Weightman Will Case Reopened by Decree
Philadelphia June 10 Special to The New York Times with affidavits alleging William Weightman aged 82 proposed marriage to his son’s widow Mrs Wister. Court orders Aimie Walker to show cause why probate should not be set aside and a jury trial on sound mind, undue influence, and potential codicils.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William Weightman
Aimie M. W. Walker
Ashman
Orphans’Court
Walker
Common Pleas Court
Charles FE. D'Invilliers
Marsha Rogers Weightman
Wister
Hampton L. Carson
Mr. D'Invilliers
Anne M. W. Walker
Robert J. C. Walker
Sabine D. Weightman Wister
Tos
Weightman
Cunarder Lucania Strikes Bottom on Arrival at Pier
The Cunarder Lucania, arriving from Liverpool, touched bottom near Jane Street and delayed an hour for high tide. Among passengers were notable names such as Homer Hemingway and Rev. Norman McLeod. A second cabin passenger, a young English bride, arrived with fifty wedding gifts sent to Public Stores. A second cabin traveler to Altoona used a color ribbon to identify her brother, facilitating a swift reunion after customs.
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Lucania
Liverpool
Jane Street
Cassetti
Homer
Hemingway
Robert Fulton
Indies
William G. Jameson
George M. Little
Norman McLeod
Mitford Mitchell
Eighton Parks
Parsons
G. L. Peabody
William M. Pratt
Samuel Sachs
H. M. MacDonnell
Charles Steel
Wai. Harrington
Clouston
George S. Sangster
Secon
Altoona
Penn
Pennsylvania
Divers remove East River pipeline under Ninety-third Street
Divers extract a 1.5 foot diameter pipe line from the East River near Ninety-third Street after cleaning out earth and stones. One diver cut his hand on a tomato can and had to quit work as the task continued.
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George Ehret
Ninety-third Street
East River
Drill Firms Merge to Form Ingersoll Rand Company
After a long rivalry the Ingersoll-Sergeant Company and the Rand Drill Company announce a merger forming Ingersoll Rand Incorporated in New Jersey at Trenton with 10 million dollars in capital stock. W I Saunders, former president of Ingersoll, named president.
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Ingersoll-Rand Company
Ingersoll-Sergeant Company
Rand Drill Company
New Jersey
Trenton
W. I. Saunders
Ingersoll Company
Bankers Adourn Atlantic Meeting Elect Officers
Florida Bankers Association names E W Lane as President and six vice presidents. Georgia Bankers elect Joseph T Orme as President with John H Reynolds as First Vice President. Both groups adjourned as guests of Jacksonville Board of Trade after river excursion. Scarlet fever hits Lawrenceville School forcing major commencement cancellation. Harold Burtch of Jamestown New York is the affected student isolating. Seventy students quarantined and nearly all undergraduates sent home.
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Atlantic
Beach, Fla
Florida Bankers’ Association
E. W. Lane
Jacksonville
George D. Monroe
Charles H. Carthside
J.A. Griffin
F. R. Foster
G C.chollar
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Joseph T. Orme
Atlanta
John H. Reynolds
P. Hillyer
J.T. Neal
Jacksonville Board of Trade
St. John’s River
Trenton
N. J
Lawrencesville School
Harold Burtch
Jamestown
N. Y
Bride Dolly Price Found Alive Marries Frank Hayden
Dolly Price the chorus girl long believed to have died after a presumed suicide in the Delaware River has been found alive in Wilmington. She married New York singer Frank Hayden of the Woodlands Opera Company in a Wilmington church today. The couple then returned to Baltimore and later Philadelphia as Hayden sought his parents blessing.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Dolly Price
Philadelphia
New York
Delaware River
Frank Hayden
Woodlands Opera Company
J A. Heckscher
First Baptist Church of
Wilmington
Del
Dolly
Charles J. Callahan
McClellan Street
Hayden
Shirley Hotel
Miss Price
Delaware
Beware says Gompers warns unions against Socialist drive
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor issues a manifesto urging unions to oppose the Socialists plan to form an Industrial Union as a rival federation. The Socialist convention is set for Chicago on June 27 while AF L opponents delay their own meeting to focus on the anti Gompers campaign.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Unnions
Chicago
American Labor Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor Unions
Western Federation of Miners
Filipino artifacts on display at the Museum of Natural History
Temporary exhibition in Manhattan Square showcases Philippine tribes via baskets, mats, beadwork, copper utensils, and canoe models. The collection, mostly from the St. Louis Exposition, reflects forest floor wear, rice planting rituals, and music, with objects from Bagobo Igorrote and Mindanao tribes.
