Dupe New Yorkers in Cuba Fake Racing Gang
New York figures accuse three Americans of running a fake racing returns scam in Cuba, swindling John A. Mottella Harvard student of 2000 dollars and delaying payment. Professor Stavisky from Denver and Max Schirmer of White Plains also loss funds. Police arrested L H Spencer during a confrontation in Central Park as he pressed for more money, while authorities hunt the three alleged leaders named Walter, Mason, and Collins.
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Hevana
John A. Mottella
New York City
Harvard
Stavisky
Denver
Colo
Max Schirmer
White Plains
Mottolia
National City Bank
Stainsky
L. Hf. Spencer
Sehirmer
Entra Park
Lesler Americans
Walter
Mason
Collins
Florida
Vincent Astor in gale at Norfolk with yacht Noma
Vincent Astor arrives at Norfolk Virginia aboard the steam yacht Noma from New York en route to the Panama Canal. A gale blew off the coast driving the vessel to coal and awaiting engine repairs before continuing voyage.
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Norfolk
Vincent Astor
Noma
New York
Panama, Canal
Mr. Astor
Cloudy and colder with inland snows tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures today. Rain is expected along the coast with possible snow further inland by night. Winds shift to a north and northeast breeze, bringing unsettled conditions tomorrow with some moderation later.
New York Markets Open with Steady Butter and Cheese Prices
General Markets report from New York on March 1 shows butter steady to firm amid 540 packages received. Creamery extras and firsts quoted at varied rates. cheese higher grades firm with mixed creamery yields, colored winter and and white varieties noted. Eggs steady with firmer firm prices for fresh gathered, dirtled checks and refrigerator lots. Dressed poultry firm with Western frozen poultry, broilers and fryers priced by weight and size. roasters and squab also listed with regional references to Pennsylvania and nearby markets.
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New York
Weconda
Tuls
Mest
Sadie
Akima
Clus
Galle
Pennsylvania
Mozen
Fromen
Fresen
Live Stock Market Report From Pittsburgh March First
CATTLE supply steady with mixed quality prices from 7.60 to 10.40 for various grades. HOGS receipts double decks and market strong with prime heavy at 8.40 to 9.00, mixed ranges 2.60 to 6.90 for lighter stock, roughs and heavies noted. Sheep and lambs show steady light market with wethers near 4.00 to 6.00 and veal calves around 10.50.
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Pittsburgh
Cabinet makers agree on slate for Wilson administration
Vice President Elect Thomas Marshall and Mrs Marshall arrived in Washington to a reception committee from the inaugural events. The proposed cabinet list includes Bryan, McAdoo, McReynolds, Goethals, Daniels, Burleson, Norris, Brandeis, Wilson, and Gardner. Marshall met reporters and lawmakers upon arrival, then moved to the Shoreham Hotel for dinner with the Indiana delegation.
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Marshall
Mra. Marshall
Washington
March
Congress
Wilson
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Treasury
Willian (. McAdoo
New York
James ©. McReynolds
Tennessee
George W.goethals
Navy
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Albert 8. Burleson
Texas
Interior
Mrs. Marshal
Mr. MacFarland
Kernried
Shoreham Hotel
John B. Lamb
Indiana
Hoosier
Weather Prophet Warns Wilson Of Cold Inauguration
Middletown Conn March 1 Uncle Horace Johnson a 89 year old weather forecaster warns President Wilson to prepare for a cold day next Tuesday He notes past storms including the Taft inauguration and blizzard of 1888 as reasons to bring an overcoat Farmers across Connecticut rely on his forecasts after seventy five years of service He lives in a bungalow on the Connecticut River bank in Middle Haddam.
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Horace Johnson
Wilson
Middletown
Conn
Taft
Willis Moore
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Horace
Middle Haddam
Ling
Connecticut River
Pensions for mothers pass Utah Senate bill
Utah Legislature approves mothers pension bill providing a $10 monthly minimum to mothers with one dependent child and $7 monthly for each additional child. The measure, already passed by the house, goes to the governor for approval.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Senate
House
Forger Gouges Out Eyes in Self-Punishment
Los Angeles reports A. J. Heine, founder of a Milwaukee manufacturing company, gouged out both eyes with a small knife after arrest for a series of forgeries. Heine stated he would never see daylight again, that he would not forge another check, and that he sought peace.
