Teachers and Pupils Rally Behind New York City History Competition
Teachers and pupils across New York public schools show strong interest in the New York City history competition started by The Times at Mayor Low's urging and approved by President Rogers and Superintendent Maxwell. Educators propose class-wide participation, with one Brooklyn high school offering waivers to encourage entries, and The Times inviting Catholic and private schools to join. The judging will focus on neatness, penmanship, grammar, and a strong summary of Janvier's articles, with a streamlined filtration process to ease teachers' workload.
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New York City
New York Times
Low
Henry A. Rogers
Board of Education
W. H. Maxwell
Times
Togo
Parets
Evanys
Thomas J. O'Brien
Brooklyn
Father O'Brien
Janvier
New York
City of
John . Mickleborough
Boys’ High School
Btooklyn
William Street
N.S
East Eleventh Street
John .J. Driscoli
Principals’ Association
Middletown Youth Leaps From Ferry Into East River
William Bull eighteen son of Theodore Bull of Middletown New York committed suicide by leaping from the Cincinnati passenger ferry of the Pennsylvania Railroad as it neared Cortlandt Street slip yesterday afternoon about 430. He boarded from the New Jersey side and vanished after leaping from the forward end of the boat two thirds across. His body was not recovered. The seat he occupied was left vacant on the return journey.
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William Bull
Theodore Bull
Middletown
N. Y
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Cortlandt Street
New Jersey
Commercial World Index Summary
The notice lists page references for various sections in the newspaper. Topics include Amusements, Arrivals at Hotels, Business Troubles, Court Calendars, Insurance Notes, Legal Notes, Losses by Fire, Marine Intelligence, Foreign Mails, Reparations, Real Estate, Society, United Service, Weather Report, and Yesterday's Fires.
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Marine Intelligence
Foreign “Mails
United Service
Pires
Man Traces Suicide Note In Newark Hat Factory Case
William Bull, a straw hat factory worker in Newark, boarded with Elmer A. Russell and pursued Miss Nettie Russell of 74 Orchard Street. A note to Nettie Russell revealed his intent to drown himself. Bull did not return after leaving the Russell home this afternoon.
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F. R. Bull
Watkins Avenue
Middletown
N. Y
Nettie Russell
New York Times
Newark
N. J
William Bull
Marks & Co
Elmer A. Russell
Orchard Street
Bull
Russel
Post Office probe widens as Perry S Heath asked to explain
Washington May 20 a new stage in the Post Office Department investigation unfolds with plans to discredit information and ex First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S Heath to be asked for explanations while Treasury officials counterattack. Auditor Castle will respond to the Postmaster General and Controller Tracewell plans a meeting. The Treasury disputes Tulloch and a clerical promotions cancellation affects 3 046 positions nationwide reducing excess in eight salary grades.
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New York Times
Washington
Post Office
Post Office Department
Perry S. Heath
Utah
Heath
Payne
Treasury
Tulloch
Auditor Castle
Tracewell
Capt. Castle
Treasury Department
Mr. Tulloch
United States
Washington City
Wynne
Controller of the Treasury
Interurban electric road opens Scranton to Pittston run
The Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad begins service on a twenty five minute schedule covering eight and a half miles to Pittston. When finished it will span thirty six miles from Carbondale through Scranton to Wilkes Barre, linking mining towns and competing with five steam lines.
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New York Times
Scranton
Penn
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
Westinghouse
Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Carbondale
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Buffalo
Steam-to-Colorado Rail Trip Ad
An advertisement offers a $25 round trip from Chicago to Colorado and back from July 1 to 10. The promotion is listed by Chicago Milwaukee and Paul Railway at 381 Broadway.
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Colorado
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & & Paul Railway
Broadway
Syrian Secret Service Agent Helps Topple Chicago Counterfeit Ring
A Syrian linked to the Secret Service escaped a counterfeiters’ trap and led a raid that seized Joseph Nicolisi at 84 Oak Street. Italian leaders Antonio D’Andrea and others are tied to the ring, with molds hidden and thousands in fake currency circulating nationwide. Bassini, posing as a spy, fed the operation from within before being drugged and freed.
