California's Direct Primary The Reform Campaign Triumphs
California governor elect Hiram Johnson describes the longest campaign on the coast, a reform drive against railroad and corporate influence. He cites a 1 000 mile by 300 mile state, a year long speaking tour, and a people powered push to restore government to the people without soliciting votes.
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Hiram Johnson
California
Pacific Coast
United States
East
Southern Pacific
California Republican Victory and Open Air Campaigns
The narrative recalls a broad campaign of open air meetings across California to defeat the bosses and elect a governor. It credits a hard fought primary win, a furious counter campaign by railroad interests, and a public shift toward independence from corporate control, claiming a new era of people governed reform and responsive legislature.
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William I' Herrin
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Big
Nute
California
Republican Party
Bostism
Funeral notices from a 1910 Baltimore area page
A column listing multiple death notices and funeral arrangements for Charles C Baker Francis M Charles Erphane James O Clephane Mary E Crawford John El Flynn Marcus M Howard Lena A Shunk Maria Sturlin Fannig M Toepfer with services scheduled at residences Magnotie Wrights Undertaking and Frank Geler's Sons chapels, interments at Arlington Erie Holy Rood, and masses across December 1909 to December 1910.
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Ariington Cemetery
Chicago
Philadelhia Panera
Erphane
Englewood
N. J
JAMES O_CLEPHANE
Crawford
St Sibley Hospital
Mary E
Thomas Crawford
Erie
Flynn
John EL
Henrietta E Flynn
Jennifer Howard Vuneral
Chapel of Lee
Lena A
Alonzo
Milam
Hoover
Sturlin
R Street
Maria
Maria, Widow of GW
Walliam
Sturn
Oepfer
Fannig
M Toepfer
Columbus
Fannie Ogle
Frank Geler
Sona
Seventh Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Rood
Funeral Directors in Washington DC area list
A catalog of funeral directors and embalmers with studio addresses and phone numbers in Washington DC and surrounding areas. Entries include Thos B. Surgon successor, Costello, Pumphrey & Son, Frank Geier's Sons, Spears, Geo P Zurhorst, William Lee, John R Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, and Sardo & Co, noting capitol area chapels, cremasteries, and 24 hour service details.
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Sergeon
TOR
CAI
A. Costello
Smbalmer
Hortreet
Cafeewerves
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Embelmers
Merylant Hicense
Rockville
Frank Geier’s Sons
Chanel
Speare
Undertaker
F Street
N. W
GEO
P. Zurhorst
Tadertaker
William Lee
ArtembsImer
Liveria
Chipal
Pennslvania Senn
John R. Wright CO
Tenth at_uw Telephone
F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth ST NW
New York Postoffice Bids Opened for Up Town Office
Ten bids were opened in the Treasury’s supervising architect office for the new up town post office near the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal. The low bid came from RH HE Heningham of New York at 2,350,000 dollars with a twenty month completion. George A Fuller Company of New York submitted 2,364,000 dollars and claimed nineteen months to finish.
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New York Postoffice
New Uptown
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
HE Heningham
George A Fuller Company
Johnson Joins Boosters in Push for Panama Expo Site
San Francisco boosters welcomed Gov elect Hiram W Johnson and a delegation from California to Washington. Also present were Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Leon Sloss, Henry T Scott, Joseph Scott, A W Scott Jr, M H de Young, David Rich, M F Tarpey, and M Swazey. They aim to persuade Congress to choose San Francisco as the Panama exposition site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hiram W Johnson
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Leon Sloss
Henry T. Scott
Joseph Scott
Los Angeles
Washington
Congress
Secret session held on Ballinger inquiry report
Republican members of the Bal linger Pinchot Investigating committee met in Washington to revise the majority report on the Ballinger inquiry. All Republicans except Rep Denby of Michigan were in session with Senator Nelson, chairman, as Democrats planned a separate session. No conclusions were reached and no final draft was agreed upon. A full committee meeting would follow after the Republicans finish their review.
