Fires Burn in Devastated Italian Cities Surge Aid Efforts
Rome reports ongoing fires after southern Italy and Sicily quakes. King Emmanuel aids rescue at Messina, where troops occupy the city and relief distribution, including bakeries and food depots, begins. Castrorogie and other towns suffer total ruin with thousands dead and survivors in dire need.
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Smith
Deag
Rome
Italy
Sicily
Messina
Giolitti
Rulna
Llong
Straite
Ricco
Tottering
Tome
3Np
Vietur Emmanuel
Naples
Palermo
Strait of Messina
Catania
Reggio
Pyournout
Castrorogie
Destruction Leaves City in Ruins as Rations Delays Continue
Reports describe soldiers fighting hunger as stray dogs and cats infest the area. About 2000 injured have been removed from the city ruins and death notices reach 20,000 in Reggio.
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Tia
Reggio
Lipari Islands Safe Not Destroyed Says Telegram
Rome reports Lipari Islands were not destroyed and no deaths occurred after a strong earthquake on December 28. A government torpedo boat surveyed the area. some buildings suffered damage but fatalities were avoided.
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Rome
Lipari Islands
Peirce Family Killed in Messina Earthquake
Naples reports confirm Joseph Hi Peirce former American vice consul at Messina and his entire family died in the quake. Miss Evelyn Peirce recalls Mr Peirce warning his wife and then rushing to wake the elder children before walls and a tidal wave collapsed the house.
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Messina
Naples
Joseph Hi. Peirce
Messing
Evelyn Peirce
Peirce
Peirce House
Thief Masqueraded as Policeman Arrested in New York
New York police arrest William Delaney a former patrolman linked to the scar faced impersonator case. He is suspected in the police station break in and in unauthorized arrests amid a nationwide effort to identify the masked offender. A badge matching a lost shield tied to the impersonator and the December 8 stallup house incident are cited.
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New York
William Delaney
Criminal Courts
Delaney
Dee
Fleet at Suez Tomorrow Sailor Drowned After Fall
Suez reports a tragedy aboard the Illinois bound Atlantic battleship as Jesse Scholland an able seaman fell overboard in Bab el Mandeb Dec 29 and drowned before boats could reach him. The fleet is due to arrive tomorrow morning on its way home.
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Ilinois
Suez
Tomorow
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Red Sea
Jesse Scholland
Finais
Record Price for Apples Sets Exhibition Benchmark
In Chicago on January 2 the winesap apples box sold for 60 cents per apple, totaling 112 apples. The box won the grand sweepstakes prize of 000 at Spokane's National Apple Show, becoming the highest priced box of apples on record.
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Chicago
Spokane
Lost Necklace After Shopping Trip In New York
Detectives seek cab drivers from rides taken by Mrs George D. S. Hamlen of Central Park West in the New York shopping district where her pearl necklace valued at 14000 dollars disappeared after she returned home.
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Jowele
New York
George D. S. Hamlen
Central Park West
Hamlen
For a Long and Narrow Lot
An advertisement describes a well arranged house on a long narrow lot with a front porch and reception hall. The parlor and front rooms open via arches, with a string room featuring a stove over one side and a fine dining room with built in sideboard. A roomy kitchen passes through a pantry and a full basement under the lot. Price £2,500. Glenn L. Saxton.
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Glenn L. Saxton
Deaths of Two Men Strangely Alike
Colonial Beach Virginia January 2 Commonwealth Attorney Baker will seek a searching investigation into the deaths of Charles St Henry a Spanish War veteran and John Vogt a baker both found shot in the right temple with a game revolver in Vogt’s home the coroner’s jury failed to reach a verdict Vogt and his wife ran the local bakery Vogt’s death followed by Henry moving to the Vogt home and aiding part of the bakery work.
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Commonwealth
Baker
Charles St Henry
John Vogt
Annie Vogt
Commonwealth Attorney
Vost
Vogt
Voxt
Henry
Vout
Knapp Re Sworn In As Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Chairman Martin A. Knapp was sworn in for a seven year term as Interstate commerce commissioner. He has served continuously since February 23, 1891, with most of the commission present at the ceremony.
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Washington
Commission
Martin A. Knapp
Knopp
Nce
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds Say Local Citizen
C O Chdrdee of Binpinia touts De Wing's Ann Discovery as the best remedy for throat and lung troubles including coughs and croup. He claims his children suffer croup but the product quickly cures lapses. Billed as a world famous throat remedy, it is sold with a one dollar price and a trial bottle free at Peers medicine pharmacy.
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C. O
Peorste
Medeen
Ste
Triad
President Roosevelt Hosts New Year Greeting at White House
Roosevelt greeted about 6000 guests from all states and territories at the White House. Over 3.5 hours the president met attendees, breaking last year's attendance by more than 700. Mrs Roosevelt and cabinet ladies stayed in the red room during the reception.
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White House
Wrahington
Roosevelt
Union
Washington
Child Reveals Murder Link to Father’s Body
A five year old boy led Leicester officials to the body of William O'Donnell, a farmer, found by the road with a deep wound to the temple. Authorities searched for Humphrey Geurin, a farm hand named by the boy as O'Donnell's alleged associate in prior quarrels.
