Excursion Visits Camp at Peekskill State Camp
Special report on the Peekskill State Camp excursion with the 24 Battery firing on the range. Visitors arrive aboard the Taurus steamboat, a field gun salute, and competitions led by Major Wilson with Battery officers and local guards. Winners receive silver medals for yard dashes, wheelbarrow and sack races, and shot put. Notable visitors include Brigadier General George Moore Smith and Major Elmer F. Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peekskill State Camp
Peekskill
Roa Hook
David Wilson
Flanagan
George Rodman
Martin Casey
Solenal
B. Thurston
Binghamton
de Mateo
Bates
Gallagher
Weyman
Maxwell
Tindale
W. B. Morris
Company I
Cc. E. Beatus
Company
W. Stone
D. Waite
E. H. Powell
R. W. Taylor
P. McCahill
Hubsmith
George Moore Smith
Elmer F. Austin
Fifth Brigade
William L. Flannagan
International Mining Congress opens in Milwaukee with delegates
The third convention of the International Mining Congress opened at the Exposition Building Milwaukee gathering several hundred delegates from across North America including Alaska and Canada. President B F Montgomery outlined a plan for permanent organization and urged federal mining law revisions and a Department of Mines to elevate the industry. The session adjourned to continue the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
International Mining Congress
Exposition
Alaska
Canada
B. F. Montgomery
Colorado
Montgomery
Congress
Department of Mines and Mining
Department of Agriculture
International
Salt Lake
Department of the Interior
Disinherited Daughter Challenges Andy Horn Will
Louisa Horn, daughter of Andy Horn, seeks to overturn the will filed in Brooklyn Surrogate Court. The document leaves the estate to Horn’s widow for life with the remainder to five stepchildren. Louisa claims her father was insane. The widow, of 588 Clinton Street Brooklyn, offered the will for probate. About 100 008 was amassed, with around 60400 in cash in two trust companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Brooklyn
Andy” Horn
Park Row
Louisa Horn
Horn
Clinton St
Asphalt Contracts Awarded by Department of Highways
The Department of Highways finished tabulating bids for twenty seven asphalt contracts opened by Commissioner Fetting. National Asphalt Company is the lowest bidder for a major roadway. Asphalt Construction Company bids $9,2427 for the paving on One hundred twenty fifth Street from Third to Eighth Avenues, the lowest bid on that project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Highways
Fetting
National Asphalt Company
Avi
Scontat Ne Eee Ie i
Eighth Aves
Funeral of Annie Hussey Sees Children Gather for View
Funeral crowds gather near 71 West One Hundred Fourth Street to glimpse Annie Hussey an 11 year old drowned at Oscawana Island during a West Va Presbyterian day school picnic. Children dressed in white head to Mount Hope Cemetery as the service continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Manhattan Aves
Annie Hussey
Oscawana Island
West
A Presbyterian
Church of the T
Mount Hope Cemetery
Army Promotions Include Wheaton and Barry Elevations
President elevates General Lloyd Wheaton to brigadier general and major general of Volunteers, and Thomas H. Barry to lieutenant colonel in the regular establishment and brigadier general of Volunteers. Frederick Fuger retires from active service. Ascher E. Taylor becomes a major after serving in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
2Th Regular Infantry
Volunteers
Thomas H. Barry
Philippines
Frederick Fuger
4Th Artillery
Fort McHenry
Ascher E. Taylor
24 Artillery
Cuba
Loss of Half a Million in a Mine Fire at Pierce
A Star dispatch from Pierce reports Commonwealth Mining Company plant destroyed by fire. Mills hoist and shaft timbering total loss. Fire started from oil fuel. Loss pegged at 500000 dollars. Engineer saves men in shaft. English syndicate buyers negotiations underway. Experts had recently completed mine examination. Rumor says property valued at two million. Plant included German canon mills and fifty stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Star