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Ballinger-Pinchot
Washington
Ballinger
Representative Denby
Michigan
Nelson
Joint Committee
Root
Flint
Sutherland
McCall
Olmsted
Melson
Chicago
Congress
HEALTH OFFICE RECORDS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
A health office record lists numerous births and deaths with names of parents or guardians and their locations, including Summers, Batley, Kelly, Schoenbaurer, Higdon, Schultz, Brumbaugh, Marcelino, Bricker, Lynch, Higgins, Frazer, Wilcop, Bell, Brumbaugh, Franks, and others. Deaths include Robert Stewart, Augustus Blood, William Herron, Martin Hughes, James Bell, Lena Shunk, Ruth Bistett, Mary Crawford, John Farren, Virginia Hibbe, Marcus Toward, Annie McLaughlin, Edward Taylor, Jamal Lemon, Genevieve Mathews, Zpporah Proctor, Jerry Johnson, Marion Brown, Henry Hunter, Maggie Strams, and infants listed at several hospitals.
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Thomas
Blanche Summers
Ian W
Rebecca Batley
Joseph G
Pearl
Kelly
Giuseppe and
Giuseppa di
Bor Ambrose
Mary EA Higdon
Philip
Mary A Schultz
Frank J
Elizabeth V Schoenbaurer
William F
Edith S. Maguire
Noah J
Rosa Brumbaugh
Salvatore
Rosie Marcelino
Joseph W
Blanche I Bricker
Wiliam A
Zella Lynch
James J
Anna Higgins
Willam H
Merla Harris
Howard
Maud Addison
Josanh S
Ellen E Bolling
Willie
Lucy Frazer
Hoy Fenton
Emma F Wilcop
Lewis
Biller Bell
Robert Stewart
U S
Soldiers’ Home
Augustus W Blood
Soldieras Home
Jers William W Herron
Park Road
Martin H Hughes
Mary E Crawford
N Capet
John W Farren
Government Hospital
Tulane
Virginia Hibbe
Marcus W Toward
Annie McLaughlin
Edward M Taylor
NF Ave
Jamal Lemon
Jerry J Johnson
Washington Asylum Hospital
William M Lowery
12Th St Ne
Marion Brown
St. Ee
Honry Hunter Tuberculosis Hospital
Foaer Burt
Freedmen's Hospital
Maggie Strams
Blagdens Altey Nw
William A Green
Ward
Mary Ford
St Nw
Martha Ford
Edward and
Ethel Jackson
National Homeopathic Hospital
William H and
Marla Harris
St Se
Albert
Beatrics Nelson
Licensed to Marry in Multiple Virginia and Maryland Couples
The notice lists numerous marriage intentions and ordained ministers. Tohn A Clark age 24 and Grace A Powell age 18 of Silver Spring Maryland plan to marry with Rev John Reid Shanon Clarde officiating. other couples include Elizabeth Vi Brsai 18 of Indian Rock Virginia with Albert PF Odell of Citton Forge, Va. Hattie Bladen 20 and Vernon E Camach 25 both of Richmond. Julian R Lee 2 and Besale L Kese 21. Grace Brady 21 with Lurkan R Davis 22. and J. J. Muir as officiant for additional ceremonies.
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Tohn A Clark
Grace A Powell
Silver Spring
Fo XK Bischop Albert PF Odell
Citton Forge
Thzabeth Vi Brsai
Indian Rock
John Reid Shanon Clarde W Yeaman
Richmond
Hattie Bladen
William J NcKenney
William L. Heinetein
Vernon E Camach
Rex John
Julian R. Lee
Besale L. Kese
William L de Vries Lurkan R Davis
Grace Brady
J. J. Muir
Foss Opens On Lodge Challenge At Cape Cod Campaign Rally
Gov elect Eugene M Foss opened his Cape Cod campaign against Henry Cabot Lodge with a torchlight parade and meeting in Provincetown town hall. He declined a joint debate with Rep Norman White of Brookline and criticized Lodge for backing a self serving political machine while ignoring the will of the people. Foss assailed Lodge on reciprocity with Canada tariffs and protection for wool and the cotton industry in a broad attack on Lodge’s record.
