Kentucky Sees Landslide to Democracy in 1912
Special dispatch from Washington reports Kentucky Democrats favor the nomination of New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, with Kentucky likely to vote decisively Democratic. A former Louisville editor claims Kentucky will also back Taft’s renomination by endorsement, predicting national Democratic victory. The writer asserts Kentucky’s outcome will determine the nation’s.
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Washington, D
Kentucky
Louisville
Watterson
Wilson
Underwood
Underwoood
New Jersey
Baltimore
Taft
Blue Grass
United Sates
Great Highway From Capitol to Capitol
Charles Henry Davis proposes a permanent Washington to Richmond highway as a 1915 peace memorial linking the North and South. He envisions harmonizing Lincoln and Peace Memorial projects, making the road a national symbol with historical sites along its route.
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New Ytork
Washington
Richmond
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Charles Henry Davis
Massachusetts
National Highways Association
Davis
Bille
Congress
Hichmond
Lincoln Memorial
International Peace Memorial
Lingwoln Memorial
Fine Arte Commission
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Lee
Grant
Gettyeburg
Arlington
Death ends two wayward lovers in tragic gas pact
New York special report on Frederick Noble and his wife Mrs Walter Lispenard Suydam dying by gas in their West Twelfth Street apartment. Each family plans private funerals with no mourners. Mrs Noble to be buried in Philadelphia. his body to Patchogue. Suydam may not attend. A letter from Mrs Noble seeking forgiveness is cited. Suydam expresses pity and no ill will.
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New York
Frederick Noble
Walter Lispenard Suydam
West Twelfth Street
Noble
Philadelphia
Nobile
Patchogue
S. 1
Mrs. Noble
W. St. Suydam
Mra. Noble
Mra Noble
Noble and Mrs Suydam a Elopement Ends in Death
Frederick W Noble and his wife Louise White Suydam Noble were found dead in their Regina apartment on West Twelfth Street after apparently suffocating from gas jets. The couple, who eloped in September, had been married three days. Police and physicians indicated they died around four hours earlier in a tragedy linked to their pact to die.
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New York
Frederick W. Noble
Louise White Suydam Noble
Walter Lispenard Suydam
Blue Point
L. I
Regina
West Twelfth Fee
Grace Hoffman White
Lexington Avenue
Noble
David Serviss
Mercer Street
Four Vessels Reported Lost Off Tilghman Island
In a biting gale on February 4 and 5 four vessels sank in the Choptank near Tilghman’s Island with ten aboard. only four men were saved. The Elmira and Nellie G are lost in ice floes, while Helen and Sidney T. Marshall are missing. The Governor Thomas is aiding with relief.
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Baltimore
Specia
Dogwood Harbor
Tilghman's Island
Weaer
Helen
Sidney T. Marshall
Tilghman’s Island
Thomas
Carbonic Gas Tank Wrecks Building at Heyden Works
A tank containing carbonic acid exploded at the Heyden Chemical Works in Garfield New Jersey shattering panes for two blocks Monroe Street. Several people were cut and bruised including a baby jolted from its cradle. the parents were seriously cut. Property damage estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Garfield
N. J
Monroe Street
Heyden Chemical Works
Chemical Works
Lebanon club protests coal freight rates
The Commercial Club of Lebanon Kentucky filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging coal freight rates from Big Stone Gap Stonega and Norton Virginia and from fields in Tennessee are unjust and discriminatory against shippers on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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Washington, D. C
Louisville and Nashville
Big Stone Gap
Stonega
Norton
Tennessee
Commercial Club of
Lebanon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Navy Department complains of rates on Atlantic Coast Line
The Navy Department files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging excessive passenger fares on the Atlantic Coast Line from Savannah Georgia to Norfolk Virginia via Charleston and other en route locals. It claims through route prices exceed the combined local fares.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Savannah
Charleston
D. C
Norfolk
Dowagiac Bank Fails. Forged Notes Reported
Dowagiac State Bank closed by the State Banking Commissioner. Eight thousand dollars in notes bought from another bank are said to be forged. Bank expected to reopen within a week.
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Michigan Bank
Dowagiac Mich
Dowasiac State Bank
Fire devastates Philadelphia Tenderloin district
A late night fire in Philadelphia’s Tenderloin district destroyed three theatrical boarding houses, a moving picture theater, a vaudeville venue, and three factory plants. Loss is estimated at about $1,000,000. The blaze swept through the old district late last night and into today, causing extensive damage to multiple properties and businesses.
