Young Blair Confesses Long History of Thefts in Navy Circle
Blair, captured at Union Station with 59 worth of goods belonging to hotelman Butler Smith, writes a confession listing a life of forgery theft and misdeeds across Washington Philadelphia New York Boston Hartford Willimantic and Newport He claims false identity as Lawrence P Graham and a Navy connection to Admiral Meade, while Major Meade denies knowledge of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young A. Gordon Blair
Union Station
Butler Smith
Graham
Washington, D. C
United States
Passaic
Washington Navy Yard
Washington
University of Virginia
Philadelphia
New York
Hartford
Conn
Willimantic
Footpads Roared Robbery in Roxbury on Washington Street
An unknown man was held up on Washington street Roxbury yesterday morning and severely beaten. The two footpads secured a sum of money and a watch in the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Roxbury
Furnace crowns fail on monitor Puritan during dock trial
Commodore Bunce reports three furnace crowns in Boiler E of the monitor Puritan collapsed in a dock trial at the New York Navy Yard. A board of investigation is formed to inspect conditions. no crew injuries noted. The boilers, about twelve years old, may have corroded and weakened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Commodore Bunce
New York Navy Yard
Charlestown
Gould Estate Settled At 73 Million For Tax Purposes
The New York Appellate Division affirmed the surrogate’s valuation of Jay Gould's estate at about 73 million dollars. It also upheld deducting George J. Gould’s legacy of 5 million and administration expenses to determine property value for taxation. Judge Williams wrote the opinion, joined by Judges Vanbrant Rumsey and Patterson. Judge Ingraham dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court Today
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Williams
Vanbrant, Rumsey and Patterson
Ingraham
Record Run For Canada and Catalonia Ships Depart
The Canada leaves today at noon for Liverpool via Queenstown with 286 cabin 172 second cabin and 200 steerage passengers, while Catalonia sails an hour earlier for the same ports with 58 saloon 7 second cabin and 200 steerage passengers. Together they carry 991 travelers, a season record for this port and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Servia
Europe
Queenstown
Liverpool
Dominion Line
Canada
McAuley
Catalonia
Stephens
Shaw Couple Tied to Somerville Hospital Shooting
Authorities at the Somerville Hospital report Mrs. Shaw improving slightly while Mr. Shaw’s condition remains largely unchanged since the shooting. Doctors mention probing the bul e may be considered if Mrs. Shaw agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Hostal
Andrs. Robert Shaw
Elopement scandal rocks Santa Catalina and San Francisco
Mrs John L Bradbury wife of a Los Angeles millionaire elopes with Englishman W Russell Ward. Ward is penniless. Mrs Ward travels from San Francisco to New York then England. The Bradburys are tied to the Banning family and Santa Catalina wealth. The case follows a prior San Francisco scandal involving Bonnie Riley and Countess dHenriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
John L. Bradbury
Los Angeles
W. Russell Ward
Bradbury
Banning
Santa Catalina
Oregon
Bonnie Riley
Countess d’Henriot
Ward
Don Juan Bandini
Santa Monica
New York
England
Amelie Rives Recovers and Returns to Writing
Richmond July 2 Amelie Rives known as the Princess Trowbetskoy has fully recovered from a recent nervous attack. She has returned to Castle Hill Virginia and is now at work on a new novel continuing her literary career despite health setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Princess Trowbetskoy
Amelie Rives
Castle Hill
Princess Troubetskoy Recovering For New Novel at Castle Hill
Amelie Rives after a nervous attack has fully recovered and returned to Castle Hill Virginia where she is hard at work on a new novel she hopes will surpass previous works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Troubetskoy
Amelie Rives
Castle Hill
Princess’s turbulent life fuels new novel ambition
The article sketches the princess after a nervous collapse in May tied to the controversy over her book The Quick or the Dead and her rapid remarriage. It notes engagement to John Armstrong Chanler, a divorce, and later marriage to Prince Tronbetskoy amid ongoing effort to recover from literary and personal upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Armstrong Chanler
John Jacob Aser
Chanler
Prince Tronbetskoy
Gretna Green No More in Camden Wedding Ban
Camden New Jersey May 2 wedding bells rang in Gretna Green style as a new state law took effect requiring lovers to live in state seven days and obtain county clerk certification before marriage. Couples rushed to wed Wednesday before midnight when the law began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N._J
Trenton
Philadelphia
Gretna Green
Camden preacher breaks peach tree knotting record
The Rev. William H. Burrall, famed as Camden's top knot tier, set a high mark by turning peaches into pairs at an extraordinary rate. While some say twenty five pairs, most estimates place eight pairs as the modest total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Burrall
Camden
Bessie Was A Man Feingold Hid In Plain Sight For Years
Max Feingold known as Bessie for eight years lived as a woman in New York society and worked as a forewoman in a hat factory. He traveled to Chicago with Sophie Goldstein and secretly married her, a union kept quiet to protect Bessie's disguise. Sophie's sister's address at 29 Monroe Street is noted. The motive for the disguise remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Feingold
East Side
Feingold
Bessie
Chicago
Sophie Goldstein
Monroe Street
Sophie
$25,000 To Marry Her In Louisville Mystery Bride
Mrs. Julia Irwin, 62, with an estimated fortune of $300,000, gave Wil Botto 25,000 to marry her. Botto heads to New York for a bridal trip after receiving 1,000 cash for expenses and access to 7,000 more. Irwin heir Guy Irwin had inherited 60,000 and died from paresis after a prior relation with Botto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Julia Irwin
Wil Botto
