Strangled Italian Found Dead at Empire Hotel
The coroner investigated a death at the Hotel Empire Broadway and 634th Street, where Jacob Prozelio, an Italian man about 32, was found strangled with a towel. Police call it suicide. coroner Harburger orders autopsy amid questions of murder. Evidence included a bolted door, a fire escape, an open Philadelphia introduction letter, a Reading Railroad rebate check, and a Brooklyn real estate card.
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Broadway
634 Street
Harboreer
Arthur J. Sherman
No. 18
West 58Th Street
Jacob Prozelio
New York
Mary Sheehan
Krotted
West 68Th Street
Harburger
Caid
Sherman
Prozello
Thomas Heany
Columbus Avenue
Prozeilo
James A. Hayes, Jr
Philadelphia
Charles R. Allison
Reading Railroad
Progelio
Hayes
Jones & Zitz
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Cure for Leprosy Found in Louisiana Report
A Louisiana Assembly report cites progress at the state leper home showing six of sixty-one patients cured or nearly cured over two years. The facility provides sanitary, medical care near Therville Parish with a four hundred acre estate, cottages, a surgical building, a church, and care by Sisters of Charity. Ages range from seven to eighty, with no infections among caretakers.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Assembly
Louisiana
Louisiana Institution
Mississippi River
Therville Parish
Sisters of Charity
Keep Boys From Firecrackers in Brooklyn July 4 Parade
About five thousand boys are expected to join parades and a mass meeting at Borough Hall Brooklyn on July 4. A Bushwick initiative seeks to curb fireworks through a large meeting in front of Borough Hall with the Declaration of Independence read and speeches by prominent men.
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Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Bushwick
Sty
Bors
Dover Ey Bank Closes Amid Cashless Safe Discovery
The Citizens' Bank of Dover closed today after directors found no paper or money in the vault. Capitalized at 7.5, deposits totaled 57.00. Officials say the Aberdeen Ohio bank closing forced this action.
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Dover. Ey
Citizens’ Bank
Aberdeen
Ohio
Train kills despondent student in West Philadelphia
A mangled body found on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in West Philadelphia has been identified as Frank Paul Esbrandt, nineteen, of Baltimore, a student at the New York College of Pharmacy. His brother Frederick says Frank had been despondent over exams.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frank Paul Esbrandt
Baltimore
New York College of Pharmacy
Frederick Esbrandt
Frank
Chicago Pioneer Burcky Dies at Home After Millionaire Rise
Chicago is mourning Christian Burcky, famed as the man who quit when his pile was made. He started with Fa Milan in a Madison Street lunchroom in a box car, grew finances after the 1871 fire, moved to Clark Street, and built what was called Chicago’s first class restaurant. By late 1888 their riches neared $1,000,000, and the next day the business was offered for sale. Burcky never returned to business after that sale.
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Chicago
Christian Burcky
Fa” Milan
Madison Street
Burcky
Milan
Clark
Clark Street
Brig. Gen Albert Hartsuff Dies at Detroit Home
Brigadier General Albert Hartsuff U S A retired died at his Detroit home from heart disease. He was brother of Maj Gen George Hartsuff and Gen William Hartsuff. He served in the medical department during the Civil War, aided in controlling a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, and later took part in several Indian campaigns in the West.
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Detroit
Albert Hartsuff
U.S. A
George Hartsuff
William Hartsuff
New Orleans
Ackerson Dies of Pneumonia In Montclair at 39
George B. Ackerson, longtime raw sugar businessman on lower Wall Street, died suddenly Sunday night at his Montclair, New Jersey home. He was 39, leaving a wife and two children. He began as an office boy at Nevers & Callaghan, rising to partner. Funeral is this evening at his Montclair home with burial at Rockland Lake.
