Titanic Victims Death Causes and Land Rights Bill
The report notes most Titanic victims died from exposure rather than drowning, while a Washington bill seeks to quiet title along the Union Pacific right of way to two hundred feet, affecting Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. Halifax authorities report 16 of 17 bodies recovered died from exposure.
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Washington
Norris
Union Pacific Railroad
Judiciary Committee
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Bristow
Senate
Halifax
N. S
H. W. Cunningham
St. George's Church
Mississippi Flood Reaches New Record High Along Gulf Coast
Flood levels rise along the Mississippi from Vicksburg to New Orleans with river stages 0.5 to 2.5 feet above previous records and an anticipated one foot rise to Baton Rouge. Army engineers report record water volume moving 8.1 feet per second, about a mile per hour faster than any prior flood. danger points in Louisiana levees noted.
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Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi River
O Baton Rouge
Weather Bureau
United States Army Engineers
Big River
Louisi
Senate Passes Workmen's Compensation Bill
Washington report shows the workmen's compensation bill passing the Senate 64 to 15, largely as drafted by the employers' liability committee and revised only to raise benefits. The measure now advances to the House amid several amendments, few accepted with Sen. Sutherland guiding the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Employers’ Liability Committee
House
Senato
Sutherland
Rescue Boats Arrive Too Late In Torras Flood
Flood refugees from Torras report heavy loss of life after the Mississippi breached the levee. Motor boats sent to rescue people on flooded house tops arrived too late, and the death toll remains unknown.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Torras
Shriners Turned Back While En Route to Los Angeles
One hundred Shriners from Oklahoma City traveling in khaki with steel endowments were turned back at the El Paso Juarez border while bound for a Los Angeles reunion. Military authorities say Juarez Revolutionists might have mistaken them for soldiers and fired.
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el Paso
Tex
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
Juarez
Local Election Tentative: Citizens Reserved to Vote Tuesday
The report notes residents remain urged to vote on Tuesday while authorities caution the timing could shift if elections were held. Officials emphasize participation amid unclear scheduling and potential changes.
Neeuit of Maryland Primaries.
Baltimore news item notes Speaker Chamberspe Clark and Roosevelt involved in Maryland primary events. The fragment hints at political figures and partisan activity in Baltimore during primary season.
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Neeuit
Maryland
Baltimore
Chamberspee Clark
Roosevelt
Benefits Canadian Crop Winnipeg Spring Wheat Storm
Winnipeg reports describe western Canada's spring wheat belt enduring a brief fury as a first real storm of the season touches the region. Observers note potential impacts on emergent crops and expected market effects for local farmers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Localities Mentioned Around Baton Rouge in Report
Readable fragments list places including ana Baton Rouge Bennett Carr twenty five miles north of New Orleans Morrison Plaquemine Scotts Landing Cypress Hall New Roads and Third District New Orleans.
Provisional Mexican presidency eyed amid rebel advance
Juarez is named provisional capital as Emilio Vasquez Go mes is appointed provisional president for Mexico while Orozco leads rebels at Torreon. The move may shift capital to Chihuahua and affect state administration under the rebel forces.
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Juarez
St. Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Go‘mes
Mexico
Saturnae Ece En Cual Orozco
Torreon
Chihuahua
States of
Orozco
Scalo Enrique
Senator Brown Pushes $50,000 for Missouri River Protection
Senator Brown seeks approval of a senate bill authorizing fifty thousand dollars to fund measures protecting property along the Missouri River in Dakota County from future water damage.
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Missouri River
Washington
Senator Brown
Senate
Dakota
Conflicts Over Church Dance Rule Split Meth Episcopal
Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church wrestle with abolishing the ban on dancing gambling and theatergoers after bishops report two thirds of 3 256 000 members attend such diversions and declare the forty year old prohibition obsolete. They argue it is better to remove an ineffective law while still opposing amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Bishops
Methodist Conference Eyes Five Year Pastor Tenure Plan
The Methodist-Episcopal general conference considers imposing a five year limit on pastors in each church, reversing 1900's abolition. Bishops expect strong opposition while supporting a move to stimulate church growth among about 19 000 ministers worldwide.
