Pleasant chat after campaigning taft wilson meet
In Boston on September 26 1909 President Taft and Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson met privately at the Copley Plaza Hotel after an eventful day. They exchanged greetings discussed health voices and shared remarks about past rivals Bryan Roosevelt and themselves. Major Thomas L. Rhodes accompanied Wilson’s aides as they moved between rooms.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Copely Plaza Hotel
Gov. Wilson
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the World
Gov. Foss
New Haven
Spungen
Taft Gov. Wilson
Fall River
Thomas L. Rhodes
Massachusetts Eyes Wilson Victory In Presidential Race
Gov Wilson campaigns through Fall River as Massachusetts Democrats push for a Wilson landslide. Foss claims a 50 000 vote lead while Taft Roosevelt support grows among Republicans. Analysts estimate 230 000 Wilson 160 000 Taft 40 000 Roosevelt among 430 000 state votes with possible 75 000 over Bryan 1903.
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New York Times
Gov. Wilson
Fall River
Mass
Old Bay State
Massachusetts
Wilson
TIMES
Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Connecticut
Republican Party
Crawling on all fours aids digestion says Dr Meunier
Paris based Dr Leon Meunier, a food specialist, prescribes crawling on all fours after meals to stimulate digestion by eliminating the gastric pocket seen in X rays. He notes abdominal exercise and upright walking after meals worsen digestion and reports tests showing improved digestion after crawling on all fours, especially in nervous patients.
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Marconi
New York Times
Paris
Leon Meunier
Meunier
Dix Returns From Albany After Brief Bushwick Speech
Governor Dix traveled to Albany unexpectedly then spoke at Turnverein Hall in Williamsburg. He asserted he is a candidate for renomination and would use fair means to head the State ticket. He returned to New York, staying at the Manhattan Hotel with Capt. Eckford de Kay. Murphy may meet Dix in town today.
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Allied Boards of Trade of
Williamsburg
Turnverein Hall
Bushwick
Gates Avenues
Gov. Dix
Albany
New York
Manhattan
Call Eckford de Kay
Mr. Murphy
Tammany
Reported Albany backroom move on Bensel candidacy
After Governor Dix leaves Albany, friends circulate that Murphy consents to drop Dix and backs Bensel with O Gorman unlikely to oppose. Patrick E McCabe, Murphy ally in Albany County, declines to comment on talks between Murphy and O Gorman.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Dix
John A. Bensel
Murphy
Bensel
O'Gorman
Patrick E. McCabe
Albany County
Urphy
Baer at 70 Keeps Working in Reading
George F. Baer president of the Reading Railway returns home after spending his seventieth birthday working at Reading Terminal Philadelphia He says he has no retirement planned and will steer the company through court battles while remaining silent on life success and Roosevelt politics He denies signing any forged letter connecting him to a Providence scheme and notes railway coal production remains ample despite labor troubles
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New York Times
Reading
Penn
George F. Baer
Reading Railway System
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
T. R
Baer
Providence
Silent Prisoner Arrest Ties to West Seventeenth Street Hold Up
Mariano Domino a 1% Second Avenue butcher was locked in Mulberry Street Station charged as a suspicious person after a lengthy Police Headquarters interview with Inspector Farrot. Police hint the arrest ties to the John J. Popper hold up at his West Seventeenth Street office and the captured getaway car. Stephen Dolee is in custody admitting driving the car to the scene.
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Mariano Domino
Second Avenue
Mulberry Street
Faurot
Carrao
Michelli
John J. Popper
West Seventeenth Street
Ne Ee Lice
Stephen Dolee
Bessie Abott Weds T Waldo Story In Secret Romance
The American opera singer Bessie Abott, then starred in Robin Hood at the Knickerbocker Theatre, wed sculptor T Waldo Story in Europe in a long romance now disclosed. Story, linked to Julian Story and Emma Eames, designed notable works and costumes for Abott, who rose from vaudeville to Paris Opéra and the Metropolitan, facing a controversial five year contract with Conried. The piece tracks Abott’s career from Paris debuts to Metropolitan roles and a later tour, noting ties to Mascagni and Puccini.
