Toast to Roosevelt Drunk in Silence at Commerce Dinner
At the 139th annual New York Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Waldorf Astoria a toast to President Roosevelt drew near silence. Ex Senator Spooner implied the President bore part of the blame for the recent financial flurry while ex Secretary Shaw attributed the trouble to the currency system.
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Chamber of Commerce
New York
Waldorf- Astoria
United States
John C. Spooner
Treasury
Weslie M. Shaw
J. Edward Kimmons
Chamber
Astor
Waldorf
Spooner
Simmons
Fertelyou
M. Jusserand
Ambassador Jusserand
Brewer stirs talk as Roosevelt pacing country like game
Justice Brewer defended his New York speech on Roosevelt, insisting no hidden meaning exists while noting the nation guesses at presidential moves. Republican senators discuss a plan to press for a clear executive declaration after Congress opens, as federal office orders go out under tight secrecy.
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New York Times
Washington
Justice Brewer
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Exoneration of Dick Fowler Officers in Roosevelt River Trip
The Dick Fowler crew is cleared of reckless navigation charges tied to President Roosevelts river trip from Cairo to Memphis on Oct 3. U S Inspectors Waltz and Hodge found no violation. witnesses including Congressman Russell and Captain Mark Cole testified the Fowler maintained safe distance from the Mississippi.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Memphis
Tenn
Dick Fowler
United States
Waltz and
Hodge
L. S. Vanduzer
Lily
Mississippi
President Roosevelt
Keokuk
Fowler
Congressman Russell
Board of Inquiry
Mark Cole
Paducah
Railroads report prompt Albany fixes urged by Public Service
New York railroad companies and the Public Service Commission cooperate to fix service and safety issues. The New York Central reports incidents of passenger injuries and hazards from grease spills and falls. After a Buffalo hearing, several lines voluntarily cut switching charges up to sixty percent to reduce costs and accidents.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
New York Central
Commission
Buffalo
New Jersey Faces Gap as Chancellor Term Ends
The term of Chancellor William J. Magie ends January 14 leaving New Jersey without a chancellor for a week. A constitutional rule blocks new appointments during Gov Stokes final week unless Magie retires early. A meeting among Magie, Gov Stokes, and Gov elect FortMay discuss a workaround.
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New Jersey
William J. Magie
Gov. Stokes
Fort
New Bridge to Open Within a Year on Blackwell’s Island
An update from the Queens Tunnel and Bridge Committee states the Blackwell’s Island Bridge over the Hast River will be completed and open for traffic in under twelve months. The 118th meeting of the committee notes planned extensions and ongoing work overseen by the commission, with Beavenoon and other officials set to review progress and timelines.
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Blackwell's Island
Hast River
Ueens
Ae Cormmi
Beavenoon
For Thanesotving Denmed Zn Exonsco
A fragment from a New York display lists addresses including 148 Fulton Street and names unclear, with odd capitalization and partial company references suggesting a damaged ad or directory snippet. No definite events or actions are discernible.
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Exonsco
Fulton Be
New York
Gates Swing Outward as Immigrant Exchange Surges
The rush of European laborers returning home swells across ports, with 25,000 foreigners leaving weekly and $5,000,000 sent abroad weekly. Special trains from East rail lines shuttle homegoers to port as ships and steerage capacity struggle to keep pace. Hundreds remain aboard or wait for next sailings amid heavy congestion in Hoboken and at major lines like Hamburg American and North German Lloyd.
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Europe
Harrison
Castle Garden
Tmmes
Boston
Fabre
Mediterranean
Venezia
Lloyd
Batavia
Pretoria
Hamburg
Red Star Line
Steamship
Main
Oceanic
Philadelphia
President Grant
St. Paul
Caronia
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Cambronian
Zeeland
Red Star
Republic
Erie
Sharon
Penn
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Baltimore & Ohio
New Jersey Central
Jersey Central
Liberty Street
Hamburg-American Line
Pittsburg
Pkesman
Hoboken
Hoken
Lloyd Hamburg
Hudson Square
Table complete without bottle Bitters for ones Sellica Neate
A fragmentary legal brief notes an appeal by Sellica Neate and Sacrhorrn against an order related to a table missing a bottle of bitters.
