Mrs Ulysses S Grant Dies in Washington
Mrs. Ulysses S Grant widow of President Grant died in Washington at 41:17 tonight from heart disease worsened by bronchitis. Nellie Sartoris her daughter was present. sons Frederick, Ulysses Jr., Jesse were away. Her body to rest beside Gen. Grant in Riverside Park New York. burial details pending.
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Washington
Ulysses S Grant
President Grant
Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Rosemary Sartoris
Dr. Bishop
Jesse
Aly S. Grant
California
Fred Grant
Texas
Gen.Grant
City Point
United States
Penelope
Ulysses
White House
Mrs. Grant
Gen. Grant
New York City
Nellie
Sartoris
Rant
Algernon Sartoris
Sketch of Mrs. Grant and her life with Ulysses S. Grant
Julia Dent Grant born January 26 1826 in St Louis Missouri rose from modest roots to be the partner of Union general and later president Ulysses S Grant. The piece traces their courtship marriage and early hardships including Grant’s military service and the couple’s challenge of supporting a growing family.
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Ohio
Harry Boges
Grant
St. Louis
Boggs
Galena
Old Orchard
Major Dent
Ulysses Ss. Grant
Julia Dent
White House
Mount MacGregor
England
Philadelphia
Penn
Miss Dent
Gen. Grant
Fourth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Dent Farm
Gravois Creek
Dent
Louisiana
Mexico
Detroit
Mich
Arrivals and Real Estate Noted in City Listings
Old newspaper index lists Amusements on page 5 and arrivals at hotels and out-of-town buyers on page 11. It also notes losses by fire and marine intelligence on page 11, real estate on page 138, religious and society items on pages 2 and 9, weather on page 7, yesterday's fires on page 11, and a Burnett's Cocaine hair product advertisement.
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Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Weather Report
Grant on 160 mile stage trip to Alice Texas
General Fred D. Grant commander of the Department of Texas left Brownsville by stage for Alice 160 miles distant and was due to arrive tonight. Telegrams reported his mother's illness at Fort Sam Houston and a special train waited to take him to Washington.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Fred. D. Grant
Department of Texas
Brownsville
Alice
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Rockefellers Stay In Lakewood With Strong Family
The elder Rockefellers, John D. Rockefeller Sr and Jr, stay in Lakewood with Prof. and Mrs. Charles A Strong. Jr and his wife lodge at a nearby hotel near the cottage on Lake Drive and attend church. A report that Jr was ill was denied by the Strong household.
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New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefellers
Charles A. Strong
Lake Drive
Rockefeller
Wall Street Journal Ad Emphasizes Accuracy and Completeness
Investors are urged to value accuracy and completeness in reporting, as the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Co. emphasize reliable financial news and trustworthy publication standards.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Adv
Pacific Cable Lands in San Francisco with Nationwide Hail
The Pacific cable was christened by Tucille Gage daughter of Gov Henry T Gage as it landed and was spliced to connect San Francisco with Honolulu. About 40000 spectators witnessed the ceremony under ideal seas. Officials including Clarence W Mackay sent telegrams to President Roosevelt and celebrated with a banquet.
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San Francisco
John W. Mackay
Tucille Gage
Henry T. Gage
California
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Newsboy
Clarence W. Mackay
Schmitz
Mackay
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Gov. Gage
State of
Roosevelt
Silvertown
Benest
Presidio
Boston Installs Weekly Forum for Public Debate
A new Boston forum will host weekly Sunday assemblies for public discussion of current topics. Over 200 people have joined the effort. debates will be open to all with democratic subject selection and a diverse committee including leaders from various faiths and movements. Notable supporters include Dr. Everett Hale Prof. Frank Parsons George F. Washburn B O Flower and Rev Hiram Vrooman.
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New York Times
Boston
Ism
Everett Hale
Frank Parsons
George F. Washburn
B. O. Flower
Hiram Vrooman
Conference on the Tariff Plan for a Commission Advisory
Washington reports a conference this week on the Presidents suggestion of a permanent Tariff Commission. It will include majority members of the Senate Finance Committee and Ways and Means. The plan envisions an advisory body or a tariff information bureau in a new Department of Commerce.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Tariff Commission
Department of Commerce
Big Companies in New Jersey at New Plants and Additions
William Stainsby of the New Jersey Bureau of Statistics reports major firms plan or have begun establishing operations in New Jersey. Worthingtons will run a principal pump works in Harrison, a large copper works is planned on the Kill von Kull, Ingersoll Drill Co. in Phillipsburg, and Mott Iron Works in Trenton. Camden shipyards opened earlier this year and Newark canvass is largely complete with 100 new manufacturing concerns added.
