Hebrew University Plans to Extend Torah Learning Here
Comprehensive plans for advancing Hebrew learning and rabbinical study were discussed at the Jewish Theological Seminary commencement. A proposed university in America would unite leading Hebrew institutions under the seminary, fund scholarly work, and promote global learning with a $10,000,000 endowment.
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Jewish Theological Seminary
America
General Educational Board
Talmud Torah
Cyrus Adler
Adler
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Jewish University of America
Schechter
Louis Marshall
West Street
Benjamin Agner Tintner
Columbia University
Jacob Ohn
New York University
Erman Abramowitz
Montreal
Canada
Solomon Z. Prokesch
Sg Rebecca G. Affachiner
Hadassah Levine
Sarahussy
Julius Diamondstein
David Sulzberger Herzog
Morton Isaacs
Laemmlein Buttenweiser
Jonah
Louis Bray
Laemmiein Buttenweiser Talmud
Abel Hirech
Friedenwald
Jacob Kohn
Alexander Ohut
Elias N. Rabinowitz
Dr Aked Belittles Riches Sermon at Fifth Avenue
Rev C F Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist preached on spiritual riches over earthly wealth citing Matthew and urging virtue beyond stocks and bonds. Attendees included John D Rockefeller and John R Hegeman with Mrs Hegeman. he described Catherine Preshkovskey, a Russian noble who faced imprisonment and Siberian exile for founding a school.
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Matthew
C. F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hegeman
Dr. Aked
Catherine Preshkovgkey
Russia
Siberia
Biberia
Catherine Preshkovskey
Preacher Links Liberty For Russians To Abolitionists
In a sermon Dr. Aked urged solidarity with Russians fighting for liberty and equated modern strength with future weakness. He proclaimed unity with abolitionists like Lloyd Garrison and John Brown and claimed moral duty across nations as Mr. Hegeman took him home through the rain after the service.
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Birthda
Bastile
Dr. Aked
Hegeman
John Street Tablet Unveiled at Old Church Site
A copper tablet marking the Old John Street Methodist Church location was unveiled yesterday by Rev. J Wesley Johnston at John Street and Broadway. The wall plaque on the north side of the building bears an inscription detailing the site and date.
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John Street
Broadway
J. Wesley Johnston
Old John Street First Methodist Church Tablet Unveiled
The unveiling of a copper tablet at Old John Street First Methodist Church was delayed by weather, with Dr J C Beach and Joseph J Rafter presenting it to Rev Dr Johnston. The Hadley Chapter and Isley Brotherhood funded the new plate replacing the old marker for America’s first Methodist church. Four more tablets arrive tomorrow night and stained glass windows of the Evangelists will be added later in the chancel area.
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J. C. Beach
Joseph J. Rafter
Wesley Brotherhood
Johnston
Hadley Chapter
Isley Brotherhood
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Cadman Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at NYU
The NYU library auditorium hosted a baccalaureate service with Chancellor MacCracken and faculty present. Rev S Parkes Cadman preached on The Supremacy of the Spiritual, followed by anthems from Handel and a closing benediction by Rev De Witt Pelton.
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New York University
University Heights
Henry M. MacCracken
All Souls
Protestant Episcopal Church
Percy B. Wightman
de Witt Pelton
St. James's Episcopal Church
Fordham
Hiles
Bryan defends Christianity at Richmond gathering
William Jennings Bryan spoke to about 4,000 at the City Auditorium under YMCA auspices. Governor Swanson and Mayor McCarthy introduced him as he defended Christianity in a talk titled The Prince of Peace while criticizing trusts and Roosevelt. He also assailed Rockefeller, and later met guests including Gov. Warfield and Gen. Riggs at Swanson's home.
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Richmond
Willam Jennings Bryan
City Auditorium
Young Men's Christian Association
Gov. Swanson
McCarthy
Gov. Ellyson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Gov. Warfield
Maryland
Gen. Riggs
Burnham at church in jail awaiting bail decision
George Burnham Jr. former Vice President of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Company remains jailed at the Tombs after a new trial was granted. He attended a prison service with Rev Dr John Wade and sat near Harry K Thaw as his lawyer Sewell Tyng planned a bail application before Justice Glegerich in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court.
