Sheehan Declares Downward Tariff Revision for Senate Run
William F. Sheehan in a Buffalo oriented letter to Mayor Burhmann announces his candidacy for the United States Senate as the Depew seat nears expiration. He pledges independence from masters, supports a bona fide tariff cut, and urges sober policy in line with the last Democratic state platform. He aims to balance peace efforts with practical national questions, stressing that Congress should act with broad patriotism.
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New York
William F. Sheehan
United States Senate
Louis F. Burhmann
Buffalo
Sheehan
Depew
Congrese
New York Democrats Eye Senate Race and Independent Mass Meeting
Edward M. Shepard and James W. Gerard lead possible candidacies amid calls for independence from party pressure. Other contenders include D. Cady Herrick, J. Sergeant Cram, Daniel F. Cohalan, and William F. Sheehan. A mass meeting is planned for January 7 with Gaynor presiding and Henry George as secretary, inviting governors and leaders to share views on the election of New Yorks senator to join Elihu Root in Washington.
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New Yorker
Depew
National Senate
Wiliam Church Osborn
Edward M. Shepard
Senate
New York
Shepard
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Sheehan
Supreme Court
James W. Gerard
D. Cady Herrick
J Sergeant Cram
Daniel F. Cohalan
Cram
Cohalan
Tammany Hall
Herrick
Supreme Secure
Justice Gerard
Mr Shepard
William F. Sheehan
Alton B. Parker
Assembly
Sheehan
New York State
Gaynor
Henry George
Dix
Wilson
New Jersey
Plaisted
Maine
Foss
Massachusetts
Harmon T
Ohio
Ehu Root
Washington
Wright May Enter Contest in Senate Fight
Gen Luke Wright former Secretary of War is quoted saying he may get in the game as an opponent of Senator Frazier when the legislature convenes in January. Gov Hooper says he will not seek the presidency but may face renewed pressure over a Washington bid.
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Nashville
Tenn
Luke Wright
Wright
Frazier
Erect Hooper
Hooper
Washington
Funeral Homes and Embalmers Directory Listings
A dense advertisement page listing multiple funeral directors and embalmers with their firms addresses contact numbers and chapel facilities. Frank Geier s Sons Speare Zurhorst William Lee John R Wright Co Harvey s Sons Sardo & Co Sergeen Costello Pumphrey & Son and other undertakers are shown with on site chapels and livery connections plus telephone numbers and street addresses across Washington DC and Maryland locales.
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Frank Geier
Seventh ST. NW
W. R. Speare
F Street
King
Frank A Speare
Mer
Hones Main
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
G. J. William Lee
Maryland
Jeanne Reckville
Elopers of Senator Taylor's Son Enter Union Home
Robert Love Taylor Jr son of Senator Taylor of Tennessee elopes with Lila Tolley after leaving Georgia Tech. The couple married in Washington after a hasty ceremony arranged by friends. They plan to live in Nashville as Mr. Taylor pursues a business path.
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Georgia Institute
Wilk
Robert Love Taylor, Jr
Senator Taylor
Tennessee
Columbia
Taylor
Miss Tolley
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Lorton
Washington
Nashville
Wedding Secret Revealed in Washington
Special to The Washington Post Richmond report details the secret July wedding of Charles Hubert Martin the secretary to U S Senator Lee S Overman and Annie Lou McGuire of Smithfield North Carolina. The couple traveled through Richmond on their honeymoon after the ceremony.
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H. Martin
Senator Overman
Washington Post
Richmond
Charles Hubert Martin
Smithfield
N. C
Martin
United States
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Annie Lou
Richard Henry McGuire
Mr Loeb Not a Jew Lecture Sparks Virginia Interest
In Richmond on December 2 a rabbi announced he will lecture at Beth Ahabah Synagogue titled Mr Loeb Not a Jew. The talk follows the recent rebuff to Collector Loeb by the Union League of New York over his Jewish identity and his subsequent denial. Local Jewish citizens, especially in Richmond, show keen curiosity about the handling of the issue.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Loeb
Union League of New York
E. N Callish
South
Beth Ahabah
Mr. Lohe
Banker Robin Indicted in $90000 Bank Larceny Case
New York December 29. Grand jury indicts Joseph Robin on larceny for $90,000 taken from Washington Savings Bank where he was president. He is held on $25,600 bail while mental competency is examined. he is technically insane per court order. Prosecutors say evidence shows transfers connected to Fidelity Development and Title and Guarantee Co. Local doctors began examinations to assess his mental state.
