Indignation in Canton Over Government Yield to Japan
In Canton on March 23 crowds exceed 50 000 at mass meetings denouncing the government for yielding to Japan in the Tatsu Maru affair. The self government society calls a public mourning day and a boycott of Japanese goods. Speakers including a 12 year old boy decry Japan. many attendees burn Japanese clothing and a dealer vows to sacrifice stock. Calls also arise to impeach Yuan Shi Kai over foreign affairs weakness.
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Canton
Yuan Shi Kai
Board of Foreign Affairs
Evanson Sets 131-Foot Ski Jump Record
Duluth skier John Evanson shattered the American record with a 131 foot jump on Chester hill. The March 23 event highlighted Evanson's bold descent and the crowd cheering the new mark.
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Duluth
John Evanson
Chester Hill
Record Snow Slide Jump Surpasses Previous American Mark
Ole Fetring of Duluth jumped 135 feet at the last tournament of the season but fell. Four riders bettered the old 124 foot record set by Evanson in Ishpeming Michigan. The new mark came despite warm weather and the need to haul snow from nearby woods to prepare the slide.
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Evanson
Ishpeming
Mich
Ole Fetring
Duluth
Auto Race From New York to Paris Reaches Mojave Desert
In Ogden Utah on March 23 the leading American car from New York to Paris slowed near Daggett California in the Mojave desert while the Italian car moved from Corrinne thirty miles west of Ogden. The French car, in third, is near Creston Wyoming and the German car is at Loraine Wyoming.
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Ogden
Utah
Skidoo
Navy
Salt Lake
New York
Paris
Daggett
Cal
Mojave Desert
Corrinne
Creston
Wyo
Loraine
Deaths and notable events in brief
Colonel John Walter Fairfax dies at his Leesyilvania home aged eighty. Iowa Democrats plan Cedar Rapids state convention to name delegates at large to the national convention. The Chinese throne approves a cut in opium import, echoed by Britain. John Ware Whiston, famed actor-manager, dies in Buffalo aged eighty one, hailed as father of vaudeville. King Edward hosts a private dinner at Biarritz with Whitelaw Reid and daughter Miss Jean Reid. Joseph Schroeder, forty, a Great Northern foreman in Morris Minnesota, is run over by an engine, losing both legs.
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John Walter Fairfax
Leesyilvania
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Great Britain
John Ware Whiston
Buffalo
N. Y
King Edward
Biarritz
Whitelaw Reid
Miss Jean Reid
Joseph Schroeder
Great Northern Section
Morris, Minn
Segas
Threats of Assassination in Russian Publication
On March 23 in St. Petersburg the Znamya, organ of the Union of True Russian People, prints threats of assassination marked by a black cross and the phrase death to Milukoff, indicating violent intimidation against the official.
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St. Petersburg
Znamya
Union of True Russian People
Milukoff
Son confesses in murder case amid planned flight
Fort Wayne Indiana March 23 Grover C Blake and Orsel Reynolds were arrested in Anderson for murdering Blake's mother. Blake admits involvement claiming both men needed money after drinking. He says Reynolds struck the mother and took a bag of money and jewelry. The pair fled toward Michigan after spending the night carousing.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grover C. Blake
Orsel Reynolds
Anderson
Blake
Reynolds
Michigan
MOTHER AND CHILDREN DEAD IN FALL RIVER GAS DEATH
In Fall River on March 23 Mrs Florida Terrien aged 25 and her two children Mary four and Joseph two months were found dead in the kitchen from illuminating gas. The coroner said the woman killed herself and the children. The husband Joseph Terrien reported they had visited friends and returned at 1 am. He woke at 7 am with gas odor and found all three dead.
