Final Thaw jury chosen as opening Monday nears
The second jury for the Thaw trial is completed with tenus sworn. Prosecution will press a direct case against Thaw, while Martin W. Littleton, new chief counsel, will open for the defense Monday afternoon. Mary C Thaw's frail health may prevent attendance, prompting discussion of taking her testimony by commission. Edna Goodrich is subpoenaed as a potential witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los York
T Ffarry &K
Rd Wilta
de Lontet
Twra
Sory
Utes
Ft Ia
Martin W. Littleton
Thaw
Talesmen
Countess of Yarmouth
Edna Goodrich
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Memorial notices and obituaries from Grace Havre area church and local cemetery
A mixed set of obituary notices and funeral arrangements from January 1908 to January 1998, mentioning residents of Grace Havre and surrounding areas. Entries include interment venues, family relations, and scheduled services at local cemeteries such as Maddison and TM Cemetery, with dates, addresses, and survivor details listed for each deceased individual.
Sheikh A Liner Captain Marries on Moskwa Maiden Voyage
Trans Atlantic voyage reaches New York with Capt Sheikh Ashiri, Bedouin sheikh and Moskwa commander, hailed for wartime service and substantial wealth from olive and date groves. The voyage marks his first command of the Moskva after its Hamburg-America lineage and former roles. A royal wedding aboard the ship was noted, with awards and medals adorning his chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Sheikh Ashiri
Moskwa
South Brookan
Fuerst Lismarck
Witch
Fight Walker Extradition From Ensenada Mexico
New Britain Connecticut January 10 The Savings Bank of New Britain says Bridgeport lawyers have been hired to aid ex treasurer William F H Walker in his fight against extradition from Ensenada Mexico The firm says it was engaged by New York officials who recovered a portion of the misappropriated securities The State Department in Washington has forwarded documentary evidence to Mexico City seeking Walker's extradition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain, Conn
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Bridgeport Lawyers
Williar
Ahearn Recognized as Borough President for Bond Issuance
Mayor McClellan was forced to recognize John F Ahearn as president of the Borough of Manhattan at a Board of Estimate meeting to issue bonds for current city expenses. A unanimous vote of the board is required. Corporation counsel advised recognizing Ahearn as de facto president to avoid delay after Gov Hughes removed him for incompetence and the aldermen re elected him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
New York
Lan
John F Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Ahearn
Hughes
Mr Ahearn
Gillette Appeal Heard in Grace Brown Murder Case
Albany Jan 10 The Court of Appeals heard arguments in Chester Gillette's appeal from a first degree murder conviction and death sentence for the Grace Brown killing near Bl. Moose Lake in July 1906. A decision was expected later, with Gillette still in Auburn's death row as the appeal stayed execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Brown
Albany
Chester Gillette
Moose Lake
Court of Appeals
Gillette
Auburn
Fractured OCR License Notice Sparks Personal Names Mix
Fragmentary text lists individuals including Radon Dixon and Mary Hutchins with ages and locations such as Frederickaburg Vx and Passapatenzy Ya Ter Jo Lb Meteughiin, suggesting a truncated license or civil notice with multiple names and stale place hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radon ¢ Dixon
Mary C Hutchins
Health Office Record Deaths
Health office list of deaths includes Mary La Bennett 70, Stevan Siipman 64, Joseph A Kaisenbach 40, Michael Higgine Hand 73, Frances A Taher 70, Larry H Squires 61, E Mudd 2 months, Lopia A McNett 3 months, Amon E Ttuch 3 days, and El ude Adams family from South Brookland. Contains messy OCR with multiple misreadings and partial addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evertes
Mary la Bennett
St Pw
Stevan Siipman
Georgetown Unty Hosp
Yra Joseph A
Kaisenbach
Tirol Garstenberg German Orp Asylum
Michael Higgine Hand
Sts
Sears Minyra
Gurgess
Park Pine
Joseph T Maguire
14Th
Et Se
Frances A Taher
St Nw
Lary H Squires
