Cheap Homes in Texas and Arkansas Along Cotton Belt Route
Advertisement offers affordable farming and grazing land in Texas and Arkansas with prices $2.00 to $5.00 per acre. Highlights include timber land suitable for grazing, long growing seasons, mild winters, and crops like peaches pears plums strawberries tomatoes potatoes onions cabbage melons. Promotes literature on Southwest lands and lists travel deals on Cotton Belt Route one and third Tuesdays from St. Louis to Arkansas Louisiana and Texas with reduced rates and stopovers. Contact E. W. Labeaume GP & T A St. Louis Mo.
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Southwest
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
St. Louis
Thebes
Cairo
Memphis
E. W. LA Beaume
T. A. St. Louis
Low Rates From St Louis and Kansas City to Many Rail Destinations
Advertises low one way and round trip fares from St Louis and Kansas City to Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Arkansas, Flexas, Louisiana and Pacific Coast points. Includes tourist and standard sleeping cars from two cities, free reclining chair cars on all trains, and best dining car service. Details in illustrated matter by G A A Deane Jr. at 200 Sentinel Building Indianapolis.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Utah
Colorado
Arkansas
Flexas
Louisiana
Pacific Coast
G. A. A. Deane, Jr
Sentinel
Indianapolis
President Roosevelt Bans Smoking In White House Mantel Sign
President Roosevelt has ordered no smoking in the White House and hung a mantel sign reading No Smoking Allowed. Arthur Simmons, the longtime colored doorkeeper, was named smoke inspector but faced strong opposition and sharp language from offenders.
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Roosevelt
White House
Arthur Simmons
Sermon Opening Habit of Dr Joseph Parker Recall
A reminiscence notes Dr Joseph Parker’s habit of starting sermons with a threefold repeat of the scriptural text. An early example shows his delivery transitioning from solemn to dramatic, ending with the phrase The children of Israel cried all nightthe babies as the audience engaged fully in the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parker
Israel
Cats on Board Liner Stir Public Interest
A liner with passengers carries six to ten cats allocated to different ship areas and listed on the company books for rations. Some first-class saloon cats have gained fame on long voyages to India and Australia. Large sums were offered for a saloon cat, and staff guarded it against admirers, as officers remained vigilant against theft.
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India
Australia
Exploration of Cyprus caves Yields Pigmy Hippopotamus bones
Miss Bates of South Kensington reports promising scientific results from Cyprus cave exploration. Fossil finds include bones identified by department experts as belonging to a pigmy hippopotamus, smaller than the smallest known species, among other new animal remains.
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Cyprus
Miss Bates
Natural History Department
South Kensington
Amng
Royal stamps attract royal collectors across Europe
Nearly every European royal family has a stamp collector. Princess Clementina of Belgium leads enthusiasts as an authority on stamps. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, the king of Serbia, and the Duke of York are noted philatelists. Pope Leo XIII has a fine collection, and many churchmen send specimens for appraisal.
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Europe
Clementina
Belgium
Wilhelmina of Molland
King of
Servia
Duke of York
Leo XIII
Milner’s Retort on Leave After Hard Duty
A staff officer seeking leave after accompanying Lord Milner on a Transvaal tour faces Milner’s blunt reply. He had endured two weeks of demanding labor and hoped for a break, but Milner questions what constitutes true leave, implying service itself is rest.
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Lord @ifimer
Grork
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lord Milner
News Notes From A Busy Washington Period
A long summary lists government bills and actions from early dates, including a 1.5 million dollar appropriation for a new agriculture building, anti trust debate, statehood talk, and postoffice funding. It records a Morgan speech on possible US war with Colombia, the Maine seaman Charles Morris death, railway wage increases, arrests after safe explosions in North Carolina, Montague statehood plan, and Manila cholera quarantine ending. Also noted are pending Minnesota judgeships, bank profit disclosures, counterfeit currency estimates, the Clyde electric death, China's expedition costs, Ellsworth and Mills obituaries, Detroit labor talks diverted, ship Florence lost, lakes freight consolidation, and the death of baritone William Paull.
