Jerome Raids Uncover Letters Tied to Gamblers and Graft
Detectives under District Attorney Jerome search The Allen's home at 30 Sixth Avenue after a warrant from Magistrate Whitman, uncovering gambling articles and a packet of letters by Albert H Falk praising hush money payments. The letters implicate police graft and poolroom operations, with Falk itself to testify before the Grand Jury.
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al’ Adams
Allen
West Eighth Street
Reardon, Beery
Brennan
Jerome
Whitman
Albert H. Falk
Falk
Sioner Bingham
Bayside
SO Sixth Avenue
Titus
Nally
McCluskey
Reardon
Carrie
Caroline W. Owens
Criminal Courts
Sixth Avenue
Falk-Allen
Man McNaught
Sergt
Robert McNaught
East Spring
Hodgins
East Fourteenth Street
Emil Fuchs
Fourteenth Street
Special train to Atlantic City Thanksgiving Day
Leave New York at 12 55 P M Wednesday Nov 28 via Pennsylvania Railroad stopping at Newark Parlor cars dining car and coaches Returning leave Atlantic City 6 30 P M Sunday
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Atlantic City
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
Spelling Dilemma Hounds House Appropriations Panel
Washington November 27 The Legislative subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations debates spelling for the new Legislative Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill choosing between King James and Roosevelt styles. Public Printer Stillings presents drafts while the Supreme Court has rejected executive order orthography. The panel ponders whether to print both spellings and asks Speaker Joe to weigh in, but he dismisses the issue and leaves spelling to the stenographer as the group retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Stillings
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
White House
Uncle Joe
Speaker
Democratic plan in Jersey aims to seize Senate seat
A New Jersey Democratic conference at the Manhattan Hotel plotted to overturn the Republican majority on joint ballot in the next Legislature to seat a Democrat as Senator to succeed John F. Dryden. Key figures included Polly Kelley, Johnston Cornish, and William J. Thompson. the plan hinges on recounting ballots in Middlesex Monmouth and Cape May.
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New Jersey
Manhattan Hotel
United States
John F. Dryden
William B. Gourley
Democratic Committee
Polly ’’ Kelley
New Brunswick
Johnston Cornish
Warren County
William J. Thompson
Gloucester City
James Smith, Jr
Newark
Middlesex
Monmouth
Cape May
Amusements and Notices In City Pages
An index lists upcoming sections including Amusements on page 9 and 16, Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 11, Business Troubles on page 11, Court Calendars on page 11, Financial News on pages 13 and 14, Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 11, Real Estate on page 15, Society on page 9, United Service on page 2, Weather Report on page 9, and Yesterday's Fires on page 2. Advertisements cover Amusements page 16 Auction Sales page 7 Deaths page 9 Hotels and Restaurants page 11 Instruction page 11 Lost and Found page 16 Marriages page 9 Winter Resorts page 11 Travelers Guide page 11.
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Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Travelers’ Guide
Woman charged in Philadelphia poisoning for insurance
Bridget Carey, 32, was arrested on charges of wholesale poisoning to obtain life insurance. Police allege she killed her husband Patrick Carey, her two children Mary and Annie Carey, and tenants Patrick and Cecilia Cook to collect about $1,000 in policies. Exhumations followed key deaths amid suspicions and poisonings.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Bridget Carey
Isaacs
Miller
Paul
Patrick
Mary
Annie
Cecelia Cook
Carey House
Hamilton Street
Wadsworth
Capt. Donaghy
Detective Bureau
Cecilia Cook
Miss Cook
Patrick Cook
Two Killed in Bronx Cave-In at Sewer Dig in Claremont Park
In a deep 75 by 25 foot trench at Webster Avenue and 172nd Street in the Bronx, a quicksand collapse trapped about a dozen laborers. Two men died Louis Borri and Paul Pizmann while Salvatore Lezventure, hospitalized with severe injuries, survived. Foreman John B. Weber was briefly detained.
