Hughes challenges Chanler on racing gambling in upstate rally
Gov. Hughes opened an upstate tour in Owego with a 35 minute speech at a Republican mass meeting. He challenged Lieut. Gov. Chanler to state his stance on restoring race-track gambling and defended his veto of the two-cent fare bill. He argued for constitutional fidelity and fair treatment of policy, addressing insurance and other issues. He spoke again in Waverley, Nichols, and Elmira where crowds filled Lyceum Theatre and Rathbun House events.
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New York Times
Owego
Hughes
Tioxa
Gov
Chanler
New York
Agnew-Hart
New York State
Waverley
Nichols
Elmira
J. Sloat Fassett
Rathbun House
Congressman Fassett
Lyceum Theatre
Edward R O Malley
Personal Liberty League
Governor Hughes Launches Geographically Broad Campaign Tour
After returning from the West Governor Hughes begins a vigorous statewide circuit with over twenty planned speeches. He will cover the Southern Tier Westchester Mohawk Valley and reach Syracuse while joining James S. Sherman in touring the state. Reports say Fairbanks Garfield Stuart and Murphy will join as principal speakers during the weeklong push. Hughes expresses confidence in Taft’s election.
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Hughes
Owego
Waverly
Elmira
Westchester County
Mohawk Valley
Syracuse
James S. Sherman
Republican County Committee
Boyle
Gov
Fairbanks
Interior
James R. Garfield
Stuart
Murphy
Pennsylvania
Westchester
Mr. Taft
Broadway Maiden Lane Building Sold for 6 Million
The 18 story Broadway Maiden Lane Building at Broadway and Maiden Lane sold by Broadway Building Company to John B. Brower of Ipswich Massachusetts via broker John H Berry. Brower estate pays part in a South Chicago property valued at 1.5 million. The sale total around 6 million with site cost about 1.25 million and construction 1.9 million. Tenants include jewelers and Guardian Trust and Pennsylvania Railroad on ground floor.
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Broadway-Maiden Lane
Broadway and
Maiden Lane
Broadway Building Company
John B. Brower
Ipswich
Mass
John H. Berry
South Chicago
Brower
Stewart Browne
Parmly
Broadway
Maiden Line
George A. Fuller Company
Guardian Trust Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Haven Plans 22 Million Dollar Consolidation
Vice President Edward G. Buckland announced a twenty two million dollar deal for the New Haven Road to acquire stocks and bonds of United Traction and Electric and Rhode Island Suburban Railway. The plan would consolidate local electric lines into Rhode Island and simplify accounting with New Haven guarantee to traction shareholders.
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New York Times
Providence
R. I
Edward G. Buckland
New Haven Road
New Haven
United Traction and Electric Company
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company
tMnited Traction Company
Rhode Island
Buckland
New York, New Haven
Private wireless station taps racing news from tracks
LeRoy F. Hammond, a 34 Baker Avenue, Dunton, Queens electrician, built a private receiving wireless telegraph station. The unit, receiving but not sending, captures racing results from within a 30 mile zone and suggests news leaks from race tracks to poolrooms. The source notes wires reach 35 feet and feed into a home receiver.
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LeRoy F. Hammond
Baker Avenue
Dunton
Queens
Governor urges crackdown on night riders in Kentucky
In an extreme appeal Governor Willson condemns the night rider gang that attacked Walker in Hickman County, killing him his wife and two children. He links the crime to past Russellville murders and urges counties to organize and punish lynching, arson, and cowardly violence.
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Prankfort
Walker
Hickman County
Willson Tore
Kentucky
Russellville
Young William Stillman Registers for Rosebud Farm Draw
William Stillman nephew of James Stillman of National City Bank registers at Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation opening. He is a candidate for a farm with about a one in forty chance and plans to move into a house on his claim next spring. In Omaha five hundred women teachers from nearby cities registered earlier and returned by special train.
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New York Times
Dallas
S. D
William Stillman
James Stillman
National City Bank
New York
Stillman
Omaha
Union Depot Company
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Haan's Restaurant Ad In Park Row Building
Downtown venue for ladies offering luncheon and dinner with music. Ad highlights dining and ambiance at Haan's location in the Park Row building.
Strikers Attack Majestic and Plaza Windows in NYC
Violent clashes between striking taxi chauffeurs and strikebreakers lead to window smashing at the Plaza and Majestic hotels on Seventy second Street and Central Park West. A cobblestone shattered a Majestic window as diners hid. later bricks near the Fifty-ninth Street entrance at the Majestic damaged a cafe window. Police and taxi company guards pursued suspects. Inspector Walsh prepares charges against Joseph E. Murphy, a Teamsters union walking delegate.
