Roosevelt to Knox Urges Post Office Corruption Prosecution
A 1903 Roosevelt letter to Attorney General Knox endorses aggressive post office graft prosecutions. It notes indictments, calls for further charges, and proposes appointing special assistants to pursue cases regardless of statute limits. The missive stresses Government trust and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Knox
White Mouse
Washington
Post Office Department
Bristow
Robb
Department of Justice
Tyner
Wtmest
District Attor- Trey
Post Office
Lorenzes Arrested in Washington Post Office Scandal Case
George and Martha Lorenz were arrested at their Toledo home after being indicted by the grand jury in Washington on Post Office department scandal charges. They appeared before U S Commissioner Brough, with attorney Kumiler seeking a preliminary hearing set for tomorrow, likely postponed. Bond posted at 5000 each.
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Toledo
George HE. Lorenz
Martha
As al
Washington
Post-Office Department
Madison Avene
S.o' Clock
United States
Marshal Winders
Thes
Brough
John Fr Wumier
Lorenzé
Bond
Kumilér
Van Cott Still Silent on Superintendent Post
Washington June 24 The New York Times reports the Post Office Department has received no reply from Postmaster Van Cott to determine which Van Cott or White serves as Superintendent of Delivers and which acts as assistant. The department seeks a decision before the new fiscal year starts July 4 to assign the Superintendent salary and the assistant’s pay, amid talk of private arrangements between the two Van Cotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Post Office Department
van Cott
Rer
New York
Tribute to Van Cott Sparks Lincoln Club Rally
Postmaster Van Cott and his son Richard received a Tiffany silver loving cup at a Lincoln Club meeting at 12 East Eighth Street. Assemblyman Edward Finch praised the younger Van Cott who thanked the group amid Republican campaign talk, with Van Cott urging club members to deliver results for the party. The Lincoln Club has long had Van Cott as its president. members include Adjt. Gen. Henry and other notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cott
Richard van Cott
Lincoln Club
Reginar Republicin
Fifth Assembly District
Cornelius van Cott
East Eighth Street
Richard
Pest
George Gregory
Edward- A. Finch
Finch
Van
Cott
Richard van ‘Cott
Renly
Specchis
Wits
Ant
Humorist Marshall P Wilder Marries Sophia Hanks
Marshall P Wilder and Sophia Cornell Hanks quietly wed in New York City studio with Cal Marceau and James Young as witnesses. The couple, dating about nine years, planned the ceremony three days prior. They then departed for a Boston honeymoon.
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Marshall P. Wilder
Sophia Cornell Hanks
Edmund F. Hanks
Union Street
Brooklyn
Cok_Theodore C. Marceau
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Houghton
Cal Marceau
James Young
Viola Adien
Cal. Marceau
Wilder
Mr. Wilder
Thirty-third Street
Broadway
Ange
Isoston
Yale and Harvard Ready for the Race
The Yale and Harvard rowing crews prepare for the Thames course race in New London with Mrs. Roosevelt aboard the Sylph arriving to support the Yale contingent. Crowds, betting, and final lineup details fill the day as trainers select positions for the freshman and varsity eights amid favorable but variable conditions on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New
London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Thames River
New London
Crimson
Bine
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Boston
Brower
McGrew
Higginson
Yale Taunch
Waterve
iKunzig
Bartletts Point
Ns Point
Navy Yard
Owen
Thames
Coneh Kanzig
Red
Broad View
Altough
Varsity
Botti
Thite
Sviiin
Etie
Joh Kenneat
Campbell’s Son Arrested Over Imposter Letters
The 31 year old Robert Campbell of 100 West 101st Street was arrested at West Thirtieth Street Station amid accusations that he forged letters using newspaper names. Newspaper men complain he used their identities to solicit business, and he once served as private secretary to W Seward Webb. He faced a prior arrest for obtaining theatre tickets under a newspaper name but was discharged the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Campbe
First Street
Eee Ag
Campbel
Campbell
Acee
Agid
W. Seward Webb
Min
Expenses Of The City Quarter Ended March 31
The City Record reports municipal expenditures for the quarter ending March 31, showing total outlays exceeding 1,000,000. Major items include monthly water payments to Glen a Water Co and Greenwood Lake Ice Co, filtration costs for city offices, heating at City Hall, carriage hire for Buildings Department, and care of the Grant Tomb. Burial expenses for veterans are listed by borough with modest sums in Manhattan, Richmond, and Brooklyn for 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Department
