Wilson Inauguration Details Rise To Historic Moment
Woodrow Wilson is sworn in for a second term in the Capitol in a simple ceremony in his room with Chief Justice White. The formal oath and parade follow the next day as crowds gather for the public inauguration and a statewide show of support.
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United States
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White House
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Abraham Lincoln
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Saulsbury
Delaware
Woodrow
Suffocated in Elephant Butte Dam Chamber Fatal
The bodies of F. C. Babcock chief electrician and H. B. Read surveyor were found in an air intake chamber of the Elephant Butte dam gear on Monday. They were suffocated.
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Potato Shortage Forecast By English Food Controller Spokesman
Captain Bathurst told the House that England will likely see a potato shortage into late spring and early summer and warned that supplies may be tight.
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London
Bathurst
Billings Post Office Employee Admits Theft of $10,000
Billings Montana police report that P. O. employee M. Bredwell has admitted stealing a mail package containing $10,000 in currency consigned to a local bank. Postoffice Inspectors announce the confession and ongoing investigation.
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M. B. Bredwell
Billings
Boston man charged with flag desecration and bail set
Herman von Hagen was charged with desecrating the American flag and held on $500 bail. It is alleged he used a small flag to wipe a grease spot from the work bench at his place of employment.
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Boston
Herman von Hagen
Preparedness Drives Sixty-Fourth Congress Record
The Sixty-fourth congress, now expired, boosted national preparedness with vast naval builds and army strengthening. It enacted ship purchases, the Adamson eight hour law, child labor and immigration measures, rural credits, vocational education, and Porto Rico governance reforms.
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Sixty-fourth Congress
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Missouri
Mrs Casey recalls lace from a two hundred year old gown
A fragment notes Mrs Van Astor wore two century old lace at a ball, sparking remark on wealth and fashion. Mrs O'Brien adds astonishment at the aged lace and luxury.
Interesting Innovations and Industrial Advances
Reports describe banana tree yields feeding 25 people per acre and a wall lamp for night driving. An English patent covers hollow steel bars rolled from drilled ingots filled with heat resisting sand. Coal ships to Paris by car and Cincinnati meat packing expands by 4 million dollars every five years. A method to extract metals from the human body via electrolysis is noted. A British railroad adopts automatic train control to improve locomotive signaling.
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Cinecinnat
General Ure
Wilson's Plea for a United America
President Wilson argues for united front in world war times, stressing peace through collective action. He asserts national unity, equal seas, limited armaments, and government consent, warning against faction and private gain while aiming for a just, liberal world order.
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Wilson
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America
Vice President Marshall’s second inaugural address
Marshall pledges patriotism as core duty in a republic and urges unity under a divinely ordained government. He condemns treachery and external assault, seeks universal equality before the law, and defines service and personal conduct as central to American citizenship and national harmony.
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Marshall
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British Merchant Ships Sunk In February
Official British admiralty figures released in New York show that in February ninety four British merchant ships were destroyed by submarine activity, according to the consul general of Great Britain.
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