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House
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Cangon
Morgan
United States
Colombia
Charles C. Morris
Maine
West
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Morris
Consolidated Railway and Power Co
Salt Lake
Utah
North Carolina
Monroe
North Dakota
J. N. Tolman
Carbon County
Mont
Montana
Dakota
Montague
Belt Mountains
Missouri River
Glendive
Colorado
Manila
Page Morris
Duluth, Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Representative Morris
Secretary of the Treasury
Bell
United States Treasury
Secret Service
Albert Tuck
Clyde
N. Y
Elizabeth Young Ellsworth
Brigham Young
Lewisville
Idaho
Fermanagh
Ireland
Canada
Brass Workers
Brass and Iron Manufacturers
Detroit
Walter Wilkins
Florence
California Shipbuilding Co
Tacoma
Honolulu
Iit
Vanderbilts
J. P. Morgan
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Paull
London
England
Castle Square Opera Company
St. Louis
Southern
Paull
Various World News Items Stir Public Interest Across States
A Kansas City liquor salesman Uhlman faced women with brooms and clubs at Meriden. Grand Trunk seeks Wisconsin Central control amid transcontinental plans. Tara hill auction brings $18,500 to a female buyer. Richmond looms monument for nurse Robbie Yeager who died of smallpox. Irish estate dispute ends in New York court. Hobson resignation accepted. Lebanon fire causes $125,000 loss. Mine car syndicate rigging deals. 18 plants eyed. Track leads: Hardie Henderson killed by trolley in Philadelphia. Firth Sterling workers strike over overtime. government order rushes to Indian Head. John P Crawford father of asphalt dies at 89. Legal actions: Gudebrod and Pottstown sued by Smith & Meyer. Thermopolis raid kills 300 sheep. Minnich wounded. Pennsylvania railroad frees 1,500 switchmen. Oregon bans crime news papers and stage crime stories. Col Ira Ayer dies at 67. Virginia Iron Coal increases wages 10%. Moroccan sultan funds St Louis exhibit. Louisville electric deal nears $1 million. Turkey mobilizes 240,000 troops in Macedonia. Pennsylvania Railroad to raise capital to 400 million. Meteorite found in Kentucky weighs 350 pounds. Veteran reporter Henry Hayes dies in Washington. Customs chief Winters arrested for embezzlement. South Carolina moves to end child labor in textiles and mines. Littlefield anti-trust bill hits House. statehood debate continues.
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L. Uhlman
Kansas City
Meriden
Kan
Uhlman
Grand Trunk Road
Wisconsin Central
Grand Trunk
Hill of
Tara
Druids
Richmond
Robbie M. Yeager
John Stewart
Belfast
Ireland
A. T. Stewart
O’gorman
Supreme Court
New York City
Albert D’artigues
Richmond P. Hobson
Moody
Lebanon
Ind
Neal
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Hardie Henderson
Philadelphia
Henderson
Baltimore
Firth Sterling Projectile Works
McKeesport
Indian Head
John P. Crawford
Wakefield
N. J
Crawford
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
San Francisco
Gudebrod Bros. & Co
Pottstown Thread Co
Smith & Meyer
Chicago
William Minnich
Thermopolis
Wyo
Minnich
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate of
Oregon
Ira Ayer
Special Treasury
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co
Morocco
Louisville Electric Light Co
Citizens’ General Electric Co
Louisville
Turkey
Macedonia
Russia
Austria
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
National Museum At
Christian County
Henry G. Hayes
County Cavan
United States
Byram H. Winters
Customs Bureau of New York Post Office
Winters
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Littlefield
Trouble in Honduras Looms Over Shipping and Navy Aims
Reports from Washington and San Francisco detail Honduras' leadership dispute as Sierra transfers power to a ministerial council while Bonilla proclaims himself president at Amapala. Navy yard orders accelerate repairs to the Bennington and readiness for sea as warships head toward Amapala. Local dispatches note possible Salvadoran unrest and no immediate American evacuations.
