Widow's Suit Against Qualey Exposure Evident in Court
Mrs. William T. Bull testified at Harlem police court that she invested $35,000 in the Magnesia Asbestos Company after negotiations with John A. Qualey and Harvey W. Corbett. Evidence included letters and documents tied to Qualey’s methods and Hopkins’s statements, with cross examination probing funds and executor arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
William T. Bull
John A. Qualey
Magnesi
Qualey
Harvey W. Corbett
Krotel
Harlem
Dunlap Hopkins
Bull
Mr. McIntyre
Bay
Corbett
Magnesia
Mrs. Bull
Bertron
Ellen
Death notices and funeral notices from August 1910 and 1919
A column lists multiple death notices and funeral arrangements, including Thomas M. Allen, Emma R. Baird, Hoh A. Bayly Sr, Catherine M. Bromwell, Margaret Childs, Edwin Donatus Jones, Augustus Merritt, Francis Be Vandegrivlet, Walcott May Mackey, and relatives. Addresses, dates, and times indicate services at residences and churches with interment details and invitations to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segen
Fittenath Street
Thomas M. Allen
St. Matthew's Church
Baird
Sixth Street
Christan
Emma R
J James Baird
Bayly
Tly A Om
Providence Hospital
Hoh
John A Barh
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kromwell
Connecticut Avenue
Catherine M
J. R Bromwall
Baltimore
Margart
Charles Childs
Twelfth Street
Con Kregional Cemetery
Jones
B Street
Hdwin Donatus Jones
Merritt
Auanat
ST Atreet
Augustus
St Patrick's Mhareh
Na Om
Vandegrivlet
Francis BE
J Hairs
Katherine Vande Sritt
Utreet
Au-gust
Ppmm
Philadelria
Walcott
Colonial Beach
May Mackey
Frank Walcott
William
In Memoriam Virginia Lee Remembered by Loving Parent
In memoriam notice for Virginia Lee, dear daughter, cherished by a grieving parent. The message honors her memory and notes she has passed to a better world in August.
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Lee
Virginia Lee
Tae
Big Boss Too High Sounding for Him Says Vice President
Vice President Sherman, returning from Big Moose Adirondacks vacation, rebutted State Senator Davenport's charge that Sherman sought to control his renomination. He denied issuing orders to Davenport or others and said he never personal asked the senator to act, asserting he’s not a big boss and never dictated political actions.
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Washington Post
Utica
Sherman
Big Moose
Adirondacks
Davenport
Gov. Hughes
Oneida County
Hughes
Albany
Escapes From Venezuela Amid Plot Rumors
Gen Ramon Tello Mendoza former finance minister in President Castro's cabinet arrived in New York aboard the Caracas from Venezuela and Willemstad Curacao after escaping a Venezuelan imprisonment. Curacao reports speak of new plots against President Gomez with arrests and flights by political leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Ramon Tello Mendoza
Castro
Gomez
Mendoza
Army to Fight Forest Fires Across Western States
Taft authorizes use of troops to battle vast forest fires in Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and California. War Department assigns Maj. Gen. Barry Maus and Howe to readiness and coordinates with national forests while Interior officials monitor Flathead reservation and Glacier National Park fire conditions as authorities assess losses and need for 1000 Seattle troops.
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Taft
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
War Department
T. H. Barry
Department of California
M. P. Maus
Department of the Columbia
Walter Howe
Department of Dakota
National Forests
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Forest Service
Ballinger
Interior Department
Seattle
Interior Pierce
Flathead Indian Reservation
New
Glacier National Park
Pierce
Clement C. Acker
Glacier Park
Supt
Morgan
Flathead Reservation
Wash
J. &. Bowers
Stevens County
Huckleberry Mountain
Spokane County
San Francisco
Thomas Barry
Missoula
Mont
S Lox
Fort Missoula
Fort Clarrison
Crippen Read Meager Communications Amid Censorship
Prisoner Crippen at Quebec jail receives only attorney cable messages for his murder defense with many letters and most telegrams from North America denied by jailer Morin. Inspector Dew tours central Canada, Crippen allowed magazines while Miss Leneve asks for reading material.
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Quebec
Crippen
Arthur Newton
London
Iria
Morin
United States
Canada
Dew
Scotland
No Simple Life Ends As Rheinstrom Returns To Cincinnati
Rheinstrom son of a Cincinnati millionaire and his wife Edna Loftus England actress left a six month stay on a Boyle Heights chicken ranch for a reconciliation with his mother. They had arrived in Los Angeles last February after East coast adventures and plans to claim the widow's $6,000,000 inheritance. His family opposed the marriage amid past insanity claims and legal actions.
