Notable 1910s Headlines Span Politics and Disasters
A broad summary of varied 1910s era clippings includes ex governor Hogg paying a poll tax and commenting on liberty, senators McLaurin and Money reelected, a Missouri rail accident with non fatal injuries, a factory fire with multi million losses, radium experiments at UC, and gender race issues amid local and national debates. Also notes ice bound ships, flooding near Indianapolis, protests against New Mexico statehood, Panama Canal ratification efforts, a fatal shooting and suicides in New York, and labor strikes and divorces involving Chicago and New York figures.
Miners Perish In Cheswick Mine Explosion Tragedy
In Cheswick Allegheny Coal Company mine a massive explosion traps miners. By nightfall estimates put the dead near 190 with only Adolph Gunlap surviving in critical condition as rescuers report bodies and ice filling the shaft.
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Pittsburg
Harwick Aine
Allegheny Coal Company
Cheswick
Cage
Adolph Gunlap
Rude School House
Henry Mayhew
George Waltman
Tippleman
Selwin M. Taylor
Wir
Texas Press Association Plans State Convention in San Antonio
The Texas Press Association executive committee met in San Antonio to organize the state convention. Dates May 6 to 7 are set with a public meeting at the Grand Opera House and several business sessions. A committee including DL Beach, J H Lowery, and M L Bixter were appointed to arrange the program.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Press Association
Grand Opera House
M. L. Bixter
The
Beaumont Enterprise
Collier Murder Trial Begins in Franklin Texas
The district court in Franklin Texas opened the trial of J R Collier for the murder of J D Kirk. A jury was secured by 3 pm and three witnesses were examined. By 6 pm the state closed its case, subject to rebuttal as a large crowd watches the proceedings.
Japanese Interpreter Arrested for Spy Suspected Treachery
Takahima, the Japanese interpreter for the Russian attache in Tokyo, was arrested last Saturday in the Yoksuka fortfied zone on suspicion of spying. He was taken to Yokohama for trial as authorities claim strong evidence against other suspects and treachery is treated as a capital offense in Japan.
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Tokio
Takashima
Yoksuka
Yokohama
Japan
Assassination Near Elkhart Texas Claims Life of Sam Bickerstaff
Sam Bickerstaff living four miles south of Elkhart Texas was shot to death by unknown parties. The body was found Monday morning by his son half a mile from his home.
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Mikhart
Texas
Sam_ Bickerstaff
Concessions to Avoid War in Far East Crisis
The German government believes Tokyo will declare war unless Russia concedes. Russia plans to meet many Japanese points to ease Tokyo’s demand, making the cabinet feel a sufficient cause for war no longer exists. The forthcoming note will not satisfy Japan completely but should avert a serious war threat.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
Innocent Man Nearly Drowned in Creek Escape
Customs inspectors in Eagle Pass Texas mistook a man for a smuggler when he refused to back down. They shot his horse, and the man fled thinking he faced a holdup, nearly drowning while trying to cross a creek during the escape.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Mexico
Untrue Japanese Landing Report Reported Near Masamomo
A Seoul dispatch refutes an earlier claim of a Japanese army landing at Masamomo in Corea. The correction confirms the initial report was false and provides no further details of the claimed operation.
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Seoul
Corea
Masamoho
Schools Closed as Cold Wave Hits Wisconsin Towns
Milwaukee reports a easing cold wave with near zero readings at nine PM. New Richmond shatters regional records with 46 to 48 below zero. Janesville and Mon dovi, Rhinelander, Plymouth, Plainfield, Waukesha also report subzero lows forcing school closures.
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Milwaukee
Wis
New Richmond
Janesville
Mondovi
Rhinelander
Plymouth
Plainfield
Waukesha
London Daily Telegraph reports Japan to seize railways
Tokio correspondent notes an imperial ordinance in the Official Gazette empowering the government to take control of all private railways for military purposes as the situation grows grave and further developments are anticipated hourly.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Official Gazette
Severe sleet storm grips Memphis area
The first severe winter storm hits Memphis Tennessee with heavy sleet after a day of light rain. Telegraph lines are hampered as temperatures drop. travel and communication suffer amid the wintry mix.
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Memphis
Tenn
Record Cold Grips Northwest As Thermometer Dips
Chicago felt piercing cold with readings at 15 below in the city, nearing a regional record low of 23 below. Officials warned of a possible new low before the cold spell ends, as a man found frozen in Thirty-second Street underscores the severity of the freeze.
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Chicago
Thirty-second Street
China offers mediation between Russia and Japan
Chinese officials have approached ministers of several powers in Pekin with proposals aimed at mediation to avert war between Russia and Japan. China is anxious to prevent a conflict and seeks peaceful settlement through diplomatic channels.
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Pekin
Sey
Russia
Japan
China
Japanese merchants transfer to Americans in Manila
Japanese merchants in Manila report advices from home government to shift their business to American control if hostilities break out. The directive reflects wartime uncertainty and the city’s economic repositioning among foreign traders.
