Tottenville Plans Double Banner Raising Event
Tottenville Democratic Club completes plans for two banner raisings this week. Speakers include Congressman Daniel J. Riordan, Howard R. Bayne, Assemblyman Joseph Burke, and Counselor J. Harry Tiernan. Tottenville Band to provide music. special train from St George will deliver attendees. A 8 o'clock march from Main Street through Broadway precedes activities at Amboy Avenue and the Knights of Pythias hall.
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Tottenville
Democratic Club
Committee On
Daniel J. Riordan
Eighth Congressional District
Howard R. Bayne
New Brighton
Twentythird
Joseph Burke
Manhattan
J. Harry Tiernan
Stapleton
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main Street
Broadway
Amboy Avenue
Last Dry Dock Sections Launched for Clyde Line Dock
The final two sections of Clyde Steamship Line’s large dry dock were launched at Cossey shipyard yesterday afternoon, completing the ten sections. Each section measures 82 feet in length and 100 feet in width, built primarily from Oregon and yellow pine.
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Clyde Steamship Line
Cossey Shipyard
Oregon
Construction begins on fifteen Central Railroad scows
Work has started on fifteen scows for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Three are well under way. Each will measure 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 9 feet deep with a capacity of 500 tons. Eight will be covered and seven will be derrick lighters.
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Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Dog Shot After Bites Complaints in Broadway Area
Following complaints about a dog owned by Charles Scales on Broadway, a Board of Health officer from New Brighton yesterday shot the animal. The dog was not mad but attacked several passersby, including Mrs. David Applegate of Sprague Avenue who was bitten about a week earlier.
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Charles Scales
Broadway
Board of Health
New Brighton
David Applegate
Sprague Avenue
Miss Gay Zenda McClaran Stars in Pudd'n Head Wilson
The first in a series of church entertainments and lectures by the Methodist Brotherhood of St. Paul's was well attended. Miss Gay Zenda McClaran of the Star Lyceum Bureau in Manhattan delivered an excellent performance of Pudd'n Head Wilson in the church lecture room last night.
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Methodist Brotherhood of St. Paul’s Church
Gay Zenda McClaran
Star Lyceum Bureau
Manhattan
Pudd’n Head Wilson
Monthly Social of Richmond Temple Pythian Sisters
The Richmond Temple Pythian Sisters held their monthly social after the K of P hall meeting last night. Euchre was the feature with prizes awarded to Mrs. Stephen Stover for first, Mrs. Henry Schneider for cake plate, and Mrs. Alfred Stover for a pin tray. Ice cream and cake were served.
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Richmond Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. of Phall
Stephen Stover
Henry Schneider
Alfred Stover
Voters Register Totals Across Six Districts in Fifth Ward
The first day total registration in six election districts of the fifth ward yesterday reached 571. District figures were 37th 74, 38th 124, 39th 61, 40th 65, 41st 110, and 42nd 137.
Parade guest former Tottenville chief at New Brunswick
Former Tottenville fire department chief D. R. Robbins is the guest of Washington Hook and Ladder Company in the New Brunswick parade today, joining local firefighters and residents in the street event.
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D. R. Robbins
Tottenville
Pythias Delegation Visits Black Prince Lodge in Brooklyn
A Richmond Lodge Knights of Pythias delegation visited Black Prince Lodge in Brooklyn last night to conduct fraternal exchanges and cordial greetings between the organizations.
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Richmond Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Black Prince Lodge
Brooklyn
TOTTENVILLE LOCALS AND AREA NOTES OF THE WEEK
TOTTENVILLE locals register meetings and social visits with Washington Councill D of L meeting tonight. Mr and Mrs A V W Surre of Sheepshead stop with sister Mrs George Hoehn on way to Philadelphia. Several residents mentioned visiting Hamburg New Jersey and Yonkers with local hosts. Typhoid recovery noted for Neil Hume Amboy Avenue. Real estate ads hint readers may be close to a purchase.
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Tottenville
Washington
Bentley Street
Hamburg
N. J
Tillie Kloss
Yonkers
Felix Hoffman
Johnson Avenue
J.ernest Waring
Newark
Melville Lovell
Neil Hume
Amboy Avenue
Doctor Blair Ends Life With Cyanide Note
The physician, chemist and longtime practitioner, 61, wrote of feeling his soul leaving as he took cyanide of potassium. He dictated his dying sensations, stating his consciousness would withdraw from the flesh. He had mailed a letter before death and his health had been the motive for the suicide.
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Br. J
Pr. Blair
Helmet Wins Matron Stakes at Belmont Park
James R Keene’s Helmet easily captured the 11690 dollar Matron stakes for colts and geldings over six furlongs at Belmont Park. Joe Madden, purchased for 10000 dollars, finished second with Practical third. Other race results list Queen of the Hills, Vielmet, Strike Out, Tronsides, Selectman, Brookdale Nymph as winners in their races.
