Port Chester Fire Devours Burns Block As 10 Fires Burn
A large fire in Port Chester destroyed the Burns Building Block and damaged ten structures. Firefighters from multiple towns battled flames for hours. 700 Simmons Manufacturing workers escaped safely. church, homes, and a Pixley Flats row were heavily damaged. damage estimated at $300,000 with limited insurance.
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New York Times
Porchester
Port Chester
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Burns
Broad Street
Irving Avenue
Factory Avenue
Westchester Avenue
Pixley
Borden Condones Milk Company
Factory Place
Phil Baker
Portchester
Borden Milk Company
New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad
Baker
Rye
Harrison
East Fort Chester
White Plains
Greenwich
Raben &Johnson
Alfred Penavi
John Czermack
Pixley's Flats
Ils Clark
J. H. Hunt
American Felt Company
Benedict
Btoad Street
Irving,Austin & Co
James Clark
Baptist Church
William J. O'Brien
Reliance Department
Howard Rigney
Mellor Hose Company
O’brien
Wellstood
Forest fires devastate Pike County timber value
Two destructive forest fires started by careless camping parties burned in the Buffalo Park area, in the extreme northern part of Pike County. The value of the timber destroyed is estimated at several thousand dollars.
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Buffalo Park
Col
Buffalo
Pike County
Eliot Rebukes Roosevelt Over Harvard Crew Case
Special to The New York Times Boston June 22 Roosevelt Jr. urged his father to intervene after Fish and Morgan were suspended from Harvard crews. Harvard President and Board of Overseers rejected outside interference, confirming the action as not a disciplinary move but in line with the Yale agreement.
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New York Times
Boston
Roosevelt
Fish
Morgan
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
S Jr
Yale
United States
Board of Overseers
T Hem
Harvard College
Harvard Oarsmen Suspended Over Library Books
Secretary Loeb reported Roosevelt would not discuss his talks with Harvard President Eliot about Sidney Fish and Charles Morgan Jr. The two Harvard oarsmen, slated to join Red Top training, were found taking restricted books from the university library and were suspended after arriving at Red Top. Fish rowed at No. 2 in the varsity shell and Morgan belonged to the four oared crew.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Loeb
Roosevelt
Eliot
Harvard
Sidney Fish
Charles Morgan, Jr
Red Top
Conn
Fish
Morgan
Sherman Illness Delays Vice Presidential Nominating Visit
James Schoolcraft Sherman Republican VP nominee has been ill in Cleveland for two days. He will remain until tomorrow due to biliousness from long hours and heat. He canceled meetings with local leaders and plans to travel to Utica at 8:20 AM with a stop in Cincinnati.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Chicago
Cincinnati
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
Guv Herrick
Utica
Sherman
Republican National Committee
Col. Herrick
William Howard Taft
Jude
Federal
Pater
Meyer Heads Phipps Clinic at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore June 22 Trustees of Johns Hopkins have elected Dr Adolph Meyer of New York to direct the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic and to hold the Psychiatry professorship. Meyer will study European clinics and plan a global approach for treating mental disorders. He will join Johns Hopkins in September 1909 after building completion, with overseas study set for July alongside architect Grosvenor Atterbury. Meyer, born 1866 in Zurich, has held key neurology and psychiatry roles and leads the New York State Hospital Pathological Institute and Cornell University.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital and University
Adolph Meyer
New York
Henry Phipps
Meyer
Grosvenor Atterbury
Mount Morris Park
Johns Hopkins University
Atterbury
Munich
Berlin
Breslau
Dr. Meyer
Phipps
Zurich
Switzerland
Paris
London
Vienna
Illinois Eastern Hospital
Worcester
Mass
New York State Hospital
Ward's Island
Cornell University
New York Psychiatrical Society
Incoming Steamer Wilhelm der Grosse Reported East of Sandy Hook
Marconi wireless reported the incoming SS Wilhelm der Grosse 293 miles east of Sandy Hook at 11 59 P M yesterday. The vessel was due at her pier about 7 30 P M today.
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SS. Marowisine
Peramaribo
Ss. Iaiser- Wilhelm der Grosse
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
New Jersey Central Schedule Update Page 11
TO PHILADELPHIA EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR IN TWO HOURS. See New Jersey Central schedule on Page 11. NO SMOKE NO DUST Adva.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Adva
Mme Gould 10 Wed in London Soon
Special cable from London reports Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan seeking a Church of England wedding with a civil contract. They aim to avoid banns and the usual two week residence by securing a special license, amid efforts to marry in London after Paris banns.
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NEW York. Times
London
Paris
Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna
Church of England
Mme. Gould
Prince Helie
Boulogne
New York
Folkestone
Savoy
England
Mmne
Gould
de Sagan
Henry White
Twain
Canadian town burned in Quebec blaze
Three Rivers Quebec burned as high winds fed a noon fire in a stable. Firemen arrived by special trains from Montreal Quebec Sherbrooke and Grande Mere to contain the blaze. The lower town business section was largely destroyed with over 300 buildings burned including the post office city hall and Hochelaga Bank building. only a few prominent structures survived.
