for her in the woods while rabbit hunting. The ball burned through the right hip tearing flesh.
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Greentild
Ind
Dee
Edward Felt
Rose Wagener
Pelt
Wagener
Wagoners
Two Train Crews Die in Benton Engine Collision
In Benton six miles west of Battle Creek Michigan, a head on wreck killed Premeer James Kerwin and Fireman Theodore Sehle batia of Grand Trunk No. 1122. Engineer Brown and Fireman Burkhardt of No. 911 were fatally injured. No. 1122 was an extra engine sent from Tatle Creek to meet 011 and help pull a heavy freight.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Benton
James Kerwin
Theodore Sehlebatia
Grand Trunk
Brown
Burkhardt
Tatle Creek
Local Notables and Sudden Deaths Reported in Notices
Buffalo Nils Wild Weet Show owner Nate Falissery dies at his Long Branch New Jersey home. Major George F Bushnell, stationed at Fort Logan Colorado, marries Misa Ethel Barnard in St Joseph Missouri. Dewitt and Thiel, ages 70 and Souveurs, collapse and die of heart disease on an Elm Street, Illinois. William K. Curtis advocates trust in invention citing patent office figures.
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Nate Falissery
Long Branch
N. J
George EF. Bushnell
Fort Logan
Colo
Misa Ethel M. Barnard
St. Joseph
Thiel
William Dewitt
Elm, Ill
William KE. Curtis
Patent Office
Notice of Quiet Title Suit in Washington County Iowa
Samuel Hampsher files in Washington County District Court a quiet title suit against Asa Wilson Sarah Wilson and many others over multiple parcels in Pilotsburg and surrounding areas. The petition asserts full ownership by title and exclusive possession for over twenty years and seeks reform of deeds mortgages and other instruments along with costs and relief against unknown claimants. The case sets the next term for January 1908 and warns default if not answered.
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Washington County
Iowa
Samuel Hampsher
Asa Wison
Sarah Wilson
John &. Tipton
Tabitha K. Tipton
Thomas Me Ainney
William K. Robison
Joan H. Bybee
EN. Adama
E. HH. Adams
Reuben Rickey
Ruth FE. Rickey
Collin Niola
Jacob Yats
Catherine Tomlinson
Dinsy Hickey
HBH
Rickey
Kugenis Neola
William Garver
Maria Garver
Cyrus Billig Sey
Euebius
Astiby
Bernard Starch
William Marie Fredick Rosseau
Frnk Worrel
Jack L. Adanm
James McKinney
Samuel Oldfield
Catherine Bitting
Guardian
Lizbeth Hyatt
Samuel J. Plank
Henry B. Rickey
Charles Schulty
Virotaburg
Bock
Pilotsburg
Jacob L Adams
Pieteburg
F.M
District Court
Chat Plintif
Laintiff
Aranto
Court House
Washington
Plainff
W.& JL. Brookhart
Railroad switchmen threaten wider strike across Iowa Central
Strike of Iowa Central railroad switchmen at To wa Central threatens spread to Marshalltown and beyond. Initial hope for a 4 cent raise failed as no action by the company. Sympathetic strikes are planned in Albert Lea Oskaliexa Monmouth and Peoria. Freight traffic stalls for two days. yards congested. Coal supply amid a coal famine may drop to 50 percent of needs. Town Soldiers Home remains cool only a day and a half.
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Towa Central Railroad
Marshalltown
Albert Lea
Oskaliexa
Monmouth
Peoria
Iowa Central
Union Pacific Shop Strike Seeks Settlement In New York
Representatives of 200 striking shopmen from Union Pacific travel to New York at Harriman and Burt’s request to confer on settlement. The action follows threat of a wider strike by Southern Pacific boilermakers if demands are not met. Strikers seek higher wages, protest piece work, and demand discharge of strikebreakers.
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Oregon Pacific
New York
B. H. Hmeerriman
Presdent
Burt
Regen
John McNeil
Protherhood of
Keilermakers and
Iron Shipbuilders
Southern Pacific
Lurt
Harriman
Girl shoots and kills young man on Dauphin Island
Mobile Alabama December 27 news reports the killing of Fred Mathews on Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay. A daughter of George Sprinkle is named in the incident with one account claiming the shooting was accidental.
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Mobile
Ala
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Fred Mathews
George Sprinkle
Murder and Robbery Reported Near Matthews Georgia
Edward Gay a local merchant six miles from Matthews was murdered early Christmas morning and his store burned. The safe containing 1200 dollars was found open with the money missing.
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Retbery
Georgia
Matthews
Edward Gay
Here
Gas Find Reported Thirteen Miles West Of Douglas
Natural gas has been discovered thirteen miles west of Douglas Wyoming in an off well. The gas blew gravel and sand high above the derrick and was accompanied by a small amount of oil.
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Wyoming
Douglas
Wyo
Here
Governor-Elect Bailey Receives Marriage Proposals
Dee 27 Topeka Kansas governor elect Bailey’s private secretary replies to hundreds of women asking for marriage. About fifty photographs were sent. none of the writers are named to avoid embarrassment. Letters come from Illinois New York New England Canada and more.
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Dee
Bailey
Kansas
Illinois
New York
New England
Canada
Treasury official selects Jacksonville Hills site for new federal building
Assistant Secretary Taylor designates the east state site for the federal building at Jacksonville Hills. In Chicago Humboldt Park, Polish residents plan to erect a Kosciusko statue.
