Thanksgiving Day in New York Feeds the Poor and Citywide Joy
Tens of thousands enjoy sun and cold winds as churches host services and Governor elect Hughes visits Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Volunteers of America feed about five hundred families while hospitals and almshouses provide bountiful turkey dinners. Public parades diminish but charitable meals expand across Bowery, Five Points, and Ellis Island immigrants, with special dinners for strangers and wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John the Divine
Potter
New York
Hughes
Hebrew Orshen Asylum
Amsterdam Avenue
136Th Street
Riverside Drive
Central Park
New
Metropolitan Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Harry K. Thaw
Bar- Rees Te Massey
Mites
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward
Iwand
Cooper Square
Volunteers of America
First Avenue
Bowery Mis
Five Points House of Industry
West Side
Young Men’s
Ssa! Association
West 67Th Street
Ellis Island
Baller’s Snug Harbor
Vaudeton
Holiday visit ends in fatal fire in West 20th Street
An oil lamp explosion in a basement room of a frame house at 317 West 20th street killed eighty year old Mrs. Elizabeth Strong and left her friend Mrs. Annie Conway, also eighty, in shock. Conway was later held on a vagrancy charge as firefighters and police rescued Mrs. Strong from a bed scorched beyond recognition.
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West 20Th Street
Elizabeth Strong
West 18Th Street
Annie Conway
Strong
Charles
Mrs. Conway
Mrs. Strong
20Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Kiel
Edward Ward
West 21St Street
West S6th Street
Central Park West
Annie Daly
Firebugs drive families from two tenements in Columbus avenue
Forty families evacuated after two fires on Columbus avenue near 97th street, police say incendiaries started both blazes. Tenants fled as smoke choked stairwells. pensioner Mary Wogan and John Brown were rescued, Captain Helm and two firefighters overpowered by smoke. Police suspect West Side arsonists repeating East Side attacks.
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Columbus Avenue
97Th Street
Mary Wogan
John C. Brown
Helm
Engine Company 76
Dutch Troops Face Alfurs in New Guinea Fight
An official dispatch from The Hague reports Dutch troops clashing with a strong Alfurs unit moving from Kansas to Fakfak. Seven soldiers were killed and one officer with six men wounded.
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New Guinea
the Hague
Dutch New Guinea
Kansas
Fakfak
Syndicate Formed to Rebuild Manila Railway Network
Speyer & Co of New York Speyer Brothers of London and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank plan a 25000000 dollar syndicate to reconstruct the Manila Railway Company and extend its lines.
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London
Speyer & Co
New York
Speyer Brothers
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Manila
Runaway Horse Injures Three Girls on 6th Street
A runaway horse attached to a runabout knocked down three women on Second Avenue yesterday. Sara Boskowitz suffers a broken collarbone while Eva Cohen and Mary Masiel escape serious injuries. The horse, owned by Charles Steiner, was frightened by boys with tin horns and halted by Patrolman eyers nearby.
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6Th Street
Second Avenue
Sarah Boskowitz
East 2d Street
Eva Cohen
Henry Street
Mary Masiel
Catharine Street
Charles Steiner
Eyers
Mayor Schmitz Welcomed Home After Extortion Arrest
San Francisco Mayor Schmitz, arrested yesterday in Truckee on extortion charges, returned to the city amid a 4000 strong reception at the Dreamland Pavilion. He faces five charges in Judge Dunne's court Monday as supporters defend him and denounce press coverage.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Truckee
Europe
Dreamland Pavilion
Fred L. Matheis
Edward Moran
P. H. McCarthy
Building Trades Council
Father Yorke
Samuel N. Shortridge
Rudolph Spreckels
Press of
Grand Jury
Lanor
New York
Bulletin
Examiner
Burns
Washington
Union Labor Administration
Broker fined for anti Italian remark at opera house
Henry A. Darnell, broker of 167 West Sith street, was arrested in the Metropolitan Opera House lobby by Inspector Flood after declaring his plan to hiss the "dago" off the stage. He was fined $0 in Jefferson Market court and admitted he intended to kiss the tenor if allowed inside.