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New York
Grand Jury
Joseph Robin
Washington Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Northern Bank of New York
Robin
Louise Robinovitch
Forhorrow
Justice Amend
Robinovitch
Whitman
Jerome
Wiliam Travers Jerome
Wobin
Supreme Court
Austin Flint
William B. Mabon
Manhattan
Frederick K. Morris
Fidelity Development Company
Title and Guarantee Company
Rochester
N. Y
Aetna Indemnity Company
Anthony Stumpf
William V. Lomax
Wade
Banking and Insurance Dept Probe Ties to Aetna Case
State Banking Superintendent O H Cheney reports examiners found extensive kiting at Northern Bank during a combined probe into Robin owned interests and Aetna Indemnity. Nine branches were examined two days before insurance officials began their inquiry. Federal and Comptroller of the Currency observers joined Riverside branch findings, and irregularities were promptly detected by bank examiners. The superintendent forwarded the facts to the district attorney for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banking Department
Insurance Department
Aetna Indemnity Company
Robin
O. H. Cheney
Surance Department
Riverside
Acta
Federal Examiner
Banks
Bryan Fears Discord in Baltimore Diner Plans
William J. Bryan informs Albert L. Almanay he cannot attend the Jackson day celebration in Baltimore on January 17. He hesitates to send a letter read at the event to avoid discord, noting the party’s platform remains satisfactory and that recent events have vindicated several planks.
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Baltimore
Lincoln
Nebr
William J. Bryan
Albert L. Almanay
Bryan
Two Held On Murder Charge In Virginian Slaying
Michael J. Garland and his son M J Garland Jr both arranged arrest in the Phoebus killing of Jessie Banks a colored woman whose body was found on a vacant lot. Blood trail led to the Garland room where the woman had lived with him for two years. Throat marks indicated choking and other wounds showed beating.
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Hampton
Washngton
Michael J. Garland
M. J. Garland, Jr
Jessie Banks
Banks
Phoebus
Deoot
M. J. Garland
Sixteen Die in Morewood Lake Ice Plant Boiler Explosion
Pittsfield Mass December 29 sixteen workers were killed when a boiler exploded at the Morewood Lake Ice Company plant two miles south of town. Twelve died instantly, three died later in hospital, and twelve were injured. Senator Winthrop Crane led a relief subscription with $500 as residents and officials organized aid for families and injured workers. State police and local officials investigated the blast, noting prior boiler inspections and repairs.
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Ice Company
Morewood Lake
Mass
Senator Crane
Pittsfield
Morewood Lake Ice Company
House of Mercy
William Dunn
George Ward
Edgar Allen
Leo Termandz
M. F. Smith
Wyatt Moore
Wiliam Peppon
Alfred Bence
Frederick Rutheree
Elmer Eldridge
John Raymond
James McNa~lus
George Houghtaling
Joseph Gallego
Obelino Gallego
A. H. McNeill
Massachusetts
William 4. MacInnis
United States
Winthrop Murray Crane
Dalton
Here
Ie Ee
Shand & Leshure
North Adams
Shand
Metropolitan plan for reorganization of street railway
A joint bondholders committee filed Dec 29 with the public service commission a plan to reorganize the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, under receiver since 1907. It proposes a new corporation taking over about 126 million in assets and liabilities, with 10 million in new capital raised by assessment. Injury claim holders may participate in the readjustment on equal terms with bondholders but are not liable for assessments.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Licensed to Marry in Various Counties
A list of proposed marriages includes Aubrey B. Carter and Charlotte M Benson of Gaze VA with Rev J M Little. Harry C. Lantz and Sacha E. Slenker of Dallastown PA with Rev G Z Hunnicutt. Reginald Boardman and Carrie Louises Munn with Rev Roland Cottonsmith. Giuseppe Corradi and Anna Cavallon with Rev N Vazelli. Joseph R. Comer and Nita Embrey with Rev J B Hunnicutt. Hubert O Brown and Marie E King with Rev James Robinson. Arthur Patterson and Estelle Beaty with Rev John H Joboron. and Phearsop and Agnes Harris with Rev William J Robinson.
