Five OClock Night of the Bradley Martin Ball
New York society gathered at the Waldorf for the Bradley Martin ball described as the greatest in American history. Mrs Bradley Martin and John Jacob Astor led a grand promenade with Louis XV era decor, thousands attended, and lavish rooms featured orchids, pink roses, and ornate costumes while police managed crowds into the early hours.
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Ak Airs
Hendreg Martin
John Jaco Astor
William Astor
Min Bradley Martin
Marie Stuart
John Gaeab Astor
J Townsend Martin
Henry Tloler
Louis SW
Grime Wilton
Ellver
Thy Persoe
Mra. Whitney Warren
Louis XV
Lee Taylor
Ueniz Wadsworth
Gerry
Cantor Hitchcock
Lens Marton
van Alen
Madeline Cut- Ung
Stuyvesant Fe Ax
Brr
Martin
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Astor
Mes
Uradley Martin
Janine
Bradlex
Astir
Stuyvesent Fish
Robert van Cutland
FP. L. Bayles
Ceden Mille
John Jacob Axio
Carneilia N. Vaniler- Mil, Jr
Henry Sloane
Edith Motion
van Ne
Florida
Deutzia
Waldorf Odor Crisis From Lima Oil Polish
A Waldorf Astoria ball room odor crisis prompts chemists to fight a Lima oil polish smell that mingled with rose perfume. Despite workers and experts, the cheap Lima oil permeated walls and corridors, baffling management led by Mr Boldt who seeks a lasting remedy.
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New York
Boldt
Sa Lima
Army of Florists at Bradley Martin Ball
J H Small, lead florist, recalls massive orders for the Bradley Martins grand ball in New York. Thousands of roses, vines, and plants filled greenhouses and required hundreds of workers, with gardeners and drivers recruited from countryside areas to meet the demand.
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York
Bradley Martins
J. H. Small
Mr. Smail
Brin Martin
Spectacle at Bradley Martin Ball Delays Carriages In New York
At the Bradley Martin ball in New York, arriving carriages stretched for blocks and guests in costume paraded past police barriers. Inspectors and boarded entrances controlled access as hotel windows were shuttered and the winter garden closed. Guests, including Mme de Polignac and the Dowager, moved from carriages to the private residence, with guards noting identities in a scene of high society intrigue.
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New York
Courteight
Mme. de Polignas
Mary
Dork
Winter Garden
Bradley Martins
Fifth Avenue
Bradley Martin
Holt
Thirty-third Street
Te Door
Corberus
Metropolitan Society
Frank Johnson
Crowd at Waldorf ball fenced by wary New York police
In February New York police, led by Deputy Chief Cartwright, sealed off streets to the Bradley Martin costume ball, keeping crowds away as dignitaries and spectators gathered under heavy guard. Berry Wall, wedged near the crowd, complained of the restrictions and remarked on his schoolmate Bradley Martin's rise.
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New York
Fen
Bradley Martin
Cartwright
Waldorf
The
Clie
Hite
Cortwricht
Berry Wall
Bradley Marin
Besry
Windows boarded up at Waldorf to hide ballroom sightseers
New York February 11 crowds learned that all side and back Waldorf hotel windows on lower floors were boarded to prevent guests in other rooms from viewing the ballroom spectacle. The hotel locked out outsiders and barred any spectacle view while staff and guests were still admitted after completion of decoration.
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New York
Waldorf
Jackerson
Martin
Hoedt
Corps of Decorators
House passes bill to abolish city police board in Kansas
The Kansas House voted 67 to 26 to approve the Hackbusch bill repealing the metropolitan police law, sending it to the Senate. A list of those voting for and against the measure is recorded, with numerous names and several absentees noted. There is mention of home rule for cities seeming closer.
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Che Eenare
Mesera
Aker
Barkley
Rasgall
Bear
Bennett
Brooke
Brown
Greeley
Buell
Carr
Cassin
Conger
Crosby
Cubbison
Davis
Dingus
Farrell
Feighner
Mionty
Foley Gressier
Graves
Gray
Iimes
Harkbunch
Hackney
Harbangs
Heckman
Heminger
Hollembeak
Ingle
Irwin
Jackson
Comanche
Jamieson
Jaquing
Johnson
Chase
Labette
Nemaha
Jones
Keefer
Kelman
Lambert
Lincoln
Lyon
Lawns
Marks
McGrath
Mokerver
Merrill
Moors
Hibner
Sgarvey
Larimer
Longley
Malin
McCarthy
Motz
Posen
Reed
Richards
Shotse
Smith
Sherman
Stoner
Trueblogd
Armstrone
Kotkin
Bradley
Cowley
Pratt
Burkholder
Artist
Dilton
Davie
Ernst
Pairehildl
Pitzgerald
Harvey
Haywood
Ruddle
Lawson
Lewis
Lobdell
Marty
Maxwell
Metzler
Perry
Rothweller
Rumsell
Simmons
Singleton
Taylor
Turner
Vorelgesang
Wallace
Wand
Seaton Claims Threats But Stands Unafraid On Floor
In a heated session Republican members clashed over a motion to postpone. Walters threatened confrontation, Seaton declared he has faced danger before and will continue to voice his views undeterred by fear or intimidation.