Sears Dames E Mudd
Lopia A McNett
Amon
Iilent “of
Clarence
Delia Adams
South Brookland
C” Houra
Vivisection at Rockefeller Institute Described in Detail
New York reports disclose Dr. Alexis Carrel detailing kidney transplants in cats at the Rockefeller Institute. Nine of fourteen operations are traced, noting anesthesia, surgical steps, care, and that all animals eventually died, though he claims kidney function resumed in survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrel
Carre
Rockefeller Institute
Crowds Honor Dead Poet Abrah Goldfaden at Funeral
Thousands crowded the Bowery theater and East Side streets for the funeral of Abrah Goldfaden the Yiddish Shakespeare. Police formed a cordon to escort the hearse and casket to Washington Cemetery after services at the Peoples Theater with speakers including Dr Blaustein and Dr Rim pum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Abrah Goldfaden
Shakespeare
East Wleventh Straet
Peoples Theater
Bowery
Blaustein
Joseph Barandess
Rimpuum
Coffy
I Bmnocoats
Rent strike fading as tenants resume rents
The Washington Post reports on January 10 that rent protests are subsiding on the Lower Moat Side as tenants resume payments. About 75 evictions occurred this week, with over 1,000 dispossess orders signed, many settled without marshals. Agitators fail to incite riots, and rents are not reduced by unlawful action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Reindeer Herd Arrives by Steamer Anita at Labrador Harbor
A herd of reindeer imported from Norway by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell landed at St Johns Labrador after the steamer Anita faced ice and storm. Several deer drowned as ice broke loose during landing. The deck crew drove the rest ashore. the boat later with damage from ice reached St Johns leaking badly. The reindeer are tested as potential work animals and food for natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Newiundimaa
Van
Norway
Wilfred Grenfell
Motle Harbor
Labrador
Anita
St. Johns
Pana
Appeal in rhyme filed in Long Island court over brindle cow dispute
New York Jan 10 a Long Island dispute over a brindle cow traded by Jamaica resident George B Spaulding for a Hollis Hickey flock of sheep valued at 80 dollars. The case, before Justice McLaughin in the Third District Municipal Court at Jamaica, centers on ownership after a barter that included a leghorn rooster and two days’ labor. Spaulding kept the cow, Hickey later claimed the sheep could not be delivered until the cow proved her worth, sparking an animal welfare inquiry led by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. a rhymed complaint by Spaulding’s attorney will be answered in prose by Hickey’s counsel. The matter advances to court with the rhymed filing detailing Spaulding’s grievance and a request for costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George B Spaulding
Jamaica
Hollis
J. Hickey
Holles Heutenant
Holitn
Third District Municipal Court
Jamai Ca
McLaughin
Hickey
Holils
Spaulding
Merrick Road
Holhs
Bin
Mra A. Conklin
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
George
Cnemacs
Trains Crash on Trestle in Vinegar Bend Alabama
A head on collision today on the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad on a trestle near Vinegar Bend Alabama left five killed and two seriously injured. Victims include W B Paine merchant and Charles C Busbre section foreman. Frank Marks engineer and Henry Tall fireman of the passenger train were among the injured. Several unnamed African Americans were lightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Alabama and Mississippi
Paine
Charles C Busbre
Frank Marks
Henry Tall
Nebraska Chancellor Denies Resignation Rumor
Lincoln Neb Jan 10 Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska denied a rumor that he intends to resign. He stated there is absolutely no truth in the report and noted his recent European trip improved his health after returning last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denes
Lncoln
Nebr
E Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Two Boats Wreck in Grand Canyon Rapids Expedition in Peril
