Millionaire Singer awards $4.6 million per child at golden wedding
William H. Singer marks his 50 year marriage by distributing 4.6 million dollars to each of his four children. William Henry Singer Jr focuses on art in Norway while George remains a steel executive in Pittsburgh. Mrs. William Ross Proctor lives near Philadelphia and Marguerite aids charitable causes.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
William H. Singer
Court House
Singer
Allegheny
William Henry Singer, Jr
George Singer
William Ross, Proctor
Philadelphia
Marguerite Singer
Singer & Nimick Company
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Charles Lockhart
Standard Oil
Norway
George
William Ross Proctor
Marguerite
Bequest to Yale Endows Randolph Townsend History Chair
The will of Mrs. Jane A. Townsend of Holbrook Grange near Rug by England leaves Yale University $50,000 to endow the Randolph W. Townsend Jr. Professor ship of History in memory of her son. Public bequests total about $350,000, with Mary Norton Perkins named executrix and beneficiary of much personal property and life income. Townsend's New York home was 18 West Seventy third Street.
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Jane A. Townsend
Randolph W. Townsend
Holbrook Grange
Rugby
England
Yale University
Randolph W. Townsend, Jr
City of New York
Forty-third Street
Madison Avenue
S. Delaney Townsend
All Angel's Protestant Episcopal Church
West Eightyfirst Street
Cephas H. Norton
Million Dollar Ipswich School Planned By Brown Will
The will of John Burnham Brown of Ipswich provides for a million-dollar educational institution on Town Hill. The school aims to offer a distinct curriculum and will require applicants to have completed a high school education. Brown made his fortune in Chicago real estate and retained Ipswich ties, including Town Hill acquisition.
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John Burnham Brown
Ipswich
New York Times
Salem
Mass
Chicago
Town Hill
Cannon Visits Kansas In Support Of Campbell
In Independence Kansas Speaker Cannon entered the state campaign for Representative Philip P Campbell defending his stand pat tariff policy. He cited President Roosevelt support and noted Campbell’s loyalty to Cannon amid criticism. He referenced Taft telegrams and claimed the national committee urged Taft to intervene.
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New York Times
Independence
Kan
Philip P. Campbell
Cannon
Kansas
Campbell
House
Roosevelt
Tawney
Minnesota
Congress
Taft
National Committee
Congressional Campaign Committee
Fire at Long Island private asylum drives out guests
Dr. Orville J. Wilsey led nearly a hundred patients to safety as a blaze tore through the central building of the Amityville Long Island Home for the Insane. Women were moved to Brunswick Home and men to another building, with the main structure partially burned and losses estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 dollars.
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Orville J. Wilsey
Long Island Home For
Amityville
L. I
Long Island
Wilsey
Bride Waits At The Altar In Eastport Disappearance Shocks Town
Eastport Long Island September 17. Miss Edna Tuthill stood at the altar with guests and a waiting minister when J Murray failed to appear. The 0 year old bride's family and friends were left distressed as Murray vanished the night before. Murray had been a close friend and recent suitor of Miss Tuthill, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
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New York Times
Eastport
L. I
J. Murray
Edna Tuthil
Edward Tuthill
Mr. Murray
Miss Tuthill
Murray
Sulzer's Harlem River Park Assigns to Maas
The Harlem River Park Amusement Company at 126th Street and Second Avenue assigned yesterday to Charles O. Maas. Ernest Sulzer, the treasurer and son of founder Herman Sulzer, signed the deed. The firm, incorporated with $100,000 capital, rebuilt after a November fire, with $100,000 in bonds secured by leases and fixtures. Nine mechanics liens totaling $39,000 have been filed against the property.
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Harlem River Park Amusement Company
Sulzer
Harlem River Park
126Th Street
Second Avenue
Charles O. Maas
Ernest Sulzer
Herman Sulzer
Cholera Worsens in St Petersburg with 249 cases
Official bulletins report 249 cholera cases and 70 deaths in St Petersburg. Morozoff of Schlusselburg Steamship Company contracted the disease, suggesting spread from poorer to wealthier classes. Novoe Vremya urges Gen Dracheffski to be given full powers to control the outbreak due to municipal inefficiency.
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ST. Petersburg
Morozoff
Schlusselburg Steamship Company
Novoc. Vremya
Dracheffski
Kalil's Restaurant Hosts Midnight Music Event
A downtown venue Kalil's Restaurant announces a music event running until midnight with a featured act. The notice lists dates and hours, inviting patrons to enjoy live entertainment at 14-18. yf a Finest.
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Kalil
Forgery Case Hits New York Brokerage Firm
E R Chapman & Co admits a former employee forged endorsements on checks totaling about $30,000 and fled. Knickerbocker Trust Co accepted the forged paper, drawing responsibility, while Chapman & Co says the loss rests with the trust company. Lehman A Cooper, once uptown office manager, is missing. he was a Yale graduate and prominent Wall Street figure.