Clynta Water Company
Greenwood-Lake Tee Company
Grout
Rapid Safety Filter Company
American Ice Company
Torough
Cantor
Department of Buildings
Riverside Drive
Manhattan
Richmond
Brooklyn
Continental Railway Equipment on Compressed Air stock sale
The Continental Railway Equipment Company announces that the plan to purchase the stock of the Compressed Air Company has become operative. No stock of the Compressed Air Company will be received by the Corporation Trust Company after June 26 except on terms determined by the Directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Railway Equipment Company
Compressed Air Company
Corporation Trust Company
New York Times History Contest Sends Medals and Corrections
The New York Times reports on the City History Competition for public high schools and upper elementary grades. Many teachers sought medal awards. investigations found missing class totals or errors in certificates. Corrections to spellings and names were sent to Tiffany & Co for proper engraving, with checks sent to prize winners and essays to be returned for commencements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Times
Tiffany & Co
Cantor and Rogers Clash Over De Witt Clinton Exercises
Borough President Cantor sharply criticized the Board of Education at De Witt Clinton High School graduation exercises held at Wadleigh High School. Board President Rogers replied defending the Board’s handling of contracts and delays. Twenty four hundred graduates attended the ceremony with seven hundred twelve receiving diplomas. scholarships and medals were awarded to Michael Solomon Samuel Rosenblum and Julius Blum.
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Board of Education
de Witt Clinton
Jacob A. Cantor
de Witt Clinton High School
Henry A . Rogers
Wadleigh High School
One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Camber
Educ ‘Tion
KrVativ
Rogers
oCanton
Weed
Canter
Board of Estimate
Grout
Board of Edagcation
Viet Lam
Cantor
Witcs
New York University
Michael Solomon
Samuel Rosenblum
Medal of the Alliance Fancaise
Julius Blum
Camp Emmons Chirk Sevenths Hold Campfire Night
Large crowd gathers around blazing logs at Camp Emmons Chirk in front of Gen Smith's tent as Seventh Regiment endures cold weather. Thirty volunteers train under Lt George Towle while rain and chilly gusts ease with fire and games. Gov Odell will visit tomorrow with West Point cadets rumored to attack the camp. overcoats and blankets are in high demand.
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New York Times
Gen. Smith
Emmons
Walit
Company G
Company
Kua
Odell
Judge Frees Directory Publisher From Contempt Jail
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court ordered the release of J Power Fallon a directory publisher who had been jailed on two counts of contempt for substituting pages in a directory to deceive the court. Fallon claimed poverty and his alleged offense involved actions favoring the Chicago Directory Company against the Trow Directory Company. Further charges may be brought, and Fallon says he has no funds to pay the $1,000 fine.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
J. Power Fallon
Ludlow Street
Fallon
Chicago
Trow Directory Company
Hall Contract Awarded for St John’s College Fordham
The erection contract for a new hall at St John’s College Fordham was awarded to John Maher and Son on St John the Baptist day. The bid excluding plumbing and utilities totals 9 250 with the building fully furnished and an estimated cost about 125 000 funded by loan or mortgage unless donors supply all or part of the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s College
Fordham
St. John the Baptist
John Maher & Son
Board meeting actions on suspensions and forest protection
At yesterday's Board of Trade and Transportation meeting in 208 Broadway, detrono was suspended on a Morris 8S Wise resolution denouncing the burning of the negro White near Wilmington. Thomas Main moved a forestry inquiry to protect forests from fire nationally and abroad. the measure was unanimously adopted with many new members elected.
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Board of ‘Trade and Transportation
Broadway
Detrono
Morris
Wise
Wilmington
Thomas I. ‘Main
Four men in Yorkville court on murder and assault
Four men faced charges in Yorkville Police Court after an incident at Simon's. Greenberg was discharged after magistrate Pool ruled him not dead. William Lampkin, a waiter, posted 500 bail while Barney Marchand, restaurant proprietor, was held in 2500 bail.
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Simon. Greenberg
Dividend Declared by American Woolen Company
The American Woolen Company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock payable July 15 to holders of record at the close of business July 2. Transfer books close July 2 and reopen July 16.
