Record storm devastates South with widespread damage
A severe ice storm paralyzes telegraph wires across the South from Louisiana to Alabama and Georgia. Twelve believed dead and many injured as towns like Cowarts and Camp Wheeler suffer extensive damage amid record low temperatures and heavy snowfall in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Alabama
Georgia
Cowarts
Ala
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Wheeler
Mississippi
Mission
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Oklahoma City
Tle Rock
Ark
Memphis
Mexican Mission Home From Japan
Pacific Port dispatch notes a Mexican mission carried by a Japanese gunboat envoy leaving for Mexico. The party sought a treaty with Japan and discussed arms purchases for Mexico, signaling ongoing diplomatic and military considerations in early 20th century affairs.
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Pacific Port
Carranza
Mexico
Japan
Richmond Doctor Held for Grand Jury in Cyanide Case
Dr. Lemuel J Johnson of Middlesex faces a grand jury after a preliminary hearing on the death of his wife Alice Knight Johnson. Testimony showed Dr Johnson denied marriage to the Richmond girl and allegedly directed a criminal operation. Dr Thomas M Jordan of Raleigh and Dr Albert F Williams testified. Williams said Johnson denied marriage and that the couple may have been married. Dr Alvis Patterson of Wilson testified Johnson tried to buy cyanide potassium before the death.
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Richmond
Thomas M. Jordan
Raleigh
N. C
Albert F. Williams
Wilson
Lemuel J. Johnson
Middlesex
Alice Knight John
Johnson
Dr. Williams
Dr. Jordan
Briggs Hotel
Williams
Richmonds
Sie
Zebulon
N.C
Alvis Patterson
Burglars Work London Suburbs Amid Air Raid Fears
London suburbs seek strongest cellars and communal dugouts as air raid warnings spread. Residents gather in sturdy basements while burglars exploit the chaos, raiding deserted houses and striking during false alarms.
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London
Wiley
Chilean Ambassador Objects to Embassy Repairs Suit
Santiago Aldunate, Chilean ambassador in Washington, sues Mrs. Alice Henmick for 1034.00 claiming his lands failed to maintain the embassy premises. He notes monthly rent of 3383.33 and disputes paying for repairs.
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Washington
Santiago Aldunate
Alice Henmick
British Destroyer Racoon Founders Off Ireland
London reports the British destroyer Racoon struck rocks off the Irish coast on Wednesday and foundered. Built in 1910 the 266 foot vessel displaced 915 tons and carried four guns two torpedo tubes with a crew of 105.
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London
Racoon
Two Die as Severe Storm Hits Macon Camp Wheeler
A late Friday storm across Macon Georgia caused two deaths and three injuries. Marvin Harris of the 122nd Infantry Fifth Georgia was crushed when a corral collapsed at Camp Wheeler. An unknown civilian was electrocuted by a live wire during the blackout. Property damage ran into thousands as temperatures plummeted afterward.
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Macon
Camp Wheeler
Marvin Harris
122Nd Infantry Fifth Georgia
Atlanta
Newnan
Bolshevik Satire Poses Arithmetical Puzzles in Petrograd
A Russian paper mocks conditions with arithmetic satire on arrests by Bolsheviks and provisional government. It poses puzzles about who will be arrested, delegates clashing, false reasons for peace, and a teetotaler’s drinking spree, offering a minister-president’s portfolio as prize.
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Petrograd
Brishevaya Vyedomosti
Revolutionary Committee
Minnesota ore to supply most shells for 1918 war effort
Virginia Minn Jan 12 six of ten shells used against the Germans next year will come from Masabi range ore. Mine operators estimate 1918 output at 45,360,760 tons, 1,000,000 tons below last year, while unrest has been quiet aside from a single I W W strike attempt.
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Virginia
Minn
Minnesota
United States
Pravda Calls Wilson Hypocrite in Comment on Address
A Bolshevik Pravda issue in Petrograd denounces President Wilson as the head of rapacious American imperialism and the greatest hypocrite history has known, in response to his congressional address.
