Roosevelt invites Canada and Mexico to North American conservation conference
President Roosevelt announces a plan for a February 18 1909 conference in Washington to discuss conserving North America natural resources. Gifford Pinchot will deliver invitations to Canada and Mexico and meet officials in Canada and Mexico City. The effort follows prior conservation conferences with state governors and aims to foster cooperation across borders.
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Washington
White House
North America
Roosevelt
Canada
Diaz
Mexico
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
United States
Pinchot
Mexico City
Taft
Earl Grey
Supreme Court
Toth Houses of
Congress
National Commission
Government of
Republic of Mexico
Natural Resources of
United States Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Balloon meet in St Louis eyed for world center status
Capt. T S Baldwin of the Aero Club of America arrives in St Louis to plan September balloon exhibitions and elimination contests for the James Gordon Bennett Cup. He says St Louis can be the balloon center of the world, with ideal long flight grounds and favorable winds.
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New York Times
T. Louis
St. Louis
T. S. Baldwin
The
Aero Club of America
New York
Baldwin
United States
Run Away With Nellie the Grocery Wagon Horse
Nellie a big bay mare from James Butler’s grocery on Amsterdam Ave and 140th St ran away with a wagon load of groceries and 9 year old Arthur Rowitzer. They returned to the West 120th Street stable where Arthur told the tale between naps of food and water, recounting a long nighttime ride toward Riverdale and back to Amsterdam Avenue.
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Nellie
James Butler
Amsterdam Avenue
140Th Street
Arthur Rowitzer
Butler
West 120Th Street
Young Arthur
Arthur
Bronx
Jim Clifford
Broadway
Riverdale
New York
Amsterdam _Avenue
Nélise
France Grows Still Richer in 1908 Wealth Report
Paris reports that despite general trade slowdowns in 1908 due to reduced American demand, France's wealth rose significantly. M. Leroy Beaulieu cites annual foreign income of 360 million dollars and an estimated national wealth of 45 billion dollars, with hidden gold and securities likely much higher. Bank of France gold holdings reached 700 million dollars, the strongest on record, while trade balances swung in France's favor and taxes rose to fund a record 1909 budget amid railroad purchases and Moroccan costs.
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Paris
France
M. Leroy Beaulieu
India
Bank of France
Western
Morocco
Thought Flashlight Fire Triggers City Alarm
A Christmas tree photo flash at 400 West Thirteenth Street caused a false fire alarm on Thirteenth Street and Eighth Avenue. Photographer Henry Romer visited 400 West Thirteenth Street to shoot the tree for Geoby Gel and unintentionally sparked excitement when a passing boy reported an explosion. Fire crews responded to the box at Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue amid a growing crowd.
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Geoby Gel
West Thirteenth Street
Thirteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Mr. Gel
Henry Romer
Romer
Topler
Charles Street
Fourteenth Street
Eighth Venue
Prophet Spangler vanishes after end of world prediction
Nyack New York December 27. Lee J Spangler known as the Prophet failed to summon Saints as predicted. His white robed followers searched stations and Oak Hill Cemetery while about 160 townspeople jeered. He left town at dawn amid anger at the hoax.
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New York Times
Nyack
N. Y
Lee J. Spangler
Prophet
Mr. Spangler
Isaiah
Spangler
Oak Hill Cemetery
Supt
Halsted
New York City
South Mountain
Stokes says church harms or helps in socialism talk
New York financier J G Phelps Stokes told a New Haven audience that the church does about as much harm as good. He explained he inherited wealth and now lives on his earnings while giving his fortune to advancing socialism. He predicted the people will direct the country and become socialists.
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New Haven
Conn
J. G. Phelps Stokes
New York City
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale
Mr. Stokes
Steinert Hall
Driverless Auto Stolen Then Damaged By Freight Car
A New York Transportation Company car was stolen from Forty ninth Street and Eighth Avenue last night around 10:30. Police found the car driving unaided on West End Avenue and crashing into a freight train on the New York Central line. It was recovered and returned to the garage after repairs. Police suspect a cab strike sympathizer. chauffeurs had refused to strike.