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Claremont Park
Webster Avenue
172D Street
Bronx
William J. Flanagan
Jerome Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Tremont Station
Salvatore Lezvnture
Louis Borri
Macdougal Street
Paul Pizmann
Spain Sherry Trio Ad by A. R. Ruiz & Hermanos
Advertisement promotes Gold and Black Label 1, 2, and 3 Crown Sherries from A. R. Ruiz y Hermanos of Jerez Spain. It touts imported sherries and urges purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Ruiz & Hermanos
Jerez
Spain
Glasses Offered for Vision Correction at Spencer's
Stylish glasses for correction of visual defects fitted at Spencer's on East Main Lane, New York. ACY offers eyewear services and fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer's
Es Inteen Lane
N. Y
Record Nickel Haul as IRT Sees Traffic Peak
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company reports 1,486,777 nickels earned on Monday marking the heaviest traffic day in combined elevated and underground systems. Elevating lines carried 917,143 passengers, subway 569,634, with total revenue surpassing last year by $8,534.92.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Subway
Eliot Attacks Harvard Basketball and Hockey
Harvard President Charles W. Eliot criticizes basketball and hockey as too rough and prone to cheating while defending baseball rowing and tennis. He says discontinuing football would do no harm but would allow rowing and tennis to remain honorable sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Eliot
Pittsburg Graft Arrests Tie City to Bribery Scandal
Pittsburg Pennsylvania November 27 1924 Common Councilman William A Martin and Tube City Railroad President C S Cameron were arrested and jailed on $10000 bail each for conspiring to bribe councilmen over a franchise ordinance. District Attorney anticipates further arrests as twenty two councilmen are under suspicion.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
William A. Martin
C. S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad
Pittsburg and Tube City
Minnesota Attorney General Considers Action on Hill Stock
Attorney General Young says examination of James J. Hill shows duplicate capital stock for Great Northern branch lines. He contemplates retiring either the branch line stock or the main line stock used to buy the subsidiary. Dividends payed on double capitalization. Duplicated issues include 20 million for the St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba, 25 million for Eastern Minnesota, and 10 million for Wilmar and Sioux Falls.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Minn
Young
Minnesota
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Wilmar
Sioux Falls
Roosevelt and Metcalf review San Francisco discrimination probe
President Roosevelt and Secretary Metcalf discussed the inquiry into alleged discrimination against Japanese residents in San Francisco. Metcalf had investigated claims of denied school privileges and threats against merchants, with findings reportedly supporting San Francisco actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Metcalf
White House
San Francisco
Atlantic City Thanksgiving Excursions By Rail
Atlantic City trips via New Jersey Central depart 9 30 A M and 9 30 P M from W 23d St with 8 hour trains offering $10 and $12 excursion fares.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey Central
Miss Theodora Shonts Engaged to Duke of Chaulnes
Paris dispatch reports a marriage arrangement between Miss Theodora Shonts youngest daughter of Theodore P. Shonts president of the Panama Canal Commission and Emmanuel Théodore Bernard Marie d Albert de Luynes d'Ailly ninth Duke of Chaulnes and Picquigny. The groom is a Parisian aristocrat with extensive titles and sporting interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Paris
Duce de Chaulnes Et de Picquigny
Theodora Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Emmanuel Théodore Bernard Marie d’Albert de Luynes d’Ailly
Chaulnes
Picquigny
Dangeau
Avenue van Dyck
Parc Monceau
the Sarthe
Cercle de la Rue Royale
Cercle Hoche
Société Sportive de l'Ile de Puteaux
Paul d’Albert de Luynes
Duc de Luynes
Theodora Shonts Engaged to French Nobleman
Paris announces the engagement of Miss Theodora Shonts daughter of Theodore P. Shonts of the Panama Canal Commission. The Shonts family plans a reception in Washington on December 5 after their return from Panama.
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New York Times
Washington
Paris
Theodora Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Theodora
Marguerite
London
Reid
Dinard
Duc de Chaulnes
Panama
Shonts
New Hampshire Avenue
Steamer J. H. Jones Lost in Georgian Bay Gale
Word arrives that the passenger steamer J. H. Jones with thirty aboard was lost in Georgian Bay during last Thursday’s gale. Three crew members' bodies were found near Collingwood, Ontario. The vessel, 152 tons and 107 feet, was built in 1898 and owned by Crawford Fish Company of Wiarton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
J.H. Jones
Georgian Bay
Collingwood
Ontario
Wiarton
Griffin Island
J. H. Jones
Crawford Fish Company
Train Robber overpowered by elderly conductor
In Kansas City on Sunday an Alton Burlington train robber, who used the name Claude Randall, is believed to be Claude Rumsey, recently released from Fort Leavenworth. He halted passengers on the Golden Gate Limited, tried to calm them, demanded no money, and later wrote a letter to Miss Emily Blair in Chicago trying to reach a jailed sweetheart.
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Kansas City
Everett B- Heywood
Emily Blair
Cedar Street
Chicago
Francis Preston Blair
Rumsey
Miss Blair
Rum
Jean
Fragmentary Text About CE Stranksy and Selaencen
A brief fragment notes CE Stranksy cents and references unclear ware and selaencen lifings. The text provides minimal readable facts without clear names, dates, or places.
