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Herbert Cameron, Negro, 16, said he had witnessed these proceedings. The news spread; a crowd gathered about the gaol, increased during the day to more than 1,000. About 9 p. m. Hoot Ball, father of Mary, called to confer with Sheriff Jacob Campbell. A weak & sickly man, he emerged to find the crowd augmented by a group of men from Fairmount, Ind., Deeter's home. They pressed in on him, knocked him down...
When William Waldorf Astor died in 1919, he owned more New York City real estate than any other one person?something in the vicinity of $60,000,000 worth ?a fortune founded in the fur business (and, says legend, in Captain Kidd's treasure; by the first John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Another oldtime furrier was one John Gottlieb Wendel, who retired about the same time as John Jacob Astor and who, like Astor, put his money into Manhattan realty. Last week died Mrs. Rebecca Wendel Swope, next to last of seven grandchildren of John Wendel. Miss Ella Wendel...
...house at No. 277 Madison Avenue. His purpose remains obscure. When World Housewreckers opened the vault, it contained only an ancient artillery shell. Whatever the General's purpose, he did his work well. The house came down "nice and easy," but the vault required an arduous siege.* Said Foreman Jacob Camen: "We've been gnawing at it for three days now with pneumatic drills and acetylene torches and so far haven't made much of an impression. It probably'll take us two days more. I hope we don't have to use dynamite...
Israel Benjamin Brodie, 46, Manhattan lawyer; Palestine economic. William M. Lewis, 45. Philadelphia municipal judge ; gift funds. Jacob de Haas, '57, Manhattan writer, lecturer; organization. James Guttheim Heller, 38, Cincinnati rabbi, music critic; cultural activities. Abraham Tulin, 47, Manhattan lawyer; publications...
...world's record in support of edu-cation." The first week in April, Cornellmen all over the U. S. and Canada were solicited for alma mater in a campaign patterned after the Red Cross roll-call. Over the radio went the voices of longtime (1892-1920) President Jacob Gould Schurman, President Livingston Farrand and Myron Charles Taylor, Class of 1894, chairman of U. S. Steel Corp.'s finance committee. Campaigners strove to overpass Yale's record for alumni subscribers (9,493) made in 1928. Cornell results: total subscribers for year ending June 30: 10,134. Total gifts...