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people (97)

• hume_alistair — Alistair Caldwell Hume (1801–1879), shipping magnate; founder, Hume Shipping Company (1833)
• hume_margaret — Margaret Rose Hume (née Kincaid) (1810–1891), society hostess; endowed Hume Polytechnic in 1871 from Alistair's estate
• hume_william — William Alistair Hume (1832–1898), head of Hume Shipping 1879-1898
• hume_elspeth — Elspeth Hume (née Blane) (1838–1893), patroness of arts; founder, Port Hume Ladies' Musical Society
• hume_cornelia — Cornelia Hume Reeves (1835–1910), — (lived abroad)
• hume_james_the_first — James Alistair Hume ("the first") (1840–1871), junior partner, Hume Shipping
• hume_raleigh — Raleigh Hume (1870–1912), captain, SS Iphigenia (1906-1912)
• hume_edmund — Edmund Caldwell Hume (1862–—), president, Hume Shipping Company (1898-present); chair, Hume Polytechnic board
• hume_evangeline — Evangeline Hume (née Pryce) (1868–—), society patroness; attends Orpheus Society lectures weekly from 1914 onward
• hume_clara_b1864 — Clara Hume Westbrook (1864–—), — (philanthropic work, board of Port Hume Orphanage)
• hume_august — August Hume (1872–1903), — (remittance life)
• westbrook_douglas — Douglas Westbrook (1858–1921), partner, Westbrook & Duell Savings Bank
• westbrook_harriet — Harriet Westbrook (1891–—), art-critic columnist for the Port Hume Beacon 1916-present
• westbrook_philip — Philip Westbrook (1894–—), vice-president, Hume Shipping (appointed 1919, age 25)
• reeves_percival — Percival Reeves (1870–—), biographer; author of the 1924 monograph "The Hume Dynasty: An American Saga"
• thorpe_cornelius — Cornelius Albright Thorpe (1855–1919), owner, Blackwell Iron Works (1887-1919)
• thorpe_ottilie — Ottilie Thorpe (née Blackwell) (1862–—), society patroness; after her husband's death, significant shareholder in Blackwell Iron
• thorpe_julian — Julian Cornelius Thorpe (1888–—), president, Blackwell Iron Works (1919-present)
• thorpe_adela — Adela Thorpe (née Varrick) (1894–—), — (hostess)
• thorpe_augusta — Augusta Thorpe Callisher (1890–—), philanthropist; patron of the Orpheus Society
• thorpe_bennet — Bennet Thorpe (1896–1918), first lieutenant, US Army
• blackwell_silas — Silas Blackwell (1820–1887), founder, Blackwell Iron Works (1854-1887)
• mccausland_ewan — Ewan McCausland (1855–1912), first mate, SS Iphigenia, 1898-1912
• mccausland_maeve — Maeve McCausland (1860–—), laundress, later lodging-house proprietress
• mccausland_thomas — Thomas McCausland (1894–—), cub reporter, Port Hume Clarion (1914-); promoted, 1920
• vasko_janusz — Janusz Vasko (1870–1922), rolling-mill foreman, Blackwell Iron
• vasko_halina — Halina Vasko (1872–—), seamstress; St. Casimir's altar guild
• vasko_stefan — Stefan Vasko (1896–—), Blackwell Iron laborer, then union organizer after 1922
• vasko_anya — Anya Vasko (1901–—), first woman admitted to Hume Poly's chemistry program (1920)
• prendergast_ian — Ian Prendergast (1885–—), "security consultant" — professionally, strike-breaker and agent provocateur
• morrissey_dan — "Dan" (Daniel) Morrissey (1882–—), stevedore foreman, Hume Shipping
• rizzo_enzo — Enzo Rizzo (1879–—), stevedore foreman / bootleg logistics after 1920
• gunderson_sven — Sven Gunderson (1873–—), harbormaster's clerk, customs assistant
• cadenza_emil — Emil Cadenza (1860–—), owner, Cadenza & Sons (machine tools, munitions parts during WWI)
• cadenza_matteo — Matteo Cadenza (1891–—), engineer / shop floor manager, Cadenza & Sons
• cadenza_giulia — Giulia Cadenza (1898–—), secretary at Hume Polytechnic, 1919-
• jarzembek_wiktor — Father Wiktor Jarzembek (1863–1923), pastor, St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Parish 1901-1923
• kaminski_jozef — Józef Kamiński (1895–—), sacristan at St. Casimir's 1916-1923; stringer for the Clarion from 1923
• sobczak_danuta — Danuta Sobczak (1878–—), midwife
• wojcik_tadeusz — Tadeusz Wójcik (1865–—), blacksmith; St. Casimir's vestry member
