Persian earthquake devastates Luristan villages
Reports from Teheran on January 23 detail a powerful quake in Luristan Persia wiping out whole villages in Rurujurd and Selvhor. An estimated 4000 to 6000 dead. survivors flee to Burnjurd with nearly all livestock perished and widespread destitution prompting government appeals.
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Teheran
Ria
Luristan
Wrste
Persia
Sioty
Rurujurd
Selvhor
Burnjurd
Rescue by Lifesavers for Crew of Wrecked Four Mast Schooner
The four masted schooner Miles M Merry bound from Houston to Norfolk ran ashore near Moriches New York early Wednesday. Twelve crew members were taken off in breeches buoys by lifeguards from the Moriches Life Saving Station as the vessel lay on the beach within a few hundred yards of the station. The ship grounded just before daybreak near a sandbar and began sinking though weather was clear. The officers appeared unaware of the danger.
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Merry
Hoston
Norfolk
Moriches
Dual Tragedy In Reading Taxicab Shootout
In Reading Pennsylvania early Wednesday 18 year old Stella Rocktasher was shot and killed in a speeding taxicab. Her companion 20 year old George Kraut shot himself after directing the driver to speed to the hospital dying instantly. Chauffeur Lewis Becker cannot explain the affair and investigators seek motive.
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Reading
Stella Rocktasher
George K. Kraut
Lewis Becker
Noted Warrior Geronimo Dies at Fort Sil Oklahoma
Geronimo the Apache chief died at Fort Sil Oklahoma Wednesday after years as a prisoner of war. He had long been feared as the bloodthirsty enemy who waged ceaseless warfare across Arizona and the Southwest, terrorizing settlers and prompting wide alarm among whites.
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Geronimo
Fort Sil
Okio
Arizona
Southwaat
Sunday Baseball Bills Die in Nebraska Senate Vote
The Nebraska senate in Lincoln rejected all Sunday baseball measures on Wednesday killing the bills and petitions backing them. Supporters including Lincoln proponents and thousands of signatures faced defeat as the session ended without passage.
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Lincoln
State Senate
Landy
Neb
Ito
Guy
Lincoln Funk
Japanese Immigration Through Seattle Ports Six Months
In Seattle Washington on a Wednesday report by Chief Inspector John Sargent of the immigration office states that in the last six months 652 Japanese men women and children have arrived aboard steamships from the Orient.
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Tne
John Sargent
Seattle
Wart
Orient
Unrequited Love Drives Ogden Man to Self Harm
Lurene Strocel, distressed by love, cut his throat in Ogden Utah ending a dispute. His parents reside in Omaha Nebraska.
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Lurene Strocel
Ogden
Utah
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City Live Stock Prices and Neb Fire Loss
Sioux City quotations show butcher steers at 6.90 and hogs at 6.25. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt fined 250 dollars in New York after juror subpoena. A Ramp explosion in Garrison Neb sparked a fire destroying four stores, with 40,000 dollars in damage and the village lacking fire protection.
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Sioux City
Siooux City
Pire
Garrison
Neb
Seabury Couple Plans Cost Savvy Move
Mr Seabury and his wife consider moving to a new flat to cut expenses. They aim to minimize costs by transporting belongings in one brown bag and reusing garments to reduce travel and clothing needs. Mrs Seabury suggests wearing a winter coat in heat and returning for a spring coat to save trips.
Doan's Kidney Pills and Sloan's Liniment Ads Tone
Editorial snippets offer testimonials for Doan's Kidney Pills from Rev J M Sumeld of Tainecola Nebr confirming long term relief after other remedies failed. Sloan's Liniment earns praise from J B Matthews and J K Evins for rheumatism and finger injuries with claims of complete cures and lifelong absence of symptoms. A suburban joke about a burglar and a phonograph collection closes the item.
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J. M. Sumeld
St. Tainecola
Nebr
Doan
Sufletd
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Home Tonic for Old People Era Claim
A questionable home remedy promises wonderful results for aging bodies. It recommends mixing half a pint of whiskey with a syrup and a world pill, to be taken in teaspoonful doses before meals and at night, with instructions to obtain the ingredients from a druggist.
