Negro Ex-Convict Is Made a Millionaire
In Muskogee Oklahoma Judge R B Campbell invalidates all leases signed by Zeke Moore Creek freedman on 120 acres in Glenn Pool except one fifteen year lease to R B Litchfield for Standard Oil. The land worth about half a million yields Moore a 10 percent royalty on oil, potentially making him a millionaire. Moore was a minor and imprisoned in Lansing Kansas when coerced into signing.
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Muskogee
Okla
United States District Court
R. B. Campbell
Zeke Moore
Glenn Pool
Oklahoma
Litchfield
Standard Oil Company
Moore
Lansing
Kan
House and Secret Service Criticism Sparks Deliberation
Washington reports the Perkins special committee may expunge from the annual message the section on secret service, while others say the reply to the house for more information could be sent back to the president. Friends of the president vow to oppose drastic action and lawmakers Tawney Smith Sherney and Fitzgerald prepare to defend themselves against references in the message.
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Washington
Perkins Special Committee
House
Tawney
Smith
Sherney
Fitzgerald
Yaqui Chiefs vow slay renegades who refuse peace terms
Nogales Ariz Jan 6 official notice says treaty between Mexico and Yaqui Indians is ratified. Thousands surrender arms in the capital as Yaqui chiefs declare they will hunt down and kill any renegade Indians who refuse to accept the peace terms.
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Nogales, Ariz
Howard H Jones Named Yale Football Coach
Captain Edward H Coy of Yale announced that Howard H Jones of Excelle C would be head coach of the Yale football eleven in New Haven Connecticut on January 6.
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Howard Jones
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Edward H. Coy
Howard H. Jones
Excelle. C
Weather Forecast Cold Wave Sweeps Midwest
The official forecast warns of a Midwest cold wave with Michigan expecting snow flurries. Illinois and Indiana will see cold conditions, while Wisconsin and Iowa face colder weather across the region.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report Winter Wheat and Cash Grain Prices
Chicago markets show winter and spring wheat by sample with varied prices. Cash grain values include hogs, cattle, sheep, and live poultry with quoted ranges for several grades and weights. East Buffalo stock receipts and market trends noted along with Elgin butter prices.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Elgin
Wright predicts airplane passenger limit at twenty
Orville Wright in New York before sailing to Europe says airplanes will not replace trains or ships. He states he and his brother never planned passenger carrying machines and that air travel may carry passengers only in special cases, at most fifteen to twenty people.
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New York
Europe
Orville Wright
Can Charge Grazing Fees Forest Reserves Upheld
Denver January 6 the United States district court ruled in favor of the government upholding the constitutionality of forest reserves and the right of the forestry department to charge grazing fees. Judge Lewis delivered the decision in the case United States versus Fred Light et al marking a significant western precedential ruling.
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Denver
Lewis
United States District Court
United States
Fred Light
Department of Forestry
West
Wills of Joseph Boardman Altered by Judge
Oakland California January 6 Judge Wasie set aside two additional wills of the eccentric millionaire Joseph Boardman. With others believed to exist the estate will go to the young widow aged sixteen at marriage and to their infant child.
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Oakland
Cal
Joseph Boardman
Wasie
Boardman
Old Man Frozen to Death in St Paul
Robert Barnes eighty four was found frozen to death after leaving his home to go to a nearby store and losing his way in St Paul Minnesota on January 6.
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St. Paul
Minn
Robert Barnes
Notter Rides Five Winners in Emeryville Trials
In Emeryville California on January 5 jockey Joseph Notter rode the winning horse in five of six races, highlighting a dominant performance by the rider across the card.
Walter Pater on marriage and gendered mischief
The passage portrays Walter Pater as an elderly, bald observer who likens women to Swift’s biting wit and parrotlike brevity. A friend questions his view on marriage, and Pater replies that men and women pull in different directions, with women resisting or differing in approach.
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Walter Pater
Dean Swift
Pater
Neighbor’s Rage Sparks Family Threat in Strange Verse
Quote from Stray Stories shows a neighbor raving like a lion and vowing harm to a family. The piece notes his children annoy him and he struggles to focus on a universal peace pamphlet he is composing.
Bridge Soars Three Miles Linking Port Morris and Woodside
A world beating three mile bridge for Pennsylvania Rail Road will connect Port Morris to Woodside enabling freight and passenger trains to use the span. The structure permits the passage of tall vessels beneath its great arch, symbolizing a major advance in regional transportation and commerce.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Port Morris
Woodside
World’s Biggest Bridges and Their Lengths
The projected Port Morris Queens bridge would span three miles with approaches. The Firth of Forth bridge totals one and a half miles including smaller spans and approaches. Blackwell’s Island bridge measures two miles with approaches. The Victoria bridge at Montreal has a total length of two miles.
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Port Morris-Queens Bridge
Firth of Forth Bridge
Blackwell's Island
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
World’s Largest Bridge Plan Links New York City and Long Island
Pennsylvania railroad officials reveal a plan to build a monumental steel bridge over Hell Gate connecting Port Morris to Woodside with a thousand foot main span and four tracks. The structure weighs about 80 000 tons and features a suspended train floor hung from the arch crown. Through trains would reach the south via the Long Island tunnel and Hudson river tube once completed.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Long Island
Port Morris
Woodside
Hell Gate Channel
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Queens County
Bridge design features grand granite piers and twin 200 foot towers
The bridge will use massive granite lower piers with concrete upper sections and earth filled cores to counteract arch thrust. A main arch with diagonal bracing rises between two 200 foot towers. Expansion joints control movement during weather changes and train starts. Gustave Lindenthal drafted the plans which the art commission approved. Estimated cost ranges from fifteen to twenty million dollars.
