Typhoid Germ Test Aims to Analyze City Water
The city water department plans new typhoid germ tests using bile media to isolate the bacteria in water samples every two days. Dr. Jackson and Thomas Melia developed the method, showing rapid detection and potential immediate action to halt contamination. The system covers eighty five water sources and promises quicker safeguards for public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacteriological Laboratory
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Mectricity
DP. D. Jackson
Thomas Melia
Jackson
Hudson River
Department of Health
W. Hesse
Dresden
W. H. Parks
Bacteriological Bureau of the
Health Department
Melia
Competition for University Plans Opens to Architects
Boston plans for a new Catholic University at Boston College attract many prominent American architects. President Gasson notes the University of Chicago plan most impressive for harmony and uniformity. About 1.4 million dollars will be spent on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
Der
Catholic University
Boston College
Thomas J. Gasson
University of New York
University of Chicago
Brothers Die In River Ice Rescue Near Springfield
Ernest and Howard Bimen, sons of Robert M. Simon of Boylston Street, Springfield, Mass, drowned in the Connecticut River this afternoon after the younger broke through ice and the elder perished trying to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Ernest
Howard Bimen
Robert M. Simon
Boylston Street
Connecticut River
Two Shot in Street in Newark. Enzile and Kelley Wounded
Pietro Enzile and his employee Tony Kelley were shot in broad daylight on Elizabeth Street near No. 233 with Kelley wounded in the neck and Enzile struck under the eye and abdomen. Suspect Cornelius Conigliaro, arrested after a chase, faced a hostile crowd outside the Elizabeth Street fire house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Enzile
Elizabeth Street
Tony Kelley
No. Wilson Street
Newark
Enzile
Cornelius Conigliaro
East 12Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
No. 233
Kelley
Conigharo
Enzilo
Otto Bruns
Mulberry Street
John J. Donnelly
Bruns
Conighsro
Donnelly
Conigliaro
Truck 9
Ferociously disruptive laborer arrested after church crowds
Fritz Fuhr a laborer of 309 Christopher Street disturbed crowds leaving churches near Fifth Avenue and 34th Street at 9 36 last night. He assaulted a passerby and knocked others over, then resisted a police attempt to escort him. In custody he assaulted Patrolman Haggerty and was taken to hospital in an alcoholic coma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Fuhr
Christopher Street
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
New York Hospital
Fuhr
Waldorf
37Th Street
Haggerty
West 31Th Street
Edmund Prentis
West 23d Street
Bingham
West 30Th Street
Boy Lost In Bronx Wagon Reunited With Grocery Ride
Nine year old Arthur Rowitzer of 16 Amsterdam avenue rode in a delivery wagon with driver James Clifford. The wagon vanished Saturday night and reappeared Sunday afternoon at 302 West 126th Street, muddy and exhausted but intact. Arthur, who had fallen asleep on the wagon, said the horse ran west to Broadway then north toward Kingsbridge before tiring. He found his way to the stable by late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rowitzer
Amsterdam Avenue
West 126Th Street
James Clifford
Clifford
Arthur
William Healey
John McGhee
140Th Street
Broadway
Kingsbridge
Upper Broadway
Reform wave at Niagara Falls tightens Sunday laws
Niagara Falls New Jersey moves to curb vice as Mayor Douglass orders strict enforcement of blue laws. Saloons theatres and nickelodeons closed on Sundays, fourteen arrests made, gambling houses driven out amid a rapid reform drive begun earlier this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. J
Douglass
Falls
Committee On Public Health and Safety
Common Council
Driverless Auto Rams Freight Train In City Crash
An NY Transportation Company auto was stolen from in front of a garage on 49th Street and Eighth Avenue last night around 10:30. Patrolman Hines spotted a chauffeurless car on West End Avenue and it collided with a freight train near 61st Street. The car was recovered and lightly damaged. Police suspect a strike sympathizer may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Transportation Company
49Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Hines
West 68Th Street
West End Avenue
New York Central
SAY HILL PLANS RANCH
Kingsville Texas December 27 The largest ranch consolidation scheme in Texas is being negotiated. Sixteen major ranches totaling about 7 000 000 acres valued at 75 000 000 would form one vast tract for colonizing purposes. Major holdings include Mrs H M King 1 380 000 acres John B Armstrong 120 000 acres and John Kennedy 200 000 acres. Territory runs along the Lower Gulf Coast for 150 miles. The syndicate sponsors are unnamed but J J Hill is said to be backing the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Kingsville
Tex
Texas
H. M. King
John B
Of Interest to Women and New Year Greetings
A New Year message from the Tribune Sunshine Society leader Mrs Clarence Burns emphasizes inner happiness and charitable work for the year. A list of donations from various members and branches across the country follows, detailing gifts for Sunshine, Christmas expenses, emergency funds, and aid for cancer patients, the elderly, and sick children.
