Belt Line transfers amid Metropolitan breakup eyed by PSC
The Public Service Commission eyed the Belt Line transfer changes as the Central Park North and East River line leaves the Metropolitan system to operate independently. Hearings were held with adjournment and a plan to issue transfers at 42nd Street Tenth Avenue 34th Street Tenth Avenue. George W. Linch says 120 Belt Line cars will run, rising to 180, with rights and crews retained.
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Public Service Commission
Stan
Central Park, North and East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan
59Th Street
George W. Linch
Bell Vane
Linch
Etreet
Tenth Avenue
34Th Street
Morgan Jr Sees London Street Repair Method Favored
Pierpont Morgan Jr. urges New York City to adopt London style street repairs with property owners coordinating mains alterations before paving. He sent a letter to Deputy Controller McCooey noting Westminster notice for re paving and repairs outlines work between specified gates and informs utilities and police to minimize disruption. He offers to meet if residents face inconveniences and asks contractors to notify proper authorities when work affects surfaces.
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Pierpont Morgan, Jr
London
McCooey
Incorporates
Westminster
Morgan
City of
New York
A Versatile Crook Identified as Milkie McDonald in Bust
A week after a detective nabbed two con men, one is revealed as Milkie McDonald a famed safe blower. He and partner James McIvar were jailed at the Tombs and await federal action, tied to a fraud ring selling fake money to a Michigan store.
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Milkie’ McDonald
Charles T. Perches
Forbes
McDonald
Grenoble
Kernochan
Boyle
Denver
Sisefes
Eighth Avenue
1St Street
West Rd Street
Milkie
James McIvar
United States
Shields
Gegan
Brooklyn
Gandolff St
Welker
New Britain
Leshier
Michigan
Bank Clerk Ends Life Over Two Small Checks
Charles Westerfeld a 22 year old assistant bookkeeper at the Produce Exchange Bank shot himself in the vault over two checks for twenty dollars each. Bank officials said his standing was excellent and offered no clear reason for the tragedy. He lived with his parents at East 71st Street and had recently returned from vacation.
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Charles Westerfeld
Produce Exchange Bank
No. 12
Broadway
Charles Wuesterfeld
Westerfeld
Thomas B. Nichols
Nichols
Tribune
East 71Th Street
Guard shoots intruder in Brooklyn apartment
Hugo Sherman was killed by a private detective hired by Leopold Werninger after entering his second floor room at No. 445 Atlantic Avenue on a 1:30 am raid. Detective Michael B. Kelly claims the revolver fired accidentally. Kelly is jailed on homicide charges awaiting coroner’s inquest.
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Brooklyn
Hugo Sherman
Leopold Werninger
Atlantic Avenue
Michael B. Kelly
Kelly
Sherman
Werninger
Adams Street
Desperate Chicago Father of Eight Seeks 500 for Life
A Chicago man, father of eight, posts a plea for $500 to repay a lost sum and avert suicide. He says he borrowed at high rates and hiding the loss from his employers. The ad promises repayment weekly and notes a fourteen to fifteen year old son earning $4 weekly.
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Chicago
Saxe conflicts with Pendleton over Eleventh avenue tracks
State Senator Martin Saxe challenged Corporation Counsel Pendleton's view that new legislation is needed to remove the New York Central tracks on Eleventh avenue. Saxe pushed for condemnation proceedings in court to test the law and urged city action for West Side residents.
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Martin Saxe
New York Central
Eleventh Avenue
Death Avenue
Corporation
Pendleton
Saxe
West Side
Death of Joseph D. Horner at Hotel Hennert
Joseph D. Horner, long time resident of Baltimore and former partner at J. D. Horner, Son & Co. hatters, was found dead in bed with a bullet wound in his breast at the Hotel Hennert this morning. He had for years worked as a traveling salesman for a New York railroad supply firm.
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Milkie
Trenton
N. J
Philadelphia
Charlies T. Moore
United States
Idaho
Delaware River
Navy Yard
Moore
Ohio
New York
Board of Inquiry
Baltimore
Joseph D. Horner
J. D. Horner, Son & Co
Hatters
Hennert
Bri. Horner
Child Pedlers and Courtroom Lessons in New York
In the Children's Court Judge Mayo addresses several youthful offenders and their families including a Yiddish mother insisting I cannot help it as her son Abraham is warned to desist from street peddling. Other youths like Maggie Mulqueen and William McNamee face parole while Cornelius Sullivan is sent to a Catholic institution and William Romonsky’s mother battles housing and neighborhood issues.
