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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
1
In New York a blistering heat wave claims eleven lives across the city with hundreds more overcome. Authorities report 27 in Manhattan and the Bronx, 21 in Brooklyn, sought hospital care as parks opened for relief with thousands sleeping outdoors.
Cheston Simmons stepson of Washington Bennett and member of Simmons Slade brokers in New York lies recovering at home after a second floor fall on Rumson Road. He broke his jaw and suffered a brain concussion while sleep walking possibly mistaking a window for a door. Local family notes improvements as doctors and nurses attend him.
The Rev. Dr. W. W. Bustard new Euclid Avenue Baptist pastor accuses Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of heterodoxy and of admitting non Baptists to communion. He defends immersion as essential and criticizes Aked over Foster University of Chicago divinity denial.
The Red Cross liner Florizel from St. John's reported near 1000 icebergs off Nova Scotia. Captain Clark counted fifty six bergs in a minute and described towering ice as the ship sailed. Passenger Daniel Webster recounted a playful whale cohort that followed all day and seemed to wink at a distant whaler.
Ad copy style line promising a nourishing lunch at any hotel or home. Evokes Horlick's malted milk as a versatile beverage. Narration uses playful rhythm and branding emphasis typical of early 20th century advertising.
Berlin report states Oscar Lewisohn husband of Edna May was killed in an automobile accident between Vienna and Berlin. A Syracuse bulletin notes Edgar Pettie doubts the European trip. Frederick Lewisohn receives no word of any accident. Edna May Lewisohn, once a stage star, and the couple lived in London. Oscar born 1885 and Harvard graduate.
A newspaper notice urges readers to place early orders for Sunday Times, noting features advertised elsewhere and prompting timely purchase through a newsdealer.
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in Paris and presses the plan to list United States Steel on the Paris Bourse. He seeks to delay decisions, win support from Finance Minister Caillaux, and soothe French steelmakers while considering tax and certificate strategies and potential Paris bank involvement. Core opposition includes French champagne interests aiming to secure tariff concessions.
London announces a long list of appointments including Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Arthur Wing Pinero knighted. Henry W. Lucy known as Toby M. P. of Punch is named Sir Henry Lucy with a career as parliamentary reporter. F. J. Campbell of the Royal Normal College for the Blind is made a knight. John Hubert Ward gains Commander of the Victorian Order.
The Hope diamond from the Habib collection sold in Paris today for 80 000 francs as part of the Habib collection sale. The buyer was Louis Aucoc, renowned French diamond expert, acting for a client. The total sale price reached 400 000 francs.
Vienna report says E. H. Harriman will lengthen his stay at Semmering by two weeks due to the cure’s benefits. After Semmering he intends to travel to Marienbad.
Seven year old Robert Wood fell overboard while fishing near the sea wall by the Barge Office. Jacob Millenger a stoker on the Municipal ferryboat Nassau swam to save him and was helped by Michael A. White a Battery character. They brought the boy to shore where Dr. Curtin treated him and wrapped him in a blanket. Robert worried his name would be printed in papers as onlookers gathered. White’s hat was damaged during the effort and he joked about it as he walked away with other rescues to his credit.
In a Valley Grove outing near Hartington Bay L I a 16 year old Brooklyn boy Henry Kauling of Sir Marion Street drowned as cramps struck while swimming among about 100 youths. He vanished after calling for help and was pulled from seven feet of water. resuscitation efforts failed.
Glenn H. Curtiss demonstrated easy air travel with a good machine at Morris Park. He completed two 1500 yard flights along the track and landed smoothly before testing engine speed on four shorter flights. Curtiss arrived from Hammondsport and plans a longer Morris Park flight after the Aeronautic Society exhibition. W J Martins' large glider was the sole other aircraft to take to the air.
Attorney General Wickersham says the planned Paris trip by Henry A. Wise to inspect French Panama Canal Company records may not push the libel suits against The New York World and The Indianapolis News. The Government will decide its course based on information gathered abroad, with both sides preparing to assemble direct evidence from preserved records.
San Diego reports at Fort Rosecrans the ten inch disappearing rifles scored five hits in six shots at 4500 yards. Target moved at ten miles per hour, with forty eight seconds average loading aiming and firing.
In Trenton New Jersey the Yates family the Morris couple from Morristown offer to clothe the thirteenth baby Mary Ellen Morris Yates until she turns 21 if named after Mrs Morris. Mrs Yates says the offer is under advisement and she appreciates the sentiment.
Gov Hoke Smith suspends from office D G McLendon chair of the State Railroad Commission the day before Smith’s retirement. The move cites McLendon’s refusal to order lower port rates between Savannah and Atlanta and his opposition to the governor’s platform and state interests.
Cameron Currie and Louis H. Case with Michael J. Bourke appeared in police court on a conspiracy to defraud customers of the defunct Cameron Currie & Co. firm which failed last summer with liabilities of 1.5 million. They were released on bail as Currie’s attorney stated large personal assets were lost to save the firm.
Washington June 24 The government weighs a new ice making venture for its agencies. The Post Office Department already runs a plant and supplies surplus to the Treasury, saving about $2,300 a year as Treasury spends $7.65 per ton from private dealers while the PO plant charges 65 cents a ton.
San Francisco June 24 The California Supreme Court invalidated the will of Adolph Sutro and ordered the estate valued in the millions, including Cliff House property and the San Miguel ranch, be distributed among the heirs. The will had placed the estate in trust until the last surviving child died, then the lands would be sold for charitable and educational institutions in the city. The heirs challenged the will to force a division.
Mrs John Gunderson of 126 West Thirty third Street rushed to the Hoboken pier with a three month old baby as the Helrig Olav steamed away. A tug ferried mother and child to the liner and a seaman lowered a basket to lift the infant aboard before the mother climbed the ladder.
A brief page item notes a pleasant display of education and pleasure along Hudson and Fulton streets with activities and ads flagged as a day line event for students.
Travel specials advertise a West Shore round trip for 9.60 or New York Central at 10.25. Depart July 2, 3, or 4 and return by July 6. Agents provide train times.
Three hours trip at 10 A M and 2 30 P M from West 22d Street N R. Leaves provide the most instructive ride in the world. Ticket price one dollar. Phone 4944 Gram Va
A Riverside Drive crowd watched Leonard Gerraur's bulldog bite twelve year old John Plump on Amsterdam Avenue. Police urged euthanasia due to rabies fear, but Gerraur defended the dog and cooled the animal in water. The dog revived and was returned home by taxi.
Advertisement for Dewey's Claret and Lauterne Punch ready to serve at social events. Promotion by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. located at 138 Fulton Street, New York.
The New York Times promotes Lost and Found listings with broad reach and low cost. The Free Registry Bureau is available to assist, and telephone service at 1000 Bryant is provided for inquiries.
In St Michaels Maryland June 24 Mrs Edith May Thompson Woodill wife of LA auto dealer Gilbert Woodill and ward of ex Treasury Secretary Lyman J Gage was murdered. Suspect journalist Emmet Roberts was found surrounded at Cayman near her bungalow and a posse closed in. The body was found near Back Creek with a crushed skull weighted by a pot and cord found at Roberts bungalow indicating foul play.
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