City Record wastes 410000 yearly in advertising and printing
A mayoral inquiry reports waste and possible graft in New York City printing, advertising, and stationery spending. The City Record budget, now about 1.5 million annually, could be cut by at least 410 thousand dollars through centralizing control, competition, and tighter oversight, with George W. Foster named in prior investigations.
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John A. Hennessy
New York Press
James E. Sullivan
American Amateur Athletic Union
William J. Ellis
City Record
Official City Organ
Corporation Counsel
Manhattan
George W. Foster
Board of
Martin B. Brown & Co
Ofer
Exhibition Flight Plans By Hamilton In 1910
The New York Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger announce an air show to display aviation progress. Hamilton will start from Governors Island and fly to Philadelphia and back in 24 hours, daylight departures June 11 1910 or soon after, with up to 36 hours notice.
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New York Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hamilton
van Cortlandt Park
New York
Hudson River
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Governors Island
Mr. Hamilton
Messenger Boy Saves Real Estate Man at Subway Stop
Willam T. Conville, a New York real estate broker, nearly died after a sudden pain felled him on a Spring Street subway platform. A Postal Telegraph messenger boy alerted his brother John, who rushed to Roosevelt Hospital and had the appendix operation performed within an hour. Doctors say delay could have cost Conville his life.
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Roosevelt Hospital
Mr. Conville
Spring Street
Alo
John Convill
Broadway
Conville
John Conville
Canville
New Prison Site A Bargain In New York
White Plains N Y June 13 real estate authorities declare the Wingdale Wheeler Farm tract of 500 acres five miles north of Pawling on the New York Harlem Railroad the cheapest property ever bought by the State for institutional purposes It sold for 17000 later bought by speculators at 25000 then sold to the State for 50000 The Ten Mile River site with water a quarry and mountains on both sides lies partly across the watershed into Connecticut The State plans a 500000 prison on the site
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Sing Sing
Wingdale
Pawling
New York & Harlem
Wheeler
New York State
Connecticut
Inheritance tax suit against John L Wall under repealed law
United States files suit in Stamford Connecticut to collect 648.57 inheritance tax with 5 percent interest from John L Wall of Shippen Point. Wall received 57651.11 from his father Jacob Wall’s Greenwich will dated March 24 1902 and as executor refused to file property schedules prompting assessment.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
United States
John L. Wall
Shippen Point
Wall
Jacob Wall
Greenwich
Collector of Internal Revenue
Texas Governor Demands Resignation Over Insurance Row
Governor Campbell demanded the resignation of W. E. Hawkins, commissioner of insurance and banking, after a dispute over the State Fire Rating Board suspending fire insurance rate increases until a June 21 hearing. Hawkins refused to resign, noting impeachment as the only remedy for removal. Campbell supported the board’s action.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Campbell
W. E. Hawkins
Insurance and Banking
Hawkins
State Fire Rating Board
Hawking
Gov
Barge Majestic Sinks. Three Sailors Dead
The coal barge Majestic sank in tow of the barge Harold, with a crew of three. It departed Barnegat Saturday, while the Harold left Norfolk with Majestic and Volunteer for Sound, amid a report of a leak on the Majestic.
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Majestic
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Thames Towboat Company
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Norfolk
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Water Tank Collapse Wrecks Montreal Building
The Herald building in Montreal collapsed after a 35 ton water tank failed, killing between 30 and 40 and injuring about 40. Fire followed as rescuers pulled survivors from the wreckage, with a brave girl guiding others to a ladder and Father Martin administering last rites to a trapped editor. Editors and staff escaped unharmed, though many union workers were listed among the dead or missing. The building, valued at 150000 dollars, suffered extensive damage with insurance estimates around 177000.
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Montreal
Canada
Herald
J. B. Brierley
Fred Vidal
Vidal
Father Martin
John C. Walsh
Fred Maloney
Victoria Square
James Coady
Ahe
Chausse
The
Herald Company
Gagette
Orders for Times next Sunday urged by newsdealers
The notice urges readers to place orders with newsdealers today to ensure delivery of the many notable features planned for next Sunday's Times.
