Government Got There First Receiver Named In Windham Bank Row
Hartford news reports federal interference altering a state court receivership plan for Windham County National Bank of Danielson. Joseph P. Tuttle, appointed temporary receiver, faced U S Bank Examiner Edwin A Barrows who had already taken control under OCC action. Attorneys claimed any receiver reaching the bank first could prevail amid withdrawals at nearby institutions. In San Francisco a separate incident: Ethel Penny, a variety actress, shot by O Harem after desertion, then killed him. both Penny and Schubener hospitalized and expected to recover.
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Hartford
Windham County National Bank of
Danielson
Superior Court
Gager
Ella &, Russell
Russell
Joseph P. Tuttle
Tuttle
United States Bank
Edwin A. Barrows
Providence
Barrows
Bilis Smeee
Washington
Pepper
Edward D. Robbins
San Francisco
Ethel Penny
Variety
O'Hare
Thim
Newnan Schubener
Penny
Schubener
Remington Typewriter Employees Share Christmas Bonus
New York officials announced the Christmas installment of the annual bonus from the KemHan Co. All long serving employees in mechanical shipping trucking and other manual labor departments with over ten years of service receive 50 dollars at vacation time and 50 dollars at Christmas. This year 304 workers qualify and about 100 more will participate next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Typewriter
New York
Kemhanes Co
Rear Admiral Dead and Other Late News Items
Rear Admiral Edmund White retired died of apoplexy at the New York Navy Yard while visiting Rear Admiral Rogers. He entered service in 1861 and became admiral in 188? He had just come from Princeton on a visit. Frank D. Perry of Worcester bankrupt in U S district court, liabilities £962,652 assets $42,298. Worcester banks among creditors. Mystery remains over a dynamite find on the Berkshire line between Shelton and Stevenson. Steamer Beatrice Wilhelm from Bremen in wireless contact with Nantucket lightship reporting December 23.
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New York Navy Yard
New York
Edmund White
Navy Yard
Princeton
Rogers
Naval Service
Frank 'D. Perry
Boston
Wocestr & Sub Bridge
Worceste Tockdale & Charlton Street Railway
Allied Sorrenes
Frank D. Perry
Worcester
Treasand National
United States District Court
Philadelphia
New England
Shelton
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Berkshire
Stevenson
Beatenz Wilhelm
Bremen
Ipton
Cherbourg
Nantucket
Departure Delayed Report Confusing Text
Unclear note reports a delayed departure with fragmentary words about email, tomorrow, and a generic delay. No identifiable person, place, or organization is confirmed in readable text.
Real Estate Claim Tiled Over Uncle's $5 Million Estate
Jacob Goldflam, a New York real estate dealer, filed a claim to an Illinois estate valued at about $5 million following his uncle Isaac Goldflam's murder two decades ago in Chicago. Isaac left Warsaw at seventeen and amassed wealth abroad. His heirs were unknown, the estate turned to a public administrator, and now Jacob, using power of attorney from relatives, seeks control amid mounting claims and anticipated legal battles.
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New York
Jacob Goldflam
Ilinois
Isaac Goldfam
Chicago
Isaac
Warsaw
Saul
Hsther
Oquawaka
Ascob Goldflam
Isaac Goldflam
Isaac Goldflame
Goldfiam
Jacob Goldfiam
Russia
Tos
Behring Sea Tribes May Form One Race Says Curator
Dr Franz Ross of the American Museum of Natural History argues data from explorers show tribes around the Behring Sea and east to Greenland are sub divisions of a single race. He contends Esquimaux are not a separate stock and that Arctic peoples share a common culture with eastern Siberia and the northwestern Americas, challenging pre glacial origin theories.
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Bébring
New York
Mortis K. Jesup
Franz Ross
American Museum of Natural History
North Pole
Behring Sea
Greenland
Old World
New World
Arctic
Truce Arranged Between Inland Steel and Amalgamated Workers
A truce is arranged with Inland Steel Co of Indiana Harbor and the Amalgamated Association of Steel, Iron and Tin Workers. Workers accept a wage cut until selling prices rise sufficiently to justify restoring the old schedule. The firm’s directors had refused to deal with organized labor, but the Amalgamated will be treated as a union with no member discrimination. Also, the Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley railroad to revert to independent operation after absorption by Southern Pacific, with stockholders seeking independent management despite amicable relations.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Amalgamated Association of Steel, Iron and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa and
Phoenix and
Salt River Valley
Southern Pacific Company
Maricopa
Epidemic Threat Reported in Pittsburg Area
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a det threatens to take on an epidemic and outlines actions for the first four days of December. The fragmentary text notes sand and the last days of prior period, with limited context on casualties or response.
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Pittsburg
Pope Pius X Receives Cardinals in Throne Room
Rome reports the first reception under Pope Pius X with cardinals and high prelates gathered in Leo XIII’s throne room. Pope in white robes seated on the throne, greetings exchanged, and dignitaries presented in precedence order. US representatives included Archbishop Robert Seton of Newark and Monsignor Kennedy of the American college.
