New Rochelle Hosts French Delegates 1628 Relic Gift
The New Rochelle Huguenot Association welcomed delegates from La Rochelle France Ken Rochelle celebrated his 225th anniversary with official receptions at City Hall and the Mayor's residence. Henri Chatonet and Charles Garrigues presented greetings and donated historic relics including a culverin and the siege flag from 1628.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Ken Rochelle
Henri Chatonet
Charles Garrigues
Ta Rochelle
France
Manhattan
New York
New Fpochelle
Henry M. Lester
Huguenot Association
Pinard Avenue
E. E. de Cout
la Rochelle
M. Carrigues
Jean Cuiton
Tragic Fall Kills Miss Lucy Townsend in New Rochelle
New Rochelle, June 23. Miss Lucy C. Townsend of 12 Elm Street died after falling from the porch of neighbor Mrs. J Coridon while raising a flag for the New ndhelie celebration. Neck dislocated, death within minutes.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Lucy C. Townsend
Elm Street
J. Coridon
Lawyers Seek Commission to Probe Titanic Wreck Witnesses
In federal court Judge Hand considers motions to appoint open and closed commissions to question witnesses in Europe about the Titanic disaster. The proposals target the White Star Line employer and Mrs. Elizabeth Lines, with debates over extraterritorial examination and court power.
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Hand
Federal District Court
Arend
Europe
London
White Star Line
Thomas Ryan
Elizabeth MS. Lines
Paris
Charles C. Burlingham
J. Parker Kirlin
Marconi Witness Tests Wireless Patent Case in Brooklyn
Frank M. Waterman of Marconi Wire less Telegraph Company testified in the suit against National Electric Signaling Company. He said old Hertz oscillator would block wireless communication, but Tesla or Thompson coils could be used under certain conditions. The case, before Judge Veeder, is the first of two actions over original Marconi patent and Lodge patent infringements, with a second suit over a later Marconi patent.
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Frank M. Waterman
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Marconi Company
National Electric Signaling Company
Waterman
Veeder
United States District Court
Brooklyn
Marconi
Lodge
L. F. H. Betts
Livingston Gifford
Manhattan
F. W. H. Clay
F. W. Winter
Pittsburgh
Frees Curran Accuser After Hearings
Patrolman Foye of Elmhurst was released on own recognizance by Justice Seabury after testifying that Curran Chairman Henry H. Curran tried to dissuade him from pressing charges against a man later indicted for perjury. Assistant District Attorney Rubin said Foye likely made an honest misidentification and a motion to quash the indictment may be filed soon.
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Foye
Cook Street
Elmhurst
L. L
Curran Committee
Henry H. Curran
Justice Seabury
Rubin
Feye
Alderman Curran
Ade as Purdue Trustee Plans Europe Trip From Waldorf Homecoming
George Ade arrives at the Waldorf in a new role as Indiana agriculturist with thriving corn and oats, planning a two month stay including a motor tour of France and study of agricultural education. He discusses Purdue trusteeship, farm value rise, and the impact of Wisconsin and Ames on agricultural schooling.
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George Ade
the Waldorf
Europe
Imperator
Indiana
Château
France
Aix-les-Bains
Ade
The
Waldorf
Thomas Taggart
Peacock Alley
Purdue University
New York
Agricultural College
Middle West
University of Wisconsin
Agricultural School
Ames
Iowa
Purdue
State of Wisconsin
Exodus from the city to the farm referenced
The passage notes a shift as country boys favor staying on large family farms over moving to the city. Fathers own substantial farms and offer a good living at home, with city life lacking appeal beyond smoke.
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Chicago
Scranton editors form new paper The Daily News
Robert W. Towne led a mass walkout from The Scranton Tribune Republican and The Scranton Truth to launch The Daily News around July 4. T. J. Duffy to run the new paper as editors and staff quit with Towne. The Tribune Company placed in receivership as financial backers blamed Progressive opposition.
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Scranton
Robert W. Towne
Scranton Tribune-Republican
Scranton Truth
Daily News
T. J. Duffy
Tribune-Republican
Truth
Towne
Tribune Company
E. A. Whitehouse
Newark
Giffor Pinchot
George W. Perkins
Joseph Medill McCormick
William R. Nelson
The
Kansas City Star
Joseph H. Odell
Second Presbyterian Church
Boy Accused Claims Accidental Shooting After Bravado
Theodore Ehrenberg boy 14 was shot in the abdomen by Ignatius Mannion 14 after Mannion drew a revolver at Fairmount Place and asked him to dare him to shoot. Mannion says he found the gun and fired accidentally. he waited to help but fled. Ehrenberg was treated at Fordham Hospital. Mannion was arrested and released to his mother for Children’s Court arraignment on juvenile delinquency charges.
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Shongut
Bronx
Theodore Ehrenberg
Marmion Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Fairmount Place
Ignatius Mannion
East 176Th Street
Ehrenberg
Mannion
Pierre Rontey
Mapes Avenue
Clark
Tremont Avenue
Children’s Court
Duffy Second Trial Set In Corruption Case
The second trial of Police Sergt. Peter J. Duffy, alleged collector for ex-Inspector Dennis Sweeney, starts next Monday before Justice Seabury. He faces claims of taking a bribe from Harlem gambler William Roth. At the prior trial the jury split eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. District Attorney Whitman sought a special panel of 150 talesmen after the first trial.
