Death by vigilante gunfire ends patrolman’s life in burglary
In Lyndhurst New Jersey a burglar killed Patrolman George Cassidy after being found in the act. The fleeing man then killed himself with a final shot as pursued by Asa L. Orcutt and others. A coat owned by Margaret Holden was linked to the crime. no other violence occurred at Holden’s grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndhurst
N. J
Autside
Fred
George Cassidy
Valley Brook Avenue
Margaret M. Hol- Hen
Cassidy
Orcutt
Avondale
Passaic River
Passaic Hospital
Alexander Lundeno
Elizabeth Mattress Company
Nyb-Holton
Fear A Water Famine Hits Sullivan County Summer Resorts
White Lake New York faces a dire water crisis as drought dries up wells across Sullivan County. In Mongaup Valley most farms and hotels report empty or nearly empty wells. Residents and visitors struggle to obtain drinking water with rain desperately awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Lake
Sullivan County
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Mongaup Valley
Distress in Japan and land grabber sentences
In Tokyo 80000 homeless find care at public expense while similar numbers in Saima prefecture face aid. Tukuchirama near Kisota submerged. many missing. The American Consul at Yokohama cites 45000000 dollars in losses from a fire at Hakodate. About 15000 houses burned and 60000 homeless. U S District Judge Deilayen sentences John A Benson and L E Perrin to ten years in Alameda County jail plus 1000 dollar fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Saitama
Tukuchirama
Kisota
Hakadato
U. S
Deilayen
John A. Benson
LE. B. Perrin
San Francisco
Cal
Alameda County
Batleship Plans and Global Ambitions in Early News
The Japan Advertiser notes American owned papers in the Orient, reporting Atlantic ships moving to the Pacific. A mix of global items follows: five men die for every two women in Chicago. British navy shifts from steam launches to motor boats. Goulds and five Columbia students plan Arizona prospecting. Italian priests face increased assaults prompting Papal guidance. Tennessee and Washington ships return from Bordeaux to the Pacific. Missouri tolls rise with a two cent Mire law. Dr George F Kunz cites a diarsved imfue find in Pike County Arkansas. New York State leads in musical instrument manufacture per a Government Bureau report. Prince Firman Fira plans 10,000 troops to repel a Persian Turkish invasion and bears the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young Kingdom Gould
Columbia
Arizona
Italy
Fo Armel
Cruberrk
Tennessee
Washington
Bordeaux
Pacific
InnMissouri Fa
George F. Kunz
Pike County
Ark
United States
New York State
Stop White Slave Trade Efforts Probed At Immigration Service
Washington officials announce temporary appointment of Miss Helen Bullis to lead a campaign against white slave traffic. The aim is to detect and halt the importation of women and girls for immoral purposes, with plans to prosecute involved men and crack the system at major ports and mining camps along the Southwest border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Immigration Service
Helen M. Bullis
New York
Traveters' Aid Society
United States
Bullishaa
Sargent
Robert Watchoro
Ellis Island
Washington
General Sargent
Miss Bullis
Oscar 8. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Turkey
Constantinople
Department of Commerce and Labor
Northwest
Marcus Braun
Phoenix
Ariz
Atrans
Shock Kills General's Son at Illinois Dairy Room
L 11 Carter, son of Brigadier General W H Carter of Chicago, was killed by an electric shock in the University of Illinois Champaign dairy. He stood on a stationary engine to reach a combined electric and gas chandelier, the engine grounded through bolts in the concrete. A fellow student-employe, C G Potter, heard a scream and found Carter dead, with hands still on the chandelier as it pulled loose. Potter moved the body, breaking the circuit and saving others from further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carter
W. H. Carter
Department of the Lakes
University of Iinois
Champaign
C. G. Potter
Potter
Ody
Boy killed by mowing machine on farm in Concord
In Concord New Hampshire twelve year old Charles Coffin of Boscawen was fatally injured when a mowing machine toppled and ran over him on his father's farm. The shocked farmer Henry CoMn died of heart disease shortly after hearing of his son’s injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Charles Carleton Coffin
Boscawen
Henry CoMn
Vatican Postpones September October Rome Pilgrimages
The Vatican announces postponement of all pilgrimages to Rome scheduled for September and October due to current anticlerical agitation in Italy. The decision affects Catholic groups and individual pilgrims planning travel this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Rome
Italy
Child Severely Held by Black Hand Kidnappers
