Blizzard Paralyzes Warren Traffic Amid Fatal Cold Warnings
A severe blizzard swept Warren and western Pennsylvania causing train and streetcar disruption. Temperatures plummeted with 24 below zero in Warren and 32 below in Bradford, while deaths followed the extreme cold near Etna and Bradord. Reports from Titusville to Scranton noted record lows as roads drifted and services struggled.
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Warren
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Christian Clark
Etna
Allegheny County
Bradford
McKean County
Edward Birch
Titusville
Four Hundred Marines Sent to Mexico From Canal Zone
Washington reports four hundred marines in the Panama Canal Zone were ordered to join American warships off the Mexican coast. The move doubles marine guards on vessels, as health and extended duty on the isthmus are cited, with regular troops already posted to garrison the zone.
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Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Mexico
Daniels
War Department
Canal Zone
Oil Boom in Clarion County Sparks Revival Drilling
Clarion county reports renewed oil activity recalling 50 years ago. The Callensburg Oil Company at St. Petersburg brings in a 3 1/2 barrel well on the J. J. Ashbaugh farm and another strong producer on the Abraham Ashbaugh tract. J A Dittman & Co. has a fair well on the old race track west of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg Oil & Gas Co. plans more wells on the Austen farm, and Phillips Oil Co. near Showers drills steadily. People's Gas Co. has six good wells and growing output. A gas producer near Clarion is estimated at over 1,000,000 feet daily. Pittsburg buyers acquire 1,500 acres in Millcreek township for drilling.
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Clarion County
Callensburg Oil Company
St. Petersburg
J. J. Ashbaugh
Abraham Ashbaugh
J. A. Dittman & Co
St. Petersburg Oil & Gas Company
Austen
Showers
Phillips Oil Company
People’s Gas Co
Clarion
Pittsburg
Millcreek
Geared Up Shorts On Dress Parade
Washington, Jan 10. Representative Wingo of Arkansas describes New Year reactions in the capital. Cabinet members and Speaker Clark hosted open houses, officers in gold braid paraded, and Congressmen wore silk hats and frock coats making festive rounds. A country member in a long frock and two gallon hat drew amused stares above the crowd.
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Washington, D. C
National Capital
Wingo
Arkansas
White House
Clark
Congressional Club
Army
Navy
Congress
Big Corry Poultry Show Set for January dates
The Corry Poultry and Pet Stock Association plans the largest poultry show yet in the region from January 26 to 31. They secured Star Garage on North Center street for the event and offer cash premiums, cups, ribbons and specials including a 25 by 100 foot building lot donated by Robert Patterson Real Estate Agency. Send for premium list to E. R. Johnson, secretary, Corry, Pa.
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Corry Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Star Garage
North Center Street
Robert Patterson Real Estate Agency
E. R. Johnson
Corry
Corry Eevening Journal
Enforcing Road Law in Pennsylvania Townships
Harrisburg reports preparations to enforce the 1913 township road law through State Highway Department supervision. The plan sought to withhold a $20 per mile state bonus from noncompliant townships, but the appropriation was cut from 2 million to 200 thousand, leaving 1,508 townships effectively unconstrained.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Thaw Granted Liberty Fight Proceeds on Bail
Concord reports a federal commission finds Harry K Thaw is not now afflicted by mental disease and likely to be non dangerous if released on bail. The panel reviewed records from Matteawan and trials and noted no present mental illness. A bail decision rests with Judge Aldrich after further hearing.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Aldrich
Thaw
Stanford White
Harry K
Harry Kendall Thaw
Frank S. Streeter
Morton Prince
Boston
G. Alderblumer
Butler Hospital For the
Providence
Matteawan State Hospital
State of New York
Commission
Matteawan
Ex Judge Ormerod Sues Editor for 10000 Damages
Former Potter County judge John Ormerod has filed a $10,000 damages suit against Enterprise Publishing Company and editor M T Stokes of the Potter Enterprise. The case stems from the political campaign that defeated Ormerod and saw A S Heck win as a Progressive.
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Coudersport
Enterprise Publishing Company
Potter Enterprise
M. T. Stokes
John Ormerod
Ormerod
W. F. Dubois
W. K. Sweatland
A.S Heck
Progressive Party
Enterprise
Heck
Potter County
Stokes
Grangers Favor Probes And Road Tax Reforms
The State Grange committee in Harrisburg adopted resolutions calling for probes into state department expenditures and delayed reports from the auditor general and Department of Internal Affairs. It urged detailed highway overhead costs, repeal of the 1913 dirt road act, expanded powers for second class townships, and revision of taxation laws to reflect actual values. Wm. T. Creasy was named to present these views to a congressional rural credits study.
