Reid's Body Sails for New York Amid Warship Escort
The steamship Florida leads a U S naval squadron with North Dakota and destroyers as they rendezvous near Nantucket Shoals to meet the Natal bearing Ambassador Whitelaw Reid's body. A Lotus Club memorial honors Reid.
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Lotus Club
U. S
Florida
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Fiske
Greatores
Natal
Nantucket
Bradley Fiche
North Dakota
Roe
Bradley A. Fiske
North River
Newport
Greatorex
Whitelaw Reid
New York
Biley A. Fiske
Naval
Mear
Bradley
Tompkinsville
Cauley Tike Wady
Whitelaw Hild
Asnbasaador
Jamie
Kee
Metall
Paulding
Drayton
United States
St James's
Local Seial and Political Notes on Nantucket and NYC
Fragmented morning wire brings scattered items from Nantucket to Yonkers. Reports touch on pension schemes, political shifts, a missing girl case, and local crime notes. Includes party standings, legislative moves, and a city reorganizing. Weather and real estate sections follow.
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Seial
Nantucket
Rockefeller
Sree
Birike ‘Thienien
Yonkers
Hovernor Uy Sulver
Seatonsal
Wilson
New Jersey
Wealthy West Orange appoints first Playground Commission
West Orange New Jersey on January 1 appoints four multi millionaire members to the first town Playground Commission. Mrs Alfred Jenkins, Richard M Colgate, Charles C Goodrich, and Edgar Te Sewnounr are named by Mayor Samuel. Jenkins and her husband pledged a sizable annual donation for the playground while Colgate and Goodrich lead local firms. Colonel Austen Colgate is noted as a donor and commission member.
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West Orange
N. d
Samuel
Mra. Alfred & Jenkins
Richard M. Colgate
Harles C. Goodrich
Edgar Te
Jenkin
Jenkins
Jenkins Brothers
Nenfacthers
York
Richard M. Cole
Colson
Charles
Goodrich
Goodrich Tire
Ing Company
Magar
Amerts Smelting Company
Austen Colgate
Orange Playground
Emi Ada
Oran Playground
City Health Chief Sees Record Low 1912 Death Rate
Dr Ernst J Lederle, New York City Health Commissioner, notes a record low death rate for 1912 and outlines plans to expand disease control. The program includes stricter food inspections, more inspectors and nurses, winter duty, widespread typhoid vaccination, new hospitals and clinics, and extended school medical inspections. Milk sanitation reforms and grading aim to protect infants, with mortality comparisons to Europe cited.
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Department of Health
Ernst J. Lederle
the Tribune
Comogions
Lederle
Max Lowe
Ime
Uwe
Bright
England
Wales
Germany
Berlin
New York City
Board of Health
Why Czar Was Angry Grand Duke Michael’s Marriage
London reports a St. Petersburg dispatch stating Grand Duke Michael, brother to Emperor Nicholas, is removed from command of the Chevalier Guards over his marriage to Mime Sheremetyevskit. The action signals imperial displeasure and aims to prevent his attendance at the Romanoff dynasty tercentenary celebrations, with banishment from the capital.
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Michael
London
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Chevalier Guards Regiment
Governor Sulzer Delivers Inaugural Address Amid Tense Scene
Gov Sulzer delivers inaugural address as Pinkertons guard crowd while state forces wait on curb. A car with a mysterious passenger speeds away, leaving questions about pursuers and the security scene.
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Pinkertons
Rockefeller Home Besieged As Fed Forces Tighten
A chaotic nighttime siege surrounds William Rockefeller's Fitch Avenue home as Pinkerton guards and state troops reinforce the perimeter. A black car linked to the Rockefeller residence triggered alarms, while detectives and a cordon of guards maintain a watch over the six story mansion as authorities pursue possible assailants.
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Fitch
Wiliam Rockefeller
Tatsar
Forcom
Wilk
Washington
Pinkerton
Hen
Rockefeller
Thade
F. Reidel
House of Representatives
Ferces
Ane
Besiaged
Rockefeller Home
Consolidated Gas
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Rockefeller
McAlpine
Spanish Treasury Bonds Decree Issued for Par Redemption
The Official Journal publishes a decree authorizing the issue of new Spanish treasury bonds at Thirty-one and three per cent with redemption at par. The measure directs issue and terms, signaling state funding actions and potential investor guidance.
