President opposes barring colored men from office in Charleston case
In a Nov 26 1902 letter to a Charleston citizen, President Roosevelt defends appointments of colored men where qualified, notes past picks in Mississippi Alabama DC and New Orleans, and argues against barring all people of color from public office. He says local wishes matter but race cannot close doors to opportunity.
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Washington
Charleston
S. C
White House
Crum
Dr. Crum
Mississippi
Alabama
District of Columbia
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
New York
Buffalo Exposition
South
Index to Departments and Page References
A brief listing shows sections in the newspaper with page numbers for Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Court Calendars Legal Notes Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails Balitonas Real Estate Society Weather Report Yesterday's Fires and more
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Marine Intelligence
Fruit Is Ripe and Roses Bloom in California Ad
The note promotes travel to California with roses in bloom and ripe fruit. It suggests wintering in the state and riding the Golden State Limited train. Tickets are available at 101 Broadway.
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California
Golden State Limited
Broadway
Twenty Hours Between East and West
The Pennsylvania Special makes the trip from New York to Chicago in under a day. Train appointments meet high expectations, with all schedules and services praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Roosevelt States Unwavering Attitude During Term
A letter from Theodore Roosevelt asserts a consistent stance on a broad question, saying his attitude has not changed throughout his time in office. It emphasizes fidelity to his principles and approach.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Charge Against Crum Stirs Charleston Appointment Fight
Washington dispatch reports a charge that Dr. Crum, a Black candidate for Col lector of the Port of Charleston, voted for Harrison at the 1882 convention though his friends say he acted under convention instructions. Crum later sought withdrawal of his postmaster nomination to ease local tensions and avoid bitterness.
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New York Times
Washington
Crum
Charleston
Blaine
Harrison
Booker T. Washington Defends Educational Path and Race Progress
The letter from Booker T. Washington, published in The Age-Herald, states his lifework is education for his race and urges focus on homes thrift and character. He explains his role as educator not politician, notes potential future info on race relations, and emphasizes rewards for right living and self improvement as paths to progress.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age- Herald
Booker T. Washington
Age-Herald
United States
Tragic Seven-Story Leap Follows Shooting Duel
Max Sukawatsky, 32, of 517 East Seventy Fifth Street, shot Mrs Hnousak, 24, of 410 East Seventy Fourth Street, then leaped from a seven story window to the street below. He died on impact. Mrs Hnousak, hit twice, was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital with non fatal injuries. Sukawatsky, Austrian by birth, had a wife in Austria. Helena, the sister, witnessed the event. Police removed Sukawatsky’s body to East Sixty Seventh Street Station for processing.
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Policeman O'Connor
Austria
Hnotisak
Report Favors Point Loma School
The San Diego Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children trustees report the Raja Yoga School at Point Loma is well conducted. The school run by Mrs. Tingley under Universal Brotherhood educates youth and recently drew attention after detaining Cuban children en route to it.
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San Diego
Cal
The
San Diego Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Point Loma
Universal Brotherhood For the Education
Tingley
Burnett’s Cocoaine Promises Dandruff Cure and Hair Growth
An advertisement claims Burnett’s Cocoaine kills dandruff soothes irritation and promotes hair growth. The copy appeals to readers seeking scalp relief and thicker hair through this patent product.
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Burnett
A Word to the Ladies on the Pennsylvania Special
An advertisement offers a ladies' maid aboard the Pennsylvania Special to attend to passengers during the twenty hour journey to Chicago, promising attentive service and comfort for women travelers.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
William Landau Arrested in $200000 Banking Swindle Case
William Landau, a Buffalo based cotton exporter, was arrested at 25 Broad Street by Central Office detectives on a charge of swindling Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. of over 200000. He was questioned at the Criminal Courts Building and police headquarters while firm members and his counsel denied any wrongdoing and called for a thorough review.
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William Landau
Texas
Central Office
McNaught
Capt
Titus
Detective Bureau
Landau
Buffalo
Pinkerton
Banking House
Galveston
Gray
Ernst Thalmann
Central Park South
Richard Limburger
East
Benjamin S. Guinness
Fifth Avenue
Walter T. Rosen
West Fifty-second Street
Philip V. Fennelly
Hotel Imperial
Broadway
Mr. Fennelly
the Imperial
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Fennelly
Duel of Two Teens Sparks Mexican Social Duel Plot
Police arrest Thomas Braniff Jr and Manuel Ricon Gallardo for conspiring to duel after a insulting remark about a father. The teens practiced with pistols and Braniff offers to pay travel costs and four seconds to Paris to settle the matter abroad. Gallardo pledges to go anywhere and cover his own expenses. Both expect a bloodless outcome but foresee violence.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Thomas Braniff, Jr
Manuel Ricon Gallardo
Braniff
Paris
Gallardo
France
Morris Prager Dying in New York Hotel Netherland
Diamond merchant Morris Prager lies gravely ill at the Hotel Netherland on Fifth Avenue and Fifty ninth Street after heart trouble struck him at Maiden Lane offices a week ago. His nephew Morris Jacob moved him to the hotel. Prager, who has lived there seven years, shares a long friendship with Martin Herman and Abraham Seligberg, Austrian-born companions with whom he has shared opera box seating and Central Park strolls for years.