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Manila
J Frank Quinlan Dead in Jamaica from Operation Complications
J Frank Quinlan a noted Boston athlete and key figure in the 1898 Athens Marathon defeat of the Greeks has died in Jamaica Praing from blood poisoning following an unsuccessful quinsy operation.
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Boston
J. Frank Quinlan
Athens
Jamaica
Major Hoyt Sherman Dies in Des Moines
Major Hoyt Sherman, brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Secretary John Sherman, dies in Des Moines Iowa today.
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Hoyt Sherman
Des Moines
Iowa
T. Sherman
John Sherman
Fight on the Weevil: U S Plans SW Cotton Research
Washington Jan 25 The Agriculture Department approves a 250000 plan for boll weevil work in the Southwest. It funds cooperative demonstration farming in Texas and Louisiana, plant breeding, diversification, disease and parasite studies, and experimental cotton farms to combat weevil damage.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Southwest
Wilson
Department
J. Ht. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Dr. Howard
Division of Entomology
Farmers C
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Mississippi
Porm
Division of
Entomology
Sucker Staters Bring Second Load to Hereford
A Chicago immigration agent named Talmage has brought a second carload of Illinois farmers to Hereford. The first car arrived two weeks ago and many buyers purchased land to relocate and farm the plains. Talmage chartered a car and organized trips for settlers to view local prospects.
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Panhandle
Hereford
Talmage
Chicago
Iinois
Starting Right at Last Mount Pleasant
A meeting of business men was held Saturday to organize a stock company with $60,000 paid up capital to convert Iridescent Springs grounds one mile from town into a summer resort. Plans include residence lots driveways and a $35,000 summer hotel.
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Mount Pleasant
Will Move the Town Panama Treaty Vote Delayed by Democratic Caucus
The Democratic Senate caucus outlined that a majority will back ratification of the Panama treaty if an investigation reveals no obstacles. They will refrain from public stance until information is received and will unite to block a vote until all facts on Panama’s secession and U S aid to it are disclosed.
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Washington
Panama
Skyscraper Fire Strikes Masonic Temple in Chicago
A fire at the twenty story Masonic Temple in Chicago Saturday caused panic among about 4000 occupants. The blaze started on the fifth floor and damaged pens and stock to the value of 20000 dollars. All tenants escaped without serious injury thanks to elevator men staying at their posts as smoke filled the building.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
P Enauty
Senator Burton Indicted in Kansas Senator Case
A federal grand jury has indicted United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas on nine counts. He is accused of accepting five checks of $500 each from Rialto Grain and Securities Co between November 22, 1902, and March 26, 1908 for alleged intercession with Postmaster General and others.
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Senator Burton
St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Kansas
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Lamar County Growers Order Carload Fertilizer
The Lamar County Truck Growers Association ordered a carload of fertilizer from Memphis Tennessee. Saturday night Al Thompson of Canton City fell into a cellar of a building by Tom Carson and broke a leg.
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Lamar County Truck Growers’ Association
Memphis
Tenn
al Thompson
Canyon City
Tom Carson
Old Settler Town of Harrison Moves to New Rail Site
The town of Bynum on Ash Creek will be relocated to the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad area between here and Hubbare. The railroad promises a switch and depot at the new site. A nearby resident donated twenty acres for the town, and the old buildings will be rolled to the new location on rollers.
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Hillsboro
Bynum
Ash Creek
Here
Hubbare
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad
Will Vote to Ratify. James C. Scott Dies in Scottsville
James C. Scott died at his nephew R. A. Scott residence in Scottsville during the early hours of Saturday. Born in 1815 in Mississippi, he lived in Louisiana Texas Victoria and Marion Counties and Mexico before settling the last twelve years in Scottsville. He was the county’s oldest white resident aside from Uncle Billy Allen.
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Marshall
James C. Scott
R. RA. Scott
Scottsville
Mr. Scott
Mississippi
Louisiana
Victoria
Marion
Texas
Mexico
Billy Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. M. Carnds
Publichor
Alpine
Hogg
A. J. McLaurin
H. J. Money
Minstesippi
Senate
Booneville
United Stater Cel Corporation
Dan Sus
Shelby Steel Tube Company
University of California
There
Milwaukeen
Georgia
Fort
Milwaukee Harbor
White River
Indianapole
John Schowe
Arodie
Arizona
Board of Supervisors
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Nashville
Tennessee
Louise A. Eilean
New York
Woman's Union Missionary Society of Alabama
Woman's Missionary Society
Ths
Episcopal
Baptist
Hubert F. Hall
Portland
Ore
Charles Beldenstall
Jim
McClellan
Tamany
Charles WY. Murphy
Tammany
Milami
Dayton
Cineinopali
Franklin
IlNnois Steel Company
South
Thomas HH. Wickes
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wickes
B. A Mowely
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lwan Taylor
W. B. McCullough
Associated Press
Elkhart
Co-Operative
Demoneira
Chars
A. Knapp
Harrison
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