Crowd Flocks to See the Thomas Winning Car Exhibition
Crowds gathered at the Times Building showing window to view the Thomas car that won the New York to Paris race. Spectators from auto dealers to youngsters asked questions while agents explained specs and journey details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinee Desert
New York
Paris
Times Building
Yaphank
Peapack
Heck
Harry S. Houpt Company
Thomas Agent
Bryant Park
Thomas
Father Sues His Son Over Family Home Dispossession
William Winsella, a Yonkers resident, sues his son William N Kinsella to dispossess him from the family home at 49 Jefferson Street. The elder Kinsella deeded the property to a friend, later to his daughter Mary E Winsella, while the son maintained the home and taxes for years and now fights the suit with ex-Judge RP Doanoehue as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Winsella
Yonkers
William N. Klinsella
Kinsella
William Kinsella
Elizabeth
William N
Keann
Mary E. Winsella
Jefferson Street
Keagyn Kinsella
William
William Mwinsella
Mary E
William N.ikinsella
Fie
RP. X. Doanoehue
Arsenic Charged in Wife's Breakfast Poison Plot
James Curtin of near Athens road in Catskill New York was arrested by Under Sheriff Post for sprinkling arsenic on his wife's breakfast foods. Dr Lamont detected arsenic after Mrs Curtin fell ill and the District Attorney was notified. Curtin was followed to his kitchen and seized while attempting to pour contents from a small package onto tomatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskill
N. Y
James Curtin
Athens Road
Curtin
Club May Expel E. R. Thomas Over Long Branch Crash
The New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club trustees will consider expelling member E R Thomas after his 120 horsepower car caused a smash up at Long Branch last week. The club seeks to revoke his New Jersey license and his ability to operate a car in the state. Police doubt a turf plotting claim tied to the incident as detectives report no solid evidence. Thomas had asked to be allowed to return home as authorities consider actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club
E.R. Thomas
Long Branch
Joseph H. Wood
Newark
Thomas
Big Jersey Club
Automobile Club of America
New Jersey
J. B. R. Smith
Wong
Kiernan
Memorial Hospital
Runaway Horse Dashes Down Greenwich Avenue
In Greenwich Conn this morning a valuable horse hitched to a carriage belonging to George Lauder Jr nephew of Andrew Carnegie bolted during a crowd of Summer residents en route to the New York express. Several men risked their lives attempting to halt the animal before a telegraph pole finally halted the wagon and splintered it smashing the horse’s legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Percy Rockefeller
George Lauder, Jr
Andrew Carnegie
Greenwich Avenue
New York Express
Animeal
Long Branch Auto Smash Injures Hotelier and Farmer
Van Doren Hendrickson age 60 who runs the Trendrickson Hotel in Long Branch and Dennis C Sellers of Shrewsbury were badly hurt in a collision between a garbage wagon and a limousine near Eatontown. Five others in the car, including the chauffeur, escaped serious injury. Hendrickson suffered a fractured arm and two broken ribs with possible internal injuries. Callahan the wagon driver had a broken foot. The Hen dricksons were returning from Red Bank when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Long Branch
van. Doren Hendrickson
Trendrickson Hotel
Second Avenue
Dennis C Sellers
Shrewsbury
Eatontown
Hendrickson
Ada
van. Doren Hendrickson, Jr
Andrew Clarris
Callahan
Hendricksons
Red Bank
Dog owner attaches auto over dog death in Greenwich
Fred Knapp an undertaker in Greenwich attaches the car of Mrs. F L Whittemore daughter of A T Demarest New York carriage maker who died last month for 500 claiming damages for killing his English setter. He says the dog had right of way on the highway and the auto was on the wrong side of the road. Connecticut law grants animals highway rights equal to humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Fred Knapp
Whittemore
A. T. Demarest
New York
Connecticut
Rapid Rise in Army Promotes Beecher Ray Chief Paymaster
Major Beecher B. Ray, once a Chicago railroad switchman, is named Chief Paymaster of the Department of the Lakes replacing Col. W. F. Tucker on sick leave. Since May 1898 his Army service has surged from Acting Chief Paymaster of Volunteers in the Spanish American War to department head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beecher B. Ray
United States Army
Department of the Lakes
W. F. Tucker
Ray
Philippines
Army
Ilinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Lost Persian cat and other items seek owners
In Tar Times Lost and Found column a Persian tabby named Tahby is missing and may be at risk from animal control. The owner offers a $200 reward for information leading to recovery. Also sought are a watch fob and Evquitable Life emblem for Jerome J. Wilson, plus five First Consolidated General Mortgage bonds due 1951 on the National Railroad of Mexico with attached coupons, reward also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of
Tar Times
Tahby
Sen
Timus
Evquitable Life
Jerome J. Wilson
National Railroad of Mexico
Property listings with values on multiple Manhattan streets
A cluttered OCR shows numerous property entries with dates, routes, and owners or tenants. Values range from small trifling sums to larger amounts, across streets like 5th and 2nd Avenues, E Broadway, 14th Street, and Norfolk Street, featuring names such as Reuben Farenstein and Bessie Schoenfeld.
