Power Outage Cripples Brooklyn Lines Stranding Shoregoers
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company faced the worst strain in its history as power plants buckled under a summer Sunday surge. A turbine failure at Kent Avenue and reliance on outside Edison supply halted lines to Coney Island Bergen Beach and Canarsie for up to two hours. Passengers sheltered on stalled cars and some walked toward Bergen Beach before service resumed.
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Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Coney Island
Bergen Beach
Canarsie
Water Side
Kent Avenue
Brooklyn
New York
Culver
Brighton Beach
Flatbush Avenue
Nostrand Avenue
Lorimer Street
Hamburg-Rockaway Avenue
Edison Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Aeny
Go Borough
Williamsburg Bridge Blaze Halts Traffic. Oil Barrels Explode
A fire on the Williamsburg Bridge plaza blocked traffic last evening as several firemen were burned by exploding oil barrels. The blaze destroyed a one story frame building recently erected by Dunseath Construction Company, part of the loop project linking the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad with the bridge.
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Coney Island
Manhattan
Bridge
Bridge Plaza
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Plaza
Williamsburg Bridge
Dunseath Construction Company
Brooklyn Elevated
Pushcart Peddlers Celebrate After Albany Killing of Bill
In Pitt Street Pleasure Palace Hall pushcart workers from five or six organizations held a twelve hour celebration after a bill to limit pushcarts on corners failed in Albany. Sigmund Schwartz presided and credited Zeltner with its defeat while criticizing the Mayor’s Pushcart Commission headed by Lawrence Veiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasure Palace Hall
Pitt Street
Albany
Sigmund Schwartz
New York Peddlers Benevolent Association
Pus Zeltner
Zeltner
Mr. Schwartz
New Club At Bellevue For Hospital Staff
Bellevue Hospital launches Our Own Club for male employees under Night Superintendent Michael J. Rickert with rooms in the Dispensary Building. Dr. John Brannan supports the effort, furnishing comfortable spaces, reading materials, music, and a piano to improve discipline and morale. Officers are James Gerard president, William Flynn vice president, and John Gardiner secretary.
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John Brannan
Board of Trustees
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Bellevue Hospital
Brannan
Michael J. Rickert
Dr. Brannan
Edna Wilkle
United Charities Organization
Rickert
Club
James Gerard
William Flynn
John Gardiner
Cretary
Pistol Duel in Street Near Algonquin Club
Two unidentified men fought with pistols in the street at 12:30 this morning in front of 69 West Forty-fourth Street. A 38 caliber revolver was found. two chambers discharged. The combatants fled as blood traces appeared on the sidewalk. Neighborhood residents, hotel guests, and Yale Harvard Club members were drawn to the area. Police seek injured suspect likely receiving treatment.
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West Forty-fourth Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Morris Galvin
East Forty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
Harten and Fitzgibbon
East Fiftyfirst Street
Fifth Avenue
Algonquin
Yale
Harvard
Meneg
Fooled by an Adventuress and a Millionaire's Son
Louis A. Newcome, ex Post Office detective, asserts a morning paper tale of a New York millionaire's son marrying a bold woman who was a post office thief's wife and accomplice is true. He says he helped settle the scandal and will name names only in time.
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Louis A. Newcome
New York
Newcome
Beatrice Bainbridge
Gomez Wilson
San Francisco
Wilson
Newcombe
London
Cecil
Coney Island Sees 350000 Visitors Amid Smiles and Scrapes
Crowds flood Coney Island for a Sun Day with Luna Park Dreamland and Steeplechase Park reporting record admissions. Police report 100 window jumpers arrested and several minor incidents as thousands enjoy rides and the sea. Gustave Menke, a Brooklyn boy, is found safe after a day at the seaside.
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Gustave Menke
Coney Island
Ryder
Fort Hamilton
Gustave
George Menke
Coney
Pasha
King of Palmists
Dreamland
Frankfurter Association
Soda Water Society
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
William Bro
Forty-second Street
Brooklyn
Edward White
John Dougherty
Sixth Avenue
Lieut
McGuire
B. A. T. Employes
Luna Park
New York
Steeplechase Park
Indra
Bostock
Central Office
Charles Tomy
Hotel Metropolitan
Manhattan
Per
Great Bridge In Canada
The Canadian Pacific Railway prepares to call for tenders for a steel bridge across the Kipp River near Lethbridge Alberta. The span will be a little over a mile long with a central clearance of 820 feet above water and a projected cost near 1 million dollars. Completion is expected within a year. The Trunkic Railway is also preparing for several large bridges.
