Hitchcock Shifts National Committee Leadership
Frank H Hitchcock announced Elmer Dover resigning as secretary and William Hayward Nebraska City Neb Republican State Chairman named secretary to the National Committee and active in the campaign. Hayward credited with Nebraska campaign system, will run Chicago HQ part time. nine member advisory committee to handle finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Elmer Dover
William Hayward
Nebraska City
Neb
Dover
Hayward
Bryan
Middle West
Ohio
Nation
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
National Committee
Executive Committee
Ways and Means
Nebraska
Tammany
Chicago
Colorado Springs
Sheldon
Brighton Beach Track Faces Sale Amid Betting Law Backlash
William A. Engeman, owner of the Brighton Beach race track, negotiates with Somerville Realty Company for sale to parcel the property into building lots. Officials cite Gov. Hughes anti-betting laws as a causal factor, with trackmen awaiting formal word next Saturday on a potential sale rather than just title searches by Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Engeman
Brighton Beach Race Track
Edward L. Somerville
Somerville Realty Company
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Gov. Hughes
Somerville
Inquirers
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Frank Bailey
Trust Company
Baby Dead On Trolley Car
A mother from 320 East 103d Street faced a charge after her infant Esther died during a Frightful illness. She boarded a Flushing Avenue trolley to return home with the child and was detained by Police Hennessey until Magistrate Connolly freed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Rose Galdario
East 103d Street
Michael
Nicholas Spineso
Goodrich Street
Astoria
L. L
Hennessey
Galdario
Connolly
Boy Admits Bank Theft In Chicago Case
Lee Haseman a 17 year old messenger boy confesses to robbing four thousand dollars from the First National Bank savings department after already stealing thirteen hundred dollars from his aunt. He spent the money on cars theatres and meals with his sweetheart Bertha Rosenthal. He hidden the cash then waited for her at State and Adams Streets as police arrested him at Harrison Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Lee Haseman
Harrison Street
Savings Bank Department
First National Bank
Bertha Rosenthal
State
Adams
New Hybrid Potato Grows Like Vine Crops in Waterbury
In Waterbury Connecticut on August 8 farmers show deep interest in a new potato hybrid grown by Samuel Wilson of Wolcott. The viney plant, cross between yellow tomato and sweet potato, yields a nutritious tuber said to boil in five minutes and bake in eight. Stiles Wheeler aided Wilson this summer and the local grange toured the beds of the new bush grown spuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
Samuel Wilson
Wolcott
Stiles Wheeler
Wilson
Baldwin Flies Airship at Fort Myer Tests
Captain Baldwin piloted the airship in calm control despite a ten mile wind as Curtiss works on carburetors to boost speed. The craft achieved 17 mph returning against the wind while attracting 3,000 onlookers. officials noted speed as the missing requirement for War Department approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Fort Myer
Baldwin
War Department
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Capt
Balston
Falls Church
Curtiss
Board of Signal Corps
Sinc
Salem Under Fire As Two 216 Pound Shells Hit Fields
Salem New Jersey residents faced a scare when two 216 pound shells fired from Fort Du Pont in the Delaware River landed in nearby fields. One shell struck the outskirts of town eight feet deep in a field. the other hit the water then landed in a distant field tearing a large ridge. No injuries were reported but residents were frightened and officials may protest to the fort commander about target practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
N. J
Fort du Pont
Delaware River
Sinnickson
Wright's Airship Flight Charms Le Mans Spectators
Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio flies three kilometers in 1 minute 46 seconds at Le Mans in his aeroplane. He circles the field twice, then lands easily in front of cheering spectators after testing control and handling. Wright expresses satisfaction and hints at future trials next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
United States
Mr. Wright
Interborough President Bryan Denies Resignation
Special cable from London reports E. P. Bryan stating he was not allowed to resign from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company despite seeking rest. He confirms remaining president, notes illness and a three month vacation granted by the board, and says no final decision has been made. He will travel to the Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Co
Minnesota
Henry L. Little
Clark Hempstead
John 5
Pillsbury
E. P. Bryan
Ing
Bryan
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
The
Interborough
Mr. Bryan
London
Cat Defeats Leopard in Zoo Cage Fight
Spectators at the National Zoological Gardens watched a leopard lose to a common alley cat. A kitten climbed between bars, was killed by the leopard, then the mother cat leapt the cage to attack. The fight ended as the leopard retreated and the dead kitten was moved away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
National Zoological Gardens
Supt. Baker
Eliot on socialism quoted at Harvard president says wealth diffusion blocks communism
