Hughes Stock Boosts Rumors of New York Governor Bid
Washington rumors say Governor Hughes could gain momentum from his state legislature message and a 25 member Republican Club committee. Observers expect party dynamics to shape national convention delegates with Roosevelt supporters in play, while Hughes backers insist he has broad appeal in New York.
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Gov. Hughes
Republican Club
Washington
Sessson
New York
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Roosevelt
John A. Stewart
New York State League of Republican Clubs
Taft
Hughes
Welecates
Fleus
Ioinlays
Eitiis
Caghes
Bresdeney
Seneca
Wien
Hughearo
National Republican League outlines upcoming convention plan
An executive committee meeting of the National Republican League will be held at the Republican Club in New York on January 23 to set the time and place for the league's forthcoming national convention. The session aims to finalize logistical details for the event.
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National Republican League
Chao
Republican Club
New York
League
Every Man His Own Dynamo In Human Body Power
Dr J C Siebel of Chicago announced to the AAAS that the body can store and release electricity to perform work. He claims life prolongation from added vitality as the body acts as a self generator. He says alcohol sugar and fats generate electricity in muscular cells and that working batteries have been built using nutritive elements.
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Chicago
J. C. Siebel
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Stebel
Baltimore
Mds
Paul Tolston
Washington
Tolston
Upper Teath
D. Cam Sutherland
Dr. Sutherland
Rockefeller Adds to Gifts for University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller has contributed 2 191 000 to the University of Chicago, raising his total benefactions to over 23 000 000. He reportedly offered to triple all gifts to the Harper memorial library, with trustees aiming to raise funds and reach an 80 000 structure on the campus.
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Chicago
Martin A. Ryerson
Board of Trustees
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Wiliam R. Harper
Will of Leo Vilsack Disposes Large Pittsburgh Estate
Pittsburg newspaper note reports Leo Vilsack, late head of the Pittsburg Brewing Company, left an estate estimated at 5.9 to 6 million dollars. Catholic churches, hospitals, and homes receive 105 thousand dollars. Remainder goes to children in trust with staged distributions at ages 30 and 27.
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Pittsburg
Leoe Vilsack
Pittsburg Brewing Company
Plans to back Hughes at Republican nominating convention
Albany Jan 2 Plans for a state Hughes for President organization were made at a Kenmore Hotel conference of Republican legislators and others. Senator Alfred R Page presided with figures such as George Waldo and A B Humphrey present. Several leaders were absent or undecided.
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Albany
Gov. Hughes
United States
Kenmore Hotel
Alfred R. Page
New York
George E. Waldo
Brooklyn
C. ¥. Colling
John A. Bleicher
H. G. Tennant
Charles H. Young
New York Republican Club
A. B. Humphrey
Wadsworth
Saxe
Page
Manhattan Hotel
New York City
Senator Page
Messrs
Shicher
Humphrey
Young
A. R. Smith
Hughes
Whistles Blow for Work in Connellsville Region
Pittsburg reports expect about 70 ovens of the H GC Frick Coke Company to resume in ten days. Several works, idle days ago, will operate five days this week as a general restart looms. many foreign workers have returned home, hindering labor recruitment. Dayton and Denver items note resumed operations and possible wage and production shifts amid demand changes.
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Pittsburg
H. GC. Frick Coke
Connellsville
Lower
Dayton
Ohio
Platt Iron Works
Barney & Smith Car Company
Brownell
Davis Sewing Machine Company
Denver
Franklin Guterman
American Smelting and Refining Company
Colorado
Ince
Euffala
Lackawanna
Alabama
Va Steel Company
Arkaonaas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Fore City
Idaho
Indiana
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Iowa
Raivo
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Maraschu
Cetta
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Caroline
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Caroline
South
Nateasary
Taft On First Ballot Solid Vote Predicted
Congress analysts in Washington forecast Taft secure the Republican nomination on the first ballot at Chicago next June if Southern delegates unite. A mock roll call favored Taft, with 422 votes on a second ballot possible if Southern support coalesces, while Roosevelt could be drawn in if needed to save the administration.
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Taft
Chicago
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Hughes
Cannon
Fairbanks
Knox
Foraker
la Follette
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Canaon
Roosevelt
National Committee
Sairbanks
Cartelyou
Editor Killed by His Wife in Texas Home Fire
In Hallettsville Texas W R Beaumier editor of the Hallettsville Herald was shot and killed by his wife after she set their cottage ablaze seeking a doll. The child Mariana Leone perished in the flames, found under a bed with a doll. parents hospitalized in shock.
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New York
Mariana Leone
Mariana
Richmond Avenues
Wakefield
James C. Leone
Leone
Hallettsville
Herald
Schwartz
Mrs. Leone
Promised Cure Claims for Hood's Harshpar
A fragmentary ad copy touts Hood's medicine, claiming numerous cures for scrofula catarrh rheumatism kidney complaints dyspepsia and general debility. It states that the remedy has helped many cases and can help the reader too.
Smithsonian scientist sails to Tahiti for solar eclipse
C G Abbot head of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory travels from San Francisco with an assistant to Flint Island 400 miles northwest of Tahiti aboard the Mariosa to observe the total solar eclipse between 11 and 12 o clock local time. He will test the sun’s corona with the Langley bolometer to determine its luminosity source. The expedition also plans sky observations prior to the event in case clouds obscure the eclipse.
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Pacific Ocean
C. G. Abbot
Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Flint Island
Tahit
Washington Times
Abbot
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
California
San Francisco
Tahiti
Annapolis
Langley
Turf tipster fraud exposed by Post Office probe
The Post Office Department barred a turf tipster bureau run by a New York grocer and an undertaker. R. Fegley, a green grocer at 153 Sixth Avenue, operated insider information on horse races to solicit $1 bets while claiming race tips from Delaney the undertaker and Newsome. He admitted no real inside information and the scheme relied on varied horse selections to attract clients.
