Brutal New York double murder shocks city
Isaac Futterman and his wife Rachel, aged 80 and 72, were found dead in their New York home with brutal wounds. Police suspect a religious fanatic with mental health issues carried out the attack, noting deep facial gashes and severe bodily harm. Neighbors say the couple had not been seen since January 3, and a son discovered the scene on a weekly visit.
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New York
Jack the Ripper
Isaac Futterman
Rachel
Futtermans
R. F. Futterman
Evansville and Terre Haute Train Smashes Buggy
Terre Haute Indiana report says Mrs Mirvie B Allen was riding in a buggy struck by a fast current along the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad. The horse died and the buggy was demolished yet Mrs Allen was hurled into the air and landed on the engine gallop, escaping with only a severe shaking and bruises. The horses bolted and fled in front of the train.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Orida
Evansville
Mirvie B. Alien
Kansas Town Snowed In Struggles For Aid
Snow bound and cut from railway communication for over a week, Topeka reports western Kansas towns including Dighton facing shortages of provisions and coal. Citizens appeal by telegram to the state utilities commission for relief as rail service remains interrupted on a branch line of the Santa Fe.
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Topexa
Kas
Dighton
Kansas
Utily
Commission
Hesly
Detmore
Val
Wavta Fe
Passenger Trains Crash Reported in Snow Storm
C Deming, engineer of the Santa Fe passenger train, could not see signals in a blinding snow. He ran past the station and was struck by the Wheaton-Dade City local westbound. Weming was fatally scalded. haltant, engineer of the focal, was killed, and twelve passengers were hurt.
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Wright. Kuz
Ata ‘Rica
C. Deming
Whewton-Dades City
Weming
Haltant
Focal
Wrecks Hurt Twenty on Chicago Great Western Train
Twenty hurt when three sections of a Chicago Great Western passenger train derailed near Wing due to a broken rail. In another collision near Reno Oklahoma the Fire Fly locomotive and another train collided. engineer James Potter of Chickasha was killed and twenty injured. A jewelry store in Newark was robbed in full view of the public, with diamonds and valuables worth over a large amount.
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Red Wing
Mini
Chicago Great Western
Wing
Reno
Okla
Cock Island
James Potter
Chickasha
Dewelry
Wewark
Annas
Two Banks Burned in Michigan in Simultaneous Blazes
In Ishpeming the Miners Bank and in Neguunes the State Bank were both destroyed by fire that started near nine. A man named Weisman died in a gas explosion after a boy named Carl Page sprayed lighter fluid. A rescue attempt left four injured.
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Soy
Weisman
Carl Page
Toooe Bares
Marquatie
Mich
Wefemal Bank
Ishpeming
State Bank
Neguunes
9Nseeee
Monetary Board On Bank Reform
National monetary commission drafts a currency reform bill to prevent a future money panic. It follows the Aldrich plan with key changes, creating a National Reserve Association with $200 million capital, 15 regional branches, and notes backed by commercial paper. The bill aims to include state banks, disburse government funds, tax the association, and avoid central control, with a 50 year life and 20 percent authorized capital.
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Washington, D. C
National Monetary Commission
United States
Aldrich
National Reserve Association of the
National Reserve Association
Reserve Association of State Banks
Association
Reserve Association
Former Indianapolis mayor faces negligence charge in McNamara case
Charles A Bookwalter, once mayor of Indianapolis, is accused by Detective Burns of gross negligence for not pursuing charges linked to the McNamara brothers and the Amalgamated Iron Workers explosions at Albert Von Sprechkelsen property in October 1909. Burns says Bookwalter later joined a printing firm tied to a national labor union. Samuel Gompers denies knowledge of McNamara guilt.
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Indianapolis
Burns
Tndianapolis
Charles A. Bookwalter
William J. Burns
Samuel Gompera
American Federation
Kookwalter
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
Albert von Sprechkelsen
Samuel L. Gompere
cNaamaras
Alleged Bond Thief Held in Winnipeg Court
A man imprisoned as Charles Rusa in Winnipeg faces remand in the police court awaiting New York detectives. He is tied to a theft totaling about 85,000 dollars last March, with bonds valued at 30,000 dollars recovered.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Charles Rusa
New York
New Mexico Becomes 47th State After Taft Proclamation
The territory of New Mexico ceased to exist as Taft signed the proclamation, making New Mexico the 47th state to enter the Union and marking its transition from territory to statehood.