Pittsburg Consider Protesting Secretary Shaw Actions
Pittsburg reports a Chamber of Commerce meeting may be called soon to protest Secretary Shaw's conduct at a Post Office hearing. Logan McKee says many requests pour in while President English pushes for Roosevelt to demand Shaw's resignation if yesterday's facts are presented. Newspapers ridicule Shaw.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Kilburn to Head a Bank in New York City
Francis D. Kilburn State Superintendent of Banking is believed to resign by year end to become president of a New York City bank. The report surfaced in Albany via a letter, though Governor Higgins said he had no knowledge of the letter or Kilburn’s retirement talks.
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New York Times
Albany
Navy
Francis D. Kilburn
New York City
Millionaire's Jester Sues for Comic Services
Bloomington Illinois November 27 Captain Louis Ijams a battle scarred veteran obtained by court degree 5050 dollars for his services as a joker to the late Abraham Brokaw Bloomington's eccentric plowmaker. Ijams had asked for 10000 dollars at ten dollars per joke many of which he admitted telling a second time but the court ruled the valuation excessive.
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New York Times
Bloomington
Ill
Louis Ijams
Abraham Brokaw
Floating Mine's Havoc Kills Ten in Akita Blast
Kobe correspondent reports a floating mine from the Russo Japanese war was driven ashore at Akita on Hondo. It exploded causing ten villagers dead and fifty six wounded. The incident follows a wider wartime relics issue in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kobe
Standard
Akita
Hondo
Coachmen to Be Imported From England for Biltmore Estate
In Asheville on November 27 it was reported that coachmen are to be brought from England to replace striking Biltmore estate workers. The dispute began when both coachmen and teamsters walked out demanding more food, and George W. Vanderbilt reportedly told them they could leave. Many Biltmore staff had previously been hired from England by Vanderbilt.
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New York Times
Asheville
N. C
England
Biltmore
George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Peary Arrives in Boston During North Pole Tour
Commander Robert E Peary and Mrs Peary arrive in Boston after a northward journey aboard the Roosevelt. He plans a stop in New York to meet Arctic Club members before heading to Washington for Thanksgiving with his family. Bowdoin College students cheer as he is greeted by President Hyde and faculty.
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Boston
Robert E. Peary
Washington
Peary
Sydney
Roosevelt
New York
Arctic Club
Navy Department
St. John
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Commander Peary
William de Witt Hyde
Comznander Peary
Prison Mutiny frees five prisoners at Vladimir
In Vladimir Russia on November 27 prisoners mutinied seizing and binding officers including the Governor. They looted the prison and escaped with arms and civilian clothing, leaving five inmates at liberty.
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Vladimir
Russia
Two Killed in the Subway Tragic Morning Accidents
A Japanese man identified as Jasco Yanada was found cut to pieces on the Twenty third Street subway tracks with a stopped gunmetal watch at 11. A note bearing his name was found in his coat. The body was run over by trains and sent to the morgue. Later, Michele Duerierre a track walker of 460 East 150th Street was struck by a train at 149th Street and Brook Avenue. Motorman Patrick Sweeney of 12 Waterloo Place was arrested on manslaughter charges.
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Jasco Yanada
Twentythird Street
Michele Duerierre
East
150Th Street
149Th Street
Brook Avenue
Patrick Sweeney
Waterloo Place
Sweeney
North and Collingwood Linked to Estate Trust Co Failure
In Philadelphia on November 27, William F North treasurer and M S Collingwood of the estate trust company were identified at the time of the late failure. The report notes their roles and the company's collapse context.
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Philadelphia
William F North
Collingwood
Maritime Arrivals Briefing Featuring Multiple Vessels
Ships arriving include the Scottish Monarch at Glasgow on November 15, the Gordon Castle at London on November 12, and the Hermia docking in Barcelona October 23 and Gibraltar on November 7. The entries reflect inland ports and Mediterranean routes with recent calls and voyage notes.
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Glasgow
Gordon Castle
London
Barcelona
Gibraltar
Police Investigation Follows Caruso Case
Police officials reveal an inquiry is underway into the Arsenal Police Station after the Caruso case. Commissioner Bingham denies a list of names exists and says no charges are announced yet while Deputy Commissioner Mathot has not been cleared of all statements.
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Caruso
Bingham
Arsenal
Mathot
Mathet
Metropolitan Opera House
Gen. Bingham
New York
Mr. Mathet
Mr. Mathot
Metropolitan Orchestra
Times Office
Y. M. Ca
Caine
Opera House Orchestra
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O'Sullivan
Mr. Jerome
Murphy
Robert Lee Mordecai
Mordecai
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Grand Jury
House Committee
Joe
Democratic Plan
Jersey
Gang
Interborough Company
France
Shaw
Kilburn
Higgins
G. W. Vanderbilt
Real Estate Trust
Mather
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