Fire Injures Score In New York District Blaze
A major fire in Manhattan's drygoods district caused extensive damage across 18th street and nearby lofts. Chief Croker ordered multiple alarms as firemen fought the blaze amid bursting hoses and a backdraft, wheelbarrows of shattered glass, and injuries including Captain McGuire who faced serious danger before recovery.
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New York
Drygeeds
Tribune
Croker
West 18Th Street
Nossland
18Th Street
Steeel-Cooper’s
New York Hospital
Captain McGuire
Engine 3
17Th Street
O'Connor
West 2Th Street
Agatha Knapp
West 17Th Street
Richerd J. Watson
7Th Street
Elegel-Coorer
18Th
17Th Streets
Marer McClellan
Oscar II Edges Statendam In Four Day Ocean Race
In a mid Atlantic to New York race lasting four days the Oscar II narrowly beat the Statendam by about an hour. The two liners crossed paths several times as passengers followed the contest with keen interest, sailing from Copenhagen Christiania and Christiania toward New York. The Oscar II led at the end of the voyage to win the race.
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mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
Statendam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
New York
Oscar II
Frisco Railroad Fined Thirteen Thousand Dollars
The St Louis and San Francisco Railway was fined 13000 dollars by Judge Dyer in U S District Court after pleading guilty to thirteen indictments accusing rebates to Chapman Dewry Member Co of Kansas City. Each count carried a 1000 dollar minimum penalty.
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St. Louis
Boston Rubber Shoe plants to shut down operations
Boston March 10. The Boston Rubber Shoe Company mills in Melden will close factory No 2 on March 15 and factory No 1 on March 21 for an indefinite period affecting about 4500 workers. Nearby mills at Woonsocket Millville and Kristel also plan shutdowns of several weeks, while Fall River mill owners refuse to sign a three month curtailment pact, preferring to act at each plant's discretion with many contracts due to be filled in coming months.
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Boston
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Melden
Orror
Cairy
Woonsocket
Millvilie
Mass
Jes Rebber Company
National India Rubber Company
Kristel
United States Rube Company
River
Mess
Gorton
Cailed
Fall River
Customs Seizures On Holland America Pier
Alexander McKeon and a large customs force intercepted Easter finery in trunks of returning milliners aboard the Holland-America Line pier. Miss Josephine Biron’s gowns, valued about 85, were not declared and sent to Appraisers Stores with other apparel. A cloak worn by Mrs. A Peuger prompted searches, leading to the seizure of a silk dress found on her traveling gown and the collection of thirty trunks tied to Biren and others at the North German Line pier.
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Alexander McKeon
Josephine Biron
Statendam
Pourars
Ouyere
Krenprinzessin
Ce- Cie
Haffen Man on Stand Reveals Contract Bid Repeats
On the stand at morning and afternoon hearings, Josiah A. Briggs testifies about contracts awarded above lowest bids. Cases include Taylor Street regrad ing and approaches to bridges over the New York Central right of way. Bailey and Rogers figures cited, with explanations. Transfers from Topographical to Highways noted amid budget concerns.
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Josiah A. Briggs
Ofice
Haffen
Bronx
John P. Mitchel
Taylor Street
Morris Park Avenue
West Plains Road
George L Bailey
Bailey
Briges
Mitchel
New York Central
John C. Rogers
Mr. Briggs
Peter B. Stanton
A. F. McGuinness
Topographical Bureau
Bureau of Highways
Briggs
Curry
Shipping and Steamship Lines Notices and Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows a mix of sailing dates for Kaiser and Kats references, named Kaiser 4. Gr. entries, and scattered ship names. It also lists steamship routes like Ely Mouth Cherbourg Bremen and Marseille Genoa via Naples to the Levant, plus travelers’ checks services and Oelrichs & Co. contact details in New York and Philadelphia.
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Alexandria
Nean
Levant
Marselles
Genoa
Naples
Royal L Steamers
Constanza
Smyrna
North German Lloyd Travelleers
Oelrichs & CO
Broadway
N. Y
Louis H. Meyer
Walnut
Phila
Rail Timetable Fragments From New Jersey Central and Baltimore Lines
A dense OCR of vintage rail timetables lists New Jersey Central routes to Philadelphia and Liberty Street schedules, and Baltimore Ohio Royal Blue Line trains with connections to Washington Chicago and beyond. It includes numerous departure times, station notes, and office locations, reflecting era timetable clutter and mixed formats.
