Chemung Sinks After Torpedo Struck Off Spanish Coast
Captain John L. Duffy of the Chemung recounts the sinking by an Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean, as 274 passengers and crew abandoned ship in small boats with the flag still flying. The submarine towed the boats toward shore before salvor ships arrived.
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New York
John L. Duffy
Rochambeau
Chemung
Mediterranean
Spain
Archangel
East One Hundred and Sixty-third Street
Duffy
Jacobsen
Salvadore Giner
Widow to donate land for young couples to build near her
Paterson New Jersey elderly widow Mrs W E B Westervelt eighty seeks to gift a building site to any young couple who will construct and live in a bungalow beside her new house outside the city She says city life distracts married couples with movies and attractions and favors country living for health and happiness She plans to move from 18 Church Street to pursue religious work among youth and believes many applicants will apply for the lot.
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Church Street
Upper Hudson Protective Society Formed to Guard Estates
Poughkeepsie New York and several prominent figures including Warren Delano and Archibald Rogers form the Upper Hudson Protective Society to guard country estates of wealthy New York men against burglars. Leaders include Vincent Astor Robert Huntington Frederick Vanderbilt William Dinsmore and John Roosevelt. The group will hire detectives and watchmen and cooperate with local and state officials offering rewards for criminals.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Warren Delano
Barrytown
Archibald Rogers
Hyde Park
Tracy Dows
Rhinebeck
Herman Livingston
Greendale
Thomas Hunt
Clermont
Upper Hudson
Astor
Boy Six Years Old Is Mathematical Prodigy
Findlay Ohio reports six year old Roy Folk son of F L Folk a well driller in Franklin Avenue as a first grade prodigy. Teacher Miss Helen Gaskill notes his mastery of calendars dates and days of week with instant correct answers. He can recite calendar years and perform rapid mental arithmetic without instruction.
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Roy
Revolt of Lepers at San Lazaro Hospital
In Havana the lepers of San Lazaro resisted transfers to Maruel, threatening violence as officers considered evacuation. After assurances of a new hospital soon to be finished, the 174 inmates agreed to move, many weeping. Reported that over twenty escaped during the negotiation.
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Havana
San Lazaro Hospital
Maruel
San Lazaro
Julia Shepard Seeks Wife in Massachusetts
Boston reports A Julia Shepard a prosperous Derry New Hampshire farmer travels to Holyoke and then Massachusetts seeking a wife. He says he is twenty seven, earning well, and desires a real home and invites interested women to write.
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Boston
Julia Shepard
Derry
N. H
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Mrs Bennett Celebrates 105th Birthday in Brooklyn
New York reports Mrs Alice Bennett marked her 105th birthday at home in Brooklyn. She had Christmas dinner with her son and daughter, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, while most guests joined from out of town. County jail in Jefferson City, Missouri sits empty for the first time in seventy five years as the last prisoner was discharged.
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New York
Alice Bennett
Brooklyn
Jefferson City
Cole
Women sweep Umatilla town offices in bold campaign coup
In Umatilla Oregon a sweeping political shift installed a woman mayor four councilwomen a woman recorder and a woman treasurer on January 1. Only the town marshal remains male appointed by the mayor. The landslide 174 of 200 votes ended incumbent E E Starcher’s term, defeated by his wife by 28 votes.
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Kansas City
Umatilla
Ore
E. E. Starcher
Starcher
Man Seeks License With Attorney Backing
Macon Georgia story about Simon Cox who could not pay for a marriage license. Attorney Hubert F Rawls vouched for him in city court and obtained a license for Cox and Ella Hardy of East Macon. Cox promised to pay later.
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Macon
Simon Cox
Cox
Hubert F. Rawls
Rawls
Ordinary
Ella Hardy
East Macon
Train Robbers Foiled by Hook on Mail Car
Alfred Lorenzo a Yonkers mail carrier at New York depot reported two men robbed a pouch of registered matter from an express train at forty five miles per hour. The thieves struck Lorenzo and fled as the pouch was saved by a projecting hook on the mail car.
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New York
Alfred Lorenzo
Yonkers
Lorenzo
Minister Refuses 100 000 Bequest From Mother-In-Law
New York Charles H Sherrill former diplomat and organizer of a preparedness parade declined a 100000 bequest from his mother in law Mrs Sarah Barker Gibbs who died last May leaving 594720 to Mrs Sherrill The official appraisal placed the net estate at 885940 Sherrill said he preferred the sum go to the residuary estate and revert to his wife noting he would rather have it go to Mrs Sherrill and found the amount uninteresting and too personal to discuss.
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New York
Charles H. Sherrill
Argentina
Taft
Sarah Barker Gibbs
Sherrill
State Comptroller’s Office
All Transit Lines in New York Greatly Taxed
Interborough Rapid Transit and Public Service Commission report New York subway and elevated lines under strain. November daily riders reached 1,199,623 on the subway and 1,014,883 on the "L" for a total of 2,214,506 while city traffic grows about 100,600,000 yearly. The piece traces rider history from 1872 to 1906 and notes lines built to serve far fewer riders than now demand.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service
Whitney
Interborough
New York City
Kate Mulcahy Named Heir as McCabe Estate Ties Up
In Carlyle Alabama Kate Mulcahy a gray haired rheumatic servant is named sole heir to an estate valued between 100000 and 200000 left by Mrs. John McCabe. Relatives contest the will while Kate’s long service and loyalty mark the backstory.
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Carlyle
Kate Mulcahy
John McCabe
Kate
McCabe
Utopia Democratic Club Finds No Needy After Christmas Gift
In Flushing near New York the Jefferson Democratic club raised 1500 dollars to aid the poor around Christmas. After screening applicants the committee found no needy residents, leaving the funds unspent and the club unsure how to proceed.
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New York
Utopia
Manhattan
Flushing
Jefferson Democratic Club
Democratic Club
Fifty-cent Offer for Eleven Thousand Diamonds
A suspect admitted stealing $11,000 in Brazilian diamonds from the steamer Vasari last week. Police say he offered 50 cents for the gems and then abandoned the attempt after failing to find a buyer, leaving the stones in a laundry before notifying the company. He is held on $5,000 bail.
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New York
Washington
Dog Star in Carlisle Film Turns Heads in Historic Role
Carlisle Pennsylvania banks on Bill the bulldog a hotel deposit carrier and bank pass book return star in a motion picture drama. The pet performs daily tasks on screen and even smokes a pipe among other tricks filmed for posterity.
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Carlisle
Bill
Guardsman Jilted Ends Life in Uniform
Ezra B. Naylor Jr a New York National Guardsman returned from the Mexican border and killed himself in his room by gas after fixing his uniform and placing his former fiancees photo nearby A release letter indicating another had supplanted him lay on the table in this New York report.
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New York
Ezra B. Naylor, Jr
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Leavenworth Undertaking Co
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