Jerseyman's Meats Drive Through Will May 8 1910
The will of John Doe from Jersey City New Jersey dated May 8 1910 bequeaths specific meat items to family and hires three executors Richard Roe Morris Moe and Paul Poe with the intention to frank the legatees' portions The odd bequests include porterhouse steaks lamb veal chops and a haslet with storage and access details noted within the will.
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John Doe
Jersey
Gudson
Columbia Trust Company
Legaee
Haslet
Morris
Swift Beef Houses
Richard Roe
Morris Moe
Beef Trust
Paul Poe
Pitzer
Puck
Tafts New Secretary C D Norton Named to Succeed Carpenter
Charles D Norton of Chicago, long time assistant secretary of the treasury, is chosen by President Taft to replace Fred W Carpenter as secretary to the president. Norton, 38, a Amherst College alum, builder of a large Chicago life insurance business, is praised for reforms saving the government money and may gain broader authority.
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C. D. Norton
Carpenter
Charles D. Norton
Chicago
Treasury
Taft
Fred W. Carpenter
United States
Morocco
Amherst College
Winnnebago County
Wis
Oshkosh
Franklin B. Norton
Treasury Department
Norton
Mr. Norton
Katherine McKim Garrison
New York
Statue of Roosevelt to Be Erected at Medora North Dakota
National news notes a marble statue of Theodore Roosevelt to be erected in Medora North Dakota. Representative Hanna reports the plan and Roosevelt approved posing for sculptor Gustav Vigilard after advice from Hanna. The statue honors a living man as contemplated.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Medora
N. D
Washington
Hanna
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Christiania
Norway
Mr. Hanna
Gustav Vigilard
Opium Found Hidden in Sausages on San Francisco Arrival
A customs inspector examined Wong Nim's baggage in San Francisco and discovered over four pounds of opium concealed in sausages among his belongings. The seized opium was valued at about $500 in San Francisco.
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Wong Nim
San Francisco
Hamilton an Aviator as Boy Used Mother's Parasol
A New Britain neighbor recalls Charles Hamilton born to be a sky pioneer. From eight years old he stole his mother's parasol to jump from a barn eave and later tamed dangers at high altitude in balloons. He describes switchback glides used to descend when a crank shaft broke, preserving his life.
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New Britain
N. M. Beaudette
Charles SK. Hamilton
Charles Hamilton
Charles
Paterson
N. J
Hamilton
Hailton
Louis Paulhan
Iamilton
Los Angeles
Tramilton
Monte Carlo for Mexico Gambling claim shocks capital
Men purporting to represent Richard Canfield release a statement in Mexico City that he will open a gambling establishment at Tacubarga near the capital. They claim a concession is in hand and that Canfield's Saratoga paraphernalia will be shipped immediately. Tacubarga is a year round resort.
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Richard Canfield
City of Mexico
Tacubarga
Monte Carlo
Canfield
Saratoga
N. Y
Tucubarga
Whistle sparks gunfire on Colorado ranch
Cowboy J I Luny of a Florence area ranch was shot in the right foot after he echoed a whistled tune by fellow worker Al Johnson. Johnson drew a revolver following a perceived insult and fired. The incident occurred as Luny listened near a store.
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J. I. Luny
Florence
Colo
T Luny
Siore
al Johnson
Luny
Johnson
Brazil Plans Warship Fund Drive by Public Subscription
Brazil launches a national effort to fund a warship through public subscription. A levy of 30 cents per person, based on an estimated population of about 20.4 million, would raise a little over two thirds of the $9 million needed.
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Brazil
Lessons From a World Trip by General Le Fevre
Former Ohio congressman General Benjamin Le Fevre returning from a ten month world tour praised Indian architecture and rice based living while criticizing Balkan poverty. He noted diverse conditions from Hungary to Calcutta, jute mills in India, and the Thai and Philippine economies, urging less wasteful living and highlighting contrasts with American extravagance.
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Ohio
India
Benjamin le Fevre
Congress
New York
Europe
Vienna
Budapest
Bulgaria
Roumania
Servia
Hungary
General le Fevre
Balkan
Turkey
Constantinople
Smyrna
Palestine
Jerusalem
Solomon
Port Said
Calcutta
Louisiana
Texas
East
Indignant Willie and the Ninth Inning Death
Willie the office boy shows mercy then erupts in anger when his wounded brother is found to have died at third base. The piece, illustrated with a baseball tale, ends with a poem note from Baseball Magazine. Also notes Westinghouse presiding over an ASME session in Atlantic City and Wilfred Lewis describing a shock absorbing apparatus for foundries on skyscrapers.
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George Westinghouse
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Atlantic City
N. J
Wilfred Lewis
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England
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Mexico
Desert Saratogas
le Fevre
Bombay
Taj Mahal
Mark Twain
Tower of Silence
Delhi
Agra
Lucknow
Cawnpur
Benares
Ganges
Canton
China
Burma
Singapore
Java
Manila
Philippines
Alaska
Hongkong
Japan
Honolulu
Willie
H. M. Tandy
Baseball Magazine
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Chehalis County
U.S
C. H. Hanford
Seattle
Evans Drug Co
Aberdeen Carriage Company
Peter Ibsen
General Blacksmiths
Wishkah Street
F. Fredrickson
NEW
Summit
Asyul As
Ae Na Business College
Acme Business College
Eloor P.I
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