Bingham Returns From Six Month South American Expedition
Dr. Hiram Bingham of Harvard and Princeton lineage arrived aboard the Prinz Joachim after a six month trek through Venezuela and Colombia. He faced border officials and gun suspicion while seeking accurate topographical data on Bolivar era battles, including Carabobo, and described harrowing river crossings, mule losses, and arduous routes toward Bogota.
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Hiram Bingham
Harvard University
Princeton
Prinz Joachim
Venezuela
Colombia
Bingham
Castro
Reres
Missouri
New York
Porto Rico
Crab Island
Caracas
Presi
Bolivar
Bogota
Carabobo
Valencia
Ele
Bacay
The
Pee
Polivar
Crab Island Discovery Ends 17th Century Landings Debate
The narrator argues the spot where the Darien Company and Danish forces landed in 1698 lies near Crab Island, a site he claims as American. He notes Danes arrived hours before the colonists, blocking a British claim and shaping the island as part of Porto Rico rather than Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Crab Island
United States
Truce Ends Public Dispute Over Cherry Street Purchases
A truce between the Controller's office and Assistant Corporation Counsels ends bitter exchanges over Cherry street lot purchases at private sale for 215 dollars. The Controller pledges transparency while noting past lapses and urging light on four to five year dealings. the counsels accuse misinfo in the Finance Department.
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Cherry Street
Olendorf
Corporation Counsel
Poe
Ellison
Corporation Counsel's Office
Brown
Finance
Kittatinny
Delaware Water Gap
Kittatinny Mountain Spring
New York
Water Gap
W. J
Canadensus P. O
Crescetta Lacka R
Man Marries After Delay In Church Wedding
A man who postponed his church wedding last March faced a magistrate after yielding to friends and drink. He admitted to resisting the marriage until offered jail time as an alternative, then signed the marriage contracts with Miss Roth and was discharged.
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Frantz
Miss Roth
Dancy in City Talks on Negro Political Outlook
John C. Dancy recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, a high Negro official, visited the city and met with negro leaders amid controversy over his political aims. He denied seeking a political mission while praising President Roosevelt for appointing black representatives to city beautification and Treasury posts, and urged patience until elections clarify who will be President.
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Gatskill Mountains
Ulster & Delaware R. R
Philadelphia
Jersey City
New York
New A. M
Catskills
N. A. Sims
John C. Dancy
District of Columbia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Dancy
Zion Church
Roosevelt
Washington
Ralph Tyler
Ohio
Treasury Department
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Convention
New Jersey
New England
Pyret
Rosevelt
Grant
Preferred marriage to jail in press report
Stephen D. Frantz a tanner of East 4th street married Anna Roth of West 29th street to avoid jail. The ceremony at West 54th street office of Colonel Michael E. Duffy followed Frantz’s arraignment in the West Side court on a proving charge.
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Stephen D. Frantz
East 4Th Street
Anna Roth
West 29Th Street
West 54Th Street
Michael E. Duffy
Frantz
West Side Court
Crippled children escape injury in streetcar crash
Fifteen crippled children from the Free School for Crippled Children Association were being taken to an outing when their wagon was struck by a southbound 42nd Street car near Granda Central Station. Fourteen children escaped with minor injuries. Tracey, eleven, from 215 West 16th Street, was found unconscious and taken to Roosevelt Hospital with a scalp wound.
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Free School For Crippled Children Association
Granda Central Station
Urgary Tracey
No. 215
West 16Th Street
Roosevelt Hospital
No. Us Foren
Mayor seeks funds for street cleaning commission report
Mayor McClellan urged the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to authorize 10000 from the contingent fund to form a three engineer commission. Parsons Whinery and Hering would study an improved street cleaning and waste disposal system to guide rapid city development and infrastructure needs.
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McClellan
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
H. de B. Parsons
Samuel S. Whinery
Rudolph Hering
Mental Inquiry Opens Into Hammond of Typewriter Firm
William J A McKim James Ming and Dr Gustav Scholer convened a sheriff court inquiry into the mental state of James Bartlett Hammond president of the Hammond Typewriter Company. Thomas F Hammond asserts Hammond aged sixty eight shows decline from alcohol and drug use. 525 shares valued at at least 1000 dollars each and other property noted. Dr Pearce Batley testified Hammond before commitment suffered locomotor ataxia and Brights disease. his answers were incoherent and his mind clearly affected.
