Negro influx to Philadelphia seen as menace to health
Philadelphia residents report a large southern negro migration into the city with 30,560 migrants moving in the year to June 20. Crowded quarters from Girard to the rivers foster disease risk, with quarantines traced to arrivals. A four‑group committee urges authorities to address the situation as workers and families settle, Virginia and Carolinas supplying most newcomers.
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Cooke
Girard
Washington Avenurs
Two Rivers
South
Virginia
South Carolina
Farmhand Confesses to Hermit Murder in Connecticut
Bridgeport, Conn July 9 state police report John Dondone a Topstone farmhand confessed to killing George Holtz an aged hermit at Topstone Station He said he struck Holtz in the face with a long spear robbed the body and threw it into Umpawaug Lake Urged by love for a girl he had recently met Dondone claimed he was valued money by her parents.
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Bridgeport
Conn
John Dondone
Topstong
George Holtz
Topstone Station
Frank Virlili
Dondone
Holtz
Umpawaug Lake
Doandene
John D Rockefeller Quietly Observes Anniversary at Pocantico Hills
John D Rockefeller, aged 84, marked his birthday with a quiet observance at his Pocantico Hills home in Tarrytown New York on July 9. He attended services at New Community Church in the morning and hosted a small circle of close friends that evening. Since brother William’s death he has reduced the annual family gatherings.
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Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Vwi
Mr. Rockefeller
Ervices
New Community Church
Willam
Man Leaps From Incoming Ship to Outward Bound
In Hoboken a shipboard incident ends with Peter Soberling, chief steward of Holland America Line, stepping from a water line and boarding the Nieuw Amsterdam for a return voyage. Officials estimate his American stay at thirty seconds.
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New York
America
Peter Soberling
Hotland America Steamship Company
Soberling
Hoboken
Nieuw Amsterdam
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