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Chapman & Co. Say Trust Company
E. R. Chapman & Co
The
Stock Exchange
Broadway
Pinkertons
Lehman A. Cooper
Exchange
Larchmont
William C. van Antwerp
Chapman & Co
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Cooper
Keep
Trust Company
Yale
Wall Street
Herman Clarke & Co
Hunter, Cooper & Beadleston
Cooper, Cramp & Beadleston
Cooper as a yachtsman missing in Larchmont
Special to The New York Times reports L A Cooper manager of E R Chapman & Co. upper Manhattan office is missing. A Larchmont resident, he belongs to the Larchmont Yacht Club and the Fire Department society. His wife says she does not know his whereabouts.
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Larchmont
New York Times
L. A. Cooper
E. R. Chapman & Co
Uptown
Manhattan
Cooper
the den
Prospect Avenue
Gerald F. Hayward
Forest Fires Rage Across Upper Michigan and Wisconsin
Forest fires flare anew across Calumet Ahmeek Ojibway and Lae Superior shore areas threatening mining plants and towns. Crests burn through Houghton Kenora counties with smoke hindering Portage Lake navigation. Firefighters report hundreds of men battling flames near Hermansville and across Rainy Lake islands near Fort Frances.
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Mich
Ahmeek
Here
Ojibway
Calumet
Hecla
Tamarack
Lae Superior
Houghton
Kenana
Copper
Portage Lake
Menominee
Green Bay
Marinette and
Hermansville
Menominee County
Winnipeg
Man
Fort Frances
Ont
United States
Canada
Rainy Lake
James Harty
Racing motorboat Vision adrift near Sandy Hook
S. S. Goodman loses his new racing boat Vision a hundred horsepower craft towed from Long Beach to New York when the hawser parted off Sandy Hook. A search failed to locate the vessel, the life saving crew sighted it but could not recover it, risking thousands of dollars and hopes of beating Dixie II in the upcoming regatta.
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S. S. Goodman
Vision
Sandy Hook
New York
Long Beach
Goodman
Dixie II
New York Man Arrested in Pay Check Mail Theft Case
Secret Service agent Porter arrested J. W. Loraine of New York in Chicago after tracking him through twelve states. He is charged with stealing 1700 dollars in Marine Hospital service employee pay checks dated August 3. Checks were found flowing to banks in Alabama Georgia Texas Colorado and Chicago. Loraine, a salesman for a New York electrical supply house, allegedly took the mail pouch from a messenger’s bicycle before the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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New York Times
Washington
Porter
Secret Service Today
Chicago
J. W. Loraine
New York
Marine Hospital Service
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Colorado
Loraine
Saratoga Springs Rises as Pumps Halted
Guards monitored Saratoga water pumps as the Appellate Division granted a 42 hour halt to pumping to study effects on the springs. Water levels rose one to two feet during the stoppage while litigation by Frank Hatorn and Attorney General Jackson proceeds for a full halt pending decision.
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New York Times
Saratoga
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Frank H. Hatorn
Jackson
Burglars Trapped in Orange Residence
Henry Crane spots an open window on Central Avenue and alerts George J Spot tiswood’s relative. Police catch two suspects, Otto Raetz of East Forty-fourth Street and Richard Plan of 94 Division Street Manhattan, with clothing and goods packed for removal.
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George E.spottiswood
Central Avenue
Orange
N. J
Henry Crane
George E. Jones
Mr. Spottiswood
Jones
Sergt. Rinehart
Giordano
Drabell
Brown
Otto Raetz
East Forty-fourth Street
Richard Plan
Division Street
Manhattan
Autoists Thank Judge for Leniency
Two chauffeurs employed by Watson C. Dickerman and J. C. Hollister were arrested at the railway station in New Rochelle for speeding. They were fined $15 each by Judge Schiesinger and paid the penalties themselves, thanking the judge for leniency. The drivers admitted ordering high speed and praised the police for not intervening earlier.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Watson C. Dickerman
J. C. Hollister
Quaker Ridge
Schiesinger
Messrs
Dickerman
Hollister
Harriman and Morgan Hold Key Erie Talks in Accord
E. H. Harriman visited JP Morgan & Co and met Mr. Morgan for about an hour. The discussions centered on the Erie railroad plan to improve finances, slow adjustments, and ensure coupon payments, with aim to boost business conditions and economies in operation.
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E. H. Harriman
JP. Morgan & Co
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Harriman
Europe
TIMES
Morgan & Co
Erie Railroad- Pennsylvania Company
Morgan
Harriman
Erie
Wall Street
Trie
Erle
Morgan and Harriman
Erie & Jersey Railroad
Highland Falls
Campbel Hat
Guymard
N. Y
Bronx Man Rescues Children From Burning Flat
John A. Graw of 2110 Maple Avenue Bronx forced entry into the Quinlan apartment after smelling smoke. He carried five year old Charles and two year old Mary Quinlan down five flights to safety as neighbors and firefighters contained a small fire started by the children playing with matches.
