D C Mills Noted Philanthropist Three New York Monuments
Darius Ogden Mills, the New York banker and philanthropist who died at Millbrae near San Francisco, promoted thrift and self-help through cheap hotels and model tenements. Born September 5, 1825, he built D O Mills & Co in Sacramento and helped found Bank of California. He believed economy and sanitation uplifted poor families and mentored men to self-reliance. He married Jane Templeton Cunningham in 1854.
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New York
United States
Darius Ogden Mills
Millbrae
San Francisco
New York City
Mr. Mills
North Salem
N. Y
James Mills
Hannah Ogden Mills
California
D. O. Mills & Co
Sacramento
Interior
Mills
Mils
Jane Templeton Cunningham
Westchester County
Butifaloo
Calimornia
Pacific Coast
Bank of California
Hugh Farrar McDermott
McDermott
Playing It Down Low
A Baltimore American quote frames a playful family moment. The proud father dismisses Buthersley while recounting how his child spoke and attempted to speak, and he ends by noting the father hurried to catch a train as the mother asks for details.
Piano Solo At Dinner Club Sparks Remark About a Four-Fingered Player
After dinner at a club patrons listen to a piano solo. A speaker mentions a girl who played piano with four fingers on one hand, remarking that the current pianist seems to imply she had none. The exchange mirrors the scene in a New York Press report.
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New York
Town Exchange Sparks Offhand Remark Incident
A brief exchange in a local town setting shows a sharp retort from Miss Sear challenging a passerby’s assumption about her residency. The moment captures tension between local identity and age perceptions in a tight community vignette.
Obscure Debt Note Sparks Local Puzzling Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue from a Cleveland lender hints at a debt owed to Prenks and plans for an evening visit. The garbled text, labeled Mot Reaily and copied as research, resembles a cryptic 6 percent note about a so called wild ape.
Cancer Blood Transfusion Hints at Human Cure Claims
Dr James Ewing of Cornell Medical College reports dog trials where malignant cancer was halted by blood transfusions between diseased and healthy dogs. He cautions human applicability is unproven but foresees potential in cancer therapy and urges animal experimentation. He cites early detection and surgical intervention as key to improving outcomes.
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James Ewing
Cornell Medical College
American Society For Cancer Research
Ewing
Harvey &. Gaylord
State Cancer Hospital At
Buffalo
New York
Decorations for Chicago Automobile Show Preview
The Chicago auto show to run February 5 to 12 at the Coliseum and First Regiment Armory will spend over 75000 on decorations. Art director Samuel A Miles leads artisans crafting the largest canvas painting ever shown in the United States a 400 by 180 foot forest scene hung over the Coliseum roof.
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Chicago
Move to Standardize Drugs Across Federal Agencies
A new bill introduced by Representative Coudrey of St. Louis aims to amend section 7 of the 1908 Pure Food and Drugs Act to require federal standardization of all medicines and compel reporters and drug sellers to follow the standard.
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Representative Coudrey
St. Louis
Twombly's Love of Beauty at Florham Park Estate
Madison New Jersey banker Hamilton McKown Twombly famed for wealth and social ties built Florham Park a 400 acre estate with organ azorch greenhouses orchards and a cameo Dutch style house modeled on Hatfield. The death of his son at Camp Big Squam Lake in 1906 precipitated his withdrawal from active business and a shift toward private life and horticulture.
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Hamilton McKown Twombly
New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Florham Park
Madison
N. J
Boston
Harvard
Twombly
Manny Companies
Toolkk
Florence
William A. M. Burden
Ruth
Florham
Hatfield House
England
Lord Salisbury
Palm House
Big Squam Lake
Ashland
N. H
Groton School
Groton
Carn’s Grove
Fwombly
Newport
Springfeld
Mass
Sunshine jail plan for Chicago inmates lights up cells
Chicago plans a sunlit jail model where 150 cells move to the top floor under Assistant Chief Herman F Schuettler. A glass roof floods each cell with sun, claimed to reduce disease and crime germs while the roof becomes an exercise area for inmates.
