Forger Doyle Captured in Washington City Fraud Case
The Chattanooga News reports the arrest in Washington D C of C H Doyle alias L T Eatshaw a noted forger who operated in many states. He fooled hotel manager Moss by cashing a counterfeit bank check and planned to impersonate various firms using fake billheads and aliases. Doyle awaits multiple forgery charges in prison.
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Chattanooga News
Washington, D. C
C. H. Doyle
L. T. Eatshaw
Ion
Winchester
Woodson Moss
Brown- Proctoria
Doyle
Mr. Moss
Washington
Moss
N. G
Lexington
Race track gambling in California heads for ban
San Francisco trustee Isador Jacobs says a poll shows wide support for an anti-betting bill in the California Legislature. Forty four Assemblymen favor the measure and twenty three Senators are known to back it. Gov. Gillett is said to be ready to sign if passed. Leaders from Oakland and prominent horsemen may oppose the bill.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Isador Jacobs
San Francisco
Direct Legislation League
Assemblymen
Gillett al Dy
Jacobs
Senatorvitt
Oakland
Tom Wliams
California Jockey Club
Lucky’ Baldwin
Fa Anita Track
Pledge of W R Hays for Circuit Judge Salary Promise
W R Hays pledges that if elected circuit judge he will not seek a salary increase during his term and will continue at the current 5000 dollar annual salary. He appeals to district voters to support his bid for the judgeship.
Marked for Death Cure Claims Dr King's New Discovery
Mrs A C Williams of Bac, Kentucky credits Dr King's New Discovery with overcoming a graveyard cough and lung illness after doctors failed. She says she gained 58 pounds and fully restored health. The medicine, claimed to hold a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases, is sold with guarantee at Phillips Drug Store 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
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Phillips Drug Store
Christmas Turkeys Ship To Eastern Markets
Paris driven by holiday demand as 45000 dressed turkeys are sent from local firms to Eastern markets with traders forecasting strong Christmas sales after a surge in advance orders.
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Paris
Cincinnati Market Upswing in Livestock at Stockyards
Receipts and shipments at Cincinnati Union Stockyards show cattle and hogs active. Cattle values range from common to extra, with heifers and cows varying by grade. calves steady to firm. Hogs rise 15 20 cents for packers and butchers, sows and pigs mixed. lambs and sheep also advance, demand strong.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Union
Woman Tills Agent In Defense Of Sister
In Chicago a woman named Estelle Stout shot and killed Henry Hornberger, an agent for a picture enlarging firm, after Hornberger struck Mrs. A Chambers during a dispute over an enlarged photo. Stout claimed she fired to defend her sister, who stood armed with a smoking pistol.
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Chicago
Estelle Stout
Henry Hornberger
A. Chambers
Miss Stout
Hornberger
Britt and Summers Sign to Fight at National Sporting Club
Jimmy Britt from San Francisco and Johnny Summers of England signed contracts to meet on February 22 at the National Sporting Club for a $5,000 purse.
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Britt
Summers
London
Jimmy Britt
San Francisco
Johnny Summers
National Sporting Club
Child Chokes to Death in Findlay
In Findlay Ohio on December 2 the 18 month old La Verrne Powell son of Ernest Powell swallowed a screw about an inch long and died from choking.
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Findlay, O
la Verrne
Ernest Powell
Emperor Jubilee Crowds Cause Four Deaths In Vienna
Vienna marked Emperor Francis Joseph's diamond jubilee with citywide electric illuminations and searchlights. The spectacular display led to several accidents as huge crowds packed streets, leaving four dead, about 40 seriously injured, and over 100 with minor injuries.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Imperial Hofburg
Chicago Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Move Up
Chicago market reports cattle receipts about 3 500 with gains to 10 cents, hog receipts near 26 000 with prices up to 6.10, and sheep receipts around 15 000 with strong to 10 cent higher bids. Cattle mainly 3.50 to 7.75 for beeves, hogs 5.00 to 6.10, lambs 4.00 to 6.70, Western cattle and sheep noted in quoted ranges.
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Chicago
Official Vote 18 Finalized for Kentucky Election Totals
The statewide vote counts from the last election are released. Taft elector H G Garrett earns 235,711 votes while Bryan elector Ward Headley receives 244,093, giving Bryan a statewide plurality of 8,382. Prohibition 5,887 votes. Socialist Labor 404. Peoples party 333. Independents League 200. District results mostly Democratic with two Republican districts showing smaller margins.
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Kentucky
H. G. Garrett
Taft
Ward Headley
Bryan
Socialist Labor Party
Peoples’s Party
Independents League Party
Boy murderer may go ten years reformatory
Harvey Hazel a 17-year-old boy indicted for first degree murder for beating his mother to death with a hammer may escape the penitentiary. The defense moved for a guilty plea to manslaughter with an indeterminate sentence in the Ohio state reformatory at Mansfield. The state may accept a plea with more than ten years confinement.
