Philadelphia's Founders Week Pageant Ends In Spectacle
Philadelphia closed Founders Week with a highly praised pageant featuring five thousand costumed participants and seventy floats. Amid crowds of spectators and emergency aid, the parade depicted Washington Jefferson La Fayette and other founders, Franklin and the Liberty Bell, Yorktown, Civil War scenes, and war bond sales, all staged at city expense.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Clay
William Penn
Benjamin Franklin
Penn
Washington
Jefferson
la Fayette
John Paul Jones
Rochambeau
Betsy Ross
Old State House
Congress
Patrick Henry
John Adams
John Hencock
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Allentown
Sir William Howe
Lord Cornwallis
Franklin
Yorktown
Sons of Veterans
Jay Cooke
Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
Labor Federation Secrets in Open Session Debate
J H Smith of the Corporations Auxiliary Company replies to Samuel Gompers accusing AFL of secret sessions. He argues AFL conventions are public but alleges vast influence from unofficial committee meetings and secret caucuses unseen by the press or public.
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Cleveland
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. H. Smith
Corporations Auxiliary Company
Gompers
Adams Opens Headquarters in 16th District Campaign
Francis A. Adams Republican candidate for Congress announces headquarters at 1538 Madison Avenue. He wins business men’s endorsement in the dry goods trade and plans tariff revision discussions with merchant support. Frederick A. Sawyer serves as personal manager for Adams’s campaign companion. Herbert E. Meyers manages the headquarters.
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Francis A. Adams
Congress
Madison Avenue
Adams
Frederick A. Sawyer
C. W. Lee Company
Herbert E. Meyers
Nomination at Democratic Convention Nods Hull Gray for Congress
At the adjourned Democratic convention of the 1st Congress District held last night at the Seneca Club Gerald Hull Gray a lawyer with offices at 7 Wall Street was nominated for Congress. Frederick S. Dietrich Democrat is listed for the Eighth Massachusetts District.
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Ith
Congress
Seneca Club
Gerald Hull Gray
Wall Street
Massachusetts
Frederick S. Dietrich
Privy Seal Resigns as Age Advances in Britain
London reports the Marquis of Ripon resigns as Lord Privy Seal due to age. The Earl of Crewe succeeds, retaining the Colonial Secretary post. Ripon, born 183? served as Governor General of India 1880-84 and held multiple high offices, including First Lord of the Admiralty. Crewe, age about fifty, has been Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1892-1895 and Lord President of the Council since 1905.
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London
Marquis of Ripon
Lera
Earl of Crewe
George Frederick Samuel Robinson
Marquis of
Ripon
Earl of
Earl of Buckinghamshire
Earl de Grey
India Office
India
Admiralty
North Riding of
Yorkshire
Hull
Earl Grey's perilous Rocky Mountain journey
Governor General Earl Grey arrived in Cranbrook en route to Ottawa after a harrowing mountain trek in British Columbia. Snowstorms and slides forced the party to travel on foot with packs before reaching the foothills and being brought to Cranbrook on a handcar.
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Winnipeg
Earl Grey
Canada
Cranbrook
Ottawa
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Argunta
Canadian Marine Scandal Probe Moves to New York and Boston
Acting under Justice Cassels, the Exchequer Court special commission probes Marine and Fisheries Department irregularities. G H Watson will interview Safety Car Heating and Lighting in New York and Submarine Company in Boston seeking testimony and records of transactions reportedly exceeding 560 000. Judge Cassels to hold sessions in New York.
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Montreal
Justice Cassels
Canadian Court of the Exchequer
Marine and Fisheries Department
G. H. Watson
K. C
New York
Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company
Boston
Department
Cassels
Decree Set for Consolidated Steamship Lines Case
In Portland Maine Judge Putnam enters a decree stating the bonds and coupons of Consolidated Steamship Lines of Maine owe 63008200 dollars to American Trust Company. If unpaid within five days the mortgaged shares will be sold. The Eastern Steamship Company stockholders have until November 24 to raise funds. assets to be auctioned within a month with an upset price of 1256000 dollars. Formal entry to be made in Boston next Monday with possible amendments.
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Portland
Consolidated Steamship Lines of
Maine
C. W. Morse
New York
American Trust Company
Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Consolidated Steamship Lines
Eastern Steamship Company
Boston
Principals and Brooklyn Teachers Plan Moral Education Effort
The Principals' Association and the Brooklyn Teachers' Association outline cooperation to strengthen ethical teaching in city schools. Dr A C Lachlan will chair the joint committee as they meet to counter outside influences with moral education, citing a Board pamphlet on virtues and school life.
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Principals’ Association
Brooklyn Teachers’ Association
Charles O. Dewey
A. C. Lachlan
Jamaica Training School
Brooklyn Association
Frederic L. Luqueer
Board of Education
Londo
Felix Adler
Maxwell
Ewen
TAXT STRIKE ENDS AS COMPANY REJECTS UNION RECOGNITION
Striking New York Taxicab chauffeurs met a firm stand from Bainbridge Colby and the company as the strike is declared over. The firm resumes operations at full scale with about ninety cabs in service. Violations by strike breakers lead to fines, and a motor collision spurs police action.
