Worst December storm claims eighteen in and near New York
Eighteen people die in and around New York from the Christmas blizzard or related accidents. Six perish from exposure, others drown or are killed by trains. New York digs out after ten inches of snow as rail and shipping traffic slowly resume. Food shortages and price hikes worsen hardships for the poor. The schooner Davis Palmer goes down off Boston harbor with eleven crew aboard.
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New England
Shipri
Thurman
Toms Fiver
N. J
Mary Ann Kirby
Long Yntend Sound
New London
Boston Harbor
Palmer
Leroy McKown
Malden
Fifteen Lives Lost in New England Storm
By noon today fifteen people were confirmed dead from yesterday's storm in New England. Three deaths occurred in Chelsea and Everett, while twelve perished when the five-masted schooner Davis Palmer was wrecked off Boston harbor.
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Boston
New England
Chelsea
Everett
Davis Palmer
Boston Harbor
Crippled Girl Aims at Marriage in Chicago Conspiracy Trial
In Chicago the court hears the opening in the case of eight Italians charged with conspiring with Angelina Schiavone a seventeen year old cripple to rob her banker father and marry her intended husband Michael Schiavone. Angelina testified detailing how she stole about 97000 to win marriage.
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Chicago
Svan
Angelina Schiaevone
Michael
Father
Sit
Chad
Michael Schiavone
Angelina
Iamee
Pacquale Schiavone
Angeline
Murder Charge in Train Switchman Case
December 28 report from Michigan states police have arrested Joseph Mackley, a switchman, as a suspect in the murder of Caroline Hunt. Authorities say Mackley lent money to Hunt and killed her during a dispute aboard a train car. The case hinges on new testimony from witnesses at the scene.
Philadelphia Blizzards Halt City Traffic and Halted Transit
Philadelphia endures a severe Christmas blizzard with record snowfall. Rail and streetcar service gridlocked. Market Street subway operates while others fail. Five people die from storm exhaustion as conditions delay normal work and travel into the week.
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Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Market Street
Impostor posing as city official flees Kenosha
Kenosha officials seek C. V. Wright who claimed to be a national bank examiner and Fort Wayne alderman. He gained access to First National Bank, spoke at a city council meeting as a Thirteenth ward representative, and left unpaid bills and a forged check trail. Police believe he cashed other checks before slipping away.
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Kenosha
Wis
C. V. Wright
National Bank
Thirteenth
Fort Wayne
Ind
First National Bank
Wright
Federal Bank Examiner
Treasury
Washington
Scholey
Unknown Fort Wayne Ward Alderwoman Claim Appears Suspect
Telegrams to city banks and officials sought the man who gave himself as an alderman from the thirteenth ward. Wright’s name does not appear in Fort Wayne directories and the description failed to identify him. The claim shows unfamiliarity with city government in a ten ward city.
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Wright
Fort Wayne
Wisconsin
le J
Burley Tobacco Society Denies Conspiracy Claim
Clarence Le Bus president of the Burley Tobacco Society and Alonzo Ferguson device president deny in U.S. court that the Burley Society conspired with Shelby Tobacco Co to form a piracy or price fixing combination. The suit names the Burley Society Alonzo Ferguson and others.
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Cincinnati
Clarence le Bus
Society
Alonzo Ferguson
H. C. Hshelby Tobacco Company
United States
Elpeuit “Courtshere
Burley: Society
Incoming and Retiring Commissioner Named for County
Joseph Toenkel will retire after five years as secretary of the board of county commissioners. James D. Butt, elected last November, will assume the post. Toenkel cites major county improvements including 201 small bridges and arches, a new St Marys river concrete crossing, and a $5,000 power plant for infirmary heat and light.
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Board of County Commissioners
James D. Butt
Tonkel
Cedar Creek Township
St. Mary's River
Clinton Street
Bull Rapids
J. Frank Butt
Maumee
Brutal Slaying of Belle Rup Prompts Police Probe
In Denver Colorado on December 28 1900 the body of Belle Rup wife of a railroad employee was found in the Platte river. Police seek a black man suspected of the murder after she fired on an intruder last night and disappeared. The suspect allegedly returned later and stole $12 and valuables.
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Belle Rup
Patte River
Zelaya Withdrawn From Ship Then Accepts Mexican Terms
Zelaya was barred from the Shearwater after balking at a condition, but later agreed to the government’s terms when imposed by Mexico. General Trias announced plans to travel abroad to leave Nicaragua and ease Madriz of fears of continuing the Zelayan regime.
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Zelaya
Mexico
General Trias
Nicaragua
Madriz
Zelaya Travels to Mexico City from Santa Lucrecia
Former president Zelaya travels by private car toward Mexico City from Santa Lucrecia with several political associates including his former secretary of war. The party is expected to arrive in Mexico City tomorrow morning.
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Santa Lucrecia
Mexico
Zelaya
Mexico City
Taft Aims to Speed Key Legislation in March Drive
President Taft pushes a special message amid a fast moving agenda. He prioritizes passage of the river and harbors bill and opposes the ship subsidy measure. He forecasts adjournment in April or by May 1.
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Congress
Estrada and Madriz push for political shift in Nicaragua
Telegrams from Managua report Madriz authorities preparing troops to meet Estrada forces in the east. Madrid’s arrest order targets Pasos son in law of the former president for alleged government swindle, while financier Santos is jailed for unauthorized telegrams and meddling in state affairs.