Michael Callin age 1x years was released by Black Hand kidnappers after thirty five days of captivity in an inn cellar in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Callin
Inn& Cellar
New York City
Murder Suicide Shocks Girardville Hotel Scene
Thomas Lavelle a Girardville Pa hotel keeper shot his sister Mary as she slept and then killed himself investigators say he was temporarily insane and the tragedy left the town stunned and grieving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lavelle
Girardville, Pa
Mary
Train Crash Kills Family Near Alliance Ohio
Mrs Byron Kendricks, her six year old granddaughter Hazel Lowther, and Arthur Oyster driver of their carriage, died when a Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago passenger train struck their carriage just outside Alliance Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Kendricks
Hazel Lowther
Arthur Oyster
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Alliance, Ohio
Plan to Fight Local Option by Brewers Meet in Cincinnati
Leaders of major brewers from Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Cincinnati held a secret meeting to craft a plan to halt local option laws spreading into the South. The gathering was informal with no public invitation or announced agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
South
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Parker Attacks Centralization In ABA Address
At the Portland Maine ABA meeting President Alton B. Parker denounces federal centralization efforts and warns against federal license and national incorporation plans. He argues the Constitution limits national powers and emphasizes preserving state sovereignty amid recent legislative actions. He cites new state measures and judicial power conflicts as evidence of growing central control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
American Bar Association
Alton B. Parker
New York
Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill Becomes Law After Long Battle
The House of Lords passed the Deceased Wife’s Sister bill by 98 to 4, legalizing marriages between a man and his deceased wife’s sister in Great Britain. The measure, supported by King Edward, ends a centuries-long dispute rooted in canon law and colonial practice, with bishops and some peers opposing the change. A later report notes Mrs Susan Diller and her sixteen year old grandson James Cope buried alive after a mine collapse near Sylva, North Carolina.
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House of Lords
Edward
London
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
Cecils
Strough
Robert Cecil
England
House of Commons
Commons
Lords
Prince of Wales
House of Comemons
Susan Diller
James Cope
On Mica
Sylva
N.C
Dns Wine
Belmont and Ryan Fall Out Amid Power Struggle
The Belmont and Ryan factions admit a grave breach and predict Belmont efforts to control New York City’s Metropolitan Street Railway via Interborough, while other baseball updates note clubs signing players like Dick Herrhquez and James Snowden, and Hal Chase’s hitting streak amid team movements and scout activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Ryan
August Belmont
Thomas F. Ryan
Interborough
Metropolitan
New York City
Mr. Ryan
Haywood Abandons East Tour and Other Notices
Haywood abandons plans for an East tour and will return to Denver as Secretary Taft heads home via Siberia and Europe. Prominent People notes include Mall Coine disputing Eagle Grama’s status. Maryland Governor candidate Crothers was a farm boy and schoolteacher before law. Willits named chair of finance at George Washington University. Laweon becomes a grandfather. a nine pound girl born in Winchester Massachusetts. Morgan at Northfield Conference spoke on smoking and theatre. General Grech, now in Vancouver Washington, claimed the earliest Civil War volunteer to reach major general in the regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Siberia
Europe
Mall Caine
Grama
Austin L. Crothers
Maryland
Henry Parker Willits
Washington and Lee University
George Washington University
Thomas W. Laweon
Arnold Laweon
Winchester
Mass
G. Campbell Morgan
Northield
A W. Grech
Vancouver
Wash
Haing
Great Steel Bridge Collapse Kills Many Workers in Quebec
A nine-section span of the St Lawrence bridge near Quebec collapsed, plunging scores of Phoenixville Bridge Company workers into the river. At least eighty dead, with sixteen recovered by night and many injured in Levis hospital. the disaster prompted frantic rescue attempts under dim lanterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Canada
St. Lawrence
Ue Happitil
Levis
Glenmount
Phoenixville Bridge Company
Pennsylvania
Montreal
Levis Hospital
Quebec Ridge
Minet
Wreck of Canadian Pacific Train Near Caledon Injures Many
