Wife Looks for Reunion With Schenk in Wheeling
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk spoke from Wheeling confirming plans to reunite with her husband John and their children after a jury failed to reach a verdict on her alleged poisoning. Prosecutors seek retrial in Brooke County as counsel predicts no fresh Ohio County jury.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John
Handlan
H.C. Harvey
Brooke County
Ohio County
Cummins Defends Lorimer Bribery Story In Senate
Senator Cummins of Iowa pressed the senate to confirm that the bribery tale surrounding Illinois legislator White is truthful and not a fabrication. He argued the breadth of witnesses and events supports the charge and questioned the source of White’s $850 in St Louis. He called the Springfield corruption chapter consistent with White’s account and warned against dismissing the allegations.
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Cummins
Washington
Iowa
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Tinois
White
Illinois
Springfield
Senator Cumming
St. Louis
Force Admiral to Resign Amid Clouded Conduct
Rear Admiral Edward B. Berry, former Pacific fleet commander, resigns “for the good of the service” with Taft’s approval. His departure takes effect Friday and removes him from the naval service without pay. Charges by officers alleged sensational personal conduct, too explicit to print.
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Meyer
Washington
Edward B. Barry
Pacific Fleet
Taft
Naval Service
Berry
Four Lost in Cottage City Wreck Off Cape Mudge
Seattle January 28 A wireless message from the Cottage City wreck states the pilot and three crewmen are missing after the steamer went on the rocks off Cape Mudge B C The dispatch implies all others have been accounted for including the raft party of four
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Seattle
Wagh
Cottage City
Cape Mudge
B. C
Woman Killed, Son Held in Terre Haute Shooting
In Terre Haute Indiana on January 28 Mrs Josephine Bell was shot and killed in her home. Her fifteen year old son is being held by police for examination after the boy claimed the rifle fired when it fell to the floor. The mother and son were the only people present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Josephine Bell
Delivery by carrier rules and reporting inattention
Delivered by carrier to any part of the city or suburb. Report direct to the office any inattention to delivery.
Lost Prospectors Buried Under Glacier Burros Found
A crevasse in the Valles glacier near Valdez Alaska yields six burros from a pack train of eastern prospectors missing for thirteen years. WH Crary, trekking across the ice, spots the animals shining in sunlit depths. no human bodies seen, but presumed lost. Weather delays further search for human remains.
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Seattle
Wash
Dai
Valdes
Alaska
Great
Valles Glacier
Copper River
Crary
Gheveler
Oil Trust Strikes Back Against Hampton's Magazine
Standard Oil company files suit in United States circuit court for 256,000 damages against Broadway Publishing Company Hampton's Magazine and writer Cleveland Moffett. Article alleges subsidiaries sell glucose to confectioners. counsel cites minimal connection between Standard and glucose makers. Standard Oil reportedly never sued prior publications over such attacks.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
United States
Broadway Publishing Company, Incorporated
Hampton's Magazine
Cleveland Moffett
Hampton’s Magazine
Confectionere
Standard
Standard Directorate
Standard Oil! Company
Wind Wagon Kills Man in Allentown Demonstration
Lloyd J. Iredell business manager of the Allentown Chronicle and News died from injuries after a wind wagon with an airplane propeller struck him as he stepped from the vehicle during a street demonstration. He suffered a skull fracture and a broken arm and was treated at a local hospital.
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Allentown
Lloyd J. Iredell
Allentown Chronicle and News
Iredell
Wheels in Astronomy Use Bicycle Wheel to Gauge Meteor Speeds
Scientists adapt a bicycle wheel with evenly spaced opaque screens rotated by a motor to the meteor photographing setup. By recording interruptions on photographic plates and correlating them with a chronographic wheel, they determine meteor velocity. The article also mentions Bermondsey’s industrial ties and a historical note on its health resort fame and tannery district.
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Bermondsey
London
Southwark
Henry ‘Trueman
England
Tondon
Two Thumbed Gloves In Ice Land Climate
In cold Icelandic climate gloves are fingerless to allow rapid on off. Each glove has two thumbs so the hand can thrust in and the thumb finds its place immediately. Drawbacks include untidy appearance from the dangling idle thumb. London Chronicle remarks on practicality over aesthetics.
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Iceland
London Chronicle
Born Without Tonsils In First Of Its Kind Case
In Wilmington Delaware on January 28 physicians at a homeopathic hospital found Earl Banks of New Castle born without tonsils. The operation was being prepared when Dr D Roman of Wahhemann hospital Philadelphia noted the historic absence as the first such case on record.
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Wilmington
Del
Homeopathic
Earl Banks
New Castle
Tr. D. Roman
Wah Hemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Nevada Bans Cigarettes Sales Within State
Carson City January 28 Nevada passes a bill making it unlawful to sell or give cigarettes to any man woman or child in the state The measure aims to curb youth access and tobacco exposure statewide.
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Nevada
Carson, Nev
Frederick market prices January 25 1914 compact list
Quotations from Frederick County Farmers Exchange show prices for wheat corn rye oats and more corrected January 25 1914. Wheat no 2 red 90 cents per bushel shelled corn 65 to 70 cents per bushel. rye 45 to 50 cents. jarley bee to 60 cents. flour winter wheat 5 01 spring wheat 4 415 to 6 14. cornmeal 1 60 to 1 70. mill feed bran 28 per ton middlings 29 per ton. red dog 2 20 per sack. dairy feeds 24 to 25 per ton. cotton seed meal 44 to 46 per ton. seeds timothy 4 50 to 4 75. clover 7 00 to 8 00. baled timothy 19 to 20. No 2 timothy 18 to 19. No 2 mixed 16 to 17. No 1 mixed 17 to 18. clover 16 to 17. hay not baled 17 to 20 per ton. straw baled wheat 8 to 10. baled oats 8 to 10. potatoes 4 to 10 cents per bushel.
