Giant sixteenth inch gun tested at Sandy Hook
A 2,400 pound projectile from a new sixteen inch coastal defense gun was fired yesterday at the Government proving grounds at Sandy Hook. Gen. Crozier and Major Smith led observations as officers and civilians watched the test, noting the gun’s power, range, and the high pressures involved.
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Sandy Hook
Gen
Chaffee
Charles Smith
Alaska
Tropics
United States Army
William Crozier
Dupont
New York Harbor
Long Islind Sound
Chief of Ordnance
Ordnance
Rogers Birnie
J. P. Farley
Mall
Crozier
New York Central
Albany
Spuyten Durvil
New York City
Central Park
Jersey Coast
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Sea Girt
Perth Amboy
Elizabeth
Newark
Mount Everest
Himalayas
Oreas
United States
Follow The Crowds To The Liner For Life Pass
An advertisement urges readers to join crowds and travel on the New York Central Liner promising a lifelong passenger pass. The message emphasizes a one trip action with claims of permanent access.
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Ady
Usher's Scotch Maintains Half Century Supremacy
Usher's Scotch continues its 50 year dominance signaling consistent quality and trusted market lead. The statement proclaims its long standing excellence and enduring consumer confidence in the brand.
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Usher
Elopers Leave Geneva Under Secret Identities
A Geneva dispatch reports the Crown Princess of Saxony and M. Giron departed Switzerland secretly this evening, traveling south under assumed names. Their exit is noted by the Petit Bleu as a discreet escape from Geneva.
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Brussels
Geneva
Petit Bleu
Saxony
M. Giron
Switzerland
Oil Wells Run Dry In Dallas Firm Receivership
The San Jacinto Oil Company of Dallas was placed in receivership amid claims of $100,000 on unfilled contracts. President Rev J B Cranfill said three wells once gushers now run dry as oil rose to 55 cents a barrel, widening losses to about $1.5 million and signaling inevitable receiverships in other Beaumont field independents.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
San Jacinto Oil Company of
J. B. Cranfill
San Jacinto Company
Beaumont Field
Trans State Railway Plan Nearing Capital Interest
Boston capitalists reportedly back a project to build a railroad from Oswego to Catskill across New York State. Dr D E Siver of Cooperstown, president of the Cooperstown Railroad, leads the local interest as the line would extend through Delaware Schoharie and Greene Counties to tidewater. A coal mine near Catskill has spurred exploration into possible coal veins after a visit by Dr Siver J Warren Lamb and S C West.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Boston
New York State
Oswego
Catskill
Schoharie
Greene Counties
Tidewater
Florida to Tampa and Palm Beach Train Schedule Notes
Partial OCR shows a Florida Cuba Nassau Thomasyille route with 8 55 A M and 2 10 P M times, referencing Atlantic Coast Line at 1 101 Broadway N Adv. The readable items suggest a brief timetable item for daily connections to Tampa and Palm Beach with Florida Spel noted.
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Tampa
Palm Beach
Atlantic Coast Line
Broadway
Forty Indictments in Chicago Coal Conspiracy Probe
Chicago officials report forty indictments voted by a special Grand Jury probing coal shortages. Names withheld pending Monday morning reconvening. The panel cites an alleged criminal network spanning operators, jobbers, and retailers across Illinois and Indiana to control the bituminous coal supply.
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Chicago
Ecoul
Deneen
Lawson
Criminal Courts
Kunz
Barnes
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Northern Illinois Soft Coal Association
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Llilpois
Samuel W. Packard
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Delos Hull
Oak Park
Retail Dealers’ Association of
Illinois
Wisconsin
Chicagze
Merbert F. Kell
Bell & Zoller Coil Company
Milton FL Robinson
Visa
Ex-Mayor Hewitt in Critical Condition at Home
Abram S. Hewitt lay critically ill at his Lexington Avenue home as family gathered for last farewells. Doctors noted weakening yet cautioned the change was not as grave as outsiders feared, with oxygen provided and multiple visitors, including Morris K. Jesup and Mrs. Vanderbilt, calling during the day.
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Abram S. Hewitt
Lexington Avenue
J. O. Green
Green
Lloyd Bryce
Edward Cooper
Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Erskine Hewitt
Sarah C. Hewitt
James
W. B. James
E. L. Keyes
EL. Keyes, Jr
Dr. James
Morris K. Jesup
Herbert. Parsons
Mr. Hewitt
Keyes
Keyes, JR
Edward M. Shepard
Ogden Goelet
May Goelet
Morris KK. Jesup
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Herbert Parsons
Three Tours to Florida via Royal Blue Line
Three Florida tours via Royal Blue Line offered from New York with departures January 27 February 16 and March 10. Round trip price 530 dollars includes en route expenses. Obtain detailed pamphlet at B and O Ticket Offices.
