Private sleuth aims at arresting gamblers at Polo Grounds
A theatrical publicist offered $100 to have bookmaker activity halted at a Yankees Tigers game. Neil, in plain clothes, refused the arrest plan, but a near-brawl erupted as Block and his party pressed the matter. Frank Farrell persuaded Block to drop the police report while spectators and gamblers faced removal.
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Tom
Neil
Polo Grounds
Fred Block
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Mr. Block
Quell
Ron Johnson
The
League
Ab Attell
O'Neil
Bewand
Abe” Attell
M. Block
Block
Mr. Glock
Oxell
Frank Farrell
Billy” Gilson
Garden Ath
Paxes Gambling Crusade at Polo Grounds
Morning news item outlines a gambling crusade centered on famed Polo Grounds. Scattered phrases mention Takeover efforts, weather remarks, and political figures with fragmented references to Yale, Taft, and New Haven. The garbled OCR yields uncertain details but suggests a broad sweep of legal, political, and social topics.
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Polo Grounds
Prino
Jadeeres
J. H. Dougherty
Baye Waldo
Alleves
Taft
Yale
Jersey City Commission
Milert
Gary
Belle Fox
New Haven
Courthouse Hitch, Maybe Corner Rooms in Round Structure
Justices seek corner rooms for the new county courthouse designed by Guy Lowell. They fear no corner rooms will result if the circus style building proceeds. The courthouse committee met yesterday and Justice Dugra said progress would be reported and a communication with the courthouse commission would follow.
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Supreme Court
Guy Lowell
Justices
Dugra
Teacher to Wed Former Student in Brooklyn Bride
Henry T. Weed head of science at Manual Training High School will marry Miss Ethel Hardine of Brooklyn on Monday June 1. The ceremony will be at New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles W. Filet officiating. The license was issued yesterday.
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Henry T. Weed
Manual Training High School
Ethel Hardine
Dean Street
Brooklyn
Frank ¥. Hardin
Weed
Hich
Mrs Sinclair Betrothed To Hugh Halliwell
Hype Kingston announces the betrothal of Mrs Upton Sinclair to Hugh Halliwell of Poughkeepsie at Woodstock artist colony in Wister County. The couple plan a fall marriage with a prenuptial honeymoon. Halliwell will inherit weekly sums from his late father’s will, increasing after marriage and with a first child. The couple met at Dr Sebler’s sanatorium amid nervous-treatment discussions. Families reportedly approve the engagement.
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Hype Kingston
Dune
Upton Sinclair
Hughbert Halliwell
Poughkeepsie
Woodstock
Wister County
Halliwell
G. W. Halliwell
Sebler
Waid Captures Burglar At Amos Pinchot Home
A burglar was seized at the home of Amos Pinchot after a maid confronted him in a closet on the third floor. The thief fled with silver and gold bric-a-brac while valuables were mostly in a vault. detectives and a plumber aided in the arrest, and a priceless Napoleon tea pot was among the loot.
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Amon It
Pinchot
Park Avenue
M. Bekhmeteff
Mme. Bakhmeteff
Willam Astor Chanter
Mat Agna Anderson
Kraft
Early Risers Rockefeller News Habits Told
John D Moenerrue and coachman describe Mr Rockefeller waking at dawn for New York morning papers. He scans editions eagerly after a brief walk and early breakfast, sometimes prompting the coachman to rouse marketmen at 5.20 am. He plans to return to Cleveland around June 23.
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John D. Moenerrue
New York
Ilman
Mr. Rockefeller
Qwaita
S Rockefeller
Cleveland
Apache Chiefs Caught in Canada linked to Staten Island arson
Two Parisian criminals escaped from Devil's Island were arrested in Montreal on charges of conspiring to rob and burn Jacques Dier’s home in Eltingville Staten Island. A wife of one suspect was jailed in Staten Island as a material witness. Extradition plans were set as District Attorney Fach leads the case with NYPD detectives investigating a wider ring of nine or more involved, including several women. The home robbery yielded rings necklaces and cash totaling over four thousand dollars with a blaze deemed incendiary.
