Strangled Italian Man Found Dead at Empire Hotel
Jacob Prozello, a 32 year old Italian man, was found dead in Room six at the Hotel Empire on Broadway and 634 Street. Police call it death by self strangulation though Coroner Harburger suspects murder. Autopsy ordered. evidence includes a towel knotted around the neck, locked room, and an open letter from Philadelphia.
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New York
Mary Sheehan
Prozello
William J. Cosgrove
Prozelle
West 68Th Street
Harburger
Sherman
Thomas Heany
Columbus Avenue
James A. Hayes, Jr
Philadelphia
Charles R. Allison
Reading Railroad
Prozelio
Hayes
Jones & Zeitz
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Cure for leprosy found in Louisiana leper home
A Louisiana leper home biennial report shows out of sixty one inmates in two years six are practically cured. The institution near Therville Parish houses lepers with modern cottages a surgical building and a Catholic church. Sisters of Charity provide care for patients ages seven to eighty with no infections among staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Assembly
Louisiana
Louisiana Institution
Mississippi River
Therville Parish
Sisters of Charity
Borough Hall to host July 4 parade and mass meeting
About five thousand boys are expected to gather at Borough Hall Brooklyn on July 4 for parades and a mass meeting. A Bushwick initiative aimed to curb fireworks by engaging youths through a large public event with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and speeches by prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Bushwick
Bank in Dover Closes as Cash and Paper vanish
Dover Kentucky bank dissolves after directors discover no cash or paper in the safe. Citizens' Bank, capitalized at 7500 dollars with deposits of 7 dollars, cites Aberdeen Ohio bank closure as the reason for its shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Citizens’ Bank
Aberdeen
Ohio
Despondent Student Killed By Train In Philadelphia
A body found on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in West Philadelphia has been identified as Frank Paul Esbrandt nineteen a student from Baltimore at the New York College of Pharmacy. His brother Frederick said Frank had been despondent over exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Frank Paul Esbrandt
Baltimore
New York College of Pharmacy
Frederick Esbrandt
Frank
Chicago pioneer Burcky dies. built Chicago restaurant empire
Christian Burcky, a Chicago restaurant pioneer known for quitting only after his pile was made, died at home. With Fi Milan he started in a box car lunchroom on Madison street before the 1871 fire, later expanding to Clark street and creating Chicago’s first class restaurant. By 1888 their wealth neared a million, then the business was offered for sale and Burcky never returned to business.
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Chicago
Christian Burcky
Fi” Milan
Madison Street
Burcky
Milan
Clark
Clark Street
Brig. Gen Albert Hartsuff Dies in Detroit at 92
Brigadier General Albert Hartsuff U S A retired died at his home in Detroit on June 22 from heart disease. He was brother of the late Major General George Hartsuff and General William Hartsuff. He served in the medical department during the Civil War, aided in suppressing a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, and later took part in several Indian campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Albert Hartsuff
George Hartsuff
William Hartsuff
New Orleans
Ackerson Dies at 39 in Montclair Pneumonia Fatal
George B. Ackerson a Montclair resident and former office boy who rose to partner in Nevers & Callaghan died suddenly from pneumonia. He left a wife and two children. Funeral will be at his home this evening 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 A Longtime White Plains Real Estate Man
William Huestis aged seventy eight a well known White Plains resident died yesterday at the home of his son in law William Fowler He was born in White Plains and was the oldest real estate dealer in the city An active Republican he served as assessor for twenty five years He leaves a wife two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Huestis
White Plains
William Fowler
Mr. Huestis
Balloon marksman reward amid Vermont balloon escape
A. Les Stevens of Brattleboro recounts two shots fired at 2000 feet above Brattleboro while carrying Charles J. Glidden of Boston in a balloon. Stevens offers a 19 dollar reward for the shooter as the gas bag was pierced and a bull caused a forced landing. A return ascent from North Adams is planned with Wade and Morrison of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Crockett
Mr. Stevens
May Exhume Body Of Miss Knisely In New Philadelphia
In New Philadelphia Ohio on June 22 the body of Miss Arline Knisely who was shot Friday while riding with her former employer Charles Spach was buried by her parents on Sunday though the funeral had been set for Monday. Police, unsettled by the unsettled investigation, asked the coroner to order exhumation and retention. Post mortem Saturday found the bullet. Spach who was also shot will recover and is under guard.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Arline Knisely
