Moscow fireworks and extra steamer for Coney Island night show
The Coney Island Company adds an extra steamer at 11:20 pm to aid patrons for Moscow fireworks after the Russian drama. Manager A E Gregory announces an extra fireworks display tonight and tomorrow night. Rain last night forced cancelation, with hopes for a grand finale and a peak crowd this weekend at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney
Gregory
River Park
Moscow
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Chester Season Opera Seats Go on Sale at Smith and Nixon
Reserved seats for The Fortune Teller the Chester Park Opera Company's first production go on sale Thursday. Season-ticket demand is high with options to reserve certain seats for specific evenings all summer. An extra rehearsal was held last night and an evening session said to be ready for a possible tomorrow night production. The season opens a week from Sunday and features Marion Stanley in The Fortune Teller and The Mocking Bird, followed by Dolly Varden with Stanley and Robin Hood with Rose La Harte.
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Chester
Chester Park Opera Company
Smith & Nixon
Chester Company
Fitzgerald
Opron
Dolly Varden
Marion Stanley
Cincinnati
Robin Hood
Rose la Harte
Maid Marion
Lackaye Scores a Hit in Bruvver Jim's Baby
The article notes Wilton Lackaye's strong turn as the old miner in Bruvver Jim's Baby, staged in Washington by a summer stock company led by William A. Brady. It covers his career ups and downs, his past triumphs, and his managers future touring plans. It cites attempts by Howard Thomas Klein and others to tailor roles for him and mentions his reputed refusal of Shaw's The Doctors Dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lackaye
Wilton Lackaye
Philip Verrill Michels
Bruvver
Jim's
Washington, D. C
Lackaye
Hilda Spong
Charlotte Walker
Charles Walcot
Michels
William A. Brady
Brady
Reb Shemuel
Zangwill
Parvenu
Amelia Bingham
Bronson Howard
Augustus Thomas
Colorado
Charles Klein
Harrison Grey Fiske
Dr. Belgraff
Good Reports From Jamestown Expo in Shape
Manager Weaver reports Jamestown expo developing well with rough spots fading. Concessions show good business and should grow with big crowds. Lagoon remains placid under Colonel Hunt in command as gates stay open despite weather. A strong entertainment bill is planned for next week.
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Jamestown
Manager Weaver
Lagoon
Colonel Hunt
Summer Resorts Steam Heated
Marie Henry Watterson credits New York as a great summer resort with fifty destinations reachable in fifty minutes. The Evening Telegram notes he omits how many places are available when it grows cold. Roof gardens opening in New York offer some relief from heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Henry Watterson
New York
Evening Telegram
Dancing Dolls at Wallacks Offer Seven Members in Set
Alfred E Aarons' Dancing Dolls reveal a hidden seventh member unseen by the public as vacation duties rotate dolls every two weeks. A recent theatergoer noted No 3 has a different look beneath her blonde ringlets and confirmed the ongoing rotation. The Moscow performance was postponed due to muddy grounds after heavy morning rain. Fireworks will be added tonight for a grand display. Chester Park clubhouse serves its best menu and service yet, drawing enthusiastic patrons.
