One Man Killed and Ten Injured in Collision
A collision on the Illinois Central near Pinckneyville left one man dead and ten injured. The Memphis bound Missouri Pacific Special struck a freight train on a curve at about 6 am, wrecking engine and cars. Among the injured are H J Brown of Memphis and several others from St Louis and Ohio. a nurse aided victims as doctors arrived by a special from East St Louis.
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Ilinois Central Road
Memphis
Pinckneyville
Ite
St Louis
Illnois Central
Boclock
Frelebt
Carle Kitchen
Loula
HJ Brown
Lyster Tycrel
Bal Mo
Wiliam van Lear
Philadelphia
Alfred Firron
T Fethher
Cleveland
Ohio
Ricardo
Columbus
J R Ward
KS Wilson
Porter
H Papa
St Louie
T He McKenzie
Lulu
Wiss
Tireman Kitchen
Biss McKensie
Cedar Rapids
Todd
Chicago
St Paul
Keystone
Mall
United
Louis Zee Cleve
Texas
Ralph Morrow
Marion Iowa
AW Griffin Chiago
Prades
Officer Loses Button in Fierce Encounter at Hotel
Patrolman Knight faced a dangerous struggle with J R Keown aged 20 on the third floor of Dobbins Rooming House. Keown and roommate J W Wadkins aged 28 were intoxicated as Walter Dobbins, a hotel clerk, investigated a disturbance. Knight subdued Keown, who dropped a dirk and lost a button, and both Keown and Wadkins were jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Knight
Dulgeon
J R Keown
Keown
Couse
Dobbins
Central Avenue
Walter Dobbing
J W Wadkins
Pstrolman
Tessme
Keown and
Wadking
Racks
Blaze Damages National Paper Co Building on Decatur Street
A small blaze yesterday afternoon at the National Paper Company at 257-53 Decatur Street damaged the second floor where paper stored. Automatic extinguishers activated and water flooded the floor before firefighters arrived, limiting damage to several hundred dollars.
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Mira At & O'Clock
National Paper Company
Decatur Street
Bona de
Frn
Man Birds Fly In Stiff Wind At LA Aviation Meet
In a half gale at Los Angeles aviation field Glenn Curtiss and Louis Paulhan staged aerial feats with wind and rain. Curtiss rose over 100 feet performing circles and a figure eight while Paulhan reached 52 feet and circled like a hawk. They raced windward in a relay style aerial marathon with Hamilton and Paulhan, avoiding accidents as crowds watched.
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Curtiss
Paulhan
Los Angeles
Cal
Glenn Ho Curtlas
Louis Paulhan
Curtlas
Ike
Meadlong
Agulnet
Curtess
Charles K
Hamilton
Pauihan
Bethre
Weia
Jn Curtiss
Pacihop Falla
Pauthan
Curties
Poy
Panthan
Alittora B
Harmon
New York
Woman in coma dies after three months trance in Pittsburg
Mrs Mendelsohn, wife of Mendelsohn, died in Pittsburg after lying in a speechless coma for three and a half months. The husband found her in a comatose state when their baby fell from bed on September 30. She had been frail but healthy before Debra fall. Surgeons planned an autopsy.
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Pittsburg
Mrante Mendelsohn
Phial
Bride of Three Days Thrown Into a Well
Annie Moskill a bride of three days, married in Chicago, Masa on Friday, was knocked on the head and thrown into a well by her husband and a male companion near Fairfield Cown on January 18. She regained consciousness, escaped with an iron pipe, clung to a trunk, and was found this morning with frozen feet that may require amputation. The men reportedly plundered a trunk, saying she got $700 in Springfield.
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Fairfield
Tate
Annie Moskill
Chicope
Masa
Springfield
Heir to a Million, He Serves in Prison
New York January 14. Edward Bosch, serving seven years in Sing Sing for jewelry swindle, is believed the only heir to over a million dollars left by JC Lounsberry of St Paul. Lounsberry died January 7 in squalid surroundings. hidden securities and bonds valued a large fortune were found among his effects.
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New York
Edward Bosch
Sing Sing
JC Lounsberry
St. Paul
Louneberry
Negro babe murdered. mother suspected in inquest
Indication points to the mother Mamie Connors as the likely killer of her newborn daughter found in a rear ditch at 24 Conway Place. The child's head was crushed and a bloody stick was found nearby. Coroner Denehoo will hold an inquest today. The mother, 18, is the prime suspect in this tragic case.
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Conway Place
Mamie Connors
Gera Connors
Sergi Hel
Denehoo
Zee
Baron and Baroness Uchida and Chinese Minister Visit
The article details a winter diplomatic social season with Baron Uchida of Japan and Chinese Minister Chang Yin Tang arriving with entourages. It notes their reputations, the high status of their retinues, and that Miss Isabelle will debut in January as the Chinese embassy relocates to a new, spacious building in Washington.
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Uchida
Japan
China
Vilsage Cenide
Old World
Washington
Chang Yin Tang
Ibt
Chang
Bealdes
Europe
Isabelle
Children Killed and Injured After Auto Strikes Bicyclists
Two Farrers, William age six and James age eight, were struck by a large sightseeing car on a principal boulevard in Jacksonville Florida. William died at home from a fractured skull and internal injuries while James was hospitalized in critical condition. Driver Frank Spurring was arrested.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William Ko Farrer
Asa Farrer
Seaboard Air Line
James Farrer
Lttle
William
James
Wiliam Farrere
Frank Spurling
Big Sum 15 Pledged to Foreign Missions
New York on January 16 five thousand laymen from nearly all Protestant churches met at the Hippodrome to pledge an increase of 825000 in foreign mission gifts for the coming year. The total is about 80 percent above last year’s 400116 with Brooklyn churches taking 225400 of the pledge. The Laymen's Missionary Movement organized the Greater New York convention which ends today. Additional conventions will mobilize northern and southern cities, aiming toward a national congress in Chicago May 4.
