Fire destroys Boston hotel as fireman dies in fall
Boston news recounts the blaze at the Revere House in Bowdoin Square. A fireman fell from the fourth story, died en route to hospital, and hundreds yet trapped or panic stricken as guests fled through smoke and ladders. The Rexford hotel was also evacuated amid danger.
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Boston
Mass
Revere House
Bowdoin Square
Revere
the National Landers
Bulfinch Street
House of Engine Company No. 4
Dullfinch Street
Rexford
Samuel Cuppies Dead at Eighty in St Louis Gifted $1 775 000
Samuel Cuppies aged eighty died of heart trouble after living in St Louis for sixty one years. He left a daughter and his gifts to Washington university totaled 1 775 000 dollars.
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Samuel Cuppies
St. Louis
Washington University
Hee
Eleven Straight Days Below Zero in La Crosse
In La Crosse Wisconsin the temperature remained under zero for the eleventh day in a row, the thermometer recording a low of 23 degrees below. Outdoor work was nearly impossible as a result.
Woman Delivers Triplet Bundle of Joy and Two Toys
Mrs Herman Carrigan of Cheyenne Wyo reports three births in three days. The first two babies were toys, the third is a girl. All three are reported healthy and thriving.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Herman Carrigan
Ohio Labor Law Upheld in Labor Dismissal Case
Ohio law making it a criminal offense for an employer or agent to fire a worker for resigning from a labor organization has been upheld. The ruling appears in Budge Pronk German.
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Ohio
Cincinnat
Hla
Aeation Bss Bees
Webster Guilty of Wife Murder on Anniversary
Chicago physician Harry Elgin Webster confessed in Ogle County Circuit Court to murdering his wife Bessie Kent Webster on the anniversary of their bigamous marriage. Judge Farrand deferred sentence to January 22, with expected life term.
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Oregon
Harry Elgin Webster
Chicago
Ogle County
Bessie Kent Webster
Webster
Farrand
Delaney
Oge County
Italy Sinks Seven Ships in Red Sea Battle
In the Red sea near Hay Kunfida the Italian cruiser squadron defeated Turkish gunboats and an armed yacht after a sharp clash. Seven Turkish vessels were sunk or damaged with many crew lost or rescued. Italian fire is described as terrific while Turkish gunnery is labeled weak.
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Rome
Red Sea
Kunfida
Aden
Beggar Dies in Street as Securities Hidden in Clothes
Bertin-Emmanuel Frankfurter a sixty two year old East end character known for peddling and begging collapsed dead in the street. An examination of his clothing revealed securities valued at 937 500 in his pocket. Fire destroys Meveland church under construction valued at 40 000.
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Bertin
Emmanuel Frankfurter
Meveland, O
Olenville Methodist Church
German Socialists Predicted To Hold Over 100 Reichstag Seats
Berlin reports confirm Socialists winning 64 seats with likely gains to exceed 100 after reruns. Liebknecht appears set to win Potdam, emperor’s summer residence town. The result disappoints the emperor who hoped for a Reichstag to advance armament plans. Washington’s Leishman notes the monarch’s bitterness at luncheon.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Liebknecht
Germany
Potadam
London Daily Express
John G. A. Leishman
Insurgent Fight Over Rules Panel Chooses Campbell
The Sixty-first Congress scales a fierce rules battle as regular Republicans back Phil ip Campbell of Kansas for the committee on rules seat, replacing the late E H Madison after insurgent efforts to install Victor Murdoch fail 167 to 107.
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Campbell
Murdock
Washington
House
Philip Campbell
Kansas
E. H. Madison
Madison
Norrin
Victor Murdock
Taft Says Russian Pact Abrogation Was Hasted
President Taft told a delegation of 490 newspapers in 23 languages that he was compelled to abrogate the Russian treaty sooner than intended. The publishers pressed for looser immigration rules while he supported admitting sturdy law abiding immigrants rather than Europe’s undesirable population.
