Memorial tablet marks Fort McHenry flagstaff site
The Troy Times notes a bronze tablet will be placed on the Fort McHenry flagstaff in Baltimore on the very spot of the 1814 scene that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner. Congress authorized the memorial, to be shield shaped and inscribed, as Baltimore’s lone tribute to Key. The Sun criticizes Baltimore for neglecting its native patriot, noting Key’s national fame and Baltimore’s silence compared with monuments in other places, and cites San Francisco’s $60,000 monument as a benchmark.
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Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Troy
N. Y
Francis Scott Key
Key
Maryland
Congress
Sun
United States
San Francisco
Banquet audience protests and old time rollers
The piece notes growing protests against windjammer speeches at banquets and urges freedom from censorship. It then reflects on the ancient pastime of roller skating, tracing its origins to parlor skates in the 1860s and Plimyston’s curve skate, predicting future popularity as youth imitate a single skater's bold display.
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Plimyston
Audubon Park Estate Faces Redevelopment In Upper NYC
Audubon park in upper New York City, once a memorial to naturalist John Audubon and his private bird sanctuary, is being broken up into saleable tracts. The estate has sold large portions, with plans to build apartment houses, while some birds are said to still nest in the park and in Trinity cemetery where Audubon was buried.
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Audubon Park
New York City
John Audubon
Trinity Cemetery
Audubon
Lynchers Threaten Girl Slayer in Gatesville
In Gatesville Texas Verna Ware shot John Hanes and David Smith wounding them Tuesday in court. Hanes and Smith later died. Verna Ware faced a murder charge in court Wednesday as the town reels from the incident and threats of lynching. Her brother Ezra Ware aided crowd control and also faces arrest while the grand jury weighs the case and Victim David Ross remains hospitalized with a possible recovery.
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Gatesville
Texas
John Hanes
David Smith
Verna Ware
David Ross
Miss Ware
Hanes
Ezra Ware
Mexico City Church San Juan De La Penitencia to Be Torn Down
Under a presidential order the historic Church of San Juan De La Penitencia in Mexico City will be demolished. Built by friars soon after the conquest, it became a nunnery in 1593. Legend says an earthquake once saw the wooden image of the child Christ raise its arms during the building’s fall.
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Mexico City
Diaz
San Juan de la Penitencia
Mexico
Christ
Gas Kills 2 Hotel Guests in Philadelphia Hotel Room
A man and a woman, Mr and Mrs James Lomix of Lewiston, Pa, were found unconscious in a Philadelphia hotel room. The room contained gas from an open burner and efforts to resuscitate them at the hospital failed. both died a few hours later.
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Philadelphia
James Lomix
Lewiston
Guthrie caucus proposes eleven state institutions
A Guthrie joint caucus of Democratic legislators approved creating eleven state institutions at an outlay of 500000 dollars each. The plan includes an insane asylum two penitentiaries two boys reformatories one girls industrial school two additional normal schools two agricultural schools and preparatory universities.
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Guthrie
Okla
Stephenson Short of Victory on Fifth Wisconsin Ballot
United States Senator Stephenson fell four votes short on the fifth Wisconsin legislature ballot in Madison. He polled 61 votes while 65 were needed to win, with two of his supporters absent, marking his lowest tally since the balloting began a week ago.
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Stephenson
Madison
Wis
United States
Wisconsin
Osborns Gifted $500000 Ahead of European Tour
Arthur P. Osborn and Helen Maloney Osborn prepare a long Europe tour within days after winding up the family brokerage firm. Helen Maloney receives a $500,000 wedding gift from her father, Philadelphia millionaire Martin Maloney, boosting the couple’s financial start.
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New York
Arthur P. Osborn
Helen Maloney
Europe
Osborn
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
House eulogizes Powell in special Maine tribute
The House of Representatives held a special session to eulogize the late Llewellyn Powers of Maine. Speakers included Guernsey Hayes Lloyd and Waldo. As a new Congress forms, committee chairmanships and seniority are debated, with potential changes for Hepburn Sherman Wagner Mann and Overstreet implications for leadership.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Llewellyn Powers
Maine
Powers
Guernsey
Hayes
California
Lloyd
Missouri
Waldo
New York
Fowler
New Jersey
Banking and Currency
Col. Hepburn
Iowa
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn
James S. Sherman
Messrs. Wagner
Pennsylvania
Mann Ofllinois
House
Wagner
Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Overstreet
Indiana
Boy mauled by mountain lion near Balboa
In Balboa California a two year old boy was fatally mauled by a mountain lion near a family tent four miles from the Hotel Delmar. The beast tore off the boy’s leg and devoured it as Mrs. Chris Brown returned to the scene and confronted the prowling lion which retreated into the night while still holding its bloody meal.
