Lottery Ring Bust in City German Tickets Seized
Police arrested Oscar Cahn for running German lottery operations in the United States. Postal officials had tracked bulk mail and seized many tickets and letters, implicating Cahn, his office at Wallach and Brieger, and several German associates. The case involves fraud and illicit mail use with May and August drawings across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Cahn
No. &4 East Sithtreet
East
Middle West
Germany
Cahn & Co
Leipsic
Brunswick
Cahn
Gegan
Wilber
Gandolff
Ahn
Wallach & Brieger
Church Street
Baltimore
Akron
Ohio
Cann
Sarah Cahn
Rotterdam
Hill
Adolph Brieger
Brieger
Wilhelm Oscar Brune
Delvine
Teputscie
Brunswick Lunenburg land lottery details and arrests
Details of the Half Original 16th Thoms of Brunswick-Lunenburger land lottery with drawings set for July and August 1906 1908 and a notice about penalties and imperial stamps. The article notes Cahn’s connections to Saxon Leipsic and Brunswick lotteries, his arrest, and upcoming arraignment for Penal Code violations and mail fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoms of Brunswick—Lunenburger
Ride Killed Legless Wonder in Public Stunt
Telegraph report from Meshortan Ohio describes William Wilson, known as the Legless Wonder, killed during his first public attempt at riding a new circle of death bicycle stunt at the Sixth Street Theatre. He plunged 30 feet down the incline, failed to exit the runway, and died in the lower section after weights malfunctioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Meshortan
Ohie
William Wilson
Variety
Sixth Street
Lameter
ELOPING RUSSIANS BAILED AT COURT
Mrs. David Rossner and Moses Lackerman the Russian banker fled from Perm and were arrested at the Hotel Brunswick on Saturday night. Magistrate Harris granted them bail and released them in court. General Nicolas de Lodygensky and others offered to reconcile Rossner and his wife but failed to win them back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roesner
Moses Lackerman
Perm. A
Brunswick
Harris
Courtom
Sainl
Nicolas de Lodygensky
Rossner
Van
James McCameron Dies After Auto Train Crash
Atenticity Aug 2 James McCameron dies from a fractured skull suffered when the car he rode in struck a train. Chauffeur Arthur Palmer and mechanic James Hart were in the vehicle but not seriously hurt. police hold Palmer pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atenticity
James McCameron
Arthur Palmer
James Hart
Vacation fund inquiry hits East New York precinct
Inspector O Reilly began an investigation into reports that liquor men on Miller and Liberty Avenues in East New York contributed to the captain's vacation fund. Captain Christian Reimels, on vacation, heads the precinct. A Liquor Dealers Association committee was said to have solicited money before his leave. Residents and officers voiced surprise and doubt. A patrolman at the station was also alleged to have solicited funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles O'Reilly
Eiquor
Miller and
Liberty Avenues
New York
Christian Reimels
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Reimels
Captain Reimels
Picture Show Still On In Harlem With Fire House Exit
A Harlem moving picture theatre at 122 East 123th Street remains open as investigations probe why a license was granted despite a rear exit opening into a fire house yard. Propr owners unnamed. a man named G Baker claimed permits were in order. Fire Commissioner Hayes will review the permit with Fire Department official Regan upon his return. if not compliant, the permit may be revoked.
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Moving Picture Theatre
Harlem
East 123Th Street
G. Baker
Tribune
Baher
Howe
14Th Battalion
Hayes
Police Department
Regan
Bureau of Equipment
Fire Department
Golden State Limited Wrecked Near Hado Arizona
Westbound Golden State Limited of Rock Island Railroad wrecked on Southern Pacific line near Hado Arizona last night. Four seriously hurt, three slight, many shaken. Two standard sleepers and the observation car overturned, diner off track. Broken rail blamed. J. Myers of Kansas City in critical condition. Injured include Mrs. Reagan Bascom Reagan Louis Martinez de Castro Caiton Enrique S Amada Fred W. Freeman E Lennon. All taken to St Marys Hospital in Tucson.
