Giant Ship Canal to Cross New York State
Gov Roosevelt will submit plans for a great inland waterway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Two options are described, a $20 to $23 million deepening plan and a $60 million plus waterway. The commission favors the ocean to lakes route, aiming to boost American control of lake traffic.
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New York State
New York
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Governor’s Canal Commission
Francis V. Greene
Frank S. Witherbee
Port Henry
Maj. Symons
United States Army
John A. Scatcherd
Buffalo
George E. Green
Binghamton
Mohawk
Lake Champlain
Hudson
Canada
St. Lawrence
Syracuse
Troy
Rochester
State Sees Feasible Great Waterway Through the State
Commissioners report federal surveys prove the practicability of a major waterway through the state. The physical problem is solved. finance and traffic remain. The Governor favors the larger plan and will urge adoption.
Six Story Factory in New York City Destroyed by Fire
A six story factory building at Fifty ninth street and First avenue in New York City burned destroyed this morning. Occupants included Frank M. Wise aluminum and metals Brown and Smithson ornamental plasterers and E S Levy and Co cigars. Loss estimated at 200000. An explosion-like report preceded the blaze and a back draft was blamed. Wall collapse injured Edward Levy and Peter Smith who were taken to Flower hospital. Firemen saved adjoining houses.
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New York
Fifty-ninth Street
First Avenue
Frank M. Wise
Brown & Smithson
E. S. Levy & Co
Edward Levy
Engine Company 21
Peter Smith
Fire Patrol No. 2
Flower Hospital
Starved to Death in New York Lodging House
James Harvey, once a silk salesman and brother of a Providence dry goods manager, died at a lodging house in Pearl Street. He woke from sleep, slumped to the floor, and died silent. Reported to have not worked for about ten years, he was described as starved and poorly clad. The body was sent to the morgue.
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New York
James Harvey
Providence
R. L
Pearl Street
Harvey
Nurse's mistake kills musician in city hospital
Henry Smith a 34 year old musician died in city hospital after a nurse used carbolic acid as tincture of delphinium. James Gray the nurse was arrested and the case is under investigation. The death occurred last night and was described as occurring in horrible agony.
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New York
Henry Smith
City
James Gray
Murderers Escape Kennel Jail. Two Men At Large
Dexter Mo Jan 6 James Tettaton and Milo Gregory under sentence of death for murder and two cattle thieves escaped from the Kennel jail today and are now at large. A posse is searching for them.
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Dexter, Mo
James Tettaton
Milo Gregory
Kennel
Boy and Captain Brown Clash in London Punch Sketch
A London Punch cartoon dialogue portrays a boy accusing Captain Brown of fighting the English. The captain rebukes the charge as absurd while the boy cites his father calling him a horrid Boer. The humor hinges on misapplied identity and wartime tension.
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Captain Brown
London
Prize Fighters Dixon and McGovern Down to Weight
New York January 6 report on the featherweight title clash at Broadway A C between Terry McGovern and George Dixon. McGovern is the favorite though Dixon backers push odds to 10 to 7. experts note Dixon’s ring craft and Punches while McGovern relies on power. Both are in prime condition for a keen contest with no prior meeting between such top contenders.
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Dixon and
McGovern
New York
Terry McGovern
George Dixon
Broadway A. C
Dixon
Tuesay
Hail Death With Joy Heart Cure Testimonial
Mrs Margaret Smith of Brussels Ontario recounts a severe heart disease illness that kept her bedridden. She credits Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart with providing relief after four bottles, claiming she has never felt better, with local distributors listed.
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Dr. Agnew
Confesses the Crime Bigamist Professor Admits Murder
New York January 6 Alfred Morrison also known as Osborne Gordon a professor of modern languages admitted being a bigamist after his first wife Lillian Archer Gordon appeared and vowed to prosecute him. Morrison previously acquitted of criminal intent in a prior shooting now faces potential reopening of the case as his double life becomes public.
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New York
Alfred d’Othtimard Morrison
Osborne
Gordon
Rich Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Lillian Archer Gordon
Jersey City
Morrison
Margaret Cahan
Fred
Mrs. Gordon
George C. Appel
Morrigan
Prudential Insurance Company
Alfred Morrison
Lillian Archer
Larchmont
Irishman Roddy to be Winnebago Chief at Year’s Start
Chicago’s Thomas R. Roddy, known as White Buffalo, receives a belt of white wampum and surrenders claims to Winnebago leadership. Installation to occur at a ceremonial council tepee with a Masonic like rite at sunset, as Green Cloud challenges his rule. Roddy, born in Peoria, has long led diplomatic ties among Winnebago, Sioux, and Chippewa.
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Green Cloud
Thomas R. Rody
Chicago
Black Hawk
Roddy
White Buffalo
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Black River
Ingleside Avenue
Midway
William Penn
Peoria
Patrick Roddy
Ireland
Minnesota
Philadelphia Times
Overcoat Etiquette Sparks Senate Banter in White House
A White House aide helps Senator Beveridge with his overcoat as he jokes that aging makes one decline aid. Senator Elkins notes Hawley’s contrary habit of accepting help, while Jerry Smith boasts of assisting guests and collecting tips, remarking a local colloquial claim about a Black helper.
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Beveridge
Indiana
White House
Elkins
Hawley
Senate
Jerry
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