New York
Chicopee City Physician Faces Trial Over Carpen ter Case
Dr. H Gordon Forbes the Chicopee city physician pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal operation in the death of Miss Delia Carpenter on May 12. A source says Forbes will testify that Carpenter asked for help and he refused. Carpenter allegedly performed a self administered procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicopee
H. Gordon Forbes
Delia Carpenter
Caproni Divorce Suit Reopens in Superior Court
In the Caproni divorce case, a hearing was held yesterday after a temporary reopening to hear Longfellow’s testimony. John Riley testified that Longfellow said he nearly got caught at the park with Jane, and that Mrs. Caproni appeared nervous at the park and said she was being followed near the drinking pump on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segs Sherman
Superior Court
Caproni- Caproni
Longfellow
John Riley
Jane
McDonald Girl Discharged in Municipal Court Case
Annie McDonald faced charges of threatening to accuse George H. Richards of keeping a disorderly house. Richards testified she demanded 55 dollars and threatened to expose him if refused. He denied the police claim of maintaining a questionable house. The case ended with her release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McDonald
George H. Richards
Richards
Ely
McDonald
West Roxbury
Missing New York broker Thornburgh swindled loss near six figures
Edgar D Thornburgh a broker and banker with offices in the American Surety building is missing. He is said to owe about 100000 and stands accused of swindling Henrietta Schwartz who runs a ticket office on Forty second street out of nearly 10000. He lived extravagantly with fast horses diamonds and lavish spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edgar D. Thornburgh
American Surety
Broadway
Henrietta Schwartz
Forty-second Street
Thornburgh
Loan Companies Killed in Louisville Shakeout
Within seventy two hours four building and loan associations with combined assets and liabilities exceeding 1.25 million dollars collapsed. The Court of Appeals ruling setting the legal interest rate at 6 percent crippled operations. The Kentucky Citizens' Building and Loan Association failed today with 212000 dollars in assets and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Kentucky Citizens’ Building and Loan Association
Heir to Wealth Faces Starvation in Brooklyn Home
In Brooklyn July 2 a boy named Frederick Hall White, heir to about 250000 dollars, cannot afford basic needs. His father Josiah J. White, rich yet blocked by injunctions, cannot access funds or medicine or school tuition for his son. The family remains confined in a large house at 136 Columbia Heights unable to subsist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Frederick Hall White
Josiah J. White
Columbia Heights
White
J. White
Mr. White
Fourth of July Outing Planned from Faneuil Hall Market
An outing from a North Market street area will feature prominent houses and a stay at the Garland homestead in Newfield Maine. The invitation comes from Dan Garland of J F Kimball Co and lists attendees including M D Cressey O G Bradeen C M Howe James Hatch Edward Kakas H Kidder J G Chandler Van Smith Tay S Ward Cap L N Harding H Siler Fred Massey Ivers Frank HB Piper Warren Wheeler Conn F Shea C J Nason L A Belknap B A Plumley H Porter and S H Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil Hall
North Market Street
Garland Homestead
Newfield
Dan Garland
J. F. Kimball & Co. Ey
M. D. Cressey
O. G. Bradeen
Co. M. Howe
Charles Bone James Hatch
Edward Kakas
H. Kidder
J. G. Chandler
van Smith
Tay. S. Ward
Cap Ln Harding
H. ‘Siler
Fred Massey
Ivers Frank
HB. Piper
William de Aentae
Warren Wheeler
Conn F Shea
C. J. Nason
L. A. Belknap
B . A. Plumley
H. Porter
H. Mitchell
Church Converted to Synagogue on Emerald Street
Simon Werner purchased the Christian Advance Church at 15 and 17 Emerald Street for the Kneseth Israel congregation newly formed for the Bae DE. The building will be converted from Christian worship to a Hebrew synagogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Christian Advance Church
Emerald Street
Simon Werner
Kneseth Israel Congregation
E Bae DE
Widow of ex Mayor Stebbins fatally burned in Dresden
Mrs. Mary O Stebbins widow of ex Mayor Isaac Stebbins was fatally burned at the Russian baths in Dresden. Judge Albert D Bossen of Chelsea, trustee for the estate, received a cable from Dresden noting the death after burns likely from a bursting steam coil. She lived abroad about three years with her daughter Mrs Ida Jarvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Bosson
Chelsea
Dresden
Mary O. Stebbins
Isaac Stebbins
Bossen
Stebbins
Lobby Charges Defense in Lunacy Board Case
The defense opened as witnesses testified that State Lunacy and Charity Board members discussed the bill with legislators in general terms but did not seek to influence votes. Witnesses described letters on May 16 about committee votes and potential pledges for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Wrightington
Citizens’ Association
Morton
Dr. Lewis
Charles K. Morton
State House
Major Southmaid
Springfield
Boston
Charles C
Mr. Folsom
Kehew
William A. Fletcher
Fall River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quinsigamond Clothing Co
TM Eissmere Sots PO
Old South Clothing Company
Young Blair
His
IS Graham
United States Navy
Admiral Meade
Blackwell's Island
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Bar Harbor
Cape May
America
Ben-Hurour
Specia
B. B. Emery & CO
Columbus Ave
Warren and
Dudley Streets
Warren Street
Whalen
Washington ST
Cushing Process CO
Supreme Court
Wil
Milancre
Gretna
New Jersey
William Botto
Chicopee’s
Miss Carpenter
Caproni
M’donald
Kentucky
Spitz Bros. & More
Norfolk
OPIN
Summer Street
Bath
Mary C. Stebbins
Megers
Hartshorn
Gardner
Folsom
Pettee
Marlboro Street
Citie
Rega
Malden
Marlboro Street House
Boyle Bros
Os. Sne Mien
Wash Burn Credit House
W. Gton BT
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Essex Street
ALP and Bros
Tremont Row
U. 8
East Broadway
Fifth District Civil Court
Marcus Moses
S. Lippman
Washburn
Ordan
Marah & Open
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!