Boy Regains Speech After Surgery At Swedish Hospital
Terence Devitt, a Brooklyn boy of four, spoke for the first time in his life within 48 hours after a vocal operation by Dr. William L. Chapman. The recovery surprised doctors who expected months of improvement, and his mother credits prayer and medical care at St. Theresa and St. Michael's Monastery with enabling the rapid speech return.
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Terence Devitt
Swedtah Tal
Brooklyn
Sming
Sperrona
William L. Chapman
Dr. Chapman
Terence
Michael J. Devitt
St. Mark's Avenue
Hoboken
St. Paul
Aloysia
Terry
Powell Wife Found in Durham Hospital
Mrs. Powell wife of Rev W T Powell pastor of Park View Christian Church disappeared from her Lynchburg home November 17th and was found in a Durham North Carolina hospital. Her husband traveled there to bring her home she had wandered away after a sudden mental lapse similar to an episode years ago when she was found in Newport News Virginia.
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Lynchburg
Balloon wedding ends with earthbound vows for aviator couple
Jack M. OConnell, 21, aeronaut and naval militiaman, wed Stella E. Baxter, in a wicker balloon basket ceremony conducted by Rev. Harold B. Tuttle in Los Angeles. After the ceremony the balloon was lowered by a steel cable as the couple planned a future transcontinental honeymoon.
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Los Angeles
Jack M. O'Connell
Stella E. Baxter
Harold 8. Tuttle
First Congregational Church
O'Connell
Mrs. O'Connell
Prince Confesses Accidental Killing of Bentley in Woods
Warsaw New York special report says Althose Prince under arrest for murder admitted shooting his companion Bentley during a hunt and burying the body in a shallow grave. He denied any knowledge of mutilation or burning.
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Warsaw
N. Y
Althose Prince
Frank Bentley
Bentley
Prince
Schrank Found Insane In Roosevelt Attempt
John Schrank, who shot Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee last October, was declared insane by a court ordered commission and will be sent to an asylum for the insane. The commission found him unfit to stand trial on the attempted homicide charge.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Schrank
Theodore Roosevelt
Gannty
Schrank
Unclear OCR Event Report From St. Louis
Fragmentary report describes an incident in St Louis with a person knocked from a platform into mud amid surroundings near wells and excavation. Details are damaged and names are unreadable.
Sand hog miraculously escapes 40-foot fall at Broadway Olive site
A worker in a caisson near the new Broadway and Olive Streets building fell forty feet into soft mud after a heavy concrete bucket broke loose from a crane. He escaped unharmed and asked that his identity stay private to protect his worried family. He returned to the platform minutes later.
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Broadway
Olive Streets
Accient
Three gunmen pass Cleveland en route to Texas
Harry Vallon Bridgie Webber and Jack Rose three informers in the Rosenthal murder case were seen aboard a New York Central train passing through Cleveland on the way to Chicago with a claimed final destination of Texas. The conductor identified the trio as passengers and Schepps remains in New York.
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Cleveland
Harry Vallon
Bridgie Webber
Jack Rose
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Chicago
Texas
Schepps
Zarrate from United States linked to Canalejas murder
Premier states that Manuel Pardinas Zarrate, an young anarchist, was sent from the United States by an anarchist band to kill Canalejas. A special guard protects plan Alfonso and General Weyler amid threats. The King is scarcely seen and police reveal emperors in Germany warned to monitor suspicious foreigners in Berlin.
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Madrid
Manuel Pardinas Zarrate
Canalejas
United States
Plan Alfonso
General Weyler
William
Germany
Berlin
Woman Offers Life to Spare Five Condemned Murderers
Mrs. Charles D. Wynne of Klamath Falls appeals to Governor West to delay six months for the five condemned inmates at the penitentiary. She offers to substitute her life for theirs, arguing mercy allows postponement and redemption. She urges each man to renounce worldly ways and seek salvation.
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Stalin
God
Undefined fragment on gender roles and classroom visitors
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a woman teacher explaining gender concepts to young children. The text includes illegible dialogue and stray phrases about men and women, with incomplete sentences and unclear context.
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Childre
Firemen Save Girls From deadly blaze at envelope plant
A Baltimore style fire swept the Union Envelope Company plant at Sixth and Crawford, trapping thirty two workers. Firefighters J. Kinnegan and T. Johnston led two women to safety from the third floor amid heavy smoke and flames. Eleven engines and three trucks battled the blaze as two buildings burned, with injuries reported among staff and firefighters.
