Freight Locomotive Explosion Kills and Injures Indianapolis Men
A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight locomotive exploded near Decatur Indiana injuring Alva Friddle D R Ferrow and W E Peters all Indianapolis men. Friddle was killed when the engine overturned and he was trapped under wreckage. Other sightings include G R Frost lightly hurt and hospital transfer for Ferrow and Peters.
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Tuscola
Alva Friddle
Brake
D. R. Ferrow
Heer
W. E. Peters
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Peters
Decatur
Ill
Friddie
Belmont Ave
Indianapolis
G. R. Frost
Verdict For 300000 In Suit Against Railroad
Mrs. Jean McKell of Chillcothe Ohio won a 300000 verdict against the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad in a federal case. She charged the company broke an agreement to buy coal from mines her husband owned in Fayette and Raleigh counties West Virginia. Governor Harmon served as chief counsel for the railroad.
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Cincinnati
Jean McKell
Chillcothe
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Fayette
Raleigh
West Virginia
Harmon
McKell
Despondent Noble County Farmer Dies by Hanging
B. F Mull a wealthy Albion area farmer and Democratic worker in Noble County reportedly killed himself on his farm. His body was found by relatives while still warm, in what authorities described as a self-inflicted death.
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Albion
Ind
B. F Mull
Noble County
Train Tragedy Touches Vermilion Couple
Vermilion Ohio reports a fatal accident on the New York Chicago and St Louis line as 20 year old Bernice Lizht is crushed beneath a fast train on a trestle over the Vermilion river. Her fiancé, Dr Russell A Jewitt of Cleveland, is hurt with a broken leg and other injuries.
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Vermillion
Bernice Lizhtae
New York, Chicago & St. Louis
Russell A. Jewitt
Cleveland
Vermil- Mon River
Armed to Attack Roosevelt Heads to Waukesha
Authorities say Charles Schomulka planned to attack Colonel Roosevelt in Waukesha after targeting Senator More. The Roosevelt train passed Wisconsin by a different route, avoiding the planned incident.
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Roosevelt
Waukesha
Wis
Charles Schomulka
Senator More
Wisconsin
Turkish Victory Reported in Tripoli
London reports the Turkish army in Tripoli defeated the Italian forces. Turkish commander cites 27 officers killed or wounded and 3,500 troops casualties.
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London
Tripoli
Indicted Pastor in Fort Worth Arson Case
Fort Worth Tex Rev F Frank Norris former pastor of First Baptist Church was indicted on arson charges connected to the church fire on February 4. The case ties Norris to the blaze that destroyed the church, intensifying the local legal saga surrounding the religious leader.
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Fort Worth
Tex
F. Frank Norris
First Baptist Church
New Bedford Mill Strike Averted by 10 Percent Pay Raise
New Bedford Massachusetts workers in thirty thousand cotton mill labor force escaped a strike as manufacturers agree to grant a full ten percent wage increase. The raise takes effect with the March 25 date.
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Granta
New Bedford
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Missing Chaplain Found Dead Near Ft Harrison
An Indianapolis dispatch reports John Dallam chaplain of the Twenty third regiment at Fort Benjamin Harrison was found dead near Pecksonville with a gunshot wound to the head. The missing officer was located after a search following his disappearance.
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Andianapolie
Ind
Ville
O ‘John Dallam
Twenty-third Regiment
Ft. ‘Benjamin Harrison
Pecksonville
Town with Nitroglycerin Blast In Oklahoma
A violent nitroglycerin explosion rocked a town in Oklahoma causing extensive property damage and loss of life. Early reports list several fatalities and widespread devastation as residents faced the aftermath.
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Ieptoston
Strike Averts In Soft Coal Fields As Mines Agree To Wage Rise
President White orders 175 000 miners in the anthracite fields to stand by while unions seek another conference with operators. Soft coal mines in western states adopt a five cent per ton wage increase and a five hour Saturday workday. negotiations proceed through Dr Charles P Neill to avert a broader strike until after May 1. Local terms to follow, with some states outside the agreement ready to adopt the new scale.
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Cleveland, O
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilnois
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Charlea P. Neill
United States Comsioner
Illinois
Illinoia
Northwest
Southwest Territory
Iowa
Michigan
Kentucky
Washington Denies U S Plans for Mexican Intervention
Rumors swirl in Washington over possible U S action in Mexico. The only military move cited is sending one thousand Krag rifles to arm the American colony in the City of Mexico, done with Ambassador Wilson’s recommendation and Mexican consent for a police force. President Taft maintains no ground for intervention.
