Foraker Defies Taft In Ohio Senate Fight
In Cincinnati on September 20 1910 Senator Foraker writes a stand in the face of Taft's refusal to share a platform. The Archbold letters and Standard Oil links spur a split Republican scene as Hearst drops letters and Foraker plots an independent statewide canvass to seek reelection amid mounting pressure from Taft and Roosevelt.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
William H. Taft
J. BR. Foraker
National League of Republican Clubs
Judge Taft
Senator Dick
Mr. Taft
Archbold
Mr. Foraker
Standard Oil Company
Taft
Foraker
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevet
United States
William R. Hearst
Linton
Memphis
New York
Paris Fire Destroys Central Telephone Building
A major blaze destroyed Paris’s central telephone building and the nearby Post Office, causing an estimated 5 million dollars in losses and crippling city and provincial communications. Fire chieflogs note a long effort to control flames with firemen exhausted after a department store fire earlier that day.
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Paris
Places Des Victoires
Faubourg St. Denis
Five Submarines to Race From Cuttyhunk to Philadelphia
Newport R I Sept 20 The cruiser Yankee leads a squadron including submarines Octopus Tarantula Viper Cuttlefish and Plunger plus torpedo boats in high sea maneuvers to attack or defend. USS Castine now a submarine tender will join as a key unit. After a week near Cuttyhunk the fleet heads to Philadelphia for Founders Day observances with a 350 mile surface endurance race.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Yankee
C. C. Marsh
U.S. Ny
Mobile
Wet
Board of
Castine
Cuttyhunk
Philadelphia
Australia Loses Fleet Passes Coasts to Manila Run
The American battleship fleet, led by the Connecticut and Louisiana, steamed past Perth in two columns on the way to Manila. Crowds of sightseers from Freemantle to Rottnest Island cheered as yachts and steamers followed, while news of the Aeon wreck reached the fleet and a farewell signal was exchanged.
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Perth
Western Australia
Manila
Connecticut
Louisiana
Freemantle
Swan River
Rott Nest Island
United States
Kanowna
Aeon
Christmas Island
Sperry
Landlord L W Fuller commits suicide in hotel room
Lawson W. Fuller a Metropolitan Life employee and Yonkers resident shot himself in Room 451 of the St Denis Hotel in New York City. Coroner Shrady noted the death occurred about ten hours earlier. Notes found suggest distress toward his wife and a taunt toward others. Families in Yonkers and New York discuss possible motives and finances tied to Long Island and Vermont real estate.
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Harlem
St. Denis
Broadway
Eleventh Street
Fuller
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Lawson W
McLean Heights
Woodlawn
N. Y
Shrady
Barnett
Mr. Fuller
Capt
Henry
Mercer Street
Lawtie
Leon A. Caswell
Toledo Avenue
Elmhurst
Yonkers
Glover Street
Roberts
Vermont
Long Island
Lawson N. Fuller
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Fort George
Kingsbridge
Old Rapid Transit Commission
155Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Henry B. Fuller
Lawson W. Fuller
West 137Th Street
Wa W. Fuller
Stabbing Mystery After Attack on Malick in 230 Street
Thomas Malick, machinist of 441 West Thirty-sixth Street, was knocked unconscious with a blackjack near First Avenue and Twenty-third Street. He lies in Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with a possible skull fracture. A prior similar assault in the same area ended in death. coroner’s physician Lehane attributed death to blunt force trauma. Police seek two suspects seen fleeing toward Second Avenue.
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Thomas Malick
West Thirty-sixth Street
Twenty-third Street
First Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Lehane
Malick
Olive Tree Inn
Mulick
East Twenty-second Street
Second Avenue
Auction of Countess Seckendorf furnishings to be sold
The Seckendorf home near Ramsey on the Hudson will disperse its furnishings in a three day sale beginning Thursday. The auction, hailed as the most important in Paterson, features antiques and art, including a Louis XVI parlor suit. The Countess inherited wealth from her first husband John Donner. previous Seckendorf properties included homes in Georgia and Canada.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Countess Seckendorf
Ramsey
John O. Donner
Seckendorf
Seckendorfs
Georgia
Canada
Roosevelt Apologizes to Dry Goods Merchant in Sagamore Row
President Roosevelt invited Charles Kursman of Oyster Bay to Sagamore Hill and apologized in person for a Secret Service misidentification at a recent reception. Kursman, a Mason, was later told the incident was blameless and that the president deeply regretted the insult.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Charles Kursman
Secret Service
Sagamorean
Kursman
Washer
Loeb
President’s Lodge of Masons
Christ Church
Washburn
Jacob Riis
Sagamore Hill
Van Schaick Afloat Again at Sing Sing Prison Site
OSSINING NY September 20 The former Gen Slocum commander Capt Van Schaick now skippers a river craft between the prison pier at Ossining and the new Sing Sing Prison site below Fort Montgomery. He escorts convicts daily under armed guard and will command a larger river beat when spring construction starts.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
New Sing Sing
Hudson
Highland Falls
van Schaick
Slocum
Fort Montgomery
Strike on New Bridge Delays Manhattan Approach Paving
A morning strike by bricklayers on the Manhattan approach to Blackwell's Island Bridge halts paving. Pavers unions insist on handling all brickwork while bricklayers demand exclusive work. An AFL committee aims to mediate and resume paving of the Fifty-ninth Street entrance.
