Fire destroys Bronx moving picture factory and homes
A fire at Powers Moving Picture Manufacturing Company near Richardson avenue and Dust street in the Bronx destroyed a two story building and a neighbor’s house. About 145000 in damage followed a film fuse ignition with 20,000 feet of film dramatized and 400 feet raw. Firefighters from multiple engines contained the fire as actors and crew fled in evening clothes.
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Gerge Lench
Bronx
Can Pine
Powers Moving Picture Manufacturing Company
Richardson Avenue
Dust Street
Pan Ro Heddrick
Ethel
Patrick A. Powers
Eh Wight
Kenton
Creat Jones Street
William H. Finger
Ene Fine Company 62
Hsowy
Leach
Moving Picture Machine
PW. Evans
Concern
Vera Smair
Pirines
Tane
Firean Stubing
Engine Company 45
Municipal
Umpires His Last Game Before Death Sentence
Carma City Nevada June 1899 an elderly former baseball star under a death sentence for murder acted yesterday as umpire in a likely final game at the penitentiary. He watched the game crack of bat and catcher's thud then appealed to the warden to umpire one more. His request was granted with no formal challenge recorded. The article notes many changes in the game over years and mentions Angostura Bitters as an advertisement aside.
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Carma City
Nev
de Patrick
Carney
Vanes
AMS
Hall
Civil War Series To Revisit Shiloh Battle
The Sunday Tribune continues its Civil War Series with an in depth look at the battle of Shiloh Pittsburg Landing described as one of the war’s most stubbornly fought actions. Read about it in next Sunday's Tribune.
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Sunday Tribune
Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
Tribune
John Bigelow Ill at Home in Highland Falls
The 93 year old author and former Minister to France John Bigelow lies seriously ill at The Squirrels in Highland Falls New York. Dr Milton Powell of New York City attends and reports no clear prognosis as Bigelow recently returned from abroad and spent Memorial Day in relatively good health. Family members including Poultney Bigelow, Major John Bigelow, Miss Rigelow and Mrs Annie Bigelow Harding are at his bedside.
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N.Y
John Bigelow
France
The
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Milton Powell
New York City
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York Public Library
Taft
New York
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Miss Bigelow
Poultney Bigelow
Major John Bigelow
Miss Rigelow
Mre
Annie Bigelow Harding
Miss Harding
Mr. Bigelow
Highland Falls House
Grice Tracy
Thomasook
Florists Seek Court Injunction Over Airships Over Waltham
Florists in Boston and nearby communities plan to ask the courts for an injunction to stop airships from flying over their property at Aviation Park in Waltham this month. They warn a fall could crush greenhouses and ruin valuable plants, raising questions about whether a landowner can control airspace over their land. The injunction would not halt the event but could alter flight paths.
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Boston
Merce
Brothers
Norfats
Aviation Park
Waltham
Elain
Pieree
Dying From Dog Bite Drive Death Threat Over Suit
In Poughkeepsie New York Mrs Esther Haight twenty five year old widow attacked by a vicious bulldog eight months ago in Rust Fishkill is dying from shock attributed to the dog bite. She sues Maurice Minton a Tammany politician for fifteen thousand dollars in damages with trial set this week before Justice Morschauser in Supreme Court. Frank Reekert of Matteawan appointed to visit and take her testimony amid her declining condition. The physician has no hope of recovery.
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Dunefe
Esther Haight
Rust Fishkill
Hatght
Maurice KF. Minton
Automobile Crash Near Livingston Injures Heckman
Irance June at rasingeton Feorkman of New York and Providente ely injured in an automobile dent near Livingston today. An auto with his wife overturned when the chauffeur swerved to avoid a workman staggering across the road. The workman was killed. Mr Heckman suffered fracture of an arm and severe contusions. The chauffeur and the other occupant were not hurt. Mr Fleickman was taken to Parks, Inter to the American hospital at Neuilly.
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Rasingeton Feorkman
New York
Heckman
Mien
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Parks
Inter
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Search for Canadian Miner’s Wife Ends in Toronto
Detectives Campamenost and Vezots seek Mrs Margaret Dubois wife of Francois Dubois a copper miner from Toreupine Ontario. They traced their movements from Porcupine to New York Toronto and Copenhagen with Trunks and a $500 carry on the train. The missing woman, about 25, last seen in a dark raincoat and white straw hat, is believed homesick for Copenhagen.
