Taft fire and Roosevelt record praised at Indiana banquet
A readerable fragment reports a banquet where Taft is urged, praises Roosevelt’s record, and criticizes the press for truthfulness. Notes senators, party leaders, and editors from Indiana, with references to Payne, Chaney, and proposed amendments, urging consistent U S policy and broader public approval.
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Widan
Nic Wuniplatratton
Nareis Voka
Bien Spulivan
Indiana
Colo
Hart Swale
Edi
Ponta
Die Bunquet
Sir Hoewn
Slot
Republica Party
Obituary Notice for Missist Feternent and Kin
Fragmented obituary item noting deaths and funeral details across January 1913. Mentions multiple individuals, residences, and ceremonial dates with scattered names and places, including listings of interment and funeral arrangements, some garbled but indicating a community death notice from a local paper.
Senator Browns Tribute to Roosevelt in Taft Era Policy Debate
In remarks during McKinley's tenure and beyond, Senator Brown praised Roosevelt while critiquing Taft's administration. He cited antitrust prosecutions under Roosevelt and condemned claims of deceit, asserting Roosevelt never lied to the American people and defending his third term stance as sincere.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
Brown
del. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Legislators Pick Wilson as Kentucky Assembly Votes
Frankfort Kentucky January 2 special to The Washington Post Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey leads the presumptive presidential choices of Kentucky general assembly members with nine votes President Whitlam three Taft two and many Democrats and Republicans noncommittal The report lists candidates including Clark Underwood Watterson Roosevelt Bryan James Hearst and Harmon with various support patterns and notes potential shifts after the session and a risk of name confusion with former Kentucky Governor Augustus Wilson Harmon’s strength lies in the Ohio Valley.
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Washington Post
Frankfort
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Uir
Kentucky General Assembly
Fle
Whitlam
Taft
Clark
Oscar Underwood
Henry Watterson
Theodore Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Olle M. James
A. ©. Stanley
James B. McCreary
W. R. Hearst
Olle James
Harmon
Watterson
Representative Underwood
Col
Roosevelt
Harvey
Gov
Wilson
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Independents for Hall in New Orleans primary race
Judge Lawer B. Kall, candidate of the Good Government League for the Democratic nomination for governor, led by about 6,000 votes over John T. Michel after Tuesday’s election. James A. Aswell polled over 20,000 and urged citizens to back Hart against Michel. Sander plans a second primary bid against Broussard for the U.S. Senate. Foster lost renomination to Ransdell by about 4,000.
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New Orleany
Lawer B. Kall
Good Government League
Ikovernor
John T. Michel
Remular Democracy
Ewing-Rnwell
Robert Ewing
National Democratic
Independent Porties
James A. Aswell
Handa
Michel
Aswell
Charles V. Turter
Hart
Sander
Broussard
United State Senate
Ature Thornton
Congress
Foster
Ransdell
Uninstructed Delegates Favored By Former Senator Chandler
Former U S senator William E Chandler warns GOP voters in a Concord letter the party risks defeat in the next presidential election. He urges unpledged delegates to the national convention and names potential nominees including La Follette Roosevelt Hughes Cummins and Fairbanks. He calls for open post third term debates and cites an imitation of Porfirio Diaz's Mexican system as a caution.
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Chandler
Washington Post
Concord
N.hl
William E. Chandler
United States
Anya
Tutt Ly
Bryan Acts As Peacemaker In Missouri Democratic Rift
St Louis January 2 Bryan after missing a train here sought to mediate between Speaker Champ Clark and former Gov. Joseph W Folk as both seek Mincouri endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination. He met Folk for over an hour, then met Clark supporters Lon V Stephens Virgil Hole and Edward F Galbraith. Bryan did not issue a public statement but protested Roosevelt third term and asserted no president should have a third term.
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St. Louis
Witam G. Bryan
Champ Clark
Guy
Joseph W. Folk
Mincouri
Volk
Bueaker Clark
Lon V. Stephens
Virgil Hole
Exposure and Ice Rescue Dominate Hagerstown Skating Tragedy
Special to The Washington Fest reports Miss Frances Kentucky Assembly to Hear Mr. Hearst and a second victim among Hagerstown skaters who broke through ice. The incident drew attention as rescuers saved a pupil from the Breatheville school on Ancle, with references to state officials and Democratic leaders. Additional items note Lily Whites’ control of the New Orleans Republican party and E. S. Johnson’s gubernatorial bid in South Dakota.