Five passenger cars of a special Canadian Pacific train from Markdale to Toronto derailed near Caledon and several were killed or injured. The locomotive left the track on a down grade near Orangeville, with the engine driver Mack Grims surviving. Doctors from Orangeville rushed to the scene. The wreck occurred forty two miles northwest of Toronto in Peel County, Caledon township. Names listed include Norman Tucker John Thurston Walterfalls James Tanks Perm James Baller Priceville and others among the dead and injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Ontario
Markdale
Toronto
Caledon
Aix
Owen Sound
Mack Grims
Teeswater
Canadian Pacific
Peel County
Norman Tucker
Larned Wins National Lawn Tennis Championship
William A. Larned of Annapolis Md defeated Robert Leroy of New York in straight sets to win the national lawn tennis singles title in the all comers tournament. Beals C Wright’s former champion Clothier of Philadelphia defaulted. final scores 0-2 2-1 6-4. Larned earns permanent possession of the championship cup offered by the National Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. C
William A. Larned
Annapolis
Bookkeeper details insanity and river tragedy at Detroit bridge
Albers Swmmelen, a Wesken estate bookkeeper, became insane in Detroit. He took his two year old daughter Helen to Belle Taland Bridge and threw her into the Detroit River, watching her drown. Investigators say his insanity was religiously framed and he believed he was performing a human sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albers Swmmelen
Wesken
Detroit
Mich
Helen
Belle Taland
Detroit River
Stemmelen
Early Hudson River Apples Reach Liverpool Markets
The early apples from the Hudson River districts were exported from New York, bought from producers at 2.25 to 3 dollars, but the fruit was not first class. The consignments were sent to Liverpool and Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
New York
Liverpool
Glastoaw
Farmers Seek Higher Wheat Prices Across the West
From the West comes news that farmers are seeking higher prices for their wheat. They have been educated up to the dollar level in negotiations and demand improved returns for their crops.
Women in the Day's News Browse Chicago Women in Business
A compact overview notes Chicago women involved in commercial ventures and public life. It highlights Mrs. von Bredon, daughter of Senator Newlands, and her German officer husband while Berlin tennis mishap stories and Empress of Germany slips are mentioned. It cites Estelle Reel as the top paid government woman inspector of Indian schools at 3000 dollars yearly. Other items include divorce pleas by a New York yachtsman’s wife, Lady Chath Beresford hobby bail programs, and Mrs. Piper the Boston medium returning to London with the Psychic Society’s travel.
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Chicago
von Bredon
Newlands
Derlin
Germany
Estelle Reel
New-York
Themis B. Ryan
Chath Beresford
Piper
Boston
London
Psychical Society
Thut City
Tickling Sleepers Do Death in Panay Province
Military and civilian authorities in Antique province Panay Island Philippines report appeals from locals and foreigners about a band of marauders who tickle sleepers with lances through door cracks. Several tickings proved fatal and panic spreads as authorities urge defenses and swift capture of Coban.
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Washington
D. C
Antique
Panay
Philippine Islands
War Department
Use
Derailed Chesapeake and Ohio Train Kills Seven Injures Seventeen
The Chesapeake and Ohio local passenger train No 6 derailed a mile below Kanawha Pally causing seven deaths and seventeen injuries. A coach express mail and baggage car overturned rolling toward the Kanawha River. Among the dead is Allen Loving a West Virginian University law student serving as express agent. C.8 Campbell a telegraph operator is missing. Spreading rafts is blamed for the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
Kanawha Pally
Kaneawha River
Allen Loving
West Virginian University
Campbell
Quicksand Tragedy Strikes Peoria Area River
In Peoria Michigan swift waters of the Maols River sank three men from Lacon Wit. Charles McEntee Keeling Whson and William Stinger were found upright, held by quicksand that crept above their knees. Rescue attempts argue their overturned boat caused their fate as water rose to their heads.
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Peoria
Maols
Charles McEntee
Keeling Whson
William Stinger
Lacon
Wit
Itdy
Wellington Appeal Court rules slaughterhouse strike illegal
The Courts of Appeals in Wellington declare the slaughterhouse workers strike illegal. Partakers may be fined or imprisoned up to one year for violating the court’s award and obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Courts of Appeals
Court of Abstraction
Kenesaw Landis Born, Noted Judge and Educator
Kenesaw Mowallin Landis, the judge who imposed a vast fine, was born in Ohio, educated in Indiana, and graduated from Union College of Law in Chicago. The remark references his early life and legal training, highlighting his notable position in the judiciary.
