Leeds Will Leaves Widow Most of Estate in U S Trust
William B Leeds heir details show widow Nonnie Stewart Leeds receives 150000 outright plus multiple homes and personal effects. The estate valued between 30000000 and 40000000 with two sons Rudolph Gaar Leeds and William Leeds Jr listed as beneficiaries and executors including George F Baker and United States Trust Company.
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New York Times
Mineola L. I
William B. Leeds
New York
Westbury
France
Nassau County
Nonnie Stewart Leeds
Mr. Leeds
Fifth Avenue
East Eighty-eighth Street
Newport House
Frederick Vanderbilt
Bellevue Avenue
Rough Point
Leeds
Newport
Seventy-ninth Street
John Russell Pope
Central Trust Company
United States Trust Company of Manhattan
William B. Leeds, Jr
Nonnie Stewart T Leeds
James F. Elder
Manhattan
United States
Trust Company of
Edward H. Bacon
John Russel Pope
Madison Avenue
Lewis Cass
Ledyard
Seventh
N PABOR DAY Hendrick Hudson Steamship Route
A fragmented notice lists a river sailing on Desbrosses Street at 9:40 with a world class steamer. The legible items reference Hendrick Hudson and a holiday schedule with advertising language.
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Pabor Day
Hendrick Hudson
Usic
Desbrosses St
European insurers fret over American fires rising costs
European insurance executives warn that frequent large fires in the United States are eroding profits. Charles Lyman Case, American manager of London Assurance, notes premium income barely covers risk after San Francisco, Baltimore, and Chelsea blazes. He cites strict earthquake edits, building standards, and fire departments as factors shaping losses and long-term competition.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
United States
Charles Lyman Case
New York
London Assurance Corporation
San Francisco
Baltimore
Chelsea
America
Europe
London
Paris
Vienna
Frail claimant refused at Sagamore Hill
Mrs Steannette Steiniger, a German woman once employed in the Roosevelt and Guenthers households, claimed she was owed more than a million dollars by President Roosevelt, J Pierpont Morgan, and Leslie Shaw. Secret Service men intercepted her as she approached Sagamore Hill and escorted her to Oyster Bay. She refused a ticket back to New York and was last seen seeking lodging for the night.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Steannette Steiniger
Sagamore
Secret Service
Guenther
Tramilton Avenue
Sagamore Hill
Sloan
Secret Service Force
Long Island Sound
New York Bay
Shaw
Washington
Gun silencer passes final test at Springfield
In Springfield Mass on September 3 a testing board of U S Armory officers judged Hiram Percy Maxim's silencing device. The device rendered gunfire inaudible even at 30 yards, making it impossible for the board to determine shot direction, as bullets whirred unseen.
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Springfield
Mass
Hiram Percy Maxim
United States Armory
Mr. Mexim
Jersey Justice in a Cell Stuns New York Crowd
A man claiming to be Clay Trumper, Justice of the Peace of Bergen County New Jersey, was found sleeping on Tammany Hall steps. Police took him to East Twenty second Street Station after intoxication arrest. He flashed a Bergen County badge and joked about justice.
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Clay Trumper
Bergen County
N. J
Tammany Hall
New York
New Flat House Claimed to be World’s Largest
Plans filed by Hiss Weekes for Bernard Realty to build a 12 story 175 apartment flat on Broadway Amsterdam Avenue 86th 87th Streets New York, cost over 3 million dollars. Building 350 by 200 by 150 feet features a central court and sub courtyard with skylights trades entry elevators and a roof laundry. Completion expected Oct 3 1909 with excavation already begun on Hoyt estate land.
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Hiss & Weekes
Bernard Realty Company
New York
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
Eighty-Sixth
Eighty-seventh Streets
Madison Square Garden
Henry R Hoyt
Sherman Hoyt
Henry R. Thompson
Eighty-Sixth Street
America
Europe
H. H. Weekes
Townsend
Times
Hoyt
Wealthy Irishwoman Dies After Leap From Window
Evading her nurse today, Miss Helen Cullen, heir to more than $1,000,000, leaped from a third-story window at the Waldemar apartments in San Francisco. She died a few hours later. Cullen, a native of Ireland, had lived in the United States for health reasons and was under constant care of a trained nurse for about two months.
