King's birthday honors list elevates many to peerage
Lenton June 28 A long list of peerages baronets and knights is issued with Leonora Henry Courtney George Shaw Le compromised by Liberal government links William Pirrie George Armistead Herbert Gladstone and others receiving honors Porfirio Diez gets honorary Grand Cross of the Bath and Sir Maurice Bunsen Cecil Spring Rice receive high orders Leonard Courtney hailed as the most striking feature amid Boer War opposition context
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Egypt
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Lord Curzon
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Jaa
Prince and Princess of Wales
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Nova Scotia
Aemilius Irving
Bar
Ontario
Leonard Courtney
Courtney
German View On Tariff In Cologne Gazette
The Gazette argues the German American tariff dispute causes embarrassment and urges the United States to honor obligations already undertaken. It states Germany hopes the U S will not withdraw and seeks mutual understanding, noting concessions must be made only in authoritative form.
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Gazette
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United States
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Gegeri
Interparliamentary Union Congress Invites Americans
London invites US Senators and Representatives to attend the fourteenth congress in London starting July 23. No acceptances have arrived as elections may limit attendance. Russia and all parliaments will be represented. Topics include disarmament. The British government provides 25000 for expenses and offers grand entertainments including receptions by King Edward and a dinner at the Crystal Palace.
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London Dealer Buys Hainauer Collection for 1.25 Million
The Daily Telegraph reports a London art dealer paid 1.25 million dollars for the Hainauer collection from Berlin. The collection, assembled under Dr. Bode of the Berlin Museum, includes German and Italian artworks and marks a major sale in London.
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Yale Law School Adopts New Admission Rules
New Haven reports Yale Law School will accept entrants with a college diploma or equivalent work credit. Candidates may enroll via fifteen hours weekly of study or pay ten dollars and take examinations in three study sets including history rhetoric language criticism logic ethics mathematics and political economy.
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Yale Law School
Regents Require Exams for Student State Aid
Alveay June 28 The State Board of Regents ruled that all secondary school students seeking state academic funding must take the Regents examinations. Examinations will reflect teaching in the best schools and not be forced on weaker schools. A committee of teachers from high schools and academies will prepare questions, with the exams mandatory only in the last two years of the academic program.
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State Board @ Regents
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Eateriment of Education
Tegerni«s
CAPTAIN HANK HAFF SINKING AFTER PARALYSIS
Captain Hank Maff, veteran skipper, showing no improvement as paralysis worsens. Family stays at his bedside in Long Island during June, with dropsy developing and fear the end is near.
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Long Island
Hank Maff
Miss Eva Booth Reported Improving at Salvation Army HQ
At the Salvation Army headquarters on Seventh Street yesterday, Miss Eva Booth, commander of the causes country, was said to be in improving condition. Officials reported her health as better and noted that plans to contact her father General William Booth were postponed by business.
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England
William Booth
Murdered man identified near Yonkers in five wounds
Andrea Feooris of Cologne, Mal y, was identified yesterday by his brother in law Thomas Chivers at East 16th Street. Chivers said Feooris had a wife and family in Italy and sought to bring them here, denying ties to secret societies or Maltese politics. The body was found Wednesday in bushes near Yonkers by two passersby who alerted police.
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Andrea Feooris
Cologne
Maly
Thomas Chivers
Srecer
East 16Th Street
Feooris
Italy
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Catholics Begin Fifteenth Summer School at Clinton Haven
The Catholic Summer School of America opens at Clift Haven on Lake Champlain with a solemn mass and vespers. Lectures begin Monday with Rev John Talbot Smith discussing The Literary Enemies of Hendrik Ibsen, followed by a full schedule of lectures classes sports and amusements through July and August. Attendance has grown to seven thousand and the grounds cover about five hundred acres with chapels auditoriums cottages and multiple clubs.
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Lake Champlain
John Talbot Smith
Hendrik Ibsen
Cui Haven
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
J. C. Monaghan
Department of Commerce
Thomas A. Daly
Catholic Standard
Philadelphia
W. J. Kerby
Catholic University
J. E. Power
Rhode Island Dental Society
Eugene F. Sheldon Dies Former Herkimer County Judge
Eugene F. Sheldon longtime judge and surrogate of Herkimer County and noted Republican political figure in Central New York died in Little Falls at age sixty two.
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N. Y
Eugene F. Sheldon
Herkimer County
New York
Captain Moran Dies After Long Canal and Tugboat Career
Captain Michael Moran born in Westmeath Ireland in 1534 came to America with parents at age four. He rose from Erie Canal driver to tugboat owner and controlled a large Atlantic coast fleet. He served 28 years on the National Board of Steam Navigation and 28 years with the Maritime Exchange. A committee meeting at the Maritime Exchange to take action on his death is set for today at noon.
