Fourteen Die in Yazoo Valley Wreck At Mountz Ill
New Orleans reports a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line collision caused by a flagman’s negligence. Fourteen killed including four white women and a white infant, nine Black victims, with forty-one whites and forty-nine Black injured. Rescue efforts, fire, and relief trains dispatched from Yazoo City and Baton Rouge.
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New Orleans
Zazoo and
Mississippi Valley
Cunningham
Mountz
iLa
Yazoo
Baton Rouge
Berlin Doctor Claims Cure for Tuberculosis at Meeting
At the Berlin Medical Society meeting Frederich F. Friedmann announced a practical cure for all forms of tuberculosis. He showed cured patients and said he treated 682 cases with invariable improvement and nearly always complete cures. Prominent physicians testified to successes in their own practice. In New York another item notes a Methodist Episcopal church foreign missionary appropriation exceeding one million dollars approved by the general committee in session in Brooklyn.
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Berlin
Germany
Berlin Medical Society
Frederich F. Friedmann
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Kansas City Socialist Editor Shoots Self in Girard Home
J A Weyland owner of Appeal to Reason socialist paper shot and killed himself last night at his home in Girard Kansas, according to a telephone message received in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Navy
J. A. ‘Weyland
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Kansas
King Estranged Wife and Self
Cincinnati dispatch reports Charles Frye, 33, who had a divorce suit and custody battle, went to his wife’s home, fatally shot her, then killed himself.
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King
Cincinnati
Charles Frye
Feared Dentist Induces Sudden Death in Montrose
In Montrose Pennsylvania on November 8 Mrs John reportedly died on the way to a dentist chair amid fear of a tenth tooth extraction. The death is attributed to fright as the cause.
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Ideranton
John
Ettim
Montrose
Powers Ten Occupy Turkish Capital In World War I
Paris and London report the great powers plan a collective provisional occupation of Constantinople to keep the Bulgarians out and preserve Turkish hold in Europe. Disarmament in Istanbul continues as cholera spreads among wounded soldiers amid war strains.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria
Italy
Constantinople
Europe
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Sofia
Mir
London
Nazim Pasha
Tchatalja
Committee of Union and Progress
Porte
Turkish Committee of Union and Progress
Pension Plan Unveiled By Bell Western Union Western Electric
Ten million dollars will be set aside on January 1, 1913 as a permanent pension fund for 175000 employees of Bell Telephone, Western Union, and Western Electric with 250000 benefiting including dependents. Annual treasury appropriations will maintain the fund, and the plan adds sickness and accident disability and life insurance. All Bell affiliated companies participate in the new comprehensive plan.
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Bell Telephone
Western Union
Western Electric
Chicago
Bell Telephone System
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company
Treasuries
Allied Companies
United States
Bell Telephone Companies
Civil Service urged for navy yard machinists
Washington November 12 Unanimous recommendations from yard commandants urge that machinists in navy yards be placed under civil service and presented to the secretary of the navy on Saturday.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Hilles Returns as President's Secretary in Washington
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican national committee, arrived in Washington and resumed duties as secretary to the president Monday morning after a Sunday return.
Roosevelt Victory Narrow in California and Nation
Revised returns show Roosevelt leading in California by 751 and Wilson carrying Illinois with a 16 105 plurality. Oklahoma rejects moving the state capital to Guthrie, while Oregon officials set a December hangings date after voters chose to retain capital punishment and Governor West laments abolition defeat.
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Chicago
Presidentiallinois
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Debs
Chafin
Bryan
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. N. Alexander
Salem
Ore
Oregon
West
Mail Car Robbery On L and N Train Near Blount Springs
Two masked robbers tied mail clerks and rifled the mail car on the southbound Louie ville and Nashville train near Blount Springs Alabama. Loot reported as high as $40,000. registered pouch opened, stock coupons scattered, bandits fled. A separate Delta California hold-up on the Shasta Limited saw three bandits and a brakeman killed one robber. other two escaped with registered mail packages.
