Coney Island A Mecca for 150,000 on Summer Day
Crowds flood Coney Island as Raines law and hot dogs dominate the scene. BRT expands summer service while Luna Park Dreamland and Steeplechase Park prepare new attractions. Police manage throngs, ambulance crews respond to minor injuries, and Central Park teems with weekend visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Lana Park
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
George T. Herring
West Sun Street
Bowery
Steeplechase Park
Brooklyrn
Bay Ridge
Fifth Avenues
Surf Avenue
Luna Park
Fifth Avenue
36Th Street
Mth Street
Bay Ridge Avenue
28Th Street
Reid Avenue
Island
van Ficklen
Culver
Smith Street
Franklin
DeKalb Avenue
Kings Highway
Perk
Fiend
O Brien
Captain Kelly
Frederick Thompson
Central Park
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
O'Reilly
Pickpocket nabbed after chase through subway to hotel
John Brady, of 534 East Jivth street, was arrested on a pickpocketing charge after a subway chase. Lawyer Isadore Hirshfield, of 28 West 116th street, filed the complaint. Brady fled Grand Central and the Hotel Manhattan desk, was knocked down in the scramble, and handed to East 51st Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
John Brady
East Jivth Street
Isadore Hirshfield
West 116Th Street
Brady
Mr. Hirshfield
Grand Central Station
Edward Manchester
West 68Th Street
East 51St Street
Sloss Sheffield Defies Steel Trust in Price Cut
Pittsburg April 26 Sloss Sheffield Steel Co with 100000 tons pig iron in stockpile defies United States Steel President Corey by cutting price to 10 a ton Foundry Iron had sold at 12 a ton in Birmingham. An agent cites Corey's suggestion to sell at 10 but Steel Corp denies it. American iron at the lower price could flood European markets with a $24 a ton profit for Southern producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
the Tribune
Pittsburg
Sloss@hefield Steel Company
Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Sloss-Sheffield
Steel Corporation
Fire ties up Sixth Avenue trains in major blaze
A fire in an office building and factory at 4 Broome Street caused 40 minutes of Sixth Avenue elevated tie ups. Two alarms sent in as firemen fought the second story blaze from the structure, with power shut off by Interborough. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Broome Street
Croker
Interborough
West Broadway
Silk yardage sale with varied silks and prints
Sale offers fifty thousand yards of plain and novelty silks including white and black taffetas white habitas pompadour taffetas check taffetas Louisine printed foulard rough shantung pongee 55c per yard printed dotted Swiss 19c per yard with rings dots stripes and floral designs on white and tinted grounds
Pigeons Smuggle Case Draws New York Sleuths
Vintage tale follows Tim Donohue as he inspects two crates of fancy pigeons at the Anchor Line pier and uncovers missing fantails. Deputy Surveyor Coneys and his men deploy wind charts and a bloodhound search to track the birds, leading to a coal-begrimed Scotchman suspected of involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim" Donohue
mid-Atlantic
Tim
Appraiser's Department
Glasgow
Treasury Department
Matt” Coneys
Coneys
Conan Doyle
Mike
2D Street
23D Street
Moore
Eliza
Broadway
35Th Street
Hoboken
Today's City Events at the Waldorf Astoria and Nearby Venues
A crowded program of lectures, club meetings, and performances unfolds across New York venues. Free museum admission, receptions, and noon and evening gatherings fill the day at the Waldorf Astoria, Hotel Astor, Peck's, and Public Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural Hishory
Minerva Club
Waldorf-Astoria
General Society of the Daughters of the Aevolution
National Society of Ohin Women
Waldorf- Astoria
Ivy Club
Sokol Hall
East Jist Street
Common Life
The
People's Institute, Sper Snaion
P.m
Sealed Proposals for Light-House District Goods Sought
Sealed proposals will be received at the Light-House Engineer office in Tompkinsville WN C until 12 o'clock m May 6 1998 for miscellaneous articles required in the Third Light-House District for the year ending June 3 15m in accordance with specifications. Copies of blank proposals and information may be had apen cd to the Light-House Engineer Tompkinsville.
