Final Count of Vote Dignity Will Mark Event
A ceremonial presidential election count unfolds at the Capitol with Vice President sworn in amid formal sessions. Taft Sherman 321 votes Bryan Kern 11, and protests addressed before Senate resumes legislative business.
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Capitol
Malu Floward
Ohio
Shopkcraft Sherman
Rte
United States
House of Repre
Ihepital Bf
Amelia
Oorlelty
Digni
Optimatic Corps
Fairbanks
Burrows
Michigan
Bailey
Texas
Senate
Gaines
West Virginia
Russell
House
Taft
Sherman
Bryan
Kern
Marriage and Death Notices From The Sahneton Pest
Fragmented notice page from The Sahneton Pest lists names and dates for marriages and deaths. Readable items include brief notices and obituaries with names and locations, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century local paper style.
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Sahneton
Herald
St Louis Republic
Paul Poneer
Stendard
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Listing
A fragmentary advertisement listing funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and contact details. Names include Thos S Sergeen, Thos A Costello, Frank Geier's Sons, Speare, Geo P Zarhorst, A Frey, William Lee, John R Wright Co, R F Harvey's Sons, WM H Sardo & Co, and others. Provides office locations on F Street NW, 14th Street, and related telephones.
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Thos
S Sergeon
Costello
Frank Geier
PSEA
Speare
Geo P Zarhorst
Frey
Uirf Tor
Wiitliam Lee
Dobe
Epton Main
John R Wright CO
Panama Canal Lock Type Favored By Engineers Next Month
A board of engineers inspecting the Panama Canal is expected to finish next month and likely approve the lock type. They will determine Gatun dam foundations and weigh the weight to be placed. Potential changes include the Atlantic breakwater location and fortified plans already decided by the War Department. A board will revise tentative plans on the return of Taft. Bris Gen Arthur Murray will lead fortification inspections in the Philippines and Vinila Bay, with later trips to Hawaii and San Francisco planned for next summer.
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Panama Canal
Gatun
George W Goodhals
Canal Commission
Beara
Atlantic
War Department
Taft
Bris
Arthur Murray
Ir Ulery
New York
Kilpatrik
Philippines
Services on church steps at Bethel Conn
In February Rev M T Bowle conducted services from the church steps to a crowd after being deposed as rector by Bishop Brewster and the consistory. Bowle refused to relinquish keys. locks were changed. Further steps to remove Bowle and his belongings from the rectory were anticipated.
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Lus Belonings
Lincoln and Booth Last Days Chronicle by Laughlin
Clara F Laughlin, noted Lincoln commentator, writes a vivid sketch on Lincoln’s death and the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth. The piece promises fresh interest for readers of Lincoln history and attentive readers may find new angles in her account.
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Clara F Laughlin
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Hampton's Magazine February On Sale Now
Hampton's Magazine announces the February issue with features on unusual forests, a Maght Riders article by Eugene Poyle Jr, Hunting Ahead of Roosevelt in East Africa by Capt Fritz Duquesne, Admiral Evans on naval superiority, Beach's Northwest novel The Silver Horde, and stories by Conrad, Emerson Hough, Vorse, Flower, Webster, Mullett, and Muir. 200,000 buyers already trust this edition.
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Eugene Poyle
Roosevelt
East Africa
Fritz Duquesne
Admiral Evans
Elliott Flower
Jean ‘Webster
Mary Mullett
Ward Muir
Hamptons
America
15 Cents Money's Worth or Mi Bask
A fragment requests readers to mail back a Hampton magazine cover with 15 cents or the postage, noting if the newsdealer is sold out, send 16 cents and the dealer's name to the publisher.
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Hampton
Nevada Senator Urges Broad Race Legislation on Immigration
Nevada Senator Newlands says diplomacy cannot solve the race question and urges sweeping national law restricting immigration to whites. He argues only white immigration should be allowed, with other races limited to travel and education, to preserve national unity and prevent race amalgamation.
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Newlands
Nevadday
Pacific Coast
Japan
West
Nevada
Whch
Atlantic
Poverty a Bar to Work Across the Nation Says Officials
Officials from the Bureau of Information at the Department of Commerce and Labor warn that poverty blocks thousands of unemployed aliens from traveling to where jobs exist. They note about 15000 laborers could be sent to work in ten weeks if funds for transportation were available and urge Congress to consider a dedicated transportation fund.
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Bureau of Information
Department of Commerce
United States
Tuskegee negro conference set for February gathering
The eighteenth annual Tuskegee negro conference will be held in February at Tuskegee with focus on tuberculosis and broader topics. Physicians, teachers, and locals will discuss housing, thrift, debt, land security, better schools and churches, road building, tax duties, and improving agricultural life.
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Tuskegee
Aix
Keb
Denman Thompson Seriously Ill With Pneumonia At Home
Special to The Washington Pat Keene, veteran actor Denman Thompson of The Old Homestead lies critically ill of pneumonia at his West Swanzey home near Nashua NH. Thompson, 76, was taken ill last Thursday and relatives were summoned after a sudden bad spell around 2 o clock this afternoon, with his condition not previously viewed as serious.
