28 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
1
President orders 40 008 troops to Galveston in a strategic deployment amid rising security concerns. Details indicate a rapid mobilization involving multiple regiments and support units, with the move framed as safeguarding coastal interests and aiding regional command authorities.
Washington reports show military orders pushing 10 000 troops to Galveston ready for foreign service as Taft nears March 4, signaling no shift in preparedness policy. Major General William W. Carter to command the Second division from Chicago to Galveston, with Texas militia mobilizing to Brownsville amid border unrest. In Juarez reports say 95 federal volunteers were executed after a revolt, condemned by the garrison in a stark, disciplined firing.
Washington court upholds Mann anti white slavery law prohibiting interstate traffic in women and girls. Supreme Court rules human bodies may be protected in commerce. Johnson leads eight defendants in the white slave cases.
Rev. A F Schinner, former bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, says Catholics will petition President Woodrow Wilson to reverse Taft's policy banning new contracts for Roman Catholic sisters as teachers in Indian schools unless they abandon the religious habit. The move follows Schinner's resignation.
In Evansville Indiana authorities and contractors interpreted the discovery of a stick of dynamite and a partly burned fuse in the new Masonic temple as an attempt to blow up the building.
Danville Wisconsin resident Laird Vinson aged 56 weighed 552 pounds and died here while another man topping 542 pounds died nearby. The deceased reportedly refused many offers to travel with circuses.
A Black man named Wills Webb was killed by members of his own race on a plantation in a remote Sunflower County area after he had fatally harmed four Black individuals. The incident occurred amid racial violence and follows an apparent internal confrontation.
In Philadelphia the unusual price of 1500 was paid for a letter written by Captain Nathan Hale a famed Revolutionary War spy. The sale of autographs formed part of the Isis John Mills Hale collection of Phillipsburg Pennsylvania.
Ex-President Cipriano Castro sailed from New York to Havana amid rumors of a revolucion in Nicaragua. Castro denied knowing Zelaya and insisted the trip was for pleasure with no business ties, while reports of unrest in Trujillo surfaced as the minister in Caracas dispatched word.
Washington reports growing tobacco and alcohol use from July to February per internal revenue figures. Whisky, cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco show large increases, with beer consumption rebounding in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
President Taft's veto of the immigration bill was sustained by the House of Representatives 213 to 114. An attempt by Rep Gardner to recon sider the vote was ruled out of order and defeated on appeal, with Republicans and Democrats backing Speaker Clark in a large viva voce decision.
Albany February report says a $20000 bribe offer to release Harry K Thaw from Matteawan State Hospital was made to Dr John R Russell by a lawyer last November. Russell refused as Governor Sulzer, Clark and May deny any authorized use of Sulzer's name.
In St Louis County a car carrying six people turned over after a gust blew off the driver’s hat. George M. Trumbo assistant cashier of Mechanics American National Bank and Miss Hazel Flynn were killed. The four other occupants were seriously injured.
Charles K Hamilton world renowned aviator known as the birdman Jeff suffered a severe injury after his aircraft tilted forward and somersaulted at Pablo Beach Jacksonville on February 21. He had a fractured left thigh and multiple bruises but is believed to have escaped more serious harm. Bishop John Joseph Hogan Dies In Missouri Diocese At eighty four years. In Boston a federal suit targets a walking cane seized for a concealed picture in its handle.
Announcement on Sunday reveals a plan to build immediately a $4,500,000 double-track railway bridge across the Ohio River linking Meropolis, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. The project aims to improve regional rail service and commerce between the two states.
Washington on February 24 reports over 1500 police and detectives to guard inaugural crowds for President-elect Wilson. Four hundred special committee members will be sworn as deputies with badges next Thursday. Earthquake in Guayaquil shakes city, no damage reported. Wilson gives woman seat on a train in Princeton. Canadian premier Gordon opposes reciprocity in Albany visit.
President Taft arrived in New York with Mrs Taft and Mr Thomas McK Laughlin for his final trip before retirement from Washington to Augusta Ga. He attended a breakfast at the Taft home then broke ground on the National American Indian memorial aboard the Dolphin at Fort Worth the ground ceremony featured 32 full blooded Indians from Sioux Blackfeet Crow Cheyenne Chippewa and Apache tribes. He also opened a lighthouse for the New York Association for the Blind and attended a banquet at Sherry's where he received a gold international peace medal before departing.
A desperate gun fight in Piedicroce Corsica wounded the mayor and favor councillors as citizens demanded the candidate list for the impending election. Also reports: Jasper Baker of Indiana appointed mint examiner. Minnesota to ban public dances and games. West Virginia elects Judge Nathan B. Goff to Senate. Rehoboth resort destroyed by fire with $150,000 loss.
An official dispatch from Constantinople cited 10 000 slain in the latest Balkan battle. Six thousand Montenegrins and four thousand Servians fell at Scutari as allied forces clashed with Ottoman troops. Belair and Kadikeny saw no major change, while Tchatalja remained contested. A Bulgarian airman’s plane was shot down near Constantinople during a reconnaissance mission.
The transport Meade sailed from Philadelphia navy yard with 1,200 marines aboard to be held in reserve at Guantanamo Cuba.
Vancouver, B. C. Feb 22 Refusal of the Brittania Mining and Smelting company to recognize the Western Federation of Miners led to a walkout at the company mines near Vancouver.
A playful dialogue between a Sunday school teacher and a small girl. The child asks if God made the teacher, who confirms, and the girl remarks that God has nothing to be ashamed of either.
A wry exchange questions belief in home rule with a husband’s confidence and a wife’s retort. The joke hinges on the idea that unity in marriage may diverge from practical finances.
A stylistic phrase about moral distance comparing virtue and vice. It presents a nuanced view of behavior, suggesting that deviation from virtue may be perceived similarly to deviation from vice, reflecting a nuanced moral stance.
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