Hats Rule in New York Cafes Provokes Public Stir
A May 30 report from New York observes growing cloakroom demands at major cafes where patrons must surrender hats. Detailing anecdotes from detectives, socialites, and notable figures, the piece notes the ubiquity of hat checks, the high costs, and limited redress for loss or damage while suggesting few practical remedies beyond abandoning hats or avoiding dining out.
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New York
Frank Peabmry
Alfred Hayman
Bourke Cochran
B. S. Guinness
Dick Donnelly
Heather Bloom
Mr. Donnelly
Coatroomn
Jerome Siegel
Broadway
the Waldorf
Oscar Tachirky
Fifth Avenue
Martha Washington
Alaska Gold Output Shifts From Placer to Lodes
The article notes a shift in Alaska from placer to auriferous lode mining as the latter’s output grows faster. It cites 1908 and 1909 gold values, Treadwell mine production, and Alaska Yukon placer district profits, with Seward peninsula declines and notes on future plant construction and national comparison of recovery rates.
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Treadwell Group
Alaska
Alaska Yukon Placer District
Geological Survey
Seward Peninsula
United States
Alaska gold gains and copper rise face 1909 tally
Geological survey reports 1909 Alaska gold production valued at over 20.96 million dollars with placer output dominating, while copper output climbs despite lower 1909 value and delayed coal land patents hinder mining. Fairbanks remains top gold region, Ketchikan leads copper, and Copper River railway construction sparks Chitina prospecting.
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Washington
Alaska
Geological Survey
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Woes
A 1920s style health ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble. It warns of symptoms like back pain, urinary disturbances, and fatigue, and cites Mrs. Daniel McCarthy of Anaconda Montana endorsing the remedy after years of using it with reported benefits.
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Dean
Doan
Daniel McCarthy
East Fourth Street
Anaconda
Mont
Operator Blamed For Fatal Wreck Near Indianola
Lincoln Neb May 30 Eighteen persons are dead and two may die from the Burlington wreck near Indianola as a special report to the Star states Grace Dean of Minden Neb Hiram Feekin of McCook Neb and an unidentified Italian died early today Mrs Lena Feekin wife of Hiram and H Culberson Brimfield IL injured severely cannot recover Superintendent Allen ruled the wreck was due to the operator at McCook failing to deliver a meeting order to train No 12.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Indianola
Star
Grace Dean
Minden
Hiram Feekin
McCrook
Lena Feekin
H. H. Culberson
Brimfield
Allen
McCook
Indian Fighter Visits Scenes Of Early Days
Lieut. Col. Daniel Lane Howell of the U S Army tours Billings and the rimrock road, recalling 1871 when the valley was dirt and cattle land. He praises the valley's growth, water, rail facilities, and future prospects, noting his Philippines and West Point service and planned command in the Philippines.
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Standard Billings
Daniel Lane Howell
United States Army
Rimrock
Howell
Philippines
Cuba
Alaska
Heis
Fort McKenzie
Phillippines
Billings
Junction City
West Point
Northwest
Germany Signals Sympathy for Taft Arbitration
Berlin May 30 The Nord Deutsche Algentine Zeitung reports Germany has moved toward arbitration readiness after the U S indicated openness to broader talks with other powers including England The draft treaty will arrive soon and German opinion with Britain and France is sympathetic to Taft’s arbitration proposal leading papers like the Frankfurter Zeitung welcome the gesture while noting room for improvement.
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Berlin
Nord Deutsche Algentine Zeitung
Germany
United States
England
Great Britain
France
Taft
Lke
Frankfort Zeitung
Technical judges in demand say jurist warns
New York May 30 Judge Hand in a federal court decision on technical scientific matters criticizes the provincial legal habit of mind in American jurisprudence. He urges bringing in technical experts as Germany does to pass on complex issues and calls for an advance beyond conventional approaches.