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Petrograd
Pravda
Wilson
Congress
Nor fork Southern tests Caminock coal for rail use
New Bern dispatch reports Norfolk Southern tested Caminock coal from the Cum nock mine in North Carolina on the New Bern to Norfolk passenger run. Officials await results to determine if the mine can supply fuel for the railroad and local needs. An unrelated report notes Navy firearm injury to Albert Mason at Beaufort, with investigations ongoing amid heavy plant security.
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New Bern
Norfolk Southern
New
Cumnock
Albert Mason
United States Navy
Beaufort
Mason
Tie
South Storm Turns Dire Across the Deep South
Washington reports the winter storm sweeping the South killed 16 and injured over 160 after tornadoes hit Eastern Alabama and Central Georgia. Sleet and high winds paralyze wire service and isolate major Gulf and South Atlantic cities with limited damage.
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Washington
South
Alabama
Georgia
Atlantic
Local boards called to meet in Raleigh
Raleigh news notes local boards executing the selective draft act summoned to Raleigh by Major John D. Langston to discuss questions and instructions. The piece also covers aviation volunteers from Raleigh, land gift attempts for a camp site, and water supply issues at the State College of Agriculture and Engineering.
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Raleigh
John D. Langston
Senate
Pss
Sonia Major Langston
Pou
Washington
Ordnance
James H. Pou
Poll
Tucker Farm
Seaboard
McDonald
Charley Troy McDonald
Aviation Service
Connor Aycock
State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Chicago Isolated by One of Worst Blizzards
Chicago is cut off by a severe blizzard with businesses paralyzed and temperatures at 14 below zero. The city lies under deep snow as officials warn of continued disrupt ion and drifting conditions.
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Chicago
Cold Wave Hits Nation From Rockies to Atlantic Coast
The severest cold wave in years grips the country from the Rocky Mountains to Alleghanies and moves toward the Atlantic. Temperatures fall to 20 below in Indiana, 18 above in the Gulf region, with heavy storms and coal shortages causing disruption and suffering across the Midwest. The cold is set to persist through Sunday as the storm moves east from the South.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Alleghanies
Atlantic Coast
Indiana
Gulf of Mexico
Middle West
Ontario
Florida
Canadian
Rural districts must provide nursing services to cut infant mortality
Washington January 12 The Children’s Bureau reports rural infant deaths at four percent annually and urges nursing services, doctors, hospitals, and conference centers to reach all mothers and babies. The first detailed survey, done in a prosperous Kansas county near Oklahoma, shows two thirds of mothers lacked prenatal care and over one third had no postnatal physician visit.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
Bureau
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Arthur Newholme
Kansas County
Kangas
Labels truth in patent medicines under federal act
Washington report notes the 1906 Food and Drugs Act reduced false cure claims in interstate sale of patent medicines. It highlights required labeling of habit forming drugs, warns against soothing syrups, and cites suppression of cocaine in soft drinks. It credits the act with advancing narcotics controls and drug quality with post office fraud orders.
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Washington, D. C
Ouia Chemistry
United Statesment of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Post Fice
Argentine Press Demands Break With Germany Over Trade Routes
Buenos Aires reports that multiple Argentine newspapers call the German barred zone extension an unfriendly act and renew demands that the government sever relations with Germany. The coverage notes the impact on trade between South America and Europe and urges a firm official response.
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Buenos Aires
South America
Europe
Germany
Bolsheviks to Persist in Brest-Litovsk Talks Despite Disagreement
Trotzky announces continued negotiations with Germany over Brest-Litovsk. Bolshevik chief Rylenko launches a volunteer army campaign to aid allies and prepare for broader revolutionary actions if talks fail. France declines peace talks and Russia faces ongoing front activity as Italian fronts show intense artillery between Brent and Piave rivers.
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Russia
Brest-Litovnsk
Germany
Bolsheviki
Trotzky
Rylenko
France
Brest-Litovsk
Pinchot
Brent
Piave
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Brtish Destroyer Founders
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