Moody and Grammar rise in early 1900s political scene
The article surveys Willi Tony Moody and George J. Grammar, detailing Moody’s service as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, former Navy Secretary, and Attorney General, with notes on his birth in Newbury Mass in 1888 and education at Phillips Academy and Harvard. It also profiles Captain Grammar’s rise through railroad traffic roles, culminating as traffic manager for the Vanderbilt system. Additional brief items list labor union developments, notable figures’ deaths, and 1906 world events.
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Tony Moody
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Duitiew
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United Tes
Hay
Navy
Leflore
Éttoring
Moody
Congressimin Srey
Massachusetts
Drioy
Congress
Distrie
Manathhusetts
Mooly
Newbury
Massy
Ala
Phillips, Academy
Andover
Tarenrd” University
Find
Caplan
George J. Grammer
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Ivon
Fat
Tinesvile
Ohio
Mvangville
Grammar
Evans
Verre Hunte
Chicago
Illinois
Wires Tailana Roads
Swat Chosen
Lake Shore
Vanderbilt
Buffalo
Grammar Trafic
Vandergit
Million-dollar sums mark record New York racing year
The metropolitan racing scene in New York drew unprecedented attendance and massive spending. Estimates suggest about 4,000,000 attendees across associations, with gate receipts and betting losses shaping a year noted for record attendance and substantial bookmaker revenue.
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New York
Matrapolitish
Eirenit
Chi
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Mountain of Gold Discovery Near Birling Saskatchewan
A prospector named Eughes reports a huge gold vein near Birling in the Battleford district Saskatchewan. The ten mile by one tall vein lies ten feet below the surface with ore assayed at Ottawa showing 55 dollars per ton. Signs of oil observed in flashes. Birling sits 42 miles west of North Battleford and 650 miles west of Winnipeg, 450 miles north of Great Falls Montana, 160 miles from the northern frontier of Montana, and 100 miles from the nearest railroad.
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Man
Eughes
Ottawa
Birling
Battleford
North Battleford
Winnipeg
Great Falls
Mont
Hes
Saskatchewan River
A Year of Disaster 1900 Weathers Grim News Calendar
A long, mixed chronology lists natural disasters and calamities around the world in 1900. Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and storms cause thousands of deaths and widespread damage from Italy to China, Mexico, Spain, the United States, and beyond. Key events include the Gonzano earthquake, a 14 killed. the Colombian coast tidal wave. a Society Islands hurricane. San Francisco and Vesuvius events. floods in Hunan and Tepic. and the year closes with notable deaths and global upheavals.
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Gonzano
Italy
Society Islands
Mississippi
Formosa
San Francisco
Texas
Ocampo
Mexico
Lyons
France
Alparaiso
Hunan
China
Caucasus
Hongkong
Tepic
New Orleans
Mobile
Spain
Florida
Venezuela
Honduras
Nicaragua
Salvador
Cuba
Ciifton
Ariz
Lfe
Hebruary
Bociety
Tuamotu Islands
Oakhill
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Longworth-Roosevelt
Washington
Penney Elevator
Butia
Duluth
M. Falilleres
Tales
Mina
Moaitland
Oola
Johann Foch
Chicago
David B. Henderson
Bitel' Predertek
Prussia
Sophie Charlotte of
Oldenburg
Berlin
Long list of historical events from 1800s to early 1900s.
A dense chronology of political, military, and social events spanning 1800s to early 1900s. Entries mention the Hartford convention, Civil War actions at Fredericksburg and Baton Rouge, the capture of Tort McAllister, French occupation of Rome ending, Fenian activity, notable deaths and appointments, ship disasters, property restitutions, the Cospatrick fire, polygamy law reaffirmation, Bulgaria and diplomatic shifts, Philippine ports opening, Boer War actions, and modern advances such as an airship by Miss B L Todd and a large gas plant in Astoria New York.
