Taft Heiress Weds Seattle Lumberman In Private NY Ceremony
Miss Louise W. Taft, daughter of Henry W. Taft, marries George H. Snowdon of Seattle at the bride’s New York home. They plan to live in Seattle after a visit to Egypt and embark on a life with Snowdon in the lumber business. Their romance began aboard a White Star liner and continued through European travels before engagement.
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Louise W. Taft
Henry W. Taft
George H. Snowdon
Seattle
West Forty-eighthtreet
Margaret Lowe
Reese Alsop
Snowdon
Mediterranean
Miss Taft
Hudson
Europe
Mr. Snowdon
Gibraltar
Naples
Tafts
Nice
Monte Carlo
Mrs. Taft
New York Hotels Pledge Spectacular New Year Celebrations
New York hosts plan lavish New Year festivities with hotels like the Plaza Astor Waldorf hosting grand balls and expanded ballrooms. The city预计 will spend over half a million dollars on revelry with filled reservations and champagne likely, as music and multiple ensembles enhance the night.
Night of Music at Leading Hotels Shaped by Big Gatherings
A grand New York celebration features orchestras at the Astor and major performances in ballrooms of the Waldorf Astoria, St Regis, Belmont, Holland House, Sherry's, Delmonico's, Gotham, Delmonico's, Antonia and Majestic. Three thousand guests expected at each hotel with novelties and special dining room programs announced.
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Grand
Waldorf-Atoria
Knickerbocker
Thouand
St. Regis
Belmont
Holland House
Sherry’s
Delmonico’s
Gotham
Antonia
The
Majestic
Ex Empress Carlotta Fortune Rumors Circulate in Brussels
Reports in Brussels describe long-standing rumors about Ex Empress Carlotta widow of Maximilian and her fortune. Since King Leopold’s death chatter claims she was imprisoned or died years ago, while Austrian royalty may investigate the fortune tied to her father Leopold I.
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Carlotta
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Mexico
Belgium
Leopold
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Austria
Maximilian
Palsee Lacken
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San Francisco Will Make Merry Tonight
San Francisco celebrates year end with elaborate festivities and bright street illuminations. Electric floats from the Portal festival will be exhibited, bands perform, and leading hotels and cafes prepare special entertainment for thousands of revelers.
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Cal
San Frenecisco
Sweet Corners
Merryuwkers
Rockefeller plans extend Western Maryland line to connect coal regions
Baltimore readers learn Rockefeller interests control Western Maryland Railroad intend to extend from Cumberland to New Haven to link with Pittsburgh and Lake Erie. The project would connect Wabash system to Baltimore and open 60 000 to 70 000 acres of coal lands in West Virginia for development.
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Rockefeller
Western Maryland
Virginia
Cumberland
New Haven
Pitsburg
Lake Erie
Maryland
West Virginia
Methodists Celebrate 124th Anniversary in Baltimore
Noted leaders of the Methodist Episcopal church in America gathered in Baltimore to mark the 124th anniversary of the denomination. Exercises were held at First Methodist Episcopal Church, successor to the Lovely Lane Meetinghouse, site of the 1784 Christmas Conference that founded the church in America.
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Methodist Episcopal Church In
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Atlanta Stockade prison inmates do private work
City investigation reveals prisoners in the Stockade working for private citizens. Reports describe harsh conditions and the involvement of white women in stringently supervising and hanging walls in the cell block. Authorities pledge reforms and accountability.
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast Brief
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia shows fair skies and mild to increasing warmth. West Virginia expects a pleasant cool Friday and Saturday warmth. Virginia anticipates similar conditions with light to moderate variable winds turning south by weekend.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Severe Cold Grips the South Exposing Florida Orange Belt
A massive cold wave blankets the south with Jacksonville at 20 degrees and Florida’s orange belt threatened by freezing. Across the region reports note temperatures from Ashville to El Paso, with six deaths from exposure in Birmingham and subfreezing records from New York to Norfolk.
