Taft campaign funds tally $904,828 in final report
The Republican national committee filed its final statement with the House clerk showing total contributions of $904,828 and expenditures of $900,363. Notable donors include Charles P. Led and Andrew Carnegie Class of Yale, with gifts such as $150,000 from Thomas Taft of Cincinnati and key supporters Larz Anderson Elihu Root Crane and Mrs. Sage. The report notes $75,000 paid to the American Association of Foreign Newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Yale
Larz Anderson
Elihu Root
Crane William Whitman
Mary M. Emery
Charles D. Norton
Whitelaw Reid
Russell Sage
P. Taft
Cincinnati
Republican Campaign Fund
Republican National Committee
House
American Association of Foreign Newspapers
Wealthy Givers Compile Taft Era Donation List
The list shows large contributions from Francis L. Leland of New York and J. P. Morgan & Co. and Andrew Carnegie at $25,000 each. Other notable donors include Yale Taft Club of New Jersey, Ambassadors Larz Anderson and Myron T. Herrick, and Cabinet members Meyer and Knox. Numerous U.S. senators and industrials contributed varying amounts from $1,000 to $10,000, reflecting broad funding support for Taft era efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Leland
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Andrew Carnegie
Yale Taft Club
New Jersey
Harry B. Rosengarten
Philadelphia
Taft
Meyer
Knox
Wickersham
Hitchcock
Charles W. Harkness
H. A. Hutchins
D. H. D. Hutchins
Morristown
N. J
Union League Club of
Adolph Lewisohn and Sons
R. A. C. Smith
Edwin Gould
Huntington Wilson
George Eustus
Henry Phipps
Ogden Mills
J. W. Seligman
William Stewart Tod
Larz Anderson
Mary M. Emery
Cincinnati
Charles D. Norton
Sanders
Tennessee
Dupont
Delaware
H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Whitelaw Reid
Seth Low
Julius Fleichs
Richest Alimonist Gets Million for Boy
Cincinnati, Dec. 2 One of the wealthiest alimonists today is Mrs. Edna Shea Reakirt, divorced wife of Llewellyn B. Reakirt. Courts sanction an agreement that the son will receive 1,000,000 of his father's estate at age of majority, lien on estate. The five year old heir is from Lauretta B. Gibson lineage, whose fortune is about 30,000,000, and he is her heir. the couple met after the first divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edna Shea Reakirt
Globe
Llewellyn B. Reakirt
Reakirt
Anna Howard Reakirt
Lauretta B. Gibson
St. Louis
Dewey Appointment Sparks Poppycock Charges
Former Navy Secretary John D. Long rejects Admiral Dewey's criticism of his command appointment. Long calls the controversy over Dewey's Asiatic squadron "poppycock" and recalls President McKinley's remark questioning Dewey's head level.
Admiral Dewey and Long clash over Asiatic squadron choice
In a heated chapter, Mr. Long asserts he alone chose Dewey for the Asiatic squadron in 1897, denying influence or opposition from Crowninshield Roosevelt or Proctor. He recalls McKinley’s remark on Dewey’s head and labels rumors of political meddling as poppycock.
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Roosevelt
Crowninshield
Proctor
John D. Long
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Mr. Long
Long
Bureau of Navigation
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Wong
Howells
Dewey
United States
McKinley
Mesh Bag for 25 Cents Look Better Than New
Advertisement notes a mesh bag priced at 25 cents and claims a service to gold plate a silver bag to look like solid gold, with a warranted finish.
Tapestries at Miss Ames Debut Worth 250000
Miss Olivia Ames debutante of Mr. and Mrs. S. Oliver Ames held a reception at the Copley Plaza Hotel last night attended by 600 guests. The right wing was decorated with tapestries from Miss Mary Shreves Ames’s home and Southern smilax and palms. An orchestra played and ushers led the reception and midnight supper before dancing until about 5 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shreves Ames
Beacon Street
Copley Plaza Hotel
Miss Ames
Olivia Ames
S. Oliver Ames
Commonwealth Avenue
Copley Plaza
New York
J. D. Cameron’ Bradley
Francis C. Gray
Robert Potter
S. Eliot Guild, Jr
Oliver Walcott
Walter Paine
George IL. Aspinwall
George von L. Meyer, Jr
Charles FP. Curtis, Jr
Francis
Fulton Cutting
T. P. Blumer
Francis’. Motley
12th Ball of Tammany Club in Roxbury Attended by 1600
The Ward 17 Tammany Club ball at Intercolonial Hall Dunley Street Roxbury drew 1600 attendees for its 12th annual party. Prominent politicians and Greater Boston figures joined a grand march led by Major Robert Green and Mrs James M Curley and other couples before the gala, with songs for the leader and a busy gallery later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 17 Tammany Club
Dunley Street
Roxbury
Greater Boston
Robert Green
James M. Curley
Norman H. White
O’brien
F. X. Tirrell
Francis O'Brien
Helen Gaffney
Congressman Curley
William P. O’brien
Francis J. Brennan
Edward Fallon
N. P. Cunningham
Miss Curtis speaks to Ward 19 group in Greeley Hall
Miss Frances G. Curtis, candidate of the Public School Association, addressed the Ward 19 Good Government Association in Greeley Hall last night. She spoke about her work on the State board of charity and its impact on public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances G. Curtis
Public School Association
Ward 19 Good Government Association
Greeley Hall
State Board of Charity
Murray Peterson Wedding in Jamaica Plain Ceremony
Miss Eline Petersen of Cincinnati married Charles E. Murray a Jamaica Plain businessman and son of Eben Murray. The Baptist parsonage on Centre Street hosted the ceremony conducted by Rev. Walter Calley of Myrtle Street Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eline Petersen
Cincinnati
Charles 8. Murray
Jamaica Plain
Eben Murray
Baptist
Centre Street
Walter Calley
Myrtle Street Baptist Church
Geraghtys Move Into Brookline Home
Mr and Mrs John Geraghty formerly of Newport R I with their son Jack Jr moved into their new home at 46 Stedman Street Brookline yesterday Mrs Geraghty formerly Miss Julia French daughter of Amos Tuck French and sister of Elsie French Vanderbilt carried the christened child from Back Bay station to a waiting automobile and the family were driven to the new home After arrival Geraghty helped arrange furnishings and the family dined before 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geraghty
Newport
R. I
Jack
Stedman Street
Brookline
Geraghty
Boston hotel workers split over AFL charter bid
In a stormy Boston meeting at Phoenix Hall the hotel workers divided over severing ties with the International Hotel Workers Union to seek a charter from the American Federation of Labor. About 400 members split, most cooks supporting the change, while officers favor the move and will keep posts if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
International Hotel Workers’ Union
Phoenix Hall
American Federation of Labor
McDonald
Rudolph G. Miller
Cooks
Miller
A. F. of
Tudor Tea Healthful Cheer Promoted by Doctors Adrt
A fragment urges readers to believe doctors endorse Tudor Tea as healthful and enjoyable. The note appears as an advertisement fragment with promotional tone and typographic errors.
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Holland Wire Company
Adams Square
Boylston Street
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Summer St
Friend & Haymarket Sq
E. B. Horn CO
Washington St
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Siegel
E. D. Harris
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Russia
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Siegel's
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Long the
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Wwinter St
Oliver Ames
North Easton and
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Miss Curtis
Ward Ten
Murray—Peterson
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Neal
Nealnstitute
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Worthington Street
Springfield
Pieasant Avenue
Portland
Tudor Tea
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