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Rheinstrom
Edda Loftus
Washington
Los Angeles
Boyle Heights
Harry A
Rheistrom
Cincinnati
Edna Loftus
New York
Bristow Attacks Tariff Pledges in La Follette Campaign
U S Senator Joseph J Bristow of Kansas opened the La Follette senatorial bid in Wisconsin praising La Follette while condemning Aldrich Cannon and Wickersham. He charged the tariff law harms consumers and aided the lead trust, urging Republicans to defend La Follette ideas. He warned that if La Follette won, some Republicans would vote Democrat to defeat him.
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Oshkosh
Wic
Republican Party
Senator la Follette
Aldrich
Cannon
Wickersham
United States
Joseph J. Bristow
Kansas
R. M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Hving
la Fallette
Indian Sacrifice at Sea A Mourning Rite on Celtic Deck
A New York Aug 8 report describes an unusual sea ceremony aboard the White Star steamer Celtic from Liverpool. Sioux Indians performed a dressed ceremony on the aft deck, sprinkling dove feathers, chanting moans, and leading a long single-file march while passengers joined in, with no animals harmed. The band remains with the show, returning toward the Sioux country.
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Washington Post
New York
White Star Line
Celtic
Liverpool
Hambelton
Happy Lands
Pin
Heals by Prayer Plaster Woman Accused by Society
New York August 8 Eva Stein arraigned in Yorkville court over alleged medical practice claims by the county medical society. Crowds flock to her Last Eighty fifth street flat to obtain paper prayers tied to nighties and pillows said to cure ailments. A detective tester paid 16 cents for treatment and waited four hours to view the method. The case was adjourned until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society
Washington Post
New York
Eva Stein
Butts
Yorkville
Stein
Upper East Side
Mia
Giant Pike Caught in Hampshire Stour Sets Britain Record
A massive pike, 45 inches long and 24 inches in girth, weighing about 41 1/4 pounds, was caught on the Hampshire Stour by Lord Wimborne’s estate. The angler described a lifelong fight lasting nearly half an hour and noted the fish’s striking shading and pink markings. The catch may represent one of the largest pikes ever recorded in the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Hampshire Stour
British Isles
Stour
Disappearing Drunkards and the Decline of Inebriety
The New York Tribune reflects on Mayor Gaynor’s remark about fewer drinkers, noting the long term decline due to economic, educational, and regulatory forces. It traces whisky’s rise in early America, the whisky rebellion, and how modernization, professional standards, and social attitudes reduced public drunkenness.
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The
New York Tribune
Gaynor
Republic
Pennsylvania
Alaska Farm Exhibit Demonstrates Rich Alaska Harvests
An Alaska farming display in New York shows large potatoes from miners’ farms, oversized turnips, beets, cabbage, carrots, and parsnips. Stephen Birch of Copper River Valley Railroad notes fertility, with aims to extend the line through Tanana valley, challenging Alaska’s image as a snowbound frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Alaska
City Investing
Broadway
Fairbanks
Tananah Valley
Falrbanks
Great Alaskan Territory
Arctic Circle
St. Michaels
Copper River Valley Railroad
Garner Grocer
Navy gun an experiment with lining life as limit
The article argues the navy siinch gun is an experimental role while the army gun is better understood in its permanent battery use. It notes curved trajectories affect calculations and that the 12 inch engine lasts about 75 discharges before the muzzle is impaired, making reliability a war-time constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Navy
Army
Cdrys
Geologist A H Brooks Heads to Alaskan Coal Fields
A H Brooks of the United States Geological Survey sails aboard the Alameda for Valdez and Seward to oversee surveying parties in the Alaskan coal fields.
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Seattle
Wash
A.H. Brooks
United States Geological Survey
Alameda
Valdez
Seward
Boniela Takes Ceiba Advance As Honduran Revolt Expands
Advices from New Orleans report Ceiba, Spanish Honduras, seized by revolutionists led by Gen Lee Christmas, with Bonilla landing at Puerto Cortes and divisions moving toward Utilla and Puerto Livingston. The rebels aim to seize rail lines and telegraphs while reporting mixed local support and government retreats.
