Postal service self supporting for first time since 1883
Postmaster General Burleson disputes Hitchcock claims of being first to show a surplus, citing actual figures that imply a deficit when year-end obligations are considered. He notes parcel post growth, handling nearly 300 million parcels in six months, and predicts continued expansion to maintain self sufficiency.
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Wrac
Burleson
Postal Service
Ascal
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Government Ownership urged for telegraph and telephone lines
Washington reports the Wilson administration plans government ownership of U S telegraph and telephone networks. Postmaster General Burleson, citing a 1866 statute, seeks a bill to transfer private lines to public hands with potential bond financing, subject to congressional action.
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Hitchcock
Mr. Burleson
Postmaster General
Washington
Wilson
United States
Burleson
Congress
Cigarettes Imported Into China Rise 82 Percent in 1912
Trade data shows cigarettes imported into Tientsin and broader China surged by 82 percent during 1912 reflecting rising demand and market expansion in the period.
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China
Tientsin
Two Mexican Leaders Huerta and Carranza Promise Confidence
Huerta and Carranza, leaders of rival forces in Mexico, express confidence in their military plans as tensions rise. Both pledge decisive action to secure gains and stabilize the region amid ongoing disputes over power and control.
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Mexico
Death of Pennsylvania farmer killed by hired man
Lewis F. Snyder, a Northampt on County horse dealer and farm owner, died in Ail lentown hospital after being shot by his hired man Clinton Steinmetz near Howertown. Steinmetz claims the weapon discharged accidentally during a struggle over possession after a daylong hunt and drinking during a business trip.
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Lewis F. Snyder
Clinton Steinmetz
Aillentown
Howertown
Northampton County
Snyder
Steinmetz
Allentown
Captain Wiard Dies After Brief Illness in Batavia
Captain George Wiard, president of the Wiard Plow company and of the Genesee County Loan association, died last week in Batavia from general debility and heart failure. He visited his offices Monday morning and that evening, was conscious and conversed with his wife until shortly before death. Survived by his wife and five children including Louis Wiard, Batavia mayor and general superintendent of Wiard Plow, Ernest E. of Batavia, Henry L. of Buffalo, and Harry G. Wiard of Syracuse.
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Captain Wiard
George Wiard
Wiard Plow Company
Batavia
Plow Works
Genesee County Loan Association
J. Ernest Fifle
Montreal
Louis Wiard
Ernest E
Henry L
Buffalo
Harry G. Wiard
Syracuse
Pope Pius Grieved by Rampollo's Death in Rome
In Rome on December 18 Pope Pius the tenth was deeply sorrowful over Cardinal Rampollo's death. He did not know the cardinal had been ill and regretted not giving a death bed blessing. The pontiff granted no audiences yesterday.
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Rampollo
Rome
Pope Pius
Cardinal Rampollo
His Life for Riding Horse
Frackville Pennsylvania December 18 Howard Fager a city teamster entered a stable to free a horse tangled in its harness He was knocked down and trampled suffering multiple fractures and internal injuries doctors say he is likely to die
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Frackville, Pa
Howard Fager
Britain May Join Panama-Pacific Exposition Hope
The Times reports there is some hope Britain will decide to participate in the Panama-Pacific Exposition, signaling possible government involvement and attendance.
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London
the Times
Girl Dies From Kitchen Fire Injuries
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on December 18 Adelia Zuzuskie aged 14 suffered severe burns when clothing ignited from a kitchen stove and died shortly afterward.
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Tamaqua
Adelia Zuzuskie
Huerta GetS Rake Off
John J. Murray and Fred Owens were arrested in St Louis on charges they swindled Roy Langdon in a fixed Juarez race Monday. A confederate allegedly promised Langdon $2,000 profit for depositing $1,000 as good faith. Langdon, who withdrew funds from a Woodlawn Illinois bank, claims the race was fixed and Provisional President Huerta was involved. Langdon resides in North Dakota.
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St. Louis
John J. Murray
Fred Owens
Roy Langdon
Juarez
Langdon
Woodlawn
Ill
Huerta
North Dakota
Oleo Makers Win in Albany Court of Appeals Ruling
The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday interpreted the state agricultural law against farmers and in favor of oleomargarine manufacturers and dealers. Judge Collin’s opinion says the law does not require oleomargine makers to dye ingredients to resemble butter colors.
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Court of Appeals At
Albany
Collin
Wife Mistakenly Buries Alive Husband After Mixed Identity
In Utica two months ago a body recovered from the Erie canal was buried by court funds. Mrs. Alfred Hewitt identified the corpse as her missing husband and held a private funeral. The man was later found alive in Rochester, and Mrs. Hewitt has sworn out a warrant for non support.
