Death Toll Rises After New England Blizzard
Storm losses reported across the Northeast include five million dollars in damage around Boston and the wreck of the Davis Palmer with twelve crew dead. The blizzard flooded rail and city streets from Hull to New York, with eighteen deaths near Gotham and widespread power and communications outages.
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Boston
Mass
Davis Palmer
Hull
New England
Massachusetts Bay
Everett
Chelsea
Nantucket
Atlantic Avenue
Cornelius Harkin
Gotham
New York
N.Y
N. Y
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Taft
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
American Historical Association
Carnegie Hall
Fatal Interurban Wreck Near Detroit
A Detroit United railway interurban car derailed on a curve north of Wayne killing Frank Kendall 28 of Plymouth and injuring Richard Roe 7 of Detroit who lost a hand. Dozens of passengers sustained lesser injuries as the car tipped over and passengers were thrown from the vehicle.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Kendall
Plymouth
Richard Roe
Detroit United Railway
Mayne
Remington, Artist and Author, Dies in Connecticut
Frederic Remington prominent frontier painter and writer died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Loral Place Edgefield Connecticut after an appendectomy. Survived by widow Eva A Tatent of Gloversville New York. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday from his Camden New York home with burial to follow.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Frederic Remington
Plains
Loral Place
Edgefield
Abbe
New York
Lowe
Ridgefield
Stratton
Danbury
Rock Island Stock Soars to 80 Then Slips on Exchange
New York December 27 Rock Island common stock jumped to 80 a share within minutes of the open then fell to 50 amid a market selloff and chatter of a corner. Dealers say a short squeeze and possible error fed the volatility while officials deny participation by insiders.
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New York
N. Y
Rock Island Company
Stock Exchange
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Postmaster General Pins Postal Deficit on Second Class Mail
Washington December 7 A deficit of 17479770 tops the postal service report by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock who blames second class mail and rural delivery for most losses The report notes a 64 million dollar annual loss on second class mail and up to twenty eight million on rural delivery as the department retrenchment aims to balance efficiency with economies to lessen the nation’s fiscal strain.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Frank H. Hitchcock
Treasury
Freedom Seeker Burned to Death in Georgia Jail
In Stillmore Georgia John Murphy died after setting a cell on fire while attempting to escape. His cries alerted outsiders but rescue came too late. In Loveland Ohio Rosa and Paul Sonnecalf ages eight and five perished in a house fire believed to be the act of an insane killer. A woman is under survey.
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Stillmore
John Murphy
Loveland
L. Sonnecalf
Rosa
Paul Sonnecalf
Gordon Succeeds McLaurin as Acting Mississippi Senator
Governor Noel announces James Gordon of Okolona appointed U S senator from Mississippi to fill the unexpired term of the late McLaurin until the legislature chooses a successor. Gordon will not run for the term.
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Jackson
Miss
Noel Today
James Gordon
Okolona
United States
Mississippi
Senator McLaurin
Gordon
Columbus City Woman Dies at 93 in Cotter Home
Columbus Junction Iowa December 27 Special Mrs Daborah McCoy died at her son Elmer Ogier’s home near Cotter early Sunday morning She had lived in Columbus City until about a year ago and was buried in Columbus City cemetery at the M E church funeral services were held there.
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Columbus Junction
Daborah MceCoy
Elmer Ogier
Cotter
Columbus City
M. E. Church
McCoy
Elmer
Detectives Seek Glue to Grime
Pittsburg detectives search for clues in the murder of fourteen year old James Lawrence Friel whose body was found in an abandoned north side house. He had been missing since December 13 and was last seen after leaving school with two companions. Police suspect the killing occurred Thursday.
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Pittsburg
Greater Pittsburg
James Lawrence Friel
Freil
Insurgent movement seen waning in the West
Lafe Young Sr. of Des Moines arrives in Washington and urges President Taft to grant a post. He releases an interview claiming farm product prices will rise and farmers oppose tariff tinkering, saying the insurgent movement is dying out in the West.
