Infernal machine mailed to New Jersey Governor
A mailed explosive device addressed to Gov. Fort of New Jersey was intercepted by a Philadelphia Postal Inspector. The package contained powder, bullets, and matches and was linked to the governor’s Sunday liquor crusade stance. Investigators seek the sender, with no decisive identification yet.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Philadelphia
Franklyn Fort
New Jersey
Fort
Ryan
Philadelphia Post Office
Left Brokers Ended Life in Pittsburg Fire Field
Henry Clay Marshall Jr born in New York and formerly of P. W. Brooks & Co. investment brokers shot himself in Pittsburg after fearing consumption. His body found on Stanton Avenue near Jackson Street with Brooks & Co. cards in pockets and a note to notify P. W. L. Marshall had recently left the firm for ill health and was about 24.
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Pittsburg
Henry Clay Marshall, Jr
New York
P. W. Brooks & Co
Broadway
Stanton Avenue
Jackson Street
Brooks & Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Henry C. Marshall, Jr
Marshall
Girard
Runaway Horse Injures Five Men in Brooklyn Streets
A horse hit a delivery wagon and ran loose through Jay and Sands streets injuring five men. Richard O Hara suffered a fractured skull and was in danger of death. An ambulance surgeon treated the wounded as bystanders restrained the animal.
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A. J. ‘Nutting & Co
Fulton and
Smith Streets
Brooklyn
Jay Street
Strickland
Dooley
Adams Street
Sands Street
Richard O'Hare
Pearl Street
Frederick Stearner
George Sparks
Meeker Avenue
Harry Barry
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn Hospital
O'Hare
Tiger Cub's Ascent Ends With Fall At Fair Grounds
William Coby known as the boy aeronaut, who earlier survived a mishap with a tiger cub during an ascent at Richmond County Fair Grounds, attempted another ascent. The balloon broke free near takeoff, he clung to the apparatus, and a forty foot drop left him shaken but not seriously hurt. He refused to skip flying after the capsize.
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William Coby
Richmond County Fair Grounds
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Cody
Rev Dr Duffield to Resume Pulpit Duty in October
Among incoming passengers on the Arabic of the White Star Line were the Rev Dr and Mrs Duffield of the Old First Church. For seven months Dr Duffield traveled in the Mediterranean region including the Holy Land Egypt and Italy. He will occupy his pulpit on the first Sunday in October.
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Duffield
Old First Church
Mediterranean
Holy Land
Bggpt
Italy
Nashs of Newark sue for divorce after desertion
James William Nash and Sarah Harper Nash, both described as deaf mute, seek a divorce in Newark after twenty five years of marriage and three children. Mrs Nash left in 1900 alleging household duties were too hard for her to perform.
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James William Nash
Newark
Sarah Harper Nash
Italy Estranged by Social Comment Over Abruzzi Elkins Betrothal
The article notes Italian government refusal to accredit a representative to the Washington International Congress on Tuberculosis, sparking American medical concern. It cites Miss Elkins and the Abruzzi engagement as linked social chatter and includes Dr. Fulton’s appeal to King Victor Emmanuel II for Italian attendance.
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Italy
Washington
United States
Miss Elkins
Stephen B. Elkins
John S. Fulton
Congress
Attilio Caccini
West Twelfth Street
Dr. Caccini
Department of State
Italq
America
John. S. Fulton
International Congress On
Giuseppe: Bastianelli
Rome
Dr.attilio
Caccini
Noted Paris chemist joins congress with Dr Mohr and Dr Jacobsen
Accompanied by Dr Frederick Mohr and Dr J Jacobsen of Havana, the participants arrive for the congress. The New York Medical Journal outlines sessions with two general meetings, hoping the U.S. President will preside over the first on Monday Sept 28, or Deputy Cortelyou if unavailable.
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Frederick Mohr
Paris
J. Jacobsen
Havana
New York Medical Journal
United States
Cortelyou
Morgan welcomes grandson aboard Corsair at American Line pier
J Pierpont Morgan and family greet 17 year old J S Morgan Jr when he arrives aboard the St Louis at the American Line pier. The yacht Corsair carries a group including judges, doctors, bishops, diplomats, and vaudeville performers from Europe for a visit in Washington.
