Taft Reception Guests Include Roosevelts and Diplomats
President Taft and Mrs Taft greeted about five thousand visitors in the White House Blue Room with the Marine Band playing as ambassadors from Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Turkey and China attended. After the receiving line, the Tafts and cabinet members moved to the state dining room for a two and a half hour luncheon.
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Washington
Taft
Marine Band
Army
Navy
Sherman
Knox
Marine
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Robert Taft
Helen
Baron Hengelmuller
Austro-Hungary
Baroness Hengelmuller
Mme. Jusserand
James Bryce
Great Britain
Bryce
America
Zia Pasha
United States
Russia
Brazil
Baron Rosen
Senhor Nabucco
Senor Galvo
Costa Rica
Chang Yin Tang
China
Chang
Supreme Court
White
Harlan
McKenna
Day
Holmes
Lurton
Hughes
Lamar
Senate
van Deventer
District of Columbia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Claims
Congress
Serena BE. Payne
Senator Bristow
Kansas
Payne
Champ Clark
Austin
Tennessee
Miles
White House
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Richard Wainwright
James Bryce and Wife Return to Post for Taft Reception
British Ambassador James Bryce and his wife arrived to resume duties at the embassy and attended a Taft administration reception. The event marked Bryce’s return to post amid ongoing diplomatic engagements with Washington.
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Taft Reception
Woman Hangs Herself After Threat Against Schiff
Anna Volinsky, recently committed to Ward's Island state hospital, was found dead by hanging in the clothes room. A nurse alerted a physician. Dr. Mahon deemed her sane on most matters, with a persistent delusion that Jacob H. Schiff and others sought to harm her since losing her Montefiore home job.
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New York
Anna Volinsky
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
Jacob H. Schiff
Miss Volingky
William Mahon
Miss Volinsky
Heavy fog blocks New York Harbor traffic for a day
A dense fog over New York Bay and surrounding waters kept ships from entering or leaving for over twenty four hours. Only the El Sol from Galveston broke through quarantine as a dozen steamers waited outside the bar. No vessel departed from port during the fog.
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New York
Jan
Galveston
Bryan and Yoakum Finish Deer and Duck Hunting Trip
William Jennings Bryan and B. F. Yoakum returned to Kingsville after a three day hunt at Laureles ranch near Mission Texas. They are noted as farming and Frisco executive committee chairman respectively and brought back several deer and a large bag of ducks.
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Kingsville
Tex
William Jennings Bryan
Mission
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco Railroad Executive Committee
Laureles Ranch
Fired by celluloid collar injures 4 year old in Shenandoah
Joseph Eckel aged four suffered severe burns to head face and chest after playing with a celluloid collar, which exploded near a stove igniting his clothing and the house. Neighbors extinguished the blaze with a car blanket.
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Shenandoah
Joseph Eckel
Franklin man shoots wife then self in domestic tragedy
George Mitchell, before his three children in Franklin Indiana, shot his wife Minnie through the neck and then killed himself with three shots to the head. He died or nearly so while Minnie was expected to recover. The act followed divorce proceedings and an earlier suit for damages for alienation of affections against Daniel Batton, later dismissed. Mitchell, 50, and Minnie had reportedly been living together again for the past week.
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Franklin
Ind
George Mitchell
Minnie
Mitchell
Michell
Daniel Batton
Noted Sculptor Uphues Dies in Berlin
Berlin January 3 Prof Joseph Uphues the sculptor dies He modeled the Frederick the Great statue now at the war college grounds in Washington D C Born 1850 at Sasserberg Westphalia He studied at the Berlin academy in Begas studio He created the Frederick the Great statue for Sans Souci and worked on the Sieges Allee groups He executed Kaiser Wilhelm and Bismarck monuments at Duren Kaiserin Friedrich at Hamburg and Schiller statue at Wiesbaden
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Berlin
Joseph Uphues
Frederick the Great
War College
Washington, D. C
Sasserberg
Westphalia
Berlin Academy
Begas
United States
Emperor William
Uphues
Sans Souci
Commission Form Wins in Springfield Election
On January 3 in Mon day, Springfield voters adopted the commission form by a 3 790 to 3 090 margin despite a blizzard. Brewery interests opposed the plan while a non partisan group from the chamber of commerce led the campaign for adoption.
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Springfield
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Severe Cold Grips Kansas City Area With Gas Shortage
Kansas City faces 5 below zero temperatures and a looming gas famine as coal dealers flood requests. The city’s outlying districts face near blackout for heating and lighting. The weather bureau warns the temperature may stay near zero for days while a bitter wind drives snow into drifts and causes cattle distress in Salina region.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Salina
Blizzard Stamps St. Paul In Severe Winter Storm
A major blizzard grips St. Paul and Minnesota as a northwestern storm intensifies with heavy snow and a forty mile per hour gale. Trains face multi hour delays and several Illinois Central runs between Sioux City and Fort Dodge are stalled. Telegraph and telephone service are disrupted amid widespread travel difficulties.
