Rockefeller Gifts 43 Million to General Education Board
The General Education Board received 32 million dollars from John D Rockefeller Jr on behalf of his father with two thirds for specific educational uses and one third to the permanent endowment. The board will direct the fund with Rockefeller Jr likely overseeing. The gift total with prior grants reaches 43 million dollars, the largest ever to education.
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John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
General Education Board
William Street
New York City
Mr. Rockefeller
John Dr. Rockefeller
Mr Higgins Not So Well in Clean New York Report
Dr Hibbard reported Mr Higgins remains seriously ill but not more critical than earlier in the week. He said Higgins had a fairly comfortable night with no perceptible change in condition this morning, though the illness is considered hopeless.
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N. Y
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Higgins
Private advices on Stillman in Paris and illness
Paris dispatch reports James Stillman president of the National City Bank is confined to his home for two weeks before leaving for Europe. He has been under a physician's care since arriving in Paris and cannot safely travel to the Riviera or Rome.
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Paris
James Stillman
National City Bank
Stillman
Europe
Riviera
Rome
Tragedy as seven drown near Sacramento bridge
Seven people drowned when a launch carrying them struck a bridge approach near Sacramento. The vessel capsized, and rescuers found all seven victims in the water late this afternoon. Casualties include local residents and visitors, with authorities launching inquiries into the accident site and contributing weather and water conditions.
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Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento Bridge
Worcester boy dies of basketball injuries
Harrison Towne Rice seventeen year old classical high school basketball player died at his parents home in Worcester Massachusetts from lockjaw following injuries in a basketball game. Doctors hunted for a source of infection for days before confirming no cut scratch or puncture was found. His last game was in Brookline and his spine injury led to the fatal tetanus.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Harrison Towne Rice
Young Rice
Rice
Brookline
Tomb of Egyptian queen discovered at Thebes
The Times reports Theodore Davis has found the tomb and mummy of the famed Egyptian queen Tele in Thebes near Luxor Egypt. The discovery was announced in London this morning.
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London
the Times
Theodore Davis
Thebes
Luxor
Egypt
Seaboard Fast Friday Train Ad From Sea Board Office
Seaboard Fis Ltd advertises a quick Friday train service with Seaboard offices at 1185 Broadway and R R offices. The fragment hints at travel or freight options and a promotional notice for rapid transport. The readable text centers on the company and its timetable oriented promo material with location details.
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Seaboard Fis. Ltd
Seaboard
Bway
Moon thrown from Earth explains origin in Harvard theory
Chicago February 7 that Harvard astronomer William Pickering argues in the Journal of Geology that the moon was ejected from the earth in a past molten state. Maps compare earth and moon conditions, suggesting the event created space for water and avoided a world of deep water fishes.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Pacific Oceans
Willam Pickering
Astronomical Department of
Harvard
University of Chicago
Journal of Geology
Fannie Fowler Mutiny Fight Aboard Icebound Schooner
Captain Weeks reports a mutiny aboard the two masted schooner Fannie Fowler trapped in ice off Hart's Island East River. Four crew members refused orders until Weeks subdued the six foot six inch cook who led the uprising, after which the crew remained with the vessel until it freed at last.
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Hart's Island
East River
Weeks
Negro Cook
Unclear Rail Route Notice From Florida Bureau Ad
Fragmentary OCR notes describe travel or railway routing details via Penn and Atlantic Coast Line RL R, with mentions of Florida Information Bureau and an address at Broadway and sth Street. No clear event, dates, or names beyond organizations.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Information Bureau
Bway
Rockefeller donates record $32 million to General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller yesterday gave 32 million dollars to the General Education Board, the largest single benefaction on record. The donation is described as a landmark in philanthropic education funding.
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General Education Board
Ames
New York
Parker Defends Roosevelt on Brownsville Troop Discharge
Ex Judge Alton B Parker at the Maryland Society dinner in New York argued President Roosevelt had the constitutional power to discharge three companies of Negro troops from the 26th Infantry at Brownsville Texas. He praised New York State and criticized the Negro franchise as a postwar mistake, urging separation of the executive from legislative and judicial powers. The remarks drew strong applause and highlighted political use of Black voters in Ohio Indiana New York and New Jersey.
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Sherry
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Brownsville
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Parker
New York
New York State
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New Jersey
Maryland
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Bishop Coleman Declines to Sign Jamestown Protest
Telegraph report from Wilmington Delaware states Bishop Coleman of Delaware declines to sign a protest against the military feature of the Jamestown Exposition. The protest was organized by several Episcopal bishops including Bishop McVickar of Rhode Island and Bishop Niles of New Hampshire.
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Wilmington
Del
Heb
Colegnan
Delaware
McVickar
Rhode Island
Niles
New Hampshire
Mardi Gras Carnival Opens With Momus Parade
New Orleans on February 7 marked the start of Mardi Gras with the allegorical parade of Momus the god of mirth. After the procession there were tableaus and the grand ball at the French Opera House. About fifty thousand visitors filled the city.
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New Orleans
Momus
City
Six Leap Fatal Fire Panic At Wooster Street Factory
Six cap makers were badly hurt as a fourth floor hallway blaze at 230 Wooster Street caused a panic. Three women and three men jumped from windows. two workers, Abraham Schnipper and Sadie Weinstein, are in critical condition. The fire damaged the building about five thousand dollars. three ambulances rushed the injured to St Vincent's Hospital.
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Kupperman & Kahn
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Kunz
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Sadie Weinstein
Labor union label on eggs proposed in Binghamton
Labor leaders meet with hundreds of New York State Grange delegates in Binghamton to urge union affiliation and to place union labor labels on farm products. The plan includes city laborers boycotting non labeled produce and farmers reciprocating for all goods.
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Tribune
Binghamton, N. Y
New York State Grange
Central Labor Union
Expelled for slashing papers at Yale reading room
Yale marks first expulsion for defacing newspapers in Dwight Hall reading room. Librarian Professor John C. Schwab posted a notice declaring a student recently detected in defacing newspapers has been compelled to withdraw from the university.
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New Haven
Yale
John C. Schwab
Dwight Hall
Brother’s blood transfusion saves sister from death
In Hartford on February seven a brother donated blood to his sister Mrs Ernest A Wells after doctors failed to improve her infection. The physician advised a transfusion from a healthy person and the brother agreed to the life saving sacrifice. The patient is married to a physician.
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Conn
Ernest A. Wells
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw On Stand In Thaw Case Defense
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified for the defense about her life with Harry K. Thaw and her connection to Stanford White, detailing meeting White in 1901, their Paris period, and the night of the Madison Square Garden shooting. She described White’s alleged cynical remarks and Thaw’s motive linked to Nesbit’s ruin, while court spectators reacted emotionally.
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Harry K. Thaw
White
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Madison Square
Paris
Stanford White
Mr. Delmas
Mrs. Thaw
Eyewitness Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifies in crowded court
Hundreds crowd the courtroom as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifies about dinner at Café Martin and the Madison Square Roof Garden with Harry Thaw. She describes seeing Stanford White, the seating order, and passing a note to Thaw while he asks if she is all right amid tense proceedings.
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Thaw
Justice Fitgerald
Mr. Delmas
Café Martin
Truxton Beale
Thomas McCaleb
26Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Sherry
S. Q
Martin
Oreely
Madison Square Roof Garden
Stanford White
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