Attempt to Kill Penny Pastor at Blairsville Church
Rev Dr R H K McClure pastor of Blairsville United Presbyterian and Indiana County Anti Saloon League president survived a late night assassination attempt. A bullet pierced his Bible and grazed his left side after two gunmen fled as he shouted and threw a rock. Police search for the two attackers. He has led the church for 22 years.
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Blairsville
R. HK. McClure
Dr. McClure
Dr. McCl
United Presbyterian Church
Warning Issued On Eating Uncooked Pork Products
Washington warns against consuming uncooked pork as a cause of trichinosis. The Agriculture Department cites 58 fatal cases in a California community during November and December 1911, all linked to sausage eaten without cooking. The parasite in hog flesh has no known effective treatment.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
California
Turkey raiser Horace Vose dies at 73 in Westerly
Horace Vose, famed turkey purveyor for White House Thanksgiving feasts, died in Westerly Rhode Island at age 73 after six months of heart trouble. He started raising turkeys at 15 and, during Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency, began supplying the president’s holiday dinner each year.
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Westerly, BR
Horace Vose
White House
Vose
Grant
Joe Mulhatton Drowns in Kelvin Arizona
Joe Mulhatton, famed across the southwest for tall tales and aversion to truth, was reported drowned at Kelvin, Arizona. He formerly worked for a Louisville hardware house and spun bizarre stories for friends, earning the nickname That sounds like Joe Mulhatton.
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St. Louis
Joe Mulhatton
Southwest
Kelvin
Ariz
Mulhatton
Louisville
Girls Found Dead in Pittsburgh House Fire Tragedy
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania two girls aged 14 and 13 were found dead in an Epiphany Street house bathroom. Bertha Lopwitz of 4 Townsend Street and Rose Rogow of 208 Elm Street died amid a fog from a gas water heater as a man opened the door in the afternoon. The victims were assisting Rose Rogow’s brother with moving furniture into the new residence.
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Pittsburgh
Gag Fames
Bertha Lopwitz
Townsend-st
Rose Rogow
Elm-st
Drake
Rogon
Federal ownership urged for telegraph and telephone systems
Postmaster General Burleson urges federal ownership of telegraph and telephone networks in his new annual report. He cites successful parcel post expansion as proof the Post Office can handle large nationwide business and notes a surplus of 3.84 million dollars for the year ending June 30, 1913. He defends second class mail rates and the franking privilege while criticizing railroad mail rates.
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Washington
D. C
Burleson
Wilson
Post Office
Postoffice
No Peanut Trust Claimed as DOJ Finds No Conspiracy
Washington DC department of justice reports no evidence of a peanut trust after investigating complaints by growers in North Carolina and Virginia. Officials say price fixing results from world supply dynamics, not a single trust.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Justice
Peanut Trust
Department
North Carolina
Virginia
Justice Department
Polar Night Lit by Windmill Light for Alaska Mission
Winds from northern Alaska will power an electric light plant designed by Dr. W. E. S. Temple of the University of Pennsylvania for the Episcopal mission at Point Hope Alaska. Bishop P. T. Rowe authorized the project to illuminate the polar night.
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Philadelphia
Alaska
P. T. Rowe
Diocese of
W. E. S. Temple
University of Pennsylvania
Episcopal
Point Hope
Lowellville Votes to Retain Saloons in Special Election
In Lowellville Ohio with about 400 voters, 183 to 170 chose to keep saloons. Several arrests were made for alleged illegal voting amid a spirited campaign. The Wet majority shrank from the last election and Mahoning County eyes a potential wider county election.
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WII
Youngstown
Lowellville
al Mahoning County
George Junior Republic founder condemned for moral conduct
A New York state board of charities special committee reports William R. George, founder of the George Junior Republic at Freeville, condemned for moral conduct. It urges his removal from all ties to the republic and expansion of controls over offenses, with girls barred from cottages and boys required to handle their own housework.
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State Board Scores
Junior Republic
New York City
State Board of Charities
William R. George
George Junior Republic
Freeville
N. Y
National Association of George Junior Republics
Robert W. Hebberd
Horace McGuire
Rochester
Daniel W. Burdict
Ithaca
Stephen Smith
New York
George
Buffalo
Republic
Railroads Faulted in Interstate Commission Report
Interstate Commerce Commission’s 1913 annual report cites 76 investigated train accidents, 2838 deaths and 1880 injuries, with widespread rule violations and minimal supervision. The commission blames railroad officials and calls for federal action to improve traveler and employee safety.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bombs Damage Prison Wall in Holloway Attack
Two bombs exploded near Holloway Prison in London causing the outer wall to shatter for 14 feet. The blast shattered neighborhood windows and was felt up to a half mile away, though prison buildings inside the walls remained intact.
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London
England
Holloway
Predicts Loveless Age. Southern Surgical address warns of eugenics era
Dr. A. J. Oswine of Chicago told the Southern Surgical and Gynecological association that a loveless age is approaching when eugenics is broadly applied. He said health will guide mate pairing rather than sentiment, and that era is not far off.
