Students test egg diet at University of Pennsylvania
Ten students at the University of Pennsylvania have eaten only eggs for three days to study eggs as food. The physiology chemistry department provides fresh eggs at each meal and allows a dozen eggs boiled fried steamed or roasted per student per meal depending on capacity. Examinations will continue for several days under Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor and Dr. W C Rose.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Department of Physiological Chemistry
Alonzo E. Taylor
W. C. Rose
Kansas Babies Going Blind In One Neighborhood
Topeka, Feb 13. Dr Crumbine secretary of the state board of health says boracic acid could have saved sight of nine of ten Kansas babies born blind. In one neighborhood 16 babies, 14 blind before a month. A bill before the legislature would provide medical relief for afflicted children under penalty of 100 dollars fine and six months imprisonment.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
S. J., Crumbine
State Board of Health
Father’s Gift Claim in Norristown Orphans Court
Norristown Pa Feb 13 William Mogee a chauffeur sues the estate of his father George Mogee for 1100 claiming shares in a local building association given as a birthday gift when he was four. The stock held in his name with George Magee as trustee totals 1200 but 100 was previously given for a bicycle. Other heirs contest payment.
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Norristown
Orphans’ Court
William Mogee
George Mogee
William Magee
George Magee
Oil Wanes Strike From Farmers In Warren
In Warren Pennsylvania on February 13 wagons laden with oil line the streets before refineries. Farmers with small wells abandoned years ago are bailing them now as oil men anticipate prices remaining high and prepare to test new fields.
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Warren
Ice Cutting Plan Aims to Fill Farmers’ Ice Houses
Windham county jail Sheriff Fields mobilizes 400 prisoners to cut ice for 25 cents a ton with hauling. Farmers from miles around hire the service, boosting prison feed and county profits while supplying cheap ice to households.
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Brooklyn
Conn
Sheriff Fields
Windham County
Ice Harvest Begins in Monroe County Mines Region
Ice harvesting started across Monroe county with dealers selling 8 to 10 inch ice at Delaware Water Gap and other mountain resorts. A six coach train carried workers to the Pocono region to harvest 12 to 14 inch thick ice for the Mountain company.
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Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Delaware Water Gap
East Stroudsburg
Pocono
Mountain Company
Firemen and Managers Engage in Federal Mediation Talks
Federal mediators arrived from Washington to seek a settlement between the Eastern railroad firemen and the companies before a planned strike. The Firemen’s Brotherhood has voted to strike, with President Carter and a 54-member adjustment committee backing the action, while mediators and railroad managers debate a mutually acceptable middle ground.
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New York
Sarter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Martin A. Knapp
Commerce Court
G. W. W. Hanger
United States Commissioner of Labor
Washington
Carter
Desperate dynamite try targets Lynchburg's wealthiest woman
In Lynchburg Virginia on February 13 an explosive charge blew onto the veranda near Mrs. George M. Jones bed and windowed the house. The 80 year old philanthropist escaped to the yard as the porch floor and balcony were wrecked. Police pursue a capable crew amid a suspected motive.
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Lynchburg
George M. Jones
Tax on bachelors proposed in Illinois senate move
Springfield ill Feb 13 annual tax of 190 is imposed upon all bachelors in a bill by Senator Beall once known as the stork mayor of Alton. bachelors defined as males 32 or older without marriage the tax goes to the treasury of the city town or village of residence
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Beall
Terra Nova and Men at Furthest South Point
The dispatch notes Captain Scott and his Terra Nova crew reaching the furthest southern latitude with a cabin scene described. The report highlights expedition progress and the ship's status amid Antarctic exploration.
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Captain Scott
South Point
Elephant Rampage Through Watertown Streets
A crazed elephant from the Robinson Spellman indoor circus fled through Watertown after slipping on ice in 15 below weather. The animal smashed into businesses and the state armory before John Robinson calmed the creature and the herd was reloaded with a heavy rope. Police and fire crews assisted in the chase.
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Watertown
N. Y
Ella
Robinson Spellman
State Armory
Company C
Mercury
John Robinson
Long Dispatches From World News Digest
Governor Sulzer refuses to appropriate funds for New York inauguration penies. A Rochester tailor shoots at strikers, killing one and wounding two. District Attorney Whitman confirms graft stories via Police Captain Walsh. A Massachusetts apple grower witnesses a woman selling a steak and a puppy in a New York restaurant. Bronx janitor John Paul Farrell retracts his bomb-tragedy confession, saying police threats forced it. Culebra slide buries three tracks and a drainage ditch. Sulzer notes 18 million sinking fund surplus to avoid a direct tax. Baltimore’s Balti more wife scandal cited. husband says she kissed back. Lillian Lorraine Hollis found dead in a New York room with twenty cats. Sun from extinct volcanoes on the moon blamed for winter weather and Titanic disaster. Navy proposes two new battleships by 2 to 1 vote. Rhodes Greeks harassed by Italian authorities. Tokyo reports rioting ended and Katsura resigns. Policeman Fox says he was offered 10000 to stay silent, 3000 for trial, 7000 for Mrs Fox if convicted.
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Sulzer
New York
Rochester
Whitman
Ne York
Thomas W. Walsh
Pollewm. Fox
Hunery
Massachusetts
John Paul Farrell
Bronx
Culebra
George Deems
Baltimore
Lillian Lorraine Hollis
Pacific
A. J. de Voe
Scott's Loss Confirmed in Antarctic Tragedy
British explorer Captain Robert F. Scott and four party members perished while returning from the South Pole. Scott reached the pole January 18, 1912. he died March 29, 1912, about 155 miles from Cape Evans. Survivors were Wilson Bowers Oates Evans. The Terra Nova, returning to rescue them, reported the calamity to Camaru New Zealand and then to Lyttleton.
