Mother and three children die in blaze after futile rescue attempts
In Huitingdon Pennsylvania February 26 the wife of Howard Fisher a carpenter and three of her children aged six five and four were burned to death in their home. She returned from a store and tried to enter the front door but was driven back. She then leaped into the flames through a rear window and perished with her children. The husband was away and an eight year old daughter saved. No election for postmasters debated in Washington. A post office provision to elect postmasters was struck down. Two colored men lynched in Marshall Virginia near Elysian Fields a man named Anderson hanged and Robert Perry shot to death for horse stealing. Salvation Army head Bramwell Booth proposed for Nobel Peace Prize. Advertisement notes for a patent medicine.
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Huitingdon
Howard Fisher
Phony
Ingdon
hone
Marshall
Vex
Harrison ‘county
Elysian
Anderson
Karnock
Robert Perry
3as
Marion
James Jenkins
Patrick Moran
Moran
Emmett
Roofing and hardware sale offer hits low prices
Roofing sale for 80 days offers best grade roofing at special low price 108 sq ft to rell at 50c. Single barrel Shot Guns valued at 4.00 now 3.25. Iron Shoe Lasts and Stands available as a set with 1 stand and 3 lasts for 2.50.
Rockwell Local Option Bill Defeated in Pennsylvania House
The Rockwell local option liquor bill failed on second reading by 121 to 4 votes. Defenders argued home rule and court reliance for liquor regulation. opponents warned courts could curb sale. Representative Rockwell defended classification of districts and referendum growth while Stein questioned the measure’s impact on the liquor trade and police corruption concerns.
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Harrisburg
Rockwell
lefeat
supreme court
Stein
Pittsburgh
Pway
Sickles Wife Aims to Stop Sale of General Sickles Effects
New York reports Mrs. Caroline Sickles, who pawned her jewels to save household effects of her husband General Daniel E. Sickles, may halt a sheriff's sale planned for March 7. A $13,000 chattel mortgage dated Dec 6, 1912 covers all furniture at Firuh avenue, witnessed by Sickles' lawyer, with Sheriff Harburger to meet the claim Thursday.
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New York
Caroline G. Sickles
Daniel BE
Sickles
Firuh” avenue
General Sickles
Harburger
Josephus Daniels Slated for Navy Secretary in Witsen Cabinet
Josephus Daniels is reported as a leading candidate for the position of Secretary of the Navy in the forthcoming Witsen cabinet. The report places him among top choices and notes his prior naval service and political experience as qualifications for the role.
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Witsen
MONEY PROBE CLOSES WITH FINAL SESSION FOR SUBMISSION
A Washington report details a closing committee session on the money probe. The panel read documents showing joint transactions involving Morgan & Co and The First National City Bank, listing about eight houses and bonds totaling 2,607,512,657.
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Washington
Samuel
MRE Morgan& Go
ban sal
Cleveland Police Chief Fred Kohler Suspended by Mayor
Cleveland Mayor Newton D Baker suspends Police Chief Fred Kohler known as the Golden Rule chief to save the mayoral embarrassment. Civil service commission files allege conduct unbecoming an officer and subversive behavior to department discipline and gross immorality. Hearing set for March 1.
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Fred. “Ketley
Cleveland
Fred ‘Kohler, o
Newton D. Baker
Kohler
civil’ service commission
Dry Dock Funding Cut Sparks Navy Yard Survey Battle
Washington February 26 with a point of order Representative Foster Illinois won a motion striking the 15000 dollar survey for a 1700 foot dry dock at the Philadelphia navy yard from the naval appropriation bill. Lee argued germane. Alexander ruled the provision unauthorized by law. Uncle Joe Marble Bust for Cannon announced in Capitol rotunda. Henry McKeon former Easton mayor dies at 61 after pneumonia attack. Survived by wife and five children.
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Washington
Foster
Uncle Joe
Joe Cannon
congress
Capitol
Elliott Woods
Cannon
house of representatives
Henry McKeon
Easton
College Hill
sears
lane Thomas McKeon
Camden
N. J
German Aviator Killed Near Bonn
German aviator Bruno Wornigen fell from 268 feet at Haneclar near Bonn and died. A hopeful message comes from Mrssiotl 4. Martin of Boones Mill Virginia, mother of eighteen children, who credits Chamberlain's Tablets for relief after five years of illness.
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Cologne
Germany
Bruno Wornigen
Haneclar
Bonn
Mrsiotl
Martin
Boones
Mill
Chamberlain
Rebels Control In Mexico Frontier Clash Report
February 26 dispatch reports Mexican government asserting control along the Texas frontier town of Nuevo Laredo and the capital region. Muted wording describes deputations of followers of Zapata and shifting authority as portraits of old dicta tor Huerta are replaced. details are fragmentary but indicate tensions around public order and rebel movements near Cuba Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo.
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Huerta
Maderos
Cuba
Mexico City
Nuevo
Texas
Zapata
sonterres
Big Fund for Strikers in West Virginia
Illinois delegates voted unanimously to aid the striking miners of West Virginia with 900000 if needed, authorizing use of the union reserve fund and levying 100000 on Illinois members. The decision was greeted with cheers and applause.
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HMinois
West Peoria
Ilinois
West Virginia
iMinois union
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Alaska
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Pride
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Dewey
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Prosperity
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Frederick
North Market Street
das. Carros
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R. RUSH LEWIs
SUPERIOR
FELTON & KELLY
FICH
BIRELY’S Palace of Music
ZOR
EXCELSIOR SANITARY DAIRY
MARKELL & FORD
G. L. BREAD
G.L. BAKING CO
FREDERICK, MD
Malaga
S. MARINO
U. S
CRISFIELD
H. D. BAUMGARDNER
senate
Far Booth
London
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
bee
THEEBERT HARDWARE
WESY PATRICK TREET
PEARCE
SCHECK
Pathe
Mulberry Bend
Kalem
Alice Joyce
Tom Moore
EUGENE EMMETT
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Miller
Opera House Orchestra
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Onan Kheo
SEEGER & COMPANY
West Patrick Street
BAKER’S
Tor
J. L. SPECK
Middistown
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MONEY PROBE
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Mexico
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DIAZ
Atlantic City
N. 1
Banner Quinn
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Peters
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