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L. & N. Road
Montgomery
Ala
J. M. Chamberlain
C. A. Hoover
Brannon
Louieville & Nashville
Blount Springs
Redding
Colo
Shasta Limited
Southern Pacific
Delta
Cal
Johnson Sent to Jail in Frameup Claim
John Arthur Johnson, a Black boxer, was jailed in Chicago on charges of transporting a white girl across state lines for immoral purposes. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused bond, despite a $50,000 real estate offer from his mother Mrs Tiny Johnson, amid claims of a professional frameup by straw bonchmen.
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Chicago
John Arthur Johnson
United States
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis
Tiny Johnson
Paper Owner Dies Suddenl y
John L. Wilson owner of the Seattle Post Intelligencer died in Seattle of angina pectoris after a one hour illness. Former United States senator and two term House member, he resigned to serve the unexpired term of John R. Allen. Body to be sent to Crawfordsville Indiana for burial.
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Wilson
Washington
Seattle
John L. Wilson
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Crawfordsville
Ind
United States
House
Senate
John R. Allen
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Louisville & Nashville Crash
Paris Kentucky November 12 James Lemon engineer killed James Hanley fireman fatally injured another trainman badly hurt when a Louisville and Nashville passenger train crashed into an open switch near Paris on Sunday.
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Paris
James Lemon
James Hanley
Louisville & Nashville
Covington Fire Destroys Distiling and Chemical Firms
A Sunday blaze in Covington Kentucky destroyed the building housing the Kentucky Bourbon Distilling company the Park Gilmore Chemical company and the Kentucky Pharmaceutical company. Loss estimated at $100000.
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Covington
Kentucky Hourbon Distilling Company
Park-Gilmore Chemical Company
Kentucky Pharmaceutical Company
Loas
McManigal Says He Saved Lives In Dynamite Plots
Ort ie E McManigal testifies he avoided harming a night watchman during the Mount Vernon explosion by diverting him to a theater and placing a secondary bomb elsewhere to minimize casualties. He recounts two explosions and a escape to St Louis as part of the Mt Vernon dynamiting episode.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie E. McManigal
McNamara
Mount Vernon
Ill
McManigal
United States
Charles W. Miller
Ap Alven
St. Louis
John J. McNamara
Decrease in Pension Fund Reported in 1910 Figures
The Pension Bureau announces 538000 soldiers and sailors and 321932 dependents on the roll, with 62 army horses. This year’s appropriation of 151,558,141 is down 3,276,096 from last year, reflecting large Civil War survivor and War of 1812 widow figures.
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Washington
Pension Bureau
United States
Hilles Calls Off Chicago Meeting On Vice Presidential Choice
Republican Chairman Hilles has canceled the Chicago meeting of the national committee. He decided Taft electors should choose their vice presidential nominee without national committee guidance. The suggestion notes it would be ludicrous to convene 48 committeemen to direct eight electors.
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Agalinet
Sherman
Washington
Hilles
Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
900 Taken Off Steamer Royal George
The Royal George, a Canadian Northern liner, ran ashore a mile east of Point St. Lawrence Isle of Orleans Wednesday night. Ninety hundred passengers were rescued by the old ferry North, brought to the scene by tender and sent to Montreal. The ship rests in an easy position and is not believed to be in danger despite heavy seas.
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Royal George
Quebec
Canadian Northern Railway
Point St. Lawrence
Isle of Orleans
Montreal
Prominent Industrial Leader Clement Griscom Dies
Clement A. Griscom, chairman of the board of the International Mercantile Marine, a key figure in several banks and corporations, died at his suburban Philadelphia home on Sunday after a long career in business and finance.
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Philadelphia
Clement A. Griscom
International Mercantile Marine
October Ship Building Totals Released
October ship building statistics from the Department of Commerce and Labor show 140 vessels completed in the United States during the month, aggregating 20 808 tons gross.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Government Races to Close Anti-Trust Cases Before Taft Exit
Washington reports the Justice Department aims to wrap most anti-trust prosecutions before March 4 when Taft leaves office. Key suits include steel and Harvester, with decisions unlikely by then. Other actions involving lumber dealers, towing trusts, and sugar cases progress toward outcomes as the new administration begins.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Steel and Harvester
Harvester
Towing Trust
District Court
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
American Sugar Refining Company
Wickersham
Reno loss of title as oppose divorce law in Nevada
After January 1 Nevada legislature will likely oppose the present tax divorce law that drew many to Reno to end marriages. The result follows elections with State Senator W D Jones of Reno defeated on the divorce issue by a petition nominee, signaling a shift away from Reno as a divorce hub.
