Black Hand Terror Strikes Italian Renters in New York
Salvatore Spinella, a painter and contractor in New York City, details a Black Hand extortion plot ganging up on him and his tenants. Bombs explode at his East Eleventh Street properties and letters threaten death unless $7,000 is paid, while police struggle to curb the campaign.
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Salvatore Spinella
Italy
East Eleventh Street
Francisco
TIMES
Mano Nera
Luigi Caccini
Spinella
Pinella
Frank Fugone
Italian Evening Bulletin
Bingham
Lieut
Petrosino
Aemanders
Bonaventura Pettzzaolo
Pettzznolo
Fugone
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Black Hand
Hoase
Pig of God
Pig of the Virgin Mary
Police Department
Black Hand Society
Demetrio Carnese
Dr. Caccini
Burned Alive on Third Rail in Williamsburg Incident
Ernest Dayton a 25 year old riveter of 128 Himrod Street was shocked by a broken wire that fell on a third rail at Broadway and Roebling Street. He caught fire on an elevated structure as flames spread along the ties. Policemen Duffy and Hutzelman rescued Dayton and were admitted to Williamsburg Hospital in critical condition.
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Broadway
Roebling Street
Williamsburg
Ernest Dayton
Himrod Street
Dayton
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Thomas Duffy
Hutzelman
Moving Picture Men Lose Ruling Over Brooklyn Theaters
Supreme Court Justice Erlanger denied the injunction sought by William Fox and Solomon Brill to stop Tenement House Commissioner Butler from revoking permits for moving picture shows at 1498 Third Avenue 88 Broadway and 893 Broadway Brooklyn. Butler argued the exhibitions were in tenement houses and unsafe due to combustible materials.
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Supreme Court
Erlanger
William Fox
Solomon Brill
Butler
Third Avenue
Broadway
Brooklyn
Local Property Listings with Names and Fees
A fragmented listing shows several addresses on 5th and 7th Avenues and 89th Street with individuals named Becker Bingineki Siewel McCauley Bros and Simonton. Notable fees include amounts like 50 25 and 5 and times such as 7:15 24. The text resembles a neighborhood notice of property or service charges with scattered monetary values.
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P.M
J. Siewel
McCauley Bros
It. Simonton
Ladiow
Market St
I, Schwartz
Powderless Gun a Marvel for War
Will iam Patten of New York demonstrates a ten inch powderless gun that fires buckshot without a barrel, claiming 50 000 shots a minute and potential use for customs vessels and anti smuggling. He envisions a six foot model weighing 500 pounds costing 500 dollars and mounted on an automobile for rapid deployment.
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William Patten
West 136Th Street
Mr. Patten
England
TIMES
Customs Service
South America
United States
Portrait Inspires Romance Then Ends in Marriage
The Sunday Times previews a pictorial feature on a romance sparked by a London gallery portrait. It highlights Mrs Taft’s captivating smile, public figures in campaign life, and summer holiday photos of actors, Deal seashore scenes, and a London dedication with Edward VII and J Pierpont Morgan.
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Sunday Times
London
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
John Worth Kern
Watt
The Psychology of the Cradle Review
The Sunday Times previews Millicent Washburn Shinn's new book The Development of the Senses in Childhood. It surveys how a newborn perceives light sound touch taste and how these sensations are coordinated as the child develops.
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Sunday Times
Millicent Washburn Shinn
Lawlessness in Kentucky and the tobacco war
A Times staff correspondent reports on renewed militia suppression in Kentucky as authorities battle a tobacco war marked by nighttime arson, property destruction, and violent acts including assaults on men women and children. The piece promises vivid scenes of lawlessness and community condoning acts.
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Iral Railroad
Kentucky
The
Times
Sunday Times
Illinois
Lloyd's Distinguishes Bet From Insurance On Losses
An upcoming Sunday Times article explores how Lloyd's of London draws the line between bets and insurance against losses from Providence or public will. It discusses how bettors tried using Lloyd's insurance policies to bypass anti gambling laws and describes unusual risks insured by Lloyd's.
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Corporation of
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s
Sunday Times
Lloyd's
The Asphalt Trust Tale In The Sunday Times
A penniless New York salesman spurs a high stakes chase of crime and speculation over the Bermudez Lake black gold. The story traces how Venezuelan politics and a dictator president mingle with millions flowing into Paris salons and jewelers shops.
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Asphalt Trust
Sunday Times
New York
Venezuela
Castro
Bermudez Lake
Paris
Women feud sparks naval row between two top naval officers
The Sunday Times reports a bitter feud between Admiral Sir John Fisher and Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, two leading figures in Britain's defense policy. The clash is described as affecting the navy's leadership, with implications discussed in the presence of the King. Potential drastic actions are hinted as possible responses to the dispute.
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John Fisher
Lord Charles Beresford
Britain
Sunday Times
New Preparatory School For West Point On Constitution Island
The piece proposes buying Constitution Island in the Hudson River near the Military Academy to build a model preparatory school for cadet hopefuls. It argues this site offers beauty and convenience and would provide early training before entering West Point.
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West Point
Hudson
Military Academy
Constitution Island
United States
Sunday Times
Optimist Howells Finds Improvement in Human Nature
William Dean Howells, writing from a Maine coast retreat via The Sunday Times, praises current literature for overall better taste and notes a rise in genuine human improvement despite lingering flaws in realism and illusion after a long career in literary production and criticism.
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William Dean Howells
Maine
Sunday Times
The Brain of a Monkey at City Zoo
A new department of instruction opens at the zoo with few students in elemental courses led by Prof Haggerty for freshmen and sophomores. The Sunday Times promises a detailed feature on the serious study of monkey education and the experiment’s progress.
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The
Zoo
Haggerty
Sunday Times
East Side Life Analyzed By An Inside Observer
A writer who has lived among its teeming population analyzes life on the east side. He points to underlying causes of effects not obvious to casual observers and notes misrepresentations by casual investigators while presenting a true picture of surroundings and people.
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Sunday Times
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