Severe cold wave and tornado brutalize Midwest and Illinois towns
A monstrous cold wave and tornado devastate wide regions from Illinois to Wisconsin. In Rock county Wisconsin eleven dead, Virginia Illinois sees major buildings demolished, and Milton Milton Junction Pewaukee report heavy damage. Carming crops and farms suffer multi‑million losses as roofs fail and trains halt.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Rock County
Virginia
Springfield
Ill
Mercury
Orfordville
Smith
John Crowder
Proede
Fred Lentz
Amy Kerban
Weasel Kerban
Milton
Wis
Janesville
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Earle Whittaker
William Whittaker
Fad French
Otis Middleton
Whittaker
Statehouse Dome
False Dome
Vermilion County
Mlinois
Rossville
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
WRECK OF THE MAINE Forward Deck View Shows Progress
A forward deck perspective on the wreck of the Maine reveals ongoing salvage work and staged repairs. The image highlights construction progress, safety measures, and the scattered debris along the shoreline. Salvage teams coordinate cranes and rigging to recover remains and stabilize the site.
Thirteen Feared Dead in Lake Storm Near Chicago
In Chicago on November 18 officials believe thirteen men died as boats that departed from Chicago are reported lost amid the worst lake storm in years.
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Chicago
Weeks to Hold Precinct Meetings for County Convention
Terre Haute Indiana November 13. A D Weeks chairman of the Vigo County Democratic committee announces precinct meetings will elect delegates to the county convention instead of mass meeting nominations. The change follows requests from Democrats.
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Terre Haute
Ind
A. D. Weeks
Vigo County
Democratic Committee
Lorimer Bond Tolling and Deneen Link Probe in Rockford
Rockford editor Fred Sterling testified before the senatorial committee about a church tolling forty six times to mark votes for William Lorimer in 1909 and anti Lorimer meetings criticizing Lorimer and Cullom. Sterling also claimed high prices were paid for votes to elect Lorimer and that Lorimer supporters disputed his stance. Attorney Hancey pressed Sterling on alleged opposition to Lorimer due to Governor Deneen’s gubernatorial prospects.
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Chicago
Rockford
William Lormer
United States Senate
Lorimer
Senator Cullom
Cullom
Sterling
William Lorimer
United States
Hancey
Deneen
Public Service Company Formed For Huge Illinois Merger
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois launches a merger of North Shore Electric Chicken Suburban Light and Power Illinois Valley Gas and Electric Kankakee Gas and Electric to create a vast utility unit. Samuel Insull leads the group with $6.8255 million in stock and $1.5 million in treasury, expanding services across northern Illinois toward the Wisconsin line and over $400 million gross capital.
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Chicago
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
Samuel Insull
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago Elevated Railways
North Shore Electric Company
Chicken Suburban Light and
Heonemy tLight and Power Company
Illinois Valley Gas and Electric Company
Kankakee
Insull
Police disrupt wedding as groom flees arrest
Terre Haute Indiana November 13 officers searched for Ole Oleson of West Terre Haute while Mamie Skelton the would be bride locked herself in at the parsonage awaiting Olson. Police with capias writs interrupted preparations but Olson escaped before arrest.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ole Oleson
West Terre Haute
Mamie Skelton
Olson
La Follette Narrow Escape From Auto Crash
Senator La Follette avoided serious injury when his car collided with another on the way to Washington. His son driving sped to Capitol grounds and the vehicle careened forward. a bicycle rider was knocked from the bike but escaped severe harm. La Follette resumed travel after minor repairs while the other car needed fixes.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Capital
Tonneau
Capitol Grounds
Senator LaFoliette
Nebraska May Nominate Bryan for Presidency
Lincoln Neb November 13 If Bryan supporters avoid a veto by their leader a petition will be filed this week to nominate him as a Democratic presidential candidate in Nebraska's April primary The state allows direct delegate instruction at the primary Bryan aims to win the state and then use the delegation to back Harmon at the national convention The move is seen as thwarting Harmon’s rivals and countering a southern push for Underwood delegates to aid Harmon.
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Lincoln
Neb
Friends of
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Harmon
South
Underwood
Bryannes
Weather Outlook for Indiana Wisconsin and Nearby Regions
Indiana fair with rising temperatures and increasing clouds. Brisk westerly winds diminish today. Wisconsin fair with increasing clouds and possible snow tomorrow. winds remain brisk and then ease.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Dam Plan Ordered at Black River Falls Madison Wis
The state relief committee decided to immediately construct a cofferdam and build a retaining wall thirty six feet high at Black River Falls Wisconsin on November 13.
