Odell Defies Roosevelt Backing Higgins in Assembly Fight
Former New York Governor Odell declares the speakership contest a fight to a finish. He accuses Roosevelt of backing Gov. Higgins and predicts forthcoming political writings. Odell hints at discussing campaign funds and the race for the United States Senate in future remarks.
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New York
B. B. Odell, Jr
Stateepublican Committee
Assembly
E. A. Merritt, Jr
J. W. Wadsworth, Jr
Higgins
Odellard
Albany
Roosevelt
Jacob Iggins
Esau Roosevelt
Corftlel
Mr. Odell
City mayor charged with malfeasance in Terre Haute
At a special city council meeting in Terre Haute Indiana on December 29 a formal demand for removal of Mayor Edward J Bidaman was filed The complaint signed by representatives of the Manufacturers Club fund of the Young Men s Business Club accuses Bidaman of wilful corruption malconduct and malfeasance in nine distinct paragraphs
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Terre Haute
Ind
Edward J. Bidaman
Manufacturers Club Fund
Young Men’s Business Club
Warfare on bogus commercial schools in Chicago
Chicago, Dec 29. Business managers of the Commercial Teachers convention declared war on fraudulent commercial schools. F N Miner of New York reported three years of inquiry exposing the fraud and facing a $25,000 libel suit. The association vowed to combat the schools as a unit.
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Chicago
F. N. Miner
New York
Moran to pay office expenses from own funds
Boston authorities disclosed that no legal provision exists for Suffolk county to cover stationery and printing costs. District Attorney Moran announced he will personally assume these expenses and adjust his private secretary’s salary to offset the difference. Legislative action is expected to address the funding.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Morvan
Welch
Body of Black man riddled with bullets after mob pursuit
In Athens Alabama on December 28 Alex MacDonald a Birmingham Black man who allegedly tried to use a policeman was chased by about a hundred men. He was dragged back into town with a rope about his neck and his body riddled with bullets. Over 100 shots were fired. The body vanished mysteriously afterward.
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Athens
Alex MacDonald
Henry Nich
Elkmon
Prominent local figure dies after long life of service
Obituary notes the death of H Rawger Makan at age around 60, a lifelong resident and local business figure. He leaves two sisters, a son Dr. George W. Makan, and other family in the community. Also mentioned are aged relatives including James Lang and James Lang Jr, with ties to Grand Armthoawece and local organizations.
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Bramfocd
H. Rawger Makan
Josephine Dles Daskan Pucca
James Lang
Alate
Hersun
Jean
Boys Drown After Ice Break On Spicket River
Four Methuen area boys skating on the Spicket river breached thin ice. Two, Matthew McEvery and Stillman Dewolf of Lawrence, drowned after swift currents pulled them under. George Crabtree and Geo Gibbons, also of Lawrence, survived by reaching the shore. Police failed tonight to recover the bodies.
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Methuen
Spicket River
Matthew McEvery
Stillman Dewolf
Lawrence
George Crabtree
Geo. Gibbons
McEvery
Dewoilf
Crabtree
Fraudulent options indicted in Chicago oil land scam
Federal grand jury charges Louis A. Gourdain and John H. Dalton with mail fraud in a scheme selling options on Louisiana oil land. They allegedly formed the Louisiana State Loan and Trust Company, platted 1000 acres at $1.50, offered $20 down to 50 cents, issued lottery like options, and paid prizes from 50 cents to $5. Lands were worthless, no oil found, bids nonexistent, assets misrepresented at $1.5 million versus actual $50,60.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Louis A. Gourdain
Imperial Bank
Dearborn
Madison Streets
John H. Dalton
North Side
Louisiana
Dalton
Gourdain
Louisiana State Loan and Trust Company
New Orleans
Vatican protests over American audiences with the pope
Vatican officials report remonstrances from several American bishops who condemn certain American applicants for papal audiences as unworthy and note a divorced American woman was presented to the pope. The pope warned against such presentations and stricter eligibility rules are to be enforced for future American applicants, requiring bishop recommendations or official support.
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Rome
Vatican
College Gymnasium Work Is Discussed
New York society of college gymnasium directors concluded its annual conference. Dr Raycroft of the University of Chicago emphasized vital pre participation exams for athletes focusing on heart and kidney health to prevent collapse from overexertion. Other papers covered eye exams, anthropometric data, vasomotor effects, and training influence on character grading.
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New York
Society of College Gymnasium Directors
Raycroft
University of Chicago
R. Tait McKenzie
University of Pennsylvania
Sargent
Harvard
Babbitt
Haverford College
Hetherington
University of
Money Sent Abroad to Evade Taxation Mystery
Honolulu reports the Oriental Steamship Amertica carried $750,000 in coin to Man Franchero by registered mail from local bankers. Officials allege the funds were moved to evade a December 31 tax levy, with a claim the shipment was intended for beyond territorial jurisdiction. Authorities vow immediate recapture.
