Explosion wrecks Rome's Exchange shocking city
A massive blast at the Temple of Neptune site, now Rome's Stock Exchange, injured twenty clerks and disrupted end of month trading. Police considered bomb or gas explosion. crowds fled as dust filled the air and roof collapsed. Firemen and troops aided evacuations. most brokers had left before the detonation.
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Rome
Neptune
Hadrian
Agrippa
Stock’ Exchange
St. Peters
Xplo
Anay
Grater
Exchange
Neptaine
Piazzo’di V Pietra
If Adrian
Innocent
Times-Union Named State Official Notices Paper
Albany officials designate the Times-Union to publish New York State official notices for two years. The choice by Controller Glynn, Treasurer Hauser, and Secretary of State Whalen revives the paper’s prominence amid changes at The Albany Evening Union Company and ownerships tied to Edward Murphy and the Roswell Flower estate. Revenue estimates range from 1200 to 15000 dollars annually.
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Yorks Times
Albany
Times-Union
Glynn
Hauser
Whalen
Evening Journal
Argus
Martin Te Glynn
Albany Evening Union Company
Lst
Hher
Ihe Argus
Igus Company
Edward Murphy
Anthony N. Brady
Edward Murphy, Jr
Roswell P. Flower
Southern Railway May Remove Florida Trains This Winter
The Traffic Department recommends dropping fast Washington to Jacksonville Florida trains this winter due to reduced passenger travel and expense cuts. President Finley Vice President and General Manager Ackert are in the South assessing the situation before officers decide. Several local South trains will be withdrawn starting next Sunday as officials weigh continued express service.
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Stealalito
New York Times
Washington
Traffic Department
The
Southern Railroad
Florida
Jacksonville
Finley
Ackert
Southern
Widow has corpse exhumed for photograph at cemetery
Elizabeth Brown of 445 East 1st Street obtained a health permit to exhume her husband Ner man who died on December 4. At Woodlawn Cemetery the coffin was raised, the body photographed, and the grave resealed. Photographer Joseph Sigerist expects copies for Mrs Brown’s friends.
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Elizabeth Brown
East 1Wtth Street
Nerman
Woodlawn
Brown
Board of Health
Elevator crushes widow in Manhattan shaft
Mrs. Sarah Holt fifty five, widow of William Holt formerly with Fairbanks Scales Chicago, fell victim when an elevator car sank at 243 West 11th Street. Her dress snagged on iron, she was freed after minutes of effort and taken to Haarlem Hospital where doctors predicted she would die. Her son, A W Depew, a lawyer, was at her side.
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Sarah Holt
William H. Holt
Fairbanks Scales Company
Chicago
Claire
West 11Sth
Rioting between whites and blacks injures several near Fifty third Street
A clash of about twenty men at Fifty third Street and Eighth Avenue left Policeman Thomas Hayden stabbed five times and several others wounded. Hayden, weak from blood loss, was treated at Roosevelt Hospital. Barron and reserves restored order after a half hour struggle.
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Fifty-third Street
Eighth Avenue
Thomas Hayden
West Forty-seventh Street
West Fortyseventh Street
Hayeen
James Barron
Immem
Hayden
Belnge
Trayden
Barron
Haygen
Joseph P. Ryan
West Fifty-Sixth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
David Crawford
West Isga Street
Missing New Jersey attorney Peter Bentley sought in London
London reports describe Peter Bentley an attorney from Jersey City who vanished after leaving London to catch the Lusitania bound for New York. He left his office at 15 Exchange Place in October saying he would visit California to manage mining property. His brother and brother-in-law in Jersey City have no new information.
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London
Peter Bentley
New Jersey
Liverpool
Bentley
Cunard Line
New York
Lusitania
Exchange Place
Jersey City
California
John
J.m.rector
York Street
Jersey Avenue
England
San Francisco
Latest Shipping News from Antwerp to Nantucket Port
The steamer Kroonland reported by wireless from Antwerp was eighty miles off Nantucket at 11 p m yesterday and expected to reach her pier about 7 p m today.
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Kroonland
Antwerp
Marconi Wireless
Nantucket
Florida Information Bureau Brief at Broadway Corner
Florida Information Bureau note lists Broadway at 30th Street corner with South Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Public notice outlines service details and contact points for information inquiries.
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Florida
Burea
30Th St
Tris South
Atlantic Coast. Line Railroad
Subway Plan Approved for Broadway Lex Route in Manhattan
The Public Service Commission approved a $60,000,000 Broadway to Lexington Avenue subway plan for Manhattan and the Bronx. The route runs Battery Park north under Greenwich and Vesey Streets to Broadway and Canal Street, with cross-town Canal Street spur to connect with Broadway and the Manhattan Bridge. The commission urged early planning and potential bidding, noting phased construction and possible leases alongside the Fourth Avenue line.