School Contractors Plan Suit Over City Delays
Contractors handling school building projects threaten lawsuits against the city and Controller Metz over delayed payments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Municipal Builders' Association and the Board of Education Committee on Buildings dispute the Controller's claims, citing ground-clearing delays and unfinished contracts as the cause of losses and risk to fall construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Gallagher
Broadway
Municipal Builders’ Association
Townsend
Committee On
Board of Education
Winthrop
Eoth
Brennan & Son
Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission Opens Express Firm Hearing
The Public Service Commission ordered a hearing for August 25 at 2 30 P M on J W Thorne against the American Express Company The complaint stems from a $14 00 charge for delivering a 140 pound dresser to Mrs J H Coleburn of 2000 Grand Avenue The Bronx from Larkin Company 2387 West Twenty third Street Thorne says the rate per hundred pounds is unreasonable and seeks tariff reduction The case tests the commission s jurisdiction over express firms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Public Service Commission
J. W. Thorne
American Express Company
West Twenty-third Street
Thorne
Buffalo
New York City
Tenderloin Police Move To New Fortlike Station
Lieut William Gilhooley arrives at the West Thirtieth Street station at midnight and walks to the new five story, fortlike building across the street. The 1869 era station closes as beds move to the new site. The old building may become Traffic Squad C HQ. The new station fronts 110 feet on West Thirtieth Street and accommodates 180 patrolmen at an estimated 2000000 cost, excluding the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilhooley
Thirtieth Street
Tenderloin
West Thirtieth Street
Traffic Squad C
West Twenty-seventh Street
Army Owls Baldwin Craft Delivered to United States Army
The Baldwin military dirigible balloon was formally accepted by the United States Army after eight test flights by Signal Corps officers Lahm Foulois Selfridge and Baldwin. Capt Baldwin trained three officers to handle the craft, with landing impacts noted as firm but non damaging. Daily ascensions at Fort Myer are expected as training continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Signal Corps
Lahm
Foulois
Selfridge
James Allen
Baldwin
Iyi
Beatatwite Stilineto
Allen
L’oulois
Capt
Lieut
Woulds
Fort. Myer
Wright Leases Field of Auvours for Flight Tests
Wilbur Wright leases the Field of Auvours seven miles from Le Mans for extended flight trials. He repairs his aeroplane, moves it to a shed at the site, and plans to resume flights Thursday using five captive balloons at seventy five feet to map a fifty kilometer course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Mans
Wilbur Wright
Aeroplanist
Auvours
Wright
Dirigible Up Five Hours Over Berlin Flight
A military dirigible from Tegel sailed at 10 last night and returned at dawn, flying to Neustadt and back for five hours at about twenty miles per hour. The course and on board experiences remain secret as army airmen train under warlike conditions, with detailed reports sent to the commander of observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tegel
Neustadt
Army
Aeronaut Arthur Lane Dies After Park Accidents
Arthur Lane an aeronaut from New York died after a fall at a Buffalo amusement park. While clinging to a trapeze bar about twenty five feet from the balloon he was lifted by a breeze into a theatre building and fell thirty feet to the ground. He was unconscious and bleeding when found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
WN. Y
Arthur Lane
Lane
New York
Floyds split as wife sues for divorce in East Cambridge
Mrs. Alice D Hart Floyd files for divorce from Andreas S Floyd in East Cambridge Court and sues Lillian B Kline for 10 damages over alleged alienation of her husband s affection. Floyd and Kline jailed in Plymouth County on 1700 bonds each after arrest on the North Carver farm. Floyd once headed Floyd Crawford a Wall Street firm suspended in 1904. He also acted as a tourist agent and arranged steamer loads of Christian Endeavorers to Europe losing return trips and leaving hundreds abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Mass
Alice D. Hart Floyd
Andreas S. Floyd
East Cambridge
Lillian B. Kline
Plymouth County
Floyd
Miss Kline
North
Carver
Kline
Port Chester
Floyd Owill
Wall Street
Floyd & Crawford
New York Stock Exchange
Europe
Gem of a Girl Trapped by Detectives Steals from Harlem Homes
A nimble and predatory servant girl named Gunda Ortegel known as Gunda Van Der and Val Den defrauded households in Harlem Mount Vernon and Yonkers by posing as help and fleeing with valuables. Police detectives Conroy and Marion baited asadvertisers and, after long interviews, identified and arrested her in Harlem. Several former employers reported losses totaling hundreds of dollars.
