Residents face furnace outages amid power and heat woes
Journal last night quotes Walter Goodell, C. Sipe, John St. Lazarus, and Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson about ongoing heating failures. They describe no fuel, limited furnaces, and widespread disruption as mains breakages affect the entire system. Alonso Greene Smith relocates his family to the Grand Hotel due to severe cold in North Poona gi.
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Pany
Walter Goodell
C. Sipe
John St. Lazarus
Edwin Hendrickson
Alonso Greene Smith
Poona
Grand Hotel
All Trains Late and Telegraph Wires Down
Indianapolis endured a cold wave with 4 degrees below zero at 6 AM rising to the zero mark by noon. Telegraph wires snapped severing Western Union lines in Lafayette Crawfordsville and other northern cities. Train schedules were disrupted as through traffic faced delays and widespread telegraph outages hindered communication.
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Indianapolis
Mercury
Union
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
City Charities Strained By Cold Wave Demands
During a severe cold spell the city’s charitable organizations face unprecedented appeals for aid. The Friendly Inn reported taking in many distressed individuals last night as volunteers scramble to provide shelter and meals amid growing need.
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Friendly Inn
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday in December
Weather forecast based in Washington shows continued cold and partly cloudy skies for Monday with fresh northwest to north winds. Snow possible at night and Tuesday in central and north areas while western portions remain fair yet cold. Dakota and Minnesota regions expect fair skies and cold. increasing cloudiness and possible snow in the south.
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Washington
North Portions
North Fair
Michigan
Poray
South Portion
Dakota
West Portion
Poraa
East
Fair
Northwest
Minnesota
Alms Scene Highlights Salvation Army Help in Crisis
Overnight crowds sought fuel and clothing as calls for aid surged at the Salvation Army. Women dominated requests with a widow and three hungry children among the beggars. The Charity Organization Bureau will respond to all demands for aid today.
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Salvation Army
Organizattion Booty
Plenty of Coal and No Dread of Famine Amid Cold Spell
Amid record cold, city claims ample coal supply and steady prices. Officials from Island Coal Company and Furnas say demand can be met, with delivery delays possible but no famine risk. Local yards and railroads are handling the load, weather unlikely to raise costs.
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M. Ogle
Island Coal Company
J. Furnas
J. H. Furnas & Co
G. R. Stewart
Man Wanders to Dispensary as Cold Snap Bites
A man named Harry Lyons with no home wandered into the Dispensary during a severe cold period. He had one foot frozen and was transported by ambulance to City Hospital with Dr Jeffries in attendance. Doctors expect no serious injury.
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Harry Lyons
Jeffries
General staff eager to fight in Panama
The article reports on naval observations near Panama with a Colombian cruiser Cartagena possibly landing troops and naval stores along the coast. Interpreters found Indian tribes largely unhelpful, while Atlanta and Mayflower patrols weigh whether troops landed between Cartagena and Gulf of Darien or returned to Cartagena.
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Cartagena
Interreters
Gulf of Darien
Cauca
Atlanta
Culebra
United States
Prairie
Guantanamo
Goa
Colombia Opposed to Action by Panama
Dec 13 dispatch from Bogota indicates official circles and public favor opposing execution of acts reserved for Colombia. Nation awaits the Washington appeal outcome while maintaining a firm stance amid regional tensions. Panama convention plans advance with a large committee to nominate candidates from each province for a constitutional convention. Washington reports note Adams and Loomis briefings as minister-elect Buchanan sails for Colon. Caracas reports Colombia to send Gen Rafael Uribe Uribe as special envoy to South American republics.
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Panama
Panama Canal Y
Washington
W. S. Buchanan
New York State
Loomis
Buchanan
New York
Colon
Caracas
Rafael Uribe-Uribe
Solomon Loeb Dies Co Founder of Kuhn Loeb Firm
Solomon Loeb a founder of Kuhn Loeb & Co died in New York on Saturday night. A German native he came to the United States in 1849 and settled in Cincinnati where he joined Kuhn Netter & Co. In 1865 he moved to New York and helped establish Kuhn Loeb & Co, retiring in 1900. He was 1 a pioneer of American banking.