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Alfred E. Aarons
Wallacks
New York
Germany
Moscow
Gregory
Chester Park
Frohman Plans Lyceum Run for Margaret Illington
Daniel Frohman has completed engagements for Margaret Illington at the Lyceum Theater New York in September. The English comedy drama Dr Wake's Patient features Gayer Mackey as lead and Edith Ostlere in a female role, both from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frohman
Margaret Illington
Lyceum Theater
New York
Dr. Wake
Gayer Mackey
Edith Ostlere
London
Charles Walcot
J. R. Crawford
Kate Meek
Marguerite St. John
the Lion and the Mouse Company
Harry Dodd
Herbert Percy
Death by own action of Mrs Karl Hau reported in Zurich lake
Dispatch from Karlsruhe to The Lokal Anzeiger says Mrs Karl Hau drowned yesterday in a lake in the Canton of Zurich. She was the wife of Karl Hau a Roman law professor at George Washington University, who is charged with murdering his mother in Baden Baden last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jime 7A
Karlsruhe
Lokal Anzeiger
Karl Hau
Zurich
Switzerland
Seavian Monarch Thrown By Horde
Belgrade reports King Peter was thrown from his saddle when his horse panicked during a ride. He suffered thigh pains but returned to the palace in an electric car. Doctors say injuries are not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Peter
Married After 47 Years Ends In Kentucky Ceremony
Judge William Coleman of Oakland Indiana married Miss Mary Emerson of Lexington Kentucky after decades apart. Both aged over 70 had been sweethearts before the Civil War and resumed their acquaintance following Coleman’s first marriage and his wife’s death.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
William Coleman
Oakland
Ind
Mary Emerson
Coleman
Indiana
Emerson
Actress Edna Hopper III Hospitalized in New York
Edna Wallace Hopper actress is dangerously ill at her studio in New York. Her attending physician would not disclose the nature of her illness.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Edna Wallace Hopper
Estate worth over half a million left by Lillian Gamble
The probate inventory of the late Lillian F. Gamble lists a personal estate valued at 522838.25 with numerous shares in Procter & Gamble Cincinnati Street Railway Globe Wernicke Iroquois Iron Little Miami Railroad Tonawanda Iron and Steel Cincinnati Bell Telephone and other firms. Appraisers R R Cowen R T Miller and D B Meacham filed the inventory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian F. Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble Preferred
Cincinnati Street Railway
Globe-Wernicke Company
Iroquois Iron Company
Divorce actions filed in Common Pleas Court
Ada F. Haldy wife of George H. Haldy of Hyde Park sues for divorce citing extreme cruelty and neglect. She seeks custody of two children and return of deeds to property including 3547 Michigan Ave. They wed in Covington in 1891. Attorney: Albert H. Morrill. Other filings include Anna Smith seeking divorce and custody, Marguerite Bennett from William H. Bennett alleging coercion and unequal wages, and Ella M. Hoffman granted divorce from William Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leather Company
Ada F. Haldy
George H. Haldy
Michigan Avenue
Hyde Park
The
Haldy Leather Company
Common Pleas Court
Baum Street
Truia
Frederick
Covington
Albert H. Morrill
Anna
Clyde Smith
West Eighth Street
C. S. Sparks
Marguerite A. Bennett
William H. Bennett
Ella M. Hoffman
William Klein
Caldwell
Klein
Chicago
Circuit Court Upholds Fine in Contempt Appeal
The Circuit Court yesterday sustained Judge Swing’s contempt ruling against Acme Paving Company and manager Murphy for interfering with the Miami and Erie Canal Transportation Company while dredging for the State. The fine of 10 was upheld as legally warranted despite the defendants’ claim they only followed state instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Chambers
Acme Paving Company
Murphy
Common Pleas
James B. Swing
Miami and Erie Canal Transportation Company
Electric Mule
Judge Swing
Woman knocked down by horse at Broadway Fourth street intersection
Georgia W. Oldham says she was struck and knocked down in a crossing on Broadway at Fourth Street by a horse and buggy owned by a company employing a driver. The incident is cited in a Common Pleas Court record.
