Lakes Ensnared by 60 Mile Gale Strikes Ships
A fierce 60 mile per hour gale battered the Great Lakes. The Rouse Simmons and other lake boats bound for Chicago faced peril as high seas and shifting winds endangered cargoes and crews. A body found near Pentwater was linked to missing sailors, while coal fleets along Lake Superior faced additional distress and many ships remained unaccounted for. Snow and wind disrupted transportation across the northwest region.
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Chicago
Rouse Simmons
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Ontario
Erio
Put-in-Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Whitefish Point
Steven Nelson
Pentwater
Nelson
Thomas A. Hanson
The
Lake Seamen's Union
Elsie Schuenemann
Captain Schuenemann
Lake Superior
Soo
Kewanawa Point
Lakes
Minneapolis
Minon
Northwest
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Four Battleships Sought as Navy Seeks Expansion
Secretary of the Navy Meyer urges Congress to fund four battleships two cruisers 16 destroyers and additional auxiliaries. He notes higher ship efficiency than last year and argues for reforms to the Navy Department while dismissing claims that Panama Canal opening will double the fleet. The report calls for a total fleet of 41 battleships to ensure safe global standing.
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Washington
Congress
Panama Canal
Remember Remember Charles the Martyr Ending a Kingly Mystery
Fragments of a doomed monarch Charles I crys Remember as the headsman beheads him The supposed dying message is lost to history and readers guess its meaning The sly Cromwell era and later adherents ponder what his words might have urged and some imagine a simple cheeky warning about Christmas shopping.
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Charles
Cromwell
Man cites beer habit in bid for separation and custody
In New York on December 6 Frederick W. Anderson told the supreme court his daily consumption of eight pints of beer justified separation from his wife Mary and custody of their two children.
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New York
Frederick W. Anderson
Supreme Court
Mary
Mothers Friend Prepares Expectant Mothers For Birth
No young woman should neglect preparation during the waiting months. Mothers Friend helps the body expand tissues and keep the breasts in good condition for a smoother delivery. The medicine is sold at drug stores and comes with a free booklet for expectant mothers. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Mo Ka Wa Indian Medicine Man Moves to Washington
The Haskins Mo-Ka-Wa Indian medicine man announces permanent residence in Washington. He claims his root-based remedies cure chronic diseases and purge germs, listing fees for Nervous Prostration, Rheumatism, Heart Failure, Sore Headache, and other ailments tied to impure blood.
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Mo-Ka-Wa
Washington
Governors clash as Blease defends lynch law at conference
At the fifth annual governors conference in Richmond, Gov. Blease of South Carolina defends lynch law and marriage sanctity, Gov. Oddie of Nevada defends Reno divorce laws, and Miss Kate Barnard of Oklahoma cites 5000 child deaths yearly from glass factory exposure as governors debate divorce, eugenics, and labor issues.
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Richmond
Blease
South Carolina
Jack Johnson
Kate Barnard
Oklahoma
United States
Oddie
Nevada
Lynch
Ilinois
Carey
Wyoming
Reno
Church of State
Kate R Bannard
Blizzard Hammers Denver and Tsunami Lashes Rome
A severe Denver blizzard shuts streets and halts transit with one to three feet of snow and rapid temperature drop. In Rome, a furious seawave floods Messina coast causing extensive casualties and washing away hundreds of bodies from the 1906 earthquake site.
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Rome
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Messina
Reliable Vehicle Repairs Told For Longevity
The article urges regular thorough inspections to prolong the life of your machine whether driven hard or stored idle. It emphasizes the need for repairs and states the service is thorough and competent for all conditions.
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Waterman
Train timetable fragment lists numerous eastbound arrivals and departures
A dense timetable fragment shows multiple train numbers and services for eastbound routes, including local passenger and freight trains with arrival and departure times. It notes daily operation except Sunday for several locals and freights, credited to H W Russell.
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I H.W. Russel
Local Train Schedule Fragments and Times
Fragmentary OCR lists train numbers and times including No 6 Pass No 3 Passenger No 91 Local No 12 Pass No 8 Passenger No 98 Lees with times like 12:44 m 8:30 6 TM 11:40. Agent F L Broadgate noted in closing line.
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Lim
Lo'west Lim
Chicago
MdsBa
Milwaukee
Mdse
Osekesan E
Lees
F. L. Broadgate
Passenger Train Schedule Fragment From Small Rail Line
A damaged OCR fragment shows passenger train numbers 3 10 91 and departures around 9:37 am and 6:10 am. Mentions accommodation or seating classes and notes daily service except Sunday. Person named Kunath Azeuh appears as an author or official.
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Kunath
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