Barefoot Burglar Finally Captured in Richmond
A light complexioned 5 foot 10 inch, 190 pound man known as the barefoot burglar of Newport News was arrested Saturday night at 2928 P Street. He entered via an upstairs rear door. shoes left on the porch, rooms ransacked, and he requested a cigarette before capture. Police expect further charges. Justice Crutchield set the case for the grand jury.
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Richmond
Newport News
Clarence Sales
Max Rudlin
P Street
B. H. Werner
Rudlin
Werner
Charles Clinely
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Jones
Tovt
Sales
New Port News
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Jacksonville
Fla
Liberty
Cone
Hampton
John W. Reynolds
South
Justice Crutchield
Grand Jury
Woman fires at burglar as he escapes Brooklyn window
Mrs. Rose Villano of 349 Manhattan Avenue awakens to a masked intruder in her kitchen. She fires twice as he jumps through the window. police arrest John Paine of 442 Humboldt Street after a chase across Brooklyn. Paine held on $2,500 bond for further examination.
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New York
Meath
Rose Villano
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
McDermott
State Street
Villano
Villano House
Belligerent waiter fined after dining room fight
Joseph Castro, a waiter at the Park Avenue Hotel, was arraigned on felonious assault charges after a dispute over silverware led to a fight with fellow waiter Herman Reisman. The magistrate changed the charge to disorderly conduct and Castro fined ten dollars after admitting striking Reisman in self defense.
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New York
Specia
Joseph Castro
East Thirty-second Street
Jefferson Market Court
Herman Reisman
East One Hundred and Eleventh Street
Park Avenue
Castro
Reisman
Corrigan
Park Avenue Hotel
Queen Elizabeth II Crowned in Long Branch War Tribute
Queen Elizabeth II was proclaimed ruler of Long Branch for four days of city festivities. A royal ovation followed the coronation at Ocean Avenue with mayor Charea presiding as he relinquished his post. The queen and court processed through the arch to the steps for ceremonies.
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New York
Elizabeth Ll
Long Branch
Ocean
Chareain
Mas
Ernie Cozens Delivers Key Ninth Inning Hit for Penn
The University of Pennsylvania catcher and next year’s football captain, Ernie Cozens, belted a two-base hit in the ninth inning to boost his batting average. His mother and sister watched from the stands as he sent the ball to center field, advancing to second on the hit.
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Ernie” Cozens
University of Pennsylvania
Albright
Penn
Ernie
Cozens
Philadelphia Times
The Baby in Bangs Verse In Christian Endeavor World
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs describes a baby’s look and personality. The speaker notes a Roman nose wondrous eyes and a growing smile dimple and laughter. He humorously credits ancestors with noisy roars and a tugboat link.
Remors of Nicaraguan War At Tivoli and Bluefields
At the Tivoli we met a Jackies from the Des Moines recently arrived from Nicaragua. A twenty one gun salute at Bluefields was mirrored by rebel guns hitting a Nicaraguan gunboat. The account notes blank cartridges and unclear motives while Marines await orders at Camp Elliott. Merriweather of the New York World is said to have studied the Central American revolution on the Pacific coast, offering material for history and comic opera alike.
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Remors
Tivoli
Jackies
United States
Des Moines
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Camp Elliott
Mr. Merriweather
New York World
Uncle Sam
Joe Mitchell Chappie
Isthmus
National
Baby Dies After 35 Day Delay at Ellis Island
An eight month old immigrant Marianne Suppess died in a Brooklyn hospital on July 5th but her parents, detained on Ellis Island, learned of the death only thirty five days later. Hospital miscommunication and an immigration bureau arrangement delayed notifying the family, and the infant was buried in an unmarked grave in the city. The case records blame the Russian American Line for failing to notify the bureau.
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New York
Ells Island
Marianne Suppess
Brooklyn
Andrew Suppess
Suppess
Lithuania
Libau
Marianne
Immigration Bureau
Long Island College Hospital
Hos
Tie
Charities Department
Potter's Field
Ellis Island
George Kreuz
Gordon Street
Eopeke
Kanellis Island
Man Sends Stamps to Mayor Gaynor for Old City Help
A Pittsfield Massachusetts man mailed fifty 2 cent stamps with a note to Mayor Gaynor praising past aid. William B Meloney, Gaynor's secretary, declined to name the sender, saying the letter came from Pittsfield and thanked the city. He suspects the man was helped at the municipal lodging house on Twenty third Street years ago.
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New York
Gaynor
William B. Meloney
Pittsfield
Mass
Meloney
Twenty-third Street
Not Quite Himself in Chica Tribune Style
A chaotic scene unfolds as a wild-eyed customer and a waiter clash over an oddly phrased order. A red car narrowly avoids a collision, underscoring the customer's flustered state and the paper’s idiosyncratic narration.
