President Walsh Makes New Year Entrance at White House
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, wife of a Colorado millionaire, attends the White House New Year reception wearing a $10,000 dress. Her social campaign and advisory circle propelled the Walshs to top-tier Washington society, with Cabinet wives and diplomats in attendance. The event marks a high point in Washington society as guests mingle with President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt amid gala decorations and newly improved White House rooms.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Thomas F. Walsh
White House
ooas_F. Walsh
Ae . Walsh
Walshes
Yaveury
Planches
Itis
Hercome Inbert
Sir Michael
New York
Wilsons
Ohe
Vanderbilt
Cofielius
Wilscrigg
Roosevelt
Dent
Knife attack aims to sever a hand for diamonds in New York
A 19 year old man attacked Miss May Matthews and Miss May Lewis after a midnight ride in Manhattan. He slashed Miss Matthews knuckles with a knife while grabbing Miss Lewis bag then pursued by bystanders and police. He confessed intent to cut off the hand to obtain the rings valued at about 1500 dollars.
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Goodma
New York
Jan. i
Miss May _Matthews
Miss May Lewis
Miss Lewis
Miss Matthews
Ok Mint
Goodman
Matthews
West Virginia city elections show sparse turnout
In Huntington and other West Virginia towns on election day January 1, turnout was very low with some towns reporting no voters. Democrats swept Huntington with William Seiber elected mayor and all council members. Republicans won Milken and other towns with J C York and J R Keyser elected mayor respectively.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
William Seiber
Republcans
Kenova
J.C. York
Milton
Houston Firemen End Brief City Strike
The Houston Fire Department officers went on a midnight strike but returned to duty by morning as public sentiment opposed the action. The City Council held a special session and pledged to consider higher wages for the firefighters.
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Houston
Tex
Counc
Mine Fire Fatalities Reported in Baichmut, Ykaterinoslav
Peters burg January first. Fifty eight lives lost in the coal mine fire at Baichmut in Ykaterinoslav Province. Eleven men were rescued after being trapped sixty minutes. twenty miners saved another time.
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Ar. Petersburg
Secent
Baehmut
Ykaterinoslav
Rouss Heir Claims Huge Balance in Moilin Suit
New York January reports Charles Broadway Rouss estate faces two claims for unpaid sums. Mrs Elizabeth Cowen seeks $39,966 plus interest on a $50,000 promise tied to a 1882 agreement. Attorney John J. Rodney defends the executors against the petition.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles Broadway
Rouss
Gail Engire
Ana
Edna
McClean
Elizabeth. Cowen
Bina
Rouse
Marx
Bein
Charles
Swedish explorer Sven Hedin returns after epic Central Asian trek
London reports Dr Sven Hedin has completed a three year and three day journey through Central Asia. He traveled at least 6000 miles of unknown lands and remained cut off from the world for two and a half years. He twice tried to reach Lhassa in disguise, nearing the city within a day of travel before being turned back.
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London
Sven- H@din
Central Asia
Sven Hedin
Lhassa
Cuban Editors in Rival Factions Clash. One Shot Dead
Santiago Cuba January 1 Congressman Corona editor of Cubano Libre shot and killed Senor Insula editor of Republica during a drinking party dispute. Corona drew a revolver and fired three times before leaving. police have not arrested him. The city is in turmoil after the fatal shooting by two rival party leaders.
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Santiago
Cuba
Corona
The
Cubano Libre
Senop Inisula
Republica
Senor Corona
Senor Insula
Odell Inaugurated for Second Term as New York Governor
Albany notes Governor B D Odell Jr was inaugurated for a second term with many dignitaries and National Guard present. He called for harmony between capital and labor and warned against legislation that benefits one side at the expense of the other, saying such discrimination would threaten welfare.
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Albany
N.Y
B. D. Odell, Jr
New ‘York
National Guard
Odell
Greene Becomes New York Police Commissioner
General Francis V. Greene takes the helm as Police Commissioner in New York City and vows accountability for inspectors. Captain Miles O'Reilly is reassigned to the Tenderloin to uproot gambling and vice with Inspector Walsh, aiming to erase the district’s notorious reputation.
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New York
Francis V. Greene
Low
Greene
Partridge
Miles’ O'Reilly
Brooklyn
Jerome
O'Reilly
Revolver Hold Up at Smith Co. Coal Yard Reports
Mrs. M. T. Richardson, boarding house keeper, entered the Stanley B. Smith & Co. office in OIT Michigan, and with a revolver demanded seven and a half dollars for a ton of anthracite coal. She secured the money after threatening staff and drove away with coal, claiming Detroit coal dealers were raising prices.
