Wake expenses contested in Supreme Court case
Joseph J. McCullough sues executors of Peter McCullough for 71.25 spent on a wake in 1904 arguing wakes are legitimate funeral expenses. The brief lists foods and drinks consumed and cites literature and scripture to justify payment. estate about 40000. Decision reserved.
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Supreme Court
Gildersleeve
MacLean
Amend
Charles Lever
Samuel Lever
Joseph J. McCullough
Charles McCready
Richard S. Treacy
Peter McCullough
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Seeceeseneesse
Siaiss
Stolen trolley car terrifies East Liverpool riders
In East Liverpool Ohio on December 6 a substitute conductor took a trolley car and collected double fares from passengers. The thief, after four miles, fled the car as it slowed, leaving an enraged crew and riders bewildered by the sudden switch in conductors.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Deitz
Peran
Jersey City Police Chief Murphy Suspended Amid Raid Scandal
Chief Benjamin Murphy and several precinct captains and detectives were suspended by the Police Commissioners following Mayor Fagan’s charges of neglect of duty for failing to suppress poolrooms and policy shops raided last Saturday. Murphy, named on the force since 1873 and chief since 1879, faced no prior charges.
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Benjamin Murphy
Jersey City
Charles H. Cox
John F. Kelly
Albert L. Cummings
Sergis
Daniel Lee
Halsey
van Horn
Frank Bennett
Robert Pearson
Michael Clark
Augustus Holtic
Fagan
Murphy
Wellman Prepares Airship Expedition to Pole
Explorer Walter Wellman sailed for France aboard La Lorraine to supervise reconstruction of his airship America. He clashed with Commander Peary, asserting airships offer the Arctic solution while Peary favors sledging. Wellman plans Paris repairs then Spitzbergen trials, aiming for a Pole attempt in July or August.
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Walter Wellman
France
la Lorraine
America
Pole
Commander Peary
Mr. Wellman
Peary
Wellman
Paris
Spitzbergen
Rare Sum mers Island coins lead Elder sale at 32 East Twenty-third
The first day of Thomas L. Elder's two day sale featured four Sum mers Island coins two shillings and two sixpences the first colonial coin issues. Shillings brought 60 and 61 dollars sixpences 52 and 35 dollars. Other lots included an Athenian double stater 835 B C 42 dollars an Athenian tetradrachm 450 B C 15.75 a pattern half dollar 1839 36 dollars and a 1796 half cent 21 dollars.
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Thomas L. Elder
East Twenty-third Street
Summers Island
B. C
B.C
United States Senatorial Amendment Convention Formed
Delegates from various states meeting in Des Moines under Gov Cummins create The United States Senatorial Amendment Convention. They urge state legislatures to apply to Congress for a constitutional convention to propose direct election reform, requiring two thirds of states for effective action.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
United States
Congress
Senate
Treasury seeks ten dollar notes to ease small bill shortage
The Secretary of the Treasury issued an open letter to all banks nationwide urging them to search vaults for ten dollar silver certificates and send them to the Treasury. The notes will be converted into ones and twos to relieve the currency shortage, with banks told not to complain until they contribute.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Loyal Ronins Mystery Hinting at Airship Theories
Mr Harvey and Mr Bolting discuss aPresidents message hinting Loyal Ronins as Japanese airships. The exchange reveals a Ronin as a discharged or ostracized Samurai, with the rumor spreading among railway workers. The detail sits in The Times supplement page six.
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Harvey
Times
Bolting
Mr. Harvey
Timis
Harvard gains complete Addison's Spectator for library
Cambridge Mass December 6 Harvard library receives what officials call the only complete Addison’s Spectator. Donors William R Castle and Glidden Osborne purchased the set in Philadelphia for 500 dollars. library values it at several times that amount.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Addison
College
William R. Castle
Glidden Osborne
Messrs
Castle
Osborne
Philadelphia
Southern Pacific Orders Cars for Rolling Stock Expansion
San Francisco December 6 The Southern Pacific Railroad has ordered about 6.5 million dollars worth of new rolling stock. The company has placed orders totaling 4 million dollars with locomotive and car manufacturers to expand equipment quickly to meet rising demand for more cars and better transportation facilities.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dooley on Count Boney’s Love Affairs Ad Warning
An ad promotion echoes Mr Dooley’s quip about a reduction in love affairs. The Sunday Times urges readers to order the paper today from their newsdealer, noting it won’t be on sale at the stand.
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Boney
Sunday Times
Adv
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