Eliot Addresses Southern Educational Conference in Charlotte
Dr Charles W Eliot emeritus of Harvard spoke at the Southern Educational Conference in Charlotte, arguing education shapes the modern business world. He noted Harvard's growth including the graduate school of business administration and urged a rigorous, knowledge rich approach to enterprise.
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Harvard School of Busines Administration
Charlotte
N. C
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard College
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Ugiuus
Harvard
Togk Occa von O
Harvard Waduate School of Bisdnessi-Admiolatra
Enatera Ok
Thia
Fever Ravages Montreal City Health Officials Contend Causes
Montreal reports a typhoid outbreak with 31 new cases and 2 deaths this week raising the total to over 1 000. Officials blame the water supply as hospitals reach capacity and consider opening temporary facilities to handle the surge.
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Montreal
Eity
Cold Wave Hits Virginia Ends Winter Chill Across State
Intense frost from Shenandoah to Norfolk blankets the region with the coldest weather of the season. Snow in Norfolk and drifting up rail lines threaten train schedules. Temperatures fall to near zero with slippery streets and halted travel noted statewide.
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Norfolk
The
Washington Post
Winchester
Shenandeah
Rayanew
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Mee
Nor
Eighteen Dead of Cancer In One Family
Earl Cole of Wy Hook is the eighteenth member of his family to die of cancer, passing at his mother's home. The obituary notes the lineage to Charles Cole and Frederic Cole, detailing a history of illness and the impact on relatives including an uncle who ran the county railroad and another who worked as an engineman.
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vTlagerstown
Mac
Earl Cole
Frederick Cole
Wy Hook
Aries Celt
Oakington County
Balmore and Ghlo Railroad
Frederic Cots
Charles ‘Ola
Earl
Baltimore
Barge and Crew Safe After Drift From Christmas Storm
Nortol Virginia to Seton Roads report says the barge Badger of Searsport Maine, adrift from the steamer Hay State during a Christmas storm, was picked up by the Dutch steamer Ramassa and brought to port. Six crew members were exhausted but unharmed after enduring a harrowing voyage at sea. News item from Washington Post also notes the death of tobacco buyer Burch of Estelle South Carolina. Separate local society notes record the engagement of Dees, a death, and a wedding of Fitzwilliam Alleep Cox daughter of Joshua Cox.
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Dee
Badger
Searsport
Ner
Hay State
Jplyat J
Christ Hile
Lynn
Mas
Seton Roads
Ramassa
Royal Dutch
New York
Trinidad
Farmarihs
LIQUT. J. F. BELL WEDDED IN WASHINGTON PA
Lieut James Franklin Bell US Army stationed in Washington DC wed Miss Ena Halley daughter of Mrs Henry T Bailey at the Methodist Protestant Church Washington. Rev C F Wilbur Pittsburgh assisted by Rev George S Sheppard Washington and Rev J Prcher First Baptist Church Watlington. Maid of honor Miss Inez Batty bride's sister. Groom attended by Prof A A Hays Mecormick Theological Seminary Chicago. Ushers Capt W A Mitchell Wheeling WV Lieut W T Tyler Wheeling WV T Dad Pittsburg and John Denny Washington. After Feb 1 the couple will reside in Washington DC.
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Washington,Pa
Ena
Halley
Henry T. Bailey
Beau Street
James
Franklin Bell
Washington, D
C.F. Wilbur
Pittsburg
George 5. Shepzard
Methodist
Tyler
Wheeling
W. Va
Dad
John Denny
Washington
East
Washington, D. C
Morgan Host Of Bishops To Entertain Episcopal Prelates
The Washington Post reports J Pierpont Morgan will host visiting Episcopal bishops at the Dalivay or Mc Donald mansion in Cincinnati for a week during the church convention next October. Sherry, last Friday in Cluckioad, praised the planned residence, and Morgan will bring a chef and cooks with provisions for the event. Rockefeller suggested Dalvay as the suitable venue.
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Ohto
Louis Slberry
Port
Tharge
Dalvayi
Alexander McDonial
J. Pierpont Morgan
Eplasogat
Sherry
Dalvs
Morgan
Mc Donald -Mansion
Joyni D. Rockéfélier
Chi¢liault
Rockefeller
Woman Seeks Rockefeller Money At Home in New York
An elderly woman claims possession of seven hundred thousand dollars from the Rockefeller family fund. She says she has written daily seeking the money and planned to visit Packard or Hill to collect it. A visitor named Steinberger spoke briefly, then the woman left after waiting in the cold.