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Westmeath
Ireland
Frankfort
Herkimer County
N. Y
Captain Moran
Erie Canal
No. 14
South Street
New York
Atlantic
National Board of Steam Navigation
Catherine
Eugene F. Moran
Joseph H. Moran
J. F. Belford
Moran
Maritime Exchange
Committee For the Protection of Commerce
Frederick B. Dalzell
Man Dies by Suicide While on Vacation in St Louis
Bernard Coakley of New York a wholesale liquor salesman was found dead hanging from a tree in St Louis during his vacation. He managed a restaurant for Michael J Jennings at 182 East 4th Street. Coakley 30 left New York after depositing $61 at Lincoln National Bank and had shown odd behavior for weeks before leaving. He leaves a wife and two children.
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St. Louis
Bernard Coakley
Third Avenue
New York
East
Michael J. Jennings
Jennings
Coakley
Mr. Jennings
Lincoln National Bank
Catholics May Eat Meat Today Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Catholics worldwide may eat meat at all meals today a special dispensation marks the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. It is the first Friday with general permission since Columbus Day 1893. Last St Patrick’s Day a similar dispensation was granted for attendees at Delmonico’s dinner.
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Readers urged simpler spelling and terms in English
Letter writer criticizes complex spellings and affixes, arguing for unified forms like congregatism and latitudan. Proposes shorter versions for many denominational terms and praises The Tribunes move to Panamanian demonym as a model for concise spelling. Signed by John H. Osborne of Auburn, N. Y., June 25, 1906.
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Tribune
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N. Y
Removing Galveston Bar The case for tidal scour progress
In a June 26 1906 letter from Philadelphia Lewis M Haupt Consul Engineer defends a tidal scour method used at Galveston Bay. He argues government and private funds supported the plan despite critics noting theoretical value and recounts channel formation surpassing eight to eighteen feet at high water. He cites saved costs and improved navigable depths versus abandoned jetty plans and condemns a misleading dispatch as harming national progress.
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Nomination of George M Pinney for Supreme Court
A letter to The Tribune urges the inclusion of George M Pinney in the candidate pool for Supreme Court justice. The writer highlights Pinney as Harvard educated, former Richmond County District Attorney, and charter contributor with impartial judge qualities. The note asks the proper committee to consider his nomination to honor the bench and gain public trust.
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Supreme Court
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Pinney
Harvard
Richmond County
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York
French Ambassador Sails for Havre on La Provence
Ambassador Jusserand and wife departed for Havre on the French liner La Provence for an annual vacation in France returning in September. Also aboard were Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, mother of Congressman Longworth, and passengers including Mr and Mrs John W Daly Corporation Counsel John J Delany and Mr and Mrs Robert H McCurdy.
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Havre
la Provence
France
Nicholas Longworth
Congressman Longworth
John W. Daly
John J. Delany
Robert H. McCurdy
Today’s events at Sheepshead Bay and city churches
Racing at Sheepshead Bay kicks off the day while teachers from daily vacation Bible schools meet under the Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations at Judson Memorial Church. Free admissions available at the Zoological Park and Museum of Natural History starting at 9:30 a.m.
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Sheepshead Bay
Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations
Judson Memorial Church
Washington Square
Zoological Park
Museum of Natural History
Easton Silk Company objects to silk merger report
William R. Haytock of Easton Silk Company denies an option on its plants to a trust and asks the paper to contradict a prior report of a large silk merger. Addressed from Easton, Pennsylvania, June 25, 19%.
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William R. Haytock
Easton, Penn
Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels This Week
Senator William Warner of Missouri, Charles M. Haye vice president of Grand Trunk Railway Montreal, Baron Rosen of Washington, Ex-Senator Watson of Waldorf Astoria, Seattle Squires, Seattle Washington.
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Charles M. Haye
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
ST. Regis
Baron Rosen
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Watson
Squires
Seattle
Wash
Weather report and forecast for regional coastal areas
Official Weather Bureau record and forecast across New England to the Gulf states. Notes light to fresh southwest winds along the Atlantic coast with showers and cooler spells, and 90 degree plus highs east of the Rockies. District summaries include District of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania New York and Western New York forecasts with showers today and Saturday.
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Plea for a West Side Subway in NYC
A West Side resident urges expansion of the subway to ease access for upper and lower West Side travelers. The letter proposes extending the current tunnel from Broadway and 71st Street down Tenth Avenue and Greenwich Street to the Battery to connect with Hudson River ferries and business districts.
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Forest trees ravaged by fungus and aphids threaten New York area
Charles W. Leavitt Jr reports a fungal disease and green flies attacking chestnut trees in Westchester County New York and Essex and Bergen counties New Jersey. He urges cutting affected wood and applying both a fungus and an insect spray, stressing urgent action to save the trees.
