Official count of first choice votes in city primary
The board of canvassers completed the official count of first choice votes this morning. Second choice votes were to be counted this afternoon amid suspected ballot errors. changes were minor compared with yesterday’s Tribune report.
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Board of
A. H. Schubert
E. H. Hoffman
J. E. Higbee
Tribune
Daas
Tax Commissioner
Athrerarece
Police
Alaska land fraud trial testimonies unfold in Chicago
H E Horrocks engineer for the Alaska Central railway testified in the Frost Alaska land fraud case that he did not know he owned any Alaska land until Frank Watson assigned a claim. H H Hildreth a former U S commissioner testified he sold land claims to Watson for 25000 dollars and Watson acted for Frost with Hildreth paying half as commission.
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Chicago
H. E. Horrocks
Alaska Central Railway
Albert C. Frost
Alaska
United States
Frank Watson
H. H. Hildreth
Watson
Frost
Hildreth
Fire destroys J. H. Strohm & Company store in Carroll
A basement fire at the J. H. Strohm & Company department store within the Masonic temple in Carroll Iowa leveled the building and its contents. By 9 30 a m the blaze had spread to the adjacent Drumuir building with assistance from fire crews from Harlan and Manning. Loss is expected to be heavy.
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Carroll
Iowa
J. H. Strohm & Company
Masonic Temple
Drumuir
Harlan and Manning
Clarke seeks big league return after Cleveland to Browns
Nig Clarke once starred as catcher for Cleveland in the American League and later with St. Louis Browns. Now with the Indianapolis team in the American Association he asks Cleveland manager Joe Birmingham for a tryout. Birmingham refused due to strong catching depth and Clarke’s recent decline mirrors George Stone’s fall.
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Clarke
St. Louis Browns
Indianapolis
Joe Birmingham
Cleveland
Birmingham
George Stone
Browns
Stone
Seven articles to the new woman
Chicago March 20 Mme Ripley told the Chicago Dressmakers Club the new woman will wear seven garments and require ten minutes to dress. The listed items include a sheer lingerie piece, a knee-length corset, silk stockings, low shoes, a one-piece gown, a soft hat and a two-button coat.
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Chicago
Mme. Ripley
Austrian Fleet Demonstration Reported Near Montenegro
Vienna dispatches reveal government confiscation of multiple newspapers for printing news of an Austria-Hungarian fleet sailing to demonstrate off Montenegro. The action aims to press Balkan states to halt hostilities in Albania and end the siege of Scutari.
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Vienna
Montenegro
Reichspost
Austria-Hungary
Albania
Balkan States
Scutari
Cotton crop report shows 1912 yield and bale weight
The census bureau reports the 1912 cotton crop at 14,076,430 bales, down from 16,109,349 in 1911 and up from 11,965,962 in 1910. The average gross bale weight is 507.8 pounds for 1912, vs 504.4 pounds last year and 501.7 in 1910.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bootblack in Cincinnati linked to King George assassination
A Greek bootblack who killed King George I is linked to Cincinnati in 1901. Witnesses recall the stand closing during President McKinley's funeral and the killer's remark about wishing to kill government heads, with one owner deeming him possibly insane.
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Cincinnati
Aleko Schinas
King George
Columbus
George Kugan
McKinley
Schinas
Kagan
Musical Will Not Fight Extradition In Hair Fraud Case
Antonio Musica and his family face extradition from New Orleans after being held on charges of defrauding 22 banks of more than 1 million dollars. The gang’s baggage and eight other members face indictments as additional witnesses testify. Mitchell & Co. is dissolved as the Musica firm is linked to the United States Hair company stock dealings.
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New Orleans
Antonnio Musica
New York
Phillip
George
Arthur
District Attorney's
Antonio
Phillip Musica
Europe
Musica
Central America
Stock Exchange
Mitchell & Co
United States Hair Company
Musica Corporation
Blizzard Grips Northwest as Spring Nears
Blizzard grips Minnesota and neighboring states with sleet and snow driven by a cold wind. Forecasters warn of colder weather with possible temperatures below zero tonight. Trains delayed or snowbound in Montana and the Dakotas. mail handled by special messengers near Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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ST. Paul
Minn
King
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Kansas
Grand Forks
WN. D
Lord Marr the Pup Joins Milwaukee Scene
In Milwaukee a prize dog known as Lord Marr arrives after a transatlantic trip from Madrid. Mrs. Charles Gimbel, owner of the kennels, paid $10,000 for the lord amid a European chase. The dog has quickly befriended the coachman’s bulldog and compared Spanish and American fleas.