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Washington
State Department
Sierra
Honduras
Council of Ministers
Bonilla
Amapala
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cal
Navy Yard
Bennington
San Francisco
Boston
New York
Ranger
Pacific
Glass
Admiral Casey
Mobile
Ala
Espana
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Danielson
Salvador
Guatemala
L. M. Moraques
General Orders reshuffle U S Army commands in February
Washington February 5 a general order at the war department details key assignments Maj Gen MacArthur takes command of the Department of California relieving Maj Gen Hughes who will retire April 11 Maj Gen Bates relieves MacArthur of the Lakes command April 1 Brig Gen Wade to relieve Maj Gen Davis in the Division of the Philippines by July 26 Wade to be promoted to major general on Hughes retirement in April and Davis to be relieved in July Frank Baldwin to succeed Funston in Colorado and Mindanao and Leonard Wood heads to Manila to command Mindanao and Funston moves to Columbia with Baldwin succeeding Funston in Colorado
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Philippines
Gen. Davis
Leonard Wood
Manila
Department of Mindanao
Funston
Department of Columbia
Randall
Frank D. Baldwin
Department of Colorado
Wade
Hughes
Davis
Blizzard Paralyzes Chicago Amid Snow Toll
Chicago faced the worst blizzard in years as nearly a foot of snow fell Tuesday night. Wires were down everywhere and telegraph lines outside the Chicago-Milwaukee system were useless, isolating the city from outside news for hours. A rain sleet storm and high winds caused extensive havoc with two deaths and numerous accidents reported.
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Chicago
Chicago-Milwaukee
Omaha
Brother Kills Sister Then Fatally Shoots Himself
In New York on February 5, Mrs. Mary Fleischer was shot and killed at her East Third Street cigar store by her brother Adolph Cross after she refused his demand for money. Cross then shot himself in the heart and died instantly.
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New York
Mary Fleischer
East Third Street
Adolph Cross
Cross
Bread Riots in Valladolid Demand Work and Bread
Several thousand unemployed marched through Valladolia yesterday demanding work or bread. They looted bread wagons and were charged by gendarmes. Shots were exchanged, some men injured and many arrested.
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Valladolia
Valladolid
Spain
Firemen Die as Parish Hall Collapses in Hudson Mass
Two firemen were killed and four others seriously injured when walls collapsed during a fire that destroyed the parish hall of St. Michael's church in Hudson Massachusetts last night.
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Hudson
Mass
St. Michael’s Church
House panel backs higher pensions for Mexican war vets
Washington February 5 The House committee on pensions approved a favorable report on a Senate bill to raise the monthly pension from eight to twelve dollars for all Mexican war veterans. About 3,900 Mexican War survivors are on the pension rolls.
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Washington
House Committee On Pensions
Senate
Newspaper changes owners in Columbus history
Columbus Feb 5 The Ohio State Journal passed into new local owners who bought the entire stock of the company.
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Columbus
Ohio State Journal
Band of ladrones clash with constabulary near Polo Bulacan
In Cavite Rizal and Bulacan provinces scattered bands of ladrones forming a 400 strong junction near Polo Bulacan attacked 30 constabulary men last Monday. The constables retreated and later returned with reinforcements, whereupon the ladrones fled.
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Manila
Cavite
Rizal
Bulacan
Polo
French torpedo boat Espignole sinks near Toulon
Paris February 5 reports the torpedo boat destroyer Espignole foundered off Cape Launder about 30 miles east of Toulon. A second destroyer ran ashore at the same location.