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Washington
U. S
Wilson
Taft
Mexico
Terra Nova Arrives Without Scott Party At Akaroa
The Terra Nova sighted off Akaroa New Zealand anchors after dawn and does not bring Captain Scott or his Antarctic party. A message sent before departure states Scott will remain in the Antarctic for another winter to continue his work.
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London
Welington
N. Z
Robert F. Scott
South Pole
Akaroa
Scott
Antarctic
Carnegie sued by railroad over obstruction on First avenue
Baltimore and Ohio railroad files a $6,000 damages action naming Andrew Carnegie as trustee of the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Schenley. Obstruction on First avenue cited as the basis.
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Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Mary E. Schenley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
First Avenue
German Officer Wins American Girl in Berlin Engagement
The engagement announced is between Miss Dorothy Letts of New York and Lieutenant Goedeke of the German war college. The wedding is planned for October.
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Berlin
Dorothy Letts
New York
Goedeke
German War College
Rescue as boat goes down in Mississippi flood drama
A seven member family aboard a houseboat was rescued near St. Louis as the river surged during flood conditions. The boat capsized after hitting sunken snags and driftwood while two motor boats fought heavy currents to reach them. Cairo's flood situation worsened with levee breaches and evacuations as trains and road traffic were halted.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Bis
Cairo
Missouri
Gulf
Bird's Point
Charleston
Blind Senator Gore Attacked by Frenzied Painter in Wisconsin
In Waukesha Wisconsin Senator Gore of Oklahoma was attacked during a speech by Charles Schomulla a Polish drifter armed with a club. Judge P C Harman on stage subdued the assailant and prevented injury. Schomulla reportedly planned to strike Roosevelt believing he would pass through the area.
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Maniac
Schemulla
Schomulla
Mr. Roosevelt
Waukesha
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Beet Sugar Men Rally for Existence Tariff Fight
Pal mer, secretary of the executive committee of the US beet sugar industry, leads a plan to battle free sugar before the Senate Finance Committee. The group, representing nearly all American beet sugar manufacturers, meets to defend the industry’s existence as hearings open next week.
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Milwaukee
Truman
Palmer
United States Beet Sugar Industry
United States Senate Finance Committee
Good Roads Bill Filed For Federal Road Aid Compromise
A compromise good roads measure gains support in the House with 28 sponsors led by Shackelford of Mingouri Washington. The plan would levy a graduated tax to fund road usage and allow the federal government to contribute about $12,000,000 annually to rural roads.
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Shackelford
Mingouri
Washington
Migsourt
Cash Register Case Delayed Hearing in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati the demurrer to the indictments against thirty National Cash Register officials and employees for inflation of the Sherman anti trust law was postponed until April 6.
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Cash
Cincinnati
Denmurrer
National Cash Register Company
Street Car Injures Priest in Rapids City
Father Edward Enlery of St. John's Catholic Church Rapids City ML was struck by a street car and injured. He suffered a fractured skull and three broken ribs.
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st,Loula
Edward Enlery
St. John's Catholic Church
Rapids City
Saloons Reopen Amid Turmoil and Murder in Rock Island
A riot-inflamed sequence ends with the murder of Rufus Phoenix after a Lincoln club brawl as National Guard withdraws. Walter Rice beaten after a mistaken identity for Chief Brinn. authorities deny militia firing. Coroner to investigate. eighties jailed after street fights.
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Rock Island
James Brinn
National Guard
Hufus Phoenix
Walter Rice
Galesburg
Brinn
Rice
Lincoln Club
Rufus Phoenix
Walter Hosenfield
L Laurence Y. Sherman
Rose
Bruner
Phoenix
Morrison
Experts in Money Inquiry Hire Accountant to Probe Directorates
The money trust investigating committee announced the hiring of an expert accountant to compile interlocking directorates. The panel believes that a statistical view of who sits on boards of major corporations will illuminate the concentration of wealth and influence.
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Washington
Money Trust
Col Samuel E Adams Dies In Minneapolis Age 83
Colonel Samuel Emery Adams a pioneer Minnesota settler and the second ranking officer of the Masonic order died at his Minneapolis residence. He was eighty three years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Samuel Emery Adams
Minnesota
Masonic Order
German cruiser Beydlitz launched at Bloom and Fine shipyard
The armored cruiser Beydlitz, laid down in 1910 and named for Frederick William von Seydlits, was launched at the Bloom & Vous shipyard in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
Bloom & Vous
Beydlitz
Frederick the Great
Frederick William von Seydlits
Sheriff Shot by Feebleminded Prisoner in Elkton
Sheriff J. K. Miller of Cecil County was shot and fatally wounded in Elkton Maryland as he attempted to take a revolver from Tony Duke a feebleminded prisoner. The incident occurred during an attempted transfer or confrontation at the jail area.