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Los Angeles
A. J. Heine
Milwaukee
Five Die in Dewey Hotel Fire in Omaha
A massive blaze at the Dewey hotel in Omaha on March 1 left five known dead and twenty missing. Among the dead are Charles Cummings and A R Porter, with Dwight Bruce of Broken Bow also killed. Injured include 15 year old Viv ia Stiff and Tina Nelson the chambermaid. Fire and police teams fought to locate more victims as ruins cooled. The Dewey stood at Thirteenth and Farnam Streets and the exact guest count could not be confirmed.
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Omaha
Neb
Dewey Hotel
Charles Cummings
Alice Foneview
A. R. Porter
Dwight Bruce
Broken Bow
Vivia Stiff
Tina Nelson
BE. Wilkins
Cummins
Porter
Bruce
Thirteenth
Farnam Streets
Jesse D. Nyld
Sulzer Leaves Capital for Washington Inauguration
Albany March 1 Governor and Mrs Sulzer left for New York and will depart Sunday afternoon for Washington to attend President Elect Wilsons inauguration. He plans to confer with the president on Wednesday and then return to Albany. He urged President Taft to sign the Sulzer bill creating a separate department of labor. Lieutenant Governor Glynn will act as governor during Sulzers absence.
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Washington
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
New York
Wilson
Taft
Department of Labor
Glynn
Will Wilson Be Boss In Wilson Era Politico Rumor
Washington dispatch surveys whether Woodrow Wilson will run his administration or name a dominant adviser. The column muses on self reliance, compares Barrett’s leadership of the bureau of American republics, and notes senators Lodge Newlands and Goff, plus lottery changes in seat allocation.
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Washington
Specia
Woodrow Wilson
Wison
William J. Hrgan
Wilson
Bryan
Piay
Grover Cleveland
Wilsons idea of human liberty and democracy
President elect lays out a faith on liberty in The New Freedom. He argues freedom comes from perfect adjustments of interests and activities, transforming politics to serve honest citizens. He calls for tariff reform, labor protections, and social justice to open opportunity and empower the American people.
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Erica
America
Correction on the blackboard miscue sparks quick student fix
The teacher writes the sentence the toast was drank in silence and asks pupils to find the mistake. Bennie Sheridan rushes to the board and corrects it with The toast was ate in silence, prompting classroom reactions in the periodical excerpt.
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Bennie Sheridan
How She Knew Proposal Line in Fun
A humorous exchange hinges on perception and timing. Jack and a woman joke about how she anticipated a proposal because her mother left the room quickly, praising the mother as discerning in Fun.
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Jack
Mamma
Brown's a Lucky Dog Inherits $1000 Yet Keeps It
In Detroit Free Press style a light feature notes Brown the dog remains lucky and well cared for as his owner wonders about the fate of the $1000 inherited a year ago. The piece playfully traces the dog's ongoing fortunes.
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Brown
Detroit
One Better Nip-Bones Speaker at Age Thirty
A magazine pun joke notes Nip-Bones as speaker of the house at age thirty, contrasted with a quip about his wife becoming speaker at twenty-two after marriage.
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Nip—Bones
Tuck
Escape From the Storms Above the Ground
A quotation by Henry Ward Beecher notes the remedy to storms lies in rising higher on the mountainside to escape dense low winds and storms, suggesting elevation as shelter from turmoil.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Culver Miliary Academy
Culver
Ind
Cuba
Gale
General Markets
Col
George W. Goethals
American Press Association
Georgia
Crmelia
John Gibby
Cornelia
Gibby
White House
Arthur W. Dunn
Barrett
Elihu Root
South America
Panama
John Barrett
Colombia
Root
Bureau of American Republics
Lodge
Massachusetts
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
Newlands
Nevada
Esides
Long Branch Daily Record
Goldstein’s Dept. Store
Sea Island
Heurges
Doubleday, Page & Co
Hanson
Broadway
Surits
W. H. Woolley & Co
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