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George B. Ackerson
Lower Wall Street
Montclair
N. J
Mr. Ackerson
Nevers & Callaghan
Wall Street
Rockland Lake
William Huestis Dies. Longtime White Plains Real Estate Leader
William Huestis aged 78, a prominent White Plains resident and longtime real estate dealer, died yesterday at his son-in-law William Fowler’s home. A Republican, he served as assessor for 25 years and leaves a wife, two daughters, and a son.
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William Huestis
White Plains
William Fowler
Mr. Huestis
Reward for Balloon Marksman Triggers Brattleboro Drama
A balloon ascent with Charles J. Glidden turned dangerous when two bullets whizzed by at two thousand feet near Brattleboro Vermont. A. Leo Stevens offered a $19 reward for the shooter, recounting gas bag damage and a charging bull that chased them after descent. Stevens plans another ascent from North Adams with Wade and Morrison of Cleveland.
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Davy Crockett
Mr. Stevens
Brattleboro
May Exhume Body Of Miss Knisely In Ohio
In New Philadelphia Ohio on June 22 the body of Miss Arline Knisely who was shot and killed Friday while riding with former employer Charles Spach was buried by her parents on Sunday despite an announced funeral for Monday. Police seeking closure asked coroner to order exhumation and hold the body. A postmortem found the fatal bullet after late Saturday surgery. Spach who was also shot is under guard and expected to recover.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Arline Knisely
Charles Spach
Spach
Forest Preserve Fight Heads to Supreme Court in Gloversville
Activists and defend ers of the forest preserve dispute alleged drowning of lands on the Saranac River by Paul Smith Electric Light Power and Railroad. The Forest Commission and Adirondacks protection group say case tests Section 7 of Article VII, forbidding sale or destruction of state wild lands. The Paul Smith Co allegedly took land and destroyed timber, prompting the legal clash.
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Forest Preserve
Saranac River
Paul Smith Electric Light, Power & Railroad Company
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Supreme Court
Gloversville
Forest Commission
Asseriation For the Protection of the Adiron
Paul Smith Company
Corks Said to Cause Arcadia Explosion on Ham-burg Ship
Philadelphia reports that investigators now believe the Arcadia explosion came from knall corks bound for Chicago. Sixteen cases stored in the hold, three removed before the blast, corks drilled and filled with powder may have blasted the bulkhead. An official analysis is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Arcadia
Chicago
Canadians complain of indignity at Niagara Falls
Toronto visitors to Niagara Falls report they were barred from landing on the American side while picnicking at Victoria Park. They were escorted by a dozen policemen to an Inspector's office, detained three hours, then released. They plan to bring the incident to Ottawa.
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Toronto
Niagara Falls
United States
Victoria Park
International Bridge
Ottawa
Billy Burke strikes again as stray dogs face purge in Philadelphia
Notorious bank thief Billy Burke and partner Charles Watson headline a long criminal record linked to European escapades and U S robberies. Philadelphia authorities plan a dog shooting campaign led by Dr Walter Bensel to curb stray dogs, with rabies cited and a October 31 target. Citizens with unleashed dogs risk lethal enforcement as Health Department and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals clash over rights and procedures amid crashes. A local bite case reports Kenneth Erken-Brack Jr bitten by a mastiff, mother seeking the dog’s death.
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Walter Bensel
Fev
Health Department
Special Health Department
Middle East
Dr. Bensel
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Darlington
Board of Health
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Union
West Hoboken
Union County
N. J
Kenneth Erken-Brack, Jr
Union Hall Street
Jamaica
John Kronke
Back to Chinatown for Good Ends in Tragic Shootout
Frank Pearsall of Jersey City confronted his wife Julia Hanlon after she returned from the Bowery with male companions. A single shot wounded her lung and arm, and Pearsall was taken into custody as police and witnesses described a deadly confrontation at Matt Street rear. Julia was hospitalized with grave injuries. Nine other occupants were detained as witnesses.
