Ballinger Probe Sparks Seattle Box Paper Retrieval
The Ballinger inquiry reveals that a box in Seattle held letters and telegrams from Louis Glavis before he handed over files to A. Christensen. Glavis calls the recovery a frame-up while committee members debate custody and relevance of the documents.
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Washington
T Louis KR. Glavis
Seattle
Wash
Glavia
Glavis
A. ©. Christensen
Collier's Weekly
Ballinger
Joint Committee of Congress
Louis D. Braindell
John J. Vertrees
Nashville, Tenn
Secretary of the Interior
Vergimén
Auc
Bailinger
Land Office
Vertreen
A. C. Christensen
James
Kentucky
Brandeig
Vertrees
Land Department
Alaska
Glavie
Fairbanks Arrives in Berlin to Warm Welcome
Former U S vice president Charles Warren Fairbanks arrived in Berlin on February 15 and was greeted by numerous Teends, marking a cordial reception during his visit.
Live Mole in Her Throat Stuns Doctors in New Jersey
Katherine Purcell of Paterson, New Jersey, endured months of chest and throat pain before Dr. Frank McBee diagnosed a mole that had been swallowed. The creature was removed alive, but died shortly after. the patient is expected to recover with no lasting effects.
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New York
Katherine Purcell
Malin Street
Paterson
N. 2
Frank McBee
Miss Purcell
Ake
Kissed Dog Bites Woman. Thirteen Stitches Given
In Brunswick Maine on February 15 Miss Thompson tried to kiss her coiling dog on the lip. The dog leaped and sank teeth into her lower lip and left cheek causing a severe laceration requiring thirteen stitches to close. The incident occurred as she bent over the dog on a dining room couch.
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Callie
Brunswick
Miss the Thompson
Three Masked Men Attack Watchman in Maryland Robbery
Night watchman John G. Kert was assaulted and robbed by three masked men at Boyer & Heard's grain elevating mill in Hagerstown Maryland. They attempted to cast him into a furnace but failed. he was placed in a flywheel and rescued, now in critical condition.
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Hagerstown
John G. Kert
Milla
Boyer & Heard
Netherton
Taft to Honor Shackleton With Hubbard Medal
President will present the Hubbard medal of the National Geographic Society to Antarctic explorer Lieutenant Sir Ernest H. Shackleton C V O in Washington. Shackleton plans a U S lecture tour this spring and summer with a March 26 address in the city under society auspices. Union officials and diplomats will attend the event.
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Hubbard
Washington
Teft
Ernest H. Shackleton
National Geographic Society
United States
Plot Against King Arrests in Wartemberg Palace Attempt
A man attempted to force entry into Wartemberg's royal palace and was arrested. He may have aimed to assault King Wilhelm I, born 1848, who began ruling Wartemberg on October 6 1891.
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Wartemberg
Stuttgart
Wilhelm 1
Wilhelm
Popular Cottage Plan Draws Builders
A story and a half cottage design gains popularity for its homelike exterior and cozy interior. The plan features a wide front living room with a fireplace, a bright dining room with beamed ceiling, and a well fitted kitchen. Costs to build exclude heating and plumbing, at $3,500, with a complete set of plans offered for $25 by designer Glenn L. Saxton.
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Firajah
Glenn L. Saxton
Alaska Gold Placer Districts Signal Rich Prospects
Washington reports new placer gold districts in Innoko Kuskokwim and Haidutmrod areas, with 50 to 70 foot pay streams and widespread gold. Alaska has yielded 160 million since 1880 and copper coal and other minerals are highly valued. Meanwhile French Guiana convicts face harsh mortality rates in St Jean deMarons and Salvation Island prisons.
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Washington
Alaska
Ballinger
America
Iran
Innoko
Kuskokwim
States Geological Survey
Russia
Yukon
Kirakokwim
French Guiana
Island of Salvation
St. Jean de Marons
Exams for Miners Strike Job Loss in Anthracite Region
From 40 to 50 percent of Luzerne county miners face job losses as a state examination campaign removes incompetents. All miners must pass English literacy and mining knowledge tests, with many foreign-born workers at risk. Companies and inspectors estimate a halving of mining accidents after eliminations.
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Wilkes-Barre
Luzéene County
Mineral Examining Board
Record Hog Prices Hit New Highs in Chicago and Fort Worth
Chicago reports pork on the hoof at peak levels with prices at 9.20 per hundred pounds, marking the highest since 1682 and a 40 cent rise from a week earlier. demand outpaced supply as shipments faltered. forecasts show prices may not retreat soon. Fort Worth meanwhile records a world record carload price of 8.75 per hundredweight from Foss Okla.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Foss Okia
Eloped Bride Wrights with Newark Mail Carrier in New York
Mina Maud Raymon Rose, daughter of former Delaware State Senator David Rose, married Winfield M. Coverdale, a Newark rural mail carrier, in New York City on February 3. The couple met in Philadelphia in February and telephoned her parents to announce the wedding. parental objections were reportedly overcome.
