Subway Hopes Dismissal Delay Slows Fourth Ave Subway
Justice Blanchard in the Supreme Court refused to modify a temporary injunction delaying contracts for the Fourth avenue subway. He warned a decision by Friday was unlikely and suggested appointing a referee to determine the city debt limit and borrowing capacity, with appeals up to the Court of Appeals for final resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Fourth Avenue
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
J. H. Caldwell
Coler
Charles F. Murphy
Ee. E. Smith Company
Pendleton
Court of Appeals
Fire menaces St Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue
A pile of dried towers placed behind St Thomas's Church on 53d Street and Fifth Avenue was set alight by a cigarette stub from the street. A neighbor alerted the fire, Patrolman Conley of East List Street station put out the blaze with his night stick, and Rector Ernest M. Stires said no damage was done.
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St. Thomas's Church
53D Street
Fifth Avenue
Conley
East List Street
Ernest M. Stires
St .Thomas's
Locke anti racing bill passes Louisiana Senate
Louisiana Senate approves the Locke anti racing bill by 21 to 19 after months of conflict. The measure bans bookmaking, pari mutuel betting, and gambling on races and now awaits the Governor's signature, with senators debating alleged poisoning and last minute conspicuous efforts to secure votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Locke
Louisiana State Senate
House
Senate
Smart
Settoon
New Orleans
Louisiana
Tabbe
New York
Crowd Watches Five Hundred Rescue on Williamsburg Pier
On Metropolitan avenue recreation pier in Williamsburg Charles Kerrigan of 149 North 8th Street jumped into the river as onlookers watched. John Broderick and Alexander Dazzles jumped in to help but Kerrigan fought them off until Charles Raddigan arrived in a rowboat and rescued all three to Bedford Avenue Station. Kerrigan had been out of work for some time per his wife.
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Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg
Charles Kerrigan
North &Th Street
John Broderick
Driggs Avenue
Alexander Dazzles
Front Street
Charles Raddigan
Ross Street
Bedford Avenue Station
Kerrigan
Port Henry Chosen Essex County Seat In N Y Vote
In Port Henry New York on June 23 the Essex County Board of Supervisors voted to move the county seat from Elizabethtown to Port Henry citing old buildings and distance from the rail line. The decision must be confirmed by voters likely at the November general election after prior court battles upheld Westport over Elizabethtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
Essex County
Elizabethtown
Board of Supervisors
Port Henry
Westport
Court
Carnage halted as animal society stalls dog raid
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals halted Dr Darlington's planned canine crusade in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Colonel Wagstaff pressed for postponement after a board meeting, while Dr Bensel revised plans and his men waited. Sandbagged figures show 12 205 stray dogs and cats picked up by June 22 this year, most killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Darlington
Bensel
Board of Health
Colonel Wagstaff
Wagstaff
Horton
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Commonwealth Steamer Hosts Hundreds in Sound Port
More than five hundred guests of the New England Navigation Company toured the new steamer Commonwealth yesterday, arrived from Cramp shipyards Philadelphia. The 456 foot vessel cost about 2,000,000 with 96 foot beam and 22 knot engines. Dining room and cafe span the top deck while passengers enjoy panoramic land views, with service to Fall River beginning July 2.
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New England Navigation Company
Commonwealth
Cramp
Philadelphia
Rotterdam
Pasengers
Fall River
City of Montreal Floats After Three-Week Sandbar Stranding
Ogdensburg N Y June 23 After three weeks on a St Lawrence sandbar the City of Montreal of the Merchants Line was floated by tugs and towed to Prescott Ont for cargo removal. The steamer, leaking slightly, will be drydocked for repairs after losing her rudder near Long Sault Rapids. Forty passengers were landed safely when the captain beached the vessel on the American side to prevent a rapids spill.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence
City of Montreal
Merchanta’ Line
Prescott
Ont
St. Lawrence River
Long Sault
Prevention of Tuberculosis Linked to Diet and Digestion
A medical journal notes TB prevention in part depends on thoroughly chewing food and avoiding constipation. It urges vegetables and fruit to maintain digestion, linking indigestion to consumption. It also praises cream as nourishing and easily absorbed.
Grape-Nuts credited for curing tuberculosis in testimonial
A Philo man recounts a long battle with tuberculosis and stomach illness, losing weight to 90 pounds until Grape-Nuts and cream were introduced. He reports rapid strength gains, a 29 pound weight increase, and disease reduction across organs, crediting the food for enabling healthy blood and recovery. The ad ends with the slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dame Nature
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
William B. Leeds Dies at Hotel Ritz in Paris
William B. Leeds American financier dies suddenly at the Hotel Ritz Paris after a health decline. He was en route to sail to New York with his wife and son. Leeds served as president of the Rock Island Railroad and held directorships at multiple firms including American Can and U S Mortgage and Trust. He and his family will ship his body to New York on June 27.