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Frank Pearsall
Jersey City
Chinatown
Bowery
Julia’ Hanlon
Pearsall
Julia
New York
Matt Street
Frank
Tretzger
McCutcheon
St. Gregory's Hospital
Hair saves woman life after falling hammer strike
Miss Sarah Watson sister of Recorder John Watson of New Brunswick New Jersey narrowly escapes a fatal blow when a three pound hammer crashes sixteen feet from a railroad elevation striking her head. A high coil of hair and shattered straw hat protect her skull as two men lift her into a cab and rush her home.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Sarah Watson
John Watson
Watson
French Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
More Santa Fe Men Laid Off
Topeka Kansas June 22 The paint and coach departments of the Santa Fe shops were closed for a week. This will throw 40 men out of employment, in addition to 1300 already laid off for a week in the locomotive and boiler shops. The company says it is a matter of economy.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fé
St Louis railways held liable for transit debts amid merger
In St Louis a circuit judge ruled United Railways, controlling all streetcars, liable for damage judgments totaling likely five million against the former St Louis Transit Company before merger. The case, David Barrie v. United Railways, tested tripartite management and debt responsibility. Columbus official Immel pleads guilty to bribe in paving scandal. Four-year sentence and $1,000 fine imposed.
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Uy Telegraph
St. Louis
Reynolds
United Railways Company
Teen Amatuer Baseball Hit Fatal in Bridgton
In Woonsocket June 22 August Senecae aged eighteen died at home from a brain concussion after being struck on the head by a pitched ball during an amateur baseball game in Bridgton yesterday.
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Woonsocket, RK
Senecae
Bridgton
Woman Stumbles to Death in Harlem Yard
Mrs. Mary Swayze wife of Samuel W. Swayze Harlem politician and retired real estate dealer died after stumbling in her back yard at 212 West 123d street. She fell while walking toward a neighbor Miss Lolita Herron at 211 West 122d street. The fall fractured her skull and she did not regain consciousness.
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Mary Swayze
Samuel W. Swayze
Harlem
West 123d Street
Lolita Herron
West 122d Street
Miss Herron
Fatal Philadelphia fire series claims young life
In Philadelphia on June 22 a deadly fire series destroyed a home at Front and Clymer streets, fatally burning 13 year old Florence Dugan and leaving her mother critically burned while a nearby warehouse and machine shop suffered damage. Sparks from the warehouse fire spread to Joseph Whitecar iron works but were soon controlled.
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Philadelphia
Florence Dugan
Front
Clymer
Pennsylvania Warehouse and Safe Deposit Company
Lombard Street
Delaware Avenue
Iron Works
Joseph Whitecar
Former star first baseman Everett Mills dies at 63
Everett Mills long time sergeant-at-arms in Newark court died at 95 Seventh Avenue Newark after a baseball career with Eurekas Red Stockings Mutuals of New York and Atlantics of Brooklyn Mills born in Chatham Massachusetts sixty three he leaves a wife and three children.
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Everett Mills
Newark
N. J
Seventh Avenue
Eurekas
Red Stockings
Mutuals
New York
Atlantics
Brooklyn
Mills
The
Boston
Mr. Mills
Chatham
Mass
Oklahoma Commission Upheld by State Supreme Court
Guthrie Oklahoma June 22 The Supreme Court affirmed the exclusive power of the Corporation Commission to fix railroad rates within the state subject to appeal Their action involved Rock Island Railroad appealing an injunction preventing it from enforcing an increased grain rate between certain points
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Guthrie, Okla
Supreme Court
The
Corporation Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Girl Shot In The Bronx Neighbor Firewall Remains Suspect
Eight year old Lillie Burr was hit in the right arm while playing near 497 East 147th street in The Bronx. The bullet struck the elbow and passed down the forearm exiting at the wrist. Police could not identify the shooter or the window from which the revolver was fired.
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East 147Th Street
The
Bronx
Lillie Burr
Arraignment in Killing Case and Other City Briefs
Albert Farrell of 229 East 43d street was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell in the West Side Court and remanded to the coroner without bail for the shooting death of Tessie Vailand of 533 West dist street. James Farrell held as a witness with 00 bail. Thirty Fort George prisoners were discharged after arraignment as Magistrate Herrman criticized police conduct. Join Kline and Richard Hoare were found guilty of defrauding Hoffman House management and fined $1 each. Coroner Acritelli pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court over charges tied to last fall’s primary election. trial set for the first Monday in October.