Flood Drowns 150 in Rhenish Prussia Ahr Valley Disaster
Cologne reports a flood in the Ahr Valley after a cloudburst in the Eifel region killing about 150. Two barracks with Italian and Croatian laborers on the railway were swept away. 37 bodies recovered. Rail line destroyed and several villages devastated.
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Fife
Railroads and Bethlehem Steel Face Elkins Law Trial
In Philadelphia on June 13 the Reading Railway Lehigh Valley Railroad and Bethlehem Steel faced criminal action for alleged Elkins law violations in canceling demurrage charges and mishandling tariffs on interstate transport. Potential total fines run to 8 million dollars with per count penalties and hundreds of counts listed against each defendant.
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Reading Railway Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
United States
Bethlehem Steel
Lehigh Valley
Reading
T Hostes] Company
Governor Harmon as counsel in $8.5 million suit
Gov Judson Harmon, Ohio chief executive, appears in the U S Court of Appeals as chief counsel for Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in an $8.5 million breach of contract case over coal supplies from Thomas McKell estate. He argues against a contract for 1,200,000 tons yearly. Judgment is deferred.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Judson Harmon
State of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Thomas McKell
McKell
Harmon
West Virginia
Murray Bensongood
Gov. Harmon
Woman shoots sister by accident during gun lesson
Utica reports Mrs. Ward Beckman of Hiawatha Lodge Tupper Lake shot her sister Miss Ethel Wood while showing how to use a revolver. Believing the gun unloaded, Beckman’s husband had reloaded it. a .82 caliber round struck Wood above the right eye, tearing the scalp and removing part of her ear. Doctors say she may recover.
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Utica
Ward Beckman
Hiawatha Lodge
Tupper Lake
Ethel Wood
Bears Attack Hunters at Baranac Lake Moose Mountain
Four bears charged Clarke Hayes Homer Hayes and Byron Reed while they ate dinner on Moose Mountain four miles from Baranac Lake New York. The hunters fled to the timber as the bears closed in. Clarke Hayes shot the largest bear in the pond and another bear fell after a volley of shots. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Baranac Lake
N. Y
Clarke Hayes
Homer Hayes
Byron Reed
Moose Mountain
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Hamilton's Philadelphia Day Flight Sets Flight Time Record
Hamilton flies from Governors Island to Philadelphia and back in a day, despite propeller failures and spark plug trouble. He averages 46.92 mph southbound and 51.36 mph return, with a total journey involving a crowd of about 100000 in Philadelphia and a possible million watching overall. The Times notes it as the longest cross country flight in the U S and follows his progress with a special train.
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the Times
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Governors Island
Curtiss
Albany
South Amboy
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Flight Time and Distances for Philadelphia to Governors Island Route
The record lists travel times and distances for a mixed air and water route from Philadelphia to South Amboy and Governors Island. It notes a 4 hour 50 minute leg to Philadelphia, 1 hour 21 minutes to South Amboy, and 23 minutes to Governors Island, totaling 175 miles round trip with a 3 hour 34 minute total air time and average speeds of 46.92 mph inbound to Philadelphia and 54.36 mph outbound.
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Governors Is
Governors Island
A.M
South Elizabeth
Eee
A.M. Rahway
A.M. Metuchen
New Brunswick
Monmouth Junction
Princeton Junction
Trenton
Bristol
Holmesburg
Radicated
Metucheneere
Menlo Park
Governors
Island
Charles K Hamilton Flies New York to Philadelphia and Back
Charles K Hamilton completed a round trip from New York to Philadelphia and back yesterday. Despite two accidents and engine trouble he arrived at Governors Island in the morning and landed in Philadelphia in the evening, setting new aviation records.
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Charles K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
New York Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Governors Island
Quaker City
Hamilton sets two world records in cross country flight
Hamilton establishes two world records and one American record in a heavier than air flight from Governors Island. He crosses the country between two large population centers in one day and flies 86 miles on schedule. The event draws a huge crowd as he completes the lengthy journey under windy, overcast conditions.
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