Baby Buried Alive in Hackensack Golf Club Bunker
A three month old girl was found buried in sand at the Hackensack Golf Club bunker during a club championship. Ex-President Bogert unearthed the infant after a caddy noticed movement. artificial respiration failed and the baby died. Coroner to hold an inquest. investigators seek the mother who reportedly fled on a midnight train.
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Hackensack Golf Club
H. Myers Bogert
G. C. Ackerson
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Hackensack
New Jersey & New York
Binghamton
Central Avenue
Erie
Carlstadt
Jersey City
Mr. Smith
New York
Astor Estates Company Accused Of Misusing Name
Investigations focus on a company at 1 West Thirty-fourth Street advertising to investors under the Astor Estates banner. John Campbell claims to run the outfit while Robert M. Ferguson of the John Jacob Astor estate vows legal action if the public is misled and warns of potential steps to halt the name use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor
Astor Estates Company
West Thirty-fourth Street
John Campbell
Campbell
Andrew S. Brownell
New York Realty Owners’ Company
Locust Vasley
L. I
Robert M. Ferguson
John Jacob Astor Estate
Post Office
Sunday Games May Go On In Wakefield Park
Lawyer James Dalton acting for the Irish Counties Athletic Union obtained an injunction from Justice Keogh restraining Yonkers police from interfering with the Sunday games at Wakefield Park. The injunction, returnable July 8 before Judge Mills, was served on Sheriff Charles M. Lane Commissioner E. N. Hermance and Chief Wolff. In legal and official circles the move is seen as unusual as county officials have not been restrained this way before.
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James Dalton
Yonkers
Irish Counties’ Athletic Union
Keogh
White Plains
Wakefield Park
Mills
Charles M. Lane
Public Safety
E. N. Hermance
Wolff
Peru-born stowaway arrives aboard Touraine seeking voyage to New York
Hector Brillman a 19 year old from Lima Peru arrived as a stowaway on the French liner Touraine after sailing from Peru to Marseilles. He was found in steerage two days out and put to work. At arrival he was turned over to immigration authorities and will likely be sent back to France.
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Hector Brillman
Havre
Touraine
Lima
Peru
Marseilles
France
New York
Heat Wave Strains City As Cramped Parks Urged
Forecaster Emery reports no cool weather in sight and heat driven by humidity. The day rose to 84 degrees at noon, dipped to 83 by afternoon as late showers offered brief relief. Two deaths occurred from the heat and many prostrations. Magistrate Crane frees nine men jailed for sleeping on grass in Corlear's Park and urges more parks for the poor.
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Emery
Crane
Corlear’s Park
Crimmins
East Side
Ferryboat Upsets Launch In Battery Collision
An eighteen foot gasoline launch collided with the Nassau ferry at the Battery. Richard B. Thomas and Charles H. Asten fell into the water and were rescued by the Colonel Wykoff ferry. Asten clung to the braces while Thomas swam free. Both men were brought to the Battery and sent home.
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Thirty-ninth Street
Nassau
Richard B. Thomas
Port Washington
S. I
Charles H.asten
Kosciusko Street
Brooklyn
Colonel Wykoff
Governors Island
Battery
Hamilton Avenue
Montauk
Thomas
Aston
Asten
Wykoff
Pastors Sons Arrested for Brooklyn Burglary
Henry and George Banta said to be sons of a former local clergyman were arrested after a burglary at Mrs. Mary Hanlon’s apartments 27 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn. They were arraigned in Myrtle Avenue Court on vagrancy charges and held for examination next Tuesday. The father was not identified but believed employed in a Manhattan publishing house.
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Henry
George Banta
Mary Hanlon
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Manhattan
Four deaths from river drownings in New York area
The bodies of three men and a boy were recovered from the North and East Rivers yesterday. Daniel Gibbons, eight, fell into the East River near 112th Street last Wednesday and was identified by his father at the police station. James Ryan, 101 East Eighty-eighth Street, drowned off 100th Street and was found nearby. Simon Van Veen, 54 East 12th Street, was found in the North River off Seventy Fifth Street. A fourth unidentified man, about 40, 5 feet 7 inches, 125 pounds, with blue clothing, was found in the Harlem River near 150th Street.
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East Rivers
Daniel Gibbons
East River
112Th Street
Gibbons
First Avenue
James Ryan
East Eighty-eighth Street
Mast River
100Th Street
Simon van Veen
East
North River
Harlem River
150Th Street
Strangely Hit by Lightning at Newark Pleasure Resort
A lightning strike in a Newark storm hit the main switchboard at Olympic Park Hilton and traveled to the moving picture theatre where operator Charles Brenner was knocked unconscious and taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital. His assistant Oli Person and others nearby were affected. several panicked by the shock but suffered no injuries. The lighting plant was out of service for hours.
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Newark
N.J
Olympic Park
Hilton
Moving Picture Theatre
Charles Brenner
Saint Barnabas Hospital
Oli Person
Russian Socialist Visits U.S. to Study Politics
Mouisie Ostrogorski, member of Russia’s first Duma, arrived aboard the Cunarder Lucania to visit Boston Chicago Philadelphia and other cities. He says socialism grows swiftly in Russia and the Czar must yield to the will of the people as expressed by the Duma representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouisie Ostrogorski
Duma
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Russia
Motorists plan to oust Bradley over harsh arrest methods
Newcastle town board to read a letter from Albert Turner urging removal of Justice S. O Bradleys name amid charges his roadside court under an apple tree fines motorists by sizing fines to their cash. Westchester Roads Association explores impeachment as Bradley defends legality.