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Chicago
United States Secret Service
Secret Service
Joseph Nicolisi
Oak Street
Antonio D'Andrea
Joliet
North Side
United States
Joe Bassini
Bassini
Bascini
New York
Nicollsi
arreDine
Nicolisi
Rossini
Eighty Five Horses Rescued From City Lumber Yard Fire
A lumber yard fire at E. H. Southard Co. West Fifteenth Street caused three alarms. Eighty five horses were rushed from stalls and scattered for hours, with yard piles hindering fire crews. The blaze threatened a wholesale grocery building on Fourteenth Street as workers reported a recent strike empties the yard.
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E. H. Southernd & Co
West Fifteenth Street
West Fourteenth Street
Ninth
Cullen
Gooderson
Purroy
Fifteenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Kooner & Schabbland
E. H. Southard Co
World's Fair Space Crunch Grows as Exhibits Proliferate
At the St Louis exposition managers report space shortage doubling demand beyond the Columbian Exposition area. Foreign governments seek more room with Japan pushing for added space despite protests from France and Kaiser representatives. Palace of Education and Agriculture are full while Transportation Building nears capacity as France presses for autos and other industries rush to exhibit.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Sapenete Royal Commission
General Seward
Kaiser
Legrave
France
Seward
Japan
Palace of Education
Palace of Agriculture
New York Central Runs Five Daily Limited Trains West
The article notes five daily trains from New York to Cincinnati and St. Louis on the New York Central, including a Limited service leaving New York at 5 30 P M. It also mentions advances in baby photography and urban scenery around Broadway and 22nd Street.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
New York Central
Af Limited
Lunatic Caught Piling Ties to Wreck Express in Mass
Attleborough May 20 A man identified as Michele Vincito attempted to derail the Colonial express from Washington to Boston between Skinner's Crossing and Mansfield Station. Fred Rand halted him, and Vincito was arrested. He had prior attempts at Quinebaug and other lines. Authorities deem him mentally unsound and plan custody in Mansfield with possible asylum placement.
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Attleborough
Mass
Colonial Express
Washington
Boston
Skinner's Crossing
Mansfield Station
Fred Rand
Mansfield
Rand
Michele Vincito
Quinebaug
Beeteiate
Middleborough Junction
Taunton
Vinchle
Henry Perry
Latham
Byram
Windhle
Phillips Blagden Found After Disappearance
Phillips Blagden reappeared in Charles Town where he had enlisted in the naval marines. He was located by Mr. Woodbury, a salesman for T. E. Moseley. A highly connected figure from Englewood New Jersey, Blagden had worked at Liberty National Bank in New York, with his uncle F. E. Converse as president. A $1,000 reward had been offered by his family.
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New York Times
Boston
Phillips Blagden
New York
Charlestown
Woodbury
T. E. Moseley
Blagden
Englewood
N. J
Liberty National Bank
New York City
FE. C. Converse
Missing Liberty Bank clerk Blagden sought by family
Phillips Blagden, a Liberty National Bank clerk, vanished after leaving work on April 9 and was last heard from in a West Twenty third Street tailor shop. Reward offered by his brother James Blagden. detectives later linked him to the Imperial Hotel but found no further trace. Blagden, Williams College graduate and noted golfer, left home after saying he was going to bed but never returned.
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Phillips Blagden
Liberty National Bank
West Twenty-third Street
Blagden
Charles N. Stout
James
American Banknote Company
Trinity’ Place
Imperial Hotel
Williams College
Chicago Firms Halt Plant Expansions Amid Labor Strife
Business leaders in Chicago, facing three months of strikes and labor conflict, refuse to enlarge local plants. Allis-Chalmers scrapped a $1 million upgrade of the Frazer Chalmers plant at Twelfth Street and Washtenaw Avenue, citing no exact blame while hoping labor stabilizes.
