Beaten and Robbed at Fiangee's Door
Miss Myrtle Drake and her aunt and cousin found Harry Kenther on their Woodbine Street porch after he had been assaulted entering their Williamsburg home. Kenther, 22, a clerk at Fourth National Bank, was robbed of a gold watch and $420, sustaining head injuries. Detectives from Ralph Avenue Station seek the assailant described as a tall man in dark clothing wearing a light felt hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine Street
Williamsburg
Myrtle Drake
Harry Shenther
NA MI Street
Miss Drake
Lyck
Joshua Stevenson
Mr.Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Harry Kenther
Bb. Frank Knause
Bushwick Avenue
Renther
le Konther
Young Ranther
Drake
Ralph Avenue
Young Tonther
Konther
Fourth National Bank of Manhattan
Nassau and Line Streets
U S Court Says State Not a Defendant in SC Dispensary Suit
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals sustains Judge Pritchard in Fleischmann Company against the South Carolina Dispensary Commission. The decision holds the case is not against the state, allowing an appeal and stating the Eleventh Amendment does not bar the action. The ruling questions the state's governmental prerogative in operating the liquor business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Court
South Carolina Dispensary Board
Richmond
South Carolina
Edmund Waddill
Fuler
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Receiver Sought for McIlhenny Company Assets in Illinois
In Chicago Sept 15 a bill in Superior Court requests the appointment of a receiver for the Illinois assets of the E McIlhenny Cannine and Manufacturing Company a 10 million dollar firm in jam and oyster trades. William C Titcomb former Western manager sues alleging insolvency and $28 000 due for salary and accounts. The company omits interest on 690 000 debt secured by 1 million in bonds. Titcomb says he signed five year central states contract in 1905 then was discharged after refusing a new one in 1908. The firm list New York New Orleans and Chicago as headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
William C. Titcomb
Central States
Edward McIlhenny
George W. Young
New York
New Orleans
New York Times
Washington
United States
New York City
Custom House
Reynolds
Fowler
Admiral Sperry Hosts as Australian Meet and Ships Arrive
In Albany Western Australia on Sept 15 the colliers Taurus and Epsom delivered coal for the American battleship fleet delaying Manila departure to Thursday evening. Admiral Sperry presided at a reception. Rear Admiral Emory stood in for the unwell commander. In Naples the Maine and Alabama, leading ships of the voyage, are due to reach port tomorrow after leaving Port Said on Sept 11.
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Albany
West Australia
Taurus
Epsom
Manila
Australia
Fremantle
Western Australia
N. J. Moore
Gibraltar
Naples
Maine
Alabama
Port
Report on High Buildings in New York City
A city commission says Manhattan’s limited ground space drives tall building growth and urges concentrating business and amusement there while moving residences outside. It notes lack of height restrictions but supports fire and health safeguards and proposes replacing wooden structures with iron cage construction and enforcing light and air rules by stepped setbacks above certain heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Manhattan Island
Manhattan
New York
Mine Promoter Suit Seeks 250000 Damages
Philip H. Moore files suit against J Thomas Reinhardt of 38 Broad Street seeking an accounting of funds from stock sales of the Micmac Gold Mining Company and Lipsigate Gold Mining Company merged after an alleged Moore Reinhardt bargain. He claims Reinhardt marketed stocks and kept half profits, failed quarterly profit statements, acted in bad faith, and conducted wash sales in Boston and New York to suppress profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Moore
J. Thomas Reinhardt
Broad Street
Reinhardt
Micmac Gold Mining Company
Lipsigate Gold Mining Company
Moore
Boston
New York
ELOPEMENT SHOCK FOR FOLLIES OF 1908 STAR
Miss May Murray, a Follies show girl at the New York Theatre, eloped with Will Schwenke, a brewer’s dealer, in Hoboken. They wed Sunday with a Lutheran minister and report no trouble, citing plans to study music and languages. Schwenke’s father hosted supper at Rector’s afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Murray
New York Theatre
William Schwernke
Hoboken
Schwenke
Food the Way Out From Weakness to Power
A general store worker shares how a simple breakfast of Grape Nuts and Postum improved his digestion, energy, and concentration. The letter, by Postum Co., promotes the cereal and beverage with claims of clearer thinking and stronger appetite, noting new letters appear over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
City Faces Garnishee Law Spark Running Department
City under new garnishee law expects a rush as salaries may be attached for debts. Paymaster Timmerman to hire three clerks and appoint Deputy Paymaster Howard P. Sh has been named for collection work. Debts long forgotten surface with judgments against city workers amid fears of heavy payroll deductions and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. 2
Timmerman
Woman shoots at bartender in Flatbush over rejected attention
Lena Stiers, a manicurist from Manhattan living with her aunt at 206 East Sixty-seventh Street, fired at Charles Mulholland near Snyder and Utica Avenues after pursuing him for years. A second shot missed as police subdued her. she admits the attempted assault and cites ruined life as motive.
