Lecco wins multiple heats in fast race day at track
Race day featured Lecco taking early leads and winning two heats while Charley Herr and Tom Boy vie for second. Etheridge drove Lecco with skill as multiple horses broke on the backstretch and Who Is It won a separate 2:12 trot heat, with Dariel and Johnny Agan placing in another event.
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Lecco
Charley Herr
Tom Boy
Royal Baron
Fred Kohl
Bonnatella
Etheridge
Bonnetella
Keely
Jonnatella
Surpolo
Lecce
Bonnatello
Surpol
Owyhee
Queechy
Kate McCracken
Dariel
Johnny Agan
Johnny Aan
King Teidet
Wiixes
Lancelot
You Riley
Bourbon Wilkes
Gatcom
Charley Logue
Eire Danie Ie Tkinney Oelr Inn
Gove
Arnor ‘Business
Db. Og
Dee Wilkes
Great Bargain Shoe and Clothing Sale After Fire
A damaged stock sale seizes upon a fire claim offering half price clothing hats and furnishing goods. Shoes in basement damaged by fire water and smoke are marked down including men s suits coats pants and hats with prices slashed to clear out thousands of items. The sale emphasizes extraordinary value for one day only and urges customers to come today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gre
Sen
Sears
Atesea
Fat Hero Ag
Open Every Morning at 9 Closed at 6 P.M
A brief notice states hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. It indicates the establishment opens each morning and closes at six in the evening, guiding customers on service times.
Family dispute prompts injunction in Benjamin French & Co.
Wilfred French seeks to block his mother Julia B French from interfering with the firm Benjamin French & Co. In Superior Court Judge Hardy heard the case yesterday with a private hearing held earlier. A temporary injunction was granted and a receiver appointment was postponed until next Thursday. French alleges his father suffered mental weakness years ago and is under his wife's influence, accusing Julia of draining funds and causing managerial chaos at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred. French
Benjamin French & Co
Hardy
French
Julia B. French
Superior Court
Wilfred French
Julia. B. French
Benjamin French
Julia
Captain Brown Intercepts Alleged Poker Game
Captain Brown of the liquor squad and Sergeants Saxton Tenhart and Augusta raided the Mutual Investment Company room at 186 Washington Street. Nine men were found gambling around a table and were taken to Station 2 for arraignment. Officers seized furniture, cards, and money, noting a concealed lock and padded sounds deadening setup.
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Brown
Saxton
Tenhart
Augusta
Mutual Investment Company
Washington Street
Quincy
Ole
Melaver Street
Ossipes
N. H
Harry W. Quincy
George Wilson
Camden
John A. Thompson
Malden
Thomas Everett
Hancock Street
John Thomas
Eustis Street
John White
Station 2
Mutual Investment “Company
Yale
Andrew J. Wilkinson
Congress Street
School Street
Tragedy on Harlem River Elopement Ends in Death
New York August 23 two bodies found on the Harlem River banks near Mosholu Park in a suicide pact between John Landauer and Josephine Engel. Landauer a cigarmaker left his wife and three children to be with Josephine, a girl not yet fifteen. A note from Landauer to his wife explains his remorse and impending death. A patrolman discovered the scene and Frederick Engel, Josephine’s father, identified the victims at the station.
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New York
Harlem River
Mosholu Park
John Landauer
Josephine Engel
Jess
Great East Side
John J. Landauer
First Avenue
Landauer
Frederick Engel
Josephine
Josephine Enge
John. Landauer
Ami
First ‘Avenue
Ninety Seventh
Ninety-eighth
John
Thomas Griffin
Propeller Shaft Breaks On Clyde Steamer Oneida
The Clyde steamer Oneida from Wilmington to New York broke its propeller shaft fifteen miles south of Absecon and anchored. A life saving crew from Absecon Light has gone to assist. Some crew ashore telegraphed that they expect to reach the ship by morrow morning. The ship had little water and the passengers were not in danger.
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Galileo
N.J
Oneida
Wilmington
N. C
New York
Absecom
Abm
Moonlight Excursion Hosted by Boston Elevated Employees
Nearly 300 people braved bad weather for a moonlight trip to Base Point organized by Division 1 of the Boston Elevated Railroad. The Boston Elevated Railroad Band provided music and dancing occurred at both the point and the boat. Return to the city was around 1 a.m. George H. Barnes served on the arranging committee.
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Division 1
Boston Elevated Railroad
Base Point
Bass Point
George H. Barnes
Arrangemion
Death of Eka Steae 68 Years Called To Reporter Will
An obituary notes the death of Eka Steae aged 68, with a will reported by the family and details of her later life and survivor families.
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Eka Steae
Reece A
Etsanetedas
Secret Brooklyn Wedding of Clara Britton and J Lewis Hutchinson Jr
Clara Britton daughter of Eugene V Britton, and J Lewis Hutchinson Jr., were secretly wed at the Greenpoint Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. The couple, aged 19 and 18, told Rev William C McKnight they faced separation if not married. Hutchinson Sr. spoke warmly of the couple and urged understanding.
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Clara Britton
J. Lewis Hutchinson
Greenport
L. I
New York
Clara
Eugene V. Britton
J. Lewis Hutchinson, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Greenpoint
L. L
William C. McKnight
Mises Britton
Leavy & Britton
National City Bank of Brooklyn
Hutchinson
Chicago
Lewis
Clarae
Not hearing the rebuke they disobeyed
A brief, formal reminder shows that the youths did not heed the admonition given in private chatter, continuing to act against the expected norms. The scene captures discipline dynamics among the young, framed in terse, era-appropriate language.
Derby Actress Marries Minstrel Frank Nugent
Miss Margaret Menton of Derby writes from Waterbury that she wed Frank J. Nugent stage name William Redmond of Primrose and Dockstader’s. A Derby contralto and society favorite, she left wealth and a Catholic choir life to marry, prompting her mother to threaten disinheritance.
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Derby, Conn
Margaret Menton
Waterbury
Frank J. Nugent
William , Redmond
Primrose and Dockstader
Miss Menton
King
St. Mary’s
Derby
Frank 3
Nugent
Gaston Snow & Saltonstall Sue Davies Firm in U S Circuit Court
William A Gaston Frederick E Snow and Richard M Saltonstall Boston lawyers under Gaston Snow Saltonstall filed suit in the U S Circuit Court for this district to recover 8745 from John H Davies Jennings 8 Co a New York banking firm in a civil action dated August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
John H. Davies & Co
New York
William A. Gaston
Frederick, E. Snow
Richard M. Saltonstall
Boston
United States Circuit Court
John H. Davies
Jennings
Bankers Talbot and Davies Sued for Brewery Consolidation Services
Cox and Benjamin G Talbot bankers under John H Davies Co claim they provided legal services between May 11 and June 6 to the defendants for securing the consolidation of breweries in Boston under the Boston Breweries Company and for issuing its securities.
Newsboy Hero Willie Davis Saves Child From Roof
Willie Davis a 12 year old newsboy living at 56 Village Street rescued 2 year old Daniel O Connor from a rooftop ledge four stories above. The boy’s nurse had misplaced him in the hallway and he crawled toward the roof before Davis leaped and caught him by the dress then lowered him to safety. The community cheered the courageous act.
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Willie Davis
Village Erreet
Daniel O'Connor
O'Connors
Village
Compton
Emerald Street
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