New German liner George Washington enters port on maiden voyage
The North German Lloyd liner George Washington, largest German passenger ship in the world, arrived at the port on its maiden Bremen passage. Crowds admired its spacious lounges and innovative interior while observers praised its lifeboat launch systems and Wellin quadrant davits as a future safety standard.
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George Washington
Bremen
League of Peace
Singer Building
Mau- Tetania
Rotterdam
Washington
Germany
Cleveland
Berlin
North German
Lloyd
America
Societa di Navigazione
Har Daints
Knocked Down Police Inspector at Culver Station
Inspector Russell in charge of Coney Island police ordered photographer’s barker to remove nude edgies. The barker refused, Morrie Goldberg and John Cherin intervened, Goldberg knocking the inspector down as Cherin aided. A crowd formed a ring before Sergeant Huth Reynolds intervened and the two assailants were overcome and jailed for felonious assault pending arraignment.
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Russell
Coney Island
Barker
Culver Station
Morrie Goldberg
John Cherin
Goldberg
Cherin
Huth Reynolds
Plans to curb smuggling through port protections
James S. Clarkson, Surveyor of the Port, outlined new measures to curb smuggling effective July 1. All steamship packages will be corded and sealed at the piers, and 100 additional watchmen will patrol docks to prevent trunk and package removals except via gangways. He urged portable boats for occasional harbor inspections to deter night smuggling among up to thirty steamers anchored offshore.
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James S. Clarkson
Clarkson
Revenue Cutters
Great Shore
Rebuked for Arrest in Saloon Dispute
Patrick Nugent a West Side bartender testified in court that Murphy and Harabes plainclothes officers from Inspection District 4 entered his Amsterdam Avenue saloon at 11 30 p m Saturday drank and stayed until closing time, then arrested him for not serving after hours. Two witnesses backed Nugent. officers claimed a last drink after midnight. Magistrate Breen discharged Nugent and criticized the officers, promising to report to Commissioner Bingham.
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West Side
Patrick Nugent
Murphy and Harabes
Amsterdam Avenue
Nugent
Breen
Bingham
Mass meeting backs Perkins Civil Service pension plan
More than two thousand government employees gathered at Grand Central Palace under the United States Civil Service Retirement Association. Speakers supported the Perkins bill to pay an annuity after retirement, with the employer and government sharing contributions to reach 75 percent of final salary, and a letter from Postmaster Morgan expressed sympathy.
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Classified
Grand Central Palace
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
Morgan
William R. Willcox
Public Service Commission
O'Donoghue
Association
R. Stone Jackson
Llewellyn Jordan
Donoghue
Teft
Herbert D. Brown
Treasury Department
Andrew McKee
New York Letter Carriers’ Association
Brown
Citizens Union reviews city legislative records and voting motives
The Citizens Union will publish a report on how Albany representatives voted on bills affecting public interest and home rule. Of 63 Assembly members sixteen replied and 22 senators four responded. The group quotes varied explanations as shallow defenses of partisan or overreaching votes. In另一 raid, William Harris and Samuel Green, among 48 men rounded up in a 35th Street poolroom raid, await further proceedings as magistrates postpone their cases.
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Citizens Union
Albany
William Harris
West Sth
Samuel Green
6Th Street
35Th Street
Kerhodian
Krotei
Jefferson Market Court
Clarkson Explains Sugar Weighers Dismissal Basis
Surveyor Clarkson clarifies The Tribune account by detailing the 1902 weighers wage class split and a staff reduction from 197 to 190. He says seven of the least efficient weighers, including Gascoigne, were dropped to balance pay to four dollars a day and cites cooperation with Collector Loeb on reforms and no reinstatement for Gascoigne.
