Insurance losses ease for New York firms after 1906 crisis
State Superintendent William H. Hotchkiss reports to Gov. Hughes that the big drop in New York life insurance business since 1905 mostly follows the legislative committee investigations and not Armstrong amendments. He notes 1906 losses near 126 million with a 1908 decline of 2 million, a sign of gradual recovery and rising company assets.
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New York Times
Albany
William H. Hotchkiss
Gov. Hughes
New York State
Charles E. Hughes
Armstrong
Hotchkiss
New York
Department
Bulletin of Life Insurance
Attacked Surveyors in China Under British India Service
Harrah Ali a surveyor in the India Service and interpreter Mr Sowerby were attacked June 21 near Lanchow. Ali was killed after a three mile pursuit. Sowerby was rescued. British Minister demands protection and an investigation. Viceroy of Kan-su protests after removal for reform failures. Expedition members remain safe after sending messages.
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Peking
Harrah Ali
India Service
Sowerby
Lieut
Clark
Lanchow
Jian-su
Hazrah Ali
Douglas
The
Grant and
Coltman
Dello
J. N. Jordan
Foreign Office
Kan-su
Anting Kan
Moro Bandits Slain in Philippine Operations
Manila June 8. Operations against Jikiri's Moro bandits by Captains Byralt Rhodes and Anderson of the Sixth Cavalry with the mosquito fleet under Capt. Signor. Anderson struck on Pata Island. five bandits killed, wounded, or captured. thirty-one bandits killed or captured in 30 days. Jikii evades capture again.
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Manila
Jikiri
Byralt
Rhodes
Anderson
Sixth Cavalry
Signor
Pata Island
Jikii
Swedish Assassin Dead After Coast Artillery Chief Killing
In Stockholm on June 27 the Swedish gunman who killed Major Gen. Beckman yesterday then shot himself died today. Beckman was shot through the lung and died. a bullet hit surgeon Levander but the wound was not dangerous.
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Stockholm
Beckman
Coast Artillery
Levander
Mutiny in Vilna Prison Leaves Eleven Dead
A prison mutiny in Vilna Russia resulted in eleven deaths as four warders and seven convicts were killed and six inmates wounded during a courtyard battle on June 27.
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Russia
Vilna
Filipinos for Hawaii loom as Japanese labor shift stirs
Sugar planter leaders in Honolulu report over 100 Filipino laborers plan to arrive seeking Japanese replacements. The fishbowl of labor politics ties the issue to Ambassador Takahira’s Orient trip and Hawaii strike tensions. Admiral Ijichi notes divided Japanese opinion forces refusal of many social invitations.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Takahira
Japan
Orient
Admiral Ijichi
Tracing Ill Health to Unsound Teeth
An extensive citywide study links poor dental health to widespread illness among schoolchildren. The investigation, conducted by the Health Department and partners, estimates repair costs up to about 1 million dollars for 500 examined children and urges funded dental care and school clinics to prevent future problems.
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Department of Health
Children’s Aid Society
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York Dental Council
Junior League
New York City
Wallace van Winkle
Baker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Arthur Merritt
Children’s Aid Society Industrial School
West Fiftythird Street
John W. Brannan
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
William Allen
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
William I. Nicholls
Brooklyn
Manhattan
West Fiftythird
Sullivan Streets
Association For Improving the
Charity Organization Society
United Hebrew Charities
William Carr
Bellevue Hospital
Dr. Brannon
Fordham
Gouverneur
Harlem
Bellevue
Staten Island
Southfield
Brannan
Coward Shoe Line Describes Orthopedic and Supportive Footwear
The list outlines Coward branded footwear types including Ankle Fit Oxford Arch Prop and Bunion and Straight Last and Orthopedic shoes, indicating a catalog of supportive wear designed for foot health.
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Coward
Oxford Coward
Coward Bunion
Junior League aids children with penny brushes drive
The Children's Aid Society provides brushes at a penny each to clinic children and runs an educational outreach. A girl requests more brushes for her parents and boat workers, spotlighting a welfare campaign led by the Junior League, a New York society for wealthy young women led by Miss Dorothy Whitney.
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Children’s Aid Society
Junior League
New York
Dorothy Whitney
BINGHAM ON EXCISE CRUSADE
Police Commissioner Bingham with the State Excise Department uses warrants based on police information to target disorderly resorts. Detectives have raided ten venues in Coney Island since May and seized hotel registers, with owners to appear in Supreme Court for license-cancellation cases set for July 7 and 8. A Raines law hotel conviction bars license for a year, and several notorious spots in Chatham Square area have already closed.
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Bingham
State Excise Department
Supreme Court
Coney Island
Woorshees
Raines Law
Chatham Square
Orinoco Grant Draft Approved By Venezuela Cabinet
Caracas June 27 The Venezuelan Cabinet approves the draft concession to the Orinoco Corporation brokered by Rudolf Dolge and Commissioner Arroyo. The pact would allow mining of large mineral tracts including Imataca iron mines and may end a twenty six year dispute if approved by the company and State Department.
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Caracas
Orinoco Corporation
Rudolf Dolge
Sefior Arroyo
Imataca
Wellman Balloon House Wrecked Delays Arctic Quest
Arctic expedition chief Walter Wellman reports the airship shed at Spitzbergen destroyed by a storm. Knud Johnson perished in crevasse rescue effort while Paul Bjoervig survived. New airship house to be built in Tromsoe with extra timber and ongoing work, likely delaying the voyage by weeks.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Arctic
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Knud Johnson
Wellman
Johnson
Paul Bjoervig
Bjoervig
Thero
Bjoering
Mr. Wellman
M Wellman
Com Camp
Vaniman
Wor
Messrs
Valiman
Auust
Importers win partial duty exemption on spoiled potatoes
The Board of United States General Appraisers partially sustains a protest by Isaac W. Carr & Co noting 27 400 pounds of rotten potatoes imported from Prince Edward Island are exempt from duty. The decision hinges on whether marketable merchandise not sold should be taxed while insurer Royal Insurance objects to duty on an advertising publication.
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Isaac W. Carr & Co
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Prince Edward Island
Newark
Waite
Royal Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Two Die in Moscow Auto Race Crash
Moscow report states Mr. Vechinin a noted St. Petersburg society figure and his chauffeur died when their car crashed down an embankment during a motor race near Moscow.
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Moscow
Vechinin
St. Petersburg
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American Medical Association
Association
Atlantic City
Congress
American Institution of Homeopathy
Medical Society of New Jersey
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
H. J. Heinz Company
Heinz
American Association For the Promotion of Purity In Food Products
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