Jockey Club Tests New Betting Law At Coney Island
Coney Island Jockey Club battles enforcement of a new anti-betting law as police seek to disperse groups at the track. Writs of habeas corpus and warrants are discussed while magistrates rule that verbal bets with money transfers may violate the Penal Code. Officials urge poolroom closures and monitor arrests as the city weighs injunction effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ome
Coney Island Jockey Club
Loxtee Bischoff
Harryng
Aonne
Bingham
Collins
Sheeps‘Ber
Barry
Stone & Auerbach
Ne Bischoff
Supreme Court
Manhat
Tighe
Assisi
Ollins
Richard Croker
Tizhe, Voorhees
Geismar
John Doe
Hughes
Eléer
Gig
Baker
Burough
Flood
Brooklyn
Pendleton
Commissioner Id
Independents Pick Delegates at New Jersey State Convention
The New Jersey State Convention of the Independence League met in Newark with about twenty four delegates. Officers elected included John Roach as chairman Leonard Steinman Joseph Sonnabend and Martin Reinhardt as secretaries and A B Choyce James B Reynolds Ruppert D Griffith George Leary Harry Couler William Brennan and J E McMahon as assistants. The gathering criticized both political parties and alleged a secret alliance and endorsed the national league declarations from Chicago dated February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Independence League
Newark
John Roach
Leonard Steinman
Bergen
Joseph Sonnabend
Martin Reinhardt
Resistent
George T. Kenny
Hudson
A. B. Choyce
James B. Reynods
Ruppert D. Griffith
George Leary
Harry Couller
Wiliam Brennan
J. E. McMahon
Storms injure ten and flood crest hits multiple states
Reports from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia show extensive damage from recent storms with losses exceeding 200000 dollars. A Victor Rubber Company plant in Snydervale Ohio was nearly destroyed by lightning, estimated at 125000 dollars. The Mississippi River crest near St Louis and Venice area flooding caused deep inundation. Deep Creek dam at Malad failed, causing 50000 dollar damage and farmland losses. Washington County damage tops 500000 with crops ruined and cleanup weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn-ylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Victor Rubber Company
Snydervale
Louis
Missisppi
Venice
St. Louis
Main Street
Fifty Years a Priest O'Connell Celebrates Milestone
Monsignor Joseph P. O'Connell rector of St. Marys in Brooklyn marked fifty years as a priest with communion at his church. A Dreamland dinner and a Tuesday night procession were planned, with school entertainment midweek, and closing exercises Thursday. O'Connell, 75, led St. Marys for twenty years, served in the Confederate army, studied in Rome, and received a Doctor of Divinity. Pius X sent a special blessing to the Monsignor and his parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. O’connell
St. Bier of the Sea Church
Brooklyn
Dreamland
We Church
Indians Slain in Buena Vista Fight Near Canton del Nordeste
In Buena Vista Chihuahua near Canton del Nordeste four Indians were killed yesterday and several wounded, while one soldier was wounded. Townspeople aided the troops in the engagement and a clash followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Canton del Nordeste
Chihuahua
Roosevelt Urges Spreckels to Keep Up the Fight Against Graft
The Call prints a June 8 White House letter from President Roosevelt to Rudolph Spreckels urging persistence in graft prosecutions. He warns against slander and urges staying even tempered, fair dealing, and plain democracy, describing the fight as essential to honest society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
White House
President Roosevelt
Rudolph Spreckels
Mr. Spreckels
Heodore Roosevelt
Praise for Currency Law by Henry Clews in Maine Speech
Henry Clews of New York addressed the Maine Bankers Association banquet praising Congress for the emergency currency law. He argued it reassures markets, acts as a fire brigade against panics, and includes a retirement tax to deter permanent inflation. He urged legal accountability for capital interests and voiced support for Roosevelt’s square deal.