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Atlanta
A. J. Oswine
Chicago
Southern Surgical and Gyneological Association
Senate passes currency reform bill creating regional banks
The administration currency reform bill passed the Senate 54 to 34. It calls for government backed currency, regional reserve banks, a seven member Federal Reserve Board, and centralized control to stabilize banking, with a goal to expand or contract currency to meet trade needs.
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Washington, D. C
Administration
United States
Senate
Froma
Federal Reserve Board
House
Plans for dissolution of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Attorney General McReynolds virtually accepted AT&T dissolution plans framed by N C Kingsbury. President Wilson praised the details. The proposals include disposing of Western Union holdings, not expanding to independent rivals, seeking DOJ and ICC advice on control holdings, and setting terms with independents on charges and mileage.
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Washington, D. C
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
The
Telephone Trust
McReynolds
N. C. Kingsbury
Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Co
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sensational Highway Attack Near Eph rat a Reamstown
In Lancaster County a masked highwayman attacked Miss Esther Keller on the Eph rata to Reamstown road 15 miles from Lancaster. He held her and jabbed a hypodermic needle into her arm, then robbed her of $12 in pay while she fainted.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Reamstown
Sther Keller
Bold diamond thief robs store as crowds surround
A stranger dressed in blue jumpers entered Arthur Seidensticker’s jewelry shop among Christmas shoppers and stole 36 mounted diamonds valued at 5000. Clerks Charles Anderson and Earl Peabody chased him through streets. the thief fired at them in an alley before vanishing amid a crowd as police pursued.
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Peabody
Seidensticker
Man Dies After Train Stretches Spell On Chicago Passenger Run
C J Mobon 37 of Chicago stepped from a Lake Shore train to stretch and was fatally injured when the train started. He fell backward into a fast express and died an hour later at Providence hospital while en route home for Christmas.
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Bandusky
C. J. Mobon
Chicago
Lake Shore
Mobon
Mabon
New York
Providence Hospital
To Honor Mayor Hunt Cincinnati Dinner
A nonpartisan testimonial dinner was held for Mayor Hunt and city department heads at the Business Men's club Friday evening December 26. Invitations will go to civic organizations. others may attend. Plans call for several hundred guests with special entertainment and notable speakers.
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Cincinnati
Hunt
Business Men’s Club
Man in Hospital Indicted for Fraud After Accident
F. E. Thomas of Bedford County, a traveling man, was indicted by the county grand jury for obtaining money under false pretenses. He was severely injured when struck by a Lake Shore electric car and confined to the hospital in Fremont. the indictment was returnable months ago but Thomas’s whereabouts were unknown until the accident.
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Fremont
Lake Shore
F. E. Thomas
Bedford
Thomas
Fairport Clerk Accused Of Misusing Municipal Funds
John O. Koski village clerk of Fairport Lake county is alleged to have issued checks on municipal funds payable to himself. A state examiner report lists total findings of 671.86 dollars against him, made public by the state bureau of accounting.
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Columbus
John O. Koski
Fairport
Lake County
C. £. Lippincott
State Bureau of Accounting
Christmas Shopper Falls Dead in Conneaut Store
Mrs. Mary Eaton aged 70 collapsed and died while Christmas shopping in Conneaut. Officials report the cause as apoplexy.
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Conneaut
Mary Eaton
Parrot’s Screech Averts Fire Deaths in Fremont Home
Fire destroyed the residence of Mr and Mrs Hugh Beal in Fremont while they slept. Their parrot’s screech awakened them allowing a nighttime escape in their night clothes. All personal effects and household goods were lost.
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Fremont
Hugh Beal
Beals
Veteran Railroader Dies at Erie Agent Lary of Marysville
L. F. Lary longtime Erie Railroad agent at Broadway Marysville died suddenly at 67 leaving three sons all railroad men in southern California. He would have retired on pension soon.
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Marysville
Erie Railroad Co
L. F. Lary
Broadway
Lary
California
Supposed Trickster Arrested in Sandusky Case
A Detroit youth aged 23 nicknamed Harry C. Stone is jailed as a suspect using the alias F. W. Wardwell a Cleveland banker and other identities in a fraud case in Sandusky authorities say.
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Sandusky
Harry C. Stone
Detroit
F. W. Wardwell
Cleveland
Unidentified Man Found Dead Near Farm Shack
A man was found dead beside a corn shack on Charles Upton's farm at the city edge. An empty bottle that had contained poison lay nearby, and the deceased remains unidentified. Police began investigations into the fatal drink as a possible suicide or foul play.
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Toledo
Charles Upton
Italians Fined for Stoning Erie Train
Twenty eight Italian construction workers on the Erie railroad jailed for a week pleaded guilty to stoning a train. Each was fined 60 dollars plus costs.
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van Wert
Erie Railroad
Why I Emigrated How a Canadian Farm Paid for Itself
A Chicago journalist recounts interviewing a Western Canada farmer who left Iowa for 160 acres, then expanded to about 3000, paid in three years with wheat yields, and rose from poverty to owner of a large farm. He notes Canada offers vast opportunity and a secure retire from poverty.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
Iowa
Towa
Western
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