Texas Felt Deep Cold Across The State
Texas faced record cold with El Paso thermometer at 4 degrees below zero the coldest in 26 years. Corpus Christi reported 26 above zero while irrigation ditches flooded cabbage fields to save crops. In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Mononghela and Allegheny rivers rose to flood height with Ohio river expected to reach 32 feet, displacing families and hitting mills.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
St Bliss
Vorpus Christi
Gulf Coast
Pittsburg
Mononghela
Allegheny
Ohio River
Flood Crest Reaches 50 Feet in Cumberland River
Nashville reports Cumberland River flood stage may hit fifty feet the highest in thirty years after a major rainfall. A thirty degree temperature drop ended the rain this morning and crest reportedly passed Burnside. Rail lines suffer closures with repairs expected by night at Ashland City Clarksville and a washout at Westmoreland halting Scottsville service.
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Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Nash Wille
Cumberland River
Burnside
Tennessee Central
Ashland City
Clarksville
Chesapeake and Nashville
Louisville and Nashville
Westmoreland
Scottsville
Wires Down Between New York and Chicago
Telegraph wires between New York and Chicago lay prostrate as sleet and wind storm battered the region. Markets opened with limited wire service as hundreds of poles broke, with eighty poles down in Toledo and Illinois, Northern Indiana, and Ohio hit hard.
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New York
Chicago
Toledo
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Smudging Saves Large Orange Crop As Cold Relief
In Los Angeles on January 8, warm temperatures and a smudging method saved much of the orange and lemon crop from two days of cold. Experts estimate about half of the 50 million dollar crop may be marketable, with San Bernardino groves largely spared. Railroads may lose nine million in freight receipts due to reduced crop damage. Weather bureau predicts seasonable conditions with rain moving from San Francisco northward toward Central and Southern California.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Weather Bureau
California
Tehachapi Pass
San Francisco
Boy Golfer Robeson Wins Midwinter Qualification
Filmore K. Robeson, 16, of Oakhill Club Rochester, shot 72 to lead the midwinter golf tournament opening. Walter J. Travis Garden City 78, B. W. Corkran Baltimore 79, C. L. Becker Woodland 81, C. T. Herbert Chicago 85, E. A. Freeman Dyker Meadow 86. Field of 72 entrants narrowed to 16 for match rounds, finals set Saturday.
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Pinehurst
N. C
River Flood Hits Kentucky Cities Nationwide
The Cumberland River has risen out of its banks across Kentucky with Burkesville Burnsville and Burnside declaring disruptions. Water levels peak at Cumberland with depths reaching 75 feet as steamboats rescue stranded workers and businesses shut down.
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Cumberland River
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Burkesville
Burnsville
Burnside
Cumberland
Robinson in Race for Senate Seat at Battle Rock
Battle Rock Ark January 8 Governor elect Joseph Robinson announced his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed the late Jeff Davis.
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Robinson
Battle Rock
Ark
Joseph Robinson
United States Senate
Jeff Davis
Revision of the Tariff Schedule Heats Up in Congress
The Ways and Means Committee plans two day hearings on each tariff schedule starting Monday to draft a broad reform aimed at shifting taxes from necessities to luxuries. Key disputes loom over cotton woolen and miscellaneous lists with potential income tax and higher internal levies to offset revenue losses.
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House
Ways and Means
Congress
Wilson
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Canada
Congress Asked 10 Appropriate For Commission
A report notes 110 subjects studied over twenty one months with cost comparisons showing higher clerk hire in New York post office than in several Washington departments. Commission recommendations promise yearly savings of several millions of dollars through outside Washington efficiency.
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Washington
New York Post Office
War
Navy
State, Justice and Commerce
Labor
Custom House
New York
Fatalities Mount In 1912 Sporting Season
A record year for sports fatalities is listed with multiple deaths across boxing, wrestling, motor racing, horse racing, cycling and basketball. Notable cases include Pike Anderson in Spooner, Charlie Ellis in Cleveland, John Duncan in McComb, Reed Orr in San Jose, Eddie Hasha in Newark, and Tony Scuddellari in Milwaukee.
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Pike” Anderson
Spooner
Wis
Leslie Ferrier
Charlie Ellis
Joe Motto
Cleveland
Robert Finley
Boise City
Des Moines
Raphael Belle
Everdeen
Paris
Valverdi
Havana
John Goldberg
Bob Hunter
Wright Hardman
Munford
N. Y
Frank Cody
Dubuque
Albert Palmer
Philadelphia
Willie Cullen
Ogdensburg
Cleve Oliver
St. Louis
Ted Orr
Woodland
Cal
Frederick Wilson
Eddie Hasha
Johnny Albright
Newark
N. J
Joe Parker
Broken Bow
Neb
Harry Kerr
Orient
David Bruce Brown
Milwaukee
Tony Scuddellari
Bruce Brown
Lefty Flynn Barred By Yale Director
Yale director Chittenden bars star athlete Lefty Flynn from Yale Shef field scientific school due to notoriety from his New York wedding to Irene Leary. Flynn, married Monday, was valued for his athletics and had good grades despite illness last year.
