Fingerprint use proposed to curb forgeries in postal service
A British proposal led by Lord Minto and Postmaster General C Stewart Wilson suggests using thumb impressions for postal money orders to halt forgeries. The method promises strong identity verification, noting unique papillary patterns persist from birth, resisting alteration or damage. It cites U S and Indian context and hints at broader adoption for wills and checks.
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Brentwood Company
Lord Minto
C. Stewart Wilson
India
Philip
America
Europe
Rudyard Kipling
Ganges
Lord Macaulay
Calcutta
United States
United States Postal Service
Fairbanks Leaves Tokio On World Tour Departure
Former U S vice president Charles W. Fairbanks left Tokio for the southern empire on his round the world trip. He was accompanied by his private secretary and a Japanese Foreign Office representative. A large gathering of diplomatic and government officials plus American residents bid him farewell at the station.
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Tokio
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Japan
Foreign Office
Carnegie admits four state universities to professors’ allowance system
The universities of Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Toronto have been admitted to participate in the professors' allowance system of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The decision was made by the foundation's executive committee and announced by the secretary. These are the first state institutions admitted to the endowment.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Toronto
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Berkshire Social Season Delights Visitors and Arrivals
In the Berkshires the Telegraph notes Dr J H Borland near Greenock Inn Lee pursuing Incmore estate purchase. Many guests arrive at Aspinwall Maplewood and Curtis hotels including Hoffmans Hubbards Welchs Brinkerhoffs Tytlers and Iasigis. Notables like Congressman Herbert Parsons and ex governor N H Richey appear as seasonal visitors and hosts hold receptions at Dalton and Stockbridge venues.
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Tribune Tenox
J. H. Borland
Greenock
Lee
Incmore
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. Tytler
Plainfield
N. J
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Stoneover Farm
Georgiana Sargent
William B. C. 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 and arrivals
Newport June 6 Tonight many small dinner parties entertained guests aboard the Narada and Wanderer. Reginald C. Vanderbilt Henry Walters Pembroke Jones Sadie Jones Lispenard Stewart E C Post Alfred Armstead opened the Newport Golf Club season. Mrs Thayer Carroll Wetmore return as ladies committee. Dolan Prescott Lawrence and Miss Lawrence expected for the summer.
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Tribune
Newport
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Henry Walters
Narada
Pembroke Jones
Sadie Jones
H. A. C. Taylor
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
Memorial acknowledgments and donations 1909
A fragmented list of memorials and gifts dated June 5 1909. Mentions F W H Miss Lillian Tousey Washington Conn Roland C Treadwell Plainfield N J Mrs Joseph H Lester Bay Shore Long Island Easter offering from Madison N J First Presbyterian Church Sunday school Ella C Holden supervisor and other donors through various auxiliaries and committees.
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Bick Children’s Aid Society of the
Brick Church
Manhattan
Virginia C. Carpenter
Ernesteres
Lillian Tousey
Washington
Conn
Roland C. Treadwell
Plainfield
N. J
Joseph H. Lester
Bay Shore
George W. Collord
Bel Clinic
William
Willis Reese
Tariff on Products of the Soil
A reader argues against higher lemon duties citing high freight costs and rail subsidies. The letter notes California lemon output, foreign imports, and prices around June showing small margins after costs. It warns a 45 cent potato duty would curb imports, risking famine for workers.
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the Tribune
Str
Washington
New York
California
London
Europe
Middle West
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Delaware
Seaboard
President of Acadia resigns after two years
Halifax June N S Dr W R Hutchinson president of Acadia University for two years has resigned to take an active pastorate in the Baptist ministry. He has not yet decided his future place of work and has previously held pastorates at Quebec and at Topeka and Lawrence Kan.
