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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
9
Harper notes The Street Called Straight by The Inner Shrine author gains rapid public approval. Critics predicted it would be the summer’s most popular novel and recent developments confirm its wide appeal across the country.
General Homer Lea predicts danger from economic pressure and expansion aims of other powers. He argues for immediate American awakening and warns that racial boundaries may erode amid global competition.
Kate Bosher follows up Mary Cary with The Man in Lonely Land a quaint winsome modern society tale. Critics call it simple natural and as selling well as Mary Cary with strong summer reading appeal.
The authors, members of the Festival Committee of the Ethical Culture School, are leaders in American school festival development. The work covers drama, pageantry, song, dance, rite and ceremony with history folklore and legends, and offers practical explanations and illustrations.
In White Plains on June 21 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified that she will not answer further questions that force Thaw’s case into the murder trials. Two long Thaw letters to Gov. Dix criticizing Matteawan conditions were read, detailing alleged abuses and hospital brutality.
Allen G. Burns of Pittsburgh has arrived in Montclair to lead a preliminary social survey. A committee of thirty local civic and philanthropic members will conduct the study over several weeks, with findings to be published in a report for local organizations seeking betterment. Burns chairs the Pittsburgh committee that followed up an earlier survey.
In a desperate exchange of gunfire between Negro suspects and police reserves in Memphis on June 21, Patrolman John M. Taylor died and several officers were wounded. One suspect was arrested while others fled. authorities believe the group to include men who have recently operated on suburban street cars.
Fire swept the Union Pacific grain elevator in Armourdale Kansas this afternoon destroying grain worth about 500000 dollars. The Swift and Morris packing plants were endangered by the blaze and the loss was heavy.
In Mineola New York Henry Turner nineteen dies after his homebuilt biplane from discarded wreckage fails. Captain Baldwin warned him not to fly yet Turner flew and lost control crashing in a field. Turner dies at Nassau Hospital with Dr Walden and others aiding. The month adds to rising aviation fatalities with Turner 150th death since start of aviation.
Walter O'Donnell, a dismissed patrolman, was arrested in front of 1035 Park Row on a burglary charge while on duty in uniform. The garage of Robert Graves at 102 East Fortieth Street was burglarized on Dec. 20 with $4,500 in property stolen, and a fox fur coat later pawned linked to a woman associated with O'Donnell. He was dishonorably discharged for off post activity.
In Durant an armed posse from Bokchito Durant and McAlister hunted bandits who robbed the First State Bank of Bokchito. In an hour of battle Robert Kelly was wounded probably fatally and Dudley Moreland seriously hurt as hundreds of shots were fired. In McAlister five robbers set off eight charges to crack the Bokchito bank safe. Residents armed themselves and fought back. bandits escaped with about $3,000.
Editorial writer Hutchins Hapgood lived alone in the Flower mansion Riverview Manor Hastings and rode the Hastings Homes Company bus after a dispute over rights. A police warrant for trespass was issued but Hapgood was discharged by Police Justice Hogan.
Detectives Woodle Patten and Smith of Hamburg Avenue station chased two youths near Knickerbocker Avenue and Halsey Street Brooklyn last night. One man escaped, the other, George Becker of 46 Fourth Avenue Manhattan, was captured after a scuffle. Becker had a revolver opera glasses a jimmy candle and a mask on him. A New York Custom House inspector James J O Connor identified Becker's loot as items from his robbed house. Becker and the other burglar are believed to be responsible for recent neighborhood burglaries near eo and Hamburg Avenues. Woodle received a scalp wound but recovered after treatment by Dr Valenta. The wounded detective went home.
An enduring varnish touted for outdoor use on boats and storefronts. It resists weather and water with 54 years of Berry Brothers expertise behind it. The ad lists numerous New York City distributors and retailers selling the product.
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