Two Victims Hurt in Central Park Auto Crash
George C. Hurlbut, longtime librarian of the American Geographical Society, and his daughter Ilione Hurlbut were gravely injured when their automobile collided with a surface car on the Sixth Street transverse road in Central Park. Both were unconscious at Presbyterian Hospital with fractured skulls. Ilione also had a broken arm.
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George C. Hurlbut
American Geographical Society
Thone Hurlbut
S6th Street
Central Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Hurlbut
Mr. Hurlbut
West End Avenue
Nione
William Ace
86Th Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
West 55Th Street
William Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Ace
Transverse Road
Park Department
Agg
Taft
Arnett
Arsenal Station
James Gannon
Third Avenue
Manhattan Avenue
American Geological Society
West First Street
Charleston, & C
San Francisco
Mercantile Library
Geological Library
Pers
Hubbrt
Society
George Greenough
Lbrarian
Hurlbu
Newberry outlines Navy reform plans at Detroit reception
Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry spoke at the Detroit Club during a holiday reception detailing plans to simplify Navy operations, increase General Board and Construction Board cooperation, and amalgamate the Bureau of Steam Engineering with the Board of Construction and Repair under one head. He denied reformer motives and said reforms extend beyond the department head to all service branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Detroit
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Navy Department
General Board
Board of Construction
Department
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Board of Construction and Repair
Steamboat Fire Sighted Near Guilford Heading West
Guilford Conn Dec 25 a small steamboat on fire was seen passing through Long Island Sound westbound off here. Inquiries are being made along the estuary to locate any missing boats and assess the situation amid the holiday period. The notice references a Hospital Sunday appeal to aid the sick poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Conn
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Gomez fills jails as Castro adherents arrested
Port of Spain reports Acting President Gomez arrests leading Castro supporters and fills jails. Deportations planned for Castro followers to forestall revolt while Venezuelan army ranks are replaced with Gomez loyalists. U.S. gunboat Dolphin arrives at La Guayra and a Brazilian warship surveys Puerto Cabello as U.S. and Brazil pledge coast patrols against revolutionary expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Gomez
Castro
United States
Dolphin
la Guayra
Puerto Cabelro
Brazil
Carnegie Gave $150000 to Make Pittsburg Moral City
Pittsburg rumors credit Andrew Carnegie with about 150000 for detective work to reform city conduct. The Voters' League refuses to back current candidates and plans a new slate for mayor and councils. Federal help is sought for prosecutions of graft. Do J has begun steps against national banks holding city funds. Ramsey and Vilsack of German National Bank are targeted in federal actions.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Ndrew Carnegie
Duquesne Club
Pittsburg Club
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Voters’ League
Guthrie
Department of Justice
Ramsey
Vilsack
German National Bank
Bank Robbed of 829000 in Monrovia
Los Angeles reports the First National Bank of Monrovia Cal was robbed last Monday night. About 29000 dollars vanished and detectives have not found the robbers. The loss was discovered when the bank opened Tuesday. President John Bartle said insurance covers 25000 dollars, leaving a hit to stockholders under 5000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
First National Bank of
Monrovia
John Bartle
Iss
Steamer Collision Off Cape Henry In Thick Weather
In thick weather off Cape Henry the steamer Camaguey en route from Cuba struck the Julia Luckenbach heading to Porto Rico from New York. Both vessels veered apart with limited damage. Camaguey reached Quarantine badly battered on the port quarter, while Luckenbach sought New Port News for damage assessment.
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Cape Henry
Camaguey
Cuba
Julia Luckenbach
Porto Rico
New York
Luckenbach
Newport News
Gales Damage Two Ocean Freighters Reach Boston
Boston reports two freighters the Lancastrian from Liverpool and the Hellenes from South America arrived after severe gales at sea. The Lancastrian lost a fore hatch and suffered a two day delay while the Hellenes battled flooding after a wheel chain broke. A carrier pigeon with Antwerp band crossed the Atlantic from Brazil to the Hellenes creating speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Liverpool
South America
Anderson
Hellenes
Nantucket Shoals
Antwerp
Belgium
Brazil
City of Savannahs Rough Trip Ends in Injury
The steamer City of Savannah arrived from New York after a violent voyage. Purser Joseph Davis, on the main deck, was hurled about twenty five feet by the pitching vessel, breaking his right arm below the elbow and suffering two broken ribs in a critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Savanna
New York
Joseph Davis
Show Men Form Association to Fight Mayor over Licenses
A 25 man committee of leading moving picture men met at Murray Hill Lyceum to form the Moving Picture Association. They plan a $15,000 fund and aim to obtain an injunction against the Mayor’s license revocation order. William Fox was elected president with Benjamin Title as VP, Marcus Loew as treasurer, and J M Donegan as secretary. The group argued the industry is legitimate with $50,000,000 invested nationwide and vowed redress if the Mayor’s actions continue.
