Stetson Admits Error as Church Hearing Ends
Augusta E. Stetson, deposed leader of the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York, issues a statement appealing for leniency from the Mother Church. The hearing nears its close with directors silent, and observers await any public discipline announcement.
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New York Times
Boston
Augusta E. Stetson
First Church of Christ, Scientist
New York
Great Stone Church
Archibald McLellan
John V. Dittemore
Allison V. Stewart
McLellan
Dittemore
Mother Church
Reorganization Moves in First Church of Christ Scientist
A sweeping reorganization unfolds at the First Church of Christ Scientist as anti Stetson supporters push for changes. Trustees who backed Augusta E. Stetson may resign before the November 23 congregational meeting to avoid further conflict, with further steps expected to be announced.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Augusta E. Stetson
Board of Trustees
Stetson
Mrs. Stetson
Hope Diamond Owner Said to Drown in Seyne Wreck
Selim Habib, noted Turkish diamond collector and former owner of the Hope diamond, reportedly drowned when the French mail steamer Seyne sank near Singapore. The piece passed through many hands, with royal and financial fortunes tied to its fate, including bids and sales in Paris and New York.
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New York ‘Times
London
London Express
Paris
Selim Habib
Singapore
France
Louis XVI
Daniel Eliason
Henry Thomas Hope
Duke of Newcastle
Lord Francis Hope
May Yohe
Lord Francis
Simon Frankel
New York
Joseph Frankel
Louis Aucoc
Habib
M. Aucoc
Explorers Discredit Cook at Gotham Club Installation
The Goth am Club installed officers last night in the Astor Gallery at the Waldorf Astoria with Mrs A A A Brooks presiding. Mrs H Secor Tonjes spoke on the Cook Peary controversy suggesting both reached the pole, while Gen Stillman I Kneeland discussed war rem iniscences and supported Peary's achievement.
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Gotham Club
Astor Gallery
Waldorf-Astoria
A. A. A. Brooks
Russell Sage
Lewis Nixon
H. Secor Tonjes
Women’s Equality Republican Club
Cook
Commander Peary
Dr. Cook
Stillman I. Kneeland
Husband Pleads for Wife’s Return in Jersey City Chancery
Armand G. Rossig of West Hoboken read letters before Vice Chancellor Howell pleading for reconciliation. He offered to join bowling clubs, share money, and attend theatre. warned of sending the cat to the SPCA. suggested spending Christmas and New Year together. The couple face desertion and cruelty suits amid estranged spouse disputes.
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Armand G. Rossig
West Hoboken
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Howell
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Belmont Lifts Church Debt at Hempstead Parish Meeting
August Belmont senior warden of St. George's Church Hempstead L I convened a parish meeting at his country house to discuss the church finances and raise 625 to clear the remaining debt. He said annual running costs totaled 4500 and that anonymous contributions had reduced a 4000 debt to 625 to be paid by Advent Sunday November 28, after which the church would begin with a clean slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Belmont
St. George’s Church
Hempstead
L. I
J. Belmont
Flamingo-Quickest Florida Train Service Ad
The Flamingo fastest Florida train operates daily at 10 25 A M arrives Jacksonville 1 30 P M with through sleeper to all Florida East Coast Resorts Seaboard Air Line 1183 Broadway City Adv
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Florida
Sys. N
Jacksonville
Florida East Coast
Ing. Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
City
Paladino Seance Draws Skeptical Verdict In Lincoln Square
A skeptic among thirteen observers at Signora Paladino's second Lincoln Square seance declared the performance a fake while acknowledging some tricks could be done by a clever magician. The event featured levitations, dancing stands, and rap and knockings in a dimly lit room as Paladino and “John” performed for magazine publisher S. S. McClure and others.
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Eusapia Paladino
Lincoln Square Arcade
John
Signora Paladino
S. S. McClure
Mrs. Carrington
Hereward Carrington
Signora Paladine
Ars Neger
Miss Allen
Hyslop
McClure
Carrington
Sarah Ellison
Bosworth
Harry Kellar
Los Angeles
Signora
Mr. Carrington
McClu
Paladino
Times Sunday Features Push for Early Newsdealer Orders
Readers are urged to place orders with newsdealers now to ensure access to next Sunday's Times and its notable features. The notice emphasizes early purchase to avoid missing key content and special sections.
Sixty Horses Killed in Hoax Poison Letters Case
An extortion plot against Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Milk Co. included threats to kill 60 horses with a Maxim silencer rifle. Three youths, William Ewell, Emanuel Blumberg, and an unnamed boy, were arrested after luring a manager to a suspected drop point and confessing to writing the threatening letters.
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Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Milk Company
Manhattan Street
Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company
Broadway
New York City
Riverside Drive
A. C
Arsenic Club
Horace S. Cuttle
158Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
William Howard Ewell
West 142d Street
Emanuel Blumberg
Jesse Wacht
West 158Th Street
148Th Street
Harlem
Electric Light Post
Cuttle
Wacht
Butts
Hughes
Young
Flynn
Enell
Enelil
Blumerg
Ewell
Blumberg
Miss Alice Roosevelt shocks Korea with elephant stunt
Fraulein Emma Kroebel recalls the 1905 Korean court visit by Alice Roosevelt. The scene at a graveside reception near Seoul included Miss Roosevelt mounting a stone elephant for a photo, shocking the Korean dignitaries and leaving the court appalled while she enjoyed champagne and banquets.