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Clarkson
the Tribune
Robert W. Gascoigne
Gascoigne
Tribune
Loeb
Customs Inspectors Struggle At Unfinished Chelsea Pier
Feeble lighting on Pier 59 slows Rotterdam customs inspection as trunks are moved under inadequate arc lights. Inspectors report difficulty seeing goods, leading to slow examinations and passengers staying aboard the Holland-America liner Rotterdam overnight at the Chelsea port facility.
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Anda
Rotterdam
Plier 59
Chelsea
Alleged attack on girls aboard freight car in Melrose yard
Elizabeth Miller and her sister Annie, both residents of Poughkeepsie, were invited into a New York Central freight car by a man claiming to be in charge. The car stopped at Melrose yards where an alleged assault occurred before five men and the sisters’ rescuer were brought to Morrisania Court. The sisters were sent to House of Detention as witnesses and Stephen Miller was held for trial. The three rescuers from Poughkeepsie were fined $20 each to cover investigation costs.
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Oes
Saab
Anes Ae
New York
Teres
Ea Wren
Asc
Avits
Stencuen Wits
Elizabeth Miller
Annie
Central Avenue
Poughkeepsie
Montrose
New York Central
Miller
Melrose Yards
Morrisania Court
Cornell
Exhibit on congestion and city planning opens in The Bronx
An exhibit on congestion and city planning will open for ten days at the 21 Battery Armory on Bathgate Avenue south of Tremont Avenue in The Bronx. It runs daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. The display shows building heights and congestion by block and section with free admission.
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Battery Armory
Bathgate Avenue
Tremont Avenue
Bronx
Embreeville Iron Company Faces Bankruptcy Petition
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in Greeneville federal court against the Embreeville Iron Company, a New York corporation active in East Tennessee. Judge Sanford issued an injunction stopping further separate creditor saltes while about 259000 dollars in claims are listed. The firm owns 40000 acres of mineral lands in Greene and Washington counties and a large Embreeville iron furnace that has remained idle for months. Its bonded debt totals 100060 dollars.
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The
Tribune
Bristol, Tenn
United States
Greeneville
Embreeville Iron Company
New York
East Tennessee
Sanford
Greene
Washington Counties
Embreeville
Petroleum Fields Show Active Week With New Garrish Producers
Oil operations across Illinois Ohio and Oklahoma posted notable gains as heavy rains eased. Oblong district wells yielded 75 to 300 barrels, Prairie Township and Steubenville pools produced big gushers, Lincoln County saw ordinary completions, and Madiil district added another gusher. Refined petroleum held at 50.5 cents a barrel in New York while European prices steadied.
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Illinois
Ohio Oil Company
Prairie Township
Crawford County
Steubenville
Lincoln County
Oklahoma
Madiil
New York
Philadelphia
London
Antwerp
Bremen
Basswood ad touts satisfaction guaranteed clothing line
The snippet promotes a policy of no-stung satisfaction, stressing quality over cheapest goods. Summer suits range 18 to 42 dollars, vestless 15 to 30, coats 4 to 7.50, hats 5 to 15, and Red Man collars two for 25 cents. Stores listed at Three Broadway, Warren, 13th, and 34th streets.
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Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
34Th St
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Entry July 22 Maritime Notices
Summary of tidal data moon sets and high water times plus vessel positions. Reports on Cretic Vaderland Minneapolis distances east of Sandy Hook with dock times. Listing of ships close and destinations for Transpacific and Atlantic routes with schedule notes and ports of call for June 22 to July 16.
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High Water
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell
Sanmis Hook
Cretic
Vaderland
Minneapolis
Sandy Thook
Port of New York Passenger Arrivals June 1909
Port of New York listings record arrivals from Savannah Hamburg Liverpool Santos Newport News and Bremen. Ships include City of Macon Cleveland Arabic Panama Caledonia Hamburg George Washington and Hamilton with cabin third class steerage and mdse details. Journeys cover June 11 to June 19 with ports Quarantine Bar and arrival times noted.
