New York Population Soars Beyond English and Paris Stages
New York City now holds about 4 422 658 people, vastly larger than Ohio and the four New England states. The piece notes density in Manhattan districts surpassing ancient Athens, and jokes about annexing Hoboken and Philadelphia to ease crowding. A Harlem court case sees a silk merchant defend speeding with a removed appendix, but bail is set at 300 dollars. The piece also criticizes theatres and church leaders amid rising urban culture.
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Pericles
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Third Reformed Presbyterian Church
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Jesus Christ
Plan to open small churches faces skepticism and risk
The article reports heated debate over adding small churches to serve city blocks, arguing big churches draw crowds while small ones may fail. It also recounts a chaotic theatre audition at Majestic Theatre where 45 women over 200 pounds attempted to become chorus dancers, crowding the stage and forcing orderly seating.
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Three Twins
Majestic Theatre
Goard
Week ahead features tariff session and Cleveland tribute
Washington reports a January timetable for an extraordinary congress session starting Monday to revise tariffs. President Taft plans a Carnegie Hall address in memory of Grover Cleveland with Chief Justice Fuller and Governor Hughes as speakers. Senatorial picks, Bryan birthday banquet, and Mary McCann’s gold life saving medal are noted along with Slocum disaster memories.
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House Ways and Means
Upton
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Grover Cleveland
McClellan
Fuller
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Hughes
United States
Philander Knox
Pennsylvania
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Bryan
Capitol
Washington
Mary McCann
News Preview Signals Week Ahead in Vatican Health and Mining Talks
The week’s front pages will feature the Pope’s health developments and ongoing negotiations between coal miners and operators. Other upcoming stories may include international diplomacy and regional affairs as editors weigh priority coverage.
Santa Fe to Open Belen Cutoff for Through Freight
The Santa Fe plans to dispatch first trains over the Belen cutoff next week with all through freight diverted from the main line. Freight will travel from Newton via Mulvane Wellington Amarillo and Rio Puerco to rejoin the main line at Rio Puerco New Mexico, avoiding the Raton and Glorietta mountains. Passenger service remains unchanged.
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Topeka
Kas
Sante Fe
Belen Cutof
Newton
Mulvane
Wellington
Amarillo
Rio Puerce
N. H
Santa Fe
Raton
Glorietta
New Mexico
Foley's Honey and Tar Offers Safe Cough Remedy
The advert urges using Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough and cold remedy at low cost. It warns against unknown remedies and claims genuine Foley's Honey and Tar cures substantiated coughs, urging consumers to buy from all druggists.
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Foley
Labor plans largest Boston protest march
Forty thousand labor union members in Boston will march to Faneuil Hall for a major protest meeting. The demonstrators oppose the sentencing of AFL leaders and alleged judicial encroachment on free speech and trial by jury. They will assemble in ten divisions with bands from the musicians union leading each division.
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Boston
Mass
Vicinity
Faneuil Hall
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Musicians’ Union
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised For Croup Cure
Waynetown Indiana resident Harry Wilson touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a superior cure for croup and cold throat troubles. Administered at first sign of the croupy cough it can prevent the attack and is widely used in many homes. Sold by H R Palmer and Sons Orr Drug Co W J Smith and Bro B C McEvoy LP Canning.
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Harry Wilson
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Ind
H. R Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
W. J. Smith & Bro
B. C. McEvoy
Canning
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Prince Ave
Athens, Georgia
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Savoy Theatre Company
Theodore Roosevelt
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