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Utica
N. Y
Alfred Hewitt
Hewitt
Rochester
Wolves Seen Near Bowman Prompt Hunt By Farmers
A large pack of wolves near Bowman Illinois has farmers arming for a systematic hunt as the animals kill poultry and cattle. Women and children fear going out at night. Several wolves have been killed and Clarence Rivarda of Rosedale Township trapped one. The pack is led by a muscular wolf said to be the former leader.
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Bowman
Ill
Clarence Rivarda
Rosedale Township
Girl 17 Wins $1,269 Per Acre Tomato Crop Prize
Agnes Fridell of Cedar Falls Iowa grew tomatoes to win a trip to Washington and earned a cash return of 1,269 dollars per acre. The 17 year old champions gardening of the year.
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Agnes Fridell
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Washington
Postmaster James A. Smith Commits Suicide at Cameron Mill
James A. Smith, longtime postmaster at Cameron Mill New York, shot himself in the head last week after Post Office Inspector Johnson entered to inform him of an investigation into the office affairs.
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James A. Smith
Cameron Mill
N. Y
Post Office
Johnson
Smith
New York Cattle Ban Proclaimed to Curb Tuberculosis
Governor Dunne issued a proclamation last week banning shipment of dairy cattle into Illinois from several states including New York and Pennsylvania to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
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New York
Dunne
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Bread Line for Rectors Sets Living Salary at Two Thousand
Boston reports Bishop Lawrence states Episcopal churches should set rector salaries at a minimum of $2,000 to cover living costs. The notice emphasizes a basic earning threshold for church leadership.
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Boston
Lawrence
Episcopal
Boy Shot On Busy Erie Suburban Car
Boyd Churchill 21 a Harbor Creek farmer was shot in the head on a Bettalo and Lake Erie suburban car near Erie Pa as it passed east of the city. The car street-filled with passengers. Churchill, now at Hamet hospital, is near death with a torn right eye and a fractured skull.
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Erie Pa
Boyd Churchill
Harbor Creek
Bettalo & Lake Erie
Churchhill
Hamet Hospital
Meat Prices Rise Sharply in U S Census Findings
A census bulletin shows meat prices nearly doubled from 1899 to 1909, with live meats up 75.5 percent and dressed products up 73.8 percent. Per capita intake stood at 105 pounds for beef, veal and mutton in 1909, down from 106 pounds in 1899, while total meat production reached 107 pounds per person.
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United States
Schmidt May Testify Today in Schmidt Murder Trial
In New York on December 18 Mrs. Elizabeth Schadler sister of Hans Schmidt testified again in his murder trial of Anna Aumuller. She defended her brother as driven by religious mania and lust as a child. The court heard sworn statements from Schmidt's acquaintances about his abnormal behavior in youth. The trial resumes today and Schmidt may take the stand.
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Schmidt
New York
Elizabeth Schadler
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Schmid
Back to the Farm Fails In Kansas Census
The back to the farm movement is deemed a failure in Kansas according to the state school census by W. D. Ross, state superintendent. Rural schools lost 13,891 students while city populations grew by 16,000 over the last six years.
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Kansas
W. D. Ross
Scouts Form Human Chain To Save Boy From Ice
In Zanesville Ohio on December 18 Floyd Anderson broke through a pond ice while skating. Five fellow Scouts Earl Denman Andrew McKee Clifford Trout Rondo Fauley and Floyd McCarten linked hands to rescue him.
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Boy Scouts Save Life
Zanesville
Floyd Anderson
East Fultenham
Earl Denman
Andrew McKee
Clifford Trout
Rondo Fauley
Floyd McCarten
Engineer Fayette Rude Dies in Hornell Yard Accident
Fayette Rude aged 55 of 255 High Street, a prominent Erie railroad engineer on the Susquehanna division, was killed instantly in Hornell last week. He had just returned from a run and was walking through the yards when he left the dispatcher's office moments before train No. 3 approached. investigators believe he stepped from the westbound track in front of the locomotive.
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Hornell
Fayette Rude
High Street
Susquehanna
Erie Railroad
Rude
Dog Rescues Woman From Gas Incident in Norwich
Mrs Dora Rivenburg of Norwich New York was overcome by gas at the Grace Bowles boarding house last week when her pet dog scratched at a neighboring boarder s door and alerted him to her collapse. The dog s timely action saved the woman s life.
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Dora Rivenburg
Norwich
N. Y
Grace Bowles
Arm to Fight Raiders in Howell County Battle
In Old Horton Howell County Missouri Collins family members prepare to defend their homes after a raid by masked men. Parellee Collins and Mary Dick Collins are arming themselves and plan to return to Old Horton to fight it out. Local reports say the raiders are feud enemies and a second raid could spark a pitched battle.
