Earthquake Relief Efforts Reach Messina and Italy
The Red Cross steamer Bayern sails from Civita Vecchia laden with food clothing and medical supplies to Messina while relief ships and gunboats establish stations. Italian premier Giolitti thanks the world as funds are raised in New York Chicago and other cities and relief measures pass the chamber of deputies amid criticism. Severe shocks hit Zermatt and Italian towns with a massive grave at Messina and further quake tremors in the northwest.
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Red Cross
Civita Vecchia
Messina
Rome
Zermatt
Switzerland
Villa San Giovanni
Giolitti
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Scorpion
New York
Chicago
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Seattle
Vancouver
Bellingham
Northwest
Venezuelans greet Venezuelan envoy in Paris arrival
Venezuelans living at 1 Paris welcomed Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul special envoy from Venezuela as he arrived from Bordeaux. Elsewhere Chicago police arrested Fred W. Richardson of Elmira for alleged larceny across El Mira and Buffalo.
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Paris
Jose de Jesus Paul
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Fred W. Richardson
Elmira
N. Y
Chicago
Buffalo
Frederick Corby Pole
Montreal
Cincinnati
Fred van Meter
Galliopolis
James Treadwell
Treadwell
Alaska
San Francisco
Edward D. Shurtleff
Marengo
Illinois
House of Representatives
Walter Zeller
Vineland
N. J
Self defense or murder links in a chain of 1900s crimes
A string of cases includes Rev John H Carmichael in Battle Run Michigan killing Gideon Browning and burning his body in a stove and then dying by self inflicted throat wound in Carthage Illinois. Lert M Taylor surrenders in California amid sister in law assault allegations. Mine explosion at Joseph Leiter s mine kills 26 of 28 workers with all bodies recovered. High rank officers seek pardons at fortress. Marshall Field estate valued at 83 million. Tomas Estrada Palma widow plans to live in New York. International balloon race winner Helvetia chosen by balloonists in London. Julia Colman dies by asphyxiation in Brooklyn. Oklahoma convicts moved from Kansas Penitentiary by January 31. Sviatoslav sinks in collision with 34 drowned. Thaw declared entitled to sanity trial. Western coast of Mexico shaken by earthquake.
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John H. Carmichael
Battle Run
Mich
Gideon Browning
Carthage
Ill
Browning
Lert M. Taylor
Minden
Neb
San Bernardino
Cal
Joseph Leiter
Stoesse
Nebogatoff
St. Peter and St. Paul
London
Germany
Julia Colman
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Brooklyn
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tompkins
Harry K. Thaw
Mexico
Roosevelt Faces Senate Over Coos Bay Land Controversy
Washington notes report a Senate rebuke of the president over criticisms of Congress in the secret service matter. The waterway treaty with Britain on disputes with Canada is signed. Roosevelt reveals secret service findings about Tillman and a land grab. He also confirms approving the US Steel absorption of Tennessee Coal & Iron.
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Coos Bay
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Roct
Bryce
Great Britain
United States
Canada
House of Representatives
Congress
Secret Service
House
Culberson
Committee On the Judiciary
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Oregon
Bonaparte
Emperor visit to Korea sparks smuggling rumor in Fusan
Reports note Emperor of Korea and Prince Ito visiting Fusan about 200 miles from Seoul. Other items include a 12 year old Catholic sermon in New York, a fatal gas explosion at Zeigler NL, naval movements to Naples, a church collapse near Sion, and multiple political and legal events across the United States.