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American Woolen Company
Will of Walter W Watrous Hints Widow Dispute at Suit
Attorneys for the estate of Walter W Watrous filed the will with the Surrogate as a claim about a widow and a challenge to the $5 000 bequest to Katherine Fleecker aka Katherine Ballou. Mrs Watrous through counsel says she will not accept a nominal settlement and seeks to prove her marriage and rights under the law. The will, dated January 4, 1941, leaves the residuary estate to a trust for his son Livingston W Watrous with future distribution at age 30. The son, 14, is named as sole heir at law.
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Walter W. Watrous
Atlantic City
Watrous
Harry W. Watrous
Allen W. Adams
Frederick Embree Hobbs
Katherine Fleecker
Katherine Ballou
Robert L. Cutting
Minnie Seligman
Mrs. Watrous
Mr Watrous
Ace
Livingston W. Watrous
Sixty-fourth Street
Mr. Watrous
Livingston
Wilson, Adams & Co
Unions Plan General Strike Across Old Building Trades Board
Trades remaining in the old Board of Building Trades announce a general strike starting today in protest of the arbitration plan by the Building Trades Employers' Association. Parks wins reelection as walking delegate amid calls for unity and further action.
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Old Board of Building Trades
Brevoort Hall
Building Trades Employers’ Association
United States
Otto M. Eidlitz
Board of
Building Trades Mechanics
Spee
Samuel Parks
Fifty-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Parks
Boy
Building Trades Employers” Association
Exchange Hall
Eighty-sixth Street
Ieaders
Board of Building Trades
Samuel J. Parks
Plain and Ornamental Plaisterers' Society
Broadway
Employing Plasterers’ Association
Plasterers’ ‘Society
Maenercher Hall
Fifty-sixth Street
Electrical Workers’ Union
Building Trades ,Employers’ Association
Otto M. Fidlitz
Amalgamated Wood Workers’ Union
Western Rate Reduction Sparks Chicago St Paul Fare Talk
Western rail rate changes ripple through Chicago and St Paul as the St Paul line hints at a $6.50 passenger rate to Chicago and reforms to an $19 compromise. Wisconsin Central moves to base all excursion pricing on the $8 rate between Chicago and St Paul, signaling broad fare reductions.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Central
St. Paul
Pennsylvania Company reorganizes leadership and declares dividends
The Pennsylvania Company reorganized today electing A. D. Cassatt as President. Otto Schroll becomes Superintendent of the Cleveland Division replacing W. H. Potter, and W. B. Wood assumes Richmond Division duties. Directors also declare a semi annual 2 percent dividend on progress stock payable July 16 and 1.5 percent on common stock payable August 15.
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Pennsylvania Company
Piuladelphia
Pennsylvania’ Company
A. d. Cassatt
Otto Schroll
Cleveland
W. H. Potter
W. B. Wood
Richmond
Mr. Schroll
Baltimore and Ohio gains terminal agreement with Washington line
An agreement on the use of new terminals at Washington connects the Baltimore and Ohio with the Richmond and Washington Railroad. B&O owns one sixth of the latter, enabling through trains toward Richmond, Virginia in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Richmond and
Special Excursion to Mauch Chunk and Switchback by NJ Central
New Jersey Central Railroad runs a July 4 excursion to Mauch Chunk Gien Onoko and the Switchback. An express departs Liberty Street at 8:80 A M and returns from Mauch Chunk at 5:40 P M arriving about noon on the outward leg. Round trip fare is 1.50 and includes an eighteen mile gravity road ride.
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Mauch Chunk
Gien
Onoko
New Jersey Central Railroad
Liberty Street
International League of Press Clubs reelects Curran president
The International League of Press Clubs in Atlantic City re elected M. P. Curran of Boston as President for the year. New officers include Vice Presidents John A. Hennessey New York Franklin P. Stoy Atlantic City Charles Emory Smith Philadelphia P C Boyle Old City Penn Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden New York Secretary H Starr Richardson Philadelphia Treasurer Col John Hobbs New York and an Executive Committee with members from Pittsburgh Braddock San Francisco Reading Salt Lake City Wilkes Barre and Toledo among others.