Mauretania Sets World Speed Record Across Atlantic
The Mauretania reported speeds of 624 knots for a day’s run, claiming a world record and eyeing 635 knots as a future target. Capt Pritchard aims for New York by high tide. guests and crew praised the crew’s performance and generosity from W J White.
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South Wellfleet
Lusitania Arrives Queenstown After Failed Tender Meeting
The Cunard Line steamer Lusitania reached Queenstown at 8:25 pm after leaving New York November 16. Two tenders went out but, hindered by heavy seas, could not communicate. After two hours of maneuvering the ship launched a lifeboat, took on the Liverpool pilot and dispatches, and sailed for Liverpool without landing passengers or mails.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Princeton Freshman Killed Reaching for Coat on Wire
James Walker Jr a Princeton University freshman was killed in Princeton New Jersey while trying to recover a coat lodged on an electric wire at Hill Dormitory. He climbed an iron pole touched the 2500 volt line and died instantly his body hanging until power could be cut off. He was 19 from Evansville Indiana and prepared at Haverford and played on the freshman football team. The scheduled freshman sophomore cane spree for tonight was postponed indefinitely.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
James Walker, Jr
Princeton University
Hill
Walker
Evansville
Ind
Haverford
Penn
Mustache Comb Stolen Suspect Locked In Court
Edward M. Burnham once Butler at 2 West 64th Street, tied to Berwind-White Co, was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court on stealing pictures from Young’s studio at 785 Broadway on Nov 18. He was charged with theft of a diamond studded mustache comb and held for further examination after searches revealed pins, shoes, and a large amount of clothing and valuables.
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Edward M. Burnham
Butler
West Sixty-fourth Street
Edward J. Berwind
Berwind-White Coal Company
Jefferson Market Court
Young’s
Broadway
Burnham
Barnes and Toner
Berwind
Michael O’sulliv
Burnham's Counsel
Charlie
Howard Gould
Samuel Untermyer
Public Service Corporation plans retrenchment in Newark
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey disclosed retrenchment plans in Newark yesterday through its president Thomas N McCarter. The unofficial aggregate impact is cited as about 500 dollars yearly with moves tied to corporate relocation and internal restructuring.
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Newark
Public Service Corporation of
New Jerey
Thomas N. McCarter
Union Pacific Shift to Part-Paid Stocks Sparks Profit Talk
Union Pacific is selling full-paid holdings in St Paul Northern Pacific and Great Northern and buying back part-paid certificates. Profit from price differences totals about 3 million while dividends on full stock exceed interest on part-paid notes. Banks note cash advantage but market is weak for Hill stocks and investors sell part-paid certificates to avoid further payments.
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Union Pacific
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Wall Street
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Harriman Lines
St. Paul Common
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Ida Lewis Wilson Granted Lifetime Pension by Carnegie
Newport headline figure Ida Lewis Wilson, longtime Newport Harbor lifesaver and Lime Rock Light keeper, receives notice of a private pension from Andrew Carnegie worth 380 dollars monthly for life. The recognition follows decades of heroism and prior honors including a boat gift and medals from government and societies.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Ida Lewis Wilson
Andrew Carnegie
Wilson
Ida Lewis
Newport Harbor
Narragansett Yacht Club
Providence
James Fisk
Lime Rocks
United States
Limenck
Murderer Strangles Burlington Grocer and Dumps Body on Rails
E. B. Jefferson, 65, a wealthy Burlington grocer, was attacked near his home on Ellis and Conover Streets. His strangled body lay on railroad tracks, later struck by a Philadelphia-bound train. Police pursue unknown suspect seen near the shop, described as a stranger.
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New York Times
Burlington
N. J
Jefferson
Philadelphia
Ellis and
Conover
Mayor Rue
Shumard
Illness of Dr. George F Shrady III
Dr George F Shrady III is ill at his 512 Fifth Avenue home with rheumatic symptoms and possible pneumonia. A medical consultation by Dr E G Janeway and Dr Beverley Robinson was held. Shrady edited and founded The Medical Record and led the New York Pathological Society. his family connects to Edwin Gould and George F Shrady Jr a New York County coroner.