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Paris
Espignole
Cape Lauider
Toulon
Vigorous vitality marks New York trade report
R G Dun weekly review notes vigorous activity in trade and industry despite transportation bottlenecks. Efforts to ease congestion and weather challenges persist, with building, retail and wholesale sectors showing varied strength. Railway earnings rise 8.6 percent. U S failures 264, Canada 32 versus last year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Navy Appropriation Bill Expands Force by 4000 Men
The naval appropriation bill reported to the House on Friday draws 79,048,420 dollars, below navy department estimates. It funds three first class battleships, an armored cruiser, two steel training ships, and a wooden brig, plus doubling midshipmen per congressional delegation. It also adds 63 marine officers and 679 enlisted Marines, and increases officers and enlisted across various naval and medical ranks.
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Washington
House
Navy Department
Congress
Pay Corps
Marine Corps
Strike of Elevator Men Shuts Chicago Skyscrapers
Tenants face heavy disruption as elevator conductors janitors and window washers strike in Chicago. They demand union recognition from Building Managers' association and refuse arbitration terms after six months of talks. Local teamsters halt coal deliveries to strike buildings risking loss of heat and light.
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Chicago
Building Managers’ Association
Collapse Buries Workers in New Castle Building
In New Castle Pennsylvania a roof collapse on the Lawrence Savings and Trust Co under construction killed Gilbert Achre and seriously injured John McClure. Architect Gilvery of New York was cut and bruised. The fallen roof crushed six floors into the basement trapping Achre under tons of concrete and steel. McClure escaped burial and was rescued unconscious from the wreckage.
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New Castle
Lawrence Savings and Trust Co
Gilbert Achre
John McClure
Gilvery
New York
Acire
McClure
American Ex plosives Manufacturing Co Formed in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a meeting with New York Baltimore and Philadelphia capitalists led to the formation of the American Explosives Manufacturing Co. The firm aims to unite all U S dynamite powder and explosive makers with authorized capital of 1 million dollars, expected to rise to 5 million. The company is said to have acquired several plants.
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Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
American Explosives Manufacturing Co
Weston and Stofft Tie Ahead in Brooklyn Pool Tourney
Henry P. Stofft of Cleveland and Charles Weston of Chicago shared first in the professional sweepstakes pool tourney that started in Brooklyn four weeks ago. Weston defeated Stofft 125 to 44 last night, Stofft’s first loss after eight straight wins. Both players now stand eight wins and one loss after nine games, and they meet tonight to decide the championship.
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New York
Henry P. Stofft
Cleveland
Charles Weston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Weston
Stofft
Toledo Letter Theft Suspect Named by Inspectors
Postoffice inspectors Moore of Toledo and Burr of Fort Wayne arrested John J. Everett after tracing handwriting to an envelope opened and forwarded to Adrian Michigan. Everett, a hanger-on at the Union depot, confessed to the thefts that had puzzled the city for weeks.
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Toledo
Moore
Burr
Fort Wayne
Ind
John J. Everett
Everett
Union Depot
Adrian
Mich
Would-be Regicide on Trial in Brussels
Brussels Feb 7 GenNaro Rubino Italian anarchist faces trial for attempting to assassinate King Leopold on November 15 by firing three shots as he rode past the cathedral. The trial opened Friday with the charges officially read and Rubino examined by prosecutors.
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Brussels
Gennaro Rubino
Leopold
Disbursing Clerk Held on $8,000 Shortage Charge
Was caught in Montreal. Washington reports William A. Wilson, a disbursing clerk tied to the Philippine civil government, charged with an $8,000 shortage in his accounts and held under arrest at a local police station. He was found in Montreal.
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Montreal
Washington
William A. Wilson
Roosevelt Declines Honor as Venezuela Question Goes to Hague
In Washington the allied powers move to refer the Venezuela dispute to The Hague after President Roosevelt declines arbitration on preferential payments among creditors. The blockade will be raised once protocols with Venezuela's Minister Bowen are signed, with Ambassador Herbert drafting the initial protocol.