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San Francisco
Cal
Helen Cullen
Waldemar Apartments
Labor Day Atlantic City Tour Details
Plan calls for a two day hotel package in Atlantic City via the Pennsylvania Broad line on Saturday September 5. Rates are listed for a two day stay with hotel accommodations and related expenses.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Collar for Bryans Mule Gift From Illinois Factory
In Galesburg Illinois on September 3 a horse collar makers team sent a collar for William J Bryan's mule mascot. Bryan said an eighteen inch collar fits and weighs about 875 pounds. He thanked the workers and noted Democratic friends take interest in him as every shop man contributed to the gift.
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Galesburg
Ill
William J. Bryan
Sandy Hook Route Labor Day Special
Ex trip in addition to regular service will be added on evening Sept 7 from West End Long Branch Sea Bright and nearby points arriving North at 10 PM local time.
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Sandy Hook
Labor Day
Ghede
West End
Sea Bright
Rockefeller Ancestors Revealed in Europe History Study
Dr. Aaron R. Lewis reported at the Rockefeller Family Association reunion that Rockefellers trace ancestry to Barons in Southern France dating to 950 A. D. The German branch is a branch of the French line, and John D. Rockefeller was not the original money-maker. The family coat of arms appears from 1250 A. D. with a later 1050 A. D. motto. Samuel L. Rockefeller, 82, attended from Tombstone, Arizona.
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New York Times. Com
Rockefeller Family Association
Aaron R. Lewis
Rockefeller
Europe
Lewis
Rockefellers
France
Dr. Lewis
Fahr
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel L. Rockefeller
Tombstone
Arizona
Auto plunges embankment injuring passengers in The Bronx
Frank I Underwood of 115 Broadway and Mrs R W Conger, both staying at New Weston Hotel, were thrown from a car driven by John Fox on Albany Avenue near 234th Street. Underwood, president of British Columbia Copper and a Tomboy Gold Mines director, was only lightly hurt. Conger bruised and clothing torn. Fox uninjured.
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Frank I. Underwood
Broadway
New Weston Hotel
Madison Avenue
Forty-ninth Street
R. W. Conger
John Fox
Eighth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Albany Avenue
234Th Street
Bronx
Mr. Underwood
Mrs. Conger
Underwood
Lasso Rescues Rider From San Bernardino Precipice
Archie Banks of Philadelphia nearly fell from a mountain slope in the San Bernardino range when his horse slipped. William Rogers of New York threw a rope lasso that secured Banks just as he teetered over the edge, pulling him to safety with help from James Archer and Robert Shea.
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San’. Bernardino
Cal
Archie Banks
Philadelphia
William Rogers
New York
James Archer
London
Robert Shea
Mr. Banks
San Bernardino Range
Banks
Rogers
Pacific fleet seeks overdue British steamer Aeon
The Pacific fleet based in Honolulu under Admiral Swinburne has orders to locate the Aeon, a British steamer en route from San Francisco to Samoa on July 6. On board are the wife of Lt. William K. Riddle and the family of Chaplain Gower R. Patrick of the U S Navy.
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New York Times
Washington
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Swinburne
Navy Department
Aeon
San Francisco
Samoa
William K. Riddle
Gower R. Patrick
United States Navy
Wife Found Dead at Breakfast Table in Central Park West
Mrs William De Billier was found dead by her husband in their apartment near Central Park West and Eighty-fifth Street. Dr Wesley G Vincent examined the body and said death likely due to heart disease, with autopsy to determine cause. De Billier works with Marshall Spader & Co at 74 Broadway.
