Eastern Coast Storm Sweeps Three Areas Across Nation
A sweeping three area storm battered the coast and inland regions from Washington to Seattle. Norfolk and Newport News were cut off as telegraph and land lines failed. Widespread damage reported in Richmond and Chicago area with numerous wires down and vessels sunk. Deaths confirmed in Seattle from a landslide while a train faced a Snow slide near Ellensburg. The Cunard liner Tyria rescued 98 from St Augustin after it foundered.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Atlanta
Richmond
South Atlantic
James River
Newport News
New York
Middle West
Here
Chicago
Oregon
Norfolk
Atlantic
Seattle
Wash
John Larson
Ellensburg
Northern Pacific
Lester
Shamer
Rona
Algeria
Pyria
Marseilles
Alisters
St. Augustin
Tyria
Temperature report fragment from January records
Fragmentary weather note records January temperatures with references to ground floor markings and syndicate stock. It mentions a 6 o'clock reading yesterday and compares to last year with 17 below minimum and a high value.
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Hnehanan Cytlcal Co
Syndicate Iloek
Momecee
Hoartes
Max Lin
Wedemeyer Jumps Overboard on Panama Voyage
Representative William W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor went insane in Colon Panama during President Taft’s isthmus visit and jumped from a ship last night. His body remained missing as he had been confined after a collapse aboard the vessel following an election defeat. Close friends note a head injury from a previous icy fall days earlier.
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Washington
Wim. W. Wedemeyer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Colon
Panama
Taft
Wedemeyer
New York
Wedsmerger
Isthmus
Goldfield Bank Robbers Reported Apprehended
Miss Tressa McElhinney of Waterloo Iowa bank president says four men believed to be the crack men in the Goldfield Wright County Iowa bank burglary of 4000 have been arrested in St Paul An application for requisition papers to bring them to Iowa for trial is filed The bank suffered no loss due to insurance The Bank Protective association used bloodhounds to trail from Goldfield to a railroad depot at Eagle Grove leading to a northbound train description of the suspects obtained
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Tressa Mclhinney
Waterloo
Goldfield
Wright Co
Iowa
St. Paul
Miss McElhinney
Agile Grove
parGes
Circuit court rejects bail for Indianapolis dynamiters
United States circuit court of appeals in Chicago hears a bid to grant bail and supersedeas for 32 of 33 dynamiters convicted at Indianapolis. Judge Baker and Judge Seaman find the writ of superseders not a matter of right and that no intervention is warranted without showing lower court error.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Baker
Seaman
Herbert
Hockin
Iron Workers
BE. Moline
P. I. O'Donell
Milton Harding
Chester E. Krum
St. Louis
Zoline
Krum
Leavenworth
Zoling
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Ixtervene
Hill Discovers Soil Secret to Double Crops
St. Paul Minnesota January 3 James J Hill the railroad magnate secretly hosted six Minneapolis figures at his Summit avenue home to view a soil analysis breakthrough for wheat oats and barley. The method centers on phosphorus as the key plant food and aims to double grain output in the northwestern states and North Dakota through new fertilization practices.
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St. Paul, Minn
Summit Avenue
James J. Will
Minneapolis
Northwest
Hill
Ten Cars Ditched In Milwaukee Freight Wreck Near Albany
Davenport Iowa dispatch reports Milwaukee freight No. 62 from Kansas City to Chicago wrecked at Albany Iowa thirty miles northeast of Davenport. Ten middle cars ditched and their contents of merchandise and grain strewn along the right of way. No one injured. Journal damaged, causing delays. trains diverted along the west river side. Prince Albert Nears Last In Naval Cadet Exam Standings In London. Prince, son of King George, ranked fourth in a field of sixty five cadet candidates. newspapers note impartial examiners in the naval entry list.
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Davenport
Milwaukee
Kan City
Chicago
Albany
Here
Prince
London
Prince Albert
Hearpie
Aiklys
Tearney Escapes Trial On Warrant Quash In Saloon Case
Chicago January 3. Alderman Tearney of the Second Ward avoided trial after Municipal Judge John Courtney quashed two warrants tied to alleged violation of the 1 o'clock closing law at his Thirty-fifth Street saloon. The dismissal followed arguments by former Municipal Judge Maxwell and Assistant City Prosecutor Schowarry. Tearney will face the summons route and a speedy trial is planned today.
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Chicago
E¢Fort
al Tearney
Second Ward
Tearney
Rosweree Miller Dead at Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rly
Roswell Millray, chairman of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, died suddenly in New York today. Details are scarce in the advertisement fragment but the sudden death involves a key railway executive with ties to the mill and rail interests.
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New York
O. Roswell Millray
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Maar Railway Company
President Won't Appoint Goethals for Panama Zone
Washington Jan The president informed Senator Brandegee that he would not send to the Senate the nomination of Col Gen W Goethals as civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Democratic opposition and doubts over an alleged understanding at passage of the Panama Canal Act hinder confirmation.