• korzeniowski_pawel — Paweł Korzeniowski (1872–—), butcher
• nowak_irena — Irena Nowak (1885–—), parish schoolteacher, St. Casimir's school
• pytel_stefania — Stefania Pytel (1883–—), nurse, Port Hume General Hospital (1910-present)
• malinowski_zofia — Zofia Malinowski (1874–—), widowed laundress; petition organizer after 1912
• makowski_elzbieta — Elżbieta Makowski (1870–—), widow; president, St. Casimir's Women's Sodality (1918-present)
• vantine_leopold — Leopold Vantine (1857–—), publisher, Port Hume Beacon (inherited 1895)
• dreyfoos_benjamin — Benjamin Dreyfoos (1872–—), managing editor, Port Hume Beacon (1906-present)
• pellman_sarah — Sarah Pellman (1888–—), city-desk reporter, Port Hume Beacon (1912-present)
• harriss_corine — Corine Harriss (1863–—), editor-in-chief, Port Hume Clarion (1901-present)
• dannemeyer_klaus — Klaus Dannemeyer (1880–—), features reporter, Port Hume Beacon 1910-1917; fired 1917 for pro-German sympathies; freelance afterward
• ashmore_violet — Violet Ashmore (1864–—), society columnist, Port Hume Beacon ("Ashmore's Calendar", 1900-present)
• keane_donal — Donal Keane (1870–—), Chief, Port Hume Harbor Police (1908-present)
• byrnes_frank — Sgt. Frank Byrnes (1885–—), Harbor Police sergeant (1912-present)
• ostermann_henry — Det. Henry Ostermann (1878–—), detective, Port Hume City Police
• reilly_emmet — Officer Emmet Reilly (1898–—), beat cop (1919-); first-responding officer at the Jarzembek scene
• ingersoll_martin — Prof. Martin Ingersoll (1868–—), professor of chemistry, Hume Polytechnic (1895-present); department chair from 1914
• laforge_theosine — Madame Théosine Laforge (1875–—), medium, lecturer, author
• solange_amélie — Amélie Solange (1881–—), proprietor, Café Solange; discreet host of journalists and artists
• cargill_edith — Edith Cargill (1879–—), librarian, Hume Polytechnic Library (1910-present)
• kowalski_henryk — Henryk Kowalski (1899–—), Hume Polytechnic engineering student (1918-1922), then junior engineer at Hume Shipping
• hargrave_thwaite_millicent — Millicent Hargrave-Thwaite (1862–—), theosophist; contributor to "The Theosophical Quarterly" and "The Lamp"
• tallant_moses — Moses Tallant (1881–—), Pullman porter on the Hume Line (eastern division); part-time cornet player at the Apollo Club
• tallant_ruth — Ruth Tallant (1885–—), seamstress for the Humes' household (employed by Evangeline's housekeeper Mrs. Penn)
• fleming_isaac — Isaac Fleming (1879–—), pastor, Bethel AME Church 1911-present
• penn_adelaide — Adelaide Penn (1859–—), housekeeper, Hume House (1889-present)
• marchetti_lucia — Lucia Marchetti (1893–—), telephone switchboard operator, Port Hume Bell (1915-present)
• halvorsen_kirsten — Kirsten Halvorsen (1877–—), boarding-house proprietress
• ochoa_raul — Raúl Ochoa (1888–—), cook, Café Solange; previously rail-gang cook
• thorogood_odelia — Odelia Thorogood (1871–—), principal, Douglass Colored Grammar School (1914-present); teacher in the same system since 1895
• applegate_georgia — Georgia Applegate (1877–—), director, Ward Street Settlement House (1908-present)
• reddick_charles — Charles Reddick (1862–—), attorney; Hume Shipping's outside counsel from 1899
• reddick_lenora — Lenora Reddick (née Appleford) (1870–—), —
• vilbrand_oscar — Oscar Vilbrand (1864–—), winter caretaker for several Aldenhaven cottages, including the Humes'
• vantine_celeste — Celeste Vantine (née Dreyfoos) (1862–—), hostess; secretary of the Port Hume Ladies' Musical Society (inherited from Elspeth Hume)
• duell_marcus — Marcus Duell (1866–—), partner, Westbrook & Duell Savings Bank (Douglas Westbrook's partner; assumed primary partnership in 1921)
• calder_mrs_helen — Mrs. Helen Calder (1872–—), secretary, Port Hume Ladies' Musical Society; stenographer for hire
• blaine_adaline — Adaline Blaine (1884–—), organizer, Port Hume Suffrage League (1911-1920); organizer, League of Women Voters 1920-
• korzybski_anna — Anna Korzybski (1903–—), housemaid at the Thorpe residence 1920-1923
