The Failure of Jerry Gilman at Forty
A meticulous clerk named Jerry Gilman, a forty year old automaton, faces financial ruin and a faltering life after years of penny pinching and student debt. He attends a university supper with old friends, hears their success stories, and contemplates self destruction as he confronts the gulf between his fate and their achievements.
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Jerry Gilmas
Larry & Co
Oe Oasane
Gilman
Mary
Crucible Steel
Jerry
Dead mother clutches infant as both die in bed
Newport News Virginia special: Mrs KE M Stowers, 30, was found dead beside her three month old baby at 3 a m. Dr William Hoskins diagnosed heart disease. Stowers woke to crying, found wife unresponsive, baby clung to her breast, death confirmed by inspection.
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Newport News
KE. M. Stowers
Twenty-fifth Street
William Hoskins
Cupid Attempts Matrimonial Signings Across Baseball
In Baltimore amid wagering chatter Dan Cupid woos managers Connie Mack and Matrimony to seal life contracts with players. Cupid lures Russell, Collins, Barry, Coombs, Donovan and others, while track and racing interests in West Virginia spark a regional boom.
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Baltimore
Lefty Russell
Connie Mack
Matrimony
Dan Cupid
Hagerstown
Russell
Mack
The
Athletics
All Rs
John Hamcock
Cupid
Pid
Connie Macks
Eddie Collings
Frank Baker
Indian Bender
Philadelphias
Elizabeth Halloran
Scranton
Hughie Jennings
Napoleon
Detroit Tigers
Misa Norah O'Boyle
Hughie
Jennings
Dan
Mitlhe Nudeacout
Boston
Patrick J. Donovan
Red Sox
Pat
Theresa Mahoney
Lawrence
Eddie Collins
Jack Barry
Jack Coombs
West Virginia to Have Race Meetings This Season
Governor Glasscock signed a bill legalizing pool selling and betting on race meetings under the Pari Mutuel system. The measure aims to boost the state's breeding industry, currently led by Kentucky and Tennessee without racing privileges there.
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Weet
Virginia
Glasecock
Chester
Austust Belmonts
New York
Davis
Ilkins
W. Va
James McCres
Parkersburg
Henry McClure
Wheeling
Charleston
West Virginia
Glasscock
Kentucky
Tennessee
Steamer Thief Steals Mrs Drummond Jewels Aboard
Mrs Mald Win Drummond formerly Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chicago is robbed of jewels worth about 130000 aboard the Hamburg American liner Amerika sometime between 9:30 p m Saturday and 5 30 a m yesterday. The loss includes strings of pearls rings earrings a brooch and a pendant. Police in Hoboken and New York pursue the case.
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New York
Mald- Win Drummond
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Amerika
Hamburg-American Line
Hoboken
Drummond
Bck
Port
Mra Drummond
Jewelry theft on voyage ends without trace
The crew searched the ship but found no jewels after Mrs. Drummond reported constant wear of the jewels except at night. She kept them under her waist and displayed them at times, placing them in a cabinet drawer in the stateroom each night. Only her husband and maid had access, with the maid under suspicion.
Effort to Avert Extra Session Tied to Lorimer Case
In Washington a series of conferences aims to reach a compromise on the Senate program rooted in the Lorimer case. The plan seeks agreements with key Senators to bring a vote on Lorimer this session and drop opposition to other major measures.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Bailey
Texas
Lorimer
Tariff Commission
Hale
Maine
Hope
Taft to Call Extra Session in April in Washington
Report states President Taft plans an additional session to convene in Washington in April to push ahead with unfinished work. The move signals continued legislative effort beyond the current session.
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Taft
Washington
Airship view of conflict from Francisco to Juarez
First Lieutenant J McHenry of the Coast Artillery National Guard with Prigate H B Odell sails on the Harvard to join Eugene Ely at San Diego. They will fly Curtiss biplanes from San Diego to Juarez for war observations, under orders of Colonel George A Schapley. Ely landed on the Pennsylvania during a recent aviation meet and will observe with Odell as observers.
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Francisco
Cal
J. McHenry
Coast ArtWlery, National Guard
Prigate H. B. Odell
Harvard
Eugene Ely
San Diego
Juarez
George A. Schapley
Coast Artillery
Ely
Pennsylvania
Odell
United States
Pauline Chase plans aeroplane tour for Peter Pan
London special Pauline Chase of the Peter Pan company intends to journey by air between towns rather than by train. A strong wind halted her Nottingham to Leeds flight yesterday but she will resume the plan in the near future.
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London
Pauline Chase
Nottingham
Leeds
Storm Sweeps English Coast Endangering Vessels
A gale along the North Sea coast caused several shipping disasters. The ketch Gustav foundered in the Humber bar with the captain drowned amid wreckage reports. More details were received but remain incomplete.
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Hull
Eng
North Sea
The
Humber
Steamer Bremer Wrecked Off Yeland Coast
London special report says the steamer Bremer was wrecked off the Comet of Yeland with part of her crew lost, including several officers. Lloyds received word of the disaster today.
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Bremer
London
Yeland
Diamster
Lloyds
Snow Fort Battle Ends With General Brotzman Hurt
A dozen neighborhood boys built a snow fort at 517 Second Avenue New York and split into attacking and defending teams. Walter Brozeman fourteen commanded the defense until a snowball struck him in the head knocking him down and collapsing the fort. Sin Wah from nearby watched, helped, and two girls summoned aid as Patrolman Schaub and Dr Klinger rescued Brotzman whose right leg was broken in two places and cast set.
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New York
Second Avenue
Walter Brozeman
Bro
Brotzman
Sin Wah
Schaub
Klinger
Dr. Klinger
Rebel Captain Wounded in Sonora Clash Report
Dispatch from Tucson, Ariz reports Cay amila Medina of insa forces arriving Norales to relay a wounding of Colonel Kuosterlitzky commander of the rurales in Sonora during a Wednesday clash between rurales and Insurrectos. Kuosterlitzky was taken to a Melena hospital. In McKeesport Pa masked men tried to rob the post office Monday near blows and shots were exchanged injuring a officer, then fleeing in a distance automobile.
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Ariz
Cay
Amila Medina
Insa
Norales
Kuosterlitzky
Rurales
Sonora
Insurrectos Cananea
Klitzky
Lena
Mckeesport
McGurk
Diphtheria Epidemic Hits Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore reports a rapid diphtheria outbreak at Johns Hopkins Hospital with sixty eight cases mainly among staff and students. Doctors say the northeastern city section is hard hit as facilities limit admissions and ambulances move patients home.
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Baltimore
Jobus Hopkise Hospital
Norremy
Johns Hagens
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