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Anarctic
Robert F. Scott
R. N
South Pole
Scott
Cape Evans
Edward Wilson
H. R. Bowers
L. E. G. Oates
F E. Evans
Southland
Camaru
N. Z
Antarctic
Lyttleton
Suffragette Leader Pankhurst Attacked at Croydon Meeting
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and fellow suffragists were mobbed on arrival in Croydon where mail damage by suffragettes had inflamed locals. Police intervened to prevent violence as the meeting ended and a window on Pankhurst's car was smashed.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Croydon
Levy bill favors observing Sabbath and equal rights at public venues
Albany reports that the assembly codes committee approved the Levy bill allowing any day named as Sabbath other than Sunday to permit secular work without punishment. The same committee also reported the Levy bill granting equal rights to all persons in places of public accommodation.
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Albany
Assembly Codes Committee
Roosevelt Declares War on Old Parties at Lincoln Day Dinner
Theodore Roosevelt told the National Progressive club at the Lincoln day dinner that the Progressive party will not amalgamate with Republicans or Democrats. He said the party is here to stay and welcomes ex-Republicans and ex-Democrats as equals. The address drew a large audience at the Hotel Astor.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
National Progressive Club
Hotel Astor
Progressive Party
Republic
Roosevelt
Firemen Vote For Strike On 54 Eastern Lines
An unofficial report states firemen on 54 Eastern railroad lines supported a strike. The piece also notes quorum failures for a battleship caucus, new vessels promised, and a Turkish retreat turning into rout at Gallipoli. In New York, auto bandits rob Douglas shoe store at Broadway and Fourteenth, taking $400. An automobile bill proposes changing the Herrick measure to set driver age at 38.
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Gallipoli Peninsula
Douglas Shoe
Broadway
Fourteenth Street
New York
Secretary of State
Herrick
Automobile Bandits' Trial Resumed in Paris Bank Robbery Case
The Paris courtroom resumed the automobile bandits trial as eye witnesses testified. Six identified Goudy as the man outside Chantilly bank with a Winchester rifle, while one named Monier as a bandit. The remaining five witnesses could not identify any suspect.
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Paris
Chantilly
Goudy
Monier
Walsh Body Found in Fairbault Cabin
Patrick Walsh, 79, was found dead in his Fairbault residence where he had lived alone for years. Police found more than $300 inside the cabin, suggesting a possible motive or inconspicuous circumstances.
Victims and upheavals cross 1900s headlines
Martin 2erolzheimer, former American vice consul at Vienna, dies by self inflicted gunshot. Dean Sumner warns at Trinity Church that securing sympathy of virtuous women for fallen sisters is hard. A DC bill banning intermarriage by race moves to the senate. In Mexico City, Diaz and Reyes lead a revolt with hundreds dead, including Reyes, as key buildings fall.
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Martin 2Erolzheimer
Vienna
Dean Sumner
Chicago
Trinity Church
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Felix Diaz
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico City
Reyes
Reading railroad tests electric block signals to Shamokin
Shamokin, February 12. Reading railroad employees tested the electric automatic block signals from Locust Summit to Shamokin, completing the Philadelphia to Shamokin territory with the system. The signals give engineers information at least four miles in advance of the train.
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Shamokin
Reading Railroad
Locust Summit
Philadelphia
Gambling machines burned in Reading area seizure
Twenty eight gambling machines confiscated from 17 clubs and fraternal organizations were burned at Spring Valley. The seizure also included six machines taken from three restaurants and a cigar store.
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Reading
Spring Valley
Three Sing Sing inmates die in one day execution
In Sing Sing prison three killers are executed in a single day. Across the nation reports note executions, strikes, and political disturbances as events unfold in multiple states.
French press grapples with Germanophobia amid war claims
On Thursday editors confront a rise in Germanophobic sentiment while reporting alleged deaths and property losses tied to ongoing conflict. The discourse reflects public unease as wartime events mount.
Funeral rites for Pope Pius X’s sister Rosa Sarto
Rome reports funeral services were held for Rosa Sarto the 77 year old sister of Pope Pius X at the church of San Lorenzo. A dispatch claimed the pope left the Vatican to attend but that was denied.
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Rome
Rosa Sarto
Pius X
Church of San Lorenzo
Vatican
Americans Die As Mexican City Artillery Battles Rage
Amid renewed fighting around Mexico City’s arsenal, eight new cannon join Madero forces. Foreign residents flee to embassies as two Americans are killed and another wounded, with one German injured. Embassy protests follow.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Ciudadela
Madero
Becaus
Wilson
Baron Paul von Hintz
Percy Griffith
Street Railwa Company
H. W. Holmes
Dun Agency
Griffith
Wise
Albert Bland
Kiss a Year Not Enough Divorce Case in Georgia
Atlanta, Feb. 13. Mrs. Nellie Thomas files for divorce from N. S. Thomas a prominent local businessman claiming neglect and coldness. She says her husband kissed her only once per year for three years and opposed her conduct with other men urging theater and party outings.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Nellie Thomas
N. S. Thomas
Reorganization of New York National Guard Proposals
Albany February 13 bills prepared by Major General Aw O Ryan seek to reorganize National Guard divisions to distribute maintenance costs more equitably among state counties. The move targets fairer funding across counties and ensures balanced defense resources statewide.
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National Guard
Albany
O'Ryan
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Levy
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