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Honolulu
Oriental Steamship Company
Amertica
Man
Honners
Bonaparte to Entertain President Aboard Mayflower
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Bonaparte will host the president and Mrs Roosevelt at a formal state dinner on board the U S Ship Mayflower in Washington February 6. The dinner will include thirty guests. The Secretary and Mrs Bonaparte have a Baltimore home and winter apartments in Washington.
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Woeehington
Des
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
Hemeperte
Baltimore
Washington
En Icee
Navy Yard
Russians Leave for Home as Funds Run Low
Berlin dec 28 emigration of nobles and affluent Russians continues trains from Russia are full while those to Russia are nearly empty at banks fur clad men argue for loans on unlisted properties relief committees stay busy as Koenigsberg and Pillau lodge poor families in fortifications steamers Prins Sletarich and Freda bring young men from Reval and Riga many join militia to restore order in Baltic provinces
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Pillau
East Ile
Prins Sletarich
Reval
Freda
Danalg
Riga
Baltic
Terrors in a Russian city told by refugee in Boston
A refugee from Ekaterinoslav describes early November riots turning into a reign of terror, with street brawls between Russian students and police, soldiers quelling clashes, and mobs attacking Jews. Women were killed, bodies nailed to houses, and houses pillaged as killings spread through the city. Many sought shelter in cellars while the persecution intensified.
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Boston
David Celateky
Ekaterinoslav
Odesen
Ruceta
Ekaterinotny
Dela Cave
Unknown survivors amid slaughter uncertainty
A terse report notes uncertainty as to whether any of the victims’ companions survived the slaughter. The excerpt underscores ambiguity about who lived or died and the lack of confirmed outcomes.
Calendar by N W Ayer 25 Cent Keepsake for Business
Critics note mixed views on calendars yet praise the N W Ayer & Son keepsake. The Philadelphia advertising firm prints a year’s calendar famed for printer’s art and epigrams linking advertising insights to business routines. Limited edition, 25 cents, mailed on request.
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N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
Bernhardt to Headline Boston Theatre Engagement
The eminent Madame Sarah Bernhardt brings her company to Boston Theatre starting Monday January 15 for a historic run. Her farewell tour follows sensational success in Chicago and New York with a varied repertoire including La Sorciere Camille Adrienne Lecouvreur Angelo Sapho Fedora Phedre La Femme de Claude Bohemos Magda La Tosca. Her six act Adrienne Lecouvreur is praised as a masterful Scribe Legauve adaptation. Travel will be by special train and a luxury program accompanies her performances with her own chef and attendants everywhere.
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New England
Boston
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Chicago
New York
Mme, Bernhardt
Sarah
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Scribe
Legauve
Messrs
Sam 5S
Lee Shubert
W. F. Connor
Paris
South America
North America
Australia
Keith's to Feature The Poster Girls in Grand New Year Program
The opening of 1906 at Keith's will present an unusually strong variety program. The headline act is The Poster Girls, James Forbes’s new and original concert with lyrics by Jerome Kern. Seymour Brown leads six pretty assistants in a 20 minute musical comedy interlude. The program also features Dixie song story The Sunny South with a double sextet of excellent colored performers, eccentric dancing, European attractions, vaudeville acts like the Pichianis troupe, Carlin and Otto, Taylor Holmes, Frank Gardner and Lottie Vincent in Winning a Queen, Celina Bobe on violin and xylophone, Burton and Brooks, Tom Moore, and the Pelots, plus Hermany’s trained dogs and cats and motion pictures.
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Keith
James Forbes
Jerome D. Kern
Seymour Brown
Dixie
Sunny South
Pichianis
Carlin and
Otto
Taylor Holmes
Frank Gardner
Lottie Vincent
Celina Bobe
Burton and Brooks
Tom Moore
Coon
Hermany
Maine Woods Come to Boston Sportsmen's Show at Mechanics Building
The Maine woods and western and southern specimens draw crowds at the Sportsmen's Show in Mechanics Building. Exhibits include live fish, stuffed animals, furs, and paintings of North American mammals. Lectures by Ernest Beton Thompson and others run daily, with doors open from 10 am.
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Maine
Boston
Mechanics
Salem Cadet Band
Artificia Lake
Ernest Beton Thompson
Homer Davenport
Franz Chapman
Thie
C. Townsend
Fieh
Howard Weldenes du Botth
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George W. Tesne
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Kemp
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Soe
SEC
O'Donnell
Uality and Style
Lowell
Navy
O'Donnell Dry Goods Company
Boston Theatres
Keith's Theatre
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Jenkintown
Mweitibere
Charles Mather
Rebecca Mitchener
Mather
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