Three College Men Plan Africa Expedition to Map President Roosevelts Route
Bayard Dominick Jr Yale 94 Henry Sampson Harvard 97 and K H Litchfield Harvard 99 announce an Africa expedition from New York to map the route President Roosevelt will take. They sail on the Lusitania December 16 to Mombasa and plan to reach Nairobi via the Uganda Railway in February. They expect to meet the President's party on the African coast.
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Warvard
Yale
Roosevelt
New York City
Bayard Dominick, Jr
Dominick
England
Lusitania
Mombasa
Ekrom
Uganda
Nairobe
Costly funeral rites planned for Chinese royal pair
Pekin reports funeral ceremonies for the late Emperor Kuang Hsu and the Empress Dowager will cost about 4.2 million dollars. Funds come from the Board of Finance and the Board of Rights, with large personal contributions from the Empress Dowager’s treasury. The emperor’s body was moved to Coal Hill mortuary with 6000 mourners and 4000 soldiers present, while 10,000 people knelt along the procession route.
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PEKIN
Kuang Hsu
Board of Finance
Board of Rights
John D. Rockefeller
Coal Hill
Dowager Empress Buried Plans and Vast Inheritance
The article notes a vast fortune tied to the late Dowager Empress, now in the hands of Prince Chun, regent. Personal effects and priceless furs were incinerated, and a tomb site is being chosen with court necromancers. Funeral costs are expected to rival imperial ceremonies. An eclipse edict ends old morning rites.
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A. R. Chaffee
Pekin
Prince Chun
Empire
Kuang- Hsu
Kuang-Hsu
Hale Again G O P Pilot
A large Republican Senate caucus today unanimously elected Senator Hale of Maine as chairman, succeeding the late Senator Allison of Iowa. The role includes chairing the Senate Republican steering committee and selecting members of the committee on committees, central duties for guiding legislation.
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Washington
Hale
Maine
Allison
Iowa
Senate
Committee On Committees
Burglary Theory Dropped in Hirschberger Death
The family abandons the idea that a burglar killed Francis D. Hirschberger in his home yesterday. The report follows initial suspicions and police statements as investigators reassess the homicide.
Fractured Skull Ends Prisoner Foley's Arrest Case
James Foley 62 keeper of a store at 182 Fourth Street South Boston died at City Hospital after being found with a fractured skull in a cell at Police Station 6. Foley was arrested Monday evening on drunkenness charges and died yesterday at noon.
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South Boston
James Foley
I*ourth Street
City Hospital
Foley
The General Demand for a Gentle Laxative Remedy
The Well Informed seek a simple pleasant liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known wholesome remedy. Physicians approve its gentle prompt action and broad family suitability. Price fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Seeks Trace of Daughter Hannah Griffin From Tralee
A mother in Ireland appeals through Edward Moriarty of Collins Terrace Lynn for news of Hannah Griffin who left Tralee to sail to Boston on July 19 to join her brother Daniel Griffin in this city. Moriarty pursues the search to ease a distressed mother awaiting word.
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Hannah Griffin
Tralee
County Kerry
Ireland
Boston
Daniel Griffin
Edward Moriarty
Collins Terrace
Lynn
Moriarty
Recount Confirms Newton Ward 3 Alderman Victory
Recount of Ward 3 aldermanic vote in Newton confirms F. S. Webster Republican defeated J. K. Condrin Democrat by four votes. A parade and speeches followed in Ward 1 where Democrat Alderman Doherty defeated Republican W. S. Bowen by 315 for the board.
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Newton
F. S. Webster
J. KR. Condrin
Nonantum
Doherty
S. Bowen
Czerwonky Quartet Delights Boston in Steinert Hall Debut
The Czerwonky String Quartet led by Richard Czerwonky performed in Steinert Hall before a large enthusiastic Boston audience. Works by Beethoven Poporeff and Hugo Kaun showcased youthful ardor and tonal beauty, though with limited contrast. Kaun’s quartet impressed with strong technique and earnest feeling.
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Czerwonky String Quartet
Richard Czerwonky
William Kraft
Carl Scheurer
Rudolph Nagel
Steinert Hall
Beethoven
Popojeff
Boston
Hugo Kaun
Poporeff
Kaun
Mrs. Trude Named First Mrs. Robinson Crusoe
Mrs. A. B. Trude wife of millionaire attorney plans to accompany her husband to Matagorda Gulf isle for the winter. She says they will not be lonesome and will hunt game and explore the uninhabited island with two servants.
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Chicago
Trude
Robinson Crusoe
Matagorda
Gulf of Mexico
Mr. Trude
Cecilia Society Opens Season With St Christopher Oratorio
The Cecilia Society presents the first concert of the season at Symphony Hall conducted by Mr Wallace Goodrich. Isabella Parker’s St Christopher was sung by soloists Mrs Charlotte Williams Mrs Kilduff Dr Franklin Lawson Mr Stephen Townsend and Mr Reinhold Werrenwrath with 57 members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Mr Otto Roth as concertmeister. The work composed in 1896 7 has not gained wide popularity but the chorus performance and soloists received praise.
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Cecilia Society
Wallace Goodrich
Symphony Hall
Werrenwrath
Mexican man held for torturing wife in Denver
Miguel Tortoni, a Mexican fugitive, was arrested in Denver and to be sent to Arizona to answer torture charges. He allegedly chained his wife to a wall since last July due to jealousy.
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Denver
Miguel Tortoni
Arizona
Inpoorhouse inmate inherits large sum in bequest
An almshouse inmate in Deep River Mrs. Charles Kelsey is named beneficiary of a 710000 bequest from her father Raftor Goodale who died in October.
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Winsted
Dee
Deep River
Charles Kelsey
Beaurest
Raftor Goodale
Woman Aids Health Board Woman Aids Health Board
Miss E Marion Wade has been appointed to the bacteriological staff of the Boston Board of Health making her the only woman in the United States in a similar post. A Canadian native with Boston ties she works at 739 Boylston street lab analyzing germs of various strength and danger earning 120 dollars yearly. She graduated with honors from Trinity College Toronto and studied bacteriology at Harvard Medical School after a post graduate air analysis course.
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E. Marion Wade
Boston Board of Health
Miss Wade
Canada
Boston
Boylston Street
Trinity
Toronto
Can
M. TI. T
Harvard Medical School
Divorced Woman Receives Cruelty Divorce in Atlanta
Mrs Myrtle M Alexander was granted a divorce from Deacon J H Alexander on cruelty and neglect after testimony that he never bathed.
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Atlanta
Deacon J. H. Alexander
Myrtle M. Alexander
Remission Promise for Catarrh and Rheumatism Cure
An advertised home remedy claims to cleanse poisons from blood causing catarrh and rheumatism. It suggests a salt and borax nose rinse for head catarrh and a distilled mix of Buchu Balmwort and Sarsaparilla taken after meals to target kidneys bowels and skin. The note asserts many cases have benefited and urges use through druggists or at home.
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Africa
Henry Samson
LH. Litchfield
China
Rockefeller
St, Louis
Francis D. Hirschberger
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
James IF. Fahnestock
Hyattsville
Peter M. Novik
Maryland Agricultural College
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
Grand Marks
D. M. Clemson
Moreen
Ae Wolf
O&c
Coats
Chilten
Czerwonky Quartet
Chains
Woman Aids Health Board
L. D. Wilder
Lothrop D. Wilder
Pioneer Mining, Milling, Power and Tunnel Company
Bay State Ranges
LAY State Heating CO
Barstow Stove Coo
Portland St
Deelers
Washington Street
New England
Angelo
Washington St
Hawley Street
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