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Florida
Royal
Blue Line
New York
Block on Elevated Road Causes Downtown Transit Jam
Crowds leaving theatres faced an hourlong halt on the Sixth and Ninth Avenue elevated lines as a southbound train stalled at One Hundred and Twelfth Street hit an axle break. Wrecking crews towed the car back to the yard after repairs, but delays spread from Thirty-fourth to Forty-second Streets as passengers crowded platforms and sought alternate routes.
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Sixth
Ninth Avenue
Theatre District
Twelfth Street
Eighth Avenue
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Harle
Twenty-eighth Street
Twenty-third Street
Forty-second Street
New Jersey
Collision Victim In Critical Condition After Runabout Crash
James C Brower a bookkeeper at New York County National Bank and his wife were injured when a truck struck their runabout on Eighth Avenue near Twenty-sixth Street. Mrs Brower severely injured and in critical condition. Brower with cuts and bruises. driver Robert Ford of Jersey City arrested for reckless driving and intoxication. The Hudson Coal Company truck was involved.
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James C. Brower
New York County National Bank
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Mr. Brower
West Twenty-first Street
Brower
Matthew Beatty
West Fifty-fourth Street
Robert Ford
Monticello Avenue
Jersey City
Hudson Coal Company
Jersey Avenue
Grand Street
Crile claims life restoration in dogs via adrenaline injections
Dr George W Crile reports keeping a dog alive ten and a half hours after decapitation and reviving a dog killed by electricity using adrenaline injections with artificial respiration and thoracic pressure He says human applications may follow and colleagues expect worldwide astonishment from the medical field
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
George W. Crile
Crile
Coasters Crash Into Tree In Cold Spring
A serious coasting accident on Main Street Hill Cold Spring left twelve sledders colliding with a tree. One man suffered a broken back and others sustained hip arm and shoulder injuries while three West Point soldiers in uniform were aboard the bobs.
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New York Times
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Main Street
West Point
Palm Beach and Miami Via Penna and Southern Railway Ad
Popular train service from New York to Palm Beach and Miami via Penna B R and Southern Railway. Leaves New York daily except Sunday at 12.40 noon. New York offices at 271 Broadway and 1 185 Broadway.
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Aenreeres Palm Limited
St. Attentio
Palm Beach
Miami
Penna, B. R. and Southern Railway
New York
Broadway
Massachusetts turret explosion kills six crew on battleship
A powder charge exploded in the eight inch turret of the battleship Massachusetts during target practice near Tulebra Island. Six sailors died and three were seriously injured. Ensign Ward K. Wortman escaped unharmed as officers flooded the turret and removed remaining charges. A funeral was held aboard the ship followed by burial at the Porto Rico military cemetery.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Massachusetts
Tulebra Island
Wis
Ward K. Wortman
Littleship
Marty Lee
Clarence A. Abele
Charles F. Hughes
Kuhlwein
William ©. Cole
Loneman
Hendrikson
Andrew
Norway
Loesser
F. H
East Eighty-sixth Street
New York
Malin
WSKI
S. F
Ontario Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Platt
K. J
Eighth Street
Troy
N. Y
Roselt
Walnut Hill
Cincinnati
Tacke
Miami Street
St. Louis
Dassett
Whett
Military
Port Rico
Garrision of
Admiral Higginson
Patterson
Schert
Washington
Higginson
Porto Tico
Boy Drowned While Skating on Patchogue Lake
Eleven year old Charles Conklin, son of Charles Conklin of Patchogue, drowned when ice broke during a late afternoon skating excursion on Patchogue Lake. Four companions fell in. two girls and two boys were rescued, but Conklin was not found for five minutes and later pronounced dead after an hour of medical effort.
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Patchogue,l. 1
Charles Conklin
Patchogue Lake
Conklin
Carnival Fare Sale Ad in 1903 New Orleans Notice
Southern Railway offers greatly reduced ticket rates for travel between New Orleans Pensacola and Mobile with tickets sold under an advertising notice. Write for particulars at New York offices located at 271 and 1186 Broadway.
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New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Southern Railway
New York
Broadway
Adv
Embargo on Freight Ships Hay Grain Lumber and Ore
Pennsylvania orders an embargo on hay grain lumber and iron ore shipments to relieve Pittsburgh congestion effective today. The move, stated by A F Starr, aims to free delayed cars while livestock perishable goods and some merchandise are excluded. Officials say this will speed movement of remaining freight despite a car and power shortage.