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George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Company
Sing Sing
Burnham
John Wade
Harry K. Thaw
Sewell Tyng
Sixty-eighth Street
Glegerich
Supreme Court
Mr. Tyng
Notable European Arrivals Return from Liverpool and Hamburg
Incoming voyagers aboard Cunarder Umbr i a include A G Thackeray on a six month Rockies shooting trip, Hon R Andrew De Moleyns son of Lord Ventry, Right Rev Theodore Morrison bishop of Iowa, Mrs Morrison, James Sheldon, Emiliano Estrada, Edmund Kimber and A Toxen Worm manager of Sothern-Marlowe. Hamburg American liner Bluecher carries Baron and Baroness Felix von Belthume J G Kniescher Dr Walter Do Klotz Heinrich Lehmkuhl and daughter Friedrich von Schemacher of Hamburg and Bremen on a world trip studying commercial conditions. Miss Helen arrestee of Portland Oregon has studied music in Paris and Vienna for five years.
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Umbria
Liverpool
A. G. Thackeray
Rockies
R. Andrew de Moleyns
Lord Ventry
Theodore N. Morrison
Iowa
Morrison
James Sheldon
Emiliano Estrada
Edmund Kimber
A. Toxen Worm
Sothern-Marlowe Company
Felix von Belthume
J. G. Kniescher
Walter Do. Klotz
Heinrich Lehmkuhll
Friedrich von Schemacher
Hamburg
Bremen
Helen Arrestee
Portland
Ore
Paris
Vienna
Miss Helen Gould Visits Venice Exhibition With Warren Party
Special cablegram reports Miss Helen Gould traveling from Rome to Florence then Mestre with Mr and Mrs Whitney Warren their daughter and Mr and Mrs Cortlandt Field Bishop. In Mestre they rode to Venice to view the city exhibition and especially admire the Sargent collection.
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New York Times Co
Venice
Helen Gould
Rome
Florence
Mestre
Whitney Warren
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Sargent
Gar lands lease on Gray Gables at Buskard's Bay
Mrs James A Gar land formerly Miss Marie Tudor leases ex President Cleveland's Gray Gables at Buskard's Bay for the summer. The note frames a summer residence transfer linked to the Gar lands.
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New York Times
Boston
James A. Garland
Marie Tudor
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Buszard’s Bay
Yale athletic director to wed Katherine Desmond
Boston June 2 banns announced for Johnny Mack Yale athletic director and Miss Katherine Desmond of Chelsea. The ceremony followed church announcements, with accompanying details noting the couple’s engagement and upcoming wedding.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Johnny Mack
Yale
Katherine Desmond
Chelsea Oe
Ack
Ellee
Prizes Bring Soy to Jewish Orphans Pupils Work on View
Joy filled the Hebrew Orphan Asylum on 188th Street as the Betty Bruhl prize distribution took place. About $800 in cash prizes, plus gold and silver watches and keepsakes, recognized general excellence and trade-school work by the children, with Aaron Jacobwitz winning the $100 Josephine E Korn prize and seven other pupils receiving honors across numerous categories. The event featured exhibits of woodwork, including a complete mission furniture set, and needlework praised as among the finest seen, with remarks from Superintendent Solomon Lowenstein and displays of cooking and embroidery achievements.
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Hebrew Orphan Asylum
188Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Betty Bruhl
Josephine E. Korn
Aaron Jacobwitz
Abraham Tombak
Bella Sherman
Solomon Lowenstein
Europe
Rachel Diamond
Sarah Parieser
Julia Pollak
Rebecca Schottland
Rosetta
Simon Bernheimer
Harry Antikelsky
Abraham Richards
Mary Marcus
Malcolm Atherton
Strauss
David Moskowitz
Lena Tilles
Morris Hoffman
Harry Rothfeld
Fannie Hofffman
Selan Solomon
Striking porters clash with new hotel hire at Grand Central
Several hotel porters on picket duty at Grand Central attacked Frank Shaw of 120 Park Avenue who had recently started work as a porter at Hotel Belmont. Timothy Custy of 6 Lexington Avenue was jailed on assault charges after the fracas following a train arrival. Shaw suffered minor bruises as police intervened. The Hotel Porters' Protective Union sought Central Federated Union support for a $25 month sales and tips preservation plan, prompting a committee to meet with the Hotel Association of New York.