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Paris
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Carl Schurz
Senate
Michigan
Wisconsin
Henrik Ibsen
Russia
Michael Davitt
Alfonso
Spain
Enga
Battenburg
Arthur P. Gorvian
Maryland
Burton
Kansas
John C. New
Texas
Minnesota
Liverpool
Macarere
Bialystok
Oklahoma
Congress
John M. Pattizon
Ohio
Andrew L. Harris
Ldeath
Chas
E. Tripler
Liquid Air
Prince Charles
Denmark
King
Norway
Haakon
Richard G. Ivens
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden
New York
South Wales
James Tanner
Inna
Afont
Louis
Wransd
William Pinckney
United States
Benjamin W
Gréwoinghicu
Magsachusetta
Bedrotles
Navy
Ik Tava Borgne
Alibama
Vinton
Gen
Banks
Buteler
New Orleana
Baton’ Rouge
Predericksburg
Battle of
Fredericksburg
McAllister
Sherman
Rome
Clerkenwell
Grand Duke
Alexia
Dweed
Metropolitan Hotel
Iay Gould
Erie Railroad Company
Cospatrick
William Mosher
Joseph Douglass
Charlie Roas
France
Bulgaria
Marquie
Dufferin
Henry
Smith Theogical Seminary
Cleveland
Venezuela
Mek Kintey
Canton
Gen. Garcia
Washington
Wm. Vernon Harcourt
Liberal Party
Dagland
Gem Otig
Philippine
Boars
Thes Tugela
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Kroger
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
England
Dloge
Boara
Nooltgedacht
Clyares
Grant
Washington, D. C
Puerto Cabello
Turkey
Macedonia
Miga
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
B.L. Todd
Aero Club
Toddg
Astoria
Long Island
Consolidated Gas Company of
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Mr. Watson
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Ndrona Rinte Epworth League
Rushville, Ind
Tulng Kahn
Calfornia
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Ling
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Paris Ag
Eyrpur
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Singapore
Transvaal
South Bend
Central Labor Union
Garment Workers’ Union
New Zealand Labor Department
Pacific Coast
South America
Brazil
Chile
Maine
American Federation At
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Bik
Amorigia
Miss Rose Planstill
Cighrmakers
Union No. 14
Misa
Peter O'Brien
Lincoln
Fulton
Salisbury
Atlantic City
Ned
Woodville
Sirlo
Valencia
Vancouver Island
Courriere
Francé
Earth
W. R. Harper
Chicago University
King Christian of
Susan B. Anthony
Johann Most
Russell Sage
Jefferson Davis
W. R. Shafter
Sam Jones
Gary
Union of States
Roosevelt
Panama
Dreyfus
Great Croton
New York City
Missouri River
Lefty
Coaldale
W. Va
Haverstraw
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University of Chicago
New Groton Dam
Japan
Marshall Field
Springfield
Kearsarge
St. Lmdmilla’s Church
San Franciaco
Pierre Gurrie
Trinidad
Colo
Tamas County
Nebraska
Chicago White Sox
Evangelist Sam Jones
Arkansas
Arg
Jefferson Dayia
N. J
Coffeyville
Kan
Joseph E. Gary
Rockwood Hoar
Elering
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Lodi
Panaya
Bs & O. Cossion
St. Peter's Church
Hcclesiastical Court
A. Crapney
Rochester
Great Lakes
Anen
Germany
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Hood
Clifton
Aris
Chi Pei
Cornell University
Ithace
Edward Muller
North Dakota
Bighop
McCabs
Mountain OF Gold
Grim Weaper
Clement Armand Fallieres
Philadelphia
Bradilian
Adifdaban Simk
Vancouver Island Canal
Jouspl Wheeler
Christian of Denmark
Frederick VIII
Pail Dresver
Meridian
Miss
M. Schofield
Ronvier
Island
Jalo
Courrieren
Florence
Johanne Most
Denoth
A. D. T. Whitney
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Wilbur G. Voliva
Henry CG
Phiippines
James A. Bailey
Coustess
Mogland
Frederisk Wilhelm
Lady Curzon
Kedleston
Mary Lester
Osar
Johm E. Toole
Sveaporg
Aumunt
Rain
Spaniel Coast
Pearl Craigie
Nglish
Valparaiso
Rebecca
Clark
Sophia
Lewis Morrison
Real Estate Trust Company
Bank Fafm
Wm. I Bryan
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Beaches
Paul O. Stenstand
Tangini
Morocco
Natval Review
Long Island Sound
Tellica
Tein
Atlanta
Stenslah
Joliet
Urrienne
Gulf of Mexico
Ganden City Association
Great Britain
Letchsworth
W. D. P. Bliss
St. Mary's Episcopal’ Church
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