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New York Transportation Company
Fortyninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Finnerty
Policeman Hines
Sixty-first Street
West End Avenue
Sixty-second Streets
West Sixty-eighth Street
Fishing Tug Rhine Sinks Against Pier in Frankfort Gale
FRANKFORT Mich Dec 27 The Rhine fishing tug sank after crashing into a harbor pier during a gale. The incident occurred as the vessel attempted to enter port amid rough seas and strong winds. No further details on injuries or salvage were immediately available.
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Frankfort
Mich
Rhine of
Hempl Deciphers Etruscan Inscriptions reshaping Rome history
Stanford professor George Hempl asserts a key to 8000 Etruscan inscriptions, with only fifty readable, suggesting Etruscans and Latins shared a common origin and that current Italian ancient history and Latin grammar require major revisions. Dr. Jordan, Stanford president, endorses the impact on Rome and Greece histories.
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Hempl
Stanford University
Cal
George Hempl
Leland Stanford Junior University
Hemp
Italy
Hempi
Jordan
Rome
Greece
Long Hunt for Rare Serum in New Jersey Patient
Dr Samuel Harris of Orange Memorial Hospital spent five hours in the city seeking serum for cerebro spinal meningitis. He failed at Flower Hospital Presbyterian and Bellevue before Roosevelt Hospital provided the serum. Harris returned to Orange with the treatment for Tony Sandal of Valley Road Orange. The serum was discovered by Dr Simon J Flexner at Rockefeller Institute about a year ago.
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Samuel Harris
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orange
N. J
Flower Hospital
Presbyterian
Bellevue Hospitals
Board of Health
Harris
Roosevelt Hospital
Grimshaw
Orange Hospital
Tony Sandal
Valley Road
Simon J. Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
First Avenue
Sixty-second Street
New Flea Species Found By Dr. Carroll Fox In Plague Research
Philadelphia native Dr. Carroll Fox of the Marine Hospital Service reports discovering a new flea species linked to bubonic plague research. The eyeless, six-toothed, light brown insect leaps well and resides on rat hosts. Fox has not yet named the species.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Carroll Fox
San Francisco
Fox
Marine Hospital Service
Death by electricity slow says Roebling engineer
Allen B Walsh electrical engineer at Roebling works in Trenton says death from electric shock can take hours if the body is left unattended. He recalls a several thousand volt shock where the man revived after hours and later walked home. He notes two men were executed by electricity recently with death within an hour due to no revival efforts.
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Trenton
N. J
Allen B. Walsh
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Walsh
Roebling
Mr. Walsh
Church loan department to aid all in need plans announced
The Rev. Jacob E. Meeker of Compton Hill Congregational Church in St. Louis will start the New Year with changes to boost church impact. A loan department will help worthy individuals regardless of church membership, avoiding charity stigma. He will limit night sermons to once monthly, using remaining Sunday evenings for music art and literature.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Jacob E. Meeker
Compton Hill Congregational Church
Compton Hill
Rector's 10 Have a $100000 Home Plans 8 Story Building
Rector's Restaurant plans a new eight story stone building on the site of the two story Broadway landmark. Charles E Rector aims to expand dining capacity and create upper story private apartments, with a $700000 budget and a January 1 1910 opening.
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Rector’s
Broadway
Charles E. Rector
Astor
Knickerbocker
Rector
Charles T. Barney
New York
Sherry’s
Elmonico’s
West Forty-fourth Street
Schloss
Forty-fourth Street
George
The
Res
Cornell Taurant University
New York City
Société Des Cuisiniers
Paris
Convict Foils Escape Plan at New Jersey Prison
In Trenton on December 27 a convict named James Roberts of Essex County dropped a brittle white page at a keeper to aid his bid to escape during dinner line formation. He hid a knife and rope under his workbench and aimed to slip out and scale the wall before alarm. He confessed after his tools were found and now wears a ball and chain to prevent further escape attempts.
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New York Times
Trenton
James Roberts
Essex County
Roberts
Ill-fated blast injures Belmont people at Belleview
Infrared report from Irmont West Virginia describes a serious accident near Belleview where Oscar Hart and three companions were badly burned after a cigarette ignited mine powder. Several others suffered injuries from flying glass in the blast. The victims were likely fatally harmed by the blast and ensuing flames.