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Los Angeles
Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railroad
Hado
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
el Paso
Chicago
J. (. Myers
Kansas City
W. A. Reagan
Big Springs
Tex
Bascom Reagan
Reagan
Louis Martinez de Castro
Sinaloa
Mex
S& Caiton
Pullman
Enrique S. Amada
City of Mexico
Fred W. Freeman
E. Lennon
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tucson
Forty Suits Filed Against Brewery Workers Union
Pittsburg August 3. Twelve hundred brewery workers threaten strike unless forty fired men join the union. Discharged firemen and engineers hire attorney John Marron to sue the Brewery Workers' Association for damages totaling 320000. The first suit by fireman A. P. Johnston has been filed. criminal charges for conspiracy were also brought against four brewery workers.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Brewery Workers’ Association
John Marron
A. P. Johnston
Johnson
Boy Drowned at Lodi Pool. Clothes Missing
Vito Di Mauro nine, of Liberty street, Lodi, was found drowned in the local swimming pool at 11 this morning. A Saddle River diver located the body near the pool bottom. Clothing missing remains unexplained as Coroner Curry investigates the death.
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the Tribune
Hackensack
Harriman Coup Aims To Ban Rivals From Pittsburg Rail Hub
Pittsburg dispatch reports E. H. Harriman secured road control intended for the Wabash terminal, with Pennsylvania interests and Vanderbilts forming a working pact to fix rates. Iselin and Yates push toward Pittsburg with the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line, while Goodyears advance toward Dubois and the Buffalo and Susquehanna.
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Pittsburg
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilts
Iselin and
Yates
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Goodyears
Dubois
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Shawmatt
Postal clerk and letter carrier sentenced for mail robbery
John Peyser pleaded guilty to robbing the mails and was sentenced by Judge Hough to one year in El Mira. Ira C. Bowman received fifteen months in Atlanta federal prison on the same charge. Martin Davy was discharged by Magistrate Corrigan for speeding on Columbus Avenue. The court faulted Commissioner Bingham for focusing on letters from crank advocates over departmental work.
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John Peyser
Hough
Elmira
Ira C. Bowman
Atlanta
Martin Davy
Columbus Avenue Line
West Side Court
Corrigan
Bingham
Tooligh
Pendleton Opinion Bars Condemnation of Railroad Rights
The Public Service Commission received from Corporation Counsel Pendleton an opinion favoring New York Central, stating that condemnation proceedings cannot proceed due to noncompliance with the Saxe law and lack of bona fide attempt to agree with the railroad. It cites plans by George S. Rice, notes deviations from the subway act, and says further legislation would be required to carry any plan into effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Corporation
Pendleton
New York Central
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
George S. Rice
Rice
6Th Street
Manhattan Valley
Twelve Avenue
135Th
136Th Streets
60Th Street
New York ‘Central
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Medellan
Morris K Jesup
Charles Stewart Smith
Rapid Transit Commission
New York Central Railroad Company
Black Hand threats lead to two arrests in Brooklyn and Manhattan
Two Italians accused of writing threatening letters and extortion against undertaker Cologero Billera were arrested after a personal visit to his Elizabeth Street home. Giuseppe Daina, a Brooklyn butcher, and Colugero Scaduto, his brother in law, were detained after detective Archiopoli coordinated the arrests and discovered prior shooting charges against Daina.
