Pellagra death toll shows women more victimized
Federal figures show pellagra more deadly to women than men with 464 female deaths in 1911. Mortality rose sharply from 1900 to 1911, and experts debate causes and care. British ship safety rules require specific numbers of davits for vessels of varying length. Savings in the United States totaled about 4.5 million dollars on deposits in American banks, signaling ongoing thrift.
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Washington Herald
British Board of Trade
United States
The Old Maid Faces Extinction in Feminist Era
A writer argues the old maid is vanishing as feminism reshapes society. He notes single women in other nations suffer obscurity and contempt, while a global feminist movement absorbs the so called weaker sex.
Hobble Skirts Prove Unmanageable in Adirondack Rescue
Adirondack guides refuse to guide women in hobble skirts. A wearer slid into a lake while exiting a rowboat, delaying two guides who spent time and effort to rescue her. The trend has risen to fame but remains impractical for strenuous travel.
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Adirondack Mountains
Minister Objects to Daily Styles and Crusade Sermon
A minister complains about contemporary styles claiming he cannot shake a woman’s hand without blushing. In contrast the crusade sermon targets the average congregation, aimed to preach boldly without causing offense or blushing.
Former East St. Louis Official Confesses Bribery Schemes
Ex mayor and ex council member Fansler testified he and others took two $3,000 bribes in 1912 to favor an East St. Louis Interurban Railway franchise and an Alton & Southern crossing. Lambert named as payer. Fansler under separate fraud indictment.
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St. Louis
Joseph A. Fansler
East St. Louis
Ill
Charles Webb
St. Clair County
Illinois
Webb
Fansler
East
Charles S. Lambert
Alton & Southern
Lambert
John L. Flannigen
Fansiler
Dunne Signs Suffrage Bill in Illinois
Governor Dunne signed the woman suffrage bill in the Illinois capitol, with suffrage leaders and assembly members present. The act becomes law next Tuesday as the Forty-eighth General Assembly approved the limited suffrage measure.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Capitol
Forty-eighth General Assembly
Johnson flees to Canada amid Mann Act case details
Montreal report notes Jack Johnson plans to sail for Europe to box in St Petersburg next September. Chicago dispatch confirms Johnson fled to Canada with his wife after a $1000 fine and one year prison term for Mann Act violation in Leavenworth.
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Montreal
Que
Jack Johnson
Europe
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kan
Canada
Thirteen Die as Imperial Limited Wreck Near Ottawa
Thirteen Scotch and Irish immigrants were killed and over forty injured when the Imperial Limited of the Canadian Pacific railroad wrecked three miles east of Ottawa Ontario. The fatal section rolled into the river as the immigrants traveled toward the Canadian northwest.
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Ottawa
Ont
Imperial Limited
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Here
Community volunteers to aid explosion victims in Buffalo
In Buffalo New York on July 1 volunteers say they will provide all necessary skin grafts for victims of the Husted disaster. The effort aims to cover those affected by the explosion with no shortage of materials.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Devator
Rey
Oveu
Free Sugar and Wool Pass in Senate Tariff Vote
Washington June 27 after a two days fight the Democratic senate caucus approved free sugar and free wool in the tariff revision measure. The sugar schedule passed 40 to 6 and free raw wool won 41 to 6 with six Democrats opposing in the final vote.
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Finance Committee
House
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Newlands
Nevada
Ransdell and Thornton
Louisiana
Shafroth
Colorado
Walsh
Montana
Chamberlain
Oregon
Ranedell
Thornton
Travel of Townsend ends in Kansas City death
Kansas City July 1 George Townsend Chicago railway promoter brother of Congressman Edward Townsend New Jersey died by his own hand by leaping into the Missouri river June 28 in Kansas City New York.
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Kansas City
George Townsend
Edward Townsend
New Jersey
New York
Malcolm A. Coles
United States
Japan
United States Navy
Buffalo
N. Y
Husted Milling Company
Elk and Peabody Streets
Paris
Postmaster General Burleson Eases Parcel Post Restrictions
Washington June 28 Presiden t Postmaster General Burleson ruled parcel post stamps will be valid on all classes of mail on and after July 1. Ordinary stamps including commemoratives will be good for postage on parcel post packages under his order, simplifying the system and reducing public inconvenience.
