Funeral rites for Mayor Gaynor held with pageantry
Public funeral services for Mayor William J. Gaynor were conducted at Trinity church with Bishop Greer officiating. A large crowd filled city halls and streets as the procession moved from City Hall to Trinity, to the Brooklyn Bridge, and to Greenwood Cemetery for interment. The service included flowers from across the nation and a Taft letter praising Gaynor’s broad liberal values.
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Trinity, Cherek
Greer
St Paul's Chapel
Geer
City Hall
Broadway
Trinity Church
Brooklyn Bridge
Greenwood Cemetery
Gaynor
Tower Broadway
City Hall Park
New York
Revenue Cutter Bear Narrowly Escapes Arctic Ice Trap
The revenue cutter Bear on its Nome to Point Barrow voyage was wedged in heavy ice and swept by a current toward the North Pole. Captain J Bal Wager reports the vessel drifted for a day and night at five to six knots before breaking free and anchoring eastward in safer waters. In Lancaster Ohio, Mrs Rily Landerfelt 56 was fatally injured when an auto driven by Misa Maid Edwards lost control and pinned her against a fence.
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Washington
Bear
North Pole
Nome
Point Barrow
Alnaku
McAdoo
J. Bal- Wager
Wessel
Lancaster
Rily Landerfelt
George Bumgardner
Misa Maid Edwards
Sugar Grove
Mia. Landerfelt
Cox May Oppose Day and Wet Proposals
Columbus Ohio September 22 the fight over constitutional amendments grows fiercer in many localities with the wets pushing a bill to shrink the legislature and the dries campaigning to block liquor shipments into dry areas. Governor Cox expected to take a stand. Three Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident Philadelphia September 22 a joy ride ends in tragedy as a car borrowed without permission crashes into a steel post killing Barisan Price and injuring Hickey and Thomas White.
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Columbus
Drya
Cox
Philadelphia
Hickey
Thomas White
Barisan Price
Arrival of Mayor Gaynor’s Body in New York
Mayor William J. Gaynor’s body arrived aboard the Lusitania and was taken to his Brooklyn home before lying in state at the city hall. A public funeral was planned for Trinity Church with honorary pallbearers including former President Taft, and public buildings were ordered closed on the day. The New York Stock Exchange suspended business for one hour during the funeral
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United States
Jord Iayer
Liverpool
Max Muspratt
Erie Mahesty
Grace Methodist
C. C. Hélsner
Taft
New York
William J. Gaynor
Lusitania
Gaynor
Brooklyn
City Hall
Old Trinity Church
Tait
Kline
The
New York Exchange
Students Run Wild At Lime University Riot
North eastern university students stormed through the town injuring property and fleeing police before arrest. Two students H W Haws and Harry Kinsey face assault charges after bricks were hurled at business owners and a dinner dance was disrupted on campus.
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Norther University
Wity
Tima
Acts Normal College
H. W. Haws
Harry Kinsey
Charsis
Kridents
Charge Against Sexton Unearths Bodies and Sells Burial Plots
Philadelphia report says Willa Lewis, caretaker of a Merion cemetery, allegedly removed bodies from graves and resold burial plots. Authorities say he disinterred remains after funerals and reburied them in more desirable lots, then repeated the scheme for profit. A separate dispatch notes Mexico’s provisional president says no candidate will be named for the presidency.
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Philadelphia
Willa Lewis
Merion
Lewis
Ardmore
Tita
Huerta
Mexico City
Muerte
Short ballot campaign planned in Ohio
Ohio committee members from two Democrats two Progressive and three Republicans map plans for an active campaign for two framing constitutional amendments. Union Depot valuations rise in Ohio for 1918 with seven companies totaling 4 200 850 dollars, up from 1912.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Consleta
John T. Clarke
James Gurfeld
John B Fackler
John A. Alburn
William Agnew
J. C. Beardsley
W. B. Fla
Mayo Foster
Bandits Sentenced in Robbery Indictments
Four teenagers from New York and Philadelphia pled guilty to four robbery indictments. Giroud and Justice received terms from one to ten years in Mansfield Reformatory. Huffalo Dute and others faced sentences up to years for the shooting charge involving Sheriff Wineland.
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From
Waling
Robert Dute
Huffalo
Arthur Giroud
New York
William Justice
Phundalphia
Giroud
Justice
Miness
Thief fined and jailed for stealing chickens in Wapakoneta
A juvenile case involving Blanche Doble and Russell Miller of Santa Fe was heard by Mayor Hay. The offender, Ray Taylor, was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing chickens.
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Felleroutaine
Ray Taylor
J. C. Haven
Asa
Blanche Doble
Russell Miller
Santa Fe
Hay
Wapakoneta
Suicide by self inflicts fatal wound after night bus incident
Carl Sings, 26, a chef at the Wellaston hotel, was found dead after severing an artery in his left forearm with an electric night bus. Worry over a recent financial loss reportedly drove the act.
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Napoleon
Carl Sings
Welllaston Hotel
Hismeel
Kia Bel
Striking Workers Clash With Police in Dublin Riot
A Liberty Hall march by about 10 000 transport workers sparked clashes with police. Stones and bottles shattered tram windows as rioters attacked officers, injuring seven policemen and a civil servant while numerous bystanders were treated for injuries.
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Dublin
Liberty Hall
Transport Worker Union
Gratton Street
Diamond Kills Guard in Trenton Prison
In Trenton New Jersey during chapel services Eli B Steiner deputy keeper was mortally wounded and William Diamond, leading a desperate escape attempt, was shot in both arms and chest. James Johnson a second inmate died after the clash, Diamond faces a first degree murder charge and had prior terms in Cin emont workhouse and Columbus penitentiary.
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Trenton
N. J
Eli B. Steiner
William Diamond
Stetzer
Dimond
Diamond
James Johnson
Wil
Cinemont
Columbus Penitensiary
Market Notes Live Stock and Grain Headlines Across Cities
Chicago cattle and hog prices listed with varied classes and quotes. Cleveland and Pittsburgh reports track feeder calves, beef, hogs, sheep, and lamb values, with regional fluctuations and itemized bids.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Cholea
Helfers
Pittsburg
East Buffalo
Dairies
Strangled Girl to Death Confession Echoes in Court
Philadelphia dispatch recounts Jacob Wolf Soher claiming a 1909 murder of Mize Lehu maker while near a cemetery. Soher describes choking her, concealing the body, and a later failed suicide attempt as authorities capture him and review the case. PMID: none.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Wolf Soher
Anna Cother
Schumacher
Holy Sepulcher
Rochester
N.y
New York
Inns Schmidt
C. Camerson
Foxston Woitsoon
Mize Lehumaker
Wolfrolm
Leopold Wolfsohn
Russia
Wolfsohn
Wolsohn
Sis
Hin
Auleide
Basan
Wieeve
Clarke
Valuations Rise for Public Utilities in Three Years
Cominions O Sept 22 valuations of public utilities excluding tel graph and telephone firms have increased 325 percent over three years as a state tax commission completed new appraisals. In 1910 total utilities were 235 573 886 dollars while 1913 fixed by the commission reached 999 802 520 dollars an uptick of 664 089 63 dollars. A separate report notes a tragedy as a 14 year old girl Sionska was struck and killed while crossing Be erect in front of a moving car driven by Alexander Smith.
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Cleveland
Talent Sionska
Beerect
Alexander Smith
Siw ,Olbe
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