Taft Dinner Highlights Tariff Revision Talk In New York
President Elect William H. Taft headlined the Ohio Society dinner in New York with a speech urging honest tariff revision based on the party platform. Notables at the event included J. Pierpont Morgan, E. H. Harriman, and four Rockefellers, amid light jests about golf and a playful exchange over the term mumble puppy.
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Chicago
Hughes
Roosevelt
Taft
Farmer
New York
Nis
William H. Taft
Ohio Society
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Taft
Sherman
Charles BE. Slughes
Henry W. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Horace TD
Watertown
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paul Morton
E. H. Harriman
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
E. H. Gary
John Claflin
Frank A. Vanderlip
The
National City Bank
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan, Jr
E. T. Stotesbury
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Philadelphia
Charles Steele
J P. Morgan & Co
Tafts
Rockeffellers
John D
John D., Jr
William Rockefeller
P. A. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
John G. Milburn
Rockefeller Receives $4 Million Standard Oil Dividend
New York December 17 John D Rockefeller receives a Christmas gift of four million dollars from Standard Oil as his share of the company’s dividend for the last three months.
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Rockefeller
New York
John D Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Chicago Man Loses 3000 in Fake Prize Fight Plot
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. an alderman hears A Smith of Chicago accuse three men of conspiracy. He says he was lured to invest 3000 in a fake prize fight and coal land deals. Names cited were likely fictitious. a New York man and a Seattle citizen were among the accused. Police say a Indiana woman was protected from a loss of 10000.
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Chicago
Wilkersharre
A. Smith
J. M. Courtney
New York
Seattle
Wash
Indiana
Hazel Trial Resume Says He Will Deny Guilt On Stand
Toledo December 17 Harvey Hazel the seventeen year old boy accused of murdering his mother plans to testify if permitted He would deny slaying his mother and deny stealing her jewelry according to his aunt Mrs Alice Chambers of Aurora Illinois
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Toledo
Harvey Hazel
Alice Chambers
Aurora
Man's funds from mother tied to debts in court case
The defendant claimed the money used to settle debts came from his mother and stated he knew nothing of the crime until arrest at his sweetheart's home. The trial, halted by the death of Judge Morris's father-in-law, was to resume today.
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Morris
Roosevelt Plans Museum Collections From Hunting Trip
President Roosevelt states the Smithsonian agreement allows a national museum collection from his African hunting trip. He notes he will cover his and his son’s expenses but seeks one or two professional field taxidermists or naturalists to accompany him to prepare and send back specimens, as he cannot fund them himself.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Charles [ Walcott
Tam
National Museum
Africa
Miss Whaley After Money Elopement Attempt
Hempstead Long Island December 17 An attempt was made to secure a $5 000 legacy for Floretta Whaley who eloped with Jere Knode Cooke former pastor of St George s Episcopal church W Emerson lawyer was retained to obtain the legacy and Mrs Keziah Whaley grandmother resisted saying the will keeps the money until her death and that she would not aid the couple
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Miss Whaley
Laborers held as slaves in Argo Illinois stockade
U S District Attorney Sims subpoenas thirty witnesses for grand jury to probe claims that about 1000 workers are confined in a fifteen foot stockade at the Argo plant of the American Corn Products and Refining Company. An escape attempt reportedly resulted in a death.
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United States
Sims
American Corn Products and Refining Company
Chicago
Argo
Ill
Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Sings
Chicago Lawyer Barrios Disbarred for Misuse Prize Money
Springfield Ill Dec 17 The supreme court disbarred Frederico M Barrios a Chicago attorney for failing to return awarded sums to client Mrs Emma Heisler He kept 70 court allowance 81 alimony and 174 washing earnings total 525 dollars in misconduct including arranging a divorce for 25 dollars and applying funds to personal use
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Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Emma Heister
Supreme Court
Frederico M. Barrios
Barrios
Illinois Crop Report Shows Wheat Acreage Drop
Springfield December 17 The Illinois crop report from the state board of agriculture notes a 15 percent decrease in wheat acreage. Corn acreage stood at 6 780 500 acres, down 6 percent from 1907, with yields averaging thirty two bushels per acre in the north central and south regions. Total state corn output reached 215,366,624 bushels valued at 121,160,615 dollars.
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Springfield
Illnois
State Board of Agriculture
Ilinois
Reformers Meet Today in Pittsburg Civil Service League
Reformers from across the United States gather in Pittsburg to open the twenty eighth annual session of the National Civil Service Reform league. The two day program features talks by Hon Charles J Bona parte on Civil Service Reform in the National Service and Hon George R Wallace on The Workings of the Civil Service Law in Pittsburg and by Hon Willis Fletcher Johnson on Progress of Civil Service Reform in New Jersey.
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Civil Service League
Pittsburg
United States
National Civil Service Reform League
Charles J Bonaparte
George R. Wallace
New Jersey
Willis Fletcher Johnson
Bank Shortage Leads to Bank Closure and Arrest
The First National Bank of Somersworth is closed after a shortage of about 85 000 is uncovered. Cashier Fred H Varney confessed amid unexpected examiner Bean’s arrival. Bank president Tebbetts says directors asked for liquidation. Varney previously served as city treasurer and is said to have speculated in stocks.