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Museum of Natural History
Manhattan Square
Philippine Islands
Mindanao
Natural History Museum
Columbus Avenue
Cever
Buffalo Hunt Held at 101 Ranch Despite Federal Pressure
In Bliss Oklahoma on June 10 the buffalo hunt at 101 Ranch went ahead led by Geronimo with twenty five cowboys and Indians in war paint. Dr H F Thomas fired from his auto and was injured in Chicago, while Miss Lucille Mulhall joined the chase. President Roosevelt ordered action to stop such hunts on government land, and Secretary Taft and Secretary Hitchcock prepared to intervene.
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New York Times
Bliss
Oklahoma
Dan Beard
New York
H. F. Thomas
Chicago
Old Geronimo
Miller Brothers
101 Ranch
Dr.Thomas
Thomas
Roosevelt
National Juditorial Association
Washington
Mr. Beard
Millers
Hitchcock
Ponca
Very Much Wanted Boy Chooses Family in Street Quarrel
Four year old Paul Beville, left by parents near West Fifty-fifth Street, decides between Patsy Connolly and Mrs. Charret at the police station. The Connollys and Charret dispute care, with the boy ultimately opting for the Connollys amid a neighborly tug of custody.
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Patsy
Tony Charret
West Forty-ninth Street
Paul
Arlington Copper decision blocks sale and offers mortgage participation
Vice Chancellor Stevens dismissed the plaintiffs Col in E King Albert Selig man Teresa Metzger and Charles I Dignowity of New York City from contesting the Arlington Copper Company sale to Bergen Industrial Company in Arlington N J A year after that sale the opinion provides a path for the petitioners to participate in the 70 000 mortgage held by State Sewer Commissioner William Mackenzie of Carlton Hill Passaic They must pay 15 per share of their stock holding before the property sale and company reorganization now a brickmaking plant
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New York Times
Trenton
Stevens
Court of Chancery
Colin E. King
Passaic
Albert Seligman
Teresa Metzger
Charles I. Dignowity
New York City
Arlington Copper Company
Arlington
N. J
Bergen Industrial Company
William Mackenzie
Carlton Hill
Missing Newark man George Vitty sought by police
Newark police issued a general alarm for George Vitty thirty five of 496 Chester Avenue who disappeared after not reaching a May 20 meeting of the American Manufacturing Company where he was a large stockholder. No trace has been found.
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Newark
George Vitty
Chester Avenue
American Manufacturing Company
Lindabury to Fight Auto Speeding Charge in New Jersey
Richard Nes Lindabury a Newark lawyer plans to contest a speeding charge in Morris Township claiming his speed on the day in question was 20.45 mph and 23.37 mph on the return according to authorities. He argues the speed indicator shows he did not exceed the limit and will fight the case.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
Richard Nes Lindabury
Newark
Morris Township
Lindabury
Seventh Regiment in khaki at Peekskill camp
Col Daniel Appleton's Seventh Regiment of nearly 800 men occupies the State camp at Peekskill, relieving the Tenth and First and Second Signal Corps. Disbursing officer Chauncy Williams pays out 12 747.67 to commands as the Seventh shows drab new uniforms. Tomorrow draws thousands. a Young Men's Christian Association service at 9 AM and chaplain Rev William L. McCord preaches at 10:30 on Military Spirit as Represented by the Sword. Private Alexander Y. Pringle suffers a badly bruised and lacerated left leg after a baggage-car accident aboard a freight train while hauling stores.
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New York Times
Peekskill
Daniel Appleton
Signal Corps
Chauncy P. Williams
Quartermaster’s Department
Japanese Midshipman Joins US Naval Academy Class
Annapolis June 10 Midshipman Asahi Kitigaki of the Japanese Navy reported at the Naval Academy as part of the new Fourth Class formation. The United States Government has granted him the privilege to enroll.
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Annapolis
Asahi Kitigaki
Naval Academy Today
United States
Ex Police Capt John England Robbed Of Diamond Pin
Ex police captain John W. England of 1311 Chisholm Street Bronx was robbed of a diamond pin worth 250 dollars as four youths jostled him off a southbound West Farms elevated train at One Hundred Forty ninth Street and Third Avenue. He was en route to a Masonic fair from Wakefield and the crowd at the station aided the theft.
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John W. England
Chisholm Street
Bronx
West Farms
One
Forty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
England
Tremont
Washington Avenues
Wakefield
Joseph Fox
Westchester
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