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Bergen Counties
New Jersey
Charles W. Leavitt, Jr
New York City
Public school fundraising idea for San Francisco 1936
Letter urges nationwide contributions from public school children to rebuild San Francisco schools. The writer notes prior interest, suggests collecting donations before schools closed, and asks for guidance on starting a broader drive. Dated June 22, 1936.
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San Francisco
Fresh Air Fund Sends 311 New York Children to Country
Three hundred eleven poor children from New York were sent to Interlaken Massachusetts Shokan and Ashford Hill for two weeks each by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. The trips featured nightgown shortages and stories of hardship, with a girl eagerly anticipating play and others recounting work and poor living conditions.
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St. Helen’s Home
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Tribune
DROWNS IN SIGHT OF CROWD
William McCarthy seven years old of Yonkers New York drowned yesterday in the Nepperhan River. He slipped while wading near the aqueduct arch and was swept into deep water as onlookers shouted. Patrolmen Van Steenburgh and Van Metter pulled him from the shallow river and, despite an hour of resuscitation attempts, could not revive him.
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Suydam Place
Yonkers
N. Y
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Aqueduct Arch
van Steenburgh
van Metter
Shonts and Stevens sail for Colon on Panama liner
Theodore P. Shonts chairman of the Panama Canal Commission and John F. Stevens chief engineer sailed to Colon aboard the Panama. Shonts says canal work will be pushed rapidly and completed within eight years with growing force as more steam shovels and engines arrive. He denies a rush to hire and notes the effort will expand gradually. He also dismisses a Jamaican report critical of Panama treatment of Negroes as flattering to the Canal.
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Panama Canal Commission
John F. Stevens
Colon
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Jamaica
Silk Association guests visit West Point for Consul General Uchida
Baron Uchida of Japan, Consul General in New York, sails for Yokohama on June 10 and is hosted by the Silk Association of America during a West Point visit. The party arrives by boat at 11:30, is welcomed by General A L Mills at CullumMemories Hall, views drill, and departs for New York at 6 p.m.
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Little Deer American Horse’s eight month old dies at Brighton Beach
Little Deer daughter of American Horse of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show died from pneumonia after a two week illness. The infant was taken to Coney Island Emergency Hospital then Kings County Hospital before dying. A pow wow followed the discovery of the burial held at four o'clock yesterday afternoon.
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Coney Island
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Emer Nney
Leopold to name plenipotentiary ministers for Congo State
According to a Brussels correspondent of The Daily Telegraph King Leopold plans to appoint plenipotentiary ministers for the Congo Independent State to Great Britain the United States France and Germany. Previously Congo was represented by Belgian envoys.
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Man arrested for placards attacking J. P. Morgan and Standard Oil
Morrison L Swift, a well dressed 35 year old, posted incendiary placards labeling J. P. Morgan & Co and Standard Oil as thieves and pirates. He triggered crowds blocking Broadway and Wall Street, was arrested for disorderly conduct, arraigned, and fined ten dollars, which he paid.
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Militia Shooting Gallery Funds Set. New York Orders Issued
The War Department directs New York militia to seek property for shooting galleries and ranges with detailed cost and location plans. Governor to designate a militia disbursing officer. total militia arms and ranges funds set at 155,598.06 dollars, with more details to follow. Orders issued d to Manila staff, Vancouver Barracks, and various infantry and engineer appointments. Movements and sailings of warships reported including the Wisconsin and several others.
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June
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Albany
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Submarine Lake completes 325 mile solo sea voyage
The Lake, an eighty five foot gasoline powered submarine torpedo boat with a crew of eight, sailed solo from Newport News, Virginia to New York and reached Atlantic Highlands for a short harbor stay before continuing to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Captain Evans reported passing several vessels during the voyage which lasted about forty four hours. The vessel is noted as the largest submarine built in the United States and uses electric engines underwater.
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Marriages Published in The Tribune This Week
Marriages listed from June 27 to June 28 across churches in New Jersey Connecticut and New York. Notable unions include Martha Elliott King to Edward H Blanc in Jersey City and Romola Lyon to Floyd Yates Keeler in Englewood. Other notices include Elizabeth Garland Underwood to Oliver Possay and Florence Slidell Howland to L Bradford Prince.
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Raurmington
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Oliver Possay
Budapest
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Williams Howland
L. Bradford Prince
Marriages and Deaths Notice Policy Update
Notice policy now requires full names and addresses for all marriages and deaths. Researchers must include both spouses or deceased full legal name and home address for publication, with verification from issuing authority where possible.
Death notices from The Tribune republished in The Tri Weekly Tribune
Death notices list names such as Daggett Louglass Frost Graham Hornblower House Swan and Warner with dates in June from 1904 to 1994. Entries note residences in Brooklyn New York and Fortland and New York City, with funeral times and interment details. The notices request omission of flowers and include relatives and ages where stated.
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Tribune Subscription Rates and Foreign Mail Terms
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