Custody Battle Over 10-Year-Old Ralph in New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire Judge Kivel presides over a custody hearing between Major and Mrs Ralph G Carpenter. The case centers on extending Mrs Carpenter’s temporary custody of Ralph who attends Kimball School. The court will resume Monday to address exceptions and the potential final custody ruling.
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Concord
N. H
Ralph G. Carpenter
Kivel
Superior Court
Major Carpenter
Supreme Court
Frank S. Streeter
Carpenter
Ralph
Kimball School
General Streeter
Marconi Wireless Offers Full Company to Government
Edward J. Nally, vice president and GM, telegram to President Wilson states the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America will place its entire organization at the government's disposal in an emergency. The offer covers high power stations from Marion and Chatham Massachusetts to Hawaii, with about 60 coastal stations along all coasts and in Alaska.
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New York
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Wilson
Edward J. Nally
Marion
Chatham
Mass
New Brunswick
Belmar
N. J
Bolinas
Marshall
Cal
Hawaii
Atlantic
Gulf, Pacific
Great Lakes
Alaska
Shackleton Expedition Survivors Rescued at Cape Evans
Seven survivors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition were rescued from Eliphant Island by the relief steamer Aurora and arrived at Cape Evans on January 10. Captain Mackintosh and W. G. Hayward perished during a prior attempt to reach safety, and A. P. Spencer-Smith died of scurvy.
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Wellington
N. Z
London
Eliphant Island
Aurora
Cape Evans
Mackintosh
W. G. Hayward
Hut Point
A. P. Spencer-Smith
President to Control Railroads Reintroduced in House
Washington Feb 5 The administration railway labor bill was reintroduced in the House without the compulsory arbitration feature and includes a provision to empower the President to seize railroads in wartime.
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Washington
Administration
Bill reintroduced on settling threatened strikes and draft power
The measure proposed by Chairman Adamson mirrors Senate work on mediation first, creating a presidential commission to settle strikes after three months. It would penalize interference with interstate commerce, allow presidential military intervention, and empower drafts of railroad workers and managers during war or emergencies across rail and communications lines.
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Adamson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Boston Hit by Severe Snow Storm and Electrical Flair
A winter storm lashed Boston with a 20 to 30 mph gale, heavy sticky snow, and disrupted rail traffic. Vessels canceled sailings, signals failed, and engineers faced slowdowns. 800 workers with 150 teams cleared tracks while 135 plows ran by noon. A Sunday night snow storm era saw a rare winter thunderstorm with lightning and thunder, prompting alarms to officials. Public works mobilized over a thousand workers to keep business districts open as cold, windy conditions persisted with warmer relief forecast.
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Weather Bureau
Boston Elevated
Greater
Boston
Edward F. Murphy
Public Works
Discovered asthma cure advert offers free trial bottle
An advertisement by Dr. D J Lane of 532 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a simple home asthma remedy proven effective by testimonials. He offers a postpaid one dollar bottle and asks buyers to judge its effect within ten days, with no money required upfront.
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D. J.lane
Lane Bldg
St. Marys
Kas
Lane
Blizzard Strikes Nantucket Fears for Disasters at Sea
Nantucket reports a blizzard endangering ships. The steamer A T Serrell from Newport abandoned on ice near Green Point. its crew reached shore exhausted. The sloop Highland Belle with three men is last seen amid heavy seas at the ice edge. Other craft reach port with crews worn by exposure. The Uncatena, from New Bedford with passengers and mail, forced to return at Cross Rip lightship.
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Nantucket
A. T. Serrell
Newport
Green Point
Highland Belle
Nantucket Sound
Uncatena
New Bedford
Cross Rip
Snowbound Manchester Struck by Severe Snow Storm
Manchester New Hampshire endures one of its worst snow storms since 1898 with over 20 inches fallen in 24 hours and drifts up to seven feet. City lines fail as North End isolates from downtown, four cars and three plows stuck on Elm street. Trolley service to Concord Derry and Nashua cut off with limited Goffstown line operation.
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Manchester
N. H
Manchester Street Railway
North End
Elm Street
Bridge
Carpenter Streets
Concord
Derry
Nashua
Goffstown
Portland Isolated by Big Snowstorm
The worst storm of the winter paralyzed Portland transport tying up trolley and steam traffic. The Montreal bound Express on the Grand Trunk stalled 12 miles from Portland. Suburban residents fill local hotels unable to reach homes as boats stay in port and snow plows and cars are marooned on out of town lines.
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Portland
Germans Removed From Canal Zone Sent To New York
Twenty Germans who have been removed from the working force on the Panama Canal and about other Germans were sent to New York on the transport Kilpatrick. The group includes four Hamburg American Line captains and family members from seized steamers, plus others from the vessels seized by Canal Zone authorities.
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Colon
Panama Canal
New York
United States
Kilpatrick
Canal Zone
Lawrence Revival Tabernacle Collapses After Blizzard
A great wooden tabernacle in Lawrence used for six weeks of revival services by Indiana evangelist William E. Beiderwolf collapsed in today’s blizzard. It was so badly wrecked that it will likely be torn down before repairs can be made.
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Lawrence
William E. Beiderwolf
Indiana
Mayor Seizes Coal To Aid Poor In East Liverpool
Accompanied by police Mayor W. F. Orr seized four carloads of coal in Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad yards to distribute among the poor and relieve hardship caused by a coal shortage.
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East Liverpool
W. F. Orr
Cleveland & Pittsburg
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