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Waterville
Henry Clews
New York
Maine Bankers’ Associati
Congress
National Fire Brigade
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Real Estate Auction Budgets Foreclosures in Washington Heights
Auction list from Vesey Street rooms includes foreclosure parcels in Washington Heights. Key targets: northeast Broadway and 181st street corner opposite St Elizabeth's Church and the Amsterdam Avenue 18th street corner area amid recent development. Joseph P Day conducts the sales with multiple properties across Harlem and surrounding blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey St
Washington Heights
Broadway
181Th St
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Dyckman St
Amsterdam Ave
18Th St
Joseph P. Day
Poison killed Gunness victim found in stomach samples
La Porte Indiana June The first evidence of how Belle Gunness killed victims was reported by Dr Walter Haynes Rush Medical College Chicago to Coroner Mack. He said head found showed arsenic and strychnine in the stomach of Andrew Heglein Aberdeen SD Heglein's body was first to be dug up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Walter Haynes
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Mack
Rew Heglein
Aberdeen
Syracuse Man Killed in Auto Wreck
S O Minter a 35 year old man from Syracuse New York died instantly when his car overturned during a high speed trial near Fullerton California He may have suffered heart disease causing the loss of control and the crash occurred on the return journey after arriving for a trial trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Traveling salesman found dead in Philadelphia hotel
Paul Roberts of Manchester New Hampshire was found dead in a Philadelphia hotel having killed himself by swallowing carbolic acid and turning on the gas. Letters in his clothing suggested a jilting by a woman in Amesbury Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul Roberts
Manchester
N. H
Amesbury
Mase
Water Wagon Parade Opens World Temperance Congress
Sunday school children from Saratoga and Schenectady counties paraded in Saratoga spreading the Water Wagon for Ours theme as the congress opened with a temperance display in the street sprinkling carts and banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Schenectady
World's Temperance Congress
Royal Arcanum Anniversary Draws 15000 At Manhattan Park
More than fifteen thousand attended yesterday’s Royal Arcanum anniversary celebration at Manhattan Park and avenue and 145th street. The event included athletic sports and vaudeville, with proceeds to the Royal Bed Fund Association. The gathering featured Pat residents of the Board of Aldermen Clovis H Brown supreme vice regent R I William F McConnell supreme auditor ex Judge U the committee of appeals Charles E Cornell grand vice regent and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. 1
William F. McConnell
Suprise
U. the Committee of Appeals
Charlies E. Cornell
Bos Supreme Grand Orator
Well H. Starrett
Becknell
Grand Secret
W. Tompkins
Edward Becker
Grand Jury
Frank D. Westcott
Building an Ocean City at Long Beach Long Island
About five bungalows a drug store bowling alley store power house post office and three cars being razed to make boulevards and roads for automobiles at Long Beach Long Island. New houses rise in Spanish Italian concrete or stucco styles built for permanent occupancy costing 15000 to 330000 each. A stockholders tour last week sold plots valued over 30000 during a special train trip to view the properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Long Beach
Long Island
Hudson County to the Front Auto Tour Set
Hudson County New Jersey plans a highway tour next Wednesday with New Jersey New York Real Estate Exchange and press reps. About one hundred cars expected to transport visitors to Jersey City City Hall for a reception hosted by Mayor H Otto Wittpen and county towns leaders. The convoy starts at 11 am visiting Colgate & Co factory clock tower, each car bearing "Hudson County to the Front."
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Hudson County
N. J
New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange
Frank Stevens
Thomas A. Ryer
Jersey City
H. Otto Wittpen
Colgate & Co
Realty Notes: Leases and Purchases Across City Properties
Duross Company leases No. 1% Barclay to GR Sullivan for a restaurant cafe after alterations. No. 2 Peck Slip leased to James Carrano for M. Schwartz. No. 37 West 72d St sold to Emma B. Hendricks via Pease Elliman. No. 9 Barrow St bought by Frank Reynolds. Barnett Co. leases 2072 Fifth Ave to Charles Prewin, and 123 East 121st St to John Shepherd, also 66 West 132nd St to Abraham Nevins, all for terms of years.
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Joseph P
Intervale Ave
Home St
Sammis
Wainwright
H Solotaroff
Prospect Ave
G Wentzagt
L J Phillips & Co
Washington St
Morris St
West Et
Goldsmith
Exr
Tanenbaum
H Levy
Hendrick
Joseph P Day
Henry Fluegelman
Max Steinert
16Th St
10Th Ave
Grace King
L Rich
Ridge St
N S
Old Line Delan— Cey St
Maiden Lane Savings Bank
Henry Eckhardt
Olcott
B & McM
S Whitman
Poe
Broadway
Cor 187Th St
Solomon Moses
A Franklin
Edward Menocal
T W Churchill
Asia
47Th St
7Th Ave
Weidemeyer
Donohue
Atty
Segaco
Donnegan
Michael Kirtland
Maitrey
Epee Rey
Samuel Marx
Southern Boulevard
Secor
139Th St
Mutual Life Ins Co
Agt Junction
James McKeen
Wos
149Th St
William Klein
Bryan L Kennelly
Whitlock Ave
Norden Trust Co
Henry Wilchinsky
Olas Aleinikoff
Ruskay
Herbert A Sherman
Goerck St
Corn Exchange Bank Agt
Bowers & Lattye
J P Brennan
Amsterdam Ave
185Th St