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Milwaukee
Lord Marr
Atlantic
Madrid
Charles Gimbel
Hoff
Europe
12 year old boy travels from St Louis arrested in Minneapolis
Gaylord Smith a 12 year old colored boy traveling alone on freight trains from St Louis was arrested in Minneapolis after arriving last night. He said both parents were dead and he hoped to find work. He was lodged at Central Station and will be cared for while the Humane Society verifies his story.
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Minneapolis
Minn
St. Louis
Gaylord Smith
Central Station
The
Humane Society
Prison Farm Proposal for Waupun State Institution
Miss Katherine Williams of the state board of control urged in Madison that a 600 acre prison farm be created at Waupun to boost self sufficiency of the state prison system during a State Affairs Committee session.
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Madison
Wis
Waupun
Katherine Williams
State Board of Control
Assembly Committee On State Affairs
Profit scheme exposed by Lumber trust witness
Minneapolis March 20 Frank E and L James of Granite Falls testified in the Lumber trust inquiry describing a get rich quick scheme. They owned over twenty lumber yards in ten years and claimed profits from selling to small towns where a yard already existed then selling out to competitors for large gains.
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Minneapolis
Frank E
L. James
Minn
Lumber Trust
Frank James
Standard Lumber Company
Appleton
James Brothers
Seven Year Old Traveler Crosses Continent Alone
Leonore Gobbold, seven, traveled solo across the continent on the Great Northern Oriental Limited. Destination is Victoria British Columbia to join her father, a widower, after a journey from New York where he had sent her from Seattle to live with his father in Chalmsford England.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Leonore Gobbold
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Leonore
Victoria
B. C
New York
Seattle
Chalmsford
England
Thanks for sympathy after mother's passing
The family of Ida Peeper expresses sincere thanks to friends and pallbearers for kindness and sympathy shown during their bereavement. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Scharfenberg and Mrs. Edith Smith.
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Ida Peeper
Robt. Scharfenberg
Edith Smith
Lake captain Hart dies at 74 in Sturgeon Bay
Captain Clifford B. Hart aged 74, one of the oldest Great Lakes captains, died early today in Sturgeon Bay after suffering heart failure Wednesday night.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Clifford B. Hart
Great Lakes
Train kills farmer in Wisconsin crash near Darlington
Dennis McDonald aged 30 a farmer living near Darlington Wisconsin was killed instantly when struck by an eastbound freight train on the Milwaukee road early today authorities reported the victim died at the scene as the collision occurred near the town limits no other injuries were mentioned and service disruptions were possible on the line
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Darlington
Wis
Dennis McDonald
Here
Milwaukee Road
Leper Enberg Faces Public Backlash in Minneapolis
Albert Enberg a nearly blind leper must be separated from his wife after five years in Minneapolis as public opinion turns hostile. Health authorities say leprosy is non contagious and have known the case for years while neighbors shun the family and the landlord threatens eviction. Enberg admits his disease and says he has studied it.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Enberg
Health Department
Enberg
Badger Freight Boat wrecked by ice on Mississippi
The gasoline freighter Badger that ran between here and Brownsville was demolished when ice broke up on the Mississippi river Tuesday. Docked on the Minnesota side near the wagon bridge, the ice tore it loose and partly sank it, tearing the top deck off. Salter's boat house at King street was nearly sunk by high water, but the Mississippi water is now receding.
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Here
Brownsville
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Salter
King Street
Mississippi
Road Machinery Contracts Awarded by County Board
Contracts totaling 1730 dollars for rock crushers six wheeled scrapers a sprinkling wagon and a bin were awarded by the roads and bridges committee yesterday. The Good Roads Machinery company of Fort Wayne Indiana won the rock crusher bin six wheeled scrapers and sprinkler while J N Case Engine company of Racine received the engine.
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Roads and Bridges Committee
Good Roads Machinery Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. N. Case Engine Company
Racine
Death of Rev Charles Stanley Lester on shipboard
Telegraph reports the death at sea of Rev Charles Stanley Lester longtime pastor of St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Milwaukee. He was returning from the canal zone where he sought relief for his health and had been a prominent Maryland churchman earlier in his career.
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Milwaukee
Charles Stanley Lester
Easton
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Lester
Canal Zone
Wilson Decides on Ambassador to Great Britain
President Wilson has practically decided on the new ambassador to Great Britain. The identity may leak out when Secretary Bryan returns, though the nomination will wait until Congress reassembles. the candidate is described as a dark horse and not an active politician.
