Bank probes widen on loans and money trust links
The Money Trust Committee broadens its inquiry into the national Whe and related loans as it seeks light on financial dealings. Attorney General Fred Vekeren declines to direct the comptroller toward certain matters, while Samuel Aptermury warns cooperation is essential or risk to subpoena enforcement.
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Money Trust Committee
Washington
Attairs
Nuional
Ad Money Int Huinioree
Euten Lee Eadesial Wadu
Warries
Provident
Lawrence O. Murray
Samuel Aptermury
Absolute Silence For Rockefeller Rocks Witness Stand
Fragmentary text discusses William Rockefeller and a court appearance. It references Pujo Committee inquiry, Chappell, Van Tat, and a physician's opinion on Rockefeller’s health and ability to testify. The jagged OCR includes mentions of writings and potential written testimony.
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York
William Rockefork
Washington
Walter &. Chappell
Mr. Rockefeller
Chappell
Rockefeller
Express Company Plans to Compete With Parcel Post
A Franklin based express firm aims to challenge federal parcel post by expanding service and routes. The plan, discussed at a state commission hearing, targets increasing shipments of goods including meat and poultry, signaling broader competition and potential price changes.
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Parcel Post
Francisco
Witla Hathedal
Kode
Thy
Weis
Pergo Express Company
Federal Parcel Post
Yth
Narrow Escape During Opium Smuggling Probe Aboard China
Two sailors searching the Pacific for opium were ambushed but fought free after a brutal struggle. They recovered 315 tiny opium bundles valued at 9450 dollars and charged a crew member with involvement in the smuggling plot. Captain Roger Allman commanded the China.
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Pacific
Roger Allman
China
Orchard Frost Threat to California Citrus and Fruit Losses
Frost damage barely halved fruit losses with oranges and lemons only lightly touched while railroads face a potential 9 million dollar hit. Weather experts warn of possible thaw restoring normal conditions but growers fear ongoing risk to crops and revenues.
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Lic
Los Angeles
Tees
Lin Ibn
Ain
Flood Warning Issued Amid Western Washington Weather Alert
Weather Bureau warns of rising risks in western Washington as mountain snowmelt threatens lowlands. Severe storms and rapid thaw disrupt travel, with Alaska braces for historic winds and a powerful storm sweeping along the coast.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Swattie
Jat
United States Weather Service
Munger Polar
Cerat Norhenrtway
TD Heer
Fieht Museems Bbee
Liu
Oddities in the News and Crimes of the Era
A disjointed report notes a man jailed over a purse fine with erratic quotes about his wife. It mentions hat colors and fashion notes, a tainted meal causing ptomaine poisoning at a union banquet, a French painter’s fatal banquet incident, a New York grief payment case, and a murder sentence of twelve years for Christopher Larsen.
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Martnette
Antonio Mishelow
Barcelln Arvin
Berteux
Frakes
Thomar Parnon
New York
Frederck Spence
Chitopher Larsen
Wires Crippled By Sleet Blizzard Cuts Telegraphed Lines
Sleet storm cripples wires from York to Chicago as telegraph networks fail. Only one broker stays connected at first, then collapses after telegrams race through. Towns including Toledo suffer outages amid downed poles and heavy damage across Indiana and Ohio.
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York
Chicago
Temarket
Tor
Teleagraph
Pelee
Toledo
Titoole
Indiana
Uhia
Aqueduct Death Toll Mounts Amid Construction Dangers
A New York report outlines a large death list from the new aqueduct project. Since construction began, about 200 workers are dead and 8,800 injured, many from dynamite explosions. The toll compares to the Panama Canal's violence in eight years of work. About 11,000 men are employed on the project.
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New York
Panama Zonal
Catalkis
Pres
Inaugural Plans Burned as Pension Hall Use Debated
A confusing bill discussion centers on using the Pension Bureau building as an Inaugural hall while Congress faces disruptions. The House debate (Jan 3) touches on capacity and embarrassment to the bureau as the plan unfolds. A separate report from Chanute Kansas notes a family of five perished in a devastating home fire.
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Bill Five
Pension Bureau
Congress
Wilson
Pension Reau
Bureau
Chanute Kan
W. Litvey
Here
Rome Museum Collapse Kills Nine, Injures Eleven
A collapse at the National Industrial museum in Rome on January 9 traps twenty people inside. Nine were instantly killed and eleven seriously injured as weakened columns gave way during basement excavation for an adjoining building.
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Rome
National Industrial Museum
Ferdinand of Bulgaria Heads to Meet Turkish Sultan in London
A Sofia dispatch says Czar Ferdinand left for Tehatalja lines to meet the Turkish sultan for a second time within a week as both warring nations’ armies rest on guns amid peace talks. Four killed and three injured in copper mines at Bingham Utah as a rock fall and shaft accident devastate the mines.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Tehatalja L
London
Sofia
Tehatala
Turkey
Mt Wan
Utah
Bingham
Unh
Jan
Jordan
United State Mining Company
United States
Grain and Provision Prices Across Duluth and Chicago Markets
Duluth Wheat and Flax quotes show May and July options with various grades and prices, while South St. Paul live stock lists cattle, sheep, and hog values with ranges for steers, cows, and lambs. Chicago notes mixed grain futures for Wheat and Corn with May July trade, plus hog and cattle activity. Minneapolis reports similar grain quotes and livestock values with stocker and feeder ranges.
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South St. Paul
South St Paul
Jan
Skoug
Bendel Lectures to Cheer Lyceum Ticket Holders
Mr Bendel, a versatile entertainer with a rich voice, presents a varied program at the Lyceum lecture series. He will perform sketches and impersonations including the Hoosier and the Irishman, plus "The Bendel Lecture" on January 17 at the theater. tickets available at the postoffice store and the senate house.
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Mr. Bendel
Bendell
North Dakota Roads Convention Plans State Route Layout
The North Dakota division of the Twin City Aberdeen and Yellowstone tram line outlines a systematic plan for routing and highway layouts. Officials and local leaders along the proposed route are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the project and advance the interests of the rail and road development. The C M and SPL rail company highlights electrification efforts and temporary rights of way granted by the government and Great Falls power authorities as part of the wider transportation advance.
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Daetote
Crder
Houday Corumdssinnors
Adams Co. Record
U Allepic
C, M.& Spl
Great Falls
Mont
Fisher
Government Eyes Water Power Grants and Economic Growth
The article notes provision for safeguard measures and the government fully acceding to required points, with expectations of greater economic development and water power utilization. A malpractice verdict of 6000 damages is reported in a Holland case, involving Dr Colwill and plaintiff Albert Dunker who suffered a broken limb and lasting complications. The narrative includes political and social commentary with unrelated dialogue scenes and casual street chatter.
London Answers Wanted to Know
An attempted humorous riddlelike query about counting bits on a pig and odd phrases appears. The text includes garbled slang and misrendered words, reflecting an OCR artifact from a miscellaneous page with stray dialogue and non sequiturs.
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Reithoa
Aniki
Hoxorra
London
Incoherent Boston Note Reflects Theatrical Talk
Fragmentary text discusses an eye and a queer look with references to a theatrical manager and an all star cast. Odd phrases about prose and rouge appear, mentioning Boston and theatrical context in a distorted voice.
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Puju Committee
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Frost
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Wiste
Troley Men's Union
Routh Norwalk
Cent
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Aqueduct
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Rome Museum
Duluth
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Minneapolis
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Ate Ged Te Fe Ad Weir
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Hettinger
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