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New York
Signor Caruso
Opera House
Conried
Deadhead
Signor Scotti
Caruso
Sis
Boxholde
Opera
Henry A. Darnell
West Sith Street
Metropolitan Opera House
Turkey Takes On Hard Work At Jones & Laughlin Plant
Turkeys defeated work as Jones and Laughlin Steel workers refused Thanksgiving Day duties and threatened dismissal, leaving the polishing department and machine shops idle. Officials fear widespread layoffs at the nation’s largest independent steel plant.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Turkey
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Salvation Army Colonia Plan Tied to Rhodesia Land Offer
London reports say the British South Africa Company offered the Salvation Army 1,000,000 acres in Rhodesia free for colonization with land reverting to the company if the scheme fails. General Booth confirmed some truth to the rumor but declined details, calling the plan premature and subject to change.
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London
British South Africa Company
Salvation Army
Rhodesia
Booth
East Side L Line Train Derails In Explosive Crash
A six car elevated train derailed at 125th Street and Second Avenue injuring no one aboard after the motor car jumped the track. Explosions and electric flames lit the scene as crews fought the blaze and power was cut to the northbound tracks. Crowds gathered while officials offered no cause.
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125Th Street
Second Avenue
116Th Street
76Th Street
Third
East 126Th Street
May Ask Resignations In Cuba Political Move
Governor Magoon invites all Senators and Representatives elected last year to a palace conference. He hints at seeking resignations as a step toward new elections. Alfredo Zayas supports possible new elections, while Liberals would resign but fear Moderates will not. Duque Estrada named Havana city engineer.
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Havana
Magoon
Alfredo Zayas
Duque Estrada
Palma
C P MAKES 15 MILLION CONTRACT ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
A contract between Canadian Pacific and the Vancouver Island Development Company will clear 150000 acres of land in the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway grant on Vancouver Island. The project, recently acquired by the railroad, is expected to cost about 15000000 dollars.
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Victoria
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver Island Development Company
Esquimalt and
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Samuel Spencer Killed in Lynchburg Train Crash
Lynchburg Va November 29 Samuel Spencer president of the Southern Railway Company and General Philip Schuyler of New York were among seven killed in a rear end collision of the Jacksonville Express and the Washington and Southwestern vestibule limited ten miles south of Lynchburg. The crash fatally injured many passengers including several Black porters and other guests of Spencer.
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Lynchburg, Va
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway Company
Lynchburg
Lawyers Station
Philip Schuyler
New York
Bodies in Washington Special Train Arrives From Wreck Scene
A special train reached Washington at 10 40 p m from the Southern Railway collision site bearing the bodies of President Spencer Philip Schuyler of New York Charles D Fisher and Frank T Redwood of Baltimore and an unidentified port er A telegraph operator D Watts Davis was taken from the train at Alexandria Officials who accompanied the train included W W Finley second vice president of the Southern Railway A P Thomas general counsel Dr W N Applegate chief surgeon and J
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Spencer
Samuel
New York City
Schuyler
Philip
Fisher
Charles D
Baltimore
Redwood
Francis T
Davis
D. W
Alexandria
Shaw
J. W
N. C
Lynchburg Hospital
Rangoon
Atlanta
D. J. Maddux
H. B. Spencer
The
Southern Railway
President Stevens
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Stevens
John D. Horseley
Washington
Philip Schuyler
New York
Charles D. Fisher
Frank T. Redwood
D. Watts Davis
W. W. Finley
A. P. Thomas
W. N. Applegate
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MR. Hughes
Hebrew Asylum
Aruy
NAVY
Paoi
Pennsylvania
Roon
Alfurs
BIG Syndicate
Frisco
Jones & Laughlin
East Side
Third Avenue
C. P
Mr. Spencer
E. A
Allen
Lucretia
Danville
Winston
Willis T
East 127Th Street
Pollard
William
Negro Porter
Garland
Thomas
Greensboro
Lee
Wauls
P. E
Waynesboro
Logan
Cora
Shelby
Cox
Sam
1St Street
S. W
Porter
Cruett
John W
Independent Order of Heptasophs
Son
Charlotte
Eg. Merrill
EL A
Bane
Preston
Friendship, N. C
Messrs. Schuyler, Fisher, Redwood and Merrill
Jacksonville Express
Washington & Southwestern Vestibule Limited
Mr. Schuyler
President Spencer
Jacksonville
Kinney
Spencer, N.cc
Terrell
Carroll
Taliaferro
Barrow
Rawlings
Main Street
Ger
F. M. Curtis
Jamestown, N. Y
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