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Broadway
Fourth Street
Georgia W. Oldham
Lawsuits Stem From Pounding Crash At Grand and Price
The White Sewing Machine Company faced a $15,000 damages claim after a collision injuring a woman identified as Israel Jubilee. In other rulings, Fannie Brogan won $20 against Louis W Richardson for dispossessing her of premises at Grand and Price avenues, Molloy and Grace represented the plaintiff, Clare, Dickerson and Clayton the defendant. Additional verdicts: George W Leuchlenberg awarded $111.89 against Gus Hentel for commissions on selling a saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sewing Machine Company
Herrlinger & Southworth
Woodmansee
Fannie Brogan
Louis W. Richard
Grand and
Price Avenues
Price Hill
Molloy & Grace
Clare, Dickerson & Clayton
Pfleger
George W. Leuchlenberg
Gus Hentel
Renner & Renner
Shay, Cogan & Williams
Four Plead Not Guilty in Multicount Case Trials Set
Frank Lewis faces grand larceny charges and goes to trial June 11. Frank Goff and Thomas Spillman are charged with second degree murder with trials June 13 and 14 respectively. Boyd Allen alias William Riegley and Frederick Heger enter pleas and await sentencing. Prosecutor targets illegal collection agencies and aims to continue the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lewis
Frank Goff
Boyd Allen
William Riegley
Thomas Spillman
Woodmansee
Frederick Heger
Rulison
Squires Mackelfresh and
Clark
Appeals on Bankrupt Transfers Stir Court Debate
In Cleveland yesterday the Court of Appeals reviewed the case of George W. Crouse who moved stocks and bonds to family members before creditors. The trustee argues all creditors share the $29,100, while banks contend only pre transfer creditors deserve payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Federal Court
Cleveland
George W. Crouse
Crouse
George Kohler
Cleveland Court
Mercantile National
First National
Cleveland National of
Bank of America of
New York
Kohler
E. L. Hoskins
Mutual Manufacturing Company
Sydney
H. A. Shambaugh
United States Court
Marshalltown Buggy Company
Mr. Hoskins
Common Pleas Court
James T. Anderson
Dayton
Thompson
Piqua
Edward A. McLean
Hamilton
Cincinnati
George H. Newstedt
Samuel H. Fouts
Low
Knoxville
Lee Low
Scott Holmes
Chinese Aid Society
District Attorney McPherson Returns After Embezzlement Case
District Attorney McPherson returned from Columbus where he prosecuted banker Harry Smith of the Hocking Valley National Bank Lancaster. Smith pleaded guilty and received a seven year penitentiary sentence. McPherson will return to the capital Monday to prosecute other criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
Columbus
Harry Smith
Hocking Valley National Bank
Lancaster
Smith
Grand Council selects officers in Dayton meeting
The Grand Council of the United Commercial Travelers opened in Pythian Castle Hall Dayton Ohio with Mayor Wright welcoming visitors. Officers chosen include Grand Conductor F S Chandler Cleveland and Grand Secretary R F Somerville Dayton. Next meeting site will be decided tomorrow with Cleveland and Columbus as rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Grand Council
The
United Commercial Travelers
Pythian Castle Hall
Fifth Street
C. D. Wright
W. E. Ford
Mansfield
E. E. Gibbs
Gem City Council
A. 0. Brown
Gem City No
Chandler
Cleveland
W. L. Whittaker
Columbus
Grand Sentinel
Howard Turner
Urbana
Grand Page
J. M. Moore
Zanesville
Railroads Agree to Lower Passenger Fares Across States
Missouri and Illinois railways say they will not seek court relief against the new fare laws. Officials from Missouri and Illinois roads and some Eastern lines met in St. Louis and announced adoption of the 2 cent a mile rate. The Missouri law takes effect June 14 and the Illinois law July 1.
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Missouri
Illinois
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Missouri and
Illinois Roads
Setanta Atlantic Transport
Siael Line
YORKE
Majestic
Teutonic Sb
Canopi Turkishes
Azores
Mediterra
Agent New Y
Boston
Terranean
Oephiladelphia
Covington and Newport Attorneys Clash in Health Officer Trial
Attorney William Byrne challenged City Solicitor Frank Hanlon during a hearing on charges against Health Officer Wilson for failing to file monthly milk inspection reports. Wilson testified he reported to the Board of Health and cited lack of facilities to inspect milk dairies and the meat supply. Dr. Schramm recalled efforts to fund a city laboratory and Carnegie grant attempts. the Board of Aldermen reserved judgment.
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William Byrne
Frank Hanlon
Covington
Wilson
Cleary
Brames
Board of Health
Cincinnati Health Department
A. Schramm
Andrew Carnegie
Board of Aldermen
Covington Church Notes Sunday Services and Children Day
Multiple Covington churches announce Children’s Day observances and sermons. Details include infant baptism at Scott Street M E Church South and baccalaureate music at Union M E Church, plus afternoon services and sermons at Shinkle, Eleventh Street M B, Madison Avenue Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, and First Christian churches with themes on Christian education, communion, and modern truths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Arkell-Rixford
Shinkle M. B
J. A. Browne
Eleventh Street
M. B. Church
South
A. T. O’rear
W.W. F. Taylor
D.D
J. B. Adams
B. ©. Horton
J. W. Crates
Madison “Avenue Presbyterian Church
Gilbert Glass
Astor
First Christian Church
Milo Atkinson
Campbell County Courthouse Docket Highlights Local Cases
Robert Fisk charged with taking a horse from Bethel Reed livery was arraigned and held to the grand jury on $250 bond. Fred Sensel faced disorderly conduct charges with trial deferred to next Tuesday. Hattie Carney’s divorce suit against Richard Carney was submitted after testimony alleging drunkenness and cruelty. Frank Besse won a $500 verdict against South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway in a $10,000 damage suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fisk
Bethel & Reed
Hawkins
Fred Sensel
Ungerman
Hattie Carney
Richard Carney
Berry
Frank Besse
South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Plumbers Accused in City Violations
Water Works Superintendent Glazier swore warrants for the arrest of Thomas Morrison of Covington and Hentz of Cincinnati. Both are plumbers charged with violating the city ordinance.