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Post Office Department
National Turf Information Bureau
R. Fegley
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Fagley
Richard Delaney
Eighth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Frank Newsome
Turf ‘Bureau
Troops Ordered to Muncie From Indianapolis Armory
Four infantry companies and the local battery are ordered to assemble at the Indianapolis armory at 7 am to deploy to Muncie. Three other companies in different cities also under orders. In Muncie rioting resumed as striking Indiana Union Traction workers clashed with strikebreakers. Shots and missiles. nine injured including Morris Muley with a groin wound and Harry Gardner severely beaten.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Muncie
Munele
Muhele
Indiana Union Traction Company
Morris Muley
Harry Gardner
Why I Lost My Job Narrated by a Worried Worker
A distressed speaker explains job loss due to constant worry and stomach trouble. He cites dyspepsia and a clouded mind as key factors, claims many workers share this fate, and advocates Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy with a mail order offer.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall
Fight to beat Bryan will tie up the convention
Col Alexander Troup predicts anti Bryan Democrats plan to seize a third of Denver convention delegates to stall nominating Bryan and force a unified candidate. He notes Stanchfield and others pushed to end the unit rule, aiming to influence the nomination. Bryan supporters say conservatives will knife him and prefer a reactionary Republican to cross vote.
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Friends of Nebraskan
Willian Jennings Bryan
Denver
Col
Alexander 'Troup
New Haven
Conn
Bryan
Col. Troup
Jay
Grant
National Committee
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Gov. Chanler
New York
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Judge Gray
Delaware
Democratic National Committee
Washington
John B. Stanchfield
New Hampshire
Gov. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Brooklyn Storekeeper Paroled After Killing Burglary Suspect
David Jaffe of 14 Meserole Street Brooklyn shot dead a burglar during a break in at his store. He was paroled by Magistrate O’Reilly after the arraignment, with praise for removing a dangerous man. Bayne, who claimed no burglary link, was held for further hearing.
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New York
David Jaffe
Meserole Street
Brooklyn
Jaffe
Morris
Lve
Stagg Street
Jimmy
Dahlen
Tan
Meserole
Leonard
Jaffes
Thomas Bayne
Leonard Street
Bayne
O'Reilly
O’ Reilly
Panic Averted as Fire Drill Guides School Children
New York January 2 Three thousand seven hundred pupils at a public school on Ninety sixth street and Lexington avenue were safely evacuated after crossed electric wires caused a threatening blaze. The drill kept children calm and orderly as the fire was put out with no serious damage. Lincoln Nebraska January 2 National Biscuit Company will stop selling packaged goods in Nebraska following Food Commissioner Johnsons demand that cracker packages carry net weight and content labels.
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New York
Ninety-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebr
National Biscuit Company Today
Selig
Johnson
New Year Dip Wins Wager In Cold Bay Surf
New York (Jan 2) Helen Wilcox of Ettingville Ind. plunged into Raritan Bay in thirty degree air as spectators, bundled against the cold, watched. The ex swimmer took a five minute dip, said cold won’t stop her, plans to continue winter entries and to lead a lifesaving corps.
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New York
Helen Wilcox
Ettingville
S. 1
Raritan Bay
Miss Wilcox
Wilcox
Lfesaving
Year's Gifts and Jealous Cat Delight NYC Headlines
New York readers learn of Ruby the ruby spaniel who ran away after jealousy toward a cat, was found within a day, and returned to Mrs. Herbert L. Constable. Other items cover Edna Wallace Hopper delaying a Pennsylvania Railroad car, Chinese sailors confined aboard a Queen Eleanor voyage, and a Chicago tally of record charitable giving led by Rockefeller and Sage with Carnegie also prominent.
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York
Ruby
Herbert L. Constable
West Forty-eighth Street
Tabby
Constable
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Youngstown
Ohio
Edna
Wallace Hopper
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miss Wallace
Zanesville
Boston
Pennsylvania Yards
Mise Hopper
Pittsburg
Hopper
Miss Hopper
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
John D. Rockefeller
Russell Sage
New York
Andrew Carmegle
Rockefel Jer
General Book of Education
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Institute
Louisville Fork
Cleveland
American Baptist Missionary Union
Morningside College
Young Me Christian “Associations
Charidea
Sage Foundation
Ronssélaer Polytech
Emma Wield Seminary
Young Men's Christian
Seaman's Friend Society
Northfield Seminary
Syracuse Teachers’ College
Sag Hartor
L. J
Syrian Protestant College
Lincoln Farm Association
Pascal Institute
Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Berlin
Germany
Hing Edward Hospital Fund
Bite
Cambria County
Loot St. Montclair Chicken Heist Ends With Jewelry Found
Horace Mercer of Montclair reports 22 fancy chickens missing from his coop after a thief climbed the fence in the early morning. Mrs Mercer spotted the suspect lingering and found a small black satchel inside the coop containing the couple’s watch and chain. The thief fled when the satchel was discovered.
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St. Montclair
N. J
Horace Mercer
Montclair
Mra. Mercer
Mercer
Calamity miner dies after poisoning suicide at year end
In Jefferson township Calamity, Pennsylvania, 50 year old coal miner Thomas Hanley swallowed poison as a grim response to lifelong misery in a town of hundreds of miners. The incident follows a string of hardships tied to the Walton coal mine and Calamity’s bleak end-of-year fate.
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Pittsourg
Van
Thomas Hanley
Jefferson Township
Walton
Hanley
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