Typhoid Germ Test to Analyze City Water
The city water lab plans rapid typhoid testing every two days using a new bile based method developed by Dr. D Jackson and assistant Thomas Melia. The technique isolates typhoid bacilli from water and milk samples, promising immediate pollution detection and swift action to protect public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacteriological Laboratory
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Mectricity
D. Jackson
Thomas Melia
Jackson
Hudson River
Department of Health
W. Besse
Dresden
W. H. Parks
Bacteriological Bureau
The
Health Department
Melia
Competition for Catholic University plans in Boston
Boston notes that Boston College solicits designs for a new Catholic University. Prominent American architects are invited, including Boston men. President Gasson favors the Chicago plan for harmony and uniformity. The project will spend at least $1,000.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston College
Tribune
Boston
Catholic University
Thomas J. Gasson
University of New York
University of Chicago
Siblings Drown In Connecticut River Near Springfield
Springfield mass December 27 Ernest and Howard Bimen two young brothers sons of Robert M Simon of Boylston street were drowned this afternoon in the Connecticut River while playing on the ice. The younger broke through the ice and the elder attempting to save him was pulled under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Ernest
Howard Bimen
Robert M. Simon
Boylston Street
Connecticut River
Two Shot In Street In Newark Neighborhood
Pietro Enzile of 26 Elizabeth Street and his employee Tony Kelley of 8 Wilson Street Newark were shot and gravely wounded by Cornelius Conigliaro of 609 East Th Street who had been discharged by Enzile. Police captured Conigliaro after a struggle as a crowd gathered outside Elizabeth Street. The victims were taken to St Vincent's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Enzile
Elizabeth Street
Tony Kelley
Wilson Street
Newark
Enzile
Cornelius Conigliaro
East Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
No. 233
Kelley
Conigharo
Enzilo
Conighsaro
Otto Bruns
Mulberry Street
John J. Donnelly
Bruns
Conighsro
Donnelly
Conigliaro
Truck 9
Man Causes Disturbance Near NYC Churches
Fritz Fuhr laborer from 309 Christopher street created a scene leaving churches near Fifth avenue and 34th street at 9 30 pm. He was jailed in New York Hospital in an alcoholic coma with a battered face and charged with disorderly conduct assault and intoxication. He knocked down a man and grabbed Patrolman Haggerty, drawing support from Edmund Prentis and Charles Fordham. Witnesses defend the officer as others plan to file complaints with Commissioner Bingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Fuhr
Christopher Street
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
New York Hospital
Fuhr
Waldorf
37Th Street
Haggerty
West 3Th Street
Edmund Prentis
West 23d Street
Bingham
West 30Th Street
Boy Lost in Bronx Returns with Delivery Wagon
Arthur Rorwitzer a nine year old from 1699 Amsterdam Avenue rode a grocery wagon after the driver left him to hold the horse. The wagon and boy then traveled miles through Harlem and Kingsbridge before he was found at the stable on West 125th Street exhausted but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rorwitzer
Amsterdam Avenue
West 125Th Street
James Clifford
Clifford
Arthur
William Healey
John McGhee
149Th Street
Broadway
Kingsbridge
Upper Broadway
Reform Wave at Niagara Falls Sees Liquor and Gambling Crackdown
Niagara Falls New York on December 27 imposes strict enforcement of Sunday closing laws. Mayor Douglass drives action with police raids. fourteen arrests after saloons and theaters are closed. Earlier efforts by the Common Council's health and safety committee led to District Attorney review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Douglass
Falls
Committee On Public Health and Safety
Common Council
Stolen NY Transportation Co Car Recovered After Chase
An auto from the New York Transportation Company was taken from in front of a garage at 49th Street and Eighth Avenue last night around 10 30. Patrolman Hines spotted a car without a chauffeur on West End Avenue near midtown, and it collided with a freight train near 62nd Street. The vehicle returned to the company garage with minor damage. police suspect a cab strike sympathizer.