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Black River Falls
Madison
Wis
State Relief Committee
Mormon recruits via new Salt Lake correspondence course
Salt Lake City officials of the Mormon church establish a correspondence course for missionaries and prospective missionaries. It covers scriptural lessons church history statistics on marriage morals and social and financial activities. Branches will operate across the United States and in many foreign lands.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Church
United States
Chinese Leaders Argue on Terms of Peage and Dynastic Uphold
News from Pekin reports continued rebel pauses easing panic in the capital. Yuan Shih Kai moves toward Pekin while Li Yuan Heng flirts with compromise to halt fighting, with Manchu loyalists urged to back the dynasty amid division among revolutionaries.
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Peage
Mamchas
Pekin
Yuan Shih Kai
Yuan
Li Yuan Heng
Yang-Tse-Kiang
Manchuria
Chi-Li
Cheng Shao Tseng
Lanchou
Liv
Wu-Chang
Wberry
Nankin
Exoneration of Boysen in Vermilya poisoning case
Chicago authorities cleared CG C Boysen and L L Hertel of any involvement in deaths tied to Mrs Louise Vermilya. Coroner Hoffman and Captain Harding said initial suspicions faded after questioning. Both men maintained they suspect Vermilya but deny wrongdoing.
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Chicago
Harding
Cauotott Harding
Boysen
Hoffman
Mrs Quinn Jailed in Suspected Marital Murders
Mrs John M Quinn was placed in the county jail in Chicago awaiting a grand jury probe into the death of Juan Marshall Quinn on November 2 at 11050 Michigan Avenue. Nearby in the jail hospital lies Mrs Louise Vermilya, suspected of nine deaths by poison.
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Chicago
John M. Quinn
Juan Marshall Quinn
Michigan Avenue
Quinn
Louise Vermilya
Voerson
Rodgers Suffers Injuries In Ocean Flight Crash
C P Rodgers was severely hurt when his plane crashed near Compton while en route from Pasadena to the ocean to finish his ocean to ocean journey. Physicians say injuries are serious and delay completion of the flight for several days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
C. P. Rodgers
Compton
Toss Coin Decides Canton Mayoral Election
Arthur Turnbull, Democrat, won the Canton mayoralty over Socialist Henry Schilling after the Tuesday vote was tied and decided by a coin toss.
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Canton
Arthur Turnbull
Henry Schilling
Fresh bread harder to digest than stale say experts
Dr. T. J. Allen notes fresh bread is less absorbent in water than stale bread and forms tough pellets that digest slowly. He warns this can contribute to digestive issues including appendicitis.
Dismissal at West Point Not On Jewish Faith
Cadet Joseph Leon Israel of Birmingham Alabama was dismissed from the U S Military Academy at West Point for accumulating more demerits for minor infractions than allowed. Officials deny reports that the dismissal was due to his being Jewish.
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Washington
Joseph Leon Israel
Birmingham
Alabama
United States Military Academy
West Point
Bomb Expands Strike Tension In New York
First bomb attack during street cleaners strike strikes near Stables D on East One Hundred Sixteenth Street. Lieutenant Jones and Sergeant Healmars reported a blast that shook the ground, shattered nearby glass, and left a jagged gas pipe fragment in the gutter as they investigated the incident.
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New York
Lieutenant Jones
Heallmars
Stables D
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Pleasant Avenue
Jones
Healmers
Kaiser Rebukes Frederick William Over Reichstag Demonstration
Berlin dispatch reports a public rebuke to Crown Prince Frederick William via a Berlin inspired telegram in the Cologne Gazette. The message says he openly supported attacks on the government policy in Morocco and bellicose Reichstag remarks last Thursday.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Cologne
Fooperer Wiliam
Frederick
Bismarck
Revival plan targets Hammond racing track venture
Hammond plans a spring revival of horse racing on a quarter mile track at Mi ers Amusement Park just south of the city. Chicago investors back the project with William Mc Coy of Hammond slated to manage the park, while local officials have taken no action yet.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Miers
Robey Park
William McCoy
Jailed for Drinking on Train in Wisconsin
Charles Buckenridge of Highland Wisconsin was jailed for thirty days after taking a drink of liquor on a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train near La Crosse Wisconsin. He was a through passenger returning home from the west with earnings and did not know Wisconsin law making drink on a train a misdemeanor.
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la Crosse
Wis
Chicago
Burlington and Quincey
Charles Buckinridge
Highland
Buckenridge
West
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Maine
American Press Association
URS
Lorimer Knell
California
Public Service Company of Northern Illagis
Crew
Atlanta
Jack the Ripper
LA Follette
Mrs. Louise Vermilya
Advange
Dr. Hertel
Rodgers
Pacific
T. J. Allen
Kaiser
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