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Urewen
Livenhovewupe
Fuewen J. Rb. Kinnegan
T. ©. Johnston
Lugine Company No. 7
C. Long
Snake
Jaynes
Katie
Wise
Ola Jackson
Kate O’conders
Dennis Cumber
Ak Fer
Ines
Ecore
Mtu
Yemen
Oyinggiana
J. F. Finnigan
Engine Company No. 7
Kaffo
Lee Parish
Boseman
Engine Company No. 2
J. H. Wade
Auto Engine No. 4
Sresutoro
Hindwall
Ares
Hawkins
Put & Comien
Merchants
Army Officers Receive Medals In Presidential Honor
Five army officers received the Medal of Honor from President Taft for valor. Captains Archie Miller of Missouri and Julien E. Caujot of West Virginia, Lieutenant Arthur H. Wilson of Iowa, Second Lieutenant John Kennedy of Iowa, and Sergeant Joseph Henderson of the Sixth Cavalry were cited for distinguished acts.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Taft
Archie Miller
Missouri
Julien E. Caujot
West Virginia
Arthur H. Wilson
Iowa
John T. Kennedy
Joseph Henderson
Sixth Cavalry
Usgped
HPA
Campaign to capture Jikiri ends piracy in Jolo archipelago
General Leonard Wood led a pursuit against Jikiri who had killed hundreds of Chinese and Moros and terrorized the Jolo archipelago. The campaign highlighted personal bravery and captured the marauder and his allies, ending the piracy he directed.
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Leonard Wood
Jikiri
Jolo
Mexico Earthquakes Terrify City Residents
Mexico City reports a series of earthquake shocks felt across the State of Mexico with widespread property damage. About 100 tremors have been recorded since Thursday morning causing residents to flee to fields while prayers are offered for lasting relief.
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Mexico City
State of
Mexico
Mystery of a Woman Found Dead in Hotel Gas
Police seek the woman’s companion after Lucy M. Cain of New York was found dead in gas asphyxiation at the St James hotel in Syracuse. A note and a paper with a man’s name pressed to her lips suggest a deliberate death. detectives say the gas flow was intentional while cracks and the keyhole were stuffed with cotton. The coroner and district attorney investigate. the hotel says she was accompanied by a man who registered as Mr. and Mrs. James Sanderson of New York City.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lucy M. Cain
New York
Binghaston
St James
Philadelphia
Senetady
EK. L. Smith
Binghamton
N.Y
James Sanderson
New York City
Bell Boys
Yaaned Romance Ends in Stamford Nuptials in Healthful Joy
Gladys Lindstedt, after a New York trip, surprised her Auburn suitor Winthrope C. Beardsley by presenting him as her fiancé. The couple, both 21, wed at Stamford with the parents approving as they embark on their honeymoon after a healthy recovery from illness.
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Miss Lindatedt
Saranac
Beardsley
Lindstedt
New York
Mrs. Lindstedt
Sal
Win
Stamford
Democrats plan three month power grab in Taft era
Washington special reports that Democratic Senate leaders plan to block all presidential appointments from December 24 to March 4 to deny Taft full powers. They argue modern communications justify a shorter transition and aim to prevent execution of careers and department rules. President Taft intends to submit nominations, but Democrats vow to uphold their plan and ignore his recommendations.
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Washington
D. C
Torhe
Senate
Democratic Party
White House
United States
Jouger
Smother Vents
Taft
Bia
Wihoe
Tr. Maney W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Aloc
Industriel
Mwessace
Sidna Allen Sentenced Fifteen Years for Second Degree Murder
Wytheville Virginia special report: Sidna Allen convicted of second degree murder in the courthouse shooting case and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The verdict, following earlier trials of Claude Allen and others, shapes further indictments and potential appeals as the Commonwealth weighs future charges.
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Wytheville
Commonwealth
Sidma Allen
White Itlle
Sidna Aan
Sidna
Wesley Edwards
Floyd
Claude Allen
Claude
Massie
Marssie
Foster
Maasie
Siina Allen
Shina
Virginia Court of Appeals
Bet
Skina
Clyade Allen
Roll County
Allens
Mark Veet
Stry Tong
Madge Staples
Sidna Allen
Iif
Jodrena
Jory
Flord Allen
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