Death and upheaval mark a tumultuous 1913 world
A sweeping chronicle notes the year 1913 as overall hopeful yet troubled, detailing political shifts in the United States and Europe, assassinations in Greece and Turkey, the Huerta regime in Mexico, and rising tensions abroad. It catalogs notable deaths, political upheavals, sports triumphs, scientific strides, and Panama Canal milestones alongside disasters and labor unrest.
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France
Russia
Germany
United States
Poincare
Far East
Japan
Mikado
California
South Pole
Scott
Captain Scott
Fredrich Franz Friedmann
Aero
Panama Canal
St Louis Fire Ravages Five Story Building
Fire of mysterious origin destroys a five story block in downtown St Louis causing about 250000 dollars in damage. One hundred fifty St Regis guests flee in night clothes as flames threaten the hotel windows and six firemen are injured by falling brick and glass.
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St. Louis
St. Regis Hotel
Broadway
Sixth
Locust
St. .Charles Streets
Sixth Street
Flint
Mich
Hubbard Hardware Store
Bryant Hotel
Hubbard
Hasting
Nine Die as Gale Drenches Jersey Coast and Rages
A fierce gale along the New Jersey coast on Friday killed nine seafarers near Seaside and left Seabright and surrounding towns facing extensive damage estimated at over 1 million dollars. Homes, power, and sewer systems suffered as the Peninsula hotel and Warley house collapsed. New York also reported heavy damage with shattered windows and dismantled signs.
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Seabright
N. J
New Jersey
Seaside
Jersey
Peninsula
Warle
New York
President Aids at Fire in Gulfport Residence
President Wilson and his golfing party aided firefighters during a Gulfport blaze near a residence owned by Cyclone Jim Neville. As smoke poured from the building, the president ordered his car halted and two secret service men along with two chauffeurs joined a bucket brigade while he directed efforts. The fire was checked and an admiring crowd hailed him as the best fireman to visit Gulfport.
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Gulfport
Miss
Wilson
Jim” Neville
Secret Service
Clements Reappointed to Interstate Commerce Commission
President Wilson reappointed J. J. Clements of Georgia to the Interstate Commerce Commission and sent the nomination to the Senate on Tuesday, where it was confirmed immediately. The Senate executive session discussed Henry M. Pindell of Peoria as ambassador to Russia, but no action was taken.
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Washington
Wilson
J. J. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Russia
Mrs Adlai Stevenson Dies in Bloomington at 70
Mrs Adlai E Stevenson wife of former Vice President died in Bloomington after several months illness She was seventy and survived by her husband three children Lewis G Stevenson president of the Illinois state board of pardons Mrs Martin D Hardin of Chicago and Miss Letitia Stevenson living at home
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Gulf of
Smyrna
Volturno
Binghamton
N. Y
Nome
Alaska
Enver
Bey
Henry N. Flagler
Standard Oil Company
George I
Greece
Salonika
James R. Keene
Oreglia
Sacred College
Rampollo
Vatican
Luther McCarthy
Alberta
Japan
Nazim Pacha
King Menelik
Abbyssinia
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Sleepy, Hollow Cemetery
N.Y
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Ralph Rose
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Anthony N. Brady
London
Col
F. Cody
England
Mayor Gaynor
Timothy D. Sullivan
Alfred Austin
Fannie May Eaton
Maton
Etober
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Floyd
Claude S. Allen
Richmond
Allen Court House
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison-Rexroat
Chicago
Bessie Wakefield
Connecticut
Leo Frank
Atlanta
Frank Craig
Indianapolis
Helen Enabe
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Robert W.W. Archbald
United States Senate
John Purroy
Mitchel
Tammany
David I. Walsh
Massachusets
Wilson
Fiel
New Jersey
Elder
Minnesota
Senate
California
Illinois
Janson
William Sulker
Martin H. Glynn
Otto
Kno Ashe
Bavaria
D Sym
Rufus Isaeed
Presid Poincare
France
Vansittart Bowater
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Yuan Shi-Kai
China
Edward Carson
Orangemen
Ulster
Tokyo
Britain
Colombia
Bloomington
Ill
Adlai HE. Stevenson
Stevenson
Irish Leader Larkin to Travel to United States
Dublin reports James Larkin head of the Irish transport workers will leave for the United States early in the new year. He aims to carry out what observers call his fiery cross mission amid ongoing strikes since September.
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U.S
Dublin
Ireland
James Larkin
Irish Transport Workers
United States
Frisco Officials Sued Over Feeder Line Profits
United States Circuit Judge W N Sanborn authorized suits against Frisco railroad officials to recover profits claimed as profits from building and selling Feeder lines to the Frisco system by syndicate members. Edmund B E Von Klein of Chicago was sentenced from one to four years for polygamous living with Miss Ethel Newcomb of San Francisco in Portland Oregon.
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Ilegal Syndicate
United States
W. N. Sanborn
Frisco
von ‘Klein
Portland
Oré
Edmund. BE. Co
von. Klein
Chicago
Ethel. Newcomb
San Francisco
Widow Sues Over Insurance After Husband's Death
In Leenominee Michigan in December 80 Mrs William Bolongy widow of an advertising manager who killed himself filed suit against the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Equitable Fraternal Union seeking insurance on his life alleging improper policy handling and wrongful denial of claims.
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Leenominee
Mich
President Wilson Is Now 87 in Mississippi Des
A clipped OCR fragment notes a reference to President Wilson and a person aged 87 in Mississippi, but the readable text provides limited context or verifiable details about events or dates.
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Wilson
U S Rail Board Requests Road Data on Property Values
The Interstate Commerce Commission asked eastern roads for detailed data on property values and financial operations to assess the proposed five percent freight rate increase. Respond by January 31, the commission seeks facts beyond prior profit reports to determine causes of falling net revenue and suitable carrier actions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Eastern Classification
Commission
Fire destroys Detroit's old Michigan Central depot
Detroit Michigan December 29 The old Michigan Central depot built thirty years ago was destroyed by fire Friday. Damage to property and records is estimated at 300000 dollars. The old depot was to be replaced by the new ten million dollar Michigan Central depot which was partially opened with trains running into it. The fire's cause was not determined.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central
Mills in Sharon Farrell resume steady work after holidays
Several thousand mill workers in Sharon and Farrell returned to their jobs after Christmas shutdowns ending, with plants set to run steadily. In Dayton, Capt. W F Roberts, Civil War orderly to Generals Grant and Meade, has died at the National Soldiers Home. Also London reports a suffragette arson at Shrivley Hall in County Down. confectioner John Williams White, possibly the world’s smallest man at 25 inches, died at Southend at age 53.
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Cleveland
Sharon
Farrell
Pittsburgh
National Soldiers
Dayton
W. F. Roberts
U. S. Grant
George G. Meade
London
Shrivley Hall
County Down
John Williams White
Southend
Man Leaps From Eighteenth Floor Of Temple
A man leaped to his death from the eighteenth story of the Masonic Temple in Chicago on a Sunday. Authorities note the act appeared like a sacrifice to a higher cause.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
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