Mark Smith Dominates Arizona Voice in Congress
Arizona Delegate Mark Smith used deft parliamentary craft to attack Speaker Cannon without naming him, drawing fury as he frames statehood for Arizona. His speech referenced a hypothetical Arizona law and featured a biblical allusion to Tawney, boosting Arizona’s profile in Congress.
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New York Times
Washington
Mark Smith
Speaker Cannon
Arizona
Congress
New York
Cannon
Smith
Shackleford
John Sharp Williams
Williams
House
Tawney
Minnesota
Joab
Amasa
John Allen
White House
New Mexico
Andrews
Quay
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Bull
American Congress
Dinner to Ellen Terry at Hotel Cecil in London
A June 17 dinner honored Ellen Terry with 200 guests from theater circles. Winston Churchill praised British national theatre. Miss Terry thanked supporters from Europe and America, noting shared tribute to Sir Henry Irving. A Choate message from America sent best wishes, and the jubilee fund reached 43920 dollars.
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London
Hotel Cecil
Ellen Terry
Winston Spencer Churchill
Miss Terry
Great Britain
Sir Henry Irving
Joseph H. Choate
America
Craigie
Ambassador Reid
Choate
Simplified Spelling Board Publishes 300-Word List For Beginners
The Simplified Spelling Board released an abbreviated list of 300 simplified spellings, mainly the simple form, to assist teachers and writers promoting easier spellings in schools and newspapers. It notes many forms are supported by Webster's Century and Standard dictionaries, cites authorities for ed versus t endings, and lists examples such as abridgment lodgment accost musket and others, urging widespread adoption and inviting inquiries to 1 Madison Avenue.
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United States
Lne
Shakespeare
Spenser
Bacon
Hooker
Johnson
Goldsmith
Byron
Lamb
Tennyson
Whittier
Lowell
Quarles
America
Kist
Garden Gate
Jonson
Milton
Police Department
Board of
Board of Simplified Spelling
Madison Avenue
Postmaster General Praises San Francisco Mail Recovery
Washington reports from San Francisco detail postal conditions after the disaster. May 24 canceling machines show mail near record levels and stamp sales near normal, but second class mail retained only about 20 percent of prequake volumes. 240 postal employees lost homes, one carrier killed, another missing, with commendations from the Postmaster General to several staff.
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Washington
Cortelyou
San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Yachts and births stir Newport society in June
J Rogers Maxwell arrives with the steam yacht Celt and his new schooner Queen. Queen is to race in Long Island Sound and New York Yacht Club events including Astor and King's Cups off Newport in August. Mr and Mrs Pembroke Jones dock at Inchquin. A daughter is born to Lieut Charles P Nelson and wife, linking to the Plunger voyage with President Roosevelt. Another daughter is born to Lieut H Yarnell, daughter of Rear Admiral Thomas of the naval training system.
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New York Times
Newport
J. Rogers Maxwell
Celt
Queen
Herreshoffs
Bristol
Maxwell
Long Island Sound
New York Yacht Club
The
Yacht Club
Pembroke Jones
Inchiquin
Charles P. Nelson
Nelson
Wheeler
New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
H. Yarnell
Yarnell
Charles M. Thomas
United States Navy
Naval Training System
Second Naval District
Choate Not Ill in Berkshire Visit
Joseph H. Choate arrived in Stockbridge with no illness, needing rest and a change of air. He may drive locally by good weather. Mrs. Clarence H. Edwards leaves for Niagara Falls to visit her mother. Bishop Johnson of Los Angeles preached at Trinity Church. The rector Rev. Harold Arrowsmith takes a year’s leave of absence from the Vestry.
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New York Times
Lenox
Mass
Joseph H. Choate
Stockbridge
Niagara Falls
Bishop Johnson
Los Angeles
Trinity Church
Harold Arrowsmith
New York
Vestry
Lydia Pinkham of the Soul Theme in Christian Science
Dr. Madison C. Peters cites Mrs Eddy as the Lydia Pinkham of the soul and argues for embracing Christian Science if it mirrors Jesus teachings. He contrasts science with Christian Science noting patients’ recovery by nature, criticizes medical authority, and calls for legal action against charlatanism when unqualified practice occurs.
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Dr. Peters
Mrs. Eddy
Madison C. Peters
Baptist Church of the
Resignation Offered by Longtime South Street Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Albert Erdman of Morristown New Jersey tendered his resignation to the South Street Presbyterian Church congregation citing a need for younger leadership and his declining health after thirty seven years of service. No action was taken. The church is among the citys oldest and wealthiest.
