Times Square to Paris Auto Race Planned Across North America
The Paris Matin and The New York Times coordinate a New York to Paris automobile race via Vancouver, Skagway, and the Bering Strait. Top automotive firms back the plan with Standard Oil supplying gasoline, and optimism cites feasibility though concerns over rough terrain remain between British Columbia and Alaska.
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New York Times
Times Square
New York
Paris
Bering Strait
Grand Palais
Vancouver
British Columbia
Skagway
Alaska
A Fine Road to Dawson Feasible North Route
Ottawa dispatch says the route Regina Saskatchewan to Fort Saskatchewan then Yukon road to Dawson City is the most feasible Canadian path to Bering Strait. The road, recently cleared, is winter capable for autos though not fully finished. Snow is light in many areas and once frozen will ease travel toward Nome, Alaska.
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New York Times
Ottawa
Ontario
Bering Strait
Canadian
Regina
Saskatchewan
Fort Saskatchewan
Yukon
Dawson City
Northwest Mounted Police
China
Dawson
Nome
United States Territory
Autoists Eager for New York to Paris Race
Prominent autoists predict strong entries for a New York to Paris motor race organized with help from the Matin of Paris and The New York Times. Standard Oil plans fuel stops along the route. Leaders say the Peking Paris precedent proves such feats feasible and will attract both American and foreign contestants.
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New York
Paris
Matin of
New York Times
Standard Oil Company
Jefferson de Mont Thompson
American Automobile Association
A. R. Pardington
Robert Lee Morrell
Automobile Club of America
Mr. Pardington
Alaska
Siberia
Duc de Chaulnes Plans Split Residence After Marriage
The Duc de Chaulnes, engaged to Miss Shonts, arrived at Havre aboard the Lorraine in good health and spirits. He said he will spend six months each year in Paris and New York after marriage and does not intend to redeem his Châtea u estate. He plans to run for the Chamber of Deputies on a moderate Republican platform amid Royalist family ties. The couple’s religious differences remain undecided.
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New York E Times
Paris
Duc de Chaulnes
Shonts
Havre
Lorraine
New York Times
New York
Chamber of Deputies
Miss Shonts
United States
Prince Colonna
Moroccan raid sparks renewed Algerian border crisis
Official reports from Oran claim a Moroccan force crossed into Algeria yesterday, routing French troops and causing heavy casualties before reinforcements repelled the attack. Arab tribesmen left eighty dead at Bab-el-Rassa as fighting spread to frontier villages and reserves were ordered to pursue punitive action.
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Paris
Oran
Algeria
France
Morocco
Abdel-Aziz
Record
Musal Hafid
Benis Nassen
Bab el-Bassa
Oudja
Nemours
Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Picquart
Bab-el-Rassa
Mulal Hafid's Men In Hard Fight At Mogador
In Mogador in November Kaid Anfloos forces clash with Mulal Hafid adherents in a heavy ongoing battle marked by great slaughter. The result appears favorable to the Kaid.
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Mulal Hafid
Mogador
Kaid Anfloos
Kaid
Fatal rifle misfire ends life of A. F. Bowersett
Richmond dispatch reports A. F. Bowersett of Culpeper County Adjutant of Ford Union Academy died from a gunshot wound received ten days earlier. Miss Carrie B. Snead, who had been target practicing with him, accidentally fired the rifle when the weapon discharged as she handled it on the porch where they sat. The ball entered the abdomen, then blood poisoning followed after initial signs of recovery.
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New York Times
Richmond
A. F. Bowersett
Culpeper County
Ford Union Academy
Carrie B. Snead
Bowersett
Miss Snead
Young Bowersett
Ferret Chases Rat Triggering Attic Fire in Waterbury
In Waterbury Connecticut on November 28 a ferret owned by Jim Bronson chased a rat into the attic where the rodent pulled a blasting fuse 40 feet into the cellar. The rat tangled the fuse. Bronson’s daughter dumped hot cinders on it starting a fire that spread to stored goods causing 300 dollars in damage.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
Jim Bronson
Bronson
Army-Navy game special trains to Princeton via Penn Routes
Special trains run to and from Princeton via Penn Station for the Army-Navy game on Saturday November 30. Depart New York9:55 AM and 10:55 AM with return service from Princeton Station at 8:07 PM.
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Priledcione
Penns Rania Paticone
Turday
New York
Sf Breed
Siete
Belmont Tunnel Partnership Plan Sparks City Buyout Idea
A New York plan proposes the city buy the Belmont tunnel for about 9 million dollars and run it in a city Belmont partnership. Net earnings would be split 50 50 between the city and Belmont with bonds paid by city revenue. Fare would be set at 8 cents with possible future reductions after debt service.