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Aubrey B. Carter
Charlotte M Benson
Gaze
J M. Little
Harry C. Lantz
Dallastown
Sacha E. Slenker
Spry
G. Z. Hunnicutt
Reginald Boardman
Manchester
Masa
Carrie Louises Munn
Roland Cottonsmith
Fannie Silverman
A ‘Oelson
Giuseppe Corradi
Anna Cavallon
N. Vazelli
Joseph R. Comer
Fauquier County
Nita Embrey
Culpeper
J. B. Hunnicutt
Hubert O Brown
Marie E. King
James Robinson
Arthur Patterson
Estelle Beaty
John H. ‘Joboron
Births listed by health office with multiple families
Health office birth record lists numerous newborns by couple names including Lyte L Burrows and Caroline, Michiels, Thomppenn, Rommel, Collier, Spauls, Roberts, Caplan, Fare, Keys, Nassimiz, Schaefer, Jarofollo, Santullo, Rich, Everette, Lawrence, Deville, Weat, and others. Also contains ages and addresses for older deceased or hospitalized individuals and an infant born to George and Lillian Deyble at 46L Washington West.
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Lyte L
Caroline Burrows
Charles W
Ethel L. Michiel
Clarence B
Susie M. Thompenn
George M
Sarah R. Rommel
Thomas R
Anna G. Collier
Walter
Eizabeth Spauls
Yuilten R
Mame R. Roberts
Max E
Freda Caplan
Harry W
Anna F Fare
Charles I
Mary J G Keys
Mary & Datfer
Ralblo
Julia NassMiz
Karl
Julia M Schaefer
Balvatore
Maria Jarofollo
Vincenzo
Embisa Santullo
Oscar
Irene Rich
James
Elizabeth Everette
Marthe Lawrence
George
Lillian Deville
Richard H
Susie A Weat
Doctors See Nine Leprosy Cases At New York Symposium
Nine lepers in varying stages of two forms of the disease were shown at a New York Academy of Medicine lep rosy symposium. Doctors from multiple local institutions observed cases including a negro girl and a Chinese patient, with debate over contagion and transmission. Some officials warned against hysteria while others stressed potential danger, noting leprosy’s higher threat in tropical climates and its remote danger in temperate America.
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New York
Academy of Medicine
Damien
Ontmeann
Bronson
City Hospital
Fischer
Paterson
N. J
G. Howard Fox
Marine Hospital Service
Winfield
Kings County Hospital
N. G. Wyeth
Academy
Ita
United States
Rusey
Chicago
America
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Ameehan
Toc
New York Avenue
Hayet
Tenth Street
Alexandria
Caulfield
James P Caulfield
Adam
Corcoran
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ursula
John S. Corcoran
Dove
James J
Kate A. Devance Young
Klopfer
First Street
Nathan W
Lucy Klopfer
Lerch
William
Margaret B. Lerch
St. John's Lutheran Evangelical Church
Prospect Hill Cemetery
McCarthy
Columbia, Fourteenth and Girard Attesets
Alice
Timothy McCarthy
D. P. McCarthy
Sacred Heart Church
Bonnie Brae
McDermott
Catherine
James Reed
John McDermott
360Th Street
Holy Trinity Church
Ncclellan
Garfield Hospital
James 0. McClellan
Joseph Gawler
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
National Cemetery
Arlington
Meade
Third Street
Christopuer
Estella Meade
Apes
Rock Creek Cemetery
Boston
Smith
Helen B
Marshall L
Mary A. Smith
St Dominic’s Church
Holy Rood Cemetery
Wiber
Dr. Dental Society
Delmer Wiber
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rhone
Chauncey M. Depew
M. J. Falvey
Gia Wow
Elopers
Robert Love Taylor
Robin Bank
Washington Savings Concern
Banker
Albany
On. x
Fredonia Cafe
U. S. Marine Band Orchestra
Masonic Temple
U. S. Treasury
Fredonia Hotel
H Street
N. W
Danenhower
Masonic Temple Plaza
East Hood
Pennsylvania
Jamaica
New England
Kalon Wine
F St
Bryan Fears Discord
Frankfurt
Bremen
Campanello
Rotterdam
Calabria
Naples
Caroline
Havre
Barcelona
Huenos
G. A. White
Penna. Ave
Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
David Cole
Seattle
Cote
Health Office Record
Mary L. Gamble
St. Ne
Martha Whelan
Marta Kroll
Glesboro
Angelo Eppitio
Emergency Hospital
Eugene Michaud
James Campbell
Providence Hospital
Alice Mewarthy
the Columbia
University Pl
Harry M Ferris
Elizabeth L Moore
Hachel Edwards
Fannie Brooks
Barane Warmsey
Ida Frown
Desmond Ct
Ella Dorsey
Tuberculosis Hospital
James T. Walker
Washington Atyium Hospital
Florence Thomas
Wis Ave
Copeland
George and
Lillian Deyble
Waahweston
R. Harris & CO
Shrchi
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