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Vezots
Margaret Dubois
Francois Dubois
Toreupine
Ontario
Porcupine
New York
Cale
Te Tonto
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Nubois
Toronta
Taranto Podes
Tarente
Arma
Pattee
Toronto
Toronto Polies
Grand Central Station
Evoluck
Aout
Mr. Dubois
Abingdon
Abingdon Square
Dro O
Copenhagen
Chicago
Margaret
Polo Ponies Must Sail On Saturday
Heavy rain drenched Hempstead and postponed the second match in the international polo series. The delay threatens bond deadlines with Adams Express and customs, complicating shipping of the English ponies as the team faces possible forfeiture and more red tape.
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Adams Express Company
England
Jxeill
Washington
Express
Divorce suit filed by Denver banker’s former wife
Janet John W Springer, a Denver banker, sues for divorce revealing a hidden suit filed last week while Springer has departed for Europe. The case touches on alimony discussions and links to a recent Frown Hotel barroom killing in St Louis and tie to a New York dealer.
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John W. Springer
Continenta Pany
Jias
Hisabelle Springer
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Broadway Theatre
Henwood
Train Chases Tiny Girl Amid Wild Rail Chase
A horse with a child in a buggy ran along railway tracks as a speeding train pursued the vehicle between Melrose stations. Spectators watched as the buggy tipped and a girl clung to a seat edge while witnesses described a dangerous scene with a broken arm reported and late arrivals at a bridge over the line.
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Lane Adele
Albert Braphy
Foster Street
Melrote
Botton BC
Lugey
Melrose
Mabel Farnima
Thors Aris
Preachers on Fire Engine Cause Fatal Accident
A fire engine carrying a group of thirteen preachers overturned, killing one man and seriously injuring another as the vehicle skidded amid chaotic scenes. Authorities say the injured may die from critical wounds sustained during the mishap.
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Pal
Roy Rill
New Cunarder Laid First Keel Plate At Clydebank Yard
An important stage in constructing the mammoth Cunarder Aquitania was reached as the ceremony laid the first keel plate at Brown's yard in Clydebank near Glasgow. The vessel’s exact dimensions are not yet official, but she is expected to be Britain’s largest boat.
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Fire scare at Luna Park sparks near disaster
A small blaze in a tool house outside Luna Park alarmed as crowds gathered. Patrolman Harley alerted engines arrived, Luna Park fire brigade used private hose to extinguish flames with slight damage. Police held back several hundred onlookers as windswept Coney Island mourned Dreamland’s tragedy.
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Dreamland
Harley
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Maynadier Named Park Superintendent By Stover
Gustavus Ro Maynadier, federal soil expert who completed a soil survey of Central Park, is selected as Superintendent of Parks by Park Commissioner Stover. The appointment, to take effect after tasks by Hilty are finished, will place Maynadier in charge within about sixty days.
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Gustavus Ro Maynadier
Central Park
Maynadier
Hilty
Stover
York County
Penn
Boston Woman Directs Tombstone Record of Birth Hidden
Miss Violette of Nov i Massachusetts avenues died May 28. In her will she forbids any note of age birthplace or death place on her tomb or monument. Executor to spend up to 50 for a Forest Hill Cemetery marker and allow only her two sisters to attend her funeral. Sisters inherit $0 and deputies.
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Forest Hil
Millionaire's wife says she did washing in case
A millionaire's wife testifies that she performed household chores including washing while defending herself in court. She recalls an incident where she claims a gift slipper was used in a dispute. The testimony centers on domestic duties and an altercation within the home.
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Steger Suit Seeks Separate Maintenance After Wealth Grows
Mrs Louise R Steger sues John V Steger in Circuit Court for separate maintenance alleging marital cruelties and neglect as he focused on wealth. She claims he earned millions, limited her funds, did family washing, and subjected her to insults and abuse including water from a pitcher and a slap. The couple married in 1873 and had seven children with eleven grandchildren living.
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Tribune
Chicago
Louise R. Steger
John V. Steger
Steger & Sons
A.S. Trude
Steger
Windermere
Jalsa
Europe
Hin Tenis
Jon
Pluintisé
Winedermere
Marie Northen
Ant
Steger Ruttding
B R T AND INTERBORO MEET IN WARM DEBATE
A City Club subway debate featured Brooklyns B R T president Colonel Williams and Interboroughs James J Quackenbush. They clashed over Broadway outlet plans, city financing, and a unified single fare as both sides argued for private capital to expand service.
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Brooktyn Repl Transit Company
James J. Queekenbesh
Interborough
City Club
Colonel Williams
Thesodore P. Shanta
Inter- Borough
Shants
Transit Committee
Board of Estimate
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