Severe winter storm cripples Chicago and Midwest traffic
A historic wind and sleet storm strikes the Lake Michigan region causing heavy snow and ice that paralyzes telegraph and telephone lines from Chicago to Indianapolis St Louis and other cities. Wires and poles fall. rail and trolley systems halt as snow and sleet blanket streets and highways.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
IoWa
Wisconsin
Chica— HO
Indianapolis
Louisiana
New York
Cficisla
Inke Steamship Companies
Rperter
Trer Nad
Levinville
Ona River
Loulaville
Cleveland
Vickaburg
Vickeburg
Mins
Vickeburs Herald
Vicksburé
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Ohio
Northern
San @ucky
Safe Blown Open at Laurel Market Company
Explosion at Laurel Market Company on Woodward avenue woke two boarders. Robbers used nitro glycerin to blow open a rear entrance, stealing $200 from a desk. Detectives Hood and Arthur suspect a local group who targeted Morlein Brewery previously. Noise drew neighbors. one man glimpsed a robber fleeing.
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Laurel Market Company
Woodward Avenue
Tonter- Say
Morlein Brewery
Meang Street
Daggebt
Atare
C D Miller
Miller
Ronnie
Hood
Arthur
Aefe
Ex Governor Glenn Speaks on Missions in Augusta
Ex Governor Glenn of North Carolina addressed a large First Presbyterian congregation in Augusta on missions. He spoke on open home missions and the question of compensation, highlighting social issues, city slums, and mountaineers life while noting U S spending on leisure and church donations. A generous collection followed his speech before he left for Leymen's Missionary Movement in February.
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Augusta
R FB Glenn
North
Caroline
Apoen
First Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
United States
Glenn
Leymen's Missionary Movement
Birwyneebaien Ain
Train wreck near Baton Rouge kills one, injures six
A south bound freight train on the Louisiana Railway line wrecked at Monteceno bridge near Baton Rouge at 9:30 this morning. One man Bill Robertson of Baton Rouge was killed, others injured include H H Erica conductor Alexandria La. N inchbacker engineer New Orleans Jesse James fireman Baton Rouge Donogue section foreman Alexandria La. Tom Hamilton brakeman Burtville La. Sam Goings Baton Rouge operator. The tender struck a cow near the Montesene creek crossing causing the crash and delaying the engine on the bridge.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Companys
Monteceno Bridge
Bill Robertson
H H Erica
Alexandria
Ara 9
Ninchbacker
New Orleans
Jesse James
Baton Row
Donogue
Tom Hamlton
Burtville
Sam Goings
Little rivulet flows over Niagara Falls in ice and wind
Niagara Falls New York February 14 a small rivulet flows over the American side while a strong northeast wind has frozen the water and forced a wall of ice from Goat Island to the mainland. The Canadian gorge is narrowed as the ice extends beyond the third Sister island. Only the apex of the Canadian fall remains exposed. This combination of wind and ice has affected the falls only three times since the white main came here, including March 9 1848 and March 24 1900.
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Niagara Falls
American
Niagara Fall
Ice Iriday
Goat Island
Gordeshoe
Point Comfort Jn
Anchorage Gyunds
Hamer Roniz
Magdalena
Manila
Ita
Ahesa
Ume
Fire destroys Clarendon Hotel and cottages at Seabreeze Fla
Fire swept the Clarendon Hotel at Seabreeze Florida and ten adjacent cottages, destroying the wooden structures. Loss estimated around $200,000 with about forty percent insured. About 215 guests evacuated unharmed as wind shifted, with notable guests listed from Detroit Cincinnati Chicago and New York among others.
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Clarendon Hotel
Seabreeze
Fla
Dastona
Feebruary
Clarendon
Sea Breeze
H OR Kochersperger
Cherokes
Bir Kochersperger
Minneapolia
Paul E Davis
Detroit
Mary B Brownell
J C Gregory
Newark
Leuterbuck
New York City
H Hartman
D Berry
Mary Keroo
Syracuse
George Seidon
Eric Pa
J B
A J Cook
Bellfont
O Saxton
New York
Bill to Help Knox into the Cabinet
Washington February The bill removing the bar to the eligibility of William Knox to enter the Taft cabinet as secretary of state is likely to be called up in the house tomorrow and passed, despite objections from some members. Knox denied that he voiced unfitness or demanded unanimity and said he would discuss the matter with President-elect Taft on his arrival Tuesday. He also denied a Chicago origin rumor about a letter from Dr Eugene Murreau Aston of the American Geographic Institute.