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Rockefeller
New York
Rockefalter
Hin
Yeatarday
Zam
Sala
Waa Steinberger
Counterfeiting Ring Busted in Brownsville Seizure
Secret Service agents arrested Abraham Bergman Oscar Gluckman and Getuel Schmid for operating a counterfeiting plant. A hydraulic press and dies for 10 and 2 cent pieces were seized at Bergman’s Brownsville home. Schmid nicknamed the cutting dia Waker and Gluckman the engraver, with Bergman identified as the financier.
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Presa
Washington
New York
Abraham Bergman
Oscar “Gluckman
Getuel Schmid
Secret Service
United States
Benedict
Bergman
Brownsville
Service
Daliverait
D'Selcome
Gehmid
Dia Waker
Ghd Gluckman
al Free Grewald
Vanderbilt Grandchild III In Serious Condition At Idle Hour
Four year old granddaughter of Mrs Winthrop Sands of Sayville is reported seriously ill after convulsions. W K Vanderbilt sent four physicians to Oakdale to consult on the case at Idle Hour, where the child is at the Vanderbilt estate. The father died in a European automobile accident about two years ago. The gates were closed and telephones cut, but later reports said the child was improving.
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Winthrop Sands
Wantlngton
Sayville
Long Island
W. K. Vanderbilt
Oakdale
Winthrop Bands
Europe
Tle Hour
Idle Hour
Ifa
FOREIGN LANGUAGES OPPOSED AT COLLEGE COURSES
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University urged excluding foreign languages from college curricula at a meeting of the Modern Language Association. He argued German French and other modern languages have little practical use for the majority of college and university teachers and questioned their grounds for continued study.
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Schurman
Univ Equity
Jacob Gould Seturman
Corell University
America
Dock Lease Row Tangles Mayor Allies and Hyde
New York December 23. Mayor McClellan and former ally Charles H Hyde face charges over a plan to lease North River docks 16 and 17 to Mallory Steamship Line for 61000 a year while another bidder offered 57660. Hyde, tied to Mallory officials, prompts questions of undue influence by Dock Commissioner Spooner. The sinking fund commission meeting halted the lease and hinted at Spooner's possible removal.
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York
New York
McClellan
Charles H. Hyde
Hlect
North’ River
Tt. Was
Hyde
Mallory Ting
McCiellan
Spooner
Sinking Fund Commission
Acer
Virginia Weddings Report From The Nation
Special to The Washington Post details two wedding notices and arrests in Virginia. It notes marriages of Rev Dr Purman Martin and Mrs Guernant Lynch plus other unions, with mention of a colonial motel ceremony and a fine and jail time for a 30 day sentence linked to a separate incident in Grenge county.
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Jackias
Washington Post
United States
Titans Demonstra
Chartottesville
Hubert Jackson Matis
Aleded
Mount Gilead
Simone
James Ander
Coe
AG Crgude
Stigtsrel
Grenge
Sand
Purman
Martin
Guesie
Guernant Lynch
J. P. Guernant
Ernest W. Howard
Blantyre
British Central Africa
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Wilking
Woolls Estate Probate and Virginia Charters Noted
The Woolls will, probated in Alexandria, names William Woolls as executor and splits the estate of about 333,000 among widow and three children. Virginia Charters: Buen Sense and Train Control Company and Lang Supply Company receive charters with specified capital ranges. Funeral notices cover the Woolls family, Mackall’s leg injury, and Emma Wright's service in Alexandria and Washington.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Treet
Alexandria
Wiliam P. Woolls
William Wools
Woolla
Chidren
Mary Elizabeth ‘Woolls
Rosa
Woolls Baggett
William ‘Woails
Virginia
Virginia Corporation
Commission
Buen Sisnat and Train
With
Mina Wright
Misa Emma Wright
Washngton
Wheatley
Joseph R. Sevier
Buriel
Pellagra Serum Isolated By Durham Doctors Experiment
Reports from Durham describe two local physicians isolating the pellagra germ in pigs and attempting to trace transmission from human patients. A minister, Rev. Dr. J. Foster, will leave Taft Street Presbyterian in Petersburg for a Birmingham pastorate after his final sermon. Raleigh Court Corporation gains Roanoke incorporation to develop 28 acres with officers Lovell, Woods, Gregory and directors including Shriver Aperson White Smith. A Georgia-bound Augusta County incident sees Mrs Yount suffer severe burns from a kitchen fire. Lancaster County shortens partridge season to January 16 while state law outlines county power to set terms. Community events record a St Johns banquet hosting Staunton officials and church officers.