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Morris Prager
Hotel Netherland
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Maiden Lane
Morris Jacob
Europe
Germany
Mr. Prager
Martin Herman
Abraham Seligberg
Austria
America
Metropolitan Opera House
Central Park
Henry French Slain by Sudden Stroke at Delmonico's
Play broker Henry French collapsed while dining with friends at Delmonico's last Wednesday and has remained unconscious since. Doctors attribute the incident to a paralytic stroke. The report appears in a listing of advertisements for travel and dairy products.
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T. Henry French
Delmonico’s
New Haven Plans to Boost Boston Export Traffic
Boston scene reports that the New Haven Railroad bought East Boston flats last spring to expand freight facilities. The move supports a traffic agreement with the Pennsylvania system to divert future Boston export traffic from Jersey City. Competitors New York Central and Pennsylvania may spark faster steamships, lowering freight costs.
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New York Times
Boston
Boston Flats
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Starving salesman collapses after begging at Gould home
Harry Miller twenty three year old salesman, recently out of work, fainted on Fifth Avenue after entering Edwin Gould's home seeking food. He had been staying at the Mills Hotel but left three days ago with no funds. He was treated at Flower Hospital and Bellevue Hospital where doctors diagnosed starvation and tuberculosis. He refused to stay for further care.
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Edwin Gould
Fifth Avenue
Harry Miller
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
Miller
Gould Butler
Dr. Hollister
Madison Avenues
Flower Hospital
Quick
Bellevue Hospital
Aerlph Lewisohn
Shearer
Wild Geese Bring Thanksgiving Cheer to Reading Area
Three flocks of wild geese flew over Reading on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning thirty seven geese were found near Reading Cotton Mill with several dead or injured after colliding with furnace flames at the mill. Over fifty geese were found near St Lawrence farmer Harry Althouse's fields entangled in trees. Jacksonwald residents reportedly ate wild geese for dinner as Elias Hartz predicts cold weather ahead.
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New York Times
Reading
Penn
Reading Iron Company
Harry Althouse
St. Lawrence
Jacksonwald
Elias Hartz
Fraud Frauds Against Portugal Prompt Action by States
Secretary of State Hay urges Rhode Island Governor to curb frauds against the Portuguese Government. Impersonation of Portuguese subjects to obtain naturalization papers has occurred in Rhode Island Massachusetts and California. Minors in Portugal reportedly receive papers sent to them. Investigation began with the Portuguese Minister at Washington.
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New York Times
Providence
R. I
Hay
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
California
Portugal
Washington
Haye
Colleges Announce Maine Rhodes Scholarship Rules
Colby Bowdoin and Bates presidents outline Maine candidate criteria for Oxford scholarships. Applicants must be at least twenty, unmarried, a Maine resident, and submit by January 1, 1903. An examining board from Bowdoin Bates and Colby will assess English history mathematics science and languages.
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New York Times
Augusta
Colby
Bowdoin
Bates Colleges
Maine
Oxford University
England
Cecil Rhodes
Bowdoin, Bates
Colby Colleges
Washington society man Townsend dies from fall injuries
Richard A Townsend died in Washington from injuries after falling from a horse on November 6. He was a well known society figure and was riding with his daughter near Tenallytown when the accident occurred. He leaves a widow, Mrs Mary Scott Townsend, and his property included the residence the President temporarily occupied during repairs to the White House.
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Washington
Richard A. Townsend
Mary Scott Townsend
Time Changes for Pennsulv Railroad Effective Now
Atlantic Coast Line Express departs New York at 8 55 A M instead of 9 25 A M A new train to Point Pleasant departs New York at 11 25 P M on weekdays Tickets agents and new timetables provide further changes
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Pennsulv
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Point Pleasant
Adv
The Pledge of Friendship and the King of Cheer
A whimsical Adv page note references The Pledge of Friendship and the King of Cheer Dewar’s Scotch, hinting at promotional copy or a light feature amid advertising.
