The Conning Tower Prologue and Letters to the Editor
A reflective piece titled The Conning Tower opens with musings on women and memory, followed by poetic portraits of Celia and Archie. The section moves through editorials and humorous letters lampooning newspaper contributions, personal aliases, and readers’ notes about wartime sentiment and pacifism. It includes anecdotes about Danbury, New York letters, and a veiled critique of Fordism and military stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Morning Tribune
Tribune
Nassau Street
New York City
Park Row
Toften
Merley
Barn Dance Aids Fresh Air Fund at Evergreens Farm
A barn dinner and minstrel show at Evergreens Farm in Montgomery New York raised 220.30 for the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Nearly 800 residents attended the two part program with a large cast from Montgomery and surrounding areas including Mrs J L Hutchison and Mr Mrs Hutchison of Montgomery. The event featured interludes by the cast and a collection during intermission. Ice cream cake and refreshments were sold to benefit the Fresh Air Fund. Contributions were requested by mail for further support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis
J. L. Hutchison
Montgomery
New York
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Evergreens Farm
Mrs. Hutchivon
Grange Hall
George Overheimer
Crabtree Woolen Mills
John d. Vanedoroff
Douging G. Han Ve
Elmhurst
Roger Halle
Morse Halle
New York City
Py Lippincott
Campbell Hall
N.Y
Helle Vanderers
Welle Hanlon
Grace Hanten
Ruth Hanton
Josephine Scott
Bradford
Ruth Hitchison
Somerville
Irene Fisher
Brooklys
KL. Lippincott
Campbell Wall
George Halle
Houston Brown
John C. Vanderert
Moraes Porter
Tougias Hardgrove
de Rta
Lippincott
Lippin
Buerven
Wits
Aires
Thitean Bastia
Squadron A Grants Member Leave to Wed Bulkeley
A member of Squadron A is granted leave to wed Bulkeley. The brief notice notes the assignment and the official approval for emergency or personal leave.
Thompson wedding and cabinet tensions in wartime Britain
In Philadelphia a Mrs Thompson Asquith wedding is planned with close family present. Across the ocean, a London cabinet split over Irish Home Rule fuels rumors of resignations, with Lord Selborne resigning consideration and Bonar Law delaying a Unionist meeting to seek a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Asquith
London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Walter Hame Long
Robert Cecil
Lkely
House of Commons
Ireland
David Lloyd George
Met
Earl of Selborne
House of Lords
Heard of Agriculture
Ulster
Asquith
John Redmond
Lord Selborne
Andrew Bonar Law
David Loyd George
M Honor Law
Metropolitan singer Kathleen Howard wed Edward Baird in Chancery Church
Contralto Kathleen Howard of the Metropolitan Opera married lawyer Edward Kellogg Baird at 8 pm in Thomas's Church Chantry. Rev Dr Ernest J Stires officiated. Sister Marjorie Howard was maid of honor. Charles Carson Matchatt best man. Baird, longtime New York resident and music patron, directs civil improvement groups and is a former Century Opera Company organizer. Howard has sung in Covent Garden and major German and Russian houses and appeared with the Boston Symphony. Baird was born in Kansas City and now lives at 65 West Forty-fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Fynet Houghton Ter
United States
Morgan G. Nulkeley
Hartfford
New House
Park Avenue
Siaty- Haare
Ernest M. Stires
Mia. Morelen Jr
Adama Sweet
Iso
Squadron A
van Cortlandt Park
Mr. Ingersoll
Horace L. Ingersoll
West End Avenue
Kathleen Howard
Metropolitan Opera Company
Edward Kellogg Baird
Thomas's Church
Ernest J. Stires
Marjorie Howard
Hvr
Charles Carson Matchatt
George H. Howard
Parin
Buttalo
Part
Century Opera Company
Baird
Miss Howard
Covent Garden
London
Germany
Russi
Cear
Imperial
Passenger Shoots Himself After Chest Wound at Dock
A passenger shot himself in the chest at a docking area near Government Pier Sandy Hook. He is in serious condition as responders converge on the scene. Police are investigating the incident and seeking witnesses.