Pierce, Ariz
Commonwealth Mining Company
Supreme Court action over AP news service for Denver Post
In Springfield on June 19 The Associated Press answered The Denver Post petition for a writ of mandamus to force AP to provide news service. AP argues it is an Illinois corporation with no obligation to operate outside the state and would need The Denver Times added as a party to any judgment, relying on its absence as a defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Denver Post
Illinois
Colorado
Post
Denver Times
the Times
Final decree in Oxford Bible case bans use of Oxford name
Judge Wheeler issued a final decree in the United States Circuit Court declaring the University of Oxford entitled to exclusive use of the designation Oxford or Oxford Bible and its coat of arms for Bible publications. Wilmore Andrews Publishing Company is enjoined from using the word Oxford in Bible titles not published by Oxford University. The decree provides that no damages, accounting, or costs will be awarded and that the decree is final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
United States Circuit Court
University of Oxford
Wilmore-Andrews Publishing Company
New York
Oxford
Oxford Bible
Five story corner building sale and major real estate listings
The northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty seventh Street sold for above $500,000 to Charles E. Johnson from H. R. Drew & Co for Margaret C. Bonnell. The Knickerbocker Trust Company occupies 234 Fifth Ave under a 1993 lease. Auction notices include 387 Brooklyn lots along Twenty first to Seventy ninth streets, and several specific properties in West Forty sixth Street, Amsterdam Avenue, Lenox Avenue, and Park Avenue among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth-ave
Twenty-seventh St
West
Twenty-seventh-st
Charles E. Johnson
H. R. Drew & Co
Margaret C. Bonnell
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Richard V. Harnett & Co
Twenty-first-ave
King’s Highway
Seventy-fifth
Seventy-sixth
Seventy-ninth Sts
Brooklyn
D. Phoenix Ingraham & Co
West Forty-sixth St
South Side
Sixthave
Continental Trust Company
City of New York
Harry S. Shephard
Curtis, Mallet
Prevost & Colt
Adrian H. Larkin
Union Ave
West Side
Philip A. Smyth
Lenox Ave
Seventh-St
John Vincent
John McKean
Maria T. Barry
Charles C. Sanders
Edmund J. Tinsdale
Strong & Ireland
West Fifty-fifth-st. South Side
Ninth Ave
Beasehol Juliet C. Cushing
Carrie E. Ames
Wells Snedeker
Sylvester L. H. Ward
Peter F. Meyer & Co
Amsterdam Ave
Edward Browne
Park Ave
New-York Life Insurance Company
John T. Gay
Edward E. McCall
John H. Judge
West End Ave
East Side
Ninety-fifth-st
William E. Finn
Samuel K. Higgins
Greenhall & Levy
James T. Madden
Clarence True
Doremus
West Eightieth St
Frank Sharrott
Perestein
Taylor
West Fiftieth St
Columbia College
Leo Hutter
Louis Lese
East Seventythird-st
Bleiman & Co
Julia Fitzpatrick
Perry
Kent-ave
Sumpter St
Bailic St
Healy & Reich
Nicholas Uribe
Edward L. Carey
St. Mark’s Ave
Fred M. Smith
FE. M. Bamber
Josephine Burling
Putnam-ave
William M. Ryan
Ludlow-st
Stanton St
Hugo Cohen
Brook-ave
J. C. Schraeder
William Kennelly
Twentythird St
Foreclosures and property listings in New York notices
The notice itemizes multiple foreclosure actions and property transfers including five story brick flats and four story stone front houses with values from 1,750 to 26,600. It lists parcels and lenders such as Philip A. Smyth and J. Phillips with addresses on West Forty-sixth Street through Broadway. It also notes an executor sale of several Lots on Kingsbridge Road and Grand Boulevard. A new Evangelical Lutheran Church project is filed by architect William A. Potter for a one story brick limestone church at Broadway Ninety third street for the Advent congregation led by Rev. Dr. G. F. Krotel, now meeting at West Side Republican Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Clark