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Dewar
Adv
J. G. Phelps Stokes joins Eldridge Street settlement
J G Phelps Stokes relocates from 229 Madison Ave to University Settlement at 184 Eldridge Street to devote his life to social work. He joins the staff, participates in events, and stresses democratic, classless outreach, prison reform, and school-neighborhood collaboration as core settlement aims.
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Stokes
James Speyer
New York
King Street
Pall Mall London Ciga rettes Ad for Gentlemen
An advertisement promotes Pall Mall London cigarett es as specially recommended for gentlemen who are accustomed to smoking the finest blends of Turkish tobacco.
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Pall Mall
London
Fortune for Missing Boy In New York Times Derby Report
In Derby Connecticut on November 27 the New York Times reports the four month missing case of George F Long age sixteen who vanished July 6 after seen 100 yards from his home. Legacies totaling about 20 000 plus real estate have been left to him by relatives but searches by police and institutions failed to locate him. His father Henry A Long is devastated and mortgage talks to fund continued search.
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New York
Mr. Stokes
East Side
Fifth Avenue
University
Stokes
New York Times
Derby
Conn
George F. Long
Henry A. Long
Young Long
Henry L. Jones
Stockbridge
Mass
George A.jones
East Bridgewater
George L. Jones
Army
Touching end for famed counterfeit detector Henry Croggan
Henry Croggan a longtime Treasury Department employee aged sixty five was buried today with many Treasury clerks and officials in attendance. He served in the Treasurer's office since his twenties and was famed for his rapid accurate coin counting and an extraordinary tactile ability to detect counterfeit currency and counterfeit notes.
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New York Times
Washington
Henry Croggon
Treasury Department
Treasury
Suit Filed for Defamation Against Clergyman in Peekskill
Anson K. Cassavay sues Rev. Dr. William L. Pattison for 10000 in defamation claims. Seven counts allege Pattison spoke that Cassavay was not married to his wife, had another wife and family, and was dishonest. He is accused of authoring a derogatory letter to Mrs. N. H. Michaels in New York.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Anson K. Cassavay
William L. Pattison
Round Trip Tickets to California On Sale
Round trip tickets to California offered through Chicago and North Western Union and Southern Pacific Bus. Offices at Broadway 461 287 and 249 advertise diverse routings between Chicago and California.
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California
Rouys
Chicago and North-Western
Union and
Southern Pacific Bus
Broadway
Adv
Antediluvian Rye Ad Promotes Aristocratic Whiskey Use
An advertisement touts Antediluvian Rye as an aristocratic whiskey valued where quality counts. Laytes Brothers of New York are cited. A promotional line for Piso's Cure to protect voices and prevent hoarseness is included, mentioning many actors and singers use it.
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Laytes Brothers
N. Y
Piso
Fire Chief Croker to be dismissed as trial ends
Fire Commissioner Thomas Sturgis will dismiss Edward F. Croker chief of department after a trial on seven charges and fifteen specifications from 1901 1902. Deputy Chief Charles Purroy will act as chief pending competitive examination. Mayor Low endorses Sturgis judgment but Sturgis plans to resign before year end.
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Edward F. Croker
Thomas Sturgis
Charles D. Purroy
Low
Sturgis
Clifford
Scannell
Croker
James R. Sheffield
William Cullen Bryant
Brooklyn
Low-Sturgis-Croker
New York Times
Mayor's House
Rives
Whitman and Cosby
Leary
Fire Department
Chief Croker
Navy
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Point Loma School
New York Central Lines
New Haven Road
Turkey
Oxford
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Lower East Side
Lems
Eldridge Street
Anson Phelps Stokes
Madison Avenue
University Settlement
Yale
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale University
Dodge
Phelps
Nevada Central Railroad
Nevada Company
Cedar Street
Woodbridge Company
William Street
Knickerbocker Club
City Club
Riding Club
St. Anthony
Delta Psi
University Club
Yale Club
Eldridge Street University
William E. English Walling
William E. English
Indianapolis
E. C. Poole
Princeton
Carl Miller
Poole
Trade School
Prison Association
People’s Institute
Hartley House
Church Federation
James B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Robert Hunter
Provident Loan’ Society
Penny Provident Bank
Roker
Mr. Sturgis
Park Avenue
First Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Wicke
Polo Grounds
Cross
Austin & Ireland
Newtown Creek
L. L
Terpeny
James D. Clifford
Pinkies
Gooderson and Burns
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