Mrs Gould In Court Over Lichtenstein Purchases
Katherine Gould sues for $2,986 claiming she bought goods from Lichtenstein Company as her husband Howard Gould’s agent during their separation. Justice Truax hears argues over whether she was personally liable or acting as her husband’s agent. Witnesses describe the alleged purchases including furs and accessories. The trial ends abruptly as time runs out with tensions high over marital duty and credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yiote Jan
Katherine Clemrmone Foul
Howard Gould
Malcott
Butler
Ji Fotenstein Malline Company
Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Missio
Mirabeau L
Towne
Brooklyn
Peetor
Goule Ruther
Gieach
Lichtenstein
Towns
Willam Dreier
Lichtenstein Com
Larocque
Mr. Lichtenstein
de Lancey Nicoll
Goulds
Gould
Nebie
Lichtenstein Company
Nicoll
St. Regis
Obituaries From January Funeral Notices in Local Paper
Died on Wednesday January 7 1908 Mary Louise Bennett of Pooley Pandery and other listings note funeral arrangements. Multiple obituaries list graves and services at various local churches and private homes, including Mary Elizabeth Bennett and William Hale Phim.
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Nur
Tenth Street
Robert Wo Bender Petar
Pooley
Inter- Hone
Tocadev
Os Beni Ailess
Mary Louise
Bo Bennett
Tanistay
Bprovitense
Tal
Coum Anihor
William Hale
New York
Detroit
Lew Vorgommand
Parry Hee Pekosha
Teots Foye B
Watley Soul
Nineteenth Street
Tororo
Lees Chapel
Pustsk
Phmsilay
Danu- Vyas
Mra
Piresd
Mary Peuabipelda
Norris
Ann Maedaniel
St Pauls Catholic Church
Pharsiy Jamas
Bnt
Irrell Counccl
Reights
Columbus
Eloly Comforter
Fim
Capital Streets
Frifas Mounth
War Life
Rey Jfosepiel Maguire
Carroll Couna Guorgh
T. Kolb
G. K. Wo
Pleishele
Les Oath
Hee
Ort
Mary Rivis
B&b
Joseph Co
Ler
Algusta
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with services
A survey of funeral homes and embalmers includes WM H Sardo Co Thos R Nalley Son John R Wright Co R F Harvey Sons W R Speare Brank A Speare and others. Entries show street addresses in northwest Washington and nearby areas with phone numbers and notes on service quality and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Rte Vere
Molera Hapa
Lincoln
S. Sergeon
Cain
Mtr
R. Nalley
Diretor
Ewhalmer
Hostrest
East J
Geo
Modlers Chapel
John R. Wright CO
Chapal
Tenta
R. F. Harvey
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Brank A. Speare
Mer. Rhon Ss Main
Death by own action rocks Vanderbilt brokerage circle
Charles Wadsworth Whitney, 38, heir to the Vanderbilt-linked Whitney firm, was found dead with a revolver in his left temple at 258 West Seventy-second Street. Coroner ruled death by own action amid reports of neurasthenia after his mother’s death. no note, no love affair. Whitney had been inactive in firm affairs for a year. He led LL N. Whitney & Son offices at Broad Street and Madison Avenue, was Princeton-educated, and belonged to several historical and social clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Jin
Charles Wadsworth Whitney
Henry Norris Whitney
West Seventy-second Street
Acerttelli
LL N. Whitney & Son
Broad Street
Maddison Avenue
Charles W. Whitney
Florodora Sextet
Princeton
Racquette and Tennis Club
Sons of the Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars
Henry N. Whitney & Songs
Drewe& H Robinson
Vanderbilt
Chase & Atkins
Henry N. Whitney
Kissam, Whitney
Kissam
William H. Vanderbilt
Henry N. Whitney & Sons
Denver
Colo
Frank James
Mexico City
Frank
Loaned by Roosevelt heirs largest mortgage of day
New York on January 8 Big Tim Sullivan obtained 3700,000 from the Roosevelt estate heirs. John Emien Roosevelt, a near relative of the President, acted as trustee. The loan runs thirteen years at 12 1/2 percent interest. Sullivan gave a mortgage on his Harlem theater at 1th and 2th streets, just west of Third avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tim
Sullivan
Roosevelt
John Emien Roosevelt
Harlem Theater
Third Avenas
Licensed to Marry Mixed Names Across States and Churches
A list of betrothals and marriages compiles ages and locations for numerous couples including Joseph Bastion and Edna oceckles of Pittsfield and Culpeper respectively, with reverends named as witnesses. The scattered entries span Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Massachusetts and beyond, reflecting a broad social register of engagements.
