Auto Show Too Great for the Big Garden
New York hosts the largest American automobile show as Madison Square Garden and Grand Central Palace overflow with hundreds of exhibitors. About six hundred total displays include pleasure vehicles, motorcycles, accessories, and commercial trucks. Attendance at both venues was heavy from opening until closing lights.
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New York
Ion Square Garden
Grand Central Palace
Madison Square
Garden
Palace
Madison Square Garden
Rockefeller's Testimony Likely Delayed by Health Report
Dr. C W Richardson reported William Rockefeller suffers gouty inflammation of the larynx after examining him in Miami for the money trust inquiry. The Pujo committee will not publish the finding until the full banking and currency panel reviews it. Richardson will testify on Wednesday about the examination.
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Washington
C. W. Richardson
William Rockefeller
Miami
Fla
House ‘ Committee
Money Trust
Pujo
House Banking and Currency Committee
Richardson
Rockefeller
Urges Age Limit for Magic City Newsboys
Birmingham Trades Council opposes a proposed city newsboy law by the Boys' Club of Birmingham. It advocates allowing boys ages seven to twelve to sell papers on the streets from daybreak to dark under school principal issued certificates. The plan is pitched as a step toward compulsory education.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Trades Council
City Commission
Boys’ Club of
Trades Council
Mobile Bay Shore division double daily train service
The Mobile to Bay Shore line announces a double daily through service starting January 5, 1913. Train departures from Mobile run daily and on Sundays at 9:15 am and 4:00 pm, with additional Sunday-only trains at 8:35 am and 7:20 pm. An extra Sunday schedule is shown for the Ne Mobile-N E station with 9:200 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. departures.
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Mobile
And
Bay
Shore Division
Davis Scouts Ex-Athletics Captain for New Material
Davis will scout the former Athletics captain, hired by Connie Mack, to seek new material in the field.
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The
Athletics
Connie Mack
Flood May Increase Meningitis Epidemic
Washington January 13 Surgeon General Rupert Blue warns flood conditions may raise the danger of the cerebro spinal meningitis epidemic in parts of Arkansas Tennessee Missouri and Illinois as rising waters drive people into unsanitary gathering spots. Surgeon von Ezdorf and other health officers are being dispatched to the affected districts.
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Washington
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Ilinois
von Ezdorf
Railroad leaders seek abatement over jury bias
Counsel for Charles S. Mellen president of the New Haven Railroad filed a plea of abatement in federal court claiming indictments against Mellen E J Chamberlin of the Grand Trunk Railway and Alfred Smithers were void because juror Albert A Stephens resided in New Jersey. The move halts all proceedings until the indictment’s validity is resolved, a process likely to take weeks or months.
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New York
Charles 8. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Mellen
E. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway
Alfred Smithers
Grand Trunk
Albert A. Stephens
New Jersey
Messrs. Mellen
Chamberlin
Smithers
Forty Suspects Held Over Find In Chicago Alley
Forty suspects were arrested in Chicago after portions of a man’s leg were found in a suitcase discarded in an alley. Hassar Sina, a Turk, was identified by the merchant who sold the suitcase. The arrests followed the discovery and investigation into the gruesome discovery.
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Chicago
Hassar Sina
Rev Brooks Lawrence Addresses Selma Congregations
Reverend Brooks Lawrence superintendent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League spoke at Church Street Methodist Church in the morning and at the First Christian Church in the evening. A large citize n attendance filled both services and found the addresses very pleasing.
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Selma
Ala
Brooks Lawrence
Aldabama Anti-Saloon League
Laawrence
Church Street Methodist Church
First Christian Church
A Rhetorical Question on Dignity and Poverty
A reflective query contrasts worn-out finery with old age and suggests the pitiful sight lies in societal neglect of aging. It frames dignity as essential, inviting readers to consider how appearance masks deeper struggles.
McLean of Chicago Still Ice Champ
Robert McLean of Chicago, international ice skating champion, won the half mile mile and two mile Illinois outdoor state championships under the Northwestern Skating Association. His times were 1:15 2-5 for the half mile 2:50 for the mile a new state record and 6:15 3-5 for the two mile.
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Chicago
Robert McLean
Illinois
Northwestern Skating Association
Abduction attempt shocks Allentown. duo released on bail
Samuel Sinclair and R Walter Starr were freed on $5000 bail each after being charged with trying to abduct Miss Anna E Steckel, daughter of a millionaire. The Sounding abduction occurred Saturday afternoon as she was returning home from shopping. The taxi driver redirected toward the police station after a struggle, damaging a monument in the center of town. The father vows to prosecute.
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Allentown
Samuel Sinclair
R. Walter Starr
Anna E. Stecke
Reuben P. Steckel
Miss Steckel
Ottoman Cabinet Slated for Resignations Reported
London Jan. 13 Turkish newspaper Kasfir Elikar reports the Ottoman cabinet has decided to resign according to a Constantinople despatch. The move is seen as signaling the rise of the war party influence.
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London
Kasfir Elikar
Constantinople
War Party
Question of Peace Waiting on the Porte
London reports the peace issue to rest with Constantinople after ambassadors conclude their note to the Ottoman government. The meeting at the British foreign office will decide the document’s mode and timing for presentation to the porte.
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London
Constantinople
British Foreign Office
Porte
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Train Schedule January 5 1913
Mobile and Bay Shore division offers double daily service starting Sunday January 5 1913. Trains leave Mobile daily except Sundays at 9 15 am and 4 00 pm with Sunday service at 8 35 am and 7 20 pm. Arrivals to Mobile occur daily except Sundays at 9 00 am and 2 20 pm with Sunday at 8 11 am and 6 45 pm. City ticket office: 28 South Royal Street. H E Jones Jr is general agent passenger department.
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Mobile and
Bay Shore Division
Mobile
South Royal Street
H. E. Jones, Jr
Amundsen Receives Honor From National Geographical Society
Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer and discoverer of the South Pole, was awarded a special gold medal at the National Geographical Society banquet in Washington. He announced plans to carry a wireless on his next polar voyage in 1914, with one trusted man reading incoming messages to suppress bad news if needed.
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Washington
Roald Amundsen
United States
South Pole
National Geographical Society
Polar
Parrot Causes Stir at Waldorf Astoria Caller Prank
New York January 11 a Brazilian parrot owned by Mr and Mrs Charles F Bailey of New Orleans caused a commotion by mimicking voices over the Waldorf Astoria house line. The bird perched on a fallen phone while the house detective chased it away after distressing phrases were uttered.
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New York
Charles F. Bailey
New Orleans
Waldorf Astoria
Sweety
House
Cutie
Joseph Smith
Smith
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