Daniels Refuses Armor Plate Bids from 3 Firms
Secretary Daniels rejected the bids from Midvale Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel for heavy armor plate on battleship No. 39. He insisted on production cost figures to justify prices and backed courtship for a government armor factory to ensure a just price, noting Congress support.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daniels
Midvale
Carnegie
Bethlehem Steel
Congress
Navy Department
Woman's tonic Cardui praised by reader
Lemnarts Tenn Mrs Martin Walls recounts four years of severe womanly troubles and says Cardui the woman’s tonic cured her after six bottles She credits weight gain and improved health to Cardui and urges other women to try it Also she notes Cardus available from local druggists and provides Chattanooga Medicine Co contact for guidance and a 64 page home treatment booklet
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Lemnarts, Tenn
Martin Wallis
Cardus
Cardui
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tragic discovery near Hastings tracks signals murder
A man’s body was found in bushes near the New York Central tracks at Hastings on Hudson. A skull wound and a slung shot imply homicide. Police seek a woman linked by suspicious behavior and a worn path suggests repeated visits over a month. A gold watch, silk handkerchief, and clothing rotted by weather were found nearby.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Central
Hastings-on- Hudson
Nell the Beene
Gold Output in America Drops in 1912
United States gold production totaled 93 million 451 thousand 500 dollars in 1912, down 3 million 438 thousand 500 from 1911 and the lowest since 1907. Silver output reached 63 million 766 thousand 800 fine ounces valued at 39 million 197 thousand 500 dollars, up 3 million 367 thousand 400 ounces. Nevada's gold loss drove the drop, while South Africa boosted world gold totals.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mint Bureau
Geological Survey
Nevada
George E. Roberts
Mint
Australia
South Africa
Milwaukee Officer Pleads Guilty After Violent Robbery Attempt
Hugo Kelling, 29, a six year Milwaukee police member, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob to fund luxuries for his wife and two children. He faced Judge Backus in municipal court and received a three year sentence in the house of correction for the April 14 office receipts robbery attempt at a dance.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Hugo Kelling
Backus
House of Correction
Kelling
Cost of clothes of Chicago women
Chicago estimates from the Dressmaker's Club show a few women spend 75000 annually on adornment while the average factory girl spends 3.84 weekly for clothing. The table lists various groups from social leaders to shop girls with corresponding sums. Madame C H Phair notes many working girls lose money by not making their own clothes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
C. H. Phair
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cough Relief
A testimonial from Stillman Green of Malichite Col says two doctors predicted death from consumption but after using Dr King's New Discovery he remains alive and well. The ad offers refunds if ineffective and lists price 60c and 1.00 with a drug company guarantee.
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van Antwerp Drug Co
Boundary survey crews struggle after Alaska landslide
In Ketchikan Alaska the Rough Rider returned from assistance to Canadian boundary surveyors. They failed to locate the bodies of C. D. Roberts and Harry Bodc or any trace of the camp to suggest survivors. The slide originated high on the mountain, was wide, and buried the camp under rock and debris.
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Associated Press
Ketchikan
Alaska
Rough Rider
C. D. Roberts
Harry Bodc
Honorary pallbearers named for Mayor Gaynor funeral
William H. Taft heads a dozen honorary pallbearers for Mayor Gaynor's funeral to be held Monday. The list, chosen by Mrs. Gaynor, includes Mayor Kline Justice Martin Keogh Herman Ridder Jacob H. Schiff Robert Adamson R. A. Smith James Creelman Archibald R. Watson Edward M. Grout Rhinelander Waldo and John D. Crimmins.
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Associated Press
New York
William H. Taft
Gaynor
Mr. Taft
Mayor Kline
Justice Martin Keogh
Herman Ridder
Jacob H. Schiff
Robert Adamson
R. A. Smith
James Creelman
Archibald R. Watson
Edward M. Grout
Rhinelander Waldo
John D. Crimmins
Give Church Parlors Over to Young People
In Toledo on September 17 the Evangelical Lutheran church convention adopted a resolution urging open church parlors in crowded cities. The plan targets young women hosting young men to curb immorality seen as a consequence of poor homes. Dr. G H Gerberding of Chicago proposed the measure.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
G. H. Gerberding
Chicago
General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Turks Win Concession From the Bulgarians
Constantinople reporters describe a Bulgarian delegation yielding to Turkish pressure. Kirk Kilisseh will stay in Ottoman hands and Thrace frontiers shift northward. The Black Sea boundary moved to between Sinada and Hagios Stefano from the Midia line.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Kirk Killisseh
Thrace
Iniada
Hagios Stefano
Midia
James J Hill Celebrates 75th Birthday in Glacier Park
James J Hill founder of the Great North Railroad celebrated his seventy fifth birthday in Glacier Park Mont yesterday. More than three hundred members of the Veterans Association of the Great Northern attended the first annual session. Veterans presented him with a large bouquet of roses after the event.