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New York Times
Chicago
Allis-Chalmers Company
Frazer Chalmers
Twelfth Street
Washtenaw Avenue
Chicago Waiting and Restaurant Workers Threaten 20 Percent Wage Hike
Chicago waiters and restaurant employees about 10000 strong threaten a strike for 20 percent raises plus a ten hour weekday and six hour Sunday workweek. Charles Kiesler of Local Union 336 says leaders expect concessions. barbers 8000 under orders may strike next week or June 1, with efforts to call off at sundown via officers and messengers.
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New York Times
Chicago
Charles Kiesler
Drought Worries Farmers in Hoosick Falls
Farmers and gardeners face a severe drought with unprecedented dry conditions in Hoosick Falls New York. There is no pasture for cattle and forage supplies are exhausted with hay oats and rye suffering, water sources draining and soil baked making plowing impossible in many areas.
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New York Times
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Connoisseur Pall Mall London Cigarettes Ad
An advertisement for Connoisseur Pall Mall London Cigarettes highlights a refined brand option. The ad markets a product with a focus on quality and prestige for smokers seeking a premium experience.
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Pall Mall
London Cigarettes
Seligman Near Death After Hotel Apartment Incident
Washington Seligman a broker of 52 Broadway was found in his Rossmore Hotel room on Broadway at Forty second Street with a deep throat wound from a safety razor. He was hospitalized at Roosevelt and charged with attempted self harm. Anita Sutherland, a former actress and roommate, discovered him and described their night after dining at the Metropole. Doctors say he will recover. he cites longstanding nervous illness and Wall Street troubles as motives.
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Washington Seligman
Broadway
Rossmore Hotel
Forty-second Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Anita Sutherland
Osborne
Supreme Court
Miss Sutherland
O'Connor
Tenderloin
Patrick Roache
Hauck
Seligman
Mr. Roache
The
Rossmore
Mr. Seligman
Sutherland
Neiwhet
Mr. Weltman
A. A Moloney
West
Wall Street
Nathan
Mane Saas
Seligman & van Antwerp
Jefferson
de Witt
Samuel J
Eugene
J. & W. Seligman
James Seligman
Jefferson Seligman
East Sixty-ninth Street
Washington
East Sixty-seventh Street
Annette M. Osborne
Sea View
Bath Beach
Seabury
Supreme Court Overturns Verdict in Osborne Case
On Jan 3 the Supreme Court upset the verdict. Seligman admitted quarreling with Mrs. Osborne during a dispute sparked by remarks about him. He claimed Miss Sutherland caused the injuries, not him, and that Sutherland had boxing training.
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Supreme Court
Seligman
Mrs. Osborne
Miss Sutherland
Miss. Sutherland
Bulgarians Flee Macedonian Front as Turkish Reprisals Escalate
The Sofia Times reports Bulgarians vanished from Djumaa and nearby villages with some imprisoned or fatally wounded while others fled to the mountains. Authorities blockaded villages, plundered homes in Razlog Pianka and Demir Hissar, aiding revolutionists by driving desperate crowds and recruiting insurgents. A Koprulu dispatch notes a lull after Salonika outrages as Turkish troops flood in from Asia Minor and Edib Pasha's court-martial at Salonika weighs blame.
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London Times
Neww York Times
London
Sofia
The
Times
Djuma’a
Razlog
Pianka
Demir- Hissar
Koprulu
Balkan
Salonika
Asia Minor
Edib Pasha
Porter Brothers Company put in receivership in Chicago
Bankruptcy proceedings were filed against the Porter Brothers Company, a major fruit commission house. Receivers John McLaren and Henry L. Wilson took charge on petition of creditors. President James S. Watson expected to return to Chicago. The firm lists assets of 100000 to 200000 with debts likely larger, and operates from 97 South Water Street Chicago and 46 River Street, with branches in New York Boston Minneapolis and California affiliates.