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Provincetown
Mass
Elecr
Eugene M. Foss
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States ‘Senate
Foss
Norman White
Brookline
David FP. Dickingon
Cambridge
Arthur L. Nagen
Cape Cod
Congress
Canede
Aldrich
Hale
United States Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Canada
Newfoundland
Fest
Fess
Senator Lodge
Sothebys Sells George Meredith Autograph Manuscripts
London Sothebys sold a rare Meredith autograph manuscript series from 1890 to 1909 for 1,946 pounds. Highlights included The Tragic Comedians at 220, One of Our Conquerors at 260, Dianna of the Crossways fragment at 168, The Tale of Chloe at 271, Hamlet quarto at 105, Hamlet folio at 70, Thackeray Gownsman at 50, Anatomy of Melancholy at 40, a Genevan Bible from Izaak Walton to Charles Cotton at 46, and Byron Ode to Napoleon at 320.
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London
Sotheby’s
George Meredith
Meredith
Thackeray
Izaak Walton
Charles Cotton
Byron
Napoleon
French Troops Ambushed Near Oudja in Morocco
A letter from a soldier with the French column at Resinga near Oudja Africa claims French forces were ambushed in a ravine on November 17 by Moroccans, with 20 killed and 40 wounded. The Moroccans also saw heavy casualties. No official confirmation exists.
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Faris
Resinga
Oudja
Africa
Replaced Macao Governor by Judge Vidal
Official notices from Macao report order restored after demands of rebellious soldiers and sailors. The Macao governor suspected of protecting religious orders is replaced by Judge Marques Vidal in Lisbon statements.
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Vidal
Lisbon
Portugal
Macao
Chine
Marques Vidal
Bismarck’s Secretary Hurt in Street Car Crash
Berlin dispatch reports Count Hermann Traugott von Arnim, once secretary to Prince Bis marck and later at the German embassy in Washington, seriously injured by a street car. His condition tonight was listed as critical by the attending physician.
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Berlin
Hermann Traugott von Arnim
Prince Bismarck
Count von Arnim
Germany
Washington
113 Hunters Lose Lives in Chicago Area Hunt Statistics
The 191 season closed with 113 hunter deaths, per Tribune compiled from two states. This surpasses all prior seasons, including 1909 with 97 deaths, 1908 with 57, 1907 with 82, and 1906 with 74. Injuries total 41, down from 1909's 89, and many fatalities may yet be added as injured cases resolve.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Rheumatism
The advertisement claims rheumatism inflames joints and stiffens muscles and that thousands have been radically cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla which neutralizes blood acid and expels the disease in liquid or Sareatabas chocolate tablets.
Penrose Receives 10400 Letters Over Print Contract Bill
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate committee on post offices, has received more than 10 400 letters in three weeks protesting the Tou Velle bill limiting government printing of private return cards on stamped envelopes. The bill, already passed by the House, would end the contract expiring June 3 with a Cincinnati firm and may raise costs for stamped envelopes by about 1 per thousand.
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Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Senate
House
Cincinnati
Friends of
Rush on $30,000,000 waterways appropriation to speed session
The Rivers and Harbors Committee moves a 30 million dollar waterways appropriation as Congress gathers. Indian affairs and other major funds follow, with committees expected to finish measures for early House action before Christmas recess. Strong activity aims for prior year pace despite new rules slowing swift debate.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Rivers and Hertors Committee
House
Alexander
New York
Indian Affairs Committee
Burke
Syparsiw
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
District of Columbia
Sailor Chief Fletcher Found Dead At Home
Portsmouth N H Dec 1 Special to The Washington Chief Carpenter Joseph B Fletcher a three year Portsmouth navy yard veteran was found in a bath tub at his home today with a razor wound to the throat and died soon after The navy yard and widow offered competing theories Fletcher a member of the Greely arctic expedition had been acting peculiarly for a week with the widow believing a paralytic shock caused the shaving accident and the throat cut
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Washington
Portsmouth
N.el
Joseph B. Fletcher
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Fletcher
Greely
Army Orders Leaves and assignments across several units
Army orders list leaves of absence for Capt Lindsey P. Rocker and Capt Charles H. Clark, plus multiple second lieutenants. Details include extended days, duties at Fort Monro s and Fort Riley, and assignments for construction and examining boards. Also notes arrivals at Hampton Roads and sailings to various ports, plus a police case involving Frank Seymour released from Maryland penitentiary.
