Miss Alice Lewisohn Revealed as Actress at Majestic
Miss Alice Lewisohn, daughter of the late Leonard Lewisohn, disclosed as the unnamed Broadway actress playing Phone in Pippa Passes at the Majestic Theatre. She says her appearance is educational, not professional, and aims to educate herself and settlement workers, denying stage-struck motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanora Leigh
Pippa Passes
Majestic Theatre
Alice Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn
Jesse Lewisohn
Henry Miller
New York Girl Wanders Demented in Paris
Mary Weidenbaum a 16 year old New York jeweler's daughter was found wandering incoherently in Paris and taken to a hospital. She claimed to be en route from Jaffa Palestine to New York and Consul General Mason is contacting her parents. Meyer Weidenbaum of 201 Madison Street seeks US Consul help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mary Weidenbaum
Madison Street
New York
Jaffa
Palestine
Mason
Meyer Weidenbaum
Mary
Liverpool
Weidenbaum
United States
Will of Congressman Hoar Filed for Probate at Worcester
The Will of Congressman Rockwood Hoar was filed for probate in Worcester Massachusetts on November 13. He states his aim to honor his father while trusting the state's law to distribute his estate among household members and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Rockwood Hoar
Classifieds Index Listing Various City Pages
An index announces sections such as Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Financial News Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires Advertisements Deaths Furnished Rooms and Boarders Help and Situations Wanted Hotels and Restaurants Instruction Lost and Found Marriages Travelers Guide with page references for each topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Hughes to Return Tonight From Kamp Kill Kare
Governor elect Charles E Hughes plans to return to New York tomorrow after a week of rest at Kamp Kill Kare Raquette Lake N Y He will sleigh ride to Raquette Lake then connect with the Empire State Express at Utica Chairman Woodruff returns and Ray B Smith travels from camp A deer venison tale ends with Mr Smith admitting the tale and venison are real though mislaid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Raquette Lake
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Green Top Mountain
Empire State Express
Utica
Woodruff
Wood
Syracuse
British envoy potential as Washington ambassador candidate
London reports Gerard A. Lowther, British Minister at Tangier, as a possible successor to Sir Mortimer Durand as Ambassador to Washington. Esme W. Howard will serve as Acting Ambassador until a permanent appointment. Lowther has a long diplomatic career across Madrid, Paris, Constantinople, Vienna, Sofia, Bucharest, Tokyo, and Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gerard A. Lowther
Tangier
Mortimer Durand
Washington
Esme W. Howard
Crete
New York
Gerard Augustus Lowther
Alice Blight
Atherton Blight
Philadelphia
Harrow
William Lowther
Earl of Lonsdale
Mr. Lowther
Lord Wensleydale
Lowther
Madrid
Paris
Constantinople
Vienna
Sofia
Bucharest
Tokio
Budapest
Chile
Tunnel Franchise Uphheld In Belmont Project Suit
Supreme Court Justice Fitzgerald ruled for the New York and Long Island Tunnel Company in its dispute with former Fire Commissioner John H. O'Brien over blasting permits. The decision confirms the company's perfect franchise to proceed with the Belmont tunnel to Long Island City despite claims of lack of Dock Department permission and potential charter forfeiture risks if halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and Long Island
Dock Department
Justice Fitzgerald
Sully Enters Soap Business as Buchan's Forms Corp
Daniel J. Sully, once in cotton market turmoil, becomes president of Buchan's Soaps Corporation with $1,200,000 capital. He is joined by Frank Tilford and George H. Thompson. Tilford, recently back from London, notes talk of a soap trust as offices open in the Flatiron Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Sully
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Frank Tilford
The
Grocer
George H. Thompson
Tilford
London
Sully
Mr.Tilford
Flatiron
General Electric Announces General Price Increase
Schenectady N Y November 13 The General Electric Company along with other large manufacturers announces a general advance in prices of electrical apparatus and supplies. Further increases are expected if current market conditions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Announces
General
Rich Old Port Wine Ad Featured By H T Dewey Ad
Advertisement from H T Dewey & Sons Co of 138 Fulton Street New York promotes Rich Old Port Wine with a claim it pairs well with a raw egg for strengthening effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.t.dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Ady
Pittsburg Crime Wave Prompts Police Warning
