Prosperity Congress Dinner Includes Bryan Letter
At the Manhattan Beach Hotel 1500 guests from the Commercial Travelers Inter-State Prosperity Congress gathered for a dinner that turned into a political moment when a letter from William Jennings Bryan was revealed. Bryan condemned Republican claims to prosperity and urged a broader sharing of wealth, while Taft and Hughes sent regret messages. Mayor Rose and Knoxville Mayor Johnston spoke as the event's tone shifted from celebration to a critique of policy and radicalism within a lively, nonpartisan gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Prosperity Congress
Manhattan Beach
Congress
Controller Metz
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
John S. Whalen
Marie Henry ”’ Watterson
Lewis Nixon
Metz
Lincoln
A. H. Eastmond
William H. Taft
Gov. Hughes
United States
Inter-State Congress
New York
Oriental
William R. Johnston
Knoxville
Tenn
Johnston
Travelers’ Protective Association
U. C. Yr
United Commercial Travelers
Mr. Johnston
Taft
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Mr. Hearst
David S. Rosen
Milwaukee
Mr. Metz
Mr. Rose
Metropolis
The
Empire
Prosperity Day aid finds 2000 women placed in work
The Woman's League at the Waldorf Astoria reported 2000 jobs found for women in six weeks. Departments stores dressmaking millinery bookbinding and factories all hired. Siegel & Cooper and Ostermoor Factory noted large hires with 750 and 265 workers respectively. A Brooklyn widow’s letter underscores the era's job-search struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans League
Waldorf-Astoria
League
Waldorf- Astoria
Lydia K. Commander
Belle de Rivera
Dore Lyon
Thomas J. Vivian
John F. Trow
George Howes
Sarah D. Lewis
Vivian
Woman
New York
Erie
Penn
Prosperity Committee
Siegel & Cooper
Jetter
Ostermoor
Brooklyn
Red Cross Opens Tubercular Day Camp on Vanderbilt Roof
The American National Red Cross and the Vanderbuilt Clinic will start a day camp for tuberculous patients on the roof of the Vanderbilt Clinic at Sixtieth Street and Amsterdam Avenue on October 1. Around forty patients will receive daytime care year round, with nursing, nourishment, and medical supervision funded by a $5,000 drive led by the New York County Sub-division Red Cross.
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Vanderbilt
New York County
Red Cross
United States
Schenectady
Albany
Washington, D. C
Wilmington
Del
Hell
London
American Red Cross
New York State
Germany
Russia
Southfield
Charity Organization Society
Bellevue Hospital
Boston
Vanderbilt Clinic
Health Department
New York
The
Robert C. Ogden
Schuyler N. Warren
Douglas Robinson
John W. Brannan
Charles H. Fenn
Jacob H. Schiff
Laborer Ships to Sweden for Inherited Fortune
Atlantic Highlands man John Ahlstrom, a longtime laborer, sailed on the Umbria to claim a rumored $35,000 inheritance in Sweden. He had not heard from his parents for years, was found through the Swedish Consul after a year of ads, and has two children with an Irish wife.
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Rose
Standard Oil
Germany
Russia
John Ahlstrom
Atlantic Highlands
Sweden
Umbria
Ahlstrom
Overton
United States
Capt
Formosa
McGovern
Kampha
New York
Dee
Fort Hamilton
W. L. Marshall
Engineering Corps
Roosevelt Criticized Over Barracks Policy At Peace Union Meet
At Peace Grove Connecticut President Roosevelt drew sharp criticism from Universal Peace Union speakers over the barracks policy and the push for a larger army and navy. Dr William S Hull cited Bismarck and Roosevelt arguing for armament and warned a great navy risks piracy. He argued honest treaties could reduce war talk and noted the US Monroe doctrine.
