Battle of the Eagles at Bronx Park Zoo
At the Bronx Park Zoo two famous eagles Uncle Sam and Teddy Roosevelt fought in their cage over a field mouse. The clash left Teddy with a damaged wing and feather loss while Uncle Sam sustained injuries but both birds recovered enough to return to their perch later. A 90,000-strong crowd watched the scene unfold as keepers separated the pair and began hospital checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Teddy Roosevelt
Bronx Park Zoo
Teddy
Eagle House
Carl Harm
Chri
Carl
Ace
Sam
Amede Sam
Snyder
Keeper Snyder
Bronx Park
Bronx Zoo
Bronx Zoo cruelty case ends with fine for Peter Simon
Peter Simon of 117 Avenue C was arrested for cruelty to Gunda the baby elephant after he tampered with her trunk using a long copper wire. Keeper Thumann testified that the incident caused blood and pain. Magistrate Moss fined Simon $5 in Night Court amid notes on animal cruelty by youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Simon
Avenue C
Gunda
Thumann
Simon
Moss
Bronx
Ikkeeper Thumann
Upset over unsigned will changes New Jersey estate control
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Parker, reverses Vice Chancellor Emery on the Harrison estate case. The court orders Henry W. Van Wagenen, administrator of the Whitehead estate, to transfer Harrison property valued around $50,000 to ex-Judge Frederick Guild. Distribution to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Justice Parker
Emery
Minerva A. Harrison
West Orange
John Whitehead
Rose M. L. Bonnot
Miss Harrison
Whitehead
Frederick Guild
Harrison
Don’t Lounge on the Grass Publicity at Bronx Park
Signs posted through Bronx Park urge visitors not to lounge on the grass. Director William T. Hornaday says the rule, part of a waste paper crackdown, aims to keep the park orderly and free of litter. Two more police are assigned to aid enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Park
William T. Hornaday
Dr. Hornaday
Outlook for Abundant Scallop Crop This Year
Ex Judge B. Frank Wood of Jamaica and the states Shell Fisheries superintendent predicts a record scallop yield unless severe winds wreck the maturing stock. Lloyds Harbor on Long Island’s north shore shows robust young scallops, with bay men reporting excellent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Frank Wood
Jamaica
Lloyd’s Harbor
Long Island
City Briefs: Church Service and Local Happenings
The Actors' Church Alliance held an annual service at St. Chrystom's Chapel with Rev. W. Everett Johnson preaching on Lazarus and the rich man. A man identified as Frank, a salesman and husband of Hattie Short, was found off Robbins Reef. The Brotherhood Welfare Association urged the Democratic Party to push steps aiding the unemployed and poor. Police reports note a parole for Policeman George Thompson after a fatal shooting. Excise arrests tallied 57 in Manhattan and the Bronx, 84 in Brooklyn, 0 in Queens, and 1 in Richmond yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actors’ Church Alliance
St. Chrystom’s Chapel
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
W. Everett Johnson
Lazarus
Robbins Reef
Hattie Short
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Duane Street
Democratic Party
George Thompson
West 125Th Street
Hansen
Droege
Harlem
Acritelli
Thompson
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Brooklyn News Notes Crowded With Local Incidents
Eight year old Joseph Sheridan was picked up after wandering at Coney Island. A runaway milk wagon caused a crash at Flatbush Avenue and Malbone Street injuring Adolph Tietzen and Edward Reid. Charles Licht was robbed of 37 dollars on Park Place and suspects arrested. Four year old Michael Benne was struck by a car on Pacific Street and taken to Jewish Hospital. Ten year old John Bullen bitten by a dog near Columbia Street. Dog treated by Long Island College Hospital. A horse was killed by a Manhattan Beach bound train near Hamburg Avenue and Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sheridan
Sixth Street
Jersey City
Coney Island
Children’s Society
Schermchorn Street
Flatbush Avenue
Malbone Street
Adolph Tietzen
Fourth Avenue
Edward Reid
Adelphia Street
Reid
Tietzen
Kings County Hospital
Charles Licht
Park Place
Arthur Brown
West Third Street
William Bernailia
Pacific Street
Bedford Avenue
Michael Benne
Jewish Hospital
John Bullen
Columbia Street
Long Island College Hospital
