Carnegie Banquet Sets Record Gifts at $25,000, 600 Notables Present
A Carnegie Foundation dinner in New Willard honored a decade of work with gifts totaling $25,000, 600 attendees including Mrs Annihow Carnegie and many distinguished guests. Speeches praised the foundation’s progress, noting plans and substantial future fundraising goals as leaders outlined ongoing work and the institution’s impact.
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Troanmaster
New Willard
Vera
Ceragte Institute of
Abeta
Sles
Caries
Tee Caenesh
Phureday
Movements of Ocean Steamers from New York
Movement notices indicate several steamers sailing from New York to destinations including Southampton and Cherbourg. Vessels listed are bound for European ports with scheduled departures and port calls noted in the harbor news segment.
Obituary notices and funeral details from a Baltimore paper
Fragmented obituary items list multiple deaths with dates and locations including St Pauls Church and Mount Olivet, noting residences at 1714 Alyeet and 622 New Northwane. Mentions of interment, services, and relatives, with scattered dates in December 1911 and references to local streets and hospitals.
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Bleanoe
Lolomew
Alyeet
St Pauls
Non Ifteenth
V Streets
New York
Vaglan Bar
New Northwane
San
Mountey Teers
Sabana
Kes
Reservices
St Pauls Church
Thes Thaspital
Robert We Besusta
Angle Mac Wolt
bHindte's
Thevorthwest Notte
Dapartad
Son Bers Hook Fen Plymvuch
Attesians
Eel -D Street
Gallows at Kenk's Opera House in Rainy Execution
Jackson Ga dispatch reports William Turner a negro preacher was hanged after admitting inciting a race riot and shooting to death Jesse Singley. In a rare public execution at a theater the crowd gathered, cards limited admission, and Turner spoke of peace with God before the drop fell. The sheriff moved the scene to the opera house due to rain and crowd pressure.
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Jackson Ga
New York
William Turner
Kenk
Turner
Jesse Singley
Singley
Opera House
Sheriff
Mister Singley
Turner confession sparks celebrations and racial tensions
Friends and relatives loudly congratulate Turner after his confession. The convicted man, influential in the race, is linked to inciting aggression by negroes against whites during the trial. Three of his sons are jailed in Atlanta awaiting trial for the same crime. they were moved to Atlanta to avoid lynching if kept locally.
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Singley
Turner
Atlanta
Grangers for La Follette Statement From Campaign Headquarters
A La Follette statement from Progressive Republican headquarters notes nationwide endorsements and strength estimates for the senator. An Orange State Kalamazoo dispatch lists tallies: Follette 31, Roosevelt 75, Taft 63, Wilson 10, Harmon 2. Farm Journal tracks 1912 votes: Follette 243, Roosevelt 131, Taft 9.
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Orange
Kalamazoo
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Follette
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harmon
The
Farm Journal
Liquor Fight to Congress Cloning Session Debated
Dissension marked the cloning session of the national conference on interstate liquor traffic at Cavalry Baptist Church. Delegates failed to agree on stopping liquor shipments into dry areas. a three hour debate ended with a committee to draft a bill for Congress. The appointed panel includes former Gov Hanty Senator McCumber Gov Mann Rep Morris Shepard Rep Webb Rev A J Barton and others.
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National Conference
Cavalry Baptist
Congress
Hanty
McCumber
Mann
Virginia
Morris Sheppard
Webb
A. J. Barton
Mary D. Ellla
F. Crafts
B.C. Dinwiddle
Aldwell
Senator Curtis
F. & Jackson
Health Office Record Births And Deaths Listed
Health office record shows numerous births with names of parents and a girl or boy born to each couple. The deaths include William Burhans 76, Robert Padgett 76, Florence Wells 33, Thelma Helionimu 6 months, Mary E B Brooks 1704 Vt, and others across DC area hospitals and residences with ages ranging from infant to elderly.
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Wiliam W. Burhans
4Th St
Stanton Square
Robert Z. Padgett
St. Se
Willam Fimis
Clarence G. Reynolds
Washington Inn
Capitol St
Harding B. Littlepage
Lanier
New Labor Party Aims to Free Labor Movement
A Battle Creek man urges Samuel Gompers to join a new national labor organization free from strikes, coercion, and violence. Charles W. Post pledges $250,000 to back the movement and invites Gompers to Battle Creek for a conference with National Association of Trades and Workers chief J. W. Bride. The telegram denounces intimidation and claims many workers want steady year round employment and an end to strike driven “bribe” leadership.
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Gompers
Charles W. Post
Mich
National Organization of Workingmen of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Bride
National Association of Trades and Workers
Post
Striking Jury Defies Judge In McDermott Will Case
In St Louis on December 15 the jury in the McDermott will case returned a verdict for Mrs. Mary Farrington against Rev. Father John White rector of Holy Innocents Church executor of Bridget McDermott's estate. The jury rejected Circuit Judge Withrow's instruction and found undue influence by the priest leading to the will's terms, costing Farrington $1.
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McDermott
James E. Withrow
Mary Farrington
Father John White
Holy Innocents Catholic Church
Bridget McDermott
Public to Dominate Would Amend Sherman Law
New York speech at Republican Club dinner features Henry Stimson urging federal incorporation to regulate interstate business. He calls for an administrative bureau to oversee corporations, protect the public, and reduce reliance on State price controls, while opposition to repealing the Sherman Law is noted. Griggs and Taft praised. Stimson cites Hamilton and stresses vigilant, nonpolitical reform.
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Taft
New York
Henry J. Stimson
Republican Club
New York City
Stimson
Otto T. Barnard
John W. Griggs
United States
Charles D. Norton
Theodore A. Hingham
Simon Guggenheim
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Francis ¥. Greene
Francis Hendricks
Stimgon
Hamilton
Alaxander Hamilton
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Burglars get a six month respite notice
A Chicago morning paper carries a personal notice from A. L. Lynn advertising manager of a large mail order house. The note to burglars and second story workers asks for a six month pause to accumulate new valuables after three visits to the writer’s apartments.
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A. L. Lynn
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