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 CONSOLIDATION IN TEXAS
Kingsville Texas December 27 largest ranch consolidation scheme ever undertaken is being negotiated in this part of Texas. It involves merging sixteen of the state's largest ranches embracing 7 000 000 acres valued at 75 000 000 into one tract for colonizing purposes. Among the larger ranches with options signed are Mrs H M King 1 380 000 acres John B Armstrong 120 000 acres and John Kennedy 200 000 acres. Territory borders the Lower Gulf Coast for 150 miles. The syndicate members are not disclosed but J J Hill who recently purchased the Colorado Southern including Texas lines is reported to be behind the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Kingsville
Tex
Texas
H. M. King
John
Intervenes in death by own action at hotel
Baltimore dispatch says Mrs. Ida Mey stopped her son Albert and Mrs. May Zulauf from attempting suicide at a hotel. The two planned to die together since marriage was impossible. Zulauf said the boy intended to kill her and himself. a loaded revolver was found. The mother pleaded, then had them arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Baltimore
Ida Mey
South 3d Street
Albert
May Zulauf
Great fire protection plan for Boston unveiled
Boston and nineteen surrounding towns will share a cooperative fire protection system. The plan envisions ninety five engine companies including horseless engines and fire boats,125 hose companies, forty ladder wagons, twenty eight chemicals, thirty five combination chemical wagons, four water towers and prominent wrecking apparatus with five thousand firefighters at a cost described as trifling compared with the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Boston
Attack on National Packing Co. centers in beet trust probe
The National Packing Company, viewed as the Packers Trust mouthpiece and holding multiple smaller firms, will be a primary target in the Justice Department probe. Livestock buyer Thomas Cross was subpoenaed and will be among the first grand jury witnesses when it reopens tomorrow to pursue the inquiry, likely extending a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iBy
the Tribune
Chicago
National Packing Company
Packers’ Trust
Department of Justice
Thomas Cross
United States
Sims
Plans for Peace Carnival in 1913 at Put-in-Bay
Cleveland dispatch reports Ohio plans a grand peace carnival and joint industrial exhibition on Put-in-Bay to mark Perry’s 1813 Lake Erie victory. Canada and England are aimed to participate to foster Anglo American friendship with a shared ideal of peace and progress. The event, titled international peace centennial, would run several weeks in late summer 1913, with a legislature appropriation expected this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Britain
America
Perry
Lake Erie
Ohio
Put-in-Bay
England
Baby Dies in Mother's Arms During Hospital Run
Mrs Jennies Francis of 67 Graham Street Brooklyn trudged over two miles to St Catharine's Hospital on Bushwick Avenue seeking care for her two week old infant. The baby died in her arms en route and was later declared dead by Dr McMahon. Sister Mercedes informed Mrs Francis in the reception room after the body was examined. The mother, overwhelmed, was treated for hours before being taken home by ambulance. She said the child fell ill early that morning and, with her family doctor away, she sought hospital aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennies Francis
Graham Street
Brooklyn
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Bushwick Avenue
McMahon
Francis
Sister Mercedes
Mercedes
Mrs. Francis
Of Interest to Women New Year Greetings From Sunshine Society
A long notice from the Tribune Sunshine Society excluding publication or solicitation rights. It lists heartfelt New Year greetings from Mrs. Clarence Burns and other officers, plus numerous donations for Christmas Sunshine and various charitable causes, with many individual givers from across states contributing sums for needy people, cancer patients, and community support.
Sunshine brings gifts for Little Mothers Aid Association
The T S S members report generous donations from Utica Yonkers Brooklyn and New Milford branches including dolls toys bags and clothing for the Little Mothers Aid Association. Mrs Burns the president thanks contributors as Christmas dinners reach fifty nine and thirty families. The annual Christmas fund was the largest yet but gaps remain and distributions will continue until all items are sent out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Burns
Utica
Brokaw
Yonkers T. S. S
United Branch
Brooklyn
Crowell
New Milford
Minnie E. Nye
T. 58. S
Neighborhood Club of Clark's Falls Sees Strong Attendance
Members spread across six villages in two states form the Clark's Falls New England Neighborhood Club. Monthly meetings average 36 attendees with a social hour, a club motto about sunshine, and a recent New England supper that funded the treasury. A club drama boosted social and financial success, with secretary Mrs. John S. Cole active in Sunshine work and extending blessings to supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark’s Falls
