Turbine Cunarders Herald Britain Regaining Ocean Supremacy
London reports the Cunard Line Lusitania is under construction at Clydebank with turbine engines to target 25 knots, signaling a bold shift from reciprocating systems. Admiralty backing and imperial aims drive a massive, costly project to restore British dominance in transatlantic shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty Orces
Clydebank
Admiralty
Cunard Line
Chamberlain
South Africa
Germany
Brunel
Drake
Old
England
Britain i
Brighton
Dieppe
Sidere
Calais
Dover
Neptune Bank
Adrity
Cunard
Arundel
New York
Clyde
Complains of Congress Report Highlights Labor Grievances
Samuel Gompers reports on pending congressional action and labor issues. He cites the Eight Hour bill delay, judicial subterfuge on injunctions, pilotage abolition efforts, and a bill of grievances to Roosevelt. He condemns police brutality in Porto Rico and notes promises of investigation with more affidavits to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Congress
Committee On Labor of the
House
Judiciary Committee of the
Littlefield
Maine
Gompers
Roosevelt
Frye
Cannon
House of Representatives
Idaho
Colorado
Moyer, Heywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Porto Rico
Boy Found Tied to Railroad Tracks in New York
Benjamin Stott a ten year old boy was found exhausted and nearly unconscious tied to the rails between Fort Edward and Sandy Hill. A track walker freed him just before a train passed. He said two young men seized him and lashed him to the track and then fled. Police search for the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls
N. Y
Benjamin Stott
Delaware & Hudson
Fort Edward
Sandy Hill
Two Wrecks in Gale Reported Along Newfoundland Coast
On June 18 St Johns Newfoundland schooner Camena with forty five fishermen and Ocean Queen with thirteen aboard were driven ashore on the north coast and crews escaped. Wreckage from Dauntless found and feared sunk with all hands. Two other schooners driven seaward Saturday unreported. Heavy damage to fishing property along the seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
N. F
Camena
Dauntless
Car Kills Nurse In Harlem Street Collision
Catherine Hooks, a nurse from Lying-In-Hospital, was killed when a surface car struck her at 18th Street and Third Avenue. Her companion Mary Gordon was injured as the motorman Martin Kelley and conductor Albert Davis were arrested on homicide charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Hooks
Second Avenue
18Th Street
Third Avenue
Mary Gordon
Martin Kelley
Albert Davis
East 224 Street
Harlem
Miss Hooks
19Th Street
Miss Gordon
Ethics of Allied Professions Debate At New York College
Dr Leonard Wilcox warned that modern medical students lack practical training and become therapeutic nihilists. He argued for stronger focus on therapeutics and drug applications in schools and cautioned against reliance on proprietary medicines. Dr F E Stewart urged elimination of patent medicines and highlighted the American Pharmacologic Society as a bridge between medicine and pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York College of Pharmacy
Leonard Wilcox
Wilcox
Stewart
Black Hand gang shoots Italian in Heilwood robbery
One man is dead and another dying after a Black Hand style attack by three Italians near Heilwood Indiana County. Giuseppe Castino, a well known Italian, shot at the assailants wounding two. the third fled and is being sought by authorities. No identities found on the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Indiana
Penn
Heilwood
Here
Giuseppe Castino
Castino
Sunday Ruffians Fined for Subway Disorder
Police arrested numerous disorderly youths returning from Bronx Park and Fort George. Magistrate Mayo fined Fred Peiffer William Ferrier Milford Settle and George Clark ten dollars each. William Mayer Lazarus Goodman and Abram Shilkowski were fined ten dollars, and Thomas Gearns of 612 East 138th Street was locked up for default of a ten dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Park
Fort George
Mayo
Fred Peiffer
William Ferrier
Milford Settle
George Clark
William Mayer
Lazarus Goodman
Abram Shilkowski
Third Avenue
Thomas Gearns
East 138Th Street
Cape Cod Canal Finance Secured And Substructure Planned
Promoters announce Belmont syndicate and Lee Higginson and Co have arranged financing for the Cape Cod Canal project. William Barclay Parsons, famed for building the New York subway, will supervise construction. Railroads have withdrawn opposition. canal will be sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
