White House New Year Reception Held for Thousands
The 1930 New Year reception at the White House drew a large crowd including diplomats, Congress members, officials, and citizens. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt greeted thousands as Marine Band played in the vestibule. Women in gowns and military uniforms mingled with veterans and children, creating a festive scene despite the long wait and crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Fairbanks
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Santelmann
Marine Band
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Albert L. Key
U S N
Arthur B Harting
U 9. M C
Chauncey Shackford
Fitzhugh Lee
U S Cavalry
Douglas MacArthur
Corps of Engineers
C R. Train
U. S Nj
Philip H Sheridan
Ensign Semmes
WRECK CLAIMS ANOTHER IN TERRA COTTA DEATH
The Terra Cotta wreck adds another victim, Estelle Barnes, daughter of Edith Barnes, dying from injuries sustained in the crash. She died at her grandmother’s home, was 26, and was wife of J S Barnes of 724 Fifth Street NE. Coroner Nevitt reports 43 death certificates issued among 46 victims, with 3 still unidentified.
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Terra Cotta
Estelle Barnes
Edith Barnes
Barnes
Clifton Barnes
J S. Barnes
Fifth Street
M. £. Barnes
Nevitt
Dead Man's Son Arrested in Boston Death Case
William Hartnett was found dead at his Boston home from a fractured skull. His son William J. Hartnett, a walking delegate from the Masons' Assistants' Union, was detained after the corpse was discovered. A pathologist could not confirm the instrument used but suggested a ringed fist as a possible cause. The son claims the death was clearly homicide.
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William Hartnett
Wiliam J. Hartnett
McDonald
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Masons’ Assistants' Union
Ie Clais
Lagniappe Abolished by New Orleans Trades
New Orleans bans lagniappe, a historic custom of gifting small favors with purchases. Grocers and merchants agreed with the board of health to end the practice due to spoiled edibles given to children, though many lament the loss of a local tradition and its role replacing trading stamps.
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Van
Board of Health
Louisiana
Blow of fist kills man in East St Louis confrontation
Charles Smith confronted David F Meyers over flirting accusations in East St Louis. Smith struck Meyers behind the ear, breaking his neck and killing him. Smith fled to a saloon, learned Meyers was dead, and was later arrested. Meyers, age 55, hailed from Morristown, Tennessee. Smith is 27 and a factory worker.
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Washington Post
St Loui
Charles Smith
East St. Louis
David F Meyers
Smith
Meyers
Morristown
Tenn
Clash Over Patriotic Airs In Madrid Café
In a Madrid cafe frequented by army officers, a dispute occurred as one group urged the orchestra to play the Marseillaise and hail the Republic while another demanded the Spanish national anthem. The proprietor ended the clash by dismissing the musicians.
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Republic
Seven Feet of Snow Paralyzes Western Russia
A Great Britain Christmas storm reaches Western Russia causing enormous snowfalls and paralyzed rail service. Orsha and Borissov report towns buried and business suspended. Seven people die as snow reaches seven feet in Mohilev. storm continues to disrupt travel and commerce.
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Great Britlan
Russia
Orgha
Borissov
Mohilev
Bursting Pipe Kills Two at Pressed Steel Plant
Pittsburg January 1 A steam pipe burst at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in Schoenville killing William Foulds and Peter Mist and fatally injuring two others. The men were repairing a twelve inch pipe fed by sixteen boilers when the pressure released throwing them from a platform to the floor twenty feet below.
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William Foulds
Peter Mist
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
Revolution in Honduras Crushed. Salvador Postmaster General Dies
News from San Salvador reports a short lived Honduran revolution last week was quickly crushed by government forces. Aristides Paredes, the postmaster general of Salvador, died yesterday.
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Republic of Salvador
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Honduras
Aristides Paredes
Salvador
Lions Run Rampant at City Zoo and Circus Attack
Panic erupted in Baltimore and Toledo as lions attacked a 12 year old boy at Maryland City Zoo and trainer Harry Ray at the Toledo circus. Attendants fought the beasts, saved the boy, and rushed victims to hospital amid a shouting crowd and narrow escapes. Doctors fear Ray may lose an arm and die.
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Knife Incident Aboard Steamship Carmalina At Yonkers
In New York on January 1 a dispute aboard the steamship Carmalina at the Federal Sugar Refinery pier Yonkers led to steward John Anderson being stabbed with a table knife. The 16 year old mess boy Oberk, a Portuguese national, is jailed after the assault left Anderson fatally wounded and in a hospital.
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Hudson
Killing of Stepfather Sparks Custody Bid in St Louis
Thomas Harris twenty two killed his stepfather Henry Miller forty five at Miller home last night Harris says he shot to defend his mother who had been beaten Miller had accused her of taking a bill Harris, visiting his mother from New York, was taken into custody after the shooting.
