Minors barred from race tracks in NY betting framework
Queens County Jockey Club leads a year start under new betting limits. Minors barred unless with guardians while bookmakers faced ground-stall restrictions. The Jockey Club maintains non recognition of betting while tracks promise curb on public wagering and oversight by figures like John Cavanagh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jockey Club
Windsor Arcade
Ag & Body
New York
Queens County Jockey Club
P. J. Dwyer
John Cavanagh
Metropolitan Turtl Association
Mets
Public to Help Hughes in Race Track Battle
Albany reports public opinion backs Gov Hughes anti gambling stand as battle over race track bills intensifies. A mass meeting is planned, with supporters claiming the Governor can win without party leaders while critics warn the fight could break the Republican Party and realign power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Saratoga
Senate
Sanford
William Barnes, Jr
Senator Grattan
Hughes
Dgrflinger’s Fine Glassware Offers Wedding Gifts
DGRFLINGER'S FINE GLASSWARE features aed vases and attractive wedding gifts showcased for couples planning ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dgrflinger
Aed
Hotel Irving guests suffer as lease dispute hits services
Tenants at Hotel Irving in Gramercy Park face loss of electric lights water heat and elevator after a dispute between Ruggles Hotel Company and Blake Kain Company. A sheriff's marshal action over arrears prompted eviction notice. services resumed briefly after the marshal was shown the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Gramercy Park
Ruggles Hotel Company
Blake-Kain Company
Frederick C. Catlin
Louis C. Fuller
Ruggles Company
Commissioner
Charities
Hebberd
Otis Skinner
Alien T. Tupper
Dunlop Smith
W. E. Ladd
Pension for "Old Dan" the ambulance horse
Old Dan, veteran ambulance horse at Beevue Hospital, will live out his days in ease after fourteen years of service. Legally, he would be sold at auction, but he will instead be handled by the Sinking Fund Commission and then turned over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The society will place him with a Rhode Island stock farm for a peaceful retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Beevue Hospital
Sinking Fund Commission
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Society
Rhode Island
Chester Strikes Force Police to Close Saloons
Chester officials and company representatives reached a plan after a three hour meeting to protect street cars with police aid. One hundred additional guards were sworn in and Mayor's session considered State Constabulary support if crowds become unmanageable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Chester
Police Committee of Councils
State Constabulary
Pensacola Streetcars Run as State Troops Quell Disorder
In Pensacola Florida April 14 state militia lined both sides of the streets as two lines of Pensacola Electric Company cars operated briefly. A motorman was arrested for a city ordinance violation and a crowd surged toward a car before troops with bayonets pushed them back. All cars were shut down by nightfall and service did not resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Cent Kettle Plea Aims to Free George O Rourke
Magistrate Moss considers a unique petition to discharge George O Rourke from the workhouse after he was committed as a vagrant. O Rourke explains in a letter that he crafted a copper kettle from a cent and claims skill as a tinker tinsmith coppersmith granite cutter and carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O'Rourke
Moss
O'Rourke
Mass
Charles Delaney
Tombs
O’rourke
Shipping News Roundup: Kronprinz Wilhelm at Cherbourg, Adriatic Pending
Latest shipping news notes the steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm arriving at Cherbourg on April 8. The SS Adriatic was reported by Marconi wireless 724 miles east of Sandy Hook Lightship at 11:04 P.M. yesterday and is due at her pier at 8 A.M. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Royal Blue Line to inaugurate parlor car service
Central Railroad of New Jersey and Baltimore Ohio announce a new parlor car service between New York and Richmond Virginia beginning April 15. Trains depart daily except Sunday from 23d Street at 9 50 A M and Liberty Street at 10 A M with tickets available at 434 1 300 Broadway and 23rd Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central R. R
N. J
Balto
Ohio
Royal Blue Line
New York
Richmond
Liberty St
Foraker Speech Sparks Wild Applause in Senate
Senator Foraker delivered a two hour appeal on the Brownsville affair. Negroes crowded the galleries and applauded beyond rules as he defended the three dis charged Twenty fifth Infantry men. The scene interrupted the reading of the President's message urging battleship funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Foraker
Brownsville
Senate
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Texas
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
Senate Committee
Missouri
America
Fairbanks
Congress
Ohio
Ice Cream Wagon Driver Slays Dog After Attack on Girl
In Degraw Street Brooklyn near Hoyt Street a Newfoundland charged a six year old girl Irene Kelly as she walked home from St Agnes Parochial School. Joseph Tayne the ice cream wagon driver struck the animal with a heavy iron bar and killed it after bystanders joined in fending off the dog. The girl suffered torn skirts and minor scratches but no bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Tayne
