Auto Crash Kills Two in Ocean Boulevard Collision
A Brooklyn contractor’s car, driven by a chauffeur without permission, struck a victoria near Avenue L on Ocean Boulevard. Betting officials Thomas Heffmer and Joseph Sweeney died or were gravely injured. others injured, passengers moved to nearby hospital. The victoria party fled after treatment, while the auto occupants faced injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Crawford
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Ocean Boulevard
Avenue L
Thomas Heffmer
Voorhees Avenue
Joseph Sweeney
Kings County Hospital
May
Crawford
William May
Coney Island
Heffmer and
Sweeney
Frank Short
Frank Farrell
William Anderson
East Second Street
William Beaty
Vanderbilt Avenue
William Boyle
Emmons Avenue
Sheepshead Bay Road
M. G. Lynch
Heffmer
Anderson
Victoria
Smallman
Herbert Payne Drinkwater
Breslin
Manhattan
Brinsmade Car In Barnegat Crash That Killed Granddaughter
Louis L. Brinsmade of this city owned the car that collided with George Brown’s touring car at Barnegat New Jersey injuring several and causing the death of Brown’s 10 year old granddaughter Laura. Brinsmade said Browns were at fault and recounted the crash including passengers, flames, and rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
Barnegat
N. J
Mr. Brown
Laura
Louis L. Brinsmade
Mr. Brinsmade
Westinghouse Machine Company
Bridge Street
Friesland
West 103d Street
Brinsmade
Joe Landers
Tonneau
C. E Roehl
Et Rapid Transit Company
Phillips
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Company
Brown
Landers
Mr. Phillips
Benjamin Brown
Augustus Two
Tnis
Demonstration by wine growers paralyzes Montpellier
A massive June 9 rally in Montpellier drew an estimated 400 000 to 690 000 wine growers and supporters, prompting a regional strike plan. Mayor of Narbonne to resign with council. municipal employees dismissed. A similar 55 000 strong meeting in Algiers supporting southern France growers.
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Montpellier
France
Perpignan
Marceline Albert
Narbonne
Algiers
Louisville Millionaire's Son Marries on Deathbed
Robert Horner son of Samuel Horner a Philadelphia builder and Kosmos Portland Cement executive wed Elisabeth Dallam Burnett at Norton Infirmary in Louisville six hours before dying of blood poisoning. The ceremony was at 11 80 oclock and occurred amid family and attending physicians. Horner asked his brother Charles to care for his widow.
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New York Times
Louisville
Robert Horner
Samuel Horner
Philadelphia
Kosmos Portland Cement Company
Norton Infirmary
Elisabeth Dallam Burnett
Henry Burnett
Philadelhia
Aries
Horner
J. G. Minnegerode
Calvary Cpisco Church
Charles Horner
Mr. Horner
Cabrera Is Reported Assassinated in Guatemala
A leaked dispatch claims President Cabrera of Guatemala was assassinated, unconfirmed. Troops move to the frontier with sappers and ammunition corpsmen en route to Guadalajara. capital guards tighten nights as the populace remains quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cabrera
Guatemala
Guadalajara
A Society of the Republic
Guaemeala
Guatemala City
Stir Over Negro Marriage At Lenox Church
A Lenox Avenue Vestryman spoke last night on condition of anonymity about the church split following the May 2 marriage of Albert Passers, a Post Office clerk, and Anna Wameer, both confirmed members, at Holy Trinity Church. The rector Rev Dr Nicholas was away when the curate Rev Arthur Huntington Denson performed the ceremony, and church attendance reportedly declined. The vestryman said the incident caused tension within the congregation and prompted concerns over compatibility with church rules.
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Holy Trinity Church
Lenox Avenue
Cital
Inn
Arthur Huntington Denson
Albert Passers
Anna Wameer
Son
Nichola Th
Nichols
Massachusetts
Denson Adralt
Ayres to sue Taft over West Point visitation ban
Mrs Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres plans to sue Secretary of War William H Taft for damages alleging an insulting instruction forbidding her from visiting Cadet Fairfax Ayres at the West Point academy The plan follows a letter of instruction to Col Charles G Ayres and involves officers at the Military Academy including Lieut Col Howze and Hugh L Scott The case has stirred West Point and could involve the President if approved.
