Germans Enter New York to Paris Auto Race
Berlin reports Germany has entered a 10 hp car in the New York to Paris race to start February 15 from Times Square. The Zeitung am Mittag will operate the Berlin built vehicle with Engineers Hans Knape and Ernest Maas handling the driving. The car travels by Hamburg to New York via ship Kaiserin Auguste Victoria arriving February 7.
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NEW York Times
Zeitung Am Mittal
Berlin
Ernest Maas
Imperial German ‘Automobile Club
Touring Club of
France
Europe
Zeitung ‘Am Mittag
European Committee
Hamburg
Jiavre
Zeitung Am Mittag
Koch Strasse
Kaiserin Auguste - Victoria
New York
Pons to Drive Car in New York to Paris Race
Albert de Laihacar, sole agent for Sizaire-Naudin in France and America, enters a car for the New York to Paris race with driver M. Pons. Six European entrants include three French, two Italian, one German. the German Portes car sails from Hamburg to New York. The French trio depart Paris January 28 to Rouen and Le Havre with welcomes planned. Russia’s Automobile Club backs the event with rewards and medals for records through the empire.
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New York
Paris
Chines
NEW York Times
Albert de Laihacar
France
America
Sizaire-Naudin Automobiles
M. Latnacar
Tres
M. Pons
Times Square
Berlin
Portes
Zeitung Am Mittag
Hamburg
Siberia
Havre
Rouen
St. Petersburg
Russian Automobile Club
Count Goudovitch
Russia
Driver from Nevada District Eyes New York to Paris Rally
R C Swentzel son of Rev C H Swentzel of Brooklyn aims to drive from New York to Paris in the transcontinental race. He claims to have mapped the route across America and Alaska and to have studied Siberian and European legs. He believes a Paris arrival by Christmas Day is possible.
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R. C. Swentzel
C. H. Swentzel
Brooklyn
Paris
Ito
Alaska
Unclear Transit Notice in City Rail Schedule
Fragmentary OCR notes list Charleston Summerville and South regions with times 9 25 A M and 2 10 P M. Mentions Penn Atlantic Coast Line routes and Bureau Broadway at 30th Street corner. Limited legibility. no clear event or date.
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Charleston
Summerville
South
Penn, & Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Florida
Buresu
B’way
Cor
30Th St
Dublin Castle Jewels Mystery Sows Royal Scandal Rumors
London dispatch reports a Dublin uproar over the missing jewels with Lordly names rumored as key suspects. The piece notes political maneuvering, possible plenary censure plans, and the Vice Regal Commission's closure amid renewed calls for accountability.
Dying Soldier Writes Farewell Letter Before Death
Samuel R Wingfield 30 a member of Company G 71st Regiment died in his lodgings at 232 Lexington Avenue after taking laudanum. He wrote farewell notes to Arthur Langerloff and Capt Henry Waslin, confessing a milk theft and expressing sorrow as his stomach worsened. He had been ill two weeks and worked at the New York Telephone Company on Dey Street.
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Arthur Vicars
Dublin
Samuel R
Wingfield
King Jaudanum
Emma Langerloft
Lexington Avenue
Seventy-first Regiment
Arthur Langerloft
Jel
Henry Waslin
New York
New York Telephone Company
Dey Street
Langerloff
Tempted by Bank's Gold: Youth Held for Theft
Isaac Fellowes, 17, a clerk at the Twelfth Ward Bank on 116th Street, is arrested for stealing 250 dollars. Manager John A. Olsen says Fellowes confessed the motive was temptation by the sight of money. Fellowes lives at 2118 Third Avenue and was placed in East 1st Street Station on grand larceny charges.
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John A. Olsen
116Th Street
Twelfth Ward
Isaac Fellowes
Olsen
Fellowes
East 1H Street
Third Avenue
Moses Roberts and Wife Killed Crossing Railroad Tracks
Moses Roberts aged 70 and his wife were struck and killed by a train on the Western Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad while crossing the tracks in a carriage. Roberts served as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in Rollins Ford New Hampshire.
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Rollins Ford
N. H
Moses Roberts
Western Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mr. Roberts
1 Percent Factories Imitate Stransky Ware
A user notes that some producers copy Stransky ware with the genuine label missing. The message questions why mediocre makers imitate the brand and warns the genuine product bears the STRANSKY name on the label.
