Never Drunk Says Roosevelt in Widespread Testimony
Former President Theodore Roosevelt asserts he never consumed alcohol, drinking only light wine with meals and avoiding highballs or cocktails. Surgeon General Rixey supports the claim, stating Roosevelt maintained abstemious habits in the White House and noting he watched meals and drinks. Dr. Lambert, the family physician, confirms the sobriety. After a bullet wound, Roosevelt reportedly tasted juleps made from White House mint beds, a detail linked to his sobriety and the era's temperance mood.
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Rixey
White House
Roosevelt Abstained From Alcohol Testimony At Trial
The record quotes Colonel Roosevelt denying drinking alcohol, beer, or wine except on doctor prescription or extreme cold. He says he never drank cocktails or highballs and dislikes smoking. Support comes from Dr. Lambert, Surgeon General Rixey, and Jacob Rits, who describe him as temperate under stress.
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White House
Cotten
Rixey
Hanor
Jacob Rits
Theodore Roosevelt Testifies In Libel Suit In Marquette
Theodore Roosevelt testified in a libel case in Marquette describing his sobriety as not a total abstainer while admitting occasional public champagne. He defended his abstinence before twelve workers including farmers and miners as the courtroom filled with interest and occasional laughter.
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Marquette, Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Her 3 Husbands Brothers
St Louis, May 11 Mrs Jessie Young 34 of Webb City has just been married for the third time. She has not changed her name as all her husbands are brothers. Seventeen years ago she wed Will Young who was killed in a mine accident. Then she married Nortman Young who was killed similarly. Yesterday she married Grover Youngs, saying it is convenient not to meet new relatives.
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St Louis
Jessie Young
Webb City
Willm Young Hewis
Nortman Youngs
Grover Youngs
Young
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Retail Merchants’ Association
Civil Service
Congress
Wisconsin farmer poisons coffee then hangs himself
Mueller, a 51 year old farmer from West Bend Wisconsin, poured arsenic into the family coffee pot and hanged himself near a pump house by the railroad after serving the brew to his wife, daughter, and her young son, who fell ill. No motive is known. Herman
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Mueller
Moeller
Herman
Two Wives and Many Fiances Shape Morrison Death
Special to The Washington Post Chicago May 27 Homer E Morrison led a double life with two wives by day and night, courting a third, and possibly more fiancées. He died at Ravenswood Hospital with acute nephritis, leaving behind claims of financial support from each partner. Wives say he supported them but led a life of deception. Rose Hill Cemetery marks his grave under Homer E Morrison. Coroner reports no inquest requested and doctors confirm nephritis as the cause.
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Chicago
Homer E. Morrison
Jekyll and Hyde
Ravenswood Hospital
Morrison
Panker
R. W. Thompson
Thompson
Louise Beck
Pearl Devitt
Rose Hill Cemetery
Homer E.morrison
Hoffman
Will of Henry M. Flagler Filed in St Augustine
The will names J R Parrott of the Florida East Coast Railroad to retain control as long as he desires in recognition of his service. The widow receives the bulk of the 600 48 estate while 100000 is provided for income. Parrett is to receive 100 shares and gifts to Clinton New York, Memorial Church, and many smaller bequests to friends and servants. The will, dated 1890, contains six codicils.
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Fla
Henry M. Flagler
J. R. Parrott
Florida East Coast Railroad
J’arrett
Ostate Wibet Tive
TV Pucca
Aaliy
Plagier
Amy Ares
Standaw
Clinton
N.Y
Hamilton
Parrett
Glerie
Idsley
New York
Y.er
Debts of Government Employees Draw Fire in DC Letter
A Retail Merchants Association letter to President Wilson accuses government clerks of unpaid debts, urges a department wide plan to collect, and cites salary stagnation as living costs rise. Fulton R. Gordon counters that unpaid debts are rare and blames government pay scales. Memorial Day excursion to Gettysburg noted.
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Gordon
Wilson
Fulton R. Gordon
Washington
Governor's son expelled amid high school fraternal probe
Teller Ammons son of Gov. Ammons and Evelyn Arneld daughter of Denver mayor, along with 48 seniors from five Denver high schools, were expelled by Supt. Smiley for alleged secret society ties. Many would have graduated soon. Ammons had planned to circulate a referendum petition on a bill by his father banning fraternity and sorority members in high schools. Arneld has been linked to clashes over sorority membership. Smiley offered reinstatement if the students prove tomorrow they do not belong to any fraternities or sororities.
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Cali
Teller Ammons
Elias M. Ammons
Evelyn Arneld
Henry J. Arneld
Smiley
Yours Ammons
Assembly
Mi Rnold
Jealous actor charged after Cliffside officer dies
Jersey City May 27 James Devlin vaudeville actor shot Patrick Considine police officer of Cliffside N J with his own revolver after Considine proffered the weapon Devlin claimed jealousy and was held without bail for grand jury on homicide charge Considine died of his wound despite Devlin praying for forgiveness and denial that he was a murderer with Pat described as a true friend by Devlin in a despairing room scene
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Patrick Considine
Pat
Jersey City
N. J
Patrick Considing
Cliffside
Vaudevilla
Bevilin
Considine
Devlin
Mae Witwood
Devin
Anna Devlin
Hackensack
Danish inventor claims 400 shot cylinder weapon
Danish engineer Aesen patents a buried electric firing cylinder that can wait underground like a mine. Pressing a button sends the device two feet up and fires 400 shots horizontally. Range reaches 3000 yards, potentially replacing soldiers in future warfare.
