Mrs Astor Raises Ball Guest List to Five Hundred Fifty
New York society head Mrs William Astor increases the exclusive guest list for her annual ball from 400 to 550, with Ward McAllister and Henry Lehr shaping the new roster. The event at 5th Avenue featured a midnight dance in the gallery and a formal late-night collation including a lavish French menu and Moet & Chandon Imperial Brut.
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Mrs. Astor
McAllister
Delmonico
Saye Henry Lehr
Marie Stuart
Cotelettes de Volaille
Canard
Salade Oriental
Railway Telegraphers Demand Higher Pay Across Lines
The Order of Railway Telegraphers in St. Paul announces plans to present new wage schedules and a rules book within ten days. Committees from various lines will gather to negotiate, aiming for a material pay increase and a uniform scale, with potential for a strike if talks fail. The move follows growing organization alongside the Order of Railway Trainmen.
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St. Paul
Minn
West
Love and danger flare in a medieval inn scene
In a Burgundian tavern, poet Francois Villon declares love to a noblewoman while Thibaut d Aussigny, the powerful target, enters. A hidden plot unfolds as secrets spill, alliances form, and a tense confrontation erupts among thieves, nobles, and revelers.
Relics from Pompeii Found in Boscoreale Village
Article reports a remarkable find near Mount Vesuvius in Boscoreale, including frescoes surpassing previous discoveries, a tortoise shell disk possibly a mirror back, early electrum, a large pancrean organ-like Pan dean pipe, a small Perseus statue, and notes on ancient artistry and origins.
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Mount
Vesuvius
Philadelphia Ledger
Pompeii
Boscoreale
Naples
Ome
Zanzther
West Indies
Perseus
Slightly Tempered Brooklyn Portraits Discuss Mercy
Mrs Newridhe-Now presents a new oil portrait and praises its justice. Mrs Cuttinge agrees the work is tempered with mercy and notes the balanced portrayal.
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Brooklyn Lite
Oil magnate Rockefeller buys land at Pocantico Hills
John D Rockefeller buys nearly all land in Pocantico Hills East View and Hawthorne to form parks with artificial lakes fed by Sleepy Hollow Brook. Waterfalls along the brook are added and more than $200000 is budgeted for the work. He plans a grand plaza on Kykuit Hill and a new 50000 mansion with several conservatories in spring.
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John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Estate
New York
Pocantico Hills
East View
Hawthorne
Sleepy Hollow Brook
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefeller
Kykuit Hill
Torpedo Boat Pike Launched in San Francisco
The Pike, a duplicate of the Grampus, was successfully launched from the Union Ironworks in San Francisco just before noon today. The vessel mirrors the Grampus in design and purpose.
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San Francisco
United States
Pike
Union Ironworks
Bandit Morley Identified After Spiro Shootout
In Spiro a bandit killed by U S deputy marshals is identified as Samuel Morley. Morley who had slain Deputy Samuel Sarreb and murdered three men before his final battle faced a $3000 reward on his capture.
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South McAlester
United States
Spiro
Samuel Sarreb
Samuel Morley
Morley
Fears for St Louis Steamer Overdue At Sea
New York January 13 The steamship St Louis remains missing after several days overdue with no sighting reported by 9 30 p m local time.
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New York
St. Louis
Steamboat Combine Formed in the Ohio River Basin
An organization named American River Ship building company with a capital of 8 is announced in Cincinnati. It merges ship and boat builders along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, with Captain E. J. Howard driving the effort. financiers from Cincinnati New York and Pittsburg back the merger to unite river shipping and boat construction firms across the central west.
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Cincinnati
Une
American River Shipbuilding Company
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
E. J. Howard
Jefferson Tile, Ind
W. W. Hazard
Cleveland
Gewards
Jeffersonville
New York
Pittsurg Capitalists
Mississippi
Central West
Girl Robbed on Train in Route to Oshkosh
Emma Srigges, cashier for W. Simon & Co. of Neenah Wisconsin, was robbed of drafts, money orders and other papers valued at 3000 dollars on a train between Neenah and Oshkosh. The loss was not discovered until arrival in Oshkosh where she planned to deposit the papers. The envelope containing the drafts was in a chatelaine bag at her belt. The theft method remains unknown with no clue to the robber.
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Neenah
Wis
Emma Srigges
W. Simon & Co
Oshkosh
New Yorker Stole Coal to Fight Freezing
Joseph Gotsch jailed at White Pigins New York after stealing coal. A wartime inspector found him with over 220 dollars strapped to his legs. He said dealers would not sell, he distrusted banks, and chose theft to avoid freezing.
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New Yorker
New York
Joseph Gotsch
White Pigins
N. Y
Editor May Get Toga Prominent Candidate for Senator
Seattle January 15 The Washington legislature has convened with a lively session expected as it considers a successor to Turner of Spokane. Leading names include ex Senator Fohm L. Wilson of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla and Preston of Seattle, with several other hopefuls mentioned as dark horses.
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J. L. Wilson
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Mpie
Turner
Spokane
Fohm L. Wilson
Seattle Post-In=ueer
Spo- Levi
Robbery at Korbel Brothers Liquor House
Three masked robbers armed with revolvers held up F Korbel & Brothers at 84 686 West Twelfth Street Chicago last night. A fight followed as victims resisted and bottles flew. No injuries reported. robbers escaped with a small amount, pursued by exhausted employees for nearly a mile.