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New Orleans
Ceiba
Spanish Honduras
Lee Christmas
Bontila
Revolutionary Movement
Honduras
Truxilla
Utilla
Christmas
Atilla
Bonilla
Puerto Livingston
Guatemala
San Pedro
Republc
ESTRADA TAKES TOWN IN NICARAGUA FIGHT
Gen Mena reports insurgents captured San Ubaldo after two assaults on San Jose and the city. Provisions rifles and ammunition seized while government losses were light. Moncado’s troops reach Molecatuja River four hours from Grenada as Madriz envoys Barrios and Salinas arrive in Washington to discuss relations with the United States. Salinas had been in New York and Washington, offering no statements yet.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Mena
San Ubaldo
Lake Nicaragua
Macis
Saenz
San Jose
Department of Chantales
Madriz
Modesto Barrios
Sebastian Salinas
United States
Washington
Salinas
State Department
New York
Bonilla Not In Guatemala Denial Cable Sent
Don Francisco Sanches Latour charge d affaires of Guatemala received a cablegram from President Manuel Estrada Cabrera denying Bonilla is in Guatemalan territory. The note states arrests of suspected crossers to Honduras and Guatemala vows neutrality and adherence to Washington conventions.
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Don Francisco Sanches Latour
Manuel Estrada-Cabrera
Guatemala
Bonilla
Honduras
Licensed to Marry Names in Fragmentary Notice
Earnest B a? ee iine Capplea tant Howard and Ida Rollins with Rev J M W Lt Joseph H oi ahivlds appear in a wedding notice alongside Rev J Milton Waldron Henry Foueh and Lavinia Harris. The fragmentary OCR lists multiple clergymen and parties without complete context or dates.
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Earnest B. A
Capplea Tant Howard
J. MW
Joseph H. Oi Ahivlds
Ida &. Rollins
German Expatriation and Suspended Citizenship Policy
The New York Tribune discusses proposed German Colonial Society aims to suspend German citizenship rather than expatriate or renounce it. It questions if Germany would accept the plan, notes potential treaty complications, and argues for the permanent indelible allegiance norm with limited exceptions for military empires and certain states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
England
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Seis
Buch
Radium in Medicine The Experimental Yet Promising Use
The article explains radiotherapy using radium and X-rays, noting radium’s radiation types, emanation, and potential cures for eczema, superficial and internal cancer, lupus, and birthmarks. It cautions results vary, experiments continue, and expectations should be tempered.
Foreign hook in a Chinook near Astoria
Charles Merrerson of Warren Packing Co reports a 23 pound Chinook salmon with a large hand made hook in its cheek. The hook, not American in origin, likely Mexican or indigenous, may have been used for trolling off the south coast and near the Catalina Islands. The line is fiber reinforced with plaited twine, suggesting foreign craft.
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Portland Oregonian
Charles Merrerson
Warren Packing Company
Tongue Polmt
Astoria
A. G. Spexarth
Catalina Islands
Buffalo Jones capture of African jungle beasts without guns
An account of Buffalo Jones and two American cowboys in Africa roping and branding man-eating beasts including rhinos and a lioness without firearms. The expedition, aided by photographers, traveled to Nairobi and Kedong valley with ten cow ponies and moving-picture crews, capturing and branding over 30 animals while stressing American cowboy prowess as a counter to sensational jungle stories.
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New York World
Jones
America
Africa
Buffalo Jones
Arizona
jJunetes
Marshal D Loveless
Isaac A. Means
Guy H. Scull
Arthur A. Fowler
Nairobi
Kjabe
Kedonk Valley
Rhino
Loveless
Hans
Buffalo
Enimia
Alexi
Bronx Park
Kedong Valley
B. J
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Brautzer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Record-Herald
Kew
Tory Timea
Beaton Globe
Philadelphia
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Louis Republic
St Paul
Pioneer Preas
Syracuse Post-Standard
Public Ledger
Thos
A. Costello
Frank Geier
Seventh ST NW
Modern Chapel
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A Speare
Mer
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East
Capitolay
William, Lee
John R. Wright Co
Tse
Tenth Stow
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Tee
Paris
Lieuts, Grosnier
Jost
Vincennes
Grosnier
China
Amoy
Kaiser
Koenigsberg
Frederick William
University of
Pabst
Wauld
Budweiser
Blue Ribbon
Senate
Maerzen
Pilsner
Culmbacher
Tokalon Wine CO
F St
N.W
Booke
Misa Leneve
Senator
Boniela
Davila
Dalands
Davilla
Puerto Cortes
Omatope
Estrada
Estrada-Cabrera
R. Harris & CO
D Streets
Brands
Wild Beasts
Roosevelt
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