Castle Captain Sacrifices Life for Comrades in Flight
Captain Castle was killed while preventing a fatal collision as his plane collided with a second craft at a blind angle. His heroic effort saved a cadet and an aviator. he died after his plane struck the other aircraft and plunged earthward. The funeral will be held locally with Royal Flying Corps officers in attendance and body to be sent to New York for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle
Ing
Fort Worth
Camp Bowie
Royal Flying Squadrons
Royal Flying Corps
New York
Vernon Castle Dies as Broadway Mourns Tango King
Broadway mourns Vernon Castle Blythe the famed tango dancer who joined Britain in war and died serving in France. He rose from obscurity to world acclaim while remaining a boy at heart, beloved by dancers aviators and fans across New York City and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Tango King
New York
Vernon Castle
Blythe
Lew Fields
United States
Castle
Great Britain
England
London
Maurice
Walton
Margot Kelly
Wallace McCutcheon
McCutcheon
France
Castles Rise to Fame from Obscurity to Dance Empire
Vernon Castle Blythe born May 2 1887 Norwich England rose from Broadway struggle to fame as a modern dance teacher. He and Irene Foote married in 1911 and found success in Paris then New York with the Cafe de Paris breakthrough and later top box office shows Watch Your Step Hippodrome profits and a booming income exceeding 100 000 annually from lessons performances and publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Castle
Royal Flying Corps
British War Service
New York
Norwich
England
Vernon Castle Blythe
Castle
Irene Foote
New Rochelle
N. Y
Boston
Vernon
Irene
Antwerp
Paris
Funeral for aviator Captain Castle to be held with honors
In New York City on an announced date, Captain Castle's body will arrive with a Royal Flying Corps escort. The funeral services will include full military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Young South Boston Boy Rescued From Icy Bay
Nine year old, youngest of six boys stranded on loose ice near South Boston headhouse as others were rescued. Police Officer Finn from Back Bay station paddled him to safety on a cake of ice after a near fatal immersion in South Boston Bay yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
South Boston Bay
Finn
Back Bay
Harbor
Young Morris
St. Clair
Columbia Road
L Street
M Street
Sixth Street
Morris
Rescue on Pleasure Bay as Harbor Police Save Six Boys
Harbor police on the Guardian under Captain Ross A Perry rescued seven youths caught on ice in South Boston. Names include James Misset Harold Shea Martin Gavin Peter Murphy Alphonsus Walsh and Jackson Garfield with ages 13 to 14. Patrolman Finn previously rescued two boys in the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Police
Guardian
Ross A. Perry
Captain Perry
James Misset
East 5Th Street
Harold Shea
4Th Street
Martin Gavin
3D Street
Peter Murphy
Alphonsus Walsh
Swallow Street
Jackson Garfield
Dean Street
South Boston
Pleasure Bay
Morgans Sought $50 Million Loan in Entente War Plot
Federal court indicts Edmond Rousselot on three espionage charges for seeking a $50 million loan from the Morgans to aid the Entente. His arrest occurred on a separate charge, exposing a web of conspiratorial plans and power plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Edmond Rousselot
Rousselot
Chance
Spain
Indicated Loan Plot Involving Morgan Firm Foreman
William Pierson Hamilton chaired the grand jury that indicted the matter and was connected to the firm. Rousselot approached a bank via W. E. D. Stokes, triggering a response from Secretary Lansing who advised using official channels. Rousselot urged direct loan to King Al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pierson Hamilton
Morgan House
Rousselot
W. E. D. Stokes
New York City
Lansing
King al
Counterfeiter posed as French diplomat counts on secret alliance
Arrested three weeks ago for posing as Count Rousselot and betraying trust, the con man operated beyond bank fraud. He faked credentials and royal seals, befriended an actress and loaned funds against nonredeemable stocks, while courting a Spanish alliance rumor and touring a hotel suite with forged papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rousselot
Count Rousselot
France
Stokes Linked as Kin Alfonso's Secret Agent in Trial
Testimony shows Stokes claiming kinship with Alfonso and acting as a confidential agent while displaying credentials. He described an anticipated visit by French ambassador Jules Jusserand and lacking funds to entertain him. Indictments reference a transaction, introductions to a Mo firm, forging a government license to visit warships, and theft of Treasury note paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offici
Treasury
Victory pies and bread rules issued for public eateries
Washington Feb 15 The food administration orders all hotels restaurants dining cars steamship boarding houses and clubs serving Victory meals to use wheat substitutes in pies pastries cakes and waffles. Pies pastries must have one third substitutes and batter cakes griddle cakes and waffles must have three quarters substitutes to boost wheat saving and protect compliant outlets from unfair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Bishop Quayle to Preach at Centre M Church Malden
Bishop William A. Quayle of St Louis will preach at 10 30 tomorrow morning at the Centre M Church in Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Quayle
Malden
Wiliam A. Quayle
Louis
Centre M. Church
Adameon's Balsa touted as universal cold cure by druggists
In a bold claim, all druggists advertise Adameon's Balsa as the never-falling remedy for colds, urging customers to rely on this cure. The sweeping promise underscores a widespread marketing push for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adameon
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Peters
Nineton Saver’ Steers
Dent
Chicago
Long Island
Aero Squadron
Beatrice
Billie) Allen
Miss Allen
Dallas
Texas
Detroit
Vgha Uy
Maxwell Motor Company
Maxwell
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline
Providence
Broad St
Castles
Louis Martin’s
Plattsburg
James Missett
Harold Sheea
Henry Morris
Madeline
Perry
Young Murphy
Murphy
Morgans
Commissioner of Deeds
Westchester County
Ansonia
Bell-Ans
Connor
Brookside Creamery
G&c
Brookside
Henfield
Bunker Hill Bread
Campbell
Duryea
Kirkman
Parsons
Babbitt
Special Shoppers’ Store
Washington Street
John T. Connor CO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
Lydi E. Pinkham
Magin
Marcy Ave
Brookly
Lydia E Pinkham
LEMP
Smith & Bro
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!