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Hagerstown
Miss Frances Kentucky Assembly
Hearst
Aubrey
Ets
Breathedeville
General Assembly
Cora F
Frankfort
Henry Watterson
Jacy
Wanash
Salmon
Woodrow Wilson
New Orleans
Jan
H. S. Suthon
C.J. Bell
Gas figures awaited as audit urged in gas rate dispute
Washington district officials and President Joseph Lester discuss gas rate reductions and the value of Washington Gas Light Company property. Rudolph says auditors may be avoided if company furnishes property value, while Lester and the department seek data from Commerce and Labor. commissioners await confidential figures before proceeding.
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Washington Gas Light Company
Rudolph
Joseph Lester
Lester
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mit
Gatun Dam Attack Sparks Cleveland Talk
Cleveland speaker H C Beardsley assails the Gatun Dam of the Panama Canal at an Ohio Engineering Society session. He warns the dam could fail or cause a national disgrace, citing alleged weaknesses in rock loading on the dam toe and a broader conspiratorial tone in engineering journals.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Panama Canal
H. C. Beardsley
Sesalon
Ohio Engineering Society
Neardal
Gatun
Boy Killed by Train Near Laurel Maryland
Albert Dietz twelve year old son of John Dietz of Avalon Maryland was killed today by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near St Denis and Relay stations while walking home from SS Denis public school after class. He tried to board a fast freight then crossed the tracks and was struck as a westbound train passed. His father works as an engineer at the Avalon electro power house above Relay.
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Mibert Dietz
Bpeciato
Washington Fo Laurel
Albert Dietz
John Dietz
Avaton
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Denis
SS. ‘Denis
Vavalon
St Deaie
Electro Power House
Avalon
Relay
Gold coin rumor debunked by mint official in Philadelphia
In 1911 Anclecia, Miss Margaret Kelly assistant director of the Philadelphia mint said a circulating gold coin story is ridiculous. The rumor caused the new nickels to vanish in Eastern cities and holders may soon spend them. Separately, the Republican State central committee set March in Santa Fe for the first state convention to choose eight delegates for the national gathering in Chicago.
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Philadelahia
Margaret Kelly
Philadelphia
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Republican State Central Committee
Chicago
Father of 26 Dead at 90 in Harris Ferry area
George Rhodes died at Harris Ferry in Parkersburg county aged 90. He outlived three wives and was the father of 26 children, with 13 surviving. The obituary notes the long life and large family as of January 25.
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Prat
Parkersburg
W. Va
George Rhodes
Harris Ferry
Rhodes
Noted Bandit Cravens Is Sentenced In Oklahoma
Ben Cravens alias Charlea Maust was convicted by a jury in Guthrie Oklahoma in the district court for the 190 attempt to rob a post office at Red Rock on March 18 nineteen hundred. He received a life sentence. The case ends the career of a famed Midwestern desperado once active on the Missouri Iowa border.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charlea Maust
United States District Court
Ben Cravens
Missouri- Iowa
Cravens
Alias Maust
Alvin Bateman
Red Rock
Middle West
Murdered Man Found With Tongue Slit in Harlem
New York report says a slain man, possibly an informer, was found in a vacant lot in Harlem with a slit tongue, slash throat, and back wounds. Police deem it a Black Hand style revenge but fear the victim’s identity may never be recovered due to severe facial mutilation.
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New York
Harlem
Young wife Mary Lennes suicide shocks Columbia family
In New York on January 25 Mary Winifred Lennes, wife of Columbia University mathematics instructor Nels J. Lennes, killed herself by slashing her throat. Depression followed her sister and mother’s visit from Chicago. She left two children, including a 3 month old.
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New York
Mary Winifred Lennes
Nels J. Lennes
Columbia University
Iter
Brie
Hatpin Foils a Footpad Near Washington Woman Fights Off Thief
Mrs. G T Miller of 1444 W street NW cried for help last night when a negro footpad grabbed her wrist and demanded her pocketbook. She struck with a hatpin, the assailant fled but was chased by Officer Hinkle who used his club to subdue him. The suspect was identified as 34 year old George Dorsey of Harrisburg Virginia, who denied the attack.
