Former Society Belle in Limelight Again
EW YORK. Mrs. Jack Wilmerding, descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt, is linked to new trouble as Jimmy Coates, who claims English marriage, is arraigned in Harlem on ill treatment charges. Her past includes asylum con finements, a vaudeville career, and faded wealth after turbulent society life.
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York
Jack Wilmerding
Commodore Vanderbilt
Jimmy” Coates
Harlem
Coates
Jack
England
Cot. Vanderblt Allen
Yen
Europe
Jay Gould Pursues Aeronautic Ambitions
Jay Gould the grandson of the famed financier announces his dedication to aeronautics. He plans to buy an aeroplane soon and will fly it himself while continuing studies with Columbia University’s newly formed Aero club. He impressed peers with a thesis linking balloons, air density, and the Wright brothers.
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Jay Gould
Young Gould
Ould
Columbia University Aero Club Tm
Gould
Columbia University Aero Club
Wright Brothers
Wall Street
Wealthiest Spinster in America Dies in New York Home
Mary Goodwin Pinkney, famed wealthiest spinster, died at the Buckingham Hotel in her ninety ninth year after a life largely in New York. Her fortune, long speculated between 10 and 60 million, stemmed from a 1843 loan to her stepfather and a Harlem farm legacy. She supported the Watt family, and her DeLancey homestead on 139th Street housed a vast garden and extensive property.
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Mary Goodwin Pinkney
Buckingham
New York
Joan
Harlem
John DeLancey
DeLancey
Col
Pinkney
Maryland
United States Army
Mary Goodwin
Fort Niagara
Archibald Watt
Hudson
East River
Mary Pinkney
DeLancey Homestead
Seventh
Lenox Ave
Watt
Thomas Watt
Julia Elizabeth, Hawks
Bishop Hawks
Miss Pinkney
Morgan Lunch Ritual Reveals Financiers' Quiet Tastes
A report on J Pierpont Morgan's habit of private noon meals in his Broad and Wall Street bank. He avoids lavish downtown lunches, electing a simple bouillon, chop, steak, pie, and tea or coffee. He dines with partners at one o'clock, discussing the day’s events to save time.
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OHN
DPD
Rockefeller
J. Piarpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
J. Pierpont
New England
Record of Secretary Wilson Shows Vast U S Farm Progress
Secretary Wilson’s annual report for 1908 highlights a farm wealth total of 7,778,000,000 dollars, up 250,000,000 from 1907, with corn leading crops valued at 1,615,000,000 dollars and hay at 621,000,000 dollars. The report notes overwhelming gains over a decade, though cotton demand fell, and exports reached 1,017,000,000 dollars, while the agricultural trade surplus climbed to about 411,000,000 dollars.
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Washington
Secratary Wilson
Congress
Mail Longest Letter Sent From Local Post Office
The longest letter ever sent from the local post office has been mailed to Rennselaer C. Hill at Phoenix, Arizona. The composite letter, 123 feet long, was written by 150 people in messages contributed by many friends.
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Saratoga
Rennselaer C. Hill
Phoenix
Ariz
Mexico Smokes More Cigarettes Than Any Nation
Statistics from Mexico's tax collector show 1.84 billion cigarettes produced in the past year, with 467 factories and 624 million packs of cigarettes sold at 5 to 25 cents each. About 61 million cigars were also manufactured.
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Mexico City
Mex
Mexico
Earth
Republic of Mexico
Nickels by the Billion in New York Street Cars
Americans top street car usage with New York leading. The city averages 3.7 rides per person yearly, totaling 4.32 billion rides and 66.54 million in nickel revenue. Daily riders reach 3.5 million, up 350 thousand since 1906, with 763 miles of track.
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New York
England and
Wales
Dying moose yields gold vein near Fairbanks
Oscar T. Nelson of Spokane writing from Fairbanks Alaska to relatives describes killing a bull moose near Fairbanks Creek with partners Washburn and Johnson. He says the animal exposed rock bearing gold in large quantities and that they staked several claims after examining the site. A miner rush from Paibios followed the discovery and the moose is thought to be the famous Anaconda moose. antlers span over seven feet and the carcass weighs about 1200 pounds.
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Spokane
Wash
Oscar T. Nelson
Bellingham
Wesh
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fairbanks Creek
Washburn and Johnson
Ita
Nelson
Paibios
Nele
30 000 Workers Killed in Year Washington
A federal bulletin cites 30 000 to 35 000 deaths and 2 000 000 injuries among U S workers last year. Iron and steel workers most exposed. electricians, coal miners, and railway workers show high fatality rates. It urges stronger factory inspection, legislation, and safety practices, noting foreign experience proves preventable injury. China Hag Ragtime Music Washington reports ragtime was found in China with a list of song titles in a Deputy Consul General Gauss note.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor
China
Clarence
Gauss
Shanghai
Department of Commerce and Labor
Dame Wang
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Walden Fawcett
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G, R. M.ller
Bulte
Gillespie Building
Muscon
Atlante
DR. C, G, Clark
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlanud
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
Opera House
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Strentic
T. B, Swan
Wille
Atlanta
C. L. Campbell
Musson
Ben Uv, Wood, Att’y-at-Law
C, W. Savery Abstracter
U. S. Mullins
Musson Moath
X-Ray Laboratory
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Charles C. Finley
Josephine Cook
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