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New York Times
West Point
N. Y
Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres
William H. Taft
Secretary of War
Charles G. Ayres
Fourteenth Cavalry
Broadway
Trice
Col. Ayres
Philippines
Mrs. Ayres
Robert L. Howze
Hugh L. Scott
Stephen C. Mills
de Saat
L. W. Oliver
Taft
New York Central
Garrisons
West Point Landing
New York
Leonard Wood
Woman Drowns in Great River at Islip Grounds
The body of a 25 year old brunette was found in Great River near Islip, caught on a cable from Capt. Dime Skidmore’s sloop. She wore a black silk waist and skirt, turquoise jewelry, and a carved ivory brooch with the name Karoline. No foul play suspected. identification pending.
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New York Times
Great River
L. J
Dime” Skidmore
Islip
W. Bayard Cutting
Skidmore
Savage
Great South Bay
Karoline
Riot on Jerome Avenue as two groups clash over whip
A small riot broke out on Jerome Avenue involving Black and Italian workers during an excavation. Fists, clubs, stones and some gunfire were reported until Bronx Park police intervened. John Frank an Italian and Paul Bonaparte a Black man were arrested. Frank suffered a bullet wound in his hand.
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Jerome Avenue
Bronx Park
John Frank
Paul —— Bonaparte
Frank
Shipping Arrivals Reported for Port Antonio and Jacksonville
The latest shipping news notes the arrival of Steamship Baker at Port Antonio on June 5 and Steamship Huron at Jacksonville on June 6.
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Baker
Port Antonio
Huron
Jacksonville
Unclear note on valves and science expert report
An unreadable OCR fragment references valves and a scientific tree or theory, mentioning an expert and convection. The text is garbled with missing names and context, providing no clear event, date, or location to summarize.
Child Dead in Car Crash In Manhattan Lorry
A three seated lorry driven by Patrick Clark was struck by a New York and Queens Railroad car on Flushing Avenue. One year old Beth Clark died at the scene. injuries to Patrick Clark Elizabeth Clark John Gaw 7 Robert Gaw 8 months Elizabeth Gaw Ellen Bulmer and others were treated. motorman Peter Conroy and conductor Samuel Christ were paroled by the coroner.
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Patrick Clark
East Twenty-eighth Street
Manhattan
New York and Queens Railroad
Flushing Avenue
Bowery Road
Baret Avenue
Beth Clark
Wrinn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Long Island City
Elizabeth Clark
John Gaw
Long Is City
Robert Gaw
Elizabeth Gaw
Ellen Bulmer
East Forty-forth Street
Peter Conroy
West Twenty-sixth Street
Samuel Christ
Broadway
Clark
Police Guard At Church In Richmond Borough Crackdown
Richmond Borough officers enforce Sunday laws with warnings and detective protection at First Presbyterian Church Stapleton. Minister Rev Oliver P Barnhill reports threats, two detectives present, no trouble, saloons closed, hotels compliant. Bail set for six gate fees test case. Lion tamer Thelma Larkin and manager Victor Leavitt arrested, bail posted. Others arrested include F J Style for dance floor fee, Michael Reid for game of chance, and twenty people for boardwalk vending.
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Richmond
Hogan
Island
First Presbyterian Church
Stapleton
Oliver P. Barnhill
Barnhill
Ministers’ Association
Brooklyn
George Schaeffer
Schaeffer
South Beach
Happyland
Thelma Larkin
Victor Leavitt
F. J. Style
Michael Reid
Drowned from a rowboat on the North River trip
Three young men crossed from New York to New Jersey in a rented rowboat when it leaked. Michael Daly, 20, of West Fifty-second Street drowned after the craft swamped. George Stephenson, 17, and Patrick Mullaney, 16, survived, swimming to the New York shore. Daly could not swim and disappeared as the others searched the area.