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Elkton
J. K. Miller
Cedi
Tony Duke
Senate Rejects Sherwood Dollar a Day Pension Bill
Washington. After the House passed the Sherwood one dollar a day pension measure the Senate adopted the McCumber substitute a general age and service pension plan. The substitute adds about 20 million annually to the pension roll versus an estimated 66 million from the Sherwood bill over five years. The final passage vote was 51 to 16 with only Democrats opposing. The measure includes a provision for Civil War veterans wounded in battle or unable to perform manual labor to receive 30 dollars a month, raising potential costs to 5 million annually. The bill also excludes those with annual incomes of 2 400 dollars or more and requires 90 days of service with pensions from 13 to 30 dollars monthly.
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Washington
House
Senate
McCumber
Brown
Nebraska
Sherwood
Lea
Tennessee
Free Allen Caught After Kidnapping and Shootout
Freel Allen youngest of the Allen gang was captured in his father Jack Allen’s carriage shed near Hillaville Virginia. Detectives Tom Felts and Harry Lucas traced him after five men were killed in the local courthouse and Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards remained at large. Freel warned his pursuers the capture would ignite a deadly battle with two dead men and detectives, asserting the gang would rather die with weaponry than surrender.
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Hillaville
Freel Allen
Allen
Jack Allen
Freel
Tom Felts
Harry Lucas
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Posse
Senate clears Lorimer charges and validates Hines and Stephenson
The senate investigation reports no sustained charges against Senator William Lorimer of Illinois and clears Edward Hines of any wrongdoing. Senator Stephenson, an octogenarian banker and lumberman, keeps his seat as the senate upholds the validity of his election and rejects corruption claims over campaign spending in Wisconsin primaries.
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Washington
Special Investigating Committee
Senate
William Lorimer
Huilness
United States Senate
Sixty-first Congress
Wiliam Lorimer
United States
Edward Hines
Chicago
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senator Taylor 18 Dead in Washington After Gall Stone Surgery
United States Senator Robert Lane Taylor of Tennessee, known as Fiddling Bob, died at his Washington home from complications after gall stone surgery. Survived by his widow, son David, and three married daughters in Tennessee. He was attacked on March 15 at Untop station while boarding a train to North Carolina and rushed to his apartments in intense pain. Burial held at his old Knoxville home.
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Washington
United States
Robert Lane Taylor
Tennessee
Senator Taylor
David Taylor
North Carolina
Knoxville
May Try Packers Again in Justice Department Meeting
Washington reports a conference of Justice Department officers to decide if the Packers can be tried again on indictments currently pending. Indictments charging restraint of trade remain outstanding in New Jersey courts. Also, Gulfport notes Mrs. W J Haywood of Galesburg Illinois died by her own hand. she once lived on Calumet Avenue in Chicago.
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Washington
Department of Justice
New Jersey
Gulfport, Miss
W. J. Haywood
Galesburg, Ill
Calumet Avenus
Chicago
Epigrammatic lines mix wit and advice on romance
A garbled collage of quotes humorously contrasts marriage, remedy lore, and life advice. It cites Garfield and Epictetus, mentioning eye remedies and social clichés about widows, with scattered phrases about spring epidemics and ballet.
Allen’s Foot Ease and Baby’s Friend Ad Snippet
An old advertisement copy touts Allen’s Foot-Ease for shoe comfort and corns with a free sample offer and cites user endorsements. It also promotes Kopp’s Baby’s Friend as teething relief with price ranges and mail sample option.
Reinstatement Talk After Public Job Loss
A Chicago Record Herald snippet reports a husband losing his public position and considering work elsewhere if reinstatement is not secured soon. Unspecified details about the job or parties are provided.
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Chicago Record Herald
Telegraph Office Delays Telegram For Procrastinating Husband
A cadaverous man asks the telegraph operator to trust him for a telegram to his wife, promising to pay tomorrow. The operator replies the office is so rushed there isn’t a tick left in it, with all hands working overtime.
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Harper’s Weekly
Sunshine and Cheer for Children and Plants
A quotation urges constant care and joy for children and plants. It emphasizes daily attention, sunlight, air, and cheerful activities as lasting benefits, arguing consistency beats sporadic care for growth and happiness.
Eye Doctors Debate Hue Wins In Hospital Quarters
A group of four young eye surgeons in hospital quarters argue over eye color with each championing blue brown and hazel. The fourth quips that he wants many sore eyes and plenty of them to be happy.
Woman quits coffee finds health gains in Postum
An Apple Creek woman describes debilitating heart trouble and nervous prostration tied to coffee use. After quitting coffee and switching to Postum she reports renewed energy, steadier nerves, no medicine, and improved health for herself and her sister-in-law who also stopped coffee and gained weight.
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Apple Creek
Agli
Nee
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