New York and Boston Cape Cod Canal
Belmont Syndicate
New York
Lee, Higginson & Co
William Barclay Parsons
Buffalo & Lackawanna Traction Company Formed
Incorporation papers for a new electric street car line in Buffalo were filed in the County Clerk's office. Capital is set at 1,000,000 and the trackage will be entirely within Buffalo city limits. Directors include Joseph B. Mayer and Willam F. Sheehan of New York. Charles H. Werner. Marshall J. Dodge. J Calisch. John F. Burke. Charles V. Nellany. Ashley T. Cole. Oscar F. Georgi, all of Buffalo or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Buffalo
Buffalo & Lackawanna Traction Company
Mmite
Joseph B. Mayer
New York
Willam F. Sheehan
Charles H. Werner
Marshall J. Dodge
J. ©. Calisch
John F. Burke
Charles V. Nellany
Ashley T. Cole
Oscar F. Georgi
New Yorkers Buy Nashville and Huntsville Railroad Project
Nashville capitalists have purchased the Nashville and Huntsville Railroad from J. H. Connor and associates. The line will connect Nashville with the Birmingham district and Pensacola. T. M. Steger of Nashville is elected president. Purchasers aim to finish the line into Nashville within fourteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville & Huntsville
J. H. Connor
New York
Nashville
Birmingham
Pensacola
T. M. Steger
Ruffians Throw Woman From Car in Brooklyn Attack
Eugene Huber of 150 Knickerbocker Ave Williamsburg arraigned for disorderly conduct and sought on assault charges. Charles Boss of 160 Wyckoff Ave and his wife were assaulted when a dozen assailants crowded their car at Wyckoff and Myrtle. Both suffered scalp wounds and Mrs Boss concussion. Huber held on $300 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Huber
Knickerbocker Avenue
Williamsburg
Charles Boss
Wyckoff Avenue
May Musical Festival Receipts and Expenses Reported
Cincinnati June 18 At a May Musical Festival Association stockholders meeting a report shows the seventeenth biennial festival receipts of 43 700 17 against 55 9074 in 1904 and 3 71279 in 1992. Expenses totaled 39 066, main chorus cost 5 28094 with 1 020 contributed by stockholders, orchestra cost 311 023 06. Treasurer notes cash balance 1 793 98 after debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cincinnati
May Musical Festival Association
Car Collision Kills Horse in Bayshore Runabout Damaged
In Bayshore on June 18 a touring car owned by Oliver R. Oakley and a carriage with Joel Smith collided before the R Wilson place in West Islip. The horse was killed and the runabout wrecked. Oakley said the accident came from Smith driving on the wrong side of the road and the car sustained slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayshore
Long Island
Oliver R. Oakley
Joel Smith
R. ©. Wilson
West Islip
Oakley Bays
Smith
Association Crippled by Thefts Winds Up Manchester Loan
Paterson June 18. Due to peculations by ex Mayor William H Belcher and George W Allee the directors of the Manchester Building and Loan Association vote to wind up affairs. A special stockholders meeting is set for June 29 with Belcher as counsel and Allee as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Paterson
William H. Belcher
George W. Allee
The
Manchester Building and Loan Association
Belcher
Allee
Erratic OCR of 1900s financial records listing multiple names
Fragmentary ledger style notice lists Alden Spears Sons, Magers, Freifeld, Monroe Bank, and others with scattered dates and numbers. The garbled text mentions trust actions, executors, and company names tied to a 1904–1994 era sequence, lacking coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Spear's Sons Company
F. Cc. Magers
Tratsted, Goenaal Oe
Cohenstal
Dauch
George—S. Levine
Dreamland
New York
Edison
Soert
Freifeld
Henry
Monroe Bank
Clemons Et al
Manhattan Way
Interborough Rapid
Silverman
Arthur E
G. Wettie
Wittner
Joseph
Strickland
Jay
G. H. Keck
Suit for receiver for De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co
Henry Snyder of New York files in the federal Circuit Court a suit for a receiver against Abraham Schwartz alias Abraham White his wife Cora Teresa White De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company and American De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company seeking an injunction to prevent encumbrance or transfer of company assets Snyder says he owns 27 000 shares at par 10 and alleges Schwartz converted stock to himself renaming to White to hide transfers from creditors and stockholders asserting losses over 1 004 000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