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Stransky
Edmund Clarence Stedman Dies of Heart Disease at 74
Edmund Clarence Stedman, noted banker poet and editor known as the banker poet, died suddenly at his Broadway apartment aged 74. He was walking across his library when he collapsed from heart disease. a housekeeper found him dead before a physician arrived. Born 1833 in Hartford, Stedman rose from Yale and Norwich Tribune to publish acclaimed poetry and edit major magazines, later amassing wealth before facing reverses. His funeral plans include his late wife’s poem sung and family attendance, with tributes pouring in from literary and banking circles.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Bayard Bensor
George William Curtis
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Richard Watson Gilder
William Winter
Broadway
Mr. Stedman
Arthur Stedman
Ehhild
Laura Stedman
Stedman
New England
Hartford
Conn
Let
Edmund Burke
Elizabeth ‘Clementine Dodge Stedman
Aaron Cleveland
Yale
Westminster Abbey
brook+straint
Norwich Tribune
Laura H.de Woodworth
Herald of
New York
Vanity Fair
Putnam's Monthly
Harper's Magazine
The
New York World
the Tribune
Tribune
Gdt
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Emerson
Ladder
Stearn
Washington
McDowell
McClellan
Bates
Stock
Tower's $400 000 Offer in Divorce Case
New York attorney for Mrs. Mary Bogardus Tower releases John V. Rice Jr affidavit to Justice Mills ahead of January 23 alimony and counsel fees hearing in White Plains. Rice, builder of gasoline engines, says Tower planned to divorce for $400000 and would not leave much to wife from real estate if he died.
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The
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charles Morschauser
Mary Bogardus Tower
Albert E. Tower
John V. Rice, Jr
Justice Mills
White Plains
Rice
Bordentown
N. J
Tower
Loeb Named Director of Washington Street Railway
Allan J. McDermott elected President with Ward Theron as Vice President at the Washington Street Railway Company annual meeting. William Loeb Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, elected as Director and potential future president, with decisions awaiting the Taft era and the Republican National Convention.
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New York Times
Washington
Washington Street Railway Company
Allan J. McDermott
New Jersey
Ward Theron
William Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
McDermott
Theron
Loeb
Taft
Divorce Granted to Mrs Kaith Miller in White Plains
Final decree of divorce awarded to Mrs Kaith Miller of Manhattan from Hugh Miller of New York. Custody given to Mrs Miller of daughter Edith Gardiner Miller with alimony set at 1200 dollars yearly. Mrs Miller may recover costs against husband and co respondent Carlotta Knopf. Decree allows Mrs Miller to resume her maiden name and marry again as if husband dead.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Kaith Miller
Manhattan
Asa Hird Gardiner
Hugh Miller
New York
Andrew Miller
Horseman
Two Men Die In Gas Tank Fall In Hartford
Thomas Kelly of Camden New Jersey and William McAvoy of New Britain Connecticut died after a fight on a gas tank platform caused the rope to break and the narrow staging to fall. Two others on the platform escaped when they clung to bolts as the structure collapsed.
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New York Times
Hartford
Thomas Kelly
Camden
N. J
William McAvoy
New Britain Conn
Becam
Peily
McAvoy
Cruse Kempner Company
New Britain Gas Company
Verona milk dealer and son escape after trolley wreck
William A Coleman of Verona and his fifteen year old son narrowly avoided death when a wagon carrying them was struck by a trolley car on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair New Jersey. The horse was killed on impact and Coleman suffered serious injuries while his son escaped with minor injuries.
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Montclair
N. J
William A. Coleman
Verona
Bloomfield Avenue
Coleman
Apprentice Dies After Navy Prizefight on Cumberland
Newport R I Jan 18 Apprentice Seaman H A Hartnet and Naval Apprentice D M Manning fought eight rounds aboard the Cumberland in front of 300 personnel. Hartnet died from brain concussion after being knocked unconscious in the eighth round. Manning is held pending investigation ordered by Rear Admiral Merrell. Hartnet, 23, from Philadelphia, was acting master at arms. Manning hails from Middletown N Y.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
H. A. Hartnet
D. M. Manning
United States
Cumberland
Hartnet
Naval Hospital
John P. Merrell
Second Naval District
William F. Fullom
Harrnet
The
Manning
Harriet
Navy
Philadelphia
William F. Fillam
Washington
Middletown
N. Y
Breakfast Guests Halt by Astor Ward Ball Dilemma
Mrs. Orme Wilson hosted 200 guests at 2 East Sixty-fourth Street after a dinner dance for her sons Orme Jr and Thorton. Guests included friends of Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Vanderbilt. At 4 a.m. the crowd refused to leave, prompting a joke about breakfast as the musicians finally departed.
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Orme Wilson
Mrs. Astor
Mr. Wilson
Home
Prayer Heals 13 Year Old After Church Rally
The Newark New Jersey case notes Rev. T. Sherman Lumbar reporting a 13 year old girl with heart inflammation recovering after prayers offered Thursday night. Physician Dr. Sara W. Smalley observed the improvement aligning with the prayers though the child did not know of them. The child exclaimed she felt help despite not knowing prayer was requested.
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T. Sherman Lumbar
Just Pleasant Baptist Church
Newark
N. J
Lumbar
Sara W. ‘Smalley
Seaboard Florida Lid Service Ad Short Route
Advertisement notes best service to Pinehurst via Columbia Florida. Claims shortest route with emphasis on efficiency and direct path. Includes terse routing guidance and contact cue for travelers seeking quick transport options.
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Seaboard Florida
Best
Pinehurst
Columbia
Florida
Bryan May Withdraw From Democratic Nomination
Washington reports indicateWilliam J Bryan may decline the Democratic nomination at Denver. Opposition from prominent Southern and Northern leaders grows, with Bryan suggesting he would step aside for a candidate who can unite the party nationwide. Herman Ridder tours the South saying business leaders oppose Bryan and fear defeat.