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Bessie Abott
Knickerbocker Theatre
T. Waldo Story
Julian Story
Mme
Emma Eames
Europe
Mr. Story
New York
Whistler
Trinity Church
Newport
R. I
August Belmont
August
Perry Belmont
J. Pierpont Morgan
Miss Alcott
Robin Hood
Mascagni
Ysabel
Story
Frederick Gebhard
Ritz Importation Company
America
Canada
Cuba
Fifth Avenue
Miss Abcott
Francis Pickens
Francis W. Pickens
Russia
Buchanan
Archbishop Benson
Canterbury
Josephine Pickens
Jessie Pickens
Abbott
Paris
Abott
Jean de Reszke
Paris Opéra Comique
Metropolitan Opera House
Heinrich Conried
Debs Death After Fatal Shooting In Street
Policeman Anthony Debs, 34, attached to Inspector Farrell’s Bronx staff, shot his wife and two girls in front of 188 West 101st Street after a summons incident. He later killed himself in his apartment. his wife Mary Debs, 14 year old Mary Hawksworth, and 13 year old Margaret Collins were wounded but expected to recover.
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Anthony Debs
Farrell
Seventh Inspection District
Bronx
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Debs
J. Hood Wright Hospital
West 101St Street
Mary Hawksworth
Margaret Collins
West 100Th Street
Collins
Hawksworth
John J. Collins
Debbs
Joseph Frad
Ix. Wheeler
Capt. Zimmerman
French engineer Bethenod unveils sparkless wireless system
Paris report says Julien Bethenod, pupil of Poincare, devised a sparkless wireless telegraphy system. It promises no cross interference among nearby stations, speeds up to 200 words a minute, and ten cables worth of work for about $200,000 per station. The system uses an alternator and special antennae and could enable wireless telephony with higher oscillation rates.
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New York Times
Paris
Matin
Julien Bethenod
Henri Poincare
Branly
Bethenod
M. Bethenod
Sleep Injunction Sought Over Evening Noise
Benjamin B. Tilt, president of the Phoenix Silk Co., petitioned Supreme Court Justice Guy to restrain the New York Central Railroad from working after 7 PM on a new hotel project at Madison Avenue and Forty-fourth Street. The judge postponed ruling due to lack of railroad representation in court.
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Benjamin B. Tilt
Phoenix Silk Company
Madison Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Supreme Court
Guy
New York Central Railroad
Justice Guy
New York Central
Straus Gift to Harvard Funds Lectures on Business Practice
Harvard University receives 10000 from Jesse I Straus Percy S Straus and Herbert N Straus in memory of Isidor and Mrs Straus who perished on the Titanic. Income from the Straus Fund will finance lectures on commercial practice and business organization at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Jesse I. Straus
Percy S. Straus
Herbert N. Straus
Straus
Isidor Straus
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Rockefeller Flags Fly in Honor of Career Start
The Rockefeller households at Cleveland Forest Hill and Pocantico Hills on the Hudson flew flags to mark the fifty seventh anniversary of Rockefeller beginning his business career. Rockefeller said little beyond that he does this every year, noting the start of his career on Sept 6, 1655 as a grain commission merchant in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
A. Forest Hill
Pocantico Hills
Hudson
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cadet Walter Mangan Reported Missing at West Point
Walter E Mangan fourth class cadet at the United States Military Academy West Point disappeared last Monday causing alarm. Classmates noted his distracted appearance and absence from barracks after the section dismissed. He reportedly returned home to Pittsfield Massachusetts by train or other means after being found exhausted and homesick. Authorities were notified and then learned he would report back to classes.
