Potted Fever Trail Dr Flexner Near Goal
Dr Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute seeks a cerebro spinal meningitis antitoxin by testing on monkeys after using mice guinea pigs and rabbits. He notes the 1904 05 epidemic with 33429 deaths and aims to apply findings to humans.
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Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
66Th Street
East River
Flexner
Health Department
W. H. Park
Bacteriological Department
Frexner
Fast cure claimed for rheumatism by local woman
Mrs Harriet Closz of Webster City Iowa fasted forty five days to cure rheumatism and resumed slight nourishment yesterday. She performed all household tasks during the fast and felt no ill effects after the first ten days. The sensational claim of an eighty eight day cure appeared in local reports.
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the Tribune
Webster City
Iowa
Harriet Crost
Closz
Battle with convicts ends in fatal shooting near Pittsburg mines
Four escaped convicts from Durham coal mines in Pittsburg, Dade County, were cornered by locals in a Chattanooga County woods. In the resulting fight one convict was shot dead and two others were probably fatally wounded. a fourth escaped with minor injuries. The posse had hunted them for days, finally finding two elsewhere and learning the others had broken into a house for clothing and sustenance.
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The
Tribune
Atlanta
Durham
Pittsburg
Dade County
Chattanooga County
Wherry
Bryan Platform Drops Railroad Plank in Democratic Outline
Omaha dispatch reports James C. Dahlman releasing an outline of the Bryan platform for the forthcoming convention. The draft omits government ownership of railroads, downplays free silver, and shifts toward reform in colonial policy with tariff reform, state regulation, direct Senate election, civil service reform, and a restrained foreign policy.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
William J. Bryan
James C. Dahlman
Nebraska
Bryan
Dahlman
Roosevelt
Tom
Commonwealths
Strange Sea Storm Aboard La Provence
Captain Alix reports extraordinary electrical storm aboard La Provence causing five hours of extreme seas and rapid compass deviation. The gale reduced speed to about fifteen knots as water washed decks and windows were secured. Wireless and navigation gear were briefly affected after the midnight blow.
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Alix
la Provence
Suoner
Ler
Law Attacks Bridge Card Games In Mellette
Mellette South Dakota April 19 the city council passed an ordinance making it a crime to play cards for prizes even in the home fines and imprisonment provided for offenders. The town marshal resigned over the issue and the new marshal vows enforcement as women rise in protest.
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Tribune
Mellette
S. D
Stockholder Call for North and West Chicago Streetcar Stock
Telegraph from Chicago April 19 reports a call for stockholders of the North and West Chicago streetcar properties to deposit their stock with Chicago Title and Trust Company pending reorganization. The call notes the traction ordinance requirement that acceptance occur within 16 days and a majority of stock, including escrowed shares, be deposited to make acceptance effective.
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Tribune
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Union Traction
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Stewart Drowns His Feelings After Roosevelts Attack
Gilchrist Stewart a Negro attorney and politician reacts to Roosevelt's alleged decree restricting his political activities stemming from the Brownsville case. He is found by Patrolman Connor at 3 AM in an Amsterdam avenue lunchroom picking raisins from rice. He borrowed a revolver from the editor a gun reportedly worth ten dollars. the editor awaits one thousand dollars.
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Stewart
Gilchrist Stewart
Republican County Committee
Roosevelt
Brownsville
John Johnson
No. 324
East 19Th Street
Connor
Amsterdam Avenue
Arene
Philadelphia man leaps from ship into harbor at Jacksonville
L. F. Ford of Philadelphia, an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad, committed death by own action by leaping overboard from the Clyde Line steamer Comanche near Jacksonville harbor as it approached the city. Ford’s wife was aboard the vessel, which had sailed from New York. the body was recovered.
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Jacksonville
Fla
L. F. Ford
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clyde Line
Ford
New York
Wadsworth Attacks Die In Washington Power Shuffle
President ignores Wadsworth tirade as Archie Sanders is replaced by a Hughes loyalist and postmaster patronage shifts favor Porter Stevens forces in Western New York. Transfer of Sanders will take about three days with announcement on his return.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wadsworth
Archie Sanders
Internal Revenue
Rochester
Hughes
Congress
Porter
Sanders
Tribune
Lockport
N. Y
Burt G. Stockwell
Charles Hickey
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Stockwell
Hickey
Niagara
Judge Hickey
Stcckwell
Irving, V'Hommedieu
Orleans
Internal Revenue Collector
L’hommedieu
Porter-Stevens
H. J. Burkhardt
Batavia
Congressman Porter
The
Baptist Brotherhood
Benedict Gimbel Tries Death After Hoboken Escape
Benedict Gimbel Philadelphia merchant released on heavy bail from the Tombs attempted death by own action in a Hoboken hotel. He cut his throat and wrist with a broken china spout, then wrote a name and asked for chloroform before being taken to St Mary’s Hospital. He faces possible arraignment on the death by own action charge.