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North River
New York
New Jersey
Michael Daly
West Fifty-second Street
George Stephenson
Tenth Avenue
Patrick Mullaney
West Fiftyfirst Street
Fiftieth Street
Daly
Stephenson
Mullany
Ow York
Fifty-first Street
Roosevelt Twist on London Remarks Echoed
A Honolulu letter quotes Jack London replying to President Roosevelt’s critique of him as a nature fakir. London says no man can know all, asserts wolves and huskies differ by region, and jokes he could beat a bulldog in a fight, while noting the President’s claim about Colorado wolves may miss local nuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
San Francisco
Jack London
Roosevelt
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
London
Colorado
Caretess
McClellan Tammany Peace Talks Eyed This Week at Wigwam
Reports at the Wigwam say renewal of peace negotiations between the McClellan administration and Tammany Hall will occur this week with ex Justice Morgan J. O'Brien as intermediary. Other conciliators include Big Tim Sullivan W R Cochran and Lewis Nixon. Sullivan travels from Hot Springs to join efforts aimed at a lasting settlement.
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McClellan
Tammany Hall
Ellison
Tim” Sullivan
Morgan J. O’brien
Judge O'Brien
Murphy
W. Rourke Cochran
Lewis Nixon
Seshator Sullivan
Hot Springs
Supreme Court
Baldwin completes metric locomotive in landmark achievement
The Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia reports a historic milestone as it builds locomotives entirely from metric measurements. Twenty engines, for the Paris Orleans Railway, mark the first such project in U S locomotive history. The project required new standards and gauges and tested metric usage in a traditionally English system shop.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Baldwi Locomotive Works
Baldwin Works
Baldwin
Paris-Orleans
France
Brooklyn Harsh Sunday Liquor Crackdown Quietly Enforced
Brooklyn authorities led a Sunday liquor crackdown with nearly 50 arrests as insistent patrols searched for violations. Over six weeks more than 200 arrests marked a sustained push, draining saloon activity on Fulton Street and prompting signs that say nothing doing Sundays until further notice.
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Brooklyn
Flood
Hussey
Fulton Street
Coney
Parachute Death in Minnesota Aeronaut Alleges Tragedy
John Puepuera of Utica New York died after his parachute tangled in ropes during a Minnesota war event. He ascended with a balloon last evening and became entangled as the chute deployed near the river. Despite efforts, he could not free himself or reach shore.
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Granite Falls
Minn
John Puepuera
Utica
N. Y
Minnesota
Puepuera
Fastest Long-Distance Train Icon of the Twentieth Century
An era landmark highlights the world’s fastest long distance train system as a symbol of modern rail travel in the twentieth century, tracing developments in railway technology and punctual service.
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Norta
Coler Plans City Hall Bulletin Service and Free Weekly Paper
Borough President Coler of Brooklyn proposes a bulletin service at City Hall to present the administration’s positions. A bulletin board will be placed on City Hall steps and a first declaration posted, with a possible special press agent. He envisions a four page weekly newspaper funded by multiple supporters and destined for wide free circulation. He also plans to publish a market notice blaming Metz for stalled street paving.
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Coler
Brooklyn
City Hall
Borough Rresident
Wallabout Market
Palace of Nestor Found Near Pylos
Excavations near Pylos by the German Institute of Athens unearthed a vaulted building with numerous gold ornaments and valuables. Experts think the edifice may have been the palace of the Homeric kings, drawing intense interest from scholars and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pylos
German Institute of Athens
Five Die in Eagle Rock Street Car Crash
Five people were killed and twenty injured in a street car collision in Eagle Rock Valley this afternoon. The city’s fast suburban electric line carried many Los Angeles residents among the victims.
