California Liners Delayed by Storm as Ports Reach
Atlantic storms delayed three ships for days. The California near three days late, Majestic similar delay, Carpathia weathered a choppy sea. Passengers endured heavy seas with injuries and discomfort reported aboard the California and Carpathia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Carpathia
California
Glasgow
Majestic
Southampton
David Bearn
Dundee
Scotland
Mr. Bearn
William Angus
Montgomery
Angus
Hayward Electric Light and Power Company
Haywood
Cal
W. H. Pleasants
Savannah Line
A. V. Alleyne
R. F. Armstrong
George A. Serde
W. Brodrick Cl
Canada
Mediterranean
Turkey
Savannah
Europe
Cecilia Wood
John Hunter
Anne Battey
Constant Baths: His Manta
Plainfield New Jersey December 3 special to The New York Times a man suffers a washing mania. He believes every object soils his hands and spends hours in the bath or wash basin daily. Dr Harry V Hubbard treats him hopeful for cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
Harry V. Hubbard
Central Avenue
TIMES
Dr. Hubbard
Jusserand Unveils Tablet In Ampere Memorial Ceremony
French Ambassador Jules Jusserand attended the unveiling of a bronze and tile tablet at Lackawanna station in Ampere memory. The tribute was placed by Dr. Schuyler Staats Wheeler, former head of the American Society of Electrical Engineers, with Jusserand noting reciprocal honors between France and the United States. He was escorted by mounted police and hosted at a Crocker Wheeler Company luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ampere
N. J
M. Jules Jusserand
Lackawanna Station
Schuyler Staats Wheeler
André-Marie Ampere
Schuyler
American Society of Electrical Engineers
Jusserand
France
Paris
Franklin
Washington
Lincoln
Lyons
M. Jusserand
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
Crocker-Wheeler Company
Gould Denies Texas & Pacific Holding Plan
George J. Gould denied rumors that the Texas and Pacific Railway would be made a holding company for Gould system roads. He stated no basis for the rumor and no urgent need for a wide reorganizational plan. He cited rising earnings as a positive sign but did not expect a major business surge soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
George J. Gould
Gould Roads
Gould
Mr. Gould
Necklace stolen in Memphis identified as recovered jewel
Garrett E. Lamp of Clinton Iowa and C. D. Peacock Chicago associate Mr Buffington identified a fifteen thousand dollar pearl necklace as the Memphis burglary jewelry taken February 10. A Tiffany watch valued at 750 was claimed to be sold for 250. Police hold necklace pending clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett E. Lamp
Clinton
Iowa
Buffington
C. D. Peacock
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Lamb
Frank G. Jones
Vance Avenue
Samuel Buegeleisen
University Place
Buegeleisen
Joseph Sewanzky
Los Angeles
McCafferty
Mr. Lamb
C.H. Hyams
Holland House
Jerome
Episcopalians Move to Correct School Histories
The Springfield Diocese Synod began action to require publishers to correct alleged misleading histories used in Illinois public schools. It claims many histories place the Church of England’s founding in Henry VIII’s era, while church records show bishops began meetings as early as the second century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Episcopal Church
Justice Maddox Dismisses Wallace Suit in Queens DA Race
Supreme Court Justice Maddox yesterday dismissed Lana Wallace of Queens with prejudice in her challenge to the election of Frederick De Witt as Queens County District Attorney. He directed an order to end the case so the Queens County Board of Canvassers can proceed. The Board meets today to issue De Witt a certificate of election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Maddox
Lana Wallace
Queens
Frederick de Witt
Queens County
Queens County Board of Canvassers
Board of Canvassers
de Witt
Buried in Brooklyn A Colorful Mulberry Bend Undertaker Lauded
Charles Bacigalupo known as Tigran Bacigalup, long a pallbearer for Mulberry Bend and Chinatown, lay in state at his Brooklyn home then traveled by carriage with Italian societies to the Church of the Precious Blood and Calvary Cemetery. Police lined the route as a grand Italian funeral procession paid tribute to his life from bootblack to philanthropist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bacigalupo
