Arctic explorer Cook abandons coast as Sleepy suspect fumbles truth
Charles Wake, an insurance backer of Dr Frederick Cook, says he believes Cook deceived supporters amid denunciations and threats. Wake describes fleeing to avoid investigators, aiding the doctor and wife, and keeping original records secure at the Gramatan Hotel while plans to travel to Europe were discussed for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Charles Wake
Frederick
Cook
Wake
Hotel Gramatan
Mingtens
Europe
Copenhagen
Lonsdale
Beieve
Thm
Capt
Loose
Gramatan
Wakegata
Nim Gated Liston
Central Hotel
Fred Hunter
Marie
Mra Cook
Funeral notices and a tangled diary drama unfold
A string of death notices appears with December dates for several individuals, followed by a lengthy, tangled account of Dr Cook and secretary Lonsdale’s escape plans. It details shadowing by detectives, travel to Copenhagen, diversions, and alleged letters, ending with a December cable about Mrs Cook.
Unclear multi-paper notices mix marriage and death items
Fragmentary OCR shows marriage and death notices dated to various papers including The Washington Port and others. Readable names or dates are missing, with garbled phrases and incomplete publication references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pipers Commmath
Enquirer
Kesbure Tepsteh
Aay
Reed Herald Provdeace Journal c “Tut Piin Dealer
Rochester Wereld Roy Tk Tames
St Louis Hepubte
Poon Gate
St Paul Timesi Tres
Barda Corner
Simecase Post Standard
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Philadelphia Snowbound as 11 Inch Storm Paralyzes Rail
A brutal 11 inch snowfall cripples Philadelphia and surrounding areas, halting steam and trolley traffic for hours. Trains from Chicago and New York are delayed or held, several cars derail, and eight trains are trapped at Frazer. Eight trains and multiple routes canceled, with widespread milk and newspaper delivery disruption and temperature plunges causing several deaths from exposure. New York City and environs face similar shutdowns, with major service crippled, dozens of shoveling crews deployed, and ships impacted in the harbor. Three fatalities attributed to exposure occur in the city and surrounding communities as relief efforts struggle to restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
PenteyWania Railroad Company
Frazer
Chicago
New York
Manhattan
Washington
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
Focal Street Radio Company
New York City
Itg
Bern
Beo
To- Say
Trafic
Houth and
West
Pennsylvania Railroad
Points West
Gale and Tide Wave on Coast Slows Vessels amid Wreck Risks
A southbound gale anchored off Woods Hole forced the steamship to proceed toward New York as tugs prepare for docking due to lack of anchorage. The 1899 Portia storm was deemed mild by Winthrop observers compared with today’s gale. Widespread wire service outages hit southeastern New England while wireless linked Cape Cod. Railroads and street cars faced heavy delays and city lights dimmed or failed in Cambridge, Somerville, Lynn, Brockton, Providence, Fall River, and New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Havana
Woods Hole
New York
Winthrop
Portiana
New England
Providence
Fall
River
Newport
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Brockton
Heston
Massachusetta
Rhodereland
Mose
Cambridge
Sornmerville
Lynn
Prévidence
Fatt River
Health Office Record Deaths Obscure Names and Ages
The health office records multiple death notices listing names such as Margaret Baker James Dyvell Charon Bherwood Margarette Hirth William Garner Helen Briggs Mara Jordan Paxton Brockeltle Wilson Morton and others with ages ranging from 1 to 85 years. Locations include streets and cities with garbled OCR text making full details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret V Baker
James EB Dyvell Boo
Charon
Bherwood
Pinkston
Kat Nc
Wiliam x Garerel
Indane
Seare
Margarette Hirth
Helen
Briggs
Higel
Teal
Williass
Benn
Mara
Jordan
Providence
Mosphal
Urgatie L Morton
Longistiow
Teomar el
Jones Se
Jonard Saunder
Celunioin Serrace Ate
Om Street
Ant Tloviviona
Sunn
Wisington
Ruesalt
Baward Gases
Storm Damage Mounts After Oporto Floods
Dispatches from Lisbon report extensive storm damage in Oporto and northwest Spain. Rivers such as the Esle and Orbige rose high, flooding hamlets and sweeping several out to sea. Hundreds of shepherds sought refuge in trees for days with no food as missing people are feared drowned. King Manuel began inspections of the affected regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oporto
Madrid
Boada
Esle
Orbige
Leon
Lisbon
Manuel