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Fall River
Mass
Florida Terrien
Mary
Joseph
Joseph Terrien
Terrien
Deadliest Winter for Atlantic Shipping Tally
A Boston review counts 860 lives lost in New England and British North America marine disasters the past fall and winter. It cites 251 deaths aboard ten French St Pierre fishing vessels, a Feb 2 St Cuthbert fire near Nova Scotia, the Tolesby wreck near Cape Race, and a dramatic Mount Temple rescue off Bridgewater Nova Scotia where 609 people were saved.
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Boston
New England
British North America
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Antwerp
New York
White Star
Cymric
Tolesby
Galveston
Tex
Havre
Freshwater Point
Cape Race
Black Hand Threat Aims at Minneapolis Senator Calhoun
A letter threatening State Senator John F. Calhoun was delivered to his family in Minneapolis. The unsigned note warned of violence, bore a skull emblem, and was linked to tensions over Emma Goldman’s public appearance. Detectives search for the author amid no clear leads.
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Minneapolis
Emma Goldman
John F. Calhoun
West Hotel
Calhoun
Tillman Improves at Home in Columbia Illness
Columbia South Carolina March 23 United States Senator Benjamin R Tillman is much better after a serious illness at his home and is expected to be out in a few days, according to medical staff and family.
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Columbia
S. C
United States
Benjamin R. Tillman
Will Leave Kentucky Tenant Farmers Quit White Burley District
In the White Burley tobacco district farmers across forty two counties destroy beds and start less than a third of usual plantings amid night rider warnings. Many tenants plan to move to other states and owners put property on the market, citing income from hemp wheat and corn as insufficient. Recent murders and raids escalate fear in Nicholas Woodford and surrounding counties. In Mount Sterling area farmers report receiving warnings and signs.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco District
Kentucky
Nicholas County
Woodford
Mount Sterling
Threatening letters with matches powder and poison alarms farms
Threatening letters sent to farming and tobacco towns described with matches powder and poison. Armed guards have been posted at threatened points across farm districts and tobacco towns as conditions statewide are deemed worse than during the tobacco war’s peak.
Earthquake Shocks Hit Imperial Valley California
Three distinct earthquake shocks rattled Imperial valley on March 23 with no major damage reported. The first tremor was the strongest, followed by two lesser shocks five and fifteen minutes later causing residents in Brawley to rush from homes as dishes broke in town centers.
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Imperial
Cal
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Centro
Adversity Reveals Strength of Character
A reflective statement on how hardships test but also prove virtue and resilience. It argues that difficult events do not break a person but disclose inner fortitude.
Tailor Ed Schiewek appeals to ladies for made to measure suits
Ed Schiewek of The Tailor invites all ladies to have suits made to measure for a perfect fit not available in ready made garments. The service costs no more, and in some cases may cost less, he notes.
Free 50000 Acres of Land and Farm Bargains in Montana
Land Office offers 50000 acres of free home steads in Eastern Valley County Montana and a 1424 acre improved farm near Austin with buildings. Also listed are Pure Extra Early Seed Oats at 50 cents per bushel, an Aberdeen Angus registered bull, a high grade phaeton, and insurance bonds from Bankers Surety Company of Cleveland. Terms include exchanges for Austin property, fire tornado and burglary insurance, and special bargains on city property and Mower County arms.
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Valley County
Montana
Austin
Banker's Sirety Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Angus
Pole
Shalves
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Ederheimer, Stein & Co Makers
Earnet
Kuppesheimner
Chicago
Golden Eagle Clothing House
Minnesota
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Atlantic
la Havre
Bridgewater
St. John
Mount Temple
Black Hand
Senator Tillman Better
Burley
Schiewek the Tailor
Murphy’s Dry Goods
Land Office
Mower County
Chas. H. Webbe
Wold’s Drug Store
the Bible
A. H. Zilmer of
Clarno, Wis
Rochester
Holmes How. Co
W. Brige St
Austin, Minn
Nels Michelson
Prop
River St
North Main St
Inter State Phone No
F. Hamilton Palmaraire
Leschetzky
M. J. Keenan Music Store
Palmataire
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