Great Snow Storm Paralyses Northern Pacific Trains
Reports from Northern Pacific HQ detail Montana’s historic blizzard causing widespread train stalls and blocked routes. In Idaho Waterloo suffers coal shortage amid two feet of snow and -20F, while New York and Washington note record ice and cold with warned cold fronts and storms spreading from the northwest toward the Atlantic coast.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Montana
Waterloo
Idaho
Washington Dan
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Atlantic Coast
Trone
Atlantic
Nets Death Tunnel? Vault Heist Report
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fatal incident linked to a bank vault breach in New York. Names and clear details are obscured, but references to tunnels, a vault, and a death suggest a robbery or attempted entry with lethal consequences.
Heroic Woman Stops Mob During Wisconsin Lynching Attempt
Mrs John Andell faced down a 300 member mob guarding Samuel Roberts a nonunion cook in Twin Lakes Wisconsin Brandishing a shotgun and a poker she halted the hanging and led rescuers to pull the cook to safety As Roberts was beaten and dragged toward the icehouse deputies later moved him to a Milwaukee hospital The incident drew Sheriff Gunther and deputies to search the woods for leaders of the mob
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Chicago
Jan
Kenosha
Win
Twin Lakes
Wis
Samuel Roberts
Roberts
Meek
John Andell
Heeper
Seon Sa Score
Wen
Hoberts
Muaitle
Milwaukee
Weather Chief Predicts Rapid Advances in Travel
Washington January Willie J. Moore head of the weather bureau and NG Society president told the house agriculture committee his estimates for the coming year. He forecast fast progress making many things possible including electric planes traveling to the North Pole and back to New York in about 86 hours.
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Washington
Jan. G
Willie J. Moore
Weather Bureau
National Geographic Society
House Committee On Agriculture
Flo
North Pole
New York
British Expedition to South Pole Financed
London reports government support for Scott expedition to the South Pole with 100000 dollars toward an estimated 200000 dollar cost. Public subscriptions had lagged at about 65 000, but funding now ensures preparation for a July launch and Captain Herbert Boott faces no significant obstacles.
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South Pole
London
Scott
Herbert
Boott
Jack Johnson Exhibition Draws Poor Return in Pittsburg
The boxing show featuring Jack Johnson drew only a modest audience and earnings totaling about 108 dollars. Promoters say the big colored heavyweight will not return this week as the event failed to pay costs.
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Jack Johnson
Pittsburg
Johnson
Professor Zueblin Lecture Sparks Poughkeepsie Debate
In Poughkeepsie at Vassar Brothers Institute Professor Charles Zueblin sparked a controversy with views on motherhood and the right to bear children independent of marriage. Clergy and the community denounced the lecture as a challenge to conventional morality and called for decency.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charles Zuebling
University of Chicago
Vassar Brothers‘ “Institute
Vasaar College
Vassar
Yueblin
Foundling
Professor Zueblin
Vassar Institute
Vasser Institute
Zueblin
Automatic scales for sugar ready for test at Boston
The treasury plans a test of automatic sugar weighing machines at the Boston factory before nationwide rollout. If the tests on the Boston setup prove satisfactory, the scales will be installed on New York docks. The department intends to have 20 scales in total.
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Washington
Jan
Treasury Department
New York
Boston
Department
If You're Licked Come Back And Fight Cannon Taft Remarks
Washington January reports quote Speaker Cannon at the White House walking with President Taft. He urges party regularity and caucus cooperation saying if defeated, fight again, and warns against internal cheats while stressing unity and patience. He criticizes those who refuse to yield and emphasizes fighting for the party and country.
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Washington
Jan
Cannon
White House
Taft
House
Norris
Nebraska
Bold Black Hand Murder Strikes Chicago Home
The Italian merchant Bendett Cienni, 65, was slain in his bed as three Italian men forced entry. One man held Mrs. Cienni at gunpoint while two others shot Cienni twice in the heart and once in the chest. Police say threats from the Black Hand preceded the killing and that the crime appears planned, with detectives sweeping the Italian quarter.
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Chicago
Bendett Ciens
Cienni
Clexini
Melo
Gienni
Colossal Liar Claims Bear Hunt Mastery in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports Jane Valdex a crack shot, claiming to be the champion brain killer after discovering a cave 20 miles from Santa Fe showing signs of bear winter habitat. He started a fire at the cave mouth and smoked out thirteen bears, which emerged one by one.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jan. G
Jane Valdex
Bruth
Valdex
Valdes
Taft in Rage as Pinchot Letter Sparks Debate
Washington dispatches detail a widening Ballinger Pinchot feud as Pinchot to Senator Dolliver lauds Glavis and critics accuse Taft's men of stifling dissent. Insurgent Republicans pledge continued opposition while cabinet members weigh the fallout and potential actions.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchott
Senate
Pinchot
Doliver
L. R. Glavis
Price and Shaw
Bureau of Foresty
Glavis
Hale
Dolliver
Taft
Knox
McVekgh
Wickersham
Wilson
Cambria Coal Mines Sold Amid Secrecy Report
Newcastle New Jersey January 6 secrecy surrounds a deal in which the Cambria Coal Mining Company reportedly sold the Cambria mines near this town to Pittsburgh capitalists represented by Robert Nayamith. Deeds said filed for record but suppressed. The mines, among the oldest and most valuable in the state, reportedly cost between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. The mines employ several hundred men and can output about 1000 tons per day, underpinning Cambria’s economy.
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Newcastle
Wye
Cambria Coal Mining Company
Cambria
Pittsboro
Robert Nayamith
J. W. Howell
Dr Cook’s Arctic Expedition Scandal Recalls Greenland Governor
Former Greenland Governor Muller recounts 1894 incident aboard the Miranda when Dr. Cook sought aid and a purchase of rugs. A $500 check bounced, Cook paid one third later, and Muller warned Swedish and Hamburg officials of Cook’s money matters as the voyage ended in controversy.
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New York
Dr. Cook
Dir. Cook
Copenhagen
Muller
Sweden
Foreign Ministry
Tanta ‘Consu)Welnan
Hamburg
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Atlanta, GA
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Atlanta
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