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Lindsey P. Rocker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Charles H. Clark
Voortenith Infantry
John B. Maynard
Coast Artillery Corps
Edwin AT. J. Greble, Jr
Third Field Artillery
Charles Wilcox
Medical Corps
Elmer Lindsley
E. Yost and Bro
William J. Nicholson
Fort Riley
Kans
Rogers Birnie
Ordnance Department
Special Board On
Naval Ordnance
Roy C Kirtland
Fort Lincoln
N. Dak. Gapt. Percy W. Arnold
Seventh Cavalry
Nathan K. Aver
Passenger rate war ends as routes unify Chicago New York fares
Chicago reports that first class fares between Chicago and New York on the Michigan Central and Panhandle will rise to 20 after January 18. A secret New York meeting with Erie Wabash Grand Trunk chiefs led to standardizing the rate at 20, ending earlier 19 and 38 differentials and erasing threats of further cuts.
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Chicago
New York
Michigan Central
Panhandle
Erie
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Pu Man Co Proposes Lower Upper Berth Rates
Interstate Commerce Commission heard opposition from four state attorneys general and two railroads to a Pu Man Co plan cutting upper berth prices to 1.24 while leaving seat rates unchanged. Opponents argued the 2 percent cut lacks service value and shifts costs to others.
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Chicago
Pu Man Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
James Bingham
Indiana
John §&. Dawson
Kansas
Luther
Rail rate testifiers oppose increase in freight costs
Walters representing Arkansas and West of Oklahoma clash over the rate cases. The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear more arguments and may receive evidence. W. S. of National Petroleum, W. Rover, H. Cowan, and James White closed shipper testimony opposing the railroad rate hike. Frank Lyon to open for the commission. January 9 set. Western arguments begin January 19.
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National Petroleum Company
William W. Rover
Philadelphia
H. Cowan
Cattle Reisers’ Association
James I. White
Burnham-Hanna Company
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Businness
Frank Lyon
Britt Promoted to Third Assistant Postmaster General
Announcement by Postmaster General Hitchcock names James J Britt of North Carolina as Third Assistant Postmaster General replacing A L Lawshe who resigned. Britt, born March 4 1861 in Johnson City Tennessee, has long resided in Asheville and served as law officer of the department. Lawshe, once Third Assistant, now lives on a ranch near Las Cruces and plans territory as future home while improving health.
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Hitchcock
James J Britt
North Carolina
A. L. Lawshe
Britt
Johnson City
Tenn
Asheville
N. C
Church Sale of Oriental Work Exhibition Opens for Missionary Society
The Abby apartments host an exhibition and sale of Oriental drawn work and curios to aid the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Jean Adams of Fouchow China donated the items, imported for the exhibit. The sale continues today and tomorrow with a projected $1,000 raised.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Abby Apartments
Jean Adams
Fouchow
China
Industrial sections gain in population says census data
Census figures show Pennsylvania and West Virginia leading population growth between 1900 and 1910, with increases near two and over two percent. The shifts favor urban and industrial centers over agricultural regions, potentially adding several congressional seats for both states. Also noted areples Boise Idaho Gadaden Alabama Pensacola Florida figures.
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Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pensacola
Fla
Gadaden
Ala
Boise
Idaho
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Boston
Maso
M Helm
Naval Station
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Truttun
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Grayling
Mochett
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Baltimore
Frank Seymour
Maryland Penitentiary
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R. Harris& CO
the Jewelers
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