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Peter J. Duffy
Dennis Sweeney
William Roth
Justice Seabury
Supreme Court
Whitman
Maggi Estate Mourning in San Mateo
San Francisco June 23 George Maggi relative of a Swiss bankrupt Maggi attempted suicide by poison at his mother's home in San Mateo He planned to travel to Switzerland to pursue a claim to a Maggi estate The Swiss Maggi fortune of ten million dollars had vanished and his wife had killed herself on June 12
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San Francisco
George Maggi
San Mateo
Switzerland
Maggi
Magine Maggi
Eee Is Wife
Four Thousand Dollar Wireless Boat Sinks
Gloucester June 23 John Hays Hammond Jr experimenter and inventor reports the loss of his wireless craft Shittie after it sank at the Hamond House anchorage. He says several thousand dollars of his own inventions and machinery were destroyed and replacement will take weeks.
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New York Times
Gloucester
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Hammond House
Hammond
Hey
Connecticut Pair Weds in Philadelphia Church
Charles W. Gale aged 67 and Mrs. Gertrude K. Roath aged 57, both of Norwich Connecticut, were married in Philadelphia today by Rev. Peter C. Wright of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Gale's wife died seven years ago and Roath had been a widow for eight years.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Charles W. Gale
Gertrude K. Roath
Norwich
Conn
Peter C. Wright
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Asbury Park Bans Sunday Hot Dogs in Court Fight
Murphy and Krug sue Mayor Reginald Bennett over a Sunday ban on frankfurter sales at their boardwalk eatery. Despite prior permission to sell in rear, police turned customers away after a mayoral cabinet decision, prompting a civil suit alleging no legal or moral right to interfere.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Murphy & Krug
Reginald S. Bennett
Krug & Murphy
Coney Island
Bennett
Driver Killed by Train In Paterson Area Crash
A westbound Erie Railroad passenger train hit a crossing truck near Albion NJ. Driver Andrew Layman of Valley Road Athenia died en route to St. Joseph's hospital. Two horses were fatally injured and shot on scene.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Erie Railroad
Albion
Andrew Layman
Valley Road
Athenia
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Novel Wedding Rings Highlighted In Wholesale Jewelry Trade
The wholesale jewelry trade showcases several novel wedding rings. One features diamonds set flush around a platinum ring with hand-carved edges and is non expandable, made to order for non stock sizes. Another new bridal ring is a hand carved gold band about one sixteenth inch wide.
Hilda Holloway and Henry Renwick Wed in Private Ceremony
Miss Hilda Holloway and Henry Brevoort Renwick were married today at the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany in Philadelphia in a small ceremony attended by close family. The couple will reside in Charlottesville, Virginia after a wedding breakfast at the Belle Vue Stratford.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Hilda Holloway
Joseph Holloway
Virginia
South Sixty-first Street
Henry Brevoort Renwick
James A. Renwick
Fox Oaks
Flushing
L. T
St. Luke and
Renwick
William L. Hirst
Haverford
Mrs. Renwick
Charlottesville
Fund Hamilton Fish Left Probed in Surrogates Court
Hamilton Fish and Hamilton Fish Webster filed in the Surrogates Court an accounting of the trust fund left by the late Hamilton Fish to Hugh H. Northcote, now an inmate at Shron House Totton in Hants England. The accounting shows 194 to Jan 2 1912 income of 88877 dollars paid to Northcote and 40098 dollars paid to his committee Bernard Francia Rollo through last April. The fund’s appraised body stood at 714593 dollars, with securities including railroad bonds 131660 dollars, City of New York bonds and corporate stock 65636 dollars, railroad stock 23975 dollars, bank and trust company stocks 24612 dollars, and 1000 shares of the Hamilton Fish corporation valued at 450000 dollars.
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Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish Webster
Hugh H
Northcote
Shron House
Totton
County of Hants
England
Bernard Francia Rollo
New York
Bank and Trust Company
Hamilton Fish Corporation
Man Found Dead Beside NY Central Track Near Morris Heights
An unidentified man’s body was found on the concrete walk two feet from the track level of the New York Central near Morris Heights station last night. The corpse showed signs that several trains had passed over it before it was placed on the walk.
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New York Central
Morris Heights
Grover Cleveland Memorial Wreath Placed at Princeton
The Grover Cleveland Association followed its custom by sending a laurel wreath to Princeton to place on the late President's grave for the fifth anniversary of his death.
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Grover Cleveland Association
Princeton
Used Girl as a Lure In Greenwich Street Robbery
Greenwich Street Station police seek a seventeen year old girl suspected of luring two men to a hallway near Murray Street where six attackers beat and robbed steamship firemen Hamed Abdul and Torcato Guerriano of 56 dollars. Victims were left injured. a passerby alerted Officer McKeever and the men were taken to hospital.
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Greenwich Street
Murray Street
Hamed Abdul
Torcato Guerriano
McKeever
Murray
Greenwich
Tall
Dartmouth Exercises Class Day 1913 Held in Hanover
The Dartmouth College class of 1913 held its class day exercises before a record crowd in Hanover. President Harold C. McAllister welcomed the attendees. Speakers included Ray L. Bennett class marshal Ralph K. Stone Clarence C. Meloney Roswell J. Powers Frederick M. Gannon Edward V. X. Wilson and George Steele with roles as orator poet and odist respectively.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Harold C. McAllister
Manchester
Ray L. Bennett
Artesian
Ralph K. Stone
Edgewood
R. L. Sachem
Clarence C. Meloney
Brooklyn
Roswell J. Powers
Springfield
Mass
Frederick M. Gannon
Concord
Old Pine
Edward V. X. Wilson
Rutland
George Steele
Gloucester
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Chambers St
City Hall
13Th St
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East 125Th St
3D Avenue
Asbury Bans
H. B. Renwick
Miss Holloway
Trust For
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Lawyers Mortgage Co
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Dartmouth
Imbels
Gimbel Standard
Pty Ten Ee Eee
Oe New Co
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