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William de Billier
Central Park West
Eighty-fifth Street
de Billie
Wesley G. Vincent
West Seventy-ninth Street
de Billier
Marshall, Spader & Co
Broadway
New Arrival Finds New York Too Big for Portage
Aaron Peuser arriving from Austria struggled with two enormous valises after paying a 30 cent per piece baggage rate. He objected to a 69 cent charge for a short trip to Twenty-seventh Street and attempted to walk. He returned to the Barge Office at dusk saying New York is greater than he thought and gave up the journey.
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Aaron Peuser
Austria
New York
Peuser
Atlantic City Labor Day Train Schedule Note
The notice lists a 3 hour timetable via New Jersey Central and an extra Pullman train departing Atlantic City at 5 30 P M on Labor Day bound for New York Newark and Elizabeth with timetable details on Page 13.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey Central
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
Ady
Getts Daughters Custody in Peck Divorce Case
Harry Thurston Peck of Columbia University faced a divorce that ended with Mrs Cornelia M Pawbarn Peck granted custody of their 16 year old daughter Constance Saltonstall Dawbarn Peck. The court noted settlement of property rights as fair and final.
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New York Times
Sioux Falls
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Cornelia M. Pawbarn Peck
Constance Saltonstall Dawbarn Peck
Europe
Robbers Hold Up Auto Near Sayville
A taxi driver, afraid of his friends' harassment, was robbed of 75 dollars last night by two highwaymen. He said they stopped him in Roosevelt Woods, made him surrender his money, and then left without resistance.
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Sayville, L
Rooseville Woods
Will settlement ends Baker estate dispute in Boston
The Walter F. Baker will fight ends with a Supreme Court filing approving the Probate Court decree. Baker heirships include 500000 estate with 5000 to Edward Baker and 10000 to Mrs Helen Hurd. Residue divided among Harvard, the children of Edward Baker, and Natalie Hurd prior to her death. Natalie Hurd’s parents later inherited her share. No criminal findings issued regarding Baker’s death in Bogota New Jersey.
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Boston
Walter F. Baker
Harvard
Bogota
N. J
Supreme Court
Bar
Edward F. Baker
Helen Bray Hurd
Natalie Hurd
Frank H
Helen. B., Hurd
Carnegie to Extend Technical School with 10 Million Plan
Pittsburg reports indicate Andrew Carnegie plans to add about 10 million dollars to expand his Technical School. Judge Joseph Buffington and William Metcalf Jr. have returned from Scotland and will present the proposal to the Board of Trustees once all members are gathered. The institution now serves roughly 1,200 students and may see further widening of its scope.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Technical School
Carnegie
Joseph Buffington
United States Court
William Metcalf, Jr
America
New York
Board of Trustees
Dewey and Sons Port Ives Wine Ad
Advertisement for Dewey & Sons Co showing a twelve year port wine named Ives produced at their New York City shop on Fulton Street with a strong emphasis on quality and aging.
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Deweys
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Carlisle avoids commitment on Bryan rumor
John G. Carlisle secretary of the treasury under Grover Cleveland said he has not declared for William J. Bryan. The Times reporter learned the rumor originated with friends of Bryan, and Carlisle offered no further comment.
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John G. Carlisle
Treasury
Grover Cleveland
TIMES
Wiliam J. Bryan
Nebraskan
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Carlisle
Schwab Moves Bethlehem Steel HQ to Bethlehem Penn
Wall Street reports Charles M. Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, will assign Bethlehem as his headquarters to focus on Bethlehem Company works. The New York offices will be centralized at 1 Time Road, while a Bethlehem residence is being negotiated as a permanent home for at least a year. Schwab could not confirm the report.
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Wall Street
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Penn
Bethlehem Company
New York
Steel Company
Not Sold to Steel Trust Denied by Pioneer Press Editor
Webster Wheeler editor of The Pioneer Press in St Paul Minnesota denies a yesterday report that his paper was bought by interests representing the Steel Trust. He calls the sale claim absolutely and unqualifiedly false and says the report was published to secure business. The denial appears in the wake of a circulated statement by three newspapers here.
