Homes Yet They Are Homeless Held by Real Estate Speculation
Harrison N Y residents claim they paid for mortgaged homes but were never given deeds. Mathilda Francolini and Rose Halley, operators of Halley Land and Improvement Company, faced bankruptcy and receivership after a U S court order. Buyers paid thousands in taxes and wait for deeds while mortgages and disputed titles loom. An attorney for the Halley company notes complaints were filed with the District Attorney. A couple recounts paying 1000 down for a two story cottage and ground, receiving only a paper deed and no title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
N.Y
Mathilda Francolini
Rose Halley
Halley Land and Improvement Company
George C. Holt
United States Court
Wan's Land Company
Bankrupsey
Francolini
New York
County of
Westchester
Eurene L
Court page fragment reveals column slant and tilt
Fragment from a court page shows a slanted column and raised tilt. Details are limited but indicate layout irregularity or misprint on the page. No clear case name or outcome available in readable text.
Five Wreck Victims Fight for Life
Five victims of a wreck are reported fighting for life. The article notes ongoing inquiries and emergency actions as medical teams work to stabilize the injured. Names of victims are partially legible amid chaotic paragraphs.
Jocular British Royal Kin Arrives Aboard Carmania
Colonel Sir Augustus Charles Frederick Fitzgeorge arrives in New York aboard the Cunard liner Carmania on a Canada business trip about silver mines at Cobalt. He jokes about marriage at sixty six and notes Lord Haldane as a fine lawyer but a poor soldier in a playful exchange with a reporter.
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Cupid
Augustus Charles Frederick Fitzgeorge
Duke of Cambridge
King George V
Carmania
Canada
Cobalt
Augustus
America
Sir Augustus
Viscount Haldane
Haldane
Edison Vows New Invention In Talking Picture Drive
Edison says he is much improved after a chest cold from a ride in an automobile. He confirms work on a large phonograph and a crude talking picture system that will reproduce operas and Berettas, with full development expected in about a year. He hints at other ideas but will not disclose them yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toston
Sept
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
New Jersey
Colonel Tate Dies by Suicide in Asheville Hotel
Colonel Samuel Tate, chief engineer and resident manager of the Transcontinental Railroad, killed himself in a hotel bathroom in Asheville, writing letters and directions for his business. He recently moved from New York, leaving a widow and two daughters, Louise Tate and Mrs. M W Barton, and was known in railroad circles for projects in Central and South America, Mexico, and Jamaica. He belonged to the Engineers' Club of New York.
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Asheville
N.C
Samuel Tate
Res Dent
Transcontinental Railroad
New York
Tate
Central
South America
Mexico
Jamaica
Louise Tate
M. W. Barton
New York City
Engineers’ Club
Real S. R. Dies at 93 in Connecticut Heritage
James Monroe Grant, Connecticut's last real son of the American Revolution, died at age ninety three at the family homestead in Hartford. A silk manufacturer veteran, he led in the Sons of the Revolution and served as a Governor Footguards member. His father Hamilton Grant of Willington enlisted early, was wounded at Bunker Hill, and fought with Nathan Hale. James M Grant was the ninth of ten children.
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Thewna
Hartford
Conn
James Monroe Grant
Connecticut
Grant
Hamilton Firant
Willington
Bunker Hill
Nathan Hale
James M Grant
FALLS 150 FEET IN ALPS AT ROSEY GLACIER
Gerald Thompson of New York, seventeen, narrowly escaped death while attempting a solo climb on the Rosey glacier in St Moritz Switzerland. He fell 150 feet, suffered a fractured leg and other injuries, and lay all night near a torrent before a rescue party summoned by his mother reached him. He was taken to a hospital where doctors say his condition is serious but hope for recovery.
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St. Moritz
Switzerland
Gerald
Thompson
New York
Rosey Glacier
Tribune
Moore
Gertrude L. Moore
Manhattan
New Jersey
Hackensack Hospital
Mix
Howard Elliott
Star Chamber
Augustus B. Miller
Charles H. Murray
White Mountain Express
Bar Harbor
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen’s Brotherhood
Miller
Wallingford
Talcott’s Crossing
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. W. Beinap
F. A. Howsard
McChord
Mr. Beinap
New York, New Haven , Hartford
United States
Artillerymen Hit Target Four Miles Away in Coastal Practice
New London Conn Sept 3 big mortars at Fort Weight in action today achieving a flat shot that struck the leading target four miles distant and blew the rear target to pieces. The day marked the most extensive coastal practice in service history with all guns in action and ammunition cost exceeding 60000. Six visiting companies from New York and Narragansett Pier will join for annual drills tomorrow and Saturday.
