Condensed News Highlights From A Busy Friday
Geoffrey England the British aviator dies after a fall from his monoplane at Salisbury Plain. Levi P. Morton longtime US vice president is seriously ill from arterial disease. A lunatic damages eight Gettysburg memorial statues. Sixty eight sailors perished when German destroyer S-178 was rammed by Yorck. Covered coffee sale in New York leads to dropping anti trust charges. Niagara is finally raised as Commodore Perry’s ship. The Rev Stephen Merritt, blind, marks his 80th birthday happily. Turkish stronghold Janina surrenders to Greek forces. New York habeas corpus writs and Thaw case headlines. Inez Milholland urges women police as vice fighters. Home rule support seen at New York Sunday excise hearing. Thaw’s counsel withdraws. President Wilson says no relatives to hold positions. Mexican forces push rebels back in North. Maderistas clash near Nacozari. DL&W builds wireless stations to equip trains. Chicago Mayor Harrison backs women police in large cities. Dr Friedmann’s culture administration leads to deportation order.
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Geoffrey England
Salisbury Plain
England
Levi P. Morton
United States
Gettysburg
Yorck
Perry
Lake Erie
Stephen Merritt
Manhattan
Janina
Epirgus
Ian
Wilson
Maderistas
Nacozari
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
New York
Friedmann
New Cuba Policy Echoes Past Administration
A new regime pledges a paternal Cuba policy akin to the prior government. In Brooklyn a blind woman’s lamp accident likely proves fatal. The Henry Myers funeral in Brooklyn draws 30 deaf attendees. The Tugano runs aground near Ajax Reef. 110 passengers rescued. Two Brooklyn men mortally wounded while saving a girl from an attacker. detectives arrest a suspect tied to a white slavery ring.
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Cuba
Brooklyn
Henry Myers
Tugano
Ajax Reef
Merchants push 12 dollar wage scale over vice issue
Chicago merchants back a 12 dollar wage minimum to curb vice. President Wilson opposes exempting labor and farm unions from anti trust prosecutions. Frank A. Munsey sells the Boston Journal to Matthew Hale, Progressive state chair. The merit system gains favor in Washington, seen shaping future appointments. Maderistas seize V nacozani, press toward border. Salazar outlines Huerta government. New York legislators consider inoculation measure requiring patient consent.
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Wilson
Frank A. Munsey
Boston Journal
Matthew Hale
Progressive Party
Washington
Maderistas
Va Nacozani
Salazar
Huerta
New York
Chicago minister's wife named in jewel robbery plot
The wife of a Chicago minister is sought as an instigator in a series of $100,000 jewel robberies on the Pacific coast. Investigators pursue leads linking her to the case as authorities disclose details.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
New Haven Railroad
New York
Boston
Serena E. Payne
Taft
Treasury
Sulzer
Stilwell
Senate
Edward Grenfell
London
Morgan & Grenfell
J. Pierpont Morgan Goon
Jury clears Angelo not guilty in McCook case at Thompson's Station
Criminal Court proceedings end with verdicts on multiple defendants. John Angelo is acquitted of attempting to kill C H McCook after a full jury deliberation. Dominick Scordimaglia is found guilty of aggravated assault and battery, while Fred Smith and Fred Clark are convicted of cottage burglary at Big Bend.
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John Angelo
C. H. McCook
Thompson’s
Fred Smith
Fred Clark
M. K. Gleason
Big Bend
Mike Bross
George Pesto
Sheffield
Inter
Bross
Hinckley
Western
Pittsburgh
Pesto
Dominick Scordimaglia
John Se
Court House
Conenango Creek
North Warren
Allegheny River
Main Avenue
Warren
Warren Bridge
Rouse Hospital
State Hospital
President Wilson and Taft Exchange Inaugural Handshake
The New President Wilson meets his predecessor Taft in a cordial inaugural moment in Washington. Taft offers support and wishes success as Wilson thanks him while a massive crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Sires and Sons In An Age Of Fame And Feats
Boston septuagenarian Edwin W. Vose walks five miles daily for health. Arnold Lawson quits the stock market to enter the wood business. Buckingham Palace chef M Cedard earns 12500 dollars yearly. Richard Strauss contemplates a U S visit in 1914. Max Reger rivals Strauss for German popularity. James Cooper originated the parcel post and learned many languages by age 14. Captain Simon Brown, veteran Canadian fisherman, remains at sea at eighty five. J E Taylor of Washington heads navy fingerprint records with over 130000 cards.