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Albert Farrell
East 43d Street
Tessie Vailand
West Dist Street
Cornell
West Side
James Farrell
Fort George
Herrman
Kline
Richard Hoare
Hoffman House
Court of Special Sessions
Acritelli
Supreme Court
Business Troubles Prompt Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitions
United States District Court petitions reveal involuntary bankruptcy against Harry Weiss of 17 Willet Street by Baltimore Stamping and Engraving and others with claims totaling 2886. Edward Koemer files voluntary petition with assets declared at 0. Tarabella appointed receiver for Antonio Russo in banking at 2180 Arthur Avenue, The Bronx, bond 1000. Alleged assets include merchandise accounts receivable fixtures and cash totaling about 1000.
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United States District Court
Harry Weiss
Willet Street
Baltimore Stamping and Enamelling Company
Reeds
Charles W. Littlefield
Edward Koemer
East 984
J. J. Millner
Third Avenue
John Riland
Rahway
N. C
Tarabella
Antonio Russo
Arthur Avenue
The
Bronx
OFF FOR BOSTON AS CLUBWOMEN TRAVEL FOR FEDERATION MEETING
A large contingent of New York clubwomen, led by Mrs. Stoddard Hammond and others, leaves Grand Central for Boston to attend the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. The election for federation president is the keynote event with Mrs. Philip Moore and Mrs. May Alden Ward as candidates. New York supports an open slate with no local candidate.
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Grand Central Station
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Stoddard Hammond
Binghamton
New York State Federation
Philip Carpenter
Charlotte Wilbour
Esther Herrman
William Tod Helmuth
Helen Varick Boswell
Mary Garrett Hay
Ralph Trautmann
Steven Stephens
M. Steelman
Hf. N. Pancoast
Frank B. Church
Florence Guernsey
J. Heron Crosman
William Cumming Story
City Federation
Clarence Burns
Sarah Platt Decker
New York
Waist pattern with square hertha effect gains versatility
The pattern is praised for its wide material compatibility and adaptability. It works with or without lining, suitable for muslins, thin silks, and lightweight wools, expanding its use for a variety of garments.
Sewing Pattern 6026 For Ladies Blouse And Bertha
New York Tribune Pattern Department offers pattern 6026 for a blouse and bertha with tucked net yoke and embroidered banding. Medium size requires specific yardage of materials including tucked net and insertion, with bust sizes 32 to 40 inches and mail order upon 10 cent payment plus 2 cent stamp.
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New- York Tribune
Summer classes at YWCA focus on wisdom and fun
The YWCA at No 7 East 15th Street launches its annual summer program themed on Solomon’s wisdom. Lectures, tours, and activities like shirtwaist making and millinery attract young women under twenty five who are protected by police patrols while engaging in a diverse curriculum of crafts and social events.
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Young Women's Christian Association
East 15Th Street
Solomon
Wisdom
Callier
Zoological Park
Yellowstess Park
S. Doheny
Doheny
J. Hull Browning
Tenafty
Beekman
the Cliffs
Oyster Bay
Emily B Wilson
Elberon
E. F Hatfield
Thien
Stuyvesant
Abingdon
Clubwomen Gather in Boston for Biennial Convention
About two thousand clubwomen from across the United States assemble in Boston for the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. Symphony Hall serves as headquarters with credentials checked on arrival. City sightseeing and social events unfold at the Hotel Westminster and New England Woman's Club as Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker prepares to formally open the convention.
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Boston
United States
General Fnion
Symphony Hall
Westminster
Women’s Club
Paul Jones
DE & E
Massach
New England Woman's Club
Grundmann Werat
State Federation
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
Sarah S Platt Decker
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