Steam Pipe Bursts Aboard Kearsarge In Honolulu Harbor
The battleship Kearsarge of the Atlantic fleet suffered a steam pipe burst seven inches in diameter in the forward starboard boiler. Five crew members were injured lightly and treated in the sick bay. repairs paused sailing of the fleet but will finish in time for Wednesday departure. Sailors enjoyed races, sports, and a gala opera performance as Rear Admiral Sperry inspected Pearl Harbor and a new naval station site.
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Honolulu
Kearsarge
Wilson
Watson
Pomplum
Sperry
Pearl Harbor
Missouri
Virinia
Louisiana
Ohio
la Jaina
Connecticut
Aerie of Eagles
Pineapple
Justice Heartwell
Waikiki Beach
Kentucky
Curtis Hustace
Hustace
Fleet Vanguard at Manila
The battleships Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron arrive at Manila ahead of the Atlantic fleet. They sailed from Guam July 14, encountered calm seas, will coal at Manila and depart for Singapore July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Maine
Alabama
Guam
Singapore
Parson Stirs Up Autoists in Norwalk Sermon
In Norwalk Connecticut, Grace Episcopal Church pastor Reverend Werner imparts a critique of material happiness via automobiles. He cites sixty local families mortgaging homes to buy cars provoking gossip and division among five auto-owning congregants. One parishioner plans to post a sign declaring his house mortgage free despite car ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Werner
Grace Episcopal Church
Mr. Werner
Grape Nuts Proves Health Magic in College Comeback
A West Virginia woman credits Grape-Nuts with saving her health after overwork and poor diet. She describes a dramatic recovery after including Grape-Nuts with cream, returning to preparatory school, becoming a college junior and class president, and planning further study. The Postum Company notes the letter as genuine and periodic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Honeymooners Save Car From Fire on Grace Church Street
Greenwich couple Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols Penoyer of Stamford stopped to救 a burning four cylinder Columbia car belonging to George Boles of race track fame near Port Chester. They used earth and a Merry Widow hat to smother the flames, preventing destruction of the vehicle.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Frank Nichols Penoyer
Stamford
Columbia
George Boles
Grace Church Street
Port Chester
Walker Faces Long Term
William F. Walker, former treasurer of the New Britain Savings Bank, extradited from Mexico after months in Ensenada jail, left Los Angeles for New Britain in police custody. He says he never took any missing funds and fled to repay every dollar. officials say he may later make a full confession.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William F. Walker
New Britain
Walker
Mexico
Doctors Addicted to Opium in Pittsburg Report
City Detective Richard Kelly reports to the American representative of the International Opium Commission that about five percent of Pittsburg physicians and some ministers are addicted to opioids, with limited use among other well-placed individuals. Dr. Lawrence Litchfield counters that professionals show higher risk but the claim may be exaggerated.
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Pittsburg
International Opium Commission
Washington, D. C
Richard Kelly
Lawrence Litchfield
Allegheny County Medical Society
Kelly
Two Die in Electric Chair at Sing Sing Prison
Ossining New York July 20 Charles H Rogers and Angelo Laudiero were executed in Sing Sing Prison. Rogers calmly endured the chair after murderings in October 1905 including Willis and Frederick Olney and an attempt on Alice Ingerick. Laudiero was executed after fatally shooting Michael de Ambre in front of his home at 178 Hester Street New York.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Charles H. Rogers
Angelo Laudiero
Sing Sing
Rogers
Laudiero
Willis
Frederick Olney
Middletown
Alice Ingerick
Mamaroneck youth shoots assailant after dispute
Paul Rossman an 18 year old bakery delivery boy shot Kingston Wilburn Jr after Wilburn threatened his mother and chased him. Rossman was captured by Patrolman Lenahan and former trustee Will iam T Herlyn. Judge Kane held Rossman without bail.
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New York Times
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Paul Rossman
Meyer’s Bakery
Kingston Wilburn, Jr
Sands Street
Wilburn
Rossman
Kingston Wilburn
Lenahan
William T. Herlyn
Kane
Girls Treed by Bull in Morris Woods Rescue Reach Home
In Waterbury report from Morris, Miss Gilson of Yonkers, Miss Sewell of Brooklyn, and Miss Rubin of New York wandered onto private property after misreading a path. They climbed a tree and a boulder to escape a bull, while a farmer and helpers freed them after two hours. The trio returned home that day.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Miss Rubin
Charles B. Benton
Drowning Rescue Near East River Front Ends Narrow Escape
Five young men narrowly escaped drowning when their rowboat capsized off East Forty ninth Street after a swell from the steamer Maine. Rescue boats from Volunteer Life Saving Station and a tugboat helped pull Nolan, Morrison, Murtha, Fox, and Cooney from the water as bystanders watched the dramatic scene.