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Chicago
Porter Brothers Company
Fruit Commission
United States District Court
John McLaren
Union National Bank
Henry L. Wilson
Kohlsaat
James S. Watson
Watson
Defrees, Brace
Ritter
South Water Street
River Street
New York
Boston
Minneapolis
California
Washington Porter
Fred
Mr. Forter
John KR. Adams
F.E. Chapman
Stephen G. Palmer
San Francisco
St. Paul
Wilson
Rose Fever Warned For Chicago In Dust and Rose Bloom
Chicago health officials warn of two dangers dust pneumonia and rose fever. Dr. W K Jaques advises avoiding dust and using a cheesecloth screen to block entry. Rose fever afflicts visitors to bloom sites with pollen irritations in eyes and nose, linked to fruit tree pollen as well.
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New York Times
Chicago
City Health Department
W. K. Jaques
The
Chemical Laboratory
Jaques
New Orleans
Automobilists Accused After Fatal Boston Accident
In Boston on May 20 W A Fuller and Victor Pager were arrested on a charge of manslaughter in connection with a Columbus Avenue crash that killed Michael Feeley and city employee Daniel F Crowley. Fuller allegedly drove the automobile that frightened a horse pulling a city wagon, causing the wagon to overturn and the two men to fall to the pavement.
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Boston
W. A. Fuller
Victor Pager
Michael Feeley
Daniel F. Crowley
Columbus Avenue
Crowley
Fuller
Kishineff Chief of Police Dismissed Over Riots
The Kishineff chief of police has been dismissed for failing to suppress riots. Jews filed damages claims against the ex governor and authorities, with cases set for the Senate and lower courts. A Times dispatch notes not all blame lies on anti Jewish sentiment, citing broader discontent and government concealment. Over 120,000 marks were raised by German Jews for Kishineff victims.
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London Times
New York Times
London
von Raaben
Kishineff
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Senate
National Zeitung
Berlin
Four Finns Banished as Exile Spreads Through Finland
A Times dispatch from Helsingfors reports four more prominent Finns exiled including the Brosfeldt brothers of Knopio the barrister Procope of Tammerfors and M Sikio manager of Nyslott branch of the Northern Bank. The Brofeldts are noted literary figures and Juhani Aho is their literary brother. Magnus Rosendal a Lyceum religion teacher in Ulenborg was dismissed and chaired last November's passive resistance meeting. About seventy-five officials have been dismissed or resigned since last September with fifty more resignations voluntary.
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London
Helsingfors
The
Times
Brofeidt
Knopio
Procope
Tammerfors
M. Sikio
Nyslott
Northern Bank
Brofeldts
Juhani Aho
Magnus Rosendal
Lyceum of
Ulenborg
Assassination of Ufa Governor Ignites Riots in Russia
The Governor of Ufa, Bogdanovitch, was shot dead in a park in PFA Russia after presenting a packet to him. Earlier riots at Slatovsk left 28 dead and 50 wounded as troops tried to restore order. Bogdanovitch, in office six years, was well regarded before the attack.
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London
Ufa
Novoe Vremya
St. Petersburg
The
Times
M. Bogdanovitch
Russia
Slatovsk
Novoe Vremyz
Associated Press
Pfa
Gov
Bogdanovitch
Rides Cut to 2 1/2 Cents on Chicago Rail Lines
Receiver Edwin J. Zimmer announces new fare on the Chicago General Railway Company lines from Twenty second Street to the Stock Yards and the Lawndale Avenue and Drainage Canal route. Passengers pay 2 1/2 cents per ride when buying ten tickets at once, with morning and evening peak use by workers.
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New York Times
Chicago
Edwin J. Zimmer
Chicago General Railway Company
Twenty-second Street
Lawndale Avenue
Drainage Canal
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Sweetheart
Interurban Electric Road
Baby
Pach
Lunatic
Fast Express
Phillips
Macedonia
Porter Brothers Company of
Victor Page
Lonpox Times
Burnett
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