Japan's welcome of American sailors sparks vast Tokyo parade
After an audience with Japanese officers, the American battleship fleet was praised as historic friends of Japan. A torchlight procession of thousands grew into one of Tokyo's greatest demonstrations, with lanterns, flags, bands, and multi-organization participation. Admiral Sperry and officials observed from a grandstand as the embassy grounds glowed with lanterns and cheers for the United States.
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Japan
Russia
London
New York
Tokio
Evers
Admiral Sperry
Count Komura
Ambassador @Brien
John Brown
Beverly burglaries traced to two young sisters
Beverly Massachusetts police aided by state troops recovered a string of burglaries blamed on two sisters aged twelve and six. Police found jewelry worth thousands, including a diamond brooch valued at 400 and a sapphire breastpin valued at 350, in the girls playhouse. The girls, from a well to do family, allegedly used soap sales as a cover to case homes and steal jewelry.
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Tribune
Beverly
Mass
Children’s Playhouse
Boy in Indian Game Dies Under Rail Ties
In The Bronx at 2452 Hughes Avenue a six year old, Michael Glenora, led a group of children playing Indians with a pile of railroad ties as a fort. The pile shifted burying him. he died instantly. Five year old Ralph Trunda was injured when caught between legs during the collapse. He was treated at Fordham Hospital.
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Hughes Avenue
The
Bronx
Michael Glenora
Glenora
Ralph Trunda
No. 2457
Belmont Avenue
Trinda
Fraud Alleged in 19th Century Life Insurance Plot
An Auburn State Prison inquiry exposed a possible conspiracy to defraud the New York Life Insurance Co of 225.04 and related express company frauds. A. J. White, who may be George A. Kimmel, ex cashier of Farmers' State Bank of Arkansas City, claimed two NY Life policies issued to his sister. Kimmel says memory gaps trace to 1898, with past aliases, hospital stays, and forged Auburn records. His sister and mother denied kinship as he battles claims to his property.
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the Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
New York Life Insurance Company
Express
Auburn State Prison
A. J. White
George A. Kimmel
Farmers’ State Bank of
Arkansas City
Ark
J. H. McIntosh
Kimmel
White
Arkansas Bank
Edna Kimmel
Pacific Express Company
Omaha
St. Louis
Matteawan Asylum
Cattaraugus County
Arkansas
Rush to New Towns Draws Lotters in Tripp County
Dallas Oct. 22. Drawing for farms in the Tripp County lottery completed last night. Portable buildings on wheels began moving to new town sites today with eight horses hitched to each. Owners aim for prime locations as prairie land rushes forward. Estimated lottery participation costs at least 2,000,000 dollars.
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Dallas
Prairies
Carried Bullet in Eye Dislodged After 15 Years
James Stryker of Gillen and Stryker in Atlantic Highlands New York was accidentally shot in the eye fifteen years ago by Henry Loux. After many failed operations the bullet was found in New York's Flatiron Building and removed by Dr. John H. Van Mater. Stryker can now see clearly again.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
James Stryker
Gillen & Stryker
New York
Henry Loux
Stryker
Flatiron
John H. van Mater
Breaks Records in Buffalo for Governor Hughes Rally
Buffalo crowds on October 22 packed the 65th Regiment armory on the East Side, with 10 000 to 12 000 workingmen and foreigners cheering Governor Hughes. He praised Taft, attacked Chanler on gambling and Public Service Commission issues, and defended appointed commissions over elected ones while highlighting New York City budget growth.
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The
Tribune
Buffalo
Great East Side
Hughes
St. Paul
Chicago
Taft
William Howard Taft
Chanler
Public Service Commission
Conners
Murphy
McCarren
anti-Hughes
New York City
Diamond Thief Shoots Jeweller In Midtown Heist
Jeweller Morris Tannenholz of 757 Lexington Avenue chased a man posing as a friend of banker Constant A. Andrews after diamonds were stolen. The assailant, who fled in a red taxi, shot Tannenholz twice in the abdomen and escaped. Tannenholz, hospitalized in critical condition, identified a forged letter of introduction and a Hotel Cadillac note as clues. Police note the crime appears planned. the suspect used a fake George Leopold identity.
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Morris Tannenholz
Lexington Avenue
Constant A. Andrews
United States Savings Bank
Tannenholz
East 60Th Street
Presbyterian Hospital
George H. Leopold
No. 151
East 67Th Street
Cadillac
Central Office
Draper House Fire Heroine Rescues Baby and Maid
Mrs Bristow H Draper formerly Queene Sanford and wife of Lieutenant Governor Draper of Massachusetts saved her baby and maid from a fire at the Draper residence. She found them unconscious on the upper floor and dragged them to safety despite her clothes catching fire.
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the Tribune
Burlington, Vt
Bristow H. Draper
Queene Sanford
Draper
Massachusets
Man Kills Reluctant Fiancée in Holyoke
In Holyoke Massachusetts on October 22 Arthur Boudreau Jr shot and killed Caselda Beaudry at her home after she refused to confirm marriage plans. He was arrested shortly after and allegedly declared he had his revenge and was willing to face consequences.