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Ny Telegraph
New London
Conn
Fort Weight
Hhittery
New York
Narragansett Pier
Thaw Faces Deportation Back to Matteawan Asylum
Coathank Que Sept 2 Harry K Thaw and his lawyers lose hope of blocking return to the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane after Sherbrooke court sustains habeas corpus. Immigration authorities rush Thaw from jail. Ottawa ministers and witnesses consider insanity charges to end his appeal. A fast border deportation plan and possible cross border transport to New York State loom as Thaw's fate hangs on legal maneuvers and government actions.
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The
Tribune
Coathank
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Sherbrooke
Philadelphia
Matteawan
Canada
Ottawa
World Vormant
Rep. Gard
Jerome
Dominion
J. C. Doherty
Vermont
New York
York State
John Lanyon
Immigration Board of Inquiry
KE Wake Robertson
TD. H. Reynolds
T. B. Willams
T. E. Garceau
Justice Hutchinson
Houdreau
Coathook
Atem
New Haven Wreck Inquiry Heads
Sing Sing prisoner John Kilbride, serving life for murder, is missing and believed to have escaped in a packing case possibly with help from fellow inmates. Warden Clancy and keepers led an all night search. Kilbride may have been placed on a New York bound train. Kilbride’s prior crimes include a 1905 murder in Brooklyn and an earlier killing of a boy, aiding a police mystery.
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Moore
Dodger
Lowes
Astor
Sulzer
Columba
Murphy
Hapgood
Gaynor
Yonkers
Cseece
Sing Sing
John Kilbride
Kilbride
Priso
New York
Brooklyn
Kings County
Secon
John M. Clancy
James Connaughton
Kaulbride
Hugh Lavey
Clancy
Kelly
Hardy
Foster
Fort Hamilton
Seaman Escape From Waterspout near Norfolk
Nine crewmen including three petty officers aboard a Nebraska launch near Old Point escaped drowning as a waterspout swamped their boat in Hampton Roads. Spectators watched as the craft sank and assistance arrived. A Mobjack passenger liner was reported lost but later reached Norfolk safely.
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Newport News
Nebraska
Hampton Roads
Old Point
Dominion Line
Mobjack
Mobjack Bay
Norfolk
Girl in Men's Clothes Fights Admission to Prize Fight
Miss Margaret O Connor, dressed as a man, tried to enter the Palzer Moran bout at the St Nicholas Rink in New York. She was jailed briefly and released after a reprimand. Detected by a crowd and Detective Hose, she faced night court for masquerading in male attire.
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California
Margaret O'Connor
Jack Britton
St. Nicholas Rink
Seventh Avenue
6Th Street
Palzer-Moran
Boxing Commission
Miss O'Connor
Weert Sth Street
West 120Th Street
Hose
Inspector Dwyer
Bender
Th Street
Stewart
Thone
Danny” Morgan
Britton
Mias O'Connor
New York
Wen
Poison Pears Sickens Child in Park Lot Find
Four year old John Palumbo found a pear like fruit in a vacant Park avenue lot at 12d street. He bit it and collapsed. Transported home, he was revived at Lebanon Hospital later. The fruit will be sent to the New York Botanical Society for classification.
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Lebanon Hospital
John Palumbo
Park Avenue
12D Street
New York Botanical Society For
Carnegie Says His One Ambition Was To Be a Reporter
In a Brussels interview Andrew Carnegie recalls his lifelong fondness for journalism. He explains that as a youth his aim was to join a Pittsburgh paper as a reporter, and notes he has since written for newspapers and holds little regard for newspaper color. He also mentions writing his first article for The Pittsburgh Journal.
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Carnegie
Cable
Tribone
Brussels
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Journal
Wreck Inquiry Open to Public Says New Haven President
New Haven officials outline federal inquiry into the Wallingford wreck that killed 21 and injured many. Inter state Commerce Commission plans to probe secrecy and blame, with Miller and Murray detained. inspectorate notes the line’s speed and a faulty signal system as core issues.
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Federal Board
The
Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Star Chamber
Wallingford
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Flr Mix
C. C. Elwell
State Public Utilities Commission
A. A. Alling
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
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Cou
Congress
New York Navy Yard
Har Association
Mra
McLean
Newport Foreign
Puneren
Lutheran Conference
Army
Navy
Nping Peitorial
Foorte We
Edison
Real S. R
J. M. Grant
Alps
Haw
H.W. Belnap
A. Howard
H. B. Halby
Russia
St. Petersburg
Sherson
Philadel
Disphian
Guise
Laird
Utilities Board
Elliott
Coroner Mix
E. C. Terry
Terry
Frank B. Gates
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Brotherhood
Mr. Terry
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