Hottest August 13 in New York in Twenty-Seven Years
Weather reports show New York endured the hottest August 13 since 1881 with highs near 90 degrees and humidity high. Authorities note a low pressure area from the lake region and St Lawrence Valley driving heat, with relief expected in the next 24 hours though no rain is foreseen. The public sought ocean breezes, parks, roofs, and fire escapes to escape the heat, while one infant death in Brooklyn was recorded.
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Mercury
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
New York
Brooklyn
Battery
Financial District
Washington
Philadelphia
Albany
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain Districts
Atlantic Coast
Weather Pattern Moves Across Regions Over Weekend
The plains States Saturday the central valleys and lake region Sunday and Monday and the Atlantic States Monday and Tuesday. This will be preceded by rising temperatures with rain covering corn and spring wheat states and followed by a period of low temperatures.
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Plains States
Central Valleys
Lake Region
Atlantic States
London Experiences Unseasonable Cold Spell
Londoners shiver in a cool spell with showers and a light frost noted in Scotland. The day’s high reached 65 degrees, seven degrees below the seasonal average.
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NEW York Times
London
Scotland
Cordova Leaves New Jersey Prison Today
J Frank Cordova former Methodist minister who was jailed for deserting his wife after two elopements with Julia Bowne will be released today. Mrs Cordova declines reconciliation and plans no divorce pursue, while Bowne summers at Ocean Grove and intends to move west with Cordova and their baby.
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New York Times
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
J. Frank Cordova
Woodbridge Strong
Julia Bowne
Cordova
New Jersey
Ocean Grove
West
Milk pasteurization debate heats New York tenement kitchens
Doctors, nurses, and charity groups test raw versus pasteurized milk for feeding the ill poor. The New York Diet Kitchen Association feeds certified milk to patients and measures outcomes, while some groups push for raw milk. The effort, described by Dr Ira S Wise, weighs hygienic instruction and cost against potential health gains and expanded access.
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Diet Ix
New York Diet Kitchen Association
Diet Kitchen Association
Board of Health
New
Department of Health
Mott Street
Diet Kitchen
New York Milk Committee
New York
Wickham Kitchen
Bloomingdale Guild
West 100Th Street
Gardening on the Isthmus in Canal Zone
Washington reports Isthmian Canal Commission gardens at Ancon Corozal and Empire have become established. Ancon leads in decorative landscape plants while experimenting with vegetables fruits and other crops year round irrigation uses galvanized pipes. Insect control uses paris green tobacco and other methods. Notable successes include native spinach asparagus various figs grapes and beans with roses of tea and hybrid tea varieties thriving. Plants and seedlings come from the Agricultural Department and other government stations.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Ancon
Corozol
Empire
California
Florida
Agricultural Department
Salooners and Merchants Abort Madrid Sunday Strike
An attempt by Madrid saloon keepers grocers and other shopkeepers to begin a three day strike against recent decrees closing shops on Sundays was abandoned after many establishments refused to close their doors.
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Madrid
Policeman Shellard Granted Bail in Irving Square Park Death
Policeman David Shellard of the Hamburg Avenue Station was released on $10 000 bail after being jailed at the Raymond Street Jail Brooklyn on charges connected to the July 23 death of Barbara Reig in Irving Square Park. Bondsmen are Ernest A. Sievers of 1102 Halsey Street and John W. Logemann of 1499 Gates Avenue.
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David Shellard
Hamburg Avenue
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Barbara Reig
Irving Square Park
Iiis
Ernest A. Sievers
Halsey Street
John W. Logemann
Gates Avenue
Man Falls From Moving Car In Hoboken Injury May Require Amputation
After giving up his seat to a woman passenger, Charles Ber ger of 225 Bloomfield Street Hoboken tried to move to a rear seat while the car ran. He missed his foothold and fell, the rear wheels passing over his feet and crushing them severely.
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Charles’ Berger
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
Engineers Named to Rebuild Quebec Bridge Collapse
Ottawa report states a board of engineers has been appointed to rebuild the Quebec Bridge which fell in a disaster costing eighty four lives. First members include Henry E. Vautellet former CP rail bridge engineer Maurice Fitzmaurice chief engineer of London County Council and Ralph Mojeski of Chicago Ill as the third appointee.
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Quebec Bridge
Ottawa
Ontario
Henry E. Vautellet
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Maurice Fitzmaurice
London County Council
England
Ralph Mojeski
Chicago
Ill
Postmaster Announces Parcel Post Limits Change from Britain
Postmaster Morgan reports new parcel post rules with an eleven pound or five kilogram weight limit for items to and from Great Britain effective Aug 15. There will be no value limit while the postage rate remains twelve cents per pound. current limits are four pounds six ounces and $50.
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Morgan
Great Britain
Lid Clamped On Atlantic City Gambling Midnight
Atlantic City authorities and hotel interests moved to suppress gambling after a New York Times report on protected vice. Detectives found no illegal venues operating after midnight as the city proclaimed a one night lid with no arrests or official raids.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Goldenberg
Mayor Stoy
Woodruff
Stoy
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Proposes Liquor Sanctions
The National Convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union denounces liquor traffic, urges Sunday sanctification, and seeks exclusion of liquor sellers from Catholic societies. It calls Catholic publications condemning liquor ads to fail and warns against clubs that harbor saloon keepers.
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Total Abstinency Union
New Haven
Conn
Catholic -Total Abstinence Union
Shortage on Pay-as-You-Enter Car Arrests in Newark
Two conductors of a pay as you enter trolley in Newark New Jersey were arrested last night charged with embezzlement of fares. Suspects are Joseph H. Ford of 411 South Sixteenth Street Newark and John P. Lennon of 30 Summer Avenue.
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Newark
N. J
Joseph H. Ford
South Sixteenth Street
John P. Lennon
Summer Avenue
Readers urged to place orders for Sunday Times edition
The Times advises readers to contact newsdealers today to ensure delivery of the forthcoming Sunday edition.
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