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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
16
Numerous classified items announce lost pocketbooks bags drafts neck chains and watches with rewards. Locations span Times Square Park Place West 116th Street and Brooklyn areas. Several dogs cats and a stray bird are sought with addresses and contact names.
The notice itemizes lost and found belongings across elevated and surface lines including umbrellas, gloves, purses, clothing, and small gear. Entries cover Second Avenue to Ninth Avenue routes with multiple transit stations in Brooklyn and Jersey City.
Classified notices offer boarding and rooming in private homes along West Side streets including 131 West, 720 West, 48 West, 151 West, and 108 West. Listings promise references, private baths, parlor dining rooms, excellent tables, running water, sunshine, and proximity to subway or elevated transit.
Robert E. Johnston writes to Mayor McClellan on behalf of a neighborhood committee about a six foot high ash heap owned by W. E. D. Stokes on Seventy-ninth Street near Riverside Drive. He cites health concerns and claims Board of Health inaction despite repeated complaints and two physician certificates.
A jumble of 19th century style help wanted notices seeks a French lady's maid a Scotch nurse and several stenographers typists and office assistants with varied experience from eight months to six years many positions offer wages from 6 to 12 dollars monthly or per week and reference boxes indicate submission through Times Downtown Times Square and Times lists of names appear with boxes for response
A collage of help-wanted notices for male candidates listing roles such as accountant bookkeeper chauffeur coachman gardener valet and masseur. Entries include brief job notes, ages, locations like Times Square Nassau Street Bedford Avenue and Beekman Street, and contact box references.
An assortment of brief want ads lists several individuals seeking employment or engagements. A college athlete offers character references for a May 1 start with D.8., Box 135. A draftsman seeks work with a builder or contractor at Box 45. An engineer requests supervising or resident roles in heavy construction nationwide at Box 20. A violinist and pianist seeks concert engagements with references at Box 48.
Supreme Court Justice Davis voided deeds transferring Mrs. Augusta Sommerkorn’s Bronx property valued around 36000 to A. Ewing Sumner. Sommerkorn died 1907 at 75. she had married Horton Sumner days before death. Court found Horton used marriage and influence to secure ownership, with witnesses described as moved like puppets. Judgment for plaintiffs to cancel instruments and recover costs.
Controller Metz rails against municipal ownership plans for asphalt and lighting facilities. Three tentative city plants likely to be dropped as he maintains private lighting via Edison is cheaper. Library trustees push for a municipally powered plant despite his opposition.
Two 120 ton submarines Shark and Porpoise were lashed to the Caesar at the navy yard ready for voyage to Manila. They will be launched from Subig Bay as part of Corregidor Island defenses guarding Manila. Launching ways allow quick deployment between New York and Manila. Lieutenant Guy W Castle commands submarines and will proceed to Manila ahead of the Caesar voyage via the Strait of Magellan.
David Rothschild former President of the Federal Bank, convicted in 1904 of grand larceny and serving nine years in Sing Sing, was brought to the Criminal Court Building for a long interview with Assistant District Attorney Kiesel. He spent last night in the Tombs. His wife urged clemency as prosecutors withheld details.
Mrs Florence C Parker sues Edwin Miller Ira Miller and Daniel Ghirek in Supreme Court Justice McCall's court seeking to set aside a contract for 140 and 142 West 104th Street. She alleges false representations about property value led to a 5000 dollar deposit she seeks to recover.
President Cortlandt Field Bishop of the Aero Club of America announced the plan to form an affiliated federation of aero clubs. The four initial members are the Aero Club of New England in Boston, the Aero Club of Ohio in Canton, the Aero Club of St. Louis, and the Milwaukee Aero Club led by Major A. B. Hersey. The aim is a national confederation enabling participation in European aeronautic contests, with fall return delaying final organization. Pittsfield and North Adams clubs are expected to join soon.
In Peekskill on April 9 a habeas corpus case pits Mrs. Hume of Chicago against Mr. and Mrs. Phelps for the custody of Marie, a 10 year old girl. Judge Arthur S. Tompkins adjourned the case to Monday for further hearings, marking the first Supreme Court session in Peekskill. The dispute traces back to Marie’s infancy when she lived with the Phelps in Chicago before accompanying them to Peekskill. Marie resisted the move and Mrs. Hume sought to reclaim her daughter to take her to San Francisco.
Policeman Lewis spotted two men acting suspiciously near 51 West Fifty-second Street. They fled as a burning fuse attached to a dry battery bomb was dropped. The device, extinguished, proved harmless with a frayed end and candle grease wired to string.
Alexander B. Morrison a 67 year old real estate partner at Greening & Morrison died by his own hand at 8 South Main Avenue East Orange after the death of close friend Eugene M. Brewster who passed away after a long illness Morrison reportedly said I wont linger on as Brewster did before shooting himself two shots heard but ignored until a maid found him in his room Morrison was active in the East Orange Republican Club and a longtime resident and social figure
Joseph La Sala, the Sing Sing escapee, is in solitary confinement at Ossining prison. Warden Frost plans limited movement until he is comfortable, then to return him to the wagon factory where he worked. He will forfeit half the sentence reduction for good conduct.
The West 104th Street public school on Amsterdam Avenue will gain a paved playground repurposed for gardening. With consent from the Principal and the Board of Education, stones will be removed to allow pupils to cultivate vegetables and flowers on school grounds.
A symposium on Human Efficiency will be held by the League for Political Education at the Berkeley Theatre on Saturday morning. Speakers include Horace Fletcher inventor of Fletcherism and Dr William Gilbert Anderson director of Yale University Gymnasium. Anderson tested Fletcher at Yale a year ago when Fletcher aged fifty nine doubled Yale endurance records.
The Charles A. Schieren Company of New York City was incorporated in Springfield on April 9. The firm’s capital is listed at 1,090,000 dollars and its Illinois base will be Chicago.
The New Jersey House approved Senator Frelinghuysen’s Mobile bill mandating headlights and large numbered plates, expanding paid inspectors to ten and creating unpaid inspectors, adding tourist registration, raising fees from 3 to 100 dollars by vehicle power, motorcycles at 2 dollars yearly, and denying licenses to under 16 with fees up to 25 dollars.
At a Waldorf Astoria dinner honoring Mrs Humphry Ward a large crowd attended. The Pictorial Section of next Sunday’s Times will feature 400 recognizable portraits with Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs Clarence H Mackay among the subjects. Order in advance. Sunday New York Times sells out early.
The Aviation Committee of the Aero Club of America aims to secure a one mile by half mile plot and one or two large prizes to stimulate inventors. Chairman Albert Triaca reports plans to test heavier than air machines and fly demonstrations soon. Members Wilbur Kimball Daniel Braine and Lee Burridge attend, with Braine recently testing flights at Moermintae golf links. The group will inspect Staten Island and Long Island properties offering facilities and machine workshops for repairs.
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