New Year's Observances Quiet Across Washington
Washington marked the first day of the new year with church services and gatherings despite bad weather. President Taft and family attended All Souls' Church with Charles P. Taft. cabinet members and Supreme Court justices kept home for the day. Catholic churches held high masses, confirmations, and processions at St Joseph's St Aloysius and St Patrick's.
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Yalt
Mia
Charles P. Taft
Charley
Robert
Helen Taft
Norton
White House
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harding
St. David's Church
Charles Warner
St. Paul's Church
Fifteenth
Mar. Mackin
Father Walsh
Father Schmitt
St Joseph's Church
St .Aloydius
North Capitol
I Streets
Eugene de S. McDonnell
St. Patrick's Church
Wittiam T. Russell
Haiti celebrates 07th anniversary of republic
The Haitian legation in Rhode Island Avenue observed the 07th anniversary of Haiti’s republic with the national flag raised over the building. Haitian Minister Paulong Sannon praised rising prosperity and the improving financial condition, noting imports from the United States total 3.3 to 5.0 million dollars annually.
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Republic of
Haiti
Rhode Island Arenap
Legation
United States
HH Paulong Sannon
Jume
Gen
Simon
Gen John C Smith Dead in Chicago on Jan 1
Gen John Carson Smith former lieutenant governor of Illinois and noted G A R member dies after a two week illness in Chicago He was a prominent figure in Chicago business and on the Board of Trade Also remembered as a well known Mason and civic leader from Illinois.
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Illinois
Chicago
John Carson Smith
Ill Nois
Chicago Board of Trade
Diet and Exercise for Early Epilepsy Treatment
The text recommends curing epilepsy in its initial stages through diet and exercise. It suggests avoiding irritating foods like beans and coarse vegetables, and favoring figs, bananas, nuts with lettuce cabbage or celery in separate meals. Daily systematic exercise using all muscles and an optimistic mindset are advised, while avoiding exhaustion.
Fear Not for I Have Redeemed Thee Says The Lord
Brooklyn preacher cites Isaiah promise and Christ as Great Physician to urge courage for the New Year. He argues fear stems from sin, links it to illness, and warns Christendom often fails to follow Jesus teachings. The remedy is knowledge of truth, repentance, faith, and aligning with God’s promise of a future kingdom.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Russel
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Isaiah
Heaven
Adam
Eden
Christ
Christendom
Earth
Ahear
God
St. Paul
Israel
Jesus
Messiah
Satan
Apostle
Daniel
Michael
Abraham
Jacob
Mer
New Catholic College of Ecclesiastical Music at Catholic University
The Catholic University under Rt Rev Mgr Shahan unveils a new college of ecclesiastical music to train clergy in Gregorian chant and liturgy. Rev Abel Gabert, a Gregorian chant specialist, leads the music chair and has organized church musical forces across orders. Cardinal Gibbons gives full approval.
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Mgr
Shahan Indorsed
Mer. Shahan
Catholic University
United States
Abel L. Gabert
Langechenal
France
College of la Calt
St. Andre
Paris
Notre Dame
St. Peter's
Church of the Assumption
Morristown
N. J
Br. Gabert
Avenir de la Musique Sacree
Revue Gregorienne Francais
Bom Macquerean
Father Gabert
Cardinal Gibbons
Thousands at Baltimore New Year’s reception for Cardinal Gibbons
After New Year services Cardinal Gibbons greeted thousands at the archiepiscopal residence on North Charles Street. He preached on Christian charity denouncing selfishness as an enemy to charity and warned against “human icebergs” who chill others with cold demeanor. He urged joy and charity in daily life.
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Baltimore
Cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons
United Church Series Kicks Off With Night Services
A group of churches begins a week of new year services at 8 PM with discussions on The True Christian Life. Each evening features two ministers from participating congregations and open participation after introductory talks, continuing through Friday. Twelve am in Mount Pleasant.
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M. E. South
Evangelical Lutheran
Society of Friends
Methodist Protestant
St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Fourth Presbyterian
Immanel Baptist
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Calvary
C. H. Butler
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Thirteenth
Fairmont Streets
Joseph T Kelly
P. W. Jeffries
Immanuel Baptist Church
Sixteenth Street
Columbia Road
H. 8. Pinkham
Walter F. Smith
Mount Pleasant
Feast of Lights ceremony at Adas Israel by Sunday School
Sunday afternoon Hanukkah festivities at Adas Israel, Sixth Street NW, directed by Rabbi Louis Ingelgen. Miss Rose Mordecai and Rabbi Egeleon spoke, with vocal solos by May Sterman and others, readings by Colin Oppenheimer, school chorus numbers, and candle lighting by Rebecca Lapcoff and others. Candy boxes distributed by Ladies Auxiliary members.
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Adas Israel
Louis Ingelgen
Rose Mordecai
Rabbi Egeleon
May Steerman
Lillian Edstein
Hilda Young
Mildred Schiosstierg
George Tarshes
Colin Oppenheimer
Rebecca Lapcoff
Ralph Turoff
Fannie Posner
Leo Schiossberg
Hanna Gichner
Joseph Landow
Goldie Goldstein
Louis Turoff
Simon Opfenheimer
David Rosen
W. Schiossberg
Ladies’ Auxiliary Society
Knights of Columbus to Install District Officers Tomorrow
The Knights of Columbus District of Columbia will install new officers tomorrow at Knights of Columbus Hall. State Deputy Thomas J. Donovan will officiate with Deputies William H. DeLacey and William P. Normoyte assisting.