Pittsburg Chief of Police McQuaide issues a general warning amid daylight burglaries and hold ups. A woman, Lillian Smith, held up Detective Cantano, stealing his money and gun. Rewards totaling 7000 dollars offered for murderers of Harry F. Smith and James A. McMillen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Thomas A. McQuaide
Harry F. Smith
James A. McMillen
Lillian Smith
Cantano
Pressed Steel
Smithfield Street
Bassett
Second Avenue
Bridge Cars Tied Up After Fuse Blows and Rail Damage
Elevated trains on the Brooklyn Bridge were held from 9 50 to 11 last night after a car at the Manhattan end blew a fuse and a brake shoe damaged rails when shifted. Several hundred people gathered at ticket booths demanding refunds or transfers. Police assisted and agents issued transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Rumors Reach Vladivostok Of Slain Cruisers Near Copper Island
Reports say Japanese news agencies claim Sitka and Kejima were sunk by a Japanese destroyer near the seal rookeries off Copper Island. Washington authorities seek confirmation amid friction between Russian guards and Japanese seal poachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Vladivostok
Sitka
Kejima
Seal
Copper Island
Seal Islands
Washington
State Department
Chauffeur Stoned Auto in Manhattan Attack
John Banine a chauffeur residing at 408 West Fifty-first Street was arrested about midnight by Detective Harrigan and jailed on a charge of throwing a rock at an electric cab carrying William H Palmer Jr Treasurer of the New York Transportation Company The incident followed a crowd of about fifty people seen at Sixth Avenue and Fiftieth Street with stones and bricks aimed at the cab and Banine named by the detective and Palmer later filing a complaint at West Forty-seventh Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Banine
West Fifty-first Street
Harrigan
Inspector Walsh
West Forty-seventh Street
William H. Palmer, S Jr
West 101St Street
New York Transportation Company
Palmer
Baniie
Sixth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Omega Oil advertises 10 cent trial bottle for sore throat and chest cold
An old newspaper ad promotes Omega Oil as a remedy for sore throat and chest cold with a trial bottle offered at 10 cents. The wording emphasizes quick relief and affordable trial size to attract customers.
Removal of Gen Mindil as New York diamond examiner
Gen George W Mindil longtime head examiner at the Port of New York for diamonds and precious stones is removed from the Customs Service on charges approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. The action follows alleged revelations tied to an August diamond import. Mindil expressed surprise and said he deserved a resignation option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mindil
New York
Customs Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Gen. Mindil
Edward
Fowler
Mindil
Shaw
Wall Street
Eduard van Dam
Gould Auto Hits A Woman At Fifth Avenue And Forty Second
Leon Duranton, chauffeur for George Gould, ran down Anna Brennan 32 of 815 Second Avenue as he rushed to aid Mrs Gould at a theatre. Brennan was taken to New York Hospital with serious injuries. Duranton jailed at Tenderloin Station. Kingdon Gould offered bail but it was declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
Leon Duranton
Erecta
Anna Brennan
Second Avenues
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York Hospital
Tenderloin
Gould
Maxwell Edgar accuses Pullman of lobbyist ties in tax case
Chicago special attorney Maxwell Edgar says Pullman Company chief lobbyist John Runnels influenced Congress to dodge a new rate law as he claims the firm kept private passes in vaults. He cites a private pass list naming judges officials and legislators and alleges links between Pullman contracts and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Maxwell Edgar
Pullman Company
John 8. Runnels
Congress
Senate
Edgar
Pullman
United States
New York
Peter S. Grosscup
Cas. Kohlsaar
Auto burns on Harlem Viaduct during sale demo
A 40 horsepower auto owned by Thompson & Dundy of Luna Park Coney Island caught fire on the Harlem Viaduct just after 9 p.m. during a demonstration for a potential buyer. Chauffeur John J Walsh and the buyer's party escaped uninjured as flames engulfed the vehicle. Firefighters faced a long hose run. water failed to stop the blaze and the car was destroyed with an estimated loss of 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson & Dundy
Luna Park
Coney Island
Harlem
John J. Walsh
120Th Street
Walsh
Stockhaus
Montreal Waterway Plan Aims at New York Route
The International Waterways Commission discussed the Richelieu Canal Company proposal to connect Montreal and New York. Promoters seek to use Lake Champlain as a storage basin and withdraw about 3000 cubic feet per second for navigation and power, with key backers arriving to present plans. Spencer's advertises pebble eyeglasses at 12 Maiden Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