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Benedict Gimbel
Philadelphia
Hoboken
Gimbet
Edward Reardon
Iver Clark
Bor
West Sith Street
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
D2d Street
Reardon
Tombs
Magistrate House
Daniel O'Reilly
Mr. Gimbel
Gimbel
St. Mary's Hospital
Joe Hetherington
Depot Hotel
Trenton
Jacob Weil
Arcade
Commercial Trust Company
Fire destroys Iloilo town in Panay Island
Manila reports Iloilo on Panay Island totally destroyed by a morning fire. Wind hindered efforts of civil and military authorities as 20 000 people were left homeless. Iloilo, an open port and historic commercial center, had about 19 000 residents in 1880.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Loise
Visayas
Hitchcock in Georgia Visit Sparks Republican Moves
April 19 Atlanta dispatch reports Frank H Hitchcock First Assistant Postmaster General toured Georgia under cover of an official visit to back Taft for the presidential nomination. In Macon he met Postmaster Harry Edwards and Republican leaders. in Atlanta he conferred with Marshal Johnson Henry Lincoln Johnson and others as they awaited potential appointments.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Frank H. Hitchcock
Georgia
Taft
Foraker
Republican State League
Hitchcock
Macon
Harry 8. Edwards
Marshal Johnson
Republican State Central Committee
Henry Lincoln Johnson
F. Carter Tate
United States
H. A. Rucker
Internal Revenue
E. F. Blodgett
M. L. Covington
E. A. Angier
Edwards
J. F. Hanson
Central of Georgia Railroad
Tragic Auto Train Crash Claims Hall Signal Foreman
A. C. Hunt of Elizabeth New Jersey, foreman for Hall Signal Company, was killed when his car was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern train in Marshalltown Iowa on April 19. The incident halted traffic briefly as authorities investigated the crash.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
A. C. Hunt
Elizabeth, N. J
Hall Signal Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Suspected abductors in Marvin boy case identified
A Gloversville police detain Alexander H. Allen a travelling vendor as a suspected abductor of Horace Marvin Jr. A letter from Gloversville’s chief of police claims the missing child may be found, with the photograph and traits matching the boy. Myles Standish of New York and State Detective Love arrived to assist.
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the Tribune
Dover
Del
Marvin
Gloversville
N. Y
Horace Marvin
Dr. Marvin
Myles Standish
New York
Love
New Jersey
Alexander H. Allen
Horace Marvin, Jr
Allen
Man jailed for approving underage marriage involving a black man
Fred Hitchcock of Olean was fined and sentenced to six months in the pen for consenting to his fifteen year old daughter’s marriage to Charles Jones. The girl was placed in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s care. The ceremony, performed by a black man, had been held for the grand jury.
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Rochester
Fred Hitchcock
Olean
Charles Jones
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Caiaren
Campaign to appoint Columbia professor as state historian
Albany April 19 reports say a quiet campaign sought the appointment of Professor Osgood of Columbia to replace Hugh Hastings as New York state historian. Letters and petitions urged a change while Hastings remains popular at the Capitol and Governor Hughes has given no indication of reappointing Hastings.
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Tribune
Albany
Professor Osgood
Columbia
Hugh Hastings
Hughes
Osgood
Mr. Hastings
Capitol
Morton
Clovernor
Centenarians to Wed on Rose McGuire’s Birthday
John B. Bundren 102 on April 1 will marry Rose McGuire on her 100th birthday August 25 at Bundren’s home near Tatesville Tennessee. The couple were sweethearts in youth but never married. Bundren later earned wealth in California and returned to Tennessee to wed.
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St. Louis
John B. Bundren
Miss Rose McGuire
Mr. Bundren
Tatesville
Tenn
Bundren
Miss McGuire
Tennessee
Mary Bundren
Buandren
California
Factory Hands Made Directors At Knox Hat Company
At a Knox Hat Company meeting in Brooklyn three longtime employees were named as directors in recognition of their loyalty during the United Hatters strike three years ago. Albert Thetford, John W. Osman of Boonton New Jersey and Mark A. Kerwin, a foreman in Brooklyn, were chosen for the board.
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Knox Hat Company
Brooklyn
United Hatters
Frooklyn
Albert Thetford
John W. Osman
Boonton
N. J
Banker Targeted by Infernal Machine in East Side
Italian banker Salvatore Gemovese of 416 East 11th Street received a suspicious lock ing box by express. Police found eight .32 caliber cartridges an electric blasting coil lead wire sparking coil fulminating caps and insulating wire. The box appeared harmless but could have caused harm if connected. Detectives are pursuing the case.
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Salvatore Gemovese
East 11Th Street
Express
Black Hand
Bureau of Combustibles
Wolf
Guttenburg Boy Shoots Himself After School Reprimand
Oscar Kearn a fifteen year old pupil at Guttenburg grammar school was sent home for not completing his lessons. He returned at noon with friends, walked to Bull's Ferry Road and Mth Street, and shot himself in a vacant lot. He died within thirty minutes after being taken to North Hudson Hospital.
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Guttenburg
N. J
Oscar Kearn
Kearn
Guttenburg Grammar School
Bull's Ferry Road
Mth Street
North Hudson Hospital
Bingham Changes Police Leadership Amid Shakeup
Commissioner Bingham overhauls the department by reducing eight inspectors to precinct commanders and promoting seven captains to acting inspectors. He shifts many detectives, appoints James McCafferty to run the detective bureau, and considers a civilian head for detectives as the Albany clashes continue.
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Police Department
Bingham
Detective Bureau
James McCafferty
McLaughlin
General Bingham
Moses W. Cortright
Richard Walsh
Bingham Dill
Albany
Whch
Baldwin
Hussey
Mlaughlin
William W. McLaughlin
Little Squad of Police
Westchester
Thompson
Tenderloin
Bronx
Adam A. Cross
Brooklyn
Cross
Lexow
George W. McClusky
George
Devery
Byrnes
McAdoo
Stephen O’brien
13Th
Coney Island
West 37Th Street
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Sylvester G. Baldwin
James F. Nally
William G. Hogan
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Max F. Schmittberger
George F. Titus
Bureau of Supplies
Henry Burfeind
John H. Russell
Joseph Burns
James F. Thompson
Brome
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