Lone bandit robs Michigan Central train near Jackson
Chicago reports a lone bandit with a revolver robbed a westbound Michigan Central passenger train No 7 near Jackson at 1 45 am taking less than 300 dollars from sleepers including Chicagoan A M Todd and Detroiters Harry Marks and F D Palmer The robber forced a porter to wake victims and fled as authorities pursue near Parma Michigan with Sheriff J F Greble leading the posse.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Jackson
Michigan Central
Chicago
West Bound
Louis” Thombs
Parma
J. F. Greble
Fugi
Michigan
A. M. Todd
East Fifty-sixth Street
Chiago
Harry Marks
Library Avenue
Detroit
F.D. Palmer
New York
Philip J. Savage
Cortland Cramp
William Cramp & Sons’ Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
Marks
Ann Arbor
David Ludlum
Wolgast Beats Joe Rivers in Ten Rounds at Hippodrome
Ad Wolgast nicknamed the Michigan wildcat outbattled Joe Rivers of California in a ten round windup at Milwaukee Hippodrome. The fight lasted about a half hour with Wolgast displaying relentless aggression and superiority throughout the bout.
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Milwaukee
Wolgast
Michigan
Dutchman
Cadillac
Hippodrome
Joe Rivers
California
Postal Service Appropriation Tops 305 Million
The house passed a post office appropriation bill totaling 305 million dollars. It includes an on duty injury provision granting full salary for one year and half salary for a second year, plus a $2,000 death benefit for clerks carriers and messengers.
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Washington
House
Japan Navy Dreadnought Budget Scrutiny in Diet
The marine ministry proposed 150 million dollars for 12 new dreadnoughts to the Imperial diet. After debate the appropriation was reduced to 20 million dollars, with the final decision pending further discussion in Tokyo.
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Tokio
Marine Ministry
Imperial Diet
Murphy to Face Grand Jury in Draft Investigation
New York January 24 Charles F Murphy chief of Tammany Hall will be called as a witness in the draft investigation by District Attorney Whitman He will not appear for several weeks due to pending matters in the case128
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Murphy
Grand Jbry
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Whitman
Alaska railway bill sails through Senate for 40 million
Washington January 27 Senate passed the Alaska railway bill directing the president to purchase or construct 1000 miles of railroad in Alaska at a cost not exceeding 40 million dollars. The measure grants broad powers to choose routes, build, equip or lease lines and create a redemption fund from public land proceeds.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
House
Poindexter
Bacon
Hoke Smith
Williams
Tidewater
Panama Canal
Smoot
Territorial Committee
Civi
Lane
Mrs Woodrow Wilson funds Axson scholarship at Martha Berry school
Mrs Woodrow Wilson endows the Edward W Axson scholarship at the Martha Berry school for mountain girls in Rome Georgia, announced during the institution's twelfth anniversary celebration.
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Mrs
Rail Superintendent Dead in Wheaton at 51
Byron H. Merwin general superintendent of the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railroad died at his Wheaton home after an operation for cancer He was fifty one years old and had been a prominent railroad official in Illinois for many years
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Chicago
Byron BH. Merwin
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company
Wheaton
Merwin
Carnegie funds organ for Lutheran church in Spencer
The pastor announced Carnegie donated 1200 dollars to buy a pipe organ for the Lutheran church in Spencer North Carolina. It is noted as Carnegie’s only church gift in the state.
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Carnegie
Spencer
N. C
Lutheran Church
Congress votes to open mines inquiry amid strikes
Washington reports a house vote of 149 to 17 to establish a congressional investigation into strikes at the Colorado coal mine and Michigan copper mine fields. The House Mines and Mining Committee will hear testimony in Denver Pueblo and possibly Trinidad within two weeks. Trinidad cavalry charged striking marchers to San Rafael hospital. A suitcase near the Ahmeek mine power plant contained an infernal machine with nitroglycerin, an alarm clock, and wiring.
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Washington
Colorado
Michigan
House Democrats
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Foster
Minois
Keating
McDonald
Denver
Pueblo
Trinidad
Colo
San Rafcal Hospital
Mary Jones
Houghton
Harris
Ahmeek
Keweenaw County
Five Die and Twenty Hurt in Jackson Train Collision
In Jackson Michigan the Michigan Central passenger train collided with a freight train three miles from the city. Five deaths were confirmed with twenty injured, many from the first coach and smoking car. Engineer Cal Johnson of the passenger train was identified at dawn.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Cal Johnson
Aviator Temple Dies in Hendon Crash
London January 27. George Lee Temple aged twenty two, famed as the first aviator to fly upside down in the country, was killed when his aeroplane plunged to the earth at the Hendon aerodrome. The young pilot is survived by his family and colleagues in aviation.
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London
George Lee Temple
Hendon
Temple
Noted Astronomer Sir David Gil Dies at Seventy One
London mourns as Sir David Gil renowned Scottish astronomer dies at 71. He was one of the world’s most widely known scientists.
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London
Sir David Gil
David
Blast at Ottawa fair hall kills four and damages stock show
Four men die as boiler erupts at Horwich Hall during the Ottawa Live Stock Fair opening. Over 20 horses perish, cattle harmed, and the blaze causes more than 450000 dollars in building and exhibit losses. Other reports note a separate house fire in Alpena, Michigan, killing five in a tanner family.
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Ottawa
Ont
Horwich Hall
Ita Contenta
No True Bill In Moyer Case In Michigan
A Michigan grand jury declined to bring charges in the Charles Moyer and James Tanner deportation case. Special prosecutor says kidnapping statute does not apply as victims left the state by their own choice. twenty seven witnesses testified over two days. John MacNaughton was present when Moyer was attacked.