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New York
Hotel
Plaza
Majestic
Seventy-second Street
Central Park West
Lovett
Inion Pacific Railroad
West Sixty-eighth Street
Central Park
J.P. Barclay
Western Union Telegraph Company
Courtenay Bennett
S. M. Williams
Central Railroad of New Jersey
J. Parker Brown
Holmes Jones
Park Wall
W. W. Tracey
Fifty-ninth Street
Tracey
Murphy
Walsh
Joseph E. Murphy
Teamsters’ Union
West Side Court
Steinert
Amsterdam Avenue
Sixty-second Street
Hotel Majestic
West Forty-ninth Street
James T. Gilvanon
Edward Hines
Allen
West Point Football October Outings Day Line Adva
Football notes from West Point Saturdays highlight October outings with day line advances and scheduling. The fragment points to upcoming games and adjacent coverage.
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West Point
Rockefeller Theatres Fence Blocks Fire Escape Row
In Cleveland in October Rockefeller Jr. owns adjacent apartments blocking a Globe Theatre fire exit with a fence. The building department ordered the balcony closed as actors strip the exit and a new fire escape was built, though deemed inadequate. Rockefeller’s influence may force leaseholders to buy his property.
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New York
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New Globe Theatre
Rockefeller
East Fifty-first Street
Globe Theatre
Mr. Rockefeller
Globe
Clude
Edward A. Brooks
Rockefeller Apartments
Johnsons for an alien in Minnesota governor race
Madison report says Gary A Johnson faces little opposition in a third bid for Minnesota governor. Republican rival Jacob F Jacobson allegedly lacks U.S. citizenship, born in 1849 in Hijelmeland Norway, and not naturalized. The case is under Republican committee investigation.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Gary
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Madison
Jacob F. Jacobson
Jacobson
United States
Mr. Jacobson
Hijelmeland
Norway
America
Fayette County
Iowa
Jacob E. Fore
Fayetteounty
Pastor Young Urged to Stay as Pittsburg Meeting Declares for Him
Special to The New York Wines from Pittsburg Penn Oct 12 Congregants of Second Presbyterian press Pastor S Edward Young to remain in Pittsburg and reject a Brooklyn Bedford Church call Others allege a plan to install Rev Mark Allison Matthews of Seattle at a salary of 10000 annually as Young earns 7000 The meeting draws large female turnout while minority members attack Young with pamphlets and theaterlike displays and the chair warns against moral lapse at the Great White Way.
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Tittsburg
Penn
Pittsburg
Second Presbyterian Church
S. Edward Young
Young
Bedford
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brookhilvn
Iis A
Mark Allison Matthews
First Presbyterian Church of
Seattle
Second Presbyterian
Voute
WP. Grimes
Jfe
Grimes
Mr. Young
Wu Ting-fang Discusses Divorce at Newark Church
Minister Wu Ting-fang spoke to a large Newark audience at the First Presbyterian Church on China customs. He called China an old fashioned nation not yet educated up to divorce and said his own marriage story was unique as he was allowed to see his bride before the ceremony despite public opinion.
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Wu Ting-fang
First Presbyterian Church of
Newark
N. J
China
United States
Husband Twice Arrested In Brooklyn Domestic Attack
William Zwingmann a 60 year old ex police sergeant of 317 Fifty fifth Street Brooklyn was arrested for felonious assault on his wife Meta Zwingmann after an early morning dispute with a cold chisel. He was released on 190 dollars bail and later returned to his home attempting to break in. he was arrested again by Officer John Ryan of the Fourth Avenue Station. Mrs. Zwingmann said he had an affinity who sailed to Germany last week and she plans divorce proceedings.
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William Zwingmann
Brooklyn
Meta Zwingmann
Zwingmann
John Ryan
Fourth Avenue
Germany
Oldest New Yorker Votes in Twentieth District Tale
An elderly immigrant, 104, Simon Harris, recounts voting history and travels from Russia to California and Jerusalem. He describes a lifetime as a peddler, recalls Lincoln voting in 1864, and insists on his accuracy after showing worn naturalization papers. He fears being photographed for print.
