Armenian impostor pastor Kirreh jailed after string of scams
Port Chester police detain Rev Justin Kirreh a Jerusalem born preacher linked to a web of letters of endorsement and fraud. Investigators found foraker and dick letters dating to 1897 and 1900 and a transcript of a Dover trial. He toured US and Canada raising funds for leper hospitals though no hospital existed in Nablaus Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Kirreh
Dover
England
Donovan
Kirreh
America
Pennsylvania
Virginia
James H. Willums
Warm Springs
Grape-Nuts Boosts Health and Income in Working Woman
A Chicago clerk describes how a diet including Grape-Nuts restored her health and allowed her to keep work and earnings. She suffered brain-fire and dyspepsia from poor nourishment and boarding-house fare, but now she credits Grape-Nuts with recovery and ongoing employment. The Postum Co. promotes the letter and notes new readers’ letters appear periodically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
New Plot Witness in Bribery Case Against Gould Aides
Elinore Falk, a West Fifty sixth Street milliner, became a new witness in the conspiracy against Mrs. Ben Teal Detective Harry E. Mousley and Miss Julia Fleming. Falk told Hart’s office of similar advances by Teal as described by Miss McCauslan, and Blanche Hale earlier disclosed negotiations for a false affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Ben Teal
Harry E. Mousley
Julia Fleming
Frank G. Gould
Elinore Falk
West Fiftysixth Street
McCauslan
Mme. Falk
Criminal Court
Mr. Hart
Mrs. Teal
Miss McCauslan
Mrs. Falk
Murder to avenge a child at Williamsburg bar
Charles Baldi shot Peter Dispenseria after a quarrel sparked by a 13 year old girl in a Williamsburg bar at 157 Eagle Street. Dispenseria died after three shots. Baldi and the girl were taken to Greenpoint Avenue Station. Baldi claimed the girl had accused Dispenseria of wronging her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Dispenseria
Eagle Street
Williamsburg
Charles Baldi
Bergen Streat
Annie
Dispenserla
Baldi
Dispenseria
Children's Society
Boy Kills Boy in Jersey City Stabbing
Peter Baccinelli a 15 year old street singer was stabbed to death by John Reynolds 13. Reynolds along with Edward Bull 16 and Hugh Hunter 12 were with him when the assault occurred as Baccinelli gathered rags in front of a market on New ark Avenue. Reynolds fled with the knife and Baccinelli died en route to St. Francis's Hospital.
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Peter Baccinelli
Monmouth Street
Jersey City
John Reynolds
Second Street
Baccinelli
Newark Avenue
Reynolds
Edward Bull
Fifth Street
Hugh Hunter
Railroad Avenue
St. Francis’s Hospital
Murder in Central Park Sparks Panicked Chase
Loud calls for police followed a volley of shots yesterday afternoon in Central Park at Fifty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue. Bystanders rushed the wall as pursuers, including a few boys, moved through the scrub and toward a pond where an old man in a badge fired a shotgun into the brush. A nursemaid identified the spot, and park workers described the scene as a murder with bystanders viewing the victim, a fat water rat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Grand Jury Considers Condemning Brighton Beach Track
Kings County Grand Jury adjourns with presentment possible on August 17 criticizing Brighton Beach track for gambling activity and officials’ failure to suppress it. Indictments against bookmakers expected. inspectors questioned about conditions. one bookmaker denied paying for protection as three arrests for betting were made at the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Grand Jury
Agnew-Hart
Grand Jury
Brighton Beach
Racing Association
Court of Appeals
Delaney
Flood
Manhattan
Elder
Brighton
Sigmund Rosenthal
Jockey Club
Rosenthal
Copper Prices Rise Amid Strong Demand and Outlook
Copper continues to climb as Calumet and Hecla set 13 1 3 cents per pound and United Metals raises electrolytic copper to 131 4 cents. The New York Metal Exchange lifts quotations as the Amalgamated Copper Company and others boost output and buyers replenish stocks ahead of summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet and Hecla Company
United Metals Selling Company
New York Metal Exchange
United Metals Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
New York
Old Clothes Dealers Protest Arrests Over Noise Crusade
Jacob Magidoff of the Jewish Morning Journal leads a 700-strong committee of old clothes dealers to urge Police Commissioner Bingham to reconsider raids. He cites livelihood hardship and urges seeking aldermanic action to legalize their trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Magidoff
Jewish Morning Journal
Bingham
Board of Aldermen
Cadets Case Heads to White House for Discussion
Secretary of War Wright plans to meet with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay to review the eight cadets’ dismissal findings. The War Department received from Oyster Bay the board's findings and sentence approving the dismissal, but Wright has not issued the order yet pending talks with the President.
