Treasury chief outlines plan to aid crops and reorganize
Secretary Cortelyou moves to back crop movement with bank deposits and limited bond use. Reforms target Customs and Life Saving Corps with promotions, retirement provisions, and Civil Service rule changes. He stays at Halesite, near Sagamore Hill, consulting with President Roosevelt.
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Treasury
Cortelyou
Shaw
Treasury Department
New York
Panama
Customs Service
Revenue Cutter Service
Civil Service Commission
Halesite
Huntington Bay
Long Island Sound
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Times
Cortelyou's Previous Aid in the March Slump
Secretary Cortelyou faced a money scarcity similar to the March slump. He announced relief measures to add 76 million dollars in circulation, including retirement of government bonds and extending deposits with banks. Washington stressed his action should not set a Wall Street precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Pew
Aldrich
Wall Street
Washington
Shaw
Secretary of Treasury
Corelyou
Mosquitos Delay Delaware Mail Delivery
Mosquitos along the Delaware Bay shore hampered mail delivery as a dozen rural carriers from Dover were severely injured by pest swarms. Insects attacked riders and horses daily for a week, drawing salt water treatment to cope, while no eggs have been found yet for the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Bay
Delaware
Dover
When Sleep Fails Yake Hereford’s Acid Phosphate Waking
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Hereford and acid phosphate in a night context. No clear event or date provided. Readable items point to an unusual historical reference without a coherent story or outcome.
Bennet Saves Lives in Romanian Fire Rescue
From London a report describes U.S. Congressman William Bennet aiding in a blaze in Sinaia Romania. With Horace G Knowles he helped evacuate blind women and directed hose operations to control the fire. Bennet and Knowles were thanked by the Queen's pensioners and Bennet later met the Sultan. Mrs Bennet received the Order of Kindness insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cablegram
THE
New York Times Co
London
Bucharest
William 8. Bennet
Congress
New York
Bennet
Immigration Commission
Italy
Greece
Syria
Turkey
Roumania
Servia
Horace G. Knowles
Knowles
Sinaia
Legation
Mr. Knowles
Carmen Sylva
Mr. Bennet
Constantinople
Marconi Plant Ready Inauguration Of Transatlantic Wireless
London Aug 18 William Marconi will depart Aug 22 to inaugurate and maintain a transatlantic wireless telegraph service. Officials expect all preparations complete by mid September and report satisfactory message exchanges between the Irish Clifton station and the Canadian Cape Breton station for weeks. Rates are 10 cents per word plus land charges for ordinary messages and 5 cents per word plus land charges for press messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THA New York Tres Co
London
William Marconi
England
Clifton
Cape Breton
Adirondack Ablaze on Hudson Near Roseton
The Adirondack of the Albany Night Line caught fire about 11 PM near Roseton while en route from New York to Albany. Passengers were evacuated to the Greenport, with sixty taken aboard and later traveling by train to Albany. the fire was controlled within an hour. The vessel, launched in 1906, features a wooden hull for shallow Hudson navigation and collision bulkheads to limit fire spread. One life was lost in a prior collision near Tivoli on Oct. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Newburg
Adirondack
Albany
Roseton
Greenport
Troy Line
Poughkeepsie
John Englis
The
People’s Zine
Charjea.m.englis
John Englis & Sons
Brooklyn
Hudson
S. J. Roe
Saratoga
Citizens’ Line
Tivoli
Marconi Wireless to Open Public Transmissions by September
John Bottomley secretary treasurer of Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America said recent weeks show reliable link between the Irish coast and Glace Bay. He noted no sun disruption and that commercial messages could begin by month’s end, pending formal announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bottomley
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Glace Bay
Swiss Law Holds Conried After Swiss Auto Death
Geneva dispatches report Heinrich Conried director of the Metropolitan Opera House remains detained in Switzerland after a fatal motor car accident near Lake Zurich. Conried and companions posted bail and pledged to stay until motorist Ernest Stahl's manslaughter trial. victims relatives seek compensation and claim excessive speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Trmes Co
London
Geneva
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Switzerland
Ernest Stahl
Lake Zurich
Hegli
Conried
Baden
Lake Constance
Stahl
Egil
Apianatic Invisible Bisigh Grasses Sightings Near Spencer
Fragmentary item notes near Spencer, Malden Lane, describing invisible Apianatic Bisigh grasses and mentions near and distant vision effects. No clear event, date, or organization available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Malden Lane
Police Guard Priest In Brooklyn Over Black Hand Threat
