Chicago to honor Fire Marshal Horan in funeral procession
Chicago on December 26 paid tribute to Fire Marshal Horan killed in the stockyards fire. Mayor Busse, Chief of Police Steward, and Acting Fire Marshal Seyferlich led the mourners as thousands lined the route. Two floral hose wagons carried the casket followed by the hearse, while the public mourned the city's most popular firefighter of a decade.
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Chicago
Horan
Stock Yards
Busse
Schuttler
Seyferlich
Fire Department
Ackland Avenue
Christmas Tree For Cultured Pups In Boston
A holiday event in Boston on December 26 features a dog friendly Christmas tree with lights, trimmings, candy, and treats for aristocratic canines. Miss Clara Barteaux hosts the gathering inviting dogs from Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street bearing polished collars and silver harnesses. Guests will enjoy meat treats, ice cream, cake, and entertainment including dancing, tricks, and handshakes starting at 2 PM.
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Boston
Mass
Clara Arteaux
Excluiva
Barteaux
Henrietta
Commonwealth @venue
Beacon Street
Morgan firm triples Christmas bonus for clerical staff
New York December 26 report says J P Morgan and Co gave a 100 percent bonus to all regular office staff as a Christmas present. A clerk with a salary received a substantial boost, reflecting generous year end pay.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Pedpler of Christmas trees inherits 860000
Harry Reiser of Patterson New Jersey stood selling Christmas trees at a downtown corner all day Saturday then began a trip to Chicago to claim 860000 from his grandmother’s estate. The fortune was revealed to him in a report from his uncle Louis Reiser of Chicago.
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New York
Harry Reiser
Patterson
N. J
Chicago
Gerlingen Baden
Germany
Reiser
Louis Reiser
Franklin MacVeagh Receives Million Dollar Christmas Gift
Washington reports Franklin MacVeagh was surprised with a Washington home valued at about 1 million dollars as a Christmas present from his wife. She arranged the plans, bought the property, began construction, and coordinated furnishings without his knowledge. He later learned of the gift during inquiries about decor colors.
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Washington
Franklin Ee MacVeagh
United States
MacVeagh
Morgan staff receive 100 percent bonuses across Wall Street
Financial experts on the Morgan staff earned salaries up to 25 000 and were especially pleased by a 100 percent bonus. Bonuses were distributed throughout the Wall Street district as part of the year end pay.
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Morgan
Wall Street
Colonel Durant Killed in Federal Repulse at Mulato
El Paso reports Col. Durant of the federal army was killed in a fight with insurrectos at Mulato near Ojinaga. Federals were repulsed, San Carlos fell, many wounded, and four hundred stock captured. A rapid fire gun was seized by the rebels.
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el Paso
Tex
the Times
Maris
Texas
Ojicaga
Mexico
Col. Durant
Insurrectos
Mulato
Ojinaga
San Carlos
Hale and Hearty Rooseveltian Had the Biggest Dinner
Wilmington Delaware reports the largest Christmas dinner on Chesapeake Bay held at John F. Guy’s home near Delmar. He hosted thirty two children plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Eight turkeys fed the festive gathering. Guy had three wives yielding a wide clan: seven children from the first wife, eighteen from the second, and seven from the third including newborn twins.
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Wilmington
Del
Chesapeake Bay
John F. Guy
Delmar
Delaware
Guy
Charity site gifted by Frick Coal Company in Mt Braddock
Uniontown Pa December 26 A Christmas gift of 637 acres of land at Mt Braddock near here to Fayette County for use as a site for a charitable and correctional institution was announced by the Frick Coal Company. The tract is valued at 100000 dollars.
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Uniontown
Mt. Braddock
Here
Fayette County
Frick Coal Company
Lynch sheriff's alleged slayer shot by mob in Hot Springs
Oscar Chilwood, charged with killing Sheriff Haupt last August in Hot Springs Arkansas, was taken from jail in Not Springs and shot to death. The body was riddled with bullets in an enclosure between the jail and courthouse built for an earlier execution.
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St. Louis
Oscar Chilwood
Haupt
Hot Springs
Ark
Not Springs
Over 500 Birds Exhibit At Northwestern Poultry Show
North Central Iowa cities and towns sent exhibits to the annual poultry show in Iowa under Northwestern Poultry association auspices. More than 500 birds were displayed by 52 exhibitors in a striking showcase of fowls.
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Iowa Fails
Sweniing Press
Iowa
Northwestern Poultry Association
Engineers Win Wage Increase In Central Railroad Pact
Calamity averted as Engineers and 61 railroads reach peace terms led by Commissioner Neill. Average pay rise about 10 percent with daily gains varying by engine type, totaling roughly 3.9 million dollars annually for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Next talks target Trainmen and Conductors for a broader settlement.
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Chicago
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Engineers
General Managers’ S Association
Central
Neils
W. S. Stone
Engineers’ Brotherhood
W Neill
Neill
Great Northern Hotel
General Managers’ Committee
Congress Hotel
Charles P. Neiji
Str
Western Railwway Managers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren 3. Stone
South
Enginneers
Neil
Itn
Weiter
Butler County Pioneer Dead Mother of Mrs Burbank
Mrs A Hummel longtime Butler county resident and Baptist church member died at her new home east of Shell Rock Ia from heart failure. She was about 60 and survived by her husband and two children Mrs W J Burbank of Waterloo and Carl Hummel a Shell Rock bank teller. Funeral at the Baptist church at 2 PM tomorrow. The family had lived on a farm west of town before moving to the east edge of Shell Rock.
