Rural Menace Farm Values Down In New York
A United States Department of Agriculture investigation shows a sharp decline in New York farm land values and widespread farm depopulation. It reports 12,000 abandoned farms, an estimated 40 to 90 percent drops in remote districts, and calls for state action to rebuild agriculture and rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
New York State
Joly A. Stewart
League of Republican Clubs
League
Stewart
New York
Freis
Department of Agriculture
Leest
Be Mate
Lsure
Jay A. Beneteet
W. E Carr
Bureau of Suite
The
Agricultures Department
Memra
Bonsteel
Carr
Uke
Otter
SHI
York
Pheal
Tumphine County
Dundas Street Building Collapse Kills Nine in Tomndon
A three story Crystal Hall building on Dundas street in Tomndon collapsed after 5 PM, killing nine people and injuring several others. Rescue teams labored through the night as the structure, owned by Peter Smerles of Grand Rapids, Michigan, sent debris across the street to water’s edge storefronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Clugston
John Loney
Sku
Peters
Arya
Hamilton, Long & Co
W. J. Reid & Co
Crystal Hall
Brewster
Dundas Street
Peter Smerles
Grand Hapids, Mich
Mutiny on Steamer Susquehanna Aboard Anchor Line
A mutiny on the steamer Susquehanna on Lake Erie off Erie Harbor left seaman William Moran dead after being thrown into the hold during a fight. The crew seized alcohol, sailors demanded officers land then astern, officers refused, and gunfire subdued the crew. Officer Duncan McLean is detained at Police Headquarters for investigation.
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Susquehanna
Lake Erie
Erie
William Moran
Melen
Moran
Duncan McLean
Czar to Meet Kaiser in Finnish Waters Cruise
St. Petersburg reports the imperial family preparing to depart for a cruise in Finnish waters. Preparations are complete for a meeting between Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William of Germany. Captain Hintze, the German naval attaché, is expected to accompany Nicholas aboard the cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas
Emperor Wiliam
Germany
Hintze
War in South Expected in Central America
San Salvador July 16 armed clash believed may develop across Central America within fifteen days. First battle likely between Salvador and Nicaragua. General Lee Christ, an American wounded in the recent Nicaragua-Honduras war, named general of Salvadoran forces. General Chamorro to arrive from Guatemala and proclaim himself provisional president of Nicaragua.
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San Salvador
Central America
Salvador
Nicaragua
Lee Christan American
Honduras
Boots
Chamorro Ta
Guatemala
Nicaracua
Theobald Chartran Dead Portraitist of Noted Figures
Paris July 16 Theobald Chartran painter dies at an advanced age. He painted portraits of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Miss Alice Roosevelt Pope Pius X and Cardinal Gibbons among others.
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Paris
Prisoner Misled by Clerk Error To Twenty Year Term
In Alabama a clerk miswrote a sentence from twenty months to twenty years for Sithena Stivers a twelve year old girl sentenced for grand larceny in Houston County She served nearly twenty years and died in the penitentiary before the error was corrected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Sithena Stivers
Houston County
Whooping cough party marks birthday amid outbreak
Vittaburg reports a novel aerial event at Mrs. W. St. Parker's home in Duquesne Heights to celebrate her son's birthday during a whooping cough epidemic. Thirty three attended despite the outbreak, with invitations extended to Parker's children also exposed to the illness. The notice promotes weekend outings via local steamers with low rates and steady service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittabure
Vittaburg
W. St. Parker
Grandview Avenue
Duquesne Heights
Alinny
Troy
Lake George
Saratoga
Paper Peoples
Citizens Line
Corruption and incompetence hit Manhattan Borough President Ahearn
A scathing 158 page report by Mayer McClellan and the Commissioners of Accounts accuses President Ahearn of misfeasance and incompetence. It details central control over bureaus, overcharges, lax accounting, and improper contracting. Investigators urge reforms, warn of broader city risks, and note Governor oversight pending hearings.
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Mayer McClellan
Commissioners of Accounts
Mitchel and Hertle
Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Lin
Aldermen
Republicans
Tamunis
Municipal Ownership League
Bureau of Highways
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offees
Bureau of Sewers
Bureau of Incumbrances
Alon
Bureau of Buildings
Cominiassimer Tulton
Bureau of Public Works
Superintendent Walker
Bureau of Publicings and Offices
Pestana
George H. Olney
George F. Scannell
William J. Boyhan
Tammiang
Ancarn
Everal
Tts Chef
Tepaire Bureau OF Highways
Paulty
Ghways
Rioters Cause Crash Wrecks Two Elevators Injuring Dozens
A Fiesta night riot by intoxicated Italians on the Italian Sicilian quarter streets led to a collision of two elevated trains at the 10th Street station. Dozens injured, one man possibly killed, and several severely hurt. Passengers trapped, windows shattered, and rescuers worked through chaos as police firemen and surgeons treated the injured amid arrests and evacuations.