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Washington
Taylor
East State
Federal
Jacksonville Hills
Chicago
Humboldt Park
Kosciusko
Time of life fears eased by Favorite Prescription
The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for the change of life in women. It claims to prevent or cure pains and suffering, offering health and cheerful thoughts, with testimonials from Mrs. Lizzie A. Bowman of New Matamoras Ohio and others, urging rejection of unknown substitutes.
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Lizzie A. Bowman
New Matamoras
Washington Co
Ohio
Christmas tragedy as father recalls near loss of child
A distressed father describes a grim Christmas when his family nearly lost another child. He recalls buying a gift laden tree and how a birthday followed Christmas by tragedy, ending with a year old boy waking on a makeshift mattress couch.
Christmas in Kingston Jamaica in the tropical heat and market pageantry
The piece describes a Kingston Christmas with 90 degree heat and bright sun, the island’s market scene at Victoria Market, imported sweets from London New York and Paris, and Jamaican fashion and gaiety. It notes the tropical twist on Christmas traditions and local crowd attire including eyeglass fashion.
Sad Christmas Tragedy in Detroit Home
A Detroit family faced tragedy as 22 year old Agnes Ewald died after a lamp toppled, burning her in her home at 80 Superior Street. The fire ruined Christmas celebrations, ending in a funeral for the young woman amid a somber scene.
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Detroit
Julus Ewald
Superior Street
Agnes
Reciprocity on soft coal trade proposed between Canada and U S
Terre Haute Indiana December 7 The Indiana and Illinois coal operators associations have sent petitions to their congressmen for a reciprocity treaty that would admit soft coal free of tariff between Canada and the United States. Last year Ohio and Pittsburgh districts coal sales in Canada rose despite a 48 cent per ton duty. Operators seek shipment of Indiana and Illinois coal north to Canada to ease competition in Chicago market.
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Hilmete
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Chicago
Avetrian Woman Dies In River Coal Works Explosion
At Gilchrist coal works near Steubenville an Avetrian woman in a houseboat attempted to relight a stove when an explosion occurred. She was burned to death and her husband and boarders escaped but could not save her body. One boarder, an Austrian, returned for money and was killed by powder explosions.
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Steubenville
Gilchrist Coal Works
Ohio River
Bank robbers dynamite vault in Webber Kansas heist
A state bank seven miles south of Ett was dynamited and robbed of 1500 dollars in cash. The hole drilled in the stone vault allowed access to the test chest containing the money. The holiday delayed discovery of the robbery.
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Superior
Neh
Dee
State Bank of
Webber
Kan
Ett
Lansing buyer acquires assets of defunct Central City Savings
In Lansing Michigan Dee 27 an optimistic local purchased the assets of the defunct Central City Savings bank for 8451.50. The assets consist of notes totaling 284 000 with the new owner aiming to collect and make them cash to secure a fair profit on his investment.
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Lansing, Mich
Dee
Guard Detail Leaves Fort Thomas for McKinley's Tomb
Lieutenants Reece and Inglehart with two sergeants four corporals and thirty privates of company M Third United States infantry departed Fort Thomas Kentucky yesterday bound for Canton Ohio to guard McKinley's tomb with a special detachment.
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McKinler
Cincinnati
Reece and
Inglehart
Third United States Infantry
Fort Thomas
Canton
McKinley
Mixed World News and Local Incidents
A man believed to be Chas Manapace threw himself before a moving car in Chicago and was killed. Mrs M J McGovern and her three children perished in a Piercefield New York house fire. A fog engine explosion injured Hermann Mosberg seven in Chicago. A man impersonating Governor Beckham of Kentucky was arrested in Miami Florida. Harry Camp, a diamond swindler, is jailed in Cincinnati. William Elkins plans a 900000 dollar home for orphaned Free Mason daughters in Philadelphia. An operation on Mrs W A Clark is expected to help her recover in Putte Montana. John Oliver won a million dollars in a Madrid state lottery and shared it with workers. A New York man who sued Morgan over a bad cold settles for coal. In Denver Mr and Mrs John Singer died after taking what they thought were salts. Lt General Miles arrived in Peking for a short visit. Mile Zeke de Lussan announces engagement to Henrico Robledo. Hadda Mullah, linked to northwest frontier clashes, died December 22. An unknown benefactor gave all 833 patients in Bellevue and allied hospitals Christmas presents. Mrs Langtry arrives in New York for a US tour. Premier Balfour reportedly has the grip.
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Piercefield
N. Y
Herman Mosberg
Chicago
Beckham
Kentucky
Miami
Harry Camp
Cincinnati
William Elkins
Denver
John Singer
Miles
Peking
Mile
Zeke de Lussan
Henrico Robledo
Hadda Mullah
India
Bellevue
New York
Langtry
Balfour
Feeding the Birds in Sweden During Christmas Celebrations
A visiting writer describes Swedish Christmas customs ending January 13 and a winter scene near Gothenburg. Farmers raise poles with grain sheaves for birds to share the holiday, ensuring wild birds get a festive meal before peasant households dine inside.
Peace talks amid Senate elections and statehood delays
Washington December 23 Special outlines senators likely to be reelected and the rush to meet constituents. It notes impending statehood delays, three disappointed delegates Flynn Ketley Smith, and recalls Reed as peacemaker with Boutelle and Roosevelt over naval policy. It covers eight hour bill fate and Ball’s patriotism tale, plus a parable on genuine diamonds.
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Congress
Flynn
Ketley
Smith
Senate
An Impossible Condition in Richmond Dispatch
A humorous snippet notes a man claiming poverty prevents hiring a clerk and suggests his wife could type. She resists dictation, sparking a teased debate about roles and submission in a domestic setting.
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Richmond
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