Frauds in Elections Aiding Inspectors Allegedly
New York April 7 The international policy holders committee charged officials aided in evading law and blocking a fair vote in recent officer elections. It alleges inspectors rulings favored the administration, watchers and transistors were used to influence counts, and the department of insurance aided evasion. It claims misread addresses and false names in Albany policyholder lists to undermine the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
New York
International Policy Holders' Committee
Department of Insurance
International Committee
Mutual
New York Life
Albany
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from April 1907
Multiple brief notices list deaths from April 5 to April 9 1907 across Baltimore and Washington. Names include Kartle Bartle Bradford Geoghegan Hill Hurtt Lovejoy Reingruber Tosarto Rosario Wilson Wright and relatives, with funeral times locations and interment plans at Mt. Vernon Baltimore and Monocacy Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kartle
Milees, Bartle
Georgarte
Bradford
Gtrock
Julla B
George W. Bradford
Baltimore
Geoghegan
Ml Fourth Street
Edith
Franklin Geoghagan
Dayton S
Mary Barry Ward
St Mark's Church
Hill
Emma Hill
George Tun
Georgetown
D.C
Chapel of Oak Hill
Cemet
Friends
Hurtt
Herbert Marple
Bessie Griffith Hurtt
Monocacy Cemetery
Bealisvile
Koom
Qan View
Lee's Chapel
Pennsania Avenue
Philadelphia
Lovejoy
Lioerts
Guy Lovejoy
Augusta F. Lavejoy
Henry Lovejoy
Horace A. Dodge Reingruber
Reingruber
Foakall Road
T Tosarto
George Washington University Hospital
Ignacio
Gawler's
Peopavlania_ avenue
Funeral Directors in Washington Area Firms Listed
A fragmentary directory of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and contact numbers. Names include Hindle and Bayliss, R Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, John M Mitchell's Son, W R Speare, Adolph J Schippert, T S Sergoon, Costello Brothers, Wm B Riley, Frank Geier's Sons, John R Wright Co, J William Lee, Wm H Sardo & Co, and George P Zarhorst with locations primarily on streets like 20th, 12th, and Pennsylvania Avenue Northeast and Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindle & Bayliss
Sth
R. Nalley & Son
Funeral
Uth Steeet
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Jommodiom Chapel
John M. Mitchell
W. R. Speare
N. W
Mont Sea
Toon
Adolph J. Schippert
Axe Uw
Thepel
Thos. S. Sergeon
Cath
T. A. Costello & Bro
H Street
Riley
St. Es
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
John R. Wright CO
Tanthat
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Modern Chapel
George P. Zarhorst
Irregularities in Insurance Vote Casting Examined
A detailed statement describes widespread fraud in insurance ballot casting. It cites affidavits showing wholesale practice of forging canvassers names and policy numbers, with proxies and ballots cast under old or deceased policy holders. Illustrations include a family voting five times while members were not residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jagents
Department of Insurance
Opposes Limit on Salaries in Life Insurance Brief
Former President Grover Cleveland files a brief for the Association of Life Insurance Presidents in New York arguing against state bills capping executives pay. The document, to be presented in Wisconsin and scrutinizing company premium receipts, contends salaries do not threaten policy holders or dividends and highlights constitutional protections.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Wisconsin
Robert Lynn Cox
Cleveland
United States
Salvation Army Robbed of Cash by Trusted Worker
Special to The Washington Post from Trenton New Jersey reports the Salvation Army suffered the meanest theft yesterday when Captain Sehlenfeldt found the department’s cash box emptied of $160 after leaving keys in the lock. The trusted associate Herbert C. Banden, previously enlisted from New York’s West Sixteenth Street, vanished with the key and money. No trace of Banden or the funds has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Salvation Army
Sehlenfeldt
Salvation Army Department
Enterprise
Leff Herbert C. Banden
Gypsy fortune tellers arraigned for swindling servants
In New Rochelle New York on April 7 the Stanley family of fortune telling gypsies led by William Stanley were arraigned in police court for swindling servant girls. They sold lucky stones roots and herbs claiming to bring husbands within thirty days. A principal complainant Cora Petty testified as the group was ordered to refund the money and fined twenty dollars each.
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Washington
New Rochelle
Stanley
William Stanley
van Anken
New Hochella
Cora Petty
Het
Blosson
Bing
van Auken
Thrown From His Buggy In Chattanooga
Robert Schultze millionaire soap manufacturer and tanner was thrown from his buggy early today in Chattanooga and sustained brain hemorrhage. Doctors fear fatal outcome within hours. Schultze came from Saxonia as a poor immigrant and built a tannery. J Pierpont Morgan in Rome.
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Chattanooga
Fenn
Robert Schultze
Schultze
Saxonia
May recall Evelyn Nimble Thaw trial moves forward today
New York April 7 Delmas, chief counsel for Harry Thaw, plans to call Dr Allen Hamilton to testify at opening of trial tomorrow and may recall Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Delmas aims to finish closing address by Tuesday evening. Delmas notes Jerome’s summing up will be brief and the jury may hear the verdict in coming days. Thaw visits a prison service and plans to travel to France after trial with wife and maid in attendance.