President Eliot of Harvard dismisses a magazine article claim that America breeds socialism. He argues wealth diffusion prevents sharing, notes Americans are opportunists, and says socialistic society requires a change in humanity, not institutions. He denies colleges as socialist recruiting grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Mass
America
Elot
Harvard Today
Injunctions Block Gas Pumping at Saratoga Springs
Deputy Attorney General Williams wins six temporary injunctions from Justice Fitts to stop Saratoga springs gas pumping by Greysers Natural Gas Company Lincoln Springs Company New York Carbonic Acid Company Mary A Patterson and Harry M Livingston. Returnable Aug. 14 after citizens' committee petition. Governor Hughes signed a state bill banning pumping this year, likely to be tested for constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Williams
Supreme Court
Fitts
Saratoga
Greysers Natural Gas Company
Lincoln Springs Company
New York Carbonic Acid Company
Mary A. Patterson
Harry M. Livingston
Citizens’ Committee of
Hughes
Saratoga Springs
Penn Railroad to Cut Staff at Jersey City Hubs
Within a month the Pennsylvania Railroad plans a major reduction of employees in its train shed and Exchange Place offices. A special committee is surveying offices and departments to identify expense cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Exchange Place
Jersey City
Arrott Building in Pittsburgh Not Falling
A rumor that the Arrott Building at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street was out of plumb drew thousands of riders and pedestrians to the area in Pittsburgh. Police, Public Safety Director Lang, and building inspectors investigated and found the skyscraper in first class condition, crowds dispersed after several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Arrott
Fourth Avenue
Wood Street
Public Safety
Lang
Bureau of Building Inspection
Night Riders oath heard in Ellis trial
In Murray Kentucky on August 8 the trial of Jake Ellis heard Wiley Stewart describe the Night Rider oath he heard administered. The oath vows secrecy obedience to orders and possible death for betrayal. Stewart’s testimony was damaging to the Night Riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Murray, Ky
Jake Ellis
Wiley Stewart
God
Stewart
Heavy Bail for Autoist in Newport Injury Case
Seymour Johnson of New York posted 5000 bail in a civil suit after his car struck Newport resident Mrs. Harry Amey injuring her severely. Chauffeur Warren Cordiss fined 22 for feckless driving and paid. The accident on Bath Road also injured four others including Mrs. William Smith and Mrs. Henry Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R.I
Seymour Johnson
New York
Philip Mills
Warren Cordiss
Harry Amey
Johnson
J. K. Sullivan
Bath Road
William Smith
Henry Miller
Povidence
Peter McGovern
Providence
John Keeley
R. S. Healey
New Yorker Hurt in Runaway in Middletown
Morris Weintraub a New York man boarding at South Fallsburg Sullivan County was injured in a runaway accident last night and is in City Hospital in a precarious condition He was thrown from his horse and struck his head on a pile of stones
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Morris Weintraub
New York
South Fallsburg
Sullivan County
Weintraub
Fatal Wreck on Southern Pacific Near New Orleans
A west bound Southern Pacific passenger train wrecked shortly after leaving New Orleans. Several people are reported to have been killed in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Dewey & Sons Co Expresses Wine Shipping
Advertisement note says Dewey & Sons Co at 186 Fulton St New York offers express or freight shipping for wines nationwide from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey’s Wines
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Thaw fortunes blown by family aid in murder case
Pittsburg reports three Thaw fortunes, plus Harry Thaw’s own funds, have been spent to save him from the electric chair. William Thaw’s widow and two sisters are said to have sacrificed over a million dollars, with Harry contributing up to six figures. Creditors and legal maneuvers loom as bankruptcy filings approach and questions about sanity rise in New York court strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Starry K. Thaw
Thaw
Wiliam Thaw
William Thaw
Alice
Harry
Poughkeepsie
Charles Morschauser
Roger O'Mara
Harry Thaw
Josiah
Edward
Whiam Thaw
Sen
Margaret
Yarmouth
William’ Thaw
Lyndhurst
Harry .K. Thaw
William A. Stone
Hukami
Stanford White
Mattenwin
William KR. Blair
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer
Committee of Business Men
Brighton
Boy
Sam Wilson
Salem, N. J
Jacob Newman
Omaha
Northwest
Charles W. Folds
J. Dj. P. Wheelwright
Frank Carleton
L. P. Hubbard
Wheelwright
Albert C. Loring
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
Charles S. Pillsbury
C. A. Pillsbury
Pillsbury Mills
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Limited
Great Britain
Pillsbury “A
St. Anthony Falls
Street Railway Company
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company
Morton Trust Company
George A. Zabriskie
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Company, Limited
New York Produce Exchange
Aeronaut
Interborough Rapid
Pers
Girl
Newport Surf
Miss Scheer
R. I
Flora L. Scheer
Jamaica Plain
Easton's Beach
Michael Barrett
Barrett
Perry Rose
Dotcors
Lindsay
Army
James A Craig
Pillsbury Mills CO
Ganize
Eliot
Saratoga’s Springs
New Yorker
O'Mara
Evelyn
Stone
Evelyn Nesoit Thaw
Maury
C. Thaw
Roger ‘O'Mara
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!