Bandits Fail To Get 80000 In Springfield Holdup
Bandits failed to steal 80000 in a Chicago and Alton passenger train robbery near Les Junction four miles south of Springfield Illinois. They forced engineer and fireman to detach the engine and express car, tried five times to blow the safe with nitroglycerin and dynamite, but the safe held and the robbers fled after a brief exchange of shots with pursuing officers.
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Springfield
Alton
Chicago & Alton
Iles Junction
Here
Horace Smith
Hes Junction
Bloomington
Chicago
Kan Ear City
Tts
Tes Junction
Ill
Les Junction
Express Company
St. Louis
Kansas City
Humier
Sam McLaughlin
Sullivan
Fred Avers
No Pater Tomorrow Christmas Courier Notice
The Frening Courier will not be issued tomorrow Christmas evening. The paper invites readers to enjoy the holiday and extends best wishes to patrons and advertisers for a happy Christmas Day.
Thomas Nelson Page as Potential Ambassador to England
Washington reports Thomas Nelson Page the Southern author as a likely ambassador to England to succeed the late Whitelaw Reid. Born in Virginia in 1853, Page studied at Washington and Lee and Yale, practiced law briefly, then wrote popular southern tales including Ingle Virginia and Two Little Confederates.
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Thomas Nelson Page
England
Washington
Der
Whitelaw Reid
Hlect Wilson
Mr. Page
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Yale
Marie Chan
Northwest
Bandits Fail to Rob Passengers in Express Safe Attack
In a tense raid the attackers battered a safe aboard a train, but the stout box withstood the shocks and the bandits abandoned their failed assault after forty-five minutes. Passengers, awakened in terror, stayed in their berths as the robbers fled with an express package that yielded papers of no value.
Mass Meeting Demands Police Action on New Year Eve
Chicago readers will gather at noon Monday as 500 preachers and lawyers urge Chief McWeeny to enforce the 1 o'clock closing law. The marchers will deliver a list of duties and call on Mayor Harrison to ensure firm enforcement, citing crime and lax police response.
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Chicago
Nec
W. J. Davis
Anti-Saloon League
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Chicago Law and Order League
MccWeeny
Harrison
Mr. Farwell
Trimte
Attempt on Prince Yamagata in Tokyo
In Tokyo early today an assassin tried to reach Prince Yamagata, Japan's privy council president and army adviser. The would-be killer broke into his residence and attempted suicide after being spotted. He was arrested as investigators probe the motive behind the attempt. Prince Yamagata, former chief of general staff in the Russo Japanese War, is well known across Europe.
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Tokio
Aritomo Yamegata
Privy Council
Japan
Prince Yamagata
Wall Street Christmas Bonuses Dwindle As Merit Eases Gifts
New York December 24 A Wall Street Christmas funds distribution estimates about 1 million dollars in bonuses to salaried staff across the financial district. Some firms pay 40 percent of yearly salaries, others a fixed gold amount, and large houses like J P Morgan & Co adjust bonuses by tenure. A trend favors salary increases at year start and pension plans over Christmas gifts. The Stock Exchange reminds brokers of its annual Christmas fund.
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New York
Wall Street
Financial District
J. P. Morgan & Co
J Stock Exchange
the Exchange
Taft and party reach Panama aboard Arkansas
President Taft and Mrs Taft with a party arrived at Colon Panama aboard the Arkansas. The group included Charles P Taft Jr Miss Louise Taft Charles D Hilles and Mrs Hilles Beckman Winthrop and Mrs Winthrop Major T J Rhoades and Lt Cmdr J W Timmons. The voyage from Key West was uneventful with fine weather and smooth seas. They will attend a dinner and ball at the palace after a canal inspection by a special train arranged by Col Goethals.
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Colon
Panama
Taft
United States
Arkansas
Charles P. Taft
lLouse Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Hittes
Beckman Winthrop
Winthrop
T. J. Rhoades
J. W. Timmons
U.S. N
Key West
TF. Percival Dodge
Canal
Go. OW. Goethals
Culebra
Col. Goethals
Delaware
Canal Dure
Temperature Record For December 24
Temperature observed at 3 p m noted as 39 degrees with prior records showing a 19 degree minimum and 34 degree maximum. A midyear note recalled July 4 reaching around 100 in the shade as one of the hottest days.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Toa. Ga
Jerculy
Four aeroplanes burned in Arno factory blaze
Joliet Illinois Dew 24 The building of the Williams Aero Construction company at Coal City and all its contents including four aeroplanes was destroyed by fire. Loss over 25000 dollars partly insured and not stated if any injuries occurred.
