Devastating Italian earthquake claims Messina and Reggio lives
Reports from Rome describe a second violent shock completing ruin in Messina and Reggio. Officials estimate 110000 dead in Messina and Reggio, with thousands more homeless and starving across southern Italy and Sicily. Refugees flood Naples as King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena aid victims and international relief pours in.
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Messina
Therapie
Naples
Cas Campo Santo
Bank of Italy
Costly Washington Street Subway Mile in Boston
The Washington street subway in Boston is described as the most expensive mile of railway construction costing 10 million dollars or about 2000 dollars per lineal foot.
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Washington Street Subway
Boston
Italian Island Disaster Claimed Thousands Dead
The article reports a vast death toll with estimates around 200000 and confirms the deaths of Consul Cheney and his wife. Survivors roam wrecked cities as naked, deranged figures. the American Red Cross launches a relief fund. Bagnara and surrounding areas are reported wiped out amid tremors near Messina and an island off Sicily.
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The
American Red Cross Society
California
Italy
Cheney
American Red Cross
Bagnara
Serious Rome Fire Endangers City Center
Fire in Rome Georgia began at nine o clock and burned past midnight. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars threatening the heart of the business district for a time.
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Rome
First Homesteader Daniel Freeman Dies in Beatrice
Beatrice Nebraska December 31 Daniel Freeman the first man to file under the homestead law passed forty years ago died at his home near Beatrice yesterday afternoon Freeman had led the pioneering entry that helped establish the movement and his death marks the end of an era for the early settlement.
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Neb
Daniel Freeman
Here
Reverend Dupron Resigns Charge but Will Continue Preaching
Rev. D. B. Dupron of Crawfords ville resigns from his charge after divorce but plans to continue preaching.
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D. B. Dupron
Crawfordsville
New Combination Against Burton in Ohio Senate Race
Columbus Ohio December 31 Wade H Ellis returned from Augusta Ga after meeting President elect Taft and endorsing Charles P Taft for the Ohio Senate The result signals a new push to oppose Theodore E Burton Harding Warren G Harding emerges as a serious outside candidate with Taft Foraker support and a potential two votes for Burton rivals open a vigorous campaign in Marion and Columbus with no formal vote arrangement.
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Wade H. Ellis
Augusta
William H. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Congress
Theodore E Burton
Cleveland
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Co. P. Taft
Harding
Warren G Harding
Marion
Mr. Taft
Mr. Foraker
Mr. Harding
Neil House
Death of former Pennsylvania treasurer linked to graft case
William L. Mathues former state treasurer of Pennsylvania died at his home in Media on December 31 aged 46. Physicians cited pneumonia but supporters blame stress from Capitol graft prosecutions and his two year penitentiary sentence. The report recounts his rise in Delaware County politics and the 1920s conspiracy convictions and acquittal on metal furniture fraud charges.
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Media
William L. Mathues
Pennsylvania
Mathues
Harrisburg Capitol
Delaware County
William H. Berry
Mathnes
William P. Snyder
James M. Shumaker
John H. Sanderson
Americans in Messina Hotel Likely Perished
News notes that many Americans in a Messina hotel are believed dead after a disaster. Ambassador Griscom is pressing to learn the fate of the missing Clevelanders. Bishop Sessums reports safety.
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Messina
State Department
Griscom
Rome
Palermo
Foreign Office
Trinacria
Ofer
Department
Martha C. Kittredge
Ethel
Clariss
Margaret Mendell
Brookline
Mass
Taormina
Planche Kane
Philadelphia
Cleveland
F. G. Bates
Catania
Bingo Sancetta
Gaetemo Litta
Eveland
St. Agata
Thomas Robinson
Robinson
John Brown
Archie Kain
Kain
Bishop Sessums
New Orleans
Davis Sessums
Louisiana
Alice Sessums
Sessums
Notable Americans Dead in Messina Event
A list identifies Americans who died including Dr. Arthur S. Cheney, American consul at Messina Sicily, his wife Mrs. Cheney, Boston author John Townsend Trowbridge and Mrs. Trowbridge, Mrs. D M Key, Misses Key, Mrs. R Pumpelly of Newport, Capt. Charlies C Fenger of New York, his wife, and Maj. Gen. Charlies C Hall and family of Portland Maine.