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Philadelphia
Tenderloin
Arrest Dynamiters in Twelve Cities
Indianapolis reports say special warrants will be served in twelve East and Central West cities after indictments in a national dynamiting plot. Officials cite estimates of 30 to 60 indictments, with the true bill expected late today in Federal Court. Details on labor leader involvement may be withheld to ensure security.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rose Gardens Burned in Wear Grove Fire
A destructive blaze swept the large Dingee and Condad greenhouses at Wear Grove Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s leading rose growers, causing heavy losses in Wilmington special report.
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Wilmington
Del
Dingee & Condad
Wear Grove
United States
Italian Transports Pounder Off North Africa
A Constantinople dispatch reports three Italian transports foundered off Susa Taormina Tobruk with no casualty figures confirmed. No independent verification available.
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London
Constantinople
Susa
Taormink
Tobruk
Victoria Wields Presidency After Caceres Assassination
In Santo Domingo, Senator Eladio Victoria, ex member of the Caceres cabinet, who has served as acting President since President Caceres was assassinated on November 19, was formally elected to the presidency today with no disorder reported.
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Victoria
Santo Domingo
Eladio Victoria
Caceres
Bitter fight over Byrd primary reform in Virginia
In Richmond Virginia debate rages over legalized primaries as Byrd primary bill faces Senate resistance. Arguments focus on election judge appointments and fraud penalties, with fears of deadlock and possible adjournment without reform.
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Richmond
Senate
General Assembly
500 Convicts Questioned as Dangerous for Road Work
A Virginia labor leader questions Superintendent Wood’s tally of about 600 convicts deemed too dangerous for highway labor. He questions motives, cites no uprisings, argues political pressure may influence decisions, and contrasts Wood with Dr. Mastin while noting the Sterling case.
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Richmond
J. B. Wood
State
House Committee On
House of Delegates
Sterling
Virginia Convers
Wood
Penitentiary
Virginia
Major Wood
Penitentiary Board
J. T. Mastin
State Board of Charities
Mastin
Sterling Company
London Blizzard Throws Winter Clamor About England
The severest snowstorm of the late winter sweeps England with heavy snow in London and wild weather reported across the country.
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London
England
Hard Midlands Freeze Strangles Livestock Fodder Shortage
Water supplies across the midlands are frozen leading to frozen sheep and cattle deaths and other flocks and herds starving for lack of fodder as winter bites hard.
Jealous man attempts suicide after lost love in Virginia
In Harrisonburg, Virginia, Tom Taylor, a Black man, shot himself after a rival man took his girlfriend to a movie. The bullet struck his own body, and the incident occurred Saturday night with local authorities reporting the death attempt.
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Harrisonburg
Tom Taylor
Hooff On the Stand in Mercantile Building Case
In Alexandria Virginia the Hooff case against Lewis Hooff for the Mercantile Railway Building and Loan Association failure moved to the defense after the prosecution rested. Hooff himself testified this afternoon as defense witnesses began to be called.
Harvard Professor Warns Divorce Rate Endangers Nation
Boston report quotes Professor Peabody of Harvard arguing that rising divorce rates threaten social stability. He contends the family unit is losing usefulness, social ties resemble Stone Age bonds, and more families may end by divorce than by death in generations.
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Boston
Mass
Peabody
Harvard
House Passes Anti-Gambling Bill in Virginia Legislature
The Virginia House of Delegates approved Stephenson’s anti gambling bill by a large majority after removing several amendments. The measure bans all forms of gambling and wagering with heavy penalties, while a separate set of changes would legalize horse race betting and alter concurrent jurisdiction. Several delegates shifted votes as a moblike rally favored the bill, leaving only a few dissenters.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Justices of the Peace
Committee On General Laws
Ccbesuit
Stephenson
Daniel Coleman
Norfolk
Coleman
Hill Montague
Montague
James J. Creamer
Inquiry on Definition of a Bight in Geography
A speaker asks where the bay termed a bight begins and another guesses it lies at a river mouth. The exchange presents a concise, humorous edu- cational moment about nautical geography and terminology.
