Diamond Wedding in Uptown New York Family
Philip and Maria Hanau prepare to celebrate their diamond anniversary at 222 West 122nd Street after a long life in New York. They recall Elizabeth Street sixty years ago and the city’s growth from Fourteenth Street to Times Square, while reflecting on changes in manners, housing, and the role of money in modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Street
Fourteenth Street
Times Square
Stone
Bleecker Street
Jenny Lind
Castle Garden
the Battery
Forrest
Macready
Philip
New York
Harlem
Their Golden Wedding Day in New York
Mr. and Mrs. William Ryer of 41 East Houston Street celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at home. He runs an express business at 72 years old and remains active. Ryer, born in the old Fourteenth Ward, has lived there long. his Canadian wife came as a young girl. He belonged to Lady Washington Engine Company 40 and faced major fires including Jennings, Pike Street, Barnum's Ann Street, and the Crystal Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanan
Grover Cleveland
New York
William Ryer
East Houston Street
Mr. Ryer
Fourteenth Ward
Lady Washington Engine Company 40
Hugh Bonner
Isud
Kyer
Jennings
Pike Street
Barnum
Ann Street
Crystal Palace
Liner St Paul Arrives After Solent Collision
The American Liner St Paul returned to harbor after a collision with the British cruiser Gladiator near the Solent. Captain Passow blamed Gladiator helm order and a starboard blast, while Gladiator’s captain accepted full responsibility and no court martial will be held. Passengers aboard included Daniel Baugh Freidrick Haggard and Walter Clark among others.
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St. Paul
Southampton
Gladiator
Solent
Passow
Manguay
Lumsden
Lieut
Daniel Baugh
Godfrey Haggard
W.R. Robbins
Charles Case
William M. Duff
R. M. Whitehead
L. J. Hall
Miss Hall
Dorothy Coate
Walter L. Clark
Death by own action ruled in Rolker case at Riverside Drive
The body of Charles M. Rolker Jr. was taken from 127 Riverside Drive to Middletown New York for burial after an autopsy by Dr O Hanlon. Coroner Dooley believes Rolker died by his own hand due to a fully loaded six chamber revolver and notes he had not graduated from Columbia this year. His father is abroad while Rolker had worked at a Broad Street brokerage.
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Charles M. Rolker, Jr
Riverside Drive
Middletown
N. Y
Zeke Reiker
Calista
Dooley
O'Hanlon
Young Reiker
Rolker
Columbia
Broad Street
Charles M. Rolker, Sr
Dominie's Wedding Costs Him a Call in Yonkers Tale
In Yonkers the church fight over Grace Chapel ends with Rev. Allen Howell marrying Miss Rosalie Wardwell of Briarcliff. Women pressed to make Grace Chapel independent, while male members outvote plans and Howell moves on to Briarcliff and then All Saints Briarcliff.
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St. John’s Church
Yonkers
Allen C. Howell
Andrew F.underhill
Howell
Grace Chapel
Underhill
Church
St. John’s
Pinehurst
All Saints’ Church
Briarcliff
John M. Ericsson
St. John's
Mr. Howell
Rosalie Wardwell
Henry Lansing Wardwell
Ceremony Cancelled After Yonkers Exclusion
Members of St. John's not invited to the ceremony performed by Bishop Potter in Yonkers. A proposed meeting planned for Wednesday night was canceled by unanimous consent.
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St. John’s
Seven-Year-Old Burglars Caught At School Break-In
Janitor Charles Bedell at Public School 33 in Williamsburg spotted two seven year olds, William Calamia and Abraham Convisser, break into Miss Edna Titus’s classroom using an iron bar. They fled through the rooms but were caught in the yard and detained by Officer Pfeiffer. They admitted breaking the basement door and prying Miss Titus’s desk, were charged with burglary and sent to the Children's Society.
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Charles Bedell
Heyward Street
Harrison Avenue
Williamsburg
Edna Titus
Bedell
Edell
Pfeiffer
Clymer Avenue
William Calamia
Abraham Convisser
Miss Titus
Children’s Society
Water Power Company sold to Ryan group for 1.5 million
James J. Hill and associates sold the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company property to John D. Ryan and others for 1.5 million dollars. The buyers deny Amalgamated Copper Company holds any stake in the transaction. A large electric generating plant is likely to be built at the big falls of the Missouri.
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Great Falls
Mon
James J. Hill
Butcher Confesses in Plot to Steal Diamonds for Reward
William Lewis, a young butcher, confessed to attempting extortion after failing to find two diamonds lost by Mrs. Paul La Croix. He sought a $3 reward by claiming he had recovered the gems and pawn tickets, using a ruse tied to a May 16 Casino Theatre loss and a message to Fulton Street station.
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William Lewis
Paul la Croix
Weeks
1St Eleventh Street
la Croix
Casino Theatre
Lewis
Man from Columbus Circle scheme nabbed after purse swap
Mrs La Croix’s maid involved in a black rose ransom plot with a white waist and red rose. Detectives trailed Lewis from Central Park to Fifth Avenue and arrested him after snatching an envelope with a roll of paper. Mrs La Croix’s jewels remain missing as Lewis faces Tombs Court.
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Mrs. la Croix
La&wis
Herse
Miley
McKeon
Lewis
Central Park
Sixth Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifthh Avenue
Tombs Court
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Pote
Maria Hanau
West 122d Street
Mr. Hianau
London
Isha
Aldgate Parish
Elizabeth Stre
Broome
Hanau
Daunters
Tianau
America
New York City
Mrs. Ryer
Dominie
Cler
Gyman
Marion H.ian
Marion Harlan
Bissell
West
125Th St. 7Th & 8Th Aves
J. J. Hill
Mrs
Lal Croix
Stern Brothers
Batiste House
Misses’ & Girls
West Twenty-third Street
Oneiliz-Adams
Sixth Ave
New Jersey
Dresser
Princess Dresser
Mission Library
Ell Made
Adams Building
the Oriental Store
Ory
Shanghai
A. A. Vantine & CO
Broadway
Bet
18Th & 19Th Sts
SPE
25Th Street
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