Health Office Record Deaths Reported to Noon January 7
List of deceased with addresses and ages including Michael Muilan 76 at 212 7th St NE and Jennie Israel 83 at 1509 Ist St SW among others. Names include Dimis A Chamberlin 9? years, Mary Cannon 45, George H Salabury 72, Jude J Kohner 5, Ellen C Lynch 62, Katherine Shreve 58, Emma Barr 86, Joseph McMahon 1 hour, and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Muilan
7Th St. Ne
Dimis A. Chamberlin
St. Nw
Jennie Israel
St. Sw
Mary Cannon
Wm. H. Driggs
Naval Med. School
Hos
Mary A. Carter
New Hamp
George H. Salabury
Hoap
Jude J. Kohner
New York Ave
Ellen C. Lynch
Mass
Katherine Shreve
Wm. C. Morrison
Brightwood Ava
Jane C Lafferty
Charles M. Harvey
Five Drown In Wreck As Schooner Goes Down
A Cape Hatteras dispatch reports five of seven crew dead when a Long Point Maine bound schooner laden with fish scrap shattered on Diamond Shoals during a fierce gale. Two survivors, the cook and a German sailor, were washed ashore unable to identify the vessel. The loss follows a brutal storm noted as Eastern Carolina’s worst since 1979. A second note says the Merchants and Miners steamer Lexington ran aground off James Point Maryland during the same storm, still aground but not in danger, en route from Baltimore to Savannah with passengers and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Charleston
Norfolk
United States
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Diamond Shoals
Achooner
Long Point
D. C
Hatteras
Carolina
Cook
Ufe-savers
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Merchants and Miners
Lexington
James Point
Savannah
Fight Over Cotton In Bay Ends With Recoveries
In New York Bay a cargo of 150 bales valued at over 500 dollars per bale was lost from the Annie Greenville after Foundering in the upper bay. Police and owners' representatives battled beachcombers from Bush Stores South Brooklyn and Bay Ridge as Italians and Polaks used revolvers to threaten salvage efforts. By noon most cotton was recovered, with some bales hidden by beachcombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Jan
Annie Greenville
Upper Bay
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Savannah Line
City of
Savannah
Georgia
Pier A
Manhattan
WILL LIFT JEWEL MYSTERY
Dublin announces a commission to investigate the July theft of state regalia from Dublin Castle valued at 250000 dollars. The safe was forced open and the jewels used for the Order of St Patrick ceremony may have been pledged. King Edward intervenes as an Irish judge, a magistrate, and a high London official form the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Edward
London
Counsel for Yarmouths in Annullment Suit
London January report states Rufus Daniel Trance and William T. Barnard retained as counsel by Countess of Yarmouth formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg. Earl of Yarmouth to be represented by R Newton Crane and likely Sir Edward H. Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rufus Daniel Trance
William T. Barnard
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
R. Newton Crane
Edward H. Carson
Kasato Maru Arrives at Arica With Beri Beri Aboard
The Japanese steamer Kasato Maru reaches Arica Chile with beri beri on board. Passengers will likely be kept ashore while quarantine discharges the cargo and the ship may sail back to its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalparaigo
Chile
Arica
Belgian Premierward? Schollaert’s Interior post debated
Brussels reports M. Schollaert, head of the Chamber of Deputies, has been named minister of the Interior to replace the late M. de Troos. He may also be chosen as premier, a role formerly held by de Troos. A separate dispatch from Elkins notes Mrs. George Crando attempted suicide by poison rather than return to New York. she is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
M. Schollaert
Chamber of Deputies
Interior
M. de Troos
New York
Washington Post
Elkins
W. Va
George Crando
Labor body fights Taft in New Hampshire rally
The New Hampshire executive committee of the American Federation of Labor issued a statement opposing William H. Taft's presidential candidacy. It labels Taft as the arch enemy of organized labor and denounces his injunction practices and campaign methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Wiliam H. Taft
American Federation of Labor
New Hampshire
William H. Taft
Organized Labor
More Oklahomans for Taft Indorsed by State Committee