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Board of Water Suply
Broadway
New York
Board OF Water Supply
Marbletown
Ulster County
Roomrat
John A. Bensel
Board
Wallkill
New Paite
Gardiner
John A Bensei
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles A. Shaw
J. Waldo Smith
Thomas Hassett
Capitol Building and Grounds
Washington, D. C
Glliott Woods
U. S. Capitol Building
Fort Mason
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Macon
Army
Quartermaster’s Department
U. A
Rankin, Kell & Crane
Walnut St
Philadelphia
Depot Quartermaster
N. Y
Chief Quartermaster Cement of
United States
George McK. Williamson
Es Department
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Sialead
Orelock
Collectors of
Internal Revenue
J. G. Capers
Tompkinaville
WN. C
Tompkinsville
York Arsenal
Governor's Island
O. B. Mitcham
Vessel movements and port calls weave across Atlantic routes
Shipping log lists vessels such as Weasel Lina Mat and Kaiser Wilhelm II with sails toward Suriname Barbados Pernambuco and Bremen. Timings for 1:00 am to 3:00 pm mark arrivals in Norfolk Jefferson Old Conto Hughenden St Thomas and Quebec as ships make routine calls among Havana, Panama, and New York.
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Lina
Suriname
Barbados
Dwi
Jefferson
Norfolk
Old Conto- Hughenden
Pernambuco
Brazilian
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bremen
Lloyd
A de
Pinanc
Colon
Panama
Huron
Jacksonville
Clyde
Monroe
Old Dominion
City of Macon
Savannah
Majestic
Southampton
White Star
Lucania
Liverpool
Cunard
Maraval
Grenada
Trinidad
Seminole
Turk's Island
Nieuw Amsterdam
Hotterdam
Hol
Martha Washington
Naples
Austrian
Nord America
Aples
la Veloce
Alamo
Galveston
Mallory
Princess Anne
Transatlantic steamer arrivals and ship movements listed
A dated shipping log records multiple steamers and cargo movements arriving at the bar and departing or sailing, listing vessel names nations captains destinations and cargoes such as sugar and mdse. Entries include Avoca Caprivie Jersey City Elise Marie Vigilancia Esperanza Caledonia Californie Mackinaw Sierra Blanca Manca Manco and others with arrival times and routes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avoca
Frost
Hamlu
Rotterdam
Halifax
New York and Continental Line
Caprivie Nor. Holting
Sagua
Carbarien
I H Winchester & Co
Jersey City
Br. Davidson
Bristol
Swansea
James Arkell
Ristorial
Panama Railroad Steamship Line
Pa Matis
Moise
Bar
Caledonia
Baxter
Glasgow
Cab
Far
Mackinaw
Clarke
Philadelphia
Atlantic Transport Line
Pulse Im
Sierra Blanca
Sir
St Lucia
Philip I
Manca
Bri
Williams
Guadeloupe
St Kitts
Her
Miniature Almanac and Wireless Shipping News
The report lists daily sun and moon timings with high water times for Sandy Hook, Gov. Island, and Hell Gate. It also notes wireless reports placing the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Groseer Kurfurst east of Sandy Hook Lightship with expected dock times Tuesday. Brief vessel entries and early April sailing notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniature Almanac
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Groseer Kurfurst
Kroenland
Saint Hook
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Hippodrome
Port Arthur
