Assault on Adrianople Deepens as City Battles On
A Bulgarian led dawn assault on Adrianople, supported by Serbian forces, sees sections of the city in flames. Turkish commander Shukri Pasha vows to defend to the last man with about 40,000 troops, while allies tally roughly 550,000 soldiers in Thrace and potential moves at Gallipoli and Tchatalja.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
London
Mustapha Pasha
Shukri Pasha
Shukri Pashaguili
Thrace
Tchatalia
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Tchatalja
Admen Arrive in Snow Fall For Iowa Convention
Delegates gather for the third annual Associated Ad Clubs of Iowa meeting as frigid weather abates to reveal a hearty welcome. Joe Mitchell Chapple of Boston will speak on Flashlights of Famous Advertisers, followed by Dr. Frederic Vining Fisher on the Panama Canal and Pacific coast. program in Irving and K of P tonight.
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Associated Ad Clubs
Iowa
Des Moines
Mercury
Admen
Cedar Rapids
Committee of Town Criers
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Boston
The
National Magazine
Black Hawk County
Dritchell
Frederic Vining Fisher
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Pacific Slope
Society women join garment strikers in Boston picket line
Boston February 4. Several society women joined hundreds of strikers in picketing forty shops affected by the garment workers walkout to press for higher wages and better conditions. Strike leaders warn against violence.
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Boston
Millionaire 12 On Trial For Attacking Wife
Frederick Beach a New York millionaire stands trial in Aiken county for assaulting his wife Camilla Morse Havemeyer Beach with intent to kill after a February attack on the lawn of their winter home. The case draws a winter colony audience as witnesses are called and the defense and prosecution prepare. Beach appears with his wife and relatives. jury selection begins with farmers and mill workers among the venire.
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Aiken
S. C
Camilla Morse Havemeyer Beach
Frederick Beach
New York
Aiken County
Beach
Prosecutor Gunter
Gunter
Laliiah Wyman
Welcome Waterloo Hosts State Advertising Men Week
Waterloo welcomes Iowa advertising men as the state’s voice and spark of commerce. The message emphasizes community pride, mutual learning, and shared progress during their visit, hoping for profit, development, and happiness for all involved.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Voice
Spark
Fire
Nfe
Towa
Newspap er Plant Fire Causes 500000 In Losses
Fire destroyed the Erie Evening Herald plant in Erie Pennsylvania today causing about 500000 in total losses after a third blaze in the city within 24 hours. The advertisement notes Rexsie union made five cent cigars.
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Erie
Erie Evening Herald
Woman Passes as Eleven-Year-Old for Years in Minneapolis
A 29 year old woman who developed only to an 11 year old mentally and physically spent eighteen years posing as a child in Minneapolis. She worked jobs suited to minors, changed roles to avoid age detection, and was picked up by police after leaving a Southeast Minneapolis home. Authorities seek ways to help her accelerate aging and development.
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Minneapolis
J. R. Miner
University of Minnesota
International Sunshine Society
George R. Smith
W. W. Bradley
The
Humane Society
Police
A. G. Rogers
State School For
Varibank
Binet Teats
Ite
Earven
Bomb kills twenty at Foo Chow governor target
A bomb thrown at the chief governor of Foo Chow, China, killed twenty bystanders but the governor escaped harm. He immediately pursued the attacker and, with help from others, arrested him.
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Foo Chow
China
Desperate Situation Asserted by Former Mexican Ambassador
Manuel Calero, ex Mexican ambassador to the United States, told the senate the Mexican revolution would last six weeks though he warned the true situation is desperate. He said he had urged the American government for ten months, and that finance officials have not shown the full reality. Ernesto Madero dismissed Calero as indiscreet and a poor financier.
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Mexico City
Manuel Calero
United States
Senate
Department of Finance
Calero
Ernesto Madero
Pennsylvania Crude Oil Price Advances to 2.47
In Pittsburgh on February 4, Pennsylvania crude oil rose to 2.47 per barrel as South Penn Oil announced the price. Mercer black, Newcastle and Corning, and Cabell moved to 2.07, 7 cents up, Somerset at 1.45 up 3 cents. England prices held steady. The gain narrows the gap to the 2.50 target producers have long sought, with bets that the level will be surpassed within the week.