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Washington Post
Copenhagen
Aesen
Resen
Crushed by Turret Gun on Brooklyn Navy Yard
Frank Duffy, a contract worker, died when the breech end of a six inch gun descended on him while he was adjusting the mechanism in the forward turret of the battleship New York at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Laborers failed to hear his cries in time to stop the lever.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Frank Duffy
Duffy
Muffy
Mob Roughs Supreme Chancellor on Pullman Trip
Mil ton Florida born W Green supreme chancellor of the Colored Knights of Pythias, returning from a grand lodge session at Ocala Florida, was taken from a train by a mob in New Orleans. He was put under bond for latching the Gluerow law and sent to the city, with the sheriff saving him from lynching. Green locked himself in a Pullman stateroom. a colored man in the car was not found until River Junction reached.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
la. M
Milton
Fla
W. Green
Colored Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Ocala. Fin
Gluerow
Green
River Junction
Allies Must Agree to Peace Delivers Ultimatum
London on May 27 reports Sir Edward Grey delivering a firm ultimatum to belligerent delegates. The note demands swift signing of the draft treaty amid rising diplomatic displeasure with Greece and Servia. Ambassadors favored no changes, deterred by further delay.
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London
Greece
Servia
Sir Edward Grey
Poultice Ignites Burns In Albany Bedroom Incident
Mrs. Wilson N. Blakeslee of 287 Sherman Street became seriously burned when an alcohol bath and a flaxseed poultice overheated and exploded after her daughter applied it. The blaze, started by spontaneous combustion of fumes, was extinguished by water.
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Washington Post
Albany
Wilson N. Blakesley
Sherman Street
Blakeslee
Culebra slide again halts Panama project
A major slide on the east bank of the Culebra cut after last night’s heavy rain buried ten cars two steam shovels and a locomotive and covered tracks. Station work in the Culebra cut will halt for several days as crews clear debris and assess damage.
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Panama
Culebra Cut
France Holds Men in Army Policy Vote
Paris listeners report the chamber of deputies passed the government plan by 386 to 165 to provide 88 million dollars to retain time expired soldiers for another year in the active army.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Woman Survives After Car Skids Near Atlantic City
Mrs. Philander C. Knox wife of the former Secretary of State narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile driven by her husband skidded off a road near English Creek about 20 miles from Atlantic City. The car rolled into a ditch on two wheels, hurled Mrs. Knox from the cushions into brush but she rose unharmed aside from shock and minor injuries. Mr. Knox escaped with only shock. the car was wrecked and abandoned.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Philander C. Knox
English Creek
Knox
Mr. Knox
Mrs. Knox
Wilson tariff talks dominate cabinet session
President Wilson and advisers focused on the Underwood tariff with foreign protests over treaty abrogation and a 5 percent discount aboard vessels. Bryan to confer with Simmons Bas sett Moore as subcommittees close hearings and plan briefs from industry representatives.
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Senate Finance Committee
State Department
Bryan
Wilson
John Bassett-Moore
Moore
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Jusserand
France
Finance Committee
State’ Department
Never Drunk Sass Roosevelt Hag Twre Wives
Fragmented page itemization appears to reference presidential figures and social topics with garbled OCR. Readable bits suggest political commentary, appointments and editorials, plus sports and legal notices scattered across the issue.
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Vietkms
Senate Oaders Siri
Lester
Analestar
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J.J. Fletcher
Used Mirror At Poker Raises Legal Challenge
Special to The Washington Port Boston, May 27. Frank Parker was accused of using a mirror to peek at opponents hands during a poker game in which Amos Moriarty lost 304 dollars. He was fined double his gain under the law, appealed, and the appeal held in court for a dollar.
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Washington
Boston
Mass
Frank Parker
Amos Moriarty
Southern Railway profits rise as farming methods spread
The Southern Railway reports a 4.1 percent rise in earnings for ten months ended April 30, 1913, versus 1912, driven by improved Southeastern demand including the cotton mill sector. President Finley cites broader agricultural progress, with yields rising per acre and a shift from single-crop farming to diversified farming, stock, dairy, and poultry, aided by farm-improvement efforts headquartered in Atlanta.
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Washington Post
Southern Railway Company
Finley
United States Agricultural Department
Southeastern States
Strike Inquiry on West Virginia Coal Strike
A Senate education and labor committee plan to probe the Paint Creek coal strike era in West Virginia, naming a subcommittee to visit the region. The action aims to examine peonage, immigration law violations, mail interference, constitutional issues, and suspected Sherman act breaches, potentially shaping future federal labor rights legislation.
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Senate
Paint Creek
West Virginia
Kern
Education and Labor Committee
United States
Borah
Shields
Swanson
Martine
Kenyon
Root
Sutherland
Reed
Bacon
Fleet Sails for New York in unclear wartime note
Fragmentary OCR describes ships moving toward New York and Block Island with ambiguous details about destroyers firing and memorial honors. Names and dates are unreadable, but the fragment suggests a wartime maritime action tied to Memorial Day observances and an Atlantic mission.
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York
Memorial
Block Island
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