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Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Royal Blue Line
Baltimore
Washington
New Union Station
New York
Buffet
TAL Ltd
Dati
Chicago
PITTS
Columbus
Clevel D
Broadway
Astor Tinuse
Green St
Inien Square W
Grand St
N. Y
Fulton St
Brooklyn
Liberty St
Bureau of Information
P & OR
Chelsea
Umbrella Sale Offers Silk Twill Covers and Paragon Frames
A local ad advertises 300 umbrellas with pure silk twill covers and Paragon steel frames in various handles. Prices range from 3 to 7 dollars with phrases garbled but listing Rocers Perr & Company and three Broadway stores at Warren Street 13th Street and Genfold Street.
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Rocers, Perr & Company
Broadway
Warren St
13Th St. Gend St
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Highlights Shipping
Maritime notes list sun rise and set times, high water predictions for Sandy Hook and Gov. Island, and incoming steamers with routes and deadlines. Transpacific and Pacific mails schedules cover ships like Empress of Japan, Shinano Maru, and Mariposa with cutoffs through April.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Islard
Hell Gate
Gov. Island
Transpacific
New York
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Hawaii
The
San Francisco
Australia
West
New Zealand
Samoan Islands
Fii Islands
New Caledonia
B. C
Moana
Guam
Philippine
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Bank Hold Up at Merchants National Bank Fails
Omaha March 10 A bold robbery attempt at Merchants National Bank 13th and Farnum streets failed as L L Fee a former Rockford resident claimed nitro glycerine in a bottle to coerce cash. Police deem him insane after a breakfast provocation and a riverbank rifle blast shattered the bottle without an explosion. Fee had been drawing five dollars a month from the Plumbers Union since arriving in town.
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Omaha
Merchants’ National Bank
13Th
Farnum Streets
L. L. Fee
Rockford
Luther Drake
Drake
Fee
Hamilton
Bank
Plumbers' Union
Shipping News From Port of New York March 10 1908
Shipping notice lists arrivals at the bar and quarantine that day. Vessels include Kronprinzessin Cecilier Gers Akershaus Havana Washtenaw Pranz Joachim Gers Oscar II Statendam City of Macon Colorado Altai Nicholas Cuneo Titian Ligonier Navahoe Morro Castle Philadelphia Steamer etc with cabins steerage cargo mail and passengers. Also lists sailings to and from Charleston Jacksonville Rotterdam Genoa and more with destinations and ports of call.
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Kronprinzessin
Cecilier Gers
Hogemann
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourge
Joel- Tichs & Co
Akershaus
Nor
Martin
Progreso
Bar
Havana
Stevens
New York and
Cuba
Jefferson
Dele
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Washtenaw
Crowley
Union Oil Co
New Finland
Bradshaw
Antwerp
Tass
Red Star Line
Moise
Pranz
Mdse
Statendam
Puich
Ven der Heuvel
Rotterdam
Bolongue
Holland America Line
Mdise
City of Macon
Dreyer
Savannah
Colorado
Sm Mobile
Brunswick
Mallory
Altai
Ger
Eichhoff
Port Au Prince
Jeremie
Cartacena Savanitla
Santa A
Nicholas Cuneo
Nori
Jensen
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Company
Titian (Rr
Dixon
New Orleans
Busk & Jevons
Ligonier
Cates
Port Arthur
JIM Guffey Petroleum Company
Navahoe
Hale
Georgetown
Wintern NC
Clyde la Co
Morro Castle
Ryvine
Nassau
New York & Cwbba A Ss Co
Il Passengere
Mall's
Philadelphia
Crockett Porte Cabello
Curecao
Laguarra
San Juan
Boulton
Fplics & Dallett
Sandy Hook
Three Die in Almshouse Fire in San Francisco
A fire at the city and county almshouse in San Francisco killed three residents and injured five others. Most inmates, 141 people, were rescued by nurses and attendants who formed brigades to evacuate elderly patients amid chaotic conditions caused by a faulty chimney.
