4000 White Wings Parade In Rain On Fifth Avenue
A large rain drenched crowd attended New York City sanitation workers parade led by Commissioner Edwards with 4000 men and 1000 horses along Fifth Avenue in Madison Square. The event featured gold medals for heroism and praised city service though weather soaked the festivities. The Mayor and officials praised the department and urged continued civic effort despite the downpour.
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Department of
Edwards
Metropolitan
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
William Robbins
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Teddy
William Carroll
William Stackpole
A Prize for Each Borough in Grand Street Cleaner Parade
More than 6000 street cleaners gathered at the Hippodrome to hear Mayor Gaynor and Commissioner Edwards, hear prize announcements for the parade, and enjoy vaudeville after speeches. Col. Daniel Appleton announced awards including a bronze shield to the Bronx for best marching motto and banners to Manhattan for best presentation of sweepers.
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Brooklyn
Charles Snyder
Coney Island
Bronx
Col. Appleton
Eleventh Division
District 11
Manhattan
Edwards
Rogard
City of New York
Gaynor
Big Bill
Jon E. Hedges
Dudley Field Malone
Hippodrome
Daniel Appleton
Department of the Bronx
Department of Manhattan
Department of
Fruit Auction Boosts Charity Funds For Sheltering Guardian Society
An auction at 204 Franklin Street raised nearly 1800 for the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society and donated fruit to New York institutions. The event showcased the society’s work and efforts to fund a new home at Pleasantville, with Adolph Lewisohn president and L J Lippman initiating the idea.
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California
Franklin Street
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
New York
Broadway
150Th Street
Pleasantville
L. J. Lippman
S. S. Rosenstamm
Adolph Lewisohn
Guardian Society
Customs Men Raid A Ship For Opium
Customs inspectors raided the British freighter Roserie in Brooklyn after detecting opium aboard the Chinese crew of forty. A clash erupted with revolvers knives and iron bars injuring none. three prisoners were captured and about $1000 worth of opium seized. The three ring leaders were held without bail.
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United States
Morley
Brooklyn
Tne Roserie
Bush Stores
South Broookyn
Far East
Edward Noorwood
Noorwood
Walter Murphy
Shotten
Ohio Garment Men Out In Cleveland Strike
Cleveland garment workers strike amid a national stakes fight with manufacturers. About 5 000 workers, roughly 95 percent, joined the walkout, while organizers demand a 50 hour week with no weekend work and strict rules on overtime and contracting. The union-backed effort seeks price list display and joint commissions for wage adjustments.
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Cleveland
Ohio
International Garment Workers’ Union
Manufacturers’ Association
Theun
Schwarz
New York
Ege
New
Man Dies by Poison in Arlington Cemetery
J A Mc Laughlin of Morrisville Virginia killed himself by poison while lying between his parents graves in Arlington Cemetery. A cemetery employee found his body and a note stated his plan to take his own life. His father was Lieut J B MecLaughlin U S A.
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Washington
J. A. McLaughlin
Morrisville
Arlington Cemetery
Lieut
J. B. MecLaughlin
Taft Visits Brooklyn With Calder Hosting Parade and Events
President Taft arrives in Brooklyn today as guest of Representative Calder the sole Republican in Greater New York’s House delegation. He will review a Brooklyn Sunday school parade hold receptions at the Hanover and Union League clubs view a Crescent Lacrosse match and sail up the North River to Fiftieth Street Manhattan aboard a revenue cutter.
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Taft
Brooklyn
Calder
Greater
New York
House of Representatives
Hanover Club
Union League Club
Crescent Athletic Club
North River
Fiftieth Street
Manhattan
Flag Day Observance Reminder By Sons of the American Revolution
The Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution calls for June 14 flag hoisting. A notice says Wednesday marks the 134th anniversary of adopting the Stars and Stripes and urges patriotic citizens and business leaders to display flags.
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Board of Managers
The
Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution
United States
Warning to Oregon land buyers speculators warned
Senator Chamberlain opened a Senate discussion warning that about 2,000,000 acres of Oregon land tied to the United States Oregon & California Railroad Company controversy are not open for speculative deals. He said speculators advertise special privileges and opportunities that do not exist and that the land is not yet subject to entry.
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Washington
Oregon
United States
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Senate
Chamberlain
Police search park hill for murder clues after boy’s dagger find
Captain Carson and officers combed a hill on the north shore of the Fifty ninth Street lake in Central Park. The probe followed reports from boys who found a dagger and claimed a murdered man could be buried near the rock crevice. Four policemen were soaked in yesterday’s rain during the two hour effort.
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Carson
Arsenal Station
Fiftyninth Street
Central Park
William J. Clark
West
Willie
Will contest filed over Julius Caryl estate in Yonkers
La Salle Hayden nephew seeks to invalidate Julius Henry Caryl will that leaves the entire estate including a Napoleonic collection to widow Eliza James Caryl. Surrogate Millard reports the alleged undue influence claim is not upheld. Attorneys listed: Mrs. Caryl Frederick C. Tanner and Hayden’s Charles Maitland Beattie.
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la Salle Hayden
Julius Henry Caryl
Yonkers
Eliza James Caryl
Frank V. Millard
Westchester County
Frederick C. Tanner
Madison Avenue
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Washburn - Crosby Company
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