A two-man Grand Canyon voyage from Green River Utah toward The Needles California faces disaster as one skiff wrecks near Lockdologer Rapids. Charles and Russell of Prescott and Monett of Goldfield persist with dwindling supplies after Monett survives a wreck and is rescued from the rapids, leaving one boat and uncertain fate for the missing organizer Ebert Loper. Maj Powell’s earlier exploration frames the perilous journey in the canyon’s historic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Artz
Jan 10
Colorado River
Needles
Cal
Green River
Utah
Bright Angel
Charles & Russell
Prescott, Ariz
R Monett
Goldfield
New
Ebert Loper
Louisana Mo
Monett
Bright Angel Trail
Stanton
Russell
Here
The
Maj. Powell
John W Powell
United States Geological Survey
Colorado
Rio Virgin
Marble Canyon
Itsel
C D Walcott
Geological Survey
May Powells
James White
SIS
No Friends At His Funeral In New York Death by Own Action
In New York on a Monday H Gray Duberly hanged himself from a Seventh Avenue lintel. He left letters to titled parsons in Canada and England claiming relationships. One letter was to Earl Grey governor general of Canada. Ottawa announced Grey would pay funeral expenses. The body lay in an undertaker’s room before burial at Mount Kensleo Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Grey
H. Gray Duberly
Duberly
Seventh Avenue
Parsons
Canada
England
Ottawa
Mount Kensleo
McGlellan Ousted Case Seeks Struck Jury
New York Supreme Court grants mayoral quo warranto case a struck jury. Justice Devis ruled that an impartial jury could not be formed promptly by ordinary methods, allowing the jury to serve in the proceedings to oust Mayor McGlellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Supreme Court
New York
McGlellan
Justice Devis
Supreme Court
McClellan
Knelt Before Express Train in Tragic Newark Death
Mrs Henry E Boehme of Orange New Jersey committed suicide by kneeling on the Lackawanna track as an express train approached Roseville. Despite the engineer’s braking the woman was killed instantly. Detailing a three month mental derangement since her child’s birth, she was twenty five years old.
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Newark
N. J
Henry E. Boehme
Orange
Lackawanna Railroad
Roseville
Boehme
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Elects Two Southerners
At the Harvard Chapter meeting, Phi Beta Kappa Society elected Charles Vernon Imlay of Washington D C class of 1908 and Ward Switzer Allen of Baltimore class of 1909 to membership. They were the only two Southerners admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Charles Vernon Imlay
Washington, D. C
Ward Switzer Allen
Baltimore
Academia Epartment
German Lines Form Pool To Control Global Shipping
Hamburg American and North German Lloyd bury hatchet and agree to four year cooperation in North Atlantic and East Asiatic routes. They pool interests to encircle world traffic, aiming to curb rivals Cunard and International Mercantile Marine with a rate reduction on second cabin passages and a forthcoming three-way competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lloyd Mas
Cunard Line
Bremen
Gustav H. Schweb
Emil L. Boas
Cunard
International Mercantile Marine
Amerika
Kaiserin Auguste Victori
Lloyd
Tragedy at Ravenna Grave Ends in Double Death
Edwin Collier and his eight year old blind son were found dead at Ravenna Cemetery after Collier shot his son and then himself. A letter in Collier's handwriting spoke of grief, his inability to care for his boy, and a wish to be buried beside his wife. Neighbors said he had been despondent since his wife's death six months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Ome
Jan
Edwin Collier
Edwin
Coltier
Jane
Bawin
Flo
Divorce Echo in New York as Wife Seeks Details
The appellate division requires Louis Wels to provide specifics in Minnie Wels's divorce suit against millionaire spouse. Mrs Wels accuses him of undue friendliness with other women while he contends she was intimate with Albert Edward Tower in 1908. The court voids a broad 1908 allegation pending a bill of particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane
Millionaire Tower
Poughkeepsie
Supreme Court
Louis Wels
Minnie
Wels
Albert Edward Tower
O'Gorman
Weis
Prelate
Tower
Lst
Isaied
Hhis
Insanity Ruling for New York Physician Dr Dunlop
