Johnson abandons home amid white wife dispute
Chicago, Jan 3. Champion Jack Johnson left his home at 3344 Wabash Ave after a family dispute over his alleged white wife Etta Duray. His mother demanded he choose between her and the wife. Johnson chose the woman and departed for parts unknown. The crisis follows a string of domestic tensions and a hospital run-in involving the chauffeur. Johnson’s exact whereabouts were unknown, with reports of the white wife being taken from the hospital and possibly leaving town. At Crystal Theatre, The Aeroplane Girl is showing.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Wabash Avenue
Etta Duray
New York
Jack
Lucy
Tiny Johnson
Johnson
Cate
Tahnsen
Milwaukee
Washington Park Hospital
Death claims Mrs Wilbur T Steele after long illness
Mrs Wilbur T Steele died at 10 30 am at 420 Argyle street after a protracted tuberculosis illness. A 33 year old native of Paducah Kentucky she married Wilbur T Steele seven years ago in Waukon Iowa and resided in Waterloo five years where her husband worked as a plasterer leaving two young children Paul four and Volta two. She leaves her mother and six siblings in Paducah and the body will be taken to Waukon for interment Thursday morning.
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Wilbur T. Steele
Argyle Street
Steele
Paducah
Waukon
Waterloo
Paul
Volta
Mrs. Steele
Supreme Court upholds Carmack amendment in transit losses
Washington January 3 The Supreme Court of the United States declares the Carmack amendment to the Hepburn rate law constitutional. The ruling holds that an initial carrier is liable for losses on interstate shipments, covering its own and connecting carriers’ losses. The article notes the film “The Acroptine Girl” playing Friday and Saturday.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Governor Thatcher's Poetical Canal Woes Stir Washington
Washington reacts to a circular from the Panama Canal labor group asking President Taft and Congress to curb Maurice H. Thatcher's poetry. The governor, paid $14,000 yearly plus housing, is criticized for reading poems to visiting ships and for composing verse seen as meddling and impractical. The letter pleads for relief, while praising some good intentions behind the governor's work.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriation Committee
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Maurice H. Thatcher
Canal Zone
Taft
Washington
Gov. Thatcher
President Montt
Chile
Enetish
Market report from Lamson Gros on Chicago hogs and grains
Estimated receipts show hogs 14000, cattle 4500, sheep 14000 for today. Hog prices opened 5 cents higher, later closing 5 cents higher for mixed, butcher and heavy grades. light hogs $7.85 to $9.20. Cattle and sheep markets opened steady. Cash wheat and corn prices listed for various grades. New York stocks mixed with notable names including Canadian Pacific, Reading, American Smelting, Union Pacific, and United States Steel.
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NOG
Chicago
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Wee Eae
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel, Common
Olds Dies After Illness At 2:15 In La Porte Home
Albert Marion Olds aged 57 passed away at 2 15 this morning at his home 2120 Mulberry street after over a year of neuralgia of the stomach He was born June 27 1854 in De Kalb Indiana and lived in La Porte Clayton City Dubuque Waterloo and finally La Porte His wife Mary Good Olds survives along with two sons Fred and Harry two brothers and two sisters The funeral will be held from his home Thursday then the body will be taken to La Porte for burial Services will follow Methodist rites
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Albert Marion Olds
Mulberry Street
Armstrong-Quain Company
de Kalb
Ind
John Olds
la Porte
Mary Good
Clayton City
Pirbudge County
Dubuque
Waterloo
Archer Avenue
Fred
Lafayette
Harry
Commercial
Mary Shepard
Edward Olds
Henry Olds
Zionsville
Ella Volland
Hastings
Neb
LaPorte
Methodist Church
Mit
Lorimer Senate Fight Draws Waning Support
A New York paper reports that opponents of William Lorimer expect to gather enough votes to declare his Illinois seat invalid. Senators Shively and others signal opposition, while President Taft’s stance intensifies the pressure. Observers call the investigation partisan and warn re-election dynamics may drive votes more than the merits of the case. The Times notes doubts about a full vindication. A separate item mentions “The Aeroplane Girl” coming Friday and Saturday.
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New York
Washington
Waliam Lorimer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Illnois
Senate
Shively
Indiana
Yeas
Tutt
New York Times
Taft
Congress
Subcommittee On Privileges
Bank Guarantee Laws Held Valid
Washington January 3 The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of state bank deposit guarantee laws for Oklahoma Nebraska and Kansas in a ruling that reversed lower court decisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Fifth Street Bridge Tossed by Test IP0 on Saturday Evening
A Test-IP0 incident occurred on the Fifth Street bridge Saturday evening. A reward is offered for the return to Courtyr.
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Fifth Street Bridge
Courtyr
Eugenics Upheld Inheritance Study At Cold Spring Harbor
Washington reports officials study heredity at Cold Springs Harbor on Long Island under the American Breeders’ Association. Dr. Davenport heads the project examining transmission of feeblemindedness and other weaknesses through generations. Future work will cover insanity, deafness, tuberculosis, cancer, criminality, and temperament to guide education and legislation for national improvement.
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Washington, Jan
Cold Springs Sarbor
Lone Ishin
Herdia Quartery
Committee On Eugenics
American Breeders’ Association
D. B. Davenport
Vinnland
Family Sacrifices Bring Christmas Joy Despite Hard Times
In a harsh year, Mrs. Tiddleberry trims costs and bakes puddings to cover gifts for the children. Henry secretly earns extra nights in the city, sells tokens, and purchases clothes, a coat, toys, and a book for Anne while the kids trade small, handmade treasures. On Christmas morning the family discovers each sacrifice, shared with love, makes this their best Christmas yet.
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Linnie
Anne Tiddleberry
Aflente
Tie
Jimnie
Linute
Bob
Linn
Widdieberry
Tiddleberrys
Mr. Tiddleberry
Mr.Tiddleberry
Mr Tiddleberry
Anne
Eve
Mother
Henry
Lapis
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Scotland
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Powder Hall Grounds
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Frank Boyle
William Ewald
Hammer
W. N. Birdsall
Henry Junge
P. J. Martin
George E. Lichty
The
Crystal Theatre
Dotty
Belove
Oovernor
Lamson Gros. & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Marsh-Place Building
Gattle
H. W
T. Louis Close
Minneapolis
United States Steel, Pfd
Amalgamated Copper
Worthern Pacific
Great Northern
Ese Ee Nee Less
Grace
Waterloo Mar
Jarman
Wellington
Ats
Senators
Parrisan
Hind
New York Paper
Peter Mayrelis
Fifth Street
Tridge
J. H. Samson
Anamosa
O. Lamson
Business Men’s Religious Association
J. W. Arbuckle
George P. Bunt
Cedar Rapids
G. Farmer
Olyjeet
Beata
Briyn
Fromm
Ante Phardigte
Broad Foot Investigation
Roaive
American Preas Association
Mrs. Tiddleberry
Widdleberry
Christinse
Tiddleberry
Tlenry Tiddleberry
Afr
Stumbs
Mrs. Tiddicherry
Mr. Tidleberrr
Mr. Tiddieberry
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