Huerta Lies Open to Lind Peace Talks Amid Turmoil
Reports from City of Mexico and Vera Cruz describe President Huerta’s officials seeking to reopen negotiations with John Lind the U S envoy. Lind at Vera Cruz, Huerta rumored to consider concessions while asking Congress not to convene for a new assembly. O Saughnessy and Aldape urge restraint and delay embargo actions as talks continue.
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City of
Mexico
John Lind
Wilson
Ao Jasgogsin
Vera Cruz
City
Huerta
United States
Europe
Mr. Lind
Tlalpam
O'Shaughnessy
Lind
O'Sraughnessy
Hae Ie
Congress
Zelie Emerson Dying From Concussion After London Clash
London reports Zelie Emerson the American militant suffrage leader once of Chicago is near death from a brain concussion allegedly caused by a police club blow. She led a female assault against police at the Old Dow church on November 6 to free Sylvia Pankhurst. The rescue attempt failed as police reinforcements dispersed the crowd and Emerson lay unconscious.
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London
Zelina Emerson
Chicago
Misa Emerson Wags
Train Wreck Injures Dozens Near Holvin Michigan
November 14 report from Holvin Michigan states twenty two passengers were injured, fourteen seriously, and two fatally when a Pere Marquette passenger train on the Allegan division plunged down a fifteen foot embankment. The incident disrupts service and prompts emergency response.
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Holvin
Mich
Allegan
Pere Marquette Railroad
Haywood Conviction Set Aside in Silk Strike Case
Trenton November 12 The state supreme court or board set aside the conviction of William Haywood industrial worker and World leader who with two others was found guilty of disorderly conduct during the silk strike.
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Haywood
Trenton
N. J
William Haywoood
Industrial Worker of World
TRAIN CRASH KILLS 12 CONGRESSMAN CLAYTON BROTHER INJURED IN WRECK
Twelve bodies recovered and about a hundred injured after Central of Georgia passenger train No. 12 derailed four miles east of Clayton Alabama as it carried excursionists from Ozark to a Alabama fair. Jefferson D. Clayton survived with minor injuries. A broken rail is cited as the cause.
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Birmingham
Ala
Central of Georgia
Clayton
Ozark
Wafaula
Jefferson D. Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Wooster
Pennsylvania
Arthur Kreakle
Shrave
Panasylvania
M. Crease
Allegheny
Joliet
Ill
Navy
John Duggan
Santa Fe
Mysterious mail robbery solved. arrest ordered for A P Tardy
Chicago reports the mystery robbery of registered mail is solved with orders issued for the arrest of mail collector A P Tardy who obtained papers and money valued at $10,000. The items were traced to him as the investigation closes.
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Chicago
A. P. Tardy
Tardy
Superior
Wis
Roy Haskins
Haskins
Bennett
Panama
Lefevre
Wicker
Legation
London
Royal Society
Alexander Graham Bell
Hyde to wed Countess de Gontautilron in Paris
James Hazen Hyde, son of Equitable founder, announced engagement to Countess Toufae de Gontautilron, formerly Martha Welshman, in Paris on November 16. The announcement confirms a forthcoming marriage between the American financier and the European noble.
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James HW. Hyde
Paris
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Saciery
Toufae de Gontautilron
Martha Welshman
Wreck Victims Reach Cleveland After Lake Superior Reef Wreck
Sixteen men and two women of the crew of the steamer L. C. Waldo of Detroit were rescued and reached Cleveland, Ohio, after their vessel wrecked on Qull Rock reef in Lake Superior last Friday morning.
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Cleveland
L. C. Waldo
Detroit
Qull Rock Reef
Lake Superior
Perish on Ship as Lake Storm Claims Hundreds
Reports from Marquette and Port Huron detail the loss of the Henry J. Smith off Keweenaw Point with 300 feared dead as a Lake Superior gale sinks vessels. Wreckage and multiple bodies wash ashore. counts of lives lost in Lake Huron reach up to 300.
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Marquette, Mich
Henry J. Smith
Keweenaw Point
Superior
Hawgood Transportation Company of
Cleveland
Smith
Henry DB. Smith
James Owen
Owen
Keweenaw
Standard Rock
Marquette
Henry B. Smith
Port Huron
Mich
Lake Huron
James Carruthers
Regina
John A. McGean
Wexford
Charles S. Price
Here
Argus
Hydrus
Ely
Sarnia City
Port Austin
New Zealand Strike Moves Toward Martial Law
Christchurch report says labor unrest nears martial law as two more strike leaders are arrested on sedition charges. Over 1,000 armed constables are on duty amid escalating tension. In Detroit an escaped dynamiter McManigal flees toward Montreal, planning to depart soon, unlikely to return to America.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
McManigal
United States
Detroit
Mich
Orde
Manigal
Dynamiter
Montreal
Hkely
America
Strikes and Arrests Fuel Tense Calumet Ambience
In Calumet Michigan authorities arrested 150 strike activists on a contempt path, while Indianapolis reports militia in armories and stalled arbitration talks. Carworkers union recognition and arbitration terms loom, conductors wear union buttons, raising passenger unease amid streetcar tensions.