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J. Pierpont
Morgan
American Line
Corsair
J. S. Morgan, Jr
St. Louis
J. M. Baldwin
William J. Carr
Co. B. Cleveland
William R. Broughton
Samuel C. Edsall
Minnesota
Guzman
Washington
Hamel
Prof
Pannowitz
Albert K. Potter
E. J. Preston
Howard C. Noble
Nathan J. Miller
Francis W. Ralston
T.’ J. Oakley Rhinelander
Albert Sanders
W. J. Sutherland
Edward Wasserman
Lé Grand C. Tibitts
Brice Opposes Husband's Asylum Amid Legal Move
Mrs. Brice resists efforts to commit ex-City Councilman Brice, deemed insane by doctors, as his brother W. Kirkpatrick Brice seeks a committee of person and property. affidavits by physicians filed. Brice at home under care, nervous and prone to confusion, with nurse present.
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Stewart M
Brice
West 107Th Street
W. Kirkpatrick Brice
Fifth Avenue
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Sanford Hall
Flushing
Francis Brice
Humphreys
Queens
Planetary display moves planets into daily solar system ties
Dr. H. C. Bumpus of the American Museum of Natural History unveils a novel solar system model in the main hall. A central sun globe with movable lights shows Mercury Venus Earth Mars and others on scaled orbits with daily updates for accurate planetary positions.
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H. C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
jMercury
Black Lynx Leipzig Dyed and Heart Shape Stole
A quirky fashion fragment notes Black Lynx, Leipzig dyed, a heart shaped stole and an extra size muff to match.
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Leipzig
Mount criticizes press on stepfather's condition
Mount states his stepfather is not hopelessly insane and expects recovery. He says Dr Montgomery sees improvement and the committee of affairs is temporary, aimed at avoiding an asylum. He asserts harmony with his mother and paternal uncles.
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Mount
Chestnut blight feared to reach Orange and Sullivan Counties
The chestnut blight foreseen by Dr. W A Murrill appears to have reached Orange and Sullivan Counties New York. Secretary A Emerson Palmer reports chestnut trees in Sullivan County showing no symptoms initially but now leaves turn dark brown and drop rapidly indicating disease. Dr. Murrill confirms turning leaves and limb dieback as positive signs of blight.
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W. A. Murrill
Bronx
Murrill
Palmer
Sullivan County
Orange
Booker T. Washington Denies Taft Campaign Tour
In Lexington on September 12 Booker T. Washington denied reports he would stump the South for Mr Taft, stating he has no plans to campaign for any candidate.
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Lexington
Booker T. Washington
Taft
Fight Over Moving Picture Duty Rates Trials Begin
Importers challenge Treasury rules taxing moving pictures at 65 cents per pound and 25 percent value, arguing only 25 percent on photographic dry plates. The Board of General Appraisers will hear test cases after claims of a trust blocking independent foreign goods. Deputy Appraiser Nathan denied delays in releasing imports.
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Treasury Department
Board of General Appraisers
Michael Nathan
Socialist Campaign Book Issued Edited by Patterson in Chicago
The Socialist Party in Chicago issued today a slender red campaign book edited by Joseph Medill Patterson and supervised by the party’s executive committee. Patterson contributes an unsigned attack on Taft’s record as injunction judge. other articles are by Clarence Durrow H G Wells John Spargo Robert Hunter Seymour Stedman and Eugene V Debs the party’s presidential candidate.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Joseph Medill Patterson
Patterson
Taft
Clarence Durrow
H. G. Wells
John
Silk Fabrics and Satins in Various Edgings and Borders
A list of fabric types is presented including Liberty satin in cachemire, silk taffeta printed and draped satin, bordered voile velours, gauze salome border, messaline Pekin, Pekin cachemire de soie, Pekin Liberty, and related textile finishes.
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Elysee & Liberty
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the Two Nations
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France
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Orange Counties
Photographic Supply Trust
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