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Shedl Rock
A. Hummel
Butler County
Rebekah
The
Baptist Church
W. J. Burbank
Waterloo
Carl Hummel
Shell Rock Bank
Hon P A Smith Died At Scranton
Hon P A Smith editor and proprietor of the Scranton Journal and a member of the state board of parole died at his home in Scranton at 3 p m yesterday of Bright's disease after months of illness. He had recently returned from Montana seeking health. Funeral set for Wednesday at the Methodist church. Martin a Cigars for Christmas.
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Scranton
Evening Press
P. A. Smith
Scranton Journal
State Board of Parole
Bright
Montana
Methodist Church
Fire Fatalities Reported in Bedford Drug Store Blaze
A Christmas morning fire in Bedford Iowa caused by an exploded lamp destroyed Bevins drug store and the Savings Bank. Bevins was badly burned and may die. fire spread before Creston firefighters arrived by special train. Losses total about 88,000 with extensive damage to adjacent properties.
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Bevins
Savings Bank
James Bevins
Creston
Marengo
Cedar Rapids
Hyen- Ing Press
Henry Gode
Hibb
Haznor
Penham
E. J. Sullivan
Woman Held for Bigamy in Logan and Council Bluffs
Mrs Henry Poor of Logan Iowa was arrested in Council Bluffs by Sheriff Rock and returned to Logan to answer a bigamy charge. She waived preliminary examination and was sent to the grand jury on the information filed by her husband.
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Logan, Ia
Dow
Henry Poor
Council Bluffs
Sherif Rock
Logan
Tikal
Woman Drowned as Ice Crumbles on Mississippi River
Rosa Stout of Alexandria County, aged 31, drowned in the Mississippi River near Kenkuk, Iowa, as ice broke under her while crossing from the Missouri side. Two companions cried out in fear and could not help, retreating to shore as the icy current carried her away.
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Dee
Evening Press
Rosa Stout
Alexandria
Mississippi
Missouri
Pope's Christmas Quiet at Vatican with Family
Rome December 26 Christmas day at the Vatican passed quietly for Pope Pius X who spent the morning in his private apartment with his sisters and niece after a brief base audience. He read messages from sovereigns and dignitaries and plans to reply. No official receptions occurred at court. The king and queen distributed gifts to their households as their family celebrated with a Christmas tree and joy overall.
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Des
Vatican
Pinus X
Cardinal Merry del Val
Woman Fatally Shot Preparing Holiday Dinner
In Greely Colorado on December 26 Mrs Magele Roberts was shot through a kitchen door as she prepared Christmas dinner at Frederick near a coal mining camp where a strike is in progress. The shot likely targeted her husband the foreman of Means mine amid clashes with strikers. George Liberte and four other union miners were arrested.
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Greely
Colo
Magele Roberts
Frederick
Means
George Liberte
Hack and Reimer to Meet on Jan. 3
Dex Moines Ja 24. Jesse Reimer of Westergaad signs to wrestle George Hackenachmidt in Omaha on Jan. 3. The Russian Lion vows to throw Reimer twice within an hour. CARD OF THANKS F R Gettys express appreciation for sympathy during bereavement and flowers for their daughter Clio.
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Ja. Dee
Jesse Reimer O
Westergaad
George Hackenachmidt
Omaha
Reimer
F. RB
Explosion Destroys Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles
A dawn blast wrecked the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles injuring a night watchman. Police find a crater at the origin and consider the act linked to labor disputes with union demand fights. The plant has long opposed recognizing unions amid a metal workers strike.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Llewellyn Iron Works
Juan Angeles
Llewellyn Company
Llewellyn Ironworks
Ilames
Frisco
San Francisco
Police Seek Lone Bandit After Missouri Pacific Train Robbery
Kansas City police and Kansas authorities search for a lone bandit who boarded a Missouri Pacific passenger train, robbed passengers and crew, and escaped with at least 300 dollars from about twenty searched. Two watches were taken, and the bandit reportedly jumped from the train in Kansas City suburbs and headed toward Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Harahan to remain active in railroad service
Memphis December 26 J T Harahan states he will not retire from railroading. He will stay a director of the Illinois Central and several other roads and plans to devote significant attention to them. He hints at travel in the future and has given little thought to a permanent location.
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Memphis
Tent
J.T. Harahan
Harahan
Nlinois Central
British Die in Clash With Arab Gun Runners Near Bushire
A landing force from British cruiser Hyacinth engaged Arabian gun runners on Persia's southern coast near Bushire. Fourteen British were killed or wounded, and Arabs suffered about forty casualties in the day’s fighting.
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Bushire
Persia
Hyacinth
Dad Celebrates 63rd Birthday at Courier Building
Ssate P. Ponticus, chief factotum of the fores and janitor of the Courier Building, marked his sixty third natal anniversary today. He viewed the event as historic for the country and noted it impressed the employer. he distributed cigars to the men and to young people and ladies attending.
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Ssate P. Ponticus
Courier
Natal
Guite
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