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Mystic
Conn
Roosevelt
Europe
Universal Peace Union
Peace Grove
William S. Hull
Swarthmore
Penn
Hull
Bismarck
Evans
United States
Scott F.hershey
New Castle
Japan
Hobson
Death of Wendell Phillips Suspicious Hydrophobia Case
Wendell Phillips aged nineteen died in St Vincent's Hospital after initial diagnoses of typhoid fever and heat prostration. Officials suspect hydrophobia from a dog bite a month earlier, but an autopsy is needed for confirmation. The case involved a home return of a stray nervous dog that bit him in the leg and thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Cornelia Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Phillips
Young Phillips
Bulldog Attack at Court House Construction Site
Frederick Hopp, a worker at the Holson County New Jersey Court House project, was severely bitten yesterday by his own bulldog. While playing, the dog suddenly attacked, biting his left leg and then his hands and face multiple times. A policeman shot the dog. Hopp was rushed to the Pasteur Institute for treatment.
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Holson County
N. J
Novel shoplifting scheme flees Sixth Avenue store
A mother and daughter walked into a basement bargain sale in a major Sixth Avenue shoe store. They tried on multiple pairs while clerks were busy, then left with two pairs, abandoning the shoes. The manager spotted the pair later and the theft was complete before staff acted.
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Sixth Avenue
Duane A Fireman 40 Years in the New York Fire Dept
Deputy Chief William Duane of the New York Fire Department marked forty years of service yesterday in the Bronx. Born in Ireland in 1840 he began with the streetcar system before joining the fire service in 1868. He rose from fireman to deputy chief, earning the Stephenson Medal in 1891 for a well disciplined company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Duane
Fire Department
Bronx
Ireland
East Fifty-first Street
Third
Lexington Avenues
Chicago US Courts Busy Show Big Rise in Activity
District Attorney BE W Sims sent Attorney General Bonaparte the Chicago office annual report for the year ended June. Civil business jumped 300 to 400 percent since his appointment while criminal work rose over 100 percent. Civil judgments totaled 56 42 thousand dollars. Prosecutions increased to 225 criminal cases and 444 civil cases started, up from prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
BE. W. Sims
Bonaparte
New York
United States
Prizefight controversy on Plum Island sparks legal clash
Police observe a proposed prizefight site on Plum Island near Sheepshead Bay as promoter Winfield Overton leases the island from the government. Two amateur bouts occur before Deputy Marshals. authorities lack jurisdiction and consider legal action to stop future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum Island
Sheepshead Bay
Winfield Overton
Gareenlink
William N. Cohn
Harry Cohn
Overton
Charles Formosa
Phil McGovern
Terry
Joe Kampha
Jerry Carey
Jeb Carfey
Formosa
United States Military Athletic and Sporting Club
Receiver for Big Coal Co. in Scranton Amid Receivership
The Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company, a major Western Pennsylvania coal producer, was placed in the hands of a receiver, Thomas H. Watkins, after claims the lessee failed to meet rental obligations. The firm owns vast coal lands, docks, rail cars, coke ovens and utilities, with assets valued at over 25 million against about 13 million in debt. A bondholders' protective committee will organize, and the lessee may be released, allowing the company to operate its own properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Pennsylvania
Edwards
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton Trust Company
Consolidated Landholders
Pennsylvania, Beech Creek and Eastern Coal Company
W. A. Lathrop
Fee
New York Harbor
Pennsylvania, Beech Creek and Fastern Coal Company
James Kerr
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke
New York
Fire destroys New York Central stock yards sheds
Fire broke out early today in the sheep sheds at the New York Central stock yards in Eas Buffalo destroying all sheds and adjoining buildings. Between 1500 and 2000 sheep and calves perished in the blaze. Loss estimated by Sept Henry Leigh at SLWAMH).
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New York Central Stock Yards
Buffalo
N. Y
Eas
Henry Leigh
Trifling notices and small claims listed at various addresses
A cluttered page lists trifling financial items and notices at many addresses including Allen Street Israel Freedman $650 and Broadway Hotel Marlborough $5 payments. Names appear with street numbers in Harlem and surrounding blocks, including Epstein Vollweller and Mary Booker.