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Knights of Columbus
District of Columbia
Thomas J. Donovan
William H. DeLacey
Willam P. Normoyte
Carroll Council
Patrick J. Hartigan
Jere Walsh
John J. King
Harry J. Kane
Henry A. Buscher
John J. Kane
George S. Thompson
Redmond Devaney
James Dougherty
William J. Coux
P. J. Halligan
Ey c. Colford
A. C. Neubeck
Potomac Council
Wiliam B. Daly
James B. Fitzgerald
R. A. Curtin
B. F. Myers
C. L. O'Brien
W. I. Plant
J. Pelham Dawson
BE. L. Tucker
W. ¥. Moran
A. Smith
W. B. Costello
State Council
P. L. O'Brien
Building Council
W. F. Moran
C. O. Rosensteen
L. Tucker
S. W. Howard
Spalding Council
William C. Normoyle
Francis J. P. Cleary
Edward F. Genoe
George Melling
Thomas K. Gallagher
Ferdinand N. Huneke
Joseph F. Marsden
William Davern
Sebastian L. Phillips
Arthur F. Clark
James A. McDevitt
John M. Henderson
Wiliam H. Ketcham
Joseph Fitzgerald
Oliver J. le Bean
Washington Council
George R. Repatti
Joseph A. Mudd
A. D. Wilkinson
A. J. Tholl
R. B. McNamara
Michael Heister
George Ogle
Kean Council
Grand Kought
Capt
C. N. Edwards
Andrew J. Schwartz
Joseph J. Weller
J. A. Flynn
Charles J. Griffith
Charles W. Carr
J. P. O'Dea
Thomas J. Murtaugh
David E. Barry
Thomas A. Walsh
St. Pauls Church
Robert E. Doyles, Jr
Charles R. Murray
N. G. von Delehr
Great as a Churchman and Cardinal Gibbons
The Rev A P Doyle lauds Cardinal Gibbons in a year end sermon as a beacon for American Catholicism. He praises his global influence and role in uniting diverse groups, noting Roosevelt’s praise and Gibbons’ harmony with democratic ideals and the common people.
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A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Christendom
America
Baltimore
Woman Clerk Dead at 80 After Half Century in Treasury
Mrs. Helen McLean Kimball died last night at 1408 Thirty-first Street NW after nearly fifty years in the Treasury Department. She was 89, widow of Cor Kimball who died in 1864 and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Funeral arrangements pending with interment beside her husband in Brooklyn. No immediate relatives. distant kin in Maine.
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Helen McLean Kimball
United States Treasury Department
D. & Fletcher
Thirty-first Street
Kimball
Cor Kimball
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Treasury Department
Maine
Fathers Die the Same Day Gen John I Curtin Expires
Special to The Washington Post reports Gen John S Curtin died at Bellefonte Pa after a paralytic stroke. His death followed closely by L H Hamersley, Philadelphia born publisher, in New York interment planned. Hamersley and his brother compiled Records of Living Naval Officers and a complete U S navy officers register. Curtin, 72, a Bellefonte native, served command roles in the Civil War and later became brigadier general. He was half brother to Andrew G Curtin, former Pennsylvania war governor and U S minister to Russia.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
L. H. Hamersley
Philadelphia
New York
Roland C. Curtin
Comdr. Curtin
John S. Curtin
Bellefonte
Hamersley
United States Navy
Curtin
Roosevelt
Washington
Harry Be, Biscoe
U. S
Russia
Bellefonte Fenciburg
Forty-fifth Regiment
Bery
Review of 1910 stock market and fears of disaster end with cautious optimism
A New York review summarizes 1910 stock market behavior and banking cautions. It notes a late-year downturn, deliberate credit tightening by major banks, and a renewed but restrained rise after August. Prospects for recovery hinge on a stable banking system, antitrust rulings, and improving foreign trade and steel markets.
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Wall Street
Iron and Steel Unsettled in Early 1911 Markets
Iron and steel trade enters the new year unsettled with light activity as producers expect lower finished goods prices before demand recovers. A New York meeting of iron and steel manufacturers on January 11 dominates interest, while ore and coke contracts hold steady prices. Structural lettings and car orders show mixed movement, with 12,000 pending orders and several large coke agreements shaping the near term outlook.
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New York
Ron and Steel
Lake Superior
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Eastern Steel Company
Partial blast damages Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
An attempted dynamite attack on Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church at Iselin near Indiana Pennsylvania failed to explode fully. Only part of the charged device under the altar detonated, wrecking the sanctuary and part of the auditorium. No suspects named or viewed by authorities.
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Indiana
Holy Cross Reman
Iselin
Global markets mixed as year begins with varied London Paris Berlin cues
London opens 1911 with stronger stock activity and no money panic, while Berlin's underlying firmness collapses under high rates. Paris sees steady bourse liquidation, firm bank stocks, and uneven commodity signals as copper slips after midweek highs. Turkish funds rise, Russian stocks firm, South African mines waver, and Rio Tinto copper declines sharply from 17.64 to 4.74.
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Washington Post
London
Stock Exchange
Berlin
Paris
Rio Tinto
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