Wolryche-Whitmore
Meryash
Sowene
Wryck & M
Hodge
Robinson
J Levy
1824
Washington Ave
Weller
Herbert A. Sherman
107Th St
Rive Drive
Adwig H
Decker
S Punn
Attys
R Watson
Hugh D Smyth
Lenox Ave
Eva Kramer
E Simons
W Bennett
D Donohue
James L Wells
26Th St
34 Ave
C H Phelps JI
J C Gulick
Freeman
Westchester Ave
Ins & T Co
M J Sullivan
Franklin Bartlett
Fifth Ave
Charles Prewin
John Shepherd
Abraham Nevins
Business Troubles In Bankruptcy Filed In Federal Court
Edward F. Cleary a bartender filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. He lists debts of 4078.46 and assets of 75 in the exempt class. Creditors include Peter Doelger Bridget Woods the United Wine Company Louis Schneider Jacob Brodkin and others with claims totaling several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Cleary
East 35Th Street
Peter Doelger
56Th Street
First Avenue
Bridget Woods
Lexington Avenue
34Th Street
United Wine Company
West 13Th Street
Louis Schneider
Mets
Delancey Eteries
Jacob Brodkin
Eee Avenue
Brooklyn
BUSINESS CHANCES AND SALE OFFERS IN BROADWAY CO. LIST
A collage of investment ads from McDonald Wiggins Co at 257 Broadway offering 6 per cent first mortgage bonds 7 per cent preferred stock and other securities. Various sales include a saloon on 10th Ave, a hotel near a summer resort, and a 50 room hotel with property. Also listed are manufacturing concerns, loans, incorporations, and mail order ventures with details and contact info.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monald-Wiggins Co
Broadway
McDonald-Wiggins Co
Ethna
10Th Ave
New York City
McDonald—Wiggins Co
Cominy
Roadway
N. J
McDonald- Wiggins Co
MacDonald-Wiggins Co
Carpet Cleaning and Ad Listings in City Notices
A garbled era of services and ads lists carpet cleaning by C H Brown Co and rose repair by A Kaljian along with multiple office and telegraph ad drop points. It references Oriental rug care, address blocks, and a missing bankbook notice from Union Dime Savings with a ten day claim window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Brown CO
The
Union Dime Savings Institution
Help Wanted and Public Notices in 1900s Classifieds
Help wanted notices include a male engineer to run laundry pumping heating and plumbing at Dr Given's Sanatorium Stamford Conn with pay 55 per month and maintenance Also an office assistant needed for files with age education and experience details requested Opportunity Box 20 Tribune Office Manager wanted and agents sought for Penny Peanut Vending Machine Great Western Scale Works Chicago Civil Service exam guidance and free booklet Washington Civil Service School Salesmen wanted with Mr Du Brul Room 301 45 West 34th St
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Given
Stamford
Conn
Chicago
du Brul
West 34Th St
Help Wanted Classified Ads with Diverse Positions
A mid city classified list shows multiple job ads including chauffeurs, foreman and metal workers, bookkeepers, managers, superintendents, tutors, sculptors, packers, porters, watchmen, farmers helpers, drivers, companions, hair workers, translators, and general labor. Locations include Brooklyn, Jersey City, Corona Long Island, and surrounding areas with ages and references noted.
Domestic situations wanted in 1920s ads for domestic staff
Classified notices seek assistants for cook positions and butler steward coachman valet and related roles. Listings include Japanese and colored workers general housework private families and multiple bureau referrals with ages references and contact in New York addresses such as 1364 Broadway East 59th Street 721 Lexington Ave and 263 West 125th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow's
Lexington Ave
Lexington
Hotmayers
West 23d St
Chelsea
Gsth
Plaza
Jussila
Tonave
Employment Agencies Advertised with Rates and Notes
Butler A1 references from $50 to $20. Nurse infants with excellent references $25. Chambermaid with excellent references $25. Laundress shirts collars cuffs with excellent references $30. Waitress houseworkers listed. Nurse English Protestant seven years references $30. Useful man French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Malcolm R. Morrison
Jamies
Davie
Osterberg Sciences
Plaza
Lexington Ave
Osterberg’s Bureau
Lexingtere
Coke Cored
Miss Josiah
W. Glasst
Employment Agencies Offer Domestic Help in City
Multiple agencies advertise reliable domestic help services in New York. Listings include Mrs Flaherty 485 A Ave and River Tel 741, Irwin's Bureau 77 West 11th St, R T Hutchinson's Bureau 970 6th Ave, Ostman's Reliable Employment Bureau 4214 6th Ave Brooklyn, and Mathewson's Bureau 822 6th Ave near 46th-47th Sts. References investigated. various nationalities sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaherty
River
Charles
Irwin
West 11Th ST
Irwin's Bureau
Wesst
R. T. Hutchinson’s
Burten
6Th Ave
Sth
Plaza
Siris
New York
Brooklyn
Ostman’s Reliable Employment Bureau
Sth Ave
42D St
Mathewson’s Bureau
Bryant
Carpenter's Bureau
CE Speen
W.iith St
Seea
No & East
Dickinson
Co-operative Employment Bureau
Madison Ave
Industrial Ass’n of America
P. Employment Bureau
St. Tel
Ephone
Lizzie Wilson
Sweel
S Bureau
Lexington Ave. Plaza
Waaitress-Champermaid
Flaherty’s Bureau
Columbus Ave
Domestic help ads mix gardeners grooms and servants
A dense list of labor classifieds offering gardeners and vegetable growers from various nationalities plus many domestic roles. Listings include European and Irish workers. positions for gardeners carpenters butlers valets waiters cooks chambermaids housekeepers caregivers maids and governesses with references and agency details across multiple addresses.