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William
Vienna
Adriatic
Hohenberg
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Belvedere Palace
Kaiserin
Archduchess
Maria Annunciate
Princess Whodenberg
Europe
Francis Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Chotek
Dresden
Bohemia
Frederick
Sophie
Francis Joseph
Princess of
Austria
Arts- Morracy
Scott
Jong
Siresay
Im House
Halifax
June
W. R. Hutchinson
Acadia University
Quebec
Topeka
Lawrence
Kan
Rockefeller Attends Tarrytown Service With Granddaughter
John D. Rockefeller and his granddaughter Miss McCormick attended morning worship at First Baptist Church in Tarrytown yesterday. He arrived by automobile, took communion, and greeted the congregation before meeting with Pastor Rev. Raymond F. P. Ingersoll. He said he was feeling well and eyed golf at Pocantico Hills estate today for the first time since last fall.
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John D. Rockefeller
Miss McCormick
First Baptist Church
Tarrytown
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Raymond FP. Ingersoll
Pocantico Hilla
Daughters of the American Revolution hold 13th annual service
The New York City Chapter, DAR, held its thirteenth annual service yesterday at Trinity Church. Rev. J Hewitt Steele served as chaplain and led the prayers. After the service the group decorated graves including that 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 Talk Across Papers Shows Downward Revision Push
A composite view from The Utica Presse The Washington Star The Chicago Record-Herald The Kansas City Star The Baltimore News The Topeka Capital The Houston Post outlines broad support for downward tariff revision. Proponents argue tariffs should fall to aid consumers, with Taft’s campaign pledges cited and the need for data, fairness, and home production costs emphasized.
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Utica Presse
Kansas City Star
Taft
Col Alexander K McClure Dies at Wallingford Home
Col Alexander K McClure longtime Pennsylvania Prothonotary and influential journalist and politician dies at 81 in Wallingford Delaware County after a weeklong illness. Born 1828 in Perry County he built The Juniata Sentinel and The Philadelphia Times and advised Lincoln and Curtin during Civil War era politics.
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Philadelphia
Alexander K. McClure
Supreme and Superior Courts of
Pennsylvania
Wallingford
Delaware County
McClure
Alfred Gratz
Alexander Kelly McClure
Sherman's Valley
Perry County
Penn
Archbishop J T Duhamel Dies During Pastoral Visit
Ottawa dispatch reports Archbishop Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa died of heart disease at Castleman during a pastoral visit. The 68 year old church leader, born in Vercheres County near Montreal, was transported by special train to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Joseph Thomas Duhamel
Castleman
Vercheres
Montreal
Obituary notes for Fisher Healey Langdon in Detroit region
Maxwell M. Fisher a Detroit millionaire died at his home aged eighty five after lumber interests in Michigan. Colonel John G. Healey died in New Haven at sixty eight from heart disease and Civil War veteran who later moved to Ireland. George C. Langdon once mayor of Detroit died Saturday afternoon in Geneva after returning there from Detroit about three years earlier.
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Maxwell M. Fisher
Detroit
Michigan
John G. Healey
New Haven
Ireland
Jotary Seward
Washington
Cleveland
Connecticut
Geneva
N. Y
Obituary Notes for Peter Schemm and Calvin Whitney
Peter A. Schemm, 57, son of the late Peter Schemm the brewer, died yesterday in the city after stomach trouble and a recent operation. He is remembered for his family ties and the Niagara Falls tragedy linked to his father. Calvin Whitney, 62, president of G. Chase Piano Company, died yesterday at his Norwalk home after years of illness and a recent operation. He leaves a wife and four children.
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Peter A. Schemm
Peter Schemm
Niagara Falls
Calvin Whitney
G. Chase Piano Company
Norwalk
Ohio
Mr. Whitney
Ambassador Bryce Goes to Maine for Summer at Doane Cottage
Ambassador and Mrs Bryce depart Washington to open the British Embassy in Northeast Harbor Maine for the summer. Alfred Mitchell Innes remains in Washington until Congress adjourns. The Doane cottage, on Mount Desert Island, overlooks the sea and hosts St Mary's by the Sea church nearby.
