Jero Cold Weather Hampers Harbor Traffic Rumors of Relief
Severe cold gripped the city with three degrees below zero and a record low for eight years. Ice packed the harbor hindering ships such as the City of Columbus and a barge towed by the Henry Heath. One Swedish bargeman faced wedding woes as he searched for his clothes aboard a sinking coal barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Ridge
Bart Orrange
N. J
Mariners’ Temple
Oliver and Henry Streets
William N. Hubbell
North River
Savannah
City of Columbus
Hoboken
Henry ‘Heath
Ics
Bagley
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
D. McLean
Ater
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Temperature swings in city log shows subzero lows
A sanitized 24 hour city temperature report records temperatures ranging from 11 degrees at 4 p.m. to minus three degrees at 6:30 a.m. The sequence lists hourly readings with several misreads but confirms a subzero low and a peak of 11 degrees, illustrating a cold day with sharp fluctuations.
Boy Fed by Tube Seven Months Bridges Brooklyn
A patient at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn survived seven months on wholly nourished liquid feed delivered directly into the stomach via a rubber tube. Doctors performed a skilled operation placing the tube above the stomach after removing a malignant growth in the colon area, enabling artificial feeding when the patient could not swallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Irving
Arevent
Blacksmith to Plead Case Before Court of Appeals
Albany January 13 A St. Lawrence County blacksmith John M Bouck who shoes horses and repairs hay wagons sued Eli C Mosher for 5 dollars, the price of a farm implement. He prepared and argued his own complaint before the Appellate Division and was told the suit may go to the Court of Appeals. Bouck has spent about 140 dollars on court expenses and may spend more to pursue the claim for the five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Appeals
Ed” Merritt
St. Lawrence County
John M. Bouck
Eli C. Mosher
Mosher
Arthur T. Johnson
Potedam
OBey Marriage Service in England Il legal Without It
London January 13 The omission of the word obey from a church marriage is stated as illegal and invalid by Rev Hugh Chapman chaplain of the Chapel Royal at Savoy The couple Miss Una Dugdale and Victor D Duval had urged removing obey but waived objections after legal advice The chaplain disapproves of compulsory usage and calls for an amended service to bless Christian marriages without offense to sensibilities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Hugh Chapman
Chapel Royal
Savoy
Una Dugdale
Commander Dugdale
Viscount Peel
Victor D. Duval
Dugdale
Duval
Rare spinal operation saves youth at St Josephs Far Rockaway
Two physicians at St Joseph's Hospital Far Rockaway performed a rare dangerous surgery to save James Rentula whose spinal cord was severed and vertebrae shattered by a bullet. Surgeons William Mulcahy B F Thomas and Salzer attempted to splice the cord, drawing ends together then securing them in the spinal canal. The patient survived the procedure and remains alive despite severe injuries at age nineteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Hospital
Far Rockaway
James Rentula
William Is Mulcahy
B. F. Thomas
Mulcahy
Rejected Suitor Kills Woman and Himself at Harlem Home
A rejected suitor, John B. Edwards, recently released from jail, shot Mrs. Minnie E. Kuster and then killed himself in her furnished room at West 122d Street. The tragedy, witnessed by Miss Amelia Foley and three young Kuster children, followed a heated, intoxicated encounter as Edwards demanded marriage she refused. Coroner and police arrived. Edwards had a lodge sign and several cartridges found on him, with prior history of beating May Kuster.
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John B. Edwards
Minnie E. Kuster
West 122d Street
West 22d Street
Edwards
Wards
May Kuster
Blackwell's Island
Jisland
George TM ‘Tutwiler
Mobile
Ala
Miss Foley
Thesa
Mrs. Kuater
Mra Kuster
May
Charlotte
Viola
Amelia Daly
Tutwiler
Ana ‘Rutwner
Polk Headquarters
West 29Th Street
Henry Clay Lodge
West 109Th Street
Lodge
Charles Lane
Broadway
East 167Th Street
Bronx
Kuster
Lane
Matt D. Cannon
West 1224 Street
Killer shoots father of man who eloped with wife
Fort Worth report details a fatal shooting in a hotel lobby. J B Snead of Amarillo shot and killed a man named Boyce, the father of a man recently arrested in Winnipeg for abducting Mrs Snead. The younger Boyce had been involved with Mrs Snead, who disappeared from a Fort Worth sanatorium with him. later, charges were dismissed for lack of evidence. The case ties to a high‑profile Texas ranch family.
