Locomotive Plant Planned for Gary Ind
New York officials disclose American Locomotive Co has bought 180 acres at Gary Indiana for a new plant to employ 12 000 to 15 000 workers. Illinois license approved for incorporation with 50 000 capital, while New York parent shows 50 000 000 capital.
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New York
The
American Locomotive Company
Gary
Ind
Springfield
American Locomotive Company of
Schenectady
Chicago
Evidence timeline in Annis killing case
The district attorney disclosed the revolver used to kill Annis was purchased at 11:45 AM on Aug. 15, the day of the shooting. Justice Crane told counsel both sides will have the evidence by next Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ami Tey
Haine
Annis
Broadway
Justice Crane
Surgeon General Wyman Downplays Epidemic Threat After Quakes
Washington January 7 Surgeon General Wyman said it does not seem likely a great epidemic will follow the earthquakes in Italy. He noted that if a disease exists, disasters like earthquakes could worsen sanitary conditions and raise cases, but historical events like Johnstown Saint Pierre Mt Pelee San Francisco show no major epidemic ensuing, though some typhoid and plague risks appeared briefly.
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Wyman
Washington
Italy
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Johnstown
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mt. Pelee
San Francisco
Dogs Attack Wounded Refugees in Messina Quake
Messina reports say dogs, starved and often rabid from lack of water, menace earthquake refugees. Wounded evacuees toward Palermo describe dogs mauling exposed bodies, including a youth with major facial injuries and a man buried neck-deep in debris who was attacked until help arrived.
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Messina
Battleships Sail for Naples to Aid Refuges
A detachment of battleships Connecticut Kansas Minnesota and Vermont left Naples for Egypt en route to aid Haiian earthquake refugees. Upon arrival Admiral Sperry will place the vessels at the disposal of the authorities.
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Naples
Egypt
Batips
Connecticut
Kansas
Minneso
Vermont
Fragtic
Admir. Sperry
Hains Faces Six Hours of Severe Cross Examination
District Attorney Darrin Thornton pins Hains with relentless questioning extending for hours. The defendant struggled to recall minor details of his direct testimony as the inquiry continued, focusing on parental statements and the case record.
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King
Darrin
Pornton J. Hains
Ila
Draper Inaugurated Governor of Massachusetts
Eben S. Draper of Somerville was proclaimed governor and commander of the state forces in a solemn ceremony at the statehouse. The oath of office was administered to Governor Draper and Lieutenant Governor Frothingham by President Treadway of the state senate in the presence of the legislature.
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Draper
Boston
Massachusetts
Eben
Draper of
Sopedale
Eben S. Draper
Frothingham
Treadway
State Senate
Pensions for Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans
Harrisburg Jan 7 A bill to grant a six dollar monthly pension to every Civil War veteran who lived in Pennsylvania at the outbreak and remains a bona fide state resident at the time of application is to be introduced. An estimated 50 000 veterans in the state would qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Beisel and Rhudy murder trial jury locked up
In Media Pennsylvania the fate of Mrs Catherine Beisel and Mrs M Florence Rhudy charged with Captain J Clayton Erb murder rests after a four hour jury deliberation. The twelve jurors were locked up for the night at 4:36 PM.
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Erb Ry
Media
Catherine Beisel
M. Florence Rh
J. Clayton Erb
In Memory of Gates' Mother Plans in Port Arthur
Port Arthur Texas notes the city council donates two plots to John W. Cates for a co-educational college costing 100000 dollars and a hospital costing 20000 dollars, both to be built in memory of his mother. The hospital will be funded at twenty thousand dollars.
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Gates
Port Arthur Pex
John W. Cates
Beach avail to Stay In Jail. Jackson, Ky. Jan. 7.-Following the refusal of his mother to pay fines total ing $96, Beach Tlargis was returned to jail to serve ott the sentences imposed as an alternative punishment for shooting on the streets.
Beach Tlargis was sent back to jail in Jackson Kentucky after his mother refused to pay fines totaling 96 dollars. He faces the sentences imposed as an alternative punishment for shooting on the streets.