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Madrid
Hin
Juvenal
Seven Boys Die In Play Near Croghan
Seven youths from Croghan Tray area including Roy Francis and Daniel Salter aged seven to sixteen died after ice broke while coasting near their home along Beaver River in Utica New York. In Olean Creek Milo Williams fourteen Homer Williams twelve and Raymond J were drowned during a hockey game ice broke and rescue attempts by Young Fiteh and Charles Fitch failed leaving only Fiteh alive at age eleven.
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Utica
Jan New
Daniel Salter
Croghan Tray
Roy
Francis
Daniel
Beaver River
Olean
N.Y. Din
Milo Williams
Homer Williams
Raymond JB
Olean Creek
Young Fath
Milo
Homer Willhuns
Charles Fiteh
Young Fiteh
Prince Albert's Low Exam Ranking Stirs Naval Hopes
A scrambled clipping notes Prince Albert, six, son of George V, ranking sixty-fourth out of sixty-five in a naval examination. The item mentions an audience and mockery of examiners, with odd references to cut fruits, jetties, and Angostura bitters, reflecting a chaotic snippet from a royal context.
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George V
Prince Albert
Castro's exile mood aboard Amerika bound for Germany
Exiled General Castro gazes toward Manhattan as he sails on the German liner Amerika from New York, observed by aides and reporters. He studies the city during a rare day ashore amid security, with friends congregating at Miramar and discussions of future revolutions lingering in the air. Reliant on interpreters, Castro comments on U S procedures and delays while awaiting departure from Hoboken.
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Miraflores Palace
Ellis Island
Tre
Touraine
Castre
Cvoft
Peter
Nifrede
Orregrara
New York
Hudgins & Donns
Castro
Sony
Maracalio
Jim Age
Gablid
Aster
Venterc m
United States
Toolke Castra
Bilis Island
Hoboken
Fire theatre ban spreads in old district closing several venues
Fire Prevention Bureau orders closures in the old theatre district after a New Year’s Eve shutdown on Daly’s Theatre. Chief John P. Howe targets five houses for dangerous exits and other violations while preparing cases against Savoy and Dewes Theatres.
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Br Becime Ketawer
Lmore
Dalya Thaush Street
Broadway
John P. Howe
Howe
Tauid
Ton Counsel
Wold
Corp
Fire Commissione
Daly
Olympia
Tith Street
Melne’s
Moving Picture House
Heeadway
Bist Street
Hyatt
Couns Fred
Fire Department
Savoy Theatre
West Shth Street
Dewes Theatre
Vth Street
Meuse Frees Five on Holidays in 1907 Era
Governor Blease granted clemency on a holiday to five convicts in Columbia. Mien Foster, murder, life. Nate Wright, William Wright, Joel Shepherd, arson, ten years. John Moore, assault and battery with intent to kill, three years. Garlington jailed for three days to visit his father and for fraud tied to Seminole Securities. Also note A G S Express schedule change for the Atlantic Comet Line to depart Penn Station at 6 AM for Florida and the South.
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Columbia
Meuse
John Y. Garlington
Garlington
Seminole Securities Company
Pennsylvania
Penn Slvania Station
Florida
Simplicity marks Sulzer inaugural in tight ceremony
Governor Sulzer's inauguration in Albany was simple and quiet, with minimal pomp as he took the oath and addressed the public from the executive mansion steps. The scene mixed festive elements with formal traditions, drawing crowds, photographers, and notable figures including Governor Dix and suffragists, while Dix rode over from the Capitol and both men greeted supporters.
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TeRraet
Tribune
Albany
Jan
le Willan
Sulzer
Empire State
Mrr
Sulzer Beewhee
Elroun
Yans Manry
Gove Lerner Sulzer
Dix
Messrs. Sulzery
Mr. Sulzer
Bill Sulzer
Capitol
Chameler
Court of Apspeale
O'Gorman
Willem Juolph Hoerst
Charles White
Sulzer T
Ure
Grims
Assembly
Chamber
Democrats
Sulxerg
Pounerd
Avi
Burkevernor
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MR. Reid
Navy
Oryan
Marco
Financial and Commercial Review
West Orange Commissioners
Commission
Health Department
Czar
5Th Ave
Anon
Wiliam Rocketel
Selzer Amd
Drs Watke
Prince
Agyt
AGAPE
AY Castro
Williams
Will
Amerika
Manhattar
Daly's
Fedorite
Amall
Saber Wwe
Jefferson
Silas Wright
Setzer
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