Runaway horse causes fatal Seabright train crash
A runaway horse pulling a carriage with four women near Seabright New Jersey led to a collision with a Jersey Central train. Julia Drucker died, and Louis Manheim, Mrs. Drucker, and Miss Reuss were injured as the carriage was struck and crushed on the Beach Drive crossing. Marie Drucker escaped uninjured.
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Seabright
N. J
Jersey Central Railroad
Marie Drucker
Jersey Central
Atlantic Highlands
Julia Drucker
Reuss
Manheim
M. J. Drucker
Irvington Cottage
Highland Avenue
Elder
Dr. Teed
Valley Drive
Louis Manheims
Manhattan
Miss Rouss
Manheims
Long Branch
John Thompson
Walter Clin
Prince August William Earns Doctor Degree in Prussia
Berlin reports Prince August William of Prussia, fourth son of the Kaiser, passed the Doctor of Political Science exam at Strasbourg. He now seeks parental consent to wed his cousin Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein, after finishing studies ahead of schedule. It marks the first Prussian prince to receive the degree.
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New York Times
Berlin
Prince August William of
Prussia
Harvard
Strasburg
Alexandra
Schleswig-Holstein
William
Lloyds Insure Taft as Election Policy Rumor Emerges
Rumors say a Stock Exchange firm secured a life policy on William Howard Taft for 100000 with Lloyds of London amid election worries. The claim notes 5 percent premium and notes no brokers reportedly confirming definite knowledge, marking the first Lloyds life policy on a public figure here since 1904.
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Lloyd's Agency
London
W. J. Bryan
New Lloyd's
Stock Exchange House
William Y W. Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
Lloyd's
Taft Insurance
Delware Lackawanna switchmen vote for strike seeks talks
Grand Master Hawley says 80 percent of DL&W railroad switchmen voted for a strike and the Grievance Committee awaits President Truesdale's reply to a conference letter aimed at settlement before ordering a walkout. Morey of the United Railway Men's Organization was not located. Hawley notes the Lackawanna switchmen are not AFL affiliated. He criticizes prejudice in the discharge row as mislead.
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Scranton
Penn
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Truesdale
John J. Morey
United Railway Men’s Organization
New York
Lackawanna
American Federation of Labor
Morey
Six Roads
Tenants Protest Housing Sign Inviting Negro Families
A Harlem sign inviting colored families to rent four rooms and bath at 37 West 112th Street triggers anger in an all white area. Agent and landlord Mrs Virginia Tappenden are linked to the plan to fill the vacant fifteen apartments, prompting fears of eviction and a tenants meeting to protest.
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Arthur
West
112Th Street
Virginia Tappenden
Bronx
Skeleton Found On Southington Mountain After Four-Year Search
Southington, Conn. July 30. A skeleton was found hidden in bushes on a mountain. Four years earlier Robert Perry, who lived at the mountain foot, vanished after receiving a 5000 pound legacy from England. His wife also vanished claiming Perry went to England for more money. Perry was English and wealthy. consular efforts failed to support the story. Townspeople had searched the mountain and even dismantled part of Perry’s house. Mrs. Perry had three prior marriages. the first two husbands died and a medical examiner did not report on those cases. The third husband obtained a divorce.
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Southington
Conn
Robert Perry
England
Perry
Rail fare to St Louis and return advertised
Ticket offers a round trip from an unspecified origin to St Louis for 36 dollars and 40 cents. Travel window July 81 to August 2 with return allowed until August 11. Valid on Pennsylvania Railroad. see ticket agents for details.
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ST. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tragic Brooklyn Bridge trolley fire kills Newark woman
A Graham Avenue trolley on the Brooklyn Bridge derailed after a fuse blew, flames enveloped the car, and a passenger died. Dozens more were injured as commuters jumped from the speeding vehicle near Manhattan Tower. Conductor Henkel shut brakes and halted the car. The crash involved Newark residents and a baby hurt on the tracks, with responders and hospitals named.
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Graham Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Tower
Newark
Cherry Hill
Henkel
Greene and Gates Avenue
Bridge Loop
Hudson Street
St. Gregory's Hospitals
Rex Beach Faces Possible Loss of Sight
Seattle July 30 Rex Beach the novelist is hospitalized under an eye specialist’s care after a serious eye inflammation feared to cause permanent sight loss. The condition followed exposure during a bear hunting trip in Alaska in the Copper River country.
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Rex Beach
Seattle
Washington
Alaska
Copper River
Lusitania Passes Fire Island Amid Latest Shipping News
The Lusitania arrives after calling at Liverpool on July 25 and passes Fire Island at 1 293A AM, signaling a notable advancement in the latest shipping movements.
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S. S. Lusitania
Liverpool
Fire Island
Airship Aces Toledo Run Fails Heights and Wrecks
Toledo aeronaut Tony Nassi tried a flight over the city from Walbridge Park. The airship landed on the Salvation Army Building, then again near the court house before collapsing after gas condensed. It tore a chimney and cut telephone wires, finally resting on a Canton and Smith Street house. Nassi was unharmed. The craft was towed home.
