Kennedy Will Distributes 60 Million Estate to Public Benefit
New York financier John Kennedy leaves an estate estimated at 60 million dollars with 36.1 million bequeathed to public religious educational and charitable institutions in the United States and abroad. Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design receive 20 thousand each, with many colleges and schools across the country and abroad receiving sums from 25 thousand to 100 thousand. Mrs Kennedy gains 1 million in cash plus the city and country residences, and 1 sixty fourth of the residuary estate valued near 760 thousand dollars each for the others.
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Emme RB. Kennedy
William Stewart
Todd
Robert Eilot
Toa
Forest
Cooper Union
National Academy
Deaign
The
University
W Glasgow
Saya
Tuskegee “Institute
Booker T
Washington
Beirut
Tee Celye
Yale
Awkerat
Williams
Dartmouth
Bowcoin
Hamilton
Hampton
Nova Qal School
Lafayette
Wellesley
Oberlin
Barnard College
Teachers' ‘Collegé
Elnora College
Northfield Seminary
Mts Vernon Rays
scholarsGilie Me
Central School
Danville
Kennedy
Peasanary
Dan Forest
Fifty-seventh Street
Bar Harbor
Czar Honors US Officer Amid Gold Cigar Gift
The Russian emperor recognized Captain O. C. Hamlet of the Revenue Cutter Service for Arctic patrols. A gold cigar case was sent to the State Department via the Russian embassy for possible presentation, awaiting Hamlet’s authorization to accept. Hamlet commanded the cutter Thetis in 1904-05 safeguarding Siberian waters from poachers. Washington also notes Taft has named W. Cameron Forbes governor general of the Philippines to succeed James Smith, effective Nov 8.
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Hamlet
Washington
Russia
O. C. Hamlet
Revenue Cutter Service
State Department
Congressor
Thetis
Arctic
Siberia
Woachers
Hatlet
Philippines
Cameron Forbessvieg
Taft
James Smith
Court Enjoins Milk Men Combine in Kansas City
Judge John J. Park in the circuit court barred the milk dealers in Kansas City from combining to raise prices. The decision pauses attempts to control dairy pricing amid a flurry of references to local issues, a frog observation, and unrelated notes about health and medicine.
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Kansas City
Judes
Circuit “Court
Kansan
A Knight for a Day comes to City Opera House
A three cornered comic tale follows a simpering college girl, an excitable French chef, and a waiter posing as a knight. The patrons watch a tangle in a musical comedy about pursuit, deception, and romantic misadventure as the show arrives for a single Monday night performance.
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Jove Tangle
New York
Chicago
Boston
City Opera House
Roosevelt Rumor Sparks Nation As Telegrams Pour In
Nationwide confusion arises over a false report that Colonel Roosevelt was killed on a hunting trip in East Africa. Officials in New York and Washington scramble to trace the rumor’s origin while Roosevelt party plans and travel details are reviewed.
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New York
Washington
Roosevelt
East Africa
Apo
Guas Ingishu
Tondiani
Aldamaravina
Londini
Wrights Pupils Smash Biplane At College Park
The Wright biplane used by the United States pought after record-breaking flights at Fork Myer was damaged in a crash at College Park. Lt Humphreys and Lt Lahn escaped injury. Lt Lytman suffered a bruised nose. The accident damaged the main plane, wires, and tower structure, delaying the School of Applied Aeronautics for days while repairs are made.
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Amd
United States
Ile
Fork Myer
School of Applied Aeronautics
Tiieutenant Lahn
Nox
Humphreys
Lytmn
Salim
Exiled for Gallantry Rumor Ties Lahm Transfer to Philippines
In Washington reports suggest army circles that Lieutenant Frank P Lahm of the Aeronautical Division US Signal Corps faces a transfer to the Philippines described as exile. The action is said to be connected to gallantry toward a woman, with officials noting a moderation of the order.
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Lahm
Philippines
Washington
Aeronautical Division
United States Signal Corps
War strain noted between officers cited in report
A damaged fragment mentions tension among Major G. O. Sqvier and other signal corps officers, including a lieutenant, with references to displeasure and a fault or failure in the unit. The legible pieces hint at strained relations within the signal corps leadership.
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G. O. Sqvier
Signal, Corps
Liewtenant
Wrights and Lahm tied to early aeroplane tests
Fragmentary OCR references Wright and Lahm linked to early aeroplane experiments. Mentions Lieutenant Lahm as chief pupil and the Robertson tent tests in the Philippines context, with "exing" and regiment associations unclear.
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Wright
Ataly
Lahm
Philippines
Wilbur Wright
Mishap on North Dakota injures four on test run
A four-hour endurance test of the new battleship North Dakota off the New England coast ended with four men injured when a boiler tube burst. William H. Grange, John Sonden, Ac Petersen, and Peter McConnell were treated after Sonden suffered severe scalds. Engines produced 32,000 horsepower early, with boiler damage occurring as the ship neared the fourth hour.
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Boller Tube
Bursts
Portsmouth
North Dakooa
New England
Bollerrdom
Ageldent
William H. Grange
John Sonden
Ac Petersen
Peter McConnell
Roman
Sonden
North Dakota
Cape Ann
Wile
Boy dies after falling on deadly pencil in bed
In New York a seven year old boy Herbert Taggart died after falling from his bed with a pencil in his mouth. The pencil pierced his throat and protruded from the back of his neck. His siblings had left for school and the incident occurred during a game involving imaginary ropes and fares. The mother Mrs Teggart heard a thump and found him face down with the pencil end through his neck.
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New York
Herbert Tagfart
Benell
Astor Divorce Report Highlights Custody Ruling
Report by referee C H Young in the Astor divorce case recommends an absolute divorce for Mrs. Astor, giving custody of daughter Alice aged seven to the mother while the father would retain responsibility for the son William Vincent Astor, seventeen. Papers in the case to be submitted to the court for final decree.
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New York
Nov
Jankes Mills
John
Astor
John 1. Cadwalader
Jewls ‘Cosa’ Leoyard
Reunited After Fifty Years In York Pa Sister Visit
In York Pennsylvania Mrs Leo Fuller welcomed her long separated sister Mrs Harry Muller of Toledo Ohio after fifty years apart. The two women had last seen each other when Mrs Fuller was seventeen and Mrs Muller nineteen. The reunion occurred when the elder sister called at the door and the longtime kin raised a trembling greeting, both moved by the moment.
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York
Leo Fuller
Consumption Cure Claim Circulated in 19th Century Text
A fragment describes cures for consumption praised by physicians from Asheville NC and references a patent medicine marketed by William Howard and associates in Woodboro. The piece notes bottles claimed to cure consumption and mentions a long-lived patient in Pittabure PA.
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Pittabure
Selby
Ryvale
Ulixtr
Asheville N.C
Frederick
George
Smith
Woodgboro
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