Black Hand Bombs Down Tenement On East Eleventh Street
Explosive blast at 339 East Eleventh Street in New York sent walls cracking and floors collapsing. More than 1,000 residents fled into the street as terrified families, including the Wranco and Gerracci households, endured injuries from shattered stairs and glass. Police link the blast to the Black Hand threats against grocer Poggiorlale and note prior Black Hand letters to him. Authorities suspect an adjacent resident planted the bomb. fire crews aided debris removal and crowd control remained tight.
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Five- Say
East Eleventh Street
Eleventh Street
First
Second Avenues
Dors
Nicholas Wranco
Nathal Geracci
Franco
Gerracci
Bellevue Hospital
Cestro Poeggiorlale
Poggiariale
Elizabeth Street
Black Hand Society
Poggiarlale
Isabelle
Cecilia
Poggioniale
Olice
Reilly
Saber
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Colonial Arms Summer Hotel Burns in Gloucester
The Colonial Arms, the north shore’s largest summer hotel, burned tonight in Gloucester Massachusetts. Insurance nearly covers the $100,000 loss. Located at Eastern Point it was built four years ago by G C Stacey & Co. of the city. Lessee A J Sherrard of Aiken North Carolina ran it last summer. Fire origin undetermined but suspected incendiary.
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Massachusetts
Gloucester
Mags
Colonial Arms
North Shore
Eastern Point
G. C. Stacey & Co
A. J. Sherrard
Aiken
N. C
Althugh
Coffee Addiction Cured by Postum in a Household Transformation
A couple credits their switch from coffee to Postum with dramatic health recovery. The husband, once gravely ill from coffee, improves after quitting and replacing it with Postum. The wife, previously frail at 95 pounds, gains weight and strength, and both endorse the beverage despite initial skepticism. The testimonial is attributed to Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Hamilton Bank Reopening Delayed with Legal Decision Pending
The Hamilton Bank will not reopen this morning and cannot open before Monday January 6 at the earliest. The delay follows an order to turn bank assets to its officers returnable before Justice Betts in Kingston. A reopening is expected to be sanctioned by State Bank Examiner Clarke Williams, with officer reelection and a director election set for Saturday at the 125th Street office.
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Hamilton Bank
TAB Times
Frank White
Justice Betts
Kingston
State Bank
Clarke Williams
W. R. Montgomery
125Th Street
Ofice
Satterlee Committee Urges Knickerbocker Depositors to Agree
The Satterlee committee of Knickerbocker Trust depositors appeals for acceptance of the agreed reorganization plan before Clark's extension expires tomorrow. It warns that permanent receivership could consume up to 80 percent of assets in four to five years, based on recent receiverships averaging 25.40 percent fees. If receivers are discharged, company affairs may settle in about two years and four months.
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Satterlee Committee
Knickerbocker Trust Depositors
Justice Clark
Satterlee
Glens Falls Tourists Head to New York for Ten Days
Six young women from Glens Falls with a chaperon and guide travel to New York for ten days. They arrive tonight to see The Girl Behind the Counter at Herald Square Theatre and will visit theatres, shops, Blackwell's and Ellis Island, staying at the Cumberland Hotel. The trip follows a county contest won by votes totaling over a million and a half, led by Miss Bessie Van Trump with 119,002 votes.
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Glens Falls
New York
Airerald Square Theatre
Fort Edward
Miss van Trump
Blackwell's
Ellis Islands
Belles
Hotel Cumberland
Broadway
Fifty-fourth Street
Brother and Sister Die Crossing Tracks in Camden
William B. Dick age 82 of Elwood New Jersey and his sister Mrs Emily Heritage age 76 were killed today while crossing the Reading Railway tracks near Camden. Their carriage was struck by the Atlantic City Express and hurled into the air. The horse was shot after being badly injured. The engineer said Dick failed to hear the whistle and tried to cross in front of the train. Mrs Heritage had recently moved from Philadelphia to live with him.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William B. Dick
Elwood
N. J
Emily Hetage
Reading Railway
Wood
Camden
Cherry Street
Atlantic City Express
Heritage
Hard Times for Jockeys in Russia Holds Many Struggles
Detroit Jockey Joseph Richards returns from Russia aboard the Finland after reporting hardship for riders since the war. He cites six Americans riding there, notes 47 wins from 400 races, and an average of about 25 mounts daily with earnings of 1 dollar per win and 6 per failure. He recalls prewar prices ranging from 25 to 12.
