1913 Overland 985 Self Starter Touring Car from Cambridge Md
An advertisement for a 1913 Overland touring car priced at 985 dollars highlights a 30 horsepower four cylinder engine with a long list of features and accessories. The copy promotes quality materials, skilled workmanship, and readiness for use in any weather, urging customers to visit and test drive today. The notice also lists sale items including cord wood, oxen, carts, and mules with contacts Goray B. Smith and Fred Dunn or Williams in Cambridge Maryland.
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America
Goray B. Smith
Cambridge
Rich Woman Found Murdered in Somerset Home
Somerset, Pa. wealthy Mrs Bertha Shaffer found dead in bathroom at Main street home. Evidence of a struggle in her bedroom with overturned chairs. police silent on possible motives or theft. Shaffer, 40, active in society, had jewels valued at high levels and recent divorce from Dr. Perry Shaffer.
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Somerset
Bertha Shaffer
Main Street
Rescuers Hope to Reach Miners Buried at Tamaqua Shaft
Jan 2 Tamaqua Pa rescuers struggle as water floods East Lehigh mine trapping nine men. Progress advances about five feet per hour through breasted debris. Experts fear survival odds decline while fresh volunteers keep working and supplies available.
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Tamaqua, Pa
East Lehigh
East Li
Confession in Capitol Scandal Sealed Behind Mystery Document
The article reports ongoing pressure over a dynamite laden document tied to a capitol contract scandal. Delaney, the factory inspector, guards the paper, claiming it would ruin many prominent figures if released. Former Treasurer Berry asserts involvement by influential Republicans in the scheme and urges action.
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Chi
Burg
Associathe Central Labor Union
Star Federation of Labor
Doners’ League
Delaney
Pennypacker
Capitol
William H. Berry
Scarlett
Berry
Railroad wreck kills and injures in West Virginia collapse
A freight train plunged through a temporary bridge over the Guyan River on New Year’s Day near the eastern edge of a West Virginia city. Several crew members were killed and others wounded in the crash, with rescue operations underway as authorities investigate the cause.
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Tyne
Guyan River
Guyanje
Balkan peace talks halt as Bulgarian minister storms out
London Jan 2 Bulgarian minister M Madjaroff disrupted the Balkan peace conference by leaving to report to the British foreign office that the allies would resume war. The act halted proceedings as Ottoman plenipotentiaries protested dilatory tactics while Greek Premier Venizelos presided. Delegates then avoided presenting an ultimatum to Turkey to prevent a break in negotiations.
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London
Michael Madjaroff
Foreign Office
M. Madjaroff
Venizelos
Earthquakes Rattle Carolinas With Multiple Shocks
A distinct earthquake was felt in Charlotte with east to west tremors lasting about three seconds and no damage. Spar tanburg and Union, South Carolina reported severe shocks with building damage and jail walls opened. Greenville South Carolina also felt tremors. The report also notes labor leaders arriving at a federal penitentiary and Mc Namara brothers’ confinement.
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Charlotte
N. C
Spartansburg
S. C
Union
Saunty
Greenville
Special tribunal urged to arbitrate Panama dispute
The text notes support for a dedicated court with broad representation to ensure fair decisions on the Panama issue. It mentions concerns about moral pressure and mentions Great Britain and the United States as involved parties, with Democratic senators proposing a tribunal.
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Panama
England
Great Briain
United States
Two Little Girls Drown Crossing Swan Creek Ice
Six people were rescued and two drowned in Swan Creek ice near Toledo Ohio on January 6. Hatlie Smiston nine and Esther six plus Helen eleven were involved. Floyd George thirteen helped save Esther and Helen. Bettie Cooper four drowned as spectators aided the mother, brother and two sisters. The group tried to cross the creek when the ice broke midstream.
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Toledo
Swan Creek
Hatlie Smiston
Esther
Helen
Floyd George
Bettie Cooper
Foot Cut Off At Foot Of Shaft In Mine Accident
Wilkes Barre Pa Jan 6 Walter Kemp a pumpman in a Lu gerne mine had his foot torn off above the ankle when it was caught by a duplex pump plunger. He crawled nearly a mile to the shaft then to the engine house and fainted from exhaustion. Doctors say he will recover. In Cape Charles Va Jan 6 Willie Edmondson eight shoots his five year old sister during wild west play after a trip to a moving picture show.
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Wilkes-Barre
Lugerne
Walter Kemp
Kemp
Cape Charles
Pongoteague
Willie Edmondson
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
Ear disease stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining. Deafness results from this inflammation and cannot be fixed by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a remedy with a $100 reward for cases caused by catarrh that it cannot cure.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Coniv
Tragic shipwreck near Luckenbach claims seventeen lives
Survivors recount a brief escape as the steamer Pennsylvania rescued men from the sinking vessel Indrakoula. The Apache has searched the scene since Saturday for bodies while the Luckenbach marks the crash site. Five more survivors remain aboard the Indrakoula, one died later from exposure, death toll at seventeen.
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Pennsylvania
Indrakoula
Five Men Die In Gas Pocket Explosion At Oxford Mine
Five men were fatally burned when a gas pocket exploded in the Oxford mine in Scranton Pennsylvania. They were building a wall to seal an abandoned section when a worker with a naked lamp triggered the blast. Injured include Joseph Walsh Patrick McNamara William Morrison and John Granville.
