Dix Inaugurated Promises Economy for New York
John A. Dix sworn in as New York Governor in Albany with a Democratic leadership transition. He pledges economy and efficiency, vows to cut waste, abolish sinecures, and ensure public funds buy value. He declares a government of the people with oath to the Constitution and the people.
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Albany
N. Y
John A. Dix
Roswell P. Flower
State of New
York
Court of Appeals
Dix
Thomas F. Conway
Edward Lazansky
William Lohmer
Thomas J. Carmody
John J. Kennedy
John A. Bensel
Assembly
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
William J. Conners
Buffalo
Assembly Chamber
Gov. Dix
Hyde Missing from Stop-a-While Houseboat in Jacksonville
Charles H. Hyde city chamberlain of New York left his Stop-a-While houseboat before towing into Jacksonville. He is believed to have sailed south after testifying was sought by a legislative race track inquiry committee. Hyde’s whereabouts remained unknown with aides stating he did not answer questions.
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Gov. Dix
Horace White
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Executive Chamber
Albany
New York Times
Jacksonville
Fla
Charles H. Hyde
New York
Southport
N. C
A. C. Wiswell
Mr. Hide
Isidor J. Kresel
Legislative Investigating Committee
Hyde
Philadelphia
Mr. Kiesel
Maurice Minton
Mr. Hyde
Bellevue-Stratford
John Smith
Boys Lost in Fog Reach Shore After Hours in Launch
Passengers of the Fall River liner, fogbound for hours, reach the shore in a launch. The incident marks a severe fog disruption described as the worst in years for the area maritime traffic.
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Fall River
Dead Hand Found In Ice Near Morristown
A man’s hand protruding from ice between Madison and Morristown led to the discovery of a likely Italian murder victim. The dead man, about 34, 5 feet 2 inches, swarthy, in Sunday clothes, had 75 cents and a jackknife, but no ID. Police and coroner conducted a staged recovery as heavy fog paralyses harbor traffic and crewed rescues search the Sound for two missing boys.
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New York Times
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N. J
Madison
Burnett's
Foulke
Johnson
Ete
Priscilla
Thirty-ninth Street
Larchmont
Rye
New Rochelle
City Island
Raymond Collins
T. H. Collins
William Rothkranz
William C. Rothkranz
Judgeea
Dr Rothkranz
Larchmont and
Judge Collins
Dr. Rothkranz
Fire chief warns most blazes avoidable
New York Fire Department head Croker urges prevention to save lives and money. He calls for stricter safety measures and public awareness, outlining risks and remedies in a forthcoming Times interview.
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New York
Murder in Express Drivers Strike Suspect Langione Detained
Alfred Langione, nicknamed Tenor or Buddy, is jailed as the prime suspect in the John C Warner murder during the October 31 express strike. Police tied Mulligan and others to the case while four men remain in the Tombs and two on bail.
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Highwood
Conn
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Warner
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Kear
O'Neil
Marren
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Buddy
Langan
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James Mulligan
Charles J. Hansen
Hansen
Andrew Martin
Peter J. O'Connor
Charles Kieiman
Joseph Murphy
Chauffeurs’ Union
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Mulligan
Long Island Express Company
Brooklyn
Rogues’ Gallery
Alfred Mule
Mule
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Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Tombs Court
Umbrella leads to fatal stabbing like injury in Jersey City
William A. Meleroy of 933 West Side Avenue Jersey City dies after an umbrella ferrule penetrates his left eye during a confrontation with George D. Kreig of 31 Palisade Avenue. Kreig is arrested at Police Headquarters. Witnesses Coffy and Reagan saw the fight and accompanied Kreig to testify.
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Jerse City
George D. Kreig
Palisade Avenue
Kreig
John Alexander
Summit Avenue
Newark Avenue
Court House Place
Meleroy
Breig
Alexander
Melervy
Xander
Chestnut Avenue
Jersey City
Timothy Coffy
Elliot Place
John Reagan
Mindanao Campaign Ends as Troops Return to Manila
The Mindanao operation ends after twenty days of fighting with one private dead and two wounded. A bandit trophy head is recovered. Luzon bandit chief Felipe Salvador, captured last July, is sentenced to death and proclaims he can die only once. Salvador has a history of fifty murders.
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Mindanao
Felipe Salvador
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Salvador
National Surety Company Leads In Bonds Worldwide Ad
The National Surety Company proclaims it bonds more people than any other surety firm in the world. Adv via 116 Broadway.
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National
Trolley Crash Hurts Forty in City Smash
A collision involving two cars and a trolley injures forty people. Emergency crews respond as bystanders report the chaotic scene and call for medical aid.
Passengers Rescued After Bay Ridge Streetcar Collision
A midnight Bay Ridge streetcar crash left more than forty injured as a rear car struck the front one on an incline near 68th Street and Third Avenue. Firemen, surgeons, and police from Fort Hamilton assisted. motorman Philip Splitzer was critically hurt.
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Lester
Seventieth Street
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Rhode
Philip
Seney Hospital
Thompson
Olaf
Ovington Avenue
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Fourth Avenue
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Serey
Coney Island
Death of Capt Joseph Eastaman Linked to Eddy Passed
Boston report states Capt Joseph S Eastaman a 25 year Christian Science practitioner and one of the twelve founders of the First Church died four weeks after Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs Eastaman says his death followed the leader’s passing and grief led to his decline. He resided at 111 Summer Street Somerville.
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Boston
Joseph S. Eastaman
First Church
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Somerville
Eastaman
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Granville Fire Devastates Town in Washington County
Early Tuesday the village of Granville near Troy faced near total ruin as a major fire destroyed multiple blocks. Blaze began Monday evening in Barney Yanknatitz clothing store, with $500,000 losses reported and aid en route from Salem and White Hall.
