Wilson calm as Gore and James warn of panic risk
In Trenton on January 16 Governor Wilson shows little concern over Wall Street critics linking his Chicago and Trenton remarks to market jitters. Senators Gore and James praise his honesty and vow an inquiry if a panic arises while forecasting continued prosperity and prompt reforms.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Wall Street
Chicago
Gore
Oklahoma
Ollie James
Kentucky
Pastor Frank Horn vanishes amid bigamy suit
Rev. Frank Horn of a Richmond California church has disappeared on the eve of a suit by Eva Mae DeTorrea who says he wed her in Redding three years ago and then deserted her. Horn says his twin brother married the woman and fled when she planned to identify him by a mole. Parishioners say he may be in Nevada seeking witnesses.
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San Francisco
Frank Horn
Richmond
Bay
Eva Mae DeTorrea
Redding
Cal
Horn
Nevada
Key Cost Man His Life on Penn Railroad Platform
In Palo Alto Pennsylvania a railroad worker Daniel Seltzer was killed after stepping from a moving train to hand a five cent key to a clerk. He was the uncle of Livingstone Seltzer, county superintendent of schools.
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Pottsville
Daniel Seltzer
Palo Alto
Seltzer
Livingstone Seltzer
Mame Reflects on Mother’s New Husband Idea
The Baltimore American notes Mame grows tired at the notion of her mother bringing home a new husband and reasons she would not go further.
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Mame
Baltimore
Pujo Committee Demands Rockefeller Testimony
The Pujo investigating committee voted 7 to 1 to require William Rockefeller to testify before its counsel at a later agreed time and place, after excusing him from appearing before the full committee in Washington. Dr. Charles W. Richardson's Florida report suggested medical risk but allowed a brief examination without likely endangering his life. Chairman Pujo voted against forcing testimony.
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Pujo
Rockefeller
Washington
House
William Rockefeller
Charles W. Richardson
Florida
Richardson
Mr. Rockefeller
Husband seeks injunction against wife in first New York case
Adolph Brown a New York tailor filed the state s first injunction request against a wife to stop violence. The Supreme Court Justice Amend denied the injunction citing lack of authority. Brown also sought to bar vexatious litigation after his wife left in 1967 took his furniture and faced alimony denial.
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New York
Supreme Court
Amend
Adolph Brown
Brown
Fannie Brown
Justice O’gorman
Senate
New York Plans Plain Branding of Cheese Makers
Commissioner Calvin J. Huson of the New York state department of agriculture proposes amending the agricultural law to require plain branding on all state produced cheese. He cites difficulty tracing manufacturers after a cheese linked to illness nearly caused deaths in Little Falls in early January, noting at least one factory tied to the suspect cheese has been closed.
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Calvin J. Huson
New York State Department of Agriculture
Little Falls
Testimony Opens in Movies Trust Case in New York
The government begins taking testimony in the suit against the Motion Picture Patents Company and General Film Company, known as the movies trust. Special Examiner Edward Hacker hears the case after Edward D. Grosvenor, the attorney general’s special assistant, presents the petition for dissolution filed under Sherman anti trust law.
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Movies Trust
New York
Motion Picture Patents Company
General Film Company
Edward D. Grosevenor
Edward Hacker
First Hearing Held in Philadelphia US District Court Case
Last July the case reached its first hearing in the United States district court in Philadelphia, marking an initial procedural milestone in the matter.
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United States District Court
Philadelphia
Porter Declines Reappointment to State Health Post
Albany Jan 16 Dr Eugene H Porter state health commissioner said after meeting with Governor Sulzer he would not seek reappointment and he endorsed the governor plan to form a commission to revise health laws and strengthen the state health department work.
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Porter
Albany
Sulzer
Eugene H. Porter
State Health Com Commissioner
State Health Department
Steel Wage Advances To 200000 U S Steel Workers
United States Steel plans wage hikes for about 200000 employees to take effect February 1. Subsidiaries report an overall increase of roughly 1 million dollars per month, primarily aiding the lowest paid workers. Some mining units are excluded where wages already exceed the average. The payroll will rise to about 175 million dollars annually.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Steel Corporation
Women March to Court Protest Seeks Fewer Saloon Licenses
Pottsville Pennsylvania January 16 an army of women from Pottsville Schuylkill Haven St. Clair Shenandoah Mahanoy City and Tamaqua marched to the Schuylkill county courthouse led by Mrs. George Nolt president of the county W W C T U to appeal to judges to reduce saloon licenses Judge Brumm responded with a statement directed at the crowd.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill Haven
St. Clair
Orwisburg
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Tamaqua
Schuylkill County
George Nolt
Brumm
Court Criticizes Schuylkill County Drink Trade
The court says liquor abuse has earned Schuylkill County a national title as the worst rum ridden district due to crowded mining-town saloons. It contends removing brewery owned establishments from saloons would normalize trade and urges breweries to exit the business.
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Schuylkill County
United States
Ranchman Weds Nurse His Mother on Train
Miss Mary Kennedy trained nurse of Lee Massachusetts married Francis Prairie a California ranchman January 5 in Mercer City California The couple met while traveling December when she tended his ill mother on a train and later after Mrs Prairie recovered the wedding followed despite prior hospital plans.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Mary Kennedy
Lee
Francis Prairie
California
Mercer City
Cal
Kennedy
Mr. Prairie
Death prevents wedding in West Virginia overlook
In Riverton West Virginia the mystery of Johns Compton absence from a wedding is solved by finding his body buried in a snowdrift atop Spruce mountain Pendleton. He had been en route from a lumber camp where he worked as foreman. Miss Nettie Lambert remained hopeful she believed he would come if alive.