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Examiner
Somersworth
N. Th
First National Bank
Fred H. Varney
W. S. Tebbetts
Varney
Examiner Bean
Missing Witness in Hains Murder Trial Shocks Court
Flushing New York December seventeenth. The trial of Thornton J. Hains, magazine writer, for murder of William E Annis during a slaying witnessed by John Tanning, a Swedish boatman who is missing. Prosecutor claims Thornton aided his brother Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. by drawing his revolver and stopping Mrs Annis from helping.
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Flushing
N. Y
William E Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Annis
John Tanning
McIntyre
Captain Hains
Thornton Hains
White
No Portfolio For Burton As Taft Withdraws Offer
New York Dec 17 authoritative announcement says Taft withdrew the cabinet offer to Congressman Theodore Burton of Cleveland and it will not be renewed. Burton had been mentioned as probable secretary of the treasury and may run in Ohio’s senatorial campaign after the conservative talks with Ohio Republican leaders.
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New York
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Burton
Treasury
Ohio
Honest Plasterer Returns $2400 in Stolen Bank Bills
Charles L Price, a plasterer in Ogden Utah, found $2400 wrapped in a newspaper in his mail. He reported it to the post office. Investigation linked the cash to $15000 stolen from East Side Bank in Portland Oregon two weeks earlier.
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Ogden
Bricklayer and carpenter topple fifty feet in South Chicago fall
Chicago Dec 17 A bricklayer Edward White lost balance on the new South Chicago high school building. He grabbed carpenter James Daila and the pair fell fifty feet. White landed on Daila and was unharmed. Daila sustained injuries that may prove fatal.
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Chicago
New South Chicago
Edward White
James Daila
White
Dalla
Light for Aurora to be Turned Over to City
The new lighting system installed in Aurora's business district will be formally turned over to the city tonight. Built at a cost near $20,000 by local business men, it will be transferred free of charge and the city will maintain it in the future.
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Aurora
Des
Wright Provides Thrill as Aeroplane Soars
On December 17 Wilbur Wright executed a remarkable flight in his aeroplane. The craft shot up to 240 feet before dropping fifty feet and gliding to a smooth landing roughly three quarters of a mile from the takeoff. English Aero Club members present were wildly enthusiastic about the display.
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le Alans
Wilbur Wright
Wright
English Aero Club
Brownsville Discussion Postponed After Holidays
Washington December 17 The senate formally agreed to postpone action on bills to re enlist the negro soldiers discharged after the Brownsville affair of 1906 until after the Christmas holidays.
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Brownsville
Washington
Senate
Danville Attorney Jailed After Counterfeiting Arrest
Danville Indiana December 17 bondsmen grow suspicious and withdraw as Charles Brown, held on a counterfeiting charge since last July, is jailed. Before arrest he was among the town’s most respected attorneys in Danville.
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Attorney Brown
Danville
Charles Brown
Brown
Butter Sold by Weight Mandated in Los Angeles
Los Angeles adopts an ordinance requiring butter be sold by the pound or ounce and not by the roll to prevent short weight. The measure targets standardizing retail butter quantities in the city.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Steel Works to Resume Operations in Toledo
Toledo, O December 17 The Republic Iron and Steel company Toledo plant employing 600 men will resume operations December 28, restoring factory activity after a pause. The restart is expected to boost local economy and production.
Disappearance of Wealthy Rockford Man Ends in Tragedy
Rockford man Hurrell B. Treat, a wealthy young resident, vanished from the city. He was found at a Pecatonica hotel nine miles away with his throat cut. He was in critical condition but may survive as authorities investigate the sensational case.
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Rockford
Rockford, HL
Hurrell B. Treat
Pecatonica
Exhibit Car Returns to Freeport Tuesday
The exhibit car of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway with farm products and fruit displays from the Pacific coast extension to the Dakotas Montana Idaho and Washington will return to Freeport on Tuesday December 22. Admission is free and visitors may inspect the exhibits. The car promotes the new country as fertile with cheap land and good farming prospects near government homesteads and towns along the line. Free booklets about the country are available from F A Miller or Geo B Haynes.
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Freeport
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Washington
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Geo. B. Haynes
Marquette
Sixty Years Man and Wife
Freeport HL reports Peter Weil and his wife celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home in Dakota village marking sixty years of marriage for the pioneer residents of northern Hingis.
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Freeport
Peter Weil
Hingis
Dakota Village
Woman Dies After Fire Start With Kerosene
Chicago police report Amanda Moran of 975 Carrell Avenue attempted to store a kitchen tire with kerosene. Fire caused her death and investigators note accidental ignition. Local authorities caution against storing flammable liquids near heat sources.