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J. Foster
First Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Ala
Taft Street Presbyterian Church
Petersburg
Raleigh Court Corporation
Roanoke
Oafficera
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John Quitman ‘Lovell
Baltimore
Jamoa P. Woods
D. Gregory
Bedford City
George M. Shriver
R. D. Apperson
Lynchburg
W. F
Burroughs Died at Home in Asheville North Carolina
Dr Jimien A Burroughs president of the North Carolina State Medical Society died at his home in Asheville after ten days illness. He was born near Leesville in Haywood County about fifty years ago. He is survived by his wife and two brothers and six sisters.
Fire near Manassas sparks two lurking men
Special to The Washington Post reports a frame house at Bloom near Manassas Virginia owned by Peyton Johnson was burned with inhabitants escaping through snow. Two white men were seen prowling the premises before the blaze and a gasoline can was found nearby. Two children burned to death in a prior week fire are noted in Norton Vermont and Sumoti Mississippi entries with uninsured losses estimated around 11,000 and 4,000 dollars.
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Washington Fost
Manassas
Dee
Bloom
Peyton Johnson
Johnaen
Jobhanna
Philadelphia
George Robert
Bunting
al.Belas Nerry
Navy rifle range site favored by Virginia Beach backers
The Virginia state military board, after failing to decide on a 10 acre site for a rifle range, appears set to approve the Virginia Beach location. Col W W is named adjutant general, with Mann awaiting election timing and Judge Mand asauries' successor taking office in about six weeks. Clifton Weight of Norfolk named assistant adjutant general.
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New Military Board
Virginie Beach
Wagttvatgn
Norfolk
State Military ‘Board
Wiew
Virginia Beach
W.w.'i
Virginia
Mann Aleats
Stilches
Leo
Senate
Mand Asauries
Clifton L. Weight
Western Maryland plans to extend line to connect with Pittsburgh lines
Washington and Baltimore capitalists advocate a large coal development in West Virginia. The plan, involving reorganization and a proposed Cumberland Maryland to New Haven Pennsylvania link, would connect to the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line, enabling Baltimore access to vast western coal lands and potentially 9000 to 71000 acres for development.
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Washington Peat
Baltimore
Rockefeller
Asrents
Maryignit
Propone
West Virginia
Cumberland
New Haven
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Maryland
West
Grafton Lodge Officer Charged With Embezzlement
Secretary of Grafton Lodge faced embezzlement charges after an audit showed funds received between April 1, 19 and November 2, 19 totaled 1,749.10 but 2 accounts show 2, calculate, and only 1,749.10 turned over to treasurer Charles W. Brinkman. Warthen, the secretary, claimed auditing errors and bond was provided by William V. Clack.
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Grafton Lodge
Charles W. Brinkman
Wiliam v. Clack
Warthen
Ex-Police Lieutenant Seeks Damages After Dismissal
John J. Treber former lieutenant of police who was dismissed by Mayor George A Kean but reinstated by the city council after an investigation today filed a suit for damages against landwehr Cumberland Md. Dec 2 The action stems from a claim that Treber solicited a bribe prior to the November election Mayor Kean says the charge was based on Landwehr statements The council had vindicated Treber at a hearing but Chief Flanagan refused to obey orders to restore him.
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George A. Itean
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Agaihat
George D. Landwehr
Cimberland i
Kean
Landwehr
Thaber
TrisBer
Flanagan
Arrest follows her suit in two actions of affections
New York dispatch reports a domestic troubles case ending in the arrest of Mrs Jane H Parker wife of Wall Street banker Joanallay Parker. She was released on 1000 bail as hearings proceed amid claims of criminal libel and perjury in divorce-related affidavits. Parker countersued for divorce naming Mrs Bilis and others over alienation of affection and improper conduct.
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Mra
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Joanallay Parker
Wall Street
Parker
Myre
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Hilly
Vienna
Bilis
Hughand
Barre
Delaplane Zilla
Philadelphia
Bila
Elia
Chattaliongas
Court of Appeals DC session binds many attorneys in unclear docket
A dense legal record lists judges and attorneys including Dutton, Perry, Baker, Dunlop, and others across cases in criminal court probate and bankruptcy. The document references Supreme Court of the District of Columbia proceedings, estate matters, and January 4, 1918 calendar items with attendance by multiple law firms and officials.