Drifts fill railway cuts as heavy snow paralyzes travel
A major snowstorm blanketed Baltimore and surrounding counties, halting train service on major lines toward Philadelphia. Two Pennsylvania Railroad trains moved toward Pollagelphic but stalled near Elkton as drifts up to two feet blocked tracks. Ground snow reached about a foot before gusty winds created renewed drifts, isolating road and telegraph services and delaying pilots northbound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Vec
Philadelphi
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pollagelphic
Elkton
Cecil County
Morgan Sells His Roads Unification Plan For Chicago Transport
Chicago report states Morgan interests sell stocks and bonds of several street railway firms to Chicago promoters. A new umbrella company, Chicago City and Connecting Railways, forms to unify surface and elevated lines at an estimated 70 million dollars. Ira M. Cobe leads the deal with Morgan reps in New York. Chicago figures include James B. Forgan John J. Mitchell Samuel Insull and John A. Spoor. Negotiations spanned eight days ending at a New York conference last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Etocke
Chicago Street Railway
J Pierpont Morgan
New York
Chicago City Railway
Calumat and South Chicago Railway Company
Hammond and East Chicago Railway Company
Southern Street Railway Company
Chicago City and Connecting Railways Company
Chicago Railwaya
Consolidated Traction Companies
Ira M Cobe
Pres Dent
Arnets Repuzation Company
James B Forgan
First National Bank
John J Mitchell
Hitness Trust and Savings Bank
Samuel Insal
Commonwealth Edison Company
John A. Spoor
Union Stock Yarda and Transit Company
Morgan
J P Morgan, Jr
Charles HE Steele
Ira M Coke
H EK Bolnot
Thomas E. Mitten
Miss De Voie Sues For $100000 In Defamation Case
Private life claims and fraud suit involve dancer Miss De Voie alleging promises of marriage by Bronk Jay Gould and statements by Mrs Edna Slayback. She adds a new $100000 action for slender to impact her reputation, naming Slayback & Co. members and Broadway figures in New York.
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Washington
Storm Halts Trains Cut Northeast Rail Lines
Rail lines from New York to Baltimore remained blocked for over 24 hours as a blizzard disrupted tracks and telegraph service. Northbound trains to union stations were delayed or rerouted while Southbound services faced indefinite layovers. President Taft planned a New York visit despite travel chaos and streetcar crews worked to maintain limited city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dussari
Washington
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Union
Staton
Seri City
Wastneston
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills Promote Gentle Constipation Relief
Advertising copy touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills as a non irritating laxative that cleanses the liver and stomach, improves digestion, and yields a clear complexion. It claims the pills enrich the blood, do not scour or gripe, and contain no calomel, selling at 3½ cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Minyou
Yale Dramatic Club to Perform London Assurance in Washington
Yale Dramatic Club members, weary yet cheerful, travel from New York to Washington and will stage London Assurance at the New National Theater this afternoon. The troupe improvised a tiny on train bench and rehearsed on arrival, with London Assurance first performed in Meriden and now headed to New Haven for its spring premiere under Mr Gibson’s production.
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Union Station
Presentea
Love Cure
Brooklyn
Ita
Yale
National
Yale Dramstic Club
Washington
New York
London Assurance
New National Theater
Metacroft Hall
Frank Lee Short
Meriden
Conn
Riges
E. Francis Rises
Retub
London Assurances
Freston
Clu
Cotlegs
Blizzard Ends As Snow Drifts Hit Ocean Waters
The holiday blizzard ends as the weather bureau forecasts snow squalls easing. Snow continues overnight in New York and New England while the storm shifts off the Maine coast. Cold air follows with no hint of reaching zero. officials expect crisper weather though no extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christpea
Weather Bureau
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maine
Frankenfeld
Woman Dragged to Death in Keyser Street
Mrs Somerfeld High, wife of a well known Keyser citizen, was found in a helpless condition on a Keyser street. She had been drugged and later died after being taken home and put to bed. Her maiden name was Davy. Body sent to Moorefield Junction for interment.