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New York
Solomon Loeb
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Germany
Cincinnati
Kuhn, Netter & Co
New York City
Abraham Kuhn
Manchester
N. H
Dennis M. Bradley
Anchester
Ee Abe
Ars Fas & Saas
Philippt
Deadly cold grips state and west with deaths and damage
A man about thirty five, believed Henry Rowe, was found frozen to death near Sullivan Indiana after Nightly intoxication and wandering. In Anderson Indiana H G Neeley witnessed a wind storm devastate Greenfield Cutlery Company factory. Fort Wayne reports near zero temps and a church wall blown in with a factory stack toppled. Evansville notes ice forming on the Ohio river as the Cruiser hull sinks after striking a log and boats retreat to winter quarters.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Henry Rowe
Jackson Hill
Hymera
Grendorf
W.S. Bogle
Rowe
Anderson
H. G. Neeley
Greenfield Cutlery Company
Greenfield, O
Neeley
Greenfield
Fort Wayne
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Indian Manufacturing Company
Evansville
Ohio River
Green River
Unprecedented Cold for Time of Year in Chicago
Chicago records the coldest day of the season since 1876 with 13 degrees below by 8 a m. Snowy streets hindered Fire Department response as Bodinski & Co. department store on West Twenty second Street burned down, losses about 55000. One death reported, William Duffy, a switchman, found frozen in the yards of the railroad.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bodinski & Co
Westwenty-second Street
William Duffy
Chicano & Northwestern
Blizzard Stalls Trains and Paralyzes Upper Peninsula
A severe wind and snowstorm sweeps the Upper Peninsula, delaying all trains and halting the Mackinac Island car ferry. Roads are impassable, and service is disrupted across Houghton and surrounding areas with rock trains and stamp mills facing shortages. Chicago-bound trains run five to ten hours late.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Mackinaw
Houghton
Chicago
Cold Wave Grips North as Temperatures Plunge
Reports from St Paul Milwaukee and Detroit describe record low readings with wind chills and transport delays. In St Paul the day opened 23 below, with a high of minus eight and a 9 pm reading of 12 below. Wisconsin saw 24 below at Unity and Milwaukee midday at sixteen below as families sought aid but no deaths were reported. Detroit logged its first zero weather of winter with wind speeds around twenty miles per hour and temps from ten to five degrees above zero.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Unity
Associated Charities
Detroit
Miners to Strike at Somerset Coal Company
National Secretary W. B. Wilson and U M W A district officers announced in Altoona that miners employed by the Somerset Coal Company will strike next Wednesday over a 12 percent wage cut. The firm operates sixteen mines in western Pennsylvania. obedience by workers is uncertain as some prefer continued winter labor at reduced pay.
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Altoona
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Somerset Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Shelby County Lawyers to hold fifth annual banquet
Shelbyville Indiana December 13 lawyers of Shelby County plan their fifth annual banquet at the Knights of Pythias castle on the evening of December 20. Indiana Supreme Court member Su Vv Hadley will address the gathering on Our Procrastination. The Rathbone Sisters will serve the banquet.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Shelby County
Knights of Pythias Castle
Indiana
Su Vv
Hadley
Therme Court
Rathbone Bisters
Teamsters Issue First Magazine After Amalgamation
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters released its first issue with James J. Dwyer as editor. Since the three-month-old amalgamation of the two unions, the group has grown rapidly, with headquarters in Indianapolis and leaders Cornelius Shea and E Turley guiding expansion into non union drivers and western organizing against the American Labor Union.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
James J. Dwyer
Teamsters
Indianapolis
Thorpe
Cornelius Shea
E. Turley
Far West
Albert Young
American Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Want Smoot Removed From The U S Senate
A public meeting called by the Interdenominational Congress of Women of Washington to protest Senator Reed Smoot retaining his Senate seat was held at the Metropolitan Methodist Church. Resolutions denounce the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and declare Smoot unfaithful to U S laws, urging citizens to protest to their senators and demand action. Signed by leaders from the National Campaign of Mothers, International Woman's Union, and National W C T U.