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Orange Belt
Florida
Mercury
Ashville
N. C
el Paso
Texas
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa
South
Abuse at city stockade prompts council investigation
Ruby Gaither, nineteen, testified she was hung up by the wrists until she fainted at the stockade cell room. She described others bound in crucifixion like positions and at least one whipping attempt. Grand jurors indicted Superintendent Vining and two guards for cruelty as the inquiry continues.
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Atlanta
Jail Investigation Evidence in Kanawha Jail Case
In Charleston W V a special report says the Kanawha jail inquiry wrapped up evidence and a completion report to Judge Burdette is expected within a week. Nine witnesses testified, most inmates, with claims of improper relations involving two girls and others noting illicit liquor but denying further immorality.
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Kanawha Circuit Court
Charleston
W. Va
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Riley
Cart
Clark
Thompson
Pearl Armstrong Bound Over for Grand Jury in Husband's Murder
Mrs. Pearl Armstrong is bound over to the grand jury without bail by Magistrate Huckeby after a preliminary examination in New Albany Indiana. She allegedly administered various poisons to her husband George Armstrong leading to his death.
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New Albany
Ind
Pearl Armstrong
George Armstrong
Huckeby
Iroquois Theatre Fire Observed on Sixth Anniversary
Chicago marks the sixth anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre disaster as memorial services waned. Graves of the nearly six hundred victims mostly women and children are decorated in Chicago cemeteries, with no public ceremony this year.
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Chicago
Ransom Demand Reported Over Missing Alma Kellner
Authorities and the Kellner family weigh a ransom note said to come from an Ohio town offering to return Alma Kellner for 5900 dollars. The family withholds details and refuses to reveal the town name as Frank Wehr, a wealthy relative, arrived in the city.
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Louisville
Alma Kellner
Ohio
Kellner
Frank Wehr
Chesapeake and Ohio Buys Coal River Railway
A deed filed with the secretary of state transfers Coal River Railway to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company dated December 21, 1909. The price is 76430 dollars with assumption of all Coal River debts including a 3 million bond held by Central Trust New York. The line runs from Saint Albans along Coal River with plans to invest 150000 dollars for further development.
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W. Va
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal River
Heiress to Millions Disappears in Philadelphia
Miss Roberta B. DeJanon aged sixteen, daughter of Ferdinand DeJanon of New York and granddaughter and sole heir of Philadelphia millionaire Robert Buist, has been missing since yesterday from a hotel where she stayed with her grandfather. Her mother died here a month ago and Roberta, heartbroken, wrote to her father that she could not live without her mother and declared she would commit suicide.
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Philadelphia
Roberta B. DeJanon
Ferdinand DeJanon
New York
Robert Buist
Taft Asked to Intervene in Minneapolis Switchmen Strike
Mayor Haynes requests President Taft to intervene in the local switchmen strike. Telegrams were sent to Martin Knupp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Charles P. Neill, Labor Commissioner, with Taft set to meet them in Washington tomorrow alongside H. B. Perham, head of the AFL railway department.
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Haynes
Taft
Martin Knupp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
H. B. Perham
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Knapp
Neill
Washington
Mrs Annie Taft Buys Philadelphia Baseball Grounds
Philadelphia, Dec 50 Mrs Annie Linton Taft wife of Cincinnati banker Charles P Taft becomes owner of the Philadelphia National League baseball grounds. The deed shows title in Mrs Taft with a $250000 price and a ninety nine year lease to the club.
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Philadelphia
Annie Linton Taft
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Roy Lamphere Dead in Michigan City Prison
Roy Lamphere aged 38 died of tuberculosis in the Michigan City penitentiary where he served an arson term. He set fire to the Gunness home near Laporte on April 28, 1909, killing Mrs. Belle Gunness and her children. Lamphere had previously worked for Gunness.
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Ind
Roy Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Michigan City
Lamphere
Gunness
Red Cross Relief move after mine disaster
Ernest P. Bicknell national director of the Red Cross announced a conference of foreign consuls to finalize relief fund disbursement for Cherry mine disaster. The total relief fund reaches five hundred thousand dollars with 185 widows and 453 children to be cared for.
