Ten Thousand Hands Shake With Roosevelt on New Year Day
Washington reports the New Year reception drew nearly 10 000 Americans including foreign potentates army and navy officers statesmen and common people. The line stretched from the White House to the Corcoran Gallery, with police busy maintaining order as dignitaries and citizens waited for the president at home.
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Pres. Roosevelt
Washington
Toonevell
White House
Pennsylvanis Avenue
State, War and Navy
Seventeenth Street
Corcoran Art Gallery
IAPS drill at Honolulu on campus Japanese school
Japanese companies of forty conduct infantry drills daily at the Japanese school campus in Honolulu. They practice close and open order maneuvers with rifles, led by trained men. A Japanese training ship arrives with many reserves aboard and guns in the hold from a former Russo-Japanese war cruiser.
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Honolulu
Wedding Sparks Bizarre Kissing Spree In St. Louis
The wedding of Jacob Glis her to Miss Lida Nieman in St. Louis on January 1 ended with the bride kissing about 400 guests within an hour. The groom, unfazed, said he did not care how many she kissed as the reception unfolded.
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St. Louis
Jacob Glisher
Lida Nieman
Chinese famine reports obscure as rains worsen province
Fragmented dispatch notes in London report about 4,000,000 Chinese in Anhui province facing starvation due to excessive rains and crop failures. The text is garbled but indicates severe hunger amid agricultural distress.
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London
Anhui Province
China
Cotene
Interstate probe into block signal system for railways
The Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the block signal system of the Southern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio railways in connection with the wreck that killed President of the Southym. The inquiry will begin in Washington this Friday and move to the wreck sites to assess signaling safety for travelers.
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Washington
Jintao
Bouthorn
Baltimore and Ohio Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kystema
Terra
Col Lon Livingston Seeks Fraud Order Against New York Exchange
Col Lon Livingston plans a fraud order against the New York Cotton Exchange amid charges of deceptive practices. He intends to file formal charges with the department and urges tight controls on telegraph and delivery systems amid speculation and bucket shopping concerns.
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Col
Lon Livingston
N. Y. Exchange
Jon
Mey
Cotton Exchange
New York
Burleson
Texas
Henlow
Thay Yohane
Turlevon
Law About Birth Records Sparks Mill Labor Debate
A Massachusetts Mills owner from Lindale near Rome argues lack of birth records weakens laws on child labor in the South mill system. He contends affidavits and age proof are unreliable, predicting more evasion as mills hire underage workers.
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P. Metkieham
Agert
Massachusetts
Thornita
Lindale
Rome
Lang
Wemlene
Shheiner Ft
Indate
Horka
Patrick to Lose the Rice Millions for Rice Institute
Galveston Texas January 1 Albert T Patrick denied any share in the Will of Willanat Rice the estate given to trustees for the Rice Institute six million dollars for buildings and equipment four million for endowment authorized by the will executors transfer funds to the institute plan and assets laid out for the university project
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Galveston
Texas
Albert T. Patrick
Willanat. Rice
Rice Institute
Trolleys Crash Leaves Motorman Near Death in Fog
Dense morning fog and a signaling misunderstanding caused a head on collision on the People's railway at Twenty third street in Wilmington. Motorman John Farrell was trapped beneath the car and severely injured, with life in doubt. A separate Brunswick dispatch reports a meeting in the study for the pastor of the First Baptist church to form the Law and Order League attended by prominent citizens and church leaders.
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Wilmington
Del
People's Railway
Law and Order League
Georgian Brunswick
First Baptist Church
City Reports Strong Start to New Year Budget
The city treasurer presents a balance report showing cash in banks and accounts in multiple Atlanta banks. Net collections and disbursements for the year are itemized, with totals carried from 1906 to 1907 and mentions of school vouchers and tax allocations.
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Atlanta
Balan Jane
Ioe
Aawurey
Corety Hall
Jones Buys Sixteen Eggs From Grocer Jenks For 24 Cents
Fragmentary text notes Jones buying sixteen eggs from grocer Jenks for 24 cents. The remainder mentions Dudley praised by Peruvian officials and a succession plan involving President Pardo in Lima, Peru. The garbled passage also references farewells in New York and Los Angeles.
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Jones
Grocer Jenks
Dudley
Perpvisus
New York
Aner
Peru
Lima
Havin PD
Dudtey
Wan
Pardo
Fly Wheel Crushes Worker at Pratt Laboratory
A five ton flywheel fell from a derrick at Pratt Laboratory shortly after noon Tuesday, crushing employee K. Grenade’s leg. He was rushed to Presbyterian hospital where doctors feared amputation after examining his wounds. Grenade showed nerve despite severe injuries.
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Pratt Laboratory
K. Grenade
Y Vic
Presbyterian Hospital
Grenade
Warden Alleges Graft Against Governor in Jackson
Special to The Georgian reports Warden J J Henry of the penitentiary, leaving office, charged Governor Vardenhin with graft. He claims a recent trip to St Louis saw the governor and board members buy many mules and saddle horses shipped to Jackson at state expense, creating a political sensation.
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Jackson
Miss
J. J. Henry
Vardenhin
St. Louis
Conte
Incomplete OCR Reads Sailors News from London
Fragmentary text from a London dispatch mentions naval caplains and perels, with unclear dates. The readable parts suggest a brief naval or maritime note but lack concrete names or events.
Engineer and Dancer clash over signals in deadly wreck
Report details a Baltimore and Ohio train wreck near Terra Cotta. Hildebrand claims a flag hid a signal while authorities say Driver Phillips faces exoneration. Dozens injured with fears of death, as investigators arrest the crew amid heavy legal action.
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Washington
Jan
Baltimore
Trale No
Terra. Cotta
Bethle
Gensis
Algual
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Lindale Mills
Patrick
Treasury
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Londin
Bureau Ad Ge Eee
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Reem Perels
Licht
Hildebrand
Phillips
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