Solemn rites mark burial of the Maine wreck
The article recounts the long effort to raise the USS Maine, led by Congressman William Sulzer and engineers including Captain Harley P. Ferguson. It details the $1.2 million cofferdam project, the salvaging of the vessel cut almost in two, and its refloating on February 11, near the disaster’s fourteenth anniversary.
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William Sulzer
New York
Maine
Congress
Sulzer
Harley P. Ferguson
Funeral plans for Maine crew at Washington event
Elaborate funeral services are set for next Saturday afternoon in Washington with President Taft and cabinet members attending. Caskets from the Maine will be transferred in Virginia and escorted to Arlington National Cemetery for the services.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maine
Taft
State, War and Navy Department
North Carolina
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Washington Navy Yard
Arlington National Cemetery
You Can Live Contentedly at the Gunter on the European Plan
An old advertisement offers rooms at the Gunter Hotel on the European plan with rates from $1.50 per night. It emphasizes living contentedly while travelers stay at the hotel.
Obituary notices from Vallejo to Thompson items
Obituaries report the deaths of Patricio Vallejo Jr., A T Davis, Charles King, Dora May Waugh, and G C Thompson with ages, residences, and funeral or interment details. Vallejo operated Cinco de Mayo liquor store on West Commerce. Davis—carpenter and Spanish American War veteran. King died in Los Angeles and was honored at St. Mark's. Waugh recently moved from Colorado. Thompson, a San Antonio Traction conductor, to be buried in Iowa.
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West
Salinas Street
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
A Thompson
San Pedro Avenue
Neumonia
City
San Antonio Traction Company
J. W. Knowles
Iowa
Funeral for F W Boubel Aged 19 Held at Cemetery 6
The funeral of F W Boubel 19 who died Thursday at his home 102 North New Braunfels avenue was held yesterday. Survived by his widow Annie Boubel he was a lineman by trade. Interment followed at Cemetery No. 6.
Barnegat Postmaster Uses Honey and Tar Cure
R G Collins of Barnegat New Jersey suffered a severe la srippe cough with exhaustion after fits. He reports relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound saying the coughing spells ceased after the first dose. Edwards King Drug Co notes the claim. Gunter Hotel to serve a Sunday Saint Patrick's Day table d hôte dinner 6 to 8 pm per plate.
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R. G. Collins
Barnegat
N. J
Foley
Edwards-King Drug Co
Sue
Pir Lge - Sae
Gunter Hotel
Tennessee Inspector Nominated as Wiley Successor
Dr. Lucius P. Brown of Tennessee, state pure food inspector, was urged to be appointed chief of the federal chemistry bureau to succeed Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. The Tennessee delegation presented the nomination to the President. Brown is described as a Democrat.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lucius P. Brown
Tennessee
Federal Chemistry Bureau
Harvey W. Wiley
Congress
Dr. Brown
Governor Approves New Juvenile Training School Building
The governor approved plans for a fireproof $16,000 industrial building at the State Training School for Juveniles by Charles H. Page & Bro. The new dormitory will house at least 100 inmates and construction is underway.
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Austin
Tex
Charles H. Page & Bro
Militia Urged to Patrol Mexican Border Areas
Dispatches warn of disorder along the Pacific coast near Acapulco Guerrero Omtepec and Ayutla with rebels burning buildings and killing residents. Atoyaquilo Zumpahuacan and townships near Toluca report sacking. garrisons questioned for loyalty. foreign residents among casualties.
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Pacific
Acapulco
Guerrero
Ometepec
Ayutla
Atoyaquilo
Zumpahuacan
Toluca
Major Aldana Executed by Rebels in Santa Rosalia
Major T A Aldana chief of staff to Pancho Villa was shot by rebel soldiers in Santa Rosalia after being captured in a skirmish near the town. The execution came after a prior warning to Pancho Villa and was confirmed from Chihuahua.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
T. A. Aldana
Pancho Villa
Santa Rosalia
Major Andana
Salazar
Villa
Orozco
Andana
Orotoco
Chihuahua
Peace rally by Mexican labor groups at Nuevo Laredo
Peace commissioners from organized labor in Mexico led a mass meeting and parade in Nuevo Laredo urging workers to back constitutional government and end the civil war. Hundreds of children and labor unionists marched to Martin plaza. Speakers emphasized defending constitutional rule over any single leader and called for fair treatment of Madero.
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Laredo
Tex
Organized Labor Bodies of
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Martin Plaza
Madero
Vigilance Tightened Over Arms Exports Amid Domestic Violence
Marshal Eugene Nolte received from Attorney General Wickersham the full text of Congress’s arms export resolution. The measure empowers the president to halt shipments of arms from the United States to any country with domestic violence, with penalties up to ten thousand dollars fine or two years imprisonment.
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Eugene Nolte
Wickersham
Congress
United States
Marshal Nolte
Washington
Taft
Peace appeal group sets out to meet Gomez and Orozco
A commission representing a large number of workers begins travel toward northern Mexico to present protests to William Vazquez Gomez and Pascual Orozco over threats to the nation’s peace.
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Gomez and Orozco
Associated Press
City OF
Mexico
The
Republic
Wmnillo Vasquez Gomez
Pascual
Orozco
Newsprint Slogan Advocates Ozomulsion Feeding
A promotional snippet extols Ozomulsion as healthful for avoiding Consumption and aiding recovery. It urges feeding children workers and patients, promising flesh, color, and vigor, with a 3 and 60z bottle offer mailed from Ozomulsion, 548 Pearl St New York.
Compromise Seen As Key To Averting General Strike
A nationwide labor showdown tightens as Great Western Railway halts construction and discharges 10,000 workers while London and North Western signals will cut service. In Sheffield 257000 workers face layoff as factories close amid scarce coal and rail freight cuts. Authorities brace for possible unrest as non unionists return to work sparking clashes in Lanarkshire.
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Great Western Railway Company
Shindon
London & Northwestern Railway
Sheffield
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Kidney Pills Help Bloomington Man Recover From Pain
D Toomey of 803 East Olive Street Bloomington Illinois describes severe backache and kidney pains relieved by Foley Kidney Pills. He reports being able to work hard with no lingering discomfort after using the remedy from Edwards King Drug Co successor.
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D. Toomey
E. Olive St
Bloomington
Ill
Foley
Edwards-King Drug Co
Suc
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A. T. Davis
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United States Volunteer Cavalry
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WILEY
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J. H. Kirkpatrick
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