Rescue of 200 Sailors From 1703 Goodwin Sands Storm
In the 1703 Great Storm, Deal mayor Thomas Powell organized rescue of sailors stranded on Goodwin sands. He enlisted locals after clashes with custom officials, paying six pence per saved soul, repossessing boats, feeding and sheltering the rescued, and arranging passage to London with eventual government reimbursement.
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England
Goodwin Sands
Charles F. Talman
Lbrarian
United States Weather Bureau
Jow Tidy
Deal
Thomas Powell
Powell
Custom House
Telze
London
Chinese View of Militant Headgear Fashion
Pekin News reports a Chinese perspective on Western hats. A Chinese gentleman notes European husbands face harassment from costly ladies hats and claims Chinese authorities forbid their women to imitate western millinery, despite other trends.
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Pekin News
Animals Sensing Storm Drive Wildlife to Foot Hills
Prospector Horace Smith reports that tree squirrels skunks and nearly all interior wildlife have fled to the Covina valley foothills to burrow underground as a great storm approaches. He cites corroboration from old mountaineers who note similar animal behavior before past interior mountain storms.
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Horace Smith
Covina Valley
Cal
Sierra Madre Mountains
Penguin Wedding Observed in Antarctic Penguin Courtship
Dr Charcot described penguin antics as human like. A mating pair was seen seated together on ice blocks with a third penguin acting as registrar, mimicking the minister and bridegroom at a wedding, according to the London Daily News.
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Charcot
London
Fragmentary excerpt on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner albatross
A garbled passage debates the albatross episode from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It mentions Coleridge and a perceived need to provide a frightful example, hinting at the poem’s moral incident.
Hoade for the Average Man in a Betting Tale
A traveler recalls betting habits where the average man tends to call heads when a decision is needed by a colt. He notes crowded journeys with a troupe and scarce lower berth space, recounting a system of placing a dollar on his knee and letting others call.
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Lally
LaFollette Wins North Dakota Primary With Landslide
Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette leads Theodore Roosevelt by about 13,400 votes in North Dakota’s presidential primary. Early returns show LaFollette 21,557 to Roosevelt 15,741 from 659 of 1,809 precincts, with eastern counties stronger for LaFollette and a February storm widening the Democratic split. Roosevelt supporters blame the storm and Democratic crossovers for defections, while LaFollette’s electors and majorities were reported widespread.
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Fargo
N.bd
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Theodore Roosevelt
North Dakota
la Follette
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Traill County
Taft
Griggs County
Marshall
Wilson
LaFoliette
Missouri
Lay Roosevelt
Burke
John F. Buss
New Hampshire
Hfe
Roosevelt Territory
Medora
Record snowstorm paralyzes trains in Nebraska and South Dakota
A major snowstorm hit West Norfolk Nebraska and nearby areas on March 21, bringing twelve inches of snow by 9 a.m. and continuing heavy precipitation. A high north wind drove temperatures down, rail and streetcar service halted, and trains abandoned across the region including Sioux City Iowa where rail and trolley traffic was crippled.
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Nebraska
Sioux City
Norfolk
Neb
South Dakota
Iowa
North Pole Expedition Planned From St Petersburg
A Russian expedition led by Captain Sedoff to cross the Arctic from Franz Josef Land toward the Pole is being organized in St Petersburg. Enthusiasm grows in the Russian capital as Sedoff plans a summer start for the northern dash.
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New York
South Pole
North Pole
Sedoff
St. Petersburg
Sedof
Franz Joseph Land
Pole
Canton Rebels Shell Aliens In Fresh Assault
In Canton a battle rages between rebellious brigands and loyal forces. Bandit chief Luk warns followers to secure victory or shell the foreign quarter to invite intervention. Chinese gunboats bombard Canton forts retaken by government troops after mutinied hands. Swatow reports shots near Kateliongland with no injuries to foreigners. Japanese troops land and a rifle misfire spooks locals.
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Hongkong
Canton
Luk
Bia
People's Army
Bhameen
Gorve
Yucha
Whampoa
Fu Mun
Canton River
Swatow
China
Kateliongland
Warning to candidates on publicity law filed expenses
Washington March 23 Determined to prevent unseating any new congressman for ignorance of the publicity law Representatives Burke and Lloyd issued a joint note of warning to all candidates The law passed by the last session requires candidates to file with the clerk of the house a detailed list of campaign expenses The filing is compulsory 16 days before the nominating primary elections
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Washington
Robert F. Burke
South Dakota
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Committee
Congress
Value of U S factory output doubles in decade
Washington reports that the present annual output of American factories is about 20 billion dollars, a doubling over ten years. Exports in 1812 totaled over 2.01 billion, with only 0.9 billion in manufactures, while foreign demand remains tied to cotton, corn, and wheat. Germany is credited as the greatest rival in U S commerce.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Department
United
Germany
United States
Minister Gulty jury convicts in death of former secretary
Pittsburg Pa March 19 Rev Dr W D McFarland minister and educator formerly head of Pittsburg Central High School and later linked with Cited Presbyterian mission work in Greenville Tennessee was convicted by a jury in the criminal court of causing the death of his former secretary Elsie Dodds Coe last January.
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Pittsburg
W. D. McFarland
Pittsburg Central High School
Greenville, Tenn
Criminal Court
Elsie Dodds Coe
Indian School Head Resigns at Port 1110
M Griffith of the United States government Indian school at Port 1110 resigned his post as head of the Indian School Port 1110 welt. Local officials note the abrupt departure on March 28.