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Washington
Bryce
Northeast Harbor
Alfred Mitchell Innes
Congress
Mount Desert Island
William Co. Doane
Albany
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Doane
Cohan Harris Invade London With Plans for Shows
Samuel H Harris of Cohan Harris returns from six weeks in Europe aboard the Cincinnati with Mrs Harris and J M Welch. He says London Paris and Berlin were mediocre but Cohan Harris will press ahead by arranging Dodsons appearance in The House Next Door in London next April and securing options on West End theatres for Cohan and for our minstrels. The minstrels may tour next spring with The House Next Door company from New York. Sam Bernard and Thomas W Ryley also aboard with notes on new American 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 in The Hurdy Gurdy Girl at Colonial Theatre
Richard Carle opened Chicago summer season at the Colonial Theatre in The Hurdy Gurdy Girl. Carle writes the book and lyrics with H L Hertz composing the music. Pauline Perry stars with a supporting cast including Eliza Warren Ada Gordon Rita Stanwood Harry Fairleigh and others. The play is a rewritten piece distinct from a earlier Wallack's musical comedy.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Chicago
Richard Carle
Colonial Theatre
Carle
H. L. Hertz
Boston
Wallack
Comedian Kenna joins The Candy Shop at Knickerbocker
Charles Kenna, a comedian, becomes the latest cast addition to The Candy Shop at the Knickerbocker Theatre. F. Ziegfeld Jr presents The Follies of 199 at the Apollo in Atlantic City this evening, opening in Jardin de Paris here a week hence. Blanche King, currently in The Midnight Sons at Broadway Theatre, received a jeweled ankus on Saturday. Beginning this week Bostock’s Dreamland arena debuts a new program with trained animals, while Dreamland attendance broke records last week with thirty shows for Creation's Fall of Man.
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Charles Kenna
Knickerbocker Theatre
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Apollo Theatre
Atlantic City
Jardin de Paris
Blanche King
Broadway
India
Bostock
Dreamland
Beecher Daughter 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 Park works with banking house Moffat White at 5 Nassau Street Gertrude is granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher.
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William C. Beecher
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Gertrude Roxana Beecher
Charles Francis Park, Jr
Engiewood
N. J
Park
Moffat & White
No. 5
Nassau Street
Miss Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Prominent Arrivals At Noted Hotels This Week
Ex Governor F P D Proctor historic arrival at Belmont Hotel. Gotham reports Mr and Mrs Hiram Sibley of Rochester. Manhattan hosts J S Sherman of Utica. Murray Hill welcomes Sir Thomas and Lady Chisholm from Glasgow. Waldorf Astoria greets Colonel R J Lowrey of Atlanta. Wolcott lists Claus Spreckels of San Diego as guest.
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Belmont
F. PD. Proctor
Proctor
Gotham
Hiram Sibley
Rochester
Manhattan
J. S. Sherman
Utica
Murray Hill
Sir Thomas and
Lady Chisholm
Glasgow
Waldorf-Astoria
R. J. Lowrey
Atlanta
Wolcott
Claus Spreckels
San Diego
Cal
Free Admission at American Museum of Natural History Today
An item notes free admission to the American Museum of Natural History today. It mentions a dinner for Vice Admiral Baron Uriu and a dinner of the Presbyterian Union at the Hotel Savoy, with Colonel Robert M. Thompson hosting at Sherry's in the evening.
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American Museum of Natural History
Baron Uriu
L J. N
Robert M. Thompson
Sherry’s
Presbyterian Union
Hotel Savoy
Erenne
Weather Forecast and Records for Washington Area
Official weather record and forecast note showers in New England and middle Atlantic Saturday night. Sunday fair in many regions with cooler changes in upper Mississippi and lake areas. Expect cooler middle West by Monday Tuesday, general showers in lake, Ohio Valley and middle West. light to moderate variable winds along coasts. Local forecasts include New England partly cloudy, Eastern New York mixed, Western Pennsylvania unsettled, Western New York increasing clouds. 1909 temperature comparisons show yesterday's high 78 and low 59 with average 68. Fair today and Tuesday with variable winds.