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Grand Central Station
Frank Shaw
Park Avenue
Belmont
Timothy Custy
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Custy
Shaw
Cronin
Woman Bit Beth Israel Nurse At Cherry Street Hospital
Mrs Yetta Flumm aged 60 of 82 Ludlow Street was removed from Beth Israel Hospital after running through wards and biting nurse Miss Alice Richman in the arm. She was later placed in Bellevue Hospital psychiatry ward following a midnight jump from bed.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Cherry and
Jefferson Streets
Yetta Flumm
Ludlow Street
Bellevue Hospital
Saturda
Vassar Seniors Stage Comic Opera Auction Finale
Poughkeepsie June 2. Vassar seniors closed their stunts with the Senior Auction a comic opera The Unsuspected Isle featuring chorus girls songs dances and professional touches A drawn island storm nymphs sunlit scenes and dances by shepherdesses amazons and flower-clad figures unfold Suitors from Yale Harvard Princeton Cornell Columbia and West Point appear for Meritable Hinks played by Helen Hart 1907 who feigns engagement but ends up a dainty beauty The finale presents dances and tableaux
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
New York
Bix College
Teria
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
West Point
Vassar
Helen Hart
Human foghorn Murphy to cook to beat Sousa at Hermitage
Local figure Hubert Timothy John Aloysius Murphy known as the human foghorn sent notices to friends about cooking to beat the chefs. He plans a dinner at the Hermitage with John Philip Sousa as his principalist after an argument about cooking.
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Hubert Timothy John Aloysius Murphy
Sousa
Luna Park
Coney Island
John Philip Sousa
Murphy
Bure
Sousa Fa Murphy
America
Sarah Bernhardt
Sells Circus
Hermitage
Sothern and Marlowe to Appear at Academy of Music
Sothern and Julia Marlowe arrive aboard Campania for a fortnight at the Academy of Music starting June 10. Their company and scenery travel by St. Louis. Last joint engagement before they tour separately under Lee Shubert. Critics compared them to Irving and Terry and praised their Shakespearean mastery.
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FE. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Campania
Academy of Music
St. Louis
Lee Shubert
London
Irving
Terry
William Archer
Arthur Symmonds
I. K. Chesterton
Marlowe
Ir. Sothern
Berlin
Isinore
Hamlet
His Honor the Mayor to Run at Wallacks Tonight
Broadway musical comedy favored last season announced for summer run at Wallack s opening tonight. Nella Webb injured in automobile crash on the Boston Post Road last Sunday will miss cast for a week. Mabel Hollins to fill the role during the first New York engagement last year.
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Wallack’s
Nella Webb
Boston Post
Mabel Hollins
New York
Harlem Italian youths clash in four round street fight
Rival Italian youth bands led by Rassale Sacco of East 100th Street and Fred Miranda of First Avenue planned a glove fight to settle supremacy on First Avenue near 108th Street. An early melee erupted as spectators surged and police restrained the brawl. Sacco and Miranda were detained at East 104th Street station with the dispute unresolved.
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East 104Th Street
Harlem
Rassale Sacco
East 100Th Street
Sacco
Miranda
First Avenue
108Th Street
Canadian Visitor Robbed in New York Hotel Theft
Henry Volk, a waiter of 237 West Forty-eighth Street, was arrested on a charge of stealing jewelry worth $300 from Henry Clark, a hotel man living at 215 West Forty-sixth Street. Clark, who met Volk in Canada, invited him to discuss business in his room, then found jewelry missing from a trunk. Police seek a Canadian accomplice as part of the case.
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West Forty-seventh Street
Henry Volk
West Forty-eighth Street
Henry Clark
Nada
West Forty-sixth Street
Clark
Volk
Canada
Blithers the Navy Mascot Returns From Missing Spree
Blithers, the Second Torpedo Flotilla mascot aboard the Hull, returned to his ship after a Friday shore leave disappearance. He arrived with a damaged eye and a missing silver collar, having likely been in a recent clash at sea. Lieut. Thomas C. Hart owns the fox and bull terrier hybrid, famed for his keen bark and naval spirit.
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Blithers
United States Navy
Second Torpedo Flotilla
Atlantic Fleet
Hull
Thomas C. Hart
Hart
West Seventy-ninth Street
Seventyninth Street
Newark
New York
Whipple
Anderson
Drowning of Julius Henry on Pennsylvania bridge trip
Julius Henry and his brother Frank were put off a southbound train near Seaford by conductor John Layfield for failing to produce tickets. As Julius waded and walked back, he fell from the long Nanticoke River bridge into thirty feet of water. Rescue efforts failed. relatives plan action against the railroad and condemn the conductor.
