Coler for Governor Aims From City Hall Fame and Fame
New York Democratic nominee Bird S Coler former city comptroller under Mayor Van Wyck stands as a gubernatorial possibility. Born Urbana Illinois 33 years ago Coler built a public reputation through anti graft and water supply efforts and his personal fortune from commissions and estates. He is a quiet art patron hare fancier and horse owner with a vast library and rare old New York records. The Me Flood Decreases.
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New York
Bird S. Coler
Saratoga
N. Y
New York City
van Wyck
W.N. Coler &Co
Urbana
Ill
Ramapo
Coler
David
Tammany Corporation
Albany
John R. Freeman
Providence
R. I
West Street
John F. Dillon
Odell
Vanderbilt
Smith
Come
American Horse Exchange
David Harum
New Jersey
Long Island
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Tilden
W ON. Coler & Co
Stock Exchange
Lady Somerset Sees England Drunk Nation Rise
Somerset leader Devlaree laments rising drunkenness in England and notes World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union ties to Frances Willard. She says alcohol increases among women, cites London arrest shifts, criticizes Carrie Nation, and applauds a school bill banning liquor sales to under 14.
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Henry Somerset
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard
Lady Somerset
America
England
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Amazon
United Kingdom
London
Detroit Mayor William Maybury A Peacemaker And Fighter
Detroit mayor William C. Maybury known as a peacemaker and compromiser who backed a governors and mayors conference on the anthracite strike. He has served two terms in Congress and five years as mayor, with earlier Democratic gubernatorial nomination. A separate obituary notes a San Francisco woman’s failed weight loss attempt ending in death after 45 days.
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William C. Maybury
Deetroit
Maybury
Detroit
Ago
Michigan
San Francisco
Ap Angel
Princess of Pless Seethes with Royal Fame and Ancestry
The Princess Henry of Pless, famed socialite in London and Berlin society, is described as the season’s belle. Wife to Prince Henry since 1891, she blends English and German loyalties, counts King Edward VII and the Kaiser as close connections, and is celebrated for beauty, lineage, and court presence. The item also notes Rome sleep studies, cattle dynamite incident, and Charles T. Yerkes on business age.
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Henry of
Pless
London
Randolph Churchill
Duchess of
Westminster
Duchess of Marlborough
Edward
Alexandia
Prince Henry
Edward VII
Co. Cornwallis West
Duke of Westminster
Princess Henry
Sheila
England
George Cornwallis West
South Africa
Maine
Furstenstein
Coronation Bazar
William II
Cowes
Kaiser
Wilhelm Albert Edward
Henry VI
Mary Fitz- Patrick
Headford
Great Britain
Lipton's Path to Parliament Under Rosebery Guidance
Sir Thomas Lipton plans a political rise aiming for Parliament with Liberal backing under Lord Rosebery. Once an enthusiastic home ruler, he now leans toward Rosebery’s camp and may seek a Glasgow seat, though his own constituency favors the Liberals amid Conservative strength.
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Thomas Lipton
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
Doughty Baronet
Lipton
Joseph Biggar
Gladstone
Thomas
Lord Rosebery
Sir Thomas
Glasgow
House of Commons
Henry Cassorte Smith A Michigan Congressman and Lawyer
Henry Cassorte Smith a 48 year old Michigan congressman and noted lawyer representing the Second district since 1899 born in New York and resident of Adrian Michigan. He started in law in 1860 as city attorney and later served as a delegate to the 1896 St Louis convention. Also mentioned is a costly Sierra Leone butterfly specimen and a hospital case involving a punctured eardrum from a kiss in Binghamton New York.
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Russell A. Alger
Bliss
Michigan
New York
Adrian
Mich
St. Louis
Smith
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Road
Kien
Martha Alen
Binghamton
New York City
Made His Own Way Kansas Governor Stanley Early Life
W E Stanley, future Kansas governor, arrived in Kansas as a young Ohio lawyer seeking work. He taught briefly in Perry after moving from Topeka, then practiced in Wichita, rising to county attorney and later legislature before securing the governorship. He is depicted as hardworking, accessible, and practical, with long hours and open office policy.
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W. E. Stanley
Kansas
Topeka
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Ohio
Mr. Dick
Stanley
Perry
Lawrence
Dayton
Kenton
Merry
Wichita
Santa Fe
WW. K. Stanley
W. FE
State House
Gov
Rum Shops Pattern Defines San Francisco’s Thirst
A City of Rum Shops, San Francisco, reveals a high saloon density with one saloon for every two adult male residents, illustrating the city’s drinking culture and social landscape.
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San Francisco
Unique Trophy Clock From Mafeking Siege
A clock crafted by engineer Mr. Gerrans using a 100 pounder Long Tom shell from Mafeking siege forms a memento. Front decorations include rifling, Mauser bullets, and Nordenfeldt shots captured from Lieut. Nisbet’s armor. Back features Mauser clips, a seven-pounder bell fragment, and a portrait of Lord Baden-Powell. Presented to Mr. Chamberlain, the clock is described by the London Illustrated News as Mafeking made.
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Maleking
Gerrans
Lieut. Nisbet
Creepan
Mafeking
Moore Elected President of National League of Republicans Clubs
J Hampton Moore, 35, Philadelphia city treasurer and former mayoral secretary, was unanimously chosen president at the National League of Republicans Clubs annual meeting in Chicago. The group adopted a principles declaration praising Congress for pledges to Cuba and endorsing U S territorial expansion including New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona statehood and early territorial government for Indian Territory.
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J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
National League of Republicans
Chicago
Moore
Ashbridge
Congress
Cuba
Philippine Islands
United States
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arizona
Indian Territory
Missing funds eyed by rats gnawing till till drawer
A saloon keeper in New Iownswick New Jersey reports ongoing theft from his till with bills, not small change. A drawer half inside a hole, chewed bills in the cavity, and rats dragging money away through the hole are noted. Also described is a long ant necklace worn by a New Guinea bride, using 1800 ant bodies.
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New Iownswick
N.J
Wahler
New Guinea
Panna
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State of
Somerset
Devlaree
Dronkenneas
Lady Henry Somerset
The
World's Christian Temperance Union
Princess OF
Europe
Germany
Austela
Rome
Prof
Griessbach
Claude Peters
Martinsburg
Charles T. Yerkes
Uia
Henry Cassorte Smith
Russell A. Alper
Museum of Natural History
Central Park
Strecker
Reading
Sierra Leone
Henry C. Smith
New Hell
Hon, W. & Stanley
United States Senate
Lis Inventoy
Eper
Nations League of Republican Clube
National League
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