Four policemen camped overnight at the home of Rev Arthur Forrentino of the Church of Our Lady of Loretta at 22 Powell Street Brooklyn to await three Black Hand agents said to arrive for a demand of 3000 dollars. The priest his brother John and Rev Raphael Fisca slept upstairs with small arms under their beds after receiving a letter instructing him to hide the money in a wall crevice near the House of the Good Shepherd. He alerted police after a subsequent note warned of murder or explosion if the ransom was not ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Forrentino
Church of Our Lady of Loretta
Powell Street
Brooklyn
John
Raphael Fisca
House of the Good Shepherd
Pacific Street
Atlantic Avenue
Handkerchief Tactical Stop Saves Train Near Wilmington
Policeman James Crouch of Salisbury used a red handkerchief to signal a lantern on a Pennsylvan ia Railroad flier, averting a wreck on a long Humphrey's Lake bridge. Several hundred lives were possibly saved as ten menaced ties were found on the trestle before the 3:35 pm show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wilmington
Del
James Crouch
Salisbury
New York, Pennsylvania & Norfolk Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Humphrey's Lake
Salbury
Hotel Brooklyn Burns Down at Centre Moriches
Fire destroyed the Queen Anne style Hotel Brooklyn on the bay front near Centre Moriches. About 250 guests fled as flames raced from the kitchen area shortly after 9 pm. Most guests were on porches or beachside when the fire started. 15 trunks saved, autos and sheds firemen saved, patrons housed at nearby hotels two hours after the blaze. Loss figure unavailable.
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Eastport
L. L
Brooklyn
Centre Moriches
Bay Front
Frank Rogers
Rabid dog bites three in Allendale New Jersey
A mongrel dog roamed Allendale on Sunday night biting Cr. Lh Parigot Myra Zabriskie and Cecil De Yoe. Pasteur Institute experts said the dog suffered rabies and the victims were rushed to the Pasteur Institute in New York for treatment. The dog's carcass was sent for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Allendale
N. J
Pasteur Institute
New York
Lh Parigot
Myra Zabriskie
Albert Zabriskie
Cecil DE Yoe
de Yoe
Threat to Kill a Bride After Wedding
William Buhler a Grand Central Information Bureau clerk received a letter demanding $500 or his bride would be killed. The couple married days or weeks earlier faced fear as a second note arrived while Buhler was away, prompting Mrs. Buhler to seek police help at Alexander Avenue police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Buhler
Grand Central Station
Buhler
Information Bureau
Barton’s Life Spared in Missouri Governor’s Commutation
Gov. Folk commutes the execution sentence of Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington to life imprisonment for the 1903 murder of James McCann. Barrington, likely George Barton, was convicted on circumstantial evidence after his body was found with two bullet wounds in a Bonfils Station quarry pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Folk
Frederick Seymour Barrington
Barrington
Clayton
James McCann
McCann
Bonfils Station
George Barton
Gov
Mosby
Kahn Answers Bonaparte In Commerce Case
Otto H. Kahn of Kahn Loeb & Co replies to the Cir court order sought by Attorney General Bonaparte. He and E H Harriman must appear on October 21 to show cause why they should not be compelled to answer ICC questions from last winter. The statements reference Chicago and Alton and Putie 600 shares of stock and related matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
United States Circuit Court
Bonaparte
E. H. Harriman
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Kahn
Chicago & Alton
S Ingle
Goold Confesses Murder of Emma Levin in Marseille
Vere St Leger Goold confessed in Marseilles to killing Emma Levin and dismembering her body with his wife aiding in packing the parts into a trunk and a valise. He claimed a single stabbing. Mrs Goold said she demanded money and aided. The couple planned to cast the body into the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marseilles
The
Telegraph
Vere St. Leger Goold
Emma Levin
Gould
Goold
Violet
Goo
Harriman Eyes Large Iron Works at Laramie Wyoming
Reports from Union Pacific headquarters indicate Harriman plans an immense iron and steel plant at Laramie Wyoming to supply the railroad. The company has ordered a branch line to Iron Mountain and aims to rehabilitate the old works into a modern steel mill complex for independent iron supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Harriman
Laramie
Wyo
Iron Mountain
Wyoming
Harriman Lines
United States Steel Corporation
Thousand Islands Ride Sparks Small Car Trek
A brief note reports a modest car journey from New York heading toward the Thousand Islands area for Better Fishing XK peak awareness. The fragment hints a scenic trek with few vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thousand Islands
New York
Heir Born to Krupp Wealth in Essen
A son was born today to Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, eldest daughter of the gun maker. The infant is heir to the Krupp fortune. Frau Krupp married Oct 15, 1906 to diplomat Bohlen und Halbach. the Krupp name was incorporated by imperial decree.