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GT. Miler
Miller
George Dorsey
Harrisburg, Va
Mra. Miler
Nurse Faith Marvel Found Dead With Bullet In Philadelphia
Police investigate the death of 23 year old nurse Mrs Faith Marvel found at her home with a bullet wound to the head. Notes signed by Marvel claim affection from her husband and his plans to wed another woman. husband William Marvel 48 detained as witness. Police challenge handwriting and seek further evidence.
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Philadelphia
Faith Marvel
Marvel
Uberty
William Marvel
Mra. Marvel
Edward
Taft Support Pledged at Sixth Iowa District Meeting
In Ottumwa Iowa on January 25 Republicans in the Sixth District adopted resolutions pledging support to President Taft. The event opened a series of Iowa district conferences to secure Taft delegates to the national convention. In Baltimore, Governor Goldsborough said he favored Taft’s renomination.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Taft
Baltimore
Phillips Lew Goldsborough
Starved to Death Dieting Leads to Fatality in Omaha
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Louise Zchau of Omaha Nebraska died from starvation after a six month dieting attempt to improve health. She grew weaker over time despite following friendly advice and seeking help.
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Washington
Omaha
Nebr
Jan
Louise Zchau
China Faces Rebel Stand Peking Crisis Deepens
Jan 25 dispatch reports Imperial government delaying initiative against the revolutionaries while military preparations surge in northern China. Yuan Shikai remains influential as Feemler and others seek backing. U.S. forces completed rail relief movements in China and Major Arrasmith reported to General Bell. Knox briefed Senate on actions under 1901 protocol.
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Peking
China
Feemler Yuan Shi Kai
Manta
United States
Lang- Shan
Lanchow
James M. Arrasmith
Wit”teenth Infantry
J. Franklin Bell
Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subcommittee
Fear Death Go to Panama Says Dr Wiley at Men's Temple
Dr Harvey Wiley urged the Men's Temple Club that fear of death should send people to Panama where he said no one dies there. He praised canal workers and medical science for eradicating diseases that would have claimed 400000 lives in the Civil War era and urged saving infants by wiping out preventable illnesses.
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Wiley
Men’s Temple Club
Harvey WW. Wiley
Men's Temple Club
Eighth Street Temple
Panama
Abraham Birnin
Wile
D. J. Kaufman
Spade
RAILWAY MER GIVE DANCE IN HONOR OF WOMEN
The Washington Railway and Street Association held its annual entertainment and dance at the National Rifles Armory last night with about 600 attendees. Performers included Theo Allisons banjo, W S Selby recitations, Theodore Howard baritone, Arthur Whitcomb quartet, Jack Symonds monologist, and Walter Thompson with dogs Yankee and Dixie. The Marine Band section played for the dance after. A long reception and dancing committees conducted the event with numerous named members assisting.
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Washington Rallway Reast Association
National Rifles Armory
Theo Allisons
Selby
Theodore Howard
Arthur, Whitcomb
Jack Symonds
Walter Thompson
Yankee
Dixie
George E. Wells
Marine Band
P. W. Louk
R. H. Leight
W. B. Anderson
W. F. Ferrell
J. G. Torbet
A. W. Jett
R. W. Rowe
Davis
George WW. Derone
A.C. Daniels
B. F. Bunter
Goodhart
W. Hh.taylor
A. S.*parry
F. A. Metninger
W. M. Anderson
J. C. Gill
D. T. Frazer
R. Jenkins
Chinese Hunt Murderers in Portland Case
Chinese colony in Portland pursues three Americanized countrymen linked to the killing of Seid Bing nephew of millionaire Seid Bark. Bing’s body found in a Seattle trunk. Sen, from whose apartment the body was taken, remains missing.
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Portland
Oreg
Seid Bing
Seid Bark
Seattle
Salem
Jost
Sen
Seid Hing
Chineas
Open Break With Paraguay Demand for Satisfaction
Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Paraguay have been broken. Argentine Minister at Asuncion resigns after receiving no reply to demands for satisfaction over attacks on Argentine shipping. Four warships dispatched to Paraguay. Paraguay refuses to discuss, deadline set at two and a half hours.