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Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
Roosevelt
Hay
Hague
Herbert
Coal Strike Commission Ends 51-Day Hearing in Philadelphia
After a 51 day hearing the Coal Strike Commission in Philadelphia adjourned to Monday to hear post hearing counsel arguments. Operators have three days and miners the remainder for final pleadings totaling about five and a half days. Miners finished rebuttal testimony as 566 witnesses testified and roughly 2.3 million words were recorded. The session also disclosed three coal and iron policemen were charged in an Italian killing which the Lackawanna County grand jury ignored.
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Philadelphia
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Coal and Iron
Lackawanna County
Miners and Operators Set New Wage Scale in Central District
In Indianapolis on February 9, miners and operators agreed on a wage scale for the coming year. Operators call it a miners victory with an average wage rise of 12 to 14 percent. The agreement affects about 300,000 miners directly or indirectly across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Pittsburgh district of Pennsylvania.
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Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Dawes Former Senator Dawes Dies in Pittsfield at 86
Pittsfield Mass Feb 6 Former United States Senator Henry L Dawes died at his home after a Christmas illness that began with a severe cold and developed into grip He was 86 years old and had been ill since Christmas.
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Pittsfield
Mass
United States
Henry L. Dawes
Mr. Dawes
Boy Saves Two Lives Amid Flood Swirl near Oxford
In Raleigh on February 6 a buggy overturned in a swollen stream near Oxford, Ethel Royster and Mary Dean fell in. Royster drowned while Dean caught a bush. Tillotson and Dean were saved when a 12 year old Tillotson brother reached them, pulling them to safety.
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Raleigh
N. C
Oxford
Ethel Royster
Mary Dean
William Tillotson
Miss Royster
Miss Dean
Tillotson
Two Trials by Courts Martial at Fort Sheridan
Chicago Feb 6 Sergeant Swentzel and Leonard of Fort Sheridan were tried by court martial. Swentzel pleaded guilty to stealing revolvers from a cavalry troop and disposing of them in Chicago. Leonard pleaded not guilty. After Leonard’s evidence the verdict and testimony will be sent to Gen MacArthur for decision.
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Chicago
Swentzel
Leonard
Fort Sheridan
MacArthur
Unique American newspaper versifiers group formed in Baltimore
The temporary organization of American newspaper versifiers and humorists was effected in Baltimore on Thursday with the election of temporary officers. The first convention will meet in Baltimore May 18 to 23.
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Baltimore
Fatal Epidemic Strikes Cattle Near Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas February 6 reports an unknown disease sweeping plantations around the area. Cattle die within 24 hours, with losses including a planter who lost all his cattle and another who lost twenty within a few days.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Farmhouse Tragedy A Widow Confesses To Killing Husband
Monticello New York February 9 Mrs Lafayette Taylor of Centerville Sullivan County confessed to killing her husband Lafayette Taylor on January 25 and burning the body to avoid capture. Her 14 year old daughter corroborated the tale. The widow said her husband abused her when drunk. a revolver fired, killing him instantly. She then dismembered the body and burned it in the kitchen stove with clothing. burnt bones were ground and fed to hens. Blood stains were painted over. Mrs Taylor, about 40, was arrested and gave a full confession.
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Monticello
N.Y
Lafayette Taylor
Centerville
Sullivan County
Taylor
Taylors
Earthquakes Shake Southern Illinois and Major Cities
Several cities across Illinois Kentucky and Missouri reported minor earthquake shocks on February 9. St Louis and nearby Illinois towns felt two distinct quakes between 6 20 and 6 25 pm one lasting about 20 seconds with dishes rattling and doors swinging the second brief and lighter. Other pockets in southern Illinois including Cairo Marion and Paducah reported slight tremors with no damage. Louisville Cloverport and nearby areas also felt brief shocks with windows rattling but no harm.