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Cologero Billera
No. 91
Elizabeth Street
Archiopoli
Petrosini
Giuseppe Daina
Fourteenth Avenue
Brooklyn
Colugero Scadute
Billera
Scaduto
Daina
Filippo Macaluso
Boston & Maine Demurrer Filed in Government Case
Boston August 3 The Boston and Maine Railroad Company filed a demurrer to the government bill in equity alleging improper transfer of control to the New York New Haven Hartford system. It argues the petition lacks basis for relief and is multifarious and uncertain, asking the case be dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States District Court
New Haven Company
Boston & Maine
Exhausted swimmers rescued after Brooklyn to Manhattan swim challenge
Excitement erupted on the ferry Hayridge en route to Manhattan from Brooklyn when two men cried for help in the East River. Captain Smedley sent lifeboats to save Olef Strand of Sedgwick Street, Brooklyn, and Roy Westcott of Arbuckle's floating hotel at Pier 32, Brooklyn, who nearly exhausted themselves in a bid to swim from Brooklyn to Governor's Island and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York Spanish War Veterans Meet Opens Encampment
The fifth annual encampment of the Department of New York United Spanish War Veterans opened in Troy on August 3. Mayor Mann welcomed the veterans as Department Commander Joseph B. Coghlan, a former Manila Bay captain and retired rear admiral, spoke. Judge Advocate Simmons urged closer co operation with the Grand Army of the Republic to win privileges and office appointments similar to those the Grand Army enjoys.
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N. Y
Troy
Department of New York
United Spanish War Veterans
Mann
Joseph B. Coghlan
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Advocate Simmons
Grand Army of the Republic
New York Leasing Company Assets Assigned to Creditors
The New York Leasing Company real estate dealers at No 27 Broadway assigned yesterday to Henry G Herachfield for the benefit of creditors. The company was incorporated in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Leasing Company
No. 27
Broadway
Henry G. Herachfield
Fernie Blast Damages Buildings Amid Machine Shop Fire
A Sunday explosion at Hosmer near Jared caused several buildings to blow up while authorities attempted to save the local machine shops. No complete casualty report available, but reports indicate few dead. Authorities investigate cause as crews assess structural damage and fire spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jared
Hosmer
Loggers Believed Safe After Elk River Camp Fire Tragedy
A Vancouver dispatch reports Elk River Lumber Company Camp 4 near Fernie burned with 61 men and 2 women killed while nearby Fernie suffered widespread damage. Company owners in St Paul said no employees were harmed and total loss estimates ranged from 290000 to 406000, noting Fernie’s timber and payroll figures and recalling a prior Crow's Nest disaster.
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Portland
Ore
Vancouver
Cranbrook
Fernie
Elk River
St. Paul
F. B. Lynch
C. A. Robertson
Elk River Lumber Company
Lynch
Camp 4
Elk River Company
Canadian Pacific Loss Enlarged Dispatches from Montreal deny Fernie fire damage
Reports from Montreal said damage to Canadian Pacific Railway property and overall losses had been exaggerated. Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, CP president, stated he knew nothing about a proposed strike by machinists on the company’s lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Fernie
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific
One Lumber Company's Loss in Fernie Incident
Chicago reported August 3 that E. W. Steel of Caron British Columbia said the Eastern British Columbia Lumber Company tied to him had lost its Fernie plant and about 56,000,000 feet of lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. W. Steel
Caron
B. C
Fernie
Eastern
British Columbia
Banking Recovery Gains Steam Across Major Institutions
Oakleigh Thorne of the Trust Company of America said less than 4,000,000 of 28,000,000 advanced during the panic remained and cash on hand could wipe out the balance. Knickerbocker Trust plans a third depositor payment as deposits top 35,000,000. State Superintendent Clark Williams notes eleven of thirteen troubled banks have reopened, signaling strong recovery.
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Oakleigh Thorne
Trust Company of America
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Clark Williams
Magistrate Raps Theatre Speculation Ring
Magistrate Corrigan in a West Side court criticizes the New York Theatre managers for ticket speculation. George W. Young of West 128th Street is arrested for selling tickets without a license after claiming he bought and tried to resell them. The magistrate notes the first five rows are restricted to speculators and orders the man discharged.
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Corrigan
West Side Court
New York Theatre
George W. Young
West 128Th Street
Evans
West 47Th Street
Mediators Appointed in Switchmen Arbitration Dispute
Grand Master F T Hawley announced that Commissioners Neil and Knapp will act as mediators between the switchmen and President Truesdale of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. Truesdale said he would not meet with switchmen representatives and would not recede from his position. The Erdman compulsory arbitration act is invoked as the first such use by the union.
