Pursuit of Girard Connects Suspect to Pfeiffer Killings
New York police identify Joseph Girard as a suspect linked to the Pfeiffer murder and two other deaths. Detectives search a dozen vessels chasing evidence from Wallkill River to Long Island Sound. A ranger posse and coast patrols sweep the Spitzbergen range as leads point to Girard’s boarding house and a stolen newspaper clipping.
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Peekskill
Seabury
Girard
Long Island Sound
Gildea
Misa Pfeiffer
Sergi Price
Gussie Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Davis
Joseph Days
West 114Th Street
Wallkill River
Middletown
Pfeiffer
Unclear aging records from Ilalth Office archive
Fragmentary OCR from a 19th or early 20th century office record lists numerous ages and names such as Ayton Sprat and Lee Whars Gah, with scattered terms like hospital and insane. The legible bits show ages from 4 to 79 years, with mentions of months and years, but no coherent event or full context emerges.
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Sears
Arl Ayton
Sprat
Lee Whars
Berter
Beva
Wison Gos
Es SS
Notice of Marriages and Deaths in Various Papers
Notices indicate marriage and death announcements appear without extra charge across multiple newspapers including New York Times and Public Ledger with references to standard sections and date lines. The text lists several publications such as Evening Post and Minneapolis Tribune among others as involved in insertion policies.
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Washton
NEW York Times Etston Ulube
LE Rier Cing Mate Esquirer
AGU
Heald Prilaklpala Public Ledger
Filset
Ku Dispatch Phovipence Journal
Hester Herald
Lotiss Republic
FT Paul
Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cles Sland Flaln
Francis H Peabody Dead In Beverly Cove Banking Leader
Francis T. Peabody of Kidder Peabody & Co died suddenly of heart disease at Bevett Cove home at seventy four. He was a longtime banker, formerly head clerk at John E Thayer & Brother, later partner in Widder Peabody & Co, and a director of United States Steel Company until about a year ago. He leaves a son, Frank H. Peabody, and an unmarried daughter.
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Peverly Mass
Francis T. Peabody
Beston
Kidder Peabody & Co
Bevett, Cove
Pebody
Peabody
Boston
Kidder, Peabody Company
Framig H Peabody
Spring
Kidder
Col Peabody
United States Steel Company
Frank H. Peabody
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Peace Treaty Repudiated By Professors At Imperial University
Tokyo September 2 reports show over forty memorials opposing the peace treaty including six Imperial University professors urging refusal to ratify. They argue the pact nullifies the war’s purpose and endangers national interests, calling it a humiliating constraint on Japan and a dangerous future precedent.
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Imperial University
Soya Straits
Tokyo
Hst Owme
American Steamer Barracouta Seized Near Sakhalin
Tokyo reports the American steamer Barracouta capt Curtis last sailed from San Francisco for Nikolaievsk has been seized by Japanese forces north of Sakhalin Island. Also notes Sir Michael Hicks Beach’s reception by the Japanese Emperor and a Highlands concert series by the Naval Gun Factory Band. The update includes obituaries and probate notices from Providence Hospital and Albuquerque, plus a new fourth class Postmaster appointment.
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San Francisco
Sakhalin
Tokyo
Curtis
Nikolaievysk
Michael Hicks- Beach
Singapore
Japan
the Highlands
United States Realty Company
Naval Gun Factory
Prof Moody
Bonaparte Expected to Succeed Moody as Attorney General
A New York dispatch reports that Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte is anticipated to become Attorney General next year, succeeding William H. Moody who plans private life. President Roosevelt reportedly favors the change, though no confirmation is given. Bonaparte left Washington for Baltimore yesterday, amid speculation over a Navy vacancy possibly filled by George von L. Meyer.
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Mr. Moody
Roosevelt
Cretary
Charles J. Bonaparte
Department of Justice
Wiliam H. Moody
Bonaparte
Washington
Batimore
Navy Department
Navy
George von L. Meyer
St Petersburg
Secretary Root to Arrive in Washington Next Week
Secretary of State Root is due in Washington next week likely with Robert Bacon the new Assistant Secretary who may take the oath of office then. Loomis retirement date not announced but rumored to pass office to Bacon around October 1. Changes in department personnel are expected when Root assumes full charge.
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Arive
Washington
Root
Robert Bacon
Francis B. Loomis
Loomis
Bacon
President Roosevelt Invited to Wilmington Visit
A Wilmington Merchants' Association telegram invites President Roosevelt to visit Wilmington on October 20, after stops in Raleigh and Greensboro. North Carolina guards plan encampment for his visit, while Bristol prepares a welcome. Officials discuss yellow fever fears and frost records as safety concerns for the trip.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
N.C
W B. Cooper
Merchants' Association
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Raleigh
Greensboro
North Carolina
N. C
North Carolina Guards
Bnstol
Tenn
Bristol
Bristol Board of Trade
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Marine Hospital
England Gets Contracts for Russian Navy Building in Britain
New York reports a cable that Russia plans to build its entire new navy in Great Britain, including battleships and destroyers. Charles R Flint says no contracts have been let in England beyond one cruiser, and Americans will claim a share of the work when awards are made. He notes 60 percent cost claims are unfounded without noting quality factors.