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New York
Teamsters’ and Cabmen’s Union
Bainbridge Colby
M. J. Regan
State Board of Arbitration
Harry Allen
Adolph P. Folmer
Central Park
William Lynch
West 48Th Street
William Dennis
62D Street
Broadway
James Jackson
No. 210
74Th Street
Charles Rinda
64Th Street
Jackson
Rinda
West 2d Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Body of Brooklyn Boy Identified in N J Tragedy
The eight year old Harold, found drowned off Monmouth Beach, was identified by Mrs Frances McCloud of Brooklyn as her son. Coroner Tetley ordered an inquest. Burial took place at Holmdel Cemetery. The mother testified her former husband was a medical student and that she was deserted years ago.
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Red Bank
N. J
Monmouth Beach
Frances McCloud
Schermerhernstret
Brooklyn
Harold
Tetley
Holmdel
Breecktvn
McCloud
First 2-Cent Mail Arrives Here on Lusitania
The first mail to reach here under the 2-cent postage rate arrived aboard the Lusitania, consisting of 1 628 bags. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria will soon depart England with the first mail under the new rate, a ship carrying far more bags. A sample letter from Middleborough dated Oct 1 1998 praises the penny postage and mutual postal cooperation.
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England
Lusitania
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
New York City
Middleborough
Seminole Rescues Crew Of Abandoned Schooner
The Clyde liner Seminole brings ashore Captain Charles F. Hines and seven crewmen from the schooner John A. Matheson after a hurricane left the vessel dismasted and leaking near Fortune Island. The crew survived four days at sea before rescue and voyage to New York via Santo Domingo.
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Clyde
Charles F. Hines
John A. Matheson
New York
Matheson
Baltimore
Fortune Island
Hines
Santo Domingo
Wrecked Earl of Aberdeen Seeks Aid at Sea
The British schooner Earl of Aberdeen bound from Turk's Island to Providence with twenty thousand bushels of salt spoke the Panama liner Alliance as it neared Virginia coast on Thursday. The Alliance relayed a distress call to the U S steamer Prairie and requested a message to Norfolk for help. The Earl of Aberdeen was without a rudder and leaking badly.
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Virginia
Panama
Alliance
Earl of Aberdeen
United States
Prairie
Norfolk
Turk’s Island
Providence
Whitmore case witness arrested in Brooklyn larceny case
Mrs Lottie Carroll aged nineteen was arrested on a petit larceny charge. Brookyln detectives say she is a long sought witness in the Lena Whitmore murder case. The Carrolls live at No 2 Adams street Brooklyn and she may testify Theodore Whitmore was not home last Christmas night. Jersey City authorities plan to try the case again October 26.
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Lottie Carroll
Brooklyn
Lena Whstmore
Carroll
John Carroll
Whitmores
Adams Street
Theodore Whitmore
Jersey City
Forest Fire Reports Reach State Officials Across Adirondacks
Col Fox hears of fires reported north and south of multiple towns in the Adirondack region. Inspections note six thousand acres in the town of Lenburg under control as Clinton County confrms area near Chazy Lake shows no severe spread.
Maiden Lane welcomes Jacksons ladies' wear store
The Lawyers' Title Insurance & Trust Company leases the north wing store in its Broadway Building at No 6 Maiden Lane to Jackson's ladies' wear firm. The shop targets downtown working women seeking convenient access away from the main jewelry district, marking an innovation on Maiden Lane.
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The
Lawyers’ Title Insurance & Trust Company
Broadway
Maiden Lane
Jackson's
Ladies’ Wear
Jackson
Osage Oil Leases Dispute Prompted by Interior Reply
Washington reports Acting Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce issues a supplementary statement on Osage land leases in Indian Territory. He details 1896 lease terms, royalty rates, Congress actions in 1905, and the 1908 royalty adjustment to 12½ percent, noting no proof of ties to Standard Oil and uniform treatment of oil firms. Patriotically urges citizens to register and vote.
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Washington
Indian Territory
Frank Pierce
Interior
Pierce
E. Foster
Foster
Congress
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Standard Oil Company
Department of the Interior
Department
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Five Civilized Tribes
Garfield
Texas
Kansas
East
Edison Cement Mill Visit by New York Architects and Engineers
The Edison Portland Cement Company will escort prominent New York City architects engineers and contractors to its mill at New Village New Jersey this morning. They will depart Hoboken at 10 30 guided by Thomas A Edison and his staff to view the cement making process controlled entirely by automatic mechanical devices arising from Edison’s iron ore machinery experience.
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Edison Portland Cement Company
New York City
New Village
N. J
Hioboken
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Gay & Co. statement on financial condition given
John F. Reynolds Jr. announced that acting under a power of attorney he has managed E. H. Gay & Co. for two months and that most creditor banks favor a six month extension. The Hudson River Power Co and the Pittsburg Binghamton & Stern RR are the main burdens, with gas and power assets under review as experts assess the situation.