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United Cigar Store Company
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Western Maryland News Update on Cumberland Marriages
Seventeen marriage licenses were issued at Cumberland on Tuesday as part of a local notice listing property parcels and purchasers. The record names several individuals and properties across multiple streets including Thirteenth Street Northeast and Fourth Street Northeast, noting trustees and local firms involved in transfers and registrations.
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Teresa Lang
Thomay B. O'Dee
Ty Bawerd
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McCollam
Aucare
Wardington Loken and Trust Company
Trustes
Ag Fewls and
Cartora
Willson
Kenarey ‘& Days Co
Abe
Deeds of Trust and Property Notices in Old Ledger
Fragmentary details of deeds of trust and property security across multiple squares and lots, listing parties such as Walter Sane, Harnan Marvers, Jake J. Pagan, and others. Mentions of serial buildings, square numbers, and sums like 8000 dollars, 1882.06, and various trust arrangements. Includes court and damage cases against railways, and a Danville Va marriage license anecdote.
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Bovard Usteorsit
Pia
Ana’ Walter Sane
Harnan Marvers
Square
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Harrie C
Ausby
Jona
Cub
Robert Camp
Silwaukes Trust
Searia Sears
Joseph le Atblog
Rewari
Akin
Wilear
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Pat Joe
Fi Demaltioos
Qaaragen
Blebara
Harry i
Ren
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Charles i
Swarnsell
Alex
T. Hanser
Hoimeat
Sarah J. Lindeau
Halon Garingy
Tush
Amer
Amer. Seat Becarity and ‘Trust- Compas
Allan B. Welter
Gamuel T. Kalkfus
Wiles J.flabhe
Allcun
Atlas
Joan Mr. Jane
Eembannaly
Young man slain in family murder case hours after arrest
A man aged 18 shot and killed his brother in law Arthur Howard at the Carleton home. Howard, a former special police officer, was killed after entering despite warnings. John Carleton his wife and son Stewart were arrested following the shooting as the elder Carleton reportedly gave orders.
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Bristel
Brigtel
Supert Carleton
Arthur Howard
Special ‘Police
Howard
Carlatons
Carletons
Carlaton
Highoves
Carleton
F Howard
Resignation forgery shocks Charleston council
A forged telegram purportedly resigning Councilman John W. Cook was presented December 18 as proof of his departure. The West Virginia University student and dry faction member had voted against liquor reform. An investigation begins to trace the telegram and identify who forged it.
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W.va
Dee
John W. ‘Cook
Cook
West Virginia University
Willan MacCorkie
J. W. Cook
Two Eloping Sisters Marry En Route in Virginia
In Suffolk Virginia on December 20 two sisters, Sallie Jana Emma Preston of Isle of Wight County, eloped with their sweethearts William Little and George Pulley. A merchant, urged by the story, kept his store open late and supplied wedding suits as the couple traveled toward Gatesville. They were married in Gatesville the next morning.
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Sufolk
Sallie Jana Emma Preston
Tale of Wight County
William ‘Little Eng George Pulley
Gatesville
Uarter
Hough
Virginia Obituary Notices Include Several Local Residents
In Richmond Virginia Captain Henry B. Fitzhugh, a six year railroad foreman, retired recently and died suddenly in his room tonight leaving two children and three brothers. Also listed are the death of Mrs Lacy Morton of Spottaylvants County at 85 with two brothers and three sisters surviving. Mrs Taylor of Ivy in Albemarle County dies after widowhood, with two children noted. George N. Walker of Charlottesville dies after a lingering illness at 35, survived by wife and three children.
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Dec
Tay Tor
J. B. Taylor
Ivy
Snead
Alberarié
George N. Walker
Comiskey Cuts Squad Shakes Up Chicago Team
Special to The Worhington Post reports Comiskey reduced his recruit group today by selling four players to the San Francisco club. Players named include Warring a catcher from Guthrie, Stewart a pitcher from Holston Miller another pitcher and Fisnagan an outfielder Helder who had roles on the construct.
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Worhingtom
Chicago
Comiskey
San Brancisco
Guthrie
Stewart
Holston
Miller
Fisnagan
Helder
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