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Water Works
Glazier
Thomas Morrison
Covington
Hentz
Cincinnati
Covington notes: Lang jailed for sixty days after arrest
Otto Lang was arrested at Scott and Twentieth by Patrolmen Hutchens and Pickett and sentenced to sixty days in jail with a $25 fine. He and two companions could give no good account of themselves. Patrolman Conley arrested William O Connell and Edward Keefe for loitering.
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Otto Lang
Hutchens
Pickett
Scott and
Twentieth Street
Conley
William O’connell
Edward Keefe
Kenton Court Notes
In county court John Beasley bound over to grand jury for two hundred dollars after obtaining a pair of trousers under false pretenses from tailor John Pohlman. C A Baird sues Louis Eicholz Lulu Eicholz and Cottage Building Association in circuit court for thirty five dollars for labor on a cellar. Thomas F Glenn Jr arraigned on charge changed from breach of peace to cutting with intent to kill and bound over. In federal court Lundgren vs Farmers Mutual Insurance overruled motion for a new trial. case tried previously with peremptory instruction for the defendant.
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John Beasley
John Pohlman
C. A. Baird
Louis
Lulu Eicholz
Cottage Building Association
Thomas F. Glenn, Jr
John
Read
Glenn
United States
Pew
Lundgren
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Cochran
Covington Water Works Board Reports May Finances and Pumpage
At a Covington Water Works Board meeting the commission approved bills totaling 5 007.07 for pump house repairs and other expenses. May receipts reached 13 658.51 with expenditures 7 108.32. Superintendent Welling reported 96 495 180 gallons pumped and 108 575 380 gallons consumed in May, averaging 3 503 431 gallons daily.
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Covington
City Seeks Sewer Bonds. Auditor Appeals Ruling
Former Newport city auditor Albert Silva filed an injunction in the Circuit Court to stop sewer bonds for District D costing about 5500. Judge Berry ruled the city retains power to build sewers under the 1890 act and issue bonds. the decision was appealed to the Appellate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Silva
Newport
Berry
Doctor Extracts Nickel Coin From Child in Procedure
Dr Joseph Back of Newport performed an unusual operation yesterday to remove a five cent piece from behind the second rib of a four year old girl. The coin, swallowed four weeks earlier, was located in the esophagus with an X ray and removed at Bethesda Hospital Avondale with Dr Paul assisting. The child of Mr and Mrs John Warble of Tenth and German streets is in serious but likely to recover.
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Joseph Back
Newport
John Warble
Tenth
German Streets
Bethesda Hospital
Avondale
Back
Paul
Police Board to Probe Cottingham Threat and Officer Conduct
The New port Police Board will air last week's incident where Sergeant Cottingham threatened City Jailer Ben Ploeger. Chief Lickert called Cottingham’s conduct unbecoming an officer and a special meeting will include Cottingham. Ulrich cited patrolmen loafing and an officer at a poker game. Charles Pryor named third substitute.
