Cholera Strikes St. Petersburg Palaces and Cadet Schools
Cholera cases rise in St. Petersburg reaching Winter Palace and other royal sites. Diplomats flee abroad while vaccination tests involve students drinking cholera germs. Mortality rises with 158 deaths and 436 cases reported in a day. Authorities plan four new hospitals and curb canal navigation. European ports detain Russian migrants for five days and disinfect baggage under U.S. guidance.
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ST. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Tauride
Prince Alexander Oldenburg
Imperial Opera House
St. Petersburg University
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Nechiporenko
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Catherine Canal
Biddle Fights O'Brien To Draw In Private Bout
A. J. Drexel Biddle and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien fought a near two hour four round bout in a West Philadelphia gym. Both men bled and suffered cuts as they battled to a draw with little to separate them. After the fight Biddle planned a Maine hunting trip with friends and family starting tonight.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Jack O’brien
West Walnut Street
Merion Cricket Club
Tony Biddle
O’brien
Biddle
Sam Langford
Maine
O'Brien
O Day
Boston
Howard Houston Henry
Islesboro
George W. Childs-Drexel
Bid
Wyman Confers With Doty On Cholera Precautions
Washington officials report Surgeon General Wyman and New York Health Officer Doty held talks to learn which steam lines from Russian emigration hubs may reach the United States. Libau remains the sole direct Russian port for emigration and will close in winter as preventive measures continue.
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Washington
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
United States
Wyman
Doty
New York
Libau
Cooperatine
Marine Hospital Service
Cholera Abating in Manila Philippines Says Gov Gen Smith
War Department reports from Gov. Gen. Smith show a falling number of cholera cases in the Philippines. For the 24 hours ending 8 AM September 23 total cases reach 85 with intramuro 7, messic 5, sampaloc 6, tondo 10, paco 4, maiate 2, santa cruz 1. Tonight 6 o'clock total 27 vs 31 yesterday at same hour.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
New York Normal College Seeks $500,000 Building
President George S. Davis urged Trustees to fund a new landmark on the same site to house 600 and grow to 1,200 students. A committee led by Winthrop will begin the campaign, with plans for a classical building fronting Sixty eights Street and a separate chapel and library complex.
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The
Normal College
New York
Davis
Winthrop
Ounce
Harrison
Park Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Mansion Resident John Hegeman Dies After Fall From Window
Princeton graduate and real estate partner John A. Hegeman, 56, was found dead in the Monticello complex at 400 West End Avenue after his fourth floor bedroom window was found open. Coroner cites possible vertigo or fainting fit during dressing. rumor swirled of bad investments. Daughters Aletta and Lucy traveled out of town when the incident occurred.
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John A. Hegeman
Princeton
Adrian G. Hegeman & Co
Broadway
Monticello
West End Avenue
Hegeman
M Meroner Acritelli
Katie McDermott
Mr. Hegeman
Aletta
Cape Cod
Stafford B. Smith
West Eighty-fourth Street
Lucy
Blairstown
N. J
William Gilchrist
Gilchrist
College of Physicians and Surgeons
University
Union League
Passaic
East Thirty-ninth Street
Europe
Flushing High School Damaged In Major Fire
Flushing High School No 20 at San ford Avenue and Union Street was partly destroyed by fire last night. The blaze started in a laboratory on the fifth floor and water pressure hindered firefighting. Janitor Thomas Sitton reported the fire, Bayside and Elmhurst assisted, and the top floor and cupola were ruined. Insurance covers the loss, estimated at 815,000, with temporary classrooms needed for several days.
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Flushing
Sanford Avenue
Union Street
Thomas Sitton
Bayside
Elmhurst
Transatlantic Rail Schedule Notices Arrive
Radio-like garbled text from a 19th century timetable shows arrivals at B Gad ha etna and 8 stations. It references a parlor or lounge in New York and a departure from New York heading to an unspecified destination with noted times around 2 PM.