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Washington
Interdenominational
Congress of Women of Washington
Reed Smoot
Senate
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Satterlee
Protestant Episcopal Church
Smoot
Church of Latter Day Saints
Utah
United States
Apostle Smoot
Aposti
Frederic Schoff
National
Can of Mothers
Clara L. Roach
Inernational
Woman's Union
District of Columbia
Margaret Dye Fllis
Tennis
Hamlin
Thirteen Lives Lost In Rail Wrecks Group Of Three
A deadly group of three railroad wrecks left thirteen lives lost as cars tumbled into a deep ravine. Trainmen were carried with the wreckage as tracks were torn up along nearly a hundred yards. Traffic is expected to resume late tonight.
Three Die As Freight Collision Rips Des Moines Line
Three trainmen die and five are hurt in a double-header freight collision on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Adel Iowa. Engines and fourteen cars are wrecked in a deep cut on a sharp curve. The dead are Frank Finnicum Oscar Dyer and Walter Ward all engineers from Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Adel
Frank Finnicum
Oscar Dyer
Walter Ward
Flynn
Bell
Fields
Chambers
H. M. Bellman
Spain Will Not Participate In St Louis Exposition
Madrid reports Spain will not attend the St Louis exposition. A cabinet council decided there is not enough time to complete preparations for participation this year.
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Spain
Madrid
System of remounts admired by Carter in London farewell
Gen. William H. Carter of the U S Army, studying the British remount system, held a farewell interview with Arnold Foster and left for the Transvaal. He praised the Fourteenth Hussars and horse artillery at Aldershot, noting remount supply and riding-master corps as key. He visited Woolwich and Sandhurst and compared unfavorably with West Point but praised results. Accompanied by Major Beacom, he proceeds to Canterbury, depot for ergrain regiments.
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London
William H. Carter
United States Army
Arnold Foster
England
Transvaal
Fourteenth Hussars
Horse Artillery
Carter
Woolwich
Sandhurst
Military Academy
West Point
John H. Beacom
United States
Canterbury
Earlier retirement rules issued by Admiralty
London December 13 The Admiralty issued a circular detailing new regulations for earlier retirement of naval officers not in active service. It raises retirement pay and introduces reforms to remove aged or unfit officers so younger officers can rise to higher ranks. The total admiral ranks were increased: admirals from eleven to twelve, vice admirals from twenty one to twenty two, and rear admirals from thirty seven to fifty five.
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London
Admiralty
Fever Situation Edges Higher in Butler Pa
There is little change in the fever situation with five new cases and one death reported at tonight’s executive committee meeting, raising the total deaths to fifty six. Miss Clara Barton of the National Red Cross addressed about 100 people, and tomorrow she with General Seers and Dr Hubbell will confer with the executive committees on next steps.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY with Laxative Bromo Quinine
Vintage patent medicine style claim notes a remedy promising cure in one day. Boxes bear the Grove signature and warrant a refund if it fails to cure. The terse advertisement reads like a wartime era toning of quack medicine packaging.
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Grove
Great Britain Might Have Held Louisiana Revealed in Archives
Dec 18 Paris under M Delcasse authority B Spencer Pratt former US minister to Persia, researching Foreign Office archives on the Louisiana transfer to the United States. He cites letters by Jefferson Madison and a Louis XV autograph letter noting the gift to Spain and Britain’s refusal.
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Paris
M. Delcasse
B. Spencer Pratt
United States
Persia
Foreign Office
Louisiana
France
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Pratt
Louis XV
Spain
Louis
Indo American Restoration League Hears Child Marriage Issue
Memorial Presbyterian Church hosted leaders of the Indo American Restoration League advocating a raised age of consent in India. Miss Josephine Holmes and Mrs. Wallace spoke, recounting marriages as young as six and eight, while Mrs. Sudhoda Banarjee attended in native dress.
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League
India
Conhantine
Sudhoda Banarjee
Miss Holmes
America
Misquoted Root Speech Sparks War Forecast Clarification
Washington critics debated a dinner misquote about Secretary Root predicting war with a foreign power. He clarified the remark as generic wartime caution, stating he had spoken publicly before about how the army and navy would defend the country when history requires action.
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Washington
Root
The
Carabao Society
Army
Navy
Philippines
United States
Era of gifts reflects abundance and love across generations
A reflection on how modern American life showers gifts from engagements birthdays and holidays, contrasting with past scarcity. It questions whether more gifts equal happiness, noting two limits: the unequal value of material wealth and the enduring primacy of love as the true gift in life.
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