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Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
Bryan
Congress
Steel mill child workers cited in Illinois senate probe
Labor leaders in Pittsburg urged the Illinois senate white slavery minimum wage committee to visit to study conditions in Pennsylvania. They argued investigating long hours and starvation wages for girl workers in the Oliver Iron and Steel mill would be as useful as hearing from shop and chorus girls.
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Pittsburg
Bolt
Oliver Iron and Steel Mill
Ilinois Senate
Pennsylvania
Elliott-Loeffler Orders Delivery Truck Through Noetzel
The Elliott-Loeffler company has contracted with F. J. Noetzel for a Chase automobile truck. It will be used in their delivery department and will be the same size as the parcel post department truck purchased by the post office.
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Elliott-Loeffler Company
F. J. Noetzel
Chase Automobile
Parcel Post Department
Tombstone Messages Spark Grim Revelations
A cryptic line suggests tombstones speak after death, hinting at secrets kept by those buried. The quip frames death as a chorus of unseen voices, inviting readers to ponder what inscriptions reveal about lives past.
Perry Sentenced in Chicago for Highway Robbery
James Perry, member of a young auto gang led by Robert Webb, was convicted of highway robbery in Chicago. He received an indeterminate sentence from one year to life imprisonment.
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Chicago
James Perry
Robert Webb
Perry
Field Club leaders meet with city insurance agents
H. J. Zechlin presides over Wisconsin Field club members as they confer with city insurance agents. The club comprises field agents from the various insurance companies operating in the state.
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H. J. Zechlin
Wisconsin Field Club
Tallest Soldier in France Drafts Antoine Cros for Aviation
Antoine Cros, among France’s new conscripts, stands over six feet six inches. When asked his preferred branch, he chose the aviation corps, explaining he is not subject to dizziness and is used to seeing things from above.
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France
Antoine Cros
D A Whitman to Confer With Gov Sulzer in Albany
New York District Attorney Whitman will travel to Albany at the governor's invitation to discuss police graft and the Harry Thaw bribery case. The trip follows Sulzer's invitation and aims to coordinate actions on high profile corruption inquiries.
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Olaf A. Tveitmoe
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Leavenworth
Kansas
Anderson
Charles Miller
New York
Whitman
Albany
Sulzer
Harry M. Thaw
Weary Willie Faces Trouble in Shade of Pole
A benevolent old lady finds a weary Willie resting in the shade of a telephone pole. She asks why he looks discouraged and has abandoned the race so early in life. Willie replies simply that the trouble is the reason.
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Wilie
Willie
Driving Belt Long in Use at Smethwick Works
An engineering works in Smethwick England has used a driving belt continuously for thirty two years. The belt reportedly has traveled a distance equal to seventy four times around the world.
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Smethwick
England
Not Over-Prominent Dorfling Mentioned in Community Quip
Dialogue references Dorfling as a noisy figure in the community with a witty remark comparing his sound to the letter h in debt. The exchange echoes a Birmingham Age-Herald quip about local notoriety.
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Dorfling
Bill Dorfling
Birmingham Age-Herald
Not to Obstruct Tariff Program Declared by Mann
Washington March 24. House Republican Floor Leader Mann says the minority will not obstruct the Democratic tariff program. He cites public support for economic change and urges no obstruction despite party differences.
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Washington
House
Mann
Huerta Denies Plot to Kill Him Amid Investigation
President Huerta in Mexico City and Cabinet deny any assassination plot against him. War Minister defends army officers guarding the president and loyalty of the forces. An ongoing investigation continues with steps to segregate Maderista elements in the federal army.
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Mexico City
Galveston
Texas
Huerta
Maderista
Remains of Ancient Barges Found in Rock River
Barges sunk over fifty years ago were located at the Rock River bottom in Janesville Wisconsin as divers assisted by the new Northwestern railroad bridge project.
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Janesville
Wis
Rock River
New Northwestern Railroad
Suction Causes Accident in Plymouth
Suction from a rapidly moving inter urban car caused Mrs. August Pratge of Sheboygan to fall and break her arm in Plymouth Wisconsin.
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Plymouth
Wis
August Pratge
Sheboygan
Daily Thought on Forgetting Others
A reflective aphorism invites readers to bear cheerfully the forgetfulness of others, citing Robert Louis Stevenson. The line emphasizes endurance and generosity in daily interactions.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
All-Consuming Passion Heard From The Judge
A courtroom judge quips that the subject of a relationship exhibits an all consuming passion as he notes how one person eagerly drinks in every word and smile. The remark frames a dramatic, obsessive intensity in social interactions.
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