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Springfield
Collins
Old Horton
Howell County
Parellee Collins
West Plains
Mary Dick Collins
College education for women at 40 cents a day feasible
Miss Irma Voigt of Athens Ohio dean of women at Ohio State University asserts economic improvements make college for women affordable. She cites living costs around 250 dollars per year and as low as 150 with self laundry, and warns against overemphasizing coeducation and tango.
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Chicago
Irma Voigt
Athens
Ohio State University
Miss Voight
Tragic Wood Load Crushes Jenkintown Man
In Abington near the Milton Colton estate two men from Philadelphia, John Ravinocek and Steven Kruga, traveled with a wool wagon. A toppled load of cut wood buried Ravinocek after the wagon struck a rut on Old York road just north of Jenkintown. Kruga failed to summon help as the horse was injured and later killed by a veterinarian.
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Jenkintown, Pte
Steven Kruga
John Avinock
Philadelphia
Old York Road
Jenkintown
Ravinoeck
Kruga
Milton Colton
Abington
Rovinock
New York Winter Wheat Area and Conditions Report
Washington dispatch reports total winter wheat sown this fall at 36 506 000 acres. On December 1 condition stood at 97 2 percent of normal, above last year and the ten year average. New York state shows a wheat area of 364 000 acres with a 98 condition and a ten year average of 95. In New York there were 140 000 acres with a 97 condition against a 95 ten year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New York State
New York
Women Deans to Talk Tango in Chicago Meeting
Chicago December 18 deans of women from seventeen state universities hold their sixth biennial convention here. The group will discuss the tango today while yesterday they debated housing of women students and cooperative lodging and boarding houses.
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Chicago
William Fitzpatrick Wins Darby Creek Eating Contest
Champion eater William Fitzpatrick of Leiperville won first prize at the Darby Creek Club rooms in Chester Pa on December 18. He consumed 11 pounds of turkey 75 raw oysters and three mince pies.
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Darby Creek
Chester
William Fitzpatrick
Leiperville
Darby Creek Club
Convict Made Labeling Rule Applies to Texas Goods
A rule requires products made by convicts to be labeled convict made when offered for sale in Texas. The policy targets prison labor and aims to inform consumers about the origin of goods produced by incarcerated workers.
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Texas
Mine Disaster Claims 38 Victims in Vulcan Mine
A dust explosion at the Vulcan mine, owned by Rocky Mountain Fuel, killed 38 workers including 14 from New Castle and other Americans, after a two level collapse trapped men below. Only two upper level survivors escaped. The tragedy follows a prior 1905 blast that killed 60 at the same site.
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New Castle
Col
Colorado
Vulcan
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Vulcan Mine
W. J. Finley
John Dawson
Farmer Fatally Shot in Bentley Creek Killing
George Kline, 45, a respected farmer, was killed by Samuel Wheeler after being asked to calm a violent man at Wheeler’s home near Bentley Creek Pennsylvania. Wheeler, about 70, is jailed in Towanda facing murder charges amid questions of insanity. Kline leaves an eight year old daughter and a wife.
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George Kline
Bentley Creek
Elmira
Samuel Wheeler
Wheeler
Kline
Towanda
Burned to Death Under Automobile near Apalichin
The body of George H. Baker 41 of Owego son of former State Railroad Commissioner Frank H. Baker was found beneath the burned remnants of his touring car at Apalichin near Binghamton N Y at 8 oclock Wednesday. He had left Owego to visit his sister Mrs John Webster in Binghamton and started for home about 4 o'clock that morning. The cause is unknown but believed the car left the road overturned pinned him beneath and caught fire cremating him.
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George H. Baker
Owege
Frank H. Baker
Apalichin
Hinghamton
N. Y
Baker
Owego
John Webster
Binghamton
Farmers Eye Purchase of Batavia Plant
Forty farmers and investors met at Batavia New York to discuss forming a company to buy the Batavia Preserving plant, owned by Sprague Warner Co of Chicago. The plant, which makes tomato products, is for sale at 25000 dollars. Backers aim to raise 50000 dollars for purchase and working capital.
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Batavia
N. Y
Batavia Preserving Company
Sprague, Warner & Co
Chicago
Baby Born During Fire at Justice Residence
Firefighters battled a blaze at the Erie Pennsylvania home of Guy T. Justice, head of the Associated Charities. While flames raged a baby was born in a part of the house untouched by the fire, a detail the father disclosed as firefighters prepared to depart.
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Guy T. Justice
Erie
Associated Charities
Kansas Farmers Use Fires to Kill Bugs
Kansas farmers send requests to Kansas Agricultural College at Manhattan for circulars on burning clinch bugs. Many counties expect to be without a single lug next year as bug burning becomes a practiced business.
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Kansas
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
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