Destruction of Welland Canal Threat Noted
A reported plan to destroy the Welland Canal in Canada sparked alarm as it would force grain shipments from Great Lakes ports to move by rail to the Atlantic. Authorities pledged the claim was unfounded and untrue, with officials noting the canal connects Port Colborne to Port Juisie and channels ships from Chicago to Europe.
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Welland Canal
Lakes
Ontario
Port Colborne
Port Juisie
Yesse
Chicago
St. Lawrence River
Europe
Atlantic Coast
Murderers Put to Death at Sing Sing Prison
Ossining December reports that Tooley of Athens and Marquardt of Kingston were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison. Tooley had killed John Haltenbeck in Athens last year while Marquardt murdered Mrs Nellie Paulls of Kingston.
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Ossining
Athens
Ludwig "Maquardt
Kingston
Sing Ng
Tooley
John Haltenbeck
Marquardt
Nellie Paulls
Kineston
Note to Austria-Hungary prompts prompt action
An urgent note is sent urging prompt compliance with the Ancona inquiry. Officials view delays as unacceptable. A Austrian embassy official, Prince Hohemione, engaged in ciphered dispatches and speculated on talks with Baron Zwiedinek and Secretary Lansing. Public opinion interpretation is noted.
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Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Prince Hohemione
Ik Waa
Zwiedinek
Hig
Butte Briefs From a Tarnished Page
Butte notes report Mary and Two Dot guests at the Finten. William Hastie of Meaderville is called to his ranch near Whitehat after his wife Hall fell ill. The Red Rose soccer team of Meaderville will meet Sunday for the annual officers election. A member of the Home Missionary society plans a holiday trip to Chicago and wishes success for the undertaking.
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Mary Y
William Hastie
Meaderville
Whitehatt
Hall
Red Rose
Uiticers Ison
Seal Wrrace
Chicago
Home Missionary Ociety
Azar In
Books Sent to Canada to Keep Them Out of Way
A garbled report describes books being sent to Canada to keep them out of sight and mention of a grand jury proceeding against robbing on a road. The defense plans to move to dismiss the indictment, with a trial timeline extending about three weeks.
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Canada
Ford Falroad
Billard
Amo
Suicide of Assistant Cashier in San Francisco
George Fr. Herr an assistant cashier at a national bank in San Francisco killed himself today with a bullet to the head. He had been confined to his apartments after a nervous breakdown and attempted to shoot himself earlier while others tried to break into a bathroom where he had locked himself.
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San Francisco
George Fr. Here
Anglo and
London Pars National Tank
Herr
Francis
Three
Ai Mer
Train Collision Kills and Injures Several Near Felton
A deadly accident near Felton, two miles south of the city, involves an accommodation train from Wilmington to Chester colliding with a Baltimore and Ohio goods train. Reports indicate multiple deaths and injuries with uncertain counts. Separately, 9 horses worth about $2 each were drowned in the North River after a barge sank during loading for Britain and France. The German patrol Bunz was wrecked near Langeland. bodies of several crew were found along the shore.
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Dee. Lee
Winnington
Chester
Baltimore & Ohiad
Felton
New York
Trish
Prench
North River
Botton
London
Dee
Giam.my
Langeland
Batt Sea
Ex- Change Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Wind Storm Demolishes Homes and Fatalities Reported
A severe windstorm wrecked scores of homes across East Anne Mississippi and joining counties in Alabama Chicago area. Four deaths and many injuries reported as property damage mounts.
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Hols Meridian
Mis
East Anneissippi
Alabama
Six Greybuil Tots and Welle’s Refusal Prompt Indorsement
A fragmented text notes Grey nom and Welle involved in a refusal over an endorsement of a company. It mentions six Greybuil tots, rik one, Ror, suer sites, and a signal that subscription and wire reel are referenced, with uncertain outcomes and a promise to continue.
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Welle
Atteve
Radium discovery and paper supply spark global notes
A sprawling report recounts radium discovery attributed to Pierre Curie his wife and G Belmont noting Curie’s widow a Russian born nurse in French hospitals. early radium price once 3 000 000 per ounce later 2100 000, with Cornwall Portugal and Carnotite ore sources in England and the US. It also covers wartime paper purity needs for photography plants and the California battle against plague in ground squirrels, plus the Woodworth triplets named after Woodrow Wilson in Mattoon Illinois.
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Pierre Curle
Mme Cone
G. Belmont
Curie
Mite
Cornwall
England
Portugal
Guarda
Colorado
Utah
Carnot
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