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Charles Mulhollard
Utica Avenue
Flatbush
Snyder and
Utica Avenues
Mulholland
Snyder Avenue
McLean
Lena Stiers
Third Avenue
Manhattan
A. Wagher
East Sixty-seventh Street
Miss Stiers
Lesser's eye grafting feat gains cautious praise
Dr Henry R Lesser reports a rabbit cornea transplant to a 24 year old man blinded by measles. The graft improved vision to counting fingers at twelve inches with the patient able to distinguish objects and begin learning colors again after three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Lesser
West Nine Third Street
Lesser
Descemet
Mrs Earle Supports Son Amid Marital Trouble
Mrs Ferdinand P Earle, returning from Europe aboard the Grosser Kurfurst, learned of her son's arrest for cruelty to his wife and said she has confidence in him. She will visit his Monroe home and stay awhile, while a tuberculosis convention group and others were aboard.
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Europe
Grosser Kurfurst
Ferdinand P. Earle
Monroe
Earle
Washington, D. C
Cuthbert Rovd
H. P. Austin
W. Dunne
Hans Bartsch
W. Thomson Lees
Carl N. Martin
Oram Ring
Clara Hyman
Gustave Witty
Insane Patients Transferred To Hudson River Hospital
Fifty men and 250 women patients were moved yesterday from Kings Park and Central Islip State Hospitals for the Insane to new chronic insane buildings at Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. The relocation, at the request of the State Commission in Lunacy, aims to ease congestion and let nearby sanitariums focus on curable cases. Women traveled by special train to Long Island City then a steamer to Poughkeepsie, under nurses and doctors. men rode the 7:34 train to Long Island City with Dr. William Austin Maybie in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Park State Hospital
Islip State Hospital
Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
State Commission
Islip Hospital
Long Island City
David Cochran
H. G.gibson
E. A. Smith
Kings Park
William Austin Maybie
Old Employee His Heir Inheritance Facts from York Merchant
By the will of John C. Jordan a dry goods merchant, estate valued about 400000 dollars. Charles H. Bear receives the building where the business was conducted valued at 65000 dollars. Miss Margaretta Wagner, a niece, gets the adjoining building valued at 150000 dollars. A tract near Farquhart Park with 35 acres is left to York Hospital and Dispensary valued at 35000 dollars. The residue over 100000 dollars is put in trust for York County Academy expenses and St John Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
York
Penn
John C. Jordan
Charles H. Bear
Margaretta Wagner
York Hospital
Jordan
City
Farquhart Park
Old
York County
Model Fashion Note Highlights Plaited Dresses and Drop Skirts
A fashion item notes garments featuring plaited models in close fitting styles and trained drop skirts. The description focuses on the silhouette and fabric structure typical of the period.
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Oppenheimer
the Oppenheimer Institute
West Lith ST
West 54Th St
TS “Ho
Trio de Luxe
Summer Mint
Riley
Onsale
All Hingly
Hitylirt
Nottingham
Morgan & Brother
West 47Th Street
Broadway
Bryant
L&c
Lems
West
Broad and
Beaver Streets
Stewart
Ave
West 51St St
Columbus
Westinghouse Nernst
Uneeda
Fiangee
Kanther
McIlhenny
Treasury
Henry C. Stuart
Colle
Lacobs
Admiral Sperry
Commission
J. T. Reinhardt
Girl
Doctor
Mrs. Earle
Son
Hudson River Hospital
Merchant
Royal Worcester
Bon Ton
Royal Worcester Lines
Worcester
San Fra
CISCO
W.&j.sloane
India
19Th ST
N.Y
B. Akman & CO
Directoire
Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
California
Pacific Northwest
NEW York Central
West Shore
R. R
Grand Central Station
Madison
Smaieag! Lanes
W. 54Th St
J. W. Williams
California Fig Syrup CO
Couturieres
Paris
London
Bernard
Rondeau
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