Murderer Hired Sleuths to Shadow Victim for Year
From the New York World diary of Fi L Bergoff, private detective hired by Stanford White, the account details how White was shadowed by Thaw’s detectives from February 1906 to June 1908. Bergoff describes surveillance of White and others, inclining toward a motive of jealousy and a buildup to the Madison Square Garden murder, with spies following White and associates through Manhattan and beyond.
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New York
White
Fi L. Bergolf
Stanford White
Madison Square
Bergoff
Burson
Stamford White
Moe
Mr. White
Fane Desmond
Gertie Grant
Principa
Tam
Malison Square Garden
Manhattan
Manhattan Club
Madison Square Garden Tower
W. L. Sawyer’ S
Louis Harris
Manhatan Club
Harris
Millonaire
Greater
Harrell
Charles
Kurt
Whttery
Canada
Quebec
Kubert
Supt
I. W. Rorica
Berke
Delawarn,Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Kulert
Stanford
Rorke
Rel Delmonico’s
Kuhrt
J Harry ‘Kendal Thay
Pittsburg M'Tlionaire
White's Artistic Taste and a Wealthy Patron
A fragmentary account recounts Whitney paying artist White 250000 for Europe furniture selection for a Fifth Avenue mansion. The tale notes White’s costly taste, unwillingness to set expense limits, and a scheme involving surveillance of actresses connected to White and his associates to stop harassment.
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Whitney
New York
Stadford
United States
Ehs
Men
White
William C. ‘Whitney
Fifth Street
Europa
Europe
Boy governor Bowie Higgins rose from orphan to posts of trust
From a bugle boy and orphan at eleven to the so called boy governor of Utah at twenty four, Bowie Higgins advanced rapidly through government and Florida politics. He served in Civil War era posts, worked as a merchant, and built an education via night school before entering public service under M. A. Ramsall as a junior post office clerk.
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Anthony Comstock
Disik
Wislis ‘Ankyer
the Mathersrestad
McKenna
Territory
Utah
Bowie Higgins
Streat
Florida
T. Higging
Wis Beri
Sonsini Mich
Youe Higgins
Vei
Teen Young
Ofice
M. A. Ramsall
Eigst
Orphan Boy Becomes Utah Governor at Twenty Three
An orphan who rose from eleven and served in the Union army at seventeen became Utah’s territorial governor at twenty two and held the office for almost two years until a death led to succession. He promoted radical reforms, faced Mormon opposition, and later held various federal posts in Florida and Washington including port collector and county clerk. His later life included substantial business success and a family with three daughters.
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Utah
Alice ‘Tyssowski
Florida
Duvall
Washington Aid
Iseurhela -Biggins
Columbia
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Board of
Personal Tax Appraisers
H. H. Darneille
Masonic Lodge
William A. Shedd
T Street
Wrest
Washington
THE
New York Herald
Fifteenth St
M.S. Brown
Miss Wood of Winchester and the Nursing Heroic Life
A biographical sketch honors Miss Wood born in Winchester around 1833 who served as a battlefield nurse in the Civil War. She aided at Columbian Hospital and White House campaigns, tended wounded soldiers near Richmond, and later worked at Alexandria and Winchester, earning acclaim as the Angel of the Crs Schutari for her tireless devotion amid epidemics.
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Dorothea Lynne
New England
Marcha
Miss Wood
Borh
Winchester
Apgut
Bihan
Mattie Wood
Boston
Columbia
Ealene General
Marmoth
Tivey
Hos
Richmond
Sheridan
Palan
Virginia
Alexandria
Crh
Wood
Inn
William de Ferguson
New
Berguaon
Lincoln
Frederick
Gormedage
Vnsten
Pennsylvania
Confederate War Chest
Ferguson
Fremont Gualrds
White House
Treasury Department
Cleveland l
Labor unions and the ten hour day history note
Horace Ware of Indianapolis explains union strength and prosperity, tracing labor organization from the Civil War era to the ten hour day. He cites past debates, strikes, and the role of volunteers, then notes upcoming AFL conventions in Buffalo and Cleveland and local union activity shaping a Republican bid.
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Horace Ware
Indianapolis
Cighrmakers
State Federation of Labor
Mechanic
Labover
toJjall
Auntiey Prizes Cat Saved by President
An old colored woman on Fifteenth Street owns a kitten gifted by the President who saved the kitten from two savage dogs. The President carried the frightened feline for a short distance, then asked the woman to care for it, joking about possible future antics at the White House. The neighborhood spread the tale.
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Fifteenth Street
White House
Quentin
Roosevelt
Cat Streat
Antie
Perfect Health and Digestive Power Remedies
A fragment discusses digestive organs and a supposed perfect-running body. It speaks of rest, proper water, and nourishment as foundational to rebuilding the body, critiquing ignorance of how food affects health and imagining a “perfect food” solution.
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OW. Berke
Harry Rowley
William ‘Race
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Harry Dougher
Nellie
Gibbs
Fanny
John EF
Thirteenth Streets
Anxiou
Howe & Hummel
Kaffenburg
New York Detective Agency
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Sherry’s
Martin
Continental Hotel
Flatiron
Penies
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Lew Fields
Nordland
Thaw
Forty-Second Street
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Harry Payne
Chapman
Rowley
Melkenn
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Harry Dougherty
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Philadelnnta ‘Trades Union’ News
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F St, Corner Ith
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Frederick Tagersolt
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Fennsylvania Ave
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Nationals Boston
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Nelson Refrigerator CO
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