Getting His Money's Worth at North Country Visitor
A humorous exchange contrasts a quiet scene with a friend bragging he can hear three bands at once. The caption implies a wry take on value and perception in a social setting. A playful line about a small boy being named differently highlights a cheeky pun.
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North Country
Friend
Mexican Junta Fades as Orozco Heads to Chi huahua
Juarez quiet after looting ends as Emilio Vasquez Gomez’s provisional presidency disappears. General Pascual Orozco rushes to Chi huahua with jailed Juarez leaders. traffic El Paso Juarez resumes and racing starts tomorrow. Leavenworth reports troops ready to move to the Mexican border on moment's notice. Seventh Infantry and a squadron of the Fifteenth Cavalry prepared for entrainement under Colonel Daniel Commander and Major William T Littlebrandt.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Chihuahua
Pascual Orozco
Leavenworth
Kan
Daniel Comman
Fort Leavenworth
Seventh Infantry
Comman
Fifteenth Cavalry
William T. Littlebrandt
Strikers Attack Watchman at Lawrence Mill
A day watchman at Atlantic Mills was stabbed near dawn by three men as he walked to work. Police believe strikers attacked him. A strike committee asked Mayor Scanlon and the Lawrence City Council for permission to hold a mass meeting on the commons to discuss the strike and adopt regulations. More workers reportedly joined at the mills today than in the prior week.
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Lawrence
Mass
Napoleon Rere
Atlantic
Lls
Lnter
Scanlon
Three Bodies Lost in Grinding Ice at Niagara Falls
Buffalo Special reports three people Burrell Hecock of Cleveland and Eldridge Stanton of Toronto were swept into the Niagara River whirlpool by a breaking ice bridge and drowned. Despite search efforts along the river and shorelines no traces have been found and rivermen fear the bodies may be ground to pieces by advancing ice cakes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara
Burrell Hecock
Cleveland
Eldridge Stanton
Toronto
Niagara River
Ice bridge disaster at Niagara Falls claims several lives
A sunlit Sunday tragedy struck when an ice bridge in the Niagara gorge broke away and carried tourists into the icy water. Among the dead are Harrell Hecock, 17, Cleveland. Eldridge Staunton, 28, Toronto. and Mrs. Midridge Staunton, 24, Toronto. Dozens struggled to escape as others barely survived, witnessed by crowds on both riverbanks.
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Niagara Falls
Providence
Harrell Hecock
Seventeenth Street
Cleveland
Eldridge Staunton
Toronto
Midridge Station
Ignatius Hoth
Fulton Head
Hecock
Michael Emendorfer
Walnut Street
Lockport
N. Y
Philips
Wending
Portland
Staten
Teach Agriculture In State Public Schools
Albany N Y Special report of the State Agricultural Advisory Board submitted to Governor Dix favors expanding agricultural instruction in public schools. It discusses national education in relation to agricultural development and urges broader support and funding for farming education in schools.
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Albany
N. Y
State Agricultural Advisory Board
Dix
N. and W. Train Wreck Near Petersburg Virginia
Eleven people were injured when Norfolk and Western train No. 18 derailed about seven miles west of Ford, two miles west of Petersburg, with eight unbound cars leaving the track. Three passengers are believed fatally hurt. Seven in serious condition were taken to Petersburg Hospital, four white and three colored. Two rear pullmans stayed on rails as the front eight cars telescoped.
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Petersburg
Norfolk and Western
Ford
Wreck Disrupts Rail Line Near Crewe and Norfolk
Rer, Sam Holmes of Petersburg a colored brakeman and a colored porter whose name is not known are among the injured. Five passengers badly hurt. names not learned. Crewe and Norfolk wrecking trains operate to clear tracks as repairs are made. Notable injured include Layton Moore Lynchburg John Brown Louis Dallage Strong Pa J F Martin Salem. Rail caused the incident near repair site.
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Rer
Sam Holmes
Petersburg
Crewe
Norfolk
Wrec
Layton Moore
Lynchburg
John Brown
Louis Dallage
Strong
J. FF
Martin
Salem
Wreck of Norfolk and Western train leaves eight cars derailed
A Norfolk and Western passenger train No. 16 derailed about three miles west of Ford's, near Petersburg, while traveling about sixty mph. Nine injured, three badly, two fatally. Eight cars left the tracks. six wrecks to be scrapped. Eyewitness accounts praise crew, rescue efforts, and rapid medical aid. Senators Brock Garrett and Delegate Lund among passengers unhurt.