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Delmas
Washington Post
New York
Delphin
Michael Delmas
Harry Thaw
Abe Hummel
Thaw
Dae
Dr. Hamilton
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Terome
Jerome
Correctiong Cagsey
George Sanderson
Ths
God
Jesus
Ims
Mel
Edward Thaw
Bla
Harry
Exigan Editor 43 Jailed Over Creel Attack in Chihuahua
El Paso April 7 Bitter attacks on Senor Creel led to Silvestre Torrazas, editor of El Correo Chihuahua, being jailed. Creel, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, is a candidate for constitutional governor amid claims of ineligibility tied to his American father. The paper urged him to withdraw and faced arrest amid border tensions with revolutionists stirring unrest.
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el Paso
Tex
Enrique C. Creel
United States
Chihuahua
Silvestre Torrazas
el Correo
Creel
Argen
Tarrazas
Torrawag
Mexico
Ding
Kidnapped girl found in New York record
Frances Sylvester Boyer six year old girl abducted from Utica home Thursday by nurse Agnes Graves aged thirteen was recovered in Canastota Saturday afternoon by police. Child restored to mother and the horse impounded at police headquarters. Mother sobbed with gratitude and exhaustion after long anxious vigil.
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Washington
Death by Own Action at Monte Carlo Cemetery Report
Berlin Abendpost cites Monte Carlo graves of six casino victims labeled with a simple S for suicide. Authorities conceal suicides. graves scattered. ages 35 to 45, across nationalities. Previously buried in a plot, now dispersed. warning of rising self-inflicted deaths near Condamine Church despite railing.
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Berlin
Berlin Abendpost
Monte Carlo
Losacs
Suiides
Condamine Church
Famaua
Mikado barred by Japan victory costs theater $25,000
London April 7 Japan wins another victory over Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado at Savoy Theater representations canceled after Mrs. D'Oyly Carte yields to advisability. New scenery and costumes had been prepared costing 25 000 pounds. The joke on Sullivan about the Mikado’s tune provoked official discomfort.
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London
Japan
Gilbert & Sullivan
Savoy Theater
Nippon
Sullivan
Yokohama
Gilbert
Far Eastern Alliance
Hangs Herself in Jail in St Petersburg Fortress
A Russian woman prisoner hanged herself in the St Peter and St Paul Fortress. She had been imprisoned since November for taking part in a robbery planned for October 27. The castler of the custom house carriage carried a large sum of money, estimated from $120,900 to $350,000, with $193,000 reportedly taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Madrid Officials Sail to Cartagena for Edward Meeting
King Alfonso and a high Madrid delegation including the Dowager Queen Maria Christina Premier Maure Capt Ning and ministers depart for Cartagena. Edward is to meet Alfonso there with Spanish and British representatives including Sir M W EH de Bunsen and Senor de Villa de Urruta.
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Madrid
King Alfonso
Maria Christina
Maure
Capt
Ning
Allende Salazar
M. W. EH. de Bunsen
Spain
Senor de Villa
de Urruta
Great Britain
Cartagena
Alfonso
Edward
Paris Union Eyes General Strike Across Allied Provisions Trades
Paris April 7. A meeting of the Allied Provisions Trades Union committee including butchers bakers and grocers decided to call a general strike. No date fixed yet but indications point to April 11 as the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Allied Provisions Trades Union
Butchers, Bakers, Grocers, &c
Peary's Arctic Quest Back On In 1908 With 200000
Peary Arctic Club members are puzzled by reports that Commander Peary raised 200000 for another north pole attempt in 1908. President Jesup says the trip may occur this summer but funds remain unsettled. Peary to be guest at Maine reception in Mendelssohn Hall. Captain Bartlett reportedly en route to refit the Roosevelt with Newfoundland fishermen from the Colonist Naval Reserve.
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Washington Post
New York
Peary Arctic Club
Washington
Peary
North Pole
Morris K. Jesup
State of Maine
Mendlessohn Hall
Robert Bartlett
Roosevelt
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Shooters Island
Bartlett
Newfoundland
Colonist Naval ‘Reserve
Busse Delays Formal City Hall Start to April 13
Chicago mayor elect Busse said he has no intention to take active charge before April 13 though sworn in on Saturday. He noted contingencies could push duties earlier, but no emergency is foreseen. Mayor Dunne left for Pittsburgh and deputized Comptroller McGann to act as mayor.
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Chicago
Busse
Too Much Faultfinding in Crum's Times Critique
A New York man criticized a cook after tasting tacka in his soup, blaming the chef for faults. The piece questions why cooks change jobs so often, implying dissatisfaction with expectations and critiques in kitchens.