St. Louis
de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Federal Circuit
Henry Snyder
New York
Abraham Schwartz
Abraham White
Cora Teresa White
American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Schwartz
American de Forest Cmpany
Snyder
White
de Verest
Foreclosure and specific performance cases in New York notices
An item lists foreclosure of mortgage against Samuel Rosenfeld et al at 250.10 ft south of Rivington Street with attorneys Manheim & Manheim. Also shows specific performance action by Isaac Ruth against YF 1 A. Downes and other related notices amid addresses on Neer Senge Pare and Gate Avenue with various plaintiffs and defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk St
W. S
Rivington St
Golde & Cohen
Madison Avenue House Sold and Related NYC Property Deals
Mrs. Lillian B. Hyde bought the four story Madison avenue dwelling at the southwest corner of 40th Street for 230000 from the Donovan estate. Other actions include leasing the Park Row and William Street buildings for Bernard Reich to Max Kleinfeld, remodel plans for the Hotel Woodstock costing about 10000, and numerous mortgage and development notices across Manhattan including Riverside Drive, Amsterdam Avenue, and East 7th Street deals with multiple firms and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian B. Hyde
Donovan
Madison Ave
40Th St
Woodstock
West 43d St
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
D. E. Wald
William R
lWist St
Frank E. Wallis
Knap & Co
Thomas J. Meehan
I. J. Moyer
Amsterdam Ave
Evening Post to Move to New Vesey Street Home
The Evening Post plans a new thirteen story building on Vesey Street with two sublevels, designed by Robert D. Kohn. Eidnitz & Son handle construction as the white and green exterior takes shape with a copper mansard roof and large dormer windows to bring extra light to the top floor. The paper will occupy the top four floors and portions of the base, with a twelfth floor featuring a large lunchroom kitchen and a long rooftop smoking room, plus updated toilets and showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Post
Vesey Street
Robert D. Kohn
Eidnitz & Son
Fifth Avenue
George Kuhn Buys 55 Lots From Smyth Estate
George Kuhn via Arnold & Byrne purchases fifty five parcels from the Philip A. Smyth estate at Unionport located on Avenue A and Westchester Creek. He plans to bulkhead the property and construct docks along the waterfront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kuhn
Arnold & Byrne
Philip A. Smyth
Unionport
Avenue A
4Th Sts
Westchester Creek
Mr. Kuhn
New Loft Building Planned for Fifth Avenue
Plans filed with Superintendent Murphy detail a six story loft and store building for Eliza A. Thorne at 375 Fifth Ave. The iron and glass facade with limestone trim spans 246 feet by 90 feet, costs 30000 dollars, and has been leased by Nathan Sobel. Architects Schwartz and Gross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Eliza A. Thorne
5Th Ave
Nathan Sobel
Schwartz & Gross
Weidenfeld Buys Francis P. Underhill Property at Oyster Bay
Camille Weidenfeld purchased the Francis P. Underhill property on Long Island near Sagamore Hill. The twelve acre site lies midway between Oyster Bay village and President Roosevelt’s home with about a thousand feet of bay frontage. Reported price is around $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis P. Underhill
Oyster Bay
Long Island
President Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Camille Weidenfeld
Realty Transactions Highlight Major NYC Buildings Change Hands
Multiple property trades across Manhattan and surrounding areas are reported. L. N. Morgenstern purchases a five story flathouse at 2d Ave and 90th St. various sellers convey five to seven story tenement houses, double flats, and elevator buildings on West 138th St, East 110th St, East 8th St, West 67th St, and other blocks to numerous buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Morgenstern
C. Wissmann
2D Ave
A. M. Kirtland
Sarah Blauvelt
East 121St St
Dessauer & Werdenschlag
M. Frande
West 6Th St
BH. V. Pesecia & Co
Daniel W. Harrett
Sullivan St
D. Brokaw
M. Corday
4Th St
Samuel J. Redbiech
