Battle of Concepcion del Oro yields massive Confederate loss
Four hundred Federals were killed or executed after capture in the Concepcion del Oro battle south of Saltillo Zacatecas. Rebels used dynamite bombs as they advanced, ambushing reinforcements in a 24 hour engagement with heavy rebel casualties and no property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zacatecas
Mexico
Commercial Tribune
Brownsville
Tex
Concepcion del Oro
Constitutionalist
Matamoros
Sever
Saltillo
Millie Herrell Named Victim in Tragedy
Mrs. Millie Herrell identified as a victim in a tragedy affecting her husband and cousin. Details remain sparse but authorities confirm the loss involves multiple family members.
Body of Woman Lies in Room for Two Days
Father and cousin of Millie Herrell uncover foul play after discovering the body in a private room. Police investigate possible murder as evidence surfaces indicating a terrible crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie
Indians Slay One Hundred Federals in Sinaloa Battle
Reports from Constitutionalist headquarters say Yaqui and Mayo troops drove Federals from Guaymas sortie into the countryside. After a day of fighting the Indians controlled the field, nearly 100 bodies counted. The attack was linked to surrounding General Carranza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Mex
Guaymas
Constitutionalist
Carranza
Lawful clash over Guthery banking bill in Ohio House
Ohio House passes the Guthery banking bill 82 to 11 after lawyers strike out provisions allowing banks to act as administrators and executors. The measure limits state banks to non trust roles, while trust companies and national banks retain executor duties under federal rules. Senate action and governor's approval looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Cox
Jackson
Clark County
House
Terrell
Cleveland
Vonderheide
Dayton
Senate
Ohio
Ohio Legislature set to adjourn next Wednesday
Columbus Ohio January 29 Speaker Swain told Governor Cox that the special legislative session will adjourn next Wednesday. He predicted the session will be brief with a one day return a week later to sign bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Swain
Governor Cox
Tonger
Counterfeit Coin Plant Found at Illinois State Penitentiary
A counterfeit money operation capable of producing dollars and smaller coins was uncovered in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Five inmates implicated, led by Edward Collins and Andrew Schrock, were placed in solitary confinement or stripped of merit marks as authorities, aided by a Secret Service agent posing as a convict, halted the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
Commercial Tribune
Joliet
Ill
Illinois State Penitentiary
Edward Collins
Chicago
Andruw Schrock
Kankakee
Collis
Schrock
Allen
Secret Service Calain Porter
Secret Service
Collins
A. B. Chidsey
Three Die On Rail In Pennsylvania Wreck
Pennsylvania Passenger Train 19 on its way from New York to Pittsburg wrecked near Conemaugh when it struck a westbound engine and caboose. Conductors A L Ritchey and A Leichliter and flagman H C Parnell were killed. Brakeman H W Todd was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Conemaugh
A. L. Ritchey
Youngwood
A. Leichliter
H. C. Parnell
Altoona
H. W. Todd
Miss Eva Booth Improves at Salvation Army Barracks
New York January 29 Eva Booth head of the Salvation Army in the United States shows marked improvement after a week of confinement due to illness. Officials say she may be ready to leave the hospital within a week unless complications arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Army Barracks
Lobsters Fetch 43 Cents A Pound In Portland Market
Portland buyers paid forty three cents per pound for lobsters today the season’s highest price. Ongoing storms led to a tightening supply and continued rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Turner calls for eradicating bossism in Ohio at Cleveland banquet
Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Edward C. Turner, a prospective candidate for Attorney General, urged at a McKinley Way banquet that Governor Cox and Walter F. Brown use patronage to fracture opposition. He named party chairs from Republican, Progressive and Democratic groups and demanded elimination to end entrenched rule. He attacked the 1 percent tax law and excise boosts, citing a treasury balance of 9 million dollars and alleged extravagances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
McKinley
Cleveland
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, CO
Eward—C. Turner
McKinley Way
Bfothé Tipp Staned “Cin Tonight
Cox
Walter F. Brown
Charles L. Knight
Akron
The
Progressives
Grant E. Mouser
Marion
Turner
Harry M. Daugherty
Republican Party
Progressive Party
William Finley
Democratic Party
Treasury
Archibald Named Fire Chief in City Hall Sensation
Archibald will be appointed fire chief by Mayor Spiegel. The announcement lists Ford Bader as Workhouse superintendent, Hugh Conway as Sewer and Street Repair head, and Harry Brehm to head the new Division of Highways. Archibald is praised as a top firefighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Brehm
Hugh Conway
Ford Bader
Jack” Archibald
Hugh Con
Division of Highways
Spiegel
Tack
Archibald
Aid
Huht
America
Chief Bunker
Dan Bartley
Kaps, Brehm & Co
Twins born after dad prompts attempted suicide in Ohio barn
Will Sturgiss, 24, a farm hand in Wooster Ohio, tried to hang himself fearing unable to support his newborn twins. His employer found him in the barn, cut him down, and he later recovered. He attributed the act to anxiety over providing for his wife and twins.