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New York
Hippodrome
Cheater
Brooklyn
National Missionary Congress
Chicago
Postal Savings Bank in Brazil Highlighted in Service Reorg
Washington report notes the Brazilian postal service reorganization includes the establishment of eight postal savings banks. Depositors earn four percent interest on the minimum balance eligible for interest, reflecting the new system's offset at month start.
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Postal Savings Bank
Brazil
Postal Service
Washington
8 Postal Savings Bank
Pian Saopted
Thesiger Orders No Combat Near Greytown In Nicaragua
British warship Leyte under Captain Thesiger declares no fighting near Greytown while U S observers see covert implications. Captain Shipley signs the noncombat order. Tacoma and Scylla patrol to monitor and assist as tensions rise. Matuty plans to starve the town by cutting food supplies.
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Greytown
Bluefielda
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Thesiger
Leyta
Mann
United States
Bluefields
Reoreo
Shipley
Des Moines
Baralie
Shipleye
General Matuty
Estrada
Ol ‘Mosquito Coast
Jamaica
Bingham
Greystown
Zeldy
Thetsper
Navy Department
Nmblack
Tacoma
Graytown
Thealgers
Wiblacker
Scytia
Washington
Gers
Ian
Thealger
Matuty
City Council to Read 1810 Budget and Stockade Reforms
The Atlanta city council faces a January meeting to read the finance committee’s apportionment of 9,345,000 for the year 1810. City Attorney James L Mayron proposes three ordinances creating a stockade superintendent at 31800 yearly, a full time physician for inmates, and rules by the prison committee, with additional charter amendments to follow.
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Finance Committee
City Council of
Atlanta
James L Mayron
Stockade
No ground to demand Zelaya's extradition
Augusta Ga January 16 former Senator Georges F Edmunds of Vermont a leading international law authority says the United States could only demand Zelaya's extradition if he committed a crime and even then would have no solid ground. He comments on Nicaragua Diaz asylum and US actions while noting Mexico's stance and the need for explanations of alleged mistreatment.
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Augusta
Aiken
D. C
Georges F Edmunds
Vermont
America
United States
Zelaya
Grace
Cannon
Mexico
Diaz
Edmunds
State Enoz
Washington
Nicaragua
Tady
Garden of Eden
London
Three Injured in City Incidents Between 6 and 7 Last Night
Three different city incidents left F G Sutton of 79 West Cain Street, a Mr Button, and Sergeant N J Weight of the Gulf U A injured. Sutton was hit by George King’s car before Piedmont Hotel, Button fell from a street car injuring his left leg, Weight fell down stairs fracturing a shoulder. A ten year old, Ben Berger of 184 Fraser Street, slipped on a wet street car track and broke his left wrist. All were treated at Grady hospital.
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Grady Hospital
F G Sutton
West Cain Street
George King
Piedmont Hotel
Peachtree Street
Button
King
Sutton
Gulf U . A
J A Jones
Auburn Avenue
Summerell
Wright
Eterra
Intercapsiooa
Ben Berger
Fraser Street
Hoagstal
Fortune in pocket ends stranger's life in Columbia
A stranger, found dead in a boarding house in Columbia, carried a fortune in checks and gold. Police found deposits from German National Bank of Little Rock and multiple checks signed by H O Morrison, who is described as about 60, six feet tall, 209 pounds, missing a front tooth and the right little finger.
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Columbia
Morrizon
Little Rock Ark
H Morrion
Hamilton Trust and Savings Bank of Chattanooga
American National Bank of Chattanooga
National Loan and Xchange Bank of Columbia
HO Morrison
Blind grocer's boy stages false robbery tale
Murphy Gilsson, a 17 year old grocer's helper from Pulliam Street, told detectives he was robbed of $19 by two men and left wounded. Investigators soon found his coat slashed as a feigned claim. The boy confessed within hours. Detectives traced the tale to a hoax and recovered the money.
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Murphy Gilsson
Pulilam Street
Gibson
Cobens
Pulliam Street
Glisson
Ure Jolice
Havng
Yong
Crumley
Washington Streets
Moir
Lason
Mr Cohen
Crew Street
Cohen
Starnes
Campbel
Jease
Ghsson
Wejman
Ridge
Amason
Asylum
Gilsson
Esperon
Kampbel
Graton
Glissen
Secretary Meyer and Daughter Skate on the Potomac
The Potomac River skating craze grips Washington as top officials watch from the banks. Navy Secretary George von L. Meyer and daughter Miss Alice Meyer skate, along with figures like Postmaster General Hitchock and Representative Longworth and Mrs Longworth. The daughter learned skating in Russia during her father’s ambassadorship.
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Meyer
Potomac River
Washington
S Taft
Dewey
George von L.meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Hitchtock
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J. R. Keown
National Paper CO
Groom
Boeck
Lchll SA
Miss May Chang
Big Auto
BIG Sum
Pitta-burg
Stranger
Oung Classen
Atlan
North Carol
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