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York Times
Toledo
Ohio
Tony Nassi
Walbridge Park
Salvation Army
Perry Street
Ball Park
Speilbusch Avenue
Court House
Canton Street
Canton and
Smith Streets
Nassr
Aeronaut Willam Oliver Dies In Parachute Drop
Willam Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a parachute drop at Hague Park on Vander Cook Lake near Jackson. The parachute strings snapped on one side sending the aeronaut tumbling 2000 feet to the ground. Oliver died five minutes after reaching a nearby house.
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Jackson
Mich
Willam Oliver
Mason
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Oliver
Kansas AG files ouster suits against the Lumber Trust
In Lyon County Kansas Attorney General Jackson filed ouster quo warranto and injunction suits against the Lumber Trust seeking to drive the association from Kansas and block a holding company move. Missouri and Texas AGs filed similar actions as part of a coordinated effort to curb an alleged illegal lumber price rise. Oklahoma AG West did not begin action due to a writ of prohibition in the Standard Oil case.
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Emporia
Kan
District Court
Lyon County
Jackson
Kansas
St. Louis
Guthrie
Okla
Charles West
Lumber Trust
Oklahoma
Missouri
Haskell
Prohibition
Oklahoma State Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Newark Bank Bombs Fail to Wreck Salvatore Auria House
Last night bombers damaged the brick bank doorway on Garside Street and Seventh Avenue Newark. The blast shattered a saloon plate glass below and caused a bank panic among five clerks. Police report two men seen under the stairs with a burning fuse. Authorities suspect blackmail threats against Salvatore Auria and his brother in law Sturchio.
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Salvatore
D. Auria
Garside Street
Seventh Avenue
Newark
Dominic Dilione
Second Precinct
Auria
Sturchio
Miss Blue Streak Queen Arrested For Motorcycle Speeding
Miss Blanche Roscoe eighteen of 110 East 159th Street Bronx was arrested on Broadway near 180th Street for speeding her motorcycle. Policeman MacGrath timed her at 224 miles an hour before she slowed to avoid children. she rode to West 152nd Street Station then left after promising to appear in court.
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Blanche Roscoe
East 159Th Street
Bronx
Broadway
180Th Street
MacGrath
179Th Street
Roscoe
West 152d Street
MRS RAISBECK NOT SLAIN IN LAKE ACCIDENT
In Annandale Minnesota doctors ruled Mrs George A Raisbeck of New York died of heart trouble after a boating accident on Lake Sylvia. Her husband Percival Raisbeck sought an official ruling to clear doubt about the death being accidental. The couple will be buried in Minneapolis the following day.
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Annandale
Minn
George A. Raisbeck
New York
Dunn
Thomas
Minneapolis
Raisbeck
Phillips Haike Manufacturing Company
Lake Sylvia
Percival Raisbeck
Raisbecks
Dewey Bonn Co Item Notes 158 Ton St New York
A fragment references HT Dewey and Bonn Company with an address at 158 ton street in New York. Details are incomplete but indicate a business listing or notice related to the firm. The terse text suggests a transactional or locational note in a historical directory.
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Make. HT
Dewey & Bonn Co
Ton St
New York
Washington man tarred and feathered in mid summer incident
Frederick E. Bliss, prominent paper ruler, was tarred and feathered after entering the home of a Washington woman believed to be his fiancée. Three men, James L. White Charles Matthison and Henry C. Cole, were arrested on warrants. bail set at 500 dollars for a hearing tomorrow. Bliss claims the woman is Mrs Matthison and that he had paid attentions to her. The men deny nothing and one lawyer cites Bliss's hypnotist persona and supposed social visits.
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New York Times
Washington
Frederick E. Bliss
James L. White
Charles Matthison
Henry C. Cole
Bliss
Kenyon Street
New York
Capitol Hill
Bliss, Albrecht & Co
E. F. Collady
Matthison
Mart
Wife Sues Lloyd Osbourne For Divorce In San Francisco
Katherine Osbourne files for divorce from Lloyd Osbourne alleging desertion in 1901. She accuses her mother in law, Mrs Robert Louis Steversen, of causing the trouble. They wed in 1896 in San Francisco and have two children, Alan and Louis Stevenson. She seeks alimony of 300 dollars a month and claims his income. personal property exceeds 5000 dollars.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Katherine Osbourne
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rescue After Falls Near Delaware River Falls Incident
Mrs. Albert Marke, her three month old infant, and her seven year old niece fell into the river as a plank and unfinished bridge gave way. Francis B. Lee, Thomas Holmes, E. M. Cooney and Henry Elso leaped in to save them with the baby unharmed. The mother and niece suffered severe bruising but all survived.