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Seaton
Thas
Walters
Senate passes bills to House for action on cities and licenses
The senate approved measures including vacating streets and redrawing city boundaries, restoring voting rights to former Southern army members, and reforming pharmacy licensing. The pharmacy act allows annual renewal with a one dollar fee and permits certificates without exam for morally fit applicants. registrants moving residence must update records with a fifty cent fee.
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Senate
House
Porney
Farrely
Wate
Householder
Pharmacy
Board of Pharmacy
Senate committee leans toward 20 percent rail rate cut
Kansas rail commissioners may adopt a 20 percent reduction as a maximum rate baseline. A sub committee told major lines that if rates fall by 20 percent and wages and employment are not cut, and no new legal action follows, an agreement could be reached. Dr Ryder elected appears in context of the event.
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Senate
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kansas
ALP A Meeting Elects Officers in Topeka May Session
Wichita Feb 11 state council of the ALP A met with little disclosed aside from a 35 000 member estimate for eastern Kansas. Elected officers include CH Luling state president A R Hoffman vice president I F Culver secretary of state RL Kepling chaplain F B H Barker secretary George Pickard treasurer. Frank Williams named delegate to the supreme council Kansas City. Topeka Wise chosen as next grand council meeting place.
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Wichita
State Council of the
ALP. A
CH. Luling
A. R. Hoffman
I. F. Culver
RL. Kepling
F. BH. Barker
George Pickard
D. B. Metzger
Perpeent Accom
Ted. Heisman
A. D. Hubbard
Sentinel
Fred Heisman
A.D. Hubbard
J. G. McCall
Frank Williams
Supreme Council
Kansas City
Topekin
Train robber hunted through three feet of snow near Kingman
The posse pursuing the train robber wore out by snow three feet deep as they tracked the fugitive about forty miles north of the railroad. He abandoned a horse and entered the woods after exchange of shots with no injuries. Sheriff Cameron of Goaconima county prepared fresh horses to renew the chase tonight. Warrants issued for several suspects thought linked to the holdup.
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Kingman
Aziz
Cameron
Goconima
Trustee privileges lead to chicken theft at county jail
Pie Jordan, a colored prisoner known as a trusty, and another escapee stole 20 chickens from John Schmidt's meat market coop on Second Street. They penned the birds at the Marshall yard before most were sold. Schmidt reported the theft, and Jordan was identified, though trustees are accused of lenient treatment and law violations in the jail system.
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Pie Jordan
John Schmidt
Second Street
Monroe
Madison Streets
Jaller Leach
Second
Madison Street
Marshall Yard
Jeter
Schmidt
Pie
Jordan
George Duree
Tenth
Kansas Avenue
Sherif Kepley
Duprer
Mike Haloran
Rossville
Bulldog Attack on Boys Alarms Town
Willie Sheets fourteen years old? Wait, Willie Sheets aged 13 was severely bitten in the right breast by a vicious white bulldog named Tall Me Kinley owned by Arthur Massey. The dog struck as Sheets walked on Fourth Street near Monroe and Madison, injuring him near the shoulder joint. Frank Devlin, fourteen, was charged as the dog then turned on him before bystanders intervened. Devlin was arrested. The Sheets boy received medical care and the wound was counterized. The dog, usually calm, is described as prone to snapping when directed.
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Willie Sheets
Ben
Frank Deviln
Burglary Suspect Walter Atkinson Held In Stolen Shoes Case
Walter Atkinson, a colored man, is jailed after burglary at William Horn’s shoe store. Shoes matched to a separate theft from S Watts’s stock led police to connect the crimes. Watts had investigated a prior shoe-stock theft weeks earlier, tying the two cases to Atkinson. Also noted were reports of sailors drowned aboard the British steamer Cayanus near Ushante, and an advertisement for Peerless Laundry shirt, collar, and cuff goods.
