Respectable Woman of White Plains Murdered
The body of Mrs Isabella Allen was found mutilated on Cottage avenue near Walter Sniffen’s house on Thursday morning January 23. She struggled to escape her attacker whose weapons were a stone and a club. The murder occurred after six o’clock Wednesday evening and was not found until noon Thursday. Her husband James Allen was arrested and later released. no murderer identified.
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Isabella Allen
Cottage Avenue
Walter Sniffen
Ziba Carpenter
Colligan
Dr N D Hillis to Lecture in White Plains
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis, successor to Beecher and Abbott, will lecture Tuesday evening February 18 at the Memorial M E Church White Plains on The Message to the Twentieth Century. A Y M C A auspices, tickets from members or local drug stores.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Henry Ward Beecher
Lyman Abbott
Memorial M. BE
White Plains
Hillis
Bedford and Yorktown Roads Funded by County Board
The Board of Supervisors authorize the County Treasurer to pay half the cost of about five miles of macadam road from Bedford to Cross River and about three miles from Echo Lake to Pines Bridge in New Castle and Yorktown towns.
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Board of Supervisors
Bedford
Cross River
Echo Lake
Pines Bridge
New Castle
Yorktown
James Wood's Lecture on Hudson and County History
Mr. James Wood spoke on the Hudson river's discovery by Henry Hudson and early county history. He described settlement names and White Plains brief allegiance to Connecticut before New York militia restored tax authority. The next lecture by Judson of the Westchester Historical Society is planned for April at the Country Club House in Westchester.
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James Wood
Henry Hudson
Amsterdam
Hudson
Bronx
White Plains
Conneticut
Hartford
New York
Judson
Westchester Historical Society
Country Club
Westchester
Correction on Bermuda theft incident and sentence
A correction clarifies that Mrs. Ford was robbed and Mr. H. S. Ford did not seize the thief. The culprit Frederick Emory, a steward, was sentenced to six months in Bermuda's Hamilton Penitentiary.
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H. S. Ford
Scarsdale Athletic Club Elects New Officers
Saturday evening January 18th the club elected new officers for the year President WI Smith Vice-President Harry Sprague Secretary Robert Swartwout Treasurer Everett Swartwout.
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WI Smith
Harry Sprague
Robert Swartwout
Everett Swartwout
Reyn al Residence Contract in New York Builders
Fountain and Choate of New York sign a contract to erect a 250000 stone residence for Eugene Rey nal on his country property near Rocky Dell Farm, joining his brother Nathaniel, described as one of the handsomest residences in the vicinity.
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Fountain & Choate
New York
Eugene Reynal
Rocky Dell Farm
Nathaniel
Westchester Endeavor Convention at Tarrytown Feb 22
The Westchester County Christian Endeavor Convention will convene at the First Reformed Church in Tarrytown on Saturday February 22 starting at 2 30 p m and continuing through the evening. Dr S Babor Shaw of New York and other prominent speakers will address the gathering.
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Endeavor Convention
First Reformed
Albert Bennett Declared Insane in New York Institution
Albert Bennett son of Dr Bennett formerly of the Hyatt farm house has been declared insane and is now confined in a New York City institution. A severe typhoid fever last fall followed by prolonged study is cited as a probable cause.
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Albert Bennett
Bennett
Hyatt Farm House
New York City
Gray Rock Farm Incorporation Certificate Filed
A certificate of incorporation for Gray Rock Farm was filed in the County Clerk's office on Tuesday. The company aims to produce and sell fresh milk and related farm products with capital stock of 25 000 dollars. Principal business in Scarsdale with directors Fred R Boocock J Warren Thayer Thomas E K Wing William Co White and Howard R Stivers of New York City.
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Gray Rock Farm
Scarsdale
Fred. R. Boocock
J. Warren Thayer
Thomas EK
Wing
Wm, Co. White
Howard R. Stivers
New York City
The
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N. D. Hillis
the Board OF Supervisors
Scarsdale Athletic Club
Reynal Residence
C. E. Convention
Westchester County Christian
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