Narrow Escape in Hankow Fire Devastates Native City
Three hundred Wesleyan mission residents plus patients, blind boys, and hospital staff fled a rapid fire that destroyed a large native Hankow area. The London mission housed survivors after shells and rifles rattled the night. A Red Cross rescue steamer was repelled by rebel fire as flames spread across the river to Hanyang.
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Wesleyan Mission
Women's Hospital
Hankow
London Mission
Booth
Red Cross
Hanyang
Jong
Italian Loss Reported From Tripoli Campaign
London correspondent arriving in Malta quotes a pessimistic message from Tripoli detailing Italian army setbacks. He notes higher casualties, Arab deaths, and cholera as the besieged force clings to shrinking ground with enemy close by and civilians suffering amid censored reports.
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London
Malta
Tripoli
Ananias
Reuters Company
Family starves to death in sacrifice in Chicago home
Chicago reports Henry Letsch forty six Aniui Letsch forty and Herman Letsch twelve die after three weeks of seclusion. A fetter of scriptural citations and a funeral gown note point to a ritual sacrifice. Coroner’s autopsy rules death by starvation, not poisoning. Boston reports Rev Thomas Ewing Sherman seeks sanitarium due to mental strain from missionary work following illness in Missouri.
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Chicago
Henry Letsch
Aniui Letsch
Herman Letsch
Irving Park
Hunter
Boston
Thormas Ewing Sherman
William T. Sherman
Brookline
Father Sherman
Missouri
New York
Princeton pupils raise funds by street work
Princeton Missouri on November 6 reports Miss Myrtle Fab a student earned 17 dollars shining shoes on the streets. Miss Gay Wilson and Cora Matster earned nearly as much as they aimed to buy a piano for the school. Other girls washed windows shined stoves and bags. The eighty pupils earned about 200 dollars total.
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Princeton
Myrtle Fab
Princeton Hief
Schonal
Gay Wilson
Cora Matster
Jaeger kills daughters and wounds self in family tragedy
An elderly report outlines that Jaeger, a book agent formerly with Chris, shot and killed his daughters aged five and four, then wounded himself. His wife reportedly divorced him last year. The family had been wandering after earlier separations.
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King
Noston
Jaeger
Chris
Ti Wae
Akron Escort Named For Dirigible Flight Captain
Commander Lloyd Chandler U.S. will command the gunboat Salem and the torpedo boat Roe as an escort to Melvin Vaniman in the transatlantic flight on the dirigible Akron. The escort is allowed if they start on or before November 15.
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Chandler
Lloyd Chandler
U. S
Salem
Roe
Melvin Vaniman
Mrs Vermilya Charged With Poisoning Policeman Hissonnette
Louise Vermilya of Chicago, jailed on murder charges for poisoning Policeman Hissonnette, allegedly attempted suicide with arsenic in white pepper. Dr. Van Arsdale linked her to multiple deaths over eighteen years, based on a can of pepper tested after her illness.
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Louise Vermilya
Chicago
Hissonnette
Tissonette
F. A. van Arsdale
Vermilya
VanArsdale
Sioux City Eyes 1912 Commercial Congress Meet
Reports from upper Missouri river country show rising interest in the Transmississippi Commercial Congress gathering at Kansas City November 14 to 17. Cities on the upper river press for better navigation from St. Louis to Kansas City to secure funding, with Sioux City prepared to send a strong delegation and Congressman Borland hoping for eleven Rivers and Harbors Committee members to attend.
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Sioux City
Commercial Congress
Missouri
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Kansas City
Congress
St. Louis
Borland
National Rivers and Harbors Committee
Death of N J Colman Ends Secretary of Agriculture Career
Norman Colman first U S secretary of agriculture died on a train en route to his home in St. Johns after a stroke suffered in a slowing car near Lexington Junction. He remained unconscious for nearly a day before passing near Centralia while a sandman helped transport him.
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Norman
United States
St. Jwonis
Lexington Junction
Colman
Centralia
Post Office Eases Ban on Santa Claus Mail
The Post Office Department lifted the ban on Santa Claus mail with a policy that letters addressed to Santa Claus be delivered to charitable organizations or benevolent persons upon request rather than returned to senders or destroyed. Postmaster General Hitchcock directed that such letters be diverted to suitable recipients.
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Santa Claus
O. K
Postofice
Hitchcock
Honduran Rebels Defeated by Government Troops
Government forces defeated about 200 revolutionaries led by Ocho Velisquiz near Vousitia Moa. Velizquig reportedly escaped as troops secured the area amid ongoing clashes and government efforts to quell the uprising.
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Ocho Velisquiz
Vousitia
Moa Desperite Bette the Relies
Tees Med Te Ve Heavy
Velizquig Escepe Inva Salveder
Referendum Is Up Supreme Court Hearing in Oregon Cases
Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the initiative and referendum method as unconstitutional and questioned due process and equal protection. Oregon opponents led by Pillsbury and Dunway challenged the tax and legislative powers while citing state form of government and republican guarantees. Justice White pressed for proof and read limits, while experts argued that only Congress should decide the republican form question.
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Federal Supreme Court
W. S. Pillsbury
San Francisco
R. R. Dunway
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Justice Burton
Pillsbury
Pittsbury
Crawford
United States
Congress
Frank S. Grant
William @. fenhow
George Fred Williams
Boston
Mr. Williams
White
Wiliams
Jackson H. Ralston
Justice Holmes
National Onley show yields Iowa prize winners and notable breeders
Iowa breeders win prizes at the National Onley show with Wilcox and Stubbs of Des Moines and W. W Marahoof Waterlag de Town Stite Ames among top prize recipients. Protest over railway feed and fat stock rate parity emerges as G A Sykey of Des Moines presses the issue before an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner. Open shop notices posted at Centralia shops spark return-to-work tensions, with workers facing reapplication or new hires.