Dr Clark W Dunlop, millionaire physician of 122 West 86th Street, deemed hopelessly insane after a test by Dr William Bradford Noyes under Justice Truax. Noyes said Dunlop laughed at questions. Dr Couch concurred he cannot make a will but can answer sane instructions for property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gan Inn
West Wighty-sixth Street
Clark W Dunlop
William Bradford Noyes
Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Noyes
Truax
Dunlop
Tte Boots' Institute
West Twenty Street
Louis B Couch
Dunlap
Coasting Crash Kills Boy in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 10 Homer Gannett seventeen of six coast ing accident victims dies in Burgess Hospital from injuries Hoy Brooke unconscious and may paralyzed in side Delbert Martin Earl Martin Arthur Hankers Charles Garrison others out of danger Gannett rode front of bob sled which hit a tree head and face crushed and cut Colorado District Attorney resigns Denver Jan 10 Harry Cranston US district attorney sent his resignation to Attorney General Bonaparte to take effect when successor appointed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Homer Gannett
Burgess Hospital
Hoy Brooke
Gunnett
Delbert Martin
Earl Martin
Arthur Hankers
Charles Garrison
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Harry Cranston
United States
Jay
Bonaparte
Congo profits reply under belief of further concessions
Brussels report shows King Leopold denies personal profit from Congo treaty concessions currently valued at 180000 dollars annually, with potential to rise to five million. It outlines philanthropic use of Congo independent state revenue for education hospitals and missions, notes many copper and maganese mines, and asserts concessionaries answer to Congo laws. If treaty not ratified Leopold may revert Congo to independent state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Schollaert
Brussels
Congo Commission
Leopold
Congo Independent
Congo
M Srhelbert
Kaiserin Visits Berlin American Church Unannounced
Kaiserin surprised Pastor Dickle visiting the Berlin American Church at 11 o clock with an adjutant and a waiting lady. She inspected the buildings including the kitchen and library, praising the church’s arrangements for comfort and recreation. The visit fulfilled a promise made at the church’s opening three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington Post
Kaiserin
Dickle
Empresa
Sir Arthur Quits Inquiry Over Regalia Loss
Dublin January 10 The vice regal commission on the disappearance from Dublin Castle of state regalia valued at $250 000 held its initial session today The Ulster king of arms Sir Arthur Edward Vicars custodian of the jewels withdrew with his representatives protesting against the inquiry scope preferring a public proceeding The commission adjourned to consider the points raised
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Ulster
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Arthur Edward Vicars
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Admiral Ito Disgraced Over Alleged Scandal
Jan 10 advices from Aki Maru report Admiral Baron Ito, head of Japan’s supreme naval council and former commander in the China war, dismissed for an alleged scandal involving his association with a Yokosuka navy yard workman’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietoria
Boc
Aki Maru
Baron ¥ Ito
Supreme Naval Council
China
Yokosuka
Attack on Warsaw Car Station Sparks Fatalities and Loot
On January 10 in Warsaw extremists attacked a post car station at Sokolow on the Vistula. A hazardous device injured ten soldiers and railroad workers, who looted safes and escaped with a large sum of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Sokolow
Vistula
Rairead
Refusal of Roebling Gift by Presbyterian Board
Rev Charles I Thompson, secretary of the board, stated that the Presbyterian board of home missions declined to accept property in Asheville North Carolina from John A Roebling not for his prohibition views but because attached covenants made acceptance inadvisable. He added Roebling’s views were unknown to the board and had no bearing on the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John A Roebling
New Jersey
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Asheville
Roebling
Charles I. Thompson
Thompson
Boston Murderer Insane Alienist Reports