Casement Trial Hangs On Technicality And Strategy
The trial of Sir Roger Casement proceeds with defense counsel pressing a quash on grounds treason outside the realm may not be punishable here. Chief counsel Alexander Sullivan argues unprecedented constitutional angles as witnesses recount Casement’s beach landing, army maps, and the rebel flag. The court adjourns with the defense hinting at surprises while public interest remains muted by other war events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thane
London
Sir Roger Casement
Alexander Sullivan
Sir Roger
Great Britain
Sullivan
Professor Morgan
Crown
Bis
Limerick
Witneses
Ireland
Roger
England
Nesses
Soldier's Grave for Border Victim in Bayonne
Bayonne corporal William Oberlies died of two gunshot wounds from a June 15 ambush near San Ignacio, after reenlisting from Troop M, 14th Cavalry. Funeral in Jersey City's New York Bay Cemetery with a 20-strong U.S. Army guard and local Spanish War Veterans escort. Bayonne residents donated to cover burial costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
William Oberlies
West Eighth Street
N. J
Florence
New York Bay Cemetery
Jersey City
Oberlies
United States Army
Governor's Island
Strikers Hear 45 Cent Diet From Health Commissioner
New York City strikers at Carnegie Hall hear Health Commissioner Haven Emerson outline a 45 cent daily diet for a family of five, warning of starvation if the cloak and suit makers’ strike continues. Speakers from the Citizens’ Committee urge perseverance while calling for arbitration and public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jr. Haven Emerson
Carnegie Hall
Citizens’ Committee
Cloak and Suit Makers
Felix Adler
Morris Hillquit
Allan. Robinson
Dr. Emerson
Adler
Hej
Council of Conciliation
Samuel McCune Lindsey
Columbia
Jacob H. Schiff
William S Patten Dies Sudden in Poland Springs at 81
William Swift Patten a retired Browning King partner and later a real estate operator in the city died suddenly at Poland Springs Missouri on June 26 at age eighty one. He was born in Place later moving to Washington Square where he began his firm Browning King Co. His view on cold water and walkups drew discussion at a probate hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Swift Patten
Browning, King & Co
Poland Springs
Patten
Washington Square
Justice Lynn
Lane, Merriam & Co
A P. Knowf
Amos F. Enowill
Empire State Socret
West Presbyterian Church
Lynn
Eno
William Mitchell
Mr. Eno
William N. Cohen
Albany Southern Railroad
Albany
Ridgewood
S.J
Lydia Barrows
Orlando Thom Highwood
Swan Point
Providence
R. L
Providence Papere
Roosevelt Described as Fugitive from Armageddon in Senate
In a June 27 session the Senate debated a letter from Theodore Roosevelt declining the Progressive presidential bid. Senator Thomas, a Democrat, called Roosevelt a "fugitive from Armageddon" and charged he betrayed the party to its opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
Copley
Hinola
House
Congression
Theodore Roosvelt
Thomas
Demerat
Cornel Roosevelt
Armsgeddon
Fragmented Text Signals Local News Skim
A garbled OCR passage hints at a meeting and various appointments in a maritime context. Names and places are unreadable, but terms like league, poetry, and a dedication event appear amid the broken fragments.
Brandon Arrested for Insulting Flag in The Bronx
Joseph Brandon, clerk at the Public Service Commission, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for insulting the American flag before a recruiting officer in The Bronx. He denied using insulting language and admitted wartime discussions near The Tribune Building. Brandon was suspended after a hearing yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis
Joseph Brandon
Public Service Commission
Bronx
Brandon
Trbune
Walker
Comibe
Infantile paralysis outbreak in Brooklyn spreading rapidly
Thirty seven new cases raised Brooklyn totals to 153 with Parkville and Fringe areas showing spread toward Flatbush. Health officials consider closing schools but deny it, convening an advisory medical board including Dr Simon Flexner and Dr Abraham Jacobs to craft a city plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksyn
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Abraham Jacobs
L. Emmett Holt
Boncd
Emerson Anid
New York
Kings County
Parkville
Sackett
Baltic
Atlantic Anne
Pearl
Union
van Brunt
Twelfth Streets
Fifth Avenue
Williams Avenue
Garenet Harrison
East 17Th
East Third
Mewes Streets
Brooklyn
Dr. Emerson
Manhattan
Health Department
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Celia Celia
Arcadia
Archie
Ridgway
Chick
Colleran Kane Co
Youngstown, C
Danbury
J. 3. Marley
Grandold Texas
George M. Bailey
Houston
Henry Ford
Barn Dance Aids
Fresh Air Fund
Lion Mertet
The
John A. Ingersoll
Elinor Bulkeley
de Forest
Lansdowne
Long al Grant
Philadelphia
St James's Church
James Beaton ‘Thompson
da Forest Grant
J. G. Brinton Thompton
East Fifty
Fourth Street
Nic Grant
Gabriel Grant
Cily
de Forest Santee
James Weltys Dizon
Vivahing
Long Island
Mina Marguerite Dixon
Henry Austin Clark
Mr. Clack
Calumet
Ardsley
SC Nicholas Society
Carlos M. de Heredia
National of America
Mra
John Bex
Berkshires
John Herndon French
White Sulphur Springs
Frederic B. Jenni
North Bennington
Pierpont Morgan
Highland Falls
N. Y
Bar Harbor
Herbert L. Latterre
Edwin Parsone
W. Way
Willard
Brown
Tuxedo
Southhampton
Mie
Warren E. Dennis
Athe
Mildred Dennis
East Pifty-seventh Street
Garden City
Gary
F. Egerton Webb
Ridgefield
Conn
Mel
Frederick E. Lewis
Photo Compbelt Studio
William S. Patten
Maritime
Beckengy
Chapman
Victor E. Kimball
Emily D. Dickingon
Orville Apatten
William 8. Gref
George Reynolds
John H. Jube
Albert E. Thomson
Lydia B
Grand Central Depot
Graf
Ariateliff Manor
Hirom
Greenwood
Jube
Allenh
Albert E. Jube
Hn P
Sarah Ann Ward
Kin Inteham Broadst
Newark
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