Moewe Returns With Sinking Vessels Reported
The German cruiser Moewe returns to Wilhelmshaven with reports of sinking thirteen ships including a British battleship King Edward VII. Mines aboard the Moewe allegedly caused losses while a British steamship Appam yielded 250000 in gold. Other items include airship activity, casualties, and various war updates.
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Moewe
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Count Dolina Schlodien
Edward VII
Appam
Outrage Tops Toll Across Cities And Courts
Reports show a priest shot dead in St Paul by a woman said to be insane. In Chicago a bank robbery verdict convicts four gunmen under Eddie Mack after a one hour jury deliberation. Henry Siegel is rearrested in Rochester as his ten month sentence ends. A press preview notes men hurt aboard the Nevada testing site in Quincy. A massive gold shipment passes through Canada into New York. Milwaukee hosts a German Austrian war relief bazaar amid crowding and police blockade. Harry K Thaw’s divorce suit against Evelyn Nesbit Thaw proceeds in court.
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Henry Jajeski
St. Casimir’s
St. Paul, Minn
Amiela Dudek
Minneapolis
Vohm
New York
Washington Park National Bank
Chicago
Eddie Mack
Mexican Revolt Leader Executed in Durango City
Word received at the Mexican consulate in El Paso says Gen Benjaminzo Argumedo who opposed Carranza in La Cuna and Durango districts was court martialed and executed in Durango City. Diaz forces begin march on Mexico City. Diaz junta in New York says Aguilar controls 80 percent of the Mexican Southern railroad line.
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Carranza
la Cuna
Durango
Durango City
el Paso
Tex
Diaz
Mexico City
New York
Aguilar
Mexican Southern Railroad
Washington enters final push on army bill before adjournment
Washington reports to Congress describe the army expansion as nearing a final vote by the House Military Committee. Admiral Frank Fletcher praised the Atlantic fleet’s dreadnoughts and officer corps before the House Naval Committee. A streetcar tie-up disrupts Washington transit, while only fifteen of twenty one Atlantic fleet battleships remain active in West Indian waters and three idle due to duty shifts.
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House Military Committee
Washington
House Naval Committee
Frank Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
Fletcher
West Indian Waters
Civil War General William Sooy Smith Dies at 85
Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith, who served under Buell at Shiloh and under Grant at Vicksburg, dies at his Medford Oregon home at eighty five. Also reports say Romanian queen mother Elizabeth of Roumania dies after pneumonia, and Mrs. Henrietta Williams widow of Gen J S Williams dies at Mount Sterling Kentucky aged ninety.
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Buell
Shiloh
Grant
Vicksburg
Medford
Ore
Bucharest
Reuter
London
Amsterdam
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J. S
Cerro Gordo) Williams
Mount Sterling
Red ants plague New York apartment block hits losses
A real estate man recalls tenants fleeing a million dollar New York brick building plagued by red ants. Leases canceled, tenants disturbed by bites and acidity in coffee. After many remedies, a German chemist finally eliminated the pests, but owners suffered years of financial loss.
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York
Deputy Postmaster Arrested for Embezzling $1700 in Canada
James A. Young, deputy postmaster at Conrad under the alias P W Smith, taken to Montreal to answer charges of embezzling 1700 dollars from the American and Canadian Express companies at St John near Montreal. He vanished two years ago and had been living in Conrad briefly as an assistant in the post office.
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Conrad
Young
Indiana
New York Hotel Guest Tries Front Door Key Scam
Henry Lightman of Jarbridge Nevada and mining associate Jacob Gifford visited the McAlpin hotel and pressed assistant manager Robert Dunlop for a key to the front door claiming they would stay out late. Dunlop believed the request unusual but allowed it. Lightman later boasted of a late night in town.
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Henry Lightman
Jarbridge
Nev
Goldfield
Bailiwick
Lightman
McAlpin
Jacob Gifford
Mr. Dunlop
Mr. Lightman
Change of Venue in Indiana Traction Suit
Shelbyville March 6. Miss Sadie Boonstra of Indianapolis sues the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal company for 15000 dollars over a street car automobile collision. The driver Charles B. Hansell was killed in the crash.
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Shelbyville
Sadie Boonstra
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Marion County
Charles BE. Hansell
City Beautiful plans outlined for Alexandria campaign
Alexandria March 6 plans for the City Beautiful campaign were presented to the ways and means committee by W P Snethen secretary of the Business Men's association. Prizes totaling 100 will be offered with special awards for the best looking yards along the Hoosier Dixie highway in Alexandria.
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City Beautiful
Alexandria
Ways and Means
W. P. Snethen
Business Men's Association
Serious Injuries From Train Fall Near Stillwell
Eugene Shook a 50 year old Cincinnati man is listed in serious condition after a fall from a Grand Trunk passenger train near Stillwell. He was found between the tracks hours after the accident and is not expected to recover.
