Milton Bible Forgery Claim Destroys Famous Manuscript
Handwriting expert declares Milton Bible signatures forged, voiding earlier belief it was John Milton’s autographed Bible. Auction records show George H. Richmond bought it for 1225 dollars, but later scrutiny found Milton and Elizabeth Milton signatures traced and the fly leaves altered.
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John Milton
Milton
Elizabeth
W. Aldis Wright
Trinity College
Cambridge
New York
George H. Richmond
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Richmond
United States
Dodd, Mead & Co
William H. Buckler
Baltimore
Madrid
Buckler
Anderson Auction Company
West Twenty-ninth Street
Knickerbocké Trust Company
Elizabeth Milton
David N. Carvalho
Carvalho
Mr. Carvalho
Will Matthews
Matthews
Elizabeth Matthews
John
Elizabeth Minshull
Sotheby
London
London Athenaeum
Wright
Exander Howe
Theritish Museum
Masson
Eli Milton
Hemecame
Kellogg Faints at New York Minnesotan Dinner
Frank Kellogg, the government lawyer prosecuting Standard Oil, fainted at the Minnesota Society dinner in the Waldorf Astoria, claiming acute indigestion. He recovered after ice and rest and insisted on staying, describing overwork and anxiety as factors.
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Roosevelt
Frank Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
Minnesota Society
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Byrnes
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr. Kellogg
George A. Brackett
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
St. Paul
New York
Kellogg
Eugene G. Hry
Wall Street
Vassar Lunch Scheme Ends as Students Revert to Seats
At Vassar College in Poughkeepsie a trial allowed each student to sit with a different companion at lunch for a week, aiming to break cliques. After mixed reactions and practical difficulties, including missing familiar companions at noon, the system was abandoned at Thanksgiving.
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New York Times
Poughklepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
Warns Issued for 29 Chicago Hotel Owners
Judge Sadler issued warrants for the arrest of 29 downtown hotel proprietors in a move tied to enforcing Sunday closing. Attorney Daniel L. Cruice claimed responsibility for the application and evidence while withholding client identities, saying the aim is to enforce the law equitably between rich hotel men and poorer saloon keepers.
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New York Times
Chicago
Law and Order League
Bank President Sued Over Mortgage Bond Sale
Hamilton Bank president William R. Montgomery is sued by former depositor Henrietta Hahn for $4,000 and interest on a mortgage bond. The suit filed in the Supreme Court by Charles L. Burr alleges part of the proceeds were used at race tracks and that Hahn’s son sold the bond to Montgomery for 3200. Montgomery denies wrongdoing calling it a conspiracy and says he paid Hahn 3200 for the mortgage.
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William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Henrietta Hahn
Supreme Court
Charles L. Burr
Hahn
Montgomery
National Mortgage Company
Charles Hahn
Clergy to protest but Mayor orders strict enforcement
New York debates Sunday law as Mayor McClellan confirms orders for enforcement and a relief ordinance faces the Board of Aldermen. Pendleton suggests a missionary lecture would not violate the Penal Code, while Alderman Doull pushes seven types of Sunday entertainment to be permitted under new rules.
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New York
McClellan
Board of Aldermen
O’gorman
Hammerstein
Alderman Doull
Little Tim" Sullivan
Dourl
Pendleton
Board
Supreme Court
Webster's Dictionary
Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations
Sun Entertainments
Methodist Preachers’ Association
Justice O'Gorman
Marble Collegiate
National Bible Institute
Tim” Sullivan
Doull
Bingham
O'Gorman
Symphony Society Protests Sunday Concert Prohibition
Richard Welling of the New York Symphony Society appeals to Mayor McClellan after Justice O Gorman's ruling on Sunday performances. The society argues Sunday concerts are educational, support serious music, and fund an orchestra with substantial annual donations. The letter urges the Board of Aldermen to permit the concerts.
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Richard Welling
New York Symphony Society
McClellan
Justice O'Gorman
Symphony Society of
New York
Damrosch
Symphony Society
Res Y
Lyndeys
Hefer
Aldermen
Archbishops Face Clash Over Hanna Modernist Status
Rome report says Archbishop Riordan seeks Coadjutor Archbishop Hanna of Rochester for San Francisco, but Vatican Propaganda and the Pope resist promotions of officials tainted by modernism. Cardinals back Riordan as opposition from anti modernists grows amid testimony.
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Tut
NEW York Times
Rome
Riordan
San Francisco
Hanna
Rochester
Pope
Dr. Hanna
Miss Sjostedt Is Free After Cabin Rescue
In Asbury Park New Jersey on December 8 Police Captain Broderick, who went to assist nurse Olga Sjostedt reported she is safe. He departed Halifax earlier and will arrive home tomorrow with Miss Sjostedt. A Halifax County Sheriff’s Telegram denies Sjostedt’s earlier claims of detention.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
N. J
Thomas Broderick
Olga Mjostedt
Halifax
N. C
Courtroom Brawl Breaks Out in Egg Harbor City Trial
In Judge Hettmansperger's court a civil suit erupted as chairs and a pitcher flew during arguments. Squire Geller claimed improper service while the gas company president was accused of unfair methods. Judge went under a table. mayor sent constables to restore order.
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New York Times
Egg-Harbor City
N. J
Hettmansperger
Squire Geller
William Mair
Southern Railway Officials Asked to Resign in Asheville
The Asheville division of the Southern Railway faces a shakeup as Supt Ramseur Road Master Ramsey General Train Master Fortune Chief Dispatcher Johnson and other top officials are asked to resign effective December 15 amid factional differences. Ramseur declined to comment while Loyall met with Hayes and others said they expect dismissals soon.