The Republican State committee at Guthrie Oklahoma indorsed Secretary of War William H. Taft for president. Legislators had already acted. A large demonstration attended the naming. A delegate convention of 640 delegates was called to meet in Oklahoma City on March 11 to choose delegates for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Committee
Guthrie
Okla
Jan
Republican State Committee
William H. Taft
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Novel plan to boom Taft by motion pictures
A motion picture publicity scheme proposes Secretary Taft in characteristic poses at five and ten cents a view to boost his presidential bid. Promoted by an expert of moving pictures, the plan claims Roosevelt approves and envisions scenes like Taft on horseback with troops or sharing a Fairbanks joke. Taft declined to confirm any such publicity but said he tries to satisfy photographers’ wishes.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Bennet
New York
Sioux City
William H Glasgow
Chicago
Glasgow
Omaha
Missouri River
Mr. Lessenich
Money reform resolutions from Farmers Union in Memphis
The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of America denounces the money panic as a conspiracy by money power and speculators and calls Congress to issue government controlled money. It urges citizens with land collateral be allowed to borrow at not more than five percent and demands at least 3.5 billion dollars in legal tender Treasury notes lent directly to the people to aid cotton marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Jan
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Congress
Treasury
United States Treasury
Arrested in Pond Murder. Prisoner Aids Search for Bracelet Recipient
Frederick W. Elliott, 22, a Boston and Albany brakeman from Auburndale, arrested as an accessory after the fact in the Lena Whitmore murder. He aided Newark detectives in locating Mrs Georgie Dickinson who allegedly received a Christmas bracelet from Theodore Whitmore. Elliott plans to tell Hudson County officials all he knows and may travel to New Jersey. He says Whitmore claimed Lena had left. Elliott had last seen Whitmore after Christmas and wrote a note signing as Lena at Whitmore's request.
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Boston
Frederick W. Elliott
Boston and Albany
Auburndale
Mass
Lena Whitmore
Lampblack
Harrison
N. J
George T. Vickers
Hudson County
Wn.j
Inott
New Jersey
Ellott
Mr. Vickers
Whitmores
Brooklyn
Whitmore
Interborough Railway
Charlock
Newark
Inspector Patterson
Georgie Dickinson
Theodore Whitmore
Elliot
Attorney Vickers
Elliott
Eliott
New York
Bessie
Lena
Chinatown
East River tunnel opens with six minute ride to Borough Hall
New York reports the first passenger train traversed the new East River tunnel from Bowling Green to Borough Hall in six minutes. Interborough service began, with crowds from Brooklyn crossing to Manhattan to celebrate a faster homeward journey. The two-tube tunnel, built for 30 000 passengers per hour, features safety devices, electric controls, and a centralized operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Hall
Washington Post
New York
New
East River
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bowling Green
Interborough
Operaton
Bronx
Brooklyn Bridge
Fulton Street
Interborough Company
John B. McDonald
Manhattan Subway
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
The
Battery
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Flatbush Avenue
Decrease in Ellis Island Immigration Hits Staff
Widespread drop in immigration reduces Ellis Island work. Oceanic brings 43 steerage passengers, Bluecher 999, Algeria 168 as 4,500 steerage leave New York ports last week. With one tenth capacity and 50 workers left, staff have little to do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Island
Bluecher
Lins
Algeria
Mediterranean
Caronia
Europe
Billis Island
Judge Wilfley Arrives in St Louis from Shanghai
Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley, former St. Louis jurist and now presiding U S court at Shanghai, landed today en route to Washington. He would not comment on maladministration charges filed in Washington. The petition by Catholics in Shanghai and his provinces seeks his removal over alleged hostility to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
St. Louis
Jan
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
United States Court
China
Orient
Washington
For Your Son or Daughter Trust Estate Notice
For Your Son or Daughter trust estate offers a cumulative trust as a plan to accumulate funds for a child’s future education or other special purposes. Particulars upon application.
