Mysterious Jersey shore death identification questioned
A body found in Five Points Pond near Harrison New Jersey is identified by Mrs Frank Hull as Mrs Agnes Young a hotel former bank customer who traveled with Charles Myers to New Jersey for a boat trip. Hull’s statements raise questions as to the identification and alibi.
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Five Points Pond
Harrison
N. J
Frank Hull
West 104Th Street
Agnes Young
Jersey City
Newark
Charles Myers
Myers
New Jersey
Vicars
Hull
Frank B. Hull
New York
Young
Ansonia
Seventy-third Street
Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria
Angonia
Wung
Youn
Brooklyn
Mrs. King
Montrose Street
180Th Street
Agnes
Columbus Avenue
104Th Street
Twenty-third Street
Pennsylvania
Mr. Myers
Fortythird Street
Farman’s Record Flight Circles 4 Kilometers Without Ground Touch
Paris December 30 Henry Farman flew four kilometers in a closed circle without touching the earth today. He then planned a repeat attempt in front of an Aero Club commission to win a $1000 Archdeacon prize. Farman, fresh from month long improvements, kept the plane ten feet above ground and landed where he started.
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New York Times
Paris
Henry Farman
Aero Club
Archdeacon
Farman
New York
Trnes
Lady Warwicks Plans for America Lectures
The Countess of Warwick said she will leave for America in late February and begin her lecture tour in March. She declined details on topics and management, noting she will not lecture on English society and plans to engage with ordinary classes during her visit.
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NEW York Times
London
Countess of Warwick
America
Last Day for Roosevelt St Gaudens Twenty Dollar Coins
The New York Times reports that on December 31 1907 the Philadelphia Mint will stop using the original Roosevelt St Gaudens twenty dollar die printed with Roman numerals MCMVII. Arabic 1908 will appear on the coins. Original dies produced about 8 000 coins so far and the Mint adopted a lower relief design to speed up production reaching 5 000 to 8 000 daily while the Roman numeral dies continue slowly printing about 8 000 to date.
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Newe
York Times
Wagton
Philadelphia
Roosevelt-St. Gaudens
Albany Legislature opens with many vacancies and nominations
Legislators gather in Albany as eighteen Assembly committee chair vacancies emerge following the recent campaign. Merritt of St. Lawrence is favored for Ways and Means, Murphy and Hammond vie for Cities, Fowler could chair Electricity Gas and Water, Green may lead General Laws, Wainwright eyed for Railroads, Draper and Weber considered for Insurance, Surpress seeks the post, with two Rules seats open as Moreland and Prentice depart.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly Committee
Wadsworth
Ways and Means Committee
House
Merritt
St. Lawrence
Phillips
Allegany
Murphy
Kings
Hammond
Onondaga
Fowler
Ulster
Electricity, Gas, and Water Supply
Green
Ings
Wainwright
Westchester
Draper
Niagara
Weber
Surpress
Rules
Moreland
Chemung
Prentice
New York
Wreckage Falls Ashore After Collision Off New Jersey Coast
Beachside salvage reports from Forked River and Harvey Cedars Life Saving Station indicate a likely collision at sea. Two lifeboats washed ashore, one capsized, another torn from its davits. A 22 foot yawl bearing maker R A Morgan Conn was found at Harvey Cedars with no identifying mark.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Harvey Cedars
Barnegat
R.A. Morgan
Conn
Dewey Wy Wins Case Against Neews New York Firm
A legal decision favors Dewey Wy in a dispute with 80 & Sons Co. of New York. The case centers on a Puissance Bt matter, with the court issuing a ruling in the city. Further details unavailable in the fragment.
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Dewey Wy Wines
Pew Vwey & 80 & Sons Co
Case Puitonse Bt
Neews
York
Woman Nurse Alice Harvey Found Dead After Warrant News
Alice Maud Harvey, a trained English nurse, disappeared Christmas afternoon from Prospect Street White Plains. Police tied her death to personal crisis after a Newark warrant for Dr J A Taff’s abandonment reached her. Her body was found in a field near Purdy's Woods with a carbolic acid bottle and a letter to a Mrs Anderson. Autopsy expected in White Plains.