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Kenesaw Mowallin Landis
Fae van the of Pougt
Ohfo
See
Vno
Indiana
Union College of Law
Chicago
Franciscan Father Visit on Work Tour to America
Father Doris Schuler of the Franciscan order arrived in New York on a work tour to visit America and conduct related religious engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Schuler
America
New York
Trades and Labor Tensions Across North America
The report notes 15,000 workers in provisions production and a looming labor split as the Amalgamated Society of British Machinists plans to cease attending the Trades Union Congress. The Supreme Court action in Washington restrains the American Federation of Labor from boycotting a manufacturer. Canada and Wyoming labor concerns emerge with plumbers from England in Toronto and wage earners in Virginia and coal mines in Wyoming and Colorado facing shortages. Japanese workers are referenced with a $170 monthly wage.
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Lrades' Council
Chicago
Amalgamated Society of British Maagineers
Trades Union Congress
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Toronto
Canada
England
Amerean Federa- Howeb Labow
Wyoming
Clah
Doctor Waldron and four patients killed in Canandaigua crash
A motor auto driven by Dr. George Waldron of Rochester collided at Fresh Hour crossing with a trolley in Canandaigua New York killing the physician and four elderly women among the party. Mrs Catharine Parnsworth Mrs William Scandling Mrs Jane Hobbs and Mrs Leviti Baker were among the victims. The accident occurred as the auto stalled on the tracks after a long ride through rural districts. The trolley car struck the vehicle throwing occupants into a field and against poles. The bodies were transported to Canandaigua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canandaigua
N. Y
George Waldron
Rochester
Rochester and
Plymouth Avenue
Catharine Parnsworth
Eagle Street
William Scandling
Hopewell Hamlet
Jane Flobbs
Waldron
Hopewell
Dr. Waldron
Pest
Aged Clergyman Dies by Own Hand at Beach
Los Angeles, Cal. Rev Dr Edward Kunt Jewett an elderly Episcopal clergyman cut his throat at Manhattan Beach and died. A Hobart Seminary graduate he once chaired theology at General Theological Seminary New York. A friend of Bishop Potter he faced despondency and dwelt on the Osler theory that the superannuated should be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Kunt Jewett
Manhattan Beach
Hobart Theological Seminary
General Theological Seminary
New York
Potter
Osler
Tornado Strikes Woodsfield and New Castle Area
A tornado ripped through Woodsfield and New Castle destroying multiple buildings. The Bartemug home near Woodsfield was wrecked and a child was torn from its mother and killed, carried about a quarter of a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Vine
Woodsfield
New Castle
Ohio
Samuel Bartemug
Woodsfiel
Railway Books Destroyed by NYC Transit Secretary Admits Loss
The secretary of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in New York City admitted that the company’s ledgers and books were destroyed. The admission follows reports of damaged records impacting operations and financial accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City
Les Books
Guns Ship to the Philippines From Brooklyn
A British freighter named Indrant loaded several large guns intended for the American Army in the Philippines. The cargo ship departed from South Brooklyn New York, bound for the Far East with munitions aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Indrant
Brooklyn
N.Y
Seven Die As Sleeping Car Trams Crashes Near Yazoo City
A garbled report from Yazoo City Mississippi notes a tram accident by a sleeping car with seven people injured and four fatalities. The fragmentary text cites near Yazoo City and fatal outcomes shortly after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
Webster City Actor Tries Public Suicide Incident
In Webster City Iowa Curt Pressley an actor startled onlookers by setting a bonfire of his paper money and jewelry in a street sewer then drawing a revolver and fatally shooting himself in view of a crowd. The act followed his call for witnesses to watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Iowa
Curt Pressley
Syed
Drowned Trying to Save Mother in Michigan Lake
A rowboat overturned on Bat Lake near Pentwater Michigan drowned Mrs George Grove and a 17 year old Chileaco (Chicago) youth while with Mrs Henderson and Young Grove. Young Grove dove after his mother and vanished. Prince Wilhelm of Sweden addressed Swedish churchgoers in Newport on the final day of his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentwater
Mich
George Grove
Non Nayvmond
Chileaso
Bats Lake
Henderson
Pon
Chicago
Young Grove
Prince Wilhelm
Prince Wihelm
Sweden
Newport
Navy plans Pacific cruise as battleship Reet readied
Washington reports vigorous preparations by the Navy Department for the battleship Reet to sail to the Pacific. The Panama Canal Commission may lack funds this year, Congress not at fault. Pay raises up to 25 percent for service members are proposed. Prosecutions target five bucket shop operators amid a gambling crackdown. Fishing smacks may head to Newfoundland as the State Department acts. Goethals’ plan to exceed prorated canal expenditures gets presidential approval. Cannon warns against actions harming US prosperity. The fleet’s upkeep is strong, with few repairs needed before departure. Majority Americans favor selling the Philippines, per The Washington Evening Star. Governor Post proposes colonizing poor populations in Puerto Rico. Raleigh crew complains of no shore leave, risking mutiny and delayed shipwork. Cuba sees new fever cages, costs of pacification reach over 2.5 million dollars. Manila hosts an electric science lab established by Jesuit fathers. Porto Rico records two earthquakes with no reported damage.
