Queensboro Bridge Opens Amid Parade Fireworks and Cheers
Governor Hughes and dignitaries mark the Queensboro Bridge opening with a 30 000 member parade and a fireworks display. Tens of thousands of citizens celebrate under heat as floats honor history and progress while police and guardsmen showcase a grand civic pageant across Manhattan and Queens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Police Department
Max Schmittberger
Queens
Llugher
Roe
Squadron A
Curtiss Aeroplane Delivered For Aeronautic Society At Morris Park
The Curtiss built aeroplane for the Aeronautic Society arrived at Morris Park after late night delivery from Hammondsport. Demonstrations are planned amid Wright brothers patent threats. The craft features a 30 foot wingspan and auto balancing surfaces of Baldwin rubber-silk cloth with spruce woodwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Aeronautic Society
Morris Park
Curtiss
Wright Brothers
Curtiss Aeronautic Society
Wrights
Europe
Ohio
Westchester County
United States
Empire State
Metropolis
Baldwin
A. M. Herring
Ail Ma
Aero
Assault and Robbery Reported at Ridgewood Heights Home
Mrs. Madeleine Wittstock, about fifty, told Glendale police on Friday night she was assaulted in her Ridgewood Heights home at 102 Onderdonk avenue. A man asked to view the property, knocked her down, drugged her, and a $139 burglary followed. Frederick Beckhusen of 601 Linden street was arrested on suspicion but not identified by the victim. bail set at $1,000 for examination. Neighbors saw three men leaving the residence and a knife was found on Beckhusen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeleine Wittstock
Onderdonk Avenue
Ridgewood Heights
Glendale
German Hospital
Brooklyn
Frederick Beckhusen
Linden Street
Beckhusen
Peruna praised in old testimonials on kidney troubles
Five year kidney sufferers report cures after using Peruna. Cases from Alexander Morin of Newport Michigan and Maria Gungell Mayer Minnesota state recovery. C B Fizer Sterling Kentucky also credits Peruna after ten years of kidney and bladder issues with three months use.
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Alexander Morin
Box
Newport
Michigan
Maria Gungell. Mayer
Minn
C. B. Fizer
Sterling
Mystery deepens as Bersin case yields clues near East Side home
Detectives probe two men seen near Samuel Bersin’s home at 21 East 98th Street before his disappearance. A dismembered body of the Russian decorator was found. investigators search for associates, examine shops for paint clues, and confirm Bersin’s thrifty habits and missing jewelry. The body likely to be buried from the Morgue today.
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Samuel Bersin
Fast 98Th Street
Ida Schenker
East 98Th Street
Rose Kornbloom
Bersin
Schenker
Mrs. Kornbloom
William Balkin
Lower East Side
Solomon Bersin
Gum Merger Complete Brings Six Gum Giants Under One Roof
The Sen Sen Chiclet Company merger consolidates six large gum firms including T. B Dunn Company of Rochester and Frank H. Fleer Company of Philadelphia under Maine law with a capital of 6 700 000. Officers include T. B. Dunn as president and F H Fleer as chairman. A P Leighton mayor of Portland named vice president, with C R Somerville of London Ontario as second vice president. Flint & Co. announce plans for further public securities offering after strong private subscriptions.
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Sen Sen Chiclet Company
Maine
United States
Canada
T. B Dunn Company
Rochester
Frank H. Fleer Company
Philadelphia
C. R. Somerville
London
Ontario
After Dinner Gum Company
Grove Company
Salem
Ohio
George B. Curtis Company
Portland
T. B. Dunn
F. H. Fiver
A. P. Leighton
Oat Flint & Co
New York
American Chicle Company
Secret wedding sparks public license reveal in Newton
Miss Helen D Acosta and Robert M McAlpine traveled to Newton New Jersey to obtain a marriage license. The clerk Harvey S Hopkins disclosed it to outsiders causing Newark papers to publish the notice. They wed at Locust Villa Newton on Wednesday.
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New Jersey
Helen D’acosta
Robert M. McAlpine
Newton
N. J
Harvey S. Hopkins
Newark
D'Acosta
Mr. McAlpine
Locust Villa
D’ Acosta
Amsterdam Avenue
Kingston
Jamaica
Mount Sinai Hospital
McAlpine
New York
Miss D'Acosta
West Indies
Nanticoke Seen in Filibuster Scrutiny Near Edenton
Government probes possible filibuster linked to Castro Venezuelan affairs after the steamer Nanticoke, once of Franklin Virginia, changes hands at Elizabeth City. A second vessel, a dispatch tug, is believed tied to New York buyers and near Norfolk or North Carolina sounds.
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Edenton
N. C
Elizabeth City
Pamlico
Newbern
Washington
Venezuela
New York
Norfolk
Albemarle Sound
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Nanticoke
Albemarle Steam Navigation Company
Franklin, Va
Kates & Co
New York City
North Carolina Sounds
Plans for Seventh's Armory Enlarged by 7th Regiment
Robinson and Enust, architects for the trustees of the 7th Regiment, filed plans for enlarging the regimental armory on Park Avenue at 66th and 67th Streets. The existing mansard roof and central tower cupola will be removed to add a new fifth story, finished with a battle-mented cornice to match the design. Estimated cost is $200,000. Meanwhile Jenkins Hains announces more sea life stories after leaving his Bay Ridge home. his royalties are with his daughter Mollie placed with General and Mrs. Hains. Hains’s publishers have not capitalized on the notoriety from the William E. Annis case. his latest story was printed anonymously.
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Newtown
East
Queens
Brooklyn
Brooklyn League
Fourth Avenue Subway Association
Metz
Jenkins Hains
Bay Ridge
Mollie
General
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Vernor Hughes
Hughes
Dickinson
War Department
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Ahearn
Gresser
Coler
Queensboro Bridge
Queensboro
B.C
Sanitary
Beer Garden
Gambrinus
Coney Island
Long Island City
Road Way End Plaza
Treadwell
Henry
Monsignor Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ercises
Pheers
Taft
America
Thomas Rainey
Rainey
Blackwell's Island
Engineers
Miller
George Moore Smith
Appleton
Tth
John G. Eddy
National Guard
St. Bartholomew’s Cadets
St. Raphael's
Fifth Avenue
Bridge Plaza
Maude Payne
S6th Street
Flat Street
Bellevue
Frank Stalker
North Ith Street
St. John's Hospital
Edward Phillips
West 49H Street
Max Cohen
L. H. Goldstein
Flower Hospital
Ralph Pasquali
Boerum Street
4Th Street
Vernon Avenue
Patrick Sullivan
John MecGalli
Trafic
Vicce-Admiral Uriu
Uriu
Sherry
Milady
Niagara Falls
Curtiss Aeroplane
Peruna
Berlin
GUM
Broadway
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Pongee & Tussah
Dresden
Bretton Woods
Mts
White Mountain Limited
I'v
Grand Cr
New B & M
Mt Pleasant
Mt. Washington
North Carolina
Seventh’s
T. J. Hains
Regent St
Alter
Mark Cross
Boston
Summer Street
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Fox Hills
David
Wadsworth
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