Sea Cliff Stems Long Island Railroad Boat Landing Clash
Long Island Railroad boats headed for Sea Cliff harbor faced village opposition arranged by the Board of Trustees. In a tense standoff the Nassau and other ships turned away after public viewing only. Deputies, hoses, and the wreck Edmund Butler framed a dramatic confrontation as ships landed at Glenwood.
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New York Times
Sea Cliff
L. L
Long Island Railroad
Sea Cliff Village
Nassau
Tolchester
Russell Brothers
Sagamore
Edmund Butler
B. F. Spellman
Village Counsel
Railroad Corporation
H. L. Des Anges
Glenwood
Board of Village Trustees
Railroad Company
Orient
Ser
Patchogue
Long Island
Sun
Noah
New York
Brooklyn
Local Transportation and Excursion Company
Des Anges
John T. Pirie
Long Island Railroad Company
City Wins Lighting Fight In Morristown
Morristown residents celebrate when Public Service Corporation agrees to turn over its 900 year Morristown electric lighting lease to Morris & Somerset Electric Company. The move ends a year long dispute over high rates and poor service that left parts of town in darkness.
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New York
Morristown
N.J
Public Service Corporation
Newark
Morris & Somerset Electric Company
Comany
Somersetounty
Abbott Avenue
Public Service
Mendham
Hanover
Chatham
Bernard Townships
Fires Report List Of Small Thefts And Losses
A page lists numerous minor incidents with losses at varied New York locations such as St Nicholas Avenue Spring Street and 10th Avenue. Amounts include 100 dollars to 25 dollars while many items are described as trifling with entries tied to residents and businesses like May Clothing Co and Reld Ice Cream.
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A.M. Loss
St. Nicholas
A. Krause
Spring St
P. Ferrano
Ee Pike St
Mrs. Raines
E. Rallway
H. Pitts
May Clothing Co
Cauldwell
E. 106Th
Broome St
Yifeck
Courtlandt
Joseph Keller
Manhattan Station
Brooklyn Bridge
Riverside Park
N. William St
Strom & Son
150Th St
St. Rusoss
New York Central Lines
Hudson
Highlands and Palisades
Catskills
Mohawk
Genesee
New York
Buffalo
Essex campaign to open in Newark Essex party groups begin pre primary activities
Essex County political factions plan kickoff events this week with mass meetings in Newark. New Idea Republicans back Everett Colby while Regular Democrats stay in retreat under James Smith. other factions announce Newark mayoral and sheriff candidates.
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Essex County
N. J
Everett Colby
New Idea
New Auditorium
Newark
Real Democracy
Bryan
Kern
Yellowstone
United States
James Smith
James R. Nugent
Essex
Frank J. Bock
George W. Jagle
Arthur R. Denman
Thomas IL. Raymond
Congress
R. Wayne Parker
William H. Wiley
Col. Austen Colgate
Jacob Haussling
Edward M. Waldron
Charles M. Mason
Plan for 1910 Republican ticket at Sea Girl meeting
At the Summer Capitol gathering in Trenton officials and lawmakers discussed a plan: ex-Gov Stokes to return as governor in 1910, Kean to the Senate in 1911, Fort placed on the Supreme Court bench with a Murphy ambassadorship. Cler k Vivian M. Lewis could challenge the ticket for governor, potentially altering the slate.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Fort
Sea Girl
United States
Stokes
John Kean
Gov. Fort
United States Supreme Court
Murphy
Kean
Vivian M. Lewis
Man Hunt Near Paterson Police Seek Stranger
Police are hunting a man who lured 16-year-old Lillian Slechner of Maryland Avenue into woods near Little Falls with a fake nurse job offer. He appeared after a local ad and claimed his wife was an invalid. He led her into the woods, took her by trolley to Little Falls, then abandoned her. she returned home crying.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Lillian Slechner
Maryland Avenue
Little Falls
Lillian
Batteries Reach Sea Girt State Camp
Sea Girt New Jersey July 19 religious services were held on the Governor's lawn as Battery B Camden commanded by Capt Samuel Barnard and Battery E Third US Field Artillery commanded by Capt F B Hennessy arrived from Camden and camped at Lakewood. Battery E had been to Pine Plains maneuvers. home station Fort Myer Virginia. Two college boys who argued with a sentry last night were released from the guard house William Dalton Trenton and Charles Haywood Hartford Conn. Gen C Edward Murray Quartermaster General hosted a dinner for Gov Stewart of Pennsylvania and Wishbone Club members of the Union League of Philadelphia.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Camden
Samuel Barnard
Third
United States Field Artillery
F. B. Hennessy
Lakewood
Pine Plains
Fort Myer
William Dalton
Trenton
Charles Haywood
Hartford
Conn
C. Edward Murray
Gov. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Wishbone Club
Union League of Philadelphia
LID DOWN TIGHT IN JERSEY
Newark and Essex County will be examined by the State Excise Commission as officers raid a Jersey City saloon crackdown. In Newark, Mayor Haussling evades subpoena while Sheriff Sommer prepares to serve it upon his return from Atlantic City. Rosen deli raid leads to gambling house charges for Rosen and six witnesses.