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William J. A. McKim
James Ming
Gustav Scholer
James Bartlett Hammond
Hammond Typewriter Company
J. A. Young
Thomas F. Hammond
Typewriter
Hammond
Pearce Batley
Bright
Minister Dedicates Cigar Factory In Middletown NY
The Rev Stanard D Butler of Christ Universalist Church dedicates a new cigar factory built by Nathan D Mills, a wealthy parishioner. He jokes about temporary selfishness hoping for Mills prosperity and his own higher salary as a result.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Stanard D. Butler
Christ Universalist Church
Nathan D. Mills
Christ Church
J. Butler
Australian real estate man returns without gems from Paris
Sydney Smith and his valet sailed home on Kaiser Wilhelm II after attempting to recover a strong box of gems the valet confessed to taking. Smith claimed the valet told the truth and blamed the Paris Police for the theft not being recovered.
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Paris
Sydney Smith
Aeronautic Building and Concourse at Jamestown Opens
The Aeronautic Building and Concourse at Jamestown is completed and ready for exhibits. It is the first of its kind devoted to trial transportation demonstrations. A Saturday dedication will feature addresses by noted scientists, Aero Club of America representatives, and government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Aero Club of America
Capers Takes Oath as Interim Internal Revenue Commissioner
Washington on June 5 John G Capers of South Carolina was appointed ad interim Commissioner of Internal Revenue yesterday and took the oath of office today entering on his duties.
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Washington
John G. Capers
South Carolina
Internal Revenue
Jury Bargain Fails in De SAULT Case Before Judge Rosalsky
A New York jury faced with a prisoner charged in a de sault on a young girl tried to bargain for a lighter sentence. Judge Rosalsky rebuked the move, rejected any bargain, and ordered the jurors to return Monday. He warned that such conduct could undermine justice and immunity for perpetrators.
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Desault
Rosalsky
Hood
New York
Frederick Schonesland
Alleged Poor Box Thieves Caught in Baltimore
Baltimore police arrest a man and woman on charges of robbing Catholic church poor boxes in the city. Police say one man linked to the Church of the Immaculate Conceptum case in New York City may be involved. A pistol, tools, and a clipping about the New York case were found in the suspects' room. Names given as Louis C Morano and Mary Bow. They were remanded to jail for a hearing.
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Baltimore
New York City
New York
Louis C. Morano
Mary Bow
Appointments in the new 3d Regiment announced
Rochester June 5 Colonel William Wilson, commanding officer of the new 3d Regiment, releases appointments including Harry B. Chapt as battalion quartermaster and L. D. Collins as regimental quartermaster. George E. Gasper becomes regimental commissary captain, James W. Wilson battalion first lieutenant, with medical officers Dr. Chasier Oliver Green and Dr. F. A. Hi as assistant surgeons, among others.
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Rochester
William Wilson
3D Regiment
Harry B. Chapt
L. D. Collins
George E. Gasper
James W. Wilson
Chasier Oliver Green
Knell
F. A. Hi
Come H. Auburn
James R. Alles
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Wawbeek
Upper Saranac Lake
Adirondacks
J. Ben Hart
Ediromdacks
Elizabethtown
Orlando Kelloggs
Ry, & Son
Rops
Paul Smith
St. Regis Chain of Lakes
