Cataclysm in Italy Devastates Messina and Reggio
Disaster reports from Rome on December 31 describe massive loss of life in Messina and Reggio with estimates around 110000 dead. Thousands more are homeless, cold, and hungry as rescue work continues amid wrecked cities, broken communications, and a flood of refugees arriving at Naples and other ports. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena visit Messina amid scenes of grief and praise for rescuers.
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Ing Victor Emmanuel
Queen Ma
Messina
Reggio
Nia
Sicily
Italy
Taorima
Grim reports from Messina and Calabria after earthquake
Descriptions recount temporary hospitals, widespread devastation, and mass casualties in Messina and Palmi. Palmi alone reports 1500 dead and double that injured while two thirds of the town and surrounding villages are destroyed. looting and failed relief efforts compound the disaster.
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Messina
Palmi
Catania
Strait of Messina
Marazzi
Catanzaro
Reggio
Calabria
Ministry of Marine
New Year Watch Night Service Opens Revival in Chicago
In the Coliseum 12 000 Christian workers gather for a watch night service to usher in the new year. The event closes a three day Moody Bible Institute revival with evangelists from across America including Dr L W Munhall Dr William B Biederwolf William Phillips Hall Mrs J Ellen Foster and Dr A B Simpson.
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Chicago
America
Moody Bible Institute
L. W. Munhall
Germantown
Panama Canal Zone
William B. Biederwolf
Monticello
Ind
Kansas
William Phillips Hall
New York
American Tract Society
American Bible League
J. Ellen Foster
Washington
Roosevelt
A. B. Simpson
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
Fidelity to Ruins in Messina After Disaster
Dec 31 dispatches report slow progress in rescuing wounded survivors in Messina while salvage efforts continue. Looting is challenged by troops and sailors who must shoot robbers. The Bank of Italy branch treasury in Messina worth about 2 million dollars is aboard a warship. Rescuers struggle with exhaustion as fires burn and water is scarce. Many residents refuse to leave wrecked homes clinging to them as safety.
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Catania
Messina
Bank of Italy
Eughtyalath Regiment of Infantry
Many Miners Entombed in Virginia Mine Disaster
Roanoke Va Dec 31 report from Lick Branch coal mine disaster says twenty two bodies recovered two dozen rescued and five survivors brought out alive. Officials fear thirty six to forty men still trapped with no hope of survival.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Weattrun Railroad Company
Lick Branch
Dread of Death Invades Naples Prophecy Returns
Naples endures a renewed terror as a predicted catastrophe from Vesuvius and Messina's quake devastates the region. Refugees flood hotels and homes while towns like Reggio and Palmi fade into desolate outlines, and Matilde Serac’s prophecy resurfaced in Les Annales foretelling Naples demise.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Messina
Strait of Mesnina
Etna
Cape Vaticano
Bay of
Catania
Calabria
Sicily
Italy
Reggio
Palmi
Matilde Serac
Les Annales
Utter Destruction of Ancient Pompeii
Naples reports Reggio harbor wiped out by the sea and the surrounding landscape altered. Twelve miles of roads and bridges destroyed, making land and sea access impossible. Many trapped in ruins face starvation as relief and supplies cannot reach them. Distress drives Calabrian families to insanity seeking news of loved ones.
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Naples
Reggio
Husband's Vengeance Verdict in Dury Killing
Denver jury finds Charles Dury feloniously killed by C Burdette Bell. Dury son of Prof Charles Dury of Cincinnati, famed ornithologist. Bell from Dayton. Mrs Bell says her husband had not supported her. she lived with Dury after answering a theatrical ad a week before the shooting.
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Denver
Col
Charles Dury
Dury
C. Burdette Bell
Cincinnati
Bell
Dayton
Pyramid Pile Cure Trial Offer By Mail
Trial package by mail free. Pyramid Pile Ource claims quick relief or cure for pile sufferers. Testimonials claim cures after short use and even long years without surgery. Buy a box locally or send fifty cents for a mailed trial in plain wrapper from Pyramid Drug Co. 152 Pyramid Blog Marshall, Mich.
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Pyramid
Mareball
Mich
Terse Telegrams from the Era Highlight Losses and Deaths
Summaries of various brief items. A Philadelphia wholesale district fire caused about 200000 in damage. Bolivia loaned 2500000 via J Pierpont Morgan. William L Mathues of Media PA dies at home. Cold wave forecast boosts Chicago wheat markets. Arthur Trotter 33 beheaded his mother in New York. U S State Department seeks news of citizens in Italy earthquake zone. Five robbers blew Wellston bank and fled with 6000 after gunfire. no injuries. Iron Age notes little steel trade activity. Warren G Harding pursues Ohio senate seat. strongest outside candidate. Al Kaufman defeats Jimmy Barry in Los Angeles. Barry quits in 39th round.
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Chicago
Arthur Trotter
New York
State Department
Italy
Wellston
Okla
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Hanly Party Homeward Bound from Indiana Dedication
Governor Hanly of Indiana and his party left Vicksburg on a special train after dedicating Indiana monuments and markers in the National Military Park. The visitors spent yesterday inspecting the park before departing for home.
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Hanly
Vicksburg
Miss
Indiana
National Military Park
Foley's Orino Laxative Cure Ad
An early 20th century ad touts Foley's Orino Laxative as a remedy for chronic constipation. It claims to regulate the bowels and stimulate the liver so natural action returns, reducing the need for ongoing purgatives.