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Wilcox & Stubbs
Des Moines
Ames
AL Nelson
Tal Fel
Vrelaian Heifors
Chicago
A Sykey
Bes Moines
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Mackley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Centralia Centralia
Hilnels Central
Torea
Nturi
Long List of Global News Items From Early 20th Century Reports
Lady Colin Campbell dies in London after a long illness. A bank robbery in Montana nets nearly $1000. Fires in London Ontario and Bloomington Illinois destroy business districts and cost large job losses. A mistrial in the McKee murder case in Opelousas. Governor Stubbs calls January 9 1912 election to fill a late congressman seat in Kansas. Chicago man John Quinn found shot. widow questioned. Colorado begins importing potatoes from Midwest due to crop issues. London taxi strike caused by wage dispute. Chicago jury hears Cook County insane court case. Rev Richeson resigns as Cambridge pastor amid murder indictment. Beattie petitioning for writ of error in wife murder case. Missing Coal Valley mayor reappears. France cedes Congo land to Germany in Morocco deal. Frank Nicolai released from Leavenworth after parole. Missing $20000 remittance package suspected in mail. US “immortals” list adds hunting fatalities. Apache Geronimo remnant may return to New Mexico. Denver jury acquits Eleanor Valentine in husband murder case. National City bank dealing with big shareholdings. Shapiro family tragedy in Brooklyn fire. Akron airship trial halted by gag issue. Fort Stevens Lincoln memorial plan to include a large boulder. Lindstrom trial postponed by judge Pettit. Topeka bishops inspect Moore accusation letters against him.
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Mont
London
Ont
Campbell, Horton & Co
Bloomington
Zee Runge McKee
Allan Garland
Tulane
Opelousas
Stubbs
H Madison
Kansas
John Quinn
Chicago
Jane Quinn
Colorado
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilinois
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Cambridge
Mass
Henry C. Beattie, Jr
Supreme Court of Appeals
Richmond
Julius Frederick
Coal Valley
France
Morocco
Sedes
Germany
Congo
Kamerung
Frank H. Nicolai
Auburn
Ind
Leavenworth
Bluefield CW
Bank
Bluefield
Charlottesville
United States Biological Survey
Allhois Central
Salt Creek
Clinton
Ill
Geronimo
Fort $Fl
Okla
New Mexico
Denver
Eleanor C. Valentine
Harry C. Valentine
National City Bank of New York
Shapiro
Brooklyn
Atlantic City
Akron
Atlantic Ocean
Fort Stevens
Lincoln
City of
Washington
Eric
Topeka
George O. Robinson
Detroit
Des Moines Pure Food Show Managers Face Indictment
Iowa reports indictments looming over Des Moines Pure Food Show managers for allowing a prize wheel lottery during the event. The scheme offered candy prizes and ran for two weeks before police intervened, with detectives preparing grand jury action.
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Dos Maines
Lave Gane
Atlantic Road
Mudge Thoois Arthur
Atlantic Finaly
Colonel Adams
Counce Bluffs
Lester. Shaw
Tes Moines
Omaha
Iowa
Trevnor
Oakland
Atlantic
Guthrie Center
Adel Ta Des Moines
Adams
Tt Ds
Tawi
Gettysburg
O'Callaghan
James O'Callaghan
Polk County
Des Moines
Potatoes Break Records In Bremer County Sale
In Bremer county Iowa growers reported some of the state’s largest potatoes sold at Waverly. George Vossler sold a load to Terry and Zoller with several spuds weighing five pounds each. He selected fifteen that weighed a bushel as prices fell to 52 cents per bushel.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Bremer County
Waverly
George Vossler
Terry & Zoller
Rate Hearing Ends as Des Moines Testimony Concludes
Hearings on Iowa and Des Moines freight rate cases in federal court wrap up in Des Moines with final arguments to be heard in Washington between February and March. Railroads will present their case in January in Washington. Keokuk Industrial Association seeks a separate hearing granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission, with a town hearing to occur before January. Experts say last week’s sessions were among the most important in U.S. rail history, signaling possible nationwide rate readjustments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Durehmare
Keokuk Industrial Association
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Keokuk
Es Moines
United States
Rairoad
East
Middle West
Tes Moines
Interstate Command Commission
Ft. A. Weighimaan
Town State Manufacturers’ Association
Insanity Plea for Veteran in Davenport Murder Trial
Charles Owen, Civil War veteran, stands trial in Davenport for the murder of Jane Kane. State witnesses George Neafis and Harry Canfield testified Kane spoke calmly to Owen before Owen drew a revolver and shot her in the abdomen. Five jurors from a prior Brandenburg murder trial sit on the panel.
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Charles Owen
Davenport
Janes Kane
George Neafis
Harry Canfield
Neafis
Owen
Kane
Cosfield
Canfield
Tad
Owen Oo
Thadolph Brandenburg
Accident Kills Farmer in Dedford Stump Pulling Incident
Marion Renfro, a Dedford farmer, was killed during stump pulling with his son when a broken devise released a sweep striking him in the abdomen and throwing him about twenty feet. State officials discussed inquiries into fraternal insurance matters involving Woodmen Circle and Degree of Honor, with joint reviews by Iowa and Nebraska.
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Marion Renfro
Dedford
Devis
Tenfro
Warton
Nebraska
Bireakly
Woodmen Circle
Omaha
Iowa
South Dakota
Superior Lodge
Degree of Honor
Des Moines Moves to Make Market Place Plan Permanent
The Des Moines city council advances permanent adoption of the market place plan after last fall s success. An old city hall will be remodeled into a market house for winter use, with additions and a readiness within weeks.
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City Council of
Des Moines
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