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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
5
Notice from Town Clerk Robert Dashwood announcing registry sessions for voters in Greenburgh towns districts on dates in October and November 1908. Polling places listed include Steurer & Hi fed building, Westchester roads, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, and Hastings districts.
Notice that Boards of Inspectors of Election for Greenburgh districts will meet at polling places on November 5 1908 for voter enrollment from 7am to 9pm. Qualified voters residing in Tarrytown White Plains in Greenburgh must enroll for the General Election on November 3 1908.
Notice to electors of Gi Durgh Town Westchester NY for General Election on November 3. Lists candidates for President, Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general, state engineer, Court of Appeals associate judge, U.S. Representative, state senator, assembly member, school commissioner, county treasurer, superintendent of the poor, coroner. Terms expire December 31. Official seal and hand.
A fragment from a city clerk notice shows Greenburgh officials sealing paperwork in September. The readable text identifies the Town Clerk and a seal action, indicating a formal administrative step in local governance.
Boundaries of Election Districts in Greenburgh detailed across districts 1 through 11, describing starting points along the Hudson River and various streets, roads, and landmarks, then tracing district lines along riverbanks, roadways, and property boundaries including Helen M. Gould estate, Jay Gould land, and Woodward avenues, ending at district 11 with crossings to Central Park Avenue. The text maps district divisions by properties, roads, and rivers, noting transfers between Hamilton, Stymus, and surrounding estates and the White Plains area.
River runs northerly along the game to Hunt's Brook and the place of beginning. Dated Tarrytown September 23, 1908. Town Clerk of Greenburgh.
Baseball updates across leagues include Grover Land joining the Toledo Naps as catcher, Outfielder Harry McCormick of the Giants facing eye trouble, Freddy Parent of the White Sox out with a knee injury, Gus Soffel moving to Pittsburg, and Amy Coakley and Champ Osteen switching clubs. Trade rumors, injuries, and managerial notes ripple through the circuit as teams shuffle players and lineups.
A collage of race updates reports 31 motorcycle records on a Los Angeles track. Lewis Strang wins the Lowell 260 mile car race in the Briavelitt Isotta. The Bol captures Nutmeg’s 5000 pace at High Seats with best Philadelphia cricket tour in England Ireland and Wales. Nelson defeats Gans in Colma California. Reno may host a new race course. Nazareth Fair draws 40 000 spectators. Minor Heir runs a mile in 1 59% on Milwaukee track. Vanderbilt Jr returns from Europe renouncing auto racing jeopardizing the Vanderbilt Cup. Whitney’s racers win three events at Sheepshead Bay Sapphire Stakes and Porgous may be sent to England. A South Norwalk crew wins a US Volunteer Life Saving Corps race from the Battery to Coney Island. Oarsman Sylvester Gookin dies in Boston. Cable from England says Belmont and Keene plan a joint racing enterprise in England.
Labor movements report active organizing among Toronto shoe clerks and Boston painters and paper hangers with new retail clerks union in Melrose Minnesota. Lancashire plans wage cuts, lamplighters union in Boston, and Trades Unionist paper note. California labor conventions set, NF State staff to campaign, West Virginia federation prep, engineers fund headquarters in Cleveland, England miners conciliation board approves 2.5 percent cut, San Francisco drug clerks open clerk employment bureau.
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