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Hittsburgh
South Penn Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Mercer Black
Newcastle and Corning
Cabell
Somerset
England
City of Parkersburg Sinks After Collision in Ohio River
Gallipolis Ohio Feb 4 The packet steamer City of Parkersburg sank after ramming Bear Trappier in darkness on the Ohio River. Fifteen passengers and crew were rescued from freezing by driftwood fires. The vessel, owned by Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Company, valued at $35,000, is a total loss. The Greenland also struck a pier but stayed afloat near Point Pleasant West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
City of Parkersburg
Ohio River
Pittsbirgh & Cincinnati Packet Company
Earnaloth
Greenland
Point Pivnaant
W.va
Wall Street Gloom Deepens as Seat Values Plummet
New York stock exchange seat values have slumped, with the latest sale at 48,000 dollars, half the 1909 peak. The three month decline totals over 23 million dollars, driven by dwindling trading activity. The exchange home and land add equity, but per-member value sits under 5,000 dollars, plus a 10,000 death gratuity.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
The
Isaac Prugh, Iowa's oldest undertaker, dies at 84
Darlington Iowa February 4 Isaac Prugh the state’s oldest undertaker died this morning at age 84 after sixty years in business. He conducted about 11000 funerals and the business is now carried on by his son and grandson.
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Darlington
Isaac Prugh
Iowa
Guncductor and Engineer Killed In Missouri Pacific Wreck
Sedalia Mo Feb 4 Joseph C Altemaeler engineer and Patrick Curran conductor were killed when a southbound mixed train on Missouri Pacific Ray wrecked on a curve near Colcamp twenty miles south of here The engine and two cars rolled down an embankment The train carried one coach and several freight cars The coach did not leave the track House Works Early Washington Feb With a mass of business including several of the area supply bills waiting to be disposed of before March 4 the house went to work a little earlier than usual today
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Sedalia
Joseph C. Altemaeler
Patrick Curran
Missouri Pacific Ray
Colcamp
Here
Washington
Murders by Explosion Shocks City Father and Daughter Motive
John Paul Ferrall, a New York janitor, confessed to sending a deadly bomb that killed Mrs. Herrera and wounded others, claiming his motive was fear of being discharged. He also linked past killings of Helen Taylor his supposed daughter and other bombings to a chain of revenge and misfortune. Ferrall demonstrated a dummy infernal machine and detailed its construction during a prolonged interrogation.
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New York
John Paul Ferrall
Bernard Herrera
Kid Walker
Ferrall
Herrera
Dougherty
Encampment Planned for Philippine Veterans in Denver
Preparations for the national encampment of the society of the army of the Philippines to be held in Denver August 18 to 20 were launched at a complimentary dinner last night. Commander FL Warner Karting of Kansas City presided as nearly 100 veterans attended.
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Denver
Cotp
The
Society of the Army of the Philippines
FL Warner Karting
Kansas City
Delegates Gather For Painters Convention Opening
Denver February report shows more than 600 delegates from the United States and Canada at the opening session of the International Association of Master Painters and Decorators. President J. W. Morley of Winnipeg presided as reports and committee appointments framed the day’s program.
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Denver
United States
Canada
International Association of Master Painters and Decorators
J. W. Morley
Winnipeg
Heavyweights Gather See Four Weigh 1250 Lbs
Yesterday four men met at Crystal Tea & Fuel Co office. They weighed on scales and registered 1250 pounds total. Participants were Prank Knee, Wilbur Lela, Leonard Miller and Walter Mee Kean. Mr. Knew carried off the pelvi for weight. he formerly managed Fat Men's Baseball club.
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Crystal Tee & Fuel Co
Knee
Wic
Lela
Leonard Miller
Walter Mee Kean
Knew
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Edward J. Shay
Baltimore, Md
Millionaire
Calvin Iselin
Harry B. Hollins
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Rexsie
J. I. Mattson
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