Pilgrim fathers land at Plymouth Rock claim liberty
Fragmented text recalls Plymouth Rock landing with phrases about liberty and a new English farm. Mentions obscure products and ads including Brown's Bronchial Probes and Boston location. Content is garbled and includes unrelated commercial lines.
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Plymouth Rock
Chicago
Murine eye relief and fake bath powder claim argue over depths
A disjointed ad and mock court exchange pits a consumer against a real estate agent and a bath powder seller. The dialogue references eye remedies and cosmetics marketed under drug law standards, while a bath basin depth dispute exposes misleading measurements and fake claims.
Royal Opening of Parliament Draws Large Westminster Crowd
King Edward opens parliament with Queen Alexandra and royal party present as crowds fill Westminster and St. Stephen’s vicinity. Diplomatic observers include Ambassador Reid and J. Ridgeley Carter. King's speech signals largely social legislation, recalling his Berlin visit.
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Westminster
Edward
Alexandra
Prince and Princess of Wales
Berlin
Bickingham Palace
House of Parliament
St. Stephens
House of Lords
House of Commons
London
Reid
Ridgeley Carter
Berili
Berlin robber continues attacks on women in street
Berlin police struggle to catch a single assailant after a spree of street attacks on women. Two new incidents occurred Tuesday morning leaving two women slightly wounded. Since the begi nning of the rampage the total attacks rise to 22 with seven reported on Monday evening in the eastern suburbs. One victim seriously injured. others lightly hurt. Police believe one man is responsible, though witnesses focus on aiding victims and the assailant often escapes. Several arrests have been made.
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Ntinues
Strecta
Berlin
Revolting Marseilles crime shocks city this week
A chilling Marseilles case recalls a Paris crime of 1907 as police report revealing an eight year old girl found murdered. A man living with the girl's mother is under arrest as investigators search for motive. The press notes a killer who then died by suicide, leaving authorities to pursue truth in a grim scene near the Switzer home.
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Marseilles
Paris
France
Leper Cure Report Shown to Louisiana Assembly
A remarkable medical report to the Louisiana Assembly by the leper house of the State outlines that among 61 lepers at the state institution in two years all have been practically cured. The facility features modern quar ters, a surgical building and a small Catholic church. Four to six Sisters of Charity have cared for the lepers for thirteen years, with none infected.
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Louisiana Assembly
Louisiana
Sisters of Charity
Cotton Mather’s Fire Weather in New Salem
Side Lights on History recounts Cotton Mather threatening to intensify persecution of alleged witches in New Salem. Misunderstanding his words, leading citizens reportedly built the fires, with local belief that the act followed his vindictive intention.
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Cotton Mather
New Salem
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and $100 Reward
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal use. The ad claims the cure strengthens the constitution and that $100 is offered for any failure. Also promotes PAZO OINTMENT for piles with a 6 to 14 day guarantee.
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Hall
Cheney & CG
Toledo
All Druggista
Man Mocks Demand With Bomb Threat Seized
A man armed with a revolver and a dynamite bomb demanded seven thousand dollars from Lawrence M. Jones, president of Jones Bros. Dry Goods, in Kansas City. He was overpowered and arrested. Postponed court decision in Haskell Mac Reynolds case set for March 1 due to State's Attorney illness. A wreck of train No. 206 near Murphysboro left six dead and about thirty injured. details limited by broken telegraph lines.
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Kansas City
Lawrence M. Jones
Jones Bros
James Hepburn
Strang
Guthrie
Oklo
Three Fishermen Lost Then Found In Wary Reunion
Worst of AL Mr. Lane Mr. Hobart and Mr. Meek had been fishing the day before. They returned and explained to Sadie that their disappearance caused worry and implied a rough, humbling night. Mrs Cobart and Mrs Meek comment on damp clothes while Mr Meek laments his silence at home.
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Lane
Mr. Hobart
Mr. Meek
Maria
Mr. Cobart
Murthy
Prize Food Endorsed by Pioneer Grape Nuts User
A Nebraskan describes Grape-Nuts as palatable economical and nourishing after seven years of use. She cites improved health after quitting tea and coffee, notes her nervous strain eased, and says her children thrived on the cereal three times daily. The letter ends with a plug for Postum and "There's a Reason."
