Barnard Claims Pennsylvania Failing to Pay for Capitol Sculptures
George Grey Barnard the sculptor says he faced unfair treatment from Pennsylvania officials and the marble company contracted to carve two groups for the Capitol at Harrisburg. He describes costly delays, unpaid contract sums, and debts for plaster casts and Carrara marble, with a plan to discuss the matter with the Capitol commission. He intends to stay in New Hampshire this summer and return to France in October.
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George Grey Barnard
Dewtzree
Capitol
Harrisburg
Fenn
Staul
Barnard
Paris
State of
Pennsylvania
Cartera
Cherbourg
Capitol Commission
Morat-ser-Loing
France
Isemen
Joseph Husted
Europe
Carrara
New York Athletic Club Boats Finish at Block Island Race
Fifty percent of the 27 yachts started from Wuckleberry Island for a 100 nautical mile run to Block Island. Light wind and fog hampered progress and the judges boat was missing making official results uncertain. Unofficial word favored the Okee owned by the Mahlstedt brothers as victor with Bobtail a close second. finishers included Notes, Vingt-Trois, Tamerlane, Okee, Little Peter, Tanya, Nutmeg, Naiad, Busy Bee, Alyce, Saladin, Mopsa, Dipper, and Sagola.
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Block Island
R. L
New York Athletic Club
Wuckleberry Island
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Mahlstedt
Marie Wins Long Race In Corinthian Yacht Club Event
Marblehead Mass June 2 The 20 foot Pontiac owned by W F Whitney led for nearly a day but J V Santry s Marie won on time allowance in Class Bb. Other class winners include Little Hope in Class A Gringo in Class ? and Little Rhody in Class Q.
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the Tribune
Marblehead
Mass
Pontiac
W. F. Whitney
Corinthian Yacht Club
Isles of Shoals
Return
J. V. Santry
Marie
Entomologists to Visit Bay State for Moth Study
Boston June 3 A group of noted entomologists will visit to advise Superintendent Kirkland of the Massachusetts Gypsy Moth Commission on gypsy and browntail moths. The legislature’s appropriation enables access to top authorities including Dr E P Felt Dr J H Comstock Prof John R Smith Prof M W Slingerland and Prof Lounsbury among others.
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the Tribune
Boston
Kirkland
Massachusetts Gypsy Moth Commission
E. P. Felt
Albany
J. H. Comstock
Cornell
John R. Smith
New Jersey Experiment Station
M. W. Slingerland
Lounsbury
South Africa
Human Cost of Steel in Pittsburg’s Industrial Belt
A coroner’s blotter from Allegheny County highlights that over a third of deaths in 1906 stem from industrial accidents in mills mines and railroads. It cites 2,660 total deaths with 919 from accidents, averages of about two hundred deaths per month, and 344 in the first five months of this year as sacrifices to production.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Pittsboro
Commonwealth
Captain Makes Sun Day Ruling for Coney Island Spielers
At Coney Island Captain Langan rounded up nearly forty local spielers in the station house after the Sunday crowds and ordered gentler conduct and limited spieling on Sundays. Four drownings were reported plus several arrests as Dreamland and Luna Park thrived in warm weather.
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Coney Island
Langan
Island
John Y. McKane
Grand Rapids
Coney
Oscaloosa
Painted Post
Red Dog
Dr. Holthausen
Coney Island Reception Hospital
Jeremiah Kasseevitch
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Holthausen
Max Bornstein
Forsyth Street
West 14Th Street
Charles Slattery
Dreamland
Luna Park
Belshazzar
Ellis
Orient
Billy” Ellis
Broadway
Oor
Fog and Tide Halt Acrobats at Golden City
High tides and dense fog submerged the rear road of Golden City, delaying the Six Flying Panyards. Miss Maud Banvard nearly fell during a trapeze switch and sprained her wrist while Mile. Mora and a companion executed two somersaults in a 100 foot incline ride.
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Canarsie
Golden City
Maud Banvard
Mora
Mlle. Mora
Fire Escape Kidnapping of Wife’s Infant Daughter
Daniel O Neill climbed fire escape into his estranged wife’s home at 266 East 59th Street and seized their two year old daughter before fleeing. The mother awoke, reported the attack to East 51st Street police, and the man remains at large with no address. The abductor is described as a truck driver who left after three weeks separation.
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Daniel O'Neill
East 59Th Street
East 61St Street
East 51St Street
Tragic Ice Delivery Accident Kills Man in The Bronx
Nicholas Fisher or Nicole Dermano of 784 Cortlandt Avenue The Bronx was killed instantly when a large cake of ice fell from the rear of a moving wagon as two workers delivered ice. Fisher was riding the wagon when the cake slid off and crushed him.
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Nicholas Fisher
Nicole Dermano
Cortlandt Avenue
The
Bronx
Fisher
McCreery Silk and Dress Goods Sale Announcement
James McCreery & Co promotes McCreery Silk in both stores with 2500 yards of printed Foulard at 6Se per yard and 15000 yards of imported Union Linen Suiting in colors including navy blue and cream. Also features 46 inch White French Dress Linen at 48c per yard and seasonable fabrics at about half price plus Mohair Sicilian at 54 inches wide from Bradford with multiple color options.