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New York
Hand
Federal Court
Germany
Memorial Day Observances Highlight Roosevelt Speeches
Memorial day in New York and Washington featured Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Dix among key participants. Veterans parades along Fifth Avenue drew nearly 20,000 marchers, while Roosevelt denounced “false apostles of peace” and urged steadfast justice over unrighteous arbitration. In Newark, Roosevelt unveiled Lincoln statue, calling laws of the old era outworn and urging rights for wage earners and curbing greed. President Taft spoke at Arlington, warning against war while urging efforts to avoid future conflict.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Theodore Roosevelt
Dix
Fifth Avenue
United States Marines
Daniel E. Sickles
Hiram (. Cronk
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Daniel W. Sickles
Grant
Monroe
Newark
N. J
Gutzen Borglun
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Taft
Arlington
Memorial Day Parade Sees Civil War Veterans Sing Then Salute
Chicago May 30 veterans 2000 strong led the Memorial day parade singing John Brown's Body and Marching Through Georgia. Crowds joined as the march neared its end and the veterans softened to Rock of Ages before passing the reviewing stand in silence.
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Chicago
John’ Brown
Georgia
Memorial Day honors Union soldiers buried at Andersonville
In Atlanta and southern towns the blue and gray honored fallen Union soldiers. At Andersonville National Cemetery exercises were held and flags placed on 13,722 graves with a Mobile delegation of Confederate veterans aiding in the decoration.
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Atlanta
Memorial Day Observed Strongly in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on Memorial Day May 86 ex senator J Foraker was the speaker. Veterans paraded and the McKinley monument in the state house yard was decorated with flowers.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. 38
Foraker
McKinley
Statehouse
Thurston of Nebraska Speaks at Antietam Memorial Day
Sharpsburg Maryland May 30 former United States Senator Thurston of Nebraska delivered the Memorial Day address at Antietam National Cemetery today. He addressed veterans and recalling Civil War and national unity as crowds gathered for the service.
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Sharpsburg
United States
Thurston
Nebraska
Antietam National Cemetery
Gettysburg Battlefield Rally Draws Thousands on Memorial Day
Thousands gathered on the battlefield at Gettysburg in a May 30 gathering marking a historic observance. Participants included local residents and visitors, with speeches highlighting remembrance and national heritage.
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Gettysburg
Gettys
Tributes at Gettysburg Remembered In National Cemetery
Crowds gathered in the National Cemetery for the annual tribute to the fallen 48 years after the Civil War, following a parade of many organizations. From the rostrum near Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address site, Col. Wills G. Emerson of Los Angeles and Rev. John W. Hill of New York spoke.
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Burg
National Cemetery
Lincoln
Wills G. Emerson
Los Angeles
Cal
Corporal Scully Post
John W. Hill
New York
Memorial Exercises for Federal Dead in National Cemetery
Memphis Tenn May 30 memorial exercises were held by two posts of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor the 14 000 federal dead interred in the National cemetery near Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Cemetery
Here
Grand Army of the Republic
Trial of Camorrists Yields No New Evidence
At Viterbo Italy on May 30 the Camorrist proceedings produced little new evidence. Amedeo yretnasi, accused of involvement in the murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo, benefited when an expert testified that the eyeglasses examined, and those found near Cuoccolo's body, did not prove his identity.
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Viterbo
Italy
Anchor Line steamships offer New York routes to Europe
Anchor Line advertises New York to Londonderry Glasgow and Naples services with single or round trip tickets to Scotch English Irish and principal continental points at attractive rates. Book information available from the Anchor Line focal agent or HFNDER SON BPOS general agents Chicago. Superior accommodation and cuisine highlighted.
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Anchor Line
New York
Londonderry
Glasgow
Naples
Focal
Hfnderson Bpos
Chicago
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Alfred H. Brooks
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Juneau
Ketchikan
Chitina
Foster-Musuan Co
Buffalo, N.Y
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Camorrist
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Philo Hay Specialties Co
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