15 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
1
Royal mail steamer Cobequid with 120 passengers reportedly in sight above water after striking a ledge in the Bay of Fundy. Vessels including Royal George and Lady Laurier search through heavy seas while a wireless SOS is heard. Wreckage drifts ashore at Yarmouth as rescue efforts press on.
In Alexandria a court fined Milltown Russian colony members twenty five dollars and costs for peddling without a license and taking fish from the Jim river by seining. The article notes large past seasons’ hauls by four Russian colonies, with Rosedale securing about ten tons in one haul, while Deputy Game Warden Frank Martin oversees legal nets that return game fish to water.
Aberdeen S D announces the seventh annual athletic and declamatory meet for South Dakota high schools under Northern Normal and Industrial School auspices. May 1 is the date with last year’s event drawing fifteen participating schools in a successful program.
Dr Howard A Kelly says the new X ray device by Dr William D Coolidge may largely replace radium as a cancer cure. The device, tested in New York and installed in Manhattan, has prompted excitement in medical circles about its potential to aid surgery and treatment.
Tivron S D March primary platform outlines a single issue approach by R O Richards independent candidate. Calls for abolition of spoils system with merit standards and a real estate plus income tax plan to boost development. Prefers no immediate tax commission and favors an equalization board with a future revenue law.
The forecast calls fair weather for Town and the states of North Dakota and South Dakota tonight and Thursday. Temperatures will be moderate in Town and colder in North Dakota and in eastern South Dakota tonight.
Reports from southern Japan describe a major earthquake near Kagoshima on January 12 and the Sakura Jima eruption, with ten killed in Kagoshima and many injured. Americans in the area are safe, and troops patrol to deter looting as rescuers work amid ash, smoke, and collapsed buildings.
A newspaper snippet portrays Mrs Ford as a pivotal support in a vast wealth story about her husband. The piece describes her as typical and discreet, noting she kept servants away for years and urged thrift as the couple faced a rumored $10 million fortune.
Johnson and Frank Moran of Pittsburgh signed for a 20 round world heavyweight championship bout to be held in Paris during the first or second week of June. Johnson paid 35 000 dollars and Moran 5 000 dollars as guarantees. Three American millionaires in Paris backed the match with aims to wrest the title from the negro race. The fight will occur in Paris at the Bois de Boulogne.
A group of American promoters expressed strong confidence that the white man will defeat Johnson in the negotiations and outcome stage.
Elmer Stevenson and family found Masashki the Japanese cook shot dead in his room with a young American woman. A revolver lay on the floor and the identity of the woman remained unknown though she had arrived in Roslyn from New York the day before.
Eugene M. Camp of the Seabury Society warns that Manhattan is shifting from a residential borough to a business finance and hotel center. New churches and Christian buildings have cost about 11 million dollars, while 8 million more worth of church property on Manhattan land is for sale and growing to 15 million dollars. Dozens of churches downtown and uptown sit empty or nearly so, signaling economic and urban change rather than a decline in faith.
Washington reports presidents discussions with Senate and House leaders on anti trust measures. The talks cover interlocking directors penalties individual accountability and a proposed interstate trade commission to back court decrees and curb restraints on trade.
Secretary Bain of the Federated Trades and a group of loyalists fortified the trades hall in Johannesburg and defied police efforts to disperse them. Tension mounts as an early collision between strikers and authorities seems likely.
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