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Timothy
Sale Register notices for auctions in 1911 newspapers
Auction notices published in The Daily and Weekly newspapers list multiple sales. Entries name auctioneers Samuel J. Forney and B. Meepe and solicit executors Daniel F. Young and Elizabeth Zimerman, detailing locations near Yellow Springs Creagers Town New Market and Carroll County with dates in January February 1901 1911 and a variety of personal property real estate and farming implements to be sold on premises with specified times and venues.
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Samuel. Forney
Auet
Albert &. Brown
Solleftoc
Daniel. Young
Elizabeth Zimerman
Ecutrix
Albert
W. Lurkhart
Stalex
Yellow Springs
Welock P.om
Samuel J. Forney
Daniel
F. Young
Brook M Chapel
Welock
Black Mil
Creagerstown
J. Meepe
Eli
Westchester Amt
Baltimore, Tor
Aaitabie Oregi
Carroll
Fimere
Oweloel
A.m. Harvey R
Anet
Jaco Rabrhick Renes
Harp
Lea Wenberg
Court Mansesleur
An Drederick
Mid
Yruthwhile
Annie BL Dull Deaye
E Paily News
W. Dorsey
New Market
Elock Alom
Edgar Mercer
VE Burke
Mt. Pleasant
Mall
Eloek A
Aavet
Kiith
Haltimore Pile
Blind girl in Pennsylvania predicts second Messiah
Pillsburg, Pa. Jan 28. After a four day fast Miss Margaret Shipley, blind since childhood, is said to become the second Messiah and awaits sight restoration. She has lapsed into a coma and claims visitors reveal signs, receiving messages to wear white and follow a path that ends with death and avoidance of physicians. The self proclaimed prophetess also speaks in a strange tongue and likens herself to Jeremiah.
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Pillsburg
Asserling Uint
Meselal
Margaret Shipley
Charles Pyrtaldermaan
Meeesport
Shipley
Miss Shipley
Jeremiah
Peru Starts Hostilities After Attack on Ecuador Town
Guayaquil Ecuador Jan 28 Two hundred Peruvian soldiers attacked the village of Chuoras near the Datars frontier. Three Ecuadorians were killed and eight wounded. Telegram from Santa Rosa near the Peruvian frontier reports a misunderstanding between Ecuador and Peru ending in the assault by Peruvian infantry.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Chaoras
Datars
Meaper
Santa Rosa
Peru
Chuoras
Auction notices for farms and livestock in Frederick region
Numerous sale notices list properties and personal goods across Maryland in March and April, including livestock, farming tools, and real estate. Auctions reference Premises near Frederick city, Damascus, Lewistown, and Linganore with dates in 1911 1914 and other years, conducted by Weekly and Semi-Weekly News and Bills.
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Agatier
Bos
Hotabo
George GS Rimae
Gu Trail
Cuetan
Hiony Greve
Ted
Emly Suns Weekly
Staal Bibles Pebry
Do Oytock
Seth
Perstiplas
Rosa Vechuanle
Pebry
Auck
Lewiscawna
Woovieck
A.m. Sharp
Iuesara
Vlerk
Wa Cable
Tarasville
Urbana
Els
Amd
Witt Wachter
Kreceviek
Maasisdur
Valmette
Paring Ser Weekly
New
Whit Young
Sarah Bontie
Lingamore
Alry
Linginore
Vile Mabe
Leyatt
Jon We Molesworth
Alon
Rovin
Klamsyie
Eseuil
Will Elter
Fin C
Frederick Junction
Georgetown Pike
Win
Inumeh
Parle
Wkr
Mercer
AL King
Damascus
Woeothield
John J. Dutrow
Grayson J) Dutrow
James Houck
Vaule
Frederick
Seini- Weekly
Melaek A.m
T. Mercer
Squyl
W. Ji. Burdette
Jas
Ve Hawkins
Hh. Darner
Jacob . Snyder
Germantown
Montgomery County
Geist
Ralph G. Thomas
Opomtown Pire
Frederick City
la aAnel
John A. Tandley
Thelives
Arthur Potts
Wredarlek
Gas House PLC
Allnut
Adans
Ellen LD. Myers
Chirles Castle Farm
Ivy News
Hilts
Maren Ti
Oooteck Vom
Piar
Sey R. Aue
Calvin G. Sweirtes
Todd
Tien Mills
Aimpleoenta
A.m. x
Auet
Bredteriol
Pearl
Baltimore Pike
Marci and
Maren
Harvey
Atelnek P
Wills Poraes
Thenhoefer
Seventh Street
Oriock
Prenson Faust
John W
J. Thoedereles
Jefferson
Fe Now
Teteraville
Town Columns Chronicle Town News Praises Service Quality
The article extols comprehensive town and county happenings with a focus on rapid, reliable local service and broad coverage. It highlights the community’s need for up-to-date information and the newspaper’s commitment to delivering it promptly.
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Schenk
OIL Trust
Frederick County Farmers’ Exchange
Sale Register
Maryland
Baltimore
Frederick News
Daily News
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