Degraw Street
Brooklyn
Hoyt. Street
Tayne
Irene Kelly
James Kelly
Third Street
St. Agnes’s Parochial School
Hoyt Street
Lehigh Valley Rail Offers Return to Niagara Falls in Spring
Round trip ticket from Brooklyn to Niagara Falls and back advertised by Lehigh Valley R R for April 18 with return on April 20. Fare listed as 1460 and payment details at 925 Fulton Street Brooklyn. Adv notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley R.R
Fulton St
Brooklyn
Burglars Raid Richmond Staten Island Homes
Fourteen Port Richmond houses on Staten Island were entered and robbed between midnight and 2 am. Jewelry and money were taken from sleeping owners, while clothing was scattered in yards or on porches. Police suspect intruders traveled from Manhattan and left no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Richmond
S. I
August Hubbell
George Pero
D. H. Mulder
Walter Pallister
Decker Avenue
David Decker
Irving Brown
Thomas Carker
W. J. Fenton
Herburton Avenue
John Buck,Jr
Horatio J. Sharett
Charles Depew
Hatfield Place
W. Pierce
C. H. Greggs
E. J. Quinlan
Clinton Street
Sharett
Manhattan
Opera leaders muse on new Met building and cornerstone rumor
Andreas Dippel voiced hope for a new Metropolitan Opera House in a hearing of friends while predicting it unlikely in the near term. He noted Gatti-Casazza might visit next week and that plans for improvements to the current Opéra House are also under consideration. Otto H. Kahn expressed surprise at talk of a new building, expecting extensive improvements to the existing structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andreas Dippel
Dippel
Sapuana
Opéra
Houve
Otto H. Kahn
Sultan Gifts Silk Carpets to President Roosevelt
Washington reports Abdul Hamid II dispatches a rare silk carpet gift to President Roosevelt. The hand woven pieces, made at Harika near Constantinople, feature unique one piece patterns with no two carpets alike. Turkeys notes say the carpets are at the Turkish Legation awaiting presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abdul Hamid II
Turkey
United States
Roosevelt
Harika
Constantinople
State Department
Mehmed Ali Bey
Bad oysters kill couple in Newark florist business heirs
Mrs Rose Bendt and her husband Ferdinand Bendt a Newark florist died from typhoid fever after eating infected oysters. Their daughter Dora 13 lies in a dying condition and Nellie 5 was spared. Dora and Nellie stand to inherit their fathers large florist business and estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Bendt
Ferdinand Bendt
Newark
Dora
Nellie Bendit
Nellie
Oes
Two More Fire Victims in Chelsea Raise Death Toll
Boston reports two more bodies found in cellars of Chelsea ruins bringing the death toll to six. The city resumes banks, street cars on Broadway, and telephone service as relief and housing efforts expand with state and charitable aid. Senator Hall proposes appointing a three member commission to govern Chelsea for three years to speed rebuilding, citing Galveston and San Francisco as precedents. Daniel Ross, burned out, is jailed on incendiary charges after a District Court hearing with bail set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chelsea
Broadway
Hall of
Revere
Senator Hall
Galveston
San Francisco
Daniel Ross
Ross
Bosson
Bryan
Committee On
Carnegie Hall
Justice Jane
Supreme Court of Brooklyn
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
William J. Conners
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Conners
Murphy
Mecklenburg Chloride Calcium Water Adverts
An advertisement claims Mecklenburg Chloride Calcium Water relieves eczema and skin ailments. It urges readers to try the product sold everywhere, highlighting its widespread availability.
Explosion in tenement spurs citywide panic
A dynamite blast in a seven story tenement at 358 Last Twelfth Street caused severe destruction and panic among 38 families. Women and children were injured or buried under debris, while residents fled to fire escapes as stairs and doors were blown away. Police linked the blast to threats against local banker Bonondo and his associates, with ties to a prior attack on his brother's business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Last Twelfth Street
Mary Fallozio
Shamons
Bellevue Hrospital
Shaw
Fifth Street
John Trentacaste
Augustino Hononolo
Bononolo
Dominick Fononolo
St. 246
Elizabeth Serect
Trentacaste
Bonondo
Antony Benava
Italy
Black Hand letters threaten Elmhurst dairyman son’s kidnap
Within a week James Mulle a dairy man of Court Street Elmhurst Ei y received two alleged Black Hand letters promising to kidnap his 12 year old son Frank unless 31000 is left at a designated spot. Both notes were written in a feminine hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mulle
Court Street
Elmhurst
Frank
Skin grafted on a baby Bertha Zola youngest graft patient
Bertha Zola 19 months old, daughter of Isaac Zola of 2 Fast 190th Street and grandniece of Emile Zola, underwent a skin graft at Marion Hospital after a February 1 kitchen accident spilled boiling soup on her head and shoulders. Surgeons transferred skin from her left thigh under ether to cover a four inch area on her right arm and report a smooth recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Zola
Isaac Zola
190Th Street
Emile Zola
Marion Hospital
Harlem
Dam Burst Floods Montana Region