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Scranton
Penn
F. T. Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Neil and
Knapp
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Messrs
Nell and Knapp
Widener represented in accounting suit by receivers against directors
The law firm Parker Hatch and Sheehan represents P A B Widener of Philadelphia and New York in an accounting suit brought by Adrian H Joline and Douglas Robinson as receivers for the New York City Railway Company. An answer is to be filed on September 3.
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Parker, Hatch & Sheehan
P. A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
New York
Mr. Widener
Metropolitan Securities Company
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City Railway Company
Beveridge Takes Long Swim at Smith Point Beach
Senator Beveridge of Indiana swam the longest swim of the day at Smith Point Manchester Massachusetts facing rough surf. He swam from the southern rocks to the raft and continued daily exercise with horseback riding and swimming while spending the summer there.
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the Tribune
Manchester
Mass
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Smith Point
Women travel habits rise with the Columbian Exposition
Mary Garrett Hay of the Woman's Travel Bureau traces a century of solo travel by women from necessity to pleasure. She notes increased business travel among women, the rise of conventions, and the impact of the 1893 fair on inspiring vacations. In contrast New England buyers prefer prepaid trips while New York travelers spend as they go.
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Mary Garrett Hay
Woman's Travel Bureau
Miss Hay
Europe
Washington
New York
Colorado
Yellowstone
Pacific Coast
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Boston
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard
General Federation
California
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Woman Suffrage Association
New England
The Tribune Pattern for a French chemise dress
The article describes a simple French chemise pattern for day wear. It explains finishing options with a hand scalloped edge and ribbon through buttonholes, with possibilities for embroidery or lace trim, and notes it can be worn over or under corsets with inverted pleats adding fullness to the back.
Garment Trim Details for Waist Held Batiste Dress
A description notes optional waist ribbon securing, beading, lace appliqué over stitched lines, and front hand embroidery with an embroidered frill along the hem. Materials listed include batiste, nainsook, and thin silk. For a medium size, material required is 3 yards 74 inches wide.
Hair Care Talk From a Salon to City Tenements
A hair specialist extols cleanliness and oil balance, noting that some foreign women keep luxuriant hair by washing less and drying naturally. She warns on washing frequency, favors soap selected for hair, and demonstrates scalp massage, cornmeal shampoos, sage water spritzes, and careful rinsing.
First National Banquet of Women Physicians Held in Chicago
The first national banquet of women physicians occurred in Chicago during the American Medical Association meeting. Three hundred women physicians sat at tables. Other notes include Wyoming educators Mrs. William Knight and Grace Raymond Hebard, and Laura Holtz Schneider as Buena Vista alderman. Mention of a Milwaukee brewers convention pledge to keep saloons away from social evils and minors. An article on blindness in Charities and the Commons is highlighted. Mrs. G Meyer’s Boer War monument at Port Elizabeth, a $5,000 stone watering trough with bronze cavalryman atop, is described.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Association
William Knight
Wyoming
Grace Raymond Hebard
Wyoming State University
Laura Holtz Schneider
Buena Vista
Col
Charities
The
Commons
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Ned
Wallach
M. M
Max Mergentine
Washington Street
A. B
Adolph Bretger
A. H
A. Hesse
Frankfort
William Streets
Holter
pDeca
Board of the Ducal Baumgarten
Bergera
Wolf
Nicolaze Jacobi
Bremen
Gold Exchange
Ride
Inspector O'Reilly
Fast Rock Island
Arizona
Brewers’ Union
Lad
City News
East River
Crow's Nest Pass
Williams
Magistrate Raps Theatre
Knapp Mediators
Lackawanna
Parker
Widener
Beveridge
America
New- York Tribune
Brewers’ Convention
Miwaukee
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