Fire at Union Stock Yards destroys Morris Co warehouse
Fire at Morris and Company meat warehouse at Union Stock Yards in Chicago kills Fire Marshal Horan Assistant Chief Burroughs Lieutenant Fitzgerald and about 28 firefighters. Loss estimated at 1.5 million dollars as walls collapse and crews struggle to contain flames.
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Chicago
Horan
Burroughs
Fitzgerald
Morris & Co
Union Stock Yards
Lacey
Busse
Idhlet
H. H. Fuchs
Engine Company 29
Ho- Yan
Fire chief Horan among confirmed dead in city fire
A monumental blaze claimed Marshal James Horan and 17 other firefighters as victims, with many more injured or unaccounted for. The article lists names of the dead, missing, and injured, including Patrick Collins and Dennis Doyle, while describing the rescue effort and emotional toll on the department and Mayor Busse.
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James Horan
Joseph Moraweski
Patrick E. Collins
Dennis Doyle
William J. Burroughs
Charles Moore
Thomas O'Connor
James Foster
Joseph Osbarneh
J. H. Behrens
Nicholas Crane
Charles Berkery
Frank Waters
Charles Sweenie
William J. Dailey
Peter J. Kill
William T. Weber
John F. Dubach
Charles Coney
John G. Link
Joseph P. Mulhern
Francis P. Eagan
John J. McClary
James J. Bannon
John Helfert
William T. Murphy
John P. Kassenback
Edward, Qehler
John O'Leary
Martin J. Fitzgerald
Antone Helfland
John Carney
A. D. Lannon
Joseph Macker
James McGrath
John Miller
William Walsh
M. Boltman
Eugene Miller
M. J. Sanders
Janes Hendricks
Irs
Horan
Marshal Horan
Thildren
Campion
Dennis Sweenie
Burroughs
Fire Rages Through Industrial District Destroying Major Warehouses
Fire fully under control by 1 pm after burning Morris Co beet house and Warehouse No 6 with losses near 1.25 million. Dead reach 29 with 50 injured. seven bodies recovered by 12:30 pm as crews battle flames in meat, hemp, tallow houses and storage sheds.
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Morris & Co
Horan
Sunday Visit Prompts Petition Prints in Ottumwa
Sumner Liberel]l dismisses saloon opponents claim of 200 majority on the consent petition. Billy Sunday sails to Ottumwa tomorrow night and 60 workers will canvass the city to secure withdrawals. After all withdrawals, the ballot will be printed as a pamphlet.
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Ottumwa
Evening Press
Sumner Liberel
Billy Sunday
Packers Seek Immunity Bath in Waning Bath Saga
Chicago reporters sketch a clash over antitrust immunity as ten multimillionaire packers face a new indictment. Government lawyers push for a strong second count extending to 1968 while defense aims to avert punishment, likening the fight to an old bath dispute in Packingtown.
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Chicago
United States of America
Department of Justice
Packingtown
Humphrey
Carpenter
Quarrel Fatal to Colorado Man
Vern Wilburn a colored man died from a billiard cue blow in a pool room after a quarrel with Sterling Kitchen who is jailed on an assault charge and to be charged with murder. The incident occurred in Des Moines Nebraska.
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Des Moines
Nec
Evening Press
Vern Wilburn
Sterling Kitchen
Mercy Hospital
Kitchen
Cedar Rapids Adopts Official Slogan After Contest
Cedar Rapids officials announce the city has chosen an official slogan after reviewing more than 2 000 entries in a contest run by the basheces men’s committee. The decision was reported in the Evening Press from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated December 22.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Basheces
Competitios
Twin Disaster in Quaker City
Philadelphia reports a deadly incident at the Friedlander Theater works with walls collapsing and a fire crew count rising to possibly twenty dead and fifty injured. Names of several identified victims surface amid extensive debris and severe burns. A French steamer Savona sailing from Hamburg to Naples is believed lost with 21 aboard.