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Union
Bradford
Notice of Application for Commissioners of Appraisal
New York City Corporation Counsel seeks the court’s appointment of three disinterested freeholders as Commissioners of Appraisal to acquire real estate in North Castle Westchester for Kensico Reservoir. Special Term in White Plains on July 20, 1907 at 10 AM.
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NEW York Supreme Court
Ninth Judicial District
Westchester County
Ikeasico Reservoir
Corporation Counsel
City of
New York
Supreme Court
State of New York
White Plains
N. Y
North Castle
County of
Westchester
County of Westchester
Southern Aqueduct Department
Board of Water
City of New York
Kensico Reservoir
Kensico Dam
Harlem
Valhalla Avenue
the Register of the County of Westchester
Broadway
Eald Road
Parcel No. 195
Parcel No
Montesty
Chambers Avenue
Chacahers Avenue
Lee Avenue
See Avenue
Aald See Avenue
Bsamie
Chambers and Valhalla Avenues
Valhalla
Nethermont Avenue
Parcel No. KS
Said Avenue
Hillandale Avenue
Parcel No 21
Butemouth
Same
Parcel No. 191
Saif
Parett
Kensico Avenue
Bronx River
Mount Pleasant
Eald River
Salt Town
Fee
Liliam
Ellison
State
Enereatee Aenea Hall of Records
Jamders
Centre Stree Borough
Manhattan
New York City
Bie
Bad Cotton Coming Says Jordan
Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association in Atlanta writes John H. Parker of the New York Cotton Exchange alleging low grade American cotton rejected in Liverpool is slated for tender on July contracts in New York. He argues such practices depress Southern spot prices and urges fair classifications to end perceived unfair dealings.
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Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Atlanta
John H. Parker
New York
Liverpool
New York Cotton Exchange
America
Liverpool Exchange
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
South
Fort George sweep nets near fifty arrests for gambling and disorder
Plainclothes officers from West 152d Street raided Fort George yesterday afternoon arresting about fifty. Many detainees faced license and gambling charges while the Children’s Society took ten young sellers of peanuts popcorn and lemonade to its courts.
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West 152d Street
Fort George
Children’s Society
Tribune
Olympia sails echo Dewey era on North River voyage
The cruiser Olympia, Dewey's flagship at Manila Bay, reported by wireless at 9:43 p.m. yesterday forty miles east of Fire Island. Recommissioned as a training ship for Annapolis cadets, she started from Annapolis on Friday and will anchor off 126th Street in the North River.
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Dewey
Olympia
Manila Bay
Fire Island
Annapolis
Navy Yard
126Th Street
North River
Memory Lost Man Rescued From Workhouse
Henry Dubbins of Cooperstown wandered Riverside Park and was taken in by police. His son in law Arthur Carmich a detective recognized him and secured release from the West Side court after Dubbins failed to recall his name. Dubbins is eighty and owns property in Cooperstown.
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Henry Dubbins
Cooperstown
Inlaw
Arthur Carmich
Carmich
West Side Court
Pop
Arthur
Dubbins
Riverside Park
Marine Intelligence and Almanac Update
The Minnetonka reported to Siasconset near the Nantucket South Shoals Lightship at 4 pm yesterday and is expected to dock around 7 40 am today. The Nieuw Amsterdam reported to Siasconset about 160 miles east of the lightship and is due to dock around 12 30 pm today.
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Minnetonka
Siasconset
Nantucket Southhoals
Nieuw Amsterdam
Destination and steamer schedule details
The records provide voyage assignments and departure times for ships including the Mariposa sailing from New York to Tahiti and Marquesas via San Francisco on June 28 at 6 00 pm and the United States transport Sherman sailing to Hawaii Guam and the Philippine Islands via San Francisco on June 30 at 6 00 pm Also noted are routes to Corea China and Philippine Islands via Vancouver and Victoria with other identifiers and timing.
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New York
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
San Francisco
Mariposa
Hawaii
Guam
Philippine Islands
United States
Sherman
Corea
China
Philippine
Vancouver
Victoria
Ceen
World Ship Schedules Across Pacific and Pacific Islands
Shipping notices list stopovers and departures for July with routes including Japan Corea and China via San Francisco Seattle and Tacoma Hawaii via San Francisco and Alameda Vessels Shinano Hellerophon and others schedule dates July 4 and July 5 at 6:00 pm for multiple destinations and ports.
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Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Seattle
Shinano Eoe
Shipping News Summary of Ocean Liners Arrivals and Goods
A long list from Sandy Hook reports multiple steamers arriving or leaving ports with details on captains, routes, and cargoes. Included are Campania to Naples with 66 cabin and 2100 steerage passengers, Nordkap with copper ore, Livonia with 1 cabin and 601 steerage passengers, Vigilancia with home mails, Saint Cuthbert with mail and moise, San Marcos from Galveston, St Paul from Southampton, Columbia from Glasgow with 863 cabin and 815 steerage passengers, Lenotra with sugar, Teviotdale with sugar, Grecian Prince with coffee and passengers, Monroe and others, plus various sailings to Rotterdam, Havana, Santos, Cienfuegos and more.