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New York Times
Newburgh
N. Y
Walter E. Mangan
United States Military Academy
West Point
David Mangan
Pittsfield
Mass
Cadet Twombley
Second Street
Arrest Warrant Issued for Mrs M M Hanner in Niagara Shooting
A warrant for the arrest of Mrs M M Hanner was issued on the Niagara County DA’s demand after a fatal shooting on Sept 12. Officials expect arrests to proceed as county officers travel from Lockport to Niagara Falls. Mrs Hanner remains hospitalized at St Mary’s in Niagara Falls.
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New York Times
Buffalo
M. M. Hanner
Fred M. Ackerson
Niagara County
Lyons
Niagara Falls
Ryan
Tonawanda
George Hanner
Aviator Baroness De La Roche Injured In Auto Crash
Lyons Sept 26 Baroness De La Roche a noted aviator was badly injured in an automobile collision near Belleville-sur-Saone. Charles Voisin an aviator was killed. She was the first woman to fly in Paris and earned her pilot license in February 1910.
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Lyons
Baroness de la Roche
Paris
Rheims
Matty in Rescuer Role Blocks Alley Crash
A crowd on 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue watched Giants pitcher Christy Matthewson halt his car and aid crash victims. He ferried two cyclists to Washington Heights Hospital with Patrolman Walsh, setting a record time for the trip. Victims Frank O’Nell and William Popp were severely injured. driver Frank Linke was released after the accident, deemed unavoidable.
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145Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Christy Mathewson
Giants
Walsh
Washington Heights Hospital
Frank O’nell
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
William Popp
Hunter Avenue
Long Island City
Frank Linke
Southern Boulevard
Chicago Sees Heat Give Way to Steam Heat Crunch
Chicago businessmen rush to begin steam heat as temperatures plunge from 72 at noon to near freezing. Leases trigger heat in tall offices and apartments, with a family of three children seeking shelter at the La Salle Station due to no heat before Oct. 1. In Minneapolis frost signals colder Northwest outlook and potential freezing temps ahead. Northern Michigan reports early season snow near Winona as fall lingers.
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Chicago
la Salle Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Twin Cities
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Hancock
Mich
Michin
Winona
Here
Toas
Arbuckle Estate Valued at 30 Million Dollar Transfer Tax
John Arbuckle's estate, left intestate after his death March 27, totals 30 357 790 dollars per Kings County Transfer Tax Appraiser James J Monahan. Heirs are sisters Christina Arbuckle of 315 Clinton Avenue and Catherine A Jamison of Pittsburgh with each share 14 806 672 dollars after admin costs. The bulk stems from Arbuckle Brothers business valued at 28 481 348 dollars now run by nephew Charles A Jamison who serves as co administrator with Christina Arbuckle after court action.
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John Arbuckle
James J. Monahan
Kings County
Ketcham
Brooklyn
Arbuckle
Christina Arbuckle
Clinton Avenue
Catherine A. Jamison
Pittsburgh
Arbuckle Brothers
Aged Man With Aphasia Missing Since Wednesday
An elderly man with white hair and beard sat on a New York street steps for hours before an ambulance and doctor diagnosed aphasia. He arrived from Indianapolis and was identified as John Olcott, a Yonkers publisher, last seen Wednesday, with connections to Horace Anderson of 176 Broadway.
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Twentythird Street
Lexington Avenue
Indianapolis
Bellevue
Horace Anderson
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Broadway
John Olcott
Leighton Avenue
Yonkers
New York
Olcott
Fifth Avenue
Republicans Clash Over NY Gubernatorial Picks at State Convention
At Saratoga a Republican State Convention adopted a cohesive platform amid factional maneuvering. Old-time bosses pressed to eliminate Hedges and Bennet from gubernatorial contention while Newcomb tried to add planks on direct senate election and workmen’s compensation but was defeated.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Root
Josiah Newcomb
United States
William Barnes, Jr
Job E. Hedges
William 5. Bennet
Adoptea
Gov. Dix
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Barnes
Odell
Louis F. Payn
Edgar Truman Brackett
Job B. Hedges
William S. Bennet
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