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Gad Ha Etna
New York
Godfrey Down In Fox Hunt Fall Accident
Westbury Long Island September 23 Special to The New York Times Henry Fletcher Godfrey was injured when his hunter fell at a timber jump during an Autumn fox hunt meeting at the Warner-Battazzi estate. He lay unconscious for about an hour but is now expected to recover at home in a few days. Samuel Willets led the field of about thirty riders and the hunt concluded at the Harry Payne Waltney estate with several named participants listed.
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New York Times
Westbury
L. I
Henry Fletcher Godfrey
S. A. Warner-Battazzi
Samuel Willets
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Baltazz
Mr. Godfrey
Godfrey
Harry Payne Waltney
Harry 8
Page
Mia
Frederick Awitt
J. A. Rawlins
Malcolm Stevenson
William Neilson
H. 3. Drier
James Parkes
Hansen
Murphy
Asings
Hers
Woman Waldorf Waiter Seeks Public Stand
Augusta Seib traveled from New York to Philadelphia in disguise as a man to open a fruit stand and avoid exposure. She says she worked as a waiter at the Waldorf Astoria and Savoy Hotel, served notable families, and was injured in an elevator incident before moving on to Baltimore and then Philadelphia where her sex was finally discovered after a dispute with a customer.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Augusta Seib
New York
Stenographer Burns Notes At Freight Rate Hearing
D C Lawdon official stenographer for the Southeastern Freight Association testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Atlanta about burning his notes from the Hot Springs meeting that set the Southeast rate increase. He said the notes were destroyed about three weeks ago after he learned of the impending investigation. Lawdon denied being instructed to destroy them by the association. Commissioner Lane urged a full report of the Hot Springs discussions and Judge Stone promised the routes would provide it.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Southeastern and
Mississippi Valley Freight Association
Hot Springs
D.C. Lawdon
Southeastern Freight Association
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Lawhon
Freight Association
Lane
Judge Stone
Loutaville & Nashville
Ronda
Boston Youth Confesses to Stealing Lumber Notes
Alfred J McGuinness, 16, of Roxbury, confessed theft of securities from Walstein R. Chester on Doane Street. He admitted entering an open safe, taking a wallet believed to hold money, sharing with another boy, then destroying worthless non negotiable lumber notes.
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Boston
Walstein R. Chester
Doane Street
Alfred J.mcguinness
Roxbury
Colmbian filibustering plotted from Boston to topple Colombia
A Boston newspaper reports an alleged 600 man filibustering expedition planned to sail Oct 1 from Boston harbor to the Caribbean. The force included infantry cavalry and artillery with Mauser carbines and Hotchkiss guns, commanded by a former US Army major from Providence.
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United States of Colombia
United States Navy
Army
Worcester
Lynn
United States Cavalry
South America
Boston Harbor
Hmit
United States Army
Providence
R. I
Caribbean
Magdalena River
Barranquilla
Ita
Colombia
Rafael Reyes
Ecuador
Venezuela
Mrs Taft Travels East To Settle Children
Cincinnati dated Sept 23 Mrs Taft left for New York to attend to her children s schooling Miss Helen Taft to Bryn Mawr Robert at Yale and Charles to a Watertown Connecticut school The family will be reunited in Cincinnati after arrangements are complete and Mrs Taft returns with Mr Taft from the West
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Cincinnati
Haskell Attacks Roosevelt Adviser in Oklahoma War of Words
Oklahoma figures clashing as Gov Charles N Haskell targets Roosevelt adviser and Secretary of the Interior over Prairie Oil and Gas franchise rights. Haskell vows full reply and defends actions in dismissing the Standard Oil tied pipeline case amid cabinet attack and party politics.
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Roosevelt
Seaboard Air Line Advances Schedules to Fiorian and Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line announces a faster timetable cutting two hours for routes to Fiorian and Atlanta starting September 13. The change affects arrival times and connections, with the office listed at 1,188 Broadway.
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Fiorian
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Refreshing Day Line Eight Eure Ee Hudeon and the Autumn
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local feature involving Eure Ee Hudeon and seasonal imagery. Readable words suggest a descriptive piece tied to a house setting and autumn. Further details are unavailable in the legible text.
