Twenty Two Dead As Rail Disaster Strikes New York
A New York Central electric express derailed near Woodlawn Avenue after leaving Grand Central at 6 13 PM. Twenty two people died and 145 were injured, mostly women returning from matinees or commuting to White Plains. Fire, police, and hospital crews aided victims. cause under investigation with wheel and rail damage noted.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Two Hundred and Fifth Street
Webster Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Grand Central Station
White Plains
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Bronxborough
Bellevue
Flood
Schwannecke
Smythe
Togther
New York Central
J. C. Hammond
Shonts Warns Iowa Club on Rail Rate Peril
Theodore P. Shonts urged a square deal in the rail rate dispute addressing the Iowa club in Des Moines. He warned that continued rate cuts and wage pressures could trigger a flood of bankruptcies and receiverships, urging openness and cooperation to improve corporate practice.
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New York
Theodore
Iowa Club
Japanese Affair Settled In San Francisco School Dispute
An agreement reached at a White House conference sets in motion the abolition of oriental schools in San Francisco and the admission of Japanese children into white schools after the immigration bill passes. If the bill misses passage this session, an extra session will be called after March 4.
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Washington
San Francisco
White House
Schmitz
Root
San Franciscans
Head of Theosophists Henry Olcott Dies at 75
Henry Steel Olcott co founder of theosophists in the United States died at Adyar India aged 75. He had visited the US last year and sailed for India in October after a voyage illness in Genoa left him confined briefly in hospital. He later relapsed on reaching Ceylon and died from heart failure.
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New York
Alexander Fullerton
Theosophical Society
Adyar
India
Henry Steel Olcott
Mme. Blavatsky
Theosophists
Mr. Olcott
Genoa
Italy
Ceylon
Absteners Storm Capitol in D C Liquor Bill Rally
About 1000 temperance supporters marched through the national capitol to back Rep Webber Ohio's bill to end liquor traffic in the District of Columbia. Men women and children from many abstinence orders and churches joined as Webber and others lobbied the house committee on the District of Columbia for a favorable report.
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Washington
National Capitol
Webber
Ohio
District of Columbia
Capitol
House Committee On
Woman Killed by Train in Adrian Michigan
Mrs. Mary Hinkley aged 69 was killed when a train struck her on a Sunday in Adrian Michigan. Warren Stamp was fatally injured and Miss Ida Hinkley was seriously hurt in the same incident.
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Adrian, Mich
Mary Hinkley
Warren ‘Stamp
Ida Hinkley
Thaw Trial Details Insanity Claims in White Case
Harry K Thaw repeats to Dr Britton Evans that he sought legal pursuit of Stanford White and claims Providence guided the killing. Evans testifies as prosecutors press insanity defense while Thaw faces ongoing trial with will and codicil introduced as evidence.
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Evaris
New York
Mothers and Daughters of America
Providence
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Britton D. Evans
Will
Thaw
White
Jerome
Evass
Pittsburg
Stanford
Bolton
Criminal Court
Evans
Stanford - White
Anthony ‘Comstock
Peronies
Japanesetriangle settles school and labor dispute
In Washington a pact among President Roosevelt Secretary Root Mayor Schmitz and San Francisco school officials ends the anti Japanese agitation. Japanese children will attend white schools with restrictions while Japanese laborers are barred from the United States and American workers are excluded from Japan. The agreement is temporary pending a new treaty to exclude laborers.
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Washington
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Root
Schmitz
Board of Education
Tokio
Williams
Continental
United Tates
Will of Count Creighton Filed for Probate in Omaha
The late Count John A. Creighton's will outlines $1.15 million in specific bequests including $250,000 to relatives and a housekeeper and $900,000 to educational and benevolent institutions led by a $500,000 gift to Creighton University. The remaining estate, estimated above $5 million, will be distributed among named beneficiaries in proportion to their shares.
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Omaha
Neb
John A. Creighton
Creighton University
Pierce Requisition Flows From Texas For H C Pierce
A Texas governor requisitioned H Clayton Pierce of St. Louis, president of Waters Pierce Oil, on charges of making false affidavits. Gov Folk will hear the request Tuesday. Pierce is thought to be in New York, with son G A Pierce saying he is east and likely in the city.
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Jefferson City
Texas
Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Austin
Tex
Folk
H. Clay Pierce
New ‘York
G. A. Pierce
Fest at La Cisa on July 26, 1908
A short notice describes a festivity at La Cisa scheduled for July 26, 1908. The fragment notes attendees and local involvement, with little further detail available.
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la Cisa
Foot-Fase Cure for hot swollen feet sold by druggists
An old advertisement bundle touts Mt Cures and Allen’s Foot-Fase as remedies for hot sweaty feet callouses and swelling priced at 25 cents with no substitutes. It mentions Allen eight Olmsted Roy and claims druggists carry the product.
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Allen’s
Allen
Olmsted
Roy
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Oriental School
Charles H. Parkhurst
Anthony Comstock
Evelyn Nesbit
Delmas
Dor. Britton D. Evans Test
Creighton
Pierce
Nivers
St. Vitus
Rochefoucauld
Northern Land & Inc. Co
St. Paul, Minn
Jacobs Oll
Nebraska
J. W. Doyle
Boone
Iowa
la Salle Street
Chicago
Walton E. Coteman
Washington, D. C
Sloans
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Buffalo A. L. O
Buffalo Oil Paint & Varmish CO
Buffalo
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