Thaw to sue for divorce and daring boardwalk swim
Harry Thaw stirred Atlantic City with a public display on the boardwalk as he swam in the surf and shopped, while New York papers report a forthcoming divorce suit against Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. He declined questions, accepted attention, and prepared written statements about reconciliation.
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Thaw
Merry
Surf
Atlantic City
S.J
Harry Thaw
Sally
Inez
Tean
New York
Evelyn Newbit Thaw
John D. Statchfield
Evelyn
Dan Dean
Norman 3
Futzeimmons
Pittsburgh
Dean
Hhir
Merrie England Hushed in Death Grip of War
London May 31: aboard ship to London we docked in Liverpool at noon and faced customs delays. The voyage was somber as mourners fill stations and canalsides while a hush falls over Merrie England, contrasting with brave air of the travelers and the four who call themselves the truthful four as they ponder war and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrie
England
London
Liverpool
Merrie England
Trevelyan
Marconi
Leslie Buswell
John Bull
Public School 35 Boy Treated for Hookworm Infection
Doctors warned to watch for hookworm as a 14 year old pupil at Public School 35 showed inattention and sleepiness. A medical exam revealed the disease after the boy’s family recently arrived from the British West Indies. Six weeks of treatment brought marked improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warnea
S. Goldwater
New York
Camases
British West Indies
Forceps Surgery by Wife Saves M. D. Todd
Mrs Todd saved her husband Dr J Edgar Todd by removing a forgotten towel from his kidney surgery wound at Long Island Medical College. He had been operated December 7 for kidney trouble and his wound failed to heal until the towel was extracted, after which he showed improvement.
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Petegen Toe
Tome River
N. J
J. Edgar Todd
Long Island Medical College
Mra. Todd
Todd
New York auto bug blights Long Island crops
Nassau County farmers clash with motorists from Manhattan and Brooklyn who raid farms on Sundays loading vegetables into cars. Farmers plan to patrol fields with shotguns and rifles. Nassau County Farmers Association offers rewards of 10 dollars per vegetable, fearing losses exceed 5,000 dollars this season.
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Mineola
Long Istana
Iau County
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Dirk
Nassau County Farmers’ Association
Firemen Move Carnival Booths Across State Line
Pearl River volunteer firemen in Rockland County raised about $3,000 at a three day carnival. After the sheriff banned all games of chance the attractions were shifted ten feet south to Montezile New Jersey near the state line while lemonade and sandwiches stayed on the New York side.
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New York
Gamble
Jersey
Pearl River
Rockland County
Sherif
New York-New Jersey
State Line
Monte Sile
N. J
Publisher Buys Capitol Steps For Sunken Garden
John B R Mc Lean publisher buys the Capitol front steps to replace with granite. He plans a sunken garden at his country place. The steps were the oath and inaugural speech site for Lincoln Garfield McKinley and later Presidents to Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
John BR. McLean
Capitol
McLean
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Girl Saved By Her Cries In Narrow Hallway Attack
Eight year old Mary Nossek of 203 Fast Twenty second Street was dragged into a hallway by a stranger yesterday before her cries drew attention and the assailant fled. Joseph Maher, seven, of 26 Third Avenue, said a man of similar appearance chased him but the child wriggled free. Police obtained a description and detectives searched the area, noting a similar assault on Lenore Cohn in the same district months earlier.
