Texas floods claim over fifty lives as rescue expands
The Bryan Texas flood toll rose to more than 50 with at least 25 white victims. Boats from Houston and Galveston moved refugees from trees and rooftops along the Brazos river bottoms as the flood center stretched from Marlin to Richmond. Thousands of cattle perished and cotton losses mounted as rains continued in Kansas and Missouri.
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Bryan
Tex
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Bravos River
Marlin
Richmond
Brazos River
Gulf Ports
Navasota
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Ft. Scott
Kan
Marmonton
Timber Creek
Floral
Kane
Archie Lowrey
Rebel uprisings reported in Acapulco district
Official dispatches note rebel uprisings in the Acapulco district and disrupted telegraph communications between Acapulo City and Queretaro. Washington, D. C., Dec. 6—The House agreed to vote Monday at noon on the Hensley resolution authorizing Wilson to cooperate with Britain on a naval holiday. Claude and Mrs Cox arrive in Cedar Falls after their Letts Louisiana wedding honeymoon.
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Washington, D. C
Acapulco
Acapulo City
Queretaro
Hensley
Wilson
Great Britain
Claude Cox
Letts
Cedar Falls
13 Hour Sessions in the Senate
Washington DC December 6 Democratic senate leaders with ten Republican votes extended daily work on the currency bill to 13 hours. The plan runs from 10 am to 11 pm with only a two hour break from 6 to 8 pm. Republicans Borah Brady Brandegee Cummins Grenna Kenyon La Follette Norris Perkins and Smoot joined Democrats in approving the long sessions.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Borah
Brady
Brandegee
Cummins
Grenna
Kenyon
la Follette
Norris
Perkins
Smoot
Denver Struggles After Snow With 45.5 Inch Burden
Denver residents faced 45.5 inches of snow under cloudless skies. City crews began restoring partial streetcar service and resuming coal and food deliveries as residents dug out and planned for days of disruption.
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Denver
Colo
Ulster Unionists Greatly Excited Over Proclamation
Belfast December 6. Excitement runs high in Ulster Unionist ranks after the royal proclamation bans import of arms to Ireland. Overnight vast quantities of rifles bayonets and munitions were moved from Belfast to country towns by car amid fears authorities would enforce the Crimes Act and seize war stores. Customs seized eighty nine cases of ammunition and eight cases of rifles and bayonets this morning under the proclamation.
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Belfast
Ireland
Body of Lopez Not Yet Found in Utah Mine
Bingham Utah Dec 6 Still hopeful that the body of Ralph Lopez slayer of six men would be found in the Utah Apex mine as sheriffs and deputies resume search. Drifts raises and inclines in 30 miles of underground workings are penetrated but no word dispels the crowd waiting at tunnel mouths.
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Bingham
Utah
Ralph Lopez
Utah-Apex
Funeral for Panama Canal engineer in Washington Monday
Lieut.-Col. David Dubose Gaillard, division engineer of the Panama canal, died in Baltimore. The funeral will be in Washington Monday afternoon with military honors from St. John’s church, and the body will rest in Arlington cemetery. Mrs. Gaillard and her son will accompany the body to Washington. Also at the Majestic theatre two newlywed couples received public congratulations as rice showered over them after the performance.
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Baltimore
David Dubose Gaillard
Panama Canal
Washington
Col. Gaillard
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Arlington Cemetery
Majestic Theatre
Quintette
Antone
Marie Christiansen
Otto Jensen
Olaf Chris Tohnsen
Girl Fatally Burned While Aid Hesitates
Dec 6 report from Tomah Wisconsin describes Clara Price 16 a high school girl whose clothing burned as a neighbor refused aid and sent her outside while fetching a rug to smother flames. Mrs John Price the girl's mother was also burned when a can of paint exploded in the kitchen.
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Vicitu
John Price
Ambush at Bryan speech as suffragists press questions
Secretary Bryan narrowly escaped a suffrage interruption at a National Popular Government league meeting in Washington. Miss Helen Todd asked about women’s popular government. Bryan answered that he follows the people, not individuals, and praised direct rule by the people. Senator Owen urged action on currency reform, criticizing Senate delays.
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Washington, D. C
Des. G
Bryan
National Popular Government League
Helen Todd
California
Wilson
Owen
Senate
Pope Grieved by Cardinal's Death
Rone December 6 The pope was deeply grieved when told that Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano Aloysius dean of the sacred college died last night Although the aged cardinal’s death had been expected the pope showed a shock upon hearing the news from Monsignor Giovanni Bressan The pontiff praised the cardinal’s energy in directing Vatican affairs during the interregnum between Pope Leo’s death and his election
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Rone
Luigi Oregtia di Santo Stefano Aloysius
Sacred College
Giovanni Bressan
Oreglia
Vatican
Leo
English Railway Employes Refuse Strike Peace Pact
London Dec 6 Many of the 1200 Great Western railway workers still on strike refused to accept a pact agreed by union leaders and board of trade officials. The terms bar two agitators from rehire, require all men to express regret and donate 20 to 60 pence to Swindon hospital, and do not offer pay for strike days.
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London
Great Western Railway
Board of Trade
Jaine
Dublin
Reynolds
Swindam Hospital
Temperatures Recorded December First Period
Yesterday’s low reached 40 degrees with a high of 44. The prior year’s readings showed a 11 degree low and 20 degree high, reflecting notable seasonal cooling patterns.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Mio Huai
Schooner Doha in Distress Off Washington Coast
The four masted schooner Doha with eleven crew is in peril near Destruction Island between Gray's Harbor and Cape Flattery. Anchors barely hold as the vessel drifts toward the rocks bound from the Fijis to Gray's Harbor. The crew and ship have been in danger since last Sunday. A Marshall County sheriff brought a 100-year-old enslaved woman to Waterloo in custody for hospital care.
