Explosion Threatens Florence Hotel and Finnish Saloon
An early morning dynamite blast at East Broadway between the Florence hotel and the Myllymaki saloon shattered over a hundred hotel windows and damaged the saloon. No injuries were reported. Manager Arthur Berry offered a $1,060 reward for the arrestee, while owner Tom Berry adds $1,000. police had already detained several vagrants at the time.
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Myllymaki
Explosion toll in London rises to hundreds in blast
The Standard reports a London explosion with a likely death toll near three hundred. Florence hotel site is dynamited. A blizzard grips the Midwest as a female artist dies by her own hand. Leadership battles flare in West and South amid European martial mentions.
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Florence
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France
Butte
Wittenberg
Todd
Bishop
Russia
Marysville
Goldberk
Sporting News
Snowbound Cities Face Record Storm Across Plains
South Dakota reports severe wire outages as blizzard blankets the region. Fifteen inches fall in St Paul with abandoned street cars and cars. A 20 mile wind drives heavy drifts. trains late and roads blocked. Pierre notes all trains canceled until the storm abates. Cold air and high winds guarantee continued disruption tonight. Snow shovelers poised to reopen traffic tomorrow.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pierre
South Dakota Territory
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Milwaukee
Central
Forthern
Fox River Valley
Oshkosh
Green Bay
la Claire
Wausau
Five men killed in Michigan Central train crash near Jackson
Four men died instantly and one later from a collision with an eastbound Michigan Central train seven miles east of Jackson Michigan. Victims included A. H. Lipley Gustave Rost Al Cottle William Webber and Henry Reiser. Driver saw the oncoming train too late due to heavy snow.
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Ohio
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AL Cottle
William Webber
Alliance
Henry Reiser
Leont
Eland
Skull
Hundred German Sailors Ready to Join Raiders
A Rio Janeiro dispatch reports a Brazilian minister confirmed two cargo vessels, flying the American flag, were encountered by the Bragilan steamer Marandano. Brazil plans coast guard action and dispatches the Rio Grande do Sul to patrol Natal to Fernando de Noronha as about 100 sailors from the German gunboat Eber reportedly boarded the Swedish steamer St Groix to join the raid.
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One Minster of Marine
Pernambuco
Marandano
Reodoro
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Natal
Fernando da Noronha
Rio Danetro
Noticia
Eber
Dahia
St Groix
Cobras Island
Bay of
West and South Leaders Clash Over 65th Congress
In Washington January, leaders in both parties maneuver to avoid a new session as the current term nears adjournment. Senate and House plans focus on railroad labor, water power, and interstate commerce measures while leadership battles between Western and Southern Democrats unfold, and revenue legislation looms with large bond issues and higher taxes.
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Senate
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Senal Interstate Commerce Commission
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Merce Commission
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Brotherhood of Locomotive
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Walsh
Montana
Martin
Virginia
Montana Cavalry Troop 1810 Mustering Out
Washington January 21 85000 national guardsmen on the Mexican border designated to return home and muster out of federal service. Troop Montana Cavalry 1810 among those ordered home as soon as transport is available, reducing federal border patrol forces to about fifty thousand. Officials caution no direct link to Pershing expedition withdrawal plans.
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Frederick Funston
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Montana Cavalry
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Mexico
Fire damages St. Luke's Hospital in Spokane
Fire heavily damaged the west half of St. Luke's Hospital in Spokane on January 21. The building housed between 80 and 100 patients who were evacuated safely as crews fought the blaze. The roof of the east section burned away while several patients, including a woman under anesthesia, were moved to nearby homes and then to other hospitals. The loss was estimated at $40,000.
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Spokane
St. Luke's Hospital
Bremen
Great Fields Open in France
New York report from January 21 outlines an American Industrial Commission transfer to France detailing postwar industrial needs. It notes heavy reconstruction ahead, with over 400 factories destroyed along the front and widespread denuding of machinery, tools, and materials. The piece highlights French regions gaining plants and urges American collaboration to establish new facilities in France.
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American Manufacturers’ Export Association
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Belgium
Mnill
Trains Detoured By Montana Flood Near Logan
Special Dispatch reports near Logan while Madison river rises over Northern Pacific and Milwaukee rails three miles west. Ice hampers movement. Superintendent Johnson detours trains 2 and 42 eastbound from coast via Sappington Lombard and suspends further runs by way of Butte tonight. Work trains run hourly to prevent solid ice. service may resume tomorrow.
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Sappington
Lombard
Butte
London Explosion Toll Seen At Three Hundred
London observers report a probable death toll around 300 from Friday's munition factory explosion in East London. Most factories near empty, yet many remain buried under earth and wreckage as soldiers comb the site. several gas tanks ignited spectacularly, while Dr Angell, a science scholar and Oxford lecturer, aided evacuations before returning to help.
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Daily Mail
Swindle May Total Several Million Francs Revealed
Paris reports a major financial fraud tied to Comptoir Des Valeurs Industrielle, with Philippe Simeon and Prince Henri de Brogli Revel implicated. Simeoni previously jailed for fraudulent bankruptcy, later blamed for liquidating the bank amid war demands. Police found no funds in the bank and only a small amount at Simeon’s home.
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Henri de Brogli-Revel
Zu. Hohenlohe-Oehrinnen
Simeont
Comptoir Des Valeurs Industrielle
Prince Henri de Brogit- Revel
Simeoni
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Simeon
Poland Moves to Seek US Recognition of Kingdom Government
The Polish national defense committee adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to take immediate steps for the recognition by the United States of the government of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Ling
Wilson
United States
Kingdom of Poland
Navnal Defense Committee
Canadian officer killed as troop train struck by engine
At Union Station Toronto a light engine backed into a troop train carrying about 100 soldiers killing Lt. Col. Campbell MacDonald instantly and pinning another man beneath the tender. Engineer John Rost and fireman Charles Farner were among those on the platform as the collision occurred. Captain MacPherson of the headquarters staff escaped serious injury as the train pulled away in steam.
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MacDonald
Union Station
Exhibition Camp
John Rost
Charles Farner
Colonel MacDonald
Captain MacPherson
Naff
Woman Painter Ends Her Life As Physician Argues
San Francisco January 21 prominent San Francisco artist Miss Netty de Jong died from a self inflicted bullet wound in her studio. Dr W B Porter of Oakland, who was there when she shot herself, provided details of a staged scene and her threats to kill herself. An autopsy found no new facts and an inquest is planned. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Misa de Jong
Alameda County Art Association
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Go Jong
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