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Nevada
Reno
Negv
United States
W. D. Jones
Slayer of two lynched in North Dakota mob action
George Baker who killed his wife and her father Thomas E Glass in Dawson Kidder County was seized from jail in Steele and lynched by a mob. Baker and his wife had separated but reconciled and traveled to California before the killings. Glass had sent money hoping his daughter would return home. Baker pursued him after vowing revenge for the alleged marital breakup.
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North Dakota
Steele
N.D
George Baker
Thomas E. Glass
Dawson
Kidder County
Baker
California
Lve
Glass
Weyland Obituary: Socialist Publisher Ends His Life
J A Weyland, owner of the Appeal to Reason, shot himself in Girard Kansas, despondent over possible federal grand jury action next week. Editor Fred Warren said Weyland had worried over charges related to sending objectionable matter through the mails.
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Appeal To Reason
Kansas City
J. A. Weyland
Girard
Kan
Fred Warren
Appeal
Weyland
Fort Scott
Warren
Bryce to quit Washington British ambassador resigns
British ambassador James Bryce tendered his resignation and will return to England. No official statement was issued, but high authority confirmed he informed President Taft of the action at the White House. Separately, navy wireless messages linked San Diego and Arlington across 3,500 miles.
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United States
Washington
James Bryce
England
Bryce
Taft
White House
San Diego
Cal
Navy
Point Loma
Agiington
Noted Baseball Player Cupid Childs Dies in Baltimore
Clarence Cupid Childs a famed early baseball figure died in Baltimore on Friday after a lingering illness at age 45 He joined the Cleveland National League teams in 1869 and was known as Cupid Childs in the sport.
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Baltimore
Clarence
Cupid”) Childs
Cleveland
Advertisements Mention Teething Syrup and Tonics
An OCR fragment lists various product claims and sales pitches. It references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, a note about a weak blue solution, and generic statements about remedies for fever, headache, stomach trouble, and bowel regulation. © 22 At all druggists 25c sample mailed F A Olmsted LeRoy NY Adv.
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Ohare
Cosren
Doing His Part in the War on Files
A humorous exchange notes one person taking sentry duty at the breakfast table over the milk pitcher each morning as a lighthearted part of the war on files.
Bluffing Southern Gentlemen at Blantyre Roadside
A bluff southern gentleman on Hamilton road near Blantyre challenged a herd boy with a taunt about being “half way to Hamilton.” The boy answered that he would need to know what the man had come free before he could respond.
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Hamilton Road
Blantyre
Hamilton
Truth About Old Age from George F Baer Birthday Note
George F Baer on his seventieth birthday agrees with Metchnikoff on the wisdom of the old. He notes Osler popularized praising gray hair, but says the old possess and seek wisdom. He adds that those who think they are too old to learn are really too young.
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George F. Baer
Philadelphia
Metchnikoff
Osler
Mr. Baer
Open All Night and We Never Close in Washington eateries
Harper's Magazine notes a section with several restaurants displaying prominent open or never-close signs. A third business, a run-down Chinese laundry, shows a sign reading Me Wakee, Too, in large scrawled letters.
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Washington
Harper's Magazine
New Press Standards in Newspapers and Literature
The excerpt contrasts journalistic clarity with literary depth, arguing literature transforms raw events into potent meaning while journalism merely reports. It defends literature as a rigorous, demanding craft beyond surface style and popularity.
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Sun
No Medicine But Change of Food Restores Health
A washwoman credits Grape-Nuts with relieving years of stomach trouble caused by overeating starchy and greasy foods. She describes rapid improvement within two weeks and lasting health after using Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast. The ad promotes Postum products and the book The Road to Wellville, urging readers to consider dietary changes over medicine.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wollville
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