Prohibition Parade Draws Tens of Thousands in New York
Pro and anti prohibition forces marched along Fifth Avenue as Mayor Hylan praised the display in a spirited show of democratic sentiment. Estimates of marchers ranged from 9,000 to 75,000 with officials citing various tallies and accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hylan
Fifth Avenue
Prohibition
Washington Square
Sixtieth Street
Timothy
Madison Square
Mytan
Ina Telegram
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
League
Po- Net
Sai Ike
Typhoon Strikes Manila Amid Great Damage
Typhoon struck Manila causing widespread destruction. Power was cut, plunging the city into darkness as houses were torn from roofs and ships driven ashore in the bay. Refugees sought shelter as the storm surged to high winds of up to 90 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gig
Manila
Associated
Forbes
P. Irbes
Ian
Hardhig
Marlborough Duchess Bride of Col. Balsan
The Duchess of Marlborough, recently divorced, married Lt Col Louis Jacques Balsan in London. Balsan, 53, a French sportsman and former liaison to British air forces, is noted for ballooning and aviation interests. Consuelo Vanderbilt became the bride of Balsan in the Savoy Chapel ceremony with a small party and witnesses including Ambassador Harvey and Lord Blandford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duchess of
Barlborough
Louis Jacques Balsan
Balsan
France
Consuelo Vanderbilt
New York
Henrietta Street
Harvey
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pagalie
Lord
Auto Racer Dies in Fence Crash at North Adams Race
Joseph Thomas, a Boston Hyde Park native and first time driver, was killed when his car crashed through a fence at the West Turn during a fairgrounds race in North Adams Massachusetts. He had worked as a mechanician and served as an officer in the aircraft production division of the air service in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Joseph Thomas
Thames
Hyde Park
Boston
Air Service
16 Killed as Fascisti Raid Grosseto Tuscany
In Grosseto Tuscany on Friday Fascisti used military style attack seeking revenge for a comrade’s death. Sixteen people were found dead and fifty wounded, with fifteen of the dead identified as Communists. A city council resignation followed a fifteen day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Associated Press
Grosseto
Tuscany
Ramen
Socialist Municipal Council
Wilson Wrote War Message On Back Porch at Midnight
Special Dispatch to The Tribune describes President Wilson composing his war message after sleepless nights. He dictated swiftly, then jotted thoughts on the back porch in moonlight, later sharing milk and crackers with Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Tribune
Atlantic City
William C. Redfield
Mr. Redfield
Thousands Witness Thrilling Rescue
On the hottest day of the year in New York crowds flocked to beaches from Coney Island to Far Rockaway. In drownings and heat illnesses, seven died by heat and nine were saved. Bernard Katz and Frank Schwint were among the drowned, with others missing or recovering after cramp and undertow incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Far Rockaway
Conay Island
Bernard Katz
Eleventh Avenue
Brooklyn
Jones's Walk
Yetta Katz
Henry Ebert
Hancock Street
Misa Kats
Ebert
Katz
Frank Schwint
Classon Avenue
Hugh Conway
Clark Place
Schwint
Frederick Schwint
Hipital
Max Engleburg
Seventyfirst
West Twenty-ninth Street
Matt Ginger
West Thirty-first Street
Engleburg
Rabiner
Coney Island Hospital
Samuel Levin
Levin
St. Vincent W. Riggins
Froman
Bristol Hotel
West Forty-eighth Street
Radek Urges Worldwide Communist Revolt at Moscow
Karl Radek, the Communist leader, urged the Third Internationale Congress in Moscow to press nonstop for world revolution. He called for seizing every movement to further the cause, maintaining warfare, and readying for all emergencies while teaching others to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Moscow
Karl Radek
Radek
Five U S Warships Anchor Off Tampico Harbor
Tampico reports a flotilla of five armored U S Atlantic Fleet vessels anchoring just outside the three mile limit. The visit caused a great sensation though no motive or destination was announced. El Democrata, citing Tampico sources, notes ongoing maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico amid uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Associated Press
Tampico
United States Atlantic Fleet
el Democrats
el Democrata
Gulf of Mexico
Hylan Administration Under Fire For City Spending
Meyer committee to probe alleged publicty misuse under Mayor Hylan. Hearings planned in City Hall on wasteful expenditures for uplift committees and a Waldorf Astoria banquet plus $7000 printing, per diem hires, and ferryboat subsidies. Investigators flag pay roll padding and harbor surveys on the John F. Hylan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Legislative Committee
Hylan
