New Year's Levee at White House Shakes Hands with 5537
President Taft and Mrs Taft hosted the first New Year levee at the White House on January 3. Mrs Taft appeared pale but remained in the receiving line for cabinet members foreign ambassadors ministers households and Supreme Court justices. Taft shook hands with exactly 5 537 attendees during the two hour forty five minute event in light snow and with the vice president and most cabinet members present.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Knox
Dickinson
Blue Room
Roosevelt
Interurban Car Crash Injures Four in Indiana
Four persons were seriously injured, likely fatally, in a head-on collision between two interurban cars on the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern road four miles west of Greenfield Indiana. Both motormen remained at their posts in vain attempts to stop.
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Greenfield, Ind
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Road
Here
Silent refusal by Dr Schell on Lamphere confession
Dr Jadwin A Schell of Mount Pleasant Iowa refused to disclose what Roy Lamphere told him about the Gunness case. Reporters, telegrams, and public interest surrounded Schell who repeated that Lamphere confessed to him in secret and he does not feel at liberty to reveal it. The minister died in Michigan City prison before divulging the information.
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Mount Pleasant
Jadwin A. Schell
Roy Lamphere
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Michigan City
Schell
Lamphere
Uncle Joe Responds To Cummins Speech At Des Moines Dinner
Speaker Cannon condemns Cummins as a disappointed man working to disrupt the Republican party, likening him to Bryan. The exchange follows Cummins' New Year’s night address at the Des Moines dollar dinner in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Cannonon
Cummins
Bryan
Famous Actress Agnes Booth Dies at 63 in Brookline
Boston January 2 Agnes Booth renowned actress from earlier decades and wife of Tremont theater manager John B Schoeffel died at her Brookline home aged 63 The passing marks the end of a noted stage career and a long association with Boston theater circles.
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Boston
Agnes Booth
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont Theater
Brookfine
Trenton Wreck Kills 12 in California Special
A California limited train derailed near Trenton Missouri killing twelve passengers trapped in a burning Pullman sleeper. Most victims were in the tourist car. heavy engine overturned. Firefighters and doctors raced to the scene as rescuers struggled through snow and ice.
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Trenton
Rock Island & Pacific
Rock Island
Golden State Limited
California
Smalley
Easley
Diamond imports surge in 1909 early year reports
Washington reports booming diamond trade with $25,214,541 in cut diamonds imported in the first 11 months of 1909, triple the 1908 figure and $6.5 million above 1907. Total jewel imports exceed $40.96 million, marking a record period with an $28.009 million rise over 1908 and surpassing 1907.
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Washington
United States
Stokes to Succeed Rixey as Navy Surgeon General
Washington January 1 Surgeon Charles F Stokes, noted for his role aboard Relief and associated controversy, has been chosen by President Taft to replace Rear Admiral P M Rixey as surgeon general of the navy. Syracuse Has Downtown Fire in C W Snow Drug Company building causes about 50000 in damages.
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Syracuse
N. Y
C. W. Snow Drug Company
Senator Dolliver Ill in Washington for Treatment
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa has been ill in bed at Washington for several days. He will be brought to New York for treatment. The ailment is not believed to be serious.
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New York
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Washington
Mudge elected president of Rock Island Gulf railroad
Fort Worth January 1 H A Mudge named president of the Chicago Rock Island Gulf railroad succeeding B L Winchell who joins the Frisco system in a leadership shuffle.
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Fort Worth
Tex
H. A. Mudge
The
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railroad
B. L. Winchell
Frisco
Bankers Trask Killed in New York Central Wreck
Spencer Trask a prominent New York banker dies in a rear end collision on the New York Central at Croton New York. Three other passengers killed and several injured as a Montreal Express sleeper is crushed in fog. Engineers and crew escape unhurt. Trajectory from Saratoga. Stock market unaffected by the news.
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New York
Spencer Trask
New York Central
Croton
N. Y
Trask
Saratoga
Flanagan
Montreal
Stock Exchange
Income Tax Ruling From Washington On Inventories
Internal Revenue Service responses explain that if a corporation can determine its income for the year and swear to the return, an inventory may not be needed. When income cannot be ascertained without a year end physical inventory, that inventory must be taken. The tax law ties returns and the one percent levy to the calendar year end.
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Washington
Jan
Internal Revenue Office
Insurgent Chief Denies Peace Offers in Nicaragua War
Bluefields Nicaragua Jan 1 Gen Estrada stands firm against recognizing Madriz and against any peace terms. He rejects promises from Managua, continues mobilizing for a campaign on the capital, and discusses an attack on Greytown. Mena arrives at Chile after capturing government troops and ammunition. prisoners and supplies move to reinforce Gonzales.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Estrada
Madriz
Congress
Managua
Greytown
Mena
Chile
Gonzales
Recreo
Rama
Zelaya
Great Lakes Commerce Rises Sharply in November 1909
Washington reports that Great Lakes trade surged in November 1909, with total tonnage up nearly 2,000,000 tons from the prior year and well above 1907 figures. Ore shipments drove the increase while lumber lagged, and the season-to-date tonnage exceeds 1908 but not 1907, signaling a strong but uneven regional pattern.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Department of Commerce and Labor
Amber
Buffalo
Erie
Duluth-Superior
Chicago
Ohio to War on Trusts
Columbus announces Attorney General Denman delivers an annual report urging Ohio laws to shorten court proceedings against trusts and reach parent companies via subsidiaries, plus criminalizing bank loans to related directors and prison terms for insurance officials who falsify reports to hide financial rot.
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Columbus
Denman
Ohio
Churches Grow Fast in U S
New York reports Prof. George A. Coe of Union Theological Seminary telling the American Sociological Society that church membership rose 60 percent from 1890 to 1906, despite population growth. He cited census figures to support the claim.
