Vanderbilt Heiress Weds Hungarian Noble Amid Public Interest
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, wed Count Laszlo Jena Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi at Fifth Avenue church. The bride’s dowry and gifts totalled millions. the ceremony drew wide attention as they depart for Newport and then Europe.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Gladys
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
Laszlo Jena Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
Vanderbilt
Laszlo
Count Laszlo Jena
Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyn
Hungary
Ninth Hussars
Franz Josef
Trousseau
Paris
Monsignor Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly
Dorothy Whitney
Anton Sigray
Dionys
Paul Esterhazy
Newport
Rockefeller Aids Unemployed and Native Workers
Rockefeller directs estate officials at Pocantico Hills to lay off foreigners and hire native residents to ease unemployment in Tarrytown. He also allows those in need to gather weed in his woods to warm their homes.
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New York
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeler
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Ouida Novelist Dies in Italy at 78
The novelist Ouida born Louise de la Ramee died in Italy at her home near Florence. Age and years of hardships contributed to heart disease. She lived with her faithful maid Isolina Cervelia and shared meals with her until the end.
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Rome
Cable
Oouida
Isolina Cervelia
Florence
Louise de la Ramee
Louisville Aero Club forms charter group for balloon flight
Louisville Kentucky hosts a newly formed Aero Club with twenty five charter members. The organization plans a trial balloon flight to Indianapolis as a test of skill and interest in aeronautics.
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Louisville
Louisville Aero Club
Indianapolis
Cain Abel and Eve Meet at Barbershop in Vineland
Adam Craig a barber, surprised when George Cain and Edgar Abel entered his shop together for a shave. While preparing Cain and Abel, Eve Jackson an aged woman entered to buy tobacco for her husband, bringing the whole first family together in Vineland New Jersey.
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Cain
Abel
Eve
Vineland
N. J
Adam Craig
George Cain
Edgar Abel
Adam
Eve Jackson
Lighthouse Hero Nils Nielsen Ends Life at New Haven Light
Nils Nielsen light tender at the New Haven breakwater died by self inflicted throat wound after prior suicide attempts thwarted by assistants. Renowned for gallant rescues in Long Island Sound, he earned a Congressional heroism medal two years ago. Authorities suggest isolation at the lighthouse may have unbalanced him.
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New Haven
Conn
Nils Nielson
Long Island Sound
Congress
Maggie's Picture Enough for Burglar Note
Pittsburg special reports Maggie McDade blushing at a burglar who seized her bathing suit photo and left the jewel thief to escape with the image. The thief, calling himself a Chesterfield type, left a note to the photo’s original, prompting Police Inspector Robert Gray to analyze handwriting to track the suspect.
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Pittsburg
Maggie McDade
Maggie
Raffles
Robert Gray
Taft Optimistic on Philippine Future Yet No Independence Timeline
Washington reports Sec retary Taft's exhaustive nine year summary of U S occupation in the Philippines. President Roosevelt backs the policy, praising Taft's conclusions and linking his presidential hopes to the report. Taft sees continued U S presence with no fixed independence date, cites $5 000 000 annual cost, notes improvements in justice and peace, and urges free entry for Philippine goods, mining property rights, an agricultural bank, and exclusion from coastwise shipping laws.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Taft
Archipelago
Congress
Roosevelt
Philippines
William McKinley
United States of
Ag Novan
Bensuet
United States
Sheckelford Attacks Speaker Cannon in House Debate
Missouri congressman Sheckelford assailed Speaker Cannon during urgent deficiency bill action. He called Cannon the "ablest and coldest champion of autocracy" and claimed he wielded greater despotism than European monarchies.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Sheckelford
Missouri
Cannon
Europe
Servant Now an Heiress in Western Iowa Tale
In Webster City special reporting Helen R. Martin's hero in His Courtship finds a real counterpart in Nellie Ingham a young woman living in Western Iowa Brought by her father twenty two years ago as a child she grew up with a farmer’s family near Sioux City and now believes she is heiress to an English estate worth 1 600 100 dollars
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Webster City
Iowa
Helen R. Martin
Nellie Ingham
Sioux City
Women barred from smoking in New York public places
The Beard of Aldermen enacted an ordinance banning women from smoking in New York restaurants and other public places. The policy was described as settled for the present.