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New York Times
Trenton
N J
William Stainsby
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics
New Jersey
Worthingtons
Harrison
Kill von Kull
Phillipsburg
Ingersoll Drill Company
Mott Iron Works
Camden
Newark
Trenton Malleable Iron Co Declines West Trust
Trenton Malleable Iron Company owned by Gen Ls D Oliphant and his sons declines to join a West trust being formed with a capital of 20 million dollars.
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Trenton
N. J
Trenton Malleable Tron Company
Gen. Ls. D Oliphant
The Buffalo Limited Leaves New York for Buffalo
The Buffalo Limited, a second edition of the Empire State Express, departs New York daily at 12 50 PM and arrives in Buffalo at 4 00 PM by New York Central Advanced service.
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Buffalo Limited
Empire State Express
New York Daily
Buffalo
New York Central
Adv
Train Crash Wrecks River Near Brookfield Mo Eight Dead Found
A Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad wreck near Brookfield Missouri early today killed at least eight and left several bodies unrecovered. The Brookfield wrecking train struck an overhead bridge causing the bridge to fail and the engine and wrecker to plunge into the river while injured men were brought to Brookfield.
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Brookfield
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Vanderbilt Party's Hardship At Newport Farm Visit
Reginald C. Vanderbilt and his fiancée Miss Cathleen Neilson endured a severe snowstorm journey to Oakland Farm Portsmouth after a delayed rail trip. Wikipedia-style note. They arrived late Saturday night, were met with no one, and faced freezing temperatures and drifting snow before reaching the Vanderbilts' Newport area home where they will stay several days.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Cathleen Neilson
Oakland Farm
Portsmouth
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
New York
New York and
New Haven
Wickford
Mr. Vanderbilt
Miss Neilson
Oakland
Death From Hiccoughing in Rochester Barber
John Reibel a forty seven year old Rochester barber died after three days of persistent hiccoughing. He began hiccupping Thursday after breakfast and soon required bed rest despite multiple remedies. Post mortem revealed rupture of the lower intestine and peritonitis was listed as the cause.
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New York Times
Rochester
John Reibel
Reibel
Labor Problems Lecture by Hollander at Johns Hopkins
Dr. Jacob Hollander ex-Treasurer of Porto Rico and Johns Hopkins economist spoke in Baltimore on the relation of political economy to the labor question. He urged relying on experts rather than workingmen for sound remedies in industrial conflicts.
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Baltimore
Jacob H. Hollander
Porto Rico
Johns Hopkins University
Hollander
Nho
Massachusetts Insane Hospitals Flooded With Overcrowding
Boston reports from the Northampton Insane Hospital reveal severe overcrowding with 251 patients sleeping in corridors. The year began with 618 patients and ended with 659, the highest tally yet, while 840 were under treatment and the daily average reached 636. A state police report notes one in five vagrants arrested was of unsound mind.
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New York Times
Boston
Massachusetts
Northampton
Blacksmith Brothers Refuse Sunday Work Near Church in Trenton
Paul and Fred Long, blacksmith brothers whose shop adjoins Olivet Baptist Church, continue Sunday hammering despite church appeals. The ringing drowns the minister's voice as congregants seek relief and plan to appeal Mayor Katzenbach to intervene.
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Trenton
N. J
Paul
Fred Long
Olivet Baptist Church
Katzenbach
A Question of Time The Golden State Limited Reaches California
Advertisement notes the Golden State Limited reaches California quickly with on time service and good travel for passengers. Includes Rock Island at 401 Broadway and Dewar's Scotch Whisky Royalty branding and advice.
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Golden State Limited
California
Rock Island
Broadway
Dr Lorenz Performs Two Hip Operations In New York
Renowned surgeon Adolf Lorenz arrived Saturday and operated on two congenital dislocations yesterday morning at Dr Carter’s private hospital. The first case Gertrude McPherson a twelve year old cripple had the hip set after a tense ten minute twist and pull. A second five year old child required only minutes. Lorenz planned more demonstrations amid committee friction and private cases. He plans further operations at multiple New York hospitals and will lecture at the Academy of Medicine. He avoids alcohol preferring tea and enjoyed a snowbound New York day.