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Campania
Ital
Dodera
Naples
St Michaels
Hirzel, Peltzmann & Co
Bar
Nordkap
Nor
Larsen
Tilt Cove
N F
American Metal Company
New York
Porto Rico
Lihau
Rotterdam
Benham & Boyesen
Moise
Vigilancia
Johnson
Tamptco
Nassau
Cuba Mails Co
Saint Cuthbert
Lewis
Antwerp
Sanderson & Son
Sam
San Marcos
Davidson
Galveston
Brunswick
Mallory Si Co
St Paul
Passow
Southampton
Snetons
American
Malls
Columbia
Wadsworth
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Brothers
Pasengers
St Laurent
Juham
Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Lenotra
Smith
Cardenas
Matanzas
D Munson
Grecian Prince
Hudson
Santos
Barbados
Busk & Jevons
Monroe
Hulphers
Newport News
Norfolk
Lower Bay
Old Dominion Eamship Company
Sandy Hook
N. J
Steamers At Foreign Ports Arrived And Sailed
Shipping notices list arrivals at New York from Liverpool London Southampton and Havre with ships including Fineares Tagua Caledonia Umbria and Liebre. sailings show Vaderland Algeria Consuelo and Finland bound to Dover Antwerp and New York with several routes and timings.
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Liverpool
Fineares
New York
London
Southampton
Louis
Plymouth
Erbourn
Tagua
Kingston
Barbad
Paige
Caledonia
Gias- Naples
Altonta
Pneytone Napfea
Umbria
Oh S ‘Orig
Havre
la Provence
Dover
Vaderland
Berg
Gibraltar
Algeria
Patras
Palermo
Lizard
Finland
Dover Aim
Antwerp
Consuelo
Brap
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MR. Barnard
Little Hope
Little Rhody
Bay State
Roosevelt
Magazine of
Captain Langan
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Twenty-third Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Jordan
Marine Intelligence
Hell Gate
Gov
Transpacific
Ees Wearel
Earnla
Port Limon
Hamb-Am
Nieuw Rotterdam
Holland-Am
Molensk Bau
Zulla
New Orleans
Pacitie
Kaiser W. der G Hremen
N G
E! Dia
Ittecere SO Pacific
Maracas
Port Spain
Ore -Trinidad
Hamburg
Bremen
Livya Hulgaria
Hamb-Am Visa
Chesapeake
Ibraltar
Torres Antilles
Comal Fobile
Maranhense
Pura
Booth Ae Bana
Prinzess Alice
Mromen
Apache
Jacksonville
Clyde
Concho
Mallory
Thenase
Kansas City
Savannah
Fednesday
Grecia
Inagua
Teutonic
White Star
Deutschland
la Savoie
French
Advance
Colon
Pansma
Estanza
Havana
Ward
Cetic
White Stat Ees
Indiana
Lloyd Ital
Macon
Shipping News
Port of
Gailed
Eastern Prince
Manchester
Amsterdam
Headley
Singapore
Dalny
Hydra
Shanghai
Indraghiri
Melbourne
Sydney
Anselma de Larrinaga
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Pring August Wilhelm
Fortune Island
Curriyba
Nipe
Banes
Aerial Gardens
New Amsterdam Theatre
Sam. H. Harris
Geo
MH. Gohan
Wooneas
Comedienne
New York & Arty
Arts Criterion Theatres
Bet
Sta Dazie
Voscarys
Karnoco
W. C. Phids
Isy James
Dancing Dolls
London Empire
35Th St
WM. Collier Cote
yUta É
B'way
Tre Lidw
Poe Mouse
Charles
Knickerbocker
Montgomery & ST
39Th St
Eddie Foy
B’way
Ammerstein
Madison Square Roof Garden
Exey Eve
Rainershine van den Berg Opera Co
West Erd
Elfye Fay
Genaro’s Gon- Blaan Daily
Dolier Band
Claude Gillingthe
Water & Co
Zingart
Mon
EOOF
Belasco Tansee
Rose Rancho
Free Vaudeyeville
Pelights
Luna Park Kateidoscopic
Eden
Sheepshead Bay
Lander
Uv. S. & Mario
Navy
L . S. Marion
Secretary OF the Navy
Washington
D. C
U. & & Marion
Ay Department
Mare Island
Truman H. Newberry
Fort Wood
U. S
G. C. Burnell
Consig Qr
Department OF Parks Arsenal
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-fourth Street
Borough of Manhattan
Department of Parks
Eclock P mm
Public Library
Lenox and Tilden
Department Parks
Arsenal
Central Park
Architects
Carrere & Hastings
East Forty-first Street
City Record
Moses Herrman
Joseph J. Berry
Michael J. Kennedy
Commissioners of Parks
Office Commissioners District OF
Washington, D. C
Sir Bridge
Spenc Cosby
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