Disaster grows hourly as Italian quake devastates Messina
Italy reels from a southern earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Messina and Reggio. Ships carry injured fugitives to Naples while rescue teams face ruined roads, scarce food, and widespread destruction across Sic ily. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Malena visit Messina wards amid tears and praise for foreign rescuers.
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Victor Emmanuel
Malena
Messina
Maelf
Anid
Reggio
Tania
Thos Cale of Alaska Elected to Congress
Prominent Pacific slope figure Hon Thos Cale of Alaska is described as a Washington address holder with connections noted to 7272 9th St NW and 1312 Sth St NW in a promotional text. The document includes endorsements for Peruna and Man a Lin laxative with references to endorsements by congressmen Slemp and Cale.
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Pacific
Washington
9Th St
Washington, D.C
Thos. Cale
Congress
Alaska
Pacific Slope
N. W
Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Cale
C. Slemp
Virginia
Shot Former Sweetheart and Self in Kansas City
In Kansas City, Ray Reese shot his former sweetheart Mrs. Clyde Setzer in the breast a short time after leaving a farewell message. He then killed himself by shooting in the head. Mrs. Setzer, nineteen, is not expected to live. The report notes the victim’s age and that another woman named Matilda Oklyn is involved in the misread line.
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Kansas City
Ray Reese
Kan
Himeelf
Clyde Setzer
Dread of Death Invades Naples Amid Vesuvius Fears
Naples reports a local newspaper prophecy fueling dread of Vesuvius and a catastrophe linked to Messina. Refugees flood hotels as Matilde Serac’s forecast warns Naples may face destruction from tremors, lava, and a violent sea tempest.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Messina
Strait of Messina
Etna
Cape Vaticano
Bay of
Catania
Calabria
Sicily
Italy
Reggie
Palmi
Matilde Serac
Les Annales
Utter Destruction at Reggio After Sea Front Devastation
Naples reports say Reggio has been erased by the sea with wreckage filling the harbor and a dozen miles of roads and bridges washed away. Access by sea, land, or auto is blocked and many residents perish slowly from starvation while relief efforts struggle to reach the stricken area.
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Naples
Reggio
Willis Smith Found After Disappearance Mystery
Owensboro Kentucky December 31 Willis H Smith a state university student who vanished September 26 returned home his tale spoke of masked captors drugging him and taking him to northern Wisconsin where he was kept in a cave the search and weather restrictions ended with his appearance at his sister s home
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Owensboro
Willis H. Smith
The
State University
Odeenmay
Smith
Wisconsin
New Year Watch Night Set By Moody Revival
In Chicago 12 000 Christian workers gather at the Coliseum 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 and notable participants including Dr. L W Munhall Dr William E K Biederwolf William Phillips Hall Mrs J Ellen Foster and Dr A B Bimpson.
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Chicago
America
Moody Bible Institute
Roosevelt
A. B. Bimpson
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
Fidelity to Ruins in Messina Stricken by Quakes
Dec 31 reports from Messina state progress in succoring wounded survivors but no removal of wreckage. Troops shoot looters as the local Bank of Italy treasury, about 2 million dollars, is saved aboard a warship. Fires burn, water is scarce, and many refuse to abandon ruins clinging to homes. Only two Messina municipal council members survive. The Eighty ninth infantry shows ten survivors.
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Catania
Messina
Bank of Italy
Eightyninth Regiment of Infantry
Many Miners Entombed In Coal Mine Disaster
Roanoke Va December 21 The latest reports from the Lick Branch coal mine disaster show twenty two bodies recovered with eighteen miners escaping unaided and five rescued alive. Rescue parties fear thirty six to forty men remain inside with no hope of survival.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Lick Branch
Denver coroner’s jury finds Dury feloniously killed by Bell
The coroner’s jury in Denver returns a verdict that Charles Dury was feloniously killed by C Burdette Bell. Dury was the son of Prof Charles Dury of Cincinnati an ornithologist of national fame. Bell from Dayton. Mrs Bell testified her husband had not supported her for months and she had lived with Dury a week before the shooting.