James Brann
Lexingon Ave
Alexander Lambert
Iuyclaim & Co
H. Reubenstone
West 136Th St
Hudson View
West 138Th St
Unterberg
East 110Th St
Max Mittenthal
Fast
89Th St
East 8Th St
F. Dornberger
Frank G. Weiss
East 8d
James J. Etchingham
Henry Wittenberg
West 67Th St
Joseph F. Feist
John Vogel
West Sth St
Max Marx
Arnold & Byrne
Frederick Levy
7Th Ave
Pocher & Co
West Éist St
Louisa Wagner
Samuel Baumgarten
Ritvington St
Suffolk St
Towenstein, Papae & Co
A. Priedman
Ave
Wwater Teomnex Ea
Willare ‘O
S Rosenberg
West 17Th St
S$ RB. Goodale & Son
Patrick Devine
Lind Ave
166Th St
Auction Sales Today At 14 Vesey Street And Nearby
Auction notices list properties in Manhattan and nearby districts including 14 Vesey Street by Joseph P Day and others. Parcels on 1813 Clinton Avenue and 4053 Park Avenue include two story dwellings with mortgage details and tax dues. A large five story brownstone at West End Avenue is listed with mortgage company agents and due amounts. A 26 acre tract near Spuyten Duyvil area along Spuyten Duyvil Parkway and surrounding streets is shown for partition with legal representatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesey St
Joseph P Day
Clinton Ave
Wos
160Th St
Park Ave
175Th St
Empire City Savings Bank Agt
R Sanderson
C W Dayton
Moses Feltenstein
West End
A_FE Daly
Terry
JF Jc
Spuyten Bove
Riverdale
Arlington
Johnson, Cambridge
Fairfield
Oxford and Netherland Aves
Spuyten Duyvil Parkway
Auction sales yesterday at Vesey and Kingsbridge
The listing reports multiple property auctions around Vesey Street Sedgwick Avenue and Kingsbridge Road. Figures include Sedgwick Avenue wares at 12,000 plus, Kingsbridge Road parcels sold to Maxwell Cromwell Wilson and others, with executors’ sales and balances noted for estates including Catharine A Skenmien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesey St
James L Wells
Sedgwick Ave
Kingsbridge Road
Naueheim
Kingsbridge Read
T Maxwell
George Cromwell
Kingsbridge
Catharine
Real Estate Transfers in Early New York Listings
Real estate transfers and mortgages listed for Madison Avenue, 120th Street, Orchard Street and nearby blocks. Transactions include Elijah Early to Louis Orwits, Mishkind Feinberg to Jerome Wilson, Morris Davis to Philip Goldberg with mortgage amounts of 46000 and 63000 dollars. Additional entries note property sizes and parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avelig Early
Louis Orwits
100Th St
Colum Nathan Loewy
Edward
Madison Ave
120Th St
Mine Realty Improvement Company
Mendicane A Eee
Seth St
Amsterdam
Mishkind-Feinberg Realty Company
Jerome Wilson
Orchard St
Morris Davis
Philip Goldberg
Mechanics' Liens and Property Details Listed
A series of mechanics liens and property notes filed across Manhattan streets list A The names include Max Litowich agent for Abraham C Weingarten and Paul Chopak owners, and Louis Reiner as owner and contractor. Addresses range from 147th Street to 125th Street with firms like Ross Lumber Company E H Ogden Lumber Company and Gotham Building and Contracting Company involved in numerous liens and subcontracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thicsabasta Vacans
Pleasant Ave
Louis Rockmore
Louis Reiner
N. Hutkoff & Co
Edward W. Farrell
Sexsmith & Houser
Econtractots
Ceetageenenen
Gotham Building and Contracting Company
Brown-Ketcham Iron Works
Sadaaeres
Aeen
Hyman Ginsberg
Avenue A
Ross Lumber
Bloomsburg Foundry and
Southern Boulevard
Jennings St
Jackson Brothers Agt
Hawthorne Building Company
George Brown
Satisfied mechanics’ liens listed with property addresses
Notices show liens settled for multiple properties including 1st Ave 289 John Reinhardt and 78th St 458 East Isaac Lustgart with dates in 1905 1906 and amounts around $700. Included names: Edward J Schevick James W Trimarco Hester Mott streets and Nicholas Mangiere et al with June 8 1906 reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reinhardt
Ast Menken
Isaac Lustgart
Edward J. Schevick
Oak St
James W Trimarco
Hester and Mott
N. W. Corner
Nicholas Mangiere
Building Loan Contracts and Property Details
The document lists loans and property descriptions including Mechanics and Traders' Realty with a $57,150 loan to Samuel D. Davis for a 100x120.5x irregular lot at the W corner of 6th St and West End Mn. It notes 140th St north of Broadway and 150 ft along Broadway of 75x90. Frank A. Barnaby Inc loans Hyams Realty Company for 35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivington St