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Arthur S. Cheney
Messina
Sicily
Dr. Cheney
John Townsend Trowbridge
Boston
D. M. Key
Commander Key
Misses Key
R. Pumpelly
Newport
Charlies C. Fenger
New York
Charlies C. Feng
Shooter Returns to Killings Wife and Herself in Kansas City
Ray Reese shot his former fiancée Mrs Clyde Setzer now wife of another man then killed himself. The woman Edna Mecum who dated Reese months earlier married Clyde Setzer on December 24 and was living with him.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ray Reese
Clyde Setzer
Reese
Edna Mecum
Setzer
Starry Horoscope for a Bicycle Maker’s Brother
The passage frames a cosmic outlook on a person born under a comet, noting creative drive and surface focus. It contrasts a diligent neuroplane duty with a tendency toward steady rises and falls, warning to avoid external bent paths and predicting a long life with late retirement if living to eighty.
Confesses Embezzlement Then Kills Self in Missouri
Kansas City reporter states A. W. Troutman an employe at a produce firm confessed embezzling 720 dollars and shot himself after his Christmas Eve marriage. He said his brothers William of Los Angeles, and Herman and Felix of Chicago, would repay the funds, and he had used the money for clothing and gifts.
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Kansas City
A. W. Troutman
Troutman
William Troutman
Los Angeles
Cal
Herman
Felix Troutman
Chicago
Rumor Of Tariff Revision Circulates In 2003 Talks
Citizens report a rumor that tariffs may be revised in 2003 amid general political chatter. No official confirmation yet, with discussions described as early and speculative.
Railways place large steel rail order for February delivery
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company ordered 15,000 tons of 90-pound steel rails from the Pennsylvania Steel Company for February delivery, an amount 5,000 tons greater than last year.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Drys Win in Roanoke Local Option Election
Roanoke Virginia voters approved the local option measure by an 866 vote margin. The ruling will shutter 42 saloons and six mail order liquor houses within 90 days.
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Drys
Roanoke
Silas C Polk Alive After Thirty Years
Silas C Polk once believed dead thirty years ago is found living in Chicago, a former Princeton businessman. The discovery updates his status and location after decades.
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Silas C. Polk
Princeton
Chicago
New Year Time Signals From Naval Observatory
The Washington Naval Observatory will broadcast four telegraph time signals at exact one hour intervals to mark the start of the new year in the four standard time belts: eastern central mountain and Pacific.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
United States
Pacific
Kaufmann Stops Barry In Last Rounds Fight Card
Al Kaufmann of San Francisco defeated Jimmy Barry of Chicago in the thirty-ninth round of a scheduled 45 round bout in Los Angeles. The finish followed a knockdown in the previous round, ending at 12 25 this morning.
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Barry
Los Angeles
Cal
al Kaufmann
San Francisco
Jimmy Barry
Chicago
GE Light expands workforce in Fort Wayne by 200
The General Electric Light company of Fort Wayne reports a gain of two hundred workers in the past week and continues steady hiring.
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Ft. Wayne
Kent State University student Willis E. Smith found in Owensboro
The search for Willis E. Smith, a Kentucky State University student who vanished on September 20, ended when he appeared at his sister’s home in Owensboro, Kentucky yesterday.
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Lexington
Willis E. Smith
Kentucky State University
Owensboro
Jury convicts James A. Finch of first degree murder
In Portland Oregon on December 31 the jury found James A. Finch guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of Ralph B. Fisher prosecutor of the State Bar association after a 30 minute deliberation.
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Portland
Ore
James A. Finch
Ralph B. Fisher
State Bar Association
Purdue graduate Hanley Johnson named master mechanic
Hanley Johnson of Lafayette and a Purdue graduate is appointed master mechanic of the Metropolitan elevated shops in Chicago.
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Hanley Johnson
Lafayette
Purdue
Chicago
Timeless Charm Sparks Quiet Exchange
A coy exchange recalls aging and beauty as one speaker notes how age deepens allure, while the other responds with quiet intrigue about the effect of time on charm.
Church Headgear Removal Sparks Wakeful Men Spotlight
A humorous note observes that removing feminine headgear in church will help the minister spot men who have fallen asleep during sermons, implying a practical consequence of the change.
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