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Ill
Ernest P. Bicknell
Red Cross Society
Cherry
Extreme cold wave hits Indiana and southern states
The report notes temperatures near zero across Indiana and a severe cold wave from Pittsburg to Florida. Six deaths from exposure are reported in Pittsburgh area with plants shut and trains halted. Washington warns the cold will persist into the night with subfreezing readings reaching Miami and Jupiter, Florida. Tampa records 23 degrees as the region endures freezing weather.
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Dee
Miami
Fla
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Toda
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Tampa
National Anti-Trust League Launched
Washington December 30 plans for a national boycott against combinations were announced as the National Anti-Trust League launched. The report notes broad support and calls for coordinated action across states to curb monopolistic practices and promote competitive markets.
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Washington
National An Trust League Launches Amid Price Rise
Tonight the National An Trust League was launched to curb living costs. Congress members show interest and plan to strengthen state organizations. The plan was tested in Germany, reportedly breaking up a coffee price-raising combine. Speakers included Champ Clark and reps Alexander, Murphy, Martin, Kindad, McKinley, and Morgan.
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McKinley
California
Morgan
Oklahomea
Mexico withholds formal recognition of Madriz in Nicaragua
Dec 20 Managua reports Mexico has not officially recognized Jose Madriz as Nicaragua's president. Telegrams between Diaz and Madriz are personal, not formal recognition. The Nicaraguan reception lacked U S representation while Congress authorizes abolishing tobacco and alcohol monopolies tied to Zelaya.
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Jose Madriz
Nicaragua
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Madriz
United States
Congress
Zelaya
Railroad must refund unreasonable newspaper shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered reparations to H R Williar against Canadian National Quebec Railroad for eighteen car loads of newspapers from Grand Mere Quebec to San Francisco. It ruled the carrier could not escape liability by citing a lower-rate route and reduced the future rate to seventy five cents per hundred pounds from the existing ninety cents.
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Halling
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Elks Lodge Secretary Held on Bond for Embezzlement
Grafton West Virginia Dee 20 Lloyd E B Warthen secretary of Grafton Lodge of Elks is held in one thousand six dollar bond on grand jury charge of embezzling lodge funds totaling about twelve hundred twenty five dollars. An audit shows between April 1 1908 and November 20 1909 the secretary received 2944 50 with 1719 00 turned over to the treasurer Charles W Brinkman and Warden William P Clark posted the bond and audit committee alleged misdeeds.
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Grafton
W. Va
Dee
Lloyd EB. Warthen
Grafton Lodge of Elks
Atween
Charles W. Brinkman
William P. Clark
Warden
Appellate Court Overrules Fine for Rockefeller Libel
New York appellate division reverses a $500 libel fine against New York American publishers over a Rockefeller Jr. claim. The court held the lower court acted improperly in punishing a corporation lacking a soul for alleged wrongdoing.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
New York American
John WD. Rockefeller Jr
Telegraph Operators Strike Averted At Big Four
Cincinnati Ohio Dee 30 telegraph operators on the Big Four avoided a strike, temporarily at least, due to an agreement. A committee of telegraphers and company officials will seek wage increases at stations facing heavier business and labor burdens.
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Cincinnati
Dee
San Francisco voters approve municipally owned streetcars
In a special bond election held today, San Francisco voters backed a plan to create municipally owned and operated street railways, overturning three prior defeats over five years.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fire departments in 1458 cities reach 29 thousand men
Census bulletin notes 1907 fire department staffing in 1458 cities with populations above 20 000. Regulars outpace call men in larger cities. per capitas and area measures used to compare strength. 1907 fire losses total about 48.7 million with 42.7 million insured and 6.0 million net loss.
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Washington
United States
United States Geological Survey
London
Nine Are Drowned In Atlantic Storm Ravaging Crew Loss
Favall Dec 30 Nine of the crew of the Portuguese schooner were drowned in the Atlantic storm that has raged for ten days. The vessel was bound from New Orleans to Oporto and was towed into port today totally dismasted with her cargo washed away and half lost.
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Atlantic
New Orleans
Oporto
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