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New York Times
Berlin
Fraulein
Emma Kroebel
Korea
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Seoul
Alice
Mr. Longworth
Moving Pictures May Be Barred In Pittsburg
Government tests at the United States testing station in Pittsburg indicate moving picture shows may be barred until safer films are found. Films stored in Ferguson Building could generate gas causing catastrophic damage, prompting orders to seal each film in metal cases and await detailed report.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
United States
W. H. Coster
Bureau of Explosives of
Walter O. Snelling
W. D. McGill
Allegheny County
Ferguson
Seven Foot Pie for Gaynor From Striking Bakers
The Pie Bakers' Union decided to present a seven foot pie to Mayor elect Gaynor as a Thanksgiving gesture in response to striking pie salesmen planning a six foot pie for President Taft. A Newark bakery was ordered to bake the giant pie and a committee was set to arrange delivery.
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Taft
Pie Bakers’ Union
Gaynor
Newark
Taft Takes Daily Horseback Rides With Aide
President Taft forgoes golf to stay at the White House for official duties and takes daily horseback rides in the grounds south of the White House and Potomac Park. His companion yesterday and today is Capt. Archibald W. Butt, military aide.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Potomac Park
Archibald W. Butt
Jones Brown Ives Discuss Low Cost Life Insurance
Jones and Brown discuss finding a safe life insurance option at a low net cost after consulting Ives located at 5 Mides seven Liberty St Ady.
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Jones
Brown
Liberty St
Ady
Higgins Yacht Varuna Stranded Off Madeira Coast
The Varuna, owned by Eugene Higgins of the New York Yacht Club, is reported ashore on the Madeira northwest coast amid very bad weather. Two tugs have moved to assist the vessel as crews assess damage and safety.
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Funchal
Madiera
Varuna
Eugene Higgins
New York Yacht Club
Tennis star Kreigh Collins killed by streetcar
Chicago reports Kreigh Collins a famed tennis figure killed after being struck by a streetcar while crossing a street. Collins dominated Western championships from 1897 to 1906 and won multiple Western doubles titles with L Harry Wardner and Ray D Little. He retired from major play after 1907 due to eye weakness.
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Chicago
Kreigh Collins
Collins
L. Harry Wardner
Ray D. Little
New York
Nat Emerson
Cincinnati
Hunter Falls Into Forgotten Well in New Jersey
Ephraim Sheppard of Pittstown was badly hurt after stepping on a rotten cover and slipping sixty feet into a dry well near Mount Salem. His gun went off twice during the fall as companions aided him to the surface and he was taken to a Newark hospital.
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Flemington
N.J
Ephraim Sheppard
Pittstown
Mount Salem
Sheppard
Ao i
Newark
Harvard Cavalry Troop Formed at Harvard University
Cambridge Mass Nov 16 The Harvard Cavalry Troop formed tonight with 125 signers on a petition for organization to be sent to Gov Draper for approval by military authorities. Officials back the project unofficially and quarters have been secured for drills. H B Platte of Brooklyn aided the effort and Roger Sherman Hoar seeks the post of bugler.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Cavalry
Gov. Draper
H. B. Platte
Brooklyn
N. Y
Roger Sherman Hoar
Brooklyn Deputy Sees Child Crushed by Street Car
Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Owen Murphy of Brooklyn witnessed a Lorimer Street accident that maimed his five year old daughter Marian after her brother led her across the road. The child's leg was amputated at St Catherine's Hospital and her condition is critical. Motorman Jeremiah Francis was arrested on a second degree assault charge.
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Owen Murphy
Brooklyn
Conselyea Street
Lorimer Street
Marian
William
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Murphy
Jeremiah Francis
Herbert Street
Painter Shot on Scaffold in Brooklyn Firefight
A painter named Myer Lambert was shot in the shoulder by Mrs. Marie Mongelo after a scaffold he used for painting hung over her property at 243 Elton Street Brooklyn. Lambert fell twenty feet, was taken to Bradford Street Hospital. Mongelo was charged with felonious assault.
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Brooklyn
Marie Mongelo
Elton Street
Myer Lambert
Lambert
Bradford Street
Mrs. Mongelo
Rescuer's Reward a Kiss in Jer sey City Fire Rescue
John Bogardus a trolley motorman saved three children from a four story tenement at 419 Henderson Street Jer sey City. He carried Kate Miller's two children George and Raymond to safety before returning to rescue Mrs McFadden and her three children. Gertrude McFadden eight kissed and thanked him.
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John Bogardus
Henderson Street
Jersey City
Gertrude McFadden
Bogardus
Kate Miller
George
Raymond
James
Mrs. McFadden
Dewey's Port Wine and Olive Oil Ad
Local advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. 138 Fulton York promoting port wine and olive oil products. Subtle typographic noise in the fragment hints at a dated city page commerce notice.
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Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton York
Bell Company Wins Dominant Interest in Western Union
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company has gained control of Western Union Telegraph Company by purchasing Gould estate holdings and parts of the stock. The move creates a close alliance with Mackay interests and signals potential cost savings of 4 to 6 million dollars annually. George J. Gould confirmed the sale, noting it may benefit both companies and the public.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
The
Bell Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gould
Western Union
Boston
Vail
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mackay Companies
Postal Telegraph System
American Telephone Company
Telephone
George J. Gould
Mr. Gould
Telephone Company
United States
Telephone Exchange
Robert C. Clowry
William H. Baker
Postal Telegraph
Baker
Goulds
Sage and Morosini Estates
American Teland Telegraph Company
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Maiden Lanse
Higgins
Nave
Hunter
Harvard
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Painter
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