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Chicago
Amanda Moran
Carrell Avenue
Foley's Kidney Remedy Praised As Most Effective Cure
The advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy increases yearly users and is the best doctors can offer for kidney and bladder troubles. It promises to correct irregularities, rebuild worn tissues, and restore vitality, with endorsements from H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
BRB Dye Works Notice and Guarantee Claims
Fragmentary text references BRB Dye Works with a general wish toward correct results and a press guarantee claim. The legible portion mentions a guarantee and a date placeholder 9 20 but lacks clear event, parties, or location details to form a fuller notice or item.
REPORT "DEAD MAN" ALIVE Insurance Collected on Life of Henry Agar
Henry E. Agar, long mourned dead after a Wabash river disappearance, is found alive in Harlingen Texas. A disputed fraud case centers on forged papers totaling 125000 dollars after his wife pursued life insurance payments totaling 27400 dollars, with one policy already paid.
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Henry Agar
Texas
Princeton
Ind
Henry EH. Agar
Wabash River
Harlingen
Tex
Agar
Fife
Shot Dead in a Quarrel at Matewan Station
December 17 report from Matewan West Virginia says H. O. Smith general superintendent of Freeborn Coal and Coke was killed in a quarrel at Delorme near here. The dispute with H. A. Conners Norfolk and Western station agent arose over handling of freight cars. Smith struck Conners before the revolver was drawn.
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Matewan
W. Va
H. 0. Smith
Freeborn Coal and Coke Company
Delorme
Tero
H. A. Conners
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Smith
Conners
Dr Brayfield Murder Case Postponed to Feb 3
Benson December 17 The hearing in the case at We UB Brayfield accused of murder or forgery in connection with the death of Reuben Parrish has been postponed to February 3, 3308.
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Brayfield
Benson
We UB
Reuben FL Parrish
No Reprieve for Frank Bryant in Murder Sentence
The state pardon board refused to intervene in the case of Frank Gavin, who faces a death sentence tomorrow for the murder of Tomas Brady in Springfeld. The ruling preserves the pending execution following the court’s verdict.
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Frank Bryant
Springfeld
Wic
Bee
Dencon
Dimais
Frank Gavin
Tomas Brady
Mrs McRaney’s Experience Exults Over Kidney Remedy
Mrs. M. McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi says three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble yielded to Foley's Kidney Remedy after two bottles. She describes severe suffering and renewed health and urges other women to try the remedy as she did. H. J Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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McRaney
M. McRaney
Prentiss, Miss
Foley
H. J Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Senate After The President Refers To Congress Insult
Washington December 17 The senate votes to open an inquiry into the presidents critique of Congress over prohibiting secret service men from serving in other departments Senator Aldrich leads the push with support from Culberson Kean and Bailey objects until the exact wording about Congress is addressed The House panel stalls after two meetings failing to agree and adjourns pending further action Kean endorses Aldrich with Culberson addition Tillman Newlands and Bacon blast the presidents remarks as a grave insult to Congress and Parliament.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Aldrich
Culberson
Democrats
Kean
Bailey
Committee On Appropriations
Tillman
Newlands
Secret Service
House
McLaurin
Mississippi
Bacon
England
Castro Unperturbed by Caracas Riots Reports
Berlin December 17 President Castro remains calm amid sensational dispatches about Caracas unrest. Reports claimed crowds burned portraits and statues, attacked buildings including supporters’ stores, and several deaths. Castro dismissed the tales saying he had dispatches from Caracas that mentioned nothing of the sort.
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Caracas
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Rate war declared between Pittsburg and Chicago
Pittsburg Pa. Rail war flares as the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railway company announces a five dollar rate to take effect once tariffs are filed Competitors of the Gonan system rush to match the new figure General Inouye’s death report from Witu Sidan Peco indicates a Javanese army general is dead in a separate report
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Wiubash
Ineuye
Wiotu
Sidan Peco
T.e
Inouye
Guilty of Counterfeiting and Related Claims
The report states individuals named H. J. Moogh and Wm. Jungkuns were found guilty of counterfeiting. It notes counterfeit money as a crime and references alleged substitutions of a worthless remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar, a well known cough and cold remedy, implying legal action over deceptive practices.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkuns
Be Brown Dollmeyer’s Orphone Tuner F J Burdett
F J Burdett a pianist tuner orders Be Brown & Dollmeyer’s orphone service for instrument upkeep. The note indicates a request to prepare or repair the orphone device, reflecting a small musical trade item from the period.
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F J. Burdett
Pian Tuner
Brown & Dollmeyer
Orphone
Suits Pressed At Mal Joe’s Galena and Van Buren
A brief item notes suits neatly pressed at Mal Joe’s located on Galena and Van Buren streets. The entry appears as a small society or business notice from the era, referencing local tailoring or dry cleaning services.
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Mal- Joe's
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Paul D. Cravath
Melville E. Ingalls
Wade H. Ellis
Leslie M. Shaw
Myron T. Herrick
Justice William A. Day
Robert C. Clowry
Charles H. Treat
Delavan Smith
Henry Taft
Spooner
Pastor Cooke
Illinois Crop Report
Hains Missing
Wabash
Japan
Nickel
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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California
Florida
Malaga
Catawaba
Limburg
Roquefort
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