Two Columbus Children Perish in Fire
Four separate fire reports detail child deaths across multiple towns. Myrtle Shoots, 4, and sister Margaret, 2, burned alive in Columbus home after mother leaves briefly. cause suspected as stove fire with door left open. Ogdensburg reports four Barit children burned after acetylene gas explosion. Midvale lists two boys burned to death when an oil lamp exploded. a brother lies dying. Wheeling notes a Creston home blaze with Elbert, 6, cremated and Emmet, 9, Frank, 7, severely burned.
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Oeumdes
Myrtle
Margaret
Sheir
Mra
William Shoets
Hanes Bells
Ogdensburg
Warwick
Ovide Barit
See Reece
Midvale
James McDonald
Scranton
Benjamin Jones
Michael McDonald
Wheeling
W. Va
Creston
Wirt County
Edward Hopkins
Elbert
Emmet
Frank
Ten Banks Closed as Officials Probe Banking Scandals
New York December 28 authorities closed the Northern Bank, with seven million in deposits, and shut its nine branches amid a banking and insurance inquiry. Joseph G Robinovitch, now described as a banker, was committed to a madhouse by friends as two state departments investigate his financing of several insurance ventures and the Astna Indemnity Company of Hartford.
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New York
Joseph G. Robin
Robinovitch
Insurance Department
Robin
Astna Indemnity Company of
Hartford
Carmichael Warrington Wedding in St George's Church
In Montreal on December 28 Miss Gertrude Warrington daughter of Mrs. F F Warrington wed Mr Graham Carmichael. The bridegroom is the son of the late Rev Hartley Carmichael D D rector of St Pauls Richmond Virginia and nephew of the late Bishop Carmichael of Montreal.
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Montreal
St. George's Church
Gertrude Warrington
F. F. Warrington
Graham Carmichael
Hartley Carmichael
St Paul's Church
Richmond
Bishop Carmichael
Discuss New Jersey Senatorship Conference In Newark
Democratic members elect of the New Jersey general assembly meet in Newark for a conference to choose the speakership and to discuss the contest for the United States senatorship between James Smith Jr and James B Marune.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey General Assembly
United States
James Smith, Jr
James B. Mar Une
Kilbourne Boom For Senatorial Candidacy in Ohio
Columbus reports Colonel James Kilbourne is being boosted for the senatorship by Daniel H. Sowers. Sowers mails letters praising Kilbourne as a citizen and soldier to Democrats statewide, including blank petitions in the letters for supporters to sign.
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Columbus
James Kilbourne
Daniel H. Sowers
Democrata
Mr. Kilbourne
Three masked men raid Bellefontaine home attacks bride
In Bellefontaine Ohio on December 28 three masked intruders entered Guy Strickland’s Harper Street home and bound his bride of six months Mrs Strickland. They gagged her, tore down and destroyed their marriage certificate and pictures, leaving Mrs Strickland with serious injuries after a struggle. Earlier this month Strickland had received a threatening note but ignored it.
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Bellefontaine, O
Guy Strickland
Harper
Governor Harmon appoints Charles J. Lynch to common pleas bench
Columbus Ohio December 28 Governor Harmon has appointed Attorney Charles J Lynch of Bellaire to the common pleas bench to fill the unexpired term of Judge Pollack who resigned to accept a position on the circuit bench Pollack was elected last November With the boxers Packey McFarland and Harry Trendall of St Louis likely to meet in Pittsburg January 6 Willie Lewis has left Kid McCoy and returned to Dan McKetrick's management
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Columbus
Harmon
Charles J. Lynch
Bellaire
Common Pleas
Pollack
Irv
Cffcult
Packey McFarland
Harry Trendall
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Willie Lewis
Kid" McCoy
Dan McKettrick
Plunges Down Stairway injures Speaker Vining in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on December 28 Representative Samuel J. Vining Democratic speaker of the house slipped after a sneeze on a stair at the Star Bate and fell hard striking his right side. A physician treated him and he regained consciousness though feared internal injuries though he continued to conduct business at the statehouse. Also reported a Boston birth on stage and census note that Ironton Ohio grew by 1000 to 13147 people in 1910.
