Big Guns Fire On Target At Fort Hamilton Thriller
The Adriatic steamed from the upper bay as two 12 inch guns from Battery Brown fired 1,000 pound shells toward a floating target near Fort Hamilton. The salvoes caused windows to shatter and a garrison kitchen to be wrecked while ships in the harbor watched the dramatic display. No hull was pierced and observers noted the shelling was part of calibrations for range and accuracy.
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Fort Hamilton
New York
White Star Line
Adriatic
Ambrose Channel
Fort Tramilton
Swinburne Island
Harvey Brown
War Department
J Shipping
Thirteenth Regiment
Staten Island Hills
Jersey Shore
Gravesend
Norton’s Point
Apt
Sarratt
Mr. Myrs
Mr. Myers
Mr. Meyers
Bibber
Meyers
Elizabeth Ray
Norton
At Institution
Company I
Coney Island
Rooklyn
Young Woman Dies After Drinking Poison in New York Apartment
Miss Miriam Frances Bloomer, 29, daughter of James F. Bloomer, lived with her brother J Ralph Bloomer at 50 Broad Street and 40 East Twenty-sixth Street. She drank cyanide of potassium accidentally thinking it water, while cleaning jewelry. Coroner Accritelli and police investigated as Dr Forbes Hawkes failed to save her. she was sent to Cincinnati.
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Miriam Frances Bloomer
James Frank Bloomer
Sotel Arms
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. Ralph Bloomer
Broad Street
Madison Square
East Twenty-sixth Street
Bloomer
Forbes Hawkes
McCauley
New West Twentieth Street
Acritelli
Mr. Bloomer
Jeanne Piere
Miss Bloomer
Accritelli
Cincinnati Engagement Ends in Tragedy
Miss Miriam Francis Bloomer, once engaged to Nicholas Longworth before his marriage to Alice Roosevelt, reportedly died by suicide after an abrupt broken engagement. Earlier reports tied an acid incident at the Arms Hotel in Walnut Hills to a possible accident. The Bloomer family disputes the acid claim as exaggerated. Bloomer later traveled to New York City to visit relatives, with ties to the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad.
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Cincinnati
Miriam Francis Bloomer
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Arms Hotel
Walnut Hills
Bloomer
New York City
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Devery Seeks Clean Far Rockaway with Sign Plan
Former Chief of Police Devery, operating a Far Rockaway real estate office, posts a sign declaring cleanliness a duty. He vows to curb dirt, citing dusty shoes and soiled clothes as proof and suggests brooms and effort would improve the streets.
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Devery
Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway
Newlywed Joyride Ends With Brief Chivalry Arrest
A Riverside Drive parade of about 100 followers escorted a decorated car as chauffeur William A. Stanley of 210 Baldwin Avenue Jersey was halted by Bicycle Policeman O Keefe near 105th Street. Stanley was released by Magistrate Moss after no damage occurred.
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O'Keefe
Riverside Drive
105Th Street
Moss
Wiliam A. Stanley
Baldwin Avenue
Jersey
Stanley
Suicide note found on Lusitania steamer prompts investigation
A 16 year old, George L. M. Hillman, allegedly wrote a note claiming he killed himself by leaping from the upper deck at 1 15 P M on a Cunarder Lusitania. Police conclude it may be a hoax as no body was seen. investigators photograph the scene while passengers board for Liverpool.
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George L. M. Hillman
Liverpool
Moody
Leeson
Aikman
Thomas Car Strives To Overtake German Protos In Asia Race
The Thomas auto from New York to Paris reaches Chita after six grueling days. Mud, bogs, and mountain passes marked the journey as soldiers helped free the car from a swamp. Guns shipped home lighten the load before continuing toward the Protos challenge.
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Chita
New York
Paris
Protos
Asia
Harbin
Tsitsikar
Adaol
Khingan
Streensk
Thomas
Manchuria
Sae
Manchestria
Three Black Hand killings shock New Orleans Italian quarter
In New Orleans June 17 three Italians were shot to death in the Italian quarter amid Black Hand crimes tied to extortion of Pietro Gioacona, a wealthy wine merchant. Gioacona and his family reportedly resisted a demand for money by firing from a rifle, killing one attacker and fatally wounding two others as they fled. Gioacona’s home, a historic locale once occupied by Gen. Beauregard, is cited in the account.