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Balboa
Cal
Chris Brown
Hotel Delmar
Philippine Assembly Opens in Manila with Osmena Presiding
The Philippine Assembly opened Saturday in Manila with President Osmena presiding. The initial business was the governor’s annual message. Governor Smith urged unity to bridge the growing gulf between Americans and Filipinos and to act for the common good.
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Manila
P. I
Philippine Assembly
Osmena
Smith
Philippines
Oklahoma Supreme Court Docket Delays Noted
Washington DC The US Supreme Court again refused to advance on the docket three Oklahoma cases led by Noble State Bank of Noble against Governor Haskell and the state banking board over the bank guaranty law. Also cited are Oklahoma versus Chicago and Rock Island Railroad and Prairie Oil and Gas where Haskell’s actions to block an attorney general suit over a pipeline lack statutory authorization. None will reach docket within a year.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Noble State Bank
Noble, Ok
Haskell
Oklahoma State Banking Board
Oklahoma Bank
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Chicago & Rock Island Railroad Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Gov. Haskell
Roosevelt Refuses $10000 Legacy From Hadley Will
President Roosevelt declines a $10000 legacy offered in the will of Benjamin Hadley a recluse of East Somerville who died December 16 1907. The will valued Hadley’s property at about $150000 and set aside the tribute to the president.
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Moston
Mass
Roosevelt
Benjamin Hadley
East Somerville
United States
Rescuers Fail to Save Man From Burning Home in Point Marion
Firefighters and neighbors arrived at the Point Marion residence Sunday night to find Joseph Verner unconscious on the floor. A long pole with a hook was used to drag him from the blaze but rescuers could not revive him as he died from fatal burns.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Verner
Point Marion
Verner
Auto Explodes Injuring Two in Davenport IA
Mrs Tynatz Huber wife of a Rock Island Illinois brewer and her daughter Miss Lillie Huber were severely burned when the limousine gasoline tank exploded as they crossed the government bridge over the Mississippi River in Davenport Iowa on Monday.
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Danvenport
Iowa
Tynatz Huber
Rock Island Ill
Brewer
Lillie Huber
Government Bridge
Mississppi River
Theatre Destroyed by Fire in Fort Dodge
Fire on Monday night destroyed the Midland theatre block in Fort Dodge Iowa causing about 50 000 damage. No performance was underway but several families on the fourth floor escaped with narrow chances of death.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Midland
Oldest Postmistress Resigns After 40 Years Service
Mrs. Mary Mc Coy aged eighty six years resigns as postmistress at Sheakleyville Pa claiming the record as the nation s oldest woman postmistress. Sheakleyville job spanned forty years and she was appointed by President Johnson in Greenville Pa.
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Greenville
Mary McCoy
United States
Sheakleyville
McCoy
Johnson
Anti Lewis Faction Loses R bid for UMW election
In Indianapolis John Walker, challenger to President Lewis, declared he would not contest Lewis's re election letting the anti Lewis faction lose its bid at the United Mineworkers convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers
John Walker
Lewis
Globe Trotters Reach Pittsburg on World-Wide Walk
Karl Moeller his wife and two daughters aged 8 and 10 arrived in Pittsburg Pennsylvania after two days of a severe winter storm during their walking journey begun in Philadelphia on January 15. They are undertaking a wager to walk around the world.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny Mountains
Karl Moeller
Philadelphia
No Agreement on Auto for White House Budget Fight
Washington reports the house and senate clashed over automobiles for the White House and rejected an amendment to remove a 12000 dollar appropriation. The bill heads to conference after a humorous session. The army's aeronautic funds were cut back as the appropriation bill passed and agricultural talks began. Lawmakers debated canal plans from Toledo to Cincinnati and Chicago to Toledo, while Porto Rico coffee duties drew comment. The senate set Feb 23 to vote on a court of inquiry for the Twenty fifth Infantry, and a bill to curb opium imports passed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
White House
Keiger
Toledo
Cincinnati
Miami and Erie Canal
Ansberry
Ohio
Chicago
Larrinaga
Porto Rico
United States
Aldrich
Brownsville
Sees Boy Strangled At Missouri Schoolhouse Window
Manny Phillips age 12 died at Bryan schoolhouse after a window sash fell while he climbed in. He was hanging by the neck when found by his mother and father, with no broken neck but believed strangulation caused death.