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San Francisco
Howard Korn
Luxurious Leviathans Sail London to Genoa Route List
A fragmented timetable lists ships such as Hamburg direct Gibraltar Naples Genoa and routes from London to Paris and Hamburg. Entries show mixed dates and times including March March 21 7 am Pre Penns and April 30 Sats to Hamburg directs with arrivals in May and June. Names like Kai Patricias and Moltke appear, but the overall schedule is incomplete.
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Hampusc-Amerigan
London
Paris
Haimburg
Walldersee
Penns Ja
Kai
Patricias
St Amenica
Deutschi'd
Hamburg
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
Oceana
Moltke
Alavia
Unbleached Muslins and Household Cotton Goods Sale
In a basement section sale section a variety of textiles and household items are offered including unbleached muslins 36 inch full width heavy round 5 threatd-worth 7 and 20 yard limits no mail or phone orders. Emergency Brand Absorbent Cotton for surgical and family use tied to ticking and feather beds including live geese feathers by the pound and assorted pillows plus feather pillows and ticking. Also advertised are long staple fleece thread and a new taffeta like lining described as firmer than silk and offered in three colors light white and black at a low price aimed at hotel boarding house institutions and bulk buyers.
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Lonsdale
North Eas
Snowy New Embroideries Fresh from Importers Boxes
Readable stock features season's importation embroideries in Cambric Swiss and Nainsook. Emphasizes strong double finish edges, wide margins, and varied widths up to six inches. Includes 3 inch, 13 inch, and flouncing embroideries with eyelet and wheel designs. Special values and large assortments for lingerie, babies, and dresses.
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Ueuteiss Bey
Cambric
Natscok
Batiste
Extraordinary Sale of Westenholm Razors and Prayer Books
Large lot Westenholm razors offered at cut prices after cancellation by Western house. IXL prices listed and claim of profit to customers. Lenten season prayer books and hymnals with gilt edges offered, including Keys of Heaven, Pocket Manual, and Bibles. Catholic bibles and Holy Week books also promoted along with sanctuary lamps.
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Ted
Catholic Bibles
Douag Vers
Holy Week Books
Children’s Illustrated Prayer
Washable Saratoga Bath Regs Offer Below Worth
An opportunity to buy year round at low prices presents assorted washable Saratoga bath stops in red and white blue and white green and white pink and white. Finest dyes guaranteed fast with varied sizes and fabrics including net lace trim taffeta and jap styles. Prices appear below typical retail in multiple colorways and trims.
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Saratoga
Bath
Price
No Imported Swisses Great Variety of Latest Effects
A clipped, unreadable OCR fragment mentions a display of effects in dots and figures attributed to OB 8 and GRO at Sen 2h. The readable core implies a showcase of modern effects or visuals with emphasis on variety and novelty.
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Frisco Railroad
Company
Ubber
Pell River
Man
Ocean Steamers
Germain Lloyd
Cherbourg
Cecilie
New
K'pring Wm
K’pring Wm
Kais. Wm
Kais
Wim
Kaiser
Ilie Mew
K’pring Win
Kats
Seydlitz
Matn
Barbarossa
Luetzow
Kurfuerst
D. Af
Friedrich
Porch Wim
Arbarossa
K. Luise
