Woman Financier Predicts Vanderbilts Nomination Reversal
A prominent woman financier discusses Cornelius Vanderbilt's rumored engagement to a nobleman and predicts a political setback. She details vast loans to Harry Payne Whitney and support to New York Central, citing a looming financial crisis and bank funding volatility. She warns of strict money tightening before the public learns of the downturn.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cach
Harry Payne Whitney
N. Y. Central
Rich New York financiers face strain in 1907 financial crash
Mrs Hetty Green recounts the 1907 crisis in New York, noting 7 percent loans to Harry Payne Whitney and money to the New York Central, while Vanderbilts were offered jewels as security. She predicts Roosevelt's nonconsecutive presidency and describes market pullback, liquidity issues, and shifting economicpower as many debtors called in their loans.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
New York Central
Vanderbiit
Vanderbilt
Gornelius Vanderet
Roosevelt
Bia Beckers
Manhattan
Tornado leaves towns devastated. deaths reported in Mississippi hamlets
Chaos follows a massive tornado striking three Mississippi communities. Reports indicate multiple fatalities and widespread destruction as homes are leveled, telephone poles toppled, and debris blocks streets. Deadliest impact centers on Tyler, Wissville, and nearby towns with uncertain totals and several injured.
Practical Joke Disaster Kills Man in Bonfire Incident
A failed prank at an arson awareness project spirals into tragedy when a cap thrown into a bonfire triggers an explosion. JR Cols is killed and others suffer injuries including loss of sight and hearing. authorities request aid for the injured and ongoing hospital care.
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Felhtourche Suik
Fox Fun
Anstintl
Liseaa
Sigh
Hearang
Gover
Roosevelt Backed by Lincoln Republicans in Delegate Pledge
Lincoln Nebraska Republicans adopt a resolution naming Theodore Roosevelt for president and pledge their delegates to support him at the state convention. They instruct delegates to vote for Roosevelt and two named individuals are designated as delegates to the county and district conventions.
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Lincoln
Yella
Theodore Roosevelt
Poiner
Roosevelt
Chile Ails Fleet Bay Lined With People
Valparaiso Chile Feb 31 The great American fleet of sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso and sailed toward Callao Peru. President Montt and officials reviewed the ships as thousands cheered. The Chilean navy led by Chacabuco and five torpedo boats escorted the Connecticut and sisters. The day was a Holiday with salutes, toasts, and cheering for Evans and his men.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Callao
Peru
Montt
Republic
Curaumila Point
Valparaiso Bis
Chacabuco
Curaumilla Point
Chichico
Connecticut
Valpirusa
Wis
Santiago
Bolsa Commercial
le Meee
Ward
Bingwet Wa
Pawuedana
Meatt
Tameen Reir
Simpson
Chlewa
Joby
Chicaltes
Hicks
Chacibuco
Davon
Nuise
Admiral Evans
Valnistiso
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Pacific
Smyth Channel
Felsrualy
Lieut Cone
Evang Fleet
Orde
Clie
Ecuador
Physician slain as farmer claims hypnotism led to self defense
Robert Ward Gott, a Princeton farmer, shot Dr Leo Danziger, a leading physician, in his hospital room after a dispute over Gott’s niece in custody. Gott claims hypnotism and fear for Spangler prompted the fatal shot as the doctor treated the unmanned foster daughter. Spangler’s arrival and emotional request preceded the tragedy.
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West Virginia
Gut
Washington Post
Leo Danziger
Robert Ward Gott
Flsc
Princeton
Dangiger
Henry Danziger
M-Eler
Volhaplatz
Willed Million to Museum in New York Will
In probate today the will of the late Moris KC Jesup bequeaths New York bred W-Tie Bum, valued at 1,107 and a half, to the Museum of Natural History in the city. The document names Charles M Jesup, Eleanor de Graff Cayter, Cornelius Cuvier, Charlotte Ferry, and Thomas Dewitt Custer among legatees with various sums and trust interests, totaling about 2,365,000 to charities. London report adds Mrs Rylands will, worth 24,365,000 to charities including 100,000 to the John Rylands Library in Manchester. Tickets to Baltimore round trip via Pennsy returnable Sunday night. regular trains except Congressional Limited.