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East Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth Streets
Maine
New Bedford Line
East Fortyninth Street
John Nolan
John Morrison
East Twenty-ninth Street
John Murtha
John Fox
Richard Cooney
Wheeler
Cooley
Martha
Fox
Cooney
Blackwell's Island
William Hickham
Murray
Horatio Hall Passenger Rescues Lodging Room Intrusion
Loretta Weiser of New York identifies a crewman as the intruder who twice entered her stateroom during a Maine voyage on the Horatio Hall. The captain detained the man after finding a jimmy, and Weiser refused to prosecute, fearing revenge.
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Horatio Hall
Maine
East River
Loretta Weiser
East 140Th Street
Robert Cavanaugh
Miss Weiser
Alissee
Mr. Cavanaugh
Old Orchard
Jimmy
Weiser
McClellan Talks Fishing on Adirondack Summer Outing
Mayor McClellan and wife vacation at Dr. George E B Brewers Tahawaways Club cottage in the Adirondacks thirty five miles from rail and ten miles from a telegraph. Ed Dimock accompanies them and guided Roosevelt on a prior trip. He declines political talk, cites weather for poor fishing but plans to fish daily and visit Lake Colden and Mount Marcy. Mrs McClellan says she would support Bryan and Kern.
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New York Times
North Creek
N. Y
McClellan
George EB. Brewer
New York
Tahaways Club Reservation
Adirondacks
Ed" Dimock
Roosevelt
Bryan
Kern
Actress Leslie Carter-Payne testifies in bankruptcy creditors hearing
In federal court Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne formerly with David Belasco and star of Zara appears before Commissioner Alexander to outline assets. She disputes large profits, recalls minor bric-a-brac and a $50 gold band, and notes stock certificates left with Belasco. The session adjourns after a dressmaker creditor’s testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carter-Payne
David Belasco
Zara
Adrea
Alexander
Prentice
Charles B. Dillingham
Small Venus
Belasco Cannery
Belasco
Chamber of Justice
Friay
Leslie Carter Adjudged Incompetent in Chicago
Leslie Carter former president of the South Side Elevated Railroad Company and financier was deemed incompetent to manage his affairs. Ill for months from gas poisoning, a petition by his sister Miss Helen Leslie Carter led to Charles E. Soule being named conservator by Judge Cutting with a bond of 110000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Leslie Carter
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
Carter
Helen Leslie Carter
Principal Accused of Assault at Williamsburg School
Wilfred Foster, principal of Public School 147 in Williamsburg, faced Manhattan Avenue Police Court on a summons from 14 year old Lillian Grossman who alleged he struck her after she refused to sit with her class. Foster denied the charge claiming insolence and bad language from the pupil and that he restrained her to prevent a disturbance. He pleaded not guilty and was paroled for a hearing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Foster
Bushwick Avenue
Seigel Street
Williamsburg
Manhattan Avenue
Lillian Grossman
Moore Street
Foster
Carrie Hoffley
Naumer
Kingdon Gould to Study Mining in the West Camps
Kingdon Gould, son of George Jay Gould, departs for field study in Western mining camps. He will swap wealth for corduroys and boots, work in shafts, and travel with Prof. Kemp of Columbia. Sails from Europe on July 27. aims to study Goldfield, Tonopah, and Cripple Creek as erosion of formal mining school progress continues.
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Kingdon Gould
George Jay Gould
West
Rockies
Young Gould
Columbia School of Mines
Paris
Kemp
Columbia
Ssneep
Plaza
Ee of Mines
Goldfield
Tonopah
Cripple Creek
George Gould
Europe
Fire at Palmer's Iron Works Threatens Block
A fire at Palmer's Iron Works 229 West Fiftieth Street endangered a block bound by Broadway Eighth Avenue Fifty and Fifty-first Streets. Engine 54 led by Capt Gaw arrived as flames threatened carriages and two story garages. Acting Chief Ahearn put damage at 5000 dollars and noted a similar shed had burned previously.
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Broadway
Eighth Avenue
Fiftieth
Fifty-first Streets
Palmer’s Iron Works
West Fiftieth Street
Gaw
Forty-seventh Street
Ahearn
Taxi Fare Listings and Addresses in New York Neighborhoods
A compilation of numerous street addresses and names in New York, listing times, locations, and occasional monetary amounts tied to taxicab pickups or related entries. Several individuals and businesses are named with scattered sums such as $25, $60, and $2,000. Locations span Manhattan streets including 409 East 16th Street and 481 3rd Avenue, as well as other avenues and parks.
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A. M. Loss
E. 16Th St
New York Taxicab Company
Ben Darto
Willett St
Max Kirsch
Moffree 8&T
Moffree 8&T.; Unknown, Ao 96 56:20—400 Greenwich St. ; A. W. Harris & OS
Orchard Test Goldberg
4Th St
Harry Cowen
Orchard St
Jacob Ruttner
E. 112Th
Michaelson
Slight
Bedford St
Joseph Leightner
Aare Aagie
John Larsen
Pleasant Av
W. Wagner
Pearl Johnson
Harris Slivert
104Th St
Max Bloom
Delancey
Joseph Goldstein
Fort Leggetts
Randall Av
Riverside Park
127Th St
Leroy
Morton St
Race track official called before jury in betting probe
Kings County Grand Jury served a subpoena on Christopher J. Fitz gerald president of the Brighton Beach Racing Association as part of a special session investigating track betting. Five men were arrested for betting at the track while others face scrutiny from Sheriff Hobley and Acting District Attorney Elder ahead of potential hearings.
