Ocean tragedy as Oceana collides with Pisagua near Beachy Head
Four passengers and several sailors are believed drowned after the Oceana and the German bark Pisagua collide in the English Channel off Beachy Head. The Oceana carried nearly $5,000,000 in specie and sank quickly after the collision while passengers remained calm and lifeboats reached safety. The Pisagua reached Dover in a sinking condition and the crew, mainly Lascars, faced panic.
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New Haven
England
Oceana
Beachy Head
English Channel
Maer
Peninsular and Oriental Ners
China
Dover
Lascars
Bullet in Head Has Not Slowed Bellefontaine Man
In Bellefontaine Ohio George Foughty lived with a bullet lodged in the back of his skull for thirty years after a self inflicted forehead wound penetrated his brain. He recovered and remained healthy until his tuberculosis death, a post mortem revealed the bullet track.
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Bellefontaine
George Foughty
Foughty
Squirrel Survives Fire At Hamilton Courthouse
Firefighters discover Yommy the pet squirrel atop the ruined courthouse in Hamilton Virginia after a blaze. the janitor Barney Ellers watches as the animal survives the flames and is joyfully returned to him, though injured.
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Hamilton
Tornado Disaster Strikes Headland Alabama Two Dozen Homes Demolished
Headland suffered a deadly tornado with five killed and many injured as a storm swept through the town. Mayor William M. Mitchell appealed to Montgomery newspapers for aid and relief assistance to the storm struck area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Ex Governor Hill Dies After Illness at Hotel Touraine
John F. Hill former Maine governor and acting chairman of the Republican National Committee died after a week long illness at the Hotel Touraine. The immediate cause was heart disease brought on by pneumonia. details note his public service and party roles.
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Hill
Reaton
John F. Hill
Maine
Republican National Committee
Hotel
Touraine
Canadian Town Burned in Major Alberta Fire
Acme Alberta suffered near total destruction as flames wiped out the bank hotel some dozen stores implement warehouses and timber yards. Loss pegged around 250000 dollars with extensive damage across the town.
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Winnipeg
Acme
Alberta
Great Western Wreck Injures Twenty-Five on C G W Line
In Dunkerton Iowa a Chicago Great Western train wreck on a curve three miles east of town injured twenty five people. Thirteen are seriously hurt and one probably fatally. The collision followed a broken rail.
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Great Western
Dunkerton
Chicago Great Western Railroad
New World Record Jump At Modum Norway Meet
Chippewa Falls shooter Oscar Gun Gerson set a new world record with a standing 163 foot jump at the Gueta Bakken Ski club tournament in Modum Norway.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Oscar Gun- Gerson
Gueta Bakken
Modum
Norway
Iron Mountain Wreck Near De Soto Injures Crew
The Iron Mountain fast mail train No. 7 derailed near De Soto Missouri. The engineer fireman and mail clerk were injured as the engine and two mail cars overturned.
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Iron Mountain
St. Louis
de Soto
Infernal machine bomb threat targets Judge Rosalsky
A package opened by Judge A Rosalsky of the New York General Sessions court contained an infernal device that exploded while inspected by Inspector Owen Egan injuring the official. The blast wrecked the library of the apartment. no motive or suspect identified. The judge had sentenced Folke Brandt to thirty years for burglary in 1907 and had recently reversed action.
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New York
A. Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
Brandt
Owen Egan
Bureau of Combustibles
Kosalsky
Folke E. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Police Department
Honor Cleveland in New York Commemoration Held
In New York City the seventy fifth birth anniversary of Grover Cleveland was commemorated in the College of the City of New York great hall. Eulogies were delivered by men associated with Cleveland and letters from Taft Dix Harmon and others were read. Attending were Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland and Mrs Daniel S Lamont among others. Hillary D Herbert spoke and tributes came from Richard Olney Hoke Smith David R Francis Oscar Underwood Rayner and Alton B Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
College of the City of
Taft
Dix
Harmon
Ohio
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Daniel S. Lamont
Cleveland
Hillary D. Herbert
Navy
Richard Olney
Hoke Smith
Georgia
David R. Francis
Oscar W. Underwood
Rayner
Maryland
Alton B. Parker
Michigan lawmakers clash over liability bill and hatpin ban
Both Michigan houses passed workers compensation bills after governor Osborn urged a special session. Conferees were named to craft a compromise. Thirteen Senate opponents of immediate effect backed a separate measure banning ten inch hatpins, slingshots, razors, and other weapons by suspension, with the House following suit.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Osborn
Rale
Ormar
House
Pension plan approved for aging American Sugar workers
Stockholders of the American Sugar Refining company in Jersey City unanimously passed a resolution pensioning all employees over sixty five. The pension equals one percent of annual income times years of service, with women retired at sixty.