Charles Spach
Spach
Forest Reserve Fight Heads to Court Over Drowned Lands
Activists for Adirondack protection clash with timber interests as the case centers on Section 7 of Article VII. The Paul Smith Electric Light Power and Railroad Company is accused of submerging state forest lands on the Saranac River. The Forest Commission and protection groups argue the lands must remain wild and not be leased or sold. The Supreme Court in Gloversville will hear arguments Saturday on the state’s ownership and timber rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Preserve
Saranac River
Paul Smith Electric Light, Power & Railroad Company
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Supreme Court
Gloversville
Forest Commission
Association For the Protection of the Adirondacks
Paul Smith Company
Corks Said to Cause Arcadia Explosion
Investigators in Philadelphia on June 22 consider knall corks loaded for Chicago as the Arcadia blast source. Sixteen cases were in the hold, three removed before the accident. Corks house a brown explosive, and authorities note indentations in the steel bulkhead resemble damage from a bomb. An explosive analysis is planned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Arcadia
Chicago
Canadians complain after Niagara Falls border delay
A group from Toronto visiting Niagara Falls reports indignity and delay by U S officials during a trip to the American side. They were kept from landing, escorted by police to an inspector’s office, and detained about three hours before being released. Ottawa will be notified.
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Toronto
Niagara Falls
United States
Victoria Park
International Bridge
Ottawa
Billy Burke and partner robs bank in Philadelphia
Report traces Billy Burke and Charles Watson through a long string of crimes from 1880s Europe to a 1904 Philadelphia bank robbery. They seized 5000 dollars from Patrick Coonan of Franklin National Bank, were caught, and jailed in Eastern Penitentiary. Burke, aliases, and Sophie Lyons feature in a sprawling criminal history with multiple arrests, escapes, and alleged political influence. The article also covers a separate plan by Health Department officials to exterminate stray dogs, with a midtown to East Side launch and a four month campaign ending October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy” Burke
Sophie Lyons
Philadelphia
Detroit
Charles Watson
Burke
Patrick Coonan
Franklin National Bank
Sub-Treasury
Eastern Penitentiary
O'Leary
Reyburn
New York City
Charles Bates
Billy the Kid
Murphy
Petrie
England
Frank Lackrose
Galesburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Cohoes
Manufacturers’ Bank
Albany
Levy
Europe
Geneva
Switzerland
Charlie” Allen
George Harper
London
Sophie
Kentucky
Mount Sterling
Commercial Gazette” Office
Budapest
Burffe
Zurke
Sing Sing
Bowery
Watson
New Orleans
Back to Chinatown for Good Ends in Death and Arrest
Frank Pearsall of Jersey City tracked his wife Julia Hanlon to No 6 Mott Street Chinatown after she left him for a night out. He shot her during a quarrel, wounding her fatally as officers intervened. Pearsall was taken to the station house while Julia lay at St Gregory's Hospital. Nine residents of the place were detained as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pearsall
Jersey City
Chinatown
Bowery
Julia
Hanlon
Pearsall
Mott Street
Frank
Tretzger
McCutcheon
St. Gregory's Hospital
Hair contour saves Miss Watson as hammer hits head
In New Brunswick on June 22, Miss Sarah Watson sister of Recorder John Watson was struck on the head by a three pound hammer that fell sixteen feet from a railroad underconstruction. She escaped a serious fracture due to a high coil of hair and was helped home by two men after her straw hat and hair combs were shattered.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Sarah Watson
John Watson
Watson
French Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
More Santa Fe Men Laid Off In Topeka Shop Closures
Topeka June 22 The paint and coach departments of the Santa Fe shops were closed for a week. This will throw 490 workers out of employment, adding to 1300 already laid off for a week in the locomotive and boiler shops. The company cites economy as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fé
Railways Held Liable For Transit Debts In Test Case
In St Louis, Circuit Judge Reynolds rules United Railways must pay damages likely amounting to as much as 3,000,000 tied to the former St. Louis Transit Company before merger. The ruling interprets a tripartite agreement giving management of street railways and shifts liability for debts. Also in Columbus, Frederick J. Immel pleads guilty to bribery related to the East Broad street paving scandal and receives four years in the pen. He is fined 1,000 dollars.