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New York
Charlotte Ferry
Washington DC
Eleanor de Graff Cayter
London
Rylands
John Rylands
Manchester
John Arlands
Lord Crawford
Bertha Crawford Leaves Ford Crawford Over Money and Bills
Bertha E Crawford declares in a Washington Post dispatch from Binghamton NY that she has left Ford W Crawford due to his mismanagement of finances and neglect of household needs. She accuses him of hoarding money and resisting bills while she and their cows and horses endure summer exposure.
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Washington Post
Binghamton
Courier-Journal
Deposit
Bertha Ellis Crawford
Ford W Crawford
Bertha E Crawford
Girl A Human Barometer Jury Awards Wer 7500 for Peculiar Injury
Fourteen year old Mary Morris suffered paralysis in her lower limbs after falling from a trolley at Third Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street on October 4 195?. The jury awarded her 7500 damages against Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company for lifelong suffering due to a peculiar nervous condition triggered by weather changes. Mary's father received 10000 as part of the case.
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Washington Post
New York
Mary Morris
Charles Morris
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Mary
Third Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Explosion at Adrian Public School Hurts Sixty Children
An explosion in a basement boiler at Adrian Maine’s public school tore through the primary area, injuring a teacher and sixty pupils. Rescue efforts exposed staff and students to smoke with several severely burned or scalded. A student’s hand is reportedly blown off and others scorched. cause unknown. property damage about 9000.
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Adrian
M D Spangler
Moonshine leader captured in North Carolina mountains
Smith, a top figure in the Saintstown moonshine ring, was arrested in Madison by Deputy Hubert Pratt for the murder of Deputy Collector Hendricks in Stokes County. The government had offered 1000 dollars for his capture. Oscar Sisk and Toha Hill, also wanted for complicity, are jailed in Greensboro and seek transfer to Greensboro to face charges. Authorities deem Smith the ring’s leader and the actual shooter.
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North Carolina
Charlotte NC
Smith
L Cvorious
Smithtown
Hendriks
Stokes
Madison
Bbert Ho T Pratt
Oscar Sisk
Toha Hill
Hendricks
Greensboro
Merrow
Anvernment
Woman aged 110, oldest West Virginian, dies in Marshal County
Amanda Woods aged 110, the state’s oldest resident, died at her home in Marshal County West Virginia. Born when Indians roamed the forests she recalled early pioneers and events from the state’s distant past. Her memory remained sharp to the end recalling visits from Lafayette and other figures.
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Washington
Wheeling
Amanda Woods
Marshal County
West Virginia
Elizabeth Jane
Fa Wks Wetzrt
Lafayette
Fire damages Brooklyn courthouse painting collection
A fire swept the upper part of the Kings County courthouse in Brooklyn causing about $75,000 in damage. Judges and staff salvaged valuable records and saved fourteen oil paintings of former judges, including works of Judge Tompkins, as they escaped with what they could seize. Judge Samuel T Maddox and his secretary fled the chambers with soaked papers and paintings.
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New York
Broolvn
Kings County
Brooklyn
Samuel T Maddox
Tompkins
Dislocates His Shoulder At Corner Of Ninth And F Streets
Charles Mille aged sixty two of 3196 Macomb street Cleveland Park was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital with a dislocated shoulder after a fall at Ninth and F streets about 130 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Policeman Frank Elgin escorted him to the hospital. At the meeting last night it was said Miller’s condition is not serious.
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Charles Mille
Macomb Street
Cleveland Park
Georgetown University Hospital
Miler
Ninth
F Streets
Frank Elgin
Seventh Precinct
Mr Miller
Miller
AD TEN SAILORS DIE IN WRECK
Emily Heed a large square rigged vessel built at Waldoboro Maine in 1885 struck wrecking fate. The ship measured 215 feet in length with tonnage of 1468 net and 1565 gross while crew numbered seventeen men. Governor control government notes follow.