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Associated Press
Glacier Park
Mont
James J. Hill
The
Great North Railroad
Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern
Land Buyers Are Given a Chance
Washington reports land buyers receive a one year extension of deferred payments on Choctaw Chickasaw Seminole and Creek lands purchased 1910 11 12 due to weeks of drought. Commissioner Cato Sells says the extension aids purchasers without harming Indian interests and notes abundant funds to distribute under existing laws before extended payments due.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
Cato Sells
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Commissioner Sells
Defends Honor Before the Bar In Berlin Fatal Duel
Prof Heinrich Maas court painter shot and killed Court Chamberlain von Westernhagen after a bar hearing over a quarrel. Slap in the face triggered the act as they settled their differences under the code of honor. Maas fired immediately following the quarrel and insult.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Heinrich Maas
von Westernhagen
Sollain von Westernhagen
Court of Honor
Floods in France Cause Death and Destruction
Thunderstorms sweep France causing major damage in Marseilles where streets became torrents flooding cellars and washing merchandise into the sea. A fishing party of six capsized in the harbor with five drownings. Lightning strikes in St. Agreve and Ardeche suburb areas kill and injure residents.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Marseilles
St. Agreve
Ardeche
Investigation underway into death of Miss Ella Warfield
Baltimore August 17 important developments are expected from the inquiry led by State Attorney A E Weant into the death of Miss Ella Warfield a relative of former Governor Edwin Warfield The 60 year old died on her Sykesville farm about seven weeks ago An empty bottle said to contain poison was found on her bed Dr Daniel B Sprecher certified acute indigestion as the cause at the coroner s request A note found beside the body may shed light on the case
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Associated Press
Baltimore
A. E. Weant
Carroll County
Ella Warfield
Edwin Warfield
Sprecher
Ora Miller
Weant
Miss Warfield
Balloon accident at fair ends in boy's death
Thirteen year old George Bernier was holding a guy rope as a balloon inflated for an ascent at a Woodstock Connecticut fair. He was suddenly carried 500 feet into the air and dropped dead in front of about 5,000 spectators. The balloonist Harold Gates of Newburyport Massachusetts did not realize the boy's danger until after the rope unwound and the boy was already killed.
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Associated Press
Woodstock
Conn
George Bernier
Harold Gates
Newburyport
Mass
Gates
British Navy Officers Race 100-Yard Sprint To Honor wager
In Portsmouth on September 17, Rear Admiral Sir Robert K Arbuthnot and Captain Eric Back raced 100 yards for a wager made twenty years earlier aboard the Warspite in 1863. Back won in 2 seconds, Arbuthnot aged 49 and Back 48. The bet honored Admiral Hedworth Meux who commanded the Warspite then.
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Portsmouth
England
Robert K. Arbuthnot
Eric Back
Pacific Ocean
Sir Hedworth Meux
Arguthnot
Hack
Cascarets Liver Headache Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for biliousness and headaches. It claims improved liver and digestive health, gentle nightly action, and pleasant taste for children without causing stomach upset.
Diggs and Harris Acquitted in Perjury Case
Maury I. Diggs former state architect and Attorney Charles B. Harris of Sacramento were found not guilty by a U S district court jury of subornation of perjury tied to the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases. The verdict ends related prosecutions stemming from the Sacramento Reno elopement and arrest of Diggs Caminetti Warrington and Norris.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Maury I. Diggs
Charles B. Harris
Sacramento
United States District Court
Cal
Reno
Nev
F. Drew Caminetti
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Diggs
Caminetti
Mann
Wasp Missing After Six Weeks With Mission Party
In Nomfe Alaska authorities fear for the Wasp power schooner missing since it left six weeks ago for the Kuskokwim river district to supply a mission. It carried Dr Reed the new U S commissioner and Superintendent Evans of the bureau of education. The voyage was planned for nineteen days.
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Associated Press
Nomfe
Alaska
Wasp
Kuskokwim River
Reed
United States
Evans
Bureau of Education
Dean's Kidney Pills Credited by Mobile Resident
A. A. Pike of 507 Eslava St Mobile Alabama testifies kidney pills relieved long standing kidney pain. He reports rapid improvement after first dose and continued health with periodic use. Dean's Kidney Pills sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for United States. Remember the name Dean's.
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A. A. Pike
Eslava St
Mobile
Ala
Dean
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Ady
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy Praised by Sufferers
A Roanoke Virginia man reports relief after three months of gallstone illness. He followed Mayr's regimen and passed hundreds of stones, urging others to ask their doctors about the remedy. The ad notes a free book and letters of gratitude from users.
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Ouey
B. L. Dooley
Roanoke
Mayr
Geo. H. ‘Mayr
Mfg
Whiting St
Chicago
Ill
Bienville Pharmacy, Inc
Cor
St. Francis and Conception Steadv
By Talking Less You Gain Stillness and Insight
A concise habit of minimal speech is linked to sharper judgment and a reputation for thoughtful deliberation. Quiet speech concentrates attention, improves listening, and elevates perceived wisdom among peers.
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