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Speciah
Commercial Tribune
Oit
Mich
M. T. Richardson
Stanley’ B. Smith’ & Co
Sim J. Boden
Boden
Detroit
Smith
Prominent New York Men Die in New Year Suicides
Two wealthy society figures died by suicide in a batch of New Year tragedies. Dr David Jacobson, a physician, ended his life at the Hotel Raleigh after a secret Oklahoma divorce from Cora Ellis. Henry G Brown, a Williamsburg restaurant keeper worth 150000, killed himself with a carbolic acid highball after New Year celebrations.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
David Jacobson
Raleigh
Broadway
Jacobson
Oklahoma
Cora Ellis
George B. Miler
Maridh Panga
101St Street
Henry G. Brown
Williamsburg
Brown
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Rush for Oil Claims in Wyoming Upsets Uintah Fields
In Wyoming’s Uintah oil region workers press to file claims as hundreds encamp near stakes. Colonel Ketchum leads a mounted party through the Aspen country driving section lines and fending off opposing locators with gunfire echoing but no hits. Claims are quickly claimed or burned as the rush continues into the night.
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Evanston
Wyo
Uintah
Ketchum
Pepipug
Nine Hurt in Head-On Collision near Warren
A morning head-on crash on the Fox River road near Warren, Ohio injured nine people. Motorman Win Gilmore of Niles suffered facial cuts and body bruises. others including Lanigan, Burns, and Homer sustained chest and body injuries. details list multiple victims with varying injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren, CO
M. V. Ca
Fox
Avarten
Win Gilmore
Niles
Ee Warren
Homer
David Surith
Fragmentary Court Note in Cincinnati Proceedings
A truncated OCR snippet references Cincinnati court action and names individuals, with unclear phrasing. The readable portion mentions a court context and possible party names, but specifics and outcomes are not discernible from the fragment.
Plague in Mazatlan. bubonic outbreak confirmed
Mazatlan Mexico reports clear evidence of Asiatic plague with bubonic bacilli found in patient blood. The disease has grown virulent in 48 hours as residents flee at about 300 per day. over five thousand left, with more than half of the cases among women. Armed cordons seal towns to bar entry from Mazatlan.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Cleaning City Sanitary Drive in Hermosillo
Hermosillo city authorities impose strict measures to combat the Mazatlan epidemic. Streets will be kept scrupulously clean and an inspector will be assigned to each city block to enforce sanitary conditions.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
Mazatlan
Poe Nore
Preacher Dies at Prayer Meeting in Xenia Ohio
Dr J B Michael aged pastor of United Presbyterian Church Sugar Creek Township near Xenia died of heart failure Wednesday night after arriving to preside at a prayer meeting He collapsed after sitting and was pronounced dead by attendees He had served as President of Monmouth College for twenty years beginning in 1878
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Lord Curzon
Edward
India
Curzon
Kiad‘ward
Vic
Ms Rt
Commercial Tribune
Xenia
J. B. Michael
United “Presbyterian
Sugar Creek Township
Here
Monmouth
Three Boys Drown Skating on Indicted Pond
Evanaville Ind Jan 1 Three boys Willie Brown 11 Thomas Livesy 14 and W L Mann 12 drowned while skating on a pond below the city ice broke they plunged into water. Rescue attempts failed and bodies were recovered late tonight. Mothers distressed fathers farmers near the area were identified in local reports.
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Commercial Tribune
Evanaville
Ind
Willie Brown
Thomas Livesy
W.L. Mann
Franey
K Walling
Panama Canal to Mark New Epoch Says Nordau
Vienna dispatch notes Max Nordau’s view that the opening of the Panama Canal under American control will inaugurate a new epoch in world history. He cites militarism in the United States and predicts shifts of flags and power from the Atlantic to the Pacific and in Asia with Anglo Saxon and Russian forces contesting East and Southern Asia.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Max Nordau
United States
America
Nordau
Panama Canal
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Asiatic
Eastegn
Southern
Asia
Leopold's Curious Speech to Belgian Parliament
King Leopold answered Parliament and officials with a note of self praise for past actions in China. He urged continued blind confidence and unity with the King and chambers to achieve aims beyond explanation. The remarks sparked comment and speculation about Belgian interests in China and possibly the Congo Free State.
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Brussels
Jan
Leopold
China
Congo Free State
Indiana Delegation Named for Interstate Conference
J. Smith Tally announces Indiana operators chosen to represent the state at the Interstate Conference of Operators and Miners in Indianapolis on January 2. The list includes W. S. Bogle J. K. Belfert O. B. Richardson from Chicago Joseph Martin J. David Ingle from Oakland City S&S We Little Evansville Job Freeman Linton M. & Gould Indianapolis J. C. Hugh Shirkie R. S. Tenant and J. S. Tally Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. Smith Tally
Indiana Miners’ Association
Indianapolis
Bogle
J. K
Belfert
Richardson
Chicago
Joseph Martin
L. David Ingle
Oakland
City
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Evansville
Job. Freeman
Linton
Gould
In- Manapolis
Hugh Shirkie
Tenant
Tally
Torre Haute
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