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New York
ST. Paut
Minn
Webster Wheeler
Pioneer Press
Steel ‘Trust
Tailer Seriously Ill In New London
T Suffer tailer a noted New York society leader arrived at the Mohican Hotel in New London from Newport by car with enfeebled condition due to blood poisoning traced to a pimple on his right thigh. Dr Lee, who diagnosed the case as serious, attended Tailer who is under hospital nurse care with Mrs Alexander Brown and Miss Brown accompanying him.
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New York
New London
Conn
T. Suffern Tailer
Mohican Hotel
Newport
HH. MM. Lee
Lee
Tailor
Alexander Brown
Miss Brown
Night Rider Shot Wife in Tennessee River County
Paducah Ky September 3 a millman John Franklin Dalton of Calloway County shot and killed his wife thinking she was a night rider. After hearing prowlers they searched the house Dalton told his wife to bed then fired as she stepped from the back door. Mrs Dalton sister of river man Capt Peck. Jury exonerated the husband.
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New York Times
Paducah
John Franklin
Dalton
Tennessee River
Calloway County
Debs Speaks in St Joseph on Socialist Ticket Lines
Eugene V. Debs spoke to about 1,000 people in St. Joseph from his Red Special and criticized Speaker Cannon harshly. He claimed Uncle Joe Cannon was worth 2.4 million dollars but had no dollar when entering Congress and then left for Omaha.
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ST. Joseph
Eugene V. Debs
Omaha
Debs
Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
Yacht Mousquetaire Burns After Series of Explosions
A fifty foot gasoline launch Mousquetaire exploded and burned off Bay Side Yacht Club pier Bay Side L I. Owner Alvin Wertham and two sailors aboard landed for dinner then a post dinner blast and fire destroyed the vessel valued at 6000. Fire department arrived too late to save the craft.
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Bay Side Yacht Club
Bay Side
L. I
Little Neck Bay
Alvin Wertham
Wertham
Bayside Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Bayside Fire Department
Mousquetaire
Lloyd's
Paul E. de Fere
Nassau Street
New York Insurers Seek Fall Plan to Ban Lloyds Gambling Policies
New York insurance men pushing legislation this fall to bar gambling policies written by Lloyds syndicates. London Board of Trade considers a probe into Lloyds to end speculative policies. Sir John Luscombe, Lloyds chairman, opposes purely speculative underwriting used to back bets on elections via brokers.
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New York
New York State
Lloyds of
London
Board of Trade
Lloyds
John Luscombe
Bryan
Train Fare to Atlantic City and Return
Special Pennsylvania Railroad service offers $2.50 round trip to Atlantic City. Depart New York at 6:45 A M with stops at Newark Elizabeth and New Brunswick. Return from Atlantic City at 7:00 P M. Adv.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Wright Aeroplane Flies At Capitol Near Smash-Up
Orville Wright narrowly avoided a collision with a balloon shed at Fort Myer during a public demonstration. The flight lasted about one minute and eleven seconds before a sudden lever error sent the aeroplane toward a wooden shed, causing a skid to break. Wright shut off the motor, descended sharply, and praised his quick action as the machine sustained only slight damage. He later prepared for another try amid a nervous crowd and cautious supervision.
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Arcoholt
New York Times
Washington
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Lie
Mr. Wright
Dayton
Wright
Thomases
Wright Stout Aiee
Arlington Em
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W. B. Leeds
Harry Miller
Richmond
W.H
J. H. Moore
American Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Vie
Nonnie Stewart Worthington
Crank
Army Board
Jersey
Murphy
Linois
John D
New Yorker
Pacific Division
Wm. de Billier
27Th Street
Harry T. Peck
Dakota
Lumbia University
Cornelia M. Dawbarn
Peck
Mabel
Republic
Prescott
Harper's Classical Dictionary
New International Encyclopedia
Authors and Press Clubs
Royal Society of Canada
American Philological and American Dialect Societies
The
Century Association
Roseville Woods
Baker
Carlisle
Schwab
Steel
Steel Trust
St. Paul
T. T. Tailer
Wife Night Rider
Cannon Rich
Bayside Club
Anchorage
Lloyd’s
Wright Aeroplane
C. & Taylor
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