Desirable Rooms and Board in Manhattan and Heights Areas
A classified list advertises rooms and board across Manhattan and the Heights, with options near West 11th to West 21st Streets, Union Square, Harlem, and Riverside Drive. Listings include private houses, table board, references, and telephones. some doubles, suites, and transient accommodations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16Th ST
Union Square
Harlem
Irving Place
Nicholas Fish
Gramere Madison AN
Wist-St
Brooklyn
Furnished Rooms For Rent In Chelsea And Brooklyn
A classified list of furnished rooms and board options across Manhattan and nearby Brooklyn locations. Several entries note private baths, breakfast optional, running water, references, and proximity to transit. Prices range from $3 to $5 daily, with several rooms described as large, heated, or high-class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gist SP
iBroadway
Riverside
West
14Th ST
Howell
Oth ST
Eentlemen
Irving
Unfurnished rooms for rent near Sixteenth Street
Six large rooms with tiled bath on 6th Street at 15-186 Fast. Rent $20. Newly decorated with steam heat and hot water. Offers 7 words per line, 3t., B4e., Tt., 42¢ per line rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S6th St
Wanted stenographers and office help for holiday season
Classified ads seek stenographers typists and office staff with experience and expected salary. Listings include demands for bookkeepers organists singers and trades trainees with pay offers ranging from six to three hundred dollars monthly or annual, in New York and Brooklyn locations.
Last of McCurdy’s Kin Leaves the Mutual Life
The Mutual Life Insurance Company loses its last link to the McCurdy family with the resignation of Peter Stuyvesant Pillot, an inspector on high value policies. The International Policyholders Committee asserts evidence of fraud by agents forging ballots for the administration ticket and signs of irregular ballots in the New York and Mutual Companies. Scrugham cites proof of irregularities on about 2000 ballots and notes legal action cannot start before after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Peter Stuyvesant Pillot
Pillot
Louis A.thebaud
Richard A. McCurdy
International Policyholders’ Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
Samuel Untermyer
International Committee
East Side
Untermyer
Mr. Untermyer
George R. Scrugham
Scrugham
New York
Mutual
Chicago life insurers act to suppress rebating
Chicago managers of life insurance companies moved to curb rebating. A committee was formed at Massachusetts Mutual Life with plans for an anti rebate agreement. A citywide meeting of agents and directors will organize an association to prosecute rebaters. A $1000 fund seed and a $500 reward for first conviction were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
L. Brackett Bishop
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Help Wanted Females and Miscellaneous Job Ads East Side
A crowded helper wanted column with varied postings from a New York office desk: vacancies for a competent young man in a large firm, a law office assistant, office clerks, stenographers, cooks, a chambermaid, a seamstress, a dressmaker, nurses, and waitresses. Several listings include ages, salaries from 4 to 20 dollars weekly, and box mail addresses at Times Square and Downtown locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston
New York City
Béy
Manhattan
Times Square
West 40Th
New York
Ranier
West 92d St
Johnston
Just St
A. C
West 25Th St
H. M
Sevare
Newlyweds Surprised by Empty Nest Jokes
Edward Wallace Brainard, Yale graduate and magazine writer, marries Bernetta Rosine Merkel in New York. The couple, visiting Brainard's parents in South Orange, find the home empty as a prearranged prank ends in a jovial reunion and Thanksgiving feast. The wedding occurred Wednesday at a Little Church Around the Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wallace Brainard
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
David W. Brainard
Irvington Avenue
South Orange
Turkey
George C. Houghton
Iss Bernetta Rosine Merkel