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Chicago
Payt
F. Korbel & Brothers
West Twelfth Street
Munsey predicts newspaper and magazine monopoly within five years
Frank A. Munsey told Yale students that within five years newspapers and magazines may be controlled by a few managements. He praised Carnegie yet warned of vast opportunities for chain ownership and salaries for newspaper workers, while noting education alone does not make a journalist.
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Frank A. Munsey
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Carnegie
Banks Will Merge Close Relations Between Two National Banks
The Mail and Express notes the election of George F. Baker as director of the First National Bank of Chicago signals closer ties with New York financiers. J. B. Gorgan of Chicago met Baker in New York for talks, sparking speculation Baker may join the local board.
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New York
Chicago
The
Mail and Express
George F. Baker
First National Bank
First National Bank of Chicago
J. B. Gorgan
First National of
Baker
Well Street
Gorgan
Addicks May Get In on Delaware Senate Plan
Dover Delaware January 13 The Addicks faction in the state legislature openly predicts two Republican United States senators will be chosen on the first joint ballot next week. They would back Coleman Dupont for the long term if Addicks falls short six votes, allowing Dupont to end the Delaware dispute and keep the state represented in Washington with Addicks in the short term.
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Dover
Del
Addicks
United States
J. Edwards Addicks
Coleman Dupont
Dupont
Delaware
Washington
Live Stock Convention Day in Kansas City
Kansas City January 13 delegates at the National Live Stock convention spent the afternoon touring stock yards after reviewing yesterday's resolutions and speeches. A grand ball was planned in convention hall that evening. Denver joined the list of cities bidding to host the event next year. Papers included The Angora Goat Industry in the United States and Changes in Our Financial System for Stockmen. Ex-Governor David R. Francis notified he could not attend due to duties at the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
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Kansas City
aJn
Denver
United States
W. C. Bailey
California
R. Flynn
Ilinois
George F. Thompson
Washington, D.C
David R. Francis
Springer
Explosion Kills Two In Slavic Mining Area Fire
An explosion in Pittsburg damages several structures after a keg of powder ignited by a spark from a kitchen stove. Slav miner and a family member were killed. multiple injuries reported as fires spread to nearby buildings in Piqua Ohio.
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Pittsburg
Jan
Joh
Donald
Mulever
Ttem
Stone BuckerS and Political Maneuverings in Missouri Caucus
Fragmented notes describe Stone and allied figures in Missouri politics struggling to control a caucus. Graham West and Champ Clark are mentioned as rivals, with Phelps of St. Louis and H Wallace of Kansas also referenced in failed attempts to influence the race.
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Willen
Missouri
Uate
Graham West
St. Louis
Champ Clark
R H. Wallace
Kansas
Stone
Goyer
Sto
Phelps
Misty
Posont State J
Bouquets for 7 Filipinos demand Taft departure
Manila January 13. Demonstrations by Filipino residents urged Governor Taft to leave the islands. A crowd of about 8000 filled Malacanang palace with speeches from nationalist and federated representatives. Taft replied he would decide later whether to leave and affirmed no change in policy. natives voiced cheers after the speeches.
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Manila
Taft Resultes
Islands
Taft
Malacanan
Feder
Cro
Senate Debate Over Cuban Reciprocity and Beet Sugar
A report from Washington notes Jan P Rows, a conference member for Mic producers, spoke in a today interview. He indicated that Cuban reciprocity in the senate faces strong opposition unless amended to extend terms for Cuba or converted into a treaty, while he did not reveal any specific amendment to the treaty or its details.
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Washington
Prows
Trong
Prevest
Senate
Cuba
Joint Methodist Meeting Hears Hymnody Question
In Nashville on a January afternoon a joint committee of the North and South M E churches met in private to discuss issues regarding hymnal adoption. The session was scheduled to last three or four days.
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Nashville
Tenn
M. E. Church
M. E. South
Peoria Glucose and Sugar Company Closes Down
Peoria Michigan January 13 The Peoria Glucose and Sugar company has closed for coal causing 800 employees to be temporarily out of work.
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Peoria Glucose and Sugar Company
Peoria
iPeoria Glucose and Sue Company
Crazed by Pain Man Jumped From Window in New York
New York report says Thomas A. Young treasurer of the Doufee company, obsessed by typhoid fever and personal crisis, leaped from his room on the seventh floor to the sidewalk outside the house.
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York
New York
Cratei
Thoms
A Yough
Fiele House
London Durbar Festivities Cost Over Five Thousand
Cabled from Delhi reports Lord Curzon and other Indian rulers hosted a grand durbar. Estimates show Curzon spent tens of pounds entertaining 550 guests and various princes paid up to 509 000 dollars for display. Provincial governors funded camps, with total cost surpassing five thousand dollars.
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London
Delhi
Curzon of
Kedles
Curzon
Oue
Hyderabad
Bowen Sails as Blockade Impacts Food Supplies
Washington reports Minister Bo% formation that he sails for the United States for ten days. The blockade operation causes considerable distress and threatens food supplies.
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Washington
United States
Bens
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