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Norfolk and Western
Petersburg
Roanoke
Norfolk
George P. Adams
Blackstone
Mr. Adams
Capitol
Crewe
Senator Brock
Kr. K. Brock
Farmville
Twenty
W. A. Garrett
Henry
W. A. Land
Jock
Richmond
J. W. Womack
Mr. Womack
Garrett
Wiliam A. Garrett
Henry County
Senate
W. A. Lund
Hearst Buys Georgian in New York Special Purchase
The New York Evening Journal reports Hearst has bought the Atlanta Georgian and will assume control immediately, signaling a major newspaper acquisition and realignment of editorial leadership.
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New York
New York Evening Journal
Atlanta
Immeon
King and Queen Return from India in Pride of Welcome
King George and Queen Mary arrived in London from India to an ovation after a three month absence. They disembarked at Portmouth aboard the Medina and traveled by special train to Buckingham Palace. The couple spoke of a safe voyage and returned trophies from royal hunts and gifts from Indian princes.
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London
Fortamouth
George
Mary
Medina
Queen Mary
England
Nepal
Nighttime Fire Drives 12 From Brooklyn Dwellings
In Brooklyn Anne Arundel county twelve persons fled in night robes from four burning frame houses on Patapsco Avenue as a roof caved in endangering four city firemen. Mrs. A. Pierce was rescued from a second floor as flames endangered nearby structures. Water shortages hampered efforts while Brooklynites ferried water by nacera and other containers. Majestic Theater suffered partial damage and Hansel Calladay Manufacturing lost a six story building. Damages run into thousands.
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Baltimore
Brooklyn
Anne Arundel County
A. Pierce
Patapsco Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Majestic Theater
Vine Street
Hansel- Calladay Manufacturing Company
Franklin Street
Man claiming to be Russian officer held by police
New York Special. A dignified man claiming to be Captain Maxenville of the Russian Imperial Guard was arrested at quarantine aboard the Cameronia on a diplomatic mission. He is charged with assisting Norman Bod dington, wanted in England for larceny of 1,750 dollars. Scotland Yard described Bod dington as bearing a watch with initials L.A. Darningscourt said the initials were a fancy M and that he was bound for Washington.
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New York
Maxenville A
Washington
Car Workers Plan Walkout in Chicago
A mass meeting of car workers is planned in Chicago to discuss a possible strike on North and West Side lines. Officers of the Amalgamated Association of Car Employes say the men are inclined toward a walkout, restrained only by the leadership.
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Chicago
Ili
West Side
Mnes
Nen Amalgamated Associati
Car
Street
Time on the busy fork in Goethe's view
The piece quotes Goethe praising industrious work and timely effort. It contrasts busy people with those who complain of time, noting time as a vessel to fill and urging improvement of every day. It references a German saying about twelve hours in the day and hints at balancing work and enjoyment.
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Goethe
Financial Peminiac
Judge remarks on payments and marriage, contrasting a conversation about money with a city scene. A Chicago Record-Herald quote suggests belief in a improving world, illustrated by a woman paying a fare for a twelve year old, highlighting social contrasts in a brief, period style.
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Chicago
Harald
Mayflower Society Dinner Blunder Noted by Judgee
A Mayflower Society dinner ended with an unintended serving error as the guest of honor was replaced by a portion of fowl. Judgee remarks on the humorous misstep and the misplaced tribute.
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Dubs
Mayflower Society
Keene
Frosty Future Inquires News Beyond Markets And Tariffs
A frost-bitten caller asks for weather and news beyond railroads and butter woes. The poem-like piece urges focus on climate, public relief, and distant questions, dismissing official tariff and trust debates as blizzards drift toward the political horizon.
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Washington Star
Fragmented student exchange hints at clothing knowledge
A fragment from the Philadelphia Telegraph shows a teacher asking about coat cloth, a pupil referencing trousers and parentage. The text is garbled but suggests a classroom exchange about material and origin.
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Philodelphia Telegraph
Try a Technicality. You Have Violated Nature’s Laws
A witty exchange features a doctor warning of consequences for violating nature with a scientific tone, while another character retorts with a comical plea to leave or take action at an unspecified junction. The dialogue implies a humorous debate over scientific or natural limits.
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Ap Junction
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