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Jockey Club
Cham
Magiswee Geir Yesterdey
Philip Donage
Joseph Louwey
Kings County
Imy
Madea
Itaho
Big Deep Creek
Washington
Penn
Washington County
Designor O'Connell
Bovertown
Eertown
Fenn
Addison Swoyer
Place
Penne
J. B. Rhoads
Pinto City
Mr. Roosevelt
Maine
Royal Arcanum
States District Court
Clerk of the
Boh Oco
McDonald— Wiggins Co
Offich
We & Herzog
Nassau ST
Rau & Co
Tribune
Lawyers & Bankers’ Corporation
Tribune Building
Acorn,” & Advance Filter Co
Washington Blvd
California
Sacramento Valley Improvement Co
St. Louio
Metropolitan Mail Order Co
L. Darbyshire
Rochester, N. M
S. M
Rochester
Kingston, N. Y
8Th Ave
76Th
77Th
6Th St
125Th St
Tremont Ave
West
Tardan
EDWIN _LENTZ
J. W. Williams
W.osthst
Careful Carpet Cleaning CO
East 45Th
COE & Brandt
Tel
A. H. Kaljian
4Th Ave
Madison Square
Uptown
S. E
14Th St
S0th St
Underwoods
Remingtons, Olivers. Smiths
Sthave. Real
Superior
Wes House
East
Madison Square South
ILLIA
Urten Square
Bankbooks
United States
International Wind Sign Co
Park Ave
115Th St
Ates
A. Swett
Royal Insurance Bidg
Lems Rd
Gist
1St
80Th St
Civil Service
Washington Civil Service School
Washington, D. C
G. Asseler
East 78Th St
H. Price
West Dist St
Weber
Boulevard
B. James
Moore
Stuyvesant Ave
Es Pees
W. Roy
Grinnell Ave
Corona
Paul
Locust St
Christian
Hammer
Lewis H. Conyers
Kirby
West 15Th St
A. Shazal
E. B
J. Gavan
West Iith St
Conley
Cook
Houseman
LL. E. N
Eugene
M. Fuchs
T. L
Butler and Valet
Haru
South
C. Young
134Th St
Avenue A
M. Goldstein
Ti East 3d St
J. M. Curley
Dempster
2D Ave
J. Te -C. Gee Yih
Harlem
West 125Th
J. K
Peter Daily
Eod
Treacy
Hailoran
Oss 6Th Ave
Hamond
T West Seth St
C .Oachm
Carpent Bureau
Miaothave
Mers
Tavania
Thorosz
East 119Th St
Morrow's Bureau
154Th Ave
12Th St
77Th Sts
List St
1St Ave
Soth Vt
Permaid
Massachusetts
New
Margaret Smith
Bureau OF Employment
West 42d
5Th Avenue Central Building
West Sde
Bbureau
Columbus
Womens Domestic League
Madison
Florian Trueman
Téth St
Trishman
T. N
Dain We Valet
Leon
Badwa
Jefferson St
Wright
Manhattan St
West Harlem
Helsea
n _ COOK
Goml
East 3Th St
Besl
Flaece Office
Jal —River
Morrow
Wasila
Bureau
Juseau
Stokes
Ilith St
Font Sewer
ST Morris Ave
Elizabeth
Huggins
Scandinavien Emp
Suth
Gutn As
Omer
Ave
S&s. E
4Th St
123Th St
71Th Sts
6Ist St
Both St
Tremont
Atrict Telegram
A. Osterberg
Employmert Bureau
Collisr
Scandinavian Employment Bureau
Wailfrid Bloom
Jussila Employment
Bux Teau
Carpenter’s
Knickerbocker
A. Mitchell
W. 45Th St
du Porte
E. J
Othawa
West 68Th St. Way
B. Carter
135Th St
Norweg
Packer
Plasn
Serena
Osterberg’s
Tom Ave
Ae Fies
W. N
Bex I Tribune Ofice
Jacquin
Cool Walter
Chambermai
Saber
K. Wentzel
12Th Tee Place
Wilk
Ptasa
North of Ireland
Flaherty's Bureau
Martin
Manhattern Ave
East 31Th St
Jussila Bureau
Advertiser
West Gust
P. Q. Bami
East Haven
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