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New York Times
Trenton
Albert Marke
Delaware River
Francis B. Lee
New Jersey
Thomas Holmes
E. M. Cooney
Henry Elso
Beleving
Elsa
Landslide wipes out Austrian village Mehrn le s Lains
Innsbruck July 30 The Tyrolean village of Mehrn les Lains near Alpbach and Brixlegg has been destroyed by a landslide. Sixteen people are reported killed. Mehrn lies in the Tyrol a favorite summer resort with baths drawing many visitors.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Méhrn-le ‘s-Lains
Mehrn
Austrian Tyrol
Alpbach
Brixleys
Mehra
Two Autoists Killed by Reading Engine at Hunting Park Crossing
A touring car with two unidentified men was struck by a city-bound Reading Railway train at Hunting Park Avenue crossing in Philadelphia. The auto and occupants were dragged about a hundred feet along the track. Passengers heard the crash and screams, then fled after seeing the scene.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Hunting Park Avenue
Reading Railway
Pssengers
Roosevelts Decision on Flagler Transfer Moves Forward
President Roosevelt declined to intervene in the War Department order moving Major C A F Flagler U S engineer for the district to Leavenworth Kan A Wil mington Del group urged rescission and secured a temporary stay The transfer is expected to proceed with Major Herbert Deakyne of Philadelphia set to succeed Flagler in Philadelphia area duties
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New York Times
Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt
War Department
C. A. F. Flagler
United States
Leavenworth
Kanagler
Delaware and Maryland Ship Canal
White Cap Threat Strikes Philadelphia Retired Butcher
Henry F. Coleman a wealthy retired butcher of 6705 North Second Street received a lead pencil letter demanding 1000 dollars to be hidden under a rock beside a trolley line at midnight. Police prepared a fake bill bundle and placed it under the stone while detectives watched but the White Cap gang did not appear. Coleman now guards his home day and night.
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The
New York Times
Philadelphia
Henry F. Coleman
North Second Street
Coleman
Metropolitan Street Railway Switches to Dark Green Cars
The Metropolitan Street Railway will repaint its cars from buff to dark green. Ten cars already run on the Twenty third Street route in the new livery and the rest will be repainted soon. General Manager Oren Root cites wear and dirt as reasons for the color change.
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Metropolitan Street Railway
Twenty-third
Oren Root
The
Metropolitan
Bay Victim Identified as Greenwich Street Foreman
The body of Owen C. McCarthy, a Greenwich Street box factory foreman, was identified in Gravesend Bay. He planned a vacation, carried several hundred dollars, and told his landlady the trunk would be picked up Monday. He left with a final goodbye blessing to Mrs. Reed before vanishing.
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Gravesend Bay
Owen C. McCarthy
Greenwich Street
Minter Edwards
Silas Reed
West Twelfth Street
McCarthy
Edwards
Jed
Bridge Foreman Beaten After Labor Conflict
John Hogan a foreman for the American Bridge Company, linked to open shop tensions with union ironworkers, was found in New York Central yards at West Thirty-sixth Street with a broken leg and bruises after a suspected attack following work on a New Jersey Hackensack River project for the Erie Short Line. He identified his assailants as union men and was hospitalized at Roosevelt Hospital.
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John Hogan
American Bridge Company
New York Central Railroad
West Thirty-sixth Street
Hogan
West Thirty-seventh Street
Uion
Hackensack River
New Jersey
Erie Railroad
Twenty-third Street
Erie
Central
Thirty-sixth Street
Sam Parks
Entertainment Committee
Reynolds
Roosevelt Hospital
Roaches Bed Bugs And Mice Exterminated At West 45th
Disinfecting Co. reports removal of roaches bed bugs and a mice infestation at 517 West 45th Street. Local inspectors confirm treatment completed and building deemed pest free.
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West 45Th St
Thomas wins New York to Paris race by twenty six days
The American Thomas crew and car arrive in Paris after a grueling route, escorted by supporters. A gendarme halts the car for lacking lights and a bicycle lantern is used to finish the final miles. Crowds cheer as Shuster Miller Hansen and MacAdam are feted at Le Matin and the Grand Hotel before returning to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacAdam
New York E ‘Times
America
United States
Block
Thomas
Place de Popéra
Café de la Paix
New York
Paris
Shuster
Miller
Boulevard Des Capucines
Grand Hotel
George St. Chaffray
Times Square
Lincoln
Jiege
Hanover
Cologne
Amsterdam
Europe
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Julia Estelle Drucker
Madison Avenue
Spruce Street
Louis Manheim
Ninety-sixth Street
Jclia Rocss
Tim
Long Branch Hospital
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Tetley
McDonald
Prince
Kaiser
August William
Stock Exchange
Lenox Avenue
Samuel Kelsey
Lenox Av
Fuse
Konstance
Marie
Newton Street
Bolao
Mary
Fourteenth Avenue
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Corello
Amelia
St. Gregory's Hospital
Columis
Amilia
Heroine
Dominico
Latonia
Lucia
Morris Avenue
Flushing Avenue
Michael Dunn
Kingsland Avenue
Manhattan Shore Line
Duan
Edward Henkel
South Fourth Street
Marie Konstance
Francesca Konstance
Oust Lumber Trust
Newark Bank
Wife Sues
R. L. Stevenson
Delaware
Reading
Philadelphia Crossing
Major Flagler
Duff
Bay
Gravesend
O. C. McCarthy
York
New Yorke
Aut
Meaux
le Matin
Boulevard Poissoniére
Matin Office
Matin
Ception
George Shuster
George Miller
Capt
Hans Hansen
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