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New Orleans
Pietro Gioacona
Gioacona
Gioaconas
South
Gen. Beauregard
Suffragists Blocked From Staten Island Park Meeting
Boormann Wells and supporters planned a Stapleton Park gathering to push suffrage propaganda but failed to obtain a permit from Miss Colemen and Staten Island police. The delay did not dampen their efforts as Mrs. Wells reported a successful house to house canvass in St George and preparations for a meeting the next evening.
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Boormann Wells
Woman Suffrage Movement
Staten Island
Stapleton Park
Haan's Restaurant Promotes Luncheon Dinner Music
Haan's Restaurant at Park Row Building advertises luncheon and dinner offerings with musical entertainment. The fragment notes cooled by affective methods and mentions music as part of the dining experience.
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Haan
Park Row
Wall Street Reacts to Roosevelt Convention News
Wall Street closed nervous as Roosevelt convention cheering spread through Chicago wires. Traders offered shares at lower prices while bets formed on Roosevelt’s renomination and acceptance. Mendham Brothers offered up to 25,000 dollars on renomination with no buyers yet.
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Roosevelt
Wall Street
Chicago
Financial
Union Pacific
Senator Lodge
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Mendham Brothers
Mrs McCormick Races From Chicago to Board Kaiserin Victoria
Mrs. Robert S. McCormick wife of the former US ambassador to France and Russia hurries from Chicago to Jersey City to catch the Hamburg American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria sailing at 10 am. The tug will meet the passenger at Penn Station and ferry her to the ship if needed to complete the transfer before departure.
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Robert S. McCormick
United States
France
Russia
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
McCormick
Pennsylvania Station
Jersey City
Belmont will leaves entire estate to widow Alva Belmont
Oliver H. P. Belmont of Hempstead L I died June 10 and his dated 1896 will filed with Probate Clerk Washburn names Alva E. Belmont as widow and sole executrix. It covers lands and all property after debts and charges. Wills witnesses include Peckham Mumford Denbury and Burdick. Value of estate is unknown.
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Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Washburn
Jay & Candler
Alva L. Belmont
Alva E. Belmont
Francis B. Peckham
T. Mumford Denbury
Charles K. Burdick
Mr. Belmore
Bride's friend injured on way to wedding in Connecticut
Miss Bernice Baldwin, bridesmaid for Miss Marion Mix and Mr. E Wester at Dwight Place Church, was injured when a horse shied on a steep hill and kicked the buggy dashboard. Her leg was broken in two places and she was unable to attend the ceremony. Wells Campbell drove with Miss Winifred Campbell, maid of honor, and returned to aid her. The incident occurred during a trip to collect wild laurel for church decoration.
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New York Times
Whew Haven
Conn
Bernice Baldwin
Miss Baldwin
Marion Mix
E. Wester
Dwight Place Church
Winifred Campbell
Wells Campbell
Baldwin
Majestic from Southampton Arrives. Wireless Reported Steamship Mau
Wireless report from 780 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 10 P M yesterday says Mau is inbound from Liverpool and due at her pier about 7 30 A M Friday. Majestic arrives from Southampton on June 10.
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Wireless
Liverpool
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
S. 8
Majestic
Southampton
Speed-Comfort-Economy Red Taxicabs Ad
Red Taxicabs offers speed comfort and economy with a phone line 6600 Columbus. New York Taxicab Co. advertisement promotes fast service and value for riders.
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Columbus
New York Taxicab Co
Taft Injunction Plank Dominates Republican Platform Battle
Chicago reports a bitter long fight over an injunction plank in the Taft platform. Administrations allies warned of a third term threat to Roosevelt, leading to a modified plank and broad acceptance by the full committee with only modest edits to tariff and civil rights language.
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Roosevelt
Resolutions Committee
Democratic Party
New York Times
Panama Canal
Messrs
Crane
Payne
Dalzell
Clark
Thomas N. McCarter
New Jersey
Mr. McCarter
McCarter
Bryan
Black Diamond Express to Return to Service
The Black Diamond Express will be restored to service on the Lehigh Valley Railroad on June 21. It will leave New York at 12 noon heading to Buffalo Niagara Falls and West.