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Canada
New York Times
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kipp River
Lethbridge
Alberta
J. EB. Schwitser
Eer
Railway Company
Trunkic Railway
Murdered In a Brooklyn Saloon
Luke Campbell of 23 State Street Brooklyn was shot and killed in a saloon by Thomas. Authorities report a fatal shooting amid a dispute with no further details available.
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Brooklyn
Luke Campbell
State Street
Thomas
Trains Run Every Car In Two Minute Headway
Press trains operated at a two minute headway with every car in service on both the elevated and the trolley lines.
Parks Draw Thousands in City Playgrounds
Crowds filled Central Park, Bronx Park, Fort George, and ferry routes as an estimated 100000 people visited parks and oceanside resorts. One arrest for disorderly conduct in an animal house occurred. no serious injuries or lost children were reported. Band concerts, sunshine, and a busy water route to Coney Island marked a holiday turnout across New York City.
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York
Hefferon
Central Park Station
Central Park
Arsenal
Pietro Morsino
Nahan Franko
Bronx Park
Zoological Gardens
Westchester
Tremont
Bronx
Lower East Side
Fort George
Staten Island
Canarsie
Coney Island
Hudson
New York
Henri Roberts
West See Greenth Street
Riverside Drive
Scanlon
West 100Th Street
South Beach
Eerford
John Scheck
New Brighton
Sophie Greenburg
Elizabeth
Isaac Rough
North Sixth Street
Brooklyn
Large Sunday crowds overload Gold en City transit
About 150000 people flocked to Gold en City Canarsie yesterday, 25000 more than the previous Sunday, overwhelming terminal facilities. The day was mild and pleasant with only a few minor accidents noted.
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Golden City
Canarsie
Rescue at Canar sie as Steamer Strikes Small Boat
Several hundred excursionists witnessed the rescue of two youths after their small boat was struck and overturned by the excursion steamer Frank and Helen McAvoy near the dock. Arthur Bernesee of New York and Joseph Garns of Stamford, Conn., were rescued by Capt. John Rhodes and Mate Randolph aboard the Golden City as the steamer approached the dock.
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Canarsie
Frank
Helen McAvoy
Arthur Bernesee
New York
Joseph Garns
Stamford
Veteran actor John Carter dies at 88 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports the death of 88 year old actor John Carter at his Fairmount Avenue home after a heart disease. Carter who began acting at five and later toured with stars like Edmund Kean and Sir Henry Irving will be cremated per the families wishes. his wife Jennie Cobourne also acted on stage.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
John Carter
Fairmount Avenue
Creston Clarke
Baltimore
Carter
Mr. Carter
England
George Stevenson
Queen Victoria
Francois
Macready
Richelieu
Edmund
Mohair and Sicilian Fabrics Sale Ad
On Monday June 17 sale features plain and fancy weaves in English Mohair Brilliantine and Sicilian fabrics. English navy blue Sicilian and black options available. Wide 45 to 50 inches. Priced 55 cents per yard.
Washable Dress Goods Sale at Two Stores
Sale of 15 000 yards white and colored Dress Linens at reduced prices. Pure Linen Suiting from Irish manufacture offered in Navy cadet Alice Nile green heliotrope pink silver grey tan natural and cream. Widths 2 1 2 and 36 inches. 25c per yard White French Dress Linen 46 inches wide 50c per yard White Union Linen Suitings Jacquard weave 27 32 36 inches wide 19c per yard.
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Cadet
Union
Jacquard
Unclear fragment on yard measurements and pear reference
Fragmentary OCR text shows inconsistent yard notations such as 2x2 yards and 2x3 yards and a stray pear reference. No identifiable person, place, organization, or event is discernible to craft a coherent news item.
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Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Institute
West 34Th St
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N.Y
Warren Street
Rocers, Peet & Compp
Warren St
Fifth Ave
36Th St
Broadway
21St St
Hanno
Philip Hano & Co
Greenwich &T
Duryeas
National Starch CO
Wallach’s
Uation
Williamsburg
Wrench Republic Property
Bellevue
Seventh Avenue
Eighty Eighth Street
God
Cain
Abel
Noah
Ttsof Ake S
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Europe
Stetson
Cortiandt
Broadwe
Ancelda
Stresk
Edmund Kean
Sorosis Shoes
Woodbury
Woodbury Faculty of Specialists
Woodbueve Institute
West 23d Street
New York City
St. Louis
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