No Quarter? Progressive rally backs Roosevelt in 1916
Chicago dispatch details a national Progressive Party meeting at La Salle hotel with Col Roosevelt and Jane Addams hosting a luncheon. Five key propositions aimed to solidify Roosevelt as the 1916 nominee, declare the demise of the Republican Party, push a bold judiciary stance, welcome Perkins support, and mobilize nationwide state leadership for a Roosevelt Johnson ticket. The article notes a banquet at the Auditorium hotel and Beveridge endorsing an invincible 1916 campaign.
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Chicago
National Committee of the
Progressive Party
la Salle Hotel
Col. Roosevelt
Jane Addams
T. ER
Theodore Roosevelt
Hotel la Salle
Col
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Columbus
Idaho Supreme Court
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Johnson
Auditorium Hotel
United States
Albert Z. Beveridge
Indiana
TRB
Plucky Cashier Gets Laugh On Auto Bandits
Chicago police report a daylight kidnapping as four bandits seized M. J. Wright, cashier of Fox River Butter, near Michigan Avenue. Wright teased the criminals and misled them about his satchel, then was left unharmed after they failed to recover the money. He fled to a saloon to report the escape. A second item notes Charles Tyio, ex-chamberlain, convicted of bribery and fined, with a stay of execution pending appeal.
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Chicago
Loop
Michigan Avenue Boulevard
Bearely
M. J. Wright
Fox River Butter Company
South
Michigan Avenue
First Regiment
Wright
Fourteenth
Union
CTY
New York
Dec
Chas. Hi
Tyio
City Chamberlain
Haiti
Billy Rugh memorial fund benefit falls short in Gary
Chicago reports a benefit for a memorial to Billy Rugh in Gary Indiana, raised to honor the newsboy who sacrificed his leg to save Miss Ethel Smith. The event drew fewer than 100 attendees, leaving a deficit of 180 dollars despite performances by grand opera stars and vaudeville headliners who donated their services.
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Chicago
Gary
Ind
Billy Rugh
Ethel Smith
Rugh
Firemen overcome by fumes at Kinab Street factory blaze
Six firefighters battling a third floor fire at the J. O. Schoener Co. medicine plant at 21 West Kinab Street were overcome by chemical fumes. Comrades rushed to assist and carried them down a fire escape as the blaze raged, with efforts hampered by the smoke.
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Chicago
J. O. Schoener Company
West Kinab Street
MOE TROUBLE FROM EUROPE AND TAFT PANAMA SAIL
Washington notes European opposition to extending Sherman act reach and monitors antitrust cases against steamship lines. Britain Germany France Italy and Austria move on domestic monopolies while Taft plans to sail to Panama on Dec 21 from Key West on the Arkansas returning by Dec 31.
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Washington
Sir Edward Grey
Panama
United States
trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
Taft
Key West
Fla
Arkansas
Hilles
C. P. Taft
Alleged Writers of Threats to Wilson Arrested
Newark dispatch reports three self described mountaineers held as federal prisoners in Dover and Newark on charges of writing threatening letters to Woodrow Wilson. Peter Dunn 24 and Jacob Dunn 26, and Seeley Davenport 42, deny knowledge of the letters. Jacob allegedly wrote the misspelled prose at the inspector order. papers used matched those on the Wilson letters. The men, arrested late last night, await preliminary examination and claim no awareness of the letters.
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Newark
N. J
Dover
Woodrow Wilson
Peter
Jacob Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Post Office
Jacob
Jacob Dimn
Wik ‘Son
Real Battle May Occur Over County Seat
Oklahoma City awaited news as Gov Cruse considered ordering militia to Jay to avert a threatened treaty over Delaware county seat. Information shows narrowly averted violence between factions, with lines down last night and not yet restored.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Cruse
Jay
Treatie
Delaware County
Wnes
Hello Skinny Martin advertisement notice
An OCR fragment shows an advertisement style notice with repeated names and phrases like Hello Skinny Martin and Verso Navuna cigar. It lists individuals such as Helene A. Borchers, Clarke, Bertha Meshell, and places like Waterloo and Oolwein, but the readable content is largely garbled.