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Beach
Jackson
Beach Tlargis
Fijiane at Play in Ancient Fijian Game
A London News account describes the Fijian game of tigu as ancient and similar to solf. Brown warriors drive a reed against a mound of stones along a road, aiming for long straight throws and precise strikes to reach the farthest distance. Players watch the mound closely to strike the reed at the right spot.
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Illustrated London News
Foley's Kidney Remedy Urges Early Treatment
You should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble. Neglect might lead to Bright's disease or diabetes. The remedy corrects irritable bladder and urethra, aiding kidney and bladder health. J. Moc, Sie.
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Foley
Bright
Dismembered minister found after church arson near Columbus
The Rev. J H Carmichael, 56, Methodist pastor of three Michigan churches, was found in a church stove with hatchet head and a dirk nearby. Robbery ruled out as coins appeared in clothing and ashes. His horse was found mil inches away, over twenty miles from Pine River where the buggy coat was cached. Carmichael leaves a wife and three children in Adair.
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Fockets
Dirk
Detroit
J. H. Carmichael
Columbus
St. Clair County
Orville Lindsay
Columbus Church
Michigan
Adair
China
Myron Brown
Shooter
Pine River
Chisen
Thornton
Grand Trunk Railroad
Carmichael
Navy unfazed by Georgia grounding in Suez passage
Washington reports no great surprise at the navy department over the Georgia going ashore while crossing the Suez Canal. The Atlantic fleet’s battleships, except the drydock Deer, are among the largest to transit the waterway, and a minor course deviation or water swirl from propeller revolutions could have caused the mishap.
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Washington, Jan. T
Navy Department
Georgia
Suez Canal
Hearst Company Indicted for Criminal Libel
A New York grand jury indicted the Star Publishing Company, publisher of Hearst's New York American, on criminal libel charges. John D. Rockefeller Jr. is the complaining witness alleging peonage connections in a stockade near Chicago. Individual complaints against Alessis, Carvalho, Mier Mibo and Mars of the Star company are pending.
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New York
Jan. T
Star Publishing Company
Hearst
Amateur athletes reinstated after suspension
New York Jam To Melvin Wo Shep Pard Preddachars George V Bouhag Charles Jo Wucon Harry Porter and John Lee, amateur athletes suspended by the registration committees of the ALA US for alleged professionalism, have been reinstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jam
Melvin Wo Sheppard
Preddachars
George V. Bouhag
Charles Jo Wucon
Harry Porter
John Lee
ALA
Bues Men for Going on Strike in Uniontown Pa
The Jean ete Glas company has filed damage suits against ten of its employees for alleged violation of contract after obeying the strike order issued by President Faulkner of the Window Glass Workers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bues
Uniontown
Jeanete Glas Company
Faulkner
Six Hundred Miles by Dog Train to Winnipeg
A large party of surveyors finishing terminal work for the Fort Churchill and Port of Hudson Bay railway arrived in Winnipeg after covering hudniles in forty five days by cog train.
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Winnipeg
Fort Churchill
Port of
Hudson Bay
Tobacco curing with citric acid solution
A 2 percent citric acid solution is sprayed during curing to remove the bite from tobacco by eliminating free nicotine. This method reduces harshness and improves handling, leaving a smoother finished product.
No reliable cough to pneumonia record after Foley's Horny and Tar
The note claims no documented case where a cough or cold developed into pneumonia following Foley's Horny and Tar. It warns against taking any other remedy. Authorship attributed to AH Moogk and Win W.F. Jungkung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Moogk
Win
Jungkung
Fragmentary local street note from Galena and Van Buren
Partial OCR reads a Te 7 suite and mentions Galena and Van Buren streets along with partial names and numbers. The legible items are street references and a stray decimal. No clear event or action is identifiable from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena Ang
van Buren Streets
Miss Gould Comes Out Debut At Plaza Dinner Dance
New York society pages report Mia George Jay Could debut at the Hotel Plaza with a dinner dance tonight. The event marks the debut of Miss Gould as a member of high society, reflecting railroad connections and social prominence in the era.
