Indiana Governor Hendricks Legacy and Calls for Reform
Governor Rak at inauguration outlines duties to state and nation, urges public utilities commission, inheritance tax, and worker compensation. He supports a constitutional convention, stresses government by the people, and warns against class legislation and corporate influence.
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Indianapolis
Rak
Indiana
Thomas A. Hendricks
Hendricks
Marshall
Intry Es
Supreme Court
Thomas
Jefferson
Isaac P. Gray
Supreme Court of the United States
Senaca
Isaiahs of
National Progress
Burke
Dora at the Dale versus Guides to Success
Dora faces Guides to Success in a contested matchup at the Dale venue. Rival teams seek a decisive result as spectators expect a tight competition with emphasis on tactical play and scoring opportunities.
Wilson urges business men to put public good above private gain
Woodrow Wilson, at a Chicago Commercial Club banquet, urged business leaders to back the new administration with a focus on conservation and fair access to resources and credit. He warned against monopoly and disclosed views on money trust reforms, calling for end to sectional prejudice and a united effort from bankers and businessmen.
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Chicago
Commercial Club of
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Money Trust
Pittsburg Flood Idles 50,000 as Mills Shutdown
Crest of 31.3 feet on the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers tests Pittsburg, flooding hundreds of homes and flooding mills. Downtown areas along Penn avenue and Federal street shut down business as relief pours in and property damage nears one million dollars.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Penn Avenue
Federal Street
North Side
West End
South Side
Fire Destroys Lodging Houses. Three Dead, Thirteen Injured
Three known dead and thirteen injured in a lodging house fire that swept a block along Howard street in San Francisco. The Maritime and San Pedro houses, flimsy two story frames, housed men of the Bea Three. Narrow exits were the only egress as firemen hunted the ruins for victims.
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San Francisco
Howard Street
Stewart Streets
San Pedro
Bea
Wireless Men An Found Guilty In Wire Swindle Case
A group of men was found guilty in a federal case involving a million dollar wire swindle. They were sentenced Friday to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia.
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Federal ‘Penitentiary
Atlanta
Judge Archbald Convicted and Removed from Bench
In Washington on January 15, Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court was found guilty on five counts in impeachment proceedings before the Senate. The committee of the Senate sentenced him to removal and forever disqualified him from holding any office of honor or profit.
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Washington
United States Senate
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Archbaild
Senate
United States
Third Judicial Circuit
Archbald
Erie Railroad
Burnham
Penrose
Oliver
Paynter
Catron
Archhbald
Root
Crane
Smoot
House Prosecuting Committee
Clayton
Alabama
Sterling
Dunois
Senator O'Gorman
New York
Pennsylvania
Two British Airmen Perish in Thames Accident
London dispatch says two British airmen L F MacDonald and Inglis drowned in the Thames on Monday after their aeroplane swooped down from height. The engine exploded upon contact with the water. One aviator clung briefly to the wreckage before sinking.
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London
England
L. F. MacDonald
Inglis
Thames
Chief of Army Signal Corps Message From Washington
A terse Washington dispatch from the Army signal corps chief discusses directives tied to Taft administration policy and military communications. The note references interdepartmental coordination and potential reforms affecting field service.
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Signal. Corps
Washington
Taft
Preparing for the Work of 1919
The text outlines planned industrial growth in Western Canada for 1913, detailing massive railway expansion by Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern, double tracking, and new city building. It highlights urban and regional development across Edmonton Calgary Regina Saskatoon and coastal growth in British Columbia including Vancouver and Victoria. 200,000 American settlers are noted as contributing to this expansion.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Panama Canal
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern
Western
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Light fruit lunch inquiry and a question about currents
A reader expresses a preference for a light fruit lunch while also posing a curious question about electrical currents and their behavior.
Tean Zon Gas Stove and Dr. Pierce Ad Parody
An OCR fragment imitates a period ad. It mentions a gas stove described as Tean Zon and references Dr. Pierce's Pellets claimed to regulate stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation. The prose mimics 19th century newspaper language with dubious health claims.
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Dr. Pierce
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Juliana Wilhelmina
Princess of Orange
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