President departs aboard Mayflower amid ceremony at dock
A flotilla sendoff as the Mayflower sets sail from the navy yard with the president aboard. Secretary Metreail and Mrs Metreail, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, and Rear Admiral and Mrs Brownason among guests. a naval committee group also travels on Dolphin to Hampton Roads for the departure festivities.
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Metreail
Lin Boson
Bonora
Newberry
Mra. Brownaon
Sima
Ethel Roosevelt
Corinne Robinson
Hargner
Cowton
Roosevelt
Potomac
Hampton Roads
Whishington
Navy Yard
Naval Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Kewberry
United States
Dolphin
Chairman Foss
House Naval Committee
Senator McEnery
Touisiana
Loud
Michigan
Dawson
Iowa
Thomas
International Passport Reform to Curb Immigration Threats
A historical note outlines proposed measures to tighten U S immigration controls through passports and international cooperation. Recommendations include pre departure medical checks, screening for criminals, treaties with Mexico and Canada, and stricter border enforcement at ports like Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore to prevent criminals and human trafficking rings from entering the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Mexico
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Governor's Cup Coffee Mild and Pleasing Tastes
Irregular fragment mentions a coffee product named Governor's Cup with lines that evoke a mild pleasant taste and a poetic tone. No clear event or date is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Russia warns China as Japan China near agreement
Pekin December 115 Russia warns Chinese government that unless Japan and China reach a Russo-Chinese telegraph convention like last October within a reasonable time, Russia will terminate the convention. The powers show indifference to Manchuria, while Britain Russia France and Japan curb interest. Taft's Shanghai speech reaffirms open door policy and American sympathy for reform and uplift in China.
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Japan
Pekin
China
Russia
Manchuria
Great Britain
Husaia
France
Germany
How the World Regards Cruise In Pacific Navy Move
London and Berlin comment on Rear Admiral Evans fleet voyage to the Pacific as a strategic act with political implications. Observers warn of potential peril, noting tensions with Japan, and discuss the voyage as training, bluff, and a signal of national will amid Asian power shifts.
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London
New York
Evans Fleet
Pacific
Hawaii
Far East
Philippines
Japan
America
Atlantic
Congress
Panama Canal
United States
Sunday Times
Count Heyashi
Times
Sea of
St Petersburg
Rojesto Vensky
Panc
Novos Vremya
Novos Vremye
Novoe Vremya
Sorte Monroe
Racht
California
Paris
France
Sunday Pull on Sunday Closing Law Across Greater New York
Large parts of New York City observed the Sunday closing order with many venues staying shut due to strict enforcement. A few exhibition halls, dancing schools, and rinks operated under injunctions, while police reported closing saloons but reports of arrests persisted in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In Omaha, many businesses including theaters and barber shops did not close fully, with detectives gathering evidence against drug stores selling whisky.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Omaha
Neb
Charles E Fieds
Gale On British Coast Claims Forty Lives Lost
London reports a devastating gale along the British coast on Friday and Saturday. Captain Jameson of the steamship St Louis calls it the worst he has seen, with about forty five lives lost and several minor wrecks. A vessel founder near Swanage may have seven crew dead. The weather easing allows the Quaarder Mauretanis to reach Queenstown at about twenty five knots, aiming to surpass old transatlantic records on the New York run.
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London
Jameson
St Louis
Swanage
Quaarder Mauretanis
Queenstown
New York Times
eGneva
Redard
Heying
Swise Society of Odontology
Trenton Journalist Hit by Pennsylvania Railroad Train
Trenton on December 15 George F Fiske a New York newspaper man formerly of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and most recently a press agent for the Jamestown exposition was struck and killed by a railroad train here tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
George F Fiske
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Douglasville Lodge Elects Officers for Masonic Year
Douglasville lodge No 289 Frea and Accepted Masons held its annual election on December 15. Officers chosen for the forthcoming Masonic year include Robert B. Edwards as worshipful master, 3. W McLarty senior warden, W EH Den a3 junior warden, F M Yancy senior deacon, F DO Wilson junior deacon, N Duncan treasurer, F M Stewarts secretary, and W. J. Gurley ther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglasville
Spc Lal
Douglasville Lodge
Frea
Robert B. Edwards
W McLarty
EH Dena3
F M Yancy
DO Wilson
Duncan
Wreck Delays Traffic Near Douglasville Georgia
A freight train derailed five miles west of Douglasville halting traffic on the Southern division. Train No 72 carried meat and perishables. no injuries reported. Cause cited as rail spread. Funeral services for Rev J T Hiteen of the A M Church begin at 1 PM today at People's Tabernacle on Yongs Street led by Bishop Turner.
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Douglasville Ga
Southern Road
JI TI Hiteen
A. M Church
Covingtom District
People's Tabernacia
Yongs Streat
Biabop ‘Turner
Pacific tensions and fleet moves stir Japan US talks
A publicist notes that despite danger, US Japan differences may be amicably resolved. He cites immigration negotiations stalled and suggests a fleet deployment to the Pacific aims to balance law with Japan. He links Aoki's recall to suspicions of ambition and sees a potential clash if motives differ.