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Harrisburg
Legislative Committee of the
State Grange
Auditor General
Department of Internal Affairs
Highway Department
Jones-Gibson
Wm. T. Creasy
Pennsylvania
Congressional Committee
Fire destroys gasoline plant near Kinzua, Warren County
About three o'clock Saturday morning a quantity of gasoline exploded at the J. W. Miller gasoline plant near Kinzua causing the entire plant to burn. An employee drew gasoline from a tank and placed it near a lamp, sparking the blaze that engulfed the machinery building. Firefighters saved the storage section holding 12,000 gallons while the engine house burned.
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J. W. Miller
Kinzua
Warren County
Steel Mills to Return to Full Time Next Monday
Pittsburg January 10 Orders posted in several independent steel mills will put plants in full operation next Monday due to the recent appearance of finished steel specifications for immediate delivery. Officials believe a low industry mood that has lasted four months is lifting and the move will bring back about 5,000 workers who have been idle or on part time.
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Pittsburg
Year 1913 shaped U S government and policy changes
In 1913 the United States saw a Democratic administration and Congress for the first time since Cleveland, with major reforms across tax, direct senatorial elections, the federal reserve system, a wide tariff act, parcel post, railway rate valuation, and antitrust actions. Panama Canal construction progressed, Philippines governance shifted to natives, and open business cooperation policies emerged. Supreme Court rulings strengthened copyrightantitrust law, and foreign policy moves toward peace gained traction with bri tain treaties and new accords.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Grover Cleveland
White House
United States
Europe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Easton
Commission
Panama Canal
Philippines
Wileson
Philippine Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Wilson
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
Bryan
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Twelve Worst Boys on Nine Acres Club Plan
Chicago January 11 reports the 12 so called worst boys aged 13 to 15 from 12 states gathered to form the Last Chance Boys Club on a nine acre Reno area ranch to rehabilitate them without police methods. Backers include Jack London Upton Sinclair Robert Hunter and Jack Robbins Glenwood National Fellowship Club president. Robbins began locating them October 2 with home cities listed Gretown Hartford Sioux City Mishawaka Lima Detroit Erie Racine Bridgeton East St. Louis Boston Brooklyn Wheeling. Group includes seven Americans three Hungarians one Jew and one Italian. Robbins says the plan will take several years and aims to start the greatest bad boy reclamation effort.
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Chicago
United States
Last Chance Boys’ Club
Reno
Nev
Jack” London
Upton Sinclair
Robert Hunter
Jack” Robbins
Glenwood National Fellowship Club
Robbins
Hartford
Overcrowding Probes Target Harrisburg Theaters
Harrisburg January 11 arrests and prosecutions prepared against managers who permit overcrowding in moving picture shows. John Price Jackson Commissioner of Labor and Industry directs deputies and police chiefs with city officials to act on reports of safety rule violations across numerous cities and boroughs.
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Harrisburg
John Price Jackson
Labor and Industry
Corry Bathhouse Destroyed by Fire
Corry January 11 The Bennett bathhouse once Pine Mineral Springs burned out completely during early hours as tramps using furnace coals tried to heat coffee. Loss pegged at $10000 with rebuilding to start at once.
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Corry
Wilson's Vacation Ends in Pass Christian
President Wilson bade farewell to the South after nearly three weeks of rest at a gulf coast cottage. He told Mayor Lausier and citizens he had enjoyed the vacation and gained the rest he desired. The party boarded their car at dusk and planned to reach Washington early Tuesday.
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Pass
Brother Sues Convict Over Burned Barn Value
William J. Hofman, a Venango county farmer in the Western Penitentiary for burning his brother Lewis Hoffman’s barn, will be brought to Franklin to defend a suit filed to recover the barn’s value. Another brother, Lowry Hofman, is in prison for complicity in the crime.
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Franklin
William J. Hofman
Venango County
Western Penitentiary
Lewis Hoffman
Lowry Hoffman
The Mail Printing Co. Ad Promotes Invites in Warren
An advertisement for The Mail Printing Co. highlights calling cards and wedding invitations available at 229 Penn Avenue in Warren Pennsylvania. The notice emphasizes specialty printing services for personal stationery.
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The
Mail Printing Co
Penn’a, Avenue
Warren, Pa
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