Yacht-like Ferro sails Whirlpool Rapids despite engine trouble
Captain Klaus Larsen steered the Ferro from the Maid of the Mist dock through the Whirlpool Rapids toward Lewiston. The engine failed after the pool, the boat swung over, overturned, and Larsen, badly battered, was pulled ashore. He planned to continue but accepted a trolley ride. a crowd watched as a safety committee noted the hazard.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Klaus Larsen
Ferro
Lewiston
Larsen
Ferre
Eng
Lewiston Bridge
Roy Rockwell
Old Maid of the Mist
Larten
Woman Hurt in Joy Ride Crash in Newark
Mrs Anna Burthell twenty two of 272 Fairmount Newark injured in a head on wreck that demolished two autos and sent bystanders fleeing. Police say the crash followed a joy ride. occupants of the other car fled, leaving Burthell unconscious in the street. Investigating officers seek the two men and two women from the other vehicle.
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Newark City Hospital
Anna Burthell
Fairmount Street
Newark
Irvington
Philip J. Bowers
Frederick F. van Keuren
van Keuren
W. W. Elder
Vera Wadleigh
Manhattan
Burcheil
King Manuel appoints sixteen new peers in amnesty decree
Lisbon reports King Manuel names sixteen new peers all aligned with the current ministry. A decree grants amnesty to those who offended the government through newspaper articles, soothing political tensions with a broad pardon.
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Lisbon
Manuel
Misoons
Airship's Value in War Major Mott Sees Aeroplane Worth a Thousand Scouts
Paris reports from the army maneuvers praise the scouts of aeroplanes. Major T Bentley Mott, American attaché, says such feats would have seemed insane a year ago and declares the aeroplane, in capable hands, is worth a thousand men for scouting. The British attaché notes France has given the world a lesson and England will profit first.
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Paris
T. Bentley Mott
France
Mott
England
Poisoned Call For Help From Cypress Hills Girl
Marguerite Weiner was driven to St Marys Hospital after telephoning for an ambulance from No 18 Welden Street Cypress Hills saying she was very ill from poison. Dr Hyland rushed to the scene and found a seventeen year old girl in a severe state. he noted possible laudanum poisoning and learned a doctor had treated her a week earlier for similar symptoms. The brother described her as melancholy and out of work for some time.
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Marguerite Weiner
St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Welden Street
Cypress Hills
Widow Caught Between Fences in East 123rd Street Incident
Mrs Emma Wyck a widow living on the second floor of a rear row house at 228 East 123rd street became stuck between two narrow wooden fences after losing balance while leaning from her window. Patrolman Conklin of East 126th street station and a Harlem Hospital ambulance surgeon freed her with an axe as a crowd gathered. She received a blanket and suffered minor bruises but was not seriously hurt.
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Emma Wyck
East 123d Street
126Th Street
Conklin
Harlem Hospital
Widow's Aid
Mrs. Wyck
Ter
East 126Th Street
Car Fender Picks Up Girl
James Leary a motorman on White Plains Road saved eight year old May Resnick from injury by using the car fender to scoop her up after a collision at Heston Road 114th street The Bronx and West Farms police observed the rescue The girl had a slight bruise a ripped dress sleeve and no other injuries and went home unaided
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James Leary
White Plains Road
West Farms
May Resnick
Crotona Avenue
Bronx
Heston Road
114Th Street
Leary
Howe
Pittsburg Too Profane Protest Plan Parade
Pittsburg on September 18 reports a mass meeting of Holy Name Societies of the Roman Catholic Church to curb profanity. Bishop Canevin urged action and a resolution backed a Sunday parade on October 12 with an estimated fifty thousand men marching through the city streets.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Holy Name Societies
Canevin
Holy Name Society
Illicit Game Sent East By Telegraph to The Tribune
Four men faced fines after a swamp chase with three game wardens for purchasing and selling moose, deer and caribou meat shot in the Northwest Angie. Hearings revealed buyers for large Eastern restaurants paid high prices for choicest portions, with wardens probing shipment methods to halt the traffic.
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The
Tribune
Warroad
Minn
Orrin Turner
J. Moffit
Bert Gilson
Orin Dailey
Angie
Geme Werdens
Wireless warnings spark honest declarations aboard Arabic
The Marconi operator on the White Star liner Arabic reported a rush of messages urging full and honest customs declarations after the Morganthau seizure. Inspectors noted many amended forms with two inks and pen changes, yet overall the ship returned with unusually honest declarations and vigilance at the port.
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Marconi
Morganthau
Mauretania
Sam
Restrictions Increase for Pier Passes at Cunard Dock
Pier congestion prompts Surveyor Henry to limit passes to two per returning traveler escort. Passes issued to relatives first, passenger name checked at the Custom House, and no extra passes for that name. Treasury spends 5000 annually. June to September totals shown. only one recipient ever thanked the pass office, says William Sweeney.
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Cunard
Mauretania
Henry
Custom House
Treasury Department
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Hoboken
William Sweeney
Oldest Ex-Congressman James McGrew Dies at 97
James Clark McGrew of Kingwood West Virginia died at his home in his ninety eighth year. He served in the 42nd Congress and was among fifty five Unionists at the Richmond convention who opposed secession. After turning eighty he learned to operate a typewriter and conducted his own correspondence.
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Kingwood
W. Va
James Clark McGrew
United States
Richmond
Virginia
Balloons Race Through Storms Over Ohio Valley
Two of the thirteen balloons from Indianapolis landed near Washington Pennsylvania after weathering three storms at about twenty three hundred feet. The Topeka and Drifter teams reported heavy rain soaked bags and multiple crossings of the Ohio River while others reported sightings across Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Balloons were visible above Pittsburgh suburbs and warned by a fire alarm as dusk closed in.