Philip A. Smyth
Forty-sixth-st
Eighth-ave
Eighty-second-st
Central Park West
Peter F. Meyer & Co
One Hundred-And-Third-St
North Side
Park Eve
Lt. J. Phillips & Co
August Roesler
J. P. Dunn
F. W. Elder
Department of Buildings
William A. Potter
Broadway
Ninety-third-st
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent
G. F. Krotel
West Side
Republican Club
Bighty
Fourth-St
EME Court
County OF New
Mao
Peter F. Meyer
Borough of
Manhattan
City New York
West End
West End Avenue
Ninety-fifth Street
Ninety—fifth Street
New York
James Thomas Madden
Greenhall & Levy
Matintiff
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
95Th Street
Real Estate Transfers On 4th Street And Nearby Blocks
A string of real estate transfers lists properties on 4th Street and surrounding avenues. Names include Caroline Kullman, James C Reilly, Nellie A Cow Boy, Henry Hart, Walter L. Johnson, Maria Lukach, Maria Murray, Jacob Fischel, Julius Fishman, and others. Amounts shown include 11,000 10,000 and 12,000 with various parcel sizes and recipients such as the New York Polyclinic Medical School and PLOMD IAG, and multiple transfers involving executors and referees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S4th
Caroline Kullman
New-York Polyclinic Medical School
PLOMD
James C Reilly
Nellie
28Th-St
Henry “Hart
Edgecombe-ave
Walter L. Johnson
Thomas D Penfield
Theodore EB Tane
Walter L Johnson
Marie Lukach
Maria A Koch
Nathan Frank
Lorenz P J Weber, Jr
William H Weiher
Rivington-st
John Schnuge
Dmth-St
6Th-Ave
Florestine Stanfield
Mattie Crammeyer
D M Stanfield
Washington
Avye
164Th-St
Peru
West End
Ave
Psth
Frank Lugar
Harriet Neataekek
Sthave
Letla B Kissam
Eliza C
Cao Close Mace
Harriet A Lang
Joseph T Low
14Th-St
West
Louisa C Hutchinson
W H Hutchins
Harris Mabaum
Gth Ave
Edward McCabe
American Realty Company
Sara Property
Elizabeth A Tollast
Edward eCabe Stanton
Pincus
Recorded Mortgages List Shows Multiple NYC Property Loads
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century mortgage ledger lists numerous transfers. Dorothea Booss and George Booss guardians received 15 000 on 181st Street near Lenox Avenue. Other lenders include Weibel Margaret Kingsland Harriet W Brown and New York Life Insurance with varying terms. Several parcels on 46th and 138th Streets show 10 to 20 thousand dollar ranges. Details include executive executors, unions and other institutions with terms from one to six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booss
Dorothea A M
George F C
Guardians
Lenox-ave
Weibel
Dorothea
Margaret J Kingsland
7Th-Ave
McCabe
Edward
Harriet W Brown
6Th—-Ave
Mehmet
Mathilde
New-York Life Instnce Company
138Th-St
Willis-ave
John R
William A Smith
Pearl St
Smith
Eliza J
Emigrant Industrial “Savings
Jordan
Gertrude
Union Dime Savings Institution
Henry de Weekes
Yoares
Estelle
Rank
Broadway
102D-St
Frederick W
Mutual Life Insurance Company
24Th-St
West
Same
Steiner
Carl
William H Taubert
137Th-St
Willis
Broadway Plans for SevenStory Brick Flat House
Building plans list Broadway site at corner 93d street and basement brick church scale 55 by 100 with Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent at No 634 Park Avenue. Owner William A Potter, No 260 6th Avenue, architect s0 6th Avenue, 68 cents corner 6th Street. Also seven story brick flat house and offices 48 by 77 with Bowmann at No 434 Venox Avenue. Owner Schneider and Herter, architects. Estimated cost 70,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent
Park-ave
William A . Potter
6Th-Ave
Bowmann
VenoxAvé
Schneider & Herter
Butler Valet and Coachman Classified Ads Fragment
German man seeks valet or butler with best references and good wages. English coachman with city references seeks suitable post. Multiple listings note experienced, reliable men with first class references for domestic service in New York City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland