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United States
Japan
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Aoki
Associated Press
Pacific
Proses
London
Fear and arms to curb Goldfield miners unrest
American Federation of Labor leaders tell General Funston they carry guns for self protection around Western Federation of Miners in Goldfield Nevada as federal troops are debated. Roosevelt commission arrives to probe mine workers and operators amid ongoing labor dispute and military involvement.
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Gen
Funston
Goldfield
Nev
American Federation of Labor
General Funston
Western Federation of Miners
United States
Washington
Sparks
Roosevelt
Charles P Neill
Herbert Knox Smith
Lawrence Murdlay
Negro Woman Burned In House Fire At 15 Lynchs Alley
Nora Goss an elderly Black woman was badly burned when her home at 15 Lynchs Alley burned early today. She was bedridden and likely to die from injuries. clothing caught fire and the blaze spread quickly before rescue. No others were harmed.
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Nora Goss
Lynch's Alley
Grady Hospital
Negro lynched near McHenry Mississippi
News reached here of the lynching last night of Patrick Husband Allan Pat Jones a negro about eight miles east of McHenry He was charged with assaulting two daughters of planter Barton Rouse About one hundred armed men captured the negro and shot him to death The same man was convicted two years ago at Perkinston Mississippi for assaulting a white girl and served a term for this offense
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McHenry
Miss
Patrick Husband
Allan Pat Jones
Here
Husband
Barton Rouse
Per-kinston
Misa
Robbery at Kansas grocer.store wounds grocer and wife
In Kansas City last night a grocer and his wife were attacked in their store by robbers who demanded a can of sardines. The grocer was struck down, his wife injured in the living quarters behind the store, and the thieves escaped with $75.
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Kansas
Lao
Ternberg
Kansasywity
Kane
Andrew
Mra Sternbers
Fire at Saglinaw Produce Plant Injures Seven Firemen
In West Saginaw the Saglinaw Produce and Cold Storage Company plant burned on December 15 leaving seven firemen injured and possibly fatality for Frank Sova. Property loss estimated at about $40 000.
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Saginaw, Midh
Frank Sova
Saglinaw Produce and Cold Storage Company
Bf West Saginaw
Cowboy kills child in St. Joseph room shooting
A man described as a cowboy and his 11 year old companion, an American Indian, were alone with four year old George Blakely in a room in St. Joseph Missouri on December 15. A double barreled shotgun was used to kill the child instantly. The adult and the boy reportedly fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
Ned
Starmer
George Blakely
Reflected Light in a Manhattansites Store Location
A tailor seeks a new shop site between two well lit neighbors to reduce lighting costs. He notes his former location benefited from reflected brightness from a saloon and a restaurant on either side, allowing him to use fewer lights while profits rose from the glow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
The Watch That Keeps Time And Imprudence
A teacher lectures on taming the sinful heart by a watch that always seems right. Students pause, then a quick quip from Attie highlights the irony of judging virtue by timekeeping.
Little Girl Bitten by Mad Dog Near Lula Ga
The daughter of J D Cooley was bitten by a mad dog at their Lula home. The dog attempted to bite others nearby. Cooley took the child to Atlanta for treatment and carried the dog’s head for examination.
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Lula
Atlanta
J. D. Cooley
Michigan Treasurer Glazier III tied to broken Chelsea bank
Alarmed reports circulate about State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier III whose failure three weeks ago involved interests over 1 000 000 and who had 685 000 of state funds deposited in the Chelsea Savings Bank closed by the Banking Commissioner. Glazier's condition is critical, with doctors unable to rouse him from a comatose state. Governor Warner postponed his resignation question until recently. In New York Katherine Tingley, a Theosophist leader, returns aboard the Lucania after a health search in Europe.
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Michigan
Chelsea
Mich
Frank P. Glasier
Chelsea Savings Bank
Zimmerman
Glazier
Warner
ABE HUMMEL NEAR DEATH AT BLACKWELL ISLAND
Abraham Hummel the lawyer serving a conspiracy sentence in the Dodge Morsa divorce case at Blackwell's Island penitentiary is near death from kidney disease. Prison physicians say his condition is critical and could end at any moment. His sentence will expire within a few days.
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New York
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Istand Penitentiary
Dodge-Morsa
Mets
Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Italian laborer killed sparks trouble in Winn Parish
In Chathamayville Louisiana a mob attacked Italian laborers imported by a logging company. A worker was killed and others wounded as residents protested the importation. Local authorities have called in help as tensions rise and more trouble is feared. Meanwhile the Atlanta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution holds a business meeting at Mrs Thomas H Morgan 783 Peachtree Street this afternoon at 4 o clock, with a large turnout requested.
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Chathamyville
Winn Parish
Kunder Company
Here
Élling
Atlanta
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mre
Thomas H Morgan
Peachtree Street
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Black Hand Society
Sargent
Manistique
Chivago Lumber Company
Henry Hammel
Andrew Norton
Cruise
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Apollinaris
Table Waters
George Fiske
Masons
Coldfield
Cleveland
Dolly
Elizabeth
Westminster Gazette
Earl of Leicester
Lord Burleigh
Hatfield
Kenilworth
Henry
Cormhill
The
Chicago News
Middletown
King Hardware Co
Whitehall Street
Mississippi
Lemion
P.m
Glazier III
Mra Tingley
Mra
Katherine Tingley
Theosophist School
Lucania
Abe Hummel
Snd
John M. Miller Co
Maristta Street
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