Portugal in Turmoil Prompts Fear of Royalist Rise
Dec. 31 dispatch from Lonmon reports mounting unrest in the new Portuguese republic. Factional clashes threaten stability as moderates clash with revolutionaries, while monarchists may seize a chance amid weapons and explosives in circulation. Government denies revolt but warns of growing tensions and strikes.
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Lonmon
Daily Chronicle
Lisbon
Chronicle Today
New Republic
Mays
Camorra
Portugal
Henhor Bendeira
Paris
Senhor Hendeira
Madeira
Manuel
Woman sues banker for 100000 in Ottawa County
Christina Paul, long a member of banker C J Magee's household in Elmore Ohio, sues wealth banker for 100000 alleging he promised marriage and a deed to property worth 10000 after he induced her to stay in his home since age 12 following Mrs Magee's death in 1890. Magee is a leading Ottawa County citizen.
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Washington Pont
Fremont
Ohio
John H. Magee
Elmore
Christina Paul
Magee
Miss Paul
Cook Thanks Danes Message to Danish People
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the traveler, in an interview with the Nordlyset, the Danish paper in New York, sends thanks to the Danish people for their reception on his arrival from the north in 1909. The message, telegraphed to Copenhagen papers, expresses gratitude for patience and loyalty to his interests and notes Danish hospitality as a spur to his ambition.
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New York
Frederick A.cook
Nordlyset
Copenhagen
Rebels Strike and Sack Santa Ana as Prisoner Is Held
A Times dispatch from Chihuahua reports Luque’s relief column suffering heavy casualties near Casa Colorada while insurrectionists sack Santa Ana in Tabasco, capturing the American plantation manager A. A. Schwerin for twelve hours before release after the hacienda’s looting. Guzman dies, Brandon wounded, and Moctezuma clashes note rebel gains.
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el Paso
Tex
the Times
Chihuahua
Luque
Casa Colorada
Navarro
Mal Paso
Mexico
Tdoya
Vera Cruz
Tabasco
Santa Ana
Tonala
Los Colmenas
A. A. Schwerin
Schwerin
Col
Guzman
Sovernment
Durango
Robin Takes Poison in Court Bid to Escape Trial
Joseph G. Robin, indicted for an $80,000 bank theft, swallowed hyoscin during arraignment in New York. He collapsed en route to the detective bureau and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital for a stomach pump. Doctors say he may recover, but his sanity remains in question as state experts assess his condition and fitness for trial.
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Believue Hospital
New York
Joseph G. Robin
Washington Savings Bank
Dr. Crippen
Belle Elmore
Robin
Robinovitch
Flood
Lehigh
Criminal Court
Detective Bureau
Hobin
Flopa
Austin Flint
William Travers Jerome
Jerome
Kiesel
Flint
Slater
Hudson Street
Bellevue Hospital
Dr. Flint
District Attorney's Office
Criminal Courts
Bellevue
Tna
Court of General Sessions
Judge Crain
Austin Wiint
Taft in Riverhead to begin twelfth year as justice
Special to The Washington Post reports Judge William H. Taft of Riverhead Long Island will enter his twelfth year as justice of the peace today. He is not related to the President though both share the same name. President Taft was said to be named after him due to the coincidence.
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Manuel
Manuelo
Marquis de Soveral
Portugese
Great Britain
Portugal
Murid
Oporto
London
Lisbon
Washington Post
New York
William H. Taft
Riverhead
Long Island
Taft
President Taft
Unsure mental state cited in commitment bid for Rochester man
The sister’s sworn filing alleged an attempted personal self harm last Saturday as evidence of insanity. No new updates emerged about the Northern Bank of New York or Washington Savings Bank being under state control, while the Title and Guarantee Company of Rochester faced a state insurance department takeover with accountants examining the interlinkedRobin-promoted firms.
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Northern Bank of New York
Washington Savings Bank
State Banking Department
State Department of Insurance
Title and Guarantee Company of
Rochester
Robin
Kennedy Estate Tax Totals Reach 85 Million Revenue
New York December 30 transfer tax appraiser Greene values the John S Kennedy estate at 85.508 million. After expenses and debts the net estate is about 83.0 million with large charitable bequests to Presbyterian and city institutions. Mrs Kennedy inherits 16.4 million plus a 15.243 million residuary share. state fees near 2.5 million under 5 percent rules.