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Leicester
Masa
Wiliam O'Donnell
Humphrey Geurin
Odannell
Speech at New Year services precedes death in church pew
Thomas Parking aged sixty nine and a member of the New York column exchanges died suddenly in his pew at the First Presbyterian Church in Gropkisn shortly after delivering a speech at New Year’s services in New York.
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New York
Thomas Parking
Rur Dently
First Presbyterian Church
Gropkisn
Ohio man shoots taboo brother in family dispute
January 1 at a Muskogee home near Catoosa Ohio Lee Marsh banks, once seen as deeply religious, shot and killed his brother John after John used profanity in the house.
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Muskogee
Ohio
Lee Marshbanks
John
Catoo Sa
Local Patent Remedy Ofers Cure Claims At Peare’s Pharmacy
A fragmentary note states Mr FOE Champersin of orcuaton Maine offers a remedy called Kueklen's Avie Sabre. It claims to cure piles and old ailments by heating, with a 28 year old at Peare's modern Pharmacy described as applying it to a sore and claiming cure.
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Foe Champersin
Orcuaton
Maine
Kueklen
Peare
Defence Claims Self-Defense in Mas Erb Murder Trial
Florence N Erb and sister Catherine Beisel face trial in Media Pennsylvania for the murder of J Clayton Erb. Defense contends self defense as Beisel allegedly wrested a revolver, fired accidentally, and struck Erb as he retreated. Prosecution offers no evidence of a plot to kill, trial adjourned after witness collapses.
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Celnel
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Florence N. Erb
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J. Clayton Eirb
Betsel
Catherine Beisel
Adaw
Amoke
Ned Gables
Eric
Sheris
Commonwealth
Delaware Apples Triumph Over Hood River Boxes
Delaware apple growers celebrate an award from KH Compton of New York after comparing Stayman’s Winesaps from 8 H Derby Woodaldo with Hood River boxes. The Delaware fruit won the prize in the competition.
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Rome
Hood River
Oregon
Delmar
Doel
Delaware
C. KH. Compton
New York
Fired at Clemenceau in Paris Office Shooting
A Corsican dissenter Benedetti fired several shots from a revolver toward the windows of the office of Premier Clemenceau in Paris. No injuries were reported and the suspect was arrested.
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Paris
Benedetti
Pramiser Clemenceau
Denedott
Sea Volcano Boils Water Off Georgia Coast
British officers report sea disturbances and a boiling water belt off the Georgia coast. Aboard the steamship Battle the first officer saw an eruption about twenty miles west on December 13. The Lord Dufferin later passed an area of boiling water within 200 miles of the southern coast on December 18.
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Norfolk
Georgia
Hydrographic Office
Lord Dufferin
Two Miners Die in Muddy Creek Cave-In Near Jamisonville
In a Muddy Creek mine near Jamisonville a cave-in killed William Campbell and Plummer Fleeger who were working alone when the accident occurred. Miners heading to work found the cavern and recovered the bodies from the damaged section of the mine.
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Butler
Patan
Muddy Creek
Hear Jamisonville
William Campbell
Plummer Fleeger
Fire devastates Water Street in Skowhegan Maine
A year after a major conflagration in Skowhegan Maine two businesses blocks were destroyed and three more damaged along Water Street. Fire departments fought the blaze which destroyed stateneent houses while two houses were blown up with dynamite to halt the flames. Loss estimated around $400 000.
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Skownegan
Maine
Portland
Water Street
Alleged Murderer Arrested in Richmond Case
Baltimore January 2 John Lewin also spelled John Ranke a colored man was arrested on a murder charge for killing James Timberlake in Virginia six years ago by shooting in Richmond.
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Baltimore
John Lewin
John Ranke
James Timberlake
Richmond
Fever Sores Aid and Sale Noted in Ad Text
Ad fragment mentions fever sores and a product Salva by Chien heruyen. It notes a treaty collection and a sale at Peyre's Moy with unclear context and several garbled phrases.
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Une Atoll
Peyre's
Fresh Chesapeake Oysters From Pristine Beds
Our oysters come from the finest beds in the Chesapeake and Potomac regions. They are handled in the most up to date and sanitary manner possible, ensuring superior taste compared with ordinary depot stock.
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Chesapeake and Potomac
Pennsylvania Railroad Reports Large Loss in Early 1909 Months
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports a drop of 6,703,700 in net earnings for the first eleven months of 1909 compared with 1997. Great earnings declined by 28,871,000 and operating expenses were cut by 22,167,300. Coal and coke shipments on the northeast totaled 46,086,530 tons, down over 16,000,000 tons.
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Pennsy
Freight Pier Burns at Atlantic Transport Baltimore Pier Destroyed
Fire at the Atlantic Transport Company pier in Baltimore destroyed an 800 by 100 foot structure and its European freight. The loss is estimated at 200000 dollars, covered by insurance.
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Atlantic Transport Company
Baltimore
Jan
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