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City
Belmont
Manhattan
Long Island City
Public Service Commission
Queens County
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
E. P. Bryan
Traction
Queens
Inter
Army Navy Football Game Train to Tule Pats
fragmented OCR text describes a two hour train to Tule Pats and mentions seats and transportation related to an Army Navy football game. lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
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Tule
Farmers Union Men Say Roosevelt Backs Quick Finance Action
C T Ladson and R F Duckworth report from Washington that President Roosevelt aims to push immediate financial legislation through Congress by Christmas to aid South and West crops. They claim he favors Bryan’s national bank deposit guarantee in principle but doubts state banks can be aided otherwise. He reportedly supports a truly elastic currency and backs the Union’s goals.
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New York Times
Atlanta
C. T. Ladson
Farmers’ Union
R. F. Duckworth
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankers’ Association
Princeton Student Drowns in Delaware River Whirlpool
Lewis Beall, Princeton University student from Uniontown Pennsylvania, drowned today in the Delaware River at Foul Rift. He was part of a six man canoe party in three canoes. two crews passed the rift, the third overturned, Beall was carried away by the current and did not survive. One companion swam to shore and was treated. Beall's body has not been recovered.
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Belvidere
N. J
Lewis Beall
Princeton University
Delaware
Foul Rift
Princeton
Beall
Uniontown
Penn
Hunters Fire At Autoists Near Mount Holly
County Supervisor of Roads Hillton and his Moorestown family were fired at by three hunters on a Pemberton road. Two shot hits struck the auto. suspects Walter Jewitt Teddy Parker and Charles Bakely from Camden admitted the shooting claiming they were aiming at chickens. They were held for a hearing the next day.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Hillton
Moorestown
Pemberton Roads
G. Fleetwood
Throckmorton
Walter
Jewitt
Teddy Parker
Charles Bakely
Camden
Hilston
Ex-Gov Brown’s Son Held After Baltimore Auto Crash
In Baltimore on West Baltimore Street James F Grinnell, a colored man, was killed when his pedestrian car was struck by one of two powerful automobiles. Frank Brown Jr son of ex governor and James Elliott of Washington driven the cars and fled the scene. Brown and his chauffeur were arrested later and released on their own recognisances for a hearing next Monday.
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Baltimore
West Baltimore Street
James F. Grinnell
Frémont Streets
Frank Brown
Brown
James Elliott
Washington, D. C
Young Brown
Bliiott
Grinnell
Loden
Hillett
Pimlico
Cyclist Hit By Auto In Queens After Dark Stop
William Ball of 84 Ridgewood Avenue Brooklyn rode home through Queens after a Long Island trip when he had to relight his lamp in a dark spot. A Beckstein of 50 Water Street Manhattan did not see him and his auto struck the cyclist inflicting a scalp wound body lacerations and a wounded eye. Ball was assisted into the car by Beeckstein and taken to Jamaica Hospital.
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William Ball
Ridgewood Avenue
Brooklyn
Queens
Long Island
A. & Beckstein
Water Street
Manhattan
Ball
Smailer
Mr. Beeckstein
Jamaica Hospital
Masked Boy Loses Foot In Railroad Tragedy at Winfield Crossing
Eight year old George Neuburger of Winfield New York was stepping across the Montauk Division tracks when his left foot was caught in a switch frog and severed by an oncoming express. A gate tender and engineer Robert Hampton reacted as the train braked and the boy was taken to Long Island City Hospital where his condition was reported as recovering.
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George Neuburger
Shell Road
Hicks Avenue
Winfield
L. I
Montauk Division
Long Island Railroad
Winfield Crossing
Robert Hampton
Gnes
Long Island City
Snow geese in Central Park hoax by W E D Stokes exposed
Central Park hosts three so called snow geese, claimed Arctic natives, but are hybrids bred by Homer Davenport and secretly released by W E D Stokes from a Morristown poultry yard. Stokes says he mixed an Egyptian goose with a Winnipeg wild duck, calling them poultry mules.
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Swan Pond
Seventy-seventh Street
Central Park
United States
Miller
American Museum of Natural History
Donald Byrne
Mr. Byrne
Allen
Museum of Natural History
Times
Ansonia
Brian G. Hughes
Stokes
Labrador
New Jersey
Mr. Stokes
Winnipeg
Homer Davenport
Morristown
Mr. Davenport
New York
Prof. Allen
American man pardoned after twenty years in Mexican jail
James Kenzburry an elderly American was freed from a Jalisco state prison after twenty years for killing a Mexican on a ranch quarrel. A Nebraska contact led to a presidential inquiry and his release. He plans to seek damages for confiscated property.