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Troy Clothing Company
Howland Drug
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Delaware & Hudson
Main Street
Night Train to Portland Maine Prompts Timetable Shuffle
Fragmentary rail timetable notice lists Portland trains, destinations and times with missing details. Readable bits indicate connections between New York and Portland with a 8:25 departure and several partial line references.
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Portland
der Tea
Ae An Lye
New Yorkes
Woman Passenger Ablaze On Brooklyn Elevated Train
A short circuit and motor box failure on a Lexington Avenue elevated train near Grand Avenue Brooklyn yesterday caused a fire that burned Mrs. F L Biederman of 250 Arlington Avenue. Policeman William Clark quelled the flames by wrapping his coat around her. She was taken home after treatment at Greene Avenue Station.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Grand Avenue
F. L. Biederman
Arlington Avenue
William Clark
Transform Dead Lamps with Alcohol Fueled Conversion
New York reports estimate one in four U S homes own a kerosene lamp now unused due to soot odor and maintenance. The Alcohol Utilities Company offers a conversion kit to burn denatured alcohol, turning an ornament into a bright clean lamp and reducing soot and wick duties.
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New York
United States
Alcohol Utilities Company
21St Street
New York City
Monior Puritan Raised in Norfolk Repair Effort
The Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company began raising the monitor Puritan at Norfolk. Three divers will patch hull holes underwater and cofferdams may be avoided.
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Norfolk
Merritt & Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company
Great 8 Spring Water Ad Calls Purity Famous
An old advertisement touts Great 8 Spring Water with the slogan Its Purity made it famous. The brief note highlights the product claim without additional context.
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Adv
Hunger Brings Leeds Brothers Back Together in Bread Line
In Chicago on January 2 hunger drew James and Thomas Baird, formerly of Leeds, England, into a West Side bread line. After arriving in America they briefly worked in Schenectady, New York before losing contact for a year. The two brothers finally reunited as the line stretched two blocks to the wagon serving rolls and coffee.
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Thomas Baird
Leeds
England
America
Schenectady
N. Y
Reverend Loux to resign amid socialist gospel stance
Dr Dubois S Loux pastor of Center Congregational Church Meriden Conn says he will resign next April. He preached on the Gospel of Humanity arguing socialist views on capital and labor. Loux formerly served as associate pastor at Broadway Tabernacle in New York City.
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Meriden, Conn
Dubois S. Loux
Center Congregational Church
Loux
Broadway Tabernacle
New York City
Rhodes Scholarship Awarded to Illinois Student in Chicago
H Gary Hudson 22, son of American missionaries to Japan and Northwestern post graduate student, wins the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford from Illinois. Born in Japan, he came to America at thirteen and completed schooling with high marks. He earned a scholarship to Whitman Academy near Walla Walla, Washington, after his eighth grade exam.
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H. Gary Hudson
Japan
Northwestern University
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Oxford
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Wo Academy
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Rockefeller gift begins endowment boost for Vermont University
The University of Vermont treasurer received 67 966 dollars from the Rockefeller Foundation as the first installment of a 100 000 dollar gift. The foundation requires 400 000 dollars to be raised elsewhere, which has been subscribed and 271 000 collected. The 500 000 dollars will be added to the endowment for general university uses.
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Rockefeller Foundation
I. D. Smith
University of Vermont
Bronx Farrier Shot Self Amid Ambulance Crash
Joseph Lehopsky a 161 Eastburn Avenue Bronx farrier shot himself after midnight. Dr. Walker with Dr. Carey and Police Captain Murray in aid were transporting him when a trolley struck the ambulance at Hoffman and 189th Streets. All three were wounded. Lehopsky and Dr. Walker were in critical condition.
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Walker
Fordham Hospital
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Lehopsky
Hoffman and
189Th Streets
Lector
Ir. Walker
Cleric Pleads Not Guilty to Mail Fraud Indictments
In Boston on Jan 2 the Rev Norman K Plass former President of the Redeemable Investment Company and associates Charles H Brooks former manager and John S Traphagen former Treasurer pleaded not guilty to federal indictments alleging use of the mails in a fraudulent scheme. The firm’s Boston offices were closed Oct 13. Bail was raised to 5000 with bonds expected to be posted tomorrow. No trial date set.
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Boston
Norman K. Plass
Redeemable Investment Company
Charles H. Brooks
John S. Traphagen
United States District Court
Cough Advice Emphasizes Non Opioid Remedies
Health note promotes avoiding opiates for coughs with Brown's Brothial Probes claimed to contain none. Advertising tone warns against opioid reliance and endorses safer alternatives.
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Brown
Sheehan Collects Rumors Amid Senate Talk in Albany
In Albany on January 2 the Sheehan senatorial bid dominates Capitol chatter after a Times report on his past. He refuses comment as allies push for a compromise candidate with Shepard favored by some Buffalo and Brooklyn legislators. Osborne and Osborn take over Shepard campaign as Dix aides hint at supportive moves.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Times
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Capitol
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State of
New York
United States Senate
Gov. Dix
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Shepard
Oliver
Erie County
Senator Loomis
Buffalo
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Auburn
Osborne
William Church Osborn
Magomery, Hare
Osborn
Tammany
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Murphy
Cram
Daniel F. Cohalan
Brooklyn
McCooey
Kings
Wiliam H. Fitzpatrick
Erie County Democratic Committee
Conners
T .E
For and Against Sheehan
Letter to the editor from Albany dated January 2 defends Mr. Sheehan, noting a thirty year acquaintance, fights within Democracy in Erie County, and a bid for United States Senator, urging fair play and balanced judgment.
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Albany
Sheehan
Erie County
Eben
United States
Express
Stenirveney Ralany
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