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Adolf Lorenz
Lorenz
Lexington Avenue
Forty-second Street
Holland House
Muller
Carter
East Thirty-fifth Street
D. D. Ashley
Ogilvy
Dr. Lorenz
New York
Ashley
Gertrude McPherson
John McPherson
West One Hundred and Forty-First Street
McPherson
Carnegie Hall
Leiderkranz
Arion Society
German Hospital. Dr. Lorenz
Herman Ridder
Austin Flint
Edward Janeway
Royal Whitman
AV. R. Townsend
Abbey
McBurney
John Walker
Henry Frauenthal
Walter James
Emil Holtz
William B. Coley
Belasco
James K. Hackett
Cornell
Bellevue
New York Hospital
Shaffer
Tarrytown
New York State Hospital
Academy of Medicine
East Fortythird Street
Piso’s Cure for Consumption Ad
Classified advertisement for Piso’s Cure for Consumption presented as a pleasant remedy for coughs and colds priced at 25 cents.
Why He Left Sugar Trust
John C. Havemeyer told a Milwaukee audience at Westminster Presbyterian Church that he quit the sugar industry to pursue preaching after the sugar trust formed. He said rising prices for coffee sweetening would rob the poor, and he did not see a Christian life aligning with that path. He did not expect to become a pulpit orator but spoke as a layman to laymen, noting the difficulties wealth poses to service.
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New York. Times
Milwaukee
Wis
John C. Havemeyer
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Washington faces critical coal famine as supplies dwindle
Washington suffers a severe coal shortage with Government departments near empty. The House uses ten tons daily but has only nine on hand, Agriculture twenty five with five left, Interior twelve with eight, Post Office and Treasury about three days, Printing Office fifteen daily but ninety on hand. If apportioned, supply would last three and a half days. dealers report no coal. A heavy snow could halt traffic and warmth for half a week, while streetcar firms hold larger stocks. Consumers pay about twelve dollars a ton with limited availability.
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New York Times
Washington
House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Government Printing Office
Suppey
Coal Barge Sinks After Leaking at Jersey City Dock
The loaded canal boat Muggins carrying fifty tons of coal sank at the foot of Morgan Street Jersey City at 5 a m The captain Patrick Murray was aboard asleep and reached the deck as the vessel went down He was rescued by a tugboat crew taken to City Hospital and is expected to recover The boat will be raised today
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Muggins
Broadway
Manhattan
Morgan Street
Jersey City
Patrick Murray
Coal Rush Strains Reading Railroad Power
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company ran over fifty locomotives to move coal to market with about 75,000 tons started yesterday and today. Most coal heads to large Eastern cities as motive power is strained like never before.
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Reading, Fenn
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Hit by Large Fire
A Liverpool Nova Scotia fire destroyed much of the town including several churches and the Hotel Thorndyke and several dwellings. Wire communications were interrupted and details were scarce. Liverpool, a 5000 population seaport, last suffered a major blaze in 1895.
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Halifax
N. S
Liverpool
Thorndyke
Will leaves diamonds to church for communion service
The will of Mrs. John Gould of Chatham directs that her diamonds be turned over to the Trustees of the Chatham Episcopal Mission to be sold for the church's communion service. The remainder of her estate goes mainly to a sister in the West.
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New York Times
Chatham
N.J
John Gould
Chatham Episcopal Mission
West
Royal Engineers officer named Military Attaché in Washington
London dispatch reports Lieut Col H J Foster commanding Royal Engineers in Guernsey named Military Attaché to the British Embassy in Washington. The notice also advertises Krementz One Piece Collar Buttons from jewelers and holiday rail rates to southern points via the Atlantic Coast Line from Broadway offices.
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London
H. J. Foster
Royal Engineers
Guernsey
Washington
Atlantic Coast Line
Broadway
Adv
Allies Demolish Venezuelan Fort in Puerto Cabello
British cruiser Charybdis and German cruiser Vineta bombarded Fort Solano and Castle Libertador for forty five minutes silencing Venezuelan guns. Marines occupied Castle Libertador and the fort was almost demolished while the town suffered no damage. Authorities sought Castro’s instructions as protest from the Topaze seizure spurred demands for satisfaction.
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Puerto Cabello
Castro
United States
Fort Solano
Castle Libertador
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Shelling of Puerto Cabello Fortress Reaches Caracas
News of the afternoon shelling of Puerto Cabello fortress reached Caracas late at night. The event stirred considerable excitement and raised fears for Taken at the port despite police preventive measures.
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Caracas
Puerto Cabello
Germans Seek Refuge in American Legation in Caracas
The Caracas crisis deepens as German residents seek shelter at the U S Legation amid rising tensions with Britain and the Allies. British Legation to reopen under American flag. unrest grows as Venezuelan forces enlist and war talk intensifies.
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Caracas
United States
Legation
Bowen
W. W. Russell
University of
Valencia
Washington
Venezuela
Castro
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U. S. Grant
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Burnett
Pacific Cable
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Sugar Trust
Nova Scotia
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Maracaibo
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