Death by own action at Hotel St Denis
Lawson W Fuller, son of the late Lawson N Fuller linked to Jay Gould and Cyrus Field, shot himself in the right temple at the Hotel St Denis. A quiet, well liked Yonkers resident with two young daughters, he left notes and scraps found on a bureau. He worked as head bookkeeper for Metropolitan Life and had financial ties in Vermont and Elmhurst property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson W. Fuller
Lawson N. Fuller
Jay Gould
Cyrus Field
Manhattan
St. Denis
Fuller
Glover Street
Yonkers
Edward Black
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Henry B. Fuller
West 137Th Street
McLean Heights
Vermont
James S. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Thomas Balmford
Amsterdam Avenue
American Legal Scholar Defies Mauretania Stewards in New York
Henry Hale Ph D attorney at law and superintendent of Brooklyn public baths, despite his sixty five years and small stature, fled four Cunard Mauretania stewards at the pier. He shouted I defy you to lay a finger on me and claimed American soil. Customs inspector admonished him and an immigration officer allowed his passage after reading his card. Hale had been at a Dublin science conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hale
Brooklyn
Cunard
Hale
New York
Mr. Hale
West Street
Mauretania
Sam
Dublin
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Mystery in Brooklyn girl shooting prompts police probe
Seventeen year old Antoinette Anne was taken from 59 Cheever Place Brooklyn to Long Island College Hospital with a pistol wound in the abdomen. Police call the shooting accidental but probe mysterious aspects. Pasquale Agnie, his brother Ferdinand, and Mrs Anne were in the home when it occurred. Agnie fled after the incident. Also, J Ellen Foster will speak today at Astor Place and Broadway for the Commercial Travellers' League at noon.
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Antoinette Anne
Brooklyn
Cheever Place
Long Island College Hospital
Pasquale Agnie
Agnie
Ferdinand
Anne
Agnit
Mrs. Foster
J. Ellen Foster
Commercial Traveliers’ League
Astor Place
Broadway
Once in a lifetime title search offer
A real estate advisory urges readers to hire a title search service, touting 25 years of training and experience with over 250000 titles. It emphasizes that emergencies can complicate home purchases and encourages obtaining expert protection and advice.
Police scent swindle arrest over advised auto sale
Architect Edward A. Moore was arrested in New York by Central Office detectives on postal law violations after a Newton Mass doctor reported an advertised 35 horsepower car sale. Police found suitcases packed, two doped whiskey bottles, and a loaded revolver at Moore's 98th street office as investigators questioned him.
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Edward A. Moore
West Sth Street
Central Office
Moss
Jefferson Market Court
Moore
F. M. Lowe
Washington Street
Newton
Mass
New York
Lowe
Dr. Lowe
Bingham
Bedner
Deitsch
98Th Street
Gifts to Women’s Organizations Highlight Summer Aid
A T S S member sent instalments to a helpless family. Donations from New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Connecticut total small sums for August. A $200,000 bequest to Little Missionary Day Nursery and $100,000 to Fresh Air Home, Netherwood, NJ, fund future work. The Netherwood Summer Home closed after a strong season serving thousands of meals and children.
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New Jersey
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Cornell
Long Island
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Little Missionary Day Nursery
St. Mark’s Place
Sara Curry
Branca
Netherwood
N. J
Miss Curry
Bank cashier sacks securities and surrenders to crowd
William H. Burletson, cashier and controling owner of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Parma, surrendered $21,000 in bank securities and keys to a crowd in Pittsford after being intercepted on the way to a train. State officials ordered Parma bank closed, with two small Burletson banks in Hanover and Pittsford also shut. Burletson proposed to pay 100 cents on the dollar if villagers deposited $4,000 and offered to sell the Pittsford bank property for $4,000. depositors and a time lock were involved in protecting Hanover bank vault plans.
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Jackson
Mich
Pittsford
Pittsford Bank
William H. Burletson
Parma
F. W. Lyon
Zimmerman
Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank
Burletson
Hanover
Erty. Burletson
Melvin Carey
Carey
Last outing for Rutherford children at South Ferry
On September 12 thirty-one Little Mothers visited West Arlington New Jersey guided by Miss J Olmstead of the South Ferry branch to meet Mrs Gowell the hostess from the Sunshine picnic. The party enjoyed meals milk biscuits and jam with fruit picked from fields. Special thanks are given to Mrs Gowell and family for hospitality and generous treats.
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West Arlington
N. J
Rutherford
South Ferry
Miss Olmstead
Ferry House
September 30 Basket Picnic at Mrs Cole Hopkinton
A noon to 7 PM basket picnic at the home of Mrs John S Cole Hopkinton invites T S Neighborhood Club of Clark's Falls Conn and surrounding towns. Annual meeting and 1999 branch dues payment to treasurer. Rest House season report and Sunshine talks by new members. If stormy, picnic moves to next fine day.