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Taft
Washington
American Association of Foreign Language
Europe
United States
Police Seek Minister in Connection With Woman Death
Former Pittsburgh pastor Rev W D McFarland sought by county police after the death of Miss Elsie D Coe aged 28. Coe, a Pittsburgh high school clerk, died last Friday following a criminal operation. McFarland once headed Presbyterian education in Pittsburgh and now leads Mission schools in Greenville Tennessee.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Elsie D. Coe
W. D. McFarland
D. D
Wh. D
M. D
Greenville
Tenn
Docetor McFarland
Monastery Fire At Villanova Claims Two Lives
A blaze tore the old monastery at Villanova College near Villanova Pa destroying the 70 year old building. Firefighters from Philadelphia battled the flames and reportedly found two men buried in the rubble while several firemen were overcome during the effort.
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Villanova
Philadelphia
Villanova College
Missing Chicago Heiress Found Employed in New York Tenement
Violet uehler, an 18 year old heiress from Michigan Avenue, disappeared from the Hotel Meyers in Chicago on November 26. She was located in a New York City tenement kitchen doing housework for three dollars a week, glad to be free of Chicago control but anxious about being forced back by her foster mother Mrs Herman Huchler.
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Chicago
New York City
New York
Violet Uehler
Michigan Avenue
Meyers
Herman Huchler
Powers demand Portugal exempt foreign clergy from law
Lisbon reports the foreign office received a joint note from the powers insisting Portugal exempt foreign clergy from the religious separation law. This marks the final step in the ongoing church and state controversy.
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Priesta
Lisbon
Foreign Office
Portugal
Convicted Woman in Michigan Manslaughter Case
Bey City Michigan Mrs Vina Wear Biaon found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of her husband Henry Behrmann committed last August. Jury deliberated for two hours.
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Bey City
Mich
Vina Wear Biaon
Henry Behrmann
Starved Rock State Park Sells to Illinois for 46000
The Illinois park commission completed negotiations with Ferdinand Walther of Chicago to buy Starved Rock and nearby lands for 46000 dollars. The 200 acre tract lies ten miles west of Ottawa along the Illinois River, promising to form a premier state park with cliffs and canyons rich in history from French explorers and Indian conflicts.
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Ottawa
Ul—Starved Nook
Duzens
Illinois Park Commission
Ferdinand Walther
Chicago
New State Park
Starved Rock
America
Ilinois
Forty-Sixth
General Assembly
Dea
Prof
Boundaries Set for Park District With 1155 Acres
James of Evanston A Richards of Ottawa and the Rev D L Crowe of Kewanee laid out the park district boundaries totaling 1155 acres. The tract runs five miles along the river from Utica bridge to South Ottawa township, including Pishburn’s cave and Salt Well. Twenty others own the remainder, with options on most parcels. no funding exists for Starved Neck workers or property maintenance.
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Starved Neck
Matrimony Course Added At Gardens Agricultural High
A matrimony course is added to Gardens Agricultural High School in Los Angeles. Five classes of girls study courtship baby care mothercraft and domestic science daily. Next year Los Ar Belen boys may join but some doubt its necessity.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gardens Agricultural High School
Los Ar- Belen
Brighton youth James Avis dies after rabies exposure
In Brighton Michigan a family bids farewell to James Avis Jr after a fatal rabies exposure. A post mortem confirmed rabies as the cause of death linking the illness to an incident near Ann Arbor.
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Brighton
Mich
James Avis
James Jr
Recognized Action and Mixed Public Notices
The fragment shows a dialogue on recognition and duty, an ad for high grade investment sales in Waycross, and miscellaneous lines promoting patent medicines and social commentaries about suffragettes and marriage. It reads as a miscellany piece with no single cohesive event.
LAXATIV A Arabia Drug Teaser and Signature Claim
Fragmentary ad copy touts LAXATIV A from Arabia Drugte refund OR claiming a one day cold cure. Repeated lines mention GHAVE’S signature on each box and warn that even a high flyer must come down to earth.
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Arabia
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