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Joseph Richards
Detroit
Russia
J. Malitch
Finland
Richards
Jimmie” Wingfield
Dorring Freed In Brooklyn Court On Stolen Property Charge
Magistrate Hyland discharged Peter S. Dorring an examiner in the City Finance Department after the case of receiving stolen property was called in Adams Street Police Court. Dorring lived at 875 Bedford Avenue and had been held on $1,000 bail following discovery that his wife wore a pearl necklace valued at $2,200 claimed by Mrs. Albert B. Stringe of Manhattan as lost. Mrs Dorring testified her second cousin John Crowley aged 18 had given the necklace saying he found it.
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Hyland
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Peter S. Dorring
City Finance Department
Dorring
Bedford Avenue
Albert B. Stringe
East Sixty-fifth Street
Manhattan
New Year in Brooklyn Sees Shootings and Robberies
Brooklyn records a violent start to 1900 with a fatal shooting at 439 Carroll Street and numerous assaults across the borough. A false fire alarm at Manhattan and Meserole Avenues sparked a trolley escape. A stray bullet wounded David Seigel at 800 Atlantic Avenue. he was hospitalized and later stabilized. A man fell and broke his neck after slipping at 63 North First Street. Arzentz Tornich faces beating charges for striking Walter Geizenbacher at 71 Berry Street and robbing him. Charles ONeill, age 16, detained at Bedford Avenue Station after suffering brain concussion. Creditors of Samuel Unger at 8,704 Eighteenth Avenue Bath Beach meet at Samuel Tuckman’s office to discuss a 25 percent settlement on debts totaling $7,000 with $2,500 in assets.
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Manhattan
Meserole Avenues
Graham Avenue
David Seigel
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn Hospital
Walter Geizenbacher
Berry Street
Charles O'Neill
Bedford Avenue
Otepele
Williamsburg
Samuel Unger
Eighteenth Avenue
Bath Beach
Samuel Tuckman
Broadway
Unger
Widow Dalton Faces New Year with 9th Child Expected
Yonkers widow Hannah Delaney Dalton grieves her husband Jimmie Dalton, shot five times by a youth named Pasquale Ferrone. Police and local figures organized a subscription drive and aid for the eight children and the unborn ninth, with donations of food clothing and baby garments arriving at the cottage on Summits Avenue.
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Hannah Delaney Dalton
Summits Avenue
Yonkers
Jimmie
St. John’s Hospital
Ore
Capt
Lent
Yonker
Police
Jinme Dalton
Lederer
Pasquale Ferrone
Weill
Jimmis
Ferrone
Dalton
Patsy Sangaree
Farrytown
Jimmie Dalton
dangWay Ferrone
Reto
Thaw Murder Trial Set as Testimony Begins Monday
The second trial of Harry K Thaw for the Stanford White murder starts next Monday with Anthony Comstock among the first witnesses He will say Thaw asked him to investigate White and showed evidence to back the complaint Mrs William Thaw the defendant's mother plans to travel from Pittsburgh Friday for the proceedings The Thaw family except the Countess of Yarmouth will attend but cannot talk to Thaw due to new court seating arrangements Thaw led the Tombs New Year celebration with a tin horn and received many New Year cards from strangers wishing him well
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Anthony Comstock
Thaw
White
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Countess of Yarmouth
Seanb
Prohibition Action Shocks Georgia and Alabama
Atlanta quarantine on the new prohibition law sees Judge Wan refuse injunctions delaying enforcement. Georgia starts prohibition across districts while challenges advance in U S Circuit Court. In Alabama, Cullman County probate judge issues nine licenses deeming 1908 laws unconstitutional, as mayors consider city licenses. Lowndes County denies licenses for saloons in several towns and a Fort Deposit dispensary faces denial.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cullman County
Cullman
Lowndes County
Tayneville
Letchatchie
Benton
Fort Deposit
Whisky Flask Exhibit Highlights Sunday Saloons
Crowds gathered at 1 437 Broadway to view a whisky flask display by the Society for the Prevention of Crime. Signs note the flasks were bought in open saloons on Sundays in December and claim that the Mayor and Police Commissioner Bingham closed theatres on those days.
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Broadway
Society For the Prevention of Crime
New York
Bingham
Missing Bay Harbor couple prompts search for Mulleners
Neighbors fear Mrs Mullener and husband Henry, both missing from their Bay Avenue home in Mariner's Harbor SI, may have harmed themselves. Last Saturday she left with her two year old and a two week old baby while Henry sought work. Search parties and police aid organized.
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Aor Mullener
Bay Avenue
Mariner's Harbor
S. I
Lost License Sparks City Hall Marriage Rush
The newly launched marriage bureau stayed open two hours to issue licenses for the new year. Dr John H Richards and Miss Bertha Hastings secured a duplicate license after a late telephone request. First couple Cecilie Kony and Berthold Kapz wed at the bride’s home with Alderman Samuel Marx presiding and guests keeping the license as a memento.