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Edwin W. Vose
Boston
Arnold Lawson
Thomas
M. Cedard
Buckingham Palace
Richard Strauss
United States
Max Reger
Munich
Germany
James Cooper
Simon Brown
Wilson Beach
New Brunswick
J. E. Taylor
Washington
United States Navy
Navy
Sporting Notes on Detroit Directors and Oxford Team
Detroit athletic directors organized for the sport. Michigan university reports 858 squad numbers, a record for this college athletic work. Five Rhodes scholars are among the Oxford team for the Cambridge annual athletic meeting. Abel R. Kivint, mile indoor record holder at 4 minutes 18 1 5 seconds, aims to beat John Paul Jones world amateur mark of 4 minutes 1 2 5 seconds with his noted speed and discipline.
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Detroit
Michigan University
Oxford University
Cambridge
Abel R. Kivint
New York
Thas
John Paul Jones
Flippant Flings and Witty Quips Across Papers
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip cites the average American family as four and one third with the father as the fraction. The Washington Post notes a lighter cavalry saber for brides to cut wedding cakes. A New York judge warns against requiring men to give all earnings to wives. The Washington Star ponders car fare and luncheon costs for men alongside women's suffrage.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
War Department
Washington Post
New York
Washington Star
Increase of Indebtedness Notice for Warren Borough School District
The School District of the Borough of Warren Warren County Pennsylvania will hold a special public election on April 12 1913 from 7 am to 7 pm at the usual voting places to seek assent to an increase in bonded indebtedness. The proposed increase is 50000 to fund additions to the South Street and Fourth Ward School Houses and related furnishings and repairs. The last assessed district value is 4660548 and the increment corresponds to 0.1072 percent. By order of the School Board Warren Pa March 10 1913.
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Warren
Warren County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
South Street
Sixth Ward
Fourth Ward
Borough OF
Geo. E. Colvin
P. W. M. Pressel
Money Melted into One Nugget in Mayburg Fire
The Austrians lost about $2,000 saved as gold in a boardinghouse bank in Mayburg Forest county. The landlady, who had just given birth, entered the fire to save her infant but the baby was found outside by her 15 year old child who carried it out. The mother died of burns at Kane Summit hospital, raising the death toll to five.
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Mayburg
Forest County
Kane Summit Hospital
Testamentary letters for Eliza T. Rollins estate granted
Letters testamentary on the estate of Eliza T. Rollins of Glade Township Warren County Pa deceased granted to the undersigned. Creditors urged to pay debts and all claims to be presented for settlement. T L Hampson executor. March 11 1913 Mar 13 6t
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Eliza T. Rollins
Glade
Warren County
T. L. Hampson
Where Man Doesn't Reign in the Department Store
A brief witty exchange from a Chicago Record-Herald reprint on gender roles within consumer spaces. A woman laments male dominance while a man quips the department store masks inequality.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Rug sales pledge integrity in local ads
An advertisement pledges to offer rugs with the greatest conscience for many fine homes, signaling careful sourcing and quality. The notice emphasizes value and attentive service for homeowners seeking durable furnishings.
Death of Daniel Ruhlman Pioneer farmer of Yankee Bush Hill
Daniel Ruhlman of 1203 Pennsylvania Avenue West died at his home Sunday at 1 p m after a four week illness following a stroke. He was 71, lived most of his life on Yankee Bush Hill, and moved to Warren seven years ago. Survived by wife and thirteen children. funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at his home, Rev. A M Rickel officiating, interment Mead cemetery. Andrew, his brother, preceded him in death. He was a member of Evangelical church and Patrons of Husbandry. Also note Higgins sweet peas with Mr Higgins, a newspaper man and judge at fairs, offering varieties he grew.
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Daniel Ruhlman
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Yankee Bush Hill
Warren
Charles
Sumner
Orrie
Ray
Merie
Virgil
Wendell
Cloyd
Youngsville
Hyatt
Altoona
E. H. Weller
Yankee Bush
John Weller
Wallace Mead
Geo. King
Evangelical Church
Patrons of Husbandry
A. M. Rickel
Mead Cemetery
Jaggs Goes Up at Last Says Baltimore American
In a brisk remark the Baltimore American notes Jaggs has finally risen in status or position, raising questions whether the rise is in business or aviation.
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Jaggs
Baltimore American
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Mr. Taft
American Press Association
Sires and Sons
Sporting Notes
Pennsylvania
Sec
Warren, Pa
Charmeuse
Messalines
New Spring
Ieen
Higgins
Sweet Peas
Edgar A. Higgins
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