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Joliet
Dew
Wiinais Aero Construction Company
Coal City
Aretulay
Christmas Express Trade Breaks Records Across City
Prosperity sweeps Waterlow residents as express agencies and post office report a holiday boom. Express deliveries surge 100 percent, jewelers sell more high priced gifts, and packages flood carriers with extra cars, wagons, and staff. Beer and liquor shipments add to backlog as lines struggle to cope before Christmas noon.
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United States
American Express Company
Ulingis Central Railroad
Riga
Waterlow
Wells Fargo Express Company
World traveler James Sewell vows New Year arrest to dine with prisoners
Edmonton police report James Sewell, a self described citizen of the world from Anywhere, plans to be arrested on New Year’s Eve so he can dine with prisoners the next day. Sewell, wealthy and liberal, travels widely and has joined charitable efforts in Edmonton, though his identity is often concealed. He boasts of sobriety until midnight and a staged arrest to mark the celebration, noting Seattle’s prior honors.
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James Sewell
Edmonton
Seattle
America
Sewell
United States
Dominion
Order of Good Fellows
Waited Aids of
Washington Senator Sutherland's new department appointment
The text notes United States Senator George Sutherland of Utah facing a new appointment under a joint coalition with labor and capital. It mentions Sutherland serving his second term and references Hastings Deen, admitted to practice in Michigan, and his prior roles in Utah's state senate and the Fifty-seventh Congress.
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Washington
Tee
United States
George Sutherland
Viah Ik
Sutherland
Hastings Deen
Michtaan
Prsa
State Senate
Utah
Suffragists Brave Snow Storm Action at Arankar Walk
In a severe snow storm, suffragists led by Rosatie and Hideamy resumed their march toward Livingston. They planned to walk six miles through deep snow, stopping for a rest and to purchase overshows mittens and miflers, while Miss Jones urged resilience against the weather.
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Red Hook
Udo
Toneral
Rosatie
Gres
Sulger
Ches
Miss Jones
Attempt on Viceroy Life Shocks Imperial Delhi Crowd
Report from Delhi states a major attempt on the viceroy's life caused a dense crowd to flee as a weapon splintered the palace area. Police arrested numerous suspects while doctors attended to injuries, including a shoulder wound requiring morphine. A Waterloo jeweler's unusual work schedule is noted in a brief trade line.
Blizzard Grips East as Washington Sees No Green Christmas
New York reports the first blizzard of the winter with deep drifts and disrupted transit. United Fruit steamship Turrlalba ran aground near Barnegat and river and rail service suffered. Washington state records two inches of snow, signaling a green Christmas unlikely in many areas. A schooner John H May grounded at Sandy Hook with six crew aboard, life savers aiding a buoy rescue.
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New York
Iself
United Fruit Company
Turrlala
Barnegat
Kinstown
Dumnalea
Turrlalba
Sandy Hook
Not
Cristed Fruit Company
New Jersey Shore
Atlantic City
Washington
Ter
N. J
John H. May
Charleston
Stille
French battle painter Edouard Detaille dies at 15
Paris reports the death of the renowned French artist Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille known as Edouard Detaille. He suffered from heart disease and died after waking with severe breathing difficulty despite medical stimulants. His aging parents were at his bedside.
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Paris
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
Edouard Detaille
English Aviator Edward Petre Dies In Gale Crash
English aviator Edward Petre, 24, was killed near Rad Car while flying from Brooklands to Edinburgh. His FM monoplane encountered a heavy gale. the machine crashed, and the motor struck Petre, causing instant death. He narrowly escaped earlier near Aldershot on another flight.
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London
Tee
Edward Petre
Rad Car
Brooklands
Edinburgh
Petre
Hior Ins Stantly
Aldershot
Cetus
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