Washington Weather, Politics, and Tragedy Bundle
A week in Washington features a devastating gale with fatalities and injuries, lightning strikes on government buildings, and the White House windows blown in. Reports also cover Huerta’s political shift, tariff clashes in the Senate, a scathing rebuke of the Mulhall confession, and diplomatic notes on Japanese land laws.
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National Capital
Washington
Wilson
White House
Victoriano Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Stone
Foreign Countess Szechenyi seeks divorce after vast fortune loss
Budapest telegraph reports Countess Laszlo Szechenyi formerly Mise Gladys Vanderbilt of New York ready to demand a divorce, citing her husband spent 7 million dollars of her money. Other items note Pershing’s Philippine campaign, Tampico bombing by air over Guaymas, Maslignon’s flights, Alpine climbers’ fall, Sylvia Pankhurst’s London rally, Tokyo papers on Japan US ties, Ferris copper stalemate, and Admiral Watmough birthday observance.
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Laszlo Szechenyi
Mise Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
Budapest
Petit Parfelen
Indiana Tuberculosis Costs Spark Fund Drive
Indianapolis report says tuberculosis costs Indiana more than 16 million dollars yearly. Officials Burrage and Thurber urge manufacturers to fund prevention as Grand Rapids and Cincinnati invest more. Fire loss across July nears 1.5 million with 215 fires, many lightning-related.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Association
Burrage
Walter D. Thurber
Gnn
Thurber
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cincinnati
Michigan City
William
Longtey
Imarabal
Longley
Disappearance of a Pet Cat Ends in Roast Beef?
A bizarre tale recounts Mr Jones deciding to dispose of a feral cat by chloroforming it and concealing the remains. After failed attempts on a boat and train, a bundle finally ends up on his front porch revealing a six pound roast of beef. The writer asserts the story is true and notes uncertain dealings with a man who swapped bundles.
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Indiana
Opate Hican Editorial
North Meridian
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Fairbanke
Jone
Jones
Lhan
Mr. Jones
Mia
Segregation Proposals At Convention Advocate Education for Mentally Deficient
Dr Henry H Goddard of Vineland New Jersey urged segregation of slow and weak minded children at a Chicago convention. He claimed many truly stupid children are among normal children and that lack of recognition leads to danger in society. He cited estimates from the final class and reform institutions with percentages related to mental wards and programs.
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Chicago
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Mulhall
Oscar Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Muthal
Japan
McAdoo
Austin
Tennessee
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Pension Bureau
Bacon
Georgia
United States
Charles B. Dixon, Jr
Juarez
Mex
el Paso
T. D. Edwards
Dixon
Bryan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tyrone
Baltimore
Edwin H. Hughes
Sat Francisco
Eberhart
Minnesota Board of Pardons
Matthew H. McNabb
Fromum
McNabb
Be. I.p
Dodge City
Kan
Hamilton County
Hyatteville
Pal
Washington City
Boston
Michigan
Federation of Minera
Capitol
Lansing
New Jersey Board of Health
C. N. Cole
St. Croix County Asylum
Wisconsin
David Flint
Cole
Flint
Tom” Marshall
Columbia City
Ind
Hotel la Salle
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Green Bay
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Calumet, Mich
Denver
Pershing
San Francisco
Cal
Tampico
Guaymas Harbor
Mexico
Meneage
Didier Mas
Sallieres
Dent-Du Midi
Sylvia Pankhurst
London
Miss Pankhurst
Holloway
Tokio
California
Ferris
Copper Miners
James H. Watmough
Charles F.mar
Tuberculosis Prevention Body
Costa
Seasion
Indiana Librarians’ Summer
Earlham College
Richmond
Carl Earnhardt
Earnhardt
M. F. Johnston
Richmond Art Association
Edward H. Harris
Palladium
Ada M. McCormick
Fort. Wayne
John A. Lapp
William M. Hepburn
Purdue University
L. J. Bailey
Gary
Utility Board
Public Service Commission
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