Young Venetian Hero Rescues Staten Island Lad
A young Venetian’s brave act saved a Staten Island boy from torment by larger youths. The rescuer’s father, noting his son’s activity and intelligence, helped him secure work in an office, and his rise followed swiftly amid growing notice.
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Staten Island
Ehe
Clifton
Morosini
Nathaniel Marsh
Marsh
Erie Railroad
The
Erie
Rie
Giovanni P. Morosini
Mr. Gould
Gould
Venetian Morosini rose from Erie clerk to Gould confidant
Giovanni P. Morosini, born in Venice in 1832, came to America as a sailor and climbed to power in the Erie railroad, befriended Jay Gould, and built Elmhurst at Riverdale. He married Miss Chausse, raised five children, and endowed a grand mausoleum for his wife. His eldest daughter Victoria’s 1884 elopement shocked New York society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
Jay Gould
Elmhurst
Aes
New York
Giovanni P. Morosini
Adriatic
Morosini
Pertegnazza
Giovan P. Morosini
Venice
Cavallini
Napoleon
Austria
Smyrna
United States
Baltimore
Havana
Metropolis
Staten Island
Garibaldi
Wall Street
Washington E. Connor
Nassau Street
Chausse
Yonkers
Riverdale
Victoria
Schilling
Giulia
Amalia
The
Republic
Miss Bond
Morosinis
Postmistress Whitmore Discharged Over Mail Handling
Washington post office officials discharged Miss Anna Whitmore, longtime Gray’s Lake Indiana postmistress. She faced accusations of opening mail from Rev Charles Havener to Miss Mary Colvin, exposing their engagement. Havener and his fiancée reportedly entered a race death by own action compact prior to their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anna Whitmore
Gray’s Lake
Ind
Charles Havener
Mary Colvin
Rev
Mrs. Havener
Chicago
Miss Whitmore
Rev. Havener
Former Fort Wayne Man Prominent Arkansas Politician Visits
Hon H L Remmel of Little Rock Ark and former Arkansas governor candidate is in town as a guest of old friends. Remmel, twice the Republican nominee, is currently a revenue collector in Little Rock and once ran a Broadway bakery now home to Geller bakery.
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H. L. Remmel
Little Rock
Ark
Remmel
Arkansas
Broadway
Geller Bakery
Special Civil Service Exam Set For October Seventh
A special examination is called by W J Hess secretary of the local civil service board for October 7 to fill clerical and carrier posts. Applicants must be 18 to 45 years old. married women are barred. Regular exam remains scheduled for November 18. Jacob Forbing of Kenton is mentioned in relation to the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
W. J. Hess
Board of Civil Service Commissions
Royal stables of Vienna’s Habsburg dynasty attract visitors
The royal stables facing Maria Teresa Platz in Vienna house diverse horses and a saga of the Habsburg-Lothringen line. Erected the oldest section in 1723 by Fischer von Erlach, the complex includes the riding school, watch stables, blacksmith forge, coach houses, and forage storehouses, with the vast mews secured behind the enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Josef of
Austria
Vienna
Maria Teresa Platz
House of Hapsburg-Lothringen
Fischer. von Erlach
Hofstaligersaude
Joseph Lang
Juilai Ach
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Ernest Schilling
Father
EE Gonnery
MR. G.pmoros
Smhurst
Yom Polon Ay
Pach
Fort Wayne
Kenton
Royal Hora
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