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Three Rivers
Quebec
Montreal
Sherbrooke
Grande Mere
Hochelaga Bank
Burton declines Panama arbitration board post
Cleveland June 22 Congressman Burton announced he will not accept the fifth arbitrator role in the Panama United States Arbitration Board. He said he declined when first offered and cites prior engagements and a principle against holding another paid government position.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Burton
Congress
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Proclaims Purity
An old advertisement touts Great Bear Spring Water as famous for purity, citing the slogan Its Purity has made it famous by Ady.
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Great Bear
Ady
New Baby Prince of Spain Born at Madrid Residence
June 22 1919 report from Madrid states Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a son at the Summer residence. King Alfonso and court officials including Premier Maura and Marquis Figueroa attended as artillery salutes prepared for the royal birth. The infant is heir to the throne per ancient customs.
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Madrid
Victoria
Spain
la Granga
Maria Christina
Infanta Isabel
Maura
Alfonso
Marquis Figueroa
Ena of
Battenburg
Prince of the
Asturias
Rockefeller heirs plan Greenwich estate park expansion
William G. Rockefeller and cousin Percy Rockefeller, heirs tied to the Standard Oil legacy, are buying up 148 acres near their Greenwich homes with reports of hundreds more acres to follow. They already own about 400 acres and aim to create a residential park centered on their residences. William G. Rockefeller lives in a simple farmhouse while Percy occupies a 64 room mansion, touted as Fairfield County's finest.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
William G. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Percy Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N.Y
William G
Fairfield County
Court to Hear Contempt Case Against Typographical Union
Papers served on twenty seven officers and members of New York Typographical Union No. 6 summon them to appear at Special Term of the Supreme Court next Friday at 10:30 AM to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. Justice Guy affirmed the injunction of Justice Blanchard dated March 14, 1906, remains in force as plaintiffs claim continued boycotting and interference with Butterick Publishing Company, Limited, causing substantial damages.
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New York Typographical Union No. 6
Supreme Court
Butterick Publishing Company, Limited
James J. Murphy
William Robinson
Charles M. Maxwell
Thomas J. Robinson
Guy
Justice Blanchard
Fox Hunt On Pennsylvania Avenue Ends With Capture In Baltimore
A fox wandered through crowded Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore drawing a large crowd and pursuit by about a hundred people and a dozen dogs. The fox was cornered in a livery stable and captured after biting Robert Henry, who was treated at the Pasteur Institute after a nearby hospital visit.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Avenue
Reynard
Robert Henry
Henry
Union Protestant
Pasteur Institute
Mitchell exits Illinois race to pursue industrial peace
John Mitchell former President of the Mine Workers' Union of America declines to run for Illinois governor or vice president on the Democratic ticket. He will head the trade agreement department at the National Civic Federation with a $6000 annual salary to settle employer labor disputes and prevent strikes and lockouts.
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New York Times
Chicago
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union of America
Illinois
Mitchell
National Civic Federation
Through R. R. Tickets and Albany Accepted Adve
Ad via rail line mentions acceptance of tickets onHudRr line. source fragment shows abbreviated terms and unclear context. No clear names, dates, or events due to damaged OCR.
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R. R
Albany
Lynching of Six Negroes Tells of Sabine County Terror
In Sabine County Texas a mob seized six Black men from Hemphill jail and hanged five from a single tree while one was shot. The group was accused in the death of Hugh A. Dean near Geneva two weeks earlier. Additional Black victims and arrests followed as East Texas erupts in violence and lawlessness.
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New York Times
Houston
Texas
Sabine County
Hemphill
Hugh A. Dean
Geneva
Frank Williams
Jerry Evans
Will Johnson
Moss Spellman
Cleve Williams
Will Manuel
Williams
Dean
Rockwall Church
Aaron M. Johnson
Bernd Price
Johnson
Johnson's Gate
Bill McCoy
Price
Bob Wright
White
Wright
Sen
Beaumont
San Augustine
Sexton
Milam
Sheedy as Tammany Agent in Treasury Hold-Up Case
Magistrate Beaton and Assistant Superintendent O Leary denied D Clarence Gibboney s charge that O Leary bribed to release Charles Bates and Charles Watson NY crooks arrested for an October hold up in the U S Treasury Pat Sheedy the gambler claimed to act as fixer for Tammany leaders in N Y A family member said he was confined to bed with heart trouble at his flat 181 West Thirty four Street and could not be seen
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Beaton
O'Leary
D. Clarence Gibboney
Charles Bates
Charles Watson
New York
United States
Gibboney
Pat Sheedy
Mr. Sheedy
West Thirty-fourth Street
Wright's Team in Cabinet
Gen Luke E Wright will leave Memphis June 22 to meet with Secretary Taft before assuming duties as Secretary of War appointed by Roosevelt. He says he plans only a few months in the post until next March and declines to speculate on tenure under Taft.