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New York
George, A. Coe
Union Theological Seminary
American Sociological Society
Fire Displaces Sixty Roomers At Lake Avenue House
A blaze likely from an overheated furnace swept through a three story brick rooming house on Lake avenue in Chicago. Sixty men and women roomers fled into the street. The building was managed by Mrs. Florence M. Donohue.
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Chicago
Lake Avenue
Florence M. Donohue
Florida citrus outlook after cold snap in Tampa
Myron Gillette, manager of the Florida citrus exchange, reports that damage in south Florida from the cold is confined to tender plants and that the fruit will not suffer. The lowest temperature reported here is 27 degrees.
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Tampa
Fla
Myron Gillette
Florida Citrus Exchange
South Morida
Gyroscope Railway Builds in New Westminster Canada
Work has begun on North Americas first gyroscope railway in New Westminster British Columbia. The line will encircle the Okanagan with spur tracks to several points.
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Gyroscope Railway Ie
New Westminster
B. C
North America
Okanagan
Rockefeller Class Reports Slight Decline In Giving
New York January 1 The Rockefeller Bible class at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church reports an average per capita Sunday morning contribution of ten and one third cents for the year. The class treasurer warns that the average is down by a little over two cents from last year’s figure.
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New York
Rockefeller Bible
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New Institute for Girls Education Planned on Long Island
New York on January 1 reports philanthropists from New York and Pittsburgh plan an institution on Long Island to teach girls the rudiments of matrimony including cooking housekeeping and nursing aiming to prepare them for married life.
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New York
Long Island
Pittsburg
Cold Halt Delays Rebuilding in Monticello Village
Jan 1 report from Monticello New York states cold weather has halted the rebuilding of the village destroyed by August 10 fire. The thermometer registered ten below zero as crews paused work and awaited milder conditions.
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Monticello
N. Y
Zera
Boston Elevated Railroad Conductor Gifts Total 75000
Three thousand five hundred conductors and motormen in Boston receive New Year's gifts of 20 and 25 in gold for 1909 good records. The company distributed 75000 this year, the largest sum since the custom began seven years ago, totaling 403785 overall.
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Boston
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Wilson Named President Of Academic Association
The American Political Science Association meeting in New York elected Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University as president and named Edmund J. James Albert Bushnell Hart and W F Willoughby as vice presidents. In Los Angeles California forty or more second cousins appeared to claim the $100000 estate of Mathilda Walken, a mysterious woman who died two years ago reportedly without relatives.
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New York
American Political Science Association
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Edmund J. James
University of Iinois
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
W. F. Willoughby
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Mathilda Walken
Death of Gunness arson convict Ray Lamphere in prison
Michigan City Indiana January 1 Ray Lamphere once convicted of arson in the Gunness case died in prison from consumption He did not make any statement regarding his guilt or innocence prior to death
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Michigan City
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Veteran engineer George W Barber ends long career
Joliet Illinois January 1 George W Barber a longtime Michican Central engineer and one of America’s oldest engineers completed his final trip after 66 years of continuous service with the railroad in Joliet Illinois today
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Joliet, Ill
George W. Barber
America
Michigan Central
Chance to Acquire Affinity in Atchison Husband
Mrs Lysander John Appleton of Hilltop, Atchison Kansas, warns any woman who sees affinity in her husband that she can have him by visiting at any hour. She describes his habits and past denials and offers him for Christmas money if the other woman still wants him.
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Jin
Hilltop
Atchison
Kan
Lysander John Appleton
Atchison Globe
Cure Claimed For Child Eczema By Cuticura Trio
Mrs A J Cochran recalls her six year old son suffering severe eczema for two years. She reports rapid improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, saying the illness nearly covered the leg but cleared in hours and did not return. she also notes success for a friend's child and urges others to try the remedies. Address Philadelphia October 20 1909.
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A. J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Humorous Sermon Tale From Mr Swainson Cottage Visit
A well known preacher Mr Swainson is noted for humor in sermons during a spring visit to a parishioner’s cottage. By the window he asks a child why the leaves seem brighter. The child answers bluntly that the mother washed the window, letting more light in.
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Mr. Swainson
Where Is Bessie Hartman
In 1901 Rosanna and Bessie Hartman lived with their mother at Chapman Nebraska after their father was killed in Anada Missouri. The girls were sent to Omaha to school and housed by Mrs Smith. In 1903 Bessie then aged reached adulthood last February was taken in by the Nebraska Children's Home Society which will forward her address to her married sister Rosanna now Mrs George Duerr if she writes P O Box 898 Omaha Nebraska.
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Bessie Hartman
Rosanna
Chapman
Nebr
Anada
Omaha
Smith
Bessie
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
P. O. Box
Nebra
Geo. Duerr
Got a Good Start. Early pick for village fool cited
Washington Herald quotes a respondent attributing their steady success to being chosen early as the village fool. The remark notes that no one attempted to induce endorsement of a note or participation in a scheme. The tone suggests skepticism toward manipulative schemes and public gullibility.
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Washington Herald
Six puff bargains spark clamor in old advert
In a brisk, humorous note the speaker contrasts two local advertisements. Rattleigh's touts six puffs for a dollar while a male voice extols a deal of sixty delicious puffs for ten cents. The exchange hints at frugal times and playful banter.
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John
Rattleigh’s
Scott
Con quest heirloom ring sparks playful exchange
Tess and Bess discuss a ring Tess wears with Bess noting its heirloom quality. Tess replies it dates from the conquest, revealing a historical thread in their conversation.
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Bess
Tess
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J. P. Dolliver
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