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Washington Post
New York
Great Britain
Charles M. Schwab
Europe
Schwab
America
Charles R. Flint
St Petersburg
Navy
Mr. Flint
England
Maxim
Whipped child IO death in Indian Territory death sentence
Rufus Binyon a 40 times tried to burn the body of his eight year old step daughter May Hawthorne after beating her to death near Ray in May. The suspect was convicted in federal court and sentenced to death at Ardmore Oklahoma. Bishop Arnett appealed to President Roosevelt who refused to intervene.
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Negro
Indian Territory
Ardmore
Rufus Binyon
Ray
May Hawthorne
Binyon
Bishop Arnett
Ohio
Roosevelt
Boston Woman Found Headless Body in Suitcase
Boston police pursue a still-unsolved case after a headless female body, dismembered and found in a suitcase in Boston Harbor at Winthrop, is linked to an alleged illegal operation. Autopsy suggests peritonitis from septic poisoning. police seek missing women and family ties, while a physician’s patient list is reviewed for clues.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Winthrop
Fall River
Harris
Neal
State Polie
Hoston
E. J. Cummings
Josiah Cummings & Son
Change in Pay Days For Government Clerks
Secretary Shaw announced a new rule certifying payrolls in advance. Clerks are paid on the 1st and 15th, but now certification must await the actual pay period end, shifting ghost pay days to about the 3rd and 17th. Local business disruptions and hardship to workers are expected as payments shift and pre Christmas and Decoration Day partial payments end.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
George W Evans
Interior Department
Chinese Fever Victim Found Dead in Joss House
Lee Ning, a Chinese man, was found dead in a joss house on Elk Place New Orleans after inspectors discovered the body. The New Orleans fever report shows 37 new cases that day and total figures rising to 2762 cases and 369 deaths, with 15 new foci and 13 discharged.
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Joss House
New Orleans
Lee Ning
Josta
Elk Place
NO FEVER IN HAVANA DENIAL REPORTED
Gen Wyman reports Cuban health board says Havana shows no yellow fever. Three malaria deaths last month, many dengue cases among both immunes and nonimmunes. No recent yellow fever deaths. Komura to leave for Japan. condition improved. early recovery hoped for Sept 27 with voyage via Vancouver to Japan.
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Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Havana
Superior Board of Health of
Cuba
Vedado
Komura
Japan
New York
Baron Komura
British Columbia
Baron
Tus
Vancouver
Castro Defies Pressure in International Cable Dispute
Washington prepared for talks to resolve pending controversies over the French Cable Company. M. Jusserand sails to New York as Caracas reports the government will not treat through Maigny, citing documents validating the court actions against the company and labeling M. Taigny’s protest as personal hostility.
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Washington
M. Jusserand
United States
New York
Havre
Caracas
M. Taigny
Cherge D'Affaires
M Brun
M. Talguy
Charge D'Affaires
Maigny
Free Hand for France Over Venezuela Crisis
Washington officials warn that a French-Venezuelan clash over Caracas actions against the French Cable Company could escalate. The United States, citing the Monroe doctrine, says it will not intervene if France confines itself to coercive measures short of permanent territory seizure and awaits Jusserand’s Washington briefing.
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France
Venezuela
Caracag
Washington
Roosevelt
M. J. J. Jusserand
United States
Paris
Foreign Office
New York
Oyster Bay
White House
M. Jusserand
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Venezuelan
Ambassador Jusserand
Hay
von Holleben
Emperor William
Russia
Japan
Neutral stance and U S action on Franco Venezuela crisis
The piece argues the United States would offer no neutral aid if Franco occupies Venezuelan territory after war ends and would only intervene if hostilities threaten the Monroe Doctrine. It also reports Chicago news of the Allied Printing Trades Council backing Chicago Typothetae in a printer union dispute, with nine firms having signed the union agreement.
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United States
Franco
Castro
Washington
France
Roosevelt
Chicago
Allied Printing Trades Council
Chicago Typotheta
Chicago Pypographical Union
The
Typographical Union
Limited red leather reproductions offered through The Washington Post
A limited number of photo lithographic reproductions of the Congress authorized edition are bound in red leather with gilt tooling and offered to Post readers via the Thomas Jefferson Department. A sample can be examined at The Post business office, with further details and price sent after returning the coupon with name and address.
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Congress
Thomas Jefferson Department
Washington Post
Post
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United States National Museum
Jesus
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Washington, D. C
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HUB Furniture CO
E. Cor
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Geo. E. Hebbard
Modern Tailor
9Th St
Atlantic & Pacific
Matin
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Cosmopolitan Regal
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