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Henry Miller
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Harris
New York
Downfall of Aged Scholar Found Dead on Bowery
William Rosser Cobb known as Hon William Cobb professor and author of forty works was found dead in a Bowery doorway after New Year’s celebrations. He had worked as bookkeeper for Emergency Laboratories at 32 West Twenty fifth Street and was identified by a Tampa newspaper letterhead. Cobb had a storied past from Confederate service to navy chaplain, teaching, and journalism, dying from intoxication and exposure.
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Jan
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Leonard Hit
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Bowery Wreck
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Pyramids
Ghixe
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Eenfergenceng Laboratory
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Navy
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India
Malay States
China
Western College
Chicago
Illinois
Far East
Free Delivery Cut Off In New Orleans For Lack Of Sidewalks
New Orleans Jan 1 Postmaster General order ends free mall delivery to about 600 families whose addresses lack sidewalks. City contracts to build walks aim to restore service within a year. First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock says order issued three months ago and was held pending city improvements.
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Hitchcock
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Ryan Scores France Denunciation At New Year Address
Philadelphia Archbishop denounces French government as infidel and pagan, cites hospital crucifix ban as tyranny. He recalls a Protestant American's hospital visit in Paris and calls for religious awakening to oppose anti Catholic measures. He says France has torn crucifixes from schools and hospitals and will drag God from hearts.
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Son of God
Industrial crisis warned by Stuyvesant Fish in 1906 outlook
Special to The Washington Post from New York on January 2 reports Stuyvesant Fish warning of an imminent industrial and political crisis. He cites high prices, expensive money, war effects in Russia and Japan, stock market manipulation, and widespread higher wages with shorter hours, noting the 1906 crop season was not above average and global turmoil persists. The piece also notes the Southern Railway resumes service January 7 and a Great Durational contest begins January 6.
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Attempted bombing of Atlantic liner Gregory Moreh near Odessa
News from Odessa reports unknown assailants tried to blow up the Russian Steamship Company Atlantic Liner Gregory Moreh on her first Odessa New York voyage. A struggle ensued with the crew and attackers, several sailors were shot, but a fuse was extinguished before any damage occurred.
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Odessa
Gregory Moreh
Autoist Killed as Car Collides in Oakland
A Jan. 2 crash in Oakland left George B. Young of Alameda dead instantly when an electric car collided with another automobile. Four others, Mr. and Mrs. A. T Swain of East Oakland and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Martin of Alameda, were injured. Young was described as a wealthy contractor.
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Big Fire In New York On West Fifty third Street
A major blaze in a West Fifty third Street business block in New York destroyed that building and spread to eight adjoining tenements. By 2 15 a m ten buildings were in flames as firefighters struggled with low water pressure and a northeast wind. Police and fire units worked to control panicked residents ordered from nearby homes.
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Union Pacific Inquiry Opens as Harriman Called to Testify
The Interstate Commerce Commission summoned Jane H. Harriman head of the Union Pacific and other officials to testify in sessions at the Federal building starting Friday. Harriman may attend opening. first day testimony likely from Tullus Knuttschnitt with other executives named. The probe centers on competing lines and possible restraint of trade under the Sherman Act and will examine Harriman’s finances and operations.
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Washington Post
New York
Jane H H. Harriman
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Southern Pacif
Interstate Commerce Commission
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A L. Mohler
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J. C. Stubbs
William Mohl
W. V. 8.Thorne
Tullus Knuuschnitt
Knuttschnitt
Queston
Boudera Fasific
Births and marriages rise in New York City 1906
Health Commissioner Darlington reports Greater New York 1906 statistics show 11,772 births up 8,000 from 1905 and 76,208 deaths up 2,492, with 43,5 marriages up 5,700. birth record described as greatest ever. Philadelphia death toll for 186 is 27,372 with tuberculosis leading causes.
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Darlington
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Chinese Sneak Ashore From Desonze at Bayonne
Twenty two thousand dollars in penalties was saved Standard Oil tonight thanks to Bayonne New Jersey police. At Constable Hook a Chinese crew desertion on the steamship Desonze bound for China ports triggered swift action. Police halted a long queue of Chinamen fleeing toward Bayonne as officials arrested them and prepared to return them to the ship. Federal law imposes a 1000 dollar penalty on lines permitting Chinese workers to abandon a vessel in the United States.
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Standard Oil Company
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N. J
Constable Hook
Desonze
China
William Wingon
Woman murdered in Wellington NJ home
New York January 1 Mrs William Wilson wife of a stableman in Wellington New Jersey was found murdered in her home as her husband returned from work. She appeared dragged from bed still in night clothing. Coroner's exam shows strangulation with towel, a stab wound to the stomach and a blunt head blow creating a skull hole. No weapon found.
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New York
Wiliam Wilson
Wellington
N. J
Inquest Opens Into Terra Cotta Tragedy and Rail Blame
Coroner Nevitt will lead an inquest for the Terra Cotta wreck to uncover which officials beyond the engineer bear responsibility. The Interstate Commerce Commission will probe the block signal failures tied to recent Baltimore and Ohio and Southern Railway disasters, with hearings starting in New York next Friday.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Railway
Knapp
Lane, Clements, Prouty
Harlan
Harriman
New York
National Capitol
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