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New York
James R. Keene
Helmet
Belmont Park
C. Hilldreth
Joe Madden
J. E. Madden
A. Belmont
Practical
Queen
Strike Out
Otago
Wintergreen
Tronsides
Stellaland
Grandpa
Selectman
the Gardener
Amri
Brookdale Nymph
Gowan
Raanearn
Defenseing Mother He Shoots Father
Theodore Riler, nineteen, shot his father John Kiler a butcher after a quarrel. Riler said his mother was in danger and fired twice from upstairs, wounding the elder Kiler. The son was arrested.
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Newara
S. J
Riler
John Kiler
Eller
Boy Starts Cornell Courses Aimed at Law Career
William Everett Moore, a Brooklyn boy who has been lovingly cared for since age fifteen months, begins his first year at Cornell University. He plans to study law after graduation, aiming for a legal career.
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Ithaca
Wiliam Everett Moore
Brooklyn
Cornell University
Millionaire Pastor Divorce Case Rocks New York
New York and Manhattan details show Bartel Hall, a millionaire, filing for divorce from Emma Hall after alleging she eloped with Rev. Benjamin Pugh Dunham, former pastor of the First Church of the Disciples of Christ. Judge Aspinall condemned secrecy in divorce filings and called for accountability for the minister involved.
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New York
E. Bartel Hall
Emma
Benjamin Pugh Dunham
First Church of the Disciples of Christ
Manhattan
Aspinall
Actress Georgia Kane jailed after verdict for injuries
Newark Oct 6 Actress Georgia Kane was arrested on a perjury charge after a verdict awarding 3500 dollars for injuries she claimed from a trolley car accident. She testified three ribs were broken and further injuries occurred when alighting a street car four years earlier.
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Newark
N. d
Georgia Kane
Haskell letter questions Osage lease deals in 1906
Governor C N Haskell asks President Roosevelt to explain actions around the grant of a 680000 acre Osage lease to Prairie Oil and Gas in July 1906. He cites prior Foster and Indian Territory Illuminating Company contracts and alleges negotiations favored Standard Oil agents over Osage representatives.
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The
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Foster
Indian Territory Illuminating Company
Roosevelt
Messrs
Guffey
Barnsdale
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil
Haskell
Haskell and Alliance In Harmony Movement
Governor Charles N. Haskell released a statement outlining his role with the Muskogee Citizens alliance. He says he was invited to join a 1905 spring strike harmony movement and accepted to promote peace in the town.
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Muskogee, Okla
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
Leap of fate ends life of millionaires wife in New Jersey
Mrs Steffen Dieckmann wife of a millionaire was killed leaping from her carriage to avoid runaway horses at the Boulevard loop West New York Hoboken Oct 6 The maid Marie Tucers 20 also leaped and is likely to die Dieckmann son John and coachman Anton Druyer were badly bruised after jumping from or being thrown from the vehicle
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Hoboken
N. J
Palisades
Steffen Dieckmann
Boulevard Loop
West New York
Anton Druyer
Masons Name Laureate Poet From Arkansas
Fay Hempstead of Arkansas, now with Ravenswood lodge in Chicago, crowned poet laureate of the Masonic fraternity in ceremonies. He is the third holder after Burns and Robert Morris, reading an original poem written for the occasion with honors conferred by all grand lodges.
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Chicago
Fay Hempstead
Arkansas
Ravenswood Lodge
Hempstead
Robert Burns
Robert Morris
New York
Thaw's Mother Returns Aboard Steamer Finland
Mrs. William Thaw arrived in New York aboard the Finland from Antwerp accompanied by a trained nurse and staying mostly in her stateroom. She is expected to remain at White Plains during the October 12 trial to determine the mental status of her son, Harry K. Thaw.
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New York
William Thaw
Finland
Antwerp
Thaw
White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Car Kills Robbed Man on Trolley Tracks
Jersey City October 6 detectives investigate the death of George F. Wilson of Kearny a Hudson county freeholder who was robbed of his coat watch and money before being struck and killed by a trolley car. He was left dazed and wandered onto the tracks as investigators pursue the robbery lead.
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Jersey City
N. J
George F. Wilson
Kearny
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
Wilson
President's Son Shows Grit on Harvard Freshmen Team
Cambridge Mass Oct 6 Kermit Roosevelt second son of President Roosevelt won first choice as tackle on Harvard freshman football team on opening scrimmage day. He started at right tackle and, despite pressure from the second team, showed grit and stamina with a solid debut.
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Cambridge
Mass
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Harvard
Learn to Cook In Army
General Fred D. Grant lauds bakers and cooks schools at Washington barracks in his annual report. He notes the army is being rapidly supplied with trained bakers and cooks capable of preparing rations properly.
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Washington
Fred D. Grant
Washington Barracks
George A. Rifenbergh First Class Painter and Decorator
George A. Rifenbergh advertises first class painting and paper hanging services at 100 Broad St. He promises neat work and cheap prices with phone contact 308 W.
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Geogre A. Rifenbergh
Tel
Broad St
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