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Second Assembly
Grand Street
Simon Harris
Division
Street
Lincoln
California
Levine
Naturalization
Lie
Russia
Brooklyn
Indiana
Jerusalem
Dwoller
America
Selah Merrill
Anmerican
Harris
Holy Land
Taft
Matt
Bayard
East Side
Favor Increases Planned At Street Railway Conference
Atlantic City hosts the twenty seventh annual American Street and Interurban Railway Association convention on Youngs Pier with hundreds of millions in capital represented. Manufacturers display progress in street railway construction and operation as managers, claim agents, and transport officials meet at Traymore and Chalfonte Hotels. Talks urge higher fares and public relations efforts. John I Beggs notes New Yorks all over Manhattan for a nickel plan faced court challenges. About 6000 attendees, 7000 delegates expected.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Young’s
New Pier
John I. Beggs
Milwaukee
New York
Manhattan
United States
Pistol Duel Wounds Two Officials in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida Lawrence D Howell Justice of the Peace and William H Coulter office clerk were wounded after a restaurant quarrel erupted. Coulter fired striking Howell in the chest. Howell then seized Coulter's pistol and shot Coulter under the heart. Howell is in St Luke's Hospital in serious condition while Coulter is badly wounded.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lawrence D. Howell
St. Luke's Hospital
William H. Coulter
Willard
Coulter
Howell
Heiress Kidnapped In Broad Daylight In Chicago
Margaret Frances Mitchell, 9, heiress linked to Robert H. Mitchell, was seized by kidnappers as she walked with her grandmother. They escaped in an automobile and vanished for days, with police and detectives probing possible abduction by associates of her estranged mother.
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Chicago
Margaret Frances Mitchell
UT Wray
Robert H. Mitchel
City Law Department
Pers
Elgin
Aurora
Gil
Arrested for Kissing Wife on Public Transit
Dennis Burns of Bridgeport and his wife caused a crowd scene on a Waterbury trolley car when Burns hugged and kissed his wife publicly. Arrested under an old Connecticut law, he was fined for disorderly conduct totaling nearly $20 with costs. Burns argued he has a right to kiss his wife despite the law.
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Burns
John Worth Kern III In Serious Condition
John Worth Kern III son of Vice Presidential candidate John W. Kern is in a grave state with infantile paralysis. The five year old was taken to Michigan for hay fever then developed tonsillitis and his condition worsened leaving him unable to move limbs before slight improvement offered cautious hope.
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New York Times
Women Admit Sisters to U S Supreme Court Bar
Washington October 12 two sisters Ethel M Colford and Florence M Colford were admitted to practice before the Supreme Court at the Fall term. The day saw twenty one new admittees. After swearing in the Justices with the Marshal visited the White House. the President gave no speech.
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New York Times
Washington
Fromen
Supreme Court of the United States
Ethel M.colford
Florence M. Colford
Famous Showman Sued Over Marriage Dividends
In Cincinnati on October 12 the marriage of John F. Robinson, a famed showman, to Maud Logan in Parksville Tennessee sparked a $250,000 lawsuit. Robinson’s thirteen children, who oppose the match, claim dividends are due from their late mother’s estate with Robinson acting as trustee.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
John F. Robinson
Maud Logan
Parksville
Tenn
Robinson
President of the World predicted for Theodore Roosevelt
The Rev Wilbur Crafts of the International Reform Bureau told Warner Avenue Baptist Church listeners in Eshton that Roosevelt would be President of the World within all years. He said the bureau would create an international government at The Hague with legislative and executive branches led by Roosevelt.
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New York Times
Eqston
Wilbur Fr. Crafts
D. D
International Reform Bureau
Warner Avenue Baptist
Churen
Theodore Roosevelt
Ccrafts
Hague
Roosevelt
Diamonds Hidden on Suspect In St Louis Train Theft
George Foster a Black man with multiple aliases was arrested at 2319 Pine Street after diamonds totaling over 30000 were found stuffed in his shoes and clothing. Pinkerton detectives and alerts from several cities traced the unset stones to S C Powell Diamond Company valuables stolen on a Chicago to St Louis Pullman car. Powell’s suitcase containing the gems vanished at Union Station with the porter.
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New York Times
ST Louis
George Foster
Pine Street
Pinkerton
S. C. Powell
S. C. Powell Diamond Company
Broadway
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
Powell
Union Station
Great Bear Sprint Purity Shipwreck Reforms
A fragment notes WATE Its Purity ren e de e, with unclear context and missing details on who, what, where, or when. The readable elements suggest a designation or event but provide no concrete facts for a full summary.
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Rene Dee
Registration Near 1904 Figures in Manhattan Boroughs
~20,000 total registration loss from four years ago across Manhattan and the Bronx with other borough gains nearly offsetting. Manhattan shows population shifts, with central and Republican districts posting gains while downtown east side areas report declines due to new identification laws. First four districts record a net loss of 4,440.
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Manhattan
Richmond
Bronx
Registration drives heat up as final day looms
Republicans and Democrats rush to boost registration ahead of the final day. Tammany and GOP leaders deploy workers from ward headquarters to persuade unregistered voters. Gov Hughes urges immediate registration linking turnout to party gains and victory in the nine Republican Assembly districts.
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Taeies
Hedguarters
Vecterda
Conservhierny
Hughes
de West
Republican County Organization
Parsons
Republican Assembly
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