William C Lawrence Named For County Superintendent
William C Lawrence of Greenburg has been unanimously nominated to fill the unexpired term of the late A Smith Hopkins as county superintendent of the poor. He is praised for economy and improvements at the county almshouse hospital and pavilion for consumptives, with a history as deputy sheriff and long public service in Greenburg.
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Kepuenican
Westchester County
A. Smith Hopkins
North Castle
Hopkins
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
William C. Lawrence
Greenburg
Lawrence
Hopking
Toot
Remarkable 19th Century Social and Medical News Snapshots
A collage of 1820s and early 1900s items touches nobility philanthropy and suffrage. Mrs Montague of Troy bequeaths funds, Miss Laura Gordon Root marries in Clinton, and Laura Gordon Root’s connection to the Secretary of State is noted. The American society critique features Tiffany in Paris, and church wardens in England include Viscountess Exmouth and Marchioness of Exeter. Dr Phoebe Dubels joins Flushing Hospital staff following Cornell medical graduation. The Dutch church movement grants women voting rights, while women gain Parliament seats in Finland. Laura Miller, a Chicago lawyer and suffragist, wins a $30,000 fee. Pereira medal in pharmacy goes to a woman for the first time. A New Orleans tale covers Pat Moran’s grafted nose developing hair, then a death linked to heart rupture at a rooming house.
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Montague
Troy
Luther G. Tillotson
New York City
Laura Gordon Root
Stanley Gilbert
Clinton
N.Y
Tiffany
Paris
Cornwallis West
England
Viscountess
Exmouth
Exeter
Holland
Phoebe Dubels
Cornell University Medical School
Flushing Hospital
Miss Miller
Chicago
Michigan
British Pharmaceutical Society
Pereira
St Gortende Waren
Exiled Tourists and Global Events Spark Panic
A ragged assemblage of historical notes reports Americans touring London fleeing, a stalled Saratossa congress due to floods, a Kansas City Southern surplus of over three million, and mounting paper mill shortages. It notes Catholic leaders at a $2 million St Louis cathedral cornerstone, a Democratic candidate dying in a St Louis hospital, balloon crash rescues near Hull, and martial law in Asia Minor. Also covered are a New York syndicate backing a Brazil loan, a Baghdad massacre, and a Morse Curtis trial reveal about the National Bank of North America lending to clerks.
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London
Congress
Saratossa
Spain
Kansas City Southern Railway
Puntry
St. Louis
Joseph T. Brown
Direhey
Mont
Colin
Ballot
Ffty
Keene
Belmont
Whitney
Hitchcock
England
Asia Minor
Bagdad
New York
Brazil
Morse- Curtis
New York City
National Bank of North America
Estate of John Alexander Dowie Receivers Report
Q D Thomas receiver cites Federal Court filing showing estate assets at 1 079 647 with secured claims totaling 326 227 and unsecured claims amounting to 4 903 725 including disputed AML sum, highlighting the large deficit and ongoing disputes in Zion City.
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Dowie
Q. D. Thomas
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Bent Back For Life Paroled Killer Returns to See Love Interest
Charles J. Sheridan, released after twenty years for murder, violated parole by returning to Brooklyn to see the woman linked to his crime. He was captured and sent back to Auburn Prison, likely to serve until death releases him.
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Charles J. Sheridan
Brooklyn
Auburn
Yale reports record student enrollment in new year
At New Haven Connecticut the Yale Corporation announced the first meeting of the year that 3400 students were enrolled, 300 more than ever before.
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Mate
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Hermann Petri
van Deusen
D Street
Irvington
Lockwood and
Pateman
Rvington, N. Y
Abercrombie Brothers
Grocers
Irvington-On-Hudson
Ferrera
Main Street
Irvington, N. Y
O. K. Anderson
Main ST
Cecmens Stock
Irvington, N.Y
W. C. Lawrence
Pat’ Moran
New Orleans
Moran
Charity Hospital
R.A. Schoenberg & CO
Irvingto
N—Telephone
A. E. Phelps
Joseph J. Reilly
Philadelphia
M. J. Tynan
CMNY
C. E. Wagner
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