Eggs Production Rises as Prices Climb in U S
Washington reports that egg production rose steadily over 14 years while prices also climbed. Census data show per capita output increasing from 16.7 to an estimated 18.7 dozen, with wholesale prices rising from 36 to about 60 cents by 1912. Officials suggest a national six month cold storage limit and interstate shipment bans to curb price spikes.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
New York
Department
Lmit
Eges
Wife killer slain by son in Ohio farm home
Lewis VanLuven 68 of Harpersfield Ohio shot his wife in the kitchen and was killed by his son Matthew 17 in self defense. The boy and his 19 year old sister rescued the gun and struck their father with its stock, killing him instantly.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lewis VanLuven
Harpersfield
Geneva
Matthew
VanLuven
VanLuren
Thaw's Chauffeur Held in $1000 Bail
Thomas Flood, the sixth of seven men indicted in the county for conspiring to free Harry Thaw from Matteawan asylum, surrendered and was held in $1000 bail. Flood was a chauffeur. all others have surrendered or been captured, except "Gentleman" Roger Thompson who was held in Canada and released.
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New York
Navy
Thomas Flood
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Flood
Roger’ Thompson
Canada
Debate over federal school for prison guards sparks Boston talk
Frank L. Randall calls for a federal guard school to improve staffing at prisons. Psychologist Victor V. Anderson supports a guard school for custodial reform, while Sheriff Quinn and others doubt its necessity citing cost and practicality. Warden Bridges recalls a past failed attempt.
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Frank L. Randall
Massachusetts Prison Commission
Associated Charities of Boston
Post
Victor V. Anderson
City
Randall
John Quinn
John R. Fairbairn
Middlesex County
Bridges
Charlestown
Glynn Seeks Extradition For $100,000 Jewel Heist
Governor Glynn requested Connecticut extradition of Stephen Rooney, jailed at Bridgeport, on charges tied to a $100,000 jewel robbery at Larchmont Manor. The move comes as authorities coordinate across state lines to return Rooney.
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Albany
N. Y
Glynn
Connecticut
Stephen Rooney
Bridgeport
Larchmont Manor
Nantucket steamship struck by valve burst at sea
The Nantucket of Merchants and Miners sank after fire in Baltimore harbor in 1912 and was raised. Early yesterday a main deck valve burst off Handkerchief Shoals stopping the vessel, bound for Norfolk. Steam scalded water-tender Horatio Anderson, while 40 passengers faced a panic. The ship towed to Boston. passengers moved to Dorchester and Nantucket repaired with a new valve.
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Nantucket
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Baltimore Harbor
Handkerchief Shoals
Norfolk
Boston Harbor
Howard
Horatio Anderson
Anderson
U. S. Marine Hospital
Everett E. Musch
Boston
United States
Dorchester
Clothier Killed by Exercise Wagon in Providence
Myer Potter once a well known clothier in the North End was run over and killed today by a fire department exercise wagon in Providence Rhode Island. The driver said a horse stumbled and the man became confused. He was about 69 years old.
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Providence
R. L
Myer Potter Or
Potoshinsky
North End
Immigrant Ship Cleveland Arrives in Port
The Hamburg American liner Cleveland reached port last night. First and second cabin passengers were admitted ashore while hundreds of steerage passengers were detained overnight for immigration inspection this morning.
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Cleveland
Notable Arrivals Highlight Boston Opening Fall Season
Fraulein Marguerite Selffarth travels alone to meet fiancé Albert Dickerman and his mother for a December wedding. Notables arriving include Mrs. W. Teincke wife of the German consul in Boston, General Warren and Mrs. Warren, Andrew W. Preston of United Fruit, and French tenor Leon Laffitte with Mrs. Laffitte for the Boston Opera opening. The Cleveland sails to New York for winter then Mediterranean tours.
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Fraulein Marguerite Selffarth
Albert Dickerman
Dickerman
Berlin
German Society of Mechanical Engineers
W. Teincke
Boston
Baroness von Konig
George Howland
Paris
Cleveland
New York
Spencer Found Guilty in Murder Trial at Wheaton
Henry Spencer was found guilty of murder in Wheaton for killing Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat a dancing teacher. The jury fixed the death penalty after a two hour deliberation with an initial 11 to 1 vote for capital punishment. Spencer lured Rexroat to Wayne Illinois and killed her before placing her body on a railroad track.
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Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Wheaton
Spencer
Rexroat
Wayne
Lodgers Driven From Burning Causeway Street Building
A basement fire at 15 19 Causeway Street forced 35 lodgers to the street at midnight. Fire started in a storage area used for second hand furniture. The street level housed stores and the upper floors housed a lodging house run by Thomas McNulty. Loss is estimated at 800 dollars and the cause is undetermined.