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Pennsylvania
West Pittsburg
New York Times
Pittsburg
A. F. Starr
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schenectady
Union Station
Actor's Real Tragedy Shocks Theater Family
Special to The New York Times reports Campbell Stratton, leading man of the Stratton Stock Company, learned his brother William Stratton, a Brooklyn lawyer, had died as he performed at the Opera House. Stratten persisted through the show, then traveled to Brooklyn. Earlier, William Stratton died suddenly and their brother Joseph L. Roe, a comedian, died soon after in Rondout.
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New York Times
Poug
N. Y
Stratton Stock Company
Opera House
Campbell Stratton
William Stratton
Altheneb
Three Men Shot at Lafayette Café by Raiding Band
A dozen armed men burst into Lafayette Café on Seventh Avenue and opened fire. Leader Joe Reilly fired repeatedly, wounding Peabody, Syren, and Mack as diners and staff fled. ten witnesses and two staffers were detained for questioning. Police and detectives pursued the gunmen.
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Lafayette
Seventh Avenue
Newure
Preahody
Frank
Aintage
Havesy
Syron
James
Mack
Henry
Si West Forty Seventh Street
Joe’ Reilly
Ihazar’ Reilly
West Thirty-seventh Street
Sulomon Levy
Frank Murray
Eighth Avenue
Reilly
Peabody
Murray
Levy
Syren
Dover tragedy ties two deaths to a staged shooting pact
In Dover New Jersey James P L Eckhart real estate and theater manager and Minnie Hill are found dead in Minnie Hill’s West Blackwell Street home at 4 am a single bullet hole in each temple. Police believe a prearranged murder suic ide pact led to the deaths after a confrontation involving Hill who had visited Eckhart weeks earlier. Coroner will hold Monday inquest. Eckhart left a wire and two daughters.
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Dover
N. J
James PL Eckhart
Baker's Opera House
Minnie Hill
Oliver M. Hill
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
West Blackwell Street
Violet Hill
Surzberger
Eckhart
Sen
Stanford Street
Hill
Sunset Limited Service Details From New York Offices Ad
Texas Mexico and California Sunset Limited leaves New York early and travels 4.25 P M via Pennsylvania Railroad Southern Railway and Atlantic and Western Pacific Western routes. It promises superb dining library observation drawing room and state-room sleeping cars with New York offices at 271 Broadway and 1,155 Broadway.
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Texas
Mexico
California
Sunset Limited
New York
Penna. R. Is
Southern Ry
A. Andl & N. RR
Broadway
Indignant St Louis Passengers Decry Liner Delay
Passengers aboard the St Louis condemn American Line management for sending a crippled ship with leaky boilers and limited provisions. They recount a nine day voyage from Southampton to New York, vow possible lawsuits, and recount harsh food cuts and water shortages amid a formal indignation meeting led by Rev. Arthur Crime. Chief Engineer John Philp attributes the delay to choking boiler tubes and bad weather during the crossing.
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St. Louis
Southampton
Porservers
Pssen
American Line
St. Louisa
A. Griscom
Cherbourg
Phex
Simndy
Engsineer
John Philp
Ile
Passow
Maria Theresi
Arthur Crime
Baltimore
Southampton Harbor
Providence
F. M. Passow
Rail Line Advertises Pullman Sleeping Cars
Camden, Summerville and Charleston service via New York drawing-room sleeping cars. Through trains from New York via Pennsy and Southern Railway. Advertising offices at 271 and 1,185 Broadway. Ulipng car service. Adj.
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Camden
Summerville
Charleston
New York
Vie
Penna
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Peking
Columbia
W. H. Tschappat
D. M. Remington
Princess Louise
Tex
Beaumont
Trans-State Railway Plan
Florida-Cuba
112Th Street
J.C. Brower
Culebra
Ther
San Juan, P. R
Navy
Cadse Seine
A. Diendriksen
F. H. Losser
Malinowski
K. J. Platt
Robert Rule
W. W. A. Schert
A. 5S
J. G. Patterson
A. N. Dossett
Navy Department
Felix Herbert Lesser
Brooklyn
Edward Loser
Eighty-sixth Street
Stephen Frank Malinowski
N.Y
Law
Dublin
Ireland
NX. Y
Sarah Pratt
Mount Washington
John A. Rule
Hamilton County
Ohi
Albert Stephen Tacke
Mary Magel
Fenn
Walter Willism
August Schert
George I. Schert
Cleveland Avenue
Brother
OT Louis
Chief Engineers
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