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New York Times
White Plains
Alice Maud Harvey
J. O. Hobby
Prospect Street
Harrison
N. J
Mamaroneck
New Jersey
Newark
Manhattan
J. A. Taff
Nettie
Mrs. Hobby
Miss Harvey
Hobby
George Purdy
Rosedale
Purdy
Arthur
Mab
George Anderson
East Orange
Anderson
Harvey
Mrs. Anderson
Dr. Taff
Taff
Blackwell's Island
Breen
Jefferson Market Court
Mysterious Breach Reported in Local Ledger
Fragmentary note from the BNO entry mentions Act 20 and a BenS Sepe ILE completion with Mare. Details are unclear, but the brief hints at a formal action or project tied to a regional authority and a named entity. Further readable context is needed for precise interpretation.
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BNO
Woman’s quick act saves two boys from live wire
In Brooklyn last night a telephone line fell across a trolley wire trapping two boys on Kent Avenue. John Daly and Wille Lynch were shocked trying to free them as others fled. A single woman removed her rubber gloves and used them as mitts to free the boys and tie the live wire to a post. Both boys were taken to Williamsburg Hospital with burns.
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Johnnie Daly
Metropolitan Avenue
Wille Lynch
Kent Avenue
North Second Street
Brooklyn
John Lenehan
North Fifth Street
James Dugay
North Third Street
Greenpoint Avenue
Gap Up
Williamsburg
Mrs Glyn Considers Staging Her Own Princess Role
Mrs Glyn has not abandoned Three Weeks amid Nazimova's decline to appear. She contends she could act the Princess herself and seeks a manager to mount the drama. The author has discussed casting with several actors as Shubert talks drag on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Sucget
Kingston Smallpox Epidemic Continues In December
Kingston New York reports a six week smallpox epidemic now confirmed as smallpox by the State Health Commissioner. It marks the third outbreak this year with the first in June imported by brick yard workers, the September “camp meeting” outbreak with about twelve cases, and a November rise traced to hop pickers returning from New York. Fourteen of eighteen inmates in the discover ed house were affected.
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New York Times
Kingston
N. Y
Porter
Board of Health
Groves
New York
Johnson Seeks 60 Million for City Ownership Plan
Cleveland Ohio December 30 Mayor Tom L Johnson asks the Ohio Legislature through the Cuyahoga County delegation to explore financing methods to raise sixty million dollars for his municipal ownership program. Delegation members say winter session could permit either method to fund the electric lighting gasmaking and street railway operations as he recently announced.
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New York Times
Cleveland
OfMio
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Hughes Strong in Indiana
Indianapolis dispatch reports Republicans examining Fairbanks delegates to the National Convention show only two friendly to Taft. If Fairbanks withdraws, twenty eight delegates would back Governor Hughes. Beveridge leans to Taft. Guthrie members support Beveridge, shaping Indiana’s convention slate.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Taft
Gov
Hughes
Beveridge
Guthrie
Fourth
Indiana
Hughey
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Raise Public Health Concerns
As consumer health awareness grows, demand for purer, cleaner food increases. The report highlights worries about contamination, safety, and the need for stricter standards in local sausage production and sale.
Mrs Sage Funds Governor's Room Restoration Plan
The Historical Society reveals John McComb origin plans for City Hall Governor's Room as Mrs Sage offers up to 25000 dollars for a faithful restoration. Borough officials consider McKim Mead White review but require Art Commission approval. A committee led by Frank D. Miller Arnold V Brunner Walter Cook and John E Pine will oversee plans for charter sanctioned restoration.
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John Metis
Borough
Ahearn
McKim, Mead & White
McClellan
de Forest
New York
Olivia Sagr
Rote v. de Forest
Theate Command
Sage
Historical Society
Frank D. Miller
Arnold V. Brunner
Walter Cook
John E. Pine
Art Commission
Mr. Cook
Land cases quashed in Denver coal land probe
Judge Robert E. Lewis freed eighteen defendants charged with illegally acquiring coal lands in Colorado under the dummy entry man system. He ruled the government’s theory wrong and quashed all indictments except one. Ernest Knaebel said the cases would go to the U.S. Supreme Court by writ of error within thirty days.
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Denver
Col
Robert E. Lewis
United States
Colorado
Federal Grand Jury
Lewis
Ernest Knaebel
United States Supreme Court
Resumption of Work Sweeps Pottsville Plants
More than a thousand workers at the Eastern Steel Company in Pottsville return to five day weeks as orders for structural steel signal brisk spring building. Pottstown sees Stanley G Flagg Company begin operations in one department, with others expected soon. Bramgate Dye Works and Champion Silk Mills restart after holiday shutdown. Schuylkill Valley Bridge Works plans to begin shortly.