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Paris
William B. Leeds
Leeds
Rock Island Railroad
America
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Windsor Trust Company
New York Yacht
Seawanhaka Corinthian
Brooklyn
Larchmont
American Yacht
Strotlers
Meadow Brook
City Midday
Turf and Field
Automobile Club of America
Deaths in Paris and Chicago theater scion dies
The obituary notes William Bateman Leeds of Richmond Indiana a railroad and steel magnate linked to the Tin Plate Trust and Rock Island system dying after strokes in Paris. It also covers Charles Burke Jefferson eldest son of Joseph Jefferson dying at St Luke's Hospital in New York at age 17.
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William Bateman Leeds
Richmond
Ind
Harry Miller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Leeds
Daniel G. Reid
Reid
Tigre
American Tin Plate Company
The
Tin Plate Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
William H. Moore
James H. Moore
Chicago
Mr. Reid
Indiana
Moores
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Rock Island Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
St. Louis & San
Rock Island Group
Rock Island
B. F. Yoakum
James Campbell
St. Louis
Nannie May Stewart Worthington
George Worthington
Soa
Andrew Miller
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Rough Point
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Rudolph Gaar Leeds
Blairstown High School Principal John M van Dyke Dies
John M. van Dyke, Blairstown High School principal and brother of Dr. Henry van Dyke of Princeton, died after one day of illness at the Andress home in Blairstown New Jersey. He was 53, born in Germantown and educated at Princeton University where he studied law but never practiced. Lieutenant Francis Winslow USN (retired) died in Norfolk after a bout with cirrhosis of the liver. He leaves a wife and children. burial will be in Washington.
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John M. van Dyke
Blairstown High School
Henry van Dyke
Princeton
William Andress
Blairstown
N. J
van Dyke
Germantown
Penn
Henry Jackson van Dyke
Princeton University
Dr Michael J Neville Dies In Williamsburg Hospital
Dr Michael J Neville aged 37 died at St Catharines Hospital Williamsburg after a heart ailment. Born in Ireland he practiced here since 1893 at 247 Leonard Street and served as a visiting physician at St Catharine's Hospital. He leaves one son and three daughters. Funeral tomorrow at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
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Michael J. Neville
St. Catharine's Hospital
Williamsburg
Leonard Street
Neville
Ireland
Queens University
Canada
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Dudley F Phelps Dies in Beacon Street Home
Dudley Farley Phelps a veteran of the Civil War and longtime figure in New York customs service died at his sisters home on Beacon Street Boston. Born in Hollis New Hampshire he was the son of Reverend Dudley Phelps of Groton. His death occurred June 23 according to telegraph dispatches.
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Tribune
Boston
Dudley Farley Phelps
New York Customs Service
Misses Phelps
Beacon Street
Hollis
N. H
Dudley Phelps
Groton
Notable Early Life of a 2nd Negro Regiment Member
The subject joined the 2th Negro Regiment at eighteen, with the Union League Club of New York backing him. After Mobile and a stint as assistant provost marshal in the Gulf Department at New Orleans, he left the army at twenty and entered Harvard Law School, graduating in 1867.
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Union League Club
New York
Mobile
Salem Sets New Record For Vessel Speed In Measured Mile
Salem, a new scout cruiser, established a class record with a 26.885 knot measured mile run in Rockland Maine. The ship’s five best runs averaged 25.25 knots, surpassing Chester’s 25.1. Built for the U S government by Fore River, Salem uses American turbine engines, with trials led by Rear Admiral Richardson Clover and a 20 run day ending with a four hour endurance test scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Salem
Chester
United States
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Birmingham
Richardson Clover
Justices Quiz Droege At Appellate Hearing
Magistrate Droege faced the Appellate Division over a suit by the Bar Association seeking to suppress a newspaper story about his night court actions. He cited a Baltimore arrest from an old case, later acquitted, as the cause of ongoing damage and public suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droege
The
Bar Association
Baltimore
John B. Stanchfield
Droes
New York
Magistrates’ Court
Tornado Hits Grand Travers County Michigan
Grand Travers County was struck by a tornado that damaged a large new barn under construction. Five men were injured and one, Charles Gelgrt aged forty, fatally. The storm brought sand, wet weather, and heavy rain. In Natchez Mississippi authorities plan ration relief for floods, requesting five thousand rations for Adams and Wilkinson counties to aid three thousand flood victims.
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Louisiana
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Travers County
Charles Gelgrt
Natchez
Miss
Ham
Adams
Wilkinson
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Louisville
Recreation Pier
New
Essex
von Carnage
Montreal
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A
Zaida Ben-Yusuf
Charles Burke Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
St. Luke's Hospital
Macon
Margaret Clements Lockyer
Charles St. Thomas Burke
McVicker’s Theatre
Dickory
Sailor
Hendrick Vedder
Rip van Winkle
C. B. Jefferson, Klaw & Erlanger
New York Theatrical Syndicate
Country Circus
Paterson
Jefferson
David Garrick
Fat
Thomas Jefferson
Lieutenant Francis Winslow
Dudley F. Phelps
Quiz Droege
Michigan
James B. Connolly
Athens
Scribner
Theath
Letic
Grea
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