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Vining
Columbus
Samuel J. Vining
Ue Star Bate
Flo
Statehouse
Death of Rev Walter Mefford in Ripley accident
The 76 year old Rev Walter Mefford died in Ripley Ohio after a fall on a滑 slippery pavement. In Los Angeles Jack Cudahy denied reconciliation rumors with his divorced wife. In Manila Captain Arch Deubery of the Eleventh Philippine scouts was arrested charged with killing a private with a stick. A Black Hand bomb exploded damaging a New York tenement entrance, panicking six hundred residents.
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Walter Mefford
Ripley
Los Angeles
Jack Cudahy
Manila
Arch Deubery
Philippine Scouts
New York
Noted speakers address teachers at Sinoia convention
Chicago reports the Sinoia Teachers Association opens with Dr William A Evans Chicago health commissioner presenting a critique of public schools from a physical health angle. Other speakers include W Thompson of Ohio State and Jane Addams of Hull House. Afternoon session moves to Orchestra Hall for social settlement discussion.
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Chicago
Sinoia Teachers’ Association
Hotel la Salle
William A. Evans
W. ©. Thompson
Ohio State University
Misa Jane Addams
Hull House
Milan Addams
Orchestra Hall
Cal
Miss Hooven Seeks Larger Share of Gordon Estate
Jennie Simtison Toeven sues H J Kerth estate administrator for Colonel Alexander Gordon claiming he promised to provide for her as his daughter. She alleges she was left only 20000 though she needs 10000 yearly. She asserts she cared for Gordon during visits to Hamilton and managed his affairs.
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Miss Hooven
Colonel Gordon
Itumitton
Jennie Simtison Toeven
H. J. Kerth
Alexander Gordon
Gordon
Hamilton
Hurricane Devastates Gomera Island
Madrid reports a violent hurricane struck Gomera in the Canary Islands with substantial loss of life and widespread damage. Officials warned of continuing peril as rescue and relief efforts begin amid harsh conditions.
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Madrid
Gomera
Canary Islands
Holiday Golf At Pinehurst In New York Tourney
Nationally prominent golf experts converge at Pinehurst Country Club for the seventh annual holiday week tournament. Play starts tomorrow and runs through Friday and Saturday, with a large high quality field promising one of the year's best events.
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Pinehurst
N. Y
Pinehurst Country Club
Meeting on Labor Legislation in St. Louis Discusses Core Topics
In St. Louis on December 28 the American Association for Labor Legislation held its fourth annual meeting focusing on conservation of human resources. Yale's Henry W Farman and Columbia's Franklin H Giddings presented papers on practical methods and social theory in policy, with Frederick L Hoffman of Prudential concluding. Other topics included industrial hygiene and working women hours. Florence Kelley, Charles Henderson, and US Labor Commissioner Charles Neill participated among others. The loser never wastes his sympathy on the winner.
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St. Louis
American Association For Labor Legislation
American Sociological Society
American Statistical Association
Henry W. Farman
Yale
Franklin HW. Giddings
Columbia University
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Insurance Company
America
Florence Kelley
New York
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Charles P. Neill
United States Labor Commissioner
Davis and Dewitt wedding ties Civil War legacy
In Colorado Springs on December 28 a wedding drew wide interest as Mian Dore Dewitt, daughter of Theodore F. Dewitt, married Jefferson Hayes Davis, grandson of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Mian Dore Dewitt
Theodore F. Dewitt
Jefferson Hayes Davis
Jefferson Davis
Hill And Banquets Story Of A Reluctant Diner
David J. Hill despised private dinners and social chatter yet attended a hotel dinner where an old friend waited with a book and a cigar. Hill stormed in at 11 pm, ripped off a boutonniere, and blasted four hours of twaddle as a waste of time. A brief classified notice offers a Stanhope bogey for 75 at 36 Public Square.
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David J. Hill
Hotel Normandie
Washington
Hill
New York Sun
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