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Atlantic City
International League of Press Clubs
M. P. Curran
Boston
John A. Hennessey
New York
Franklin P. Stoy
Charles Emory. Smith
Philadelhia
Old City
Penn
Cynthia Westover Alden
H. Starr Richardson
Philadelphia
Col
John Hobbs
The Two Apprentices And Gas Savings Advice
The article recalls Hogarth’s Two Apprentices, contrasting industrious Francis Goodchild who became Lord Mayor of London with idle Thomas Idle, who squandered opportunities and was executed. It then urges readers to study household gas economies, read meters, and curb wasteful lighting or heating. The message stresses consumer responsibility and a 30 day meter inspection as the basis for lower gas bills.
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London
Hogarth
Francis
Goodchild
Thomas Idle
Moments of Property Damage Across City Streets
From 12 oclock Tuesday night to 12 oclock Wednesday night a series of minor property damages were reported. Names include Charles Englehardt Samuel Glesh L H Lewethwaite Bandato Myer Brown Max Fickle Pedro Giordido and Abe Burkhardt with damages ranging from trifling to 1500 dollars and locations such as Amsterdam Avenue Sheriff Street Centre Street Chrystie Street East Eight Street and East Ninety second Street. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company is noted for trifling damage.
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Amsterdam Avenue
Charles Englehardt
Sheriff Street
Samuel Glesh
Centre Street
L. H. Lewethwaite
East Eighteenth Street
Bandato
East -Ninety-second Street
Myer Brown
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Chrystie Street
Max Fickle
Seventy-seventh Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Hamilton Street
Jacob Leiberwitz
Thompson Street
Pedro Giordido
East Eighth Street
Abel Burkhardt
Tombs Prisoners Escape Aided by Outside Contractors
Two inmates Robert Booth and Matthew Callahan escaped from the Tombs in broad daylight with suspected help from outside conspirators among workers tearing down the old prison. Warden Van de Carr suspects two trusted laborers aided the pair, noting altered routes, missing uniforms, and removal of iron bathtubs. A citywide search is underway.
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Robert Booth
East Twenty-fifth Street
Matthew Cilahan
West Fourteenth Street
Tombs
van de Carr
Turnkey Sullivan
Booth
Callahan
Old Women's Prison
Leonard Street
Wheat market in Chicago fuels bullish finish
In Chicago on June 24, July wheat rose amid demand from shorts and bullish Northwest and Southwest buying. Early futures slipped on weather notes and weak cables, but gains emerged as St. Louis news and foreign markets steadied. July closed at 79 4c to 80c, up 1 4c. September at 77% to 78c, up 1 4c.
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Chicago
Shorts
St. Louis
Southwest
Northwest
Hungarian wheat yield estimate rises to forty million
Budapest reports official estimates show the probable Hungarian wheat yield at 39,830,000 metric centners, about 440.92 pounds per centner, up from 38,850,000. Rye is forecast at 12,280,000 metric centners, barley 12,100,000, and oats 11,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Shoes Giveaway With Purchase On Thursday Weekend Sale
Offer thrills shoppers with a free pair of Strolers Shoes for each coupon when buying a three piece suit priced at $12.50 or more. Men's suits come in single and double breasted styles with up to date coats and varied cheviot, worsted and case materials in gray, brown and striped patterns.
Strollers Shoes Giveaway Promotes Male Footwear Line
A textile ad offers $3 Strollers Shoes to acquaint men with the brand. It notes a wide range of styles and lasts in velour calf patent and other leathers, with options in tan and black. The promotion touts comfort and fit and claims three dollars buys substantial value.
Get the Habit Go to Four Convenient Stores
Four local stores encourage customers to adopt a regular shopping routine by visiting their outlets. The initiative highlights accessibility and variety across multiple locations to foster daily purchasing habits.
Coffin Plate Factory in Taunton Destroyed by Fire
The Eldredge & Co coffin plate factory in Taunton burned today causing about 50000 dollars in damage with 17000 dollars insured. Fire officials reported the loss and noted the blaze started earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Mass
Eldredge & Co
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the Groffs
van Coit
St. Lawrence County
Hari
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Hanks
Marceau
New Haven Oarsmen
Mrs. Roosevelt
Broker
W, Seward Webb
Letters
Cantor and
Rogers Tilt
Fordham College Hall
Greenberg
Ballou
Sozopont
Building Trades Board
Arbi
Twin Cities
ST. Paul,minn
Here
H.oneill & Co
Valenciennes
Batiste
Sixth Avenue
20Th
21St Street
Fraser & CO
Sud Avenue
N. Y
Vichy
International Press League
Confeder
Ates
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