Fingerprint ID May Cut Postal Forgery Across Nations
A 1909 note discusses using thumb imprints for postal money orders as a superior identity marker. It claims fingerprints are unique and unalterable, aiding forgery prevention, and suggests expansion to wills and checks. The piece contrasts Asian and Western abilities and cites Kipling and Macaulay to frame the risk of forgery.
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Brentwood Company
Pera Minto
C. Stewart Wilson
India
America
Europe
Rudyard Kipling
Ganges
Lord Macaulay
Calcutta
Det
United States
Lord Minto
United States Postal Service
Princess Hohenberg Dominates Viennese Court Circles
The state visit of Emperor William and Kaiserin to Vienna highlights Princess Sophie von Chotk y Hohenberg’s ascent from morganatic status to central influence at court. Her reformist reception by Francis Joseph, Pope-like church support, and an enhanced role in Belvedere events mark a dramatic rise, with ongoing implications for succession and noble ranks. Meanwhile divorce and bankruptcy news mingle with aristocratic lineage shifts in Britain and Ireland.
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William
Vienna
Adriatic
Hohenberg
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Belvedere Palace
Kaiserin
Maria Annunciata
Europe
Francis Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Chotek
Dresden
Bohemia
Austria
Tag
Francis Joseph
Pracania “Pas
Fairbanks Leaves Tokio During Around the World Trip
Charles W. Fairbanks former U S vice president sailed from Tokio today as part of his world tour. He was accompanied by his private secretary and a Japanese Foreign Office official while a large group of diplomats government officers and American residents gathered at the station to bid him farewell.
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Tokio
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Japan
Foreign Office
Universities Admit to Carnegie Benefit Program
The universities Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Toronto join the professors' allowance system of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The executive committee voted last night and the secretary announced the decision, marking the first state institutions admitted to the endowment.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Toronto
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Berkshires Social Roundup Tells of Estate Purchases and Guests
Telegraph notes Dr J H Borland negotiating to buy Indmore in Stockbridge once summer home of Dr Field. Berkshire arrivals include Hoffman and Hubbard parties at Curtis Hotel and Hotel Aspinwall, VIPs visiting Laurel Lake villa, Belvoir Terrace, Elm Court and Red Lion Inn. Gallery of registers lists Parsons, Sloane, Hays, Iasigi, Grannis, Crane, Richey party guests and forthcoming receptions in Dalton.
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The
Tribune
Lenox
J. H. Borland
Greenock
Lee
Indmore
Henry M. Field
Stockbridge
Dr. Field
William M. W. Hoffman
Tuxedo
Curtis Hotel
Thomas H. Hubbard
Miss Hubbard
General Hubbard
Hotel Aspinwall
Martin Welch
George H. Brinkerhoff
Hackensack
C. B. Tyler
Plainfield
N. J
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Stoneover Farm
Georgiana Sargent
Laurel Lake
Eleanor Dec. Cuyler
Morris K. Jesup
Belvoir Terrace
James B. Ludlow
New York
Lenox Villa
Oscar Iasigi
Boston
Nora Iasigi
Connecticut
Arthur Grannis
Albert Gallatin
William B
Field
Elm Court
William D. Sloane
William H. Hays
Zenas Crane
Dalton
N. H. Richey
Miss Richey
Nova Scotia
Berkshires
Red Lion Inn
Social Notes From Newport Dinner Parties
Newport June 6 Telegraphed notes record several small dinner parties aboard the Narada and Wanderer. Guests included Reginald C. Vanderbilt Henry Walters Pembroke Jones Lispenard Stewart E C Post Alfred Armstead and Mrs Thayer Carroll Wetmore, with Mrs Dolan Lawrence and Miss Lawrence due to arrive for the season aboard Newport society.