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Illinois
Kentucky
St. Louis
Alton
Belleville
Edwardsville
Cairo
Marion
Ill
Louisville
Paducah
Cloverport
Famine Prices Proposed If Britain Enters War
A London statement from an influential committee led by the Duke of Sutherland and others warns that if Great Britain is drawn into a European war the country must face bread at famine prices. It cites the United States as Britain's main food source and notes corn traders would seek war-time profits.
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England
London
Duke of Sutherland
Lord Strathcona
Charles Beresford
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Murder of New York Iron Dealer in East Twenty Third Street Office
Louis Mandel, a dealer in old iron, was slain Sunday in his East Twenty third street office. His skull was crushed by an iron bar, and robbers rifled the desk taking a gold watch chain and a diamond pin while a large sum of money remained hidden. James Murphy says Mandel berated an Italian named Joe, who fled after Mandel was left unconscious before Murphy’s return from breakfast.
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New York
Louis Mandel
East Twentythird Street
Mandel
James Murphy
Iron Yard
Joe
Murphy
Garlands Stranded Off North Carolina Coast
British steamship Garlands bound from New London to Wilmington is stranded 1.5 miles north of Big Kinnakeet N C inside the bar and distant from deep water. All 18 crew saved by breeches buoy.
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Cape Henry
Garlands
New London
Wilmington
N. C
Big Kinnakeet
Rear Admiral Wildes Dies at Sea
Rear Admiral Frank Wildes of the United States Navy died suddenly last Friday aboard the steamer China on his way home from China on sick leave. The death occurred while the ship was en route to San Francisco, with officials noting no further details available. The veteran officer held a distinguished career and served in multiple naval commands.
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Wildes
San Francisco
Frank Wildes
United States Navy
China
Flood Fears Rise As ChattaNoochie River Surges
In Columbus Georgia on February 9 the Chatta noochie river is rising rapidly with water 36 feet above normal and climbing six hours later by five and a half feet. Property along the river faces considerable damage as authorities monitor the flood threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Columbus
Chattanoochie
Fatal Vandalia wreck near Terre Haute claims two lives
A head on collision between a passenger train and an extra freight train on the Vandalia, two miles west of Terre Haute, Saturday night, killed two men, with two more fatally injured and about a dozen passengers wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
One Policeman Kills Another in Bristol Shooting
Bristol Tenn Feb 9 Policeman Grant Walk shot and instantly killed Policeman Houston Childress during a Sunday quarrel. Walk escaped and was traced to his room where he had changed from uniform to civilian clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
Grant Walk
Houston Childress
Walk
Prisoner Held for Sale in Tangier Dispatch
A Tangier dispatch confirms Bu Hamara, the pretender, is captive with the Riata branch of the Kabyle tribe. They are ready to surrender him to the sultan for a ransom.
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Madrid
Fet
Tangier
Bu Hamara
Riata
Buckeye Topics Plot to Dynamite a Viaduct
Detectives investigate a thwarted plot to blow the High street viaduct near Union Station in Columbus. Dynamite cartridges were found under the structure Tuesday and removed before damage or loss of life occurred. The motive remains unknown as the viaduct serves multiple rail lines and busy commerce.
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Columbus
High Street
Union Station
Bank closure stalls town funds amid asset shortfall
In Chardon on February 6, the Boughton Ford and Co bank dissolution progresses slowly as Burton township village and school funds remain tied to the failed bank. Seven surrounding townships' deposits are at risk, with many elderly residents losing their savings. A large Amish community near Burton also held funds there. Receiver W. Liams demands immediate debt payments, risking over 100 sheriff sales if ignored.