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New Haven
Conn
Maurice B
Lefty
Flynn
Yale
New York
Irene Leary
Sheffield Scientific School
Chittenden
Chance Signs With Highlanders and League Moves
Frank Chance signs with president Farrel of the New York Americans to manage his own district team. The piece notes tariff talks and lists committee hearing schedules from January 6 to January 24 covering chemicals, glass, metals, wood, sugars, spirits, tobacco, pulp, paper, agriculture, cotton, flax and textiles.
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Chicago
Frank Chance
Farrel
New York Americans
School Board Hears Finances and New Appointments
John T. Cochrane is inducted as finance committee member and discusses school finances. The board approves $110 for motors in the manual training department and $210 for physics chemistry history and English apparatus. Several teacher applicants are certified, with many others in process as vacancies loom.
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John T. Cochrane
Cochrane
F. R. Peterson
Hines
Murphy
Sadie E. Brown
Katye Yeend
Claudia Pitard
Adelia Williams
Alice Eakins
Bessie Lake
Tillye Thompson
Alice Moffat
Norvine Winter
Barbara Bader
Fannie Snelder
Gertrude Cameron
Mary Kron
Jessie G. Farrell
Emma _ Gretznear
S. B. Schreiber
Lula Peterson
Eva Belle Jones
A. Forrester
Gillens
Josie Hill
ML. ‘Willenan
Geraldine Walker
Marie Stanford
Essie Cato
Fannie Bryant
Ida Williams
Lizzie Ellis
Emma McKinais
Lillian Winter
Jeannette Dunn
Helen Dunn
Irene W. Gould
Annie Walker
A. F. Ivulich
Imsing Winter
Aimee
Three Convicts Escape From Speigner's Prison
The convict department reports the escape of three inmates from Speigner's: O W Carmack a Mobile forger eight year sentence and Charlie Jones a Tuscaloosa white man fled during the night, along with lbiverett a Choctaw county negro serving seven and a half years for manslaughter. Carmack faced multiple forgery charges and allegedly forged Southern Express Company money orders.
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Montgomery
Ala
Speigner
S. O. W. Carmack
Mobile
Charlie Jones
Tuscaloosa
Lbiverett
Choctaw County
Carmack
Southern Express Company
Court judgments and calls in Mobile law docket
In the Law and Equity Court judge Berney presiding. Cases include John Cowley vs A V Ladd final judgment on verified account for 193.10. Louisa Little vs Penny Evans admr. judgment for defendant. National Mosaic Tile Flooring vs City of Mobile dismissed by plaintiff. J T Turner vs C V Evans judgment by default with damages 226.53 and waiver of exemptions. Pittsburgh Mobile Realty Co. vs J T McDonald demurrers sustained. motion to strike portions of complaint denied. Calls for Thursday include Rattles Fuel & Building Material vs E Kooiman and Pake assignee vs J M Nielon and Roche Undertaking Co vs DeBarde leben admr. Circuit Court Browne, judge. Also call for Thursday William Abrams vs John Cieutat admr.
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Law and Equity Court
Berney
Wall collapse buries eleven in Rome injuries nine total
An ancient wall fell in Rome today, killing eleven men and seriously injuring four others. The collapse left the group buried under rubble as rescuers rushed to the scene.
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Rome
Pratt City resident wins state corn contest prize
Isaac D. Martin of Pratt City Jefferson county won second prize of 150 dollars for raising 200 bushels of corn on one acre in the Alabama state corn contest. It marks the first prize awarded to a Black participant.
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Montgomery
Ala
Isaac D. Martin
Pratt City
Jefferson County
Deakin Resigns Opposition Leadership in Australia
Alfred Deakin, leader of the opposition in the commonwealth house, quit that role on doctors orders. He will retire from public life at the dissolution of the current parliament.
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Melbourne
Australia
Alfred Deakin
Commonwealth House of Representatives
Two Cave-Ins Cause Deaths In Utah Mines
Two cave ins in Bingham Utah on Tuesday at the United States Mining Company and the Highland Bay Mine owned by the Utah Construction Mining Company killed one man and injured five others. One man was imprisoned and suspected dead, while two others faced potential death.
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Bingham
Utah
United States Mining Company
Highland Bay
Utah Construction Mining Company
Military guards to escort accused man to Troy
Special to The Item. In Montgomery Alabama Governor O Neal ordered twenty five from the Montgomery Blues to escort Albert Warren a negro to Troy for trial on assault charges against Miss Alice Graves of Brundidge. The crowd feared lynching and the trial was set for tomorrow. Indictment awaited as a true bill was expected.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Warren
Troy
Alice Graves
Brundidge
O'Neal
Cgdo
The New Day's Dawn Edison and Courageous Blood Lubin
Pathe Weekly presents The New Day's Dawn by Edison and Courageous Blood by Lubin at the Royal Theatre Thursday January 9 with admission five cents.
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Pathe Weekly
Edison
Lubin
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Sopeehe
Pierce
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Lefty Flynn
Chance
Highlanders
Gayfer’s
Great Women’s Wear Shop OF
Gayfer
O. W. Carmack
Mobile County
Circuit Court
Browne
William Abrams
John Cieutat
Admr
NEGRO
Royal Theatre
Maull Bros
St. Louis, Mo
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