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New York
Mayo
Abraham
Maggie Mulqueen
Maggie
Children’s Court
William McNamee
William
Kitty Muggins
Kitty
Cornelius Sullivan
Cornelius
William Romonsky
Mrs. Romansky
Mrs. Romonsky
Isadore Romowitz
Samuel Dammerstein
Jacob Robersky
Gleanings on Women’s Rights and Theory from the Era
A column discusses Louisiana restricting women from official posts and medical roles, noting a defeated constitutional amendment. It quotes Kate Gordon on married lawmakers and cites Dr. Thomas Claye Shaw on a male view of women’s psychology, arguing both shared and divergent mental traits in sexes.
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Louisiana
Kate Gordon
Thomas Claye Shaw
London Lancet
Shaw
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London
Minds of Men and Women Are Fundamentally Similar
The author argues that money and social roles shape behavior but do not alter the core mind. Thinking is a simple reflex, with both sexes capable of leading work. Without occupation minds drift toward body-driven tendencies, making gender differences a puzzle of environment rather than essence.
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J. P. Morgan, JR
Greengoods
the Tribune
Cleveland
Helen Nagy
Child Pedlers
Haled
Vere Street
Oxford Street
Tiffany & CO
Regent Street
New York House
Paris
Avenue DE L'Opera
Europe
America
Represer
Bowling Green van GO
The
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Warrant Ltd
Ireland
Shamrock
Gerrard Novelties
Brig
Irish Poplins
Connemara
H Warehouse
Itfi
ROSS
ZEISS
GGERZ
Ross, Ltd
Ypicians
New Bond Street
Cocksaur Street
Charing Cross
L. Giraud
Trousseaux
Licannes
Rue d’Antibes
Yettes
Rue Castiglione
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Carlton Hotel
Hotel Victoria, Loxdor
Gordon Hotels, Ltd
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
New York Tribune
Metropolis
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CONTI
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Champs Elysees
Notre Dame
Gardens
River Seine
Tuileries
Interlaken
Hoheweg
Hotel
Victoria
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Golf, &c
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Trateur
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Lucerne
Rome
England
Midland Grand Hotel
Manchester
Liverpool
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Bradford Morecambe Bay
Midland Hotel
Adelphi Hotel
Queen’s Hotel
DERBY
W. Towie
Eye Railway
Loi Indo
Ty Tre Re
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Shanklin
Isle OF Wight
Hollier’s Shanklin Hotel
Betws-Y-Coed
North Wales
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Dublin
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Upper ‘Norwood
West End
Crys
European Railways
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Old Country
St Pancras
Great Britain
Messrs
T. Cook & Son
Madison Ave
Fifth Ave
Messrs. Thos. Meadows & Co
New Gt
Ensgrane
W. Guy Granet
France
Belgium
Holland
Paris Boulevard Des Capucines
Place de l'Opera
AIS
Chatham
ARS Hotel DE L’athenee
Rue Scribe
Grand Opera
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E. Armbruster
Aris Rotel DE Lille
C’albior
Rue St Honore
Lillalbion
Henri Abadie
ST. James ET D’albary
Tuileries Gardens
Hotel du
Aletti
BU Parc
Brussels
Ntwerp
Germany
Dresden
Bellevue
Ronnefeld
Amover
Central Station Hotel Royal
Hanover
UNICH
Art Centre of Europe
Munich
Turemberg
Ss. Sendig
Wurttemberger-Hof
Jesbadeh
Otel de Luxe
Nassauer-Hof Hotel
Iesbaden
Palace Hotel & Baths
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Etn
Tesbaden
Erost
Eterans Imperial Hotel
Russia
Frussia-Roscow
Berlin
Austria
Hungary
Swti
Bristol
Karabnerring
UDAP
Hurgaria
Danube
Charles J. Burger
Imperial Hotel
Vienna
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San REGINA-NOTEL _ JUNGFRAUBLICK
Lakes
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BEAU
RIGHE
Lausanne
Iean
Speman
Ontreux
Switzerland
Chateau Belmort
Montreux
Italy
Benoa
Eden Palace
Frenga
Savoy Hotel
Genoa
Fenice
Grand Canal
A. Pianta
Hotel _ Royal Daniels
Silan
Hotel DE
LA Ville
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