Five Die of Heat as New York Seeks Cool Wave
Northerly winds expected to bring relief today after a brutal heat wave in New York. District forecaster James H. Scarr reported 31 prostrations and five deaths attributed to heat as highs reached 90s and thunderstorms caused damage across Manhattan and the Bronx.
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James H. Scarr
White Plains
Broadway
New York
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Miles City
Mon
Dakotas
Scarr
Rainfall Saves House in Hackettstown Fire
Thunderstorm calls lightning started a barn blaze near Hackettstown New Jersey. Rainfall aided by hampering spread and helped save the residence of Jonathan Riley though barns burned completely and property damage totals about five thousand dollars.
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New York Times
Hackettstown
N. J
Jonathan Riley
Here
Gilby
Heat wave hits Philadelphia with ten deaths reported
Philadelphia on June 21 recorded extreme heat with ten deaths and many prostrations as temperatures surged. The day's high reached an intense level, intensifying health concerns and stressing city services.
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Philadelphia
Weather Summary Tip Top City Report
The day recorded a high at 3:15 pm and a low of 71 at 4:30 am. The mean temperature reached 82 degrees, nine above normal, reflecting a warm afternoon and mild overnight.
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Grees
Children Turn Informers At West 125th Station
Pupils from Public School 10 on 117th Street and St Nicholas Avenue tell Capt Farreill of valuable information. Detectives seize 35.70 from Frank Mayer 14 Joseph Klein 11 and William Alexander 13 after school. Mayer silent on source as parents fail to explain money. All three arrested on juvenile delinquency charges.
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117Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
West 125Th Street
Farreill
Ryan
Donnelly
Ernest Birkins
Frank Mayer
Manhattan Avenue
Joseph Klein
William Alexander
West 115Th Street
Mayer
Children’s Society
City Board Rescinds Stock Authorizations and Approves Allocations
The Aldermen rescinded old stock authorizations by the Board of Estimate and set a $9,000 grant to Borough President Miller for three autos. A transfer between the Subway and Ninth Avenue elevated line at West 66th Street was requested, and $70,000 was allocated to begin a new Bay Ridge High School. Fire Commissioner Ward was empowered to buy two cars for deputy chiefs in the Bronx and Queens.
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Board of Estimate
Mitchel
Miller
Bronx
Public Service Commission
Ninth Avenue
West Sixty-sixth Street
Bay Ridge
Ward
Queens
Dalrymple Relents and Joins Phi Beta Kappa at Lafayette
At Lafayette College commencement four seniors earned Phi Beta Kappa honors including J H Dalrymple, baseball team manager who initially refused due to grinds and polers stigma. After parental appeal he joined the fraternity today, meeting the grades requirement of three or above.
Wireless self inquiry by United Wireless company
United Wireless Company announces self investigation after arrests of its President and Vice President on charges of using rusils to defraud. A special directors meeting will appoint a non officer committee to probe company affairs and report findings to stockholders. The firm defends capitalization, stock gains, and its many wireless stations and valuable patent rights.
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United Wireless Company
Thorouch
Frohman Plans Global Exchange of Plays and Players
Charles Frohman cabled he will reopen exchanges of plays and actors across continents. London Manchester and Liverpool may join New York Chicago and Philadelphia in a unified circuit for American companies. Henry Miller and His Wife will head the first English exchange from New York to London.
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Charles Frohman
New York
London
Manchester
Liverpool
Paris
Chicago
Philadelphia
Frohman
Henry Miller
Criterion Theatre
England
Marie Tempest
Sir Charles Wyndham
America
Washington reacts to Maine disaster victim's will T:
Mrs Ottilie Stock mother of a Havana harbor Maine disaster victim directs in her will that after her death her parrot be chloroformed and that pictures and letters be buried with her. She leaves Elizabeth one dollar with a conditional bequest if funds are insufficient, grants household items to a German Orphan Asylum, or to be sold for a monument fund.
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Washington
Ottilie Stock
Maine
Havana Harbor
Elizabeth
Quiet Roosevelt Visitors Fill Sagamore Hill as Rest Continues
Oyster Bay June 21 ex-President Theodore Roosevelt spends a quiet day at Sagamore Hill with callers and visitors arriving before noon. Rear Admiral Cowles, Gen Luke Wright, and others meet him. Kermit Roosevelt praised by Cowles for endurance in Africa. The Roosevelts sort 5,000 letters as work resumes.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
W.S. Cowles
Luke E. Wright
James Thompson Williams, Jr
Washington
President Saft
Roosevelt
Gen. Wright
Ethel Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph B. Bishop
Panama Canal Commission
G. la Forge
Roosevelts
Mary Ledwith
Iren Manhattan
Isabel S. Hagner
White House
Longworth
Theodore, Jr
Auction Board Listings at Various Streets and Hotels
A strip of fragmented entries lists names and addresses across Manhattan and nearby streets with amounts noted as trifling sums, small bids, or certain high bids. Notable names include Annie Becker at 44th Street and Melrose Avenue, John Shaughnessy, Chas Gougl ose, Rose Kirman, James Berasta, and Ernst Stein among others. Locations include Hotel Normandie and Church of Immaculate Conception with numerous block addresses and minor monetary amounts recorded such as $10, $50, and $100,000 in one item.