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Commission
Manhattan
Bronx
City of
New York
Battery Park
Greenwich Street
Trinity Place
Church Street
Vesey Street
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Harlem River
Park Avenue
East 1Sth Street
Westchester Avenue
Pelham Bay Park
East 138Th Street
Mott Avenue
51St Street
151St Street
Gerard Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Clark Place
Woodlawn Cemetery
Canal Street
West Street
Manhattan Bridge
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners
Board of Estimate
Supreme Court
Twelfth Street
Lower Broadway
Post Office
McAdoo
Ninth Street
Eustis and
Maltbie
Suyvst
New York Central Railroad
Mott Haven
Forty-second Street
Battery
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Steinway Tunnel
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Fifty-ninth Street
Crosstown Subway
Rapid Transit Commission
Queens
Lexington Avenues
the Battery
Fourth Avenue Subway
Pictures by Wireless Across the Atlantic in 1908
Nevil Maskelyne, manager of the Anglo American Telegraph Creenway, says 1908 will bring the Poulsen wireless telephonic service across the Atlantic and a transatlantic Photographic news service. Photographs and sketches from Europe will be flashed to American papers at five minute intervals, including images of criminals for identification.
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Nevil Maskelyne
Anglo-American Telegraph Creenway
Poulsen
Poulsen Wireless
Atlantic
Europe
New Year Messages From Duke of Argyll and Chief Rabbi
The Duke of Argyll urges safeguarding individual merit to aid Christian socialism worldwide. Dr. Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, expresses hope that the coming year will be blessed by truth high aspirations and sterling achievements of nations seeking divine light.
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London
Duke of Argyll
Adler
British Empire
Record wireless distance messages from Sitka reach Mare Island and Point Loma
Five wireless telegraph messages arrived at Mare Island and Point Loma from Sitka Alaska setting a coast wide record. Sitka to Mare Island measures about 1850 miles while Sitka to Point Loma exceeds 1906 miles.
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Sitka
Alaska
Point Loma
Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island
British bankers hope for gradual 1908 improvement
A Special Cable from London reports leading financiers predicting a gradual and steady improvement in 1908. Sir Felix Schuster and Lord Michelham of Stern Brothers forecast better money markets contingent on American condition improvements. Sir M C Turner and J J H Carson expect a bright or satisfactory outlook if conditions normalize, while J Herbert Tritton cautions that improvement may be slow as cash demand and high rates persist.
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NEW York Times
London
Felix Schuster
Union Bank of London
Lord Michelham
Stern Brothers
America
M. C. Turner
Chartered Bank of India
Australia
China
J. J. H. Carson
Bank of Ireland
25 000 Sign the Pledge on Northwestern Railroad
The Northwestern Railroad reaches a milestone as 25,000 employees sign a temperance pledge becoming effective tonight. The move, driven by workers, aims to have all road personnel pledge abstinence, with teetotalers retained and drinkers leaving the company. The pledge will be sent to the railroad president once completed.
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New York Times
Omaha
Northwestern Railroad
Estes
Northb Western
Five Hurt When Streetcar Crash In Manhattan
Shortly before midnight a southbound Third Avenue car and a westbound Fourteenth Street car collided as crowded theatre-goers rushed home. Five people were badly injured, with John McCarthy and Julius Glies among the wounded. Bellevue Hospital treated victims. traffic halted about thirty minutes as cars were towed away.
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Fourteenth Street
Third Avenue
John McCarthy
East Twelfth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Rushley
Bellevue
Julius Glies
Marie Einstein
Harrison Street
Jersey City
James Gilligan
East Eleventh Street
Florist George Nicodemus Dies After Toast at Saloon
George Nicodemus a 40 year old florist of 205 Flushing Avenue Astoria collapsed and died at Albert Waruth’s saloon 456 Flushing Avenue after proposing a farewell drink to the old year. Friends cheered as he raised his glass, then suddenly fell pale and expired. death attributed to heart failure.
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George Nicodemus
Flushing Avenue
Astoria
Albert Waruth
Nicodemus
Assembly caucuses settle New York State Assembly leadership
In Albany New York caucuses chose James W Wadsworth Jr as Speaker and George M Palmer as minority leader with Merritt named majority leader prospect. Baxter failed to win re election as Clerk amid machine influence and Palmer attacked Governor Hughes partisan record.
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Albany
N. Y
Republic
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Livingston
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Park
Ray B. Smith
Onondaga
Henry C. Lammert
Kings
Frank W. Johnston
Erie
Archie E. Baxter
Mr. Smith
Onondaga County
Republican Committee
Col. Baxter
J. Sloat
Fassett
Chemung County
al Tonight
Smith
Baxter
Wadsworth
Merrit
Merritt
Palmer
Gov. Hughes
Assembly
New York
Supreme Court
Jesse R. Phillips
Allegany
George PH. Whitney
Saratoga
E. W. Hamm
Wayne
Raines
James A. Francis
Assemblyman
Hammond
Syracuse
St. Lawrence
Grand Army of the Republic
Repunaas. Beate
Ontario
Peete Vette B. Gleason
Delaware
Torpedo Boats Reach Para After Rough Atlantic Run
The torpedo boat flotilla ahead of the battle fleet arrived at Para from Port of Spain after a rough voyage with head seas. Delayed one day by bad weather, the flotilla will take on stores from the Arethusa and Stirling and depart January 3 for Pernambuco. They are five days behind schedule.
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Para
Brazil
Pec
Pacific
Port of Spain
Evei
Arethusa
Stirling
Pernambuco
Pope's Jubilee Opens Quietly as Past Gatherings Remembered
Rome reads the Pope's jubilee to begin tomorrow with no crowd spectacle. The pope recalled the 20 year mark since Leo XII's priestly jubilee when 200000 pilgrims gathered, contrasting with the modest opening of Pius' jubilee expected today.
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Rome
Leo XII
Pius
STILL QUAKES AT KINGSTON
Ernest May a New York steamship agent who just returned from Kingston Jamaica aboard the Prinz Augustine Wilhelm said residents remain anxious after shocks. He recounted a café incident where ice in his glass clinked ominously causing a man opposite him to flee without paying his bill.
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Ernest May
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Prinz Augustine Wilhelm
Mr. Jay
Canfield Leaves Saratoga Clubhouse Amid Oil Rumors
Richard A. Canfield announces retirement from his Saratoga Clubhouse role and ends the head gardener’s employment. He implies no clubhouse opening next summer and local friends suspect he will join John W. Gates in an oil venture, confirming earlier retirement rumors.
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New York Times
Saratoga
Richard A. Canfield
Canfield
John W. Gates
First Aid to a Greased Pig in New Brunswick
St Paul F Williams, secretary of the SPCA in New Brunswick, says the society will monitor a greased pig chase advertised for tomorrow. He plans to ask the manager to cancel it and warns an officer will be at the grounds to halt the exhibition at the first sign of suffering.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Paul F. Williams
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Captain murdered major in East Prussia
Captain von Goebel a German artillery officer confessed to killing Major von Schoenbreck on Christmas night in East Prussia. The major, returning home, confronted an intruder and died after a pistol misfired. Goebel faces court martial and possible execution by shooting in his garrison.
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Allenstein
Prussia
von Goebel
von Schoenbreck
von Schoenbeck
Wrecked Burlington Strands on Man o War Reef Near Blackwell's Island
The livestock transport Burlington ran aground on Man o War Reef off Blackwell's Island after losing its rudder while midstream. Captain Lewis and five crew were rescued by rowboat. tugs could not refloat her at high tide. Built 1869 for Pennsylvania Railroad, she later served as a river transport in the Spanish American War.
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Burlington
Man O’ War
Blackwell's Island
Jersey City
East Forty
Lewis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ivory Gavel Gift for Justice Spiegelberg
Members of the Republican Club of the Fifteenth Assembly District will present today an ivory gavel to Frederick Spiegelberg recently elected Justice in the Municipal Court District. Henry A. F will make a presentation speech with Parsons Congressman Olcott Saxe and Assemblyman Bennett expected to attend.
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Justice Spiegelberg
Republican Club
Fifteenth Assembly District
Frederick Spiegelberg
Henry A. F
Parsons
Olcott, Saxe
Bennetted
Child Dies After Dog Bite Attack
Four year old Frank Spinoc of 317 West Sixty seventh was hospitalized after a dog bit his finger while playing outside his home. He developed hydrophobia symptoms, salivation and convulsions, and died despite ambulance and surgeon efforts.
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Frank Spinoz
N Hospital
Frank Spinoc
West
Roosevelt Hospital
Wight
Sutton
Sige
Frank
After AWMUMMMAss the Scotch thet made all famous
Fragmentary OCR hints at a note about a historical group or event involving Scotch fame. Readable terms are scarce, leaving uncertain persons or places. The piece seems editorial or title-like with minimal recoverable facts.
New Year Revelers Fill Times Square With Noise and Confetti
Times Square erupts as 1908 arrives with electric ball drop on The Times Building. Crowds roam Broadway from Virinity Church to Times Square with rattles horns ticklers and confetti while police manage safety. Lost boy identified as Nineteen Ehundred and Seven is found by a deputy.
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Dobts Ferry
Broadway
Virinity Church
Yonkers
Ancierc
Times
West Forty-seventh Street
Times Square
Tiss
Ferty-s¢ Ond Street
Manhattan
Brons
Brooklyn
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Coffin
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Estimate Board
Tery
Public Service Commission
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Wireless
OLD World Greetings
Dr. Adler
Marconi
Northwestern Road
Ship
Speaker
Pope
Leo
Voyager
Anti-Cruelty Society
Chase
Merrymakers
Twenty-third Street
Formehr Broadway
I.H.S
Walsh
Ile
Forty-sixth Street
Tates
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