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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
4
Prominent quotes praise the novel The Judgment House, highlighting elevating faith loyalty and love amid skepticism. Reviewers from New Orleans Picayune Chicago Record-Herald and St. Louis Globe-Democrat call it popular dramatic and a fortifying work for Parker's reputation.
An enthusiastic note highlights Zane Grey’s Desert Gold set on the Arizona Mexico frontier. The excerpt evokes a haunted Camerona woman and a dying camp-fire scene as romance glows in this headlong adventure noted as possibly superior to Riders of the Purple Sage and The Heritage of the Desert.
Review notes the new Treing Bacheller story The Turning of Griggsby praised for witty town humor and a girl editor character. The piece highlights Isobel by James Oliver Curwood and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police setting in the Arctic Barrens near Hudson's Bay.
A concise appraisal of a new book by Edwin C. Martin that reveals weather patterns and movements across the nation. It highlights floods cyclones heat waves and the scientific accuracy paired with engaging prose.
Hartford reports reveal Jere Knode Cooke, ex clergyman, will wed Fioretta Whaley after his divorce from Marinda Clarke Cooke. The couple, living with two small boys on New York’s west side, seek a quiet, legal ceremony. Cooke praises the divorce allowing him to marry and care for his children while continuing work as a painter.
B F Shrimpton of the Wireless Division of the Commercial Union of America announced last night that he had received news of a parley with a union but no increase in wages or conditions was agreed, ending the strike.
General revision of telephone toll rates will take effect next month after filings with the New York Public Service Commission and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The New York Telephone Company says overflows of traffic may see charges change, with new overtime fractions of five minutes and charges graded by connection minutes. Subscribers will be notified of the changes by an announcement on July 13 and via updated directory listings in New York.
John Purroy Mitchel assumes duty as Collector of the Port of New York at the Custom House this morning. A ceremony at 11 o'clock will see him sworn in by United States Commissioner Shields, followed by department introductions and an informal reception.
Samuel Forsythe a 12 year old of 506 Brook Avenue the Bronx rolled on a hill with friends at St Marys Park St Ann's Avenue and East 149th Street he struck his head on a rock and later fell ill His skull fracture was diagnosed by Dr Thomas J Davis and he was taken to Lincoln Hospital with slim chances of recovery.
A jury under Supreme Court Justice Ford awarded Mrs Agnes Thompson $10000 for the death of her husband Charlies Thompson a Levering factory worker. Testimony said freshly painted iron beams and scaffolding created a slippery condition causing Thompson to fall to his death from the scaffolding.
American physician leaders in Tokyo promote St. Luke's International Hospital as a model of cross cultural service. Dr. R B Teusler and Dr Theodore Bliss emphasize, with backing from the American Episcopal Church, plans to raise half a million dollars for the hospital’s growth to eighty beds, a staff of two Americans and ten Japanese, and a nurses training school.
The Association of National Advertising Managers closed its annual meeting at the Waldorf with leading advertisers from across the United States in attendance. Officers for 1918 were elected: President Thrift of Cleveland Ohio, Vice President Harry Tipper of New York City, Treasurer W G Snow of Merton, and directors including William H. Ingersoll Harland J. ht and R A Holmes B. B. A. Siedel.
Captain Lawrence J. Murphy of Prospect Park Station Brooklyn retires from the Police Department at age 62 after 37 years in service. He previously worked as a shoemaker before joining the force.
Autopsy on Joseph Keys found dead Thursday night at 565 Third Avenue with multiple stab wounds and cut throat and wrists. Police are investigating as a murder case following the medical examiner’s determination.
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