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Mary Nossek
Fast Twenty-second Street
Joseph Maher
Third Avenue
Sid
Lenore Cohn
Leo M. Frank
Cornell
Georgia
Mary Phagan
Frank
Jim Conley
Conley
Georgia Supreme Court
United States District Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Slaton
New England Armament Strike Looms Over Unions
Bridgeport Conn July 17 A national strike against Remington Arms and Remington Union Metallic Cartridge Co. is set to begin Monday with the machinists walkout. Union leaders warn of a large regional impact as unrest spreads to New Haven Springfield and Boston threatening contracts and jobs across Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proma Sta Corr
Atinuna
Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Remington Union Metallic Cartridge Company
New England
Remington
W. G. Penfield
Remington Arma
International Association of Machinists
Tabor
Frank Jennings
Structural Iron Workers
New Haven
Springfield
Boston
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Navy
Eptead
Manufacturers’ Association
J. J. Keppler
Machinists
Keppler
John A. Johnson
Mastor Penfield
Hemington
E.W. Carypenter
John M. French
Penfield
Stewart Company
Remington Company
Vincent Defalco
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Eastern Westinghouse Company
Becker-Brainard Milling Machine Company
Heston
Jennings
Leo Franks Throat Cut by Prisoner at State Farm
A prison inmate attacked Leo Frank at Milledgeville state farm with a butcher knife severing his left jugular vein. Frank, Cornell student and convicted murderer, survived after immediate surgery but faced grave injuries and a long battle for recovery.
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Leo Frank
Tritone
Macon
State Farm
Frank
William Green
Washington Bar Leader R. Ross Perry Ends Life
In Washington July 17 R Ross Perry a leading member of the bar shot himself in the head and died an hour later at the Emergency Hospital. He had discussed euthanasia views and his nervousness had increased recently. He spoke with his son moments before the tragedy and then killed himself with a mirror placed to witness his reflection.
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Washington
R. Ross Perry
Perry
Mr. Perry
Fen Call
R. Ross Perry, Jr
Orduna Attack To Shape Berlin Defiance
Washington officials fear the Orduna torpedoing will raise tensions with Germany and influence Wilson's note. The incident suggests submarines may ignore safety of American lives, affecting negotiations over the Lusitania case and prompting formal investigations by the State Department.
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Wilson
Lusitania
Orduna
Germany
Gere
State Department
Cunard Line
Oravina
Lusitania Sunk British Envoy With Aim to Kill Protests
London reports the Lusitania sank by two German torpedoes aimed to kill passengers as well as sink the Cunarder. Lord Mersey led a court of inquiry exonerating Captain Turner and Cunard while faulting no one for neglect. Survivors heard the verdict amid questions on British war-time orders and prize rules.
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Lusitania
Mersey
London
Haron Mersey
Fred
New York
Turner
Cunard Line
Steamship Company
Repo
Walter Webb-Ware
F. Warren
Pearl
Lord Mersey
Admiralty
Cunard Company
Atlantic
Baron Mersey
Canard
Thomas Turner
Anderson
Leslie N. Morton
British Say U S Impression On Prize Case Is Wrong
London reports the British Foreign Office states the prize court cases involving the Norwegian steamers Kim Alfred Nobel Bjornstierne Bjornson and the Swedish Fridland do not hinge on the legality of intercepting German imports. The ships were detained last November as contraband bound for Germany, under neutral-port transit rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
U. S
London
Foreign Office
Kim
Alfred Nobel
Bjornstierne-Bjornson
Fridland
Bionnnjerne-Bjornson
Orduna Survives U-Boat Torpedo Attack In Irish Channel
German submarine fired torpedo and deck guns at the Cunard liner Orduna with 21 Americans aboard as she sped at 14 knots. Captain Thomas McComb Taylor credited with saving the ship, noting near-misses and a lack of warning as passengers praised his seamanship.
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Cunard Line
United States
Germany
Queenstown
Ordana
Orduna
Turk
Thomas McComb Taylor
Lusitania
Taylor
Taylor William Thompson
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Line
Ins Quire
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Aed
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Pitteburah
Liepewe
Thelzier
Jerome
Delafield
John B. Gleason
Delray
New Hampshire
Moston
Jala
Inez Milholland Boissevain
The
New York Tribune
Hookworm
Schoolboy
Goldwater
M. D
L. I
GEFY
Ripper
Boy
Colin
Plan OF Unions
Ordina
Berlin
Kaiser
Tribune
Offic
Count von Bernstorff
Lang Sine
Samuel Hopkins Adams
von Bernstorff
Lansing
U.S
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