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Rome
Pope Leo XIII
Oreglia
Merry del Val
Pope Pius
United States
Robert Seton
Heliopolis
Newark
N. J
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
New Hampshire Clergy Vote To Name Bishop Successor
Catholic clergy representatives in the New Hampshire diocese met in Manchester to select three names to forward to Rome for the vacant bishopric after the death of Denis M. Bradley. The trio will go to Archbishop Williams of Boston and six New England bishops, with other nominees to Rome. V Rev Eugene M. O Callaghan from Copeard is a leading candidate.
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New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Rome
Denis M. Bradley
John’ J
Eugene M. O’callaghan
Copeard
Turkeys Arrive By Special Train For Christmas Dinner
A special train carrying nineteen cars of turkeys from Missouri arrived in New York on December 23 for 32 000 local families Christmas dinners. The 8 000 boxes were packed with care and distributed to retailers within hours. With demand high, the turkey price reached 25 cents a pound, valuing the Missouri shipment at about $100 000.
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New York
St Louis
Missouri
Agreement Signed for Friar Lands Sale in Six Months
Manila reports the sale agreement for friar lands signed to take effect in six months after surveys and title checks. A bureau will manage affairs and dispose of lands to current tenants on long payment terms. About three fourths lie within populated districts, complicating administration.
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Manila
Unjust Discrimination Hits Chicago Salt Plant
In December 1923, 250 workers idle as union engineer Joseph Freeman at International Salt Co South Chicago plant faced wage cuts. Freeman led a strike claim of unjust discrimination, threatening spreads to other Great Lakes plants as the company arranged to hire non union workers.
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Chicago
Tlea
Joseph Freeman
International Salt ’ Co
Great Lakes
Sharon Foundries Plant Reopens After Wage Agreement
Sharon Pennsylvania December 23 The Sharon plant of the American Foundries Co which had been closed for two weeks pending a wage scale settlement has resumed operations. An agreement satisfactory to both sides was reached. The workers accepted a ten percent pay cut effective from December.
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Sharon
American Foundries ‘Co, O
No Truth in Pekin Fleet Report
London reports there is no truth in Pekin’s claim that Butterfield and Swires of Hong Kong sent twenty five merchant ships to transport iron to Japan. Butterfield and Swires call the story ridiculous and without a foundation.
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London
Pekin
Butterfield and Swires
Hong Kong
Rinaferrea
Japan
Butterfield & Sayires
Looting of Luzon Municipal Treasury Reportedly Under Way
OTED BY LADRONES. Matilas Dec 23. Ladrones recently looted the municipal treasury at Bexo beso in Luzon. They captured the presidente and cut the tendons of pix eels. The constabulary pursued the sath.
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Matilas
Bexobeso
Luzon
Constabulary
Chamberlain's Man Wins Campaign for Ludlow Seat
Rowland Hunt liberal unionist defeated Liberal candidate Fred Horne by a majority of 9 70 in Ludlow division of Shropshire. The contest centered on fiscal policy with heavy campaigning by Free Food League and Birmingham organizers. More’s personal vote previously nearly 4,000, now shifted amid Liberal split.
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Chamberlain
London
Rowland “Hunt
Joseph Chamberlain
Ludlow
Shropshire
House of Commons
Robert J. More
Fred Horne
Mr More
Birmingham
Free Food League
Ibera
Bakers Vote for General Strike in Paris Food Trade
Paris December 23 bakers and other food workers moved toward a general strike in the baking and alimentary trades. Early today bakers at the labor exchange adopted resolutions for a nationwide stoppage, with demonstrations planned and military and police deployed to prevent unrest around the exchange.
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Paris
Labor Exchange
Three Masts Broken Olive Bank Reach San Francisco
British ship Olive Bank sails from Shanghai in ballast October 26 and arrives in San Francisco with three lower masts broken. Crew of nineteen safe. Built 1892 at Port Glasgow costing 90000 dollars. Sister ships Clifford lost off Mussel Rock and Gosford wrecked near Point Conception. Captain Henderson aboard with wife.
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San Francisco
Olive Bank
Shanghai
Royal Roads
B. C
Port Glasgow
Clifford
Mussle Rock
Gosford
Point Conception
Henderson
Denial on Delcasse Arbitration Offer in Russo Japanese Dispute
Paris reports deny Foreign Minister Delcasse offered to arbitrate the Russo Japanese dispute. Dispatches say he and Lord Lansdowne made pacific representations at Tokio to ease Japan's stance. France and Britain acted separately but along common lines. official view remains that an agreement will be reached.