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New York
Washington Post
John S. Kennedy
Headley M. Greene
Presbyterian Hospital
Ubrary
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Columbia College
Board of Foreign Missionaries of
Presbyterian Church
Board of Home Missions
Board of Church Erection Fund
Presbyterian Board of Aid For Colleges and Academies
Church Extension Committee of Presbytery of New York
American Bible Society
United Charities
University of City of New York
Robert College
Constantinople
Charity Organization Society
Kennedy
William S. Tod
Emma B. Kennedy
Robert W. DeForest
Greene
Mrs Potter’s Poodle Bars Visit To Richmond Hotel
Mrs James Brown Potter of New York tried to register at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond but was refused admission with her poodle. After arguing the dog’s cuteness and sleeping habits she left, noting she could take the dog to her St Regis Hotel in New York.
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Register
Richmond
James Brown Potter
New York
Jefferson Hotel
Frail, aged man claims $2900 theft by nephew
Francis Griffin, 75, of 349 G Street Southwest, tearfully told police his life savings of 2900 dollars were stolen by his nephew Charles D. Hickey, 9? years old, as detectives and friends search nearby cities for the alleged thief. Griffin, unmarried with a sister, hoped to spend his remaining life in comfort and appealed for help locating the suspect.
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Francis Griffin
G Street
Alwayen
Griffin
Charles D. Hickey
Central Office
Boardman
Weedon
Burlingame
Neaarby
Hickey
Baltimore
Willam .c
Strickler
Hula Kite
Lafayette Avenue
Carnéas
Hale
Eula
Kite
Page County
Soul Mate Free: New York Annuls Earle Marriage
Mrs Julia Kutner Harle won an annulment in the New York appellate division of the State Supreme Court freeing her from artist Ferdinand Pinney Earle. The marriage was contracted in Venice on March 17, 1908, and Earle had been divorced in Paris in 1908 on desertion charges. The decree delay due to incomplete transcription allowed contest by his second wife.
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New York
Julia Kuttner-Harle
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Venice
Italy
Earle
Marie Emilie Fishbacker
Paris
Mormon Pictures All Right Navy Will Not Object to Design
New York dispatch reports that engraved images of Brigham Young and the Monon Temple on the Utah battleship silver service faced no Navy objection. Hugh G. Miller, for the Women’s Republican Clubs, protested and received a Beekman Winthrop letter stating the Navy cannot supervise such decorations and would refrain from raising questions it cannot influence.
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Navy Department
New York
Des
Brigham Young
Monon Temple
Utah
United States
Taft
Hugh’g. Miller
Beekman Winthrop
Pastor's Daughter Elopes in Delaware Marriage
Miss Margaret Smith, 18, daughter of Rev Alfred Smith of Dover, eloped with James O Knotts, 21, of Ridgely Maryland. They wed in Wilmington after Knotts argued with a local magistrate over his age. Reverend Smith, Eastern secretary of the Methodist Temperance Society, was shocked by the news.
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
Margaret Smith
Alfred Smith
Dover
James O. Knotts
Ridgely
Eli G. Kiles
German Baptist Church
Robertson
Knotts
Lcense
Mr. Smith
Methodist Temperance Society
Endowment urged as stork extinction in 2015 claim
Prof Walter F Willcox of Cornell told the American Statistical Association that the US will have only two children under six by 2020 and babies may vanish by 2015 unless imported from France. George Elliott Howard urged a stork endowment to honor motherhood and enforce domestic relations policy. 41.25 to Baltimore and Metarn via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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St. Louis
United States
Walter F. Willcox
Cornell University
American Statistical Association
Willcox
France
Prof
American Sociological Association
George Elliot Howard
University of Nebraska
Woman shoots at relatives after reproach at work
A man who had been drinking opened fire on relatives when his stepdaughter and others were reproved for a woman wearing her best suit at work. The incident ended after guards intervened as authorities describe a tragic domestic confrontation.
Old Man Recites Savings Tale and Bank Fears
An elderly man recounts decades of frugal saving, fearing banks since a childhood friend’s bank failure. He kept $2,300 in a home trunk and planned to retire with another $100, hoping his nephew will repay money and spare him dependence. He laments a loss to his savings by his nephew and two women, crying as police recover funds.
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Fye
Pennsylvania Road Company
Wow
Bloodhounds tote burglar victim to death in field
Bloodhounds trailing a burglar from Carrier Mills chased the man to an old barn and mangled him beyond recognition in Illinois. The victim was buried in a potter's field with no local missing person report. owner Roberts was exonerated.
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Illinois
Washington Post
Mount Vernon
Ill
Carrier Mills
Carter Mills
Potter's Field
Roberts
Reid's Son Ogden Reid to Pursue Journalism in New York
A London cable to the New York Herald reports the American Ambassador and Mrs. Reid will sail from Liverpool aboard the Corona tomorrow bound for New York. It is understood their son Ogden Reid will stay in New York to engage in journalistic pursuits for The Washington Post.
