Hamilton Defends Hiring Ties to Secret Corporate Service
Andrew Hamilton, legislative agent for New York Life, testified to the legislative insurance investigation that he used a confidential, no-accounting method to manage funds entrusted by the company. He claimed secrecy was essential to protect the firms and denied producing books, offering to deposit 100000 as settlement in dispute over 235000 missing.
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New York
Andrew Hamton
New York/Life Insurance company
Aad
Legislattive Insurance Investigation Committee
Buaimilton
Wes Read
John ©. MecCull
Andrew Hamilton
Life
Paris
Hamilton
Ans
McCall
Hughes
Hamiton
Hostile Insurance Bills Spark Legislative Battles
Hamilton surveys a wave of bills hostile to insurers, including 10 percent taxes in Arkansas and acts seeking to force premium payments via doctor certificates. Proposals target reporting, surrender values, or access to offices, but many were defeated as states attempted to tax policyholders instead. The New York Life case blocked such measures through counsel in court.
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Hamilton
Arkansas
Atteligan
Virginia
Indiana
Union
New York Life Dnsurance Company
Ar- Khanras—t
Secret Work and Vouchers Behind Tax Bureau Actions
Hamilton states no demand for vouchers or accounts exists and payments by personal checks would reveal retainer arrangements. He explains that using political agents would compromise insurance interests. The three companies concluded that a secret service was a permissible governmental agency to protect their affairs.
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Bureau of Taxation
New York
Esus Hamilton
Hfe
Revelations in McKinney trial shake local society scene
Revelations of revolting treatment in the Stella Grady tow case emerge during the Mrs Archibald McKinney trial. Mrs McKinney, a noted church and social leader, faces insanity defense as her attorney hints at more serious acts to be proven if needed. Separately Decatur reports rapid city growth with 1.7 million dollar building boom, Fort Wayne brokers secure options on major breweries, Milwaukee indicts ex Alderman Murphy over a bribe, and Michigan widow Lydia Nichols is found dead in Tilehtmond.
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Aledo
Pir Stella Grady
Archibald McjKinney
Hlevision
Gor Kenta
Litcheock
Weaebloes
Tnorenss
Yner
Department of Col¢Eing
Nanal Sone
Pretoria
Club sale questioned as fake by St Paul owner in Milwaukee
George Lennon, owner of the St Paul club, arrived in Milwaukee claiming there are good reasons to believe the sale of the Minneapolis club was a fake. The Milwaukee Daily News reported his allegation on December 23.
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Milwaukee
The
Milwaukee Daily News
Midneapolis Club
George Lennon
St. Paul
Turmoil Swirls Through Moscow and Poland Threats
Dispatch from St Petersburg on December 28 reports an armed rebellion planned in Poland and rising unrest across Moscow and Leningrad. Guards regiments head to Moscow. firing and urban guerrilla tactics spread as police, troops, and revolutionary groups clash, prompting martial law discussions and potential reconquest in Baltic provinces.
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Petersburg
Poland
London
St. Petersburg
Dutet
P. Gee
Moscow
Associated Press
Seminaraky Regiment of Guards
St Petersburg
Moscow- Krennroa
Kovwno
Lithuania
Krementchug
Russia
National Assembly
Resignation Forced at Howard University President Resigns
Washington reports trustees of Howard University accepted the resignation of President John Gordon effective at the end of the current school year. Gordon had been on leave since January 1906 after a student demonstration, with acting president Dean Frederick D Fairfield to assume duties. The incident followed years of alleged grievances and accusations by students, many of whom are Black, that Gordon did not show proper respect for their race.
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Washington
Howard University
John Gordon
Frederick D. Fairfield
Gordon
Barn and livestock burn at Heuck farm north of Westphalia
A mysterious fire destroyed the barn and contents on Joseph Heuck’s farm four miles north of Westphalia. Two hundred thirty three sheep perished, with a fire loss of about 5000 dollars. Insurance had expired days earlier without the owner’s knowledge.
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Portland
Mich
Joseph Heuck
Westphalia
Fie
Costly Game of Booze In Marion Cruelty Case
In Marion Indiana a horse hitched to a buggy on the square starved and froze for fourteen hours while the owner, intoxicated, slept in a hotel. Police found the animal unable to rise and killed it to end the suffering. the buggy and belongings were confiscated as evidence. The man claimed police seized his property and blamed them for the horse’s death.
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Marion
Ind
Dee
Iti
Kerge
Wis
Santa Claus
Protest Against Union Splits Cumberland Presbyterians
About 100 Cumberland Presbyterian church members from several states met in Nashville on December 28 to protest the union of Cumberland and Presbyterian churches. The Loyal Cumberland Presbyterians argued only individual withdrawals are possible and pledged to preserve their denomination from union or corruption.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cuimberland Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyteriana
Union
Eall
General Cumberland Presbyterian
Potter Found Dead With Throat Cut In Dunkirk Quarry
Henry Potter, a well known and wealthy lumber dealer of Dunkirk, Ohio, was found in a box car at the Dycklins stone quarry with his throat cut from ear to ear and a knife wound near the heart. He was dying, claimed to have been waylaid, and Christmas day thefts including a small sum and a gold watch were found on him. Speculation suggests possible love affair motives or threat from a cane of attempted homicide. Also: San Domingo cabinet names a successor near the capital amid revolutionaries about ten miles away.