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Harlem
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Gunda van der
Val den
Gunda
J. Rabt
Madison Avenue
Conroy
Marion
Gunda Answers
Eva Wright
Manhattan Avenue
May Michaels
Central Park West
Emanuel Reinhardt
Seventh Avenue
Joss
Earthquake rocks Eureka California early today
Three sharp shocks shook Eureka California injuring homes and businesses. More than a hundred chimneys toppled and about forty plate glass windows shattered as the tremors spread from Fresh Water to Blue Lake. Damages ranged from 2901 to 6000 dollars with cracks reported near Leary ranch.
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Eureka
Cal
Leary Ranch
Blue Lake
Attack on Gertrude Twillman Shocks West Thirty-sixth Street
Gertrude Twillman 19 of 44S Eleventh Avenue was attacked near her home by two women and a man, left with a fractured skull and in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital. Kate Vogel of 3% West Thirty-sixth Street is jailed for felonious assault. police seek another woman and the man. Mistaken identity suspected as attackers fled into 535 West Thirty-sixth Street.
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Gertrude Twillman
Eleventh Avenue
Roosevelt Hospital
Kate Vogel
West Thirty-sixth Street
Miss Twillman
Detective McGinn
West Thirty-seventh Street
Vogel
Rosy
Dummies Set for Park Row Fender and Wheel Guard Tests
Crowds along Park Row witness three life sized dummies carried to the Tribune Building. The Public Service Commission plans fender and wheel guard tests in Schenectady starting September 15 for two weeks to gauge safety in trolley car operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Row
Tribune
Public Service Commission
Schenectady
Pittsburg
General Electric Company
Madman Attack on Dr Mary Crawford Subdues Cobbler
Dr Mary Crawford, ambulance surgeon at Willamstairs Hospital, was attacked by Herman Pomerantz after subduing him during an attempted assault on his wife. Police Lott and Mahoney aided, bonds broken, Dr Crawford nearly choked. he was restrained and taken to Flatbush Hospital for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Crawford
Itx
Willamstairs Hospital
Herman Pomerantz
Huarrigan Avenue
Williamstars
Miss Crawtonmle
Poteemen Lott and Mahoney
Clymer Street
Pomerantz
Crawford
Pomerania
Dr. Crawford
Mahoney
Myade
Lott Cmd Mahoney
Tris
Williamsburg Hospital
Flatbush Hospital
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CLUB
E. R. Thomas
Jersey
George Lauder
Major Ray
the Times
A. M. Pa
Lizzie Waters
Market St
164Th St
Fort Washington
E. Broadway
Reuben Farenstein
S. Farcas
E. 104Th St
Bessie Schoenfeld
Norfolk St
A. Weinberg
Liberty
Victor Napolello
St. Deldranda
Henry Stern
Max Dorf
Butrees
Samuel Golding
Lafayette
Centre Sts
St. Gettlestone
Charles Hyland
Stanton St
Willett St
Jacob Rosenbaum
Louis Levine
Goerck
Michael Grossman
Tudsow St
Samuel Siegel
E. 29Th St
J. Zazelo
Snono
Committee On Buildings
Sary Delay
Bronx
Panamas
Army Owl
Baldwin Craft
A. S. Floyd
California
Wallach Bros
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Third Avenue
Cor
29Th St
Any Hart
Schaffner & Marx
IS Sen
J. H. Wenger & Son
Chatfield
Supreme Court
Geo. W. Lewy & Co
Girl
Henry W. Savage
America
Franz Molnar
Devil
Oliver Herford
Edwin E. Stevens
Paul McAllister
Frank Monroe
W. Chrystie Miller
Arthur Hoyt
Dorothy Dorr
Marguerite Snow
Marion Lorne
Jane Murray
Julius Herzka
Vienna Volkstheater
Tee
Fiske
Valentin
United States
Ludwig Valentin
Hungary
England
Franz Bard & Brother
Franz Bard & Bro’'Er
Vienna
Budapest
Savage
Liberty Theatre
West
Saleshan
Cohan & Har
George Oe
Richard Carle
Jardin DE Paris
Tees FE
ED Way
St. W'K
Mary's Lamb
St. Ts
Mi Weber
Mats Am. Douglas
Tee Ee Ee
Wm. A
Brady
Jos
Rene
Fairbanks
Ammerstein
Daily Mats
Gertrude Hoffmann
Waitn
Vision Te Salome
Mendelssohn
Rock & Fulton
House. Land
Brighton Beach
Pain
Belasco
West 42
David Belasco
Harrison Grey Fiske
the Devil
George Arliss
Alhambra
Eva Tanguay
Salome
Hackett Mats
Thurs
Peter R
Lr Sjal
Cas
Academy OF Music
Henrietta Crosman
Wallace
Iomes
Ali Sasurnal
Daly
Lhst, Er.s.15
Mason
Mistress Hell
Ius
North Rive
Attos Mobilea
Chinatown
the Bowery
Luna
Steeple Chase
Coney Island’s
Palisades
Raisi
Dreanland
Hudson
West Point
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Isadge Bee
Eas Hudson
Robert Edesoi
Duncan
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