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Mlle
Somerfield
Keyser
W. Va
Shealer & Th
Washtonton Port
Cumberland
Somerfeld
Citien
Davy
Moorefield Junction
Terlay
Murder of 14 year old James Friel shocks city
The body of James Lawrence Friel 14 was found in a vacant River avenue house with throat cut and multiple knife wounds. Hands and feet bound by ropes. police say the killing may have occurred elsewhere. Sixty five detectives on case with over twenty suspects. father George Friel prominent local merchant. The Epiphany School pupil disappeared December 13 after leaving home for an hour. Police suspect band of thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacial
Washington Post
Pittsburg
James Lawrence Friel
North Side
River Avenue
George F Friel
Young Friel
School of the Epiphany
Friel
Record of Public Benefactions in United States
New York reports total public benefactions over the past twelve months reached 111,250,000, the highest year in U S history, more than double last year after the panic. Major donors include John D Kennedy, John D Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Educational gifts accounted for over a third of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
John D Kennedy
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Tragedy Follows Wedding Postponement in Columbus
Albert Walker, a cabinetmaker, shot and killed Breda Ladute and then killed himself at his Columbus home in front of family members as a wedding had been postponed. Bride-to-be Bufred Kinase and Ludwig witnesses described the tense scene amid plans for a ceremony that never occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ome
Columbia
Ohio
Albert Walker
Breda Ladute
Walker
Ludwig
Olden Rule For Police Embraced By Berkeley Chief
Berkeley California December reports that Chief Vollmer announces the olden rule will be enforced by all officers. No children are to be imprisoned. they are to be taken home or handed to parents for correction. Officers are urged to act as peacemakers rather than asserting authority.
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Chilizen
Berkeley
Cel
Cal
Dec
Vollmer
Galden
Three Shot to Death After Christmas Dance Violence
A Christmas dance near Oldtown Maryland West Virginia area erupted into a gunfight, killing three men including Sampson Dagess and Freeland Henson. The brawl occurred as intoxicated guests clashed, shots fired, and a pistol was drawn from a pocket during the chaos. Local authorities in Cumberland Md reported another stabbing at the same event and difficulty locating a suspect named John Houser. Deputy Sheriff Walter Clay pursued leads but found no arrest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chapmaneville
W Va
Here
Heath
Quist
Sampson R. Dingess
Preeland Dingess
Fredd Henson
Sempson D'ngesé
Henson
Hendon
Sampson Dagess
Cumberland
Christmay
Davia
Oldtown
Willem Plyer
Constable Riper
de Harbaugh
John Houser
Houser
Williamsport
Walter Clay
Modest Burglary at Swan Brothers Store
A robber at Swan Brothers dry goods on King and Pitt streets, Alexandria, forced a cellar window and entered via a furnace register. He took $25 from a cash drawer left after Christmas, leaving $100 behind, and seemingly fled in haste. Police have no leads or crew to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Alexandria
Swan Brothers
King and
Pitt Streets
Charles 13 Swan
Pitt Street
Fac
Town Clock 18 Silent and Other City Notes
The city hall clock tower bell remains silent for weeks due to overhauls and timber renewals with a temporary sound setup likely for Saturday. Christmas day music was echoed in Alexandrian churches as Rev Dr Prettyman spoke at a Methodist gathering. Mrs Annie Roland, 69, died at 427 South Washington. survived by husband Richard and children. Alexandria Council plans a January officers installation with a widows and orphans benefit. An arboriculture examiner exaction at the Federal building seeks eligibles for two Bureau of Plant Industry posts. salaries $560 to $900 yearly.
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Young Peoples
Methodist Eupiscopal Church South
J Prettyman
Annie Roland
Richard No Roland
South
Washington Street
Alex
Andra
Roland
Loudoun County
Alexandria Board of Civil Service Examiners
Federal
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Asheville Without Water After Gale Splits Main Supply
Asheville NC December 2 The citys entire water supply cut off at 8 oclock this morning when a falling tree in a heavy gale tore a severed pipe across the ten inch main bringing water from North Fork ten miles away. The breakage occurred seven miles from Asheville where the pipe crosses a ravine and the cause of the failure was not discovered until 5 oclock this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
North Fork
Tragic Fire and Shooting at Maryland Asylum
James Vox a Maryland asylum worker shot Miss Edith Spence and Mrs Rita Phillips, then set a burning attack in the building causing flames swept by wind. Vox killed himself as flames consumed the quarters, while Miss Phillips died and Miss Spence and others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita~Phillips
Cambridge
Edith Spence
Owings Mills
Gox
Rad Yor
Hummels
Baltimore
Peasing
Conradt Vox
Maryland Asylum
Schoo
Missee Spence
Inst. N
James Vox
Thomas O Reilly
Institution
Vox Mus Phillips
Apme Ote
Mister O'Raidly
Big Steamer in Danger Near Jamestown Old Common Line
Special to The Washington East reports a northwest gale of 62 miles per hour at Cape Henry and heavy seas disrupting shipping. The Old Dominion steamer Jamestown from New York delayed arriving, wireless equipment damaged, passengers frightened. Five houses destroyed in Mount Herman, Portsmouth.