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American Sugar Company
Jersey City
N. J
American Sugar Refining Company
Maine Sunk at Last Nearby Havana Memorial Service
The battleship Maine was sunk in a formal ceremony near Havana marking the final resting of the historic ship. A naval escort, gun salutes, and taps accompanied a full military burial as tow lines from the North Carolina and Birmingham pulled the hulk to the burial site nine miles from Havana harbor. The ship sank in sixty fathoms after a chaplain prayed over the cortege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maine
North Carolna
Wiley Quits Post as Chief Chemist Amid Harassment
Dr Harvey Wiley chief chemist of the food bureau resigns to Secretary Wilson after twenty nine years of service. He cites relentless pressure from interests and friends in the agriculture department and vows to campaign for a national health department separate from other government services.
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Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
Food Bureau
Doctor Wiley
Wiley
National Health Department
Railroads Aid Steel Trust Aided by High Freight Rates
Washington report shows subsidiary railroads allied with United States Steel earn big dividends via high ore rates. Duluth Missabe and Northern posted over 240 percent return on capital in 1910 while Pittsburgh Steamship Co. earned 4.4 cents a ton on ore handling, equating to about 16 percent of $20.5 million capitalization.
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Tella
Combine
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Ateel Corporation
Ateel Trust
Stanley Investigating Committee
House
Guy M. Freer
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railroad
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Steel Corporation
Steamship Company
U S Troops in China Reach Tieatain From Manila
A battalion of the Fifteenth Infantry totaling 444 men including a band arrived in China from Manila. Commanded by Lieut. Col. Edward A. Root, the unit is quartered in a large warehouse in the French concession after its arrival, following earlier Philippines detachments similarly housed.
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Fifteenth Infantry
Tieatain
Manila Tientsin
Manila
Edward A. Root
Philippines
Duchess of Buccleuch Dies at Dalkeith House
Duchess of Buccleuch dies at her Dalkeith House estate near Edinburgh after a short illness. She was daughter of the first Duke of Abercorn and is survived by the duke, five sons and two daughters.
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Duchess of
Buccleuch
Edinburgh
Duchess of Huccleuch
Dalkeith House
Paris Police Chief Elected to Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Paris chief of police M. Lepine was elected an academicien over eight competitors in Paris, joining the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in a ceremony highlighting his renown.
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Paris
M. Lepine
The
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Southern Train Traffic Returns to Normal After Rain
Washington reports Southern railway service recovering after forty eight hours of paralysis caused by heavy rain. All trains from the south now run with hours of delay while repairs to roadbeds and bridges continue.
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Southern
Washington
Southern Railway
Rear Admiral Melville Dies in Philadelphia at 71
Rear Admiral George W. Melville retired engineer in charge of the United States navy died in Philadelphia at the age of seventy one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Philadelphia
George W. Melville
Chlor
United States Navy
Outlaws Attack Hillsville Courthouse Tragedy Claims Several Deaths
In Hillsville Virginia a courthouse ambush left five dead including Judge Massie and Sheriff Webb. Sidna and Floyd Allen are wounded and jailed. Sidna Allen's wife is dead. A large posse surrounds the mountains as armed supporters of the Allen brothers are feared to attempt a rescue.
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Sidna Allen
Cabin
Hillsville
Willams
Allen Brothers
Williams
Mann
Richmond
Sidna
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Massie
Foster
Webb
Nancy Ayres
Assassin Band
North Carolina
Allen
Victor
Cabell Strickland
Byrd Marion
Fowler
Kane
Wordell
Goad
Indiana Leads Nation in Improved Roads
Indiana has the most miles of improved roads with 24,955, followed by Ohio with 24,106 and New York with 12,787. The figures come from the office of public roads in the department of agriculture. Massachusetts is listed later in the ranking.
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Ohio
New York
Washington
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
California
Maassachusetts
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Single Term for President Advocated by Senator Works
Senator Works of California urges a constitutional change to a single six year presidential term. He argues it would spare the nation the humiliating spectacle of a president touring the country with an army guard and private detectives urging his own reelection.
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Senator Works
Washington
California
Clara Barton Seeks Soldier in Ill Health Visit
Alpena Michigan reports George J Hasett a Spanish War veteran tied to Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross is brought to Glen Echo Maryland to recover beside the ailing ninety year old Clara Barton. The journey stems from a friendship formed during the Cuban campaign and Hasett serves as assistant sightkeeper on Middle Island.