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Pottsville
Penn
Eastern Steel Company
Pottstown
Stanley G. Flagg Company
Bramgate
Champion
Schuylkill Valley
Mills Return to Full Time in New England Shifts
North Attleborough jewelry shop resumes full-time operation at George L. Paine Co after weeks on short time Saxonville Woolen Mills also restart full operations with fifty four hours weekly and about six hundred workers employed The Brown Mills of American Woolen Co in Dover Maine begin a four day ten hour schedule in a brief restart note.
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North Attleborough
Mass
Sevral
Theeorge L. Paine Company
Saxonville Woolen Mills
Saxonville
Dover
Brown Mills
American Woolen Company
Rida and Resorts Ad Promotes Broadway Booklet
An advertisement for Rida and Resorts highlights Air Pin route options and a booklet at 1,183 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rida
Broadway
Descent of an Electric Ball Marks New Year 1908 Arrival
Times Square and the Times Building will glow tonight to mark the birth of 1908 with a five foot diameter illuminated ball dropping from the tower. The event uses 216 electric lamps and signals the year’s arrival as the youngster’s name flashes to the town’s four corners.
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Times Square
New York
Times
Governor Guild Missed Taft Banquet
Shaking heads in Boston as Gov. Guild did not attend a merchants association banquet planned about a month earlier. He left Massachusetts for the South and hoped to return after Christmas, then returned briefly before Christmas. He later attended a luncheon at the Quin Club for Lena Dolliver and Greensman Shirley of Kentucky, with state officers and association members present.
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Stedalse
Massachusetts
South
Boston
Merchants’ Association
Quin Club
Lena Dolliver
Greasman Shirley
Kentucky
Ts’ Association
Taft
Fire at Annapolis endangers senior middies
A blaze at Annapolis on the 22d inst damages the quarters of an examining officer and threatens the progress of senior midshipmen nearing completion of their second year of sea service and commissions as ensigns.
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Washington
Annapolis
Ocean Liner Mount Royal Long Overdue From Antwerp
The Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Mount Royal, left Antwerp December 7 for this port with a large cargo and 84 immigrants, is nearly a week overdue. It is not a fast ship, nineteen days is the longest prior voyage, and several days less is typical. A theory suggests machinery trouble. officials fear coal and food supplies may run short before contact is reestablished.
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T. John
N. B
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mount Royal
Antwerp
Golf accident spurs Yale pairing Winslow and Carrington
Invitations were issued in New Haven for the January 15 wedding of Burnside Winslow of Philadelphia and Miss Helen Carrington of New Haven. Winslow, two year Yale baseball captain, and Carrington, former National women's golf champion, became engaged after a golf links accident when she struck him as a freshman, prompting their betrothal before his course finished.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Burnside Winslow
Philadelphia
Yale
Helen Carrington
John B. Carrington
Whitney Avenue
Winslow
Miss Carrington
Capt. Winslow
Mr. Winslow
War supplies for Japan ship to Iquique line
Passengers aboard the Kosmos Inez Neko report that Japan is buying large saltpetre and yucca from the Iquique region. A 6000 ton class Japan Iquique line is sailing with full cargoes. Yucca yields picric acid used in shimose powder for war, enhancing Japanese explosive capability in the Russia conflict.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Iquique
Chile
Japan
Russia
Fortuna Leaves Trinidad for Hampton Roads
The collier Fortuna, once in port with United States battleships, sailed for Hampton Roads this afternoon from Port of Spain Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port OF Spain
Fortuna
United States
Hampton Roads
Storm Rages Through Norfolk Amid Coastal Outages
A fierce storm on the Atlantic coast grips Norfolk and nearby Virginia and North Carolina tonight. The city suffers partial darkness with winds up to forty miles per hour and higher along the coast. Cape Henry and lighthouses report outage and coastal conditions are largely unknown.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
Cape Henry
Taft Defends the President and the Panic
Secretary Taft defends Roosevelt era policies and says guilty trust managers used the Panic to attack honest business. He spoke in Boston to the Merchants Association and ministers, outlining panic causes and critics while avoiding election talk.
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Roosevelt
New York Times
Boston
William H. Taft
Merchants’ Association
United States
Jews of the
Aft
Taft
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SS. St. Laurent
Havre
Peo
Johnson
Ohio Legislature
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Mrs. Roeee
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Seciety
John McComb
Eastern Steel, Co
New England
GUILD
Trinidad
Haan
Park How
Guste
Pawars
Eon
Iles
Ad Qrpital
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