Conn
New England
John S. Cole
Mrs A M Tyler Relocates to Spirit Lake New Sunshine Work
Mrs A M Tyler moves from Mullan to Spirit Lake Idaho where she finds many chances to advance her Sunshine work in a new town. Residents, after buying land, live in tents amid snows as the mill closes for winter. There is no library, so reading material would be welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Tyler
Mullan
Spirit Lake
Idaho
His Leg Broken by Taxicab in Heroic Rescue
Henry Miller, seventeen, of No 14 East 4th Street, was knocked down by a taxicab at Second avenue and 51th street while trying to shield his two sisters Becky and Bessie and Jennie Kapz of Paterson, N J, from harm. The driver assisted the injured youth to a nearby drugstore then fled southward. Patrolman McAuley secured the taxi number as bystanders noted Miller’s selfless act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
East 4Th Street
Second Avenue
51Th Street
McAuley
East 5Dlst
Miller
Becky
Bessie
Jennie Kapz
Paterson
N. J
Christmas gifts travel to charitable hospitals from many branches
The Old Short Hills branch sent an express box of toys to Seton Hospital for consumptive children. A Huntland Tennessee barrel, filled by Minnie Kreskey and the WCTU, included garden raised peanuts and beans. Merrick Long Island and Grantwood New Jersey branches contributed gifts and dolls. Additional boxes came from Middle town Springs Vermont and Clinton New Jersey groups. A doll once owned by two girls, named Florence Georgianna, is sent to a Bahama Islands girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Deepens Death Probe
The Sheldon murder case at Dean Snow’s University Heights house grows murkier as detectives join Dean Snow and counsel Edward Thornall. A hatless, collarless man was seen fleeing the scene, and rubber-soled shoe prints plus bloody marks are under analysis. No action on Coroner McDonald’s conduct until results emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dwight Sheldon
New York University
Dean Snow
University Heights
Edward V. Thornall
Young Sheldon
McDonald
Christmas gift drive gifts from multiple donors
A list of holiday donations includes Mrs. Kilborn of Manhattan sending twelve candy baskets and boxes, twelve iron toys, six boys underwear sets, six stockings, and six children’s books. Other donors include Mrs. and Miss Waldo of New Jersey with thirteen dolls, M B H with a hat and cards, Mrs. W. A. Thompson with cards from Maine, and several others from Maine, New York, and Connecticut contributing dolls, games, books, dresses, and gift items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Kilborn
Manhattan
Miss Waldo
New Jersey
W. A. Thompson
Maine
Cochecton Centre
Ll. E. B
Mothers
Sunshine Circle
Mia Allison
Stony Point
N. Y
Barbara Allen
Norwich
Christmas gift boxes donated by many donors across states
A long list of charitable Christmas contributions from Miss Harman of Brooklyn to Mrs Hicks of Roslyn and many others. The items include stockings, bags for Little Mothers, boxes of toys, games, dolls, clothing, reading matter, furs, calendars, knitted garments, mittens, wristlets, scrapbooks, crayons, and papers. Donors range from New Jersey to Florida and Connecticut with recipients including crippled children and invalids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hartness
Springfield
H. P. Stagg
Connecticut
Babylon
Long Island
Clement Renan
Montana
Washington
New Jersey
J. T. Crabbs
Brooklyn
M. R
Flushing
Allendale
N. J.) Branch
Brooklyn Friends
Manhattan
Emily Huntington Miller
Howland
Chappaqua
G. Rogers
Delaware Water Gap
Mary McK
Downing
Norwalk
H. S. Simons
Lakewood
N. J
Marie Simons
Ethel May Amerman
Jennisons
St. Albans
Port Chester
N. Y
PF. Drummond
First Congregational Church
Danbury, Conn
Margaret
Natalie Rogers
Larkfield
E. M. Kimball
A. M. Weiber
Miss Ashcroft
Henry S. Bowron
Grace M. Stilwell
Matawan
Lobster Debate Sparks Dinner Table Teasing
A brief exchange shows a diner avoiding lobster with witty back and forth. The woman insists she never eats it, while another voice pressures, leading to a humorous insistence that unfamiliar taste means dislike.
Also Mentioned on This Page
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
Bronx
SAY Hill Plans
Bay State
National Packing CO
James Freeman Clarke
Tribune Sunshine Society
Clarence Burns
Spectal
Neighborhood Club
Young Man
Sisters
Sheldon Mystery
Mar
Snow House
de Ffacaafy
Feline Mihing ¢ Mecare Boom
VOSE
Emerson
Kurtzmann
First Gallery
New Building
John Wanamaker
Publishers’ Association of New York City World Building
N. Iu
W. S. Wood Garrison
M. EB. Hall
Wallingford
Miss Wood
Mount Kisca
J. B. Carothers
Lafayetta
Fea
Feminine
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