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George F. Shrady
Fifth Avenue
E. G. Janeway
Beverley Robinson
Shrady
The
Medical Record
New York Pathological Society
U. S. Grant
Edwin Gould
George F. Shrady, Jr
New York County
State wins decree against Standard Oil in Tennessee
Nashville Tenn Nov 21 A decree in favor of the State was rendered by Chancellor J T Stout at Gallatin Tenn in a case against the Standard Oil Company The State sought to revoke the companys license and bar it from doing business in Tennessee The Chancellor sustains the bill and the company is expected to appeal
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Nashville
Tenn
J. T. Stout
Gallatin
Standard Oil Company
Tennessee
Jew to be Mayor of Rome
The Anti Clericals who won the Rome municipal elections on November 10 plan to elect Ernest Nathan as mayor. An Englishman who recently became an Italian subject he will be the first Jew to hold the office. Nathan is a Past Grand Master of Free Masons.
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Rome
Ernest Nathan
Nathan
England
Giuseppe Mazzini
Free Masons
Atlanta Judge on trial for attempted shooting over slain son
Judge Dodgen of Atlanta declared loyalty to his dead son demands he kill R A Jordan. He said Jordan murdered his son or knows who did and concealed information. The attempted killing charge was dismissed, but Dodgen remains under heavy bond to keep peace. Jordan and three women were arrested after the shot through a closed door. they were released as the mystery persisted.
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Ecal
New York Times
Atlanta
Judge Dodgen
R. A. Jordan
Dodgen
Jordan
Man Ends Life Aboard Staten Island Ferry
An elderly man shot himself in the right temple aboard the Staten Island ferry Manhattan after leaving Battery for St George at 1 30 pm. He died on docking while being carried to the ferry house. Alfred R Lonsdale of 153 Highth Street Brooklyn left cards identifying him. Coroner Cahill learned he had recently lost his wife and fortune, and had been despondent over the market slump.
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Staten Island
Manhattan
Battery
St. George
D. Farrish
Henry Johnson
Alfred R. Lonsdale
Highth Street
Brooklyn
Cahill
Lonsdale
Clinton Place
Eighth Street
Wall Street
Mr. Gow
West 117Th Street
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
James M. Gifford
Gow
Elder
Clarke
Mr. Littleton
New York
Mr. Mider
Littleton
Fawcett
District Attorney's Office
Central Office
Rogues’ Gallery
Police Department
Hawkshaws
Baltic Reported On Incoming Voyage Near Nantucket
The Baltic was sighted by Marconi wireless 65 miles east of Nantucket at 11 P M. yesterday and docked at her pier about 5 30 P M today. Moltke Genoa arrived November 8 and S Aegnheny Haiti also noted in shipping news.
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Moltke
Genoa
S.aegheny
Haiti
Baltic
Marconi Wireless
Nantucket
After All Usher's the Scotch that Made the Highball Famous
An advertising line credits Usher’s as the Scotch that popularized the highball. The claim ties the brand to a cocktail trend and suggests its influence on drinking culture.
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Usher
Three Arrests in Borough Bank Case Revealed
Kings County Grand Jury indicted Howard Maxwell William Gow and Arthur Campbell in a Borough Bank of Brooklyn affair now under receivership. Maxwell faces fifteen years Gow twenty six years Campbell fifteen years. Bail posted for Gow and Campbell while Maxwell remained jailed. Ten indictments issued across the trio with further cases expected today.
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Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Howard Masewell
Borough Bank
International Trust Company
William Gow
International Trust Company of New York
Ward
Arthur D. Campbell
Maxwell
Gow
Campbell
Kings County
Kings County Court House
Fawcett
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Stephen Baldwin
Woodbine
District Attorney’s Office
Dellamonta Denton
Court House
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Chamber of
Commerce
Cial
Morgan
Prospero
Ambas Jusserand
America
Thomases
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Russia
Baron Rosen
Ora Wrt
James Bryce
Mr. Simmons
Steamboat
Hoboken Park
Mauretania
Tom Times
Sandy Hook
Capt. Pritchard
Spondent
W. J. White
Cape Sable
N.S
G. B.hunter
E. J. Berwind
Northern
Carnegie
GeoRge F. Shrady III
Standard Oil
Derrands
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