• doyle_margaret — Margaret Doyle (1871–—), proprietress, Doyle's Saloon (after her husband's death in 1908)
• vosshold_gerta — Gerta Vosshold (1869–—), painter; portrait commissions to the Vanderlin Row set
• ainsworth_roger — Roger Ainsworth (1877–—), coroner's assistant (1908-1916), private investigator from 1916
• frye_louisa — Louisa Frye (1896–—), telephone operator at Hume Shipping's main switchboard 1916-1921; left abruptly 1921
• blackwell_margit — Margit Blackwell (1830–1910), —
• callisher_russell — Russell Callisher (1886–1918), junior executive, Pullman Company
• blackwell_uncle_karl — Karl Blackwell (1835–1901), mill supervisor, Blackwell Iron
• thorpe_arthur — Arthur Thorpe (1918–—), — (child)
• thorpe_clementine — Clementine Thorpe (1920–—), — (child)
• reeves_harlan — Harlan Reeves (1828–1891), — (trust income)
• tanner_james — Rev. James Tanner (1851–1920), pastor, First Presbyterian Church 1886-1919
• obriel_anne — Anne O'Briel (1881–—), cook at Doyle's Saloon
• linden_david — Dr. David Linden (1870–—), Thorpe family physician; Cornelius Thorpe's attending physician at his death
• linden_rachel — Rachel Linden (1875–—), —
• fazackerley_owen — Owen Fazackerley (1884–—), insurance adjuster, Mutual Marine of Buffalo; handled the Iphigenia claim 1912
• sosowski_aleksy — Aleksy Sosowski (1873–1912), deck hand, SS Iphigenia
• sosowski_jolanta — Jolanta Sosowski (1878–—), widow, laundress
• sosowski_feliks — Feliks Sosowski (1898–—), longshoreman (1914-)
• brecht_otto — Otto Brecht (1862–—), chief engineer, Cadenza & Sons

things, places, events (31)

• recovered_logbook — A partial ship's log, recovered from the Canadian shore in May 1913.
• sealed_box — A wooden box of sealed correspondence, delivered to its addressee on her 35th birthday in 1899.
• empty_phial — An emptied digitalis phial.
• laforge_photograph — An Orpheus Society séance photograph from 1913.
• second_books — A hidden private ledger of off-books transactions at Cadenza & Sons.
• calder_carbons — A private collection of carbons from legal documents typed at Reddick & Reddick.
• pellman_cabinet — A Beacon city editor's locked cabinet of stories killed before print.
• inquest_testimony — Testimony prepared for the Iphigenia coroner's inquest of January 1913.
• beacon_iphigenia_followup — An investigative Beacon follow-up article on the Iphigenia inquest, drafted in early 1913.
• outside_agitators_story — The Beacon's 1922 narrative attributing the Blackwell gunfire to outside labor agitators.
• iphigenia — The S.S. Iphigenia, Hume Shipping passenger steamer, lost 7 November 1912 with 47 dead.
• iphigenia_sinking — The loss of the S.S. Iphigenia in the gale of 7 November 1912.
• prohibition_arrangement — A whisky-smuggling arrangement operating through Quay 3 since 1920.
• first_prohibition_call — The originating telephone call of the prohibition arrangement, 14 July 1920.
• dinner_1894 — A Ladies' Musical Society dinner on 4 May 1894.
• rizzo_aldenhaven_visit — A four-day visit to an Aldenhaven cottage in August 1921.
• sodality_fund — The Women's Sodality fund at St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Parish.
• northerly_routing — A safer northerly course recommended on the night of the Iphigenia gale.
• digitalis_poisoning — Cardiac-glycoside (digitalis) poisoning.
• friendly_fire — Death by friendly fire (military).
• down_syndrome — Down syndrome.
• concealed_wealth — Wealth held inconsistent with declared income.
• con_artist — A confidence artist.
• deserter — A military deserter.
• cabin_steward_timmons — John 'Jack' Timmons, cabin steward of the S.S. Iphigenia.
• fazackerley_junior — The junior adjuster in Fazackerley's marine-insurance office.
• kelsey_abraham — Dr. Abraham Kelsey (1825-1879), Port Hume physician.
• blane_maribel — Mrs. Maribel Blane Vickers (d. 1893), Elspeth Hume's younger sister.
• m_varrick — A pseudonym under which a Port Hume poet publishes verse.
• buffalo — Buffalo, New York.
• san_francisco — San Francisco, California.