Firemen Respond To Unusual Alarms Including Shells Down Register
Firefighters answered several odd alarms on Saturday. A resident at 242 Fourth Ave dropped rifle shells down a floor register atop a furnace and shut off the furnace. Battalion Chief Stanley Stevens investigated but no fire apparatus arrived. Earlier units were sent to a grass fire on 126th Street and Arch Avenue and to Ferry Street between Sixth avenues where old lumber from a demolished building burned. crews acted as a precaution.
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4Th Ave
Stanley Stevens
126Th Street
Arch Avenue
Ferry Street
6Th
6Th Avenues
Hello And Goodbye San Francisco Saloon Signs
Sailors debark at San Francisco's Embarcadero and greet a sign for the First Chance Saloon Then they return to their ships and pass the Last Chance Saloon on the opposite side of the same sign reflecting a maritime farewell vignette
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San Francisco
UPS
Eunbarcadero
Y-Teens Open House Events Slated at Troy YWCA
The YWCA Troy YTeens Department announces fall activities starting with two open houses. The first, today from 4 to 5 15 for girls in grades seven and eight, features gym games, dancing, and refreshments plus a Y-Teen Club seating. The second open house, Thursday, invites high school girls hosted by the High School Club led by president Miss Barbara Morris, with a Home for Otis Tall program “Discovery With Others Join Y-Teens.”
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Troy Ywca
Otis Tall
Barbara Morris
Arrest Boy 10 as Jag Bike Rider in Long Beach
Police arrested a 10-year-old boy in Long Beach for riding a bicycle through traffic while drunk. He and a 15-year-old friend reportedly drank wine. the boy could not explain where it came from. Patrolman Knipp said the youth showed an advanced intoxication from wine.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Robert P. Knipp
Knipp
Overloaded Canal Boats and Other 1871 Incidents
The Troy Daily Times scolds the Troy Whig over an alleged overloaded canal boats claim, notes a Sept 18 1871 mayhem case at the Institute, and reports miscellaneous police court jests and a Five Points arrest for William Carbine with a 30 day jail term.
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Troy Daily Times
Troy
Whig
the Times
Institute
Egan
Precimet
Five Points
William Carbine
Troy Man Found Dead At Residence
Jacob Berman, 57, of 113 1st St. Troy, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary's Hospital after being found at his apartment. Coroner ruled natural causes. Fire, ambulance crews attended. Berman, lifelong Troy resident, worked as a shirt cutter for Ide Shirts. Body sent to Brooklyn for funeral and Knottwood Cemetery interment.
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Jacob Berman
1St St
St. Mary's Hospital
Troy
Ide Shirt Companys
Brooklyn
Knottwood Cemetery
Bridge in Paris Named for 1830 Revolution Incident
A fringe tale explains the Paris Seine bridge name linked to an 1830 uprising. A young man shouted you will remember my name, then died on the bridge as locals later misrecorded his surname as d Arcate.
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Paris
Arcate
Seine
Sam
d'Arcate
d'Artate
Three Foley Boys Ride Destroyer With Father in Navy Visit
Funeral services for Willie Schultz Sr 64 of 5 Collins Ave were held after his children James 8 Kevin 7 and Michael 5 joined their father for an overnight aboard the destroyer USS Strong in Hudson NY. The ship had escorted Princess Beatrix to Albany for the Hudson Champlain Celebration. Foley Electrician James J Foley, eight years Navy veteran, enjoyed the trip with his wife Marian and their sons. The family attended services at Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church and Langenberger Funeral Home Berwick Pa with interment at Pine Grove Memorial Cemetery.
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Joseph G, Fitzgerald
Willie
Troy
Genultz Sr
Collins
Ave
Mount Ida
James J. Foley
Marian
James
Kevin
Michael
River St
Foley
Newport
R.L
Navy
Crow’s Nest
Mike
Himep
Sth Ave
Orville
F. Cowdritk
Mount Ida Nemoral Presbyterian Church
Langenberger
Berwick
Pine Grove Mar Cemetery
Wynantskill Kiwanis Club
Preaton K. Jones
If the
Wynantskill Pta
William K. Campbell
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Stephen Thomas Hea
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Judith Miles
Jielp Hee
Herbert A. Calkins
William Boyle
Conway
Boyle
Times
Bridget
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Burden's Mill
Donohue
Carbine
Salsely
Destroyer
Dad
Schultz
Niwanis Themen
Pennsylvania
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AID
Khojor
Albany Business College
Speedwriting Secretarial
Albany 10
Sylvania
Sylvania TV
Sylouctie Regency
RCA Victor
Ita
Hoosick Road
Sylvanta
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