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Washington, D. C
Wright
Oyster Bay
Military Academy
Col
Scott
War Department
Roosevelt
Trifling and Minor Notices Across City Streets
A compact listing of miscellaneous entries showing addresses on Broome Madison 145th Willis and other streets with names such as Max Butz C Callahan Marion Ross J W Stolts M Craitz and Pfeifer. Entries include small sums like 10 25 and references to trifling losses with no clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broome St
Max Butz
Madison
Marion Ross
J. W. Stolts
M. Craitz
Melrose Av
Ras Pfeifer
Judge Lacombe Allows Interventions in Fort Creditors Case
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court granted only one of eight petition points by the Fort Creditors Committee, allowing intervention to file cross bills in foreclosure suits involving the Metropolitan Street Railway and New York City Railway. The court ruled the lease to be within plenary jurisdiction for proper challenge and denied priorities for injury claims, while denying the Eighth and Ninth Avenue Railroad application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
Metropolitan
Interurban
New York City Railway Company
Eighth and
Ninth Avenue Railroad
Sysem
Falls Starving In Street Near Second Avenue Restaurant
Charles Ewer of 840 East 77th Street was found starving in the street by a police officer as a meal neared at 747 Second Avenue. He collapsed, revived by doctors, and said his wife and three children were starving at home while he searched for work. Bellevue Hospital treated him. police investigated at East 77th Street. The wife refused aid, citing two months of rent arrears and self-sacrifice for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
Charles Ewer
East Seventy-seventh Street
Burgan
East Fiftyfirst Street
Smith
Flower Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
East Fifty-first Street
East Sixty-seventh Street
Lieut. O'Connor
Robber Given Maximum Term in Bank Messenger Hold-Up
Cosmic Riccobonio and two accomplices tried to steal a satchel containing $43,000 from Samuel Edelman, a Jefferson Bank messenger, on May 25. Riccobonio received the maximum sentence from Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions after pleading guilty to attempted robbery in the third degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmic Riccobonio
Samuel Edelman
Jefferson Bank
Rosalsky
Bids Sought for Catskill Aqueduct Section Conduit
The Board of Water Supply invites bids to build three miles of concrete conduit from Ireland Corners to New Hurley for the Catskill Aqueduct. Estimated completion four and a half years at 1,400,000 with 225,000 bond. bids opened September 1.
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Board of Water Supply
Ireland Corners
New Hurley
Catskill
Rabies Death of Ex-Police Lieutenant After Puppy Bite
James E. Phillips former Police Lieutenant attached to East Fifty-first Street Station died at Presbyterian Hospital from rabies nine months after a bite from a brindle ball puppy. He traveled to Pasteur Institute after onset of symptoms but was deemed too late to save. Phillips lived with his wife two sons and daughter at 449 East 117th Street and faced a painful decline before death as his family gathered around him.