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New York
Hotel Plaza
Mia George Jay
Mark
Marjorie Gwynne Gould
Gould
Marjorie Waltz
Nathan Franko
Pellets rain on Santa Cruz as meteor disintegrates over city
Santa Cruz California on January 7 reports metal pellets raining down for about an hour. Children taking cover as bits struck rooftops and produced smoke. Pellets cooled to a metal resembling lead. Local scientists say a meteor disintegrated while passing over the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Cal
Count Hanson a fugitive in Paris fraud case
Paris mystery ends as the man known as Count Tamon Cheiro the Palmist leaves for London after a fraud complaint by Julia P. Newell and an New York woman. They sent railroad securities valued at 50 000 dollars to a bank run by Tamon and never saw the money again. He also ran the American Register amid creditors’ actions.
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Paris
Phe
Céiini’ Hemont
London
United States
Cheiro
Julia P. Newell
Count Toda in Japan takes poison after loss of seat
In Tokio Count Toda who was barred from the upper house after it was revealed he had been married while a Cambridge student and later divorced, attempted suicide by poison and lost his seat. In Washington, Rep Lassiter urged war department evidence on Cuba if US troops withdraw, warning that anarchy could follow.
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Rome
Mazza
Omimandur
Messina
Giolitti
United States
Lloyd C. Griscom
House of Repesentatives
Washington
Tittom
Griscom
Count Taverna
Italian Red Cross
theAmerican Red Cross Society
Strait of Messina
Bayern
Red Cross
Victor Emmanuels
Earlor
Tokio
Count Toda
Cambridge
England
Japan
Cuba
Lassiter
Secretary of War
House
Prohibition Lobbyists Register In Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City Missouri January 7 P Moore president and EK F Jones secretary of the Missouri Anti Saloon league registered as legislative lobbyists to advocate temperance resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
P. Moore
EK. F. Jones
Missouri Anti-Saloon League
Hex Tropose
Conductor Finds Tin Token Amid Car Commotion
A New York surface car conductor searches the floor under wood grating for a dropped item. A woman nearby gazes as he asks if she dropped a quarter, only to reveal the object is a piece of tin and passes it back. Passengers stifle laughter.
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Ste
New York
War on Prohibition Is Started Today in Alabama
In Montgomery on January 7 Judge Thomas G Jones heard arguments for a restraining order challenging Alabama's new prohibition law. A brewing company from Evansville Ind claims the law is unconstitutional and would cost $125000 yearly, alleging it violates the interstate commerce act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgromery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States Circuit
Caci
Alabama
Hesun
United States Circuit Court
Evansville
Ind
Admiral Goodrich Retires From Active Navy Duty
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, commandant of the New York navy yard and senior active list officer after Admiral Evans, is placed on the retired list under the age limit. He has served nearly forty years and led the Pacific fleet, aiding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. He is expected to remain at the navy yard through Roosevelt's term.
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New York
Jev. T
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Evans
Admiral Goodrich
Pacific Fleet
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Weather forecast highlights regional temperature shifts
The forecast notes Indiana fair with rising temperatures in the west, Illinois fair near fair conditions, Wisconsin fair with warming in the west, Iowa warming with snow in the west, and Michigan generally fair with improving western temperatures.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin Fair
Iowa
Markets Report from Chicago and East Buffalo Jan 6
Chicago wheat and oats mixed prices by sample with several grades listed and small ranges. Live stock buyers reported hogs cattle sheep and calves with varied quotations and receipts. East Buffalo dealers noted steady cattle and active hog markets with several price points.
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Chicago
Onis
Aisge
Standard
Springs
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N.Y
Yonkers
Warket
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Coughs in Yellow Package
A vintage remedy claim touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for la grippe coughs that may lead to pneumonia and night illnesses. It promises healing of sore inflamed lungs and prevention of dangerous conditions when taken in the yellow package, attributed to J. Moogk and Wr. EF. Jungkung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
I J. Moogk
EF. Jungkung
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher
Harriet M Burbank listed as piano teacher at studio 86 Grove Bt with a schedule note 9 2adtt indicating availability or appointment slot.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove Bt
Disappearance at Sea Aboard Ocean Vessel Mystery
An elderly gentleman and a young woman on an eastbound voyage form a curious couple. A wealthy suitor in England and the groom to be plots to marry abroad. The woman vanishes two days before landfall, with suspicions on the devoted young man. A later reunion reveals the pair had already married in secret after sailing as second class passengers.