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Chica Tribune
Bronx salesman fined for trying to flirt in furniture store
Adam Schmidt of the Bronx faced a Harlem court after Mrs Emma Brown accused him of lingering advances in a Third Avenue store. Magistrate Appleton found Schmidt guilty and fined him ten dollars, noting the woman's right to decent treatment. Mrs Brown, her husband, and her three year old attended the hearing.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Adam Schmidt
St. John's Avenue
The
Bronx
Upper Third Avenue
Emma
Harlem
Schmidt
Appleton
Brown
Boy says bullying led him to theft in Brooklyn court
A 14 year old, John Anderson of 24 Hope Street, testified he was forced into burglary by older boys. He described gang pressure, rioting on a roof, and being beaten to join a shirt factory raid. Detectives arrested Anderson and three accomplices, with trial slated for Adams Street Court.
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Brooklyn
MeInerney
Childrens Court
John Anderson
Hope Street
Anderson
Menacous
Busby
Weyman
Joseph Haggard
Michael Meda
Joseph Jaafe
Adams Street
Broker’s Kid Courier Keeps Measured Nerves
A Wall Street broker recalls a neighbor using a boy named George to carry a note across town. The trip lasted about three hours and ended with the boy gasping that he charged c-c-cents. The broker urged him to name a quarter rather than a cent.
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Wall Street
Metropolitan Magazine
Geor
Patton
George
Florence Nightingale Dies at Ninety One
Florence Nightingale the heroine of the Crimean War and founder of modern military hospital systems died yesterday in London in her ninety first year. She remained unmarried dedicating life to saving lives and improving hospital service amid war and pestilence.
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London
Florence Nightingale
Scutari
Balatlava
Saved from Death But Does Not Awake
In Brooklyn a baby girl aged eleven months slept in a go cart on 98 Nineteenth Street as a fast carriage with a team of horses veered toward the sidewalk. A passerby, Mrs Katharine Kirby, seized a horse by the bridle and dragged the strap to steer the animals away, saving the child from a fatal collision.
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New York
Nineteenth Street
Brooklyn
Margaret Phillips
Eleen
Phillips
Katharine Kirby
Baby Phillips
Girl Fleet of Foot Leads Chase in Brooklyn Theft
Margery O'Brien, eighteen, of 93 Clermont Avenue Brooklyn, led to the capture of Percival Archer eighteen after he grabbed a handbag from her mother in an ice cream parlor. Archer, a former Navy man, was held on $3,000 bail by Magistrate Nash at Myrtle Avenue Court. A crowd pursued Archer with Margery shouting, aided by Robert Meloney and Herman Egli before Patrolman Mannion detained him.
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New York
Margery O’brien
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Percival Archer
Nash
Myrtle Avenue Court
Archer
United States Navy
Margery
Long Island
Myrtle Avenue
Adelphi Street
Clement Avenue
Robert Meloney
Herman Egli
Mannion
Policeman's Hat Prank Leads to Disorder Charge
Roscoe Brindle, 44, of 75 Cortlandt Street, was detained at Greenwich Street Station on a disorderly conduct charge. Officer William Dougherty reports Brindle snatched his helmet from behind at Cortlandt and West Streets and tried to toss it into water to test if it would float or sink.
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New York
Roscoe Brindle
Cortlandt Street
Greenwich Street
Poiceman
William Dougherty
Dougherty
Brindle
Cortlandt and
West Streets
Belgian Exposition Fire Ravages Brussels Complex
Special estimates set the blaze loss at 200 million dollars, making it one of the world's costliest fires. Only two bodies recovered by noon as missing persons swell the death toll, while officials say the exposition will remain open with remaining structures salvaged and repairs pursued.
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Brussels
San Francisco
Fire Devastates Brussels 1910 Exposition Killing Dozens
Fire at the White City Brussels 1910 Exposition killed about twenty people and injured around one hundred as flames swept the fairgrounds. Many buildings including American and Russian pavilions burned. valuables and priceless artworks from Rodin to Rubens were destroyed. Crowd panic and limited firefighting hindered efforts, with homes damaged and residents forced to flee to parks and streets.
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Brussels
Belgium
Kermesse
Oelock
Avenue Selbesch
Rodin
Destruction And Looting At Jewel Exhibition Fire
Looting erupted as booths holding hundreds of thousands of dollars in gems burned. Police and troopers fired on robbers as they fled the blaze, with two thieves fatally wounded after being shot by soldiers and fleeing back into the flames.