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Jamestown
Washington
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Hampton Roads
Old Dominion
New York
Cave
Henry
Mount Herman
Portsmouth
DROWNED IN TROLLEY CAR CRASH DURING STORM
In Seymour Conn Lee a trolley car jumped a switch by the Neugauthc River during today's storm and plunged down a 40 foot embankment. Motorman Wred Beard and Conductor Marcus Donovan in the forward vestibule were drowned. Passengers include Mice Alvida Petersen of Waterbury and Mr and Mrs Charles Madison of Bacon Falls. two men unnamed. Beard was years old and survived by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery
Staten Island
Limie
Dennison
Joseph Hart
Hrederick BH McDonald
White Plains
Staten Land
Rudolph Carlson
Hudson
Central Park
Seymour Conn Lee
Neugauthc
Beard
Marcus Donovan
Mice Alvida Petersen
Waterbury
Charles Madison
Bacon Falls
Denevan
Famous Kite Flyer William A Eddy Dies in Bayonne Hospital
William Abner Eddy, famed kite inventor and weather observer, died after an October 14 operation for an intestinal obstruction. A Mason and longtime Revenue Office connection, Eddy had predicted motor driven aeroplanes and conducted atmospheric tests for the weather bureau, leaving a notable legacy in kite science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eady
The
Washington Post
New York
William Abner Eddy
Bayonne
Eddy
Weather Bureau
Collector of Revenue
Peiver
Consul Cloud Recall Sparks Japanese Manchuria Report
News from Mukden indicates Frederick Cloud, U S consul, was recalled and may join the State Department in Washington. WD Straight succeeds him in Mukden as Tokyo reports allege Japanese methods in Manchuria influenced the recall. Meanwhile, ship movements include arrivals near New York and Queenstown with various liners and a note on Cardinal Batelli’s deathbed rites in Rome.
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Sen Brancisca
Frederick
United States
Mukden
Manchuris
Washington
State Department
Victoria
Cloud
Manchuria
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Explorer
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Mamer of
Hunter
Twelfth Street
Marshall J Barry Notke
Boston
George W
Maggie Basset
Simi
Ezra
Tate
Arhington Ighason
Susanna
Robert Johnson
Glenwood Cemetery
Rravkin
Gdenton
George L
Nora & Mackin
Georges Lewis Vienkin
Ths
Wansh Chapel
Mi Manan
Mitcan
Aim
Nis
Fourteenth Street
Dennis Hehind
Nelle Stapleton Mallany
Emeral
St Patricks Church
Bethes
Irencs
Mount Olivet
Richardson
Col
D Kinsman
Holly View
Montgomery County
Emeline Matilda
Charles KM Richardson "Hoxton
Maes
Prong
Mount Auburn Bhermood
C W Sher
If Street
Acington
Laure
Inim
Wib
Walleet Northwest
James
Raile
A I Roe
AG Morrison
Priends
Teving Trent
Uvest Po
Zoom
Py Wood
Perth
Thayer Wood
Palmyra
Florence Thayer Smith
Foochion
Clara
Stasnington
Trinity Churet Cor
Net
York
Brooks
Genoa
Stettin
Germany
University
Parkvenue
Thirty-third Street
Mabway
Biseker Street
Br Cook
Jersey City
Harper
Dr Cook
Toronto
Ontario
William Tee
John R Wright
R F Barvey
Thos S. Sergeon
Cain
Stoe
Bain
Thos A Costello
Funsral
Streit Nortreast
Trane Geier’s Sons
Sventh St
Rudera Chapel
Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A
Geo P Zarhorst
Enbalmer
Gapitol
Peene
Whene M. Ta
Ni To-Kalon
Quaker City
Dufts
Pemnsylvania
Haisburg
Baltnnors
Health Office Record
Trama
Ira M. Cobe
Miss DE Voie
Fittsburg
North
Tom
Baltimore and Annapolis
Baltimore and Ohio
Fishmay
Taft
American Historical Association
American Economic Society
Carnegie Hall
White House
Eugeny Teupe
Wood
Streste
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Eli
Snowboard
Dorn Hot
Boy Sound
Fin
Gire
West Vironia
Alixininn
Alexandria Council
Order of United American Mechanes
St Ip
Order
Atver
Teamster
Vox
Philip
Miss Spence
Jesala
Reilly
Keating
Yox
Phililps
CLOWD
KEW Post
Multen
Qusemitosa
Caltic
Tamir See Sark
la Towmine
Sutdli
Rome
Cardinal Batelli
Wiakigus
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