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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
Merit
European
Grand Banks
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Sean
Iocal
Weather Bureau
Simple Funeral for M Chauchard Bequest to Louvre
The funeral of M Chauchard will be simple despite reports. His art collection valued at 4 million dollars is bequeathed to the Louvre, including 25 Corots 27 Meissoniers and seven Millets such as The Angelus. The Journal cites 300 million francs fortune and 3 million each to executors Mme Loubet Calmette and Leygue.
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Paris
M. Chauchard
Louvre
M Chat Ard
Mme Loubet
Calmette and
Leygue
Marriage notices republished in the Tri Weekly Tribune
Notices of marriages and deaths list several couples and dates with church and residence details. Entries include Brace- Hyde June 5 at George's Church Stuyvesant Square, Lombardi-Peck June 3 in Semmer, Trippet Bennett June 6 at Christ Church, and multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements. The notice reflects required full-name and address endorsement and provides undertaker and floral service details.
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Tri
Tribune
Brace—Hyde
George’s Church
Stuyvesant Square
New
Hugh Birckhead
Elizzabeth Mead
Robert Nett Brace
Lombardi—Peck
Semmer
Nite
Ethel Rogers
Edward
Lily Rogers Peck
Maurice Ennis Lomberdi
Berkeley
Cal
Trippett— Bennett
Christ Church
Coxnte Alexander Strong
Elsie Payne
Louise S
Robert Bennet
HaBberton Telepest
Joseph
Montclair
N. J
Desirable help for employers via New York Tribune file of applicants
Employers invited to consult a newly installed file of applicants at the Uptown Office of The New-York Tribune, 1364 Broadway. Office hours listed. subscription and mailing rates shown for various editions including Daily, Weekly Farmer, and Sunday Tribune.
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New-York Tribune
Broadway
37Th Streets
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
The
Phillippines
Tribune Almanac
New York City
Sunday Tribune
Serpe
Unie
Europe
the Tribune
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Postal Service of India
Princess Hohenburg
Hungary
Francis Charles
Maximilian
Otto
Major Hill
James Sumner Gerard
Morris G. Menges
Sheepshead Bay
Arthur Hill
Major Arthur Hill
Warwickshire Regiment
County Down
House of Commons
Walsingham Club
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Lord Arthur 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
Chicago Record-Herald
MR. Taft
Baltimore News
Aldrich
Hale
Lodge
Penrose
Elkins
Senate
Republican Party
Bailey
Houston Post
Col. A. K. Wclure
Mifflin
Juniata Sentinel
Andrew
Curtin
Mr. McClure
William F. Jolson
Juniata County
John M. Pomeroy
Chambersburg Repository
Lancaster
Pollock
Erie & Northeastern
Lincoln
Simon Cameron
Republican State Committee
State Senate
Chambersburg
Greeley
Greeley and Brown
Republican
Lake Superior
Charles Emory Smith
Alexander K. M'Clure
Archbishop J. T. Duhamel
Maine
Bishop Doane
West End
J. E. Dodson
the Weather Report
Tri-Weekly
Keefe
Lutz, Henrietta
Stephens, Charles G
Elsa
Frank M
Martha Sampsom
St. Mark's Church
2 Ave
20Th St
James
Flushing N
Louise E. James
Albert T
Louis J. Courant
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 234
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
West
St. Chapels
Chelsea
Cavera Newman Floral Co
Sth Ave
Madison
William Street
Iptown & CE
East 125Th Street
West 125Th Street
West 125Th Stress
F Street
Newark
Frederick N. Sommmy
Broad Street
Tribune Et Brussels
Ce Aeat
EIBUN
Danes Inp House
Strand
American Express Company
Hage Market
Thomas Cook & Son
Ludgate Circus
Brown, Shipley & Co
Pall Mall
Speyer Brothers
Lothbury
Conventers
John Munroe & Co
Ibe
John
Avenue de Fopérmany
Lard, Odier & Co
Lom A
Union
Florence
Lemon & Co
Maquay & Co. Bankers
le Hamburg
Landstrasse
Mayenct
Saarbach's
DAILY
Sunday Tribune Om
Hotetoria
Savoy Hotel
Caritom
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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
Cedth
Ostend
Holland
the Hague
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