Global Italy Earthquake Toll Reaches High Death Counts
Rome reports a catastrophe across Calabria and Sicily with Messina Reggio and surrounding towns devastated. Deaths estimated from 12,000 to 50,000 in Messina alone. Reggio and nearby villages fear mass losses. Rescue efforts by British Russian ships, doctors, and crews under way as relief funds and aid floods in.
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Rome
Messina
Sicily
Reggio
Italy
Strait of
Calabria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Milan
Florence
Naples
M. Titteni
Cold and Grip Remedy Promises Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as a global cold and neuralgia remedy. It claims to remove the cause of headaches from colds and urges readers to request the full name and look for the signature E. W. GROVE. Price listed at 25c.
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E. W. Grove
James Scott Sentenced for Stabbing Crawfordsville Officer
James Scott received a prison term ranging from two to fourteen years after stabbing Police officer John Brothers of Crawfordsville, marking a severe penalty for the assault and fatal blow to law enforcement.
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James Scott
John Brothers
Crawfordsville
Earthquake disaster widens distress in Messina and New York Italians
dispatches report American consul Arthur S. Cheney and his wife died in Messina quake with Lupton safe. British ship aiding rescue. Italian communities in New York mobilize relief led by Count Massiglia and the Italian Chamber of Commerce. Boston group notes 490 New Englanders in Sicily with Trowbridge preparing visit.
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Washington
Arthur S. Cheney
Messina
Sicily
State Department
Stuart Lupton
Malta
Maltese Islands
Mediterranean
William H. Gale
Lupton
Gale
Arthurs. Cheney
Ilinois
Connecticut
Tennessee
H. Peirce
New York
Italy
Calabria
Count Massiglia
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Italian Red Cross Society
Wall Street
Russian Mines on Fire at Rostov Paramonoff Mine
Fire swept the Paramonoff mine at Rostov on December 29 30. 2500 miners were idle and three shafts had to be sealed to contain the blaze.
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Rostov-on-the-Don
Russia
Paramonoff
Snowslide Blocks Canadian Pacific Line Near Leggan
A severe snowslide in the Rocky Mountains west of Leggan on the Canadian Pacific railway tore up a section of track and halted traffic yesterday.
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Winnipes’ Man
Rocky Mountains
Leggan
Indianpolis man Warren Smith released after fraudulent check arrest
Warren Smith of Indianpolis was arrested in Columbus for passing fraudulent checks and released when given a position, according to latest city records.
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I. Warren Smith
Indianpolis
Columbus
Fifty Miners Entombed in Virginia Mine Disaster
Roanoke Va Dec 30 Meager reports say about fifty men were imprisoned at Lick Branch coal operation on the Pocahontas division of the Norfolk and Western railway. Fourteen men were brought out and two were dead leaving thirty six still in the death pit as rescue work proceeds slowly.
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Roanoke
Lick Branch
Pocahontas
Norfolk & Western Railway
Norfolk & Western
Mrs Hains Acts Brought Into Hains Trial in Flushing
In the New York trial of Thornton J Hains and his brother Captain Peter C Hains for the Willam Bannis killing, witnesses testified to alleged acts by Mrs Claudia Hains. Samuel Reid reported the captain spoke of marital woes and irrational behavior. Minnie Rhone described incidents at the Hains home with Mrs Hains and William E Annis including alleged orgies at Fort Hamilton.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton Je Hains
Peter C. Hains
Willam Bannis
Claudia Hains
Hains
Samuel Chester Reid
Chicago
Minnie Rhone
William E. Annis
Philippines
Indiana Monuments Dedicated in Vicksburg Ceremony
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 30 six teen Indiana Civil War monuments and 53 markers were dedicated by Governor Hanty and formally transferred to the United States government honoring Indiana soldiers killed in the war.
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Indiana
Vicksburg
Miss
United States
Hanty
Turkish Ambassador Sails to New York After Luncheon
Hussein Kiazim Bey the first Turkish ambassador to the United States dined with Ambassador White in Paris and sailed for New York today aboard the Oceanic.
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Paris
Hussein Kiazim Bey
United States
Ambassador White
New York
Farmer T. J. Powell Found Dead Near Jeffersonville
Local farmer T. J. Powell, who lived near Jeffersonville, was found dead along a road where he had collapsed due to heart trouble. The body was discovered by passersby and showed no immediate signs of foul play.
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T. J. Powell
Jeffersonville
Venezuelan Clash at Macuro Ends. Gomez Forces Gain
Fighting on Venezuela coast near Macuro pits Castro loyalists against the gunboat Miranda backing President Gomez. About 20 killed, 50 wounded as Torres's forces resist landing. Miranda withdraws then returns to Macuro. Castro denies knowing of a coming revolution and calls for an international tribunal if needed.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Macuro
Castro
Juan Vicente Gomez
Gomez
Miranda
la Guaira
Curacao
Torres
Berlin
Senor Castro
Esplanade
Associated Press
Venezuela
Germany
Belgium
Spain
Bolivia
Veneguela
Train Derailment Kills Engineer in Virginia Spill
A misplaced switch derailed Southern railway mail and passenger train No. 35 at Stokesland Virginia six miles south of Danville at 5 50 p m. Engineer Satterfield died Fireman Davis and three postal clerks injured no known passengers hurt. The engine baggage and mail cars overturned in the crash.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Stokesland
Danville
Satterfield
Davis
Danville & Western
Southern
Hiccoughs End in Death of Winona Agent at 76
J E Zackmayer an insurance agent from Winona Minnesota died after seven months of violent hiccoughs begun last June. He suffered steadily until death on December 30 announcing the end of his seven month spell.
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Hiccoughs
Winona
Minn
J. E. Zackmayer
Death of Henry Bollinger in North Manchester
Henry Bollinger of North Manchester died of apoplexy in bed before aid could reach him. He was previously in good health and the news notes his passing as a sudden local death.
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Henry Bollinger
Manchester
Mother and child on a streetcar scene of conflicted affection
A vivid streetcar moment shows a mother restraining a warm, repeated embrace of her golden haired baby. The crowd reactions mix tenderness and tension as the infant’s prints darken the mother’s white shirt, while a rough bystander mutters about love and restraint.
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Mother
Grandpa Rounds Up Cattle Behind Garage
Grandma asks about grandpa Charles. Charley confirms he is nearby, moving cows into the garage as observed by the judge.
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Charley
Newest and Most Charming Portrait of Miss Roosevelt
The president's second daughter, long deemed hard to photograph, is hailed for a recent portrait that captures her well without flattery. The image above is praised as her best yet, giving her full justice.
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Miss Roosevelt
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