New Year Fest Times in Capital Hostesses greet guests at White House reception
Washington on New Year’s Day saw fashionably dressed guests across Connecticut Avenue as President Roosevelt and the first lady welcomed officials, diplomats, and society. Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and military leaders appeared in formal attire while out-of-town visitors joined the gala. The Washes hosted a grand costume ball at their Massachusetts Avenue home attended by 250 guests, with elaborate lighting, music, and ornate gowns, including Mrs Walsh in ivory satin.
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Catherine Altman
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
White House
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Diplomatic Corps
Francis Joseph
Baron Hengelmutler von
Hengelvar
Mr. Roosevelt
Cabinet
Mrs Roosevelt
Thomas F. Washes
Massachusetts Avenue
Walsh
Mrs Walsh
Mixa Walsh
Juliette
Liberty
Miss Hurd
Miss Jenkins
Mise Jenkins
Theodora Shonts
Night
Marguerite Shonts
Marie Antoinette
Helen Foulke
Louis XVI
Hicanor Slater
Evelyn Chew
Dolly Varden
Winifred Mattingly
Mornin
John Timmens
Kate Greenaway
Washington, Jan
A . Riehmondie
Willkim Jennings Ryan
Charles A. Cinherson
Texas
Lone Star
Gampatgt
Alton J. Parker
Cone
Culberson
Bryan
Benatar Culberson
David E Culberson
House of Repreventatives
Jem
Benatar Joseph
Calberton
Senate
Senato Culberson
Dadeville
Tatlapoost County
Alabama
Wirwinks
Virginia Military Institute
South
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
TASC
Tsot
Deilfianey
Nice
Three Cent Fare War Rages Over Cleveland Tracks
Mayor Tom Johnson leads a dramatic fight to extend a three cent streetcar fare with midnight tracklaying and swift injunctions. A warlike clash unfolds as rails are laid across Superior Avenue toward the public square amid legal challenges and public pressure, testing city effort to secure affordable transit.
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Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Munkden Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Cuyahoga River
Public Square
Board of Public Service
Johnson
Notice of Stockholders Meeting for Albuquerque Traction Co
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of stockholders of the Albuquerque Traction Company will be held at the office in old town Albuquerque Hernalillo County New Mexico on January 5 1907 at 10 o clock in the forenoon. Directors will be elected and other business brought before the meeting. Signed Reet A B McMillan secretary.
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Albuquerque Traction Company
Albuquerque
Hernalillo County
New Mexico
Reet A.B Memilien, Secy
Albuquerque ‘Traction Co
Government plots deal with American syndicate over Gillies unit
The government aims to close a deal with an American syndicate to access Gillies unit and the adjoining Cobalt silver mining area known as the mineralized portion. The district, about seventy square miles, is rich in silver ore with 1400 workers yet timber clearance incomplete. Two silver relux discoveries are reported, one by prospectors, one under the government geologist. Purchase price reportedly around 49 million dollars.
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Toronts
Prosecutions Involving Rockefeller Linked Standard Oil Case
The United States court opened proceedings against John D. Rockefeller and associates for operating Standard Oil in restraint of trade. Co-defendants include Henry H. Rogers, M. Pingier, Charles Pratt, Oliver A. Payne, William Rockefeller, and John D. Archbold. Also charged are W. A. Harris of National Transit and Crescent Pipe Line with related Standard group offenses. Over two hundred witnesses expected. hearings to proceed. The Nationsl Fame Bat Commission annual meeting chaired by Mermann with President John Kon, Secretary Bruce, and league schedulers discussing next season dates.
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EL Touts
John D. Rockefeller
Hie Wix Associates
Standard GL
United States
Elirenit
Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogert
M. Pingier
Charles Pratt
Oliver A. Payne
William Rockefeller
John D. Archibald
W. A. Harris
National Transit Company
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Standard
Cheseborough — Manufacturing Company
Swan & Finch Company
Npion AL
Wlaht
Mermann
John~ Kon
American League
jLeaiines
Germany Takes Big Part At Jamestown
Germany seeks a strong role in the Jamestown tercentennial celebration with a naval display and aid from officials. Captain Stabmer leads plans for ships and a sizeable German squadron to showcase military prowess alongside American events, reflecting national pride and German-American ties.
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Germany
Norfolk
Va. Jan. S
Peninton
America
Amerex
Fatherhond
Jamestown
Admiralty
Vera
Stabmer
Great Britain
Garde du Corps
Cbimperor
Aeronautie
Milan Exposition
Termany
M Sohituat
Southern nomination fight narrows to Culberson Williams
A year of screening narrowed candidates for the 1908 southern presidential nomination. After eliminating many, John Sharp Williams withdrew his bid, leaving Culberson as the preferred southern choice if the convention backs a favorite son.
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Senator Culberson
John Sharp Williams
Mr Williams
Senate
Mr. Williams
Culberson
Texas
Northern Pacific Increases Its Stock
Stockholders met in Minnesota yesterday to consider a plan by the directors to issue 95 million dollars in new stock, raising total capital to 260 million. Stockholders would subscribe 91 million at par in proportion to their present holdings as the railroad cites rapid population growth and business development along its lines.
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Northern Pacific
Minn
Jan
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Professors to Hunt Prehistoric Elephant Remains in Egypt
Professor F Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History along with Welter Granger and George Hsen have set sail for Egypt to seek skeletons of a small animal believed to be a pliocene prehistoric elephant. The expedition stems from a four year old British engineering find in the Sayoum desert near Cairo. Morris Ko Jessup, president of the museum, authorized the search. Osborn will work in the young desert about seventy miles southwest of Cairo, planning a four to five week absence.
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New York
Jan
Fr. F Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Welter Granger
George Hsen
Egypt
Sayoum
Morris Ko Jessup
The
American Museum
Osborn
Youn Desert
Sevety
Cairo
Sayourm Oasis
Henix
Frost Havoc Hits Florida Groves After Severe Cold
Frost swept through Vedar Keys and reached as far as Tampa causing major damage to fruit trees. Growers who invested in single groves fear six years of reduced yield as trees become barren after freezing. The frost, though tempered in some southern markets, caused heavy losses in citrus and other fruit, with shipments already impacted.
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Florida
Vedar Keys
Fla
Tampa
Phinters
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Claude Albright
Elks' Opera House
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Beaven
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F. Keleher
the Citizen Publishing Co
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Evening Citizen
Faywood
Faywoog, New Mexico
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Iron and Brass
the Elite
F. J. Gross
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Nash Electrical Supply Co
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Janie Scalelo
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