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Jockey Club
Kings County Grand Jury
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Grand Jury
Brighton
John Cavanagh
Bureau of Advance Information
Elder
Cavanagh
Baker
Flood
O'Brien
William Klauber
East Fifty-eighth Street
Manhattan
Edward Murray
Lexington Avenue
Frederick Steinman
Shore Road
Emmons Avenue
Brooklyn
Peen Jax
Theiuty
Robert H. Elder
Hobley
Albany
Fourth Assembly
Supreme Court
Scudder
Tighe
Jacob Ellprin
Ellprin
Court House
Hmke
Lloyds
New York State
R. A. Smith
Belmont
Lloyd
Esperantists Raise Flag at Chautauqua Assembly
The first Esperanto flag floated over American soil at Chautauqua with a ceremonial raise as the Esperanto Convention opened. Prof. Vincent welcomed delegates calling Esperanto superior to Volapuk and universal in aims. W. E. Sterrett spoke on future widespread use while Henry James Norman urged bold dreamers to turn visions into reality. Col. Harvey finances travel to attract the next Congress.
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New York Times
Chautauqua
N. Y
Vincent
W. E. Sterrett
Pennsylvanian
Henry James Norman
North
Aoe Fieview
Copernicus
Graham Bell
Galileo
Morse
Col. Harvey
Fourth Wife For Count Raoul von Helden Probed
In White Plains New York County Judge Platt reviews a letter from Mrs William Juster of Atlantic City claiming to be another wife of Raoul von Helden the convicted bigamist now jailed awaiting sentence. Assistant DA Leo Davis will investigate and may arrange confrontation before the July 27 sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Raoul von Helden
Westchester County
Lorata O'Neil
Jersey City
Gertrude Lewis
Emily Brambach
Mount Vernon
Platt
Atlantic City
N. J
William Juster
von Helden
Bier Thae
William J. Juster
Atlantic Avenue
Leo. Davis
Baby Girl Athlete Survives Fifth Floor Fall
Helen Graf twenty months old fell from the fifth floor at 1357 Webster Avenue. Trained by her athlete father to grasp a broomstick and hold on, she snagged a fire escape rail as she dropped and was rescued by fourteen-year-old Joseph Colombo. Dr. Rosen said she sustained only scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Graf
Webster Avenue
Joseph Graf
Mason
Bronx Cubs
Helen
Graf
Joseph Colombo
Rosen
Lebanon
Mystery surrounds Hazel Drew death probe in Troy
District Attorney O'Brien said officers are examining scraps of letters and a torn postal card signed J E Magner found at Hazel Drew's home as they search for definite facts. A Pullman conductor denied sending the card and says he never knew the murdered woman. William Hogardt, a Dedham mass employee, identified as a former correspondent of Drew, told of letters mentioning Gordon Hull and a lonely summer.
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New York
Kmps
Troy
Hazel I. Drew
Dedham
Mass
William Hogardt
B. F. Sturtevant Blower Works
Ele
Miss Drew
Hogardt
Gordon
Gordoen
Hogartt
East Poestenkill
Hazel Drew
Blye
Hazel
O'Brien
Gordon Hull
Averill Park
Gordon fFluill
Profary
J. E. Magner
Magner
Lexington Avenue
New York Central
Delaware & Hudson
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Parson
W. Va
Tormentor
Apple Tree
Boulder
East
Loretta Welser
Reid
Bob
Megro
Fishing
Girl
New
C. J. Fitzgerald
Brighton Racing Association
Hughes
Drew Girls
O’brien
Inquest
Pullman
Mur
Priestley
Arnheim
Wallach
Bowery
Eighth
W. 125Th St
the Guarantee
Herald SQ
Clyde Fitch
Daly
Eves
Earl & Wilson
Barney McGlynn
Ketlanot SJ
Astor Coolest Theatre
Eva
Mats
Wed
Westee
Arnold
5Th Av
Cor
Jardin DE Paris
F. Ziegfeld, JR
GEN
Aerial Gardens
Vammerstein
Gertrude Hoffmann
Salome Ned Wayburn
Broilers
Gernardi
Alhambra
Empire City Quartet
Memphis
Abbie Mitchell
John McVeigh
College Girls
Marion Garson
Pineers
Gramercy
North River
Fistiron
Chinatown
The
Sta Avside
All Stars
Dreamland Horse & Lady Rider
Itrical
Sat
Sun
Iran
Palisades
Percy
C. O. Jones
Airdome Theatre
Steeple Chase
Coney Island
Luna Park
Tharlen
Luna
At- Yantic Ay
B'kiyn
Sea Beach
North Beach
Hudson
Zanvine
West Point
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