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Riverton
W. Va
John
Compton
Nettie Lambert
Spruce Mountain
Pendleton
Boy Fends Off Masked Highwayman In Smith Street Hold Up
Roscoe Lambert a 12 year old store wagon driver in Pottsville Pa was held up by a masked man in a suburb as he returned from a collection trip. The boy grabbed a set of keys attached to an iron ball and struck the assailant then drove away with his wagon.
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Pottsville
Roscoe Lambert
Operators Protest Mine Code Provisions Changes
Coal operators of the anthracite fields testified before the Mine Code commission in Wilkes-Barre to challenge clauses. They opposed audits allowing miners to inspect their own shaft and the age increase for workers outside the mine from 14 to 15. They supported making the mine inspector an appointive post to remove politics from the office.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mine Code Commission
Coal Land Debts Lifted After Satisfaction of $30 Million Mortgage
A $30,000,000 mortgage held by Guarantee Trust Company of Philadelphia against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company property in Northumberland County and adjoining areas was marked satisfied in Sunbury records. The loan was the last large debt bid against the Reading company and its subsidiaries, signaling removal of all debt from the vast coal lands.
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Reading
Northumberland County
Guarantee Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Northumberland
the Register and Recorder
Sunbury
Reading Company
Exports Outlook Bright for 1913 Trade Rise
New York report shows exports excluding specie valued at 24,499,338 dollars for the week ending January 11, up from 15,054,827 the prior week. The total nears the December record and is considered unusually high for early January.
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New York
Mastodon tooth unearthed near Reed's Lake in Iowa
In Hampton Iowa on January 16 a huge mastodon tooth weighing 542 pounds and as long as a man’s head was discovered in Henry Paullus’ sand pit near Reed’s Lake by William Brandt. The fossil is believed larger than the famed Hudson river mastodon tooth and is well preserved.
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Hampton
Iowa
Henry Paullus
Reed’s Lake
William Brandt
Hudson River
Walks With Broken Back In Ice Fall
John Buchold aged 83 fell on ice in St Louis and walked to the city dispensary. He complained of severe back pains and an examination showed a broken back. He is in a serious condition.
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St. Louis
John Buchold
479-Pound Civil War Veteran Dies in New York
Saranac Lake New York January 16 The 70 year old Peter Dubray described as the heaviest Civil War veteran has died at Chazy Lake He weighed 479 pounds and served with the Ninety first New York volunteers.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Peter Dubray
Chazy Lake
Ninety-first New York Volunteers
Ashes of American Consul to be Forwarded Home
The ashes of Paul Nash United States consul general at Budapest will be sent to New York aboard the White Star steamship Majestic.
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London
Paul Nash
United States
Budapest
New York
Majestic
Actress Mrs Patrick Campbell Improves After Surgery
London report states Mrs Patrick Campbell, the actress, who underwent an operation at a nursing home on Tuesday, is progressing as well as could be expected.
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London
Patrick Campbell
Neighbor Rescues Children From Fire in Chester
In Chester on January 16 a neighbor Mrs John Aiken rushed through smoke and flames in the Nugent home and carried a boy and a girl to safety from a second story blaze blamed on children playing with matches.
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Chester
James Nugent
John Aiken
Woman of Wealth Starved in Philadelphia Home
Rebecca Matson 74 was found dead from starvation in her room at 2045 East Sergeant Street Philadelphia. Once from the Langstreth family she chose retirement seven years ago. She owned real estate and improvements valued at about $20 000.
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Philadelphia
Rebecca Matson
East Sergeant Street
Langstreth
Life expectancy figures for ages twenty and forty
A healthful man aged twenty can expect about forty more years of life while a man aged forty has roughly twenty seven more years. The statements provide general estimates of remaining lifespan based on current age.
Warren Banks Hold Annual Meetings
Four Warren banks held their annual meetings electing directors and officers. Citizens National Bank and Warren National Bank announced new officers and a slate of directors, First National Bank listed officers and directors, and Warren Savings Bank named officers and directors. The 43rd Warren Savings meeting reported its most prosperous year and a pro rata bonus of about $1250 to employers.
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Warren
Warren Savings Bank
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
Warren National Bank
D. L. Gerould
B. McOwen
O. A. Pressel
H. A. Booth
Samuel Peterson
W. C. Norris
K. McOwen
J. G. Curtis
E. H. Beshlin
J. S. Bayer
Fred C. Eaton
Freeman E. Hertzel
Jerry Crary
W. E. Rice
Emil H. Lampe
John M. Sonne
Nathan C. Sill
Hon
Wm. D. Brown
David W. Beaty
Ralph B. Briggs
Lee S. Clough
Charles Chase
Miner D. Crary
Andrew Hertzel
E. H. Lamp
J. L. Currie
A. G. Eldred
John L. Stone
T. B. Clawson
Frank Morrison
C. T. Conarro
F. K. Russell
Geo. L. Craft
F. C. Bogart
N. D. Paterson
W. A. Cameron
A. R. Langdon
Harold Hummel
Bank Prorata
Scene Painting Now Done Flat to Speed Theatrical Backdrops
The Scientific American reports that large theater scenes are now painted with canvas laid flat on the floor rather than upright. This method speeds production. colors are used in powdered form, with a barrel assigned to each color.
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Scientific American
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