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John S. Cole
Hopkinton
Sunshine in September Drives Local Charity Drive
A lengthy list details generous donations to a charity with readers sending magazines, clothing, bedding, and toys for hospitals, Sunshine libraries, and the homeless. Contributors include Mrs. M B Reynolds of Binghamton and many others from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maine. A large crate from Bayshore and boxes from Stamford and Jersey City underscore broad community support.
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Bayshore
Long Island
Isaac Hall
Mamaroneck
N. Y
John W. Post
Westbury
E. Anderson
Carmel
Frank J. New
Otis
Brooklyn
Stamford
Conn
State Hospital
Adirondacks
Sunshine
New Hampshire
Mrs. B
Yonkers Officer Says He Shot in Self Defense
Patrolman Kruppenbacher testified he shot Edward Anderson after a violent confrontation at a Yonkers saloon. He warned the men, fought off blows, and fired to wound when Anderson struck him, leading to Andersons death fifteen minutes later. Anderson, Monahan, and Bushansky were later charged with assault.
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Kruppenbacher
Yonkers
Edward Anderson
the Tribune
Andersen
Anderson
Krappenbacher
Monahan
Bushansky
Wolff
Wiesendanger
Want Appeal Funds Aid For Struggling Family In Need
The Excelsior branch president appeals to T. S. S. members to help a family with five children facing two months of unpaid rent. The father is hospitalized for an operation, the mother is ill, and only one child can work earning a small weekly wage. Landlord would accept 15 dollars to cover arrears until October 10, hoping the father and mother recover. $750 has been collected in small coins, but more is needed to reach October payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Branch
Manhattan
Little girl aids battle with consumptive home aid request
A ten year old girl at Sunshine consumptive home in Narcoossee Florida needs board support. No one to pay, doctor Ennis should not bear cost alone. With treatment she may recover. Contributions to T. S. 8 will be forwarded to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Narcoossee
Fla
Dr. Ennis
Pretty cretonne bags sent to hospital cripples
Mrs. Herbert Haviland secretary of the Purchase New York branch reports on September 10 twenty cretonne bags furnished with a writing pad pencil and handkerchief were sent to the little cripples in the hospital on 42d street as special rays of sunshine for the unfortunate children confined to their beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Haviland
The
Purchase
N. Y
Longtime invalid gains hope for outdoors in coat and shoes
A New Jersey invalid who has been bedbound for eleven years may soon venture outside in a wheeled chair with a long warm coat and size 414 shoes. A skirt at the office could meet this need. A crippled North Carolina youth writes that a camera would help him publish and sell pictures to aid his support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
North Carolina
Miss Miriam Hill Seeks Fabrics For Local Sewing School
In Orange Virginia Miss Miriam Hill requests remnants of calico and gingham as the sewing school aided last year by the T. S. 8 has exhausted materials. Any scraps will be greatly appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Miriam Hill
Fine Felt Hats Sale Ad Remains Readable
Stetsons and other fine felts priced from 3.50 to 8 dollars. Contact appears as 258 42 1302 with references to Warren Street, 13th Street, and 34th Street for location details. Readable fragment notes a sale or catalog listing rather than complete sale context.
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Warren St
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS DESTINATIONS AND SCHEDULES
Close In New York Hawaii via San Francisco Alameda To day 630 pm Japan Corea China Philippine Islands via Seattle Ak Maru To day 630 pm ands via Tacoma specially addressed only Bellerophon Sept 35 630 pm Hawaii Guam Philippine Islands via San Francisco U S Transport Sept 30 630 pm Hawaii and specially addressed mail for Japan Corea and China via San Francisco Korea Empress of Japan Australia except West New Zealand Fiji Islands and New Caledonia via Vancouver and Victoria BC Marama Oct 4 630 pm ands via Seattle Ilyo Maru Oct 8 630 pm Tahiti Marquesas Islands via San Francisco Mariposa Oct 12 630 pm
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New York
Hawaii
San Francisco
Alameda
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Seattle
Tacoma
Bellerophon
Guam
U .S
Korea
Australia
West
Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouver
Victoria
Marama
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Update
Maritime notes show sun and moon times, high water predictions for Sandy Hook and Gov Island, plus wireless reports on the Kronprinzessin and Minneapolis movement. Shipping lines list arrivals and schedules with vessels including Kronprinzessin, Kroonland, Adonis, and others across Antwerp, New Orleans, Galveston, and Rotterdam.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Island
Philadelphia
San Juan
Tennyson
Victoria
Trinidad
Coppename Dwi
Finance
Cristobal
Pajama Maude
Huelva
Oo Kroonland
Antwerp
Red Star Ryndam
Rotterdam
Holland-Am Adonis
Barbados
Antilles
New Orleans
E! Dia
Galveston
S0 Pac Sday
Kronprinzessin
Bremen
Lloyd
United States
Christiansand
Prinz Joachim Colon
Hamb-Am
Para
Kooth Minneapolis
London
Atlantic Trans Billon
Turk’s ‘Island
Ciyae
Hamburg
Hamb-Amibau
Ruestan
Mckinley’s Assailant Identified as Pudasky in Pueblo
The body found murdered near Nepesta is identified as Andrew Pudasky, the anarchist who threw a brick at President McKinley in Canton. It is believed fellow anarchists killed him for treason to the cause.