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Denver
Col
Charles Dury
Dury
C. Burdette Bell
Cincinnati
Bell
Dayton
Indiana Governor Hanly Travels Home After Dedication Visit
Governor Hanly of Indiana and party left Vicksburg last night on a special train after dedicating Indiana monuments in the National Military park. Visitors spent the day inspecting the park before departure. Deliberated Thirty Minutes. Portland jury convicts James A. Pinch of first degree murder in the case against Ralph B. Fisher after thirty minutes of deliberation.
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Hanly
Vicksburg
Miss
Indiana
National Military Park
Portland
Ore
James A. Pinch
Ralph B. Fisher
State Bar Association
Anti-Saloon League Eyes Wider County Local Option Drive
After victories in Wabash and Lawrence counties the Anti-Saloon League plans immediate spread of county local option laws to Putnam Hamilton Tipton and nine more counties. Shumaker says repeal is doomed and voters will face political death for backing repeal. Elections are set in January and February to demonstrate broad support and to mobilize law and order leagues in dry counties against liquor sales. Twenty four saloons would close quickly as a result of the wave.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Lawrence
Anti-Saloon League
Superintendent Shu
Shumaker
Putnam
Hamilton
Tipton
Jay
Huntington
Randolph
Wayne
Decatur
Switzerland
Gibson
Fountain
Parke
Hendricks
Marshall
Pulaski
Porter
Starke
Blind Tigers
Indiana Teachers Call for Disability Pension Law Measure
Teachers in Indiana voted to form a three member committee to press for a 1911 pension fund and sick or disablement benefit for superannuated teachers. The motion empowers the association president to appoint the panel with county and city superintendents. A lobby will be present at the upcoming legislative session to protect their interests.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Anna Keeps the Boys custody decision Paris
Paris December Thirty One Count Bont de Cas tellane lost his suit for custody of three boys to Princess de Sagan formerly Anna Gould who retains custody Consul Cheney and Mrs Dead Maples December Thirty One reports from Messina state Arthur Cheney American consul and his wife died of fever Accidental death near Kankakee Mrs Shellers died in kitchen accident Battleship fleet expected to arrive January third
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Anna
Paris
Count Bont de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Anna Gould
Cheney
Maples
Messina
Arthur Cheney
Night Rider alibis heat Tennessee murder trials
In Union City Tennessee prosecutors and defense clash over wife testimony in the Ranken murder case. The state bans wives from testifying for husbands though alibi witnesses like Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs. Applewhite admit aiding suspects. Defense notes widespread kinship among lake district residents as witnesses, while the state pursues a theory linking family heads and their wives to the killings.
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Union City
Tenn
Bud Morris
Tennessee
Bob Hoffman
Sam Applewhite
Ranken
Taylor
Lonely Lake
Lake District
Terse telegrams of varied early 20th century events
A collection of brief notices reports and anecdotes covers a Philadelphia wholesale district fire with 200000 loss a Bolivian loan to Morgan a Pennsylvania official dead a predicted cold wave boosting wheat prices in Chicago a frenzied New York murder a US pursuit of earthquake zone news five bank robbers in Wellston Okla escaping with 6000 no injuries steel industry inactivity in Iron Age a competitive Ohio senatorial bid by Warren G Harding a bout where Al Kaufman beat Jimmy Barry in 38th round of 45 at Angeles with Barry’s seconds stopping the fight
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State Department
Italy
Wellston
Okla
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
al Kaufman
San Francisco
Jimmy Barry
Chicago
Angeles
Barry
Burton Adherents Jubilant In Ohio Senate Contest
Columbus reports a long conference between Theodore Burton and Charles Taft, leading contenders, praised by Burton followers as signaling an amicable settlement. Chicago: Illinois direct primary law upheld again, keeping the law valid amid ongoing contests.
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Burton
Columbus
Theodore K. Burton
Charles x. Taft
Chicago
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Movement For A Pension Fund
William Shellers
Kankakee
Philadelphia
J. Pierpont Morgan
William L Mathues
Pennsylvania
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New York
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