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New York Times
Seaford
Del
Julius Henry
Frank
Pennsylvania
Long Bridge
Nanticoke River
John Layfield
Egypt
Julius
Laurel
Julius Mayne
Homeless Mother and Baby Seek Shelter at Station
Rose Al Dato, 28, with six month old baby, walked into East Eighty-eighth Street Station asking for shelter after thirty six hours without food. Dato reports her husband dead for over a year and that she has three children, two sent to an asylum three months ago. She says she has been living with friends on Market Street and has been walking since Saturday.
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Rose al- Dato
East Eighty-eighth Street
Market Street
Eulogy for Mrs McKinley At First Methodist Church
Canton Ohio June 2 memorial service for the late Mrs McKinley at First Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev Dr E O Buxton praised her superior knowledge of men and measures and her unwavering faith in President McKinley. He cited her loyalty and the phrase My precious as emblematic of her devotion.
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Canton
Ohio
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Buffalo
Matron Campbell Dies After Seventeen Years at Essex Market Court
Mary Campbell aged 64, matron of the Essex Market Court and its prison on the lower east side, died early yesterday of acute indigestion after a long illness. Burial is planned Tuesday from St Teresa’s Church, Rutgers and Henry Streets, with interment in Calvary Cemetery. Her death affects many regulars and fellow staff at the court and city jail who knew her by reputation for kindness and quiet aid to those in need.
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Mary Campbell
Essex Market Court
Lower East Side
Baba
S&j
Teresa
Rutgers
Henry Streets
Calvary Cemetery
Grand
Broome
Ludlow
Essex Streets
Ludlow Street
Essex Market Place
Essex and
Ludlow Streets
Campbell
is.Campbell
R. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Eliza M. White Dies at 68 in Closter New Jersey
Mrs. Eliza M. White wife of Steven V. White of Brooklyn dies at her Summer home in Closter New Jersey after months of illness. A prominent Brooklyn civic figure she founded the Home for Friendless Women and Children and led multiple patriotic groups including the Fort Greene Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband a Plymouth Church deacon treasurer and Beecher ally, and she was aunt to artist Howard Chandler Christy. Funeral at Plymouth Church scheduled tomorrow.
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Eliza M. White
Stephen V. White
Brooklyn
Closter
N. J
White
New York
Black Exchanges
Plymouth Church
Henry Ward Beecher
Webster Av
I St
Myers
Lawrence Brush Myers
Pauline
Julien L. Myers
Norris
Paris
John W. Stump Norris
Septimus E
Cassandra Stump Norris
Philadelphia
Paterson
Melville T. Paterson
J. Thomson
Susie J. Paterson
Phelps
Anna F. Swartwout
Isaac Ni Phelps
Rogers
Niantic
Conn
Albert Day
James Gamble
Annie Day Rogers
Schiffer
West End
Walter A. Schiffer
Jennie Schiffer
Salem Fields Cemetery
Cypress Hills
Marion
Jennie
Maria Bennet Starbuck
G. Fred Starbuck
South 2d Av
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Os Kisco
Rand Central Station
Lexington Av
Townsend
New Haven
William Neeland Townsend
Yale University
Tyler
Waldorf- Astoria
Alfred Lee Tyler
Anniston
Als
Wade
Emily Appleton Wade
Wyoming
Death List of a Day Newport RI Senator Sheffield dies
William Payne Sheffield former Rhode Island Representative in Congress and United States Senator died at his Newport home in his eighty seventh year. Born 1820 in New Shoreham he studied at Harvard Law School and practiced until fifteen years ago. He served thirty years in Rhode Island General Assembly and in Congress 1881-83 and 1884 until a successor was elected. He authored many Rhode Island historical works and belonged to several historical societies. He leaves three children including Col. William Sheffield Jr., leading Newport lawyer.