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Los Angeles
Eagle Rock Valley
NEED FEWER HARVEST HANDS
Topeka Kansas June 9 Following the crop report by F D Coburn secretary of the board of agriculture comes the call for harvest hands from T B Gerow director of the state free employment bureau The call is for 19578 men and 3400 teams needed outside the state Last year Mr Gerow called for 21000 men and 5000 teams and could have placed 5000 more men
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Board of Agriculture
T. B. Gerow
State Free Employment Bureau
Arrested couple held with large sums in Naples
On arrival of the steamer Lasio from New York Jose Sanche and his wife Maria were arrested at the request of Cuban authorities. Sanche is wanted in Cuba for alleged theft from a Havana gas company. In Sanche's luggage was found $20,000 and $170,000 on his person. Maria Sanche had $40,000 and $20,000 in bonds. They offered no explanations for the money and bonds.
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Naples
Lasio
New York
Jose Sanche
Maria
Sanche
Cuba
Havana
Sefiora Sanche
Explosion at United Light and Power plant alarms Bellevue patients
An engine cylinder head explosion at the United Light and Power Company on First Avenue near the East River sent steam through the engine room and caused a hospital panic at Bellevue. Three men narrowly escaped scalding as nurses evacuated wards and a valve halted the high pressure release after ten minutes.
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United Light and Power Company
First Avenue
East River
Bellevues Hospital
Robbed Barbers Society Treasurer Arrestee Named
Richard Schaeffer a 43 year old secretary of the Kirrweiler Sick Benefit Society and foreman at a Grand Union Hotel barber shop was arrested by Central Office detectives for diverting 2675 in society funds and forging trustee names. Trustees included John Ottendorfer and Frank McKay as the association, long established, now has about fifty barber members.
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Richard Schaeffer
East Fifty-fifth Street
Kirrweiler Sick Benefit Society
Blaha and
Kiernan
Grand Union Hotel
John Ottendorfer
Brooklyns Car Standoff Ends With Victory for Passengers
A Fulton Street surface car from Cypress Hills terminal was sidetracked at Alabama Avenue after a dispute over its sign. Passengers insisted the car was labeled New York and should go to Manhattan. after an hour a Jamaica call ordered it through and the crowd cheered the outcome.
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Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Cypress Hills
Alabama Avenue
New York
Manhattan
Jamaica
Haskell Leads Cruce In Indian Territory and Oklahoma Counts
Unofficial returns from 34 of 40 Indian Territory counties and 19 of 35 Oklahoma counties show C. M. Haskell of Muskogee ahead of Lee Cruce by a growing margin in the Saturday gubernatorial election.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
C. M. Haskell
Lee Cruce
Lee
Americans at Auteuil Races Spark Paris Style Show
Paris June 9 1907 Americans flocked to Auteuil for the Grande Semaine opening as long hats white fabrics and extravagant outfits dominated the stands. Notable attendees included August Belmont W K Vanderbilt Eugene Fischof and many New York Philadelphia and Wall Street figures amid showers and fashion chatter at the Grand Steeplechase event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times Co
Paris
Auteuil
Mmes -Falliéres
Legion
August Belmont
W. K. Vanderbilt
Eugene Fiscof
Journaliste
Violon IL
Fischhof
Vanderbilt
Moore
de Werth
Alexander
Peter Martin
Lily Oelrichs
Henry Ridgway
Frank Sheldon
Jennie Pearce
George Lee Thompson
Frances Stotesbury
Edward M. Stotesbury
Craig Biddle
Edward Moore Robinson
Philadelphia
William Douglas
Douglas Wes
Jules Bache
Joseph Livingstone
Oscar Richards
Wall Street
Joseph Manning
Manning
Cortlandt
F. Bishop Peta
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L. Brinsmade
Harlem
Uise
Sunday Crusade
Staten Island
Roosevelt Twisted
McLellan
Wigwam
O’brien
Cockran
Sullivan
Aeronaut
Nestor
Kansas Free Employment Bureau
The
United Power Company
Barbers’ Society
Kirrweiler Benefit Association
Haskell
Grosse Mere
Corey
English Channel
Gayety
Longchamps
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