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New York Times
Morristown
N. J
Albert Erdman
South Street Presbyterian Church
Erdman
South Street
Make Room for Young Men Sermon at City College
Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis delivered the baccalaureate sermon at All Souls Church for City College graduates. He urged young men to devote time to study and nature, saying gifts create opportunity, and warned against reliance on fathers. He condemned the Beef Trust as betrayers who polluted food.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
City College
All Souls’ Church
Twentieth Street
Fourth Avenue
Hillis
Beef Trust
European theater figures arrive with new plays for Lewis Fields
Lew Fields Eugene Presbrey and Jacob Shubert sailed into New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with plans for American rights to The Orchid and a possible Lew Fields Herald Square Theatre season. Presbrey discusses The Right of Way while Shubert brings European hits Paretiére La Piste and a French comic opera.
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Lew Fields
Eugene Presbrey
Jacob Shubert
Europe
Mr. Fields
Lew Fields Herald Square Theatre
Fields
Weber and Fields Music Hall
London
America
Presbrey
Egypt
Gilbert Parker
Sardou
Paris
Rejane
Lena Ashwell
Shunamite
Savoy Theatre
United States
Shubert
E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Shu
Pillsbury Chess Genius Dies in Philadelphia
Harry Nelson Pillsbury, famed American chess prodigy born 1872 in Somerville Massachusetts, died in Philadelphia of apoplexy after months of illness. He achieved the record of 22 simultaneous games without sight of boards at the Franklin Chess Club in 1900 and later in Moscow. Funeral planned in Somerville.
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Philadelphia
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Somerville
Mass
Pillsbury
America
Paul Morhpy
Deschappelles Chess Club
Boston
H. N. Stone
Evans
J. F. Barry
New England
Barry
William Steinitz
Lasker
Young Pillsbury
New York
City Chess Club
Hodges
Showalter
Steinitz
Brooklyn Chess Club
Metropolitan Chess League
Hastings
England
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
Italy
St. Petersburg Chess Club
Tschigorin
Lipschuetz
Kemeny
United States
Vienna
Francis Josef
Dr. Tarrasch
London
Marshall
Schlechter
New
Franklin
Manhattan
Manhattans
Franklin Chess Club
Moscow
Happyland near ready for South Beach opening
A force of 800 workers is finishing Happyland the new pleasure resort at South Beach S I Manager Albert Hergenham says preparations will complete for the opening on Saturday June 30 The chief attraction will be Bolosy Kiralfy spectacle A Carnival of Venice.
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Happyland
South Beach
S. I
Albert Hergenham
Bolossy Kiralfy
Bridgeport Trolley Car Falls, Killing Man and Injuring Several
A westbound trolley car jumped tracks near Ash Creek Bridge in Fairfield. Twelve passengers were aboard. Charles Weidlich of Bridgeport died, his wife and child among the injured. Motorman Albert Crossman and conductor James T. McCoy faced arrest but were later released. A witness praised the motorman for shielding passengers during the derailment. A pocketbook and a $200 check were reported missing by Mrs. Downs.
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Fairfield
Conn
Bridgeport
Ash Creek Bridge
Charles Weidlich
Weidlich
Mary H. Downs
Michael E. Murphy
Charles Nothnagle
Albert Crossman
James T. McCoy
Henry Randolph
Hugging No Crime Says Magistrate After Duffy Case
John Duffy a clerk at 204 East Thirtieth Street faced Magistrate Finn in Yorkville Court for hugging a girl on a sidewalk near Thirtieth Street and Lexington Avenue. The judge ruled the act harmless and private hugging should occur away from public view, warning of future arrest if repeated.
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John Duffy
Thirtieth Street
Finn
Yorkville
Lexington Avenue
Flynn
Duffy
Gayly
Jealousy among beasts shocks Luna Park lions
A lion named Schley was petted by Police Commissioner Bingham and deputies at Luna Park. Moments later Dewey, sulking since, attacked Schley as the sliding door opened. Keepers separated them with crowbars. The incident is framed as animal jealousy.
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Col. Mundy
Luna Park
Coney Island
Schley
Dewey
Bingham
Waldo
O' Keeffe
Funeral Held for Ashahel K Eaton Inventor in Brooklyn
The funeral for Ashahel K. Eaton was held at his son Hugh M. Eaton’s home on Halsey Street Brooklyn. Eaton an inventor and scientist aged 84 born in Stockbridge Massachusetts and a Hamilton College graduate of 1840 developed tanning processes steel crucible methods and a telephone. He lived in Brooklyn forty years and leaves a wife one son and two daughters.