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Korea
Ito
Fusan
Japan
Michael Rucci
East Side
New York
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Naples
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Villefranche
Sion
Switzerland
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Oliver P. Billings
Noel
Clark Tanby
Lawrenceville
N. J
Shawnee County
International Harvester Company
Tennessee
Kang Yu Wei
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Grand Council
Melvin W. Sheppard
Fred Bellares
George W. Bonhag
Charles J. Bacon
Harry Porter
John Lee
Chaussee d'Antin
Paris
F. B. Signor
Oakland
Cal
James H. Murray
Louis Hamon
America
Europe
Cheiro
Palmist
Plain John Warner
France
Explosion in Lick Branch mine kills 100 in Bluefield
The Lick Branch colliery in Bluefield West Virginia exploded on Tuesday killing about 100 workers. State Mine Inspectors Phillips and Nicholson led rescue efforts as crews explored the four mile main entry amid fumes and debris. The blast followed a similar disaster two weeks earlier in the same mine owned by Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Tug River
Phillips
Nicholson
Bowers
Robert Smith
Holliday
The
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries
Cameron Found Guilty in Tube City Bribery Case
Cameron president of Tube City Railroad Co was found guilty of conspiracy and misdemeanor for attempting to bribe ex Councilman W A Martin to pass an ordinance granting a railroad franchise. He faces $20 000 bail after an 15 minute jury deliberation. Witnesses included W A Martin and R Richardson as key figures in the Tube City railway scandal.
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Pittsburg
Charles S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad Co
W. A. Martin
Tube City Railroad
Cameron
Western Penitentiary
R. Richardson
Martin
Voters’ League
Indicted for 860000 In Forgery Case in Oakland
Fred B. Signor of Oakland California was indicted on eight counts for forging the signature of James Murray a millionaire. The total amount involved in the alleged forgeries is 860000 dollars.
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Oakland
Cal
Fred B._ Signor
James Murray
Jealousy Blamed for Double Murder in Muskogee
Mrs Flora Jackson shot her husband Samuel Jackson on Tuesday then went to Rose Simmons home and fatally wounded her, authorities say jealousy triggered the killings in Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Muskogee
Okla
Flora Jackson
Samuel Jackson
Rose Simmons
PennsylvanIa railroad to seek 80 million debt increase
The Pennsylvania railroad board approves an $80,000,000 debt increase to fund $60,000,000 in short notes maturing next year and other needs. Stockholders will vote on the authority at the March annual meeting. In Harrisburg, Representative Thompson is named chair of public health and sanitation. Judiciary General is assigned to Mr. Moyer. In Mercer county Sharpsville hosts a peculiar horse deal with multiple trades for 25 to 50 cents ending with Edward Stambaugh and Madison Bortner.
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Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Harry A. Thompson
Blair County
John F. Cox
House of Representatives
Moyer
Lebanon
Women Teams Strike Hard for Road Work in Saltlick Township
Connellsville notes women from Saltlick township organize road labor with horse and wagon pushing from Davidstown to Buchanan schoolhouse while another group works on the opposite end. They refuse compensation, respecting supervisor approval rules. Harrisburg reports quarantine changes to align with federal policy, affecting numerous counties. Legislature convenes with Sisson as president pro tem and Cox as speaker. Gov. Stuart outlines finances and debt, urging revenue remedies. Boies Penrose secures third term in Senate caucus.
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Connellsville
Saltlick Township
Davidstown
Buchanan Schoolhouse
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
A. B. Sisson
Erie
Senate
John F. Cox
Allegheny
House
Cox
Leopold Fuerth
Wayne
Sisson
Edwin F. Blewitt
Lackawanna
Gov
Stuart
General Assembly
Boies Penrose
United States
Greensburg Banks Report Record 1908 Total Business
Greensburg six banks show a 1908 total business of 25 919 663 44 in the local clearing house report. Resources include loans 6 223 796 50 real estate 406 300 due from banks 722 000 48 cash 574 849 41 and overdrafts 4 302 46 Liabilities list capital stock 1 138 600 surplus 1 167 261 03 circulation 225 000 deposits 5 611 637 82.
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Greensburg
Pattern Request Notice
A newspaper notice offers a pattern to readers who send 10 cents to Pattern Department. Include name and address, plus size and pattern number.
A Gift Time Thought
A short quip contrasts pessimism and optimism through a joke about wealth and relatives. The pessimist claims contentment, while the optimist learns gratitude by noting fewer poorer relatives. The humor hinges on social comparison and family ties.
What does bounding with joy mean in fiction analysis
A late novel describes the heroine as bounding with joy and a critic asks what that means. The phrase echoes familiar energy like hopping mad, though the exact sense is not defined.
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