Turko-Adrianople siege intensifies amid heavy bombardment
Reports from Constantinople Sofia and London describe an all night bombardment of Adrianople by Bulgarians and Servians. Shukri Pasha vows to defend until all soldiers are killed as a 40,000 man Turkish garrison holds the forts against a larger allied force.
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Adrianople
Sofia
Bulgaria
London
Mustapha Pasha
Adrrianople
Shukri Pasha
Thrase
Tchatalja
Gallipoli
Irish Statesman touring America
Sir Horace Plunkett, British MP and author, traveling the United States to study and promote agricultural credit reforms. He notes U S farming could boost yields with existing knowledge and facilities, but growth lags population. He warns without change America may struggle to feed itself.
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Washington
Horace Plunkett
America
Ireland
Jorace
Southern Commercial Congress
Horace
United States
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Colleges and Universities
Agricultural Press
Weather and local notices from Rock Island area
The forecast covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight with a low near zero. Temperatures recorded include 7 at 7 am and 25 high yesterday while wind stood at 5 mph. Precipitation none and humidity at 7 pm was 49 percent. Also notes from Duluth Lumbermen on price basis shift, a Mississippi levee breach near Beulah Mississippi widened 40 feet, a judge illness delaying a murder trial in Kansas City, and Midland Motor Company of East Moline increasing capital stock to 360000 for expansion.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Tam
J. M
Midland Motor Company
East Moline
Boston Society Women Picket Garment Shops in Walkout
Boston society women joined hundreds of strikers picketing 40 shops as part of a 5,000 worker walkout. Pickets were warned by strike leaders to avoid violence.
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Boston
Four Mysteries Tied to Bombs and a Daughter's Death
New York police say John Paul Farrell confessed to building bombs tied to a series of killings. He described delivering a device that killed Mrs Taylor, wounded Judge Rosalsky, and linked past attacks including the 1887 Walker shooting, claiming each act was to punish a wrongdoer or to scare Victims.
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New York
John Paul Farrell
Bernard Herrera
Herrera
Sarah Fughtman
Farrell
Judge Rosalsky
Helen Taylor
Taylor
Kid" Walker
Walker
Lestrange
Sécaise Walker
Tony
Colonel Norman Cooper Dies in Oberlin Ohio
Colonel Norman Cooper an attorney from Brooklyn died suddenly in Oberlin Ohio of heart trouble. He edited the Grand Army of the Republic official newspaper at Sturgis for many years. Also reported a 110 year old Illinois woman and a Texas hazing bill.
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Norman Cooper
Oberlin
Ohio
Brooklyn
Grand Army of the Republic
Sturgis
Illinois
Sterling
Ill
David Blue
Morrison
Blue
South Carolina
Stock Seats in a Tumble
New York February reports show a sharp drop in the market value of seats at the New York Stock Exchange. A seat recently sold for 48000 dollars, half its 1909 peak, reflecting a total paper decline of 52800000 on 1109 seats. Last November a seat brought 69000 dollars, illustrating a rapid three month fall. Declining business accounts for the erosion in seat prices.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Bribery Charges Withdrawn in West Virginia Senate Inquiry
Washington reports the Senate committee on elections halted its probe into alleged corrupt practices in the West Virginia Senate race of Watson and Chilton after L G Shock withdrew statements. Shock’s letter implies his charge of being paid 1000 dollars to sway votes was aimed at aiding rival John McGraw. Senators Watson and Chilton plan to respond on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Watson and
Chilton
West Virginia
Senate Committee On Elections
L. G. Shock
John McGraw
Watson
Senate
Increased Grain Rates Delayed by Commission
Washington reports the commerce commission suspended proposed grain rate increases of one to three cents per 100 pounds from Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota to Chicago Milwaukee and other eastern points until August while an inquiry into northwestern grain rates proceeds.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago
Milwaukee
Commerce Commission
Northwestern
New Caps Ordered for Rock Island Police
Chief James Brian of Rock Island orders new visored caps from a Chicago wholesaler. The modern caps feature folding flaps to protect ears in cold weather and are described as attractive and useful for the department.
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Rock Island
Chicago
James Brian
Bomb Hurls Wound Gov. 20 Bystanders Die in Foochow
Foochow China February 4 a bomb thrown at the civil governor killed 20 bystanders while the governor escaped The bomber was arrested and taken into custody amid the attack on the official.
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Foochow
China
Former Express Co Worker Held In Stockyards Train Robbery
Chicago February 4. John Jones a former Adams Express employee, recently discharged, was identified as the suspect in the daring holdup of the Stockyards special train. Jones allegedly gave police important information about the robbery. Three youths, two aged 17 and one 15, confessed to a long span of burglaries and thefts over a year.
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Chicago
Adams Express Company
John Jones
The
Express Company
Jones
South Side
Galero Liar On Mexican Status Lies Told To U S
Manuel Galero former Mexican ambassador to the United States told the Senate last night he lied to the American government for ten months about the Mexican revolution ending in six weeks. He urged honesty in finance and warned the situation was desperate, causing a sensation.
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Mexico City
Manuel Galero
United States
Senate
Department of Finance
Body of missing society man found near Lake
The body of Fro mer Everett, a young society and business man, who disappeared Saturday night, was found on the lake shore at Lakewood Foothigh cliff. It is believed he wandered out in a daze after taking ill at a housewarming and fell over the 60 foot cliff. Two clerks who found the body will likely share a $1,000 reward offered by Sylvester Everett, the father.
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Lake Cleveland
Fromer Everett
Lakewood
Sylvester Everett
Basements Crimed In Chicago Health Talk Urged
Charles Ball chief sanitary inspector urged a city law making it a crime for any family to live in a basement before the Chicago real estate board on February 4. He argued basements were injurious to health.
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Chicago
Charles Ball
Chicago Real Estate Board
Beach Trial Begins for New York Millionaire
Fred D. Beach, a New York millionaire, goes on trial in Aiken charged with assaulting his wife Camilla H. Beach with intent to kill. A 22 minute jury seating precedes a day of testimony. Mrs Beach, who claims a negro attacker, said the assault occurred on February 26 on the lawn of the Beach home.
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Aiken
Fred D. Beach
New York
Camilla H. Beach
Beach
Taft signs loan shark bill limiting charges
Washington reports President Taft signed the loan shark bill restricting charges to one percent monthly for loan sharks and pawnbrokers. The Morris bill granting federal seizure authority over trusts’ imported merchandise passed the Senate, after House already approved it. In other news, Smoot blocked Bailey’s farewell address from becoming a public document, and the House Interstate Commerce Committee canceled hearings due to business. In Rockford, Carl Olson, three months married, died by gas inhalation after a quarrel and watching motion pictures. in Vienna Cardinal Franz X. Nagle, archbishop of Vienna, is dead.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Bailey
Smoot
House Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Rockford
Carl Olson
Back Button Bill Targets Dresses With Tiny Closures
Jefferson City February 4 Representative Hay introduced a bill prohibiting women wearing dresses that button up the back unless the buttons are large as dollars. The measure imposes fines from one to three dollars and jail time for persistent offenders.
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Jefferson City
Hay
Illinois Lieutenant Governor pushes white slavery probe
Springfield Feb 4 Lieutenant Governor O Hara opens his term by urging revival of the whipping post for white slavery offenders and proposes a five member committee to investigate the traffic to be appointed by the senate with bipartisan balance. The senate adopts the resolution 35 to 0. A reception for Governor and Mrs Dunne draws large crowds to the executive mansion in heavy snow.
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O'Hara
Senate
General Assembly
Beall
Hay
Chush
Mrs. Dunne
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