Fake Shop Men Invade Fifth Av
Article purports to expose Aaron Kosofsky a dealer who floods New York with misattributed trade names. It details stores at 448 Fifth Ave 708 Sixth Ave and 42nd Street boasting names like Hudson Bay Company Pierces and Boutellier Co. It notes legal action bankruptcy proceedings and the author’s undercover encounter with counterfeit furs and deceptive sales tactics.
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V. Jpnonsider Kosofsky
Kosofsky
Ian
Bowery
Kosofskys
Hudson Bay Importing Company
Imp
Great Huds Company of
Canada
Hudson Bay Company, Inc
Ming
Hudson's Bay Company
Teneas
Pierce & Co
Aaron Kosofsky
Boston
Hudson Bay Company
Massachusetts
William 2
Hearst
Boston American
Aaron Kosofcky
St. Place
Boutellier & Co
Boutellier
Elliott in Special Yoar Natal Day Peril of Wreck
A man named Howard Elliott, president of Kendhaven Railroad, narrowly avoids a wreck when a heavy freight train blocks the main line. A dispatcher failed to clear the tracks in time, Elliott and companions escape unharmed as the private car is moved. Meanwhile the U S Public Health Service urges mnemonic rhymes to recall birth years.
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Elliott
TaSegragh
Norwalk
Conc
Howard Elliott
Kendhaven
Ele
Mike Desibury Beanch
Tench
Hranchville
Teliroad
Beare Danbury
the Star
Hapsburgs Send Gold Abroad Amid Bank Quiet
Report from Genes on January 14 notes Swiss banks hold large sums tied to Austrian aristocracy. Archdukes and Viennese financiers fueled orders abroad as estates are disposed at notably reduced values. A spring water product appears among the readable fragments.
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Eerm
Hapsbure
HEE
Eevritie
Tyrol
Morgan Grenfell to act as financial agent for British government
The Daily Express reports Morgan, Grenfell & Co. is set to be appointed guarantial agents to the British government. The London arm is part of the New York bank J. Morgen & Co. Edward Charles Grenfell, a Bank of England director, is involved.
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The
Tribune
London
Jai
Daily Express
Morgan, Grenfell & Co
Britnep
New York
Ig House
J. J. Morgen & Co
Edward Charles Grenfell
Bank of England
Trust Estates Grow Kennedys Bequests Increase in Two Years
An accounting filed yesterday shows John the philanthropist’s trust estates rising by 2 363 335 from December 1912 to today, with stock dividends from Standard Oil contributing to growth. Total trust estate stands at 7 041 028 with overall reach near 67 million and beneficiaries including Willy S Tod Lion G Tod David A Tod Julia B Wilson Mabel K Sinclair and Mary Anne Nimmo Smith.
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Willy S. Tod
Melion G. Tod
David A. Tod
Julia B Wilson
Mabel K. Sinclair
Mary Anne Nimmo Smith
Blease Quits Office as South Carolina Governor
Governor Cole L. Blease resigns before January 19, submitting the notice to the Secretary of State. The resignation to the Senate was accepted and Lieutenant Governor Smith sworn in for the unexpired term. No reason was given. a Tuesday meeting reportedly discussed impeachment but did not proceed.
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South Carolina
Columbia
C. Jay
Cole L. Blease
Secretary of State
Senate
Gowor Smith
Blease
Bleas
Three Die In Fire In Tenement Near S7th Street
A ground floor fire at 427 Ninth ay near S7thsta smolders up to the fifth floor, killing Catherine McKenny aged three Tony Rucolo and J J Brows Brown a police sergeant who rushed to aid. Fire damages listed at 6000 with incendiary origin suspected. The building housed eighteen families and was occupied by Italians.
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Ninthay
S7thsta Sdoetly
M'Kenny
Catherine
Rucolo
Tony
Brows
JJ Brown
Fred C. Walker
West A7
James
Nicholas Campo
Hst
Catheno
Campo
Kenton
Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself in Montclair Tragedy
James Hutching age forty five opened fire on his wife Anna in their Montclair home after a threat to shoot her. He shot her three times then killed himself. Anna, twenty three, was taken to Mountainside Hospital in critical condition. Hutching had long been estranged from his wife and had previously been involved in a Newark assault case that was dropped.