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Newport
William Cottingham
Ben Ploeger
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
John Lickert
Cottingham
Ulrich
Charles Pryor
Sunday church notes from Newport area churches
St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran and several Newport churches list Sunday services Children’s Day programs and sermons. Pastors include H W Hanshue Charles L Garrison and F E Bigelow with events at Grace and York Street churches plus German and English services and Children’s Day recitations and baptisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran
H. W. Hanshue
Jesus
Junior League
Frieda Helmbold
Woman's Missionary Society
J. W. Rogers
Kentucky Children's Home Society
Salem German M. E. Church
R. Plueddemann
Grace
M E. Church
Taylor Street Methodist Church
J. W. Crates
First Presbyterian Church
J. P. Whitehead
Body Found in Ohio River Near Bromley
The body of an unknown man was recovered from the Ohio River below Bromley by Edward Fries. Estimated to have been in water weeks, the man was about 5 feet 9 inches, 365 pounds, eight years old in appearance, well dressed with a poem clipping and initials D C laundry marks on hose. Taken to Donnelly Bros morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Bromley
Edward Fries
Fairview
D. C
Donnelly Bros
First Covington mail carrier Joseph Berberick dies at 77
Joseph A. Berberick, 77, the first Covington mail carrier, died at his home at Fifth and Bakewell streets yesterday. He began delivering mail in 1864 while also carrying daily newspapers and served as a letter carrier until 1884 when he resigned. He was survived by eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Berberick
Covington
Bakewell
Deserter Claud Strange Captured in Bloomington Ind
Claude Strange, an alleged deserter, was apprehended by civil authorities in Bloomington Indiana and brought to the post yesterday. Corporal Patrick Costello of Company A has been promoted to sergeant in the same company. Miss Fay Siebern of Harvard avenue Walnut Hills hosted a luncheon and card party at the Altamont yesterday in honor of Mrs Huston Durrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Strange
Bloomington
Ind
Patrick Costello
Fay Siebern
Harvard Avenue
Walnut Hills
Altamont
Huston Durrell
Railroad Man Is Killed In Ohio Hit By Locomotive
Pat Sweeney aged 70 a fifty year Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad employee was killed this morning in Chillicothe Ohio while leading a horse across the track. He was struck by a locomotive and ground to pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ohio
Pat Sweeney
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
No Stripes For Pythians Vote Rejects Uniform Change
The Supreme Assembly of the Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias of the World in Norfolk Virginia rejected a proposal to add stripes down trouser sides as a distinction. General Land of Kansas warned his brigade would not march with the Massachusetts brigade if stripes were added. A resolution gave brigade commanders power to accept resignations of field and line officers and an amendment allowed brigade officers to be elected by letter.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfolk
Supreme Assembly
Knights of Pythias
General Land
Kansas
Massachusetts
Stolypin Reports Resignation After Imperial Discussion
A Paris dispatch says Prime Minister Stolypin resigned following a long conference with the Emperor. The report cites a Petit Parisien source from Saint Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Stolypin
McMakin Named Internal Revenue Collector in Ohio
President Roosevelt appoints General W. W. McMakin of Toledo to be Internal Revenue Collector for the district, succeeding George P. Waldorf. The selection is seen as a tribute to Spanish‑American War veterans and the Ohio National Guard, who backed McMakin during the war and in ensuing politics with support from Taft allies and Ohio senators.
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Commercial
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Ohio National Guards
Thompson
Fifth Regiment
Critchfield
Kautzman
MoeMakin
Ohio National Guard
McMahin
McMakin
Sut
United States
Wadorf
Walter Brown
Curtis
Toledo Blade
National Guard
Brown
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Edna Wallace Hopper III
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American Methods
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Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Haldy
Edith Carr
Harry D. Carr
Anna Ungelhuem
Ernest Ungelhuem
Johann B. Bonzel
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James Smith, Jr
Kenton
William L. Dudley
Dudley
John Conner
Mary Conner
Robert C. Conner
Howard Champlin
Ada Champlin
Christian W. Moser
Walter S. Moser
Elenore Moser
Grace Edna Moser
Elenore Executrix
Criminal Court
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Cincinnatian
Edgar Curl
R H. Collier
R. F. Somerville
J. C. Nesbitt
Covington O
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Campbell County Courts
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Newport Church Notes
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Pythians
Duquoin
Ill
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North German Lloyd
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Kurfuerst
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Mediterranean
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Genoa
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K. Luise
K. Albert
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Neckar
Hoboken
Lloyd
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N. Y
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Brighton German National Bank
Explor. & Co
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Waldersee
Amerika
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P.lncoln
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Norwegian Fjords
North Cape
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Iceland
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Walnut St
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