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Tribune
Newport
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Henry Walters
Narada
Pembroke Jones
Sadie Jones
H. A. C. Taylor
Wanderer Lispenard Stewart
E. C. Post
Alfred Armstead
Newport Golf Club
Nathaniel Thayer
Royal Phelps Carroll
Maude Wetmore
Clarence W. Dolan
Philadelphia
Prescott Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Acknowledgments and Memorial Gifts Listing
In memory of F. V. Heena Aaaeedreeasines Sick Children's Aid Society of the Brick Church Manhattan through Virginia C. treasurer. Miss Lillian Tousey Washington C. Roland C. Treadwell Plainfield N J Mrs. Joseph H. Lester Bay Shore Long Island Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson Canandaigua N Y Easter birthday offering from the primary class of the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian Church of Madison N J through Elia C. Holden superintendent R. M. Olyphant Sherman Williams Three friends "In memory of my mother" In memory of Nettle George W. Collard Bellevue Tuberculosis Clinic gift list totals 1535 56 dollars as of June 5 1009.
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F. V. Heena
Brick Church
Manhattan
Virginia C
Lillian Tousey
Washington
Roland C. Treadwell
Plainfield
N. J
Joseph H. Lester
Bay Shore
Long
Frederick F. Thompson
Canandaigua
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church of
Nettle
George W. Collard
Jaenamhaidue
Bellevue
Wiliam Willis Reese
Tatas
Sccreeceereers Cnc Cevese Seyue
Tariff on the soil products questioned by a New York producer
A New York produce merchant questions proposed lemon duties and rail freight subsidies for home grown fruit, arguing California lemons may not justify high duties. He notes scarce foreign potato imports and warns a 45 cent duty would ban European potatoes, harming workers.
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the Tribune
Str
Washington
New York
California
Tondon
Europe
Middle West
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Delaware
Seaboard
President of Acadia resigns
Halifax report states Dr. W. R. Hutchinson resigns after two years as Acadia University president to pursue an active Baptist ministry. He has pastored in Quebec and in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas, and has not chosen his next posting.
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Halifax
W. R. Hutchinson
Acadia University
Quebec
Topeka
Lawrence
Kan
Rockefeller Attends Tarrytown Church Service with Granddaughter
John D. Rockefeller and his granddaughter Miss McCormick attended morning services at First Capital Church in Tarrytown yesterday. He arrived by car, stayed for the Lord's Supper, and greeted congregants before speaking with Rev. Raymond F. P. Ingersoll. He said he felt well and glad to be back. He planned to play golf today at Pocantico Hills estate for the first time since last fall.
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John D. Rockefeller
Miss McCormick
Tarrytown
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Raymond FP. Ingersoll
Pocantico Hills
Daughters of the American Revolution Honor Patriots at Trinity
The New York City Chapter of DAR observed its thirteenth annual service yesterday at Trinity Church. Rev J Hewitt Steele preached the chapel sermon before members decorated the graves of Alexander Hamilton and other patriots.
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New York City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Trinity Church
J. Hewitt Steele
Alexander Hamilton
Tariff Revision Across Parties Cited In Press
A compilation cites diverse editorials from The Utica Press The Washington Star The Chicago Record Herald The Kansas City Star The Baltimore News The Topeka Capital The Houston Post arguing that popular demand favors downward tariff revision, with Taft as a revision champion and critics warning against protective policy erosion. It notes wage data access warns against clinging to protectionist myths and highlights debates on income tax implications for tariffs.
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Utica
Chicago Record-Herald
Kansas City Star
Wriff
Taft
Baltimore News
Mr. Taft
Eee
Topeka
Aldrich
Hale
Lodge
Penrose
Elkins
Scott
Senate
Republican Party
United States
The
Houston Post
Bailey
Col Alexander K McClure Dies After Long Career in Law and Politics
Philadelphia reports the death of Colonel Alexander K. McClure at his Wallingford home at eighty one. A longtime prothonotary and prominent journalist, he rose from a Perry County tanner apprentice to editor of the Philadelphia Times and a national political figure. He helped nominate Lincoln in 1860, led Pennsylvania troops in the Civil War, endured losses in the Chambersburg fire, and authored several works before retirement. He married Matilda S. Gray and later Cora M. Gratz.