Mother Intervenes in Double Suicide Attempt at Hotel
Baltimore report says Ida May of South 3d Street prevented her 20 year old son Albert and Mrs Zulauf from killing themselves at a hotel. Zulauf says her husband is alive but deserted her. The couple planned death together after realizing they could not marry. The mother arrived, pleaded for separation, and had them arrested. A loaded revolver was found on Albert. Zulauf admits the plan was to kill her and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Ida May
South 3d Street
Albert
May Zulauf
Boston Plans Broad Fire Protection Network
Boston and nineteen surrounding towns will gain enhanced fire protection under a cooperative plan discussed at a metro district fire chiefs meeting. The scheme would mobilize up to ninety-five engine companies, hoses, ladder Wagons, chemicals, water towers and wrecking equipment with about five thousand firefighters, at a cost described as trifling compared with the scheme's scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune J Boston
Boston
National Packing Co to be main target in beet trust probe
The National Packing Company, viewed as the Packers Trust mouthpiece and holder of several smaller firms, will be a central target in the Justice Department investigation. Livestock buyer Thomas Cross has been subpoenaed and will testify before the grand jury when it reconvenes, with the probe expected to run about a month.
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iBy
the Tribune
Chicago
National Packing Company
Packers’ Trust
Department of Justice
Thomas Cross
United States
Sims
Plans for Peace Carnival to mark Perry victory
Cleveland dispatch reports plans to invite Great Britain and Canada to join a peace carnival and joint industrial exhibition on Put-in-Bay in 1913. Ohio seeks legislative appropriation for an international peace centennial highlighting Perry’s Lake Erie victory and fostering Anglo American friendship and common ideals of peace and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Britain
America
Perry
Lake Erie
Ohio
Put-in-Bay
Put-in-Bay Island
Oliver Hazard Perry
Canada
England
Sunshine charity notes in Little Mothers Aid gifts
The Little Mothers Aid Association thanks Sunshine members for donations from Utica Yonkers and Brooklyn branches, including dolls toys clothing and bags. Mrs Burns, president, cites Christmas dinners sent to fifty nine families and thirty more by another member. The year’s Christmas fund was large though some items arrived late and could not be distributed yet will be passed on.
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Sunshine
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Burns
Utica
Brokaw
Yonkers T. S. S
United Branch
Brooklyn
Crowell
New Milford
Conn
Minnie E. Nye
Baby dies in mother's arms on hospital trek
Mrs Jennie Francis of 67 Graham Street Brooklyn carried her two week old infant for more than two miles to St Catharine's Hospital on Bushwick Avenue seeking aid. The baby, whom she did not know was dead, died in her arms during the journey. Dr McMahon and Sister Mercedes were among those who attended. The mother was distraught and later treated at the hospital before being taken home by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Francis
Graham Street
Brooklyn
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Bushwick Avenue
McMahon
Francis
Sister Mercedes
Mercedes
Mrs. Francis
Neigh borhood Club Sunshine Workers Prove United
Clark's Falls Connecticut residents from six villages and two states form the Neighborhood Club. Monthly attendance averages thirty six with a New England supper boosting the treasury. A drama by club youths drew social and financial success and Mrs. John S. Cole, the secretary, pledges ongoing Sunshine work and greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark's Falls
Conn
New England
John S. Cole
Sunshine work reaches new town Spirit Lake Idaho
Mrs. A M Tyler relocates from Mullan to Spirit Lake Idaho and begins Sunshine work amid a harsh winter. New residents in tents lack money for houses as the mill shuts for freezing weather, creating a hard time and a need for reading material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Tyler
Mullan
Spirit Lake
Idaho
His Leg Broken by Taxicab Narrowly Saving Sisters
Seventeen year old Henry Miller of East 4th Street was struck by a taxicab at Second Avenue and 54th Street while trying to shield his two sisters Becky and Bessie and Jennie Kapz of Paterson. The driver sped off after aiding the injured youth and witnesses say he might have avoided the crash if Miller had not shielded others. Patrolman McAuley secured the cab number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
No. 14
East 4Th Street
Second Avenues
54Th Street
McAuley
East Dust Street
Young Miller
Becky
Bessie
Jennie Kapz
Paterson
N. J
Christmas Gift Box Network Reaches Children Nationwide
Gifts from Old Short Hills Branch New Jersey to Seton Hospital bring toys games and clothing to consumptive children. Barrel from Huntland Tennessee and boxes from Merrick Long Island Grantwood New Jersey Middletown Springs Vermont Clinton New Jersey New Milford New Jersey send boxes of clothing toys dolls and cards. A doll once owned by two girls named Florence Georgianna is donated for a Bahama Islands girl.
