Jamestown Mercer County Considers Waterworks Proposal
Jamestown Mercer county examines probable costs and receipts as the council pledges to investigate waterworks. Bradford merchants face increasing robbery of delivery wagons during driver absences, prompting police involvement. Remonstrances against Mercer county liquor licenses exceed 12 000 names from Sharon to Mercer for filing, with temperance groups funding the effort. Falconer telegraph office closed and messages rerouted to Jamestown, retiring veteran George H. Benson after 30 years in telegraph and rail. William H. Irwin Altoona reports three days pay as elector versus one day entitlement. Erie Progressive party to organize nationwide Roosevelt plan. a permanent structure with branches in every borough and township is planned.
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Mercer County
Falconer
Western Union
Jamestown
George H. Benson
William H. Irwin
Altoona
Erie County
Washington Party
Erie
Roosevelt
Chicago
E P Bailey dies longtime Utica editor and Democrat
E P Bailey LL.D. UTICA editor of the Utica Daily Observer died about 1 AM Friday at his home after illness. He served 69 years with the paper, led the New York State Associated Press, and held posts including postmaster of Utica and state civil service commissioner. He received an LL.D. from St John’s Fordham in 1883. Funeral held at Westminster church in Utica.
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B. Prestiss Bailey
New York State
Utica
Bailey
Westminster Church
Cleveland
Northern Pacific Railroad
Washington Territory
Associated Press
Morton
St. John’s
Fordham
Warren to gain new federal building in near future
Word from Washington says Warren Pennsylvania will receive a federal building within months. Congressman Peter M. Speer and Senator Ross Penrose are pushing for the bill to appropriate funds. Current post office quarters are overtaxed and business, already up 7000 dollars from the previous quarter, is expected to rise further with parcel post service.
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Warren
Warren Pa
Washington
Peter M. Speer
United States
Ross Penrose
Warren Post Office
Parcel Post Service
Law to Punish Drunken Chauffeurs
Governor Sulzer signed the Fitzgerald bill making it a prison offense to drive an automobile while intoxicated. The measure, passed by the Albany assembly, declares a drunken man has no business operating a vehicle. The governor stressed the danger of intoxicated chauffeurs on the road.
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Sulzer
Assembly
Albany
Good Oil Well Struck At Busti Near Jamestown
The town of Busti struck a second oil well last week using 70 quarts of nitroglycerin. The well began pumping at 10 barrels per day, exciting locals as more wells planned nearby. Oil sand reached 569 feet, making drilling a small item.
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Busti
Jamestown
Unclaimed Body of Corry Man Buried by Odd Fellows
William W. Haymaker died in a sanitarium at Corry Pennsylvania and his body remains unclaimed at a Corning New York undertaker. He left an estate about ten thousand dollars includes a seven thousand dollar certificate of deposit and a two thousand dollar life policy with the Order of Railway Conductors. Former New York Central conductor, he left no known relatives and will be buried by Corning Odd Fellows Lodge of which he was a member.
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William W. Haymaker
Corry
Corning
N. Y
Haymaker
New York Central
Odd Fellows’ Lodge of
Christmas aid case heard in Canandaigua court
In Canandaigua New York Justice L J Van Deusen heard the final chapter of a Christmas story when Fred Meachard paid his wife three dollars weekly for a year to support himself and daughter. Meachard from Jackson Michigan visited his father at Christmas and his wife, who says he abandoned her, secured his arrest.
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L. J. van Deusen
Canandaigua
N. Y
Fred Meachard
Meachard
Jackson
Mich
Dead Man Wakes Briefly Before Embalming in Ulysses
Harry Brigham, longtime Ulysses resident, was found apparently dead but woke during embalming preparations. After breakfast he felt better than in seven days, though he had been ill for a long time. His family and undertaker acted before a doctor was called.
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Harry Brigham
Ulysses
Brigham
Gruesome Toll From New York Upstate Railroads
A New York upstate public service commission report records rail accidents last year. Steam roads killed 871 people and injured 4340. total accidents numbered 5272 with 45 passenger deaths and 945 injuries, 280 worker deaths and 590 injuries, and 422 trespasser deaths with 358 injuries.
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New York Upstate Public Service Commission
Low Price for NYSE Seat in Historic Sale T:
The New York Stock Exchange seat sold for 51000, the lowest price since 1908, after slipping from 53500 and down from 55000 weeks earlier. The November price was 63000, and the most recent transfer prior to sale was Drayton Burrill to Arthur M. Peck.
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Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Drayton Burrill
Arthur M. Peck
Geneseo Woman Dies From Burns
Mrs. Richard A. Riley of Geneseo New York died at home last week from burns suffered when a lamp exploded after she fell carrying it down stairs. She succumbed following shock and frail health.
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Richard A. Riley
Geneseo
N. Y
Agriculture department receives 17.6 million appropriation
The annual agriculture department bill submitted to the House Monday carries 17,598,275 dollars, an increase of nearly one million dollars from last year, to enforce pure food and forestry laws and fund educational operations.
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Department of Agriculture
Piano from England linked to Napoleon’s exile life
A footnote in A Polish Exile With Napoleon claims Napoleon used a piano imported from England to soothe his evenings at St Helena. The instrument cost £122 and may have belonged to Mme Bertrand, who reportedly received it and took it off the island after Napoleon’s death.
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G. L. de St. M. Watson
Napoleon
St. Helena
England
Mme. Bertrand
Separate Car Becomes A Must In Frugal Pair
In a brief, dialogue driven note from Louisville, a young man and a girl debate living costs. She asserts the need for a separate car, while he pursues practical ways to economize within a shared life.
