Dictators Rule Has Run Course In Venezuela
Gomez by Display of Nerve Frustrates Assassination Plot and Arrests Ring Leaders in Presence of Armed Adherents The acting president dissolves the old regime and forms a new ministry. Dutch warships off the coast will withdraw pending a Holland Venezuela treaty and shipments to Venezuela resume.
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Gomez
Caracas
Venezuela
Cypriano Castro
Yellow House
la Guaira
Berlin
Bank of Venezuela
Paris
Castro
Europe
Juan Vicente Gomez
Baron von Seckedorf
Holland
Willemstad
Venezuelan
Gomez Issues Statement on Enforcing Venezuelan Guarantees
Caracas December 23. Acting President Gomez pledges to uphold constitutional guarantees and preserve order. Jose De Jesus Paul, former foreign minister, to travel to Europe to settle disputes with foreign powers. Gomez vows cabinet unity, regional autonomy, and peaceful solutions to international disputes.
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Caracas
Castro
Gomez
Venezuela
Venezuelan Republic
Venezuela unrest eyed by U S as political shifts loom
Washington observers note renewed Venezuelan public discontent targeting the current administration amid ongoing political tension. The report cites diplomatic readings from December indicating possible shifts in leadership sentiment and regional impact.
Venezuelan claims settlement viewed through cautious diplomacy
The state department favors non coercive handling of pending Venezuelan claims and expects the dispute to resolve itself, signaling restraint from forceful or retaliatory action and a belief that the situation will eventually be settled.
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Dent Castro
State Department
Holland Is Sustained In Venezuelan Action
The Hague reports a yellow book shows all major powers back the Dutch line on Venezuela. The Netherlands will act alone without active foreign aid, seeking a settlement with its own forces. The United States supports the Monroe doctrine and does not oppose armed action or temporary occupation if needed.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Venezuela
United States
Castro Ignorant of Events in Venezuela
Berlin reports Castro unaware of his downfall and the gravity of happenings in Venezuela. His supporters say no dispatches are sent or received, fueling the view his power is broken and he has lost influence with the Venezuelan government and his agents.
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Castro
Berlin
Venezuela
Funeral of Major Smith
Orland Jay Smith, president of the American Press Association, was buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery near Tarrytown N Y after simple services at his Dobbs Ferry home. Officials and employees of the APA Loyal Legion and other affiliated groups attended the funeral. Floral tributes surrounded the casket.
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Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Major Smith
Dobbs Ferry
The
Loyal Legion
Attorney Found Dead in Chicago Office
Chicago December 23 attorney A J Flaningham aged 42 was found dead in his office. Police investigate whether death was natural or murder. A watch and chain were in his pocket and a head wound suggests a fall. Flaningham hailed from Crawfordsville Indiana and police ruled death likely due to apoplexy.
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Chicago
A. J. Flaningham
Flaningham
Crawfordsville
Ind
Indian Elopers Held After Railway Stop
Dora Fair aged 16 and Lewis Rogers aged 23, Cherokee Indians, eloped from Chouteau Oklahoma. They were arrested at Kansas City Union depot because the girl's short skirts drew attention. Telegram requested they be held while en route to Colorado.
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Kansas City
Dora Fair
Lewis Rogers
Chouteau
Okla
Union Depot
Colorado
Supreme Court voids dog tax lien on properties in Athens county
In Columbus on December 23 the supreme court ruled unconstitutional the law that makes a dog tax a lien on property where the dog is housed. The ruling follows the Sunday Creek Coal company v treasurer of Athens county case involving miner housing rent and unpaid dog taxes assessed to the property owner.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Athens County
Sunday Creek Company
Italian Electrocuted at New Jersey Prison
Giacinto Ricci was electrocuted at the New Jersey state prison in Trenton on December 23. The proposed resuscitation test was not attempted as County Physician Scammel, who had threatened to perform it, was absent and did not demand the body.
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Trenton
N. J
Giacinto Ricci
New Jersey
Scammel
Dash Through Flames at District School No 5
In Circleville Ohio a fire trapped forty two pupils inside district school No 5. With doors and windows barred the teacher Luther Compton guided each child through the blaze to the doorway the only escape route. The doorway overheated from a register and the teacher was last to exit. All children were saved.
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Circleville
Luther Compton
The Soft Answer and the Divine Height Debate
In a humorous exchange a man and his partner discuss ideal female height with a quip about five feet four being divine. She retorts she is five nine, prompting a witty reply about being more than divine.
Laws catch flies and let hornets go free
Anacharsis comments that laws trap minor offenders while releasing harsher ones, using a paradox to critique justice and governance. The remark emphasizes hypocrisy in legal systems and the uneven application of authority.
Train Schedule Eastbound No 26 23 28 24
Eastbound train times listed for No 26 daily except Sunday at 8 42 a M No 23 1157 a No 28 6 30 p No 24 2 02 04 9 25 p indicates a mixed fragment schedule with multiple daily departures
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MEE Cinnenemperesa
Lexington
Winchester
L. & E. Junction
Clay City
Stanton Ewer Ee
Campton Junction
Og O'S
Beattyville
Athol
Campton
Stanton Coger
L. & E. June
Louisville and Nashville Train Schedule Consolidated
Southbound services list Cincinnati to Knoxville and Atlanta routes with arrival and departure times. Trains 29 and 31 will be discontinued between Paris and Rowland on the new timetable. all trains stop at Winchester. Nos 9 and 10 run daily except Sunday.
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Stanford
Paris
Rowland
Railway Connections and Peerage Anecdotes
Daily connections listed for L and E Junction Campton Junction Beattyville Junction and O K Junction with transfers to C and O Mountain Central L and A O and K railways for Ky routes. Also anecdotes from Westminster Gazette on peerage reform and a note on forming a grandfatherly dukedom society.
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L. & E. Junction
Mt. Sterling
Campton Junction
Mountain Central Ry
Campton
Beattyville Junction
L. & A. Railway
Beattyville
O. & K. Railway
Cannel City
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Knoxville
Cincinnati-Jacksonvill Limited
Maysville
Cinccinnati
Atlanta
Exington & Eastern R’y CO
W. A. M’dowell, Gen’l Mer. Chas. Scott, G. P. A
Lord Lyveden
England
Anne Brown
Westminster Gazette
Kentucky
Rae
St. Main St
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