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Washington
Iowa Evening Press
Washington, D. C
Lafe Young, Sr
Des Moines
Taft
West
Youth Charged With Forging Checks In Mason City
A. G. Clausen aged 18 son of a well known farmer was arrested in Mason City Iowa on December 27 charged with forging two checks. He waived examination to the grand jury.
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Lad
Mason City
A. G. Clausen
Montezuma Girl Helen Hall Dies After Operation
Miss Helen Hall daughter of Montezuma banker John Hall died in an Oskaloosa hospital after an operation. Hall is a leading Montezuma banker and a promoter of interurban railroads. Dec 27 report from the Iowa Evening Press in Oskaloosa Iowa.
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Helen Hall
Montezuma
Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
John Hall
Montezumia
Hall
Settlement of Strike Fails as Officials Stand Firm
In St Paul Minnesota on December 27 Governor Eberhart failed to end the switchmen strike with railroad officials refusing immediate reinstatement of striking workers. The impasse returns to the pre conference stalemate as the officials hold their ground.
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St. Paul, Minn
Eberhart
Postmaster C Van Zandt Dead at 67 in Wilton Iowa
C Van Zandt long active in republican politics and Wilton postmaster for twelve years died at his North Wilton home after a paralytic stroke. A Civil War veteran, he served four years in the Eighteenth Iowa and leaves a wife Nancy Kelley and three children Newton Bertha and Mrs. Fairchilds. Funeral plans await his son’s arrival from Chicago.
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Wilton
C. van Zandt
North Wilton
van Zandt
van Sant
Minnesota
New York City
Mr. van Zandt
New York
New Haven
Iowa
Kellogg
Nancy Kelley
C. C. Fairchilds
Silver Creek
Bertha Mellicker
Wellman
Newton
Chicago
Zelaya Arrives in Salina Cruz Aboard Mexican Gunboat
Mexican gunboat General Guerrero docks at Salina Cruz with exiled Nicaraguan President Jose Zelaya aboard along with the ex minister of war and four aides. Zelaya may travel to Mexico City as U.S. officials note no extradition steps have been taken.
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Salina Cruz
Mex
General Gurrero
Zelaya
Managua
Corinto
Washington, D. C
General Guerrero
Salina Curz
Mexico
Nicaragua
United States
Pinchot Warns of Resource Struggle and Equal Opportunity
Gifford Pinchot, head of the U S Forest Service, urged at the University Club that natural resources must be conserved for the many, not the few, warning that special interests threaten equal opportunity. He argued monopoly harms the many, cites sugar and meat trusts as moral wrongs, and linked conservation to daily life and social justice.
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New York
N. Y
United States Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot
University Club
Pinchet
Sugar Trust
Pittsburg
Man Survives Sewer Cave-In in Iowa Falls
John M. Creagan was buried 21 feet underground when sewer walls caved in at Iowa Falls on December 27. Rescuers dug him out before suffocation and he is a nervous wreck but expected to recover.
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Iowa Evening Press
Iowa Falls
John M. Creagan
Engineer Leaves Fortune in Unfound Will at Death
T. S. Herron, a Northwestern engineer living in Boone Iowa, was found dead in bed. He reportedly left a fortune of 159000 dollars but no will has been located yet. He was connected with the Northwestern engineering staff and his passing is under local inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Granada
Madriz
Zelaya
Leon
United States
Consulto
Northwestern
Iowa Evening Press
Boone, Ia
T. S. Herron
Mad dog creates panic. three bitten in Peoria street
A mad dog in Peoria Illinois on December 27 sparked a street panic. It bit three men before the animal was killed. The injuries are described as alarming.
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Peoria
Ill
Nicaragua Crisis Prompts U S Marines to Camp on Shore
Telegrams indicate Leon troops moving east to intercept Estrada near Managua. Salvadoran authorities allow U S Buffalo marines to encamp indefinitely on Salvadoran islands, signaling heightened regional tension.
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Leon
Estrada
Managua
Salvador
United States
Buffalo
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