American Security and Trust Company Announcement
Northwest corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue details the American Security and Trust Company with Charles J. Bell serving as President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Rent Strikers Paid to Quit In New York Evictions Begin
Evictions start today as rent strikers face dispossess warrants. Landlords and the Taxpayers Protective Association show restraint, offering tenants time to move. Some landlords pay tenants to move quietly, avoiding marshal costs. A relief committee will assess real distress and grant an extra month for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Copper harder than steel sparks ancient tempering craft
An examination of a small copper ax found on Presque Isle shore near Marquette shows the axe is harder than highly tempered steel. Metallurgists interpret this as evidence that an aboriginal people predated American Indians and mastered tempering metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Jan
Lake Superior
Presque Isle
Rector Facing Jail Term Over Sunday Closing Silence
Canon William Shaefe Chase, rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Bedford Avenue, faces possible jail and a $250 fine after being found guilty of criminal contempt for criticizing Justice Marean’s Sunday closing decision in a newspaper interview. Marean says the proceedings protect the court’s dignity. Chase plans to explain his position at Friday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Jan
William Shaefe Chase
Christ Episcopal Church
Bedford Avenue
Hela
Sense Supreme Court
Marean
Canon Chase
Mareau
Autoist shoots famous dog in New Jersey
Victor the Liebigs dog in Great Notch, New Jersey, was shot by a young motorist as he stood in the road to inspect an approaching car. The dog, renowned for intelligence and household duties, survived the head wound and began a slow recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan
Great Notch
N. J
Victor
Daniel F. Liebig
Liebigs
Canton restaurant fire claims 200 lives in panic collapse
Mail advices from South China report a terrible Canton blaze at the Choi Chan Restaurant on wedding night. A moving picture machine exhibit sparked the fire as hundreds crowded inside. The building collapsed during the panic, causing 200 deaths and numerous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia
South China
Canton
California
Boies Out of Danger After Pneumonia Recovery
Former Iowa governor Horace Boies, hospitalized with pneumonia in El Paso, is reportedly out of danger with no relapse expected after sitting up briefly. In New York, Mrs. Russell Sage loaned 225000 at 5 12 percent for three years on Sixth Avenue property and 250000 at 5 4 percent on Twentieth Street land owned by Philip Braender. In Home, Texas, Huineas Wheeler, aged eighty six, died by self inflicted gunshot amid grip illness. Wheeler once served as quartermaster of the Western Union Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
el Paso
Tex
Jan
Horace Boies
New York
Russell Sage
van Schaick Realty Company
Sixth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Philip Braender
Home
Huineas Wheeler
Wheeler
Divorce Too Costly They Stay Married
Jersey City January 8 After fourteen months of married life Adam Kratzman and Mrs Amy Kratzman of Newark New Jersey visited Justice Robert Miller seeking a divorce for a price not exceeding ten dollars The judge cautioned that divorces are costly and advised them to consult a chancery lawyer noting a rack bottom price around 260 dollars The wife blamed her husband's night baker schedule for the dissatisfaction and the couple left undecided as to future plans Meanwhile other brief items cover a long term Sioux City hotel boarder a mayoral note in South Norwalk a fatal car ride in Boston and a deer’s swim in New York with several other odd happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Adam Kratzman
Amy Kratzman
Bloomfield Street
Newark
Justice Robert Miller
Justice Miller
Chancery Court
Warning on kidney trouble and home remedy directions
Article warns of widespread kidney disease risks and urges medical consultation for serious signs. It promotes a home remedy of Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with a specific adult dose, claiming it relieves rheumatism by cleansing kidney pores.
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Bright
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