Rumor of Storrow as Harvard President and Butler Successor
A circulating rumor among Harvard alumni in New York claims James J. Storrow may become president of Harvard, with Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia slated to succeed him within a year. The report could not be confirmed and hinges on a temporary tenure. Storrow, a Boston banker with Lee Higginson & Co., is said to have been persuaded to accept a brief presidency.
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New York
Harvard
James J. Storrow
Charles W. Eliet
Nicholas Murray Butler
Presi
NEW JOB FOR HENRY INQUIRY LINKED TO CITY SCANDAL
Pittsburg December 28 official word says no new developments in the municipal scandal involving seven council members and two former bankers. No arrests, no declared next moves, while a rumor says Francis J Henry famed for exposing Oregon land frauds may visit at President Roosevelt’s request as a special examiner to probe alleged bribes and bank depository arrangements. Preliminary hearings note that 176000 had been spent.
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Pittsburg
Pitshure
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
Roosevelt
Family In Modern Society on Sociological Agenda
Atlantic City hosts the American Sociological Society in a three day meeting with eight sessions. Noted speakers include Professor A. Ross of Wisconsin Professor W. G. Sumner of Yale Director S. N. D. North of the census bureau Dr Edward T Devine of New York and Charles P Neill labor commissioner.
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Atlantic City
American Sociological Society
A. Ross
Wisconsin
W. G. Sumner
Yale
S. N. D. North
Census Bureau
Edward T. Devine
New York
Charles P. Neill
Labor
New York Exhibitions Operate Despite Mayor's License Revocation
New York December 28 protected by a supreme court junction most moving picture shows ran Sunday despite Mayor McClellan revoking licenses on Christmas Eve.
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New York
Supreme Court
McClellan
Hargis Case Ends in Mistrial in Kentucky Court
Irvine Kentucky December 28 jurors in the Beach Hargis murder case reported an inability to agree and were discharged The jury stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction in the case charging him with killing his father Judge James Hargis
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Hargis
Irvine, Ky
Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Hains Trial Resumed in Am killing case
The Hains murder trial resumed in Plushing New York as Thornton J Hains and his brother Captain Peter C face charges in the death of William E B Am. The proceedings begin amid ongoing testimony and defense motions.
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Hains
Plushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C
William EB. Am
Vision of Joan of Arc Appears to the Pope in Rome
The Italia reports in Rome that Joan of Arc appeared in vision to the pope during his private prayer after beatification. She allegedly urged him to press ongoing policy and promised triumph soon. The pope emerged pale and silent for days after the encounter.
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Rome
Italia
Joan of Arc
Holy Father
Committee Sails for Canal to Investigate Panama Work
Four teen members of the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce led by chairman Hepburn sailed from Charleston on the Panama line steamer Allianca to inspect the canal project. They plan to reach Colon January 1 and stay on the isthmus four to five days, with return arrangements to be made for a January 14 Washington arrival.
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Charleston
D. C
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Wm. P. Hepburn
Panama
Panama Line
Allianca
Colon
Isthmus
Washington
South Turn to Golf Starts in Pinehurst South
Pinehurst North Carolina opens a holiday golf tournament marking the start of winter golf in the South. The larger midwinter medal and match play event begins January 11, with reports from across Southern states predicting a long and successful season as clubs hire northern and international experts and schedule many tournaments and interclub games.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Night riding trial progresses in Union City hearing
Union City Tennessee December 28 with three witnesses left the state is likely to close its case against the alleged night riders as testimony continues today the defense may begin before the afternoon session adjourns.
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Union City
Tenn
New Year Opens Cuban Evacuation of Night Army
Havana reports the New Year will start the evacuation of Cuba by the army of noctification, which has held the island since the provisional government began in October 1908.
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Havana
Cuba
Army of Noctification
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Debuts in Washington Society
Washington watchers prepare for the White House debut of Miss Ethel Carow Roosevelt at tonight’s grand ball. Aged seventeen, she will be the observed of all observers as diplomats officials and social figures gather in the East Room for her formal first appearance.
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Washington
Ethel Carow Roosevelt
Diplomatic
Army
Navy
Great East
White House
Marine Band
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Miss Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Artillery Called In as Police Clash With Revolutionists
In Moscow on December 28 Baron Cotte chief of the secret political police was killed and Colonel Muraki wounded in a standoff with revolutionists entrenched in a suburban villa. Several policemen were killed or wounded as troops aided the police and artillery bombarded the villa. A separate note reports a teenaged student Thomas Harvey of Council Bluffs Iowa gravely injured after a high school fraternity initiation.
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Moscow
Baron Cotte
Muraki
Council ,Bluffs, Ja
Thomas. Harvey
Sxteen
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertised Claims
An old medical ad extols the stomach as the digestion organ and argues that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets correct digestive disturbances. It claims tablets rebuild gastric juice function, allow proper nourishment, and enable normal meals. It cites forty thousand physicians endorsing the product and offers a free sample by mail from F A Stewart Co, Marcell, Mich.
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Stuart
Staart
Stasrt
Steart Co
Stuart Bldg
Maraheli, Mich
Longboat to Run Marathon and Marry Tonight in Toronto
Toronto news reports that Tom Longboat the noted Indian runner will marry Miss Maracle this evening. The piece notes his recent church conversion and outlines upcoming races including a Buffalo marathon against Dorando and a later New York event with Alfred Shrubb and Hayes.