Floods Leave Over Eleven Hundred Dead In Tokyo Tokyo
Eleven hundred people are reported dead and more than 50 000 left homeless and starving after floods. The situation fluctuated with waters, and upper Sumida River reports show crisis not yet past for Tokyo. Military expeditions indicate desperate conditions in outlying regions.
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Tokio Tokio
Summida
Tokio
The Passion Play Opening and Chorus Rituals
The piece describes a Passion Play beginning at morning with an intermission at noon and ending near six. It features eighteen acts with prologues by the Choragus, followed by chant and two tableaux vivants. Guardian angel chorus wears colored gowns and white tunics with gold fringe.
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Paasion
Choragus
Accidental Shooting Ties Bank Scene to Gaynor Target
At a West 116th Street Seventh Avenue Colonial Bank branch a prank using a loaded revolver misfired after James J. Gallagher was imitated by 18 year old Bonnamy. Sixteen year old George Wing was shot in the abdomen and hospitalized with poor prospects for recovery. Bonnamy is in custody on felonious assault charges. Wing identifies Bonnamy and says the shooting was accidental. All four youths were friends and employed as assistant bookkeepers at the bank.
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New York
Colonial Bank
West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Seventh Avenue
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
Jean Richard Bonnamy
George F. Wing
Wing
Harlem
Bonnamy
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Harold Spencer
Felix Krupt
George 5. Carr
Gallagher
Anthony
Harlem Hospital
Richardson
William IF. Wine
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
Second Avenue
West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street
Belmonts and Miss Lorraine In Quiet Narragansett Hotel Scene
Sidelight reports Raymond and Morgan Belmont sons of August Belmont checked in as I Belmont and M H Belmont New York with Miss Lorraine New York City. The Belmonts and Miss Lorraine, described as vivacious, were found in a single room after hours of high jinks and were asked to leave. Morgan and Raymond Belmont are noted polo players.
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Narragansett Fier
Spe_ cial
Raymond and
Morean Belmont
August Belmont
Belmonts
R. Belmont
Lorraine
Messra
Belmont
Morgan
Raymond Belmont
Politeness Cost His Life in Brooklyn Stabbing
Edward Swanson a 22 year old sailor was stabbed after returning a dropped handkerchief to a woman on Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn. An accompanying man drew a knife and struck Swanson in the chest before the couple walked away leaving him gravely wounded.
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New York
Edward Swanson
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn
Swanson
Hamilton Avenue
Rumor Links Two Notorious Murders Across Oceans
Baltimore reports speculation that Edith May Thompson Woodill was killed by a woman and that Mary Scott Castle Charlton was murdered by her husband Porter Charlton in Lake Como Italy. The tale ties to Eastman and unresolved questions about who struck the fatal blow.
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Baltimore
St. Michael
Talbot County
Edith May Thompson Woodill
Bob" Eastman
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Wood
Onmo
Robert E. Eastman
Broad Creek
Eastman
Qustion
Officers Beaten at Tent Meeting in Virginia Riot
In Rockingham county near Grottoes, Constable Meyerhoffer and Special Officer Coleman were badly gashed and beaten with brass knuckles by a crowd at a colored camp meeting. A black suspect, James McCarthy, was arrested after taking the prisoner from Meyerhoffer. A riot left about six injured as authorities sought help from Harrisonburg and pursued fleeing agitators.
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Harrisonburg
Meyerhoffer
Coleman
Grottoes
Rockingham County
James McCarthy
Darckhoff
English Wives and the American Husband Contrast
The essay contrasts English wives as perceptive partners versed in politics and their husbands’ trades, sharing holidays, travel, and sports, with American husbands pursuing amusements shops and theatres. It cites Louise Collier Willcox in Harper's Bazaar on English sophistication and shared interests.
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Anid
England
Loulas Collier Willcox
Harper’s Azar
Needs a Woman Dresser
John Lindstrom a female impersonator traveling to Winnipeg arrived on the Majesty and claimed Stephanie Klein was his dresser He said he could not appear in women’s clothing without her help Immigration authorities questioned his reasoning and detained the pair under cross border restrictions
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New York
John Lindstrom
Winnipeg
Majestic
Stephanie Klein
Lindstrom
Miss Klein
Canada
Star in Pegasus Winks Like Variable Light
A small variable star in Pegasus sometimes fades and brightens over about two and three-quarters hours. The sighting, described by Harper's Weekly, notes the star becomes fainter then returns to its original brightness after the cycle, visible only through a telescope.
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Pegasus
Harper’s Weekly
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Prince
John Gordon
Sternbach
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John Kendrick Bangs
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William J. Gaynor
Gallaghr
Ireland
Girl Fleet OF Foot
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Toronto Museum
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