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American Press Association
New York
Sea Service
Powes
Judy
Ife
Mman
England
Lim
Bhya
Winl
Iler
Flance
Les
Bio
Rio de Janeiro
Tre Mmde
Ele
Yrone
Binsolf
Anc Tavrether Thos
South Amernesn
Ninseb
Tiasey
Wim Y
Anthony Tuwining
Mumbled Exchange Over Bill Sparks Tense Outburst
Fragmentary report from a heated encounter where a customer named Hig Kick disputes a recent bill with salesmen Mr. Litewate and Mr. Holesale-860 old Pepperpot. The exchange ends with the customer being removed from the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holesale
Litewate
The Considerate Insects In A Rural Sermon
An old-time column humorizes a Parson Bogster sermon about a sulky parishioner who defects from drink and prides in an ant hill escape. The tale uses dialect to frame a comic scene where ants remain silent as a warning against noisy passions and improper conduct.
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Parson Bogster
Yasaah
Dar
Day
Tom
Morgan Fn
Puck
Credit Where Credit Is Due in Pocket Prank Tale
A Chicago Record-Herald item quotes a speaker urging fair judgment in domestic affairs. The lines reveal a wife alert to her husband’s schemes and a playful exchange about trust and cleverness in handling undisclosed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Record-Herald
Inquisitive Man and Real Estate Agent Exchange
The Inquisitive man notes tenants move to save rent while the real estate agent adds it is cheaper to keep tenants moving than grant repairs. This dialogue from the Philadelphia Press highlights a housing issue about tenant mobility and maintenance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Turn About Pond Challenge at Rooster-You Show
A playful note from a Woman's Home Companion cartoon caption echoes a lake contest mood. The line claims the Rooster-You fellows held the pond all summer and urges a two chance showdown, reflecting lighthearted rivalry.
Diplomat Claim Sparks Rough Exchange In Ring
In a terse exchange a man asserts another is a diplomat while a held up bystander recalls the assailant claiming to collect for a cause. The confrontation unfolds as the thief departs with the fare.
Gentle Dig Can Loose Eloquence In Public Oration
Explosive orator recalls facing open mouthed audiences amid a lively exchange. A reader from the last seat quips about snoring as the Chicago News notes the wartime style banter in a crowded lecture hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite
Chicago News
Reversing the Case Joke Highlighted by Baltimore American
The Baltimore American recounts a quip about the awkward path to marriage for a man named Binks. It notes his line of asking first, then questioning the proposal, turning a simple courtship into a comic sequence. The excerpt showcases newspaper humor of the era.
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Binks
Baltimore American
Woman Themed Play Prompts Mixed Reactions
A Detroit Tribune note discusses a play aimed at appealing to women. The dialogue hints at a critic’s view that the plot has flaws yet acknowledges women enjoy spotting them, reflecting gendered reception in theater criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tribune
Artist Suggests Painting Rosinante for Two Hours Daily
Farmer offers to paint the old rosinante for two hours a day. He quotes one dollar, and in ten days the horse may be kept, according to the tailed note from Filegende Blatter.
No Novelty Notedin Pucks Comment on Marriage
A brief line from Puck dismisses the idea of a novel ending with marriage. It notes there is nothing novel about a hunt for a flat a cook and a job lot of furniture after marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Chance to Make Up
A Washington Herald snippet shows a tearful exchange where a girl laments parting forever as a former lover asks for the ring. An experienced friend suggests he be asked to call for it, hinting at reconciliation.
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Washington Herald
Mirrors Sing Of Winter Dreams In New York Press
The verse portrays Ler diamond crown and ermine fur as winter cloaks a frozen landscape. The north wind promises a grand reflection in many looking glasses as ponds rivers and brooks form crystal mirrors and Minna Irving notes the scene in New York Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minna Irving
New York Press
An Odd Gothcidynes Do You Know Nature and Scholarship
Fragmentary OCR notes show a dialogue about nature and scholarship agreeing on a shared point. The text cuts off with a question and a partial phrase about fall and turning. No clear events, persons, or organizations are established in the readable portion.
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