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Epa
Cupid
John H. Richards
West Seventy-ninth Street
Bertha KE. Hastings
104Th Street
Cecilie Kony
Berthold Kapz
West 111Th Street
Samuel Marx
John Henry McCarthy
William J. Wright
Tammany
Thirty-first Assembly
K.nz
Harlem
Helen Gould Delivers Flowers at Bohemian Church
Helen Gould surprised the Bohemian Presbyterian Church congregation at 347 East Seventy-fourth Street by arriving with a box of flowers from her conservatory. She distributed bouquets to women after the New Year service and thanked attendees in a short address about unity across languages and races.
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Helen Gould
Bohemian Presbyterian Church
East Seventy-fourth Street
Miss Gould
Cooke's Wife Deliberates On Possible Charges
Mrs. Cooke, wife of Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, who left his family for Floretta Whaley and fled to Monterey, says pursuing charges is serious and invites Nassau County officials and District Attorney Coles to contact her for guidance with her family.
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Hartford
Conn
Cooke
Jere Knode Cooke
Floretta Whaley
Monterey
Cal
Nassau County
Coles
Grandmother Won’t Seek Return of Floretta or Clergyman
Mrs Kaziah Whaley, Floeretta Whaley’s grandmother, says she does not want Floretta or Rector Cooke brought back and hopes no one pursues arrest. She adds she would not prosecute Cooke if he is returned. County officials show little desire to bring the clergyman back for abduction.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
Kaziah Whaley
Floeretta Whaley
Rector Cooke
Floretta
Missing Elvira Pescia Leaves Home After Troubled Letter
The 22 year old Elvira Pescia, daughter of a wealthy retired real estate operator, left her home at 16d4 East 11th Street Tuesday morning. Her family fears for her safety after receiving a note hinting death by one’s own action could end her misery. Enrico Pescia believes she may have boarded a train at Grand Central Station and could be wandering, possibly deranged, with no known male suitors. Her letter, posted near Grand Central, suggests love did not drive her actions. She was educated in Italy, highly accomplished, and deeply religious.
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Elvira Pescia
Grand Central Station
Enrico Pescia
Miss Pescias
Italy
Lawyer Amasa Thornton Knocked Down by Runaway Horse
Amasa Thornton from 148 West Sixteenth Street was knocked down on Seventh Avenue near Fourteenth Street when a runaway horse bolted into a northbound electric car. The mortarman halted the vehicle just before its forward wheels reached Thornton.
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Amasa Thornton
West Sixteenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Thornton
Sailor's Snug Harbor Governor Retires After Ten Years
Governor Delehanty of Sailor's Snug Harbor retires after a decade in office. Captain Andrew J. Newbury succeeds him, with expectations of either maintaining strict naval discipline or easing it under his leadership.
Oakland Tycoon Claiming Lost One Thousand Dollar Bill
Wealthy Oakland resident E. G. Havens asserts ownership of a found $1000 bill from Café Martin last fall. The bill surfaced after Havens recalled small denomination notes and a lost large bill during a dinner in Sag Harbor. Havens has asked Pacific Coast Borax Company manager C. B. Zabriskie to pursue recovery proceedings.
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E.G Havens
Oakland
Cal
Martin
Louis Pacquet
Mr. Travens
New York
California
Oakland Traction Consolidated
Alameda County
Louis
Café Martin
Lincoln
Havens
C. B. Zabriskie
Pacific Coast Borax Company
William Street
New York Restaurants Allow Women to Smoke Under Certain Rules
Hotel managers indicate some New York venues will permit women to smoke in public for the new year while others including Delmonico's Sherry's Plaza and St. Regis maintain the previous rule. Café Martin reports success with the policy and plans to extend it as patrons including respectable women adopt the change. Rector's will also allow women patrons to smoke.
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New York
Delmonico's
Sherry'’s
The
Plaza
St. Regis
the Gotham
James LB. Martin
Café Martin
Rector’s
TIMES
New Year Hangover Lingers On Broadway Nightlife
New York revelers woke at 12 20 P M after New Year celebrations at major hotels along Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Bars reported brisk sales of headache cures and bracers while Café Martin’s cleared more than 25 000 dollars. In the Knickerbocker hotel female curiosity caused a velvet jewel box prank in the grirlrsroom as revelers gathered.
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New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Café Martin
Grrlsroom
Knickerbocker
Lucy Page Gaston Visit Finds No Women Smoking
CHICAGO January 1 Lucy Page Gaston a foe of cigarettes toured cafés but could not find women smoking cigarettes expressing relief at the absence.
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Chicago
Lucy Page Gaston
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Sterry
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Senna
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