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Devil's Island
Montreal
Albert C. Fach
Richmond County
Staten Island
Jacques Dior
Eltingville
Staten Islad
Marsh
Stapleton Court
Louis Bouvy
Atlas Louis le Sauvage
the Savage
Armand Fauchon Toth
Paris
Parifans
Dier
Fach
New York
Jeanne Rinise
Rue Bally
France
Wafe
Souvy
Brussels
Blaise
Dietsch and
Nicolay
Rue Ballu
Ufe
Fauchom
Albert Pleuchot
Pier
Pleuchot
Justce
le Grand Louis
Louis le Nemois
Gustave le Liegeois
Marie Louis
Eva Fauchom
Ernest Fauchom
Huguenot
Pleuchots
Little Hollow
Skunk
Watrous shoots intruder in Watrous home burglary
Harry Watrous New York artist shot Frank Cardinal during a burglary at the Watrous summer home in Glens Falls. Cardinal died at Ticonderoga Hospital. Joseph Cardinal was captured later. Frank Cardinal claimed no harm intended. Harold St Gaudens, grandson of Augustus St Gaudens, died from poison tablets found in a Windsor summer home bureau drawer.
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Hague
Lake George
N.Y
Harry Wo Watrous
New York
Frank Cardin
Hudson Falla
Watrous
Cardinal
Ticonderoga Hospital
Tr Glens
Mr. Watrous
Watroi
Watrour
Joseph Cardinal
Silver Bay
Bolton
Warren County
Cardinal Brothers
Frank Cardinal
Harry Wilson Watrous
National Academy of Design
ISS
West Sith Street
Manhattan
Clark Iprite
National Academy of de
Homer St. Gaudens
Manitoba
Big Tim Sullivan Heads to Torquay for Seaside Stay
London reports that “Big Tim” Sullivan and his party traveled to the Imperial Hotel in Torquay from Plymouth yesterday and plan to stay several weeks. The newspaper notes the sea air and promenades along the front as the stay begins today with Sullivan’s brother Patrick, Edward M. Overton, and Charles Herriman remaining, while Dr Kennedy departed for London to consult a specialist.
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London
Big Tim" Sullivan
Imperial Hotel
Torquay
Plymouth
Big Tim
Patrick Sullivan
Edward M. Overton
Charles Herriman
Big
Dr. Kennedy
Secretary McAdoo's son denied license in Baltimore
Miss Ethel Emerson and Francis H. McAdoo sought a marriage license in Towson after failing in Baltimore City. The couple, from Brookland Wood, faced refusal despite high social connections, as the ceremony was planned for Baltimore County next Saturday.
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Baltimore
Baltimore County
Ethel McCorm
Isaac K. Emerson
Francis H. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Towson
Brookland Wood
Emersons
Heer
Lcense
Heat Prostrations Hit 22 as Mercury Soars Across Cities
The heat wave across the Midwest and East left 22 people prostrated in the metropolitan area as temperatures neared 100. Newark reports a victim, James Kelly, 61, who died after a street prostration. Chicago and Philadelphia record deadly heat days with multiple deaths and hospital cases. The Weather Bureau calls for more scorcher conditions today.
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Central Park
Weather Bureau
New York
Chicago
Haltuimore
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Omaha
St. Joseph
Edmonton
Alberta
Sam
James Kelly
St. Nicholas Hospital
Newark
Cincinnati
Tammany Teeth Show in Open Session as Sulzer Clash Escalates
Albany dispatch reports Tammany Hall immediately attacked Governor Sulzer after the extraordinary session opened. Senators Wagner and Levy accused him of corrupt bargains tied to the direct primary bill. Brown called the message a fog of words while urging support for a state wide direct primary plan. The plan aims for a vote by June 24 with limited obstruction from the Cohalan case.
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Elon R. Brown
Tammany
Prom
Tribu
Albany
Sulzer
Patrick B. McCabe
Murphy
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Aaron J. Levy
Wagner
Fossip
Emersons
Peckham
Cohalan
Assembly
Elon K. Brown
Brown
United States
Martine
New Jersey
Vardaman
Mississippi
Healy
Westchester
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