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Washington
Henator Knox
Congress
Taft
Knox
Chicago
Eugene Murreau-Aston
American Geographic Institute of Chicaga
Wright Brothers Receive Smithsonian Gold Medal
Washington February 14 The first Langley gold medal from the Smithsonian Institution to honor Samuel Pierpont Langley is awarded to Wilbur and Orville Wright for advancing aerodromics through their experiments and demonstrations of powered flight The medal’s obverse shows a seated female figure with torch and scroll designed by Auguste St Gaudens and the inscription Par Orbem de reverentia The award references the Langley medal’s original Paris designer and the instrument is about three inches in diameter.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Board of Regents
Prac
Langley
J C Choplain
Paris
Freneh Academy
Famele
Aca
Auguste St Gaudens
Credit Moen's Association Formed in Macon Georgia
A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in Macon on February 1 discussed forming a Credit Language Association. After reviewing plans, attendees decided to delay a final option until more information on the organization’s workings could be secured.
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Credit Moen’s Association
Macon Ga
Credit Lang Association
Chamber of Comferce Woona
Plana Fore
Taft Cabinet Speculation On Senator Knox Substitute
Washington reports and administration chatter center on Senator Knox as a potential Taft cabinet replacement. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is also mentioned for secretary of state though he may resist a return to office. Some insiders believe Knox will be chosen, pending constitutional constraints and political timing.
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Washnetan
Taft
Toner
Tenny Spooner
Wisconsin
Washington
Spooner
Knox
Frank Woodruff Dies in Chicago on Train to Detroit
Frank Woodruff of Atlanta, manager of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, died suddenly on a Michigan Central train en route to Detroit. The telegram from Chicago gave few details, the body was taken to an undertaker, and a coroner's inquest was planned for Tuesday before final disposition.
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Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Frank L Woodrum
Atlanta
Wth
Detroit
Tim Elty
Michigan Central Railway
Twelfth Street
Woodlown
Tim
Police Department of
Frank Woodruff
Woodruf
Michigan Mutual Life Treatance Company
Great Eastern Casualty and Insurance Communny
Peters
Mt 96
Linden
Pottes Jennings
F D O Brien
Detective Bureau of
Frank Woodwyrt
Insurancé Matth Peeters
Woodruff
Road Survey in Mobile and Vinegar Bend Rail Plans
A survey of Mobile and nearby areas outlines railroad work from Vinegar Bend to Mississippi and Alabama lines. Engineers finalize weight testing and track painting plans for the Mobile Jackson route, with revisions to Ale Pebrua 14.
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Mobile
Ale
Alabama
Aston Tealroad
Vinegar Bend
Mobile Jackson and
Kantag City
Mississinoi
Frohman and wife announce amicable separation
New York report says Mrs Frohman and Daniel Frohman plan a separation leading to a divorce. Mrs Frohman seeks permanent California residence for health reasons, with no scandal or third party involved. The arrangement is described as amicable, with Mrs Frohman expected to retire from acting and move with her parents to the Pacific coast.
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New York
Paail Srohman
Theatrics
Mre Frohman
Margaret Alington
Actre
Frohman
California
Daniel Prohman
Pacific Coset
Bostile
Lyceum Theater
Charles Frohman
United States
Colca Nite
Mise Lifington
San Francisco
Cal
Daniel Froumah
Margeret Illinxton
Sanitarium
Oakland
Hmer
New Yorks
Missington
B J Bowes
San Frenciaco Club
Iington
Cait
Bowes
Rainey Prepared to Answer Critics on Panama Graft Charges
Special Representative Rainey of Hawaii claims graft suppressed in the Panama Canal inception. He says he will present documentary evidence and deliver a conclusive speech before Congress, targeting critics and insisting the graft scheme is exposed despite opposition from Cromwell supporters.
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Canal
John Corrigan
Washington
Rainey Democrat
Hhaots
Panama Canal
Ajith Xtgor
Tatts
Merilen “Miss
Buncombe
Anawer
Tainey
Congress
Mr Patt
Panama
Opposition Hearing On East Macon Annexation Plan
The Macon city council heard opponents of annexing East Macon after a strong petition from across the river. The committee plans to present the matter to council Tuesday night with likely annexation action and an election under city charter provisions.
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Macon
Dader | Fetton
Weather Prophecy Bar Weather Prophecy Bar
Georgia-hela Moody predicts colder conditions across northern and western areas with a cold wave, snow possible in the north west Tuesday, and a general drop in temperatures. Virginia and North Carolina expect rain turning to snow and much colder nights, with brisk northwest winds. South Carolina sees rain and colder weather, Texas warms slowly then falls, Tennessee clears with a cold wave, and Florida experiences light rain with cooler, brisk winds. West Florida and Alabama trend toward colder clearing with a north to northwest wind rise. Mississippi, Louisiana, and nearby states show clearing and decidedly colder conditions with cold waves and brisk northern winds.
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Washington
Georgia
Tewet
Virginia
West
Por
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
Noutheast
Florida
Florian
Alabama
Louisiana
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