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Salis
Suriname
Barbados
Indiana
Naples
Liloyd
Apache
Jacksonville
Clyde
Macon
Savannah
Savanna
Adriatic
Southampton
White Star
Campania
Liverpool
Cunard
Maraval
Grenada
Trinidad
Voltaire
Argentina
Lamp & Holt
Martha Washington
Latuania
Libau
Te Huren
Cle
San Marcos
Galveston
Mallory
Lampasas
Tampa
Hayams
Santiago
Ward
Vesa
Amo San Juan
Vigilancia Nassau
Zulia
Eaeee
Cunard Minneapolia
London
Atlantic Trans Temasa di
Hamburg
Bertin Dibe
Lioyd Mohawk
Clyde Denver
City of Macon
Dreyer
Cleveland
Ger
Hahn
Cherbourg
Stea Calderon Bri
Norman
Santos
Norfolk
Busk & Daniela
Sam
Bri
Finch
Queenstown
White Star Line
Moise
Bar
Panama
Corning
Cristobal
Malls
Caledhonia
Baxter
Glasgow
Merville
Henderson Bros
Mdse
Burmeister
Genoa
Mdise
Hamilton
Beaz
Newport News
Old Dominion Ss Co
George Washington
Wettin
Bremen
Oelrichs & Co
Pageeneers
Matis
Ttar
Rotterdam
Boner
Boulogne
Jamon de
Barberio
Huron
Cole
Charleston
Clyde Ss Co
Jamestown
Nelson
Tremont
Garlick
Philadelphia
St Paul
New York
Plymouth
Bristol
Savran (Rr
Quebec
Winifredian
Boston
Cedric
cCincinnati Ger
Acilia
San Francisco
Oces
Guatemala
Guayaquil
Cellao
Pisagua
Valparaiso
Funt Arenas
Montevideo
Las Palmas
Moville
Columbia
Laurentian
Lusitania
Dover
Antwerp
Havre
la Provence
New Orleans
Kinsale
Canada
Montreal
Isle of Wight
Lanedale
Rhaetia
Market Receipts and Prices for Beef, Hogs and Sheep
Receipts show beef cattle with steers and cows trading higher and lower segments. calves steady with best lots at 850 to 890, good to choice 8 to 9. sheep and lambs steady with clip and extra wethers at 5.75 to 7.50, spring lambs 8.50 to 9.. Hogs firm with Western quality around 10, city dressed stock dull to steady 11 to 12 cents for veal and 10 to 12 cents for hogs.
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Philadelphia
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Mr. Clarkson
ASK Federal Pensions
Mr. Taft
Co. U.’S Legislative Report
Mr.clarkson
Lodh
Panamas
Bangkoks
Rocers, Peer & Company
Marine Intelligence
Alameda
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Seattle
Hilentan
Tahiti
Asia
Philippine
Vancouver
Victoria
Australia
West
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Mati
Shipping News
Port of New York
23Rd Street
James McCreery & Co
54Th Street
Axminster
Mourtouk
34Th Street
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Nora Peerle
J.E. Dodson
JI. Hartley
Madison Square Garden
Schumann-Heinkestra
Reddof R . Arthemn
AISER
O Ifice
Lmner Park
Maxine Elliott
Eves
Mars
Blanche Rint
Baly
Climae
Lew Fields
Eyes
Jefferson de Angelo Herald SQ
Practi
Havana
Garrick Vetiset Satan Ee Wmi
Collier Nase
Mexico
Alhambra
George Beban & Co
Fred Bond
Fremont Benton
Chas
Dally
Valaden
Astor
Ae Broad
Joe Weber
Rors
Ammerstein
Annette Kellerman
Victoria Thea
Coneys
Dreamland
Pier O'er
Mississipee
Eden Musee
Cinematograph
OPER
Brooklyn Jockey Club
East 34Th
N.Y
Brooklyn
Nen Ave
Culver
Atlantic Ave
L” Road
Row
Ridge
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