Rabid Mongrel Runs Wild In Bay Ridge Bites Four Children
A dog with rabies like signs terrorized Bay Ridge streets biting four children before two police officers finally stopped it with a bullet. Tommy McNamara, 11, bravely attacked the dog with a stick and held on until the canine bit him twice and fled toward Thirteenth Avenue. Firearm shots missed. an ambulance ferried wounded youths to Norwegian Hospital for treatment. Police issued a citywide alert as the dog reportedly bit more children in the area.
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Bay Ridge
Thirteenth Avenue
Seventy-first Street
Tommy McNamara
Seventythird Street
Tommy
Vanderbilt
Bath Beach
Harry Rotherbaum
Seventy-third Street
Masterson
Norwegian Hospital
Sixth Avenues
Eugene Martin
Eighth Avenue
Seventieth Street
Frederick
Dog Attack Ends in Police Shooting at Fort Hamilton
Seven year old Holapaple of 7305 Third Avenue suffered a bite on the left leg when a dog attacked him in front of his home. Policeman Taylor pursued the animal across lots and fences, cornering it at Highly first Street and Second Avenue. The dog leaped at the officer and Taylor fired, killing the dog. the remains were taken to the station and will be sent to the Board of Health for brain analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holapaple
Third Avenue
Taylor
Fort Hamilton
Highlyfirst Street
Second Avenue
Board of Health Uie
Double drowning at Tuckahoe quarry claims siblings
In Westchester County on June 27 Miss Margaret O Rourke 17 drowns saving her 8 year old brother Robert after he slipped into a 20 foot deep marble quarry pool. Robert L Packard rescues both bodies. Coroner may fence the pool to prevent further drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mount Vernon
Tuckahoe
Westchester County
Margaret O'Rourke
Robert
Mrs. O'Rourke
Margaret
Robbie
Daniel O'Rourke
Robert L. Packard
Tuckahoe Limekiln and Lumber Company
Packard
Hegeman Rubber
Van_Paten
Education Building Contract Awarded to Rochester Firm
Governor Hughes announced the State Buildings Trustees awarded the Albany education building contract to R. T. Ford Company of Rochester as the lowest bid at 3, Nee see venue. Charles Van Merrick of New York named clerk of the works at 4000 dollars annually to supervise testing. Architects Palmer and Hornbostel receive 35000 dollars. Construction to start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Charles van Merrick
New York
Palmer & Hornbostel
Balloon lands in Schuylkill after 3000 foot fall near Point Breeze
Philadelphia June 27. A new balloon from Aeronautical Recreation Society carrying Miss Carrie Kilgore Mrs. Lockington Dr. Hildridge Dr. Simmerman and Prof Samuel King plunged 3000 feet into the Schuylkill River. Ballast was thrown overboard to slow descent and the basket landed in two feet of water. All five passengers escaped unharmed and praised calm handling by King and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Aeronautical Recreation Society
Carrie Burcham ‘Kilgore
M. Eleanor Lockngton
Thomas E. Hldridge
George
Samuel King
Philadelphia Aeronautical Recreation Association
Ms. Kilgore
Pure Food Law Injunction Halts Distiller Package Marking
Washington June 27. Commissioner Capers reports a Cincinnati circuit court issued a temporary injunction restraining collectors and gaugers from marking distiller packages under May 5 Treasury regulations implementing the Pure Food law. Clifton Springs Distilling Company led the suit. The rules require all spirits from which congeneric ethyl alcohol is removed to be labeled Alcohol or Commercial Alcohol instead of Pure Neutral or Cologne Spirits. Distilled products named Whisky Brandy Rum and Gin will bear the exact spirit name without adjectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capers
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cincinnati
United States
Treasury Department
Clifton Springs Distilling Company
Rescue Chain Saves 15 Year Old From Dreamland Waters
Benjamin Caneto of Coney Island was swept from the Dreamland pier while swimming. Harry Hartgen and Joseph Hart formed a human chain to reach him, Hartgen swinging like a pendulum to snag the boy. Caneto fainted but was revived at Emergency Hospital after rescuers’ efforts.
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Dreamland Beach
Benjamin Caneto
West Fifteenth Street
Coney Island
Dreamland
Harry Hartgen
Hartgen
Joseph Hart
Hart
Caneto
Bey
Frank C. Smith
H. Ray Cannon
Catholics to sail to Naples for Pope's jubilee on Carpathia
The Cunard liner Carpathia is chartered to carry 200 Catholics from New York to Naples for the Pope's jubilee beginning July 16. The party will receive an audience with the Pope and then tour Europe visiting major cities. Rev. James H. McGean is spiritual director and J J McGrane manages the pilgrimage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Carpathia
New York
Naples
Europe
James H. MccGean
St. Peter's Church
J. J. McGrane
DIES AFTER COACH ACCIDENT AT NEWPORT
Mrs. Henry Wynn of Malden Mass delegate to Boston dies at Newport Hospital from a fractured skull after a tally ho overturns during play day. Her husband present as Medical Examiner calls autopsy. Police condemn the transport as unsafe and withhold injured names from public. Henrietta Evans Shute dies earlier and is shipped to Coen Creek Iowa.
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New York Times
Newport
Henry Wynn
Malden
Mass
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston
Newport Hospital
F Police
Crowley
Henrietta. Evans Shute
Mount Hope
Coen Creek
Iowa
Mount Vernon Board Battles House Flies Campaign
Urged by the Mount Vernon women’s clubs the Board of Health launches an immediate campaign to exterminate house flies. With warm weather these pests have swarmed into a menace. the board will clean stables cremate garbage and remove breeding sites to curb the infestation.
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Mount Vernon
Board of Health
Health Board
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R. T. Ford Company of
Rochester
Broadway
Sakes & Company
34Th Street
Pure Food Law
Cincinnati Distillers
Treasury
Dreamlan Pier
Caen
Wallace
Madras
Crystallines
Batiste
Vay
Roadway
Stoeel
Lord & Taylor
Cts
5Th Ave
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