Earthquake horror and rescue efforts amid Italian ruins
Reports from Messina describe survivors pulled from rubble after weeks of entrapment amid aftershocks and widespread destruction. A man rescued after fourteen days without food witnessed his family’s death as aid arrives from Bayern and American relief efforts expand.
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Messina
Italy
Bensaja
Clarre
Hell
Bayern
Griscom
Ireland
St. Paul
Rome
Accounted For After Zeigler Mine Explosion
Duquoin Illinois January 11 extra bodies recovered overnight suggesting all Sun day explosion victims at Leiter coal mine Zeigler are accounted for many corpses mutilated making identification hard including four Negro four Americans and fifteen foreigners Theories point to fire damp.
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Duquoin
Ill
Leiter
Zeigler
Pope Pius Sends Apostolic Blessing to American People
Rome January 11 Pope Pius received Archbishop Ireland in a private audience and thanked the American people for aiding earthquake sufferers. The pope authorized Ireland to convey the apostolic benediction to Americans, saying America always is first.
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Rome
Pius Sunday
Ireland
America
Prohibition Train Heads to Nashville with Memphis Delegation
A 150 business men and a roughly equal number of prohibition supporters and opponents traveled from Memphis to Nashville to press their case before the legislature. In Waco, G N Heinzerling, formerly of Dallas, was shot dead after a dispute with George Traub. Traub’s nephew John Hoffman opened fire. In Denton, unknown assailants attempted to wreck the Dallas Denton Katy train by placing spikes and nailing ties on the track, risking serious harm.
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Miss
Silver City
Here
Sproles
W. B. Davis
Davis
Memphis
Nashville
Waco
George Traub
G. N. Heinzerling
Dallas
Traub
John Hoffman
Heinzerling
Denton
Tex
Katy
Reverend Lan Drum Called to Broadway Baptist Church
Louisville January 11 Reverend W W Lan Drum of Atlanta has been called to the pastorate of the Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville.
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Louisville
W. W. Landrum
Atlanta
Broadway Baptist Church
Coldest of Winter Reports From Northern Texas
Reports from north and northwest Texas describe extreme cold with snow in Dallas and other cities. Temperatures ranged from 16 above in Dallas to 8 below in Waxahachie, with values as low as 80 in one hour before dropping to 10 below. Cattle suffer as blizzards and sleet injure vegetation across the region.
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Texas
Dallas
Gainesville
Weco
Paris
Dulin
Mercury
Grayson County
Amarillo
Abilene
Fort Worth
Lockhart
Librarian Resigns as Commissioner appoints successor
State Librarian Joseph S. Myers resigns effective immediately. Commissioner Love to appoint Myers' successor. In Austin, RailRoad Commissioner Storey returns and action on cotton tariff hearing remains uncertain. December cotton ginned totals reach 2,296,175 bales statewide. Stamford and Northwestern Railway charter filed to run 165 miles Stamford to Floyd County. Culberson leads subcommittee to review Roosevelt action on Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by U S Steel.
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Love
Austin
Joseph S. Myers
Insurance
Myers
People's Lobby
Storey
Mayfield
Houston
Stamford and Northwestern Railway Company of
Stamford
Capital Stock
Floyd County
California Electors Cast Presidential Votes In Sacramento
The ten California electors met at noon Monday and cast their votes for president and vice president with little ceremony. In Memphis, J. T. Fargarson, president of the Bank of Commerce and Trust Company, died Sunday night after several weeks illness.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
United States
Memphis
J. T. Fargarson
Bank of Commerce and Trust Company
South
Fargarson
Both Sisters Acquitted in Media Murder Case
In Media Pennsylvania Mrs M Florence Erb and Mrs Catherine Beisel were acquitted of murder in the death of Captain J Clayton Erb their co defendant husband. The jury deliberated almost eighteen hours. After verdict the sisters received cheers from friends and attorneys.
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Media
M. Florence Erb
Catherine Beisel
J. Clayton Erb
Ousley Addresses Atlanta on City Government by Commissions
Clarence M. Ousley editor of the Fort Worth Record spoke to the Atlanta chamber of commerce on city government by commissions. He explained Galveston’s adopted plan and its success in other cities and asserted strong confidence in its effectiveness.
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Ousley
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Clarence M. Ousley
Fort Worth
Changeable Names in a Boston Transcript Exchange
Changeable names theme shows Tom-Belle a strange girl who cannot recall friends. Maud counters with a quip about knowing her future name in a year, reflecting playful identity dialogue in a Boston newspaper excerpt.
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Tom—Belle
Maud
Boston
Sharp boy Tom recalls weekly wood shed discipline
The excerpt from Harpers Weekly presents Tom describing regular punishments by his father. The dialogue highlights family authority and child discipline as a recurring theme.
Marshall Sworn In as Indiana Governor
Thomas F. Marshall was inaugurated governor of Indiana at noon in the south corridor of the state capitol. He is the first Democrat elected since 1892, with many visitors statewide attending the subdued ceremony.
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Indianapolis
Thomas F. Marshall
Indiana
Capital Building
Dr. Charles Denison Dies Tuberculosis Expert
Denver reports the death of Dr. Charles Denison a renowned tuberculosis specialist and wartime leader in the fight against the disease He died at home from liver gangrene and acute septicemia linked to gall stones His role included active participation in the Washington Tuberculosis convention last October opposing the Koch theory of contagion.
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Denver
Charles Denison
Denison
Washington
Coldest in four years grips Ardmore area
Ardmore Oklahoma reports its coldest weather in four years with Monday temperatures at 8 degrees and snowfall all day. The article notes ongoing cold and snow across the region, detailing frigid conditions and potential effects on daily life.
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Ardmore
Okla
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