Wilson President Along Own Lines Bans Gold Lace
Washington March 14 It becomes clear that Woodrow Wilson will run the government personally while delegating powers to cabinet officers He plans to handle legislative matters directly with legislators and to appoint after cabinet screening He discards military trappings and eschews royal show in favor of plain attire and fewer aides with no kingly perception.
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Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
White House
Rhoades
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Bomb wrecks tenement in Chicago hallway
March 14 report from Chicago states a bomb exploded in a hallway of a three story tenement on West Twenty fourth street. Two persons were hurled from beds and injured, about a score more bruised and cut by glass, causing panic among six Italian families living there while all were asleep.
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Chicago
West Twenty-fourth Street
Rhodes Scholar Zeigler wins two events at inter varsity meet
W A Zeigler formerly of Grinnell College Iowa representing Oxford won the weight throw at 43 feet 3 inches and also the hammer throw at 142 feet 7 inches at the Queen's club annual inter varsity meet in London.
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London
W. A. Ziezler
Grinnell College
Iowa
Queen's Club
Oxford
Zeigler
Bank Robbers Loot Two Illinois Banks
Two banks in Champaign Illinois were looted after dawn on March 14 with robbers fleeing after taking $1 023 in cash from Winston s bank at Sidney and from the Bank of White Heath White Heath Illinois The crimes leave police seeking suspects and recovery of funds locals report the incidents as rapid and coordinated.
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Champaign
Ill
Winston’s
Sidney
Lll
Bank of
Hoosier Solves Riddle of Sphinx in Egypt
Cairo correspondent of the Westminster Gazette reports Indiana born Egyptologist Professor George Andrew Reisner at Harvard unlocked the Sphinx interior after sixty centuries. He removed sand to reach a temple along the Sphinx body said to be Menes tomb containing a mummified body. Reisner, born in Indianapolis 1867, has made notable Egyptian work.
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London
George Andrew Reisner
Indiana
Reisner
Indianapolis
Tornado toll and cyclone strike across states
Reports from the tornado swept south and midwest indicate a death toll near fifty, with about double the injuries and property losses around 2.5 million dollars. Weather systems hit Illinois Wisconsin Georgia New Orleans and Buenos Aires with cyclones floods and widespread damage.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Middle West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Columbus
Racine
St. Louis National League Baseball Club
New Orleans
Atlanta
Louisiana
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Buenos Ayres
Rio DE. Janeiro
Argentine Republic
Rubber Workers Await Central Union Action in Akron
Akron on May 14 reports striking rubber workers watching the central labor union meeting for a possible sympathetic strike of all city laborers. A decision tonight could intensify the rubber dispute and push the strike toward a head.
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Akron
Ohio
Central Labor Union
Miners Conspiracy Verdict Clears Angel of the Mines
Charleston reports the military court acquits Mother Jones and forty nine miners charged with conspiracy to murder linked to the coal strike riots. The aged "angel of the mines" is freed as verdicts are delivered.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mother Jones
Thirteenth annual state oratorical contest at Beloit
The thirteenth annual state oratorical contest will be held at Beloit College on Friday night drawing representation from Ripon Waukesha and Appleton colleges.
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Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
Ripon
Waukesha
Appleton
Franklin Club Drapes Charter for Marvin Funeral Memo
City gathers for George B. Marvin Jr funeral with Aldermen and officials attending. Franklin Debating Club votes to drape its charter in mourning until September 1913 and honors his public service and church work while noting his temperance advocacy and community leadership.
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George B. Marvin, Jr
Ninth Ward
Marvin
H. B. Leonard
Berlin Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Common Council
John Dengler
B. C. Smith
P. C. Casberg
P.W. Mahoney
Adam Kroner
William Tarbox
W. H. Torrance
Franklin Club
Franklin Debating Club
State of
Illinois
North la Crosse
Wisconsin
Tabernacle Baptist Church Society
la Crosse
Pythias
Progressive League
Dan MacMillan Credits Helpers For City Improvements
Editor Tribune reaffirms non partisanship in upcoming election and credits stockholders directors officers and all community members for coordinating public utility work. MacMillan says unified efforts by bankers business and labor types illuminated the benefits of improved city administration and urges continued civic effort regardless of mayoral outcome.
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B. G. Macmillan
Mayor's Duty to Serve La Crosse Citizens
Editorial urges the mayor to act as ex officio chief of police, cut waste, attract factories, and work full days for the city. It argues strong leadership can raise wages by bringing more manufacturing to La Crosse, and warns against two hour workdays for mayors. If Dan MacMillan is elected, he should work all day, every day for the city.
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Dan MacMillan
Valley towns in danger by flood crest at Arcadia
Communication on the Green Bay railroad west of Whitehall is destroyed and towns in the Trempealeau river valley are partly flooded after a sudden rise in the stream. The crest reached Arcadia around 3 am, with danger believed past yet property risk remained during the peak. Heavy rains yesterday swelled the floodwaters.
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Elk Creek
Independence
Whitehall
Green Bay & Western
Arcadia
Kamla & Co
Independent Telephone
Waumandee Mill
Trempealean
Buffalo County
la Crosse
Merrillan
Green Bay
Trempealeau River
River Ice Breakup Destroys Dozens of Vessels
Sheboygan Wisconsin reports damage totaling about 100000 as the ice on the Sheboygan river broke up at noon. About fifty sailing vessels and steamers tied in the river drifted downstream a half mile and battered into one another causing severe damage and requiring rebuilding for many vessels.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Sheboygan River
Reverend Clarkson Offers Forgiveness for Erring Wife
In Chicago on March 14 Rev Nestor K Clarkson said he would forgive his wife who left him for Owen D Conn the Gentleman Burglar now jailed in San Francisco for robberies over 100 dollars. He stated it is not his place to judge and would welcome her back if she wished to be a good wife and mother.
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Chicago
Nestor K. Clarkson
Owen D. Conn
San Francisco
Clarkson
Conn
Milwaukean to Fly Ocean in Dirigible Flight
Joseph Bruckner, a former Milwaukee resident, will attempt a crossing from Munich to Key West in his newly invented army dirigible, showcasing a bold early air travel concept.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Joseph Bruckner
Munich
Key West
Date of Viaduct Order Undecided
A note indicates the date of the viaduct order remains undecided. Details show no firm scheduling or approval timeline, suggesting ongoing negotiations or pending official action without a set date. The fragment provides minimal context on parties or locations involved.
Rail viaduct appeal decision hangs on commission ruling
City committees urge the railroad commission to decide if the Rose street viaduct order dates from January 12, 1912 or February 11, 1913. A city appeal to the supreme court hinges on that ruling, with a special meeting planned if the commission act is delayed.
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State Railroad Commission
Rose Street
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
A. H. Schubert
Common Council
Circuit Court
Dane County
Milwaukee Railroad Company
la Crosse City Railway Company
Morgan Improves at Rome After Quiet Night
In Rome on March 14 J P Morgan showed strong recovery after a restful night. Doctors say his condition has improved markedly though he will stay in seclusion for several days.
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Rome
J. P. Morgan
Weather snapshot for La Crosse and region
La Crosse posted 52 high 44 low with 1.18 inches precipitation in past 24 hours. Forecast calls for snow and much colder tonight with strong northerly winds, Saturday expect generally fair and moderately cold. Regions across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa show snow or mixed precip and cold waves with Friday night into Saturday wind shift and falling temperatures. Heavy 24 hour totals included Knoxville 1.80 and Montgomery 2.46 inches.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
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Iowa
Kansas
Des Moines
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Territory
Texas
Washington
Baltimore
Omaha
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Shreveport
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