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Emily Heed
New England
Waldoboro
Hugs Attack Girl Near British Embassy in D C
May Mullan of 1310 Connecticut Avenue northwest, a laundry proprietor, was robbed near the British Embassy on Connecticut Avenue. She was knocked down by an unidentified assailant, sustaining a deep gash and head contusions. The attacker fled with cash and checks. police offer a reward for information. The incident is the twenty first such assault since last September, heightening public concern.
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Navy
Connecticut Avenue
May Mullan
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Miss Mulan
Miss Mullan
United States
Millan
Connecticut Avenua
NW Street
N Street
N Streat
Legation
Ten Sailors Die as Emily Reed Wrecks Near Oregon Coast
Portland dispatch reports the American ship Emily Reed bound from New Castle to Portland wrecked at the Nehalem River mouth early today. The vessel broke in two and ten sailors were lost while fourteen were saved including the captain and his wife, amid heavy seas.
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Portland
Ore
Emily Reed
Newcastle
Nehalem River
Oregon Coast
Brownsville Soldier Charged With Murder in Woman's Death
Stamey Jones, a Black man described as a Brownsville Texas veteran, is under arrest in Huntsville Alabama for the murder of a Black woman. He reportedly recently completed a prison term for carrying a concealed pistol and is alleged to have brought the weapon from military service.
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Brownsville
Montgomery
Ala
Stamey Jones
Gia
Roosevelt
Huntsville
Police Seek Clubman Believed To Owe Large Sum
Henry Snow, treasurer of New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, indicted by Kings County grand jury on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $29,202 in bonds and about $140,000 in related transactions. Police seek his arrest. family says he left home Thursday morning and has not returned. Investigators review unpaid employee certificates and bank cooperation, with bonds pledged as loans linked to missing securities. Snow, age ~53, socially prominent in Brooklyn, is connected to Plymouth Church and various civic groups.
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New York and
New Jersey Company
Washington Post
Henry Sanger Snow
New York
New Jersey
Kings County Grand Jury
Henry
Brooklin Heldquatters
Henry Suset
Kings County Grand Que Isnt
Cerona
Elork
Wac
Ohe
Snow
Yale Men Nominate Taft at Mock Republican Convention
At Yale Law School a mock Republican national convention nominated William H Taft for President and Albert B Cummins of Iowa for Vice President. Taft led on the second ballot with 32 votes but a two thirds majority was required, necessitating another ballot. Roosevelt drew 11 votes on the first ballot, Hughes of New York received 30, with Taft ultimately failing to reach the needed majority.
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New Haven
Yue Law School
Wilam
Taft
United States
Albert B Cummins
Iowa
Yett
Guy Hughes
Yework
Prosclert
Roosevelt Taft
Suspect Arrested as 220 Rings Found in Reach
Pittsburg reports a man from Chicago aged thirty was arrested after authorities found 22 rings in his possession. He is linked to a jewelry store robbery last month and a liquor train protest case is noted, with violations of a temperance law on trains. The incident references a bartender bill protest and a misdemeanor fine.
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Pittsburg
Thomas Brave
Chicago
Brayne
Columbus Gin Tech
Guy Marr
Barhhern
Fire destroys Mach Grocer on South 1 street Charlottesville
Early jour morning fire at Mach Grocer Company 5 Warenoust on South 1 street left the building buried in ruins with the cause still unknown. Witnesses report a heavy gloss of smoke and flames escaping as firefighters battled the blaze. Nearby residents were advised to stay clear as investigations begin.
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Chris Gestille
Mach Grocer
Warenoust
Maine Votes Free Cannon in New England Delegation Plan
Maine voters face a presidential choice amid a New England push for uninstructed delegations. Taft lacks organization, Latime popularity cited, while Cannon backers argue for regional unity to influence Chicago. Prohibition issue dominates as leaders weigh delegation strategy and party control.
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New York
Chicago
Stepudean
Pro Administration
Roosevelt
Ant
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