SLAIN GIRL BIER FOREFRONT OF IRVING PARK FIASCO
A large funeral crowd confronts Patrolman Shellard after Barbara Reig dies in Irving Park. Police photograph and measure Shellard by Bertillon rules while handwriting samples are examined for links to a May letter. Family disputes the letter’s authenticity amid murder speculation and claims of a strangling motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Reig
Irving Park
Berg
Mauser Street
Gallagher
Stagg Street
David Shellard
St. Nicholas's Church
Father Hoffman
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Arthur Hack
Miss Belg
David Reig
Bob
Shellard
Bingham
Brooklyn
Mulberry Street
Oriental
Manhattan Beach
Baker
Raymond Street
Police Department
Wormell
Reig
Coney Island
Roosevelt to Africa for big game trip after term ends
Newsrooms buzz as New York tourist offices report a surge of inquiries about President Roosevelt's anticipated April East Africa expedition. Speculation centers on routes via Madeira or Southampton to Durban, then by coast steamer to Mombasa and Uganda access by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
East Africa
New York
Madeira
Southampton
England
Durban
Natal
Mombassa
Portuguese East Africa
Navy Yard Strike Threat Faces Brooklyn Shop
Foreman in the Brooklyn Navy Yard discharges or furloughs first class machinists and substitutes inferior grades and helpers. Machinists union leaders warn of a potential general strike across government yards if conditions persist. Naval officials cite lack of funds as reason for layoffs, not to hire cheaper replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
International Association of Machinists
Emmet Adams
Samuel Gompers
Department of Construction and Repair
Baxter
Nurse's Rest Home Opens in Westchester County
Caroline Rest at Hartsdale Westchester County opens as a world first social workers country club and convalescent home costing about 100000. George F. Schrader NY manufacturer conceived the project which includes a club house for nurses and a convalescent home for mothers. Accommodates about 100 nurses and patients with buildings owned by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Members may invite other charitable workers. Opening attendees joined a Sea Breeze charity picnic in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Rest
Hartsdale
Westchester County
George F. Schrader
New York
Association
Sea Breeze
New York City
Actor Cut In Street Row Near Twenty-Second Street
Charles Hendrix, actor living at the Plymouth Hotel, was found on Third Avenue near Twenty-second Street with a stab wound and head gash. He is at Bellevue Hospital likely to die. Police seek Patrick McCafferty, bartender, whom Hendrix accused of stabbing him after a saloon dispute. Neil Shaw, 19, of 223 West Twenty-second Street, alerted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hendrix
Plymouth Hotel
Thirty-eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Third Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Bellevue Hospital
Patrick McCafferty
Hendrix
Neil Shaw
West Twenty-second Street
McCafferty
Rail freight rate clash questioned by Tefft firm
C M Allen of Tefft Weller & Co in The Wall Street Journal defends proposed freight rate increases. He argues railroads’ claims are fair and just, urges balancing cheap rates with not harming labor wages or railroad credit, and calls for shipper and business review beyond self-interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Allen
Tefft, Weller & Co
Wall Street Journal
Dog Saves Polar Bear by Driving Off Deadly Viper
Sunday the dog at Bronx Park Zoo protected Dr. Nansen the polar bear from a flat head viper that had crawled into the bears den. Keeper Dick Spicer and Keeper Quinn burned oakum to drive the snake out and finished it with a cudgel blow after Sunday restrained the reptile. The bear trembled but the dog kept him safe, earning the keepers’ praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Nansen
Bronx Park Zoo
Dick Spicer
Spicer
Dr. Nansen
Dr.Nansen
Zoo
Keeper
Quinn
Keeper Spicer
Sunday
New York State
Nansen
Bear's den
Love Letters Worth Eight Thousand in Court Ruling
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins at White Plains set aside an $8,000 verdict won by Grace Raymond against Naomi D Ring after discovery of a bundle of alleged love letters from Raymond to Patrick J Ring. The letters found in an Opera House pocket book may have affected the slander suit and trial. The plaintiff questions the letters' authenticity and the case hinged on newly discovered evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Raymond
Mount Vernon
Patrick J. Ring
Mount Vernon Opera House
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Sitnig
White Plains
Miss Raymond
Naonie D. Ring
Mrs. Ring
Mrs
Ring
Long Island drought warning cites falling groundwater levels
United States Geological Survey official Marshall Leighton says in Five years Long Island sees groundwater depths drop fifteen to twenty five feet amid widespread forest removal and drought despite rainfall elsewhere. Columbia University expert Berkey notes region not representative. reforestation urged to restore recharge, with NYC future risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall O. Leighton
United States Geological Survey
Indianapolis
Berkey
Columbia
Long Island
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Mr. Leighton
Atlantic Coast
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Yesterday's Fires Report With Various Locations and Losses
The listing details multiple fire incidents with addresses such as 1:15-1,638 Madison Ave and 5:30-149 Lenox Ave. Names include M. Rosenberg J. Guiness E. Goodman I. Lazaroff and A. Goldberg with losses ranging from $10 to $10000 at buildings on Orchard Street E 4th Street W 36th Street Montgomery Street and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
M. Rosenberg
Broad St
J. Guiness
Lenox
E. Goodman
Orchard St
I. Lazaroff
E. 50Th St
E. 4Th St
C. H. Tenny
36Th St
Montgomery St
A. Goldberg
49Th St
J. T. St Espre
6Th St
Casino Escgunor
Nick Carter in France and theatrical notes in Paris
The piece notes the French popularity of American dime novels led by Nick Carter and other familiar characters. It reports on Mary Garden’s success in Faust and Romeo and Juliette, Mme Rejane’s plan to adapt The Merry Widow as a drama, and The Simione bringing French theater to the U S. It also covers a marriage in London and lists numerous arrivals aboard ships including the Celtic and Lucania with many named passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Johnson
France
Deadwood Dick
Silver Bill
Nick Carter
Johnson
Atlantic
Mary Garden
Faust
Johnston
Mme. Rejane
Paris
Simione
Thief
Ivy. Stacey
Tappan Junction
London
Arthur Hill
North Marshall Street
Philadelphia
Hill
George
Sherman Batcheller
International Tribunal of Egypt
Saratoga Springs
G. W. Barlow
S. F. B. Biddle
I. S. Buchanan
Melville A. Clark
L. Forsythe
Rush C. Hawkins
William C. Hesse
Clement Just
B. H. Old
Vance Thompson
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Barbara
Africa
Aes
Navy Yard
Machinists’ Union
Nurse’s Rest Home
Country Club
Street Row
Shipper
Dog
Deadly Viper
Bear
Viper
KiIl
Prof. Berkey
WEST
Goodrich Tires
Glidden and Hower Trophy
Goodrich
THE
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron, Ohio
M. C. Davenport
Mira James J. Duffy
David Forbes
James. C. Greenway
Eyre. Hutson
Thoms
Kiroy
William McDonald
Mary E. Morgan
Heney $. Rovinson
F. Hargeant
Harold .W Sysmonds
J. T. Morgan
Harness Depteg
Eec. Bros
Suth
Gath St
Lexington
GE YE
Secon
Prwewuie J
59Th St
Bloomingdales
Lex
3D Ave
59Th
66Th St
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