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The
Tribune
Boston
E. H. Gay & Co
John F. Reynolds, Jr
Hudson River Power Company
Pittsburg, Binghamton & Stern Railroad
Gay & Co
Hospital Surgeon Dismissed Over Refusal to Attend Church
Dr. Vincent M. J. Orlando of 220 East 145th Street, an ambulance surgeon at St. Catharine's Hospital in Williamsburg, was dismissed after charges were filed. He attributed the firing to his refusal to attend church and a small gift from a grateful patient, a claim dismissed as ridiculous by Dr. Maurice Sinright, president of the hospital's medical board. The board says the charges warranted immediate dismissal after he refused to resign.
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Vincent M. J. Orlando
East 145Th Street
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Williamsburg
Orlando
Maurice Sinright
Medical Board
The Bronx Abby Nursery Opens Its Abby House
The Abby Nursery the Bronx's first day nursery held a reception at Abby House 35 East 141st Street. About eighteen babies played outside while mothers found care, aiding workers who needed child care. Notable guests and donors attended as the project aids families in need.
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Abby House
Abby Nursery
Bronx
East 141St Street
James Cahill
Jimmy
Mary A. Conlon
Adelaide Ste
Pherson
Julia Lathers
Abby Pitman Lathers
Abby Caroline Lathers
Smilar
William Lummiss
Esther Herrman
D. N. Freeland
Arthur Judge
Clarence Burns
John J. Lawrence
Augustus Kelly
Frederick W
Blakeslee
Charles Ferina
Mary A. Curtis
Nelson A. Crow
J. W. Edgerly
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
C. Steve Wart
Carlos Merrie
Over Blouse Fashion Gains Popularity Across Markets
The over-blouse trend grows in popularity as designers tout its pretty graceful and simple appeal. The style is taking hold in retail spaces and on street fashion, attracting wearers seeking versatile yet chic layering.
Daughters of the Revolution Set Cornerstone Date at Stony Point
The Daughters of the Revolution of New York name Saturday the 1ith as the cornerstone laying date for a memorial arch at Stony Point Park. The ceremony will begin at noon to honor the battle of Stony Point.
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Daughters of the Revolution of
State of
New York
Stony Point Park
Stony Point
Quick resale of The Assembly nets big profit in Brooklyn
A. B. Roberts bought The Assembly at 143 and 1 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn for 71000 then sold it three days later for 85960 netting 15960. New owner Hierman Galitzka plans to convert the property into a restaurant hall and lodge room building.
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A. B. Roberts
Assembly
Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn
Hierman Galitzka
Bank cashier Samuel Brainard arrested for embezzlement
Samuel H Brainard, 28, former cashier of Medina County National Bank, was arrested in Cleveland on charges of embezzling 141 from the bank. It is said the loss was made good by his friends last June. Bail was set in Kansas City.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Brainard
Medina County National Bank
Kansas City
Henry Baker
Baker
Jim” Jeffries
San Francisco
Frankfort
Hickman
Willson
Hassett
Hopkinsville
Columbus Company
Chicago
Kilene
Kan
Daniel Mart
Platt
Mark Hanna
Woman of Taste Pattern No 6 072 Sent on Receipt
Pattern No 6 072 offered in three sizes small medium large for a crepe de Chine gown trimmed with taffeta. Requires 1 yard 2, 24, 32 or 44 inch width fabric and 1 yard silk for girdle and trimming. Mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents plus 2 cents rush. Include pattern number bust measure and address. Pattern Department New York Tribune.
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New-York Tribune
Markets Report Prices Rise Across Eggs Butter and Fish
Eggs and butter edge up as prices vary. eggs 22 cents a dozen, butter 32 cents a pound. Multiple fish and shellfish items list steady or higher prices with weak and hard shell crabs, lobsters, oysters, and clams among the key offerings. Fresh produce shows broad price ranges on cabbage, cauliflower, cantaloupes, tomatoes, ell, and several fruits, with imports rebounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Columbia River
New Jersey Federation to Meet for Palisade Celebration
The semiannual meeting of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs will be held this afternoon at Palisade Memorial Park. Delegates are asked to bring box lunches. tea, coffee and lemonade will be served. The event marks the completion of a long campaign to preserve the Palisades and establish a park, with remarks by Mrs. H. Ht. Dawson and Franklin W. Hopkins of the Interstate Palisade Park Commission.
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New Jersey
John A. Holland
Cecelia Gaines
Jersey City
Palisade Park
Palisade Intestate Park Commission
Staing
America
H. Ht. Dawsom
Franklin W. Hopkins
Interstate Palisade Park Commission
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Labor Federation
Cleveland Company
Ananias Club
W. H. Taft
Dept. “*C
New York Tribune
Rend
Privy Seal
Crosse
Rockies
Taft
Hughes
Principals
Teachers’ Associations
Wallabout Canal
Col. Fox
Chazy Lake
OSAGE
Interior Department
Edison Cement Mill
Omien
the Bronx Nursery
D. R. Memorial Arch
Telegraphic
News OF the Markets
Utah
Malaga
Nova Scotia
Oregon
Garpet
Thos. J. Stewart CO
Erie
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