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Seattle
Wash
Doha
Destruction Island
Betwee Gray's Harbor
Cape Flattery
Fijis
Gray's Bars
Marshall County
Waterloo
Nxt
Independence
Congressm McKellar Aims to Lower Living Costs
Tennessee representative McKellar proposes federal supervision of cold storage houses to end what he calls monopoly or trust price fixing. He plans to introduce a bill in Congress to break up these alleged trade agreements and reduce the cost of necessaries for consumers.
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Washington
Congresman McKellar
Tennessee
Congress
Heart on the right side shocks Birmingham doctors
London reports a girl with abnormality who insisted on doing everything backward including writing right to left. X rays show her heart is on the right side and several organs including her brain are displaced, reviving interest in a similar case of a boy who saw and wrote upside down. The girl appeared about three weeks ago.
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London
Birmingham
Lauer
Banking Clearing House Statement Shows Mixed Changes
New York Dec report details actual conditions of clearing house and trust companies with total reserves and deposits. Loans and specie fluctuate while net deposits decline and circulation edges higher, highlighting shifts in legal tenders and cash reserves across Greater New York institutions.
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New York
Hearing House
Mother seeks witness to execution of son’s slayer
Mrs Frank Mardin of Warren Pa, mother of George Gillespie killed last September by Giuseppe di Giola, asks District Attorney Dudley for permission to attend the execution. Di Giola is in Auburn prison awaiting execution the week of January 4.
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Hutralo NO OY
Frank Mardin
Warren
George Gillespie
Gusippe Ai Giola
di Giola
Dudley
di Gioli
Auburn
Auntence
Pankhurst Arrest Triggers Arson and Jail Siege
Suffragists mark and attack targets in revenge for Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst rearrest. Arson squads burn exhibition buildings in Liverpool and Manchester while a third attempt to torch Aintree grandstand fails. Exeter mob seals the jail as police plan to move Pankhurst after London protest.
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London
Ter
EmmeHne Pankhurst
Lancashire
Axquith
Liverpool
Manchester
Aintree Cours
Teamsters Return 10 Hour Shift in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Indiana three hundred teamsters who had been on strike since last Sunday midnight returned to work today. Officials expect about one thousand more to be back by Monday morning as only drivers whose employers signed contracts with the union may hire teams. Labor leaders claim 300 employers have agreed to pay the union scale and avoid discriminating against union men, though the vehicle owners association reported no large employers agreeing to the demands. No serious trouble reported early today.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Teamsters
Vehlicle Owners Association
French Cabinet Crisis Prolongs Unchanged Status
Paris date line reports the French ministerial crisis remains unresolved after Premier Barthon resigns following a defeat in the chamber. Jean Dupuy, after consulting allies, tells President Poincare he cannot undertake forming the cabinet.
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Paris
Barthon
Chamber of Dey
Jean Dupuy
Poincare
Wreck in Roumania Kills or Injures 100 Near Costesti
News from Bucharest reports about 100 people killed or injured in a collision last night near Costesti southwest of Bucharest by the Danube, involving a passenger and a freight train. The exact figures and details were not immediately confirmed.
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Bucharest
Roumianixz
Costesti
Danube
Gaillard Memorialized in House Resolution
Washington December 6 The House unanimously adopted a resolution of regret on Lieut Col Gaillard in recognition of his services in the Panama Canal construction Presented by Representative Austin Tennessee Republican Leader Mann supported the measure noting his conspicuous service and absence of objection to the proceeding.
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Washington, DD
Gaillard
Panam Canal
House
Austin
Tennessee
Mann
Exceptional Weather Ahead for This Time of Year
The report notes a marked year over year change with today’s high around 42 degrees and balmy conditions, contrasting a chilly 20 degree day a year ago. It highlights the current weather as exceptional and out of season despite a warmer trend today.
Tong Man Accused of High Crime in Newark Theatre Incident
Armand Megaro, a South American pharmacy student, is held on 20000 bond after allegedly stabbing a needle into Mrs. Marjorie Graff at a Newark theatre. Other women report similar experiences across different theatres, with Miss Jeanette Clarke and Miss Mary Lee identified as additional victims.
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Newark
N. J
Dee. G
Armand Megaro
Marjorie Graff
Jeanette Clarke
Mary Lee
Megaro
Miss Clarke
Bhiad
Joseph A. Shears
New York City
Dr. Shears
Public Lands to Aid Road Building Plan Proposed
Senator Warren introduced a bill to promote western road building by granting 300,000 acres of public lands to eight states Arizona Colorado Idaho Montana New Mexico Nevada Utah and Wyoming to be sold for the project.
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Washington, D. C
Warren
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Roll of Honor Courier Readers in Waterloo
Waterloo readers honored in a brief notice from the Courier of November 7 1913. The item identifies Frank Brothers as publishers since 1867 and notes an El Tovar Havana Cigar advertisement.
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Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Waterloo
Iowa
Publishers Courier
Frank Brothers
Courier
el Tovar
Havana Cigar
Length of gas pipe falls down trouser leg
In Keokuk Iowa on December 6 Nels Hollingren working at the bottom of a sixty foot dry well to bore for water had a length of pipe slip from a rope strike him and slide into his trouser leg pinning him in the soft clay His son climbed down the rope and rescued him Hollingren survived with only a slight skin abrasion from the pipe slip
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Keokuk
Nels Hollingren
Hollingren
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