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Walter Atkinson
William Horn
Shore
S Watts
Watts
Glasgow
Ushante
France
Hutbon
Missing witness stalls grave robbery trials in Alma
Dr. C S McClintock, key witness in the state grave robbery cases, could not be found after deputies sought subpoenas. Sheriff Jetmore located Mrs McClintock at home and learned the doctor had left Topeka. Officials warned of arrest if McClintock does not appear next week, delaying trials and prompting tense disagreement among defense and prosecution.
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C. S. McClintock
McClintock
Jetmore
Dr. McClintock
Topeka
Johnson
Duncan
Lowe
Thomson
Toral County
Mr. Jetmore
West Sixth Street
Mollintock
Jetmoré
Erand
Pr. Mellintork
McClin
Carson Gets the Fight Announcement in Carson Nev
Carson Nevada on February 1 reports Dan Stuart has announced that Carson will host the fight event. The note signals a forthcoming boxing match plan in the local area.
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Carson
Nev
Dan Stuart
Washingtons Dairy Gone Mystery Figures in Letters Theft
Washingtons Dairy officials Jens1-Jallip McElhone and Lewis W. Purner were arrested on larceny charges for stealing historic autograph letters including those of George Washington and John Hancock. They admitted selling the papers after an inquiry from a New York autograph dealer. Bail set at 3000 dollars as examinations proceed.
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Washington
Jallip McElhone
J. J. MccKihone
House of Representatives
Lewis W. “Purner
U.hive Deen
Leffleurs
United States
New York
Dickins
Spocrord
Gievtihrary
Mmone Thera
Georgy Washington
Iron ore war looms as price pools clash with giants
A Chicago Tribune report declares an imminent gigantic conflict in the iron ore trade. It says the Iron Ore Association has toppled price pools and threatens a clash with the Rockefeller Carnegie combine over ore delivery for the coming navigation season. The Mesaba range and Lake Superior holdings become pivotal battlegrounds as mounting tensions threaten major northern mining companies and their control of ore supply.
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Chicago
Peb
The
Tribune
Iron Ore Association
Lake Bupering
Cxcionn
Witcs Haw
Rockefeller-Carnegie
Prings
Trou Minin
Michkranabi Mingesota
Tron
al Inmote, Trol Company
Takerior Tron Consolidated
John D. Rockefeller
Lake Soperior
Mesaba Range
Thare
Imdh
Rockefeller
Fee
Guder Inuwo
Mountate
Carned Steel Company
Rockefaller
Veteran Kansas editor Sol Miller III in critical condition
Sol Miller III, veteran Kansas editor of the Troy Chief, is critically ill with heart trouble in Troy Kansas on February 1. The 70 year old publisher has been homebound for two weeks, and his condition worsened though not previously critical.
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Kansas
Troy
Kat
Sol Miller
Nestor of Kansas Journalies
Miller
Ice Gorge Reaches Record Height on River
The river gorge climbs to an extraordinary height with debris and logs littering the water. Water stage rising sharply as trees remain wedged upright, and a blockade spans from above the ground to Henderein twelve miles below. The Louleelie and Nashville railway bridge is buried under 40 feet of flood, threatening collapse when the gorge breaks.
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Lumier
Il Norte
Henderein
Henderste
Louleelie
River poised at danger line as flood crest nears
The Ohio River surges toward danger as flood levels rise from melting snow. Water rose four inches between 3 and 4 PM and three inches between 10 AM and 1 PM, reaching thirty eight feet seven inches at the water works. Tributaries report swollen waters from heavy snows.
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Cincinnati
Potter for President and L A W meeting notes Albany
Albany February reports from the L A W session detail a ratification meeting electing Isaac F Potter of New York as president with C Frank Kirke of New Jersey as first vice president and EL Osmonbankey of Texas as treasurer. The second day covers officer reports, membership figures, and discussions on advocacy and law changes including duties on wheel entrants from Canada. The Watson-Bixek election challenge is discussed by the committee on elections in Washington with a favorable report to Water as the seated member.
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Albany
N. Y
Potter
Stanchatrel
Isaac F. Potter
New York
Afor~ Rison
Wickconsin
C. Prank Kirke
New Jersey
EL. C.osmobankey
Teves
Taya
W. Aesembly Wiss
Cressmrer
Premi
Dent Eling
Liseue
Abbott Bas Get
Boston
Tom Watnes
Washington
Committee On Elections
Todiey
Watson-Bixek
Meteber
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Dr. Ryder
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J. A. Ryder
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