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Philadelphia
Friedlander Teather Works
Kalhberer
Patrick Carroll
George Mackiski
William Belmini
John F. Carroll
Fred Kalberer
Thomas Entwistle
Harry Bertolet
Robert Stuart
Charles Edlemen
William McConnell
Hamburg
Savona
Naples
Cedar Falls Population Drops Despite Boom in Homes
Washington Dec 22 Cedar Falls population drops to 6012 in the thirteenth census down 307 from 640? in the twelfth. The city built fifty or more new homes this year contrasting with the population loss that affects Black Hawk county. The article notes the Cedar Falls decline surprises local leaders who expected a gain from the building boom.
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Washington, D. C
Cedar Falls
Lawn City
Black Hawk County
Cecar Falls
Surrounded by Revolutionists at Pedernales
An American observer from Pedernales reports General Navarro surrounded by insurrectos at the village of Pedernales. Navarro is uninjured and commands about 150 troops in a precarious defense with houses providing the only cover as the siege presses him hard.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Flo Paso
Tex
Navarro
Pedernales
Typhoid Epidemic Rages in Des Moines Area
Des Moines reports ongoing typhoid outbreak with 11 deaths and 250 cases over the last two weeks. A health official requests state board investigation as hospital service workers confirm the surge.
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Des Moines
U. S. Warriire Hospital Service
Washington
Sumier
State Board of Nenltl
Iowa Teacher Weds London Physician
A Des Moines IOU article reports Miss Alice Map Steele, a fifteen year student of the state historical department, married Dr. William Morris Griswould in London. Griswould, a Hamburg physician and former St. Paul resident, married Steele a month after she left for abroad.
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Tres Moines
Ryvening
Alice Map Steele
State Historical Department
London
William Morris Griswould
Hamburg
St. Paul, Finn
British Spies Caught In Action At German Fortifications
Captain Trench of the Royal Marines and Lieutenant Brandon of the Royal Navy were found guilty of espionage at Leipsic for photographing German fortifications on Borkum and ongoing defenses at Wageroc near Jade Bay. Each received four years in prison. They were arrested August 22–23 at Norkum and admitted intent to aid the British government.
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Leipsic
Germany
Trench
British
Royal Marine Infantry
Brandon
Locyal Navy
Horkum
Norkum
Borkum
Wagercog
North Sea
Jade Bay
Lorimer Case 15 Open for Debate
Washington dispatch reports a Senate Privileges and Elections Committee split over Lorimer. Senator Frazier pressed a minority report while Burrows pushed a majority whitewash plan. Beveridge sought time for a full fact check as Frazier hints at a minority report.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
James J. Frazier
Tennessee
Frazier
Senate
Burrows
Tinsimety
Weldon ‘T. Heyburn
Idaho
Senate Committee On
Heald Guard
Lorimer
Beveridge
Indiana
Bevaridge
Bolton Mine Disaster Death Toll Rises
Bolton England December 22 The Little Hulton colliery disaster is worse than first feared with at least sixty lives likely lost Rescue parties have recovered 150 bodies and the search continues amid Christmas pipes and Martins.
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Bolton
England
Little Hulton Calliery
Iowa City and Keokuk Show Population Shifts in Census
Census figures reveal Waterloo surpassing Burlington and Ottumwa in Iowa while Keokuk records a ten year population loss of 638. Marshalltown registers a 3,530 gain. Oskaloosa up 254. South Dakota cities Aberdeen and Sioux Falls listed with 1900 and 1910 figures. Robbers also loot two safes in Orion, inspected by Moline police.
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Washington
Towa
Burlington
Towa City
Keokuk
Werere
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Delumwa
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Urgent request for Christmas programs
Ministers and others are urged to send copy of Christmas program listings to the office by tomorrow morning at 9 for publication Saturday evening. Publication depends on timely delivery. Space will be given to church and society events including recitals and readings.
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Whitch
Mackey
J Ato
George Muraweski
Seyferlich
Collins
Company 59
Doyle
Amonia
Billy
Perous
Colorado
Quaker City
John Bull
George W. Draw
William’s Prisons
Bolton Mine
Detumwa
Moline
Dee
Orion
Post Office
Martin
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