Renew Fight Against Jersey Trunk Sewer Politic Sparks City Health Debate
Paterson leaders join merchants in opposing a Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission plan to build a trunk sewer through the state to New York Bay. The project, costed at 12.25 million dollars with 170 thousand annual operating costs, aims to serve about 1.65 million people by 1940, with Newark bearing a large share of the burden.
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New Jersey
Passaic
Severare
Newark
Sewerage Commission
Commission
West Bank
Great Falls
Paterson
New
Proposed New Sewer for Passaic Valley
The piece details plans for a 12 foot diameter tunnel from Newark Meadows under Newark Bay to New York Bay near Robbins Reef to dump raw Passaic Valley sewage. The New York Merchants Association opposes the project citing harbor pollution and risk of typhoid, with War Department and New York jurisdiction concerns. Mayor McBride of Paterson opposes discharge at Robbins Reef and favors purification near Newark Meadows. the New Jersey Sewerage Commission allows municipalities to form agreements after July 27, 1908.
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Ark
Newark Meadows
Newark Bay
Bayonne Neck
New York Bay
Robbins Reef
Statue of Liberty
New Jersey
New York Merchants’ Association
New York Harbor
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
New York City
United States
Merchants’ Association
Hatch
War Department
Passaic Valley
New York
Jersey
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Manhattan Island
John Cunneen
New York State
John W. Griggs
City of
United States Army
Sewerage Commission
Mr. Hatch
McBride
Police On A Coon Hunt In West 125th Street
Police chase a raccoon that fled from Louis Wetzel of 255 West 146th Street into a yard and kitchen. Lieutenant King orders arrests, while Mulholland traps nothing as the animal eludes capture amid onlookers with air rifles and sticks.
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Lieut. King
West 125Th Street
Flynn
Louis Wetzel
West 146Th Street
Mr. Wetzel
Mr. Coon
Mulholland
Trent
King
Robbery During Palizzolo Visit Targets Italian Leader
Italian politician Raffaele Palizzolo reported a theft at 157 East 116th Street after a con man posing as a help seeker stole a $200 sapphire and diamond stickpin from a sofa. The suspect, calling himself Iwaigi Moscato, had collected small sums from several Italians and used a false Countess Ruta address.
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Raffaele Palizzolo
Iwaigi Moscato
Gilda Ruta
Palizzolo
Naples
East 116Th Street
Petrosino
Em. Palizzolo
East Seventy-ninth Street
Turkish Reformers Meet in New York City
Two meetings of Turkish Syrian and Armenian residents in New York planned reform efforts for the Turkish Empire. A luhcheen at Kalil's restaurant included Munadji Bey and other leaders. a mass meeting is set for August 23 at Carnegie Hall with a standing committee to coordinate reform efforts. A subsequent dinner at Café Martin featured Mouhan Pasha as guest of honor with Syrian merchants and editors discussing aid to Syrians under Ottoman rule.
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New York City
Café Martin
Mouhan Pasha
Plaza
New York
Medical laws blamed for barring poor from studying medicine
Dr. Frank Van Fleet argues in The New York Medical Journal that medical statutes fail to protect the public and burden students without independent means. He notes special practice laws favor privileged groups, limits on entry ages, and need for public education on medical education and reform.
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Frank van Fleet
New York Medical Journal
New York
State Department of Education
Department of Education
Wealthy St Louis mill owner predicts rebound on Europe trip
John Scullen of Scullen & Gallagher, a principal in a large independent steel plant, says better times are near as orders rise and employees return to full time. He describes plans for the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad, notes optimistic business outlook, and backs Taft over Bryan in Missouri politics.