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Toledo
Harvey Hazel
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Leonard
Reformatory
Hazel
Wheat futures hit new seasonal highs in Chicago
Chicago December wheat climbed to 1.0514 and May to 1.0954 as the market closed strong at the top. Corn and oats closed easier while provisions remained firm. Leading futures ranged across the session.
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Chicago
Casualties in Mt Sterling
Mt Sterling Ky Dec 2 Miss Alice Apperson while out riding was thrown from her horse and cut about the face and shoulders. Clarence Stevens aged fourteen rested his gun on his toe and it discharged blowing off part of the toe. Unless blood poisoning develops the boy will recover.
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MT. Sterling
Alice Apperson
Clarence Stevens
Mrs Rustin Testifies in Davis Murder Trial
The Omaha case against Charles E. Davis for the murder of Dr. Frederick Rustin moves forward as Mrs. Rustin testifies to counter the theory that the doctor died by his own action. Witnesses include Mrs. R. E. Archer who saw the porch struggle and the widow who argues against suicide.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles E. Davis
Frederick Rustin
R. E. Archer
Rustin
Receiver Appointed for Globe Packing in Cleveland Suit
In common pleas court, John R. Nutt was named receiver for Globe Packing company. William J. Chalmers and Charles F. Mischler, receivers of A Booth & Company, allege the firm owes $35,000 on an overdue note and that $77,000 was paid for Buckeye Fish, with only $16,500 paid back. Debts to other firms total about $50,000 beyond assets.
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Cleveland, O
Globe Packing Company
Common Pleas Court
William J. Chalmers
Charles F. Mischeler
A. Booth & Company
John R. Nutt
Beacom
Buckeye Fish Company
Telephone Hearing Postponed in AT&T Case
Toledo December 2 Judge Taylor of the United States circuit court postponed indefinitely the case against the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Independent interests sought an injunction to prevent the Bell from interfering with contracts. The hearing was set for next Friday.
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Toledo
Taylor
United States
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Head Bell Company
Bell
Night riders burn barn in Warrick County
Evansville inde December 2 night riders destroyed the barn of W H Gossar near here in Warrick county The barn contained tobacco and the loss is estimated at 3000 dollars with 1000 dollars in insurance
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Evansville
Ind
Night Riders
W. H. Gossar
Warrick County
Winchester Roller Mills Promotes Local Flour Quality
The Winchester Roller Mills touts itself as the oldest and best county institution and urges use of home flour. It praises Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour as unmatched.
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Winchester Roller Mills
Kerr
Governor Fort Withdraws Militia From Perth Amboy
Governor Fort announced the withdrawal from Perth Amboy of the two military companies that remained there after the Trenton battalion had been sent home.
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Governor Fort
Trenton
N. J
Perth Amboy
Extinct Stars Still Visible in Night Sky
Many stars twinkling at night may have ceased to exist centuries ago. Light from distant stars can take hundreds of thousands of years to reach Earth, meaning we see them as they were long ago, not as they are today.
Four Injured in Panic After Moving Picture Machine Explodes
An explosion on a moving picture machine in Cincinnati causes a panic injuring four people. Captain Addison Lysile, a famed Ohio riverman, dies suddenly in California. Veteran ball player J. J. McCloskey to manage Milwaukee club in 1909. Carlisle Indian football names Little Boy as captain after Emil Hauser. Four robbers stop a New York streetcar and make off with purses and valuables.
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Addison Lysile
California
J. J. McCloskey
Little Boy
Emil Hauser
New York
Lily and The Prince at Opera House Drama Review
Mildred Hollands drama The Lily and The Prince was staged Tuesday to a fair audience. The Italian romance follows Angela in a Florentine setting as she battles betrayal, Lucretia Borgia plots, and a Papal power struggle, with strong acting improving as the piece unfolds.
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Mildred Holland
Opera House
Florentine
Angela
Miss Blake
Count de Gaville
Rome
St. Angela
Lucretia Borgia
Sunport
Preacher Lawrence W Scott to Speak at Church of Christ
Lawrence W Scott of Morgantown West Virginia will preach at the Church of Christ on Wednesday night at 7 15 PM in a local service.
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Lawrence W. Scott
Morgantown
W. Va
Church of Christ
Mt Abbott M E Church South Sees Rising Conversions
Evangelical Mt Abbott M E Church South reports eight conversions and four new members in two months. The church began the conference year with forty seven members and has since doubled, with Sunday night services attracting more attendees than the small building can hold.
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Mt Abbott M E
Taxes Now Delinquent Penalty Added After Due Date
Taxes are now delinquent as the last day for payment passed Tuesday and a 10 percent penalty has been applied to all unpaid taxes.
Bowden Case Set For Thursday In Circuit Court
The special term of Circuit Court that began Monday adjourned Tuesday afternoon and will reconvene Thursday morning. The sole trial listed for Thursday is D. S. Bowden versus the L. & E. railhead Company.
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Bowden
Circuit Court
D. S. Bowden
L. & E. Railhead Company
The Dark Ages as Seen by Sophomores
A compact editorial note questions sophomores who claim to know everything, framing the era as a metaphor for youthful overconfidence.
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