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Pittsburg
Indianapolis
John Reyburn
Washington
Penn
R. S. Cole
F. M. Jacobs
Topeka
Kan
Albert Holt
George R. Howard
Uniontown
Ohio River
Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
John Murphy
Cannonsburg
Monogahela
Youghiogheny
Monongahela
McKeesport
Elizabeth
Carrick
Mount Oliver
Allegheny River
Million Population Club
St. Louis
Taft to seek 2 million for Panama fortifications
Beverly Mass. reports President Taft, en route to New Haven and Cincinnati, will ask Congress in December to appropriate 2 million to begin fortifying the Panama Canal with great guns. He also plans provision for two Dreadnought battleships, aims to keep building at least two annually until the canal is completed, and says the canal will double naval efficiency. Cabinet meetings in Washington begin Sept 26 with late September return.
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Beverly
Mass
Postort
New Haven
Cincinnati
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Washington
White House
Ballinger
Supreme Court
On the Trail of a Serpent in Butler Pennyslvania
Post Office Inspector George W Craighead of Pittsburg is leading a federal inquiry into a three week snake case. Miss Winifred Turk the Hillards postmistress found a three foot serpent in a sack tossed from a train. She and a young assistant fled but later she killed the intruder. Railway clerks are under examination but deny involvement.
Bitter Winter Predicted by Indian and Oldtimers
Winnipeg dispatch reports that native and elder observers forecast a record cold season. They cite thick fur on animals, larger muskrat lodges, bears seeking protected dens, and chipmunks and gophers preparing for a siege, signaling a harsh winter to come.
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The
Tribune
Winnipeg
Shot Fired at Governor in Austria Aut Nom Deplume
In Vienna today Count Kielman seg e governor of Lower Austria his wife and nephew were returning from an aviation meeting at Wiener Neustadt where the Emperor and archdukes watched a shot was fired through the wind screen no one was hurt
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Sege
Lower Austria
Wiener-Neustadt
Welsh Miners Vote For General Strike In South Wales
In Cardiff on September 18 twelve thousand Cambrian mine workers resolved after defying leaders to strike starting tomorrow. Officials fear the action may halt coal production across South Wales and could lock out about two hundred thousand miners.
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Cardiff
Wales
South Wales
Streetcar bomb attempt injures one in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on September 18 an explosion damaged a streetcar on the East Main line as Motorman Allan ler and Conductor Scandal, longtime staff, escaped injury and evacuated a second car. One passenger suffered a glass injury. Police arrested two men whose names were not released.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Main Street
Allerson
Scratched by Her Hatpin
Mrs Laura Clas wife of architect A C Clas designer of Milwaukee civic centre sues Seo railroad for 5000 damages claiming injuries from a catpin upset on a Minnesota train. She says she was jolted to the car aisle and badly scratched by the hat pin.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Sept
Laura Clas
A. C. Clas
Northwest
Milwaukee Socialistic
Seo” Railroad
Minnesota
Clas
Brooks, Minn
Worlds Largest Cheese Planned For National Dairy Show
Appleton Wisconsin reports the largest single cheese ever made will be built on a flat car at John L. Jacquot cold storage plant for display at the National Dairy Show in Chicago October 20 to 29. It will weigh 409 pounds and require 40 000 to 50 000 pounds of milk, representing one day’s yield from 0.21 percent of the county’s best dairy cows and the output of 250 dairies. N Simon of Neenah will oversee the production with six cheese makers and six helpers, costing over 80 dollars to produce and valued at 1.00 to 1.20 per pound.
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Tribune
Appleton
Wis
John L. Jacquot
Coliseum
Chicago
N. Simon
Neenah
Mrs Terry Recovers Diamonds After Loss
Mrs Roderick Terry regains her diamond necklace which had been missing yesterday. John F Morrissey, head coachman for Dr Terry, found the jewels today near Linden Gate at the Terry villa. The Hudson River Day Line excursion to Po keeps ie offers a 150 mile voyage praised as delightful sailing.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. J
Roderick Terry
John F. Morrissey
Dr. Terry
Linden Gate
Terry Villa
Hudson River
Po'keepsie
Mayor Gaynor avoids Gov race talks amid upstate letter confusion
St James Long Island Sept 18 Mayor Gaynor again declines to discuss the Governorship or political plans. He recalls writing to Frank Gick about the Saratoga convention but says he does not remember it. Support from Tammany figures grows as speculation swirls over his possible nomination while he remains focused on recovery and non-political public appearances.
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Tribune
St. James
Long Island
Gaynor
Upstate
Saratoga
Frank Gick
Saratoga County
Gick
Maurice Minturn
John Hettrick
August Belmont
Fishkill
Minturn
Belmont
New York
Alexander S. Bacon
Mr. Gaynor
Bacon
Tammany
Murphy
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Robert Adamson
Rhinelander Waldo
Higgins
Bronx
F. W. Burgevin
Brench
Charles H. Hyde
Rudolph Block
Mrs Tingley Denies Patterson Will Challenge
Mrs Katherine Tingley head of the Theosophical Brotherhood says George L Patterson seeks to break his mother's will and leave him grandchildren with new guardian. She accuses the contestant of false conspiracy charges and asserts the petition's statements are preposterous and unfounded. Senator L A Wright is named as executor of Mrs Thurston's will and possesses facts countering Patterson's claims.
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the Tribune
San Diego
Cal
Point Loma
Katherine Tingley
Theosophical Brotherhood
George L. Patterson
L. A. Wright
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Morgenthaus
Louis von Phul
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Augustus Post
Clifford B. Harmon
Snake
Manitoba
Count Kielmansegg
Vienna
Count Kielman
Mrs. Tingley
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