Dr George F Jelly reports in court that John A Steele of Fxerest is insane. Steele shot and killed Lidward Coren, president of the Massachusetts AFL, and seriously wounded Dennis D Driscoll, the secretary, at the State House on December 5. Indicted for murder, Steele likely to be committed to an insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
State House
Boston
Mass
George F Jelly
State Board of Insanity
Delares
John A Steele
Fxerest
Steele
Lidward Coren
Maasichusetts
American Federation of Labor
Dennis D Driscoll
Equitable Life Assurance Society Granted Mutual Status
The New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn upholds a state law allowing the Equitable Life Assurance Society to transform into a mutual company. Justice Crane declares the measure constitutional, enabling the shift to a mutual organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Assurance Society
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice Crane
Brooklyn
Christian Science and Missionary Services in Northwest
A long OCR fragment lists religious services across churches in the northwest area, including Evangelical Christian Science and Methodist/Presbyterian groups. It notes morning and evening worship times, lectures by Bishop Sabin and Mrs Whinlan, and a Young Women's Christian Association gathering with a study class beginning January 16 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian All Souls Church
L Street
Siymes
Pierce Mintster
Ter Alsfred Ro Hussey
Publet
REW
Seventh Day Adventists
Christ
Easthouse
Evangelical Christian Science
Evangelical Christian Science Cflagh
Beowish
Northwes
Olver C Sabin
M- Rinfobt
Young Women's Christian Association
Young Women Christian
Twalfth Streen
Mabel Thurver
Secular League
James A Heenen
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
Mort
Seaton Wild
eMicca
Sovanleentc
Phardis
Woman's Home Missionary Societies
The
Methodist
Elmer Wiber
Young Woman S Christian Association
Shase's hearing postponed in Brooklyn court contempt case
Canon William Chase, rector of Christ Church Brooklyn, failed to appear prepared to answer charges of court contempt. Before Justice Marean, the case was continued to next Monday as Chase’s counsel stated he was unprepared. The action stems from efforts to block Sunday moving picture show screenings in Brooklyn in which Chase played a leading role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
William 3 Chase
Christ Clareh
Marean
Supreme Court
Canon Chases
Canon Chase
Burglar Killed by a Boy in Alverton Home
In Greensburg on January 0 Paul Bowers aged fourteen shot and killed a burglar who broke into his father’s home at Alverton. He awoke to noise, waited with a double barreled shotgun, and fired as the intruder climbed the stairs, striking him in the abdomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Paul Bowers
Alverton
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Evelyn Derlare
Charles F Gremmell
Arthur FR Naething
George W Cary
George CG Rupprecht
Aatesman
John H Holbert
David E Arrowsmith
William H. McHugh
William Foodlittle
Frank J Howell
William Burck
Y M. CO A
Francis Dovale
James A Hopper
Bath
Bay
He Rotbneer
Grace Havre
Pitricks
Een Uiter
Tarrell
Ahirteenth
Juntary
ADA Vot Daventer
Oho
Sana & Co
Maddison
Martitatt
Toren
Donsville
Ralston
Peddinetan
Acer
Lowell
Czar
Hum
Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank
Sardo & Co
Tore
Fingalmers
Thos
S Sergeon
Unipel
Nalley & Son
A. Costello
Geo P. Zurhorst
WE Corp
William Les
Temala
Frank Geier
Owe
Howe
John R. Wright CO
Geo
C. Shaffer
Vain
arTe
Gude
Heuer
wuTisTi Flakal
Walker
Health Office Record
Kalon Wine
New York City
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Alexis Carrel
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Haat Sixty Sixth Street
Medical Department
Upper East Side
Matey
Long Island
Verendant
Andrews
Nebraska
Wolellan
Washingtonian
W. Dunlop
Row York
Boy
Pastor
Admiral Ito
Board
Episcopal Epiphany
McKim
Holy Communion
At & Am
Ham
Babylon
Wiliam J Palmer
Misa Beelman
Shiloh Baptist Church
16Th
17Th
Sundar School
Key J Milan Waldron
Christian Fribeyor
Xoom
Sunday Turceratinn
John EH Raley
Congregational
Hheels Northwest
Res
Samuel H Woorrow
JW Bischo
Christian Science First Church
Christ Ictent
Roptren
Shase
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Rabhive
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