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Memphis
Tenn
Luke E. Wright
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Gen. Wright
Immel Pleads Guilty and Receives Four Year Sentence
Frederick J. Immel of the Columbus Board of Public Services admitted taking a bribe from H. C. Lang, superintendent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company. Judge Rathmell sentenced him to four years in the Ohio Penitentiary and fined $1,000 after a guilty plea.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frederick J. Immel
Columbus Board of Public Services
Rathmell
H. C. Lang
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Ohio Penitentiary
Zion City Woman Dies After Forty Day Fast
Mrs. Louisa Thompson aged 40 of Zion City dies from starvation after a forty day fast believed to cure her cancer. She and her husband belonged to a local Zion City cult and sought religious healing.
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Thompson
Ordeal
Chicago
Louisa Thompson
Zion City
North Shore
John Alexander Dowie
Morocco Sultan Abd el Aziz Alleged Assassination Rumor
Persistent chatter in Paris parliamentary circles claims Abd el Aziz the Moroccan sultan was assassinated in Rabat. The Foreign Office and Interior Ministry deny the report as untrue, with officials stating inquiries provide no justification for the rumor.
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Paris
Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Rabat
Foreign Office
Ministry of the Interior
Delagrange Airs 16 Minute Military Flight Record
In Milan on June 22 the French aviator Leon Delagrange surpassed all prior marks by flying 16 minutes 30 seconds. His plane stayed 10 to 18 feet above ground, completing roughly 18 kilometers at about 28 mph. A special gold medal will be struck to honor the feat.
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Milan
Leon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Johnson on Lawson Plan for Campaign Fund
Gov. Johnson called the Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson's offer to raise a million dollars for a Johnson Bryan ticket a very excellent proposition. He said he thinks they will stand for it and appears amused, though he gave only cautious remarks on the proposal.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Gov. Johnson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Johnson
Bryan
Death to the Americans circular sparks unrest in Manilla
An anonymous anti-American circular bears Katipunan signs and denounces Americans as tyrants, urging revolution and violence including assassination and arson. It accuses benevolent assimilators, attacks American women and government graft, and ends with a wish for long life to Filipinos and death to the Americans. Authorities doubt serious outcomes.
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Maniela
Katipunan Society
Up¢N
Touring Cars In A Crash Near Roslyn
At the junction of the Albertson and East Williston Roads two large limousines collided. Mrs John M Sterns of Glen Cove and Edward Kent were uninjured while their chauffeurs were unharmed. Prossen, Sterns chauffeur, suffered multiple injuries and was taken by ambulance to Nassau County Hospital Mineola.
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New York Times
Roslyn
L. I
John .M. Sterns
Glen Cove
Edward Kent
Old Westbury
Albertson
East Williston
Auto Blaze at High Speed Near Jericho
On the Turnpike near Jericho yesterday afternoon, Hendrick Hudson of Westbury and Miss Alice Anderson of Far Rockaway escaped a fire in their speeding automobile. Hudson shut off power and the emergency brake, they jumped clear, clothing scorched. Hudson used his cap to scoop sand and doused the flames after about half the car burned. The loss was $7,200.
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New York
Jericho
Hendrick, Hudson
Westbury
Alice Anderson
Far Rockaway
Young Durant Seeks Divorce in Desertion Case
Harrison Durant son of F Clarke Durant of 228 West Rittenhouse Square files for divorce from Caroline A Ralph Durant charging desertion. He is 20 and currently in the Adirondacks while she is said to be in Italy. Married April 20 1904 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
West Rittenhouse Square
Port Washington
Belgravia Hotel
Captain McCrea Seriously Ill in Brooklyn Navy Hospital
Captain Henry McCrea who commanded the USS Georgia during the Pacific cruise is seriously ill at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn with kidney trouble. His doctor said there was some slight improvement after his condition worsened recently. McCrea arrived two days ago from Troy San Francisco.
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Henry McCrea
Georgia
Pacific
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Kelly
Afrea
Troy
San Francisco
Red Taxicabs Firm in Columbus Advertises Service
Fragmentary OCR notes show an ad for Red Taxicabs in Columbus with mentions of New York Taxicab Co. and economy oriented speed commerce terms. The readable text points to a taxi service promotion and a corporate ad from an urban area.
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Columbus
New York
Hughes Defends Nonwithdrawal At Ratification Meeting
Governor Hughes defends stance on restrictive delegates at the Republican Club ratification, praises Taft, and endorses Taft and Sherman while noting some critics of Roosevelt. James S. Sherman receives strong applause as Taft’s running mate is backed by the club and Hughes.
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Gov. Hughes
Republican Club
Taft
Republican Party
Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
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Halecto
Butterick Publishing Company
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Governor
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