Sth-st
Madison-ave
Central Park Entrance
Paris
Worth
Felix
Connolly
East Sithst
Bronk Indy
Mademoiselle
East 22d St
Bond
Fulton St
Brooklyn
Cosas Gaaiinenasanaemininarisana Sitel
Columbus
Country
B. A. Bohne
160Th—St
L. A. France
Windsor Terrace
Legace Aaare
D. W. Kenwood
Chatham Square
Butler
Valet
Ignatius Shwartzburg
4Th St
P. Mulvey
Pacific St
East Éth-St
Steel Family
Russell
West 16Th—St
Vate
West
West 28Th
Bowen
William
Park-ave
St. Ce
FAO
Carpenter’s
Gtr
Mary, & Shave
12Th-St
Broadway
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Friends OF the Seventy-First
Army Promotions
Arizona
Enterprise
NEW Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grand Central Station
New York Central
H. Daniels
Lawyers Tidee Insurance Company OF
Liberty Street
Maiden Lane
Wychmere Seashore
Cape Cod
Harwich
Mass
E. Sithst
Shelter Island Heights
N. Y
Dr. Storrs
Franklin Trust Company
Campbell
Liberty
Canaan
Conn
Long Island Sound
H. G. Thomson
Cortlandt Street
Country Property
Adirondacks
Echo Lodge
Little Pene
Big Tupper Ie
Tupper Lake Junction
Mohawk & Malone
Pring Ty
Waukesha
Ginn. & Berry
Market St
Potsdam
Garrisons Station
Hudson River
West Point
Louis H. Smith
Baldwin Place
Westchester Co
Hudson
B. L. Winters
Pine St
L. M
East 124Th-St
Inventors’ Company
Nassauet
NEW York Board and
Sth-ave
Hannay
Gramercy Park
21St-St
18Th-St
Marx Bros
Union Square
Geo. B. Eddy
Madison-st. Se
SAFES
Sarigan
Broadway, Cor
Andreas Devold
West 42d
Consolidated Typewriter Exchange
Europe
West-st
New-York
L. Henry &O
Careful Carpet Cleaning Co
East 48Th St
COE & Brandy
Columbian Coe
Spondence College
Washington, Et
Frederick Ackerman
6Th Ave
M. Naptal
P. O
P. O. Box 590
Progressive Clothing and Cloak Company
West 14Th-St
Gilbert Ainissree
Station O
Esse Altman & Bogedonow
East 45Th St
Corner
Lexington-ave
B. I
Tribune Office
Cooke
West 44Th-St
McDowell System
Mahoney Sisters
Wes
98Th
M'Dowell School
Ae. Ch
Sellew
Danbury Hats
Desbrosses-St
Danbury Hat CO
Destrosees
ST. Bartholomew's
Geo. Bends
Centre
Tilden House
44Th-St
Bath
Bank For Savings
4Th-Ave
New- York
German Savings Bank
Nicholas Mesch
Gale
Gilmore
Mme. Bauer
Murray Hill Hotel
Miller
Central-ave
Prospect Place
E. Clauss
Stenog Jrapher
Miller Ave
Mate
Schiegel
Jennings St
Bronx
John Einsel
Bedford St
Daniels
Macon St
Stableman
James Kervan
Avenue A
Brambilla
West 13Th St
Lewis
Wheelwright
R. B
Flatbush Ave
Hustler
Yonkers
O'Brien
Marion-st
Young Max
H. Kaiser
Herkimer-st
Eeeks
Sweetman
Bedford-st
Cavanagh
Ha Z. Magnan
YOUNG _ MAN
John C. Laechler
West 54Th-St
Chambers
East 12Th-St
Penman
Friedman
East
Weilgaard
East 41St-St
Charles Brada
East 79Th-St
Steaday
S Ower
South Istst
Flushing Ave
Tribune
J. W
Decaturst
Spring St
West Hoboken
John Connolly
Brunswick St
Jersey City
N. J
Young
Joe Rohrer
Sd Ave
Hon— Torn
WM. Gantly
Charles
C. Lind
Washinon—st
Man
Ericson
East 29Th
East 45Th
Goldbeck
Cooper St
Bolster
West 62d
Hallquist
56Th
Collns
Thomas
Callen
West Sithst
Allenhurst Livery Stable
James
Amsterdam-ave
Iesa J. S. Hudson
S. T
Medhurst
Vernon-ave
Flatbush
Adolf Braun
Horatio-st
Neam Greenwich-st
Rae Craton
van Dyke
West 48Th-St
WM. H. Fletcher
H. B
South 8Th
Mount Vernon
Rudolph Nolden
West Tith-st
Fred
East 43D-St
Weat Gothat
M. Gray
Thompson St
Femate Cook
Ing House
West 15Th-St
Ireland
ATLAS
Seerington
Switzer
West H-St
Call Avanticeave
St. Nicholas-ave
Cregan
East 95Th-St
East 89Th— St
Care Schott
Rey
Yee
Howard
Onc
Ot Protestant
de Kalbave
Lady's Maid
Mia Washington
East Tith—st
West 14Th
FABER
East List
Fe West 15Th-St
D. F
Nielson
West Githat
Columbus-ave. Oost
Finley
Wnoney
Nassau
Cortlanst St. Piers
South St
Glen Island
Cortlandt St
Eth
Cortland
The
31St St
Quaritch
Piccadilly
London
Westchester
CND
Cyrus Field Judson, Cor
Sth
New York City
Aia Ruland & Whiting, Heckman
App
Chambe
Rinfurnished Apartments Co Let
West 45Th St
Maxwell S. Mannes
Fifth Ave
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