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Ashahel K. Eaton
Hugh M. Eaton
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Eaton
Stockbridge
Mass
Hamilton College
Darwin G. Eaton
Packer Collegiate Institute
Reverend Francis Dayton Canfield Dies in Avalon
The Rev. Francis Dayton Canfield of Germantown died at Avalon New Jersey. He helped originate Church Workingmen's Clubs, graduated from Burlington College in 1856 and the General Theological Seminary in 1860. He served at Boonton and later ten years at St. Mark's Philadelphia. He married Ann Eliza Wurts in 1860 and leaves six sons and a daughter.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Francis Dayton Canfield
Germantown
Avalon
N.J
St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Mark's
Ann Eliza Wurts
Rondout
Notable banker and coffee importer George Gordon dies in New York
George Ogden Gordon aged 60, longtime manager of the London and River Plate Bank at 51 Wall Street and prominent coffee importer, died in New York after moving from New Orleans seventeen years ago. He began in coffee with Johnston Gordon Co. and later operated independently, amassing a fortune. He belonged to the Union Knickerbocker Ardsley New York Athletic Clubs Downtown Association and the Chamber of Commerce.
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George Ogden Gordon
London and River Plate Bank
Wall Street
Mr. Gordon
New York
New Orleans
Johnston, Gordon & Co
London
Rio Janeiro
Union, Knickerbocker, Ardsley, and
New York Athletic Clubs
The
Downtown Association
Chamber of Commerce
Porter dies suddenly in Haverhill at 59
Gen Howard L Porter a leading Haverhill shoe maker and YMCA mover died today from a cerebral hemorrhage. Age 59. A prominent Odd Fellows figure he once led the Patriarch Militants of the World. He belonged to the Sons of the Revolution and was vice president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
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Haverhill
Mass
Howard L. Porter
Porter
Odd Fellows’ Fraternity
Sons of the Revolution
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Notable Obituaries in Malden and Nearby
Judge Joseph F. Wiggin former Malden mayor died in Malden at age 68. John L. Thompson a Trenton stationery magnate aged 75 died suddenly from heart trouble. he hailed from Lexington Kentucky. Edmund Augustus Ward son of Augustus H. Ward of New York died suddenly at Richfield Springs New York. his wife Frances King Ward and four daughters survive. he was 3 years old.
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Joseph F. Wiggin
Malden
Mass
John L. Thompson
Trenton
N J
Lexington
Edmund Augustus Ward
Augustus H. Ward
New York
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Frances King Ward
Charles King
Mr. Ward
Weather review shows unsettled Atlantic coast and showers
The forecast reports unsettled conditions along the Atlantic Coast with showers and thunderstorms in the Middle and South Atlantic States and a diminishing tropical disturbance off Eastern Florida. Mon-Tue temps steady. warmer in the Northern Rocky Mountain region and Upper Missouri Valley. Winds vary by coast with general light to fresh southeasterly to southerly in several regions.
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Washington
Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic
Florida
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Montana
Nebraska
Lantic Coast
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
Remarkable Cascade Lakes fish tale at Lake Placid
Prof Myron R Van Ness and Mrs Van Ness report a fishing incident in Cascade Lakes where Mrs Van Ness hooked a fish that fought hard. A two foot lake trout surfaced then swallowed a smaller eight inch fish which remained hooked. The big fish disappeared.
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New York Times
Lake Placid
N. Y
Myron R. van Ness
Lake Placid High School
Marriages in New York and New Jersey June 16
In New York City Grace Cowles of Farmington Conn marries Edward Prime Coe of Englewood N J at First Presbyterian Church. Isabel Hamilton weds Frederick Henshaw of Brooklyn at Ascension Memorial Church. Marie Adele Montant ties to Huntington Norton at Ramsbroke Oyster Bay L I. Lucy Stanway Jackson Englewood marries Norman Stanley Wood of Cheadle England.
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Brooklyn
Montreal
Providence
Stanway Jackson
Englewood, N. J
Manchester
England
Norman Stanley Wood
Cheadle
Cheshire
Obituary notices and funeral details from June 1906
A compilation of death notices and funeral services for several individuals including Josephine S Bilger, Sarah Jane Brower, Margaret Brown, George Ogden Gordon, William Morgan Groff, Mark s, Mary I Norcott, Henrietta Frances Safford, and Jane D Sother with service times, locations, and interment plans across New York and nearby areas. Includes addresses and church details.
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Brick Presbyterian Church
Gordon
George Ogden Gordon
East 50Th St
New York
Troy
N. Y
Groff
Paris
France
William Morgan Groff
Philadelphia
Penn
William Gaskill
Christine R. Groff
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Broad St
Marks
Sadile
Rudolph Marks
Mornde Av. East
Ings A
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Opportunity
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Gen. Bingham
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Weather Bureau
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Westchester Creek
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Merx
Oswald Firth
Westchester
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Broadway
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New York Produce Exchange Bank
Lewis—Potter
Catherine Potter
Frances Louise
Claude Spencer Lewis
Watertown, N. Y
Ford
Bennington Centre
Woodlawn
Harlem Grand Central
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Undertakers
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