Countess of Yarmouth Renounces Title to Be Mrs Copley Thaw
London reports Lewis and Lewis say the Countess of Yarmouth will drop her peerage and be known as Mrs Copley Thaw. Renunciations are rare though the Cowley case shows a peeress can relinquish a title. The Cowley countess was later divorced and remarried a commoner.
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Mrs. Copley Thaw
NEW York Times
London
Lewis & Lewis
Countess of Yarmouth
Copley Thaw
Cowley
Lady Cowley
Earl Cowley
House of Lords
Countess of
Right Tip Wrong Man Burglary Tale From Doeher Bank
In Doeher Nebraska on September 23 a bank call to the president misrouted to the bank. Burglars answered and learned a posse watched the front while a second guarded the rear. They thanked the operator and fled through the back door.
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New York Times
Goehner
Neb
M Bank
Woman Wins at Polls in New Jersey Primaries
In Kearny New Jersey Pamela Eakins won the Republican nomination for a seat on the Board of Education defeating George McClintock 291 to 211. She campaigned on thorough representation of parents on the School Board.
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New York Times
Kearny
N. J
Pamela Eakins
Board of Education
George McClintock
Chafin Seeks Osteopath Aid During Campaign Stop
Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin in St Joseph Missouri received treatment from an osteopath for a lame arm and shoulder he attributed to shaking hands with 600000 supporters since his campaign began He spoke to a large crowd at the YMCA hall.
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Eugene Wy. Chafin
Prohibition
St. Joseph
Wreck of Coronation Island Ship Claims Tug Cowardice
Fort Wrangel telegram reports Capt. Wagner of the Star of Bengal survived an hour after rescue from Coronation Island wreck. He accuses Captains of the tug Kyak and Hattle Gage of rank cowardice for cutting loose.
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Wash
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Alaska
Wagner
Dark Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Kyak
Hattle Gage
Lackaye Seeks His Valet In Missing Money Case
MinneapolisSept 23 Francois Gerard valet is sought by police at Wilton Lackaye urgent request to recover money and jewelry missing since the valet left. Lackaye reports 210 dollars in bills and jewelry missing as part of the loss.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Francois Gerard
Wilton Lackaye
Nebraska Bank Report Details State Bank Growth
The State Banking Board quarterly report shows deposits in Nebraska state banks rise by 2.845 million dollars and loans and discounts increase by 2.1 million. There have been no state-bank failures in Nebraska during 198, and only one failure in three and a half years.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Banking Board
Nebraska
President denies wireless station at Washington Monument
President decides against granting permission for a wireless telegraph station on the Washington Monument. The ruling comes as the country observes the date with the policy stance affecting proposed communications infrastructure nearby.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Washington Monument
Taft Guard in War Paint Heads to Topeka Parade
Two hundred Wyandotte County Republicans will travel Oct 3 from Kansas City to Topeka as a special guard for Taft. They plan full Indian regalia including feathered headdresses and moccasins to march in the Taft parade.
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Wyandotte County
Kan
New York Times
Kansas City
Taft
Topeka
A. D. Crofts
Wyandotte
Chicago terminus project costs reveal 20 million station plan
Deeds filed show 34 parcels valued at 2 826 and June transfers of 8 807 250 bringing total land cost to 6 654 256 for the Chicago Northwest Line terminal site and two rights of way to Omaha and Wisconsin divisions. The new station is expected to cost about 20 million dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha
Wisconsin
Northern Trust Company
Termina
Kalil's Restaurant at Park Place Opens All Day
Kalil's Restaurant located at 14 18 Park Place in downtown offers music. Open daily from 7 50 A M until midnight. AG.
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Kalil’s
Park Place
Roosevelt's Open Letter Attacks Bryan Over Haskell Oil Ties
President Roosevelt replies to William J Bryan accusing Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma of oil interests and alleges the Democratic platform chair’s knowledge of Haskell's corporate connections. He blasts Bryan's trust plan as chimerical and endorses Taft while defending his own stance.
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Roosevelt
Gine Mer
William J. Bryan
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Traskell
Bryan
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Haskell
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