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New York
Ashbeville
N. C
Ramseur
Rameey
Fortune
Johnson
Southern Railway
Asheville
George A. Loyall
Knoxville
Hayes
Wage and Hour System Up Across Railroads
Hundreds of Philadelphia area railroad workers vote on a unified wage and hours system for east of the Mississippi with responses sent to Altoona. About 100 000 men are involved, with Dec 26 set for results and a possible ultimatum to railroads.
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Philadelphia
Mississippi River
Altoona
Meh
West
Buffalo
New York
Platt pushes federal incorporation bureau proposal
Senator Platt introduces a bill to create a Bureau of Incorporation under the Treasury, enabling national charters for multistate firms. The measure sets capital and supervision rules, allows surrender of state charters, and gives the bureau power to revoke acts, take assets, and convene stockholder meetings in cases of mismanagement.
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New York Times
Washington
Platt
Roosevelt
New York
Congress
Senator Platt
Treasury Department
Bureau of Incorporation
Bureau
Federal Treasury
St Bernard Attack Bites Brooklyn Couple
Mrs. Fredericka Veder aged 27 was severely bitten in the face by her pet St Bernard at 444 Fifteenth Street Brooklyn as the dog, showing rabies symptoms, lunged while she petted it. Her husband Jan Veder also was bitten on the hand during the struggle and both were treated at Seney Hospital. The dog was restrained by Franz Miller and placed under observation by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Fifteenth Street
Brooklyn
Fredericka Veder
Jan Veder
Mrs. Veder
Holland
Veder
Seney Hospital
Franz Miller
Veders
St. Bernard
Miller
2-Cent Fare Law Ends Topeka Passenger Trains
The Missouri Pacific Railway abandoned its only passenger trains from Topeka Kansas citing the 2-cent fare law. Two daily trains operated between Topeka and Fort Scott ended as of today.
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Topeka
Kan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Fort Scott
Auto Struck By Car In Philadelphia Wreck
An automobile carrying Mrs Rene La Montagne wife of a New York polo player and Mrs H Robert Parrish of Ardmore collided with a trolley car in Philadelphia today. Both women were thrown from the vehicle but escaped injury. Mrs La Montagne fainted and both were taken to Mrs Parrish’s Ardmore home after recovery.
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Philadelphia
Rene la Montagne
New York
H. Robert Parrish
Ardmore
Banker Sentenced to Sing Sing for Grand Larceny
John J. Aristo, former receiving teller at the Italian Savings Bank on Spring Street, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree and received a sentence of four years and six to eight months in Sing Sing. He vanished in 1906 with 30000 from the bank, was found in Baltimore via a woman's letter, and later aided in straightening the bank’s books while at the Tombs.
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John J. Aristo
Spring Street
Whitman
Sing Sing
Arisio
Baltimore
Unexpected Fortune Makes Asheville Teen Heiress
Miss Havi lena Tompkins of Asheville has inherited a large fortune from her estranged father who died in Fairfield Indiana. The 17 year old, who has lived modestly in the milling section, was summoned by telegram to her father's bedside and learned of his vast estate left entirely to her.
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Asheville
N. C
Havilena Tompkins
Fairfield
Ind
Bacon Gets a Medal for Drowning Rescue
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon saved two drowning students in the Charles River on October 1 during a Harvard outing. He and J. P. Reid, a student who assisted, received bronze medals from the Massachusetts Humane Society for the rescue.
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Boston
Bac
Robert Bacon
Charles River
Massachusetts Humane Society
J. P. Reid
Guggenheimer Hurt After Street Car Collision
Solomon C. Guggenheimer an importer from 139 Fifth Avenue was struck by a cross town car on Fifty-ninth Street at Seventh Avenue around midnight. He was taken unconscious to Roosevelt Hospital with a fractured skull. a recent return from Europe and residence at the Hotel Netherland are noted, with him serving as president of Guggenheimer Rosenberg & Co.
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Solomon C. Guggenheimer
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Guggenheimer
Roosevelt Hospital
Europe
Divorce for Mrs May Hall in Newport Court
Mrs May Brady Hall wins a divorce from Major Charles Spencer Hall in Newport Superior Court on grounds of neglect to provide. She, a New York and Newport society figure and daughter of Judge Brady, must wait six months for final decree.
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New York Times
Newport, R. I
May Brady Hall
Society of
New York
Newport
Charles Spencer Hall
Hall
Brady
Griggs Declines as Democratic Congressional Chair
Washington reports Congressman Griggs of Georgia will not seek another term as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee. He cites his two campaigns and notes many Democrats in the House are ready to take on the leadership while implying he will remain busy with Prohibition era duties in his district.
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New York Times
Washington
Griggs
Georgia
Democratic Congressional Committee
House
Innocent Man Shot Dead in Brooklyn Store
James Nilson a Brooklyn grocer fired into the air during a prank fight with Daly and Fay. A bystander Gus Simons died from a bullet wound. Nilson was arrested for homicide, Daly and Fay escaped.
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James
Nilson
Court Street
Brooklyn
James Daly
Fay
Nelson
Gus B. Simons
Cant. Dulphen
Hamilton Avenue
Daly
Hughes Removes Ahearn From Manhattan Borough Presidency
Gov Hughes out Ahearn after a six week hearing on charges of maladministration in Manhattan streets and public buildings. The report cites disrepair and neglect, notes no proven personal corruption, and signals possible appeal while Board of Aldermen to choose a successor.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
John F. Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Tides
Ahearn
Commissioners of Accounts
McClellan
George McAneny
Henry C. Wright
City Club of New York
Board of Alermen
President Ahearn
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
Highway Department
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