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Renton
Henry Potter
Potter
Dunkivie Bank
Ani
Giamond
Christ
Better Pay Needed in Money Orcera Big Business
A notice notes demand for higher wages and outlines large business interest in handling valuables. It mentions numerous letters containing items of value and signals ongoing exchange of funds or assets.
State News in Brief from Story County Poultry Show
Story County poultry show at Holand drew strong attendance and served as a notable exhibition. The item also covers assorted 1900s federal posts, postal clerk salary concerns, crime, accidents, and local incidents across Des Moines Des Moines and nearby towns with multiple named people and institutions.
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Story County
Holand
scattered 1960s items mix Morocco, New York politics, and legal news
The page aggregates brief items: Morocco conference debate, Willem Purcell retirement, Blooming ton clerks convention, George B. McClellan reelected as New York mayor, train accident involving a kidnapped child, advances in pharmaceutical tablet production, Rockefeller subpoena in Missouri case, New York Legislature funding for a canal project, Alabama anti single tax law enforcement, search for James Pratt in a million estate case, Emory McClintock elected VP of New York Mutual Life, canal commission support for high level locks, Frat sylvinia Railway dividend, pope ordination jubilee preparations.
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Tuo Cuttin
Morocco
Madrid
Willem Purcell
Union and Advertiser
Rochester
N. Y
Ctrcuit
Ditnole
Bloomington
George B. McClellan
New York
Tr. J
Latte
Kenesawy
Neb
George Coffey
Department of Agriculture
William G. Rockefeller
Missouri
Laulaville
James 4. Pratt
le I
J. F. Stevens
Iathmian Canal Commission
Fratsylvinia Railway Company
A Timely Taple
An ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the best throat remedy for coughs and colds. It claims rapid relief and prevention of kerfona results, with sales through C. W. Bliner and Wangler Bros. & Todd.
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Didia
Foley
C. W. Bliner
Wangler Bros. & Todd
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Eerooy
Ilfenauranca
New ‘York
Ageret
New York Life Insurance Company
Fhe
Usanity
Decatur Ie
Decatur
Heer Planta
Fort Wayne
Emil Joseph
J. W Gehring
Cleveland
Berghoff Brewing Company
Centlivre Brewing Company
Joseph Ia
Cleveland Breweriea
Wiliam Murphy
Willams
Murphy
Tilehtmond
Mia
Lydia Hichols
Junction Hotel
Cyrus Hicks
Regiment of
Guarda
Thia Alan Ie
Seana
Saratoff
West
Serfowa
Baltic
Caucasia
Itim
Flint
Minehursa
Nashwile
San Domingo
State Department
Ducerter
Morales
Ole Tiseim
Frimghar
H. EH. Worden
Knelrim
Gen-ceath
Goodaril Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Willngton Dowd
Steamboat Rock
Pollen
Des Motes
Folica
St Louis
Board of
Folk
Pye Low
Pela Ot
Keynalet
Memphis
Merchants’ Trust Company
American Savings Bank and Tatal Company
Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Tobn
Edmonson
Shaw
Chicago
Duffy
Pocahontas
Httla
Albert Johnson
Adaza
Lobr
A. Hupp
A. TR. Meredith
Allerton
Union Elevator Company
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific, Rock Island and
Watmah
Emory Matee
Shaldon
B. C G. Way
Western Electric Telephones System
Algons
Algone
Elmore
Burlington
Caroline Wasson
Newton & Northwestern
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
B. N. Landstrom
Kirou
Sama Vinganér Gat Nocada
Clauda Lerner
Latner & Fender
Dubuque
Union Electric Company
J. 8. Morgan
Smith-Morgan Printing Company
Lsurea
Marshall Town
Carroll
T Wag
Benevolent Friends of Morning Ltda College
Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference
Dan Melberg
Teamsters
Lurgiar
Dub
Anton Lenhertz
John Melidy
Fis
Ora Barnard
Corydon
Clarion
Wabster City
Order of Knights of Columbus
Thase
Wlr. Greene
Connell Bluifg
Nebraska
Greens Cattin Company
Greane
Des Moines
Ben Parker
Ken Maces
David Blackburn
St. Anthony
W. J. Darner
Des Miones
Omaha
J. E. Scott
Citizens’ Bank of
Mt Ayr
Harry Brownlee
George Brownlee
Thavedey
J. RR
Forbes Place
Jefferson
de Enfield
Olin
Harry Miller
T. B. Miller
Jose
Singerg
Mr. Switzer
Max Hoffman
W. H. Mulhall
Dan Moines
Mulhalls
Des Moince
Mulhall
Hoffman
Mary A. Mulhall
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