Record of 1912 JWO Attacks on Turkey
Brief overview of 1912 events abroad and at home including miscellaneous happenings accidents storms and ship disasters with sports notes.
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JWO
Turkey
Year of Turbulent World Events and Athletic Feats
A chronological roundup notes political shifts in Cuba and China, U S presidential nominating battles, and major athletic records. Highlights include Yuan Shih Kai's rise in China, Taft and Wilson campaigns, Olympic track and field marks, Thorpe’s decathlon, and America's baseball pennant clinch as sports and diplomacy collide.
Balkan War October 13 1912 Frontiers Clash Near Adrianople
Clash on the frontier north of Adrianople marks start of Balkan War. Montenegro declares war on Turkey as Bulgarian troops advance. Greek and Bulgarian forces take Saloniki and Monastir. Serbian forces defeat Turks at Kumanova and Durazzo. talks near Constantinople seek peace. December armistice signed by Balkan powers except Greece.
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Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Italy
Turkey
Tripoli
Balkan States
Adrianople
Montenegro
Detchitch Mountain
Scutari
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Ferdinand
Kirk Kilise
Kumanova
Storms and Disasters Sweep Wide Regions Across America
A sweeping listing of storms and disasters from Kansas to Mexico includes blizzards in the Mississippi Valley and the west, hurricanes on the Atlantic coast, tornadoes across Texas Missouri and Illinois, floods across the Mississippi basin, cyclones in Saskatchewan and Jamaica, earthquakes in Turkey and Mexico, and typhoons in China and Japan with heavy loss of life and property damage. Numerous death tolls and multi‑million dollar damages are cited, with cities like Guanajuato Denver Niles and Green Bay appearing amid the calamities.
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Preenvatky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Middle West
Atlantic
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Guanajuato
Mexico
Regina
Wheat City
Saskatchewan
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Green Bay
Wis
Japan
Jamaica
Pacific
Lake States
Mississippi Valley
Notable 1911-12 Headlines Span Aviation to Global Affairs
A survey of dramatic 1911 events includes aviation firsts with Miss Harriet Quimby crossing the English Channel and a Boston fatal flight. Maritime tragedies and recoveries greet the Titanic dead in Halifax. Turbulent politics span Taft era, Morocco sultanate changes, and Vera Cruz upheavals.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Long Beach
Cal
Confederation
Southampton
New York
Harriet Quimby
English Channel
Mackay Bennett
Halifax
Boston
Akron
Atlantic City
N. J
Melvin Vaniman
Champlain
Crown Point
N. Y
Herman Rosenthal
Uncle Sam
Kansas City
Manassas
Death roll of notable figures across nations and ages
A list of prominent deaths notes Alfred Tennyson and many others in 19th century society. Entries include Rear Admiral Robley Evans in Washington aged 66 and Clara Barton in Glen Echo aged 90, among poets, artists, politicians, and military leaders across cities like New York, Paris, London, and Berlin.
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Alfred Tennyson Dickens
New York
Robley D. Evans
Washington
William Lochren
Minneapolis
Minn
L K. Funk
Montclair
N. J
Emily Soldene
America
London
Frederick Dent Grant
Isidor Straus
Francis D. Miller
Col. J. J. Astor
Jacques Futrelle
Justin McCarthy
Folkestone
England
Sinking disasters at sea claim dozens of lives worldwide
A compilation lists maritime losses: the Russian steamer Russ with 172 dead in the Black Sea, the British Wiston Hall off Aberdeen shire with 68 drowned, the A-3 submarine torpedo boat off Isle of Wight with 14 drowned, the American schooner Patrician near Cape Sable with 10 dead, Oriental Inner Oceana after a collision in the English Channel, the Titanic victims including Isidor Straus and Col J J Astor, the steamer Texas near Smyrna with 6 drowned, and the Vende Marie French submarine sunk off Cherbourg with 8 drowned.