Pullmans
New York Central
New York Stock Exchange
Ing
Morley’s
Lake Pleasant
Harmplon
Ake
North Woods
Stevens
Lake Placid
Deeer’s Head Inn
Benjamin F. Stetson
Adirondack House
Indian Lake
Hamilton Co
Long Beach
N York
Beach
Saul Gundsy
Empire
Broadway
63D St
South Coast Hotel CO
W. Johnson Quinn
Point O’ Woods
Great South Beach
E. N. Billard
Shoreham Inn
Shoreham-On-Sound
L. I . Shore
Highlands
Otel Riccadonna
Ocean Parkway
Brighton Beach
Nassau St
Grand Hotel
Catskill Mountains
Ulster& Delaware R. R
J. F. Graves
28Th St
Grand Hotel Co
Highmount P. O
Rexmere
EB. Churchill
M. D
Churchill Park
Stamford
Bath
Miss Alexander
Sunset Park Inn
Haines Falls
Exquisite Image
West
58Th St
Churchill Hall
Greycourt
Hamilton
Ills
Earlington
Richfield Springs
Bo & An
Phar Baths
York
Beasts Rt
East 227Th St
GASHERIE _DE WITT
Alexandria Bay
RED Swan Inn
Warwick
Orange County
Delightful Town Garden
M. Bartlett
Care Bartlett Inn
Lakewood
N. J
Sharon Springs
Dureau
5Th Avenue Hotel
St. Lawrence River
L. A. Johnson
Real Estate & Builders’ Exchange
Broadway, N. Y
Leeds Company
Ocean Front
Traymore
Atlantic City
Traymore Hotel Co
D. S. White
Chase. Marquette
Rudolf
the Beach
Joel Hill
Harvey
Resington
D. C
Walter J. Buzby
Virginia Ave
N. R. Haines
Ocean End
Michigan Avenue
N. J. Bath
William R. Hood
Virginia
Benwich
Clarendon
Somerset Inn
Green Inn
Galile
Seabright
Monmouth Beach
Beeo
Bath Ave
M. Herman
Colonial Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove
M. P. Wiswell
Main Ave
S. Foster
Allaire, Direct Ocean Front
Spring Lake, N. J. Richardson
Alberts
Segoe
J. R. Albertson
North Jersey
Asbury Park
Ave
Asburk
Marlborough
Wi. J
Minot
J. Minot
Grand Avenue Hotel
John Hubbard
Aberdeen Psarnize
Third Ave
Ocean
JOHN R _WHYTE
Hotel Southern
First Avenue
A. H. Luck
Monmouth
Applegate
Asbury Library Square
Cook
Maryland
Fourth Ave
E. A. C Cropper
Ortley Inn
Squan Beach
Penna. R. R
Phila
C. H. van Gaasbeek
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
White Mountains
White Mts
Maplewood Hotel
Superior
Maplewood Cottage
Issu Gres
Leon H. Cilley
Mer
Poland
Madison
Waumbek Colony
Waumbek
Jefferson Waumbek
Starr King
Jefferson, N. H. White Mountains
A. J. Murphy
Connecticut
Edgewood Inn
Greenwich
the Sound
Conn
D. F. Simpson
D. Conn
Mana
Browne & Sperry
Uptown
Carden City Hotel
Garden City
J. J. Lan Min CO
Anhanset House
Manhanset Manor
Shelter Island
Union Square
Stuyvesant
J. J. Lannin Co
Grematan
Bronxville
L Lb
Manhattan Beach
J. P. Greaves
4Th Ave
Dr. Bingham
MR. Metz
Harris
South
Oliver
Water
James, Oak
Clinton
Cherry
Jacoby
Sr Croese
Charles D. Olendorf
Ak: Metz
Recorder Dancy
Bride
Cgcean
Watch Hill
Informat Ara
Feen Amplin
Harvey S. Denison
R. i
Stroudsburg Water Gap
Mount Ocono Cresco, Pocono Summit
Delaware Valley
Monroe
Pike
Lackawanna
Delaware River
Resort Bureau
H. Greenleaf
Fhoston
Commonwealth Ave
Granliden Hotse
Lake Sunapee
N. H
W. W. Brown
Granliden
Sunapee
Sinclair
Bethlehem
Maine
Cushing
Vermont
Green Hills
Fermont
Lake Champlain
Boston
Springfield
A. W .Clestone
Lake Bomoseen
Mound
Hydeville
Colonel Waring
Mr. Smith
Mets
J. B. Hammond
Paris Hotel
Jamestown Aero
MR. Capers
Glen Summit Springs
Highlands of Pennsylvania
Ade Gress
J. H. Murdick
Lehigh Valley
Massachusetts
Berkshire Bills
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Mass
Arthur W. Plumb
Aspinwall Berkshire Bills
LENOX
D. Seavey
Stockbridge, Mass
Red Lion Heaton Hal
Berkshiresr
Allen T_ Treadway
Ongacre
Green Mountains
H. B. Ellis
Castleton
Country Board
Groun
Sheepshead Bay
East 26Th
86Th
Sith Sts
6Th Ave
125Th St
Téth
T7th
Gist St
Ist Ave
7Th St
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