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New York Times
Guadalajara
Mexico
James Kenzburry
Jalisco
Nebraska
Dias
Konzburry
Lincoln
Neb
Board of Pardons
Kentburry
Pittsburg Railways Enforces Off Duty Cigar and Liquor Rule
The Pittsburg Railways Company in Pittsburgh has warned workers it will strictly enforce a ban on cigars and liquor when off or on duty. Several employees have been discharged as the company asserts it now has full staffing. Union official J. Thorpe protested, arguing the company cannot discipline men off duty. President Callery supports the policy, with rumors of a strike among some workers.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railways Company
J. 3. Thorpe
J. D. Callery
Saapioges
Indiana Republicans shift toward Hughes for 1908
In Indianapolis on November 28, Indiana Republicans discuss committee reshuffles and growing Hughes support. While no unified push for a single presidential candidate emerges beyond Fairbanks, many party workers in cities and rural areas favor Hughes as a unifying choice, noting Roosevelt sentiment waning.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Fairbanks
Hughes
New York
Roosevelt
Italian Marquis Kidnapped in Naples
Marquis Giuseppe Cito a cousin to the king was seized and tortured in a grotto by armed men. He was forced to write to the Marchioness demanding $500. Found half frozen and badly injured his condition is described as desperate. One assailant wore a policeman disguise.
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Naples
Guiseppe Cito
Kidnappers Stole 49 Children in Mexico City Case
Dispatched report from Mexico City says police are investigating a two month long organized kidnapping ring in the city. Forty-nine children were taken from their homes, including twenty-two boys and twenty-seven girls, aged from two to seventeen years.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico City
Wins Bride On Fast Train
Miss Anna Sedgwick Silsbee of Chicago and Edward Arthur Rosenfeld of New York married in a Colorado Springs train stop after taking a license at Hugo. They then returned to Colorado Springs to reside.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Col
Anna Sedgwick Silsbee
Chicago
Edward Arthur Rosenfeld
New York
Silsbee
Drexel Smith
Rosenfeld
Hugo
Sousa Ill With Ptomaine Poisoning Forces Band Confinement
John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster and composer, is seriously ill at the Auditorium Hotel Chicago from ptomaine poisoning contracted in Milwaukee. He cannot conduct the concert, has been confined to bed after an attempt to lead his band, and Herbert I. Clarke has taken his place.
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Chicago
John Philip Sousa
Auditorium Hotel
Milwaukee
Sousa
Mr. Sousa
Herbert I. Clarke
Taft's Mother Stricken Again With Illness
Mrs. Louisa M. Taft, mother of Secretary of War William H. Taft, is gravely ill at the Torrey mansion in Millbury with the same stomach trouble that troubled her last summer. Horace Taft, principal of the Taft School, says her condition is serious but steady, with doubt about recovery due to age. He denies reports delaying Miss Louise Taft's New York society entrance, stating there is no connection to his mother's health.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Louisa M. Taft
William H. Taft
Torrey Mansion
Millbury
Horace Taft
Taft School
Taft
Louise Taft
New York Society
Chicago buttermilk exposed as fake dairy product
Chicago consumers learn that many dealers label a skim milk and acid culture mix as buttermilk. Assistant State Food Commissioner H W Schuknecht says large Chicago suppliers use added bacteria to create curdled lumps and fake flavor. Retail price previously five cents a quart, now reduced to a cent.
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Chicago
H. W. Schuknecht
Dewey's Old Port Wine for Invalids Advertised
An advertisement promotes Dewey's Old Port Wine for invalids and convalescents, claiming it strengthens the weak and aiding recovery. The ad lists aepenny & Sons Co., 488 Fulton St., New York as sellers. The text includes garbled remnants of other content.
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Dewey
Aepenny & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Missing Evidence Hampers Borough Bank Prosecution
Revelations reveal theft of bank records including an 18 000 note by Senator Patrick H McCarren and torn loan book pages. Detectives search for the missing documents as prosecutors weigh immunity deals and weigh implications for Campbell Maxwell Gow and other officials.
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Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
Borough Bank
Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Patrick H. McCarren
Capt. Kahne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
William 58. Hurley
Iles
Mes
Hurley
Maxwell
Campbell
Gow
Howard Maxwell
District Attorney’s Office
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