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Jersey City
Joseph S. Rosen
Rosen
Newark
Essex County
N. J
State
Jacob Haussling
Atlantic City
Sommer
Disappearance of Couple With Liveryman’s Horse
Police seek a young man and woman who vanished with a valuable horse and carriage hired from George Barleson of Highlands New Jersey. A description-specified couple was seen heading toward New Brunswick as officers patrolled city approaches without success.
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Liiveryman
Highlands
N. J
George Barleson
New Brunswick
German exile Peters in violent West Side standoff
Frederick Peters a self described German political exile at 213 West 126th Street engaged in a gun battle with New York police. After barricading rooms and firing at officers he was chased through multiple buildings and finally subdued by clubs before being sent to Bellevue for sanity evaluation.
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Frederick Peters
West 126Th Street
Germany
New York
North River
Chinatown
The
Bowery
Doorknob Thieves Target Newark Homes
Residents returning from summer trips found doorknobs missing from brass iron copper and china on Newark houses. Police traced the thefts to an organized band of small boys in the northern residential area. A resident surprised a 12 year old boy unscrewing a knob plate and chased him as he fled.
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Newark
N. J
Lynching Talk in Glassboro N J Ends in Escape
Charles Hemphill, a Clayton resident, narrowly escaped lynching by angry Glassboro residents after abducting seven year old Cora Garton from Millville. Police hid him in Woodbury jail as crowds swarmed key routes and threatened violence. Hemphill was later captured at Pittman station and held on a $1,000 statutory charge.
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Glassboro
N. J
Charles Hemphill
Clayton
Hemphill
Cora Garton
Millville
Nu J
Woodbury
Pittman
Beckett
Hemophill
Philadelphia
Governor Glenn Delivers Three Speeches at Ocean Grove
North Carolina Governor R D Glenn, resting after the Denver Convention, gave three religious addresses at Ocean Grove and will speak again Tuesday at the auditorium about the South temperance crusade. He wore a negligent attire yet spoke like a minister, praising temperance work and condemning the urge for wealth.
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Asbury Park
R. D. Glenn
North Carolina
Denver
Ocean Grove
South
Fireworks accident and city deaths in New Jersey
Summaries of multiple local incidents include Mrs. Josephine Falco dying from burns at Francis's fireworks factory in Jersey City after her dress caught fire from spilled powder. Thomas Hutchinson died after falling from a Newark dock into the Passaic River. Mrs. Josephine Eislander died from muriatic acid poisoning in Newark. A fire in Belleville caused $6,500 in damage and disrupted Bloomfield Avenue trolley service. A man died after a bathhouse fall in Orange. Henry Hoffman of Orange marks 43 years on the Lackawanna Railroad, and a city physician cautions Emory McCrea over his beer intake. Henry Vandenbergh dies in Paterson after a bicycle crash with a trolley car.
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Josephine Falco
Francis’s Hospital
Jersey City
John Fippipo
Williams Avenue
Josephine Eislander
New York Avenue
Newark
Germont Avenue
Belleville
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Avenue
Henry H. Hoffman
Orange
Lackawanna Railroad
Easton
Herman P. Gerbert
Emory A. McCrea
Board of Fire Commissioners
McCrea
Heat Felt At Coney Island As Crowds Expected Breeze
The article notes a hot day at Coney Island with temperatures near 90, drawing about 500000 visitors who searched for a breeze. Crowds faced rain, overcrowded trolleys, and doubled bathing suit rents as rescue crews responded to drownings and trips to the life-saving station. an attempted airship flight ended due to high winds. Police arrested vendors without licenses and children separated from mothers were picked up.
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Coney T Island
Coney Island
Sarah Bernard
Bathgate Avenue
Bronx
West Fifth Street
Tom Riley
Bernard Riley
St. Mark's Place
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Neptune Avenue
Sea Beach
Charles Steele
Brighton Beach
Charles W. Hamilton
Brighton Beach Park
Fatal injuries in dirt train yard accident at Sunnyside
Peter O Rourke of 270 Jackson Avenue and Michael Vitali of 12 Purvis Street Long Island City were hurt when a dirt train used in building the Pennsylvania Railroad yard at Sunnyside ran wild. Both men were members of a work gang excavating the yards early yesterday morning.
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Peter O'Rourke
Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
Michael Vitali
Purvis Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunnyside
Rourke
Vitali
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Annie
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Boylan
Birmingham
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No. 212
127Th Street
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West 125Th Street
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New Jersey
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Jefferson Street
Passaic
Balbach
Thomas Cooney
50 Day Street
Orange Memorial Hospital
Henry Vandenbergh
East Twelfth Street
Hillman Hill
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Webherland Fields
Herald SQ
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Daly
West Point
Eden World
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America
Grand Central Station
New York City
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Weehawken
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Weet 125Th Street
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L. F. Vosburgh
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St Mats. Wed. & Suat
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Jardin DE Paris
F. Ziegfeld, JR
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Steeple Chase
Luna Park
Harlem
Luna
Atlantic Av
B’klyn
Daily Matin Theatre
Warybhurn
Alhambra
Gertrude Hoffmann
Salome
Broilers
Epernarith
Enmipire City Quartet
Mem Phis
Bhie Mitchell
Jelir McVeich
College Girls
Mation Tiarsea
the Times Limericks
Sunday Times
M. A. Coffey
East Aurora, N. Y
George W. Case
Monroe Street
N. Y
M. M. Allen
West Vienna
C. P. Coe
Demarest Ave
Englewood, N. J
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