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Philadelphia
Alexander K. McClure
Supreme and Superior Courts of
Pennsylvania
Wallingford
Delaware County
McClure
Alfred Gratz
New York
New England
Mifflin
Juniata Sentinel
Andrew G. Curtin
Mr. McClure
William F. Johnson
Curtin
United States
Juniata County
Pollock
Erie & Northeastern
Lincoln
Simon Cameron
Republican State Committee
State Senate
Chambersburg
Greeley
Greeley and Brown
Municipal Reform Party
Frank McLaughlin
Philadelphia Times
Clover Club
Lake Superior
Charles Emory Smith
The
Rocky Mountains
South
Pacific
Mexico
Matilda S. Gray
Cora M. Gratz
Death of Archbishop J. T. Duhamel in Ottawa
Arch bishop Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa died from heart disease this morning at Castleman during a pastoral visit. The body was transported to Ottawa by special train this afternoon. He was born in Vercheres County near Montreal sixty eight years ago.
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Ottawa
Joseph Thomas Duhamel
Castleman
Vercheres
Montreal
Obituary notes highlight well known Detroit figures
Obituary notes report MAXWELL M. FISHER a Detroit millionaire who built his fortune in Michigan lumber died at his Detroit home aged eighty five COLONEL JOHN G HEALEY died in New Haven from heart disease aged sixty eight a Civil War veteran who later lived in Ireland was improvised freed through Secretary Seward and served in Washington under President Cleveland GEORGE C LANGDON a former mayor of Detroit native of Geneva N Y died Saturday afternoon in Geneva after returning here about three
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Maxwell M. Fisher
Detroit
Michigan
John G. Healey
New Haven
Ireland
Cretary Seward
Washington
Cleveland
Connecticut
George C. Langdon
Geneva
N. Y
Obituary notices for Peter A Schemm and Calvin Whitney
Peter A Schemm son of the late brewer Peter Schemm died at his city residence yesterday after stomach trouble and recent surgery, aged fifty seven. Calvin Whitney president of the A B Chase Piano Company died at his Norwalk Ohio home yesterday after years of illness and a recent operation, aged sixty two. he left a wife and four children.
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Peter A. Schemm
Peter Schemm
Niagara Falls
Calvin Whitney
A B. Chase Piano Company
Norwalk
Ohio
Mr. Whitney
Ambassador Bryce Heads to Maine For Summer Embassy
The British Embassy closes in Washington as Ambassador Bryce and Mrs Bryce depart for a summer base in Northeast Harbor Maine. Counselor Alfred Mitchell Innes remains to handle affairs until Congress adjourns and then joins the staff locally. The sea front cottage, owned by Bishop William Doane of Albany, serves as the summer embassy headquarters near Mount Desert Island.
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Washington
Bryce
Northeast Harbor
Alfred Mitchell Innes
Congress
Mount Desert Island
William & Doane
Albany
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Doane
Cohan Harris Invade London With Plans For 15 US Tours
Samuel H Harris of Cohan & Harris returns from Europe aboard the Cincinnati with Mrs Harris and J M Welch. He notes London Paris and Berlin were mediocre, but says Cohan Harris will lead theatricals and expand, arranging Dodsons appearance in London in April and securing West End options for Cohan and the minstrels. The minstrels may tour next spring with The House Next Door company. In America, fifteen Cohan Harris companies are planned for next fall. Sam Bernard and Thomas W Ryley also voyage, seeking new productions and novelties for next season.
