London siege ends as two held out in burning tenement
A prolonged east London battle left two Russians dead after more than ten hours barricaded in a Sydney Street house. Police and 100 Scots Guards joined in a siege while explosives and booby threats were found inside. The blaze finally trapped and killed the defenders.
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London
Mansion House
Tower of London
London Hospital
George
Sydney Street
Stepney
Sergt. Lesson
Home Secretary
Scotts Guards
W Ellis Corey Resigns as U S Steel Head
A fire and gunfire followed a dramatic incident at a residence where two defenders were heard firing and seconds later the roof collapsed and the building burned. The interior was destroyed and those inside were killed or missing.
Starves Steals Garbage in Detroit Arrest
Detroit January 4. A starving man named John Bock was arrested for defrauding the garbage collector after making a dinner from dried bread and a bone taken from trash behind the Hotel Pontchartrain and other places. He says six months of unemployment forced the act under a law protecting garbage collectors.
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Detroit
John Bock
Pontchartrain
Rock
Wife ends life in cistern after nervous breakdown
Mrs Garrett Morrell of Hopewell New Jersey committed suicide by wearing her husband’s overcoat filled with coal and flatirons, stuffing cotton wool in ears nose and mouth then jumping into a cistern. A note to her husband said dont worry its my head. She had been discharged from McKinley Hospital on Christmas Day after a nervous breakdown.
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Trenton
N. J
Garrett Morrell
Hopewell
McKinley Hospital
Holmar Wins Long Race at Powder Hall Grounds
Holmar an American won the pedestrian marathon at Powder Hall grounds in Edinburgh on January 4. Forty runners started the event, with Holmar taking the lead at mile nineteen and setting world records to the finish. He completed the 26 mile 85 yard race in two hours 32 minutes 1 second. White of Dublin finished second and Bouchard of France third.
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Edenburgh
Holmar
Powder Hall Grounds
Holmer
White
Dublin
Bouchard
France
Train Lashes Through Flooded Creek Spur Fireman Hero
A Southbound New Orleans Great Northern passenger train narrowly avoided wreck at Copiah Creek trestle near Georgetown Mississippi when swollen waters toppled bridge timbers. Charlie Bush, a local Black resident, spotted the danger, built a fire on the track and flagged the approaching train to stop in time.
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Mobile
Ala
Georgetown
Miss
New Orleans
Phone girl is heroine in Granville fire loss tops 300000
A Granville fire destroyed ten business blocks three hotels and several homes causing about 300000 in damage. The blaze began in a clothing store and was fought off after a 19 year old telephone operator Ruth Nealon kept the lines open and alerted nearby towns as flames threatened her exchange.
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Troy
N. Y
Granville
Main Street
Ruth Nealon
First Postal Bank Opens in Pekin Illinois
A crowd gathered at the Pekin post office on January 4 to receive the first savings bank certificate. Mayor Counselman issued a proclamation urging residents to support the government’s action making Pekin the only Illinois city to host a postal savings bank. The first depositor was eleven year old Paul Ponaghan with two dollars in coins.
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Pekin
Ill
Ilinois
Counselman
Paul Ponaghan
Lake declines move to Browns stay with Rustlers
Boston January 4 Fred Lake former manager of the Boston Nationals dismisses rumors of taking over another club. He says he will remain with the Rustlers in Boston this year, has a contract, and is not negotiating with any other team.
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Boston Nationals
Rustlers
Boston
Fred Lake
Boston Natoonals
St. Louis Browns
Cutter to Stop Smuggler at Florida Pass
The revenue cutter Winona has orders to stand off Foreign Point Pass Florida awaiting the schooner Cochran from Jamaica to New Orleans with eleven Chinamen aboard. Justice Department says the men are to be smuggled into the United States.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Winona
Foreign Point Pass
Florida
Cochran
Jamaica
New Orleans
Corey Resigns as Steel President
Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel announces the resignation of William E. Corey after seven years as president. There will be no immediate successor. the board and finance committee plan to consider options, possibly elevating one or two vice presidents to oversee departments.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
William E. Corey
Finance Committee
Corey
Governor Pothier Inaugurated for Third Term in Rhode Island
Gov. Aram J. Pothier and state officers were inducted with the 1911 General Assembly, beginning with routine organizational work. Pothier begins his third term and backs electing U S senators by the legislature rather than by popular vote, per his inaugural message.