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Washington
Jan
Brandegee
Connecticut
Charncian
Inter-oceaniic Canal Commission
Des Senate
Gen. W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Brandegees
Anly
Brawlege
Col. Goebels
Wilson
Smugglers Hit Portuguese Frontier Killing Nine Herdsmen
On the Portugal Spain border a band of smugglers seized about 90000 in cash from cattle breeder Jose Marilhaes and his forty herdmen after a fierce exchange of fire. Nine herdsmen were killed and fourteen wounded. guards searched for suspects and the missing money. A separate incident in Elvas saw five released maniacs kill one and injure nine.
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Valenca
Portugal
Jose Marilhaes
Minho
Spain
Murialhaes
Elvas
Clarke Names Emory English Private Secretary
Des Moines Jan 3 announced that Governor Clarke will appoint Emory English former state printer as his private secretary until after the legislature adjourns English plans to enter the land business after leaving the Mason City Times where he was an investor and worker.
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Des Moines
Spe
Clarke
Emory English
English
Weligh
Mason City Times
Rockefeller fugitive sighting sparks island chase
Reports from Urnsewick Georgia claim William Rockefeller sailed on a chartered steamer to a secret destination. Sergeant at arms Chas Riddel and deputies deny certainty, saying Rockefeller may still be on Jekyl Island while Bermuda-bound rumors circulate and no Bermuda arrival is confirmed.
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New York
Urnusawick
Wim. Rockefeller
Polo Committee
Fifth Avenue
Chas
FL Riddel
House of Representatives
Kis
Rockefedster
Child Labor Day Appeal Seeks Clergy Speeches
New York observers urged 6 000 clergymen to speak on Child Labor Day Sunday January 26 or Saturday January 25. For seven years the National Child Labor Committee has issued such appeals and the movement spurred calls for a federal children's bureau and improved laws in fourteen states with legislative sessions.
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New York
National
Chit Labor Committee
Federal
Children’s Bureau
Colorado General Assembly Opens With a Kiss
The 19th Colorado General Assembly opened with a greeting as Mrs. Agnes Riddle kissed the first woman senator, Helen King Robinson, in the Senate chamber. Robinson, the United States' first female senator, reacts to the "A Happy New Year, dearie" salute.
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Riddle
Robinson
Dearie
Pirse
Taks Ovators
Gest Lael
Deaver Colodan
Colorado
Agnes Riddle
Flrst
Helen King Robinson
Senator Robinson
Representative Riddle
Sen-F
Trinton Nominee Linked to Montenn State Mention
A misspelled note mentions Renner Gouvernay Norris of Montenn, with reference to a presidential action by Wilko. The fragment hints at a government appointment or decision involving a county or region and a named individual, but details are unclear.
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Trinton
Renner Gouvernay Norris al Montenn Ts
Tange Een Chasin Fit Terestary
Duterier
Dlent Wilko
Capitulation of Adrianople Likely Within Hours
Advices to the Servian peace delegation report Adrianople in desperate condition and near surrender. Reports from Paris and Athens note Turkish garrison on Chios capitulated, and a Turkish vessel was blown up near Smyrna as peace talks hinge on whether Adrianople will be ceded within 24 hours.
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London
Adrianople
Paris
Athens
Chios
Wigrmms
Smyrna
Asiatic Turkey
Theodore
GAO Fons
Smyrna Bay
Balkan
Qottoman
Stojan Novakoviteh
Turkey
Adrignppe
Cits
Constantinople
Capitolerion Nuete
Acbrianophelas
Gaive
Untitled Passage From Obscure Ledger Incomplete
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered references to governors, Mississippian places, and a medical or civic context. The readable items include mentions of Mesa, Watchwater, and a system of names, but no complete event, date, or clear action is present.
Death of Senator Jeff Davis Complicates Arkansas Politics
Lite Rock Arkansas reports the death of United States Senator Jeff Davis from heart failure. Funeral planned for next Sunday in Russellville family plot. Possible special primary to select full-term successor or legislature may name replacement, with Governor Donaghey and Congressman Oldfield named as potential candidates. Senate adjourned in honor, funeral delegation named.
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Lite Rock
Ark
United States
Jeff Davis
Russellville
Joravis
Davin
Arkansas
W. Donaghey
W. A. Oldfield
United States Senate
James P. Clarke
Setate
Washington
Jeff Davin
Senate
Archbald Court of Spediment
Pomerene
Bryan
Ashurat
Martine
Curtis
Clapp
Clarke
Davis
Little Rock
Body of Whitelaw Reid Brought Home Amid Naval Honor
The body of Whitelaw Reid United States ambassador to England was returned aboard the British cruiser Natal and escorted by American warships. A funeral procession began in New York as the flotilla arrived, salutes sounded nineteen guns, and flags flew at half mast. The escort included the Florida and Minnesota with destroyers Roe Drayton Meall and Winding nearby.
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New York
Whitelaw Reid
United States
England
Nital
Tower Bay
Hudson
West Ninety-eighth Street
Natal
Florida
North Dakota
St. John the Duke
Divorce Trends and Crime Rise in Local District
The district court report shows divorces up sharply from prior years while marriages fall slightly. Criminal charges align with historic totals, births rise modestly. Since the official began six years ago, divorces climbed from twelve to fifty six annually, with over two thousand marriages registered in that period.
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Clark
Othe District Court
Swat
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Mr. Rockefeller
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Wm. Rocckefeller
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