International Waterways Commission
Richelieu Canal Company
Montreal
New York
Lake Champlain
City Railway to Add Cars Amid Travel Surge
Buffalo reports the State Board of Railroad Commissioners advising the New York City Railway Company to increase electric service on Manhattan lines by 10 percent during peak hours 6:30 to 9 A.M. and 5 to 7 P.M. and extend it to 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. on weekdays, with these measures taking effect November 26, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York City Railway Company
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Transit Crowding Probe Targets City Lines and Broadway
The New York City Railway Company dominates most Manhattan Bronx surface roads and Westchester lines. President H. H. Vreeland denies knowledge of a commission action and says he is not operating the system. A Times investigation finds down town routes crowded while cross town lines run surplus cars, with Broadway schedules kept at standing room limits even in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City Railway Company
Interurban Street Railway Company
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Westchester County
H. H. Vreeland
Transit Relief Committee
Vreeland
THD New York Times
Cross-Town
Broadway
Refiners Sue D L W Over Oil Shipments
Preston and Davis of Brooklyn seek Inter State Commerce Commission aid alleging Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad favors Standard Oil. Titusville oil supplies travel by rail to Hoboken and then by barge to Brooklyn, with an embargo on tank car shipments to Preston and Davis since October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Preston & Davis
Standard Oil Company
Brooklyn
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Titusville Oil Company
Titusville
Penn
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Hoboken
Preston
Wagon Wrecks A Train At Edensburg Grade Crossing
One killed and three seriously injured when a fast eastbound passenger train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad struck a wagon loaded with logs at a grade crossing in Edensburg Penn six miles west of Newcastle. Fireman Patrick Carnes was crushed, baggage master Harry Neil likely died from a skull fracture, and engineer Lem S Holto was badly scalded. The engine ran 150 feet after uncoupling and crashed into a mill. baggage car and three coaches were thrown aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Penn
Pittsburg
Pauper Tete Post Learns of $50,000 Windfall
Theodore Post, resident of the Peekskill almshouse, is told by a Minetto lawyer that he has inherited $50,000 from an uncle named Jackson Atwood. The tale spreads through the village as the man, unsure what to do with sudden wealth, takes a day off from the almshouse to share the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Rip van Winkle
Theodore Post
Peekskill
Minetto
Oswego County
Tete
Jackson Atwood
Peekskil
Metcalf Warns Of California School Segregation
Secret remarks attributed to Secretary Metcalf say San Francisco and California public opinion oppose letting Japanese or Chinese children mix with Caucasian pupils. He favors strengthening the Asiatic segregated schooling law, disputes the treaty guarantee of equal access, and believes Mongolian wording excludes Japanese from that label. He would report such views to President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Metcalf
Washington
California
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Mongolia
Senator Cullom Collapses in Washington Visit
Senator Cullom aged and frail was seized with dizziness in the Navy Department while awaiting Secretary Bonaparte. Surgeons attributed the episode to excessive smoking before meals. he was sent home after a brief collapse but soon recovered to continue to his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Senator Cullom
Navy Department
Bonaparte
Cullom
Gauss
Stewart M Brice Weds Catharine Mount at Home Ceremony
Stewart M Brice son of Calvin Brice and former Municipal Council member married Catharine W Mount last night at 505 West 111th Street. Rev Henry Marsh Warren performed the ceremony with William C Camp as best man. Brice, 35, is a known clubman living at 693 Fifth Avenue. Mounts previous husband was Henry Clay Mount of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart M. Brice
Calvin Brice
Old Municipal Council
Catherine W. Mount
Julia Kelsey
West
111Th Street
Henry Marsh Warren
William C. Camp
Fifth Avenue
Henry Clay Mount
Indiana
Fire at Stoddart Brothers building on Greenwich Street
Firefighters extinguished a morning blaze at the three story brick Horse Exchange of Stoddart Brothers located 596 Greenwich Street. Tenants in nearby houses were forced to flee their rooms, having slept in clothes for weeks due to fear of incendiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayloft
Horse Exchange
Stoddart Brothers