Four &Falons
Arntvar
Nos ‘the Wolf
Daly
Mats
Casino
Oete
Sam Berna
Gire
Herald Sq
Bluou DIX EY
Papa LE Bonnard
Mecca
Chase
Steel Trust
Slass-Sheffield Company
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
McCreery Silks
Shadow Twa
Coney,s
Board of Education
de Wittinton High School
S8th Street
Tenth Avenue
Ernest KH. von Nardroff
Edgecombe Avenue
Josephine Day Nye
East 27Th Street
J. Seymour Emana
6Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Walter E. Clark
West 46Th Street
William Fairiey
Empire State
Hester
Essex
Norfolk Streets
William ‘* Peckham
70Th Street
James M. Henry
Hawaii
Eighth Avenue
Sophie Chester Coursen
List Street
Firet
Avenu
Castegnier
France
Avenue A
Hrent Chilton
110Th Stret
Samuel J. Joshi
India
Lewis
East Houston
Herman F Krafft
Shakesneare
Hebrew Technical Institute For Girls
Sth Street
Second Avenue
Alien Rogers
Knapp
Rogers, Peer & Company
Warren St
St. Gand St
J. Waldo &Mith
Bath
Brussels
China
Crex
54Th Street
Institute Hall
East 106Th Street
Alfred Mitchell
New York Public Library
East 96Th Stret
Elias W. Thompson
Oklahoma
Land of Now
St. Luke's Hall
Hudson Street
James C. Bayles
Health Department
St. Peter's Hall
20Th Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Edgar J.banks
Constantinople
Morris High School
166Th Street
Boston Road
Daniel Gregory Mason
Stansbury
Public School
Ogden and
Merriam Avenues
Highbridge
E. W. Taylor
Rio Grande
Pensacola
Fla
Frank Willis
Gordon Walderop
Willis
Walderop
Madonna Lackawanna
Fabre
Gibraltar
Shields
Cherbourg
G Lloydeon
Rio de Janeir
Hamb-Am Cavic
Apri
White Star American
Lantwerp
A Oe Savan
Savannah Grosser Kurfilist
Kroonland
Antwerp
Oceania
Queenstown
Ornate Star
Campania
Cunard Pennsylvania
Boulogne
Hamb- Am Konig Albert
Michaels
Exeter City
Transpacific
Guam
Philippine Islands
San Francis
New Zealand
Australia
Samoan Islands
New Caledonia
Roverto
Rawait
Japan
Corea
Seca
Cpa
Philippine Islamis
Vancouver
Victoria
Hupresa
Seattle
Jaguar Corea
Philippine
Lesade
Tacomay—Teucer
Bsc
Shipping News
Port of
Freeman
Puerto Mexico
Mohawk
White
Sanderson & Son
Joseph B Cuneo
Aamadi
Mort Antens
Cuneo Importingo
Marowine
Dryver
Belfast
Paramaribo
Barrados
Finch, Edge & Co
Royal Dutch West Indies Steamship Co
Amuse
Idaho
Hull
Indrapura
Aden
Hong Kong
Etc
Nassovia Gert
Newport News
Northwestern
Fverett
Diedney Channel
Caronia
Turner
Sewark
Marine Intelligence
Layee
San Juan
Zulia
Curacao
Buffalo
W. H. Crane
Adson Otis Skinna
Garrick
Cyril Scot
Royal Mob
Paul Potter
SAVOY
Knickerbocker
Tribune
Geo. M. Cohan
S38
FOTH
Thea
Wea
Enew York
Liberty Theatre
West
Mati
Mabel
Taliaferro Polly
Aer
We Daily
Buffalo Bill
Broncos
Prairie Fire
WM. F
Rough Riders
St. Ean
Warfield
Virgesta
Belasco
Eee -Warrens
Virginia
Hammerstein
Alice Lloyp
Briarcliff Auto
Astor
Taft
Waser
Joe Weber
Music Hall
B'y
Toe Weber
Peter F. Dailn
Nina
Albert Hart
Bessie Car
Fenton
Academy OF Music
Fritzi Schefi
Mat. Marie
Rese Beaux
Dewey
California
Blaney
Neceys
Madame Bonty
Cinematograph Evers Heer
Queens CO. Jockey Club
Flatbush Ave
Apert
Vis Pee Uthaml Mherbourg
Satlerarkee
York
Dover
Finland
Liverpost
Geergte Br
Passet
Beachy Head
Stoverdyk
Duschisterdam
Philadelphia Lizard
Hudson
New Yorks
Hartt
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