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Newcastle
Westchester County
Albert W. Turner
Chappaqua
Justice of the Peace
S. Oradley
Bardley
Weschester County
Turer
Westchester Roads Association
Westchester Automobilists
Bradley
Hss
Echo Lake
Charles M. Lane
Westchester
Pleasantville
Bert Vohis
Nathan Vohis
Golden's Bridge
Golden's’ Bridge
Vohis
Justice Bradley
Young
John I. W. Bristol
New Rochelle
Road Association
Walter W. Law, Jr
Briarcliffe
Unconscious a Month Dies After Shore Road Altercation
Charles Thompson of Bay Ridge died in Norwegian Hospital from a fractured skull suffered after an altercation near his home on Decoration Day. Wardell and Johnson were arrested. Wardell charged with homicide, Johnson released as a witness. Thompson remained unconscious throughout his hospitalization.
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Charles Thompson
Bay Ridge
Shore Road
Seventy-first Street
Thompson
Wardell
Johnson
Woman Allegedly Harassed by Imagined Visitor at Grand Tinion Hotel
A Philadelphia woman claiming to be 87 year old Mabel Dyer caused chaos at the Grand Tinion Hotel sending messages to bellboys about a little black man under her bed. She was removed to Bellevue Hospital’s alcoholic ward for women.
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Mabel Dyer
Grand Tinion Hotel
Bellevue Hospital
Philadelphia
Soldiers as civilizers at Chautauqua
President E B Bryan of Franklin College told the Chautauquan Assembly that the American army did more to Americanize the Filipinos than schools. He called Philippine educational problems our own, praised the army for bringing peace, and mocked efforts to Americanize Filipinos as futile.
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New York Times
Chautauqua
N. Y
E. B. Bryan
Franklin College
Philippines
Chautauquan Assembly
Archipelago
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
No Indians in Pittsburg Special in The New York Times
Joseph Marshall Jr. and Harry Halpern, both youths from New York City, were found crying in Pittsburg after spending money to reach the city to hunt Indians and buffaloes. They lacked funds, obtained lodging at Central Police Station, and Halpern's guardian sent money for a return trip. Marshall's father had not yet responded as the boy remained at the station.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Joseph Marshall, Jr
Amsterdam Avenue
New York City
Harry Halpern
William Ballick
Howard Avenue
Brooklyn
Young Marshall
Riverside Drive
Young Halpern
Wills
New York
Halpern
Marshall
Central Station
Gasoline launch Tasstine burned in Manhasset Bay
The 25 foot Tasstine owned by William Shanks of Manhattan burned to the water line in Manhasset Bay last night after its tank leaked all day. Shanks and two friends William Hentze and Harry E. Gerlock escaped in bathing suits, swam ashore, and received clothing at Bradley's Hotel before returning home this morning.
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Port Washington
L. IL
William Shanks
East Eighty-first Street
Manhattan
Manhasset Bay
Mr. Shanks
William Hentze
Dexington Avenue
Harry E. Gerlock
East 135Th Street
Bradley's
Jei Tasstine
Service in memory of John Jaeger at Camp Memorial Church
A memorial service for John Jaeger missionary of the Mission of the Living Waters will be held at Camp Memorial Church Chrystie Street between Broome and Delancey on Thursday July 9 at 745 P M. Jaeger was converted twenty seven years ago on that date at Jerry Mc Auley s Water Street Mission and thereafter a strong force for good on the east side. He was an invalid for five years before his death.
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John Jaeger
Mission of the Living Waters
Delancey Street
Camp Memorial Church
Chrystie Street
Broome and
Delancey
Jaeger
Jerry McAuley
Water Street
Auto crashes on Boulevard Bridge injuring seven
Seven passengers injured when a touring car with Frank St Grown Louis Fricke Mrs Fricke Robert Albert Miss Lillian Albert and Frank Brown overturned on the Boulevard Bridge near West Rigshth Street Bayonne. Brown and his wife pinned beneath the wreck. all seven were taken to City Hospital.
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Boulevard
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
West Rigshth Street
Bayonne
Frank St. Grown
Thirty-fourth Street
New York
Louis Fricke
Park Avenue
Hoboken
Fricke
Robert Albert
Grand Street
Lillian Albert
Brown
Mr. Fricke
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Miss Albert
Mr. Albert
Pet Monkey Ignites Fire Through House Fire Fatality
Mrs Mary Blackwell of 1776 Bath Avenue Bath Beach owned a pet monkey named Nimbo. The animal struck a match and set lit lace curtains in the parlor as neighborhood children set crackers outside. Firemen arrived too late. Nimbo died in the blaze and Mrs Blackwell wept over the loss.
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Nimbo
Mary. Blackwell
Bath Avenue
Bath’ Beach
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Astor Estate Objects
Post Office Department
Switchboard
Moving Picture Man
the Oriental Store
A. A. Vantine & CO
Broadway
Bet
18Th & 19Th Sts
The
Tasstine
Ness
Hudson Boulevard
Frank R. Brown
Sayville
S. 1
Lucy McKittrick
Lake Front
Lake Ronkonkoma
Charles Brown
MOHAW
Pius Cs
Eurers
Jon”’ Bed
7Th & 8Th Aves
Lord & Taylor
20Th St
St. Ave
19Th Ss
Adams
America
Madras
Batiste
TV Ede
Adams Building
Yigit
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