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James E. Phillips
Pasteur Institute
Presbyterian Hospital
William Marsh
Brooklyn
Phillips
Mr. Marsh
East 117Th Street
East Fifty-first Street
Joan E. Phillips
West 125Th Street
Charles
Jessie
Detective opens private bureau after resigning post
After a wagering series in his precinct, Deputy Commissioner Bau ghers men led to his resignation. He then started a private detective bureau at 18 East 125th Street under the name Jones and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugher
East 125Th Street
Jones & Phillips
Terrier Bites Woman as Doctor Treats Wound
A fox terrier jumped a low fence and grabbed the dress of Mrs Marie Bruhweider of 8 Union Avenue Bronx as she walked near 872 Trinity Avenue. The dog snapped at her leg until Policeman Frye from Morrisania Station intervened with a night stick. Dr Juster of Lebanon Hospital cauterized the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bruhweider
Union Avenue
Bronx
Trinity Avenue
Mrs Farman May Fly With Husband At Brighton Beach
Mrs. Farman may ride in one of her husband’s aeroplanes during a forthcoming Brighton Beach flight. Farman’s first ascent is expected Saturday after his machine arrives on the Kroonland and is unloaded for exhibition use with customs duties waived. Secretary Post and Aero Club officials plan the entry while Farman inspects the site with Thomas R. Mackechen. a second flight for the Scientific American Cup is set for September 7 with a 25 kilometer requirement and Farman as a likely competitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Beach
Post
The
Aero Club of America
Washington
Treasury Dcene
United States
Mr. Farman
Thomas R. Mackechen
Farman
Charlies M. Manly
G. H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Aero Club
Baldwin and Farman Eye Brighton Beach Air Duel
Augustus Post of the Aero Club of America works to arrange a race between Capt. Baldwin in a military dirigible and Henri Farman in a French aeroplane. Farman plans his first U S flight this Saturday while Baldwin aims to fly at Fort Myer the same day. Officials discuss but reach no decision on timing or venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Augustus Post
Aero Club of America
Baldwin
Henri Farman
Farman
Caldwin
Fort Myer
Brighton Beach
New York
Army
Post
Gen
Aller
Lieut
Lahm
Coyne Trade School Fails in Bankruptcy Case
Alfred J. and William S. Swift trading as Coyne National Trade School at 239 Tenth Avenue file for bankruptcy. Liabilities total 39912 dollars with 749 dollars owed for wages, assets listed at 32464 dollars including fixtures and 17000 student cards, with a 37500 dollar chattel mortgage to W R Coyne. A California mortgage holder is Michael J. Coyne. Additional claims include tuition for about 180 students and various other debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J
Wiliams
Swift
Coyne National Trade School
Tenth Avenue
W. R. Coyne
A. J. Swift
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Port Chester
Foraker
Jeruseem
McCullough
Justin Shilla
Wirreh
McKinley
Treasury Department
G. M. Evans
Nort Baptist Church
Evans
Mr. Palmer
Shea
Kenyon
Jerusalem
Warwickshire
Republican National Committee
Breitman Budsey
Detroit
Busiess
Fisk & Robinson
Senator Foraker
Kirzerum
United States Senate
Justin 9
LL. D
Armenia
Palestine
London
Boston
Young Men's Christian Association
Providence
Canadian
Montreal
Toronto
Quebec
Vermont
Connecticut
Long Island
Greenwich
Larchmont
Noblaus
Gaston Wright
Health and Income
New
Gen. Bingham
E Carl
AVE MS
Fort
City Railway
Joseph E. Phillips
Fox Terrier
Mrs. Farman
Buffalo
New York Central
Empire State Express
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Second Empire
Grand Central Station
New York City
West Shore
Weehawken
Desbrosses Sts
125Th Street
Iace
Penieay
Asnation
Broadway
Columbus Avenue
Wesr
126Th Street
Fulton Street
BNI
LE Cortlangt
Lisle & Cotton
Jn Rich Opportunity
Layties Brothers
U.S
Lackawanna
Mae Bate
Arnold
Galino
Minit
Herald
Weber and Fielde
Herald SQ
Daly’s Wee
Jardin DE Paris
F. Ziegfeld, JR
New Amsterdam
Henry W Savage
Astor Coolest Theatre
Luammerstein
S & Datiy Mats
Gertrude Hoffmass
Salome Po Bernardi
Voscarys
Avelys
Alhambra
Francesca Redding & Co
Hoey & Tee
Pus Edwards Riende
Macart
Ficcol
Eta
Gramercy
North River
Flatiron
Chinatown
Bowery
St. Av
Dreamland
Sun
Horse
Lady Rider
Tower
Luna Park
Harlem
Bunn
Atliantic Av
Rikiyn
Sea Beach Express
Steeple Chase
Coney Island
Ty Nity. Co
Jones
Airdome
North Beach
Hudson
West Point
Eden World
Times
Advy
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