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Minneapolis
Methodist — Episcopal ‘General Conference
Methodist Episcopal
Levee Defense Mobilizes City as Flood Crest Approaches
In Baton Rouge Louisiana hundreds of citizens join 300 convicts and 500 LSU students along with schoolboys boy scouts and soldiers at the levees. They labor to protect the pumping station waterworks and nearby property as about a thousand people help construct mud boxes and shore up earthworks against rising Mississippi floodwaters.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Louisiana State University
Macon Prepares for National Reunion of Confederate Veterans
Macon Georgia braces for the United Confederate Veterans reunion with an expected crowd of fifty thousand visitors. Citizens aim to honor the soldiers of the lost cause, acknowledging the lasting significance of entertaining the group.
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Macon
United Confederate Veterans
Morley Receives Life Sentence
Lincoln reports Charles Morley found guilty of murder of Warden Dela and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Abandoned Hope of Patching Torras Break Threatens Flood
The 800 foot Mississippi River levee breach at Torras Louisiana has been abandoned as a solution. Water rushes through the gap at twelve miles per hour. Several small towns are inundated and gauges rise. The Angola penal farm dyke failure concentrates flood risk in a small area. Baton Rouge serves as the homeless center for Torras break victims.
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New Orleans
Torras
Mississippi
Angola
Baton Rouge
To Establish Parcels Post Washington
The post office appropriation bill, about 276 million dollars, passed the house 227 to. It includes federal aid for roads, compulsory owner name publication by periodicals, and the establishment of a parcels post with rural free delivery service.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Red Cross Nurses Refuse Care in Torreon Skirmish
Dispatches from Torreon report ten Mexican Red Cross nurses refused to help a wounded federal officer brought from the north. The nurses said they would serve only volunteers and revolutionists. Several Red Cross members have departed Torreon to join revolutionary forces.
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Laredo
Tex
Torreon
Red Cross
Blame Placed on Anarchists in New York Trampling
Representative Berger of Wisconsin accuses anarchists of orchestrating a trampling incident in New York on Wednesday. He denounces the event as a frameup by the Industrial Workers of the World to discredit socialism.
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New York
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
Congress
Industrial Workers of the World
Woman’s Judgment and a Nervous Man at the Top
A reflective line about a woman trusting intuition when judgment errs and a nervous man seeking escape routes as he ascends to prominence. The fragment hints at gendered perception and fear of exposure in leadership settings.
An Ananias Doubts Suburban Winter Life
A judge recalls G. W. Smith who claims delight in winter suburb living, while another remark mocks him for celebrating Washington’s birthday and being pursued by ridicule.
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Ananias
G. W. Smith
Humph
Rascal
Washington
Chestnut Tree Blight Sparks Reader Reassurance
A reader reports chestnut tree blight but editors urge calm, noting chestnuts arriving by mail are unaffected and suggesting continued optimism about the crop.
Dialogue Excerpt Reveals Family Tumes of Hate
In a clipped exchange from Harper s Bazaar two speakers brown and smith discuss motive for animosity toward a person named Blank. Brown acknowledges kinship with smith while probing additional reasons for the hatred.
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Brown
Blank
Smith—Weill
Fell. Mrs Murphy And Son Dinnis Airplane Lesson
Dialogue reflects a humorous misunderstanding about a boy named Dinnis learning to fly in a correspondence school. Mrs Murphy asks if he fell from his airplane while Mrs Casey notes he stopped mid lesson. The exchange mimics a newspaper brief noting a miscommunication in a domestic scene.
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Murphy
Dinnis
Casey
Lippincott’s
Fully Assimilated. RoyS. Baker on immigration
Baker cites rapid assimilation of immigrant families in Lawrence, telling a story of Paoli Cenci and his son Francesco. Francesco asks what year Italians discovered Americans, illustrating the smooth blending of identities within the national life.
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Roys. Baker
Lawrence
Paoli Cenci
Paoli
Francesco
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Pour
Alabastine Company
Grandeilie
Grand Rapids
Rich
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Garkold
Battle Creek
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