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Our Lady of Carmel
100Th Street
South Ferry
City Hall
Mare Beglow
Grand Street
Rome
Cometius
van Brant Street
Catawid
Chariow
Platoun
Dalederat
James
Brutzes
Ureken Manns
John Uwenty
Nicolay
Harlow Memorial
Miraldo
Rone
Surtytte
Staten
Amelia
Atetown
Houston Street
Sarasso
Dorephe
Meyer
Portia
Tang
Ewart
Valprig
John
Tutror
North Bille Street
Mose Atreet
Jennie
Mount Stree
T Pan
Hatlans
Testor
Daw
Flower Hospital
Cornelius Korsio
North
Portland Avenue
Crooklyn
Harlem
Bellevue
Presbyterian
Flower Hospitals
Clarence Laure
Cornelia Street
Brooklyn
Dla
Harlem Hospital
Upper East Side
Alexander Avenue
Bronx
Engine 20
Inspector Dijion
Third Avenue
Dillon
Joe” O'Connor
Engine Company 26
William L. Williams
Clinton Avenue
Patrick Devereaux
East 187Th Street
Willams
Quigley
116Th Street
East 14Th Street
Williams
28Th Street
Death on Black Head Mountain Ends Brooklyn Man's Climb
Thomas Simpson of Brooklyn, a 49 year old bookkeeper for Boynton Heater Co., died during a climbing party ascent of Black Head Mountain in Cairo. He urged others on with an American flag in hand, collapsed at the summit ridge, and his body was carried down by hotel guests after an all night trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Catskill
Black Head Mountain
Cairo
Thomas Simpson
Brooklyn
Round Top Ravine House
Albert
Charles
Simpson
Boynton Heater Company
New York City
Richard Doscher
Ravine House
Mr. Simpson
Albert Simpson
Charles Simpson
Mr. Doscher
Moore
Doseholer
Black Head
New Mayor for Frisco in Drift of Graft Era Ends
San Francisco selects Dr Edward R Taylor physician and lawyer and Hastings Law College dean as mayor. The Board of Supervisors and District Attorney Langdon endorsed him after a bribery graft probe, ending the reign of the big stick. Taylor, 60s, vows public service and integrity while Rudolph Spreckels controls the political plot. Schmitz remains a factor, claiming mayoral power as two governments loom over the city.
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San Francisco
Edward R Taylor
Hastings Law College
University of California
San Francino
Mie Board of Supervisors
Taylor
Rudolph Spreckels
William H. Langdon
Ilis
Langston
Spreckels
Efelock
Eit
Eugene Schmitz
Samuel Sawyer
Typostaunion
Charles Hoxton
Schmitz
Alle~esmors
Schmits
Court of Last Resort
Dinan
Helppless At Throttle On Lake Shore Train Near Cleveland
Cleveland July 16 Hundreds of lives were imperilled today when Floyd E Webber engineer of a westbound Lake Shore passenger train was struck unconscious at the throttle. The engine sped toward Cleveland without a guiding hand as the train lurched. The fireman jumped to control and slowed the train to within yard limits. Webber was found in critical condition. How long he was out is unknown.
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Bureau of Public Huildings and Omtoes
Wickers
Mid- Alemen
Seetley
Tneum- Qnneen
Bureau Ne Pectore
Borough of
Manhattan
Tessitar
Presid
Bureau of Highways
Tylis
Bureau of Sewn
Cleveland
Floyd E. Webber
Lake Shore
Webber
Women germ experts join Rockefeller Institute staff
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research hires five young women to advance disease germ study. Nellie E. Goldthwait is an assistant in chemistry, Maud L. Menten, Mabel P. Fitzgerald, and Martha Wollstein named fellows. Wollstein and Menten work in pathology, Fitzgerald in bacteriology. Bertha I. Barker named a scholar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Nellie E. Goldthwait
Maud L. Menten
Mabel P. Fitzgerald
Bertha J. Barker
Martha Wollstein
Department of Chemistry
Institute
Mabel F Fitzgerald
Glidden tourist dies after tour accident near Bryan
Thomas J. Clarke of Chicago, a participant in the Glidden automobile tour, died in Bryan tonight from injuries suffered last Thursday when his car went off the road and ditched near Bryan, following an accident involving a machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Clarke
Chicago
Toledo
Bryan
Nine Victims of Georgia Disasterids Sea Man Walsh Dies
Boston July 16 The ninth victim Seaman Edward F Walsh of Lynn died this afternoon after the battleship Georgia explosion. Six bodies have been claimed and sent home, two more expected tomorrow. Walters family at Seymour Avenue Lynn were with him as he died. Several other injured remain in critical but hopeful condition.
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Boston
Georgia
United States Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Edward F. Walsh
Lynn
Naval Hospital
Walsh
M. Walsh
Seymour Avenue
Admiral Yamamoto
Naomi Taniguchi
Japan
Goodrich
Goldthwaite
Charles H. Hansel
Mr. Hansel
Kimball
Lieutenant Goodrich
Seaman Malock
Cruse
McCrea
Caspar Goodrich
Stone Church
N. J
George Hamilton
Wellington Avenue
South Framingham
Mass
John Thomas
William M. Thomas
Thames Street
Newport
George Miller
Brooklyn
William F. Palr
McDowall
Flatbush Avenue
Frederick G. Hodgson
U.S. A
Mra Hodgson
John T. Cruse
Philadelphia
Thomas Cruse
Omaha
Frank Schlapp
North Adams
Schlapp
Kearsage
Auell
James P. Thomas
New York
Michmet Thomas
No. WZ Degraw Street
Louis
Cincianati
John A. Bush
Harold L. Gilbert
Southwick
Orly Tagland
Yeoman
Charleston
S. C
Ruchford
Minn
John L. Maleck
Cleveland
John Fone
Trenton
Fone
John A. Fone
Morgan Avenue
Samuel L. Rosenberger
No. HO Ridge Avenue
Charles Leich
Indianapolis
Sadie E. Elen
North Main Street
Frankfort
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TE Rural Menace
N.Y
Agriculture Dept
Ayelandy
Wallsbury Score
London
Czar
Kaiser
Finnish
South
Theobald Chartran
Pittsburg
New-York
Wits Ahearn
Catskill Peak
Frisco
Edward R. Taylor
Big Stick
Rockefeller Institute
Seaman FE. F. Walsh
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