Manhattan Beach
Long Island City
Hamburg Avenue
Evergreen Cemetery
Williamspurg
Moffat Street
Wild fowl breed on Swan Island in Central Park
In central Manhattan the Swan Island nesting area near the Central Park lake hosts wild fowl including mallards and a pair of black swans. Keeper Fitzpatrick observed a mallard nest with twelve eggs, while a pair of Canada geese and other summer ducks also inhabit the island, with hatching expected within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Big City
New York
Swan Island
Central Park Lake
Seventy-first
Seventy-ninth Street
Southland
Fitzpatrick
Central Park
Widow horsewhips lawyer in Manhattan office clash
Mrs Bonniford Leslie, widow and former client, allegedly horsewhips lawyer E Mc Clure Jaques in his Hudson Building office at 32 Broadway after a dispute over papers in a fire insurance case. Jaques and his brother dispute the injury claim. Coleman and police involved but no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonniford Leslie
E. McClure Jaques
Hudson
Broadway
Jaques
Supreme Court
Leslie
Leslie Jaa
John M. Coleman
Inez Muliner
Fires and losses listed in New York area notices
An OCR fragment lists various fire loss notes and trifling amounts tied to locations across New York streets including Harlem River 150th Street, Columbus Avenue, 144th Street Whitlock Avenue, West 47th Street, West 46th Street, East 110th Street, Allen and Delancey Streets, and First Avenue. Names such as Harry Smith, Solomon Bruck, Daly & Ir, G Fantello, Sewald, and Ezra Daron appear with small monetary figures and addresses in a chaotic ledger-like fire loss record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Loss
Harry Smith
Harlem River
Columbus
Uis
Ura Due
Whitlock
Charles Delart
Tistace Bia
Tah Salomon Bruck
Albert Weinfelt
A. i
West 47Th St
Daly & Ireee Ape
West 46Th St
Ith St
H. Cellars
William Bochow
G. Fantello
Sewald
East 110Th St
S. Rits
Allen and Delancey Sts
N.ewashburn
United Engineering Cos
7Th St
W. Shapiro
115Th St
Ezra Daron
West 30Th St
Runkel Brothers
Afline
Swan Island hosts growing wild goose colony and singing birds
In coming weeks Swan Island will host many wild birds as queen swans and geese return. Wing clipping is done yearly to prevent migration while young Canadian geese grow for future distribution to other parks. Song birds nest nearby with a catbird and scarlet tanager noted, and the male catbird’s clear song fills the island afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Island
Williamsburg sexton shoots wife then kills himself
In a month earlier domestic dispute, Jacob Klevenz, sexton of the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Montrose Avenue Williamsburg, shot his wife in the neck then killed himself. The wife is in critical condition. Klevenz died at St Catherine's Hospital. The incident drew a crowd of about five thousand as police and doctors attended.
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Ares
Jacob Klevenz
Montrose
Willin
Mabel
Barbara Schmidt
Wales Avenue
Marion
N. J
George
Greenpoint
Montrose Avenue
Mary. Koch
East Twenty-fifth Street
Manhatan
Klevent
Klevenz
Tang
Stagg Street
Orlando
Riley
St. Catherine's Bests
Mad Dog Collie Dodges Pursuit In Bloomfield Chase
A Scotch collie named the Mad Dog roamed Broad Street in Brookdale Bloomfield drawing armed pursuit. Miss Lena Campbell restrained the dog by tying a string to his neck and hitching him to a fence declaring he is not mad, but lively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bloomfield
N. J
Broad Street
Brookdale
Passaic
Lena Campbell
Petty Thefts Reported at Presbyterian Hospital
Nurses and doctors at Presbyterian Hospital on Seventieth Street and Park Avenue report missing jewelry, trinkets, and cash from rooms. One incident involved Dr Morris noting his watch and cuff buttons valued at 250 were stolen when he briefly left his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
Seventieth Street
Park Avenue
Morris
Jewelry salesman missing with diamonds and cash in New York
A Bronx jeweler Meyer Newman, 32, missing since Tuesday with nearly 2500 dollars in diamonds and cash. Ransom notes of 10000 received by Stern Brothers & Co. Police doubt ransom tale, family distressed. Newman known in coastwise steamer trade, sister's Baltimore marriage linked to local jeweler. Detectives and relatives searched Perth Amboy and contacted captains. no solid lead.