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Providence
R. T
Aram J. Pothier
General Assembly
Train bandits rob overland limited in West. porter killed
Ogden Utah January 4. Two masked bandits robbed about 100 passengers on the Overland Limited from Chicago to the coast. They killed one porter, mortally wounded another and wounded a passenger. They looted Pullman berths, held the engine crew at gunpoint, and escaped amid a wide search as posses pursued.
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Ogden
Utah
Chicago
Reese
Little Watering
Woman Tries to Halt Cars at Brooklyn Fountain
A young woman repeatedly threw herself into the path of moving cars at the fountain near Williams burg bridge in Brooklyn. Drivers swerved sharply to avoid her, repeating the act at least six times in one hour as two policemen arrived to handle the scene.
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New York
Williamsburg Bridge
Fountain
Bedford
Division Avenues
Brooklyn
Woman Found Mud-Covered After Suicidal Manic Episode
Police rescue a violent young woman identified as Mrs. Lena Cohen after she resists arrest and pleads to die. Ambulance rushes her to hospital. Dr. Levin classifies the case as suicide mania with bruises and mud on her body.
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Eastern District
Levin
Lena Cohen
Chauffeur Weds Heiress in Greenwich Gossip
Mary Augustine Smith youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Smith wed Arthur Woodcock chauffeur for Mrs J R Converse of New York in Fort Chester last May. The ceremony at Father Malter's parochial residence drew shock but forgiveness from the Smiths as they vow to support the couple.
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Greenwich
Conn
Mary Augustine Smith
William J. Smith
Arthur Woodcock
J. R. Converse
New York
Smith
Fort Chester
Father Malter
Torlonia
Elsie Moore
Charles A. Moore
Markets Report from Chicago January 4 1911
Estimated receipts total 23000 with 3268 carried from yesterday. Market shows prices five lower than prior day with light hogs mixed packers 7.80 to 8.15, heavy shipping grades 7.00 to 8.20, cattle around 11000 with prospects steady to 10 higher, sheep about 20000 with prospects steady. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co.
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Chicago
Market Receipts and Livestock Prices Report
Estimated receipts today 25000 official receipts yesterday 19038 official shipments yesterday 4534 official left over yesterday 3265 estimated receipts tomorrow market slow at yesterday s best time three fourths of run back bulk heavy shipping grades cattle and sheep prices listed with ranges closing weak open strong sheep strong
U S Yards Ghicago Ilinois Rooms 27 20 Main Floor
The fragment lists rooms on the main floor of a US Yards building in Ghicago Illinois with numbers 27 to 20. No further context or events are provided in the readable text.
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U. S
Ghigago
Illinos
Alabama Man Found Frozen Near Mobile
T A Home stead aged 60 was found frozen to death in a field near his Wheelerville home west of Mobile. The discovery was reported from Mobile Alabama on January 4.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
T. A. Homestead
Wheelerville
Chicago and Omaha Livestock Market Quotations Echo Mix
Market reports show hog receipts about 16 000 at Chicago with prices from 8.00 to 8.25 for heavy to good pigs and cattle receipts near 5 000 with steers from 6.50 to 7.10 and cows 4.40 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 15 000 with lambs 5.00 to 6.50, yearlings 5.25 to 5.75, wethers 4.15 to 4.50, ewes 3.60 to 4.15. Omaha hogs 1 100 head with heavy 7.75 to 8.00, mixed 7.90 to 8.00, lights 8.00 to 8.10. Cattle $4.75 to $6.60. calves around $4.00. East Buffalo markets show small car counts with steady tone and prices around 8.40 to 8.45 for cattle.
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Texas
Omaha
East Buffalo
Cote Dunning & Stevens
St Mission Merchants
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