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Uy Telegraph
St. Louis
Reynolds
United Railways Company
St. Louis Transit Company
David Barrie
United Railways
Tripartite
Columbus Grafter
Columbus
Ohio
Frederick J. Immel
Columbus Board of Public Service
East Broad Street
Rathmell
Criminal Court
H. C. Lang
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Ohio Penitentiary
Woman Stumbles to Death in Harlem Yard
Mrs. Mary Swayze wife of Samuel W. Swayze Harlem politician and former real estate dealer, died after stumbling in her back yard at 212 West 123th Street. She had gone to examine flowers when her attention was drawn to neighbor Miss Lolita Herron at 211 West 1224 Street. She began to move toward a window and did not see where she walked, falling hard and dying within minutes from a skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Swayze
Samuel W. Swayze
Harlem
West 123d Street
Lolita Herron
West 1224
Miss Herron
Fatal Philadelphia fire series claims young girl
A housing fire in Philadelphia at Front and Clymer streets fatally burned 13 year old Florence Dugan and badly burned her mother who fought to save her. Simultaneous blazes struck the Pennsylvania Warehouse and Safe Deposit Company on Lombard Street and a nearby iron works, with sparks triggering the warehouse roof fire before being extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Florence Dugan
Front
Clymer
Pennsylvania Warehouse and Safe Deposit Company
Lombard Street
Delaware Avenue
Iron Works
Joseph Whitecar
Former star first baseman dies after long service
Everett Mills, celebrated first baseman for the Eurekas and Red Stockings and later sergeant-at-arms in Newark New Jersey’s Quarter Sessions Court, died at his home 835 Seventh Avenue. Born in Chatham Massachusetts sixty three years ago he built a weather vane shaped like three baseball bats. He left a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 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 to the Supreme Court. The case involved an appeal by the Rock Island Railroad from an injunction preventing enforcement of an increased grain rate between specified points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie, Okla
Supreme Court
The
Corporation Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Girl Shot in The Bronx. Shooter Unfound
Eight year old Lillie Burr was struck in the right arm while playing near 497 East 147th Street in The Bronx. The bullet entered the elbow and exited the wrist. she was not seriously injured. Police could not identify the shooter from a window firing a revolver.