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New York
Get-Away Tragedy in Baku Station Kills Six More
In Baku Transcaucasia at a suburban rail station a native workman was killed by a locomotive. Comrades then attacked the locomotive engineer who struck him, and in the ensuing chase he ran over and killed six additional persons.
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Baku
Transcaucasia
Cable
Mrs. Samuel Dukes Found Dead by Self Inflicted Shot
Coroner G W Brown in Frankfort Indiana rules death by own action in the case of Mrs Samuel Dukes who was found dead a week ago with a bullet through her heart.
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Duke
Frankfort
Ind
G. W. Brown
Samuel Dukes
Climax in Chicago Riot Ends Doctor's Hoboes Crusade
Dr. Ben L. Reitman, once a renowned pathology and bacteriology lecturer, abandoned his medical career to lead a protest parade of unemployed hoboes with the Brotherhood Welfare Association. A police club strike ended the odyssey as Reitman, after a riot arrest, vowed to return to his profession and abandon further reform efforts.
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Chicago
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Ben L. Reitman
Reitman
Tam
Polyclinic Post-Graduate College
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Chicago Veterinary College
Pacific
Atlantic
Heaven on Earth vision from Professor Elkins
Professor Elkins of Missouri faculty promotes a "community of interest" plan as a new social order. It envisions village doctors and lawyers serving free, shared dining, cheaper rail fares, elimination of servants and day laborers, and a healthier, wiser populace under a transformed twentieth century society.
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Chicago
W. B. Elkins
Elkins
University of Missouri
American Journal of Sociology
University of Chicago Press
Alfonso Escapes Boar Attack During Hunt
King Alfonso of Madrid narrowly escaped death when a wild boar charged him during a hunt. He fired at the animal, dropped his gun, believed the boar slain, but it attacked again until a companion shot it dead. The King was unharmed.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Woman Shoots Lover in Macy's Cafe
In a crowded eighth floor cafe at Macy's New York a stylish woman drew a revolver from her muff and killed Frank Brady an advertising solicitor after whispering to him. She then shot herself twice and died within a half hour. The couple had been intimate.
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New York
Macy’s Department Store
Frank Brady
Rebels Foiled Plan to Overthrow Monarchy in Lisbon Festivities
In Lisbon a small group of Republicans plotted to assassinate Premier Franco and trigger a republic. Police raided their meeting, capturing leader Joao Chagras and others. about 40 conspirators were arrested with revolvers and bombs found in a cellar. An alleged second revolt date January 31 drew police attention.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Franco
Villa Vicosa
Abruzzi
Army
Navy
Joao Chagras
Franca Torger
O Mundo
Grendella
Diario Illustrado
Oporto
Diario Popular
Scientific American Defends U.S. Navy Against Reuterdahl Critique
The Scientific American responds to Henry Reuterdahl's attack asserting U S warships are not inferior. It rebuts claims about low gun elevations, armor below waterline, lack of torpedoes and anti destroyer guns, and argues public docs support that U S navy ranks second to none in overall ship efficiency.
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New York
Scientific American
Henry Reuterdahl
Reuterdahl
Three Firefighters Die in Baltimore Blaze
A major Baltimore fire Thursday killed three firefighters and injured ten including George Horton chief of the department. Damages are estimated at 400000 to 500000 dollars, marking the city’s largest blaze since the 1904 calamity that earned worldwide notoriety.
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Baltimore
George Horton
Washington House Amends Penal Code on Crop Statistics leaks
A new amendment to the penal code bill in the House makes it a criminal offense for any government officer or employee to disclose advance crop statistics prepared by law. The measure targets officials who share sensitive agricultural data before its official release.
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Washington, Special
Got What Was Coming. Eufaula Man Shot Dead
William L. Jones a prominent Eufaula Alabama businessman was shot dead while attempting to enter the room of Callie McLaughlin a beautiful woman.
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Eufaula
Ala
William L. Jones
Callie McLaughlin
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