Death of Harry Shafer Prominent Cincinnati Journalist
Harry Shafer died at 2:30 am in Renaissance Flats Avondale after a three week paralysis. A longtime Cincinnati newspaper figure, his career began as a copy boy and included roles at The Enquirer The Commercial Tribune and the Decennial Board of Review. He married Hattie Bauer in 1900 and was widely known for political insight and loyal friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shafer
Renaissance Flats
Avondale
Cincinnati
Shafe
The
Enquirer
Commercial Tribune
Decennial Board of Review
Hattie Bauer
Renaissance
Wilson rails at jingoists amid Japan tension
President Wilson rebuked American jingoes asserting no crisis with Japan and noted the U S stance on war scares. Rep Sherley challenged fortifications and cited Rear Admiral Vreeland on defense of the Philippines saying Corregidor is fortified to hold six months. Baker bill on Asiatic immigration postponed. lawmakers indicate cooperation with the administration on Japanese talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
United States
Japan
Sherley
Kentucky
House
Vreeland
Naval Affairs Committee
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Congress
Bomb Fiend Convicted In Five Minute Verdict
New York January 29 A jury found Angelo Sylvestro a two year old Trajian leader of a black hand gang guilty in five minutes after hearing the case. He was shackled to a deputy sheriff and taken to the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Sylvestro
Trajian
Sylvestre
Tons
Blazing meteor strikes near Albuquerque after detonation
A large meteor shot eastward across the sky at 7 30 tonight and struck the mountains fifteen miles east of Albuquerque New Mexico. The impact caused a powerful detonation that shook the city and rattled windows and dishes in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Albuquerque
N. M
Here
American Blue Jackets Reassure Haiti Situation
Captain Russell reported from Port au Prince that no reinforcements were needed for sixty blue jackets already ashore. A medical officer and twelve marines were sent to aid islanders wounded after President Oreste fled the capital aboard the German cruiser Vineta. The United States policy will depend on developments, with Haiti’s cabinet possibly forming a National Assembly to fill the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Russell
South Carolina
Navy Department
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Montana
Oreste
Vineta
United States
National Assembly
State Department
Revolution Advances Toward Port au Prince in Haiti
Port au Prince teeters as revolutionary forces march on the capital. Senator Davilmar Theodore leads from Cape Haitien toward Port au Prince via Gonaives while General Zamor moves from Cap Haitien through Hinche. Cabinet members flee the capital. U S and German patrols guard legations and streets with no landings yet by the battleship South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Davilmar Theodore
Cape Haitien
Port Au Prince-by
Gonaives
Zamor
Hinche
Capé Haitien
Oreste
United States
Montana
Vinta
Legations
South Carolina
Double pay inquiry tightens over past legislatures
Kramer House Committee probes whether state lawmakers drew salaries for other duties. It finds precedents but signals no current forfeitures in the present assembly. Expected focus shifts to ban on legislators working in state departments and possible testimony from Speaker Swain and others as hearings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Kramer House Committee
General Assembly
Donahey
Appenzeller
Darke County
Cox
Swain
Cincinnati
C. Appenzeller
State Treasury
Attorney General’s Department
Highway Department
Ashtabula
Washington
Holmes
Perry
Cleveland
Lawrence Brennan
Samuel J. Black
Upper Sang
Missing Wife Found Murderd at 710 Mound Street
The body of Mrs. Millie Herrell was discovered last night in a room at 710 Mound Street. She appears to have been brutally murdered with multiple blows to the head, a face washed and bound, and the body wedged beneath a bed. Frank Crutchlow found the scene and notified authorities. Coroner Foertmeyer suggested a heavy tool as the weapon. Her husband Jake Herrell had left for Kentucky shortly before the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Herrell
Mound Street
Frank Crutchlow
Carlisle Avenue
John Mason
West Sixth Street
A. W. Wilson
West Seventh Street
Foertmeyer
Stagnaro
Mrs. Herrell
Jake Herrell
Mason
Crutchlow
Herrell
Magan
Covington
Owen County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norfolk, Va
Monroe
Old Dominion Steamship
Norfolk
Boston
Winter Quarter
Sengers and Freight
Nantucket
the Merchants
Revéhue Cutter
Onondaga
J. J. Merritt
Miners’ Transportation Company
Virginia Beach
Sible
Namitecket
Johnson
Old Dominion
Mrs
Crime
Section Au
Black
Miss Booth
Dad
Prospect
Death
American Blue Jackets
Sardina
Kramer
Solons
Can Factory
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!