Volume 14 , Issue 7

100 Years Ago Today February 13, 1912

What was happening in America and Ohio one hundred years ago today? According to The Democratic Banner, dated Tuesday, February 13, 1912, which sold for two cents, some of the front page headlines were: "Anti-Suffrage Fight Started, Chihuahua's Acting Governor Issues Proclamation Urges Rebels To Drop Arms, The Maine Floated, Roscoe School Teacher Defies Incendiaries, Young Lad Suicides, Let-up Promised on Frigid Weather, Seven People Killed In Railroad Accidents, Big Fire At Kent, Announces Candidacy.

Announces Candidacy, Youngstown, O., Feb. 12 -- "E. H. Moore, state insurance superintendent, stated positively that he would not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. He announced, however, that he would be a Harmon candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Convention from the Eighteenth District."

The Maine Floated, Havana, Feb. 12 -- "The wreck of the Maine floated free of the mud when water was turned into the dam surrounding the wreck. The Water within the dam is about 14 feet below the harbor level at low tide. It is the intention today to admit the water more rapidly, so that by nightfall the wreck will be raised to the harbor level, leaving nothing more to be done except to break the dam and float out the whip."

To Fight Herrick, Washington, Feb. 12 -- "Senator cummins of Iowa, it was reported, will lead a fight by progressive Republican senators against the confirmation of Myron T. Herrick as ambassador to France. The senate progressives are offended at a public reference which Mr. Herrick was reported to have made to Senator LaFollette."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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