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Moving Picture Enterprise
Moving Picture
Murray Hill Lyceum
Moving Picture Association
Gustavus Rogers
Julius Ceasar
Bowery
Grand Street
Essex Market
Park Row
Canal Street
Avenues
14Th Street
West Broadway
Upper West Side
Brooklyn
Bronx
William Fox
Mr. Fox
Benjamin Title
Marcus Loew
J. M. Donegan
Julius Cesar
New Anti Tammany Group Arises Ahead of City Campaign
A new anti Tammany organization plans to publicly unveil its program on Jackson Day January 5 as a challenge to Charles F Murphy and Tammany Hall. The group cites arbitrary control by a self seeking ring and vows to reorganize the local structure, with a meeting to perfect the effort and a committee including Beardsley McCaul Hayden Cox Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Jackson Day
Charles Shepard Beardsley
State Savings Bank
Thomas F. McCaul
Thomas J. Hayden
Washington Heights
William Cleveland Cox
President Cleveland
Charles E. Jones
North Side
Conners
State Committee
New York County
Murphy
City of
New York
Fatal Knife Duel Over Girl Ends in Death in Cleveland
In a Dec 25 knife fight over Julia Pice four teen Powell Formich is dead and Michael Milagovitch fatally stabbed in a boarding house kitchen. The duel lasted about thirty minutes as both suitors claimed the girl loved the other. The woman tried to intervene and was kicked during the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cleveland
Julia Pice
Powell Formich
Michael Milagovitch
Milanovitch
Broker's Death on Sled Crash Near Mrs Fellowes Home
Fitzwilliam Lonsdale Scannell, 23, a New York broker with Wrenn Bros. & Co., was killed while coasting on a hill near Cornwall-on-Hudson. The sled crash left him unconscious and he died shortly after. He lived with Dr T Mabbott’s family at 19 Fifth Avenue and planned to spend Christmas with his aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Fitzwilliam Lonsdale Scannell
Birney Fellowes
Fellowes
Wrenn Bros. & Co
No. 24
Broadstreet
New York City
Bob” Wrenn
Harvard
Scannell
T. Mabbott
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Cheer at Marianna by Bertha and Johnetta Jones
Pittsburg dispatch reports two 16 and 13 year old sisters of John H. Jones refused personal funds for Christmas. They doubled their cash allowance to buy Christmas gifts for widows and orphans from the Marianna coal mine tragedy. They distributed several hundred turkey dinners and toys, personally supervising relief for about a thousand fed today.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Bertha
Johnetta Jones
John H. Jones
Marianna
Misses Jones
Ballington Booth
Theodora
Young Mens Christian Association
Bowery
McAuley Mission
West Street
St. Peter’s Union
Poor Christmas Tragedies Spare No Hearts Across States
In Quitman Georgia C A Easters, a farmer, used a shotgun to kill himself after failing to provide gifts for his children. In Denver a plumber Thomas Hamline shot himself in the presence of his wife after an ill fated Christmas, lamenting inability to repay her kindness.
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Quitman
C. A. Easters
Santa Claus
Denver
Thomas Hamline
His Sacrifice in Vain
Alfred Smart Grandy, eleven, died from injuries after David Schane, an Atlanta automobile agency manager, ran over him. Schane bled on the operating table at Grady Hospital late last night in a voluntary donor attempt to save the boy, who had severe leg loss and internal injuries from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
David Schane
Grady Hospital
Alfred Smart Grandy
Mr. Schane
Petaluma Man Discovers Free Gold In Sand From Old Well
In Petaluma California Norman Scott reports a pump upgrade led to drawing water from an old well and uncovering sand with gold. He plans to test the sand below his property to gauge the gold amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petaluma
Cal
Norman Scott
Scott
Desperate clash as officers battle strikers in Kentucky
A posse led by two deputy U S marshals clashed with strikers at Stearns Whitley County Kentucky. Deputy Mullins was killed and two posse members wounded. One striker died and another burned in the Simpson Hotel fire. Strikers wounded. others escaped amid the search for injunction notices.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
United States
Stearns
Whitley County
Sharp
John C. Mullins
Rock Castle
Simpson Hotel
Infant found dead beside mother in Newark home
Eva Weinberg six weeks old was found dead beside her mother in bed at No 7h Broome Street Newark yesterday morning. The infant suffocated by lying too close to its mother. Tomorrow is Hospital Sunday in church offerings with a reminder noted in an advertisement.
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Eva Weinberg
Parents
Broome Street
Newark
Christmas Cheer Spreads to Rich and Poor Across City
In New York City on Christmas Day thousands were fed and blessed by charity groups, churches, and missions. Hospitals, jails, and shelters received gifts and dinners as volunteers from the Charity Organization Society, Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, and many churches distributed meals, clothing, and toys. Notable efforts included Sea Breeze Hospital, Randall's Island, and the Mary Hill Lyceum, with Santa Clauses and large trees lifting spirits for children and families across Harlem, Bowery, and surrounding districts.
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Old
Manhattan
Charity Organiation Society
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Sea Breeze Hospital
Coney Island
Charity Organization Society
Joe
Randall's Island
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Fourth Avenue
23D Street
Elbridge T. Gerry
Santa Claus
Mr. Gerry
E. Fellows Jenkins
Murray Hill Lyceum
Mount Loretto
Mission
Harlem Boys’ Hotel
Department of Charities
Grand Central Palace
Evangéz Line Booth
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Amer
Ican Geographical Society
Fractured
Newberry
la “Hospital
Sunda
Carnegie
Pittsburg Inquiry
Reform
Pigeon
Murpay
Ing Ring
John L. Florence
John W. Wrede
William J. Lee
Thomas J. McManus
W. J. Stewart
John Donnely
Hubert O. Costigan
Young Men's Democratic Club
Henry B. Martin
W. H. Douglas
J. Sergeant Cram
Thomas F. Smith
Girl
Broker
F. L. Scannell
California
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