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Delcasse
Paris
London
M. Delcasse
Lord Lansdowne
Pacific
Tokio
Japan
France
Great Britain
Ships From Puget Sound Carry Many Orient Passengers
Steamships leaving Puget Sound ports for the Orient carry hundreds of Chinese and Japanese passengers. Returning Japanese largely outnumber the Chinese, reversing the usual ratio observed in prior crossings.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Connecticut Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast calls for fair to tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures overnight. Brisk winds are expected in northern portions, with variable conditions across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Andrews to Work to Pay Debts After Parole
Frank C. Andrews, former vice president of City Savings bank in Detroit, released on parole after serving one year and four months of a fifteen year sentence. He vows to clear his name, end legal tangles, stop publicity harming banks, and repay every penny he owes while returning to work. Governor Bliss is cited as a supportive figure.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Jackson
Andrews
Walnut Street Resident Fights Water Shortage Turmoil
Residents on Dikeman Putnam and Walnut streets face severe water pressure with high and low areas lacking supply. A Walnut Street man vented frustration, threatening to march downtown for answers as no relief materialized. Investigations show school usage isn’t the cause. water shortages persist on weekends and in high places, while downstairs tenants manage basic needs. The man conceded some water when taps are opened at night as a Christmas deadline nears.
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Walnut Street
Dikeman
Putnam
Walnut Streets
Walsh School
Saar
Colo Tyne
Eighteen Ton Dynamo Traced Through Ice Covered Square
A Waterbury Manufacturing Co eighteen ton dynamo drawn by sixteen Alderman Blakeslee horses slid across an icy North square turning beyond the water trough. It narrowly avoided crashing into Donahue's building as surprised storekeepers watched. The driver steadied the team and reduced danger after minor damage to an iron hitching post.
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Blakeslee
Waterbury Manufacturing Co
North Square
Donahue
North Elm Street
Lord Abinger Leaves All To His Mother In Will
London December 23 The late Lord Abinger grandson of Commodore Magruder U S N D who died in a hospital died in Paris on December 12 of heart disease left everything possible to his mother the new peer with the entailed property about 25000 acres in England only receiving that. Lady Abinger the deceased peer's mother gets Inverlochy castle and the town house with its collection of pictures and bric a brac
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London
Lord Abinger
Commodore Magruder
U. S. Nd
Paris
England
Abinger
Inverlochy
Union Trust Co Reopens After Receiver Discharge
Baltimore, December 23 The Union Trust Co resumed operations today after entering receivership October 19. Receiver Miles White Jr was discharged by court order as doors opened and business resumed.
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Baltimore
The
Union Trust Co
Miles White, Jr
Printing Services Offer At Democrat Office
A brief notice invites readers to have job printing done at the Democrat office featuring new type and up dater ideas for modern projects.
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Democrat
Elton's Nominees Dark in City Election Outlook
City politics swirl as Mayor-elect Elton faces a shift in leadership with candidates lining up. Officers and the next street department head loom, while remarks on urban infrastructure suggest a city-wide focus on sidewalks and public works after a new law takes effect January 1, 1904.
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Elton
Gressman Lilley
George A. Dri
Nabobs
Henry
Who
Anes
Air Hotchkiss
S Manufacturing Co
Streeter
I Streeter, Plumbers
Biton
Ous
Waterbury
Depa
Swords
Three Senior Captains Split Into Separate Battalions
Local military circles discuss dividing the Second regiment into three battalions. Three senior captains will command different battalions, with Captain Bradley in First Battalion, Captain Fitzpatrick in Third, and Captain Carter in Second. No battalion drills have been held or ordered at the armory this season.
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Meriden
New Haven
Bradley
Fitzpatrick
Carter
Ling
Ave
City News Mixed Holiday Notes And Legal Happenings
Christmas eve hours for barber shops and a partial town closure are noted, while Mt Mary’s student Edward O Brien visits home. Attorney Porter Wood may wed Natgatuck-born bride. toy and candy stocks rise from Miss Twining and Mrs Kateer. A Leavenworth hall dance promises fine music as committees plan a memorable Pastime Club event. McCarthy hearing, a defective Walcott street walk injury, and St Kasimir debt case mark a busy morning in city court.
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Bdward O'Brien
Mt. St Mary’s Colege
Maryland
North Willow Street
Porter L. ‘Wood
Natgatuck
Brookside
William McCarthy
Hook and Ladder Co No 2
D. J. Slavin
Walcott Street
Stacis Franckas
Hhis
Burpee
City
Stephen DB. Cann
Elisha Falconni
Thomas O'Donnell
Charles I. Taylor
A. F. Taylor
Charles C. Downs
Dillonis
Mel
Bryan Buys Old Homestead in Salem Illinois
Til December 23 reports that Will Jennings Bryan purchased the old homestead in Salem Illinois. The plainty house features timbers hewn by Colonel Bryan over fifty years ago. Bryan has stated he never intended to reside there.
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Centralia
Til
Will Jennings Bryan
Salem, Til
Colonel Bryan
Nebraska
Lowell Mills To Close For Christmas Week
Lowell Massachusetts December 23 18 000 workers in cotton mills to shut down tomorrow night for the Christmas holidays and New Year week a similar suspension expected the latter part of next week in Meriden Chief of Van Nostrand reports an alleged plan to halt the Owl train by signaling with a red light near Berlin but the engine failed to stop the train.
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Lowell
Mass
Meriden
van Nostrand
Berlin
Residence Burns in Winsted Blaze
Fire on Hast Street in Goshen destroys Fred Johnson home due to a defective flue. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars with insurance coverage. Firefighters battled the blaze overnight, no injuries reported.
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Winsted
Fred. Johnson
Igh Goshen
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