Colonel Harvey Named President Of Harper Brothers
New York reports Colonel George B. Harvey elected president and managing editor of Harper & Brothers. He began at six dollars weekly, built a vast career in publishing and transportation, and heads multiple firms while living at the Dakota. The McClure alliance collapsed with both sides maintaining friendly ties.
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New York
George B. Harvey
Harper’s
Harvey
George B. McC. Harvey
Peacham
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Alma A. Parker
New York City
the World
William C. Whitney
Havana
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Staten Island Ferry Company
Newark Daily Advertiser
Lotus
Lawyers
Reform
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Colonial
Rockaway Hunt
Ardsley
Knollwood
Westchester Golf
Harbor Hill Golf
Deal Golf
Parmachenee
Democratic
Monmouth
Ocean County Hunt and Country Clubs
Ot the Sons of St. Patrick
The
New England Society
Dakota
West Seventy-second Street
McClure and
Harper
McClure
Messrs
Phillips
Brady
Doubleday
Harper & Brothers
Cassius Clay Defies Foes in Pension Reply from Kentucky
General C M Clay of Kentucky writes to Colonel D C Pavey of Boston asserting his longevity and prowess. He claims Alaska annexation, presses for a $1200 pension, and defends his battles and defense of Washington in 1861. He boasts of personal height, grounds, and symbolic plant life, concluding with a date in November 1899.
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C. M. Clay
Kentucky
Ashland
D. C. Pavey
Boston
Sir
Alaska
Soward
Lincoln
Grant
Washington
Mexico
Connecticut
Dora
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Mass
N. B
Senate
Green
South Carolina
Nes
America
Boston bond redemption sparks varied views among bankers
Boston financiers debate Secretary Gage’s bond exchange offer as the sub treasury records 197 505 04 in redemptions with premiums and interest. Bank leaders like Stearns and Jones weigh the benefit of swapping government bonds for gold while noting limited bond supply and market effects.
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Boston
Gage
Sub-Treasury
United States
Marden
Stearns
National Shawmut Bank
Jones
New England National Bank
Mr. Jones
Wall Street
Downer
Broadway National Bank
Estabrook & Co
Blake Bros. & Co
NATIONS SEEK TARIFF DEALS ON WHEAT AND FLOUR
Washington reports active negotiations with Brazil to win tariff concessions for American wheat and flour. Brazil’s Assis Brasil and US official Kasson discuss a sliding scale approach while Brazil weighs amending its law and protecting its growing milling industry.
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Washington
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Assis-Brasil
Kasson
United States
No Hope for Mrs Maybrick in U S State Dept Says
Washington reports that the State Department and Mrs Maybrick’s Washington allies have relinquished hope for liberation. The British government told Ambassador Choate the case does not merit clemency and Mrs Maybrick must serve her term in an English prison.
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Washington
Maybrick
State Department
Choate
Maori Chief Pursues Medical Studies in Chicago
A native Maori chief, descendant of cannibal kings, is completing medical education in Chicago. The report notes surprising cross cultural ties and the unlikely path of a tribal leader toward medicine amid widespread global changes.
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Chicago
Boston
London
Government Bonds Redeemed at Sub-Treasury in New York
Total redeemed bonds at the sub-treasury in New York on November 17 amounted to 1,858,150 dollars. The treasury paid 2,081,820 dollars for these redemptions.
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New York
Sub-Treasury
Artist Emil Hesse Corrects Police Attribution
Emil Hesse of 3 Warren Street Charlestown says it was the State police he notified about a stranger he identified as Cape Cod convict Marshall N Benson. He explains inspectors at headquarters accompanied him and clarifies the distinction between state and local departments to the Post.
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Emil Hesse
Warren Street
Charlestown
Post
Hesse
Marshall N. Benson
Cape Cod
Over Coats and Accessories at Steep Discounts
Pay your tailor double if you want to. We offer reliable over coats and reefers at $12 and $15 with varied colors and linings. Finer coats, underwear, shirts, neckwear, and gloves priced to beat rivals. November glove sale and top coats, ulsters, and mercerized underwear priced around $2.00.
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Sec
First Lady of the Filipinos Becomes Roamin Mother
Manila reports Mrs. Aguinaldo, wife of the Filipino chieftain, evading U S troops in San Nicolas as she hides wardrobe and child during a chase through barrels and a back yard. She vows to join her husband in Bayombong while claiming a role as a roaming mother with her jewels.
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Manila
Georgie
Wade
Anti-Expansion and Watch and Ward Societies
Boston
San Nicolas
Aguinaldo
Johnston
Mrs. A
Shaughnessy
Mrs. Aguinaldo
George Washington
Superintendent of Police Eldridge to Return Next Week
After three months of speculation the Police Board announced Benjamin P. Eldridge will return to Pemberton square early next week possibly Monday. He may not resume full duties immediately, remaining nearby to monitor police matters while deputies take over duties. Senior deputy Joseph R. Burrill has handled the office in his absence.
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Benjamin P. Eldridge
Pemberton Square
Clark
Police Board
Worcester
Eldridge
Juror Illness Delays Molineux Trial In New York
Trial halted as juror Daniel Fraad suffered acute indigestion and was taken home. Recorder Goff declared Fraad s seat vacant. two more jurors were selected Herbert Gordon Thomson and Abraham Altmyer. Other notes reference opal lore and South Africa's metallurgical society.
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New York
Roeland B. Molineux
Daniel Fraad
Frand
Dr. O'Hanlon
Molineux
Herbert Gordon Homson
Abraham Altmeyer
Record rainfall in India hits extreme totals at multiple sites
The heaviest rainfalls so far observed with scientific accuracy occur in India. At Cherrapunji in the Khasi hills and Assam the mean annual precipitation reaches 39 feet 6 inches, Dhundia 30 feet 10 inches, and Bibundi 3 feet 4 inches.
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India
Cherrapunji
Khasi Hills
Assam
Dhundia
Bibundi
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G. B. M. Harvey
Harper Bros
Col
Queer
Bostonians
Hunter
Baltimore
Wellingcon A. Harpy
Broad &J
Mase
Mrs, Maybrick
Men’s and Boys’ Clothiers and Outfitters
Washington and
Beach Streets
Vege
Yankes Cavalry
Chickering
Son Sicam
New England
Leopold Morse
South Africa
Chemical and Metallurgical Society of
Globe
Winchester Cathedral
England
W. L. Douglas
W. L
Poeteg
Reoskane
Lancolns Bunmer
Washin TS St
Car. Pong
Patria
Hamburg
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