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Vpaul VW
Wlankowsky
Steger
Helene A. Borchers
Waterloo
Wdamea
Clarke
Oolwein
Bertha Meshell
Oolweinw
Taft May Become a Schoolmaster at Yale Law School
Washington December 11 President Taft weighs an offer to become Kent professor at Yale Law School after vacancy left by the late Prof Edward J Phelps With cabinet discussion and private plans Taft may practice law in Cincinnati with son Robert if he declines The Kent endowment provides 5000 dollars annually and Phelps formerly served as minister to Great Britain and held other posts including president of the American Bar Association and second comptroller of the treasury
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Washington
Taft
Kent
Yale Law School
Phelps
Great Britain
Yale University
Cleveland
Princeton
Yale
Yale Corporation
New Haven
Cincinnati
Robert
Edward John Phelps
Fillmore Me
Phelpa O
The
Treasury
Cincinnati fire destroys multiple downtown buildings
A downtown Cincinnati blaze wrecked the Gibson hotel, Rendigs-Southmann department store, W. J. Douglas Shoe Co, and upper floors of the Union Trust building. Losses tally from 800000 to 1000000 dollars with nine injuries. 45 scrub women rescued and guests escape unharmed. Cause traced to a laborers torch or bonfire amid reconstruction work.
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Cincinnati
Gibson
Bendigs-Southmann
W. J. Dougas Shoe Company
Union Trust
Gibson Hotel
Gibson House
Rendigs-Southmann
Douglas Shor Company
Missouri Parish Railroad Office
Union Trust Building
Wytheville Man Convicted in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Sidna Allen, leader of the HillaviNe gua rmien, convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the Carroll county court shooting that killed five people. Jury sets five years in prison. He faced a first degree murder indictment in the death of Commonwealth Attorney Foster.
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Wytheville
Sidna Alen
HillaviNe Guarmien
Carroll County
Foster
Chicago's first woman judge to be inaugurated
Chicago December 11 Miss Mary M Baretime public guardian of Cook county for 18 years will be inaugurated as Chicago's first woman judge tomorrow. She was chosen by circuit court judges from several women lawyers and will assist Judge Pickney in the juvenile court directing most effort to girls under its jurisdiction. Known as "Mother Baretime" by thousands of young girls she aims to help unfortunates rather than simply pass judgment.
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Chicago
Mary M Baretime
Cook County
Baretime
Circuit Court
Portrait Directory of Waterloo Urges Names for Photos
The Courier asks locals to add their names to a list for city portrait photos to be printed in a Waterloo portrait directory. Call the office soon to provide a photograph and ensure consistent sizing across all portraits, emulating Philadelphia's directory alongside its price.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Philadelphia
Pries
Notable British Official Presses Balkan Peace Terms
De 3aera Jonsson, president omit Edward Grey, secretary of state for Cayeien affairs, is pressing an important push in the negotiations concerning the Balkan war. He has been questioned several times in the House of Commons concerning the pursuit that Great Britain will take regarding the terms of peace that will be presented.
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Jonsson
Edward Grey
Cayeien
Ines
House of Con Mons
Belindias
Perndtind
Improvements to Parks in Waterloo 1912 Plan Outlined
Three Waterloo park commissioners reveal extensive 1912 improvements across 200 acres. Plans include Lincoln Park bandstand with public comfort stations, expanded Cedar River Zoo, bathing beach refreshment stand, new plantings, upgraded Cedar River and Prospect park driveways, Courtlandt and Byrnes park development with river ferry, and Highland Public Square beautification.
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Waterloo
Park Board
Lincoln Park
Cedar River Park
Cedar River
Prospect Parkas
Courtlandt
Byrnes Parks
Highland
End of Harvester Case In St Paul
Grosvenor special assistant to the attorney general leads the government suit to dissolve the International Harvester company. Hearings in St Paul to end today with two witnesses: Henry Walef er warden of the Minnesota penitentiary and former manager of Minne Twine company and Lewis Spooner defeated GOP governor candidate.
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St. Paul
Grosvenor
Wickershami
Idis
International Worvester Company
Chicago
Henry Walefer
Minnesota Penitentiary
Manaower
Minne Twine Company
Star Companys Or Trust
Lrew Spooner
Edward
Temperate Record Shows December Temperature Swings
Yesterday afternoon at 8 o clock the temperature was 32 degrees. A year ago the minimum was 31 and the maximum 36. The fragment notes a temperate reading with sparse data and garbled OCR.
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Paedatioy Optioeal Co
Nickel hoard theft shocks New York widow
Mrs Emily Kuhn, who had saved nickels since 1883, reported a loss of 10 000 nickels and a stash of valuable jewels in a night-time robbery. A German coin collection remained untouched, and the thief took only the coin bag and jewels.
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New York
Emily Kuhn
Iowa's 1912 crop boom sets record at 400 million
Des Moines reports Iowa’s 1912 crop value surpassing 391 million with corn at 421,468,400 bushels and oats 206,549,700 bushels. Total value, including fruit, exceeds 409 million. If spring seed corn had been used, an extra 10 million could have been added. Weather service head Dr. Geo M. Chappell released figures at the agricultural convention.
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Des Moines
Der
Iowa
Iowa Crop Bureau
Geo. M. Chappell
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
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Yale College of Law
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