This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
18
Coast Guard and customs teams met at the Custom House to discuss cooperation against rum runners in New York waters. The Prohibition Navy was placed under Customs control to coordinate boats and craft guarding harbors and inlets with ten fast launches soon added.
Judge Manton grants a permanent injunction against Reisenweber's Restaurant Corp at Columbus Circle. Federal court action by the prohibition department alleges nuisance under the Volstead Act. The restaurant faces closure for one year or for the firm to post a bond to ensure compliance with the dry law.
Senator Watson cites George Washington's writings on selling a slave and buying rum with proceeds, quoting letters from Mount Vernon. The debate questions Washington's stance on slavery and liquor, noting later Prohibition era changes and historical context surrounding the cited transactions.
District Attorneys Molle Jr and Cyen in Essex challenge government indictments in a case involving the Fifty-eighth Street Corporation. Witnesses including Tergfinstein Smith and Van Tassel testified about liquor purchases at a restaurant. Walter Kaffenberg denied Volstead Act violations. A defendant, a first offender with penitentiary time, was fined $25 and released.
At Poston on June 26 three arrests and 162 quarts of whisky were seized aboard the British steamer Opi Long Wharf as alcohol was passed from vessel to oil. Federal grand jury charged the prisoners with smuggling liquor. they pled guilty and were fined by Judge Jorten. In Lockport on June 28 Sheriff Tigalew and state troops raided an Ontario County farm, seizing liquor valued at dollars, arresting ten men, confiscating trucks and two pleasure crafts, with whisky being fed into ends.
Chauffeur John Heins age 34 of Sixty Street Brooklyn was crushed to death on Fifth Avenue near Sixty eighth Street Brooklyn while moving furniture with two moving vans. Heins, employed by John Cer son, a furniture dealer, started his engine forgetting it was in gear. the truck lurched forward, collided with the second truck, pinning him between the vehicles.
Paris dispatch says important diplomatic papers from Tokyo bound for the Japanese Embassy in Paris were missing after a passenger from the Berengaria landed at Cherbourg. The grip, believed to contain documents, belonged to a Japanese photographer en route to Paris to photograph exhibits at the Grand Palais.
The coroner's inquest into Clarence Peters's death was abandoned after District Attorney Weeks filed an affidavit arguing the grand jury indictment of Walter Ward makes further inquiry unnecessary. The case now hinges on a possible stay of Ward's bail while defense seeks grand jury minutes and potential dismissal of the indictment.
In Special Term motions hearings, Ward, confined in White Plains jail, shows signs of mental strain and nervous impact from imprisonment. He asks to use the jail kitchen. the owner’s illness complicates matters. The prison doctor has visited twice and a partial liberty attest may be considered if other efforts fail.
Michael Rossi, sixty six, the oldest inmate to face the electric chair in the state, wept after Governor Miller refused to commute his sentence for the shooting of Anthony Orlando in Tuckahoe. Rossi suffers internal injuries and ailments that may require him to be carried to the execution.
Katherine Singily founder of the Theosophical University at Point Loma California aboard the White Star liner Homeric said Doyle could not be proven to have seen spirits. Tingley and her party planned San Francisco next, but two children in the group were detained for a board inquiry. Samuel Hill returned from Shanghai to join a Pacific Highway project with an iron box from Verdun planned for a peace portal at the Pacific Highway site.
Four men were arrested in Mount Vernon after a Brantsional Bank messenger was robbed of 4400 and taken to the Grand Concourse lumberyard scene. They were indicted for robbery in the first degree and arraigned in Bronx court. One witness claimed the loot was buried nearby, while others said it was hidden and recovered.
Chicago June 28 Harold F Ste Cormick head of the executive committee of the Inter Company declares he will sue for libel any paper that published reports he bought the grand of another man to graft into his own body.
In his first statement from Memorial Hospital after an operation, McCormick rejected allegations of libel and said future suits will include claims of telephone tapping invasion of privacy and trespass. He denied taking advantage of a fellow man and noted a hospital denial of a story about human eland. Dr Victor Teapinasse attended him and also disputed the original report.
A severe thunderstorm in Lakewood New Jersey cut the lighting grid power line and damaged business and residential districts. Callars were foot in depth with many electric and telegraph poles blown down and trees toppled in the afternoon. A separate item reports a $66,000 diamond theft on a train near St Louis involving Morris Shindersman of Chicago.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.