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Komura
Sperry
United States
Japan
Kemera
Great Republic
Holyoke
Mass
Casselda Beaudry
Arthur Boudreau, Jr
Boudreau
Government by Commission and the Baltimore Lesson
The piece argues for public service commissions to regulate electric utilities, citing Baltimore’s 1900s franchise and merger as proof of monopolistic risk. It contrasts Chanler’s platform to abolish government by commission with Hughes’s relief provisions, urging strong centralized oversight to prevent price gouging and ensure fair, adequate service. It notes New York’s contrast and asks readers to align with the Democratic platform.
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Baltimore
Chanler
New York
Public Service Commission
May Grand Jury
Grand
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company
Maryland Electric Light Company
Maryland
Democratic
Hughes
M'Kinley Named Taft
Dayton Ohio October 22 Senator Dol liver of Iowa told a large political meeting of Tafts for the Presidency. He recounted how McKinley told Taft he would appoint him Governor of the Philippines and urged service to country as a path to future presidency.
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Dayton
Ohio
John P. Dolliver
Iowa
W. H. Taft
William McKinley
Cade
Taft
McKinley
Robinson Cleared In New York Broker Game Probe
Arthur Robinson, a New York broker with Miramichi hunting camps, was exculpated after an investigation in Chatham. The inquiry found no foundation for Henry Braithwaite the guide’s charges of game law violations. Braithwaite faces prosecution as evidence showed violations at his camps. A carved bark warning strip was presented in court.
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Tribune
St. John
N. B
Arthur Robinson
New York
Miramichi
Henry Braithwaite
Grimmer
Braithwaite
Robinson
Chatham
Murder at Matteawan State Hospital
Newburg New York October 22 James Keegan a Brooklyn burglar committed seven years ago to Matteawan murdered James O'Brien second cook in the institution Keegan a trusted kitchen worker asked for a smaller knife after a dispute He stabbed O'Brien in the abdomen causing rapid death Keegan is now in solitary confinement
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the Tribune
Newburg
N. Y
James Keegan
Brooklyn
Matteawan State Hospital
James O'Brien
Keegan
Hirst
O’brien
800 A Year To Marry Sparks Harvard Thesis
Boston, Oct. 22. Professor Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard economics says men earning under $800 a year should not marry. He argues such unions burden families and keep working-class standards, warning of crowded ranks from births and immigration undermining the nation's standing.
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the Tribune
Boston
Thomas Nixon Carver
Department of Economics
Harvard
Autoist Impaled on Pickets at Vanderbilt Cup Course
Huntington Long Island Oct 22 Arnold F Sammis of Huntington was thrown from his car while showing the Vanderbilt cup course. He was impaled on a picket fence fifteen feet from the curve. Four surgeons operated and he may recover. Sammis co owns North Shore Garage and runs another in Manhattan. He was rushed home in a passing automobile.
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Huntington
Long Island
Arnold F. Sammis
Sammis
North Shore
Manhattan
Woodbury Curve
Taft Campaign Tour Highlights Labor Focus and Injunctions
Taft addressed record audiences in Indiana reviewing labor policy and injunction use while Governor Hughes drew enthusiastic receptions in Buffalo Seneca Falls Geneva and Canandaigua. Sherman praised Hughes in Elmira as Fairbanks led a Pittsburgh GOP demonstration. Parsons touted Hughes gains on Wall Street as Wadsworth warned against an unfit governor and Chanler spoke on economy in Dunkirk Baldwin Niagara Falls and North Tonawanda. Bryan campaigned in West Virginia and opened a reply to Roosevelt’s letter to Knor.
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Hughes
Buffalo
Seneca Falls
Geneva
Canandaigua
Chanler
Dunkirk
Baldwin
Niagara Falls
North Tonawanda
Hendr Hudson Football Special Ad Promotes Oct 24 Match
Read like a brief advertisement noting a football event labeled Hendr Hudson Special. Mentions West Point Colgate October date and a Princeton listing with an archival line advertising notice. Sparse readable items imply a local ad-card style summary of upcoming college football events and ticket lines.
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Hudson
West Point
Colgate
Princeton
Bay Line
Taft draws record crowds in Indiana as injunction issue sparks debate
William H. Taft’s first Indiana day drew unprecedented crowds in towns including Terre Haute where a crowd filled a square and even toppled a wagon. Taft argued injunctions protect rights and labor, defending courts against class politics while stressing laborers’ rights to quit, unionize, and strike. Debs spoke in Evansville as Taft made nineteen stops, with Hemenway and Chaney aiding on the tour.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Evansville
Ind
William H. Taft
Indiana
Kansas
Wilmington
Del
Terre Haute
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Grand Theatre
Evans's Hall
Debs
Hemenway
Representative Chaney
Joseph Kealing
W. H. Hays
State
Landis
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