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Manhattan
Blackwell’s Island Bridge
Pavers
Rammers
Fifty-ninth Street
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Blackwell's Island
New York
Jewel Thief Identified as Gold Tooth Mary in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police identified Mary Kelly a housemaid who stole 5000 of gems from Mrs. Marsden. Known as Gold Tooth Mary she has a long crime record with prior escapes from Auburn and Eastern Penitentiaries after posing as trusted staff. Her real name is Slovensky.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Mary Kelly
John E. Marsden
Mary
Eastern Penitentiary
Sea Submerges Islands In Hurricane's Wake
Cape Haitian reports describe a heavy sea from the recent hurricane sweeping Mathewtown and Inagua Island inundating rainwater reservoirs and causing damage. The Norwegian ship Romanoff rescued nine men from the schooner President in the Caicos Passage as seas rose and many small islands stayed submerged for a day.
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Cape Haitien
Mathewtown
Inagua Island
Romanoff
President
Caicos Passage
Morgan Loses War on Prison Near Highland Falls
Highland Falls New York Sept 20 J Pierpont Morgan the New York financier failed to stop the state from building Sing Sing prison on a 500 acre tract near Highland Lake. He offered to swap land elsewhere but authorities kept the site citing need for easy access to New York. Construction has begun as locals speculate on sales of nearby estates.
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New York
Highland Falls
N. Y
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hudson
Morgan
Europe
Highland Lake
Hudson Bluffs
Thie
Albany
Mr. Morgan
Treasury
Eer
Bear Mountain
Excerpt: Actor and Coast Artilleryman Rescue Woman in Thames Plunge
A passenger pier incident in New London sees ex stage actor A. B. Luce jump after a 20 year old woman who leaped into the Thames River from the Norwich Line pier. Luce and Louis Vetter, aided by a crowd, brought the woman to the dock where she was revived and cared for. She is identified as May Lewis, wife of a Hartford hack driver, amid reports of a dispute at the Union railroad station.
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New York Times
New London
Conn
John Sylvester
Norwich Line
Hartford
Thames River
A. B. Luce
Quincy Adams
Luce
United States Coast
Bank Street
May. Lewis
Union Railroad
Betting Odds and Wagers Across Cities Ahead of Election
In Chicago no bets on the presidential outcome have occurred with Bryan money largely hidden. A trader noted heavy betting would surge if a $1,000 wager on Bryan were offered. In Cincinnati odds favor Taft at 4 to 1 for national races while state bets vary and private wagers appear. in Hamilton County Harris versus Harmon fuels wagers including a $100 to $75 bet that Harmon wins by 2,500 votes.
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New York Times
Chicago
Bryan
Board of Trade
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Hamilton County
Harris
Harmon
Bryion
Crane to energize Taft campaign amid leadership doubts
Reports say Crane will push Taft effort with Hitchcock under fire from critics who say he is too secretive and hard to reach. Crane plans to join Chicago and New York meetings to align advisors and party leaders, while funding shortages delay a full mobilization.
Simpler Menu for Army Issued as New Cookbook Near
The War Department plans a new simplified army cook book adapting to improved field-kitchen equipment. A 1896 edition was popular in the army and civilian demand has grown. Changes will focus on easier receipts of favored dishes. The motive remains unclear whether for digestion or scarce pate de foie gras near the firing line.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy Enlistments Drop Despite July Peak
Washington reports that renewed prosperity and factory reopenings have cut Navy enlistments after July record highs. August and early September saw declining applications as officials suspect many rejections dampened interest. A revised pamphlet titled The making of a man-o-warsman is being issued to spur new applicants.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
Navy
Navy Department
Train Hits Auto in Buffalo Killing Mrs Lee
Mrs Stephen B Lee wife of Erie County Bank official Rae Secretary Lee was killed and Mr Lee fatally injured when their car collided with a Lackawanna freight train in Buffalo. Mrs Lee daughter of J W Healey of Bradford Penn.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Stephen B. Lee
Rae
Lee
Erie County Bank
Lackawanna
J. W. Healey
Bradford
Penn
Jersey wine presses SUSY in South Jersey
In Egg Harbor City on September 20 thousands of gallons of wine are being pressed as the grape harvest peaks. Plants operate day and night and hundreds of tons of grapes are crushed, marking the heaviest crop since past vine losses from a rat plague.
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Egg Harbor City
N. J
South Jersey
Man Killed Boarding Erie Express At Park Avenue Crossing
Rutherford September 2 At the Park Avenue crossing of the Erie Railroad two youths attempted to catch the 12 16 Erie train. Lawrence Shenck son of Joseph Shenck a Bergen County politician was struck by a Wells Fargo Express and killed instantly. Louis Thomas of Newell Avenue witnessed the accident.
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New York Times
Rutherford
Merey
Park Avenue
Erie Railroad
Lawrence Shenck
Joseph Shenck
Bergen County
Wells Fargo
Young Shenck
Louis Thomas
Newell Avenue
Paterson
Thomas
Shenck
Tick Shenck
Buffaloes for New York head to northern zoos
Sixteen buffaloes were shipped from Harvey Palmer's Texas Panhandle ranch to Trueman of Cleveland for distribution to major northern and eastern zoos. Two will go to Chicago, two to New York, and one to Buffalo, N Y. The animals cost Mr Trueman $1000 each.
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New Ae Times
Dallas
Texas
Mane
Hitchcock Off to See Crane in Chicago Conference
Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee departed for Chicago via the New York Central. He telegraphed Senator W Murray Crane of Massachusetts to meet him in Chicago for talks aimed at probing the Foraker episode and to arrange speaking dates for Gov Hughes with Western leaders.
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Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Speakers’ Bureau
Williams
Ohio Republican Committee
Cairman
Chicago
New York
Fier. Hughes
Republican National Committee
Tommittee
Hitchcock
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Sathomel Committee
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Charles M. Strobker
M Warne
Arthur I. Vorys
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