Lincoln Birthday Tribute Draws Taft To Illinois Banquet
President Taft to attend memorial service in Springfield on Lincoln’s birthday with Obert T. Lincoln among guests of honor. Illinois officials plan a large banquet at the state arsenal with 890 meals for officials and guests, marking a historic gathering of Illinois leadership.
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Ibert T. Lincoln
Capital
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Rtar
Tmne
Lincoln
Ringfield
Washington
Mrcoln
State Arsenal
Bredt Martin _ Littleton
New York
Obert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Art
President Lincoln
Oak Ridge ‘Ery
Tainard Frence
Bryce
Jusserand
Ying International
Ste
Illnois
William J. Barnes Jr Succeeds Ezra Prentice as State GOP Chair
William J. Barnes Jr is named state chairman of the Republican Party in New York, succeeding Ezra Prentice. The move positions Barnes to lead party efforts at the state level during upcoming elections.
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Ezra Prentice
G.O. P. In
N. Y
Unboat Is Captured In War at Sea Linked To Neutrality Question
Washington reports a captured Hornet after a force from the cruiser Tacoma landed to seize the vessel. Commander George F. Cooper sent a brief dispatch stating the action was necessary to place men aboard. Secretary Knox and Attorney General Wickersham weighed whether the Hornet violated neutrality laws after inspection at New Orleans and voyage to the north coast of Honduras.
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Washington
Navy Department
George F. Cooper
Uiser Tacoma
Cooper
Tacoma
Knoxveral
Wickersham
United States
New Orleans
Nduras
Blast Kills Three at Fayville Powder Plant
An explosion at the Fayville powder plant in Cairo Illinois on January 23 killed three men Henry Petit Phil Malone and Walter Burns all residents of Fayville. The blast destroyed the powder house injuring others and shaking the surrounding neighborhood.
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Cairo
Fayville
Dore Henry Petit
Phil Malone
Walter Burns
Powder Ihese
Last Rites for Morton Highlight Hotel Attache Statements
The funeral of Paul Morton, former Equitable president, was held at St. Thomas church after private services at his home. Coroner probes room 55 at the Seymour hotel as he questions Morton's knowledge of Kiernan and his wife amid confusing statements from hotel attaches.
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New York
Paul Morton
The
Equitable Assurance Society
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Morton
Thomas F. Ryan
Theodore P. Shonts
E. J. Berwind
J. F. Harris
Thomas Spratt
E. B. Thomas
Withersbee
James McMahon
C. H. Zehnder
Valentine P. Snyder
Seymour
Room 55
Feinberg
Mr. Morton
Aviator Weymann Flies Mourmeton to Betheny and Back
Aviator Weymann with three passengers traveled in a Henry Farman aircraft from Mourmeton to Betheny eighteen miles in twenty seven minutes. His average altitude was about one hundred yards. He returned to Mourmeton later with the same passengers.
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Paris
Weymann
Henry Farman
Mourmeton
Betheny
Ships collide in fog near Goodwin Sands
The Namburgh American line steamer President Lincoln from New York delayed, collided with the Tasso near Goodwin Sands. The Tasso was badly damaged while the President Lincoln sustained only slight damage and both ships reached Dover for repairs.
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London
President Lincoln
New York
Hamburg
Wilson
Goodwin Sands
Dover
Oil Well Fire Extinguished At Mexican Eagle Site
The Tampico area reports the great Poterero Del Lianco oil fire is out after threatening the Mexican Eagle Petroleum well. About 500000 barrels were destroyed and daily output is now believed to exceed 160000 barrels.
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Tampico
Mex
Poterero del Lianco
Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company
Missing Word Contest Published in Elwood Journal
The Missing Word Contest by Austin Advertising Syndicate will run in the Elwood Journal starting tomorrow. Readers may win thirty dollars by submitting the correct missing words from daily ads.
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Austin Advertising Syndicate
Two Boys Arrested in Flint Holdup Case
Flint Michigan January 28 two youths Harry Robinson 17 and Earl Spain 18 were arrested in connection with an attempted holdup of coal dealer Philip Catsman. Robinson confessed to the affair while Spain denied involvement.
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Flint, Mich
Harry Robinson
Fred Robinson
Millington
Earl Spain
Philip Catsman
Hame
Robinson
Catsman
Early Bird Training Advice Warns Prospective Buyers
A short quoted note from the New York Sun advises anyone likely to flee before noon to inquire into the early training of a bird before buying. The fragment reflects consumer caution in avian dealings.
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New York Sun
TWO HUNTERS KILLED IN ILLINOIS HUNTING ACCIDENTS
Bloomington Illinois January 23 as weekly hunting deaths rise in central Illinois. Thomas Baker a farmer near Chadwick was killed by his son when a gun discharged after slipping on ice. Jesse Downs of Taylorville was killed by his brother in law John Burns as Burns fell tripping on a cornstalk the gun fired into Downs.