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Neb
Billy
Posttin Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellyville
Phgs
Philippine Band Arrives for Taft Inaugural Parade
The Philippine Constabulary band with over eighty members arrived in San Francisco aboard the Burford on Tuesday en route to Washington for the Taft inauguration parade.
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Philippine Constabulary
Wash
Ington
Taft
San ‘Ancisco
Cali
Burford
King Opens Parliament Amid Crowded Westminster
A larger crowd than usual gathered in Westminster Monday for a royal ceremony led by Queen Alexandria and the royal family. A Skaghway dispatch reports calm after a misfired signal. no damage was observed.
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King
Westminster
Edward
Alexandria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Othe Qrembbers
Roosevelt Hails Lincoln In Birthday Address At Birthplace
Theodore Roosevelt delivered a forceful Lincoln birthday tribute at the site of Abraham Lincoln's birth in Kentucky. He praised Lincoln's blend of resolve and restraint and warned against moral compromise, noting the unity of North and South in the nation’s great cause. Also speaking were Gov Willson of Kentucky, War Secretary Wright, and ex-Gov Folk of Missouri.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Tincoin
Tie
Abraham Lincoln
Todgenville
Willson
Kentucky
Wright
Folk
Missouri
$500000 RAILWAY FIRE AT WABASH FREIGHTHOUSE
A blaze at the Wabash Railroad freighthouse at 12th and Clark streets Chicago burned for over two hours, destroying the one story brick building valued at 100000 dollars and likely claiming janitor Vincent Karas. Night operator May Donnelly aided colleagues before succumbing to smoke. Clerks Frank and Dian Carlos helped revive her. fire alarm raised after 11. The wind fueled rapid spread. cause unknown.
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Wabash Railroad Company
12Th and
Clark Streets
Chicago
Vincent Karas
Wabash
May Donnelly
Frank
Dian Carlos
Miss Donnelly
Chicago and Astern Minness Railroad
12Th
14Th Street
de Grote
Slays Minister and Self in College Corner Murder Suicide
Rev S P Kellum 48 a Methodist minister lawyer and editor of College Corner News was shot dead on College Corner Ind main street by Clyde Handley 23 who then killed himself. Kellum had represented Handley's wife in divorce proceedings. Kellum leaves a widow and seven children.
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S. P. Kellum
College Corner
Ind
Clyde Handley
Handley
Kellum
Jark D Barkley
Winter Wheat Growers Unite to Fix Prices
Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma farmers completed the Winter Wheat Growers Association of Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma at Hastings. About 200 farmers signed a pledge not to sell next year's crop for less than the fixed price. A $500 fund was raised to push the organisation.
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Nebraska
Nausac
Obkldhams Growers
Winter Wheat Growers’ Association
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wass
Hastings
Neb
White Wing Author Leads Marlow Street Cleaning Crew
Richard Moarding Davis, the White Wing author, begins a new job maintaining Marlow streets. Three boys with a pork cart and curtain-roller prods to scatter paper work under his direction, forming the town’s street cleaning department. Davis, Mrs. Webb Dexter, and the improvement association fund the effort. Davis hires the boys at 8 dollars each for one month, with Mrs. Dexter handling the following month’s pay.
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Marlow
Moss
Richard Moarding
Davis
Webb Dexter
Improvement Association
Snalesboy Sells Hammers at Hardware Store Joke
A near sighted customer asks for cockroach killer. The snalesboy explains the product is slow and then offers samples. The customer misreads items as hammers, prompting a quip about confusing a hardware store with a drug store in a Chicago Tribune sounding anecdote.
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Chicago Tribune
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Birmingham
Ala
Sloan
J. B. Matthews
St. James Hotel
Corning
Ark
J. KP. Evins
Mt Adry
Girsayen
Sanaplus
Grown & Son
Boston
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Muring
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Alasky
Skhagway
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Munyon
Mounyon
R.H. Shumway
Rockford, I
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Uost
We. J. Scott
Ottawa
ET. Holmes
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