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Stern Brothers’ & Co
Nassau Street
Meyer Newman
Fulton Avenue
Bronx
Newman
Baltimore
New York
St. Louis
Cavanaugh
Louis Kappelman
Abraham Newman
Scranton
Penn
Kappelman
Perth Amboy
Ransom Threat in Black Hand Letter for Meyer Newman
Detectives pursue a Black Hand ransom note claiming Meyer Newman is held for 10000 at the Bronx Zoological Park entrance with a June 29 or 30 deadline. A second letter to Stern Brothers & Co mentions Mr Kappelman. Police suspect the letters are a ruse to mislead investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Newman
Bronx Zoological Park
Stern Brothers & Co
Kappelman
Philadelphia
Newman
New Thrillers At Coney Island Steeplechase Park
Steeplechase Park on Comey Island unveils upgrades including raised sunken floor level new exits for Hit the Pipe slide rebuilt sections of the course and a new Human Niagara thrill ride. The Avalanche and a continuous harlequin show are planned for the hippodrome rear pavilion with moving pictures on the beach and concerts during exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comey Island
Runaway on Williamsburg Bridge Injures Four
Mr and Mrs Nathan Davidson of 148 East 128th Street travel with Mrs Davidson sister Anna and brother Meyer of 10 Attorney Street when their buggy is overturned by a runaway horse on the Williamsburg Bridge. The horse stops at the bridge end and Joseph Ginsberg is knocked down. Dr Mary Crawford treats bruises cuts and contusions before the injured party returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Davidson
East 128Th Street
Davidson
Anna
Meyer
Attorney Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Mr. Davidson
Coney Island
Joseph Ginsberg
Sheriff Street
Williamsburg
Mary Crawford
Williamsburg Hospital
Dr. Crawford
Mrs. Davidson
Anna Davidson
Mevrer Davidson
Jos Ginsberg
Wagon Dash Fright Ensuing Crash Injures Brooklyn Man
Peter Veden of 2113 Pitkin Avenue Brooklyn and his two sons Alfred and Peter Jr were riding on Fulton Street East New York when their wagon ran away. The wagon struck a car at Fulton and Pennsylvania Avenue throwing them out. Veden suffered internal injuries a broken collarbone and concussion while his sons escaped unharmed.
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Peter Veden
Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn
Alfred
Peter, Jr
Fulton Street
East New York
Pennsylvania Avenue
Veden
Lower East Side Credit Squeezed as Small Dealers Bear Burden
Investigators report a serious destitution rise in School District 2 east of Catharine Street and the Bowery. Small dealers are praised for charity through extended credit as unemployment depletes savings. Many families subsist on bread and tea with pennies and 25 cent entries for small values, underfed and relying on last resources.
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University Settlement
Ysterday
Lower East Side
Charles S. Bernheimes
Eldridge
Rivington Streets
Catharine Street
Bowery
Church of the Sea and Land
Pennyworth
Rutgers
Monros
Eldridge Street
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Uncle Sam the
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Pettee
Jersey Court of Errors
Brooklyn News Notes
THEIR
Canada
Broome St
Bish
Wupsterdags
Church Sexton
Stern Bros. & Co
Ane
150Th Street
CONEY
East Side
Banwit, Harris & Co
Broadway and
Fifth Ave
Cor
21St St
Geo. W. Lewy
Arnheim
Luna
Subway
Sea Beach
Atlantic Av
B’klyn
Sea Beach Xpress
Nate Neivenrie
Shannon Co
Alhambra
Waltz
Carter de Haven & Co
School Boys & Girls
Wallace’s
Ork
Handsome Umbrella Ratrone
Steeple Chase
an _— et
Joe
John Mason
Mats. Thurs
Ar Hackett
Ew Herald SQ
Web
Bway O- Daly
Eugene Walter
Clyde- Fitch
the New Musical Review
Ream An
Ener Lincoln SQ
Way
Edna May Spooner
Camille
Jardin DE Paris
Rmitt F. Ziegfeld, JR
Revue Follies
New Amsterdam
Sa Theatre
Lustige Wittwe
Queen of Viennese Operetias
Mats
Carles
Lamb
2D St. & Bway
Koof
Jon
Timsor McCay
Startlin
Astor Theatre
Savoy Mats
Thurs
Henry Miller
House EN Sernic
L. Geo. M. Cohan
Helen F
Jerry J
Josephine Cohan
Eden World
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