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the Tribune
Pueblo, Col
Nepesta
Andrew Pudasky
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Pudasky
Westerly firm offers half price hammocks for Rest House guests
A large Westerly firm known for charity to the Rest House offers five durable hammocks for ten dollars totaling five hammocks at half price as season ends. A Paterson Sunshiner provides the poem titled The Aged Believer at
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Westerly
R. I
Paterson
N. J
Port of New York Port Arrivals and Departures List 1908
Port of New York entry for Sunday September 20 1908 lists arrivals from Glasgow Manilla Besoeki and Surabaya with 515 cabin and 340 steerage passengers aboard Columbia Coman Clan Buchanan City of Atlanta Pring Willem I Terence Sabine Pagenia Jamestown Monroe Wells City San Juan and others. Departures include Orinoco Crown of Navarre Stanley Hall and Juan sailing toward Philadelphia and other destinations.
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New York
Columbia
Wadsworth
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Bros
Coman
Young
Galveston
Mallory Ss Co
Clan Buchanan
Darley
Besoeki
Sourabaya
Cheribon
Padang
Perim
Port Sad
Malta
Delaware Breakwater
Chrarnikow, MacDougall & Co
Barber & Co
Bar
City of
Paramaribo
Demerara
Trinidad
Curacao
Jacmel S. Aquin
Aux Cayes
Port-au Prince
St Mare
Royal Dutch West India Mail Service
Terence
Frodsam
Santos
Barbadox
Busk & Jevons
Sabine
McIntosh
Mobile
Tampa
Mdise
Pagenia
Bohm
Almeria
Phelps Bros
Har
Jamestown
Nelson
Newport News
Old Dominion Ss Co
Moise
Monroe
Hulphers
Norfolk
Wells City
Newton
Bristol
Swansea
James Arkell & Co
San Juan
Foss
Guanica
Humacag
Mayaguez
Ponce
New York & Porto Rico Co
Malls
Sandy Hook
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Self
Metropolitan Life
B’way
N.Y
Remsen St
Gelyn
Fulton
Jamaica
Architect
William D. Howells
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Fouh
Oriental and Domestic Rugs
Kurdistan
Kasak
Axminster
Brussels
Wilton
S4th Street
Gate of Heaven
M. B. Reynolds
Binghamton
Knoer
Tennessee
Virginia
Rocers, Peet & Company
Oceanic
Southampton
White Star
Devonshire
Pernambuco
Cressee
Alleghany
Inagua
Comal
Mallory
Jefferson
Old Coma
Marine Intelligence
Kronprinzess
Cecille
Minneapolis
Sand Hook
Salle Ablanca
Panama
Marowyne
Old Dominion
Kaiser Wilhelm d G
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Bermuda
Quebec
Nieuw Amsterdam
Nord America
Naples
la Veloce
Rio Grande
Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
Hamilton
Dominion
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Liverpool
M'Kinley
Shipping News
Orinoco
Kion
Colon
Crown of Navarre
Stanley Hall
Juan
Nor
Jivespeel
Umbria
Queens
California
Empe Theatre
John
Jackie
Hudson Wy
Robert Edeson
Griterion
Hattie ‘Williams
Frere
Knigkerbogker
the Girls OF
Gottenberg
Ing
Sesceh Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Doris Kzane
Matinees Savoy
Atin
Percy ‘Ua
Kay E
Liberty
Lillian Russell
Geo Broadhurst
DFIRE
Geo Woobart
Ar Rr
Mats
Frank McKee
Gerta Lector Herbert
Glen Macion Ou
New Amsterdam Theatre
Academy OF Ie
Dalles
SoeeFather and Son
Lerions
Mary Mannaring
Lult Gil
Mile
Micchio
Louise Mimig
Marcello
Daly
Herald SQ
George Arliss Devil
Asco West
Stuy v VeSsant
David Belasco
Blanche Bathse Iss
W. J. Hu
Weber
St. Eve
Ifc
Wallace’s
Wee Ane
Arnold ‘Daly
Henry W. Savage
Devil Garden
Hackett James K. Hackett the Prisoner OF
Zerda
Traviata Italian Opera CO
Ks “Laura
Blaney
Mabel Barrison
Joe Howard
Cait Lincoln
Lloyd Wood
Felix & Caire
Hall Macy & Co
Cliff Gordom
Amme Rina Tein
Circle Success
Colonial Mat
Alhambra
Eva
Gus Edwards
Eva Tanguay
Salome
the Way Duck
Karno
Hyman Meyer
Chas
Fannie
the Naked Truth
Whit
Empire City Quartet
Geo
Jack Norworth
Eden World
East 30Th St
Y. Son Ad
Bonbonniere
Zsw
Twenty-Second Street
Ion
Tudor Prince
Shanghai
Iouth
Cherbourg
Queenstown
Campania
Phos
Athampton
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