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New Mexico
Washington
Taft
Naval Funeral Accorded Rear Admiral Evans
The funeral of retired Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans was held in Washington with full naval honors. The body lay in state at All Souls church and Arlington National Cemetery, attended by Taft, officials, and diplomats. Honorary pallbearers included Rear Admirals Brownson, Schroeder, Stockton, Pillsbury, Nicholson, and Swift, plus Generals Sanger and McCook. A procession from 324 Indiana Avenue carried midshipmen, sailors, Marines, and artillery in a flag draped caisson.
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Washington
Robley D. Evang
United States
National Cemetery
Arlington
Taft
All Souls Church
A. G. B. Bierce
Dr. Millburn
Baltimore
W .H Brownson
Seaton Schroeder
C. H. Stockton
J. KE. Pillsbury
R. F. Nicholson
W. Swift
S. J. 5. Sanger
A. G. McCook
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Resi
Take P O Out Of Politics Postmaster General Seeks Reform
Washington Postmaster General Hitchcock calls for removing the post office from politics. He supports placing presidential and other postmasters into the classified service to improve efficiency in the vast postal system.
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Hitchcock
Washington
Just Office Department
Famous hotel burned in Chicago Transit House fire
In the Chicago Stock Yards district the Transit House at West Fortieth and Halsted Streets burned, killing one porter Peter Hichards aged nineteen and injuring seven others. About five people are missing and nearly 200 workers were overcome by smoke in the blaze that destroyed a long standing city landmark.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago
West Forty-first
South Halsted Atreats
Peter Hichards
Ropes Break on Scaffold in Kent Hanging
In Windsor Vermont Elroy Kent condemned for murder faced a gallows fall on July 24 1908. The rope broke sending him to the floor before the rope looped over the balustrade and he died after a second drop. A doctor affirmed the neck was broken by the fall.
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Windsor
Elroy Kent
Priso
Misaella B. Congdon
East Wal Hngford
Kent
College Girls Escape Fire in Charles City Dorm
La-Young women residents of Charles City college dormitory barely escaped when the building burned down. They fled in their night clothes as flames swept through the structure.
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Charles City
Charles City College
Submarine F-3 Launched Amid Secrecy in Seattle Yard
The United States submarine F-3 was launched at a Seattle shipyard amid extraordinary secrecy. Details of the submarine’s equipment and batteries for F-4 remain undisclosed.
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Seattle
Wash
Indictment names Hawthorne and quincy in stock fraud case
Indictments released public show Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincy Albert Freeman John McKinnon and Dr William J Horton charged in U S district court with using mails to defraud investors in Ontario mining stocks. They pleaded not guilty and bail set at 10000 each except Freeman 26000. Case stems from Temagami Cobalt Elk Lake Montreal James Hawthorne silver and iron mines schemes.
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New York
United States District Court
Juan Hawthorne
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Transit Commission
Albert Freeman
John McKinnon
Hawthorne Mining Companies
William J. Horton
Freeman
Temagami-Cobalt Mines, Limited
Elk Lake Mines, Limited
Montreal- James
Hawthorne Silver and Iron Mines
Ontario
Julian Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Fortune of Drake a Myth and Estate Facts
Investigation into the alleged Sir Francia Drake estate shows the fortune likely passed 315 years ago with no known heirs in the United States and no current litigation. The estate’s present value is uncertain but probably not large. many U S lenders who funded attempts to claim it cannot expect sizable returns.
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Bloomington
London Times
Great Britain
Francia Drake
United States
Persian executions by Russian court martials in Tabriz
In Tabriz Persia sixteen locals were hanged by order of a Russian court martial for the recent attack on Russian troops. The court martials condemn most in swift batches with bodies displayed in the public square. Among those executed were Shegat ul Islan, a sect leader, and Seik Salem, a top local assembly member.
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Tabriz
Persia
Shegat Ul Islan
Seik Salem
Weed Heads Postal Banks Connecticut Man Appointed Director
Theodore L. Weed, chief clerk of the post office department and principal executive assistant to Postmaster General Hitchcock, was appointed director of the postal savings system at $5,000 a year. The move follows an extraordinary expansion prompting a special bureau to handle the work. Weed came to government service from Connecticut in 1898. Terre Haute bank chief faced shortage allegations in $46,000 shortfall case tied to bank property valued at about $13,000, including his home.
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Connecticut
New Savings System
Washington
Theoodore L. Weed
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Weed
Terre Haute
Ind
W H. Taber
American State Bank
Carnegie Will Be Witness in Steel Trust Probe
Andrew Carnegie has been asked by the house steel trust investigating committee to appear before January 10. He has secured Charmian Stanley to accompany him to the hearing.
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Carnegie
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House “Steel Trust
Charmiam Stanley
Richeson Confesses to Poisoning Miss Linnell
In Boston a statement by Rev Clarence W T Richeson, against his counsel, admits he gave his former sweetheart Avis Linnell potassium cyanide causing her death. He pleads guilty to murder in the first degree under Massachusetts law. District Attorney Pelletier says the January 16 trial will proceed with no plea to lesser charges, leaving insanity commission or executive clemency as possible defenses.