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St. Paul
Minn
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
South Dakota
Extreme Cold Claims Two Deaths Near Butte Montana
In Butte Montana on January 2 extreme cold continues with the thermometer at 8 degrees below zero and ten miles south 35 below. James McDonald an elderly man died from exposure and another prospector was found frozen to death sixteen miles south of Butte.
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Butte
Mont
James McDonald
Fallin Joslinarraigns Giffard in Spain minister question
Fallin Joslin arraigns Giffard and Amis Pinh at a Madrid court over eligibility for the new cabinet posts. The case centers on whether Giffard and Amis Pinh meet requirements to become Minister of War in the evolving Spanish government.
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Spain
Gifts for Y M C A Will Pledge 25000 With 75000 Raised
Chicago January 3 Roebuck & Co pledges 25000 when 75000 more is raised for a colored Y M C A building fund N W Harris of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank offers 25000 when 125000 is raised and Rosenwald offers 25000 to any city raising 75000 in five years for land and building funds for colored Y M C A programs
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Chicago
Colored Young Men's Tian Association
South Side
Co Roebuck & Co
N. W. Harris
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Rosenwald
Weather Forecast for Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin
Farland continued cold today and tomorrow with southwest winds across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin. The pattern suggests chilly high temperatures and brisk wind speeds affecting outdoor plans. No precipitation details are provided in the readable text.
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Mllinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Farland
Market Summary for Chicago Bid Prices and Receipts
Chicago markets report Jan 3 1911 with receipts estimated 16000 from prior day 1061. Hog prices range light to heavy packing 775 to 810 with shipping grades 670 to 810. Cattle receipts 4500 and sheep 14000 with prospects steady. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Ilinois
Livestock Receipts and Shipments Report
Estimated receipts today 169000 and official receipts yesterday 28382. Official shipments yesterday 9444 and official-left over 1061. Estimated receipts tomorrow 30000. Market notes bulk grades 800 to 815 heavy shipping grades 780 to 820 mixed packers 780 to 820 porkers 580 to 815 pigs 7 SC to 8 15.
Market Receipts And Price Ranges For Cattle
Estimated receipts show steady demand across cattle types. Beeves steady. cows and heifers range 400 to 505. Texas steers 260 to 260. stockers and feeders 425 to 540. Western cattle around 350 to 580.
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Texas
Market Prices for Sheep and Lambs Wide Range
Estimated receipts include 11000 native sheep and 2 western sheep with prices from 60 to 40, yearlings 4 75 to 5 80, lambs 4 75 to 6 50, western lambs 4 75 to 6 45. Demand influences offer ranges across classes.
Market Upturn in Early Bulk and Packs
Market reports show strong to higher trading with bulk at 8 00 to 8 15 for light loads and 7 85 to 8 25 for mixed packers. Heavy shipping grades range 7 40 to 8 25 with rough cattle 7 85 to 9 00. sheep and cattle both described as strong.
Washington City Market Prices (Incomplete OCR)
Prevailing prices listed for various staples in Washington City market. Items include flour per sack, bran per hundred, shorts per hundred, corn meal and straw baled with miscellaneous figures.
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Washington City
Mar Cour
Gonsign Yula Livestock Direct 10 John A Babcock Commission Merchant
U S Yards Chicago Illinois rooms 27 22 Main Floor Exchange. Industrial trade ledger style item lists parties Gonsign Yula Livestock Direct and John A Babcock as commission merchant figures with location noted at U S Yards Chicago Illinois in a terse index entry.
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Gonsign Yula Livestock Direct
John A. Babcock Commission Merchant
U. S. Yards
Chicago
Col Roosevelt Attacked as Former Imperial Occupant in Alaska Letter
Col Joslin of the Tanana Valley Railroad denounces Pinchot and Roosevelt in a harsh Alaska letter. He defends Cunningham coal claims, blasts Roosevelt’s 1904 order, and accuses Pinchot of misusing executive power to hinder Alaska development. He targets Hallinger and A spectacle of heated political feud.
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Col. Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Joslin
Naton
Taft
Gil Pinchot
Amos
Cunningham Coal
Ims
Falcon Joslin
Tanana Valley Railroad Company
Alaska
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Urlin
Col. Roose
Dhet
Joslin
House
Territory
Hag
Ir Pinchot
Washington
Mir Pinchot
Pinechot
Five Burned to Death in Wilkesbarre Fire
Five children died in a two dwelling blaze that consumed the home of John Mark Savage in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. Parents escaped with burns after neighbors alerted fire crews but could not communicate due to language barriers. Charred bodies were recovered from the second floor later.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mark Savage
Ville
Fire destroys Metropolitan and neighboring stores in Duluth
A 3266 fire in Duluth Minnesota wiped out the Metropolitan and completely destroyed stock at luth Hardware, We Shoe, and Gray T Department Store. Most structures were insured and occupants escaped uninjured from the upper floors.
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Duluth
Minn
Metropolitan
Luth Hardware Company
We Shoe Company
Gray-T Department Store
Bever Ocak
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National Packing Pany
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The
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Joseph Uphes
Butte, Mont
Northwest
Fallin Joslin
Arraighs
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Amis Pinhat
Gen. Weyler
Julius Rosenwald
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Reister & Son
Cas Academy
J. M. Savage
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