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Lehigh Valley
R. R
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
West
Roosevelt Letters Stolen From Jersey City Station
Secret Service searched the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Jersey City after a suitcase containing papers for President Roosevelt and Secretary Root plus church property notes in Porto Rico disappeared from a bench. Grammond Kennedy, the lawyer in charge, reported the loss as he headed to Washington. No trace was found and police were not notified.
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Secret Service
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Roosevelt
Root
Roosevelt Sits for Boston Sculptor Portrait
President Roosevelt granted a long sitting to Louis Meynell of Boston for a bas relief portrait to be hung in the Peace Conference Room at Portsmouth Navy Yard. The room is noted for where the Russia Japan peace treaty was agreed. The relief will be cast in bronze when finished.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Louis Meynell
Boston
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Russia
Japan
Auto Hits Girl Cyclist In Yonkers Near Hudson Terrace
Dorothy Crehore daughter of Albert C. Crehore an electrical engineer of Yonkers was thrown thirty feet when a speeding automobile struck her bicycle on North Broad way near Hudson Terrace. She lay unconscious on the sidewalk as the autoists sped away. Witnesses saw the car number 24110 N Y and police seek the owner and occupants.
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Dorothy Crehore
Albert C. Crehore
New York
North Broadway
Yonkers
Hudson Terrace
Miss Crehore
Broadway
William Laytous
Warburton Avenue
Marguerite Fulton
Glenwood Avenue
N. Y
Demolished Teddy Bear at Roosevelt Demonstration
A giant Teddy bear effigy used during a Roosevelt demonstration at the Coliseum in Chicago was ripped apart by delegates. The bear, inspired by Miss Neal of an anti Roosevelt paper, was bought with a borrowed brain prop and later the shopkeeper charged $25 to the editor and publisher.
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New York Times
Chicago
Coliseum
Miss Neal
Alabama
Oregon
Washington
Choate Copies Deed In Pittsfield Visit
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on June 17 former ambassador Joseph H Choate copied a deed for over an hour. He came to the Register of Deeds office to obtain a copy for his Stockbridge estate and worked at the copyist desk while reporters and lawyers gathered nearby.
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New York Times
Pittsfield
Mass
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
Stockbridge
Mr. Choate
New York
End of the Novorossiysk Republic Trial Verdicts
Trial in Novorossiysk on the 1905 revolutionary movement ends. The Republic president receives fifteen years hard labor. Two men get ten years each, sixty-six receive short terms, and forty-one are acquitted. The republic had formed a brief independent state with a small army before being crushed.
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Novorossysk
Russia
Novorossysk Republic
St. Petersburg
Ostov-on - the - Don
Italian bandits terrorize Greenwich town crime spree ends
In Greenwich Conn on June 17 Sergt Andrew Talbot and police capture three Italian robbers after they abduct Francesco Chippetta demanding 20 dollars and fire a rifle at Mrs Hillis Fox. Giuseppe Romani is seized and Antonio Patrice is later rounded up.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Andrew Talbot
Francesco Chippetta
Chippetta
Hillis Fox
New York Central and West Shore Summer Timetable Effective
The New York Central and West Shore announce a summer timetable taking effect June 21 increasing service to summer resorts. The schedule expansion aims to boost passenger departures to popular resort destinations during the season.
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New York Centrz
West Shore
Great Outburst for Roosevelt at Taft Convention
At the Chicago Republican National Convention delegates and alternates cheered 47 minutes over Lodge's jab at Roosevelt as the most popular man. Most delegates stayed seated, Taft supporters calm, while South and Taft allies clash on Southern representation and the injunction plank. The 504 to 471 vote against reducing Southern representation highlighted Taft’s strength and Ohio’s decisive role. The credentials committee backed the Taft majority. Vice Presidential choices receded as focus stayed on platform and lines of allegiance.
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Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
United States
Lodge
Mr. Taft
Ohio
Committee of Resolutions
Taft
South
Roosevelt-Taft
Committee On
Convention
National Committee
Arizona
Hawaii
New Mexico
Washington
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