Seaside Park Plan Backed to Buy Dreamland Property
Alderman Drescher leads a push to create a city beach and oceanside park by purchasing the Dreamland land beside Coney Island. The plan seeks to reclaim adjoining shore, extend the beach toward Brighton Beach, and connect toward Manhattan, funding pending Board of Aldermen approval and possible condemnation of Dreamland.
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Record Heat Harms Rails and Raises Death Toll
Heat wave across the central states keeps climbing with 104 in Kansas City and 94 degree streak in Oklahoma City. Rail lines buckled in Council Bluffs while St Louis reports two heat deaths and school dismissals amid scorching conditions.
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Girl Looms as Suicidal in Street Miss Ross of Brooklyn
Miss Ross a twenty three year old from Breeatin attempted to take her life in front of a shop on a Brooklyn street. Police and Dr Grant aided her revival after she swallowed poison and lay beside a bottle at the scene. Adele Deleys, her sister, said Ross had invested $2000 from her father’s estate in Wall Street ventures and then lost it.
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Womans $21 Million Demand Sparks Police Invasion
A seven year old article describes a disturbance at Police Headquarters when Mrs Theodore Heldane demanded Detective Armstrong return $21 million she claimed he took in April. She forced entry into the Detective Bureau and was later removed after argument and a technical charge of disorderly conduct. An ambulance was summoned but she was not hospitalized until she was observed at Bellevue Hospital. She demanded funds from Corn Uxelange Bank and claimed to have been previously committed to Bellevue.
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New York
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Corn Uxelange Bank
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Wireless men seek bail after Tombs detention
Writs of error were granted yesterday by Judge Lacombe in the United States Court of Appeals for five prisoners of the Wireless Telegraph Company. The men, convicted May 2, 1912, face appeals and possible release on bail while their cases are reviewed. Arthur M. King, counsel for Wilson, will pursue the restitution of bail for the defendants, opposed by Henry A. Wise, United States attorney, who claimed the men might leave the jurisdiction if freed.
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Arthur M. King
Wilson
Henry A. Wise
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Stover on Tour of Parks Finds Few Drunks and More Spooners
A garbled report from a city park inspection notes observers saying there are very few drunks while many spooners frequent benches. The park commissioner and a constable discuss bench removals and tram guidance amid tension over conditions and enforcement.
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Realty broker in jail after acquittal in assault case
Atlantic City reports Dawns real estate broker of the Chelsea section, said to be worth over 60,000, jailed after being acquitted on two charges of assault and battery by his wife. The trial occurred at May's Landing with testimonies from the couple's two small children. Upon return home his wife claims he evicted her, and neighbors describe a break in as officers arrested him. A public tense scene followed as residents gathered outside the home.
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Two Convicts Drowned in River at Sing Sing Prison
At Sing Sing a young convict named Sinclair and fellow inmate Guano drowned after a struggle in the Trudeon River. Guano jumped in first and sank, Sinclair then leaped after him and grappled with Guano before both went under. Guards attempted to intervene as currents swept others away. bodies recovered later.
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Romance Shatters as Philadelphia Woman Divorces
Ida Mildred French Graff of Philadelphia files for divorce from Captain Horace Mortimes Graff of New York after nine years together begun in Atlantic City. Desertion cited. notice describes elopement rumors, a telegram, and Mrs. Graff living with grandmother Mrs. Louis French in Philadelphia.
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Wives From Scotland Arrive to Join Husbands in Far West
A fragment reports large groups of Scottish wives landing as vanguard to join husbands heading to the Far West. It notes arrivals from Glasgow and estimates about five hundred women en route toward Minnesota and the Canadian Prairies, with others traveling to Manitoba and Alberta. The text reflects a broader Westward movement of families and unsure faces among the crowds.
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Governor Wilson Hearings on Primary Reform Move
Long Jersey hearings mark the day as Governor Wilson weighs measures to curb party machines. In Trenton, attention centers on a primary bill reducing county committee elections to every two years. Michael J. Fagan defends the measure as party-harmony reform. opposition grows from northern counties. In Monmouth, a separate probate ruling affirms John Wilson, a long-time servant, as heir to Mrs. Sarah Hendrickson’s estate, despite challenges alleging weakness in mind. The decision validates the 1910 deed transferring property and cash loans to Wilson and heirs.
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Murder at Consolidated Gas building linked to city case
Police shift view in a death case after Papriensoven, found unconscious in front of the Consolidated Gas Company powerhouse on Went 35th street, dies two days later. Information from Thomas Jover led investigators to suspect homicide. Timothy Curtis, tied to the Gopher gang and in Jersey City custody, admits striking the watchman. District Attorney Whitman to seek homicide charges.
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Missing $40,000 from Tunes Oklahoma bank safe
In Plainfield South Dakota a cafe associated with Farmers State Bank of Tunes Oklahoma reports a mysterious disappearance of about $40,000. The Manganese Steel Safe Company opened the safe at their plant after a failed combination, revealing only dimes and papers instead of expected cash. Bank officials and local plant workers are investigating the loss.
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