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Seton Hospital
Huntland (Tenn
Minnie Kreskey
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Kreskey
Merrick
Long Island
Grantwood
N. J
Middletown Springs
Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Clinton, N. J
J. B. Kugler
New Milford
A. H. Sterling
Florence Georgianna
Bahama Islands
NEW CLEW IN SHELDON MYSTERY AT NYU CASE
The Sheldon murder at Dean Snow's University Heights home remains unsolved as Dean Snow and counsel hire detectives. A sighting of a hatless man fleeing the scene, rubber-soled shoe prints, and blood traces are under investigation while Coroner McDonald's actions await review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dwight Sheldon
New York University
Dean Snow
University Heights
Edward V. Thornall
Young Sheldon
McDonald
Christmas Gift Drive Returns Bountiful From Many Givers
A generous Christmas gift drive lists donors from Manhattan to Maine. Mrs Kilborn sent twelve candy baskets and twelve holiday boxes. Mrs Waldo and others provided dolls, hats, books, dolls, and garments. Numerous towns and individuals contributed gift boxes, cards, and apparel for children.
Christmas gift boxes from many donors to crippled children
A list of charitable Christmas donations including clothing, toys, scrapbooks, reading matter, and other gifts from numerous donors across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida. Items include boxes of toys, mittens, dolls, calendars, puzzles, books, picture cards, and men’s clothing for distribution to children and families in need.
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Brooklyn
Feminine Logic as Quoted Dialogues by Puck
A fragmentary quotation presents a playful exchange about taste and familiarity. It features dialogue hints from a character named Emma and a response expressing dislike and tentative enjoyment, framed in a whimsical tone typical of puckish humor.
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James S. Coward
Greenwich St
San Vareey Street
Bronx
SAY Hill Plans
James Freeman Clarke
The
Tribune Sunshine Society
Sun
Clarence Burns
T. 5
Helen Hartness
Springfield (VI
H. P. Stagg
Connecticut
Babylon
Clement Renan
Montana
Washington
J. T. Crabbs
M. R
Flushing
Allendale
N. J.) Branch
Brooklyn Friends
Manhattan
Emily Huntington Miller
Howland
Chappaqua
G. Rogers
Delaware Water Gap
Mary McK
Downing
Norwalk
Bay State
National Packing CO
Spectal
Neighborhood Club
Young Man
Sisters
Sheldon Mystery
Man
Snow House
Mrs. Kilborn
Miss Waldo
W. A. Thompson
Maine
Cochecton Centre
Ll. BE. B
Mothers
Sunshine Circle
Mia Allison
Stony Point
N. Y
Barbara Allen
Norwich
Dhs
Ffacaaley Feller
Miling Ig Nocera Burm
VOSE
Emerson
Kurtzmann
First Gallery
New Building
John Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Street
Publishers’ Association of
New York City
N. Iu
W. S. Wood
Garrison
M. B. Hall
Walkingford
Miss Wood
Mount Kisco
Clifton Springs
M. Denison
Terryville
Evangeline
J. B. Carothers
Lafayetta
Feminine
Emma
Puck
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