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Boston
Mass
Clarence
W. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Massachusetts
Pelletier
Executive Council
Brewery Trust Quits Western Shippers' Association Closes
The Western Brew ere Shipping association, a major Milwaukee trade group, has shut down its main office in Milwaukee and released secretary Luther L. Caufy. The organization included brewers from Milwaukee Kansas City St. Louis Omaha Cincinnati Minneapolis and Rochester N C. Formed to protect members against competition and curb industry abuses, it held about 200000 in capital and had been active for twelve to fifteen years with weekly Chicago meetings.
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Western Shippers’ Association Cloces
Milwaukee
Wis
Western Brewere’ Shipping Association
Luther L. Caufy
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Rochester
N. C
Chicago
U S to Probe Food Prices and Living Costs
Washington orders an exhaustive inquiry into the high cost of living led by Secretary Nagel with forty experts under Charles P Neill to study about twenty staple food items including butter eggs flour and meat. New York reports a move to standardize pure food and drug legislation across states and the national government led by the National Civic Federation.
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Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles P. Neill
United States
Idbor
New York
National Civic Federation
Club Middies Punished for Annapolis Club Alcohol
Five midshipmen at the Naval Academy received 60 demerits each and four months restricted to academy grounds after a raid on a clubroom in Annapolis found stocked intoxicating liquors. Names were withheld. The punishment follows their association with the gathering of midshipmen at the club.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
Quake Shakes Four Towns In California And Nevada
An earthquake last night rattled Alvord Laws and Bishop California and Nevada with five second tremor at Laws and Bishop the strongest in history. Electric clocks stopped and windows broke at several locations as Freavo reported three shocks from north to south two strong then a weak one. No damage reported.
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California
Reno
Nev
Alvord
Cal
Laws
Bishop
Freavo
Rockefeller Confined at Home From Golf Slump
John D Rockefeller remains at his New York town house due to a minor ailment and a lapse in regular golf. Reports from Pocantico Hills say a headache and recent changes in routine left him a bit out of condition and unable to play his usual game.
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Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Pocantico Hills
Nowstorina
Fire Loss May Be 760000 In Houston Textile Plant
Fire swept the Industrial Cotton Company plant in Houston Texas destroying the main building boiler house and storage building along with 10 000 tons of seed and other product. Loss estimated between 500000 and 750000 leaving many homeless. Concurrent Jersey City blaze rendered over a hundred families homeless caused about 150000 damage and threatened wider fire spread along Jackson avenue.
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Houston
Tex
boNer
Industrial Cotton C Company
Jersey City
N. J
Jackson Avenue
Pollykins’s View Of Her Step Mother, Told By Judge
A young girl named Pollykins answers a nosy question about her stepmother with optimism. The judge recalls how the child explains they fit nicely, noting she was glad her stepmother helped prepare them. The tale highlights warmth amid curious adults.
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Pollykins
MrssSiihington
Pitiful eczema cured by Cuticura in baby case
A Mill Hall Pennsylvania mother describes a baby covered in eczema from birth to eight weeks, bandaged head to foot. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the child recovered fully in four weeks with hair regrown, praising the remedies and offering free samples by mail.
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T. B. Roseer
Mill Hall
Cuticurs
Boaton
Uncle Sam's Representative Nonsense in a Southern Town
Senator John Sharp Williams recalls a negro lad who seized a mail bag tossed from a train in a southern town. The boy dashingly claimed the post office duties with a bravado line about carrying the mail, asserting the government of the United States and his responsibility.
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Uncle Sam
John Sharp Williams
Chile
United States
Truth About Bluing Talk No 6 Avoid liquid bluing
In every city there is junk bottle accumulation filled with a weak bluing solution. Do not buy water for bluing. Use Red Cross Ball Blue in a scented package worth 20 cents. It makes clothes whiter than snow and is available at all good grocers.
Misteaching Sneexzes Russian Language Study
A brief exchange recalls a failed study of Russian with the speaker recounting difficulty in pronunciation. A family physician then appears and prescribes various medicines to break up a cold.
Unclear OCR snippet hints at health remedy ad
Fragmentary text references a cold, a physician or wizard figure, and Pierce's Pellet type remedy with tiny granules. Content suggests an old advertisement or medical note but specifics are illegible.
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Indiana
Monetary Board ON
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Rear Admiral
Evans
Rear Admiral Evans
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Brewery” Trust
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Bluing
Fletcher
Pierce
Soma
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