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Houghton
Mich
Epes
Charles H. Moyer
James Tanner
Western Federation of Miners
Nichols
Moyer
Mr. Tanner
John MacNaughton
Calumet & Hecla Company
Indictment of James Severn for disturbing worship
Grand jury in St Marys indicts James Severn a member for disturbing religious worship. He pleads guilty and Judge Woods fines him 25 dollars, paid. Other items note conditions in Madrid Minas de Rio Tinto strike riots, wage rise for Webster cotton mill workers, Gorgan nomination for surgeon general, Mississippi women’s suffrage defeat, and Elliott resignations from Boston & Maine lines.
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St. Mary's
James Severn
Severn
Woods
Madrid
Minas de Rio Tinto
Webster
Mass
Gronvenordale Company
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
William C. Gorgan
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Boston
Howard Elliott
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Elton
Boston & Maine Directore
Goethals to Head Police Commissioner of New York
Mayor Mitchel announced Col. George W. Goethals would be the next police commissioner after urging from George W. Perkins. The mayor planned a personal interview with Perkins to discuss the move.
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Mitchel
New York
Col
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New York City
Colonel Goethals
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Fear for Lafayette Young in Des Moines Health Update
Lafayette Young, former U S senator and Capital publisher, is reported in poor condition in Des Moines with pneumonia. The 61 year old is described as being under care by physicians on January 27.
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Lafayette Young
Des Moines
United States
Bio
Hete I
Colonel Young
Navy aide to head Annapolis academy named
Washington on January 27 reports Captain W F Fullam, an aide to Secretary Daniels for personnel, will become superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He will replace Captain J W H Gibbons, who is assigned to command the battleship Louisiana.
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Washington
W. F Fullam
Daniels
Naval Academy
Annapolis
J. WH. Gibbons
Louisiana
Land Agreement Sparks Adams County Farm Plans
Adams County farmers store snow for summer use as part of statewide notes on crops and land use. News from across Nebraska highlights shifts in farming practices and local concerns affecting readers.
Nebraska event notices sweep Omaha Lincoln in February
The Nebraska Treasurers Association meets in Omaha February 10 to 12. Midwest Cement Users convenes in Omaha February 2 to 4. State Progressive party conference and banquet in Lincoln February 10. Nebraska Federation of Retailers assembly in Lincoln March 15.
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Nebraska Treasurers’ Association
Omaha
Midwest Cement Users
State
Progressive Party
Lincoln
Nebraska Federation of Retailers
Acre owner in suburb records year of harvests and bees
Scottablus reports Winfield Evans irrigates an acre and a quarter, tilled half his lot with trees and fruit over ten years. One year yields include apples and berries valued at 567.80, plus bees and honey. Also notes a wife found dead by hanging in a barn near Madison.
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Patudeny
Madison
John Wieland
Wieland
Moorefield Couple Married by Rev Stinnette at Parsonage
Albert J. Hill and Milas Julia Violet Delats were united in marriage by Rev. F. T. Stinnette at the Moorefield parsonage just after midnight on January 14 following a late January 13 ceremony.
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Moorefield
Albert J. Hill
Milas Julia Violet Delats
F. T. Stinnette
Pugnacious Rooster Attacks Boy In Hyannis Home
A three year old boy, son of Floyd Moran, was attacked by a rooster at the Moran residence. The fowl inflicted a gash over the eye and pierced the eyeball, though the eye is not believed to be seriously affected. Hastings reports farmers tested snow filled ice houses versus ice for summer cooling and found snow storage satisfactory.
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Hyannis
Floyd Moran
Moran
Hastings
Adams County
Sterling Grants Electric Franchise To Wymore Firm
Sterling grants an electric Waht franchise to W. W. Marks of Wymore with a plant ready for service in six months.
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Sterling
W. W. Marks
Wymore
Nebraskas loess soil famed for apples found worldwide
In Lincoln, G S Christy, Johnson county apple raiser, notes Nebraskas loess soil underpins thousands of apple trees and is matched only by two regions Germany and China where land value or population supported per area is higher.
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Nebraska
Germany
China
Lincoln
Christy
Johnson County
Lincoln lumber dealers elect leaders for coming year
At the state lumber dealers session I A Good of Cowles was elected president and Moses Campbell reelected vice president. J W Melle ville of Sterling and S W Lighter of St Edward became directors. Harrison commercial club pushes improvements including electric lights telephone system and town upbuilding.
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Harrison
Breakfast cap craze endures in fashion parade appeal
Fashion columns praise the breakfast cap as a lasting trend for women. Caps hide hair and keep a neat look at breakfast, with lace and embroidery frills, chiffon fabrics, ribbons, and tiny millinery flowers shaping the latest designs.
Care of the Complexion for Motoring
Many drivers suffer complexion loss from exposure but a good face cream and light powder before departure offer protection. Wash after a long run is harmful. reapply cream to remove dust and use soothing lotion. Goggles may seem unbecoming but eye strain risks lines and crow feet, so protection is wiser than harm.
To Dry Lace for a Smooth Pane or Marble Surface
The Philadelphia North American says the best method is to lace and press until dry, placing every point and scallop as intended and avoiding ironing to preserve a fresh effect.
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Philadelphia
Fur and Fur Cloth Hats Displayed in Millinery Styles
Julia Sotto outlines two hats with pressed crowns and smooth finishes. A velvet sailor shape features a round crown and rolling brim, while a plush fur cloth style uses hand covered shapes, plaits at the crown base, and silk lining to create a stylish, home milliner friendly look.
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Julia Sotto
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