Historic Navy Yard Ruled by a Woman at Sackett Harbor
Mrs. Albert Metcalfe serves as the sole female Commandant of the Sackett Harbor Navy Yard, maintaining the old New Orleans hulks, guarding Dahlgren guns, hoisting the flag daily, and sharing pride in the yard’s history as Admiral Goodrich and General Grant visit the site on Lake Ontario.
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Albert H. Metcalfe
United States Navy Yard
Sacket Harbor
Jefferson County
WN. Y
New Orleans
Syracuse
Sacket Harbor Navy Yard
Navy Yard
United States Navy
Lake Ontario
Fort Tompkins
Sitle
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Gen. Grant
Pine Plains
Mrs. Metcalfe
Black River
St. Lawrence
Metcalfe
Admiral Goodrich
Madison Barracks
Railroad Station
Navy Point
Metcalfes
TIMES
Flac Uponder
Whae
Thousand Islands
Sacnett Harbor
Guthrie
Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn
Sackett Harbor
Sackett Harbor Navy Yard
Chicago
Dr Guthrie
Guards Save Drowning Girl at Far Rockaway Beach
Two life guards saved Miss Katherine G. Monday and her escort Samuel S. Bubb after a strong undertow swept Monday away at Schreiber's Beach Wave Crest Far Rockaway. Bubb tired from the struggle was helped to shore, both rushed to St Josephs Hospital as doctors fought to revive the unconscious girl for two hours.
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Far Rockaway
Katherine G. Monday
Hoboken
N. J
Samuel S. Bubb
East Nineteenth Street
Manhattan
Schreiber’s Beach
Wave Crest
Miss Monday
Bubb
Hubb
Walter
August Cooper
Ise
St. Joseph's’ Hospital
Burnett
St. Joseph's
Peary Set to Sail for Arctic Pole Expedition
Commander Robert E. Peary prepares to depart New York on the Roosevelt for Sydney and Etah with plans to stage a polar dash. Matt Henson asserts strong confidence in reaching the pole, while resources and contingencies are outlined for arctic operations and Eskimo interactions.
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Robert E. Peary
New York
Sydney
Cape Breton
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Peary
Grand Union
Recreation Pier
Fast Twenty-fourth Street
John W. Goodsell
Matt Henson
Arctic
Matt
Erik
Etah
Greenland
Ftac
Eteh
Rogers
Ress G. Marvin
Cornell University
Marvin
Japan to Be a Republic, Says Yokohama Merchant
Rudolph Saur of Yokohama predicts a future democracy in Japan. He notes that voting rights are limited to tax payers, with fewer than one million of fifty million eligible. He cites public sentiment following a resigned cabinet and comments on the impact of the American fleet.
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Rudolph Saur
Yokohama
Hotel Astor
Japan
Canada
United States
Tavshanjian Will Declared Void By Supreme Court
The will of H. S. Tavshanjian, Armenian drug importer shot in Union Square on July 22, 1907, is void for failing to provide for two later-born children. Justice Blanchard rules heirs to two daughters receive two thirds of personal property and all real estate, while widow Arax J. Tavshanjian may take 74000 in lieu of dower.
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H. S. Tavshanjian
Union Square
Bedros Hampartzoomian
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Tarshanjian
Blanchard
West Seventy-second Street
Deal Beach
Arax J. Tuavshanjian
Tavshanjian
Thomas
Elevator boy killed stepping into shaft at 477 Central Park West
John Landers an 18 year old elevator boy at the Finland apartment house 477 Central Park West fell five stories into the shaft last evening believing he was stepping into the elevator He died before medical aid could reach him He had just descended to the fifth floor to turn on lights when the shaft opened due to a fault in the mechanism and he struck the base of the shaft His body was removed to West 100th Street Station.
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Finland
Central Park West
John Landers
E. N. Hawks
Manhattan Avenue
Kelly
Landers
West 100Th Street
Navy tobacco chewing contest crowns Paddy Coyle champion
Sailors and Marines tested 46 chewing tobaccos at the New York Navy Yard last week with reports to Washington. Paddy Coyle, famed as the tobacco expert, leads a field including Bill Connor Old Father Kirk Major Mahoney and Tony Goswin with bets on brands such as Aunt Mary's Height and Simple Bill. In about two weeks the Navy Department will review the expert reports and award contracts for about 260000 pounds of tobacco.
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New York Navy Yard
Bureau of Supplies
Washington
Navy Department
Patrick
Paddy
Coyle
Navy
Bill” Connor
Bill" Sculty
Father Kirk
Harry Murphy
Marines
Mahoney
Hist
Tony
Sitka
China
Philippines
Portland
Frisco
Detroit
New Orleans
West
Wil Ie
Kirk
Ike
Seattle
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Manila Bay
The
Dewey
Olympia
Aunt Mary
Tony Gaswin
Pete’ Hoffman
Capt. Quiate
Santiago
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I. L R
Grand Haven
Mich
Watertown
Grand Army of the Republic
Goodrich
Rockaway
Plug
Paddy" Coyle
Lord & Taylor
Llouse
20Th St
5Th Ave
Stern Brothers
Charlotte Corday
Mushroom
Merry Widow
Norfolk
Madras
OVC
West Twenty-third Street
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