Hamiltons Flight Thrills and Narrow Escape at Garden City
Charles K. Hamilton piloted the Red Devil with Captain Baldwin aboard testing lifting power. Nyquist, former Hamilton mechanic, crashed Frank Van Anden’s biplane at twenty feet, then fled as Hamilton chased him. The day ended with repairs to the Van Anden craft and plans for new aircraft tests.
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New York Times
Garden City
L. L
Charles K. Hamilton
Thomas A. Baldwin
Hamilton
Stephen Edick
George Edwards
Baldwin
Russell
Charles Nyquist
Hamiltons
Frank van Anden
Nyquist
van Anden
Lyon Schinasi
Guy Wires
Schinasi
Capt
Amilton
Pandamilton
George Russell
Curtiss
Harriman
Charlie
Brookins
Roosevelt's Western and Southern Tours Planned for Fall
Theodore Roosevelt announced two fall itineraries a Western trip from August to September and a Southern trip in October. He will deliver speeches in most stops, with early addresses on Uncle Remus Day in Peoria and at the Knights of Columbus in Peoria, while handling editorial duties at Sagamore Hill.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. L
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Hughes Is House Hunting in Washington
Gov. Hughes spent Sunday here seeking a residence and said he is overwhelmed by offers from real estate agents owners and friends. He plans to move to Washington possibly in the fall and may rent a house for a year while choosing a permanent home.
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New York Times
Washington
Hughes
Wideawake
Charners Henry Butler
William Crozier
Metropolitan Club
Butler
Chevy Chase Club
Gov. Hughes
New York
Fifty divers search river for boy drowned near Seventy second Street
Fifty men from the Railroad Men's Branch of the YMCA raced to the North River after 12 year old Arthur Turvey reported seeing Willie Scully drown. They dived repeatedly from the foot of Seventy second Street while John B. Skelly, a locomotive engineer, surfaced the body. Dr. Reid pronounced death shortly after.
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Seventy-second Street
North River
Willie Scully
Railroad Men's Branch
Young Men's Christian Association
New York Central
Arthur Turvey
West End Avenue
John B. Skelly
Dr. Reid
Sparrow Potpie Rises as Meat Substitute in Pittsburg
Pittsburg residents report sparrow potpie replacing poultry during high meat prices and butcher strikes. The dish, favored over reedbird, allegedly preserves flavor while sparrows decline across the city and nearby towns as thousands are consumed annually.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Hoteia
Dock-Side Railway Plan Seeks $100 Million Terminal
New York City Dock Commissioner Tomkins outlines a $100,000,000 municipal joint freight terminal on the North River in Manhattan. The plan includes an elevated west side line, large twelve story terminal buildings, a double-deck yard, and shared use by all railroads with a city headed terminal company to oversee operations and financing via dock bonds and rent-backed returns. The proposal aims to boost city and national commerce and will be presented to Mayor Gaynor and the Board of Estimate in the Fall.
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Tomkins
North River
Manhattan
Gaynor
West Side
New York Central
Thirty-eighth
Fortieth Streets
Eleventh
Twelfth
West Houston
Iring
Washington
West Streets
New York
Roeda
Terminal Corporation
Terminal Company
Mississippi Valley
Seaboard
North America
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Buffalo
Ghov
Margina Way
Eleventh Avenue
Twenty-Fifth
Fifty-Eighth
Thirtieth Street
Sixtieth Street
Warren Avenue
Women Vote in Hastings Assignment on Sewer Funds
In Hastings on Hudson New York on July 14 women who are property owners voted in a local election on a 200000 appropriation for sewers new street openings and paving. The women backed the measure by large majorities.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Rita on a Fashionable Wedding Observed in Town
English novelist Rita, a visitor here, shares candid views on a fashionable wedding she witnessed. Her thoughts, described as interesting to say the least, will appear in next Sunday's Times.
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Rita
Times
Williamsburg Bridge jumper dies after 205 foot fall
A well dressed man about 35 leaped from the Brooklyn tower of the Williamsburg Bridge at 6:30 pm, landing in a sandbox on the parapet and dying soon after from a skull fracture and brain injuries. He left a note partly written in ink and verse, spoke of not being forgotten by the girl, and was identified only by clothing and a Panama hat found nearby. He left little money or identification, and the motive remains unclear.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn Tower
Rosenstock
O'Donnell
King
Samuel Pell
North First Street
Williamsburg
Peu
Manhattan
Fide
Empire Track
Bridge
Barry
Eastern District Hospital
Rosenberg
Cohen
Miss Fay Seeders Faces Late Shift Peril at Empire Laundry
Bookkeeper Miss Fay Seeders stayed late at Empire Laundry, 101 West 124th Street, to finish work after hours. While locking up, she found the third floor silent and, growing hungry, dropped a sack of food from a dark window to street level, causing a tense late night moment as she sought escape.
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Miss Fay Seeders
Empire Laundry Company
West 124Th Street
Miss Seeders
Shipping News Update in Port Berths and Tides
Shipping bulletin lists berths at Pennsylvania port with arrivals from Windermere and Fertantonio. July schedule shows latest ice conditions and vessel movements to Fertantonio and nearby berths.