Greenwich Street
Woman Attempts Suicide at Walton Hotel in Philadelphia
A 24 year old New York woman registered as Miss Annie Alford at the Walton Hotel tried to kill herself by drinking poison. She was revived at a hospital and, in delirium, asked for her father mother and brother. She had worn expensive clothes and carried no cards or letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Annie Alford
New York
Walton
Sweatman Dies Running to Catch Train in Trenton
V C Sweatman of Philadelphia aged 85 collapsed and died during a run to catch a train in Trenton New Jersey. He was a prominent malt dealer and long time Union League member and director of several Philadelphia banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
V. C. Sweatman
Green Street
Philadelphia
Sweatman
United States
Union League
Phelan Elected President Of California Red Cross
James N. Phelan was elected president of the California branch of the National Red Cross Society. He defended the relief work in San Francisco amid reviews by investigators from Boston and New York. The report showed net receipts from April to November 10 totaling 6,204,993 with expenditures 4,443,588 and a balance of 1,761,409. Subscriptions from all sources totaled 9,129,553 and the balance due was 3,192,961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
James N. Phelan
California
National Red Cross Society
Boston
New York
Ady Quips on Usher's Scotch Making Highball Famous
Noting a remark about Usher and Scotch, the line suggests a witty quip praising a drink's popularization. The context frames a playful aside attributing fame to a particular distiller or brand in cocktail history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher
Ady
Roosevelt Aboard Louisiana Joins Panama Voyage
Walter F. Whitehead of Cleveland, assistant electrician, describes President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the battleship Louisiana en route to Panama. He notes Roosevelt’s hands on approach, mingling with crew, and plans to shovel coal. Whitehead reports ship engine trouble, a six day run, and Roosevelt’s popular leadership aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Panama
Walter F. Whitehead
Whitehead
Hampton Roads
New York
White House
Washington
United States
W. J. Whitehead
East Eighty-sixth Street
President aboard Louisiana 600 miles off Colon
A wireless message to the White House reports the battleship Louisiana with the President and party on board was about 600 miles from Colon. The weather was fine. The message traveled from Guantanamo Naval Station to Key West and then to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Louisiana
Colon
Guantanamo
Key West
Named Baby T Roosevelt Born to Gen Bell in Denver
Brig. Gen. Sherman Bell, former Colorado Militia and Rough Rider, notified President Roosevelt by telegraph after a son was born to him in Denver while he worked as a mine superintendent in Victor. The President congratulated Bell and a Denver message said mother and daughter were well. The general then expressed mixed emotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Denver
Col
Sherman Bell
Colorado Militia
The
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Gen. Bell
Victor
Bell
Boers Invasion Report From Cape Colony
Reports from Cape Town say two Boer freebooting parties invaded the Cape Colony along with Ferreira’s men. Police fought the Ferreira faction near Upington but were unable to stop them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Ferreira
Upington
One Man Holds Up Bank in Newton Kansas
A lone gunman robbed Midland Bank of Newton of about $1000 this afternoon. He presented a letter of introduction to cashier Herman Suderman, forced all clerks into the vault and locked them inside. The thief took visible cash and fled the scene with six or seven bank customers inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kan
Midland Bank of
Herman Suderman
Doctors Form a Trust in Middletown Medical Club
Mutal protection against dead beats and higher fees drive Middletown Medical Club members, nearly all physicians in the town, to list nonpaying patients and approve action. At a meeting they voted to raise call prices citing rising costs of goods and services. Patients on the list face possible travel to find a doctor or no medical attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Utensil Pledge Renamed to WARE in Kitchen Debate
In a brief note, the piece argues that the correct term for kitchen tools is WARE, asserting purity and centrality of the term in debates about culinary equipment.
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Hughes
Britain
Washington Embassy
Miss Blight
Belmont
New Enterprise
Hit
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
City Railway
Railroad Board
Refiners Sue D., L. & W
Standard Oil
Post
Cullom III
West Side Fire
Stoker
T. Roosevelt
Cape Colony
Ferretra
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