Possible void election looms in Mexico City vote
Mexico City voters show indifference as ballots cast under guard amid reports General Felix Diaz leads in the capital. Huerta’s response options include voiding the presidential vote or delaying a new congress and election, with results not due until November. General Diaz reportedly under arrest for defying war minister orders.
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400 Mile Race With Fire in Hold
Halifax N S Oct 27 The forward deck burned as the Roth Mner Sawwell took a 400 mile voyage to safety. A cotton fire below triggered alarm and disabled steering gear after heavy seas. Five hours of struggle ensued while repairs were made as the ship floundered in a northeast gale. The Seawell, bound for Havre from Savannah, carried a cargo valued near a million dollars and was being fought with local firefighting equipment.
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Newport News
Rail line halts salmon run in Fraser canyon
Dominion fisheries experts warn four to five million dollars yearly loss to British Columbia salmon business and the possible disappearance of the big four year salmon run due to the Canadian Northern transcontinental line through Fraser river Hell's Gate. High river levels and railroad damming altered currents, causing millions of four year old salmon to turn back or die without spawning. Ty Cobb will not be traded or sold. Detroit Tigers president Frank J. Nevin rejects rumor, calling Cobb the club’s best drawing card and insisting on keeping him.
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Ty Cobb
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Frank J. Nevin
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Cobb
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President Wilson rededicates Congress Hall in Philadelphia
Oct 27 report details President Wilson visiting Philadelphia to rededicate Congress Hall. The speaker’s platform sits on the same spot where Washington read his first and farewell messages to Congress. The hall, near Independence Hall, has hosted pivotal moments in U.S. history including Washington’s inaugurations and Marshall’s announcements.
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John Marshall
Blood stain can endure? Wilson speech in Swarthmore
President Wilson, in Swarthmore on October 27, asserts the Western Hemisphere must unite for a sacred cause and that any government stained by blood or not backed by consent of the governed cannot endure. He links Penn’s ideal of a free commonwealth to U.S. policy toward Mexico and hints at a forthcoming formal note from Washington.
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Swarthmore, Pa
Wilson
Western Hemisphere
William Penn
America
Provident
Washington Administration
United States
Mexico
New Island Reported in Atlantic Near Sable Island
Halifax reports to the marine department that a new island has appeared in the Atlantic near Sable Island. The notice was shared with Ottawa headquarters.
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Atlantic
Halifax
Iceland
Sable Island
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Ottawa
Separated siblings reunited after 43 years in Ohio
In Chardon on Oct 21 Mrs J Hy Curtis returned from Ashtabula where she treated her brother C B Richmond after 43 years apart. The siblings had been separated when they were young and lost track of each other.
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Mra
J. Hy Curtis
Ashtabuta
C. B. Richmond
Columbus Officials Fight Short Ballot Push
Columbus Ohio lawmakers and state officers oppose the adoption of the short ballot enabling the governor to appoint the four principal state officials. Washington letters arrive as representatives plan to join the wind up campaign. Congressmen J D Pont of the Seventh district and Isvse Sherwood of the Ninth join, arguing the ballot serves as a common carrier like a major railroad.
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Newport man charged with murder in strange Ohio river death
Police arrested George Rice a itinerant junk dealer with no fixed residence on murder charges in the case of Allen Davis of Marietta found badly decomposed in a box drifting down the Ohio river last month. The case remains puzzling authorities said.
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George Rice
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Marietta
Davis
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Celebrants Shoot Man Near Labelle Works In Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio on October 27 Mélie Dunérna was fatally shot by a member of a group of foreign wedding celebrants traveling by auto on a road nearby. The victim is expected to die.
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Meliie Dunerna
Labelle Iron Works
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Cross Carving Hints At Italian Secret Society Case
Cleveland, Oct 1 The body of Paul Contino was found in a vacant lot bearing nearly 100 knife wounds. A cross carved on his forehead leads police to suspect involvement by an Italian secret society.
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Paul Contino
Seven Brave Firemen Die in Milwaukee Explosion
A half million dollar fire at the Goodyear-Rother company plant in Milwaukee's center district triggered a deadly explosion that killed seven firemen as walls collapsed and debris rained down. Dozens hurt, and heroic rescue efforts followed by Father Joseph Murphy aiding buried crews.
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Rother Company
Pater Jaseph Murphy
Cathedral
Live Stock and Grain Prices From East Buffalo to Toledo
Market notes record cattle, sheep, and grain prices across cities including East Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Pittsburg Cincinnati Boston and Toledo. Entries list cattle bids hogs and sheep with price ranges and terms, reflecting regional commodity trading and seasonal fluctuations.
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Ohio State Teachers Association presses spelling harmony
A letter from the Ohio State Teachers Association requests simplified spelling in all Ohio State University bulletins and publications. An earthquake shook San Francisco windows, a Swift & Company fire destroyed two warehouses at Union stock yards in Chicago with losses around 800000 dollars. Farmers in Fayetta county Ohio start a movement to relocate foreign labor to local colonies amid farm labor shortages. Governor Cruve of Oklahoma says he will run for US senator against Renato Gore, urged by his party and friends. Some men avoid trouble by buying it outright.
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Ohio
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Navy Secretary backs worldwide naval accord and three-battleship plan
Secretary of the Navy urged a world agreement among leading powers to curb battleship construction for a set period, arguing economic strain and the burden on citizens. He favored a three-battleship program for the coming year and discussed with President Wilson as Panama Canal fortifications face a major fleet exercise next February.
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Youth survives 40 foot fall with minor injuries
In Dayton Ohio on October 27 Jorge Lone fell roughly 40 feet from a window of an office building and landed on concrete. He was unconscious on arrival but suffered only a fractured right arm and bodily bruises with no other injuries reported.
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