Hauser Lake dam on the Missouri River near Helena collapsed this afternoon sending 25 to 30 feet of water over the shattered structure. The flood inundated the area causing about 250000 dollars in damage with no lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Hauser Lake
Missouri River
Dewey's Clarets and Old Burgundy Advertisement
An old advertisement for a Dewey & Sons Co. product at 138 Fulton Street New York touts Clarets and Old Burgundy as a meal enricher for the blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Mrs Eddy on War and Peace
In the Christian Science Sentinel Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy states she prays daily for no more war and seeks a single Mind among all peoples. She says national disputes can be wisely arbitrated, but navies’ armament is necessary to prevent war and preserve peace among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siddy
Federal nine hour law ruled unconstitutional in Milwaukee case
Judge Warren D. Tarrant declares the federal nine hour work limit for railway telegraphers unconstitutional while upholding the state eight hour law. Railroads will likely operate under the federal rule until a higher court rules on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Milwaukee
Wis
Warren D. Tarrant
Governor Smith Hooted in Marietta Candidacy Event
In Marietta Georgia April 14 Governor Hoke Smith faced a hostile crowd supporting rival Joseph M Brown. Bells were rung and jeers drowned his remarks as Brown supporters jeered and pelted the governor’s car with coins. Smith had discharged Brown from the Railroad Commission months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Marietta
Jungs
Hoke Smith
Joseph M. Brown
Smith
Brown
Gov. Smith
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Beaten by Highwaymen Robberies Record Chemist Victim
Martin Lesmans a 23 year old chemist of Chelsea Polishing and Plating Company 418 420 West Twenty seventh Street and 147 Ste Went Forty seventh Street reported being held up and robbed last night at Thirty fir street and Fishth Avenue by three highwaymen who beat and kicked him and took his gold watch chain and 55 dollars. He walked to West Thirty seventh Street Police Station to report the robbery to Trent Cullen whose father was a chief of police in a Belgian city. He was on his way home from Twenty ninth Street and Eighth Avenue when attacked. No one aided him. He gave police a description of the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lesmans
Chelsea
West Twenty-seventh Street
Ste
Belgium
Twentyninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Ife
Miss Marlowe Stops Work Amid Nervous Breakdown
Julia Marlowe, now at the Hotel Plaza, suffers a severe nervous breakdown after a grueling season and the von Hermann divorce publicity. Manager Lee Shubert says she may miss three days in Atlantic City and likely next week in Philadelphia, though no tour cancellation is confirmed. Dr. Stilwell attributes illness to road fatigue and personal stress, with hope for a spring Lyric season if she recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Hotel Plaza
von Hermann
Lee Shubert
Atlantic
Philadelphia
John B. Stilwell
Miss Marlowe
Lyrit
Wild Animals Arrive in New York from Havana and Brazil
A Ward liner Saratoga brought a large consignment of wildlife from Havana to New York including leopards lions camels ostriches panthers and other exotic species destined for a local collector. Separately the Maranhense delivered animals and birds for Toledo Ohio Zoo including a hoo hoo bird from the Ativapo river and a hairy faced ape from Kiakara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Saratoga
Havana
Zoological Gardens
Toledo
Hia
Maranhense
Brazil
Ativapo
Col Ward Sentenced in Boston Forgery Case at 74
Col Daniel Ward, a famed figure in U S crime lore, was sentenced in the Massachusetts Superior Court to twenty and a half years in state prison for forgery. At 74, he heads into what would be his eighth or ninth prison term, dating back to a New York draft plot with two others in which his associates were executed and he was briefly pardoned by Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Daniel &. Ward
United States
New York
Ward
Lincoln
Bryan's Boom Shut Out Here
A brief report notes Bryan's team delivered a decisive shutout with short work by the squad. Fellow officers tried to raise the issue but were quickly suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
McCarren Faces Defeat as Murphy Ally Wins Backing
In New York the Democratic State Convention shows fractures as five McCarren leaders reportedly defect to support Murphy. The party seeks a free delegation to the National Convention while Conners and Murphy tighten control. Carmody urged old doctrines as Bryan’s bid weakens with delegates split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas F. Carmody
Committee On
Den
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queens County Association
City Counsel
Trolley Company
Little Girl
Newfoundland
Staten Island
New Opera House
Mr. Dippel
Sultan
Steciu
The
Nies
Black Hand
Zola
Montana
Mrs. Eddy
Christian Science Cult
Christian Science
Wisconsin
St. Paul Road
Atlantic City
South America
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Ady
Him
McCarren
Serted
Ver
Friends
Mr. Bryan
Norman E. Mack
Vention
Friends of the Nebraskan
Senator. McCarren
Patrick. Ey. McCabe
Bossa of
Mct
Arren
McGube
Brooklyn Statesman
Coners
Jurior
Lewis Nixon
John B. Stanchfield
Charles T. Williams
Lyons
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!