U S Moves Troops to Mexican Border for Joint Maneuvers
Officials announce 20 000 troops two thirds of the regular army and 2 000 marines are dispatched toward the Mexican border with five cruisers sailing to Galveston amid Mexican revolution concerns. Ambassador Wilson warned of uncertain conditions as Britain considers protecting its subjects.
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Washington, March
United States
Mexico
War Department
Atlantic
Guanatanamo
Galveston
War and Navy Departments
Henry Lane Wilson
State Department
Diaz
Great Britain
Pearson Syndicate
Insurrectos
Chihuahua
Champ Clark Predicts Democrat President in 1904
Champ Clark declares the next president will be a Democrat, with Adolphus Busch and his wife as central figures. The Busch wedding presents include a $200,000 diamond and pearl diadem for Mrs. Busch and a grand display at the Busch mansion. The couple’s gifts total about $500,000.
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Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Miss Clara R. Davis Dead in Washington
Miss Clara Fandall Davis of Washington D C dies at sister Mrs Joseph Pulitzer’s home in her 66th year. She cared for her invalid mother until her death six years ago and is a cousin of Jefferson Davis. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington.
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New York
Clara Fandall Davis
Washington, D. C
Joseph Pulitzer
Miss Davis
Wiliam Worthington Davis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington
Jefferson Davis
Busch Golden Wedding in Pasadena Celebrated Globally
In Pasadena California on March 8 a grand golden wedding anniversary event was held, claimed to be the most elaborate ever staged anywhere in the world. The occasion highlighted longstanding marriage and featured notable local attendees and festivities.
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Pasadena
Cal
Burns Manuscript Sells in New York Auction
The original 28 line Burns poem manuscript never published sold for 90 dollars to George E. Smith at Anderson auction rooms opening Fontoura Xavier library sale. Also offered was Eddy's Private Directions for Metaphysical Healing given by Mary Baker Eddy to an early student circa 1877.
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New York
Robert Burns
George E. Smith
Anderson
A. Fontoura Xavir
Brazil
Central America
Cuba
Thomas Gray, Esq
Downhill, Glas-gow
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Mrs Nina Chinn Walker Seeks Divorce and Custody
Newport March 1 Mrs Nina Chinn Walker testified in the divorce case against her husband Civil Engineer James W G Walker USN attached to the naval training station here She seeks separation and custody of four minor children claiming cruelty and adultery Mrs Walker daughter of Mrs Virginia Chinn of Washington testified most of the afternoon as Mr Walker defended the suit.
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Newport
R. 1
Nina Chinn Walker
James W. G. Walker
U.S. N
Naval
Mr. Walker
Escapes Ohio Prison by Butler County Inmate
Harris J Morgen a prisoner from Butler County escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus on March 8 despite bloodhounds being used by officers. Morgen serving an eighteen year term for burglary and larceny landed in the state prison December 1 1910 and was known as a desperate man. He had a bandaged head from a prior fight at the Butler county jail. In Rome police arrested Agostino Desanetis who confessed to the murder of Constantino Rimondi last August at Austin Pa.
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Columbus
Harris J Morgen
Butler County
Ohio
Morgan
Italy
Rome
March
Sonnino
Agostino Desanetis
Constantino Rimondi
Austin
Aviator Renaux Wins Michelin Prize at Puy de Done
Clermont-Ferrand March 8 Aviator Renaux flying from St. Cloud landed atop Puy de Done to claim the special Michelin prize of 26000 dollars in a notable aviation feat.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Renaux
St. Cloud
American Ship Aryan Returns After 107 Day Voyage Fire and Blindness
The Aryan, lost at sea after a cargo fire and two months without contact, arrived in port near Philadelphia with 22 crew aboard. Captain Kimmitte, blinded during the voyage, is to be brought home to Essex New Jersey. The ship faced heavy storms and dwindling supplies before rescue.
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San Diego
Cal
Philadelphia
Kimmitte
Essex
N. J
Rebels Seize Mining Town in Zacatecas State
Rebel forces reportedly took Concepcion Del Oro in Zacatecas. Two special trains carrying rurales and local police were dispatched from Saltillo to the disturbance site. American mining investments there are substantial. A cautionary note on life philosophy concludes the piece.
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Saltillo
Mex
Concepcion del Oro
Zacaticas
Banana diet boosts endurance in young man
A young man, used to a regular diet, reports great endurance gain after eating ripe bananas and unroasted peanuts, running ten miles in 63 minutes without exhaustion. Fruit sugars in banana, date, fig, and prune digest easily and avoid starch digestion disturbances, while nuts digest when not mixed improperly with other foods.
Packy Arrives for Moran Bout at Fairmont Club
A sharp dressed youth arrives at Grand Central and is greeted by Fairmont Athletic Club president William Gill and manager Wail Thiery. He and McFarland prepare for a ten round bout with Owen Moran at the Fairmont Athletic Club in Westchester Tuesday night.
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Packy
William Gill
Fairmont Athletic Club
McFarland
Wail Thiery
Gibson
Cannon
Westchester
Owen Moran
Kaiser's Son Adalbert Stricken With Appendicitis
Berlin reports Prince Adalbert, third son of Emperor William, is ill with appendicitis. The condition is described as light, and no complications are noted.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Prinece Adalbert
Emperor William
Examination Order Vacated in Breach of Promise Suit
Justice Newburgers order quashing Edith Poole examination reveals a $25,000 breach of promise suit over a broken heart by an art student. The order vacates the prior requirement for Poole to submit to examination before trial in New York.
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Justice Newburger
New York
March
Newburgers
Edith C. Poole
Poole fight over love letters in Means case reaches trial
Miss Poole a 19 year old art student claims Gaston Bullock Means promised marriage in July 1909 and sent letters from many cities. Justice Platzek recently ordered her to answer questions from Means' lawyer before trial and allowed possession of her letters and other secrets of her sult against Means until trial.
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Mies Poole
Means
Cannon Mills
Concord
New York
United States
Trint
Taft Confides in Ballinger Appointment and Ballinger Resignation
Walter Lorie Fisher, named new secretary of the Interior, plans to report to Washington after a Chicago visit. President Taft declines to accept Ballinger’s resignation, expressing confidence while noting health concerns. Fisher’s background includes leadership in municipal reform and conservation groups with ties to Roosevelt and Taft.
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Chicago
Taft
Ballinger
New York
Walter Lowrie Wisher
Secretary of the Interior
Railway Securities Commission
Hadley
Yale
Fisher
Belmont
Washington
Tallinger
Seie
National Conservation Commission
Roosevelt
Mr. Fisher
Wheeling
W. Va
Hannover College
Hanover
Interior
Municipal Voters’ League
Merriam Commission
Conservation League of America
William Taft
William J
League
National Civic Federation
National Conservation Association
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Association
Fire at Pologoe cinema fools audience during scare
In Pologoe a moving picture theater fire killed few and injured many as 20 of 140 spectators survived. Showman warned of sounds and a wall of panic caused by the explosion. crowd laughed at the fire cry and many fled by trampling women and children. Traube, the railway engineer, was not present.
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St. Petersburg
Pologoe
Crieg
Traube
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Clara R. Davis
Busch Golden Wedding
St. Louis Brewer
Burns
Walker
Harris J. Morgan
Tarif
Poha
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Minneapolis Journal
San Francisco
Landor
Packey
Twentieth Century Limited
Grand Central Station
Packy M'Farland
Edith Poole
G. B
NCW
the Interior
Miss Poole
Gaston Bullock Means
Bullocks
Exelvni
Germany
W. L. Fisher
Labor
Commission
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