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Scranton
Oxford
Joseph Walsh
Patrick McNamara
William Morrison
John Granville
Fire Gutts Lancaster Hardware Store
Fire gutted I P Reese hardware store in central Lancaster after hours of flames. Adjoining buildings flooded. stock loss about 50000 with partial insurance. Building valued at 40000 will need partial rebuilding. Origin of the fire remains a mystery.
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Lancaster
I. P. Reese
Boston Sees Record Low Births in 1912
Boston officials report 1912 birth rate at the city’s lowest ever with only twenty five babies per thousand inhabitants born in the year. The note adds a stark contrast to reports of rising local mortality and other civic concerns.
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Boston
Fresh Oysters For Sale From Mrs Price on Water Street
Families desiring fresh oysters can find carefully chilled options on sale. Mrs Wm Price advertises at Water Street and provides phone contact 286. Purchase details indicate readiness for immediate sale and pickup.
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Wm. Price
Water Street
D.tf
Filipino Offers Services In That Capacity to Vice President-Elect
Indianapolis January 6 Governor Thomas R Marshall vice president elect received a letter from the Philippine Islands asking for a job The plea signed S Viterbe Villaneuva Box 75 Iloilo states I know you have not any son and if you wish to have under your auspices as a lad I shall be glad to offer you my services He seeks transportation and would take any position such as house keeper gardener or servant if possible
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Philippine Islands
S. Viterbe Villaneuva
Iloilo
Two Tragedies and Tax Record Spark Broad News
A mother discovers son dead beside a revolver in Shamokin after a pistol misfire while he examined it. In New York an architect and his wife die in a candle fire at 42 East Highly-first street, as a visiting professor and servants escape. York reports a 1912 revenue record for stamps and 159 cigar factories opened.
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New York
Robert Raetze
East Highly-first Street
Raetze
John Donall
Lawrenceville Preparatory School
Raetzes
York
Ninth Internal Revenue District
Airship Scared Empress Warning From Berlin Group
Berlin reports the Johannisthal Flying Ground association urged German airmen not to fly over Potsdam cantron palace after airman Hannuschke dropped a wreath on its roof. In Scranton, Rev. William B. Crow aged ninety six, noted Carbondale born Baptist minister, died suddenly at Clifford Susquehanna county.
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Berlin
Johannisthal Flying Ground Association
Cantron
Potsdam
Hannuschke
Scranton
William B. Crow
Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Clifford
Susquehanna County
Weather observations and forecast from yesterday evening
Observations from the weather bureau at 8 p m report clear skies in Atlantic City Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia and Washington while Chicago and St Louis show cloudy or clear conditions The forecast calls for fair weather today and tomorrow with south winds.
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United States ‘Weather
Temp
Paws
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Penrose Recounts Narrow Mayor Nomination Battle
Penrose recalls the contested mayoralty fight as George H. Farle led opposition. He says the Catlin investigation committee directed critical inquiries at him and his brother just as the nomination battle heated up.
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Penrose
Bill
George H. Farle
Catlin Investigation Committee
Rivers and Harbors Bill Faces $50 Million Target
Washington asks Congress to set rivers and harbors spending at about fifty million dollars after lobbying by the National Rivers and Harbor Congress. The plan includes six million for the Mississippi project focused on levee strengthening in flood districts.
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Washington
Congress
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
National Rivers and Harbor Congress
Mississippi
May End Soft Coal Trust Verdict Shapes Antitrust Move
The Justice Department sees the Columbus, Ohio ruling dissolving the soft coal trust as largely final. Attorney General Wickersham awaits the full text to determine its impact. Meanwhile Mrs Grover Cleveland and fiancé Professor T J Preston of Princeton will join President Taft for a White House dinner next Saturday.
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Wickersham
Washington
Soft Coal Trust
Department of Justice
Federal Court
Columbus
Washington, Jan. G
Grover Cleveland
T. J. Preston
Princeton
Taft
White House
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Hubert HR. Wright
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Ri Sale
Cord J
Dfred Dunn
Williams
Yor Serra
Locust Street
Howard Brannock Oute
Eet Ave
McCauley & Co
Matthews & Company
High St
Choptank Avenue
L. B. Phillips
High Street
F. L
R. E. Dean
Race Street
Middletown Farms
Pure Dairy Products
Middletown, del
Thomas Lynch Coll
Henry
Wm. L. Love
Ito
Henry Lloyd, JR
The
Illinois Surety Company
Spring Street
Milliners’ Trust
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
White Plains
N. Y
Antonio Palici
Palici
Tamaqua
Ter
Aristolark
Phil
Rhinelander
Min
Mortimer
Frank Neca & Co
Tailors
Poplar Street
Eh Gael
Boge
W. Va
Ohio Railroad
Turkey
Porter J. M.cumber
U. 8
North Dakota
Carolinas
Por
Herbert S.hockin
John T. Butler
Federal Penitentiary
McNamara Brothers
San Quentin
Cal
Boy
Sister
Big Blaze
Pekin
C. Guy Lecompte
Eastern Shore Trust Co
Cambridge, Ma
Marshall
Shamokin
Alfred McKean
J. G. Evans, Jeweler
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