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A.M. Loss
44Th St
Annie Becker
Normandie
Melrose Av
Church of Immaculate Conceptione
John Shaughnessy
Mrs. Bartholdt
Peter Serer
Lewis St
Fershing
Trillinn
Gerkin
Second St
William Plapkin
Avenue A
Nunberger
Prince St
Chas
A. Rubenstein
Rose Kirman
Cannon St
James Berasta
Max Klein
William St
Aicnstein Bros
Chrystie
Chrystie St. Frank Fezio
Manhattan Dye Works
Antonio Mazzio
Mott St. Ferris & Co
Jackson St
West Warn Stu
Steven Halrach
Hiserax Denystaweseshenh Snes
Roosevelt St
Charles Whichiman
Frank Schmidt
Indemnity for Workmen Commission To Study Europe
The National Association of Manufacturers plans a European study trip for its indemnity insurance commission led by Ferdinand Schwedtman and James Emergen. They sail July 14 for three to four months to study humanitarian legal economic and insurance aspects in Germany Austria France England and others to craft a voluntary accident indemnity system for employers and workers with a final report book.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Europe
Ferdinand Schwedtman
James A. Emer
National Council of Industrial Defense
Germany
Austria
France
England
Switzerland
Italy
Norway
National Association
John Kirby, Jr
Association
United States
Firemen Parade and Contests Mark Nassau Day
Nassau County firemen parade and tournament in Mineola drew about 20 000 spectators with over two thousand firemen in line. Sunstroke struck several, a hose wagon ran over a man, and a melee flared when a sister struck at a judge amid a dispute over a decision. No arrests were reported.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Nassau County
Long Island
Defender Hose Company
Lynbrook
Charles Rogers
Rogers
Nassau Hospital
James W. Eaton
Babylon
John Austin Stevens Buried Founder of Sons of the Revolution
Funeral services for John Austin Stevens founder and first President of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution were held in St. Paul’s Church yesterday. Stevens died in Newport last Thursday and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in the family vault.
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John Austin Stevens
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
St. Paul's Church
Stevens
Newport
Greenwood Cemetery
John E Parsons Quits Sugar Trust As New Officers Lead
John E Parsons resigns as Director of American Sugar Refining Company amid a broader management reorganization following Parsons Closson McKvaine withdrawal and Parsons indictment in the Pennsylvania Sugar conspiracy. Thomas becomes President with new offices created including Assistant Treasurer roles in four cities. J Allen succeeds Donner as Treasurer. Arthur Adams named Boston Assistant Treasurer. changes described as part of a policy shift under Thomas, reflecting post-suit reform in the sugar trust.
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John Fe.parsons
American Sugar Refining Company
James M. Beck
United States
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Allen
Guaranty Trust Company
Parsons
Parsons, Closson & McKvaine
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Pennsylvania Sugar
Washington Bb. Thomas
New England
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Arthur Adams
Old Colony Trust Company of
Financial
Thomas
J. Allen
Donner
Massachusetts
Congress
Navy
Porto Rico
Miss Eileen Anglin to Wed Lieut Charles Hutchins
The engagement of Miss Eileen Anglin daughter of the late Hon. T Warren Anglin Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and sister of Miss Margaret Anglin to Lieut Charles Thomas Hutchins U S N son of Rear Admiral Hutchins is announced. The wedding is to take place next month.
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Eileen Anglin
T. Warren Anglin
House of Commons
Margaret Anglin
Charles Thomas Hutchins
Hutchins
Dismissal of 62 Public Building Cleaners in Manhattan
Forty four women and eighteen men employed in Manhattan public building cleaning forces were dismissed yesterday by Borough President Mc Aneny and Assistant Commissioner Patterson, who said their services were not needed. Both sexes earned small pay, and those who were dependent entirely on this work were kept as possible.
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Manhattan
McAneny
Patterson
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William
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Brooklin
Benjamin
James
Brooklyn
CO Work Avenue
Gryslinsky
Francis
First Avenue
Wiliamsburg
Link
John
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Forty-third Street
North River
Ninety-fifth Street
J. Hooi Wright
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Lower Marnhattan
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Melrose Avenue
Witch Street
Fast 117Th Street
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Tilt Street
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Third Avenues
Lafayette
Phi Beta Kappa
9Th St. N the World
Admiral Cowles
Gotham Mfg
Gotham Mec
Mrc. Co
saNi.w Ciee
John E. Parsons
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
Lieut. C. T. Hutchins
Wallach Bros
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Hart, Schaffner , Marx Clothes
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Sam
Black Horse Cavalry
Albany
Togo
Mark Twain
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Alexander
Times
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NG Theatres
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Knickerbocker
Sun Focrean Cosmeny
THE
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Hudson
W. 44Th St
Edmund Eee
Breese
Criterion Bway
44Th &T
Journal
Henry Miller Erie Aes
New Amsterdam
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Frederic Thompson
Jos
Cawthorn & Maude Raymond de Summer
Jardin DE Pari Winter Garden
F. Ziegfeld, JR
Follies
Anna
Julian Mitchell
Lew Fields
Irene Franklin
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St. Es
Marie Dressler
Aid
Wolf Hoppe
Louis Mann
the Cheater
Astor
Bway
45Th St. Ev
Wea
Joe Welch
Cissie Carlette
Wm. Courtleigh & Co
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K Daily Mat
Keith & Proctor Athave
Jally Mats
Montgomery& Moore
Billy Clifford
Eva Tanguay
Valerie Rereste & Co
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Bert Waltz
Leslie & Co
Avon Comedy Four
Victor Moore
Marvellous Griffith
Marshal
Montgomery
Jane Courthope & Co
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Eva Fay
FORDS
Reymond & Caverly
James and
Sadie Leonard
World & Kingston
Brown & Ayer
Oths
Ammerstein’s
H Roo & Daily Matinee
World ii Cinew
King Fal
Eden Musee
Mlle
Polaire
Card
Windsor
Olumbia
Bway & 47Th
Brighton Beach Music Hall
Bessie Wynn
Collie Ballet
Jack Wilson
Coney Island
Thompson & Luna P
Dundy's Ark
Garden of Eden
Schence Bros
ST. Ferry
Country Board
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