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Irmont
West Va
Oscar Hart
Belleview
Severe quake rocks Virginia City Montana in weeklong tremors
A heavy earthquake struck Virginia City Montana at 430 PM amid a week of seismic activity. The electric plant ten miles away was knocked out and telephonic lines were disrupted leaving the extent of damage unknown. Residents report darkness and alarm as more than thirty shocks have been recorded since last week.
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Virginia City
Mont
Young Choate in auto crash near 127th Street
Joseph H. Choate Jr was northbound on St Nicholas Avenue with two friends when at 127th Street he swerved to avoid a taxicab turning south from 127th Street. The collision was avoided but Choate and companions were shaken. taxicab chauffeur James C. Marsh of 186 West 1334 Street was jailed at West 125th Street Station for traffic regulation violations.
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Joseph H. Choate, Jr
St. Nicholas Avenue
127Th Street
Mr. Choate
James C. Marsh
West 1334
West 125Th Street
Taft rests in Georgia cottage as delegates plan visit
Augusta Georgia December 27 President elect Taft rested all day in his cottage and did not attend church as usual He will receive a delegation from Atlanta tomorrow members who will request a definite date for Taft's visit Frank E Hitchcock Republican National Committee chairman and future Postmaster General will arrive Tuesday for a conference with the President elect.
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Augusta
Taft
Atlanta
Frank E. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Rogers Gifts Include Gothic Communion Set for Fairhaven Church
Boston December 27 Henry H Rogers adds a high art four piece communion set to the Rogers Memorial Church at Fairhaven, a memorial to his mother. He also orders brass doors and a baptismal font in a special design, with the doors costing twenty thousand dollars.
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New York Times
Boston
Henry H. Rogers
Rogers Memorial
Fairhaven
Vision of Joan Appears to Pope in Rome
The Italia reports a sensational vision in which Joan of Arc spoke to the Pope during prayer after beatification decree. She urged continuation of his policy and promised future triumph. The Pope emerged pale and silent for several days after the apparition.
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Rome
Italia
Joan of Arc
Holy Father
Chinatown Fire On Five-Story Tenement At 39 Mott Street
A blaze on the top floor of 39 Mott Street in Chinatown caused a panic among residents. Police officers and detectives battled a frantic crowd of tenants and saved women and children as fire crews contained the fire, with damage totaling $500.
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Mott Street
Chinatown
Naughton
Madden
John J. McNally
Elizabeth Street
McCarthy
Sergi. McCarthy
Burke
Lynch
Guggenheim Pledges Huge Gift to Sydenham Hospital
Isaac Guggenheim visits Sydenham Hospital at 339 East 116th Street and announces he will contribute as much as all other subscribers combined for 1909. The hospital expands due to buying four adjoining buildings. Lee Shubert lends the Lyric Theatre for a benefit performance on Sunday January 10 in memory of Sam Shubert.
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Isaac Guggenheim
Sydenham Hospital
East 116Th Street
Lee Shubert
Lyric Theatre
Sam Shubert
Jewelry valued at $6000 stolen from Mrs Patterson
In Paris on December 27 a jewelry theft worth $6000 occurred from Mrs Ely Patterson formerly Miss Schmitt of St Louis. Police say an arrest has been made in connection with the case.
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Paris
Ely Patterson
St. Louis
Miss Schmitt
Police Permit Only Tame Vaudeville in New York Theatres
New York City vaudeville houses faced police scrutiny and altered programs as officials enforced Sunday viewing rules. Managers cut revue acts for lectures and educational pieces while performers faced arrests for costume appearances.
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Angel
Dr. Fox
Plans Church Loan Office
Restaurateur
Times Square
Montana
Young Choate
Hitchcock
H.h.rogers
Rogers Memorial Church
Pope
Joan
Maid of Orleans
Moving Picture
Cliff Gordon
American
William Morris
Gordon
Maher
West Thirty-seventh Street
Cleary
John Pinkler
Hughes
Ireland
Columbus
Isabelle
America
Faust Brothers
Pendleton
Hammerstein
Victoria
Europe
Mim
Iceland
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Bowery
Lennon, Windsor
Miner Theatres
People's
Grand Street Theatres
Delancey Street
Fir Place
the of
Christ
East Fifth Street
East Third Street
Max Markowitz
Thalia Theatre
Anard Young
Cosume
Tenderloin
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue
Lucy Weston
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