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Montclair
Dhs
James Hutching
Mountainside
Hutching
Anna
Pennsylvania
Ida F. Sorensen
Stanley Milton
Hatehina
Hutchins
Newark
Teacher Ready To Fight Board In Education Dispute
Bridgett Beotto, a teacher and mother, threatens legal action if the Board of Education does not reinstate her by Monday afternoon following State Superintendent John H. Finley’s ruling. Alfred J. Kelly, representing Beotto, claims the board must comply and may seek a writ of mandamus if needed. The board contends action must come from Mrs Peixotto and refuses to act without her reinstatement.
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Bridgett D.recxoum
Peixetto
John H. Finley
Alfred J. Kelly
Beotto
Peroni
Finley
Supreme Ne Ft
Peixfirmt M
Otto
Kelly Anid
Sty Kelly
Germans Drive French Across Aisne At Soissons Front
Paris dispatch reports German rush drives French across the Aisne near Soissons sixty miles from Paris as floods destroy bridges. Berlin claims 4000+ French prisoners. French retreat and artillery losses noted with local gains near Roye and near Fouquescourt. Fight continues north of Soissons and near Crouy with partial German advantage acknowledged.
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Paris
Soissons
Aisne
Minsy
Soibone
Berlin
London
Vregny
Crouy
War Office
Roye
Noyon
T His Point
Beauséjour
Rheims
Verdun
Fouquescourt
Hoye
Department
the Somme
Tremendous Earthquake Devastates Avezzano and Central Italy
Rome reports a vast toll from the central Italian earthquake with estimates of 100 to 50,000 dead and injured. Avezzano, a town of about 12,000, is officially said to no longer exist, with 450 bodies recovered and many officials among the dead. King Emmanuel leads relief, crews dig through ruins, field hospitals rise, and chaos hampers rescue efforts as trains and communications falter.
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Italy
Marsi
Avezzano
Victor Emmanuel
Carabineers
Ronsi Palace
Chamber of Depution
Canes
Melle
Emmanuel Nna
Avexzano
Aquila
Shu
King Emmanuel
Salandra
Central Committee
Wounds His Wife Then Kills Self in Santo Domingo
Edo ward De Forest Smith attempted to kill his wife Elisabeth at her mother's apartment on 123 West 128th Street, then shot himself. Elisabeth was wounded in the breast and thigh. doctors feared to operate. Their son Edward, eight, witnessed events as police arrived and Smith died. The couple had separated after years of dispute over property and a rival, with Smith implicated in real estate schemes and threats.
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Edoward de Forest Smith
Elisabeth
West 128Th
Map
Smith
Harlem
Potyelinie Hospital
Edward Smith, Jr
Ellen Ryder
William Jennings Bryan
James D. Phelan
California
Wilson
James Mark Sullivan
Santo Domingo
Mr. Bryan
Walker W. Vick
West Indies
Vick
Sullivan
Offee
Bryan
Tam
William E. Pulliam
Pacific Grove
Cal
Department of State
Earthquake Threats Rise Across Italy Amid Widespread Damage
London dispatch from June reports the quake's reach is greater than any in modern Italian history with ominous signs that the worst is not yet known. Restored communications may reveal extensive desolation and loss of life especially between Naples and Brindisi. The Daily Telegraph notes English aid will follow if needed. Rome's correspondent describes hospitals filled from Avellino to Rome after days of rain and a river turning black. Near Salerno a Montagnone sector 11 000 feet long collapsed into the valley, damming the Arienna and causing further death and destruction.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Italy
Naples
Brindisi
England
Rome
Avexzano
AL Fuiggi
Npa
Salerno
Montagnone
Arienna
Pope in Hospital Visits Earthquake Victims
A Rome dispatch says the Pope with Cardinal Gaspari and Cardinal Merry del Val visited Santa Marta hospital to see quake injured near the Vatican. He distributed gifts and discussed the disaster details, using an interior Vatican passage. It is the first time a Pope has left the Vatican since 1670.
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London
Rome
Stefani
Gaspari
Merry del Val
Vatican
Santa Marta
Basilica
St. Peter's
Avalanches Wreck Alpine Forests Across Frontiers
Earthquakes shook the Mont Blanc region and the Swine and Italian Alps causing massive avalanches that isolated Alpine villages and felled forests. Five to seven feet of snow buried passes Herning Splagen St Gotthard while Engadine sits under three feet of snow. Telegraph lines are down hindering damage reports. lighter shocks reached Piedmont and Tyrol areas.
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Mont Blanc
Herning
Splagen
St Gothard
Engadine
Piedmont
Tyrolere Alp
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