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Essen
Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp
Frau Krupp
Bohlen Und Halbach
Hill and Northern Pacific Holdings Split Rumor
Brokers noted a basis for West reports that J. J. Hill sold a substantial block of Northern Pacific shares in recent months while denying loss of control. Several Hill Interests affiliates acted as sellers when opportunities arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hill
Northern Pacific
Hill
Opportunity
Wonder at fall in stocks sparks banker remarks
J. 8. Bache, a Wall Street banker back from Europe, says foreign financiers question reports sent home as earnings reports are favorable yet stocks decline. He notes European observers wonder what underlying issue in Wall Street has not yet appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Bache
Wall Street
Europe
Teutonia Crew Not Lost After All
A dispatch from Maskat reports a British gunboat entering port with word that missing Teutonia crew members are safe and traveling overland toward Maskat. Teutonia was wrecked July 20 near Ras Madrak, Arabia, with sixteen crewmen believed dead after escaping in two boats.
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Hamburg
Maskat
Arabia
Ras Madrak
Eastport Autoist Sting Nets Quick Cash
On Long Island's Eastport a group of youths near the road between this town and Montauk hatched a scam to shake drivers for money. They stopped cars, claimed a constable awaited speeders at the next turn, and collected payments as a supposed favor. One victim uncovered the ruse and alerted others, likely ending the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Eastport
L. I
Montauk
uLemebi i
S. S. Sanford III in Paris
Dr J F Arnold of New Haven reports Samuel S Sanford III director of the Yale School of Music is gravely ill in Paris. Arnold sails for Europe tomorrow after Sanford left New Haven July 1 to summer abroad with Sir Edward Alger. Sanford is son of Henry Sanford founder of Adams Express Company and heir to substantial wealth.
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New New Haven
J. F. Arnold
Paris
Samuel 8
Sir Edward Alger
New Haven
Mr. Sanford
Henry Sanford
Adams Express Company
Burglar Shot to Death in Williamsport Store Raid
Williamsport residents thwart a burglary at Harry Bloomberg's store between 2 and 3 am. Emory alias Hogan Kreps, about 87, was shot by citizens and died shortly after in Hagerstown Maryland. The incident drew intense local reaction and naming Kreps as the prowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Harry Bloomberg
Emory
Hogan Kreps
Kreps
Panther Sighting Rumors Ring Jersey Pines
In Indian Mills near Mount Holly New Jersey farmers report deer scarcity and strange animal tracks. James Wells, an expert on the subject, claims panthers roam the pine woods near Congressman Gardners farm. Cries disturb nights for weeks prompting guns in wagons for protection.
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Indian Mills
N. J
James Wells
John
Gardner
Mount Holly
Wells
Another American Has Yellow Fever Case
Havana August 13 reports a new yellow fever case among the American Army hospital corps at Cienfuegos. The patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment as health officials monitor the area for further cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cienfuegos
All Rags Hekets Between New York and Albany
In a fragmentary notice a route between New York and Albany is referenced with Day Line Street and an unclear term or schedule. The readable text points to a transport or line description, but specifics such as times or operators are not discernible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras Hekets
N.Y
Albany
Telegraphers Strike Expands Across New England
Telegraph workers in Boston and New England join a nationwide walkout affecting Western Union and Postal Telegraph services. One half to two thirds of workers walked out, with some offices closed while others backfilled from poolrooms and hotels. Officials report near normal service in some cities, but overall operations are crippled and picketing occurs around company buildings. A mass meeting is planned at Hiverett Hall to address wage demands and strike strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
The
Postal
Postal Company
Western Union Company
Brooklyn
Montague Street
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange and Consolidated Exchange
Astor House
City Hal Park
Hiverett Hall
Hest Fourth Street
J. J. Murphy
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Hereford
Marconi Plant
People’s Line
Newburg
Jamestown Filer
Barton
Lord” Barrington
Baronet
Trunk
Sir James Stephen Goold
Bart
Gladstone
Adelaide
South Australia
Vere Goold
Trinity University
Dublin
Krupp Wealth
He Is
Bertha Krupp
Bache
Teutonia
Long Island
S. S. Sanford III
Yale School of Music Cables
Doctor
Jersey
Nario
Ortere
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