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Washington
Burleson
Parcel Post
Sixty Mongolian Lamas Die in Temple Fire
A cable news dispatch from St. Petersburg reports sixty Mongolian lamas burned to death in a temple at Kwei Hwacheng near the Mongolia border in Sharsi province China.
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St. Petersburg
Kwei Hwacheng
Sharsi
Mongolia
To End. Commerce Court. ahingtony June 30 The. house
The fragment notes a dated business or court notice with unclear place names and a June deadline. Limited readable items reference a commerce or house context but lack concrete actions or entities for full summary.
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Commerce Court
Ahingtony
the. House
Gettysburg Veterans Meet for Semi Centennial Reunion
Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 1 veterans of blue and gray gather for the semiscentennial commemorating the Civil War battle. Over 30 special trains arrive with thousands more veterans, 5000 tents set on Emmitsburg road and Seminary Ridge as formal exercises begin near a large tent. President Wilson expected July 4 for a two hour visit. Augustus Brown of Livermore Falls Maine noted as the first veteran to die on the field.
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Gettysburg
Blue and Gray
Blue
Gray
Lee
Meade
Shenandoah
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Emmittsburg
Seminary Ridge
Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Emmittsburg Road
Wilson
J M. Schoenmaker
Augustus Brown
Livermore Falls
Reveille
Blue Ridge
Johnny Red
Currency Bill Up for Debate in Congress Reform Plan Returns
Washington June 28 The Banking and Currency Reform bill advances with changes from the draft. President Wilson endorses the administration label as hearings linger and action unlikely before August 10. Provisions retire bank notes in twenty years and replace them with federal reserve notes.
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Washington
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Wilson
Senate
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Regional Reserve Bank
American sailor not charged in Antwerp on shore leave death
A circulating report claimed an American bluejacket from the Illinois killed Belgian Balthazzar Heinemann during a quarrel on shore leave. Commander Lloyd H. Chandler ordered an inquiry, finding no proof of the killing. Antwerp authorities have taken no action.
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Antwerp
Ilinois
Balthazzar Heinemann
Llyod H. Chandler
Illinois
Gatun Lake to be allowed to fill after spillway gates close
Panama reports that spillway gates at Gatun will close on July 1 and the lake will fill continuously. The lake level reached 48 percent on June 22, with a maximum level of 86 feet expected.
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Gatun Lake
Panama
Gatun
Counterfeiter Arrested in Dyersburg Farm Case
Federal authorities arrested John E. Parker, a farmer, in Dyersburg Tennessee on a charge of making counterfeit money. Dimes and nickels cast from black tin and other heavier metal were found.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
John E. Parker
Four drown in Mississippi near Cassville
Four persons from Lancaster Wisconsin Dr A R Kinney Nora Reynolds Helen Godfrey and Myrtle Judd drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river near Cassville Wisconsin.
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Dubuque
A. R., Kinney
Nora Reynolds
Helen Godfrey
Myrtle Judd
Lancaster
Wis
Cassville
Mysterious Political Snippet From Washington June
Fragmentary OCR item from Washington dated June 30 references a senator and a cryptic currency note. It mentions Madero and U S relations in a terse, uncertain line with no clear event or outcome.
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Madero
R Waghington
Senator
Gettysburg reunion joins former foes in large veteran gathering
Twenty five thousand veterans from North and South mingle at Gettysburg pa for a five decade reunion. Generals Buford Wheeler Longstreet Pickett Hill Meade and others attend as governors and veterans arrive. Wisconsin and Texas contingents join the camps.
Woman dies suddenly on porch reading bible in Chattanooga
Mrs. Sarah Moulton, 45, collapsed and died of heart failure on a front porch in Chattanooga while reading a bible. She is survived by her husband and six children. The death occurred July 1.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sarah Moulton
Excellent
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F. W. Buick
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Sherman Booth
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Jeb
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Buford
Wheeler
Chambersburg
Heath
Reynolds
Longstreet
Hill
J. M. Schoonmaker
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Felix. H. Robertson
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Fort Sumter
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