Mitchelman
Morris Scherzer
Pertes
Julius Steinfeld
7Th St
Avenue B
Abraxém Grono
Senecan
Willy Sthave
S3d
James A Garland
Lloyd
Bryce
Johanna Schwartz
Ha A Cochrane
Eder
Rosalie H Lewinson
Mort
Gogo Fo
Varices Ketvedensseewenganns
Madison St
Joseph Sil
Avenue
David Lion
Morris Janos
Edmond Orchard
Dworsky
Israel
Shiachetzsk
6Th Ave
Corn Cohen
Esther Eisenberg
Edgecomb Ave
Albert i Hardy
Ysaac
Sha- Bath St
Mark Asterior
7Th
Witz
Solomon Mingelgreen
Rieser
David Rieser
Amsterdam Ave
Saul Columbus Ave
Thomas J
Morris Koslow
Verman
Samuel Kaufman
Wee Heaton
Kelly
Judson G Wells
Mort Oe
Piro
6Th St
West End
Samuel D. Davis
Bronx Building Plans for Dwellings and Factory Shares
The notice lists several Bronx properties with proposed constructions including two and a half story frame dwellings at 238th Street and Boston Road area, one to three story frame houses, tenement blocks, and a 40x50 factory. Owners include Swallow, Fass, De Pasquale, and Lynch, with architects Newell, Serviss, Graham, and others. The document cites parcel locations, sizes, and estimated costs totaling thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S
Sueh de Pasquale
Tech
Grand Ave
McGraw Ave
BE. K. Buller
J. R. Serviss
Alice M. Lynch
Thomas Graham
Bronx Terrace
Frigerating Company
American Exchange Realty
BBC Fe. N
Cassmike Reonn S. Miller
Judgments Filed Yesterday List of Debtors and Creditors
The page lists numerous judgments filed yesterday naming debtors and associated entities. Entries include Abell Allen B with New York Telephone Company and Rauhan Gustav E with Equitable Finance Company, plus many others such as Barnes & Tucker Company with W. H. Marshall and Yonkers and Nepperhan Realty Company with New Jersey Telephone Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abell
Allen B
New York Telephone Company
Rauhan
Gustav E
Equitable Finance Company
Mesebro
Harry J
J. J. Fine
E- Putter
Rubin—N. Hatseoff
Harber
Amzi L
W. W. Smith
Bogen
George W
J. E Strickland Et al
Barnes & Tucker Company
W. H. Marshall
Bottomley
Henry
City of
Charles
Same - Barvo
Joseph J
Same - Berger
Charles B
Same Bartsch
William-—Same Barker
William C. J. Ge Drude
Frederick—Game
Aessels
Edward Joyce Construction Company
R. Doughty
Elsenberg
Joseph—J. Bitas
Epstein
Leon—H. Levy
Fay
Richard—W. Herron
Farrer
John F
M. Baer
Furber
Charles W
Jacob
Holmes
George
Delos L. Birge
Baruch—Zion Wurst
Davis
Abraham T. W Miller
al Davis
Marietta M
City of New York
Lockwood
Mary A
George Bomb
Morse
Edward P
J. McCaldin
Mendel
Edwin M —F
Somers
McKnight
Frank H
Interborough Bank of New Toye
Olcott
Euphemia
Sheppard Knapp & Co
Potter
Edward K
New York Telephone Com
J. Volz
Mayan
Weill
Henry M
Manhattaning Company
Yonkers and Nepperhan Realty Company
New Jersey Telephone Company
Cape Cod furnished cottage for rent with view
On Cape Cod a furnished cottage offers seven rooms with hot water and fine bathing. Set among pines with charming views. Contact Miss Mary Bradley at 374 Marlboro Street Boston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Pines
Mary Bradley
Marlboro St
Boston
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lusitania
Paris
Deutschland
Campania
Liverpool
Mr. Gompers
Newfoundland
Dr. Wilcon
Cape Cod Canal
Boston Capital
Parsons
NEW Buffalo Traction Company
New Yorkers Bay
MAY Musical Festival Report
Association
DE Forest
Lis Pendens
Madison Avenue House
Ups
Park Row
Hotel Woodstock
the Evening Post
Fifth Ave
Transactions IN Realty
Bronx
N. Chase
Falls Village
Conn
R. FP. D
New Jersey
Tribune Oflon
Liberty Street
Trust & Banking
Manhattan
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Trust and Banking Dept
Philadelphia
Newark
Princeton
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
Winnipeg
Thompson-Starrett Company
Capital
Ferris & Smith
Manhattan Street
Cor
Old Broadway
City
Mt. Hope
Tremonts
Trolley
Harlem Row
Clay Ave
174Th St
Bath
Alabama
East Ith
West
J. J. Bagley
Fleeent
Remsen
Country Property
Bellmore
Fealy A
Virginia Stock Farm
Enced
H. W. Cay
Charlottesville
Knollwood Park
Wee
Westewestrn County
Fishers Island
End of Island
Montauk Point
Watch Hill
Black Plum Island
Connecticut
Chas
W. Gordon
Fisher's Island
Riverside
Cayuga Lake
Peler
Syracuse
A. S Bailey, Ballerstein Bldg
A. O'Donnell
Miller Bleak
L. B
Lee Ae South Shord
Supfolk County Readeast
William Hamilton
Sayville, Lk
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