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Ort Worth
Rager
Winnipeg
Snead
Fort Worth
J. B. Snead
Amarillo
Tex
Boyce Itanid
Boyce
Hoyce
Boye
Baskin
Canada
John B. Snead
Lena 5
Arlington Sanatorium
A. G. Boyce, Jr
Date
New York
City
South America
Mra. Snead
Texas
Boyes
A. 1
Boy Recovers After Skin Transfer From Father Burns
East Orange reports a dramatic operation after sixty square inches of skin were transferred from William A. Davenport to his six year old son. The boy, severely burned on November 3 near a bonfire, owes life to a sweater worn during the blaze and his mother’s quick action. Doctors W. H. Alonzo Warner and S. A. Muta assisted, with L. W. Smith also involved. the father is recovering as the child shows signs of relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
William A. Davenport
South Clinton Street
W. H. Alonzo Warner
Samuel A. Muta
West Orange
Leonard W. Smith
Morse Refuses Transfer to Hot Springs Prisoner Care
Charles W. Morse may not accept transfer to Hot Springs Arkansas as a prisoner patient. President Taft authorized but Morse declined to leave Fort McPherson Georgia Army Hospital. Officials say Morse weakens daily and may not endure the trip. doctors doubt benefit from the move. Morse hopes to visit Nauheim Germany for his heart and life.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
Hot Springs
Ark
Tate
Morse
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Arkansas
Moyer
Atlanta Penitentiary
David Baker
Taft
Atlanta
Nauheim
Germany
Flames Destroy Engine House at Georgian Court Home
Fire at Georgian Court the Gould estate destroyed the boiler and engine house and damaged a new hot house. George J. Gould and his son Kingdon fought the blaze, with Gould delivering water after rushing out in slippers. local fire brigade assisted, plant collection largely lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Georgian Court
George J. Gould
Mr. Gould
Gould
Kingdon
Body of scalded paralytic exhumed second arrest in case
The body of Harry Williams, an elderly inmate at New York City Farm Colony Staten Island, was exhumed by order of District Attorney Albert Bach. Autopsy by Dr. S P Thomas showed death from burns. A second arrest, Adolph Rahm alias Harry Sinclair, was made for homicide, with testimony alleging premeditated assault by Williams’s attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Williams
New York City
Castleton Corners
Staten Island
Albert ©. Fach
Richmond County
S. P. Thomas
S. Tt. Smith Infirmary
Fact
Thomas
the Tribune
Adolph Rahm
Harry Sinclair
Bach
Rahm
Sinclair
Williams
Carlton
Ton
Fach
Willams
Sas
George W. Mord
Pack
Colony
Joseph D. Fick
Howard Crispell
Mord
Dr. Mord
Dr.Thomas
Marty Sinclair
Landak
Pat Uence
Elizabeth Street
James W. McKittrick
George H. Meyers
John J. Smith
Mr. Fach
Elmira
James Kelly
Dream Leads 10 Body of Chief Firemen Then Finish Job
James L Fogarty of 24 West 63d Street, Canavan Wrecking Co., dug through wreckage at an Equitable ruin to find Battalion Chief William Walshs body buried beneath debris. The rescue required tunneling and shored floors as inspectors and workers cleared a brutal collapse after the building fire. Mrs Walsh and Captain Frederick Mitchell, brother-in-law, were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Fogarty
Walsh
James Lawrence Fogarty
West 63d Street
Canavan
William J. Walsa
Equitable
Fogarty
Charles Judge
Bureau of Buildings
Chief Walsh
Mr. Judge
Bus Fogarty
Hig Drenry
Tose
Elahtatory
Cahablane
20 Street
Brooklyn
Frederick Mitchell
U. S
Ideputy
Binns
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