Hughes Appeals for Direct Primaries at Dutchess Dinner
Governor Hughes urged direct primaries and honest public spending before about four hundred Dutchess County Society members at the Hotel gathering. He backed transparency in finances and warned against political favoritism, praising citizen oversight and the average voter’s power to shape state policy.
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Dutchess
Congress
Liberal Victory Indicated in Early UK Election Results
Early returns from ninety one parliamentary seats show Unionists ahead, with 43 to 37 Liberal and 6 Labor and 5 Nationalists. Unionist gains include Manchester and Bath while Liberals win Darlington Grimsby and Manchester North West. Labor gains East Manchester. Connected reports note Manchester and Birmingham battles and overall trend toward Unionism but no clear majority yet.
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Edward Tennant
Henry Norman
Budget League
Ludgate Circus
Trafalgar Square
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Balfour
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Northumberland Avenue
Fire Threat Blazes Through Grand Forks Idaho
Spokane dispatch reports Grand Forks Idaho, famed as the "tough town," nearly wiped out by a major blaze today. Firefighters battled the flames amid fierce conditions, with extensive damage feared in the heart of the city.
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Wash
Grand Forks
Idaho
Railway Schedules Mention Limited Trains and Services
Fragmentary note lists railway names and cast line timing with limited train names and service references. Mentions four limited trains with times 1 25 3 25 and 9 25 P M. plus a line about road service and a south line.
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Superior Road
One Hundred Naval Officers Fail To Take 1909 Test
The Tribune Bureau reports in Washington that about two hundred commissioned officers faced the 1909 annual physical test requirement. Roughly half offered acceptable excuses. the remainder, including about one hundred who did not test at all, may face discipline though a court martial for so many is unlikely.
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New York
Red Mittens for Gaynor From East New York Friend
Mayor Gaynor receives red wool mittens from Edward F. Linton of East New York. Mittens were spun and knit on a Maine farm and bought at a country fair. Linton recalls old days of homegrown wool as a Tammany Hall official quips about missing mittens.
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No More Golden Eggs Court Ruling in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Martha Friel had her husband removed before Christmas. He has paid nothing since and was ordered by Judge Brown to pay $150 weekly. The judge quipped that she had killed the goose that laid the golden egg as Friel departed smiling and Mrs. Friel wept.
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Storm Leaves City Ten Deaths From Last Night Gale
Ten people died as a winter storm crippled New York area transit and streets. Victims include Thomas Auhrograffe, Dominick Fiara, John Fynes, Antonio Lavatino, Grant Littell, Vinzetta Saetto, Anthony Ceren, all struck by trains or snowplows while performing or entering locations. Suburban lines faced disruption with Long Island Rail Road hardest hit. others returned to near normal by nightfall.
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Walker Flees Bench Warrant In Sugar Refining Case
Harry W. Walker assistant superintendent at Havemeyer and Elder docks dodged a bench warrant and was chased for eight blocks before being captured. He waived examination and was paroled to await arraignment with six indicted men tied to short weighing frauds. Other defendants, including Charles R. Heike of American Sugar Refining, to plead tomorrow at 10:30 AM.
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Harry W. Walker
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J. H. Proctor
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Walker
Morse
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Building
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Fire Devastates Riverside Drive Apartment Building
A six story Clairmont building on Riverside Drive between 122nd and 127th streets burned last night driven by Hudson winds. Firefighters faced frozen alarm boxes and slow snowbound response but contained the blaze in about an hour. Commonwealth Mortgage Company faced a $50,000 loss as tenants fled in bathrobes. evacuations aided by neighbors and bystanders, with several residents rescued from danger.
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Back to His Cell After Attending Wife’s Funeral
John Sullivan of Gloucester City kept his word and returned to Camden county jail after covering his wife’s funeral. He had been released with two other men on assault charges against Justice Joel Cross of Camden, with no bondsman available. Sullivan went to Gloucester City as promised and returned to his cell unattended.
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Roosevelt Still Loves Fight Voice Behind Africa Trip
A Buffalo letter reveals Theodore Roosevelt still cherishes a good fight and old friends. Roosevelt praises boxers Ketchel, Johnson and wonders if Jim Jeffries can regain form for a potential future clash.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Tony” Gavin
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Ketchel
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Jim” Jeffries
Conners Buys Steam Yacht Oneta in Fishkill Landing
William J. Conners of Buffalo and Democratic State Committee chair elects the steam yacht Oneta, formerly owned by George W. Wilkins of Philadelphia, after chartering the Alice last year from Frederick D. Underwood of the Erie Railroad. The vessel measures 172 feet 6 inches.
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Fishkill Landing
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William J. Conners
Buffalo
Democratic State Committee
George W. Wikins
Philadelphia
Chicago may build subway using traction fund
Circuit Judge Carpenter upheld Chicago's use of its traction fund to construct and operate a subway for passenger traffic. The ruling allows the city to spend $75,000 appropriated for subway plans.
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Mrs Fish Reverses Stance On Woman Suffrage
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, once a leading anti suffragist, abandons opposition after lectures by Ida Husted Harper and the Equal Franchise Society. She declares she now supports woman suffrage and will continue to advocate for it, signaling a shift in her political stance.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Will Not Eat Meat Abolition Drive Circulates in Cleveland
Resolutions pledging abstinence from meat for at least thirty days were circulated among Cleveland workingmen in large shops. Backed by members of the Superintendents and Foremen's Club, the drive aims to lower prices as it reaches an estimated fifty thousand men. Ten officials promised to circulate petitions in shops with over a thousand workers each. one shop collected 460 signatures.
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Wich
Miss Taft Attends Bryn Mawr Conference on Shirtwaist Strike
Philadelphia January 15 Miss Helen Taft daughter of the President joined ten Bryn Mawr College classmates at a meeting hosted by Mrs Henry La Barre Jayne to discuss the shirtwaist strike and aid the workers The event drew 100 women including notable families The arbitration offer by manufacturers was discussed and Taft observed the talks closely while remaining discreet
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Henry la Barre Jayne
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After Five Years Forrest Arrested for Grand Larceny
Michael M. Forrest, sought five years, arrested on a grand larceny in the first degree charge from John H. Cook of Brooklyn. He had served one year of a three year state prison term in Trenton and was released on parole. Forrest formerly ran a real estate investment business with offices in the Marbridge Building.
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Court of General Sessions
Cook
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Sidis Believed Reincarnated Pythagoras by Theosophists
Boston observers urge that Willie Sidis eleven son of Boris Sidis Harvard lecturer be the reincarnation of Pythagoras Theosophists cite his grasp of the fourth dimension as proof while noting Pythagoras death two millennia and more ago Mrs Harriet M Drake a leading local Theosophist supports the claim as sensational speculation in the press corner.
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Willie Sidis
Boris Sidis
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Pythagoras
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train service routes and car classes offered in regional rail description
Aiken Augusta Florida and Resorts South line notes best service via Southern Railway. Dining compartment drawing room library and observation cars are listed with schedule times 10 25 a m 3 25 p m 4 25 p m and 12 10 am. Office address appears as 13 Advu.
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