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Russ
Black Sea
Wiston Hall
Aberdeenshire
Hazard
Isle of Wight
Cape Sable
English Channel
Titanic
Jongitude
Isidor Straus
Col. J. J. Astor
Texas
Gulf of Smyrna
Vendemarié
Saint Louis
Cherbourg
Associations Hold Meetings Across States in Late Year
A scanned list shows multiple groups holding annual or biennial meetings from October to December across cities like Indianapolis Philadelphia Washington Boston Chicago Cleveland Atlantic City Detroit Los Angeles Portland and Richmond. Notable groups include United Mine Workers American Federation of Labor and Daughters of the Confederacy with varied locales.
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Woodrow Wiiln
Imore
Thomas R. Marshall
Baltimore
Atlantic City
United States Senate
William Lori Association
Illinois
Taft
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Blaunton
Russia
United States
Jerome Travers
Charles Evans, Jr
Wheaton
Chicago Americans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
New York
National Baseball League
Boston
Matt McGrath
Verrard
Princeton
Cambridge
Wisconsin
Madison
Carlisle Indians
Army
West Point
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Yale
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Cornell
Ann Arbor
Harvard
New Haven
Ad Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Daly City
Cal
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
John Schrank
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Madero
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Charlies Becker
Herman Rosenthal
New York City
James Gordon Bennett
Stuttgart
Germany
Moscow
United Mine Workers of America
N. J
American Bankers’ Association
Detroit
G. A R
American Road Congress
November
American Federation of Labor
Rochester
Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington
National Woman Suffrage Association
Richmond
American Association For Labor Legislation
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cleve
Major fires devastate cities in 19th century report
A historical fire ledger lists numerous blazes across the world with multi‑million losses and several deaths or dozens injured. From New York to Osaka to Philadelphia and Houston, buildings including theaters, hotels, arsenals, and resorts burned, totaling extensive damage and displacements.
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Equitable Life Assurance
New York
Osaka
Japan
Academy of Music
Pittsfield
Mass
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Yuan Shih Kai
Roosevelt
Sident
Mahion Pitney
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
State Department
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
Christian X. BS
Socialist National Convention
Eugene V. Debs
Emil Seidel
W. H. Taft
James
Sherman
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Progressive Party
Hiram Johnson
Progressive National Convention
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Alfred B. Beers
Connecticut
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Wilson
Debs
Chatin
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New Zealand
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Thames
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New York Athletic Club
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B. Jerome D. Travers
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Short Hills
N. Od
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Kiviat
Tagalie
Epsom
Mark S. Wright
Jerome OD. Travers
C. Harvard
New London
Stockholm
Poughkeepsie
Varsity
May Sutton
Mary Brown
Pittsburgh
Jack Johnson
Jim Flynn
East Las Vegas
Joe Rivers
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle
Ted Meredith
American Press Association
Arthur Chapple
Brighton Beach
Ernest Barry
Richard Arnst
Australia
Brightones
American & Press Association
Joe Wood
Ralph de Palma
Wauwatosa
Margaret Curtis
Lowton
Manchester
Boston Americans
New York Nationals
New York Giants
Willie Kolehmainen
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Seventroughs
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Niles
Mich
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The
Philippines
Coal Miners’ Convention
Wilkesbarre
Philip O. Parmalee
North Yakima
Wash
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Hudson
Dubois
Albert Peignan
Douai
France
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Mulal Youssef
Newtown
Conn
Maerosuke Nogi
Port Arthur
Tokyo
Altoona
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia University
James Bryce
Spain
Canalejas
Madrid
James Brycen
J. A. Dix
A. T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Pacific Railway
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Tunis
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Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
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International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
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South Pole
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J. B. Weaver
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Paris
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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House
Robert Love Taylor
Tennessee
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Clara Barton
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Frederick VIII of
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Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Margaret Sangster
Maplewood
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Lottie Glison
Littl Magnet
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Iron Brigade
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Ladysmith
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Wiesbaden
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Raleigh
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Robert Browning
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Emperor of
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March
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Macon
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