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Calumet
Mich
Niic
Seska
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Todd
Ralston
Ethelbert Stewart
Department of Labor
Washington
Inea
Beilis Found Not Guilty in Ritual Murder Trial
Mendel Beilis was acquitted by a jury in Kiev after the trial over the government charge of ritual murder. Soldiers escorted him home as crowds outside grew enraged, threatening violence and jamming the tiny courtroom with anger.
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Kiev
Russia
Mendel Geilis
Island Chief Fires Aid Fallout in Manila Visit
In Manila after a ten day stay Gerald B. Seldomridge arrived aboard the Thomas amid rumors he omitted Mrs Harrison from a party list while Gov Gen Francis Burton Harrison was en route to Manila and Mrs Marrison is said denied admission to a reception.
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San Francisco
Manila
Francis Burton Harrison
Gerald B. Seldomridge
United States Army
Thomas
Seldomridge
Harrison
Japan
Marrison
Death for Spencer in Illinois murder case
In Wheaton Illinois on November 17 the jury found Henry Spencer guilty of murdering Mildred Allison Rexroat near Wayne and left her body on a railroad track. Spencer shouted that they would hang him and collapsed, while the defense and prosecutor pressed for the death penalty.
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Spencer
Anton Zeman
Slusser
Dadley
Three Die In Race Riot At logging Camp
Tassfield Mississippi November 17 Virgil Stamps deputy sheriff and Bassfield city marshal and two negro men died in a race riot at a logging camp near here where about three hundred workers mostly black were employed. The confrontation followed cocaine crazed James Fuller opening fire and barricading himself. Stamps and Fuller were killed and another deputy fired back.
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Tassfield
Misa
Virgil Stamps
Bassfield
James Fuller
Samuel Tillman
PR. J. Adlman
Fuller
Marshal Stamps
Phone trust trial opens with monopoly hints in Denver
Special Examiner Smyth says telephone companies deny entering a combination though evidence suggests monopoly. Hearing ended in Denver and will resume in Chicago. In New Orleans Mrs Cooke wed John Landry, companion on yacht cruise who aided Commodore Cooke's divorce suit.
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Department of Justice
Denver
Colo
Smyth
Yioence
Mountain States
Chicago
New Orleans
Peter Cooke
Commodore Cooke
John Landry
Cooke
Rewards for Sea Rescuers in Berlin Ceremony
A premium of $2,000 was awarded by the German Life Saving Society to lifeboat crews of three ships for their rescue of Volturno passengers. The event took place in Berlin on November 1.
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Berlin
Germany
German Life Saving Society
Indiana Native Killed in Philippine Air Service
Second Lieutenant C. Perry Rich of the Philippine scout, an Army aviator, was killed in the aeroplane accident in the Philippines. He was a native of Indiana, born January 21, 1983, and enlisted as a private before rising to officer rank.
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U.S. Army
Washington
C. Perry Rich
Philippine Scout
Aeroplana Acclient
Philippines
Indiana
Still One Hope Remained In Jam Closet Incident
Mrs Titus left to shop warning her sons aged eight and ten. The two boys tried to unlock the jam closet, failing after many attempts. They decided to wait for their mother’s return and ask for a reward for good behavior.
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Prederick
Mamma
New York Evening Post
Eruption Healing With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Jackson Missouri family recounts a ten month old daughter’s severe body eruption and sores. After trying various remedies, they used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting rapid relief and eventual recovery within a week. The ad promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide with free samples and a skin book.
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Jackson
August F. Bartele
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Daylight at Al Hours
London scientist Dr. Herbert E. Ives claims to have invented daylight. He describes a powerful incandescent lamp with a special mantle placed in a cabinet to produce sun like rays. A system of colored screens allegedly eliminates non north light to create a perfect harmony of light similar to sunshine.
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Herbert E. Ives
London
Doctor Ives
Maid Had Helped and the Waking Mind
Young Van Winkle waits in the parlor for Julia. The maid Marie smirks that Julia is not waking her mind but waking up. The comic misdirection turns on a mistaken implication about concealment and timing.
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Young van Winkle
Julia
Marie
He Brings Home Cigar Prize To Try Rekindling Quarrel
He returned after a quarrel with a package hidden behind him. He claimed the item was for someone he valued most while his wife, Fabe, responded suavely asking if it was a box of cigars.
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Fabe
Rounder Delivers Square Deal Sparks Surprise
A light exchange recalls a recent moment when a surprise was extended by a rounder who gave a square deal. The dialogue hints at appreciation and a favorable outcome in a plainspoken interaction.
Grape-Nuts Helps Man Work All Day Then Study At Night
A reader recounts severe stomach trouble and nervous exhaustion from improper foods. After switching to Grape-Nuts, he gained strength and appetite, enabling him to work and study without fatigue. The letter praises the cereal and cites restored health and energy.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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