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John A. Graw
Maple Avenue
Bronx
Hughe Avenue
Michael Quinlan
Graw
Charles Quinlan
Mary
Gran
Quinlan
Burglar Leaves Note After Looting Jersey City Saloon
A burglar entered Denis Gallagher's saloon at 462 Henderson Street Jersey City early yesterday morning taking 75 cents from the register. He left a note saying the business must be bad and advising Gallagher to sell out. The advert for a roaches bed bags and mice exterminated disinfecting Co 517 West 45th St.
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Denis Gallagher
Henderson Street
Jersey City
Gallagher
West 45Th St
Zast Car Near Paris in New York to Paris Race
The Zast car will arrive in Paris by noon tomorrow after a stop in Meaux for the night. The crew begins the final twenty miles of the journey at dawn tomorrow morning.
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New York
Paris
Meaux
New York Times
Zast
Ocean Lines Raise Rates On Mediterranean to New York
Berlin Sept 16 German and Italian steamship lines announced an immediate rate increase of ten dollars for freight between Mediterranean ports and New York. A broader agreement on disputed points was reached and will be reviewed at a late September conference with all lines to settle further rate questions.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
New York
Burglaries Plague Jamaica Lawyer Misses Timely Insurance
Henry A Montfort of Highland and Park Avenues Jamaica Queens returned to his home to find it entered by burglars who had robbed him of several hundred dollars worth of silverware. He notes burglaries are frequent in Jamaica and laments his policy was not in effect an hour earlier.
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Henry A. Montfort
Highland and Park Avenues
Jamaica
Queens
Jersey Man Plans 18 Foot Wing Flying Machine
Carl Semree of 33 Norwood Terrace says a flying machine with an eighteen foot wingspan and 300 pound weight will lift 0.60 pounds and be ready to fly within a month. He compares his model to the Wright aeroplane and notes years of work financed by savings and extra work.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Carl Semree
Norwood Terrace
Jersey
Semree
Draper Forgiveness Hinted After Newborn Reunion
In Hopkdale Massachusetts on September 18 Bristow Draper and his wife Queenie Sanford visited Lieut. Gov. Draper. The couple’s reconciliation with their son followed the birth of their baby. Bristow Draper has worked long hours in cotton machinery and his wife supported the home.
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New York Times
Hopedale
Mass
Bristow Draper
Queenie Sanford
White Star resumes cargo service between Liverpool and New York
The White Star Line announces the resumption of cargo service connecting Liverpool and New York after suspending it in June due to slack trade. Earlier, the large freight steamers Bovic Cevic Georgic Armenien and Victorian were withdrawn from service.
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Liverpool
White Star Line
New York
Bovic
Cevic
Georgic
Jersey City Policeman Recovers $2000 Package
Policeman Michael Meehan saw a package drop from a passing carriage and found two thousand dollars inside. Owner Thomas Mead claimed the money but did not give an address and fled with a single dollar note supposedly as his reward.
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Michael Meehan
Jersey City
Thomas Mead
Mead
Mehan
Acquitted Youth Boasts Guilt Over Train Wreck
In Lawrenceville Georgia on September 16 Lewis Cooksey 18 told Judge and jury I did it even after being found not guilty of wrecking the Southern Limited near Buford that killed two men and injured several. Detectives said he confessed placing a bolt on the track to make the train jump.
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New York Times
Lawrenceville
Lewis Cooksey
Juri
Cooksey
Southern Limited
Buford
Kidnapped Girl Escapes After 27 Mile March
Laura Williams 18 of 9727 Avenue M Chicago escaped after being abducted at pistol point from South Chicago, blindfolded and gagged, forced to march 27 miles to Pine Station Indiana. She returned home early today, weary and shocked, bolstering police theory of an organized kidnapping ring amid reports of missing schoolgirls.
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New York Times
Chicago
Pine Station
Ind
Laura Williams
Avenue M
Humiliation for McCarren as Murphy Names New Engineer
Murphy unexpectedly nominates an engineer candidate in the McCarren case drawing public attention. McCarren faces scrutiny as the unnamed engineer is introduced amid political turmoil and staff reshuffles.
Insult Says the Senator Warns Tammany Over Dem Plans
In Rochester on September 16 the Democratic State Convention renominaled Lt Gov Lewis Stuyvesant for Governor and filled the ticket. The State Engineer fight pitted Farley of Kings County against Smith of Queens, triggering McCarren Murphy tensions and lively floor clashes as proceedings opened.
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New York Times
Rochester
Lewis Stuyvesant
Banler
Dutchess County
McCarren
Firth
Bryan
Norman F. Mack
Conners
Alan
Murphy
William
R. Hill
Onondaga County
Brooklyn
Philp PY
Farley
Kings County
Queens
Leonard (. L. Smith
Long Island City
M.carren
Smith
Kings
Tammany
Erie County
Thomas P. Gora
Oklahoma
Judge O'Brien
William F. Sheehan
Alton B Parker
O’brien
Broome County
Oneida County
Parker
State Committee
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