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Madriz
Managua
Madriz Party
Pasos
Santos
Auto Suggestion Drives Her Crazy
Police and neighbors describe a violent incident at the Lipp home where Mrs. Lipp, seized by murder mania, set fire to a house and harmed family pets. Fred Lipp, 15, reportedly killed live animals and attempted to harm siblings before evading capture as officers intervened with a baby rescue underway.
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Redding
Join-in-Crush for Christmas at Fort Wayne Post Office
Several thousand people filled the Fort Wayne post office lobby Sunday seeking Christmas mail. The event extended hours and overloaded staff as thousands of packages and postcards moved through, with 150000 postcards entering Fort Wayne and about 50600 left to deliver Monday. Stamp sales reached 225000 one-cent stamps for the postcard rush.
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Hanna
Postoffice
Fort Wayne
Fire in Hold of Atlantic Liner
Fire in the ship's hold burned for five days and was carefully guarded from passengers. The hold has been flooded and the extent of the damage could not be determined at press time.
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Atlantic
Explorers' Club Expels Dr Cook
The Explorers' Club voted to expel Dr Cook amid internal controversy. A district court ruling had previously allowed the dispute to proceed, intensifying the offbeat organization’s public clash.
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Explorers’ Club
Dr, Cook
Scientific Panel Clears Cook on Expedition Report
On October 17 the committee, citing scientific testimony, declares Dr. Cook failed to submit data and disappeared. It rejected Barrill and Printz testimony, focusing its verdict solely on scientific evidence. Members include Fiala Dellenbaugh Saville Clark Townsend Walsh Whitney.
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Dr. Cook
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Frederick Printz
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Printz
Cook
Anthony Fiala
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
American Geographic Society
Marshall P. Saville
Columbian University
Walter G. Clark
Charlesh. Townsend
New York Aquarium
Henry C. Walsh
Explorers’ Club
Caspar Whitney
Club
Danish publicity man challenged Cook's pole claim
New York reports a Danish journalist and publicity expert may have written Cook's Septembers pole journey articles published in New York and Chicago under Cook's name. The Danish student says the writer was ordered by Cook and paid for by the explorer, supporting prior Belgian expedition criticism of Cook's Antarctic pole discovery claims.
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the Pole
Chicago
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Zelaya Denies Asylum Offer in Mexican Departure Row
In Managua on December 28, former President Zelaya rejected claims of being offered asylum aboard the British cruiser Shearwater by the British minister. He says he sought permission to embark at Corinto and was referred to the British consul, with the matter then sent to the Foreign Office in London.
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General Strike Talk Among Railway Unions
The article notes the prospect of a general strike beginning next Monday as railway unions affiliated with the American Federation consider striking if Mr. Perham's Washington mission fails.
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American Federation
First of New Fort Wayne Street Cars Reaching Port This Week
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company has been notified that four of the twenty new street cars destined from Cincinnati are en route to Fort Wayne this week. No further details on delivery dates or schedule are provided.
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Wabash
Valley Traction
Cincinnati
Will Sotlow
Assassinations Reported Across World In 1920s Turmoil
News from Seoul and St Petersburg describes high political killings as unrest against imperial authority spreads. Col. Karpoff, St Petersburg chief of the secret police, was killed by a bomb and a suspect named Michael Vosskressensky was seized nearby.
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British India
Nasik
Arthur M. T. Jackson
Roumania
Bucharest
Col
Karpoff
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Viborg
Michael Vosskressensky
Baku
Korean Premier and Indian magistrate assassinated
Seoul reports Premier Yi was stabbed to death by Yie Chamm Yong amid growing unrest in Korea. In Bombay Nasik, Chief Magistrate Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson was slain by a native in a theater, fueling fear of anti British unrest in India alongside prior attacks on Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener.
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Korea
Yie Chamm Yong
Ito
Japan
Harbin
Manchuria
Jackson
Bombay
British India
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson
Nasik
Presidency of
Indian Service
India
Lord Minto
Lord Kitchener
Andrew Fraser
Bengal
William Curzon Wyllie
Imperial Institute
London
Dar Cawas Lalia
Shanghai
Rock Island Stock Surges on Sudden Market Squeeze
In New York on December 27 the Rock Island common jumped from 50 to 81 within minutes, then settled near 49.25 as 155 thousand shares traded. Analysts blamed a short squeeze with foreign buyers suspected, noting officials had no involvement.
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Rock Island Company
Stock Exchange
Rock Island
Rock Island Common
Southern Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
Pennsylvania
United, States Steel
Union - Pacific
American Smelting
London
Paris
Roumania Premier Shot By Anarchist
An official dispatch from Bucharest reported to Washington that Romania's prime minister was shot and seriously wounded by a Romanian anarchist.
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State Department
Bucharest
Roumania
Aging Couple Found Dead Near Elnora Mystery Deepens
Washington Indiana reports that Tec 28 states minister William Ritter died of a stroke in the farm milk house while his wife died in a frenzy of insanity in her room. Initial belief of murder appears unlikely as investigators consider natural causes and possible dementia related episodes.
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Ind
William Ritter
Elnora
Ritter
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