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Washington
Pat Keene
Denman Toumpon
West Swansey
Mr Thompson
Woman struck with pipe in store robbery attempt at Defrees Street
Mrs Rachel Waters owner of a small grocery at 69 Defrees Street Northwest was struck on the head with a pipe by an unidentified Black assailant as two men demanded a pie. She attempted to grab the man. he fled with his companion. A suspect, Thomas Mornay, 19, was arrested later that night and identified by Waters. The attack left her with serious injuries and two gashes in the scalp. The case mirrors a prior assault on Mrs Emma Gladman in Georgetown.
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Rachel Waters
Defrees Street
Waters
Mr. Waters
Joh Inges
First Street Northwest
Mrs Waters
Central Vice Detertres
Carnwall Ani Bal
Thomas Momay
Uw’ Street
Aez
Afemmaon Murray
Emma Gladman
Genge Town
Lar Grocer
Ste
Washington
Wastington
Joby Quncy Adams
Jackson
Adams
Pranklin Pietce
Washington Pierce
New Hampshire
New England
Caleb Cushing
Massachusets
Attoney
Pennsylvania
Ghigo
Garfietts
Harrison
Salome Sermon Sparks Philadelphia Opera Row
Oscar Hammerstein defends Salome at Philadelphia Opera House amid clergy criticism. He asserts Philadelphia clergy have not seen the production and that the performance carries a reverent yet powerful message. The piece, praised as a deeply significant sermon, echoes the biblical concept of retribution.
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Washington
Pat Ren Lork
Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia
Phiadelphia Opera House
Philadelpha
Richard Straus
New York
al Dufranne
Taft Declines Mason On Sight Offer From Ohio Lodge
Special to The Wallington Pass Atlanta Ga Feb 8. Despite Ohio grand master’s reiteration that President elect Taft would be made a Mason at sight, Taft is unlikely to accept the honor. He declined the Augusta invitation stating he will take Masonry where his father was made a Mason, though Georgia Masons remain confident he will not accept after declining.
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Atlanta
State of
Ohio
Presiden Elect Laft
Taft
Augusta
Aurnster
Georgia Masons
Open Cabinet Possibility for Herrick Reynolds Named
Chicago banker Myron T Herrick, former Ohio governor, emerges as top Treasury prospect for Taft. Reynolds salary boost at Continental Bank of Chicago solidifies his place in cabinet speculation, with Herrick as main rival to Reynolds for Treasury post.
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Fed
Taft
Neime Ham
Tait
Myron T Hetrick
Cleveland
Ohio
the Treasury
George M. Reynolds
Continental National Bank of Chicago
Teft
Messra Aynolds
Herrick
Treasury
Reynolds
Col Hetrick Li F Swinney
Kansas City
John W Weeks
Massachusetts
May Rage at Benning Test of antibetting law at DC track
Washington Jockey Club plans a spring race meeting at Benning to test new antibetting statutes. Officials say dates depend on club deliberations and may precede or follow Pimlico. Lawyers warn the Senate bill is flawed and individual vetting may not violate the law. Trainers prepare horses at Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend to ship south soon.
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Washington Post
New York Fed
Jockey Club
Pimlico
Washington Jockey Club
Senate
District of Columbia
Sheepshead Bay
Gravescast
Benning
Plea for Morse's Freedom Moves in Court
Charles W Morse, the convicted banker, seeks bail pending appeal from Judge Hough’s 16 year sentence in Atlanta for violating national banking laws. Martin W Little tok filed the application with the United States court this week as Sethi A Milliken and James Talcott gathered signatures for a petition to urge the court of appeals to admit Morse. Daniel Guggenheim and Isaac Guggenheim, leaders in industry, among others, have signed.
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New York
Martin W Little Tok
Charles W Morne
United States Court Court
Mir Morse
Daniel Guggenheim
Smelter Trust
Persional
Isaac Guggenheim
Ite Brother
Escape from Columbus State Hospital Spurs Manhunt
Four dangerously insane inmates escaped from Columbus State Hospital. Two killers were recaptured after a brisk chase. Ernest Terwilliger and Frank Star remained at large, while Newton Jones and Harry Limbert were captured following a violent slash attack on a hospital worker with a knife torn from shoe studs.
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Ohio State Hospital
Columbus Omo
Fetty
Columbus State Hospital
Ernest Terwilliger
Newagh
Frank Star
Aree Newton Jones
Franklin County
Harry Limbert
Ively Chase Jones
Mercy for the Horse: Humane Society Over Cruel Driving
Letters critique horse cruelty in Stated city with editorials praising Mercy for the Horse. Humane Society reports 1907 results including examinations, prosecutions, and funds limits. Noted need for more water troughs and better early morning horse supervision.
Are Your Kidneys Weak Health Warning Ad for Swamp Root Remedy
A vintage advertisement warns of kidney and bladder troubles with symptoms like frequent urination dull backache and fatigue. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a natural physician prescribed remedy available in 50c and 100c bottles from drug stores, with Binghamton NY as the address.
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Dr Kimers Swamp
Binghamton
Kilmer & Co Binghamton
Washington Daily
Archbishop Farley Denounces Elders Over Youth Morals
In New York on February 8 Archbishop Farley condemned elders who lead youths into evil, saying the stage is worse today than in pagan times. He delivered the sermon at Saint Patrick's Cathedral during a service about youth example.
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Farley
New York
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Old Homestead” Company
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