West Canada Suffers Real Winter Blast
Weather across the Canadian prairies turned sharply cold with Regina at 49 below and Moose Jaw 44 below while Qu Appelle and Battleford reported 43 below. Western BC sides were milder with Kamloops at 6 below and Penticton 4 below as Grand Forks and Nelson had 4 above.
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Unite?d Press
IPRG
Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose Jaw
Qu'Appelle
Hattleford
Penticton
Grand Forks
Waasero
Nelson
Rebels raid ranch near Tlaxcala kills four
Mexican reports say rebels attacked the ranch of American J. M. Gleason near Chiautempan Tlaxcala state killing four employees and abducting several women.
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Mexico City
J. M. Gleason
Chiautempam
Tlaxacala State
Danish Steamer Ivar Missing With All Hands
Copenhagen Ivar feared lost with entire crew after sinking about 60 miles off Plymouth December 26. Captain Ree of the Dutch steamer Pheeda reports the Danish tramp steamer went down and is presumed to be the Ivar of Copenhagen.
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Vrees
Charleston
8. C
Plymouth
Ree
Pheeda
Ivar
Copenhagen
Piles Cure Promise Prominent Free Trial Offer
An advertisement promises quick relief from piles with a free trial package by mail. It claims Pyramid Pile Remedy reduces congestion irritation and itching and requires no operation. The product is sold at drug stores for 50 cents a box.
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Pyramid Drug CO
Pyramid Ride
Marshall, Mich
Adolf Will Even Deliver Dynamite Through Parsnips Post
A historical blurb reports a claim that Adolf plans to deliver dynamite via mail or crates, humorously referenced as through a “Parsnips Post” on Mu. The note mixes satire with speculative danger and mentions the unusual delivery method.
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Adolf
Parsnips
State urged to back credit banks for settlers on waste lands
Olympia January 21 two bills by Rep Robe and Rep Pierce propose state aid to develop logged off lands. Banks formed by local landowners would issue 80 percent mortgages via state bonds, with settlers repaying in long instalments. Plan aims to help current settlers and open new areas while improving land.
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Olympia
Wash
T. K. Robe
Snohomish
Pierce
Skagit
Robe
Washington
Progressive Party
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Landa
Kobe
Evangelist Praises Chief and Attacks Griffiths Police Bill
Rev W B Riley urged over 1000 Capitol Hill listeners to defeat the Griffiths police bill. He warned city girls would be sold if the ordinance stands and praised Seattle Chief Bannick as an honest, moral leader deserving support. He cited police abuses and 250 underage girls detained during the current chief’s tenure.
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Capitol Hill Tabernacle
Rev. W. B. Riley
Minneapolis
Seattle
Riley
Department of the Police
Thousands driven from homes by Ohio River flood in Evansville
The first cold weather deepens flood victims’ suffering as relief crews handle fuel appeals. River crest nears. levees guarded with Boy Scouts aiding patrols. Property losses may exceed 2,000,000 as thousands become homeless along the Ohio River from Pittsburg to Evansville.
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Ohio
United
Evansville
Ind
Pittsburg
Got a Cat Enter It in Show at Exhibition Room
A beauty contest for cats will run from noon January 20 to 9 pm February 1 in the exhibition room of the Hon Marche. The Queen City Cat club hosts under the American Cat association. Prizes awarded by class. Admission 10 cents.
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Cate
Hon Marche
Queen City
Foulke Brandt Returns West After Pardoned Sentence
Foulke E. Brandt, recently pardoned by New York Governor Sulzer, says he has come to Minnesota to forget the past and make good in the future. Brandt served six years of a 20 year burglary sentence for breaking into Mortimer L. Schiff's home.
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United Press
Paul
Minnesota
Foulke E. Brandt
Wm. Sulzer
New York
Mortimer L. Schiff
Cordova Cleared for Seattle After Wrangell Narrows Grounding
After two days aground in Wrangell narrows the steamer Cordova cleared for Seattle Monday.
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Ketchikan
Wrangell Narrows
Cordova
Seattle
Whiskey and Pine Cold Remedy Advertised as Cure
An old advertisement touts a patent cold remedy called Whiskey and Pine Formula claimed to cure colds quickly. It warns readers the mixture uses glycerine and pine and should be taken in prescribed doses after meals, noting it can cure after a single day and advising against experimenting with other mixtures.
Thieves Take Gaby's Jewels Leave Coat
Thieves claim a $70,000 jewelry theft involving Gaby Des Lys and her company between New York and Albany. Most of ten trunks were rifled en route, with only jewelry missing besides a $5,000 chinchilla coat. Police aid sought to recover the gems.
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New York
Here
Albany
Gaby Des Lys
Dublin-Born Kirwin Arrested in San Francisco for Embezzlement
Patrick Joseph Kirwin, a Dublin native and Belvedere college graduate, is under arrest in San Francisco on a charge of embezzling stock worth 1104 dollars belonging to Walter Murphy of Dublin. The arrest follows cable instructions from British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey. Kirwin is described as a dapper Dublin man, son of a former bank president in Dublin.
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San Francisco
Sir Edward Grey
Walter Murphy
Dublin
Patrick Joseph Kirwin
Belvedere College
Senator Proposes 150 ft Indian Tepee for Panama Fair
Olympia January 21. Senator Bethel of Lincoln county urges spending 150000 to build a giant Indian tepee at the 1915 Panama expo. The plan calls for timbers from Washington and a lookout with elevator service atop the structure, 150 feet high and 60 feet base diameter.
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Olympia
Washington
Bethel
Lincoln County
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