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Bloomington
Ilinois
Thomas Baker
Chadwick
Bafely
Jesse Downs
Taylorville
John Burns
Burns
Downs
Paris Visit of Lady John Russell as a Girl in 1830
The piece recalls Lady John Russell’s Paris trip in 1830 when Louis Philippe was new on the throne. It notes a curious scene where a child could draw cheers from onlookers outside the Tuileries as the king appeared, amid the era’s artificial enthusiasm.
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John Russell
Paris
Louis Philippe
Tuileries
Parmlee Sets New Record In Aerial Flight
Philip C. Parmlee the Wright aviator established a new duration record over Selfridge field in San Francisco with a 3 hours 39 minutes 48 seconds flight. He surpassed Arch Hoxsey’s 3 hours 17 minutes mark in the presence of Maj. Ernesto V. Smith, official representative of the national aero clubs association.
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San Francisco
Philip C. Parmlee
Wright
Selfridge Field
Parmlee
Arch Hoxsey
Maj
Ernesto V. Smith
Natorial Association of Aero Clubs of America
Plague Tightens Quarters as Pekin Deaths Mount
Pekin reports ten plague deaths since January seventeenth. London cabled that diplomats closed the legation quarter and Chinese likely to seal off the European quarter Monday due to the spread of bubonic plague.
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London
Pekin
The
Daily Mail
Legation
Evelyn Arthur Lee Arrested in Chicago Cult Case
Evelyn Arthur Lee, founder of the Absolute Life cult, has been placed under arrest in Chicago as authorities pursue charges related to the group. Local police and federal agents declined further comment.
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Cult
Chicago
Five Die in Toronto Fire at Brooks Residence
A Toronto blaze at 435 Indian Road kills Mrs Brooks and three children plus a maid. Percy Brooks, manager of two Canadian firms, is away on a business trip in Chicago. a second maid survives, badly burned, and may die.
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Toronto
Ont
Percy
Brooks
Canadian Fairbanks Company
Morse Canadian Manufacturing Company
Indian Road
Percy Jr
George
Wendell
Chicago
Markets Report from Chicago Trading Prices and Totals
The January 23 1911 Chicago market roundup shows hogs and cattle mixed with declines. Hogs range 7 65 to 7 90 for various grades and sheep and cattle prospects lean lower. receipts and shipments are stated with yesterday and last week figures and estimates for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Texas
Washington City Market Prices Report
Prevailing prices on local market list items including hay at 5.00 per bale, bran 1.85 per hundred, shorts 1.50 per hundred, flour 1.60 per sack, corn meal 20 per hundred, buckwheat 40 per ten pound sack, and oats and putter noted in muddled OCR. Names of units and spellings are inconsistently captured in the fragment.
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Washington City
GORA
Quotation notes for REISTER & SON Produce items
Fragmentary listing shows REISTER & SON quotations for produce and related items. Text includes distorted phrases and scattered brand or supplier references, offering limited readable details of pricing or product lines.
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Reister & Son
Consign Your Live Stock Direct to John A. Babcock
U. S. Yards Chicago Illinois rooms 27 25 Main Floor Exchange offer direct consigning of live stock through commission merchant John A. Babcock at the Chicago exchange facilities.
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John A
U. S. Yards
Chicago
Peerless Leader Not Again a Presidential Candidate
Washington reports William J. Ryan pressures for a progressive Democrat in 1912 while William Jennings Bryan steps back from nomination. The drive targets Harmon and favors Wilson or Clark, with Bryan possibly guiding influence at the national convention. Champ Clark’s supporters note his cautious stance as party dynamics intensify.
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Washington
William J. Ryan
Democratic Party
Bryan
Baltimore
Judson Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Lincoln
Gey. Harmon
Charles W. Bryan
Denver
Paft
Clark
Bis
Two Men Die of Gas at Central Hotel Port Adams
Scott and Chester Pouns of the Ninety-Seventh coast were found dead in a bed at the Central hotel. Gas escaped from a wide open jet in the wall. Bertha Clark, a chambermaid, discovered the bodies and the doctor believed they had been dead three or four hours.
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Providence
R. 1
Scott
Chester Pouns
Somalia
Port Adams
Central Hotel
Bertha Clark
Aneto
Narrow Escape From Poison Fumes Shocks Family
In Shelbyville Indiana a family led by Wolf Adler narrowly escaped asphyxiation from fumes. They awoke to dangerous gases from a baseburn era heater and Mr Adler crawled to the door for fresh air after awakening at around 6 o clock. The Arb family also suffered exposure.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Wolf Adler
Adler
Arb
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Elwood
Indiana
Journal
Journal Office
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Schild
Lars
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Meekes
Mt Iatckt
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U. S
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