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Pacific
Navy Department
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
War Department
Panama Canal Commission
Congress
Joint Board
Army and Navy
State Department
Newfoundland
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
Joseph G. Cannon
United States
Washington Evening Star
America
Philippines
San Juan
Porto Rico
Governor Post
Raleigh
Honolulu
Hawaii
Cuba
United States Army of Pacification
Manila
Roosevelt hosts zoological congress at Oyster Bay
Roosevelt receives forty members of the International Zoological Congress at Oyster Bay while the gathering meets at Cold Spring Harbor. Delegates discuss abolition anniversaries, beef packers trial criticism, and regional affairs with prominent figures including Stuyvesant Fish and James T. Harahan in the mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
International Zoological Congress
Cold Spring
L. I
Walter Donisthorpe
Wilson
Milwaukee
King Edward
England
Seymour Darrington
Folk
Clayton
Afo
Missouri
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Fitzgerald
Boston
Stuyvesant Fish
James T. Harahan
New York City
Ilinois Central
Fish
Harahan
American Bar Association
Portland
Washington County
Glens Falls
Ned Hudson
Nelson Percey
Nelson Morris
Chicago
C. E. Davis
Gravatt Shhot Wife and Self in Asbury Park Firestorm
Pioneer Asbury Park merchant Gravatt killed his wife and twelve year old daughter Molly with a revolver before shooting himself. The family operated the New Jersey House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs Gravatt and Molly severely wounded, while Gravatt died instantly. A quarrel over separation preceded the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gravalt
Asbury Park
Molly
Gravyettd
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mount Carmel Way
Gravatt
Plague Study Calls Rats Key to Outbreak Control
The Indian Government announces the Plague Commission has determined bubonic plague spreads via rats and rat fleas. It urges rat destruction, better housing, and reducing rat food sources by guarding grain stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plague Commission
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Lyndhurst, N.J
Talian Sturderer
Passale Marth
BI “Sykes
Japan
Firman Fira
Persia
Helen Bullis
L. H. Carter
University
Triges
The
North Carolina
Dead Wire
Nias
Mrs, Ding
Secretary of the Treasury
Newark
Dick Herrhquez
James Snowden
du Boig
Jim McGuire
Ina Boston
Chaney Hickman
Senators
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Deacon Jim" McGuire
Boston Americans
Winers
Lefty” Davis
St. Paul Club
American Association
Hal Chase
Haywood
William Haywood
Boise
Idatho
Wil
Denver
St Lawrence
Siv
Leroy
Harled Bale
Chesapeake
Turer
Midge Landis
Doctor Ako
Dr. Jewett
Baby
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Peru
DIN
Ivanhoff
Wiborg
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hanover
France
Morocco
Guianna
Castro
Balata
Tegal
Berin
Spandau
Antwerp
London Times
Yokohna- Ma
Haldane
Mexico
J. P. Farrell
Longford
Digore Dar
Jersey
Wiliam E. Licher
Hammonton
Jeferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Passmore Avenue
Keyser
George Dayton
Sullivan Guargella
Watsontown
Cornelius Cheeseman
Ada Simpkins
Glassboro
Mr. Cheeseman
Ocean
Anon Schaaf
Trenton
George Heilmeir
J. R. Bayer
Long Branch
W. H. Campbell
Frank Woodrufft
Natey
Ascenson
Hivehle Park
Cademy Street
Belleville
Woodruff
Parson
Burlington
John F. Lynch
Union M. E. Church
Canning House
Elmer
William IH. Pomelear
Florence
John Carter
Mount Holly
William E. Johnson
Keyport
John Winters
J. Neal
United States Engineers’ Department
Ernest Wolf
Pleasantville
John E. Caton
St. Mary's Catholi Church
Salem
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