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Alturas
Gal
M. Griffith
United States
Port
Welt
Bos
May Hang Slayer Lincoln Nebras ka Runaway Convict Battle
Lincoln Neb March 20 Charles Morley young convict in a four day pursuit after a penitentiary break killed three men during a running battle over Nebras kas rural roads. Morley faces a conspiracy with intent to murder charge. likely preliminary hearing late in the week. The chase ended with Morley surrender as Deputy Warden Davis was killed and farmer Roy Blunt died amid a gunfight with a posse led by Chief Briggs of South Omaha.
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Lincolo
Charles Morley
Convrets
Albert Prince
Davis
Morley
Prince
Therty
Hoy Blunt
Armstrong
Sarpy
Papilion
Blunt
Young Blunt
Nebraska
Dowd and Taylor
Roy Blunt
Palia Briggs
South
Omaha
Chief Briggs
Corveys
Briggs
John . Troutol
Young. Blunt
John Dowd
Motley
Dowd
Fred
Taylor
Oren
Hyers
Lincoln
Trouton
Daring Bandit Robs Streetcar In Chicago
A bold bandit boarded a city streetcar on March 21 in Chicago, robbed the conductor of $10, and jerked the trolley from its wire plunging the car into darkness. He fled into the stockyards as passengers, including several women, panicked and watched him escape.
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Chicago
Jone
New York Skirt of 1912 Sets Fashion Tone
Paris dress makers unveil a narrow skirt with a high side slit extending above the knee. A trade notice notes the directoire stocking of silken network with large meshes to be worn with the dress, promising a striking effect.
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New York
Paris
Milady
Directoire
Coal shippers win ICC rate cut on bituminous coal
Washington reports coal shippers secured a victory as the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reduction in the rate for bituminous coal from 8 cents to 72 cents per ton from Pittsburgh to Great Lakes ports.
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Pittsburgh
Lakes
Washington
Income tax measure passed by House in March
The Democratic income tax bill cleared the House by 249 to 41 with 170 Democrats and 78 Republicans voting yes. Supporters expect Senate approval. The plan replaces revenue lost from sugar duties and addresses Supreme Court objections raised against a former income tax measure. It targets incomes under 6000 dollars a year.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Tie Majority
Representatives
House
Supreme Court of the United States
Trea
Lawrence Mills Strike Nears End as Workers Return
Lawrence Massachusetts March 20 With a rush of mill operatives back to work the nine week strike is believed nearly over. Of about 22 000 mill hands involved only 3000 to 4000 remain out. Those who stayed out are dissatisfied with the advance granted by manufacturers. Mill owners expect most to seek their former positions within a week or ten days and normal conditions to be restored soon.
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Lawrence
Mass
Rate increase on TransAtlantic freight due to coal strikes
New York reports that British and German coal strikes drive freight rates higher. A Hamburg Bremen conference ordered a 10 percent rise to distant ports and 15 percent for coastwise service to cover coal cost. The surcharge will hold until fuel costs return to normal.
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New York
Berlin
Hamburg
Bremen
Oterasta
Rural schools called weak link in public system
Lawrence Kansas March 19 Rural schools form the weak link in the public school system of this country according to FE T Rairchild state superintendent of public instruction and chairman of the national committee on rural schools Before a state conference of high school teachers at the University of Kansas Superintendent Fairebird predicted a movement throughout the country for the improvement of the country schools
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Lawrence
Kan
FE. T. Rairchild
National Committee On Rural Schools
University of Kansas
Fairebird
Maryland Option Bill Passed by House Delegates
Annapolis Md March 2 The statewide local option bill prepared by the Anti Saloon League of Maryland was passed by the house of delegates. The bill now goes to the senate.
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Maryland
Annapolis
AntiSaloon League of Maryland
House of Delegates
Black River Falls Debt and State Aid Debate
Madison discusses whether the Wisconsin Legislature can appropriate drainage funds to build a retaining wall at Black River Falls. An attorney general opinion states the state cannot replace the dam or fund local school needs, and that any wall funding would only be justifiable if it aids land reclamation under swamp and overflow land acts.
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United States
Black River Falls
Attorney General
Ciyl
Railroad Commission
Wisconsin to acquire 300 islands for summer cottages
The house passed a bill transferring to Wisconsin 300 to 400 small islands in lakes at the headwaters of the Wisconsin and Chippewa rivers. Most islands average two acres, rough and rocky, not suitable for homesteads, but suitable for summer cottages and lake resort development in the state.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Middle West
Hatchet Attack Knocks Milwaukee Woman Unconscious
Misa Anna Miller, 32, found in her parents' home at 1718 Wright Street with a skull chopped in five places. She is expected to die. Police seek Alfred Koehler, her cousin who recently stayed at the Miller residence, following a quarrel. Evidence suggests an attempt to annihilate the family.
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Milwaukee
Misa Anna Miller
Wright Street
Alfred Koehler
Miller
Jett
Sparta Loses Rifle Match Report
The War Department announces no La Crouse No national life matches will be held at the Sparta military range or elsewhere this year. Col. R. B. McCoy of Sparta, inspector of small arms practice for the Wisconsin National Guard, received the notice.
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Sparta
War Department
R. B. McCoy
Wisconsin National Guard
Madison Woman's Club Protests Cigarette Sales
The Madison Woman's Club adopted resolutions against dealers violating the anti cigarette law amid rising cigarette use by boys, urging enforcement and action to curb sales to minors.
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Madison
Woman's Club of
Yours Boys
Short Session Predicted by Governor McGovern
Governor McGovern predicts the special legislative session will be brief with minor issues likely to need little time. He notes several topics to be addressed may not require extensive debate or action.
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Madson
Guv. McGovern
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