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Alpena
Mich
George J. Hasett
Glen Echo
Virginia Outlaw Held After Hillsville Shootout
In Roanoke Jail Roanoke Virginia Floyd Allen and his son Victor along with Bud Marion are held as principals in the Hillsville Va shooting awaiting official action.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Floyd Allen
Outlew
Victor
Bud” Marion
Hillsville
Beek to Promote Efficiency New York
The American Society for Promoting Efficiency was organized there by men representing all branches of business and profession. Hundreds of men from every state attended the meeting.
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New York
American Society For Promoting Efficiency
Congress Hears Suffrage Plea In Joint Session
Washington reports a divided gathering led by Jane Addams and Anna Howard Shaw as the National Suffrage Association presented bills to extend voting rights to women. The joint hearing before Senate and House committees included suffrage advocates and a delegation of anti suffragists, with progress noted despite doubts of reaching a two thirds vote.
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Washington
Misa Jane Addams
Chicago
Anna Howard Shaw
New York
National Suffrage Association
Congress
Senate Committee On
House Committee On Judiciary
William Kent
California
Claude A. Stone
Peoria
la Follette
Wisconsin
Owen
Oklahoma
Burleson
Texas
Miners Parley Ends Threat of Great Coal Strike
New York reports abrupt end to talks between anthracite operators and United Mine Workers leaders. Both sides refuse concessions, risk of a nationwide strike beginning April 1 looms. London notes government plan to push a minimum wage bill to end the dispute.
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New York
White
United Mine Workers
London
Congress Seeks Ban on War Munitions Exports
Senate adopts a Taft backed resolution to forbid aid and munitions exports to revolutions or domestic upheavals in Pan America. The measure, likely to pass the House, would let the president prohibit arms exports to any country at peace with the United States by proclamation.
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Congress
Washington
Pan-America
United States
Senate
Taft
House
Cleveland Honors Kilbane at Major Welcome Parade
Johnny Kilbane featherweight champion of the world returned to Cleveland and received the largest greeting in city history. A crowd estimated at 150000 to 200000 lined Union Station and downtown streets as a two mile parade moved past the reviewing stand. Mayor Baker and state officials from Columbus attended the ceremony.
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Pugillet
Mome
Cleveland
Johnny Kilbane
Union Station
Baker
Columbus
German Aviator Killed Near Berlin in Flight Accident
Herr Witte, prominent at the Johannisthal aviation meeting, was killed near the Teltow suburb when his Wright biplane collapsed during a flight. The incident occurred in Berlin, Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Herr Witte
Johannisthal
Teltow
Missing Pennsylvania minister sought by police in England
A general alert has been issued by police for Rev. H. T. Perkesa a Pennsylvania Methodist minister who has vanished in Rochester England reports indicate he disappeared under mysterious circumstances prompting an intercity search and police inquiry.
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England
Rochester
H. T. Perkesa
Stop the Palin and Heal with Carbolisalvan Ad
An advertising fragment touts Cole's Carbolisalvan for burns and cuts claiming fast relief and healing. It also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a stomach liver and bowels regulator and invigorator. The piece reflects early 20th century patent medicine tone and local Wisconsin origin from Black River Falls.
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Cole
Drurstace
Frevy
W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Doan's Kidney Pills Back Up McPherson Reader
A McPherson Kansas reader, Captain Nicholas W New of 323 B First St, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing a grip weakened kidney function and persistent backache. The ad claims the pills ease urinary disorders and uric acid trouble, and deter kidney ailments after cold seasons. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York markets the product at 56 cents.
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Dean
Nicholas W. New
First St
McPherson, Kans
Doan
Artemus Outdone Humorists Spark Palpable Wit
A light exchange jokes about women humorists. The dialogue riffs on Artemus Ward’s famed wit, noting a typewriter spelling as funny as Ward in his prime. The remark keeps a lively, period tone with playful banter.
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Artemus Ward
Eczema Cure Linked to Teething and Cuticura Use
Mrs Freeman Craver recounts a baby eczema breakout on the face neck and back said to arise from teething. After failing with physician advice and an ointment she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment per the booklet and claims a complete cure by age one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Craver
Lewis
Syracuse
N. Y
Truth About Bluing Talk No 4 and Price Cue
An ad styled as a joke lecture promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the best blueing. It notes a half-cent worth of bluing in water and a large bottle of water, claiming laundresses smile for a week. Large package six cents at all good grocers. A humorous quip contrasts cheap restaurant prices with patient doctor advice.
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Fremont
EAGLE
Warren D. Wells
Pisagua
Brangt Gale
Rosalsky Library
Calis
Egan
Maines
DR. Wiley
Railroads Aid Steel Trust
U. S
Clara Barton
Soldier
Jane Addams
Kilbane
Mawney
Re Ives
Artemus
Turtle
Feler
Moes
Jimmy
Bluing
Satan
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