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Causeway Street
Heavey
Jacob Goldstein
Thomas McNulty
M Adoo Praises Curtis In Official Letter of Appreciation
Edwin A. Curtis the collector of the port received a letter of appreciation from Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo for services in holding office until his successor Edmund Billings qualified. Billings to be sworn in early Monday morning.
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Edwin A. Curtis
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Edmund Billings
Billings
Resignation of Boston Collector Curtis Ends Term
The text notes Mr. Curtis resigning early in the current administration but staying on to perform duties as collector of customs for the port of Boston during the summer and until the new tariff launch. Secretary McAdoo commends his loyalty and sacrifice and wishes him future success in a formal letter.
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W. G. McAdoo
Doctor denies plan to marry Miss Margaret Wilson
In Baltimore rumors linked Dr. Gilbert Horax of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital to Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson. He says he has never seen Miss Wilson or met any family member, issuing a firm denial of the marriage speculation.
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Baltimore
Gilbert Horax
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Margaret Wilson
President Wilson
Williams College
Physician Denies Baltimore Engagement Rumor
Dr Horax rejected rumors linking him to Miss Margaret Wilson after a Baltimore paper published a story about their supposed engagement. He claimed he never met Wilson or her family and doubted any foundation to the rumors. The athletic figure attended Johns Hopkins and Williams and won a 1908 New England intercollegiate high jump title with a 6 feet 11 3 4 inch leap.
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Baltimore
Post
Margaret Wilson
Dr. Horax
Johns Hopkins
Willams
New England
Taft Says Japan Has Kept Faith On Labor and Trade
Former President Taft told the National Geographical Society that Japan kept its treaty obligations by excluding coolie labor from the U.S. He urged the United States to refrain from discrimination. He rejected war as unlikely and urged fair treatment to avoid conflict. He also advised patience on Philippine self-government, urging continued American guidance.
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Washington
Taft
National Geographical Society
United States
Japan
California
Pacific
Mr. Taft
America
Wilson
Collapse Buries Ten In Roof Slab At Cedar Rapids Building
A rear section of a seven story concrete building under construction collapsed this afternoon in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Four workers were rescued severely injured while six others are believed buried under concrete and twisted steel. Rescue crews used axes shovels and a steam derrick to clear debris as they searched for the missing men.
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Cedar Rapids
Bazaar Planned for BC Faculty Building Fund Drive
Boston College prepares a grand bazaar in the BC gym on November 27 28 and 29. Proceeds will fund the erection of the faculty building at University Heights. Rev Father Brock 8 J prefect of the preparatory school directs arrangements. A varied program of entertainment and novel features is planned.
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Boston College
B. C
University Heights
Father Brock
Real election at Somerville High School selects class officers
In Somerville High School Precinct 3 Ward 3 polls opened 1 29 p m closed 2 02 p m under civics instructor R W Hatch and City Clerk F W Cook. Ballots show Herbert MacIntyre 69 James Scanlon 188 for president. Sidney Whitaker elected vice president. Hazel Marsh secretary. Frank Lincoln treasurer with Irving Hall trailing by four votes seeking recount.
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James Scanlon
Somerville High School
School Street
R. W. Hatch
F. W. Cook
William Hession
Raymond Ewell
John Kelly
Sumner Wiley
Harriet Brittain
Gladys DeWeiffe
Marion Hunt
Irma Neiley
Sidney Whitaker
Hazel Marsh
Frank Lincoln
Irving Hall
Herbert MacIntyre
Helen Davis
Elizabeth Talbot
Ruth Mercer
Garland Lufkin
Harold, Wells
Senator and Mrs Lodge Plan Short Boston Visit
Senator Lodge and his wife stay at the Puritan Hotel on Commonwealth avenue for a weeks long visit. The senator, not in good health, will receive only close friends during the stay.
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Senator
Mrs. Lodge
Puritan Hotel
Commonwealth Avenue
Senator Lodge
Anthropologist Brings 15 Skulls Claiming 500000 Year Old Find
New York reports Dr. Leon Williams of London arrives from Liverpool with 15 skulls of prehistoric man one skull estimated at 500000 years old. He is described as an eminent authority on anthropology and geology.
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New York
Leon Williams
London
Toda
Liverpool
Ancient skull findings near Folkestone challenge age of mankind
Workmen uncovered a skull from the Pleiocene period near Folkestone England. Dr Williams asserts the find supports a half million year age for humanity and suggests anthropoid apes may derive from primitive man. He notes teeth as a key distinction from apes and says evolution theory is not disproven, but altered.
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Folkestone
England
Williams
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