City Comptrolley
Craig
Tammany-Hylan
Meyer Committee
Board of Estimate
Man Drowns While Fleeing Heat At Park Reservoir
A young man about 21, running from heat on Fifth Avenue, stripped to bare skin, climbed a four foot railing at Central Park Reservoir and jumped in. He disappeared before rescue attempts, his body later recovered with grappling irons near the gate house. He was 5'8", dark complexion, about 150 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Ninety-fourth Street
Ninetieth Street
Central Park
Reservoir
Beerman
Daniel O'Connell
O'Connell
Russia to Issue Silver Rubles Stamp
Russia plans silver ruble coinage to start September 1 at the Petrograd mint. The new rubles will match the old weight but carry a new design. Initial silver shipments are expected within days according to a Moscow wireless dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Petrograd
Moscow
Apprehensions of Danger in Pacific Soon May Be Dispelled
London July 4 Ambassador Hare vey said at an Independence Day dinner that better U S Britain understanding has reduced naval danger in the Atlantic to a millpond and that Pacific fears may be dispelled sooner than expected. He added disarmament would follow and peace could endure for years or forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Harevey
American Society of London
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Associated Pross
Ambassador Harvey
Lord Leo of
Fareham
the Admiralty
Harvey
Britain
America
George III
George V
Philadelphia
Niagara River
Europe
Dublin
Centermee
Lord Wayer
Dublin Corporation
Muc
de Valera
James Craig
Ulster
All Ireland
Dominick Street
Fred
Berlin and London React to Peace News of 1921
Berlin awaits American moves after peace declaration as Germany expects a new treaty and resumption of relations. Berlin observers note flags flying but no formal notification from Congress while officials weigh terms and penalties. In London, Ambassador Harvey at Independence Day dinner urges mutual understanding and warns against measuring money against men amid postwar burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Berlin
Germany
America
Harding
Wirth
Reichstax
American Congress
Rosen
Tates
Chicago
Tribunt
Associated Press
Congress
Foreign Office
United States
Totol
American Chamber of Commerce
Ulster backs De Valera in peace move talks
Irish leaders De Valera and Ulster representatives met at Dublin Mansion House on Independence Day to discuss peace with Lloyd George. Agreement on final partition issues reported, with De Valera awaiting Craig's advice before further talks. Smuts to visit Dublin as potential mediator reported from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
New York Tribune
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
Ulster
Sinn Féin
de Valera
Lloyd George
SirJames Craig
Ireland
Mansion House
North
South Ireland
Crown
de Vale
Artericis
Arthur Griffith
Earl Middleton
Sir Maurice Dockrell
Robert Woods
Arthur Jameson
Northern Ireland
London
Associated Pre de Valera
Ireet Smuts
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Remier
Union of South Africa
Duba
Central News
Diesatek
Smutz
Daily Mail
Gexpense
Srish
Arkansan Sleeper Ends Three Year Nap at Hospital
Jim Eslinger, once dubbed the world's champion sleeper, woke after a three year slumber at the county hospital in Fort Smith Arkansas. Doctors report improving strength and tentative recovery though he remains weak. In a week he will be told of Americas part in World War and Prohibition if he stays awake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Eslinger
America
Wake
Ex Kaiser Bans Films for Hohenzollern Prince
Berlin July 4 The ex Kaiser bars any Hohenzollern from film work or appearing before the public. Prince August Wilhelm, third son, sought a role in Frederick the Great but was refused by the Kaiser who prohibits royal participation in motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Berlin
Kaiser Bill
August Wilhelm
Frederick the Great
August
Hohenzollerna
The
Chicago Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hlot
Imates
Gerard M. Wildes
Mr. Wildes
Amerian Liberties League
Broadway
naTes
Calder
Gerator Wadaworth
Cyc
Joe Frelinghuysen
Soapbox
Raritan
N. J
Ing
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Jr
New Jersey
Raritan Valley Country Club
Thristen
Joe
Mr. Harding
Country Club
Ister
Frelinghuysen House
New
Rey
Marion
Hiding
Washiton
White House
Caruso
Italy
Marlborough
Col
Propidente Wilson
Ettore
Caruzo
Charles A. Fulton
United States Army Intelligence Service
Fulton
Coney
Joseph Dellopret
Summit Street
Lawrence A. O'Brien
Elizabeth Avenue
Newark
Belmar
O'Brien
118Th Infantry
104Th
Peter Piscione
Boston Post Road
Long Island Sound
Orienta Point
John J. Brown
West Seventy-third Street
U. S
Meyer
Hylan Press
Mayer
Park Reservoir
Russia
Beekman 3000
Assa
Sinn Fein
Smuts
Arkansas
Kaiser
Prince August
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!