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Toronto
Tom Longboat
Durando
New York
Miss Maracle
Longboat
Dorando
Buffalo
Alfred Shrubb
Madison Square Garden
Shrubb
Hayes
Percy Smallwood Cof Wales
Geologists Meet for Twenty-First Annual Society Assembly
Washington hosts the Geological Society of America for its twenty-first annual meeting. Topics include the oldest man discovery in Europe and Iowa fossil traces of prehistoric horses elephants and mammoths. President Professor Samuel Calvin highlights Iowa finds in opening remarks.
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Washington
Geological Society of America
Society
Europe
Iowa
Samuel Calvin
Hoosier Heroes Honored in Vicksburg Memorials
Indiana will dedicate monuments to fallen soldiers from the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. A special train carried state officials and G A R veterans to Vicksburg as Governor Hanly and the Vicksburg monument commission prepare to present the memorials to Indiana citizens and the U S government.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Southland
Grand Army of the Republic
Vicksburg
Union
National Military Park
Union Station
Oran Perry
Winfield T. Durbin
Vicksburg Monument
Supreme
Henry C. Adams
Hanly
Durbin
Henry ©. Adams
A. B. Crampton
Delphi
M. M. Lacey
Fountain City
Philip Lester
Little York
E. L. Seamons
Wabash
T. M. Hardy
Pendleton
Lester
National Commercial Teachers Federation Opens in Indianapolis
The annual meeting of the National Commercial Teachers Federation began in Indianapolis with a 2 PM session at Shortridge High School. President B N Miner led the opening, Bishop Vincent gave the invocation, and Mayor Bookwalter delivered the welcome on behalf of the city as attendees began four days of sessions.
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Indianapolis
National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
Shortridge High School
B. N. Miner
Vincent
Bookwalter
TERSE TELEGRAMS OF TIDBITS AND TRAGEDIES FROM 19TH CENTURY REPORTS
A series of brief items covers expulsions of Hebrew i in Finland and Switzerland’s H. Deucher becoming president. Fires devastate Lewisburg opera house and Nelson Morris plant in Missouri, with losses around 76k and 125k. Caracas-Venezuela progress noted. Johnson Burns fight earns 150k. War talk cites Austria-Hungary massing 155k for Serbia. Boxer Tommy Burns ends career after 200k earnings. Tugboat crew of four drown after collision near Frankfort Michigan. A 45 round Kaufman Barry bout slated in Los Angeles next week. Oneonta hotel fire destroys Arlington and seven more buildings totaling 100k loss. Matt Young mortally wounds uncle Deputy Jailer Logan Young and wounds Deputy Holloway in Kentucky.
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Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Servia
Tommy Hurns
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
St. Joseph
Harbor
Frankfort
Mich
Los Angeles
al Kaufman
Jim Barry
Oneonta
N. Y
Arlington Hotel
Matt Young
Logan Young
Nicholasville
Holloway
Exiles Return Under Go mez Call and Poppies Riot
Political exiles head home to Caracas as President Gomez orders the clearing of dissent and invites long banished citizens back. In Amoy China a riot erupts after native orders to stop planting opium poppies. one officer and ten civilians die. Claus Spreckels dies in San Francisco from pneumonia as world events unfold. The two cent postage rate to Germany is set to take effect January 1. Foley's Orino Laxative advertised as a cure for chronic constipation and liver regulation.
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Caracas
Gomez
Claus Spreckels
San Francisco
Germany
Amoy
Tungan
Roosevelt takes Potomac cruise with family aboard Leigh
Mrs Roosevelt and her four children Michel Kermit Quentin and Archie left the Washington navy yard yesterday on the naval yacht Leigh for a Potomac cruise and returned today confirming a brief outing.
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Washington
Rooosevelt
Michel
Kermit
Quentin
Archie
Washington Navy Yard
Leigh
Potomac River
Medicine That Is Medicine in Old Advert
A dated regional notice proclaims Electric Bitter as a cure for stomach and liver troubles and general weakness. The testimonial by W. O. Kiester of Spiters extols the remedy as a doctors’ choice for chronic ailments and malarial stomach complaints.
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W. O. Kiestier
Science Association Opens Session in Baltimore
Members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science begin their annual session in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins University. The program blends public instruction with scientific papers and honors Charles Darwin with Darwin celebrations led by Professor Edward B. Poulton.
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Baltimore
Men of Light
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Johns Hopkins University
Association
Charlee Darwin
Edward B. Poulton
England
The Charm of New York as Seen by Mrs Williamson
Mrs C N Williamson writes of New York’s beauty despite its fog and bustle. She compares the city’s sky atmosphere and diverse architecture to Venice and London fog, likening it to a vast flower garden where varied elements grow together in unexpected harmony.
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New York
Venice
Trump
Heaven
Turner
London
Mre. C. N. Williamson
Londes Chronicle
Manager Offers Role In Final Act
A manager speaks to a fading star promising one more chance in the last act, hinting at a comeback amid fading spotlight and lingering hope.
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Fallen Star
Food for the Seine
Whistler and his Paris studio days at Gleyre and Delaroche’s legacy are recalled through bohemian student life and daring art copying. A replica Veronese piece, carried on the Seine, failed at high cost becoming a river spectacle and small triumph for the artists.
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Trilby
Paris
Whistler
Gleyre
Delaroche
Bohemia
Murger
Poynter
Louvre
Ernest Delannoy
Veronese
Cana
Seine
Pont Des Arts
Sergents de Ville
Ning
Mozart in Marseilles Incognito Causes a Musical Outcry
During a visit to Marseilles Mozart attended a public performance of his work. A miscopied note created a D natural in the middle of a passage. He rose from the pit and demanded the incorrect note be corrected, voicing his disapproval with a thunderous cry.
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Mozart
Marseilles
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