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Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Asuncion
Ernesto Basch
Argentina
Italian Air Scouts Halt Turkish Turning Movement
Gabbe Tunis January 25 Details of a January 19 clash near Isipoli show Italian destroyers briefly withdrawing as boats with contraband fired on Italians from shore. About 100 Turkish troops at Ainzara prepared to strike Italians from the rear but an Italian aeroplane deterred the maneuver. Italians suffer 4 killed and 3 wounded.
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Gabbe
Tunis
Italien Cynonn
Ainzara
Metor
Fighting in Brazil Roils Ba Mem and Ceara
Rioting and political clashes erupt in Bahia and Ceara states as the federal government sends a warship to quell disturbances. Streets see heavy unrest, houses burned and looted, and business halted while newspapers oppose Dr J J Seanya for governor.
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Rio Janeiro
Ba- Mme
J. J. Seanya
Fortaleza
Ceara
Rabies outbreak hits fine animals in Hempstead estates
Rabies spread to the estate of R Dudley Smith in Meadowbrook Club area killing a Jersey cow and three polo ponies. The New York State board of agriculture declares a quarantine in North Hempstead until May 1, with stray dogs to be shot. Wealthy residents around Westbury and Wheatley Hills remove prized dogs valued at thousands amid the quarantine.
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Westbury
Wheatley Hills
Eac
Explosion at Guayaquil Barracks Kills or Wounds Sixty
An explosion at the artillery barracks in Guayaquil Ecuador injures or kills sixty men. General Medardo Alfaro, who arrived with a rebel troupe aboard the British steamer Quito, was seized by government forces and imprisoned.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Medardo Alfaro
Quito
Oelrichs Sues Widow Over California Estate
Charles M Oelrichs of New York sues Mrs Theresa A Fair Oelrichs widow and F B Farmer administrator to recover 958363 alleged due the late Herman Oelrichs jr The cross complaint hints at an accounting of funds spent on the Fairmount Hotel with money currently in the Fairmount Hotel bank name.
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San Pranelava
Charles M. Oelrichs
New York
Herman Oelrichs
Theresa A. Fair Oelrichs
F. B. Farmer
California
Herman Oeirichs
Oeirichs
Fairmount Hotel
Herman Oelrichs, Jr
4 Bank
Cries For Negro Guard In Boston Jail Case
In Boston on January date a plea by Rev Clarence V T Richeson seeks to keep his negro guard Harry H Butts in his cell. Butts pleaded guilty to manslaughter and faces sentence likely deferred. Butts said he will soon leave Richeson as his guard once his sentence begins at Charlestown State Prison. Richeson broke down and begged the guard to stay. District Attorney Pelletier plans to defer Butts sentencing until Richeson’s case is fully resolved.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Harry H. Butts
Butts
Hicheson
Charlestown
Pelletier
Butta
Richeson
LICENSED TO MARRY WITH DIVERSE PARTIES LISTED
A fragmented notice from a Baltimore area page lists multiple marriage licenses or banns. Names include Joseph H. Foner, S. F. Gronne, Helene Moyardy, Henry Sokol, Josephine Goodman, Manuel Hobberger, Ballo R. Levinson, and Barbara A. Prank among others with accompanying partial locations and dates. The text is garbled but indicates a series of marriage license actions and officiant involvement by Rev. John T. Huddle.
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Joseph H. Foner
Hey
S. F. Gronne
Coeoreg
Didotessistanure ‘Buseart
Baltimore
Silvaralone
Deivd
C. Berenaman
Lindville
Barbara’ A.prank
Muluborg,Ve
the Rar
D.C
Mackeod
Two Cardinals at Mass Honor Farley Elevation
New York reports the elevation of John Cardinal Farley to cardinalate marked by two ceremonies. At St Patrick's Cathedral a solemn pontifical mass featured Cardinal Farley and Cardinal Gibbons seated enthroned together, the first time two American cardinals shared such a ceremony. A separate Catholic Club event in the evening celebrated the honor with an elaborate throne and notable lay observers.
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Farley
New York
Jan
John Cardinal Farley
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Catholic Club
St. Patrick's
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
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