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Nice
Windemere
Pannapivania Sis Tomar Uy
Fertantonio
Strike conference ends as Pennsylvania Railroad workers vote to strike
Philadelphia July 14 a walkout looms after negotiations broke down between the Pennsylvania Railroad and its employees led by A B Garretson and W G Lee who refused further overtures and signaled readiness to strike. In Pittsburgh the vote was 83 3 percent in favor among conductors and 77 10 percent among other crews on PRR western lines.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Garretson
Lee
Myers
Pennsylvania
Broad Street
New York Central
Messrs
Garretgon and Lee
Jabor
Mr. Myers
Roy Oh Ygy
Pittsburg
Peck
Ook
B Schoyer
Northwest
BE. McCarty
Southwest
Central Vermont Pavers Strike Vote Threat Looms
Montreal July 14 The strike vote among conductors on the Centre Vermont line of the Grand Trunk was decisive with a large majority supporting action if demands are refused. The result signals a readiness to walk out affecting service on the sub line.
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Montreal
Centre Vermont
Grand Trunk
Gates Undergoes Appendectomy In New York Hospital
Charles G. Gates, son of John W. Gates, was operated on for appendicitis at New York Hospital yesterday afternoon. The procedure by Dr. Fellows Davis Jr. was successful and Gates showed improving condition. He is expected to be discharged in about three weeks.
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Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
New York Hospital
Mr. Gates
Kronprinzess
Cecilic
Hotel Plaza
Fellowes Davis, Jr
Bandits Attack Fortified Construction Camp at Night
North Olmstead reports describe a pitched battle between forty construction camp workers and a gang of bandits. Several workers were shot and the sheriff with a heavily armed posse rushed to the scene. Bandits entered the camp near midnight, bound the men, and planned a wholesale robbery. a worker’s shot sparked the firefight.
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Cleveland
North Olmstead
Burger separation granted by New York Supreme Court
In Poughkeepsie Justice Merschauser granted Mrs Elizabeth Burger a six months separation from her husband Mortimer Burger a Staatsburg machinist. The court remarked that absence makes the heart grow fonder and he filed an offer to cancel the separation after six months, signaling a belief the couple will reunite. It is thought to be the first such case in the state.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Supreme Court
Merschauser
Elizabeth Burger
Mortimer Burger
Staatsburg
Newfoundlander Finishes 25000 Mile Dog Cart Journey For $10000
Willam Brown of St John's Newfoundland arrived in Los Angeles in a cart drawn by four dogs claiming a 25000 mile trek completed. The wager from the National Sporting Club of Newfoundland offered $10000 if he could travel a distance equal to the earth's circumference within seven years after leaving St John's with no money. He traveled through the Eastern United States then by steamer to Europe, funding passage by selling pictures of his outfit.
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Los Angeles
Willam Brown
St. John’s
N. F
National Sporting Club of Newfoundland
Brown
Europe
Ireland
England
Pittsburg Aims for a Smokeless City
Pittsburg director Fr R Walters reports clear air from a rooftop view and predicts a smokeless Pittsburg. In June seventy five large plants installed or contracted for new smoke preventives, indicating rapid progress toward cleaner air.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Fr. R. Walters
Department of Health
Walters
Divorced Wife of New York Manufacturer Receives Decree
Mrs. Emma E. Warde widow of John 8. Warde, a New York City area manufacturer, was granted a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty in Reno. Married Aug 18, 1886 at Stapleton, they have no children. She cited multiple beatings, including incidents in 1887, 1899, and an assault while she dressed a broken ankle. Maiden name Emma Kellum restored. she resides in a cottage with James B. Fenta's wife in Buffalo.
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New York Times
Reno
Emma E. Warde
John
Warde
New York City
Stapleton
Agai
Emma E. Kellum
James B. Fent
Buffalo
Navy Dismisses Paymaster Haughey Over Embezzlement Charge
Assistant Paymaster Lawrence G. Haughey of Indiana attached to the Castine of the Atlantic torpedo fleet was dismissed from the navy after a court finding him guilty of embezzlement despite a culpable inefficiency verdict. During illness absence the Castine’s safe was opened and $3,500 disappeared. later investigation showed he had restored the funds.
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Washington
Lawrence G. Haughey
Indiana
Castine
Atlantic
Navy
Haughey
Ilness
Winthrop
Heughay
BCALES Erects Weighing Request Amid Unclear Report
A garbled OCR line references weighing procedures and an unclear request, mentioning scales and weights in a fragmentary context. No identifiable people, organizations, or places are readable from the text.
Crippen Search Shifts To All Ships Entering Port
Scotland Yard orders a city and Hyboken police to scan arriving steamships for Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his suspected accomplice. Immigration officials join the sweep as Lusitania and other vessels dock. Belle Elmore's Brooklyn ties and Crippen’s London murder case drive a transatlantic hunt with detectives boarding ships at quarantine and Paris connections investigated.
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Scotland Yard
Hyboken
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Belle Elmore
Hilldrop Crescent
Kentish Town
London
Commissioner of Immigration
Williams
Crippen
England
Cunard
Lusitania
Central Office
George Leeson
Willam Moody
America
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