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South Bend
Eugene Shook
Cincinnati
Grand Trunk
Stillwell
Shook
Warsaw Robber Tied Victim Then Robbed House
Charles O'Brien twenty five tied a farmer's wife to a chair during a house robbery in Warsaw. He was arrested tried sentenced and sent to Jeffersonville reformatory for ten to twenty years all within two hours.
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Warsaw
Charles O’brien
Ralph Remy
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Topeka Invaded by Army of Hungry Rabbits
In Topeka Kansas an army of rabbits pressed into the city at night driven by hunger. Officials ban firearms within city limits and city park sits as a nightly feed site with bark stripped from piles. Citizens report rabbits in the park and tracks around feed piles as winter hunger pushes them toward urban scraps.
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Topeka
Opeka
Kan
Kaw
City
Bunny
Man
Damages Awarded in Jeffersonville Case
Albert Stamback received $2,000 in Jeffersonville on March 6 after suing Mose Hays who did not appear. Stamback alleged Hays struck him on the head amid a dispute.
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Jeffersonville
Albert Stamback
Mose Hays
Stamback
Hays
Mayor Bell Announces Dimmer Lights Law Enforcement
Indianapolis March 6 Mayor Bell said from April 1 the dimmer lights ordinance will be enforced and motorists violating it will be arrested after that date without further warning.
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Indianapolis
Bell
Mystery still unsolved in Mrs Fisher’s death
Terre Haute March 6 coroner John O. Garrigus finds Anna Fisher did not die of poison. Her body was recovered February 17 from under a bed as investigators keep searching for the cause.
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Terre Haute
John O. Garrigus
Anna Fisher
Judge Grants Quick Divorce in Petersburg
Judge John L. Bretz granted a divorce to Mrs. Jacob Burton in ten minutes. She testified that her husband abused her and once attempted to kill her amid cruel and inhuman treatment in Petersburg on March 6.
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Petersburg
John L. Bretz
Jacob Burton
Woman rides trolley with cat in muff in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia woman boarded a Woodland avenue trolley with a cat hidden in her muff. The cat leaped free causing a commotion as riders laughed and the conductor intervened. The woman chased the animal, finally reclaiming it amid the crowd's amusement.
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Hiladelphia
Woodland Avenue
Motorsian
Assan
Yan
Oil Driller Frank R White Killed in Lawrenceville
Bluffton March 6 Frank R White oil driller was killed at Lawrenceville moving from Wells County five years ago. He was well known and highly regarded locally.
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Bluffton
Frank R. White
Lawrenceville
Wells County
Double Holiday in Indiarm March 17 for St Patrick and Mother's Day
Indianapolis notes a March 17 holiday combining St Patrick celebration with Mother’s Day for state school children. The event marks a unique public observance with both festivities and educational activities planned.
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Indianapolis
Indiarm
James Eliott Arrested for Malicious Trespass
James Eliott was arrested Thursday in Warsaw on malicious trespass charges filed by the Pennsylvania Railway company. The arrest followed the loss of two freight cars to fire on the railway line.
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Warsaw
James Eliott
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Oaktown School Head Resigns. Barrell Named Successor
Oaktown reports resignation of Prof. A B Steele after two years as superintendent. Prof. W P Barrell of Vincennes is announced to succeed him, effective soon, as the new school leader.
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Oaktown
A. B. Steele
W. P. Barrell
Vincennes
Eagles in Parade Leads Fort Wayne Meeting
Fort Wayne reports more than four hundred Eagles attended the northern Indiana gathering on March 6. A parade was the feature of the event.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Canada plans for war revenue tax on corporate profits
Sir Thomas White outlined a wartime tax plan taxing profits above seven percent for incorporated firms and above ten percent for partnerships, with a quarter of excess profits due. Exemptions apply to life insurers, small-capital firms, and agricultural or livestock activities. An additional duty hike on apples and some oils is proposed, while farmers face minimal impact.
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Canada
Sir Thomas White
Sir Thomas
Moses Text Switch in Sunday Sermon Gaffe
A boy named Johnnie stayed awake during a sermon to avoid punishment and told his mother the preacher's text was a humorous misquote about Moses. The actual gospel line was Moses was an austere man and made atonement for the sins of his people.
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Johnnie
Moses
Fortune’s Favorite Hunted by a Shocking Job Offer
A fashionable woman in an employment office endures a dramatic moment as a proud rival offers her a job, prompting palace of fortune style suspense. The scene hints at social tension and women's employment stakes in a bustling city setting.
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Fortune
Louisville Courier-Journal
The First Taste Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy
A man recalls starting coffee in childhood and the health issues it caused. He credits Postum as a remedy and promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, with prices and availability through grocers.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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