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Delanare
W. M. Coverdale
New York
Newark
Del
New York City
Winfield M. Coverdale
Mina Maud Raymon
Rose
David
Delaware
Philadelphia
Girl Survives Train Crushing Near Shamokin
Mamie Jones, a schoolgirl, was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train in Shamokin Pennsylvania. The locomotive passed over her between lowered railroad ties but she escaped unharmed after trainmen lifted her from under the car. She recalled nothing but darkness after the incident.
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Shamokin
Mamie Jones
Pennsylvania
LAND FRAUD JURY DISAGREES IN HERMANN TRIAL
The jury in Binger Hermann case charged with land frauds announced a second disagreement and was discharged. Hermann, a Maryland-born Oregon politician, served in Congress with McKinley and chaired rivers and harbors. He faced conspiracy charges in 1907. the trial again ended in disagreement.
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Singer Hermann
Portland
Ore
Binger Hermann
Congress
Oregon
General Land Office
Maryland
Roseburg
McKinley
Rivers and Harbors
Hermano
Husband Dies After Wife's Death in Grief
Wilkes-Barre Pa Feb 15 Joseph Hi Keenan once of Brooklyn died here of grief after his wife died last Friday. He had been in ill health and was 80 when the shock proved fatal and he never recovered.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Hi. Keenan
Brooklyn
Didn't Know Him at Porter's Hall of Fame Trial
A Baltimore lodging tale unfolds as a porter unfamiliar with a guest arrives at the hotel. A resident, famed for generosity, tests the newcomer's claim to being the famed "Mr. Bunk" and denies recognition, while the porter’s habit of tipping and social grace is contrasted with the local crowd.
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Baltimore Hoidl
Dis Vane
Bunk
Dan Bhloe
Women in Trough Suicide in Huntingdon Pa
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania Mrs William Schafer of Mount Union committed suicide by tying two flat irons to her neck and lying in a waterlogged trough six inches deep. Family illness and domestic troubles were seen as motives. Also noted a tombstone epitaph and a separate item about a bank robbery near Dodge City Kansas.
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Huntingdon
William Schafer
Mount Union
Erie
Baby Bern on Train Sparks Across Kansas City
A baby named Bern was born aboard a Waloa Pacific passenger train traveling from Denver to St. Louis, as it sped through Kansas City. The birth occurred on the train near Randwich with Mrs. DH Stiles present.
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Baby Bern
Kansas City
Waloa Pacific
Denver
St. Louis
Kansas
DH. Stiles
Randwich
Paulhan's Great Feat Sets New Altitude Record
French aviator Paulhan describes reaching 5000 feet in a Farman biplane during an aviation meet in Los Angeles. He recalls calm skies, no danger, and the moment of surpassing Latham's record as crowds look on. Bishop of the Aero Club of America confirms the achievement to the Federation International Aeronautique.
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Tella
Leute Pawlhan
Los Angeles
Cal
Gote
Lathen
Ike
Latham
Paris
Paradine
Fragmented cartoon dialogue on mood and luck
A garbled exchange features an optimist urging the bright side while a pessimist questions the value of positivity in dealing with a grim situation. The wording is disjointed and difficult to parse for clear meaning.
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Mat
Tobk
Fragmentary lines from a marriage dispute dialogue
Fragmented OCR text shows a quarrel about a husband contesting his wife's wit and a remark about a wife being dead. The readable portion is incomplete and lacks clear events, entities, dates, or places to establish a full news item.
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Wrailman
The Touch of Fortune in Faris and Pasteur tale
A fragmentary dialogue shows a couple discussing travel to Faris and Pasteur. The husband has just been bitten by a stray dog, prompting concern and a sense of urgency as they plan their move.
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Faris
Pasteur
Ron Vivant
NEWSPAPER FOR INDIANS TO APPEAR IN FIVE LANGUAGES
An Indian newspaper to be published for two days at Oklahoma with chiefs of the Five Civilized Tribes backing the movement. August W. Ivey of Bullwell, Oberekes to edit and publish weekly under the name Degwanva Abcheete meaning Fireside. Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole tongues represented with Cherokee in Cherokee characters and others in English. No politics. aim to educate Indians about assimilation and remove prejudice against whites.
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Okla
Augustes W. Ivey
Buliwall
Oberekes
Beecher's Speech Amazes with Crowing Interruption
In a humorous moment Mr Beecher faced an interruption as a heckler crowed like a cock. He paused to listen then, noting his watch reads 10, declared the lower animals infallible. The gallery roared with laughter as he resumed.
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Beecher
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