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Newport
R. IL
Willam Payne Sheffield
Congress
Rhode Island
New Shoreham
Harvard Law School
Tiverton
Ne T
General Assembly
Judiciary
Tate
Coess
Henry B. Anthony
Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati
Col
Wiliam Heffield, Jr
Notable 4 Officials and Editors Die in New Jersey Area
War correspondent William A. MacGregor died at 81 after a Brooklyn Bridge fall. He edited The Newark News and The Hudson County Gazette, helped form the Typographical Union. Marquis D. Gould, 60s, died of blood poisoning at his Flushing home. director in several savings associations. Charles F. Underhill, ex warden and county supervisor, died at 71 in East Orange. survived by four daughters and three sons. William Healy, East Newark Borough Clerk and library head, died at 68 from heart disease in the library building. born in Newcastle England, came to the U.S. twenty years ago.
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William A. Macgregor
Grant
McClellan
Hudson Street Hospital
Brooklyn Bridge
Mr. MacGregor
Newark News
Hudson County Gazette
Typographical Union
Marquis D. Gould
Flushing
Mr. Gould
Flushing Co-operative Savin and Loan Association
Long Island Savings and Investment Association
County Savingrak
Queens County Bar Association
Charles F
Newark
William Healy
East Newark
Healy
Newcastre-in- England
Marriages Announced in a June New York Area Note
Notices list several summer weddings including Alice Delafield to Dr. Henry Dwight Chapin at Annandale on Hudson and Lois Heg to James W. Ellis with plans to live in Waukegan Illinois plus Mary Montagu Billings to John French at Brick Presbyterian Church. Also Clara M Anderson wed Reinhard G A Konig at Ocean Terrace Stapleton Staten Island with copies requested by Bremen Hamburg Hanover and Vienna papers.
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W. R. Richards
D. D
Mary Montagu Billings
Julia
Billings
John French
Newark
Chicago
Boston
Konig—Anderson
Ocean Terrace
Stapleton
Staten Island
N. Y
Alonso L. Wood
Clara M. Anderson
Reinhard Georg Alfred Konig
Bremen
Hamburg
Hanover
Vienna
Funeral Notices and Obituaries from June 2 1907
Notices list deaths of John Clarke in Brooklyn at 86 and other mournful notices across New York and New Jersey. Included are funeral times, locations such as Church of St John the Baptist and Willow Place Yonkers, and interment details for dozens of individuals. The list preserves names, ages, and burial venues for community records.
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W. A. Dean
Gates
Montclair
N. J
D. L
St. West
Durrie
West
160Th St
George Boice Durrie
Bte
Lima
Fearing Hills
South Wareham
Ferris
Middletown
N. Y
William Stevenson
Walter Rockwood Bambs, Fryer
New Provid M
William J
Christopher Sts
Depot
Summit
Garrison
Yonkers
N.Y
Sophia A. Garrison
Hyatt, Garrison
Willow Place
Gordon
Robert W. Gordon
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Jewish Seminary
Castoria
Old First M. E
Old John Street
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The
Dr.cadman
N. Y. University Services
Bishop of
R. A. de Moleyns
Hebrew Asylum
Julius Hart
Joseph Price
Julinus Horowits
Esther Gesemen
Henry Riceses
Arthur Stra
Samuel Unhlirich
Hen Levinthal
Ebecca Rabinowitz
Rose Sunshine
Jennie Goodman
Mabel Gluck
Theodore B. Richter
David Kasmere
Milton Levy
Anton Adler
David Doe
Hannah Adler
Annie Idman
Herman Korn
David Mendelsohn
Dinah Savitsky
Morris
Madeline Meyers
Morris Gerber
Rose Steiner
Spiegelberg
Morris Goldberg
Fannie Larner
Moses
Andrew Herzog
Sigmund Rosenwald
Israel Michaelson
Newman Stich
Morris Levy
Hotel Belmont
Beth Israel
Vassar Seniors TV
Human Foghorn
Sothern
Albert Spalding
Gabriel Faure
Berereeeesational Conservatory O Msi
Otte Cale
Neuilly
Jackies
New Yor
Norfolk
Mast Merinley
Matron Campbell
Essex
S. V. White
William Payne Sheffield
Leila
Astor Place
Fourth Ave
Brttiess
Frank E. Campbell Co
Chelsea
Woodlawn
Marlem
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 280 ST
Morning News
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia Publi
Angers
New Times Square
Bryant
Pittsburg
Joseph
Francis
George Boice Currie
West 100Th Street
George H. Currie
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