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Crum
Los Angeles ‘Times
New York
Stead Calls for World Peace Plan at Hague Conference
W T Stead editor of the English Review of Reviews visits New York to drum up support for a United States of the World. He speaks from Plymouth Church Brooklyn urging peace missions to push The Hague peace parliament program. He favors a department of peace and obligatory arbitration plus arms reduction only by gradual steps with American leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Department of Peace
New York
William T. Stead
English Review of Reviews
Carnegie Hall
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Stead
The
United States
Tts Army
Navy
Holland
America
Europe
Plans for Peace Congress Opens in New York Next Sunday
Final arrangements for the National Arbitration and Peace Congress were completed in New York. Delegates from across the nation and abroad require expanded accommodations with two large add-on gatherings and overflow meetings beyond the ten regular sessions. Robert Erskine Ely announces the schedule and operations. George H. Owen becomes secretary of the patriotic committee, with Admiral Dewey as chairman.
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New York
National Arbitration and Peace Congress
Robert Erskine Ely
Congress
George H. Owen
Navy League
Patriotic Committee of the Peace Congress
Admiral Dewey
Jealous man kills wife and mother in Texas
Houston report says Sony Jones, a jealous Black man, shot and mortally wounded his wife near Wharton, then killed her mother and Herry Higgins who were en route to town after a doctor. Jones also fired at Sam Brawley, missing him, before being captured.
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Houston
Tex
Sony Jones
Big Wife
Wharton
Herry Higgins
Jones
Sam Brawley
Train wrecking scare drives urgent hunt near Hudson Ohio
A third attempt to derail train No 322 on the Cleveland and Pittsburg division near Hudson Ohio prompted a large manhunt. A reward of 2600 dollars plus 2500 if captured within 24 hours was offered. Summit Portage and Cuyahoga sheriffs deputies and Cleveland police joined the search with no arrests at nightfall. Officials say wreckers worked swiftly but likely in darkness. Armed guards patrol tracks from Pittsburg to Altoona.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Lines West
Cleveland and
Hudson
Ohio
Summit
Portare
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greensburg
Altoona
Rope Jumping Kills Newark Girl at Play
Eight year old Viola Kleinschmidt died from a brain congestion after rope jumping in a contest. The Newark girl collapsed after winning and later suffered abdominal pains and delirium before death. Her father Charles Kielnschmidt, a prominent local businessman, and mother are devastated.
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Washington Post
New York
Viola Kleinschmidt
Plane Street
Newark
Nut
Charles J. Kielnachmidt
West Point Cadets Dress Parade Wind Coat Incident
West Point cadets faced disruption during a dress parade as Commandant Howe ordered police to strip coats from cadets’ sweethearts and girl relatives. Cadets defend the habit of lending overcoats to protect visitors from cold, a longstanding practice without prior objections.
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Washington
West Point
Howe
Cadeta
Burglars Loot Tiffany Residence in New York
Two burglars entered Misgy Charley Tiffany Antheil’s home at 119 East Thirty-fifth Street and stole silverware from the Tiffany era. A private watchman subdued one suspect, and Policeman McGowan captured the other, named John Dunn. Miss Mitchell and her aunt later pressed burglary charges. Dunn held on $2,000 bail.
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Washington
New York
Charley Tiffany Antheil
East Thirty-fifth Street
Miss Mitchell
Page
Charley Tiffany
Tiffany
Richard Stafford
McGowan
Third Avennue
Thirty-fourth Street
Figh
John Dunn
Mises Mitchel
Yorkville
Woman Fatally Burned in Epileptic Fall at Columbus Boarding House
April 7 in Columbus a Denver migrant, Mrs Helen O Neh, was burned to death in her room when an epileptic seizure caused her to fall against a gas stove. Found unconscious, she died later of burns. Report mentions a husband and a child in Wellaten, One.
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Columbus
Ohio
Helen O'Neh
Denver
Wellaten
Pimple remedy promises fast cure with calcium wafers
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a rapid, poison-free blood and skin purifier for pimples and eruptions. It claims cures in three to seven days and offers a free five-sample package by mail from FB. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall for trial.
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Stuart
Bey
Caldar Waters
A. Stuart Co
Advertising Hints and Suggestions for Merchants
The article argues that a store’s goodwill relies on advertising and solid storekeeping rather than personal charm. It cites Crowley Steam Laundry as a success story and contrasts personal influence with impersonal store image built through ads. It asserts advertising expands reach, protects against aging owners, and creates lasting store personality readers trust.
Furnishings for newlyweds showcased in a four room set
Shannon uses a store pitch to guide young couples toward a four room complete furniture outfit. He highlights the total cost and presents a picture of four rooms fully furnished, noting the convenience and affordability of a single lump sum purchase.
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Shannon
Advertising and the art of selling straight
The piece mocks an Electric Supply Co style ad stunts and pun filled campaigns. It argues real selling should be direct not gimmicky and that appealing to customers by honest, clear messaging wins over humor and tricks.
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Electris Supply Co
The
Electric Supply Co
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