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Foley
Koocfel
Anna Keeps the Boys Custody Battle Ends in Paris
Paris December 31 The suit by Count Boni de Castellane against his former wife Princess de Sagan for custody of their three sons was decided against the plaintiff. Princess de Sagan formerly Anna Gould retains custody of the three boys.
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Anna
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Anna Gould
Russian battleship reports U.S. consul and wife dead in Messina
Naples dispatch says Arthur Cheney, American consul at Messina, and his wife died under the debris of the consulate after the Messina disaster. The Makharoff commander brought the report as refugees arrived in Naples.
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Conaul
Mrs. Cheney
Naples
Makharoff
Messina
Arthur
Cheney
Farmer's Wife Fatally Injured by Accidental Shot
Mrs Samsers, wife of a farmer, was killed when a shotgun discharged while her husband was removing it from a peg in the kitchen of their home. The incident is an accidental discharge with no foul play suspected.
Battleship Expected at Suez Early January
The battleship feet is expected at Suez on January 8, signaling a planned arrival and potential staging near the canal.
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Suez
Malaria remedy claim discussed in a 19th century ad fragment
The fragment reports a claimant praising Blecviric Butters as a cure for malaria and stomach ailments, stating personal relief and ongoing health. The note reads as a testimonial of medicinal effectiveness in a historical advertisement style.
Anti-Saloon League to Spread County Local Option Victory
After triumphs in Wabash and Lawrence counties the Anti-Saloon League moves to apply county local option law in Putnam Hamilton Tipton Jay Howard and other counties. Plans target January elections and February transfers to boost dry sentiment and close remaining saloons.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Lawrence
Anti-Saloon League
Shumaker
Jay
Putnam
Hamilton
Tipton
Hentington
Randolph
Wayne
Decatur
Switszerland
Gibson
Fountain
Parke
Hendricks
Marshall
Pulaski
Porter
Starke
Teachers Action Moves Indiana Pension Plan
Indiana public school teachers vote unanimously to appoint a three member committee to push for a disability benefit and a pension. The group will lobby in the next legislature to advance an act creating a school pension fund and sick or disablement benefits for superannuated teachers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Burton Taft Senate Contest Ends in Amicable Settlement
In elumbuse Ohio on December 31 Congressmen Theodore E. Burton and Charles Taft held a long conference amid reports of an amicable settlement to the senatorial contest. Burton supporters claim the settlement appoints their candidate, and supporters are jubilant as a final agreement is expected to be announced today.
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Elumbuse
Theodore E. Burton
Charles Taft
Canal
Congress
Panama
Roosevelt
Taft
Isthmus
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Sinesin
Ohio
Congres
Abraham Lincoln
Benitor Dick
Lincoln
Taft'se
Missing Kentucky student Guth located at sister’s Owensboro home
A determined search for Willis H. Guth, a Kentucky State student missing since September 26, ended when Guth appeared at his sister’s Owensboro home. The report notes Guth’s claims involve erratic behavior and travel patterns observed on trains.
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Wildis
Owensboro
Willis H. Guth
Kentucky Stately
Smith
Salary Boosts for President and Vice President Debated
Washington reports renewed Congress push to raise the presidency salary from 50000 to 100000 led by Senator Bourne with Taft’s entrance seen. A vice presidential raise to 25000 is also proposed. Sherman Morton Hobart and Fairbanks are cited as wealthy incumbents.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
United States
Congress
Bourne
Oregon
Grant
George Washington
Taft
Charles P
James 8. Sherman
Levi FP. Morton
Garret A. Hobart
New Jersey
Morton
Fairbanks
Sunny Jim” Sherman
Senate
Geological Survey
The
Night Rider alibis test in Tennessee trials
In Union City Tennessee the night rider alibi trial exposes legal limits on wife testimony and reveals a tangled web of family ties. The defense uses wives as alibis while the state cross examines and expands its theory that many lake district residents shield the defendants through intermarriage.
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Union City
Tenn
Bud Morris
Tennessee
Bob Hoffman
Sam Applewhite
Ranken
Taylor
Lonely Lake
Lake District
Sargent Portrait Joke Involves Diamond Warts Misstep
A Philadelphia capitalist in Mr Sargent s studio criticizes a portrait saying an essential feature is missing. Sargent deflects with a quip about not reproducing warts while the financier insists he meant the diamonds and pins.
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Philadelphia
Sargent
Rochester Herald
Roger Bacon the Miraculous Doctor Among Scholars
The New York American lauds Roger Bacon 1214 94 as a remarkable thinker centuries ahead of his time. It credits him with early ideas on gunpowder gases steamboats railroads lenses and telescopes and praises his pursuit of nature over scholasticism.
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Bacons
Roger Bacon
Francis Bacon
Draper
New York American
Dr King’s New Discovery Recalled as Life Saver
A patient recalls a graveyard cough three years ago that nearly ended in death. Doctors failed to help and hope faded, but then Dr King’s New Discovery provided relief and renewed breath.
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Dr. King
Hart and Schreck Set to Meet Tonight in Lexington
Marvin Hart of Louisville and Schreck of Cincinnati are billed for a twenty round heavyweight bout at the opera house in Lexington Kentucky tonight. The show promos suggest a closer matchup than past events, with anticipation that the fighter nicknamed heavyweight champion may be challenged.
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Lexington
Marvin Hart
Louisville
Schreck
Cincinnati
Mart
Tommy Burns
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