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Ferdinand
Louisville Courier-Journal
Typhoid Carriers Alert Public Health
Typhoid carriers comprise up to ten percent of convalescents and can trigger new infections at any time, a risk highlighted by health authorities.
Christmas Savings Society Opens At Warren National Bank
The Warren National Bank announces the Christmas Savings Society is now open and invites everyone to join. Read the advertisement on page four for details and enrollment.
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Warren National Bank
Christmas Savings Society
Navy urged to build more auxiliary craft
Rep Burnett declares the navy is top heavy and calls for a boost in auxiliary vessels. The brief item surveys multiple international and domestic notes including Castro, Keene, and Wilson in a compact world news digest.
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Burnett
Gore
Trenton
Inaugural Ball Canceled Danes Fisher Family Tragedy
Modistes and milliners face loss of 1.5 million as the inaugural ball for President-elect John Fisher of Clifton New Jersey is called off. A family quarrel ends with his wife dead his daughter mortally wounded and the husband dead by suicide. Civil actions show in Osage charges against Walter L Fisher secretary of the interior. Rev Richard E W Merington Essex Falls is found with wrist cut in Athens hotel and taken to Bellevue hospital. Colonel Goethals states 25 000 troops will guard the Panama canal.
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James R. Keene
Mineola
L. I
Barnard
New York
Cipriano Castro
Nagel
O'Ryan
New York National Guard Field Artillery
Wilson
John Fisher
Clifton
N. J
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Richard E. W. Merington
Essex Falls
Athens Hotel
Bellevue Hospital
Goethals
House Naval Affairs Committee
Panama Canal
Fire Claims Mother and Two Babies in New Jersey Home
A deadly blaze in Elizabeth New Jersey takes the life of a mother and her two infants. Fire officials report the tragedy as the result of a house fire with investigations ongoing to determine cause and responsibility.
Divorced Man in Wheeling Remarries Controversial Figure
John O. Schenk wins a divorce in Wheeling West Virginia from a woman once tried in 1911 as his poisoner. The case ties to a broader set of political and legal stories including an immigration bill debate and anti monopoly measures.
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John O. Schenk
Wheeling
W. Va
Senate
Florida
Washington
Madero
Mexico
Wilson
New Jersey
House
Ways and Means
United Butchers’ Association of America
Western woman’s 100 wooers land her in cell
A Western woman is jailed after pleading guilty to using the mails to defraud about 100 suitors. Prosecutors allege a long running scheme involving letters and promises of marriage while she collected funds and personal messages. The case highlights mail fraud inquiries tied to romance scams.
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Panama Canal
Colonel Goethals
House Naval Committee
Libel case noted as original grower testifies in New York
The original grower testifies in a libel action by Pastor Russell against the Brooklyn Eagle in New York. Dr Horace Greeley of Brooklyn criticizes beauty doctors and manicured nails as pleasing as varnished hoofs of a hackney stallion. Wheat and life necessities may be placed on the free list at the extra congressional session per the Democratic tariff revision program.
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Rayer
New York
Pastor Russell
Brooklyn Eagle
Horace Greeley
Brooklyn
The President Saw Him
An Irish Chicago mother proud of her politician son learns the president has seen Richhard. The son, busy though he is, writes regularly and kept her informed during his Washington visit. The tale ends with her excited neighbor news.
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Chicago
Washington
Richhard
Absence Declared By Scarlet Fever Tale
A young worker, known as a prevaricator, misses a day. He sends a letter claiming a child with scarlet fever. The manager grants two weeks of unpaid leave to prevent contagion in other homes, as reported by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Baboons Share Oyster Taste With Humans in South Africa Tale
A Munich published work titled Monkeyfolk In South Africa by F W Fitzsimons notes baboons exhibit a refined palate for shellfish. The book describes troops visiting the coast to collect mollusks, opening shells with teeth or rocks to eat the salty delicacies.
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South Africa
F. W. Fitzsimons
Psychologists marvel at teen seer in Warwick Rhode Island
Keulan Maude Miller, 19, of Warren Rhode Island, displays extraordinary divination power. Dr Walter F Chappel declares William Rockefeller will never speak again after starting a silent treatment to save his life. The steamship Rosecrans, famed for tragedy, storms ashore on Oregon rocks with 32 men lost.
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Keulan Maude Miller
Warren
R. I
William Rockefeller
Walter F. Chappel
Rosecrans
Oregon
Polar Pioneers Gather for Geographical Society Talk
Rear Admiral Peary Captain Amundsen and Sir Ernest Shackleton appeared together at a Philadelphia Geographical Society event. Amundsen praised Peary and dismissed Dr. Cook while detailing plans to sail from San Francisco in 1914 to reach the Arctic and Atlantic via the north. He will tour the United States giving lectures and collecting medals through June before returning to Norway and resuming appearances in New York in March 1914.
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Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Ernest H. Shackleton
Amundsen
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sen
Sir Ernest
Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Norway
Arctic
San Francisco
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
United States
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E. P. Bailey
Napoleon's
Pope
Diamond
Brennan
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mexico City
Russia
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Board of Inquiry
Ellis Island
General Castro
Elizabeth
Adrianople
Origone
Buenos Ayres
Conant
Izzy the Painter
Green & Davidson
Green @ Blair
Pennsylvania
U. S
Ernest
Amund
American Press Association
Sir Ernest H. Shackleton
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