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East 147Th Street
The
Bronx
Lillie Burr
City News In Brief Arraignments And Trials
Albert Farrell of 229 East 43d street was arraigned in West Side Court and remanded to the coroner without bail for the shooting death of Tessie Vailand of 533 West 41st street. James Farrell, a witness, held on $0 bail. Thirty Fort George prisoners discharged after magistrate Herrman criticizes police. John Kline and Richard Hoare found guilty of defrauding Hoffman House management and each fined $15. Coroner Acritelli pleads not guilty to charges tied to last fall’s primary election. trial set for October first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Special Health Department
Middle East Side
Dr. Bensel
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
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
Walter Bensel
Albert Farrell
East 43d Street
Tessie Vailand
West 41St Street
Cornell
West Side
James Farrell
Fort George
Herrman
John Kline
Richard Hoare
Hoffman House
Court of Special Sessions
Acritelli
Supreme Court
Business Troubles in Recent Bankruptcy Petitions
Involuntary petition against Harry Weiss of 17 Willett Street, alleged robber in enamel ware and house furnishings, with claims totaling about $528,868. Receiver Charles W. Littlefield, bond $500, assets about $1,000. Optional voluntary petition by Edward Koemer of 177 East 934 Street for Mobilities, $431,062, unsecured with no assets. Antonio Russo's banking business at 2380 Arthur Avenue, The Bronx, with receiver C Tarabella and bond $1,000. assets described as merchandise, accounts receivable, fixtures and cash totaling about $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Harry Weiss
Willet Street
Baltimore Stamping and Enamelling Company
Charles W. Littlefield
Edward Koemer
East 934
C. Tarabella
Antonio Russo
Arthur Avenue
Bronx
Eighteen year old dies from pitched-ball head injury
Woonsocket R I June 22 August Senecae aged eighteen died at his home here today. He had been struck on the head by a pitched ball during an amateur baseball game at Bridgton yesterday. Death attributed to concussion of the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. J
Senecae
Bridgton
Off for Boston as federation of clubwomen heads east
A large group of clubwomen left Grand Central for Boston to attend the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. Notable figures include Mrs Stoddard Hammond and Mrs Philip Carpenter. election for president is anticipated with Mrs May Alden Ward and Mrs Philip Moore as contenders. New York delegates attend without a candidate of their own, expecting Carpenter to become vice president.
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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
Sorosis
Esther Herrman
William Tod Helmuth
Helen Varick Boswell
Mary Garrett Hay
Ralph Trautmann
Sarah Platt Decker
New York
Pattern waist adapts to many materials and linings
The waist design described as the square hertha effect is noted as versatile and well liked. It can be worn with or without a lining, suitable for muslins, thin silks, and light weight wools. The illustration shows the matching piece.
Dress pattern description and order notice from New York Tribune
The article details fabric requirements for a crêpe de chine blouse with tucked net yoke, embroidered bertha, and insertion lace trimming. It lists yardage for medium size, pattern 6 024 suited to busts 32 to 40 inches, and states patterns can be mailed for 10 cents plus optional 2 cent rush stamp to be sent by sealed letter.
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New- York Tribune
Summer school at Y W C A offers wisdom through play
The Y W C A at 7 East 15th opens its annual summer demonstration of Solomon’s words in a lively program for girls under twenty five. Activities include lectures renamed as trips to the Zoological Park and Our Own Wonderland, with dancing and crafts like shirtwaists and winter hats. Flowers abound as volunteers provide security with plainclothes officers patrolling near subway and elevated stations, while volunteers invite neighborhood girls to join in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
East 15Th Street
Solomon
Wisdom
Zoological Park
Wonderland
Yellowstone Park
S. Doheny
Dandy
Beauty
Iss Doheny
J. Hull Browning
Tenaty
Beekman
Union
Stuyvesant
Abingdon
Clubwomen Gather In 30st to Start Biennial
Boston June 2 Two thousand clubwomen from across the United States prepare for the opening of the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. Symphony Hall serves as headquarters with credentials, lodging, and tours underway. Socials include a Westminster Hotel breakfast by the Profess Women's Club and Paul Jones Chapter. The evening program features a concert greetings by the Boston Symphony and formal opening tomorrow led by Mrs. Sarah S Platt Decker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Symphony Hall
Retvention
Federationists
Hotel Westminster
Profess Women’s Club
Paul Jones Chapter
DE & R
State Federation
New England Woman's Club
Grundmann
SI Federation Save
Boston Symphony
Tion
Sarah S Platt Decker
Oral Federation
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Man
Miss Knisely
Figeting
Billy’burkes
Crook
Santa FE
Oklahoma
City News
Paris
Philipst Company
de Joire
Longchamps
Napoleon
Point de Valencay
Y. WC
St. Pleasant
General Federation
J. Stewart
Brant Frie
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