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Chardon
Boughton, Ford & Co. Bank
Burton
Burtona
W. Liams
Ohio State adopts two class admission plan
Columbus Feb 7 The Ohio State university faculty approved a new plan to raise entrance standards Two school classes will be created High schools with a four year course of high standard grant admission on graduation certificates Schools with lower standards require exams in remaining subjects to prove readiness The aim is to reduce the number of students failing due to inadequate preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
County Commissioners Demand Refund From Architects
In Cleveland on February 7 the county commissioners, with unanimous approval, instructed County Solicitor age to demand immediate repayment of the $70,000 advanced to the firm Zhman & Schmitt for the courthouse contract preliminary estimate. The commissioners had also notified the chamber of commerce board of directors. The architects offer to refund $40,000 of the sum already paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Age
Zhman & Schmitt
Court House
Gould interests plan four track belt road terminals in Toledo
Toledo February 4 with the completion of a new five million belt road around the city the Gould interests controlling the Wabash Ann Arbor and Wheeling and Lake Erie railways have bought property through the city center. They intend to develop terminals at a ten million dollar cost and lay a four track road to connect their diversified interests with the new terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Gould
Wabash
Ann Arbor
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Two Boys Fatally Injured in Nitro Can Explosion
In Glass, near New Matamoras, Mrs. John Newell tried to clean an empty nitro glycerine can on the stove after her two young sons dragged it home from nearby oil fields. An explosion demolished the house and killed Mrs. Newell instantly while fatally injuring the two boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
John Newell
New Matamoras
Glass Post Office
Wooster Hero Rescues Skating Companion From Ice
Charles Frick nephew of the coke king and Edgar P. Frick of Wooster saved Lena Kettler after she plunged into freezing water during a skating party on a pond with thin ice. He brought her to shore after she went under twice.
Nash dismisses alarmist health stories at capitol
Colusus Feb 7 reports Nash appearing at the executive office in the capitol and laughing at Cincinnati alarmist tales that he is critically ill. The governor declares he feels improved and Dr Wilson denies any brain lesion, stating the rumors are unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash
Gary
Capitol
Cincinnati
Wilson
Strikers Assault Two Non-Union Men at Fremont Factory
In Fremont on Tuesday night strikers at the Clause shear factory attacked two non union workers. One man suffered severe injuries requiring carrier home transport and another was slashed across the face with a razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Clause Shear
Tailors in Convention in Cincinnati
The eighteenth annual convention of the Merchant Tailors' exchange opened at the Grand hotel with 300 delegates for a three day session. Welcome addresses came from the mayor and James P. Laffey, with Albert Matthews of Chicago replying. Matthews, president of the National Merchant Tailors' exchange, delivered the annual address. The national body now includes 32 leading cities and 700 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Merchant Tailors’ Exchange
Grand Hotel
James P. Laffey
Cincinnati Exchange
Albert Matthews
Chicago
National Merchant Tailors’ Exchange
Matthews
National Exchange
Anti-Labor Fund Drive At McComb For Rum Demon Fight
In Pindlay on February 6 the Anti-Labor league started a new fundraising method to oppose the rum traffic in McComb. Night Watchman Crumrine faced dismissal charges for not enforcing the Beal law in a council room hearing that drew a crowd and was adjourned to the opera house where ten cents admission was charged. Proceeds were to fund the campaign against McComb saloons. Mayor Cooper heard the evidence and reserved decision for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pindlay
Anti-Labor League
McComb
Crumrine
Cooper
Waterworks Shut Down By Ice Block Near Shore
Lorain on February 7 reports the waterworks shut Friday as lake intake near the shore became ice clogged, cutting off the entire city water supply and leaving no fire protection. It is the first time the intake has frozen over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Drowned Skating Tragedy At Summit Lake
Akron resident August Neugert drowned in 25 feet of water yesterday while skating on Summit Lake. He fell through an air hole and disappeared. Local authorities investigated the incident and resumed search efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Neugert
Summit Lake
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Weehrly
Chee
J. Thompson
Spice—Latty Bldg
Court ST
Defiance
Kiv
Northwestern Telephone
Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
NAVY
Willi
Coal Strike Commission
Dawes
Buckeye
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