Mulberry Bend
Chinatown
Bacigalupo
Brooklyn
Lofe
Bend
Tigran
Bacigalup
Elizabeth Street
Mulberry Street
Mott Street
Lower East Side
Broadway
Park Row
Italy
Calabria
Sicily
Piedmont
Venice
Walling
Hearst
Brooklyn Bridge
Little Italy
Church of the Precious Blood
Baxter Street
Brichi Uiiorms
Catafalque
Simone
Merleghi
Scalibiati
Calvary Cemetery
Potter’s Field
Metz Investigation Begins At Civil Service Hearing
The State Civil Service Commission formed an investigating committee to probe alleged civil service law violations by Controller Metz. The first hearing at 299 Broadway featured statements from ex-deputy Melody and Dr. Pflug about politically motivated dismissals. H. H. Torberg claimed politics drove Metz’s actions, while Moynahan described faking lists to hire clerks. Metz called the probe a farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Metz
Broadway
Charles F. Milliken
William E. Melody
Charles J. Pflug
Controller's Department
McCarren
H. H. Torberg
Finance Department
Daniel Moynahan
Melody
Lands Seized From Jewish Colonists in Ekaternoslav
The Jewish Morning Journal reports a Russian council in Ekaternoslav confiscated lands of Jewish agricultural colonists who left for Argentina. The 1840 law allowed colonization, but rising fragmentation left many selling to neighbors and emigrating, with thousands affected by the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Morning Journal
Russia
London
Ekaternoslav
Argentine
Woman Found Dead in Brooklyn Hotel After Divorce
Mrs. Lillian Falconer Doty, recently divorced in Sioux Falls, killed herself at the Clarendon Hotel in Brooklyn after hastening there to wed a Brooklyn lawyer named Benjamin F. Morris. Investigators say a planned remarriage soured amid a family dispute and no engagement was confirmed by Morris or his family.
Baltimore heiress noted for society links dies in Brooklyn
Well known Baltimore figure Mrs Mansfield M Doty died by her own hand at a Brooklyn hotel. She once lived as Lillian Falconer in Baltimore society, daughter of Alexander Falconer and heiress of James A Hodges. The Hodges firm collapsed leaving a fortune after which the Falconers moved to New York and Lilian married Mr Doty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Mansfield M. Doty
Brooklyn
Lillian Falconer
Doty
Alexander Falconer
Falconer
James A. Hodges
Hodges Brothers
South
Hodges
Falecomer
Falconers
Charles Street
Eager Street
Maryland Club
Wall
New York
Tin Plate Trust
West Thirty-Second Street
Miriam
Lillain
Wrote of Coming Wedding In Brooklyn Tragedy
Mrs Paul Gilmore, a friend of Mrs Lillian Falconer Doty who killed herself in Brooklyn, has received daily letters about Ben Morris a Brooklyn lawyer she planned to marry on Dec 9 The letters say he accompanied her from Chicago to New York and the last note arrived after news of her death detailing his constant attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Paul Gilmore
Lillian H. Falconer Doty
Brooklyn
Lincoln Memorial Fund Committee Meets
Frederick Townsend Martin, chairman, heads the Lincoln Memorial Centennial Fund Committee to raise 500000 to endow Lincoln Memorial University at Cumberland Gap Senn as a memorial to the President on his 100th birth anniversary. Subcommittee members were entertained at a City Club luncheon yesterday and a number of contributions have been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Townsend Martin
Lincoln Memorial Centennial Fund
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Senn
City Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jestic
Jusserand Unveils
NO Gould Holding Company
Texas & Pacific
Memphis, Tenn
Tiffany
Henry Viti
Bacigrlupo
Chester Billings and Son
Randel Bare
Moreg Billings
Sar
Mr. Morris
Lillian Falconer Doty
Clarendon Hotel
Supreme Court of
Montague Street
Clinton Avenue
Morris
Benjamin F. Morris
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Larchmont
Grand Central Station
Charles Mason
Lincoln Fund Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Samuel W. McCall
Columbia University
Blumenthal Foundation
Linaris
Table Wateps
Emperor of
Germany
England
Prince of Wales
Spain
Brooklyn Eagle
George W. Cable
Kincaid
Herald
Charles Sgribner’s Sons
A. A. Vantine & Co
H. Jaeckel & Sons
Furriers and Importers
Boots of Fashion
St. Ci
Tomor
Poe
Patton
John Siversity
Mary S
Vulisueias
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!