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A. M
Allen St
Israel Freedman
St. H. Hanover
W. 47Th St
Martin Buck
10Th St
M. Sad
Prospect
Dodd
Broadway
Marlborough
E. Sth
Epstein & Volle- Zomce
148Th St
Trifungie
Epstein & Vollweller
EAPC
148Th Street
Benk Street
Mary Booker
Mth
George Gibson
Mobiling Company
115Th Street
Stephen Susayin
St. Louis Auto
Efficient Times Help Returns Lost Property Quickly
Readers report successful property recovery after advertising in The New York Times. Advertisers say listing lost items prompts speedy returns, with many thanking the paper’s service and noting the dedicated telephone line 1000 Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Times
Bryant
Lost New Amsterdam records recovered in 1661 1664 minutes
A Dutch manuscript, long missing from New Amsterdam records, was returned to Phillip Baer of the New York City Library. Dr. Burrage arranged the handover after identifying the document as continuation of Administrative Minutes of New Amsterdam from 1661 to 1664, filling gaps left by earlier printings.
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New York
New Amsterdam
Phillip Baer
Henry S. Burrage
Maine
Burrage
National Soldiers’ Home
Togus
Lieut
B. Fernow
Fernow
Forestry Department
University of Toronto
Canada
Nieuw Amsterdam
Nederlant
City of New York
State Library
Albany
Baer
The
Holland Society
Dingman Versteeg
America
New Amsterdam Records
Knickerbocker Press
Truant Ruth Andrews Found At Coney Island
Ruth Andrews seventeen daughter of Frank E. Andrews of Flushing was found at Coney Island after an automobile ride with William M. Gregory and Chester Reid of Bayside. The missing girl returned home with her father after villagers and police sought her. Cecelia Manley, seventeen, another nurse in the family, was rumored to have left with them.
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Coney Island
Ruth Andrews
Frank E. Andrews
Locust Street
Flushing
L. I
New York Police Force
Queens County District Attorney's Office
Coney
William M. Gregory
Chester Reid
Bayside
Cecelia Manley
Frank Ryan
Manhattan
Miss Andrews
Reid
Gregory
Mr. Andrews
Flushing Court
Franklin
Armed Men Abduct 16 Year Old Girl Near Billings
On August 15 Miss Freda Bauer aged 16 daughter of rancher Conrad Bauer twelve miles east of Billings was abducted Thursday night at gunpoint by masked men. Mrs Bauer alerted neighbors. the girl vanished from the rear of the house. John S Howard famed rope thrower has been arrested for aiding Ernest Huston in the alleged abduction while Huston and Miss Bauer remain at large.
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Battte
Freda Bauer
Conrad Bauer
Billings
Bauer
John S. Howard
Ernest Huston
Miss Bauer
Huston
Coal Miners Strike Shuts Crooks Field District Mines
In Zanesville Ohio and Terre Haute Indiana Aug 15 miners in Crooks field and eleven district mines walked out after an all night session failed to resolve the removal of honeycoal and other issues. More than 10 000 miners affected with wage losses and suspensions of operations.
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Crooksfield
Ohio
Indiana
Zanesville
William Green
Coshoctor
G. W. Savage
Columbus
Terre Haute
Ind
Eleventh District
Rood
Sullivan County
Legal ruling blocks new Hat Finishers union split
Orange New Jersey judge rules that the Board of Directors of the United Hatters of North America acted illegally in creating the Hat Finishers Local, threatening a clash as thousands of workers are affected and the old union denounces insurgents as traitors while the new leader claims the opinion won t affect their organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Davis
Orange
N. J
Orange Local 17
United Hatters’ of North America
United Hatters of North America
Hatt Finishers’ Union
Davis
Italy-born Rosa Graziano Kills Husband in Brooklyn
Rosa Graziano, 19, walked into Butler Street Court and confessed she shot her husband Dominick Graziano after years of abuse andMoney disputes. She said she did right and he deserved to die, then led police to the body in their Adams Street tenement. Magistrate Dooley committed her to Raymond Street Jail for examination.
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Rosa Graziano
SS Adams Street
Brooklyn
Butler Street
Dooley
Raymond Street
Adams Street
Graziano
Rosa
Philadelphia
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92D Street
New York City
Hospital Rook
Duane
U. S
Sims
Prizefight Club
Uncle
BIG Coal CO
S. Bender
W. Gist
A. Adams
49Th St
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Bowery
S. Toetz
OLD New York Record
Orange, N. J
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Police
Fhorner’s
R. J. Horner & CO
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5Th Av. Cor
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