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John Scullen
St. Louis
Scullen *& Gallagher
Baltic
Europe
Scullen
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Joplin
Helena
Ark
Illinois Central
Bryan
Democratic Party
Bryan Party
Taft
Missouri
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Women nurses for Navy to form corps of female nurses
Examination for Chief Hospital Nurse of the Navy suggests Miss Esther Hassan of Washington will be appointed after a favorable recommendation by Rear Admiral P M Rixey. The Navy plans a nurse corps for domestic and overseas naval hospitals, likely fifty or more hires, mirroring army nurse service.
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Washington
Navy
Esther V. Hassan
D. C
Surgeon General of the Navy
P. M. Rixey
Miss Hassan
Philadelphia
Relief
Isthmus
Panama
New Haven
Conn
Navy Department
Army
Union conference to reconvene over labor party support
Washington reports indicate a presidents’ conference of national and international unions may reconvene to resolve differences over President Gompers A F L guidance urging votes for Bryan. Attendees stress no firm adjournment and aim to clarify meanings and align on political strategy amid wary union members.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Washington
Herman Robinson
East
Labor
Cat Uses the Elevator at the Times Building
In a Times Building elevator tale, Adam the night elevator man notes a black cat named Thomas signals him from the sixteenth floor to ride down and up, prompting amused disbelief from a passenger and prompting the cat to greet Jim the night porter on exiting.
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Adam
Times
Thomas
Jim
Acer
Ananias Club
Stranger at the Hotel Martinquee Bar
A man called a stranger visits the Hotel Martinquee bar on a Saturday night and orders a “stranger” drink. The bartender and patrons discuss the drink as it is prepared with whisky, sugar, orange, mint, gin, and champagne cider, leaving the glasses empty and prompting plans for a repeat visit.
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Silver Creek
Young Physicians Sought for Public Health Service Posts
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital service invites young physicians to examinations in Washington. Applicants aged 22 to 30, graduates, and with strong references may join with permanent tenure. Salaries range from 1600 to 2500 dollars with quarters or monthly commutation, and advancement after four years.
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United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Dark Days in the Southland
Col S L Siover of the Ledger Dispatch in Norfolk relates prohibition sensibilities and a Georgia near beer tax. He recalls a Kentucky fire destroying barrels of liquor and jokes about juleps and toddies, noting the era’s grim humor in the face of temperance and disaster.
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Valley of the Shadow
Georgia
Prohibition
Kentucky
Lexington
Pirates Loot on Brooklyn Rowing Club Float
Mike the carpenter at the Bay Twelfth Street boathouse reported a float loaded with crockery rugs and two valises found after a storm. Police invited a man named Jarvis to explain why merchandise was stored on the club float and he claimed the items were placed there to move out of the storm.
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Brooklyn Rowing Club
Mike
Bay
Twelfth Street
Hath Beach
Bath Head
Jarvis
Seventy-sixth Street
Bath Beach
Hamilton
Vacation schools called missionaries ignite East Side tensions
The Jewish Morning Journal blasts East Side vacation centers calling them missionary ventures and “charity” schemes. Attendance dips after publication but later returns as parents and officials defend non sectarian Bible instruction and industrial activities at Stanton Street and Essex Street schools.
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Jewish Morning Journal
East Side
Stanton and
Essex Street
Yesterda
Stanton Street
Saul
Robert Boville
Bible Vacation
Connecticut
Farnt
Lord Taylor Boots Offer Ends In Store
An advertisement lists girls button or lace boots from Lord & Taylor and Gibson L775 style with prices around 57.50 and 11 percent discount on qualifying purchases.
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Chants’ Association
Edward Hatch, Jr
Department of
Merchants’ Association Committee
Bronx River
Committee On
Committee On Water Pollution
Hudson River Valley
Dr. van Fleet
St. Louis Democrat
Women Nurses For
Cat
Silver Creek, Colorado
U. S. Marine Hospital Service
Alcantigt
Walters Piano Company
Walters
Exchange
Bloomingdale Bros
Tex
60Th St
Southland
Rowing
East Siders
Hwever
Lord & Taylor
Shoe Department
Russia
Black
26Th St
5Th Ave
16Th St
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