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Dispatch
Washington Post
New York
London
New York Herald
Reid
Ogden
Corona
Liverpool
Second Puzzle Issued For Sunday Post Contest
The Post announces the second puzzle of its elimination content will publish in tomorrow's Sunday Post. Only the 1,041 entrants from the first contest may participate in the second.
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Post
Tomorrow
Sunday Post
Robbed of 20600 Dollar Diamond Brooch at Home
San Francisco reports Mrs. David T. Hanbury, widow of a wealthy English man, was attacked at her Vallejo residence after a party. A burglar unfastened a $20,600 diamond brooch from her, then escaped while she was restrained. The sensational theft highlights a bold home invasion.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
David T. Hanbury
Valléjo
Portuguese Factions May Fight in Mexican Battle
In today’s index from Pagen, major items include a 60s fall in a Mexican battle, a Bankers Robin incident ending in poison and two deaths, and a robbed aged man losing savings. Other notices reference White House events for Miss Taft, a memorial dedication, and reception plans.
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Robin
White House
Miss Taft
Haldwin
Walter
Eddy
Morrill
Wilk
News of
Alexandria
Ohio
Clark
Tariff ‘Board
Commerce Chamber
Honduran Revolt Flares as Hornet Attacks Puerto Cortez
Reports from Puerto Cortez Honduras say the revolutionary gunboat Hornet attacked the port as government troops massed from Tegucigalpa. U S Navy Commander Davis warned Americans to stay indoors while Marines were to be landed. Capes Gracias and Morales seen as future flashpoints with Tatumbla inland and Zelaya aiding Bonilla. The Detroit warship fate unsettled amid auction sale.
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Davis
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Hornet
Tegucigalpa
Las Quadrade
Las Quadrada
Department
Santa Barbera
Manuel Bonisia
Indi
Bonilla
Lee Christmas
Tacoma
Tatumbla
Morales
Cape Gracias
Porto Cortez
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Davila
Zelaya
Detroit
New York
United States
Peru Sees War Clouds Over Boundary Dispute
Wima correspondent for the Times says Peru believes Ecuador will reject mediation advice and war is likely. Newspapers urge government to prepare for hostilities. Also mentions travel ads for Week-End tickets and accommodations at Hotel Chamberlin in Norfolk.
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Washington Post
London
Wima
the Times
Ecuador
Hotel Chamberlin
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Washington Steamboat Co
14Th, Nw
White House Debutantes Ball Elevates Taft Daughters Guests
Washington society gathers at the White House for Mrs Taft's midnight dance honoring her daughter Miss Helen Taft and son Robert Taft with Misa Ethel Roosevelt and other notables from Cincinnati and across the nation in attendance. Guests include the Vice President, cabinet members, ambassadors, and numerous debutantes as blooms from the White House hothouses decorate the rooms. The President attended, amid a night of formal gowns, music by the Marine Band, and full military display.
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Misa Ethel Roosevelt
Robert
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Louise Taft
Cincinnati
Washington
White House
Marine
Lieut Santelmann
Mies Taft
Mra Taft
Mra. Taft
Jth
Zueste
Wey A. Gueein
Even
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Hildegarde Nagel
Huntington Wilson
Chandler Hale
Oliver
Marion Oliver
the Navy
Beekman Winthrop
Robert Winthrop
Nicholas Longworth
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Helen Fuses
Charles E. Hughes, Jr
Alice Wright
Frances Webster
Valeria Garrard
de Laney
Murray
Carolyn Murray
Gertrude Greely
A. W. Greely
Frances Sullivan
Leta Sullivan
Philadelphia
Charles Russell Train
Margaretta Symons
Henry V. Butler
Southerland
Mary Southerland
Eudora Clover
Sophy Johnston
Margaret Bissell
Buffalo
Mia
Preston Gibson
Hoyle
May Hammond
Evelyn Chew
Gertrude Gordon
May
Cecilia May
Elizabeth Mason Collina
Yvonne Townsend
Dorothy Gardner Williams
Adelaide Heath
Ruth Pilling
Harper
Mary Carlisle
Ruth Wynne
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Mexican Herald
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Brandon
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Sonora
Ariz
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Mocteziuma
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Nobin
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Police
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W. F. Willcox
Endowment For Stork
Sociological Association
G. E. Howard
Nebraska
Baltimore and Metarn
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Reids
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interior
Peru
Hague
Amgs-Taft
urge-Alexandra von Bernstorf
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