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Barton City
Missouri
Manny Phillips
David Phillips
Bryan
Damages Sought in $10,000 Suit Over Sleeping Car Berth
Mrs Amelia M Dubourg of New Orleans sues the Pullman Co for 10000 alleging a porter’s negligence placed a man in her sleeping car berth injuring her. The incident reportedly occurred January 22 while she traveled from Deming New Mexico to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Amelia M. Dubourg
Pullman Company
Steamship Collision Near Beachy Head Involving Mobile
The Atlantic transport line steamer Mobile bound for Baltimore collided with the British steamer Dunkeld off Beachy Head. The Mobile returned to Gravesend with its bow stove in after ramming the Dunkeld on the starboard side, leaving the Dunkeld badly damaged and anchored in the Admiralty Harbor.
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Dover
Atlantic Transport Line
Mobile
Baltimore
Dunkeld
Beachy Head
Gravessend
Admiralty Harbor
Venezuela to sue Castro in high court for attempted assassination
Caracas reports that under instructions from Interior Minister Alcantara the attorney general will file against former president Cipriano Castro in the high federal court charging him with instigating the attempt on President Gomez.
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Caracas
Senor Alcantara
Interior
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Wisconsin Deadlock Persists in State Senate Race
Madison Wisconsin Senator Isaac Stephenson again fell short of re election securing sixty three votes three votes behind the required majority. The deadlock remains and the contest will be resumed in the Wisconsin legislature next session.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Isaac Stephenson
Napoleon’s Charge Found in Louvre Cellar
A straw-stuffed white horse in the Louvre cellars is identified as Napoleon’s famous charger Vizir, a gift from the Sultan of Turkey. The discovery confirms the storied animal’s connection to French imperial history.
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Paris
France
Louvre
Napoleon
Vizir
Turkey
Gallatin Man Claims Kidney Ailment Cure by Dean's Pills
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS F. A. Rippy of Depot Ave Gallatin Tenn describes kidney disease with back pain and blood passages. After fifteen years the pain and gravel attacks worsened, total of 25 stones, large as beans, nine years of weakness. He credits four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid improvement and no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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F. A. Rippy
Depot Ave
Gallatin, Tenn
Thifteen
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Bar the Judiciary Opinion Echoes in Maine Court Opening
A newly appointed Maine court chaplain closed his prayer by wishing that all would be gathered in a land with no courts no lawyers and no judges. The remark drew broad condemnation from clergy and public alike before they replaced the chaplain.
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Maine
Happy Land
Comparisons Show Magnitude By Reading Our Eyes
A Welt Spiegel note argues figures fail to convey scale to readers. A illustration places Colevene cathedral at 160 meters tall beside a vertical Zeppelin towering above the steeple. Also shown is Berlin's 61 meter Triumphal column with the 50 meter Parsifal airship beside it.
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Welt Spiegel
Colevene
Heigh
Berlin
Dropping Final Gs Sparks Father Daughter Banter
In a playful exchange Gwendolin teases her father a retired pork packer about dropping final g sounds. He insists he hasn’t, prompting a humorous back and forth about comin goin eatin and droppin eggs. The light dialogue captures domestic humor and language quirks.
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Gwendolin
Nowveau
Father
Laughter In The Court Captioned Evidence
A plasterer testifies for the plaintiff as the defense attempts to intimidate him. When asked about prison time he replies with humor, saying the first stretch lasted an afternoon and the second only an hour, after recounting a sentence to whitewash a cell for a lawyer who cheated a client.
Coffee as the Cause of Ill Health in a Lady's Story
A Calhoun area woman describes long coffee use harming her digestion, nerves, and skin. After switching to Postum she reports clear skin, better digestion, and no headaches for over two years. The letter promotes Postum by the Battle Creek company with a teaser about “The Road to Wellville.”
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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