K. Albert
P. Irene
Algiers
Marsei Lloyd—M
Ntailroads
Soutkern Pacific
L. H. Nutting
B’ Way
Gunard
Avia Queens
Parised
Lucania
Mauretania
Luzitania
Samstarmania
Etruria
Lusitania
Fiume
Trieste
Slavonia
Pannonia
Carphia
Vernon H Brown
State St
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
Maracaibo
Caracao
P. R
Lia Gc
Porto Rico
Pier St
Wall St
Ferrylyn
Hiladelphia
ACAS
Boulton, Bliss & Dalue
General Managers
ROULS
IAM
SDAM
NEW Amste Rivam
Holland Americs
Biway
N_Y
Aveloce
Mer
North River
Hartfield, Solari & Co
Tarwis
Sidad Clark
Europe
Cook
Cook & Son
Newport
Providence
Pier
Plymouth
SSS Bank
Union
Dine Savings Institution
Hart
Migrant Industrial Savings Bank
Chambers
St Los
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Chambers St
Bank For Savings
4Th Ave
NEW Jersey Central
Philade
Ly. W
Liberty
Baltimore and
Walington
Leberty ST
Atlantic. City. Ly. W
Lakewood
Lakehurst
Elsen
Astor House
Fifth
Union Square West
West 125Th St
Court St
Nostrand
Vurg
New York Transfer Co
Pester, W. Co
HOPE
N.Y
N. H
Hartford RB. Rr
Grand Central Station
New London
Wilmantic
Lord
Lakeville & Norf
Mad
Lemigh Valley
A. Cortlandt
Desbrosses Bis
Buffalo Express
Buffalo
Toronto
T. G. Sellew
Madison Ave
West End
Riverside Park
Nassau St
M. F. Tepper
Lida A. Seely
Tme
Baasleemeaan
West 39Th St
Bryant
Lexington “Ave
N. 7
Carpet Clearing
West 45Th ST
Dryant
W. H. Jordan
Edwin Lentz
Careful Carpet Cleaning CO
East 48Th St
Smaker
E. S
Fitz- Tureau
Louise
West 21St St
Upstate
Acres
America
Erie Canal
McDonald Wiggins Co
Brond— War
New Yor City
Busine Wallabeout
OO Vearty
McDonald- Wiggins Co
Lewers
McDonald-Wiggins Co
Bruys Market
Breole Isp
Ann St
McDonald
Vigsina
Marine Intelligence
Oceanic
Sampson
Madefrense
Para
Booth
Noordam
Holland
Lampases
Galveston
la Provence
Havre
French
Tietgen
Copenhagen
Guiana
Barbados
Quebec
Colon
Panama
Mexico
Cunard
Eugenia
Jacksonville
Clyde
Savanah
Princess Anne
Old’ Dominion
der Nederlanden
Hasti
Dwi
Ward
Altal
Inague
Hamb-Am
Silvia
Newfoundland
Red Cross
Jam
Sabime
Jamestown
Old I
Advance Colon
Tanama “Voitaire
Lamp & Holt Steilin
Padre Letherlee
Shields
Black Prince
White Star
Goyaz
Brazilian
Breslau Bremen
NOG Lloyd Graf Waldersee Hamm
Viamb Ani Crown of Castile
Monviso
Baltic
Liverpool
Marc
Sitania
Istol
Ity Ansta
Bristol San Marcos Alyt
Shipping News
Port of
Comanche
Charleston
Crown Prince
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Sport
Hector
Sabmenea
Triniday
Bermiuda
Florida
Ital
Atiauvannah
el Vane
Brostle
England
Fry
Bunes
Massachuetts
Carolyn
Pathfindey
Humecap
Fortuna
Parran
Delaware
Rhein
Mansburg
Dulcie
Marseilles
Mar Germania
New Antwerp
Zeels Rotterdam
Mareh &—Rhberson
Libau
Korea
Mareh & Duca Degli Abru
Ittalya
Castilian Prince
Janeiro
Santos
Kasenga
Calcutta
Colombo
New Ork
Vincent
Gilbraltar
Par
Fremantle
Ork
York
St . Fiame
Teresa Austy
Vrcente
Laura Austy
Luisiana
Tel
Laurent Gf
New Or
Kobe
Inverctyde Pro
Palermo
Napoli Prince
Bri
Jeserio Bry
Partades
Prince
Bry
Keer
Marl
Coedric
Yorks
Dover
St Andrew
Qraves
End
Madeira
Hamburg-American Line
West Indies
Jamaica
N. R. Lin
Herb G—Sthampt
Pier UI
N. R
A. M. Dover
Antwerdp
II Philadelphiia Red Star
Finland
Vaderland Zeeland
Kroonland
WHITE
Q'Nstown
Plymouth - Cherb
Hampton Oceanic
Teutonic
STIC
Tpaly
Azores
HEARN
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Dwight
Utica
Wade
Prussia
Teeee
Dorin
Schenck
Nainsoek
Westenholm Razors
Singerie Batistes
Vimar
India
Tvivhi
Sitka
Mercerial
Madras
Tully Bait
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