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Chicago
Herman F. Schuettler
Schuetzler Iits
To Make Farmers of Indiana
The Interior Department seeks 20 million dollars this Congress to establish model farms on reservations where feasible. Experts will train Indians in all farming areas and oversee rent income to fund improvements, curbing leasing and compelling cultivation of their own land.
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Indiana
Department of the Interior
Congress
Department
Liberals Seem Set to Retain Government After Polls
London report notes polling in 93 borough constituencies with 1104 seats. Ex-premier Balfour and other ministers contest seats as Liberals expect to hold power though with a smaller majority amid strong Unionist gains and a tougher popular vote.
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London
Arthur Balfour
Burns, McNamara and Birrell
Battersea
North Camberwell
Bristol
Lord Beresford
Portsmouth
Bradford
Hull
Leeds
Newcastle
Sheffield
Lords
House of Lords
Stolen silver found tying Schermerhorn to Brymer murder
In Poughkeepsie New York on January 17 the recovered silver from Barnes Compton's home was found in the tenement of Frank Shermerhorn. Silk stockings fragments and jewelry parts were also found burned in his wood stove. Compton couple identify the silver and police call it final evidence clinching the case.
Country folk wake up to sanitation gains says doctor
Ithaca January 17. Dr Charles H Howe director of the division of communicable diseases at New York state health department says rural mortality exceeds urban due to reluctance to invest in sanitary improvements. He notes city residents spend for sanitation and expects country health to improve markedly in the future.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Charles H. Howe
Division of
New York State Department of Health
Howe
Train collision injures three near North Vernon
A rear end collision in North Vernon Indiana between the Big Four accommodation train from Anderson and an extra freight from Louisville injured three crewmen. Fireman J E Austin and Engineer Hutchings on the passenger train were hurt, brakeman Floyd Weedman suffered two broken ribs, no passengers were harmed.
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North Vernon
Ind
Anderson
Louisville
J. E. Austin
Hutchings
Floyd Weedman
Court Upholds Remonstrance in Gary Liquor Ban
Porter-Laporte superior court Judge H B Tut hill upholds remonstrance against all liquor license applicants in Gary Indiana keeping the city dry for at least three and a half months.
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Michigan City
Ind
H. B. Tuthill
Porter-Laporte Superior Court
Gary
Steel City
Richard Olney in Good Health Says Family
Boston January 17 at the residence of former Secretary of State Richard Olney it is stated he is doing extremely well and they hope he will be out of the hospital in a short time
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Richard Olney
Boston
Delagrange Killed In Monoplane Flight Aviator Of Fame
French aviator Leon Delagrange, famed for speed and distance records and daring exhibitions, died when his monoplane broke in midair at Bordeaux. His career included early public flights in 1907, multiple crashes, battles with equipment failures, and honors from the Legion of Honor and the Academy of Sciences.
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Leon Delagrange
Bordeaulx
France
Delagrange
Bagatelle
Issy
Farman
Armegaud
Delsgrange
Milan
Queen Margherita
Italy
Wright
Juvissy
Lagatineri
Rheims
Denmark
Frederick
Aarhus
Dorcaster
England
Order of the Legion of Honor
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Aviation Club of France
Invaluable Trade Secret of Banknote Paper
The Bank of England guards a singular trade secret kept by the governor and three others. Public knowledge is limited to charred husks and Rhenish vines as ingredients, a curious blend cited by Bonday Magazine.
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Bank of England
Bonday Magazine
Tanga time Centro Temper and marriage note
A fragmented clipping mentions Jespes G. Biniee linked to a wedding and temper issues. It references Haile and warnings about giving way to dangerous errors in large matters, implying a cautionary note tied to personal events.
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Tanga Time
Centro
Jespes G. Biniee
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D.c.mills
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Cleveland
Br.Ewing
Gerris
Gornel Medical College
Sunshine
Centrol
Government
Miss Brymer
WL Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. G. Jones
Howard Ave
Utica
Brockton
W.L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Jas. G. Taylor
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