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New York
Washington, Jan
Washington
William. Jennings! Bryan
Denver
Morton Daughters In Crash Near Sixth Avenue
Mrs Alice Morton Rutherford and Mrs Levi P Morton daughters were in a cab that collided with a truck at Sixth Avenue and Thirty third Street. The cab driver Cornelius Mulline age fifty four from Eastland Street was knocked unconscious and taken to New York Hospital. Neither woman was hurt. a diamond pin valued at 304 dollars and a sash belonging to Mrs Rutherford were recovered at the scene and later returned.
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Alice Morton Rutherford
Mark Twain Ill With Severe Cold At Home
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain lies in bed at his Fifth Avenue home since Thursday with a severe cold. He is under constant medical care. Doctors fear the illness may develop into pneumonia, a prior affliction of his.
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Wein
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark
Quintard
Mr. Clemens
Measles Death Toll Reaches 1463 in 1903 Nationwide
Harrisburg report from the State Department of Health shows 1,463 measles deaths in 1903, 1,240 among children under five. December alone recorded 2,807 cases, with measles killing 214 times more children than scarlet fever.
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New York Times
Harrisburg
Penn
Spring Weather Outlook From Weather Bureau in Washington
Weather Bureau reports a developing low pressure area moving east across the country, with temperatures rising over the eastern two thirds in the coming days. New York residents can expect balmy spring conditions with light winds and drivers warned that heavy clothing may feel uncomfortable for a period.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Teft
New York
Doctor acquitted in Oklahoma unwritten law murder case
Dr E Dakan was acquitted of murder by a jury that deliberated ten minutes in Surphus Oklahoma. He had killed John Mitchell six weeks earlier after finding him in his house.
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Surphus
Oklahoma
Jon
E. Dakan
Dakan
John Mitchell
Fresh spider eggs offered by Rocksounty producer
Country produce ad offers fresh spider eggs shipped daily from D Farber at 1265 Broadway with telephone 3700 Madison. Ady.
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My Farmer Rocksounty
D. Farber
Broadway
Madison
Conference to Plot Anti Bryan Move Draws National Democrats
A secret conference of old line Democrats will meet at the Waldorf Astoria to map a plan to counter Bryan if he is nominated. Attendees include Gov Holt of Georgia and ex Gov Douglass of Massachusetts along with other notable Democratic figures from the South and Northeast.
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Tpe
Cleveland
Astor Gallery
East
Denver
Gov. Holt. Smith
Georgi
Ger
Imide A. Swanson
Virginia
W.G. Douglass
Massachusetts
John T. McGraw
Chetman
Democratic State Comititte
West Virginia
Keney Gassaway Davis
Alton B. Parker
Richard Omeyoo
James Calvin Henphil
Charleston News and Courier
Charleston
S. C
Mr. Hemphill
Bryan
Palmer
Buckner
Sherman M. Craiger
Morgan J. O’brien
Appellate Division
South
Herman Ridder
Mr. Bryan
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Louisiana
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanier
Chanier
Chanler
Timest
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New York-to-Paris
Paris Matin
Pons
Sizaire-Naudin
Nevada
Son
Divine
Castile
London
York Times
Dublin Castle
Sir Arthur Vicars
Act
Liament
12Th Ward
Train
E. ¢. Stedman
Fell
Aiken
Augusta
Southern Ry. Sv
Ys Picars
Sam
Washington Line
Transatlantic Wireless
U. S
Orme Wilsons
Brian
West
Gov
Johnson F
Minnesota
Tloke Smith
Senator Culverson
Texas
Annah. Ga
William J. Bryan
New York Staats Zeitung
Rinder
Morton
Sixth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Mark Twain
Pennsylvania
Waldorf
Hearst
Cratic
Waldorf-Astoria
Joan Agar
Perry Belmont
James Byrne
Levis S. Chanter
Thomas F. Conwar
John D. Crimmins
Henry F. Dimock
Wiliam L. Douglass John R. Dunlop
Williaim A Bllison
Rictie “Ans
Austen G " Fox
AS Jated Gardiner
Yreneis
B. Garvan
Elgin R. L. Gonki
Forward M. Grit
James CC
Hemphill
Dd Cady Herrick
B.reem Jerome
Bryan L. Gane Jefferson ML Levy
Parker Or O'Brien
Conferrees
Judge Parker
Albany
William R. Hearst
William J. Conners
Thomas M Osborne
Hughes
William Lindsay
Jehan
McGraw Kewman Metz
Cord _Meyer
Robert
G. Monroe Morgan J. O’ Brieg
Petes
B. Olney
Richard Olney
Wiliam C
Osapern Timmas M Seb
Taibet Oivpraant
Aian H. Parker
Bn Freneis Kendleoom
Dawes J. Phelin
Tohn Quinn
Ite Ta Ridder
Dwar Mf Shepard
Tioxe Sneith
San, Nm
Stanchfield
Maud
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