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Gustave Lindenthal
Municipal Art Commission
Farrell aims compulsion to wed with bachelor tax plan
Milwaukee Assemblyman John J. Farrell proposes a law forcing bachelors over thirty to marry or pay a yearly penalty. A state matrimonial bureau would register those seeking partners and supply nerve to bashful men. Farrell notes he is married.
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John J. Farrell
Milwaukee
Wis
Farrell
Mr. Farrell
Pine needle fiber may clothe the public within twenty five years
Rev. C. H. Harrigan of York Nebraska predicts in Minneapolis at the Minnesota State Horticultural Society convention that clothing could be made from pine needle fiber within the next quarter century.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
C. 8. Harrigan
York, Neb
Governor Elect Avoids Hoodoo Day Inauguration
Conway Ark Jan 6 Governor elect Donaghey says he will not be sworn in on hoodoo day meaning Friday nor on the 13th of the month. He declares he has no desire to take the oath on that day and seeks a different inauguration date if possible.
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Arkansas
Conway
Ark
Donaghey
Fourteen Below Zero Sets Record Cold Spell
The government thermometer dropped to fourteen degrees below zero last night, the coldest since 1905. Snow did not fully materialize and Northwest winds kept the chill cursed, with water pipes freezing and telegraph wires down for hours. The day remained bitterly cold and did not warm by noon.
Moonshiners Daughter Presented at Opera House
The Moonshiners Daughter drama was staged at the opera house by R. Gingston to a small crowd due to bad weather. Miss Mary Carew led as Madge Preston with Frank Leslie as Captain Martin Preston, owner of the still, and two men involved in illicit activity. One betrays Preston and steals his money leading to eventual doom for the traitor, while the innocent man faces execution before being cleared. Specialties by Maud Hackett, Chas Greiner and Thos Mann.
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R. Gingston
Miss Mary Carew
Madge Preston
Frank Leslie
Martin Preston
Madge
Preston
Maud Hackett
Chas. Greiner
Thos. Mann
Local Social Roundup Includes Travel and Visits
Local residents noted in transit and visit updates. F Wabnitz traveled with Letts for a day, Miss Daisy German returned from Haskins, and Roy McFarland, recently in the US Navy, is back. Several others departed for Keota, West Chester, Crawfordsville, Davenport, or Ainsworth, while relatives and friends hosted and visited in the city.
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F. Wabnitz
Letts
Daisy German
Haskins
Pearl Warrington
Keota
Ad Hulse
A. Bruty
West Chester
Will
Hyomei Catarrh Cure Offers Pay If It Fails
A Verdera Hyomei antiseptic treatment from Lemmons's pharmacy promises to cure catarrh with four to five daily inhalations. The complete Hyomei outfit costs $1 with refills 50 cents, and the offer guarantees money back if not effective. It also claims to treat asthma croup sore throat coughs colds and grip.
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Lemmons
Constitutional Amendment federation to meet in Des Moines
In compliance with Article 8 of the Constitution the executive committee calls the annual convention of the Constitutional Amendment federation to meet January 12 to 14 in Des Moines Iowa with the first session January 12 1909 committees appointed on arrangements press advertising program revision and officers urging temperance groups and ministerial associations to participate and designate a Sabbath as Amendment day to promote prohibition Rev R T Chipperfield and Rev W C Barber are named as president and secretary respectively
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Sessons
Constitutional Amendment Federation
Des Moines
Iowa
C. H. Gordon
Finis Idleman
J. B. Hammond
E. B. Hartford
Howland Hanson
Ida B. Wise
A. C. Douglas
O. W. Fifer
W. C. Barber
J. A. Harvey
J. B. Weaver
R. T. Chipperfield
W. ©. Barber
Fairfield Basketball Games At The Commercial Club
Fairfield high school teams schedule a boys game here Friday evening at the Commercial club and a girls game at Fairfield the next night. Promising competition, plan to attend.
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Fairfield
Fairfield High School
Foley's Orino Laxative Advertising Claim
If you take Foley's Orino Laxative until the bowels become regular you will not need purgatives constantly. Foley's Orino Laxative supposedly cures chronic constipation and a sluggish liver. Pleasant to take. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertisement.
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Foley
Lemmon
G O Ross Arrives From Goldfield to Visit D J Ross
G O Ross arrived last evening from Goldfield Iowa and will visit the home of D J Ross for a few days.
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G. O. Ross
Goldfield
Iowa
D. J. Ross
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Standard Oil
House and Secret Service
Wytra
Dairies
Wright
Aeroplne
Millionaire Boardman
Cupid
B. B
Roy McFarland
U.S. Navy
Wm. Thornton
Hopeville, I
John Harkreader
Ainsworth
J. H. Farris
R. M. McCall
Crawfordsville
Hazel Clark
Davenport
Blanche Glick
Mary Waters
Ort Waters
A. M. Dutton
Richland
J. H. Crooks
City
Dr. L. W. Fitzgerald
Ralph Junkin
Lemmon's Pharmacy
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