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Samuel H. Harris
Cohan & Harris
Europe
Cincinnati
George M. Cohan
George Evans
Mr. Cohan
London
Cohan & Harris Minstrels
New York Gaiety
America
Sam Bernard
Mr. Bernard
Thomas W. Ryley
Richard Carle Opens Hurdy Gurdy Girl in Chicago
Richard Carle opens the summer season at the Colonial Theatre in Chicago with The Hurdy Gurdy Girl. Carle stars with Pauline Perry in the lead, supported by Eliza Warren Ada Gordon Rita Stanwood and others. Music by H J L Hertz. book and lyrics by Carle. The show is a rewritten version from a previously staged musical comedy with the same title.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Chicago
Richard Carle
Colonial Theatre
Carle
H. J L. Hertz
Boston
Wallack
Eliza Warren
Ada Gordon
Rita Stanwood
Harry Fairleigh
Harry Cashman
Harry Montgomery
Sylvian Langlois
W. J. McCarthy
Abbott Adams
Comedian Kenna Joins The Candy Shop Cast At Knickerbocker
Charles Kenna, a comedian, joins the cast of The Candy Shop now playing at the Knickerbocker Theatre. F. Ziegfeld Jr musical The Follies of 1909 to be produced at the Apollo Atlantic City this evening, opening in Jardin de Paris here in a week. Blanche King in The Midnight Sons at Broadway Theatre received a jeweled ankus on Saturday. Beginning this week Bostock will offer a new animal act program at Dreamland arena where trainers rehearse. Attendance records were broken at Dreamland last week with 30 performances Monday to meet Creation's Fall of Man crowds.
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Charles Kenna
Knickerbocker Theatre
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Apollo Theatre
Atlantic City
Jardin de Paris
Blanche King
Broadway
India
Bostock
Dreamland
Miss Beecher Engaged to Charles Park Jr
Mr and Mrs William C Beecher of Columbia Heights Brooklyn announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Gertrude Roxana Beecher to Charles Francis Park Jr of Englewood New Jersey. Mr Park works with Moffat White banking house at 5 Nassau Street and Miss Beecher is granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher.
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William C. Beecher
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Gertrude Roxana Beecher
Charles Francis Park, Jr
Englewood, N. J
Park
Moffat & White
No. 5
Nassau Street
Miss Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Belmont and Waldorf Astoria
Ex Governor F D Proctor arrives at the Belmont. Hiram Sibley of Rochester visits Gotham with Mrs Sibley. J S Sherman of Utica at Manhattan. Sir Thomas and Lady Chishelm of Glasgow at Murray Hill. Colonel R J Lowrey of Atlanta at Waldorf Astoria. Claus Spreckels of San Diego stays at Wolcott.
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Belmont
F. D. Proctor
Proctor
Gotham
Hiram Sibley
Rochester
Manhattan
J. S. Sherman
Utica
Murray Hill
Sir Thomas and
Lady Chishelm
Glasgow
Waldorf-Astoria
R. J. Lowrey
Atlanta
Wolcott
Claus Spreckels
San Diego
Cal
Free Admission at Museum for Visiting Officials
Free admission to the American Museum of Natural History for Vice Admiral Uriu IL J N. by Colonel Robert M. Thompson. Sherry's hosts an evening event with the Presbyterian Union at Hotel Savoy.
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American Museum of Natural History
Baron Uriu
J. N
Robert M. Thompson
Sherry’s
Presbyterian Union
Hotel Savoy
Evenng
Weather forecast memo shows mixed showers and cooling trend
The Washington weather report notes Saturday night showers in New England and parts of the middle Atlantic, followed by fair conditions Sunday. Cooler air moves into the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with a general shift to cooler weather across the Midwest while the Eastern states stay fair and warm Tuesday. Forecasts call for showers in the lake region and Ohio Valley with variable winds along coasts and light to brisk northeast winds on the upper lakes.
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Washington
New England
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi
Missouri
Lake Region
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Lake
Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Merit
Upper Lakes
European
Grand Banks
Simple Funeral for M Chauchard Bequest to Louvre
The friends of merchant M Chauchard announce a simple funeral contrary to reports. His art collection valued at 4 million dollars bequeathed to the Louvre includes Corots Meissoniers Millets and The Angelus. Journal note on authority states fortune about 300 million francs leaves executors Mme Loubet Calmette and Leygue 32 million each.
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Paris
M. Chauchard
Louvre
Journal
Chat Ard
Mme Loubet
Calmette and
Leygue
Marriages and Deaths in New York Notices
Marriage notices and deaths appear with indorsed details. The report lists couples such as Lomberdl and Ennis Lomberdl and Brace Hyde, with service locations in Port Chester and Montclair, plus multiple obituaries including Gibbons and Hurlbut. Funeral arrangements are noted for Green Wood and St Elizabeth Hospital, with services at Trinity Church and St Vincent's Hospital, and cemetery references to Woodlawn.
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George’s Church
Stuyvesantee
Sowee
Hugh Birckhead
Robert Neill Brace
Annuat Lombardi—Peck
Port Chester
Ine White
Ethel Rogers
W. Edward
Lily Rogers Peck
Maurice Ennis Lomberdl
Berkeley
Cal Trippett
Bennet
Christ Church
George Alexander Strong
St. Vincent's Hospital
Elsa
Frank M
Martha Sampson
St. Mark's Church
Are
10Th St
Desirable Help for Employers at New York Tribune Office
A recruitment notice invites employers to consult a file of applications for various positions. The item announces the Uptown Office of the New York Tribune at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. It lists office hours, subscription options, and domestic, Canadian, and foreign postage rates for the Tribune and Farmer publications.
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New-York Tribune
Broadway
37Th Streets
Tribune
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronz
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Farmer
Tribune Almanac
New York City
Sunday Tribune
Europe
Universal Postal Union
the Tribune
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Postal Service of India
Hungary
Francis Charles
Maximilian
Archduke Otto
Princess Hohenburg
Major Hili
James Sumner Gerard
Morris G. Menges
Sheepshead Bay
Arthur Hill
Major Arthur Hill
Warwickshire Regiment
County Down
House of Commons
Walsingham Club
Downshire
Major Hill
Arthur
Queen Victoria
Lord Downshire
Joseph F. Laycock
Edmund B. Foster
Major
Halsey Corwin
Marquise DE Fontenoy
MR. Fairbanks
Carnegie Benefit
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Acadia
Washington Star
Col. A. K. McLure
Alexander Kelly McClure
Sherman's Valley
Perry County
Penn
Alexander K. M'Clure
Archbishop J. T. Duhamel
Maine
Bishop Doane
West End
J. E. Dodson
the Weather Report
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Dorlend
Webitas Dasa
Republicm
Keefe
Joseph
Lutz, Henrietta
Stephens, Charles G
Joseph Keefe
Campbell
St. Columba's Church
Lutz
Henrietta Lutz
Frank Campbell
Colt's Neck
McKees
Lexington Ave
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
West
Chelsea
Florists
Newman Floral Co
Sth
Ave
Madison Se
BT Eee
William Street
Iptown
Roadway
East 125Th Street
West 125Th Street
West 125Th
F Street
Newark
Frederick N. Sommam
Broad Street
BRUSS
Montague de la Cour
Nice
Crédit Lyonnais
Lombard, Odler & Co
Union
Florence
French, Lemon & Co
Tornabuoni, Maquay & Co
Milan
Saarbach
Hamburg
American Express Company
Ferdienandstrass E. Mayendt
Bel London
Hotel Victoria
Savoy Hotel
Carlton Hotel
Hotel Metropole
Midland Grand
England
Adelphi Hotel
Liverpool
Midland Hotel
Manchester
Queen's Hotel
Leeds
Midland
Bradford
Morecambe Bay
Derby
Hollier’s Hotel
Shanktin
Isle of Wight
Gibraltar
Hotel Cecil
France
Hotel Continental
Ostend
Holland
Hotel Des Indes
the Hague
Weimar
Klinger
Marienbad
Switzerland
Baste
Pal Hotel Thunerhof
Thun
Hotel Excelsior
Royal
Ville
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