Odell Begins Second Term as New York Governor
Governor Odell enters a second term in Albany in a ceremony viewed by thousands, riding a modest sleigh through the capital. He pledges cooperation between capital and labor, stresses taxation fairness, education, waterways, and prudent state spending in a broad inaugural address.
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New York Times
Albany
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
New York
David BR. Hill
Assembly
State Capitol
Odell Seeks Greater Freedom and Prosperity for New York
In his inaugural address Gov. Odell urges faithful governance for New York with a population over 7 million and vast agricultural and industrial capacity. He stresses expanding liberty, encouraging ambition, and leveraging intercommunication to unify the state while safeguarding life and property.
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Commonwealth
Union
Index to Departments and Page References
An index lists sections such as Amusements Arrivals Court Calendars Legal Notes Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails Railroads Real Estate Society Weather Report and Yesterday's Fires with page numbers for each category.
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Marine Intelligence
Weather Report
Westerday's
New York Cen Limited Misses A Gliding Hammock
Kittrick comments on the Century Limited while mentioning a gliding hammock between New York and Chicago as noted in the New Year's message dated January 3.
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New York
Chicago
Kittrick
Cable linking Hawaii and San Francisco completes splice
A Santa Francisco report states the Hawaii to San Francisco cable will be spliced to the shore end at the island before midnight and communication with Honolulu will then be opened. Advertisements note hair care and asthma remedies.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Honolulu
Schermerhorn, Noted New York Benefactor, Dies at 82
William Colford Schermerhorn, member of a storied New York family, died at 49 West Twenty-third Street after a brief illness of pleurisy. He was a Columbia trustee and donor to the universitys library and science buildings, leaving a widow and three daughters.
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West Twenty-third Street
Liberty Street
Sarah Schermerhorn
W. Bridgham
John
Jacob Janse Schermerhorn
New Netherland
Jacob
Schenectady
Schermerhorns
Johannes Schermerhorn
Arnout
Peter
William Colcord
Peter the Elder
Peter Schermerhorn
Brooklyn
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Schermerhorn and Company
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East River
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da Costa
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Francis Cottenet
France
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Lafayette Place
Fourth Street
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Caroline Astor
William Astor
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
City Club
Metropolitan Club
Knickerbocker Club
Whist Club
Columbia Alumni Association
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Woman Holds Up Detroit Coal Clerk With Revolver
A Detroit boarding house keeper entered the Stanley B. Smith & Co. coal office with a revolver and demanded a ton of anthracite. Clerk Sim J. Boden produced the order. she obtained the coal and drove to the yard. The woman claimed coal dealers were overcharging and noted the revolver was unloaded.
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New York Times
Detroit
Stanley B. Smith & Co
Sim J. Boden
Boden
Smith
Baden
Daily Stock Reports on the Pennsylvania Special Train
The four track news announces daily stock reports on the Pennsylvania Special twenty hour train to Chicago with stenographer at passengers service. Sold by newsdealers everywhere for five cents a copy.
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Chicago
Roosevelt Praised for Venezuelan Policy Worldwide
London Times and New York Times cables report the Venezuela crisis boosted U S prestige and support for Roosevelt. Paris Times correspondent notes Roosevelt helped Hague Court gain popularity and Britain may follow his lead after exposure to German manipulation.
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New York Times
London
Paris
Times
United States
Roosevelt
the Hague
Runaway Horses Dash Through Midtown Streets Then Halt
A coach drawn by horses bolted after a collision with a north bound Eighth Avenue car at Thirtieth Street. The team dragged the wrecked coach into two cabs on Thirtieth near Broadway and then escaped toward Madison Avenue before being stopped by Patrolman Croker. Driver Thomas Irwin jumped clear as the car neared. The horses, owned by William Farrell, were pursued by police from Thirtieth Street Station but they tired and were captured on Madison Avenue.
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Thirtieth Street
Madison Avenue
Broadway
Croker
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Sixth Avenue
William Farrell
West Thirty-third Street
Thomas Irwin
West Forty-third Street
Irwin
Boy Kills Brother in Accidental Rifle Shooting
In Montclair New Jersey January 1 thirteen year old William Horrax is killed by his fifteen year old brother Gilbert in an accidental rifle shooting. The brothers had Christmas rifles loaded for sparrow hunting and while fooling around the guns discharged. Both rifles were thought empty. Gilbert was not detained as officials deemed the act unintentional.
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Montclair
N. J
William Horrax
Gilbert Horrax
Edwin Horrax
Broadway
New York City
Park Street
Willie
Ball Given in a Barn at Shelburne Farms Dedication
At Shelburne Farms Burlington Vermont guests of W S Webb attended a dedication ball in the new coach barn. Seventy five couples danced in transformed carriage rooms with holly and laurel decorations. The brick fireproof barn measures 110 by 146 feet and cost about 100000 dollars, housing twenty nine horses.
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New York Times
Burlington
Shelburne Farms
W. S. Webb
W. D. Sloane
Malcolm Sloane
G. Creighton Webb
Louis Webb
Frank Webb
Laura Webb
George Bird
J. H. Purdy
Shelburne House
No Need for Anxiety in Transcontinental Telegram Route
Readable fragment notes dispatch of letters and telegrams en route aboard the 20 hour Pennsylvania Special leaving New York daily for Chicago. This terse item hints at staged mail flow and railroad service patterns of the era.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Fealty to Emperor Pledged at Delhi Durbar
Tens of thousands gathered on the Delhi plain as Lord Curzon proclaimed King Edward as Emperor of India. The durbar featured princes in rich attire, cavalry escorts, and a formal proclamation with the royal salute. Curzon’s address promised prosperity, loan relief to native states, and abolition of the Indian Staff Corps while noting future visits by the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Lore
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Maxwell
Faward
Inaian Staff Corps
T.ord. Curzon
Prince
Princess of Wales
Durbar
King Edward
Tady Curzon
Dsichess
Begum of Fhonas
Duke of Cornaneht
Lord Kitchener
Viceregal remark angers British furniture dealers
Lord Curzon drew protests from London furniture dealers after a disparaging allusion in his Delhi opening speech. The remark touched Tottenham Court Road furniture trade, sparking widespread objection among merchants and public figures alike.
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Delhi
California in Four Days from New York
Travel ad notes fastest route to California in four days aboard the Overland Limited via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific with bus connections. Offices listed at 461 Broadway, 287 Broadway, and 349 Broadway.
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New York
Overland Limited
Chicago
Veterans at the Durbar Honor Indian Empire Proclamation
A London dispatch reports six hundred Sepoy Mutiny veterans attended King Edward’s proclamation as Emperor of India at the durbar. Europeans wore mufti or old uniforms, natives in plain robes. A centenarian veteran and a 1836 recruit who was wounded four times highlighted the age and loyalty of those present.
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London
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Mdia
Durbar
Delhi
The
Times
Youth on Ice Floe Plays Deathbed Conviction to Live
Rudolph Becker, 17, intended suicide after New Year celebration. He plunged into the river but landed on a lake of ice and drifted for three hours amid slush and floating ice. After daylight he crawled to solid ice and reached shore, collapsing as Patrolman Steinberg found him.
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ST. Louis
Rudolph Becker
Rudolph
Becker
Steinberg
New Yorker Chef Killed by Pennsylvania Express
Henry Richard Fisher of New York City was struck by an east bound express train near Ridge Avenue Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad and killed instantly. An experienced chef, he had worked in several New York hotels and was reportedly walking toward New York when death occurred. The coroner was notified and the body taken to the morgue. an insurance policy with Prudential Life Insurance Company showing $125 premium was found among his effects.
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Henry Richard Fisher
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ridge Avenue
New York
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Suits Over Washington Realty In London Investor Case
Mrs. Louisa Smoot of London sues Senator Proctor and others for more than 500000 dollars claiming property taken to satisfy her husband’s debts and seeks profits from its use since the seizure. The suit notes her husband was a Senate page during Daniel Webster's era and later a stock and property speculator who failed and moved to London.
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York Times
Washington
Louisa Smoot
London
Senator Proctor
Education in the Philippines Change at the Helm
Frederick Atkins of Massachusetts retires as Superintendent of Education for the Philippines. Elmer B. Bryan of Indiana succeeds him. Bryan, among the first American teachers there, has taught in Indiana and Manila and served as Principal of the Normal School and Acting Superintendent.
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Indiana
Frederick Atkins
New York Times
Washington
Massachusetts
Philippines
Elmer B. Bryan
Bryan
Normal School
Manila
Middleville farmer ends life in family tragedy
Sanford Ketcham a Middleville farmer shot himself at midnight after kissing his wife and each of his four sleeping children goodbye. The fatal act occurred as the family slept, leaving the village of Northport in shock. The note follows a narrative line about travel ads from the era.
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L. L
Jan. L
Sanford Ketcham
Middleville
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Teases Tasty Pigs
An advertisement extols Deerfoot Farm Sausages made from tender pork and spices urging readers that only their product is perfect and warning to beware of imitations.
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Deerfoot Farm
Greene suspends six police officials in New York
General Francis V. Greene becomes NYC Police Commissioner and, within hours, suspends one inspector and five captains, transfers two captains, promotes three officers, and orders district inspectors to base in their districts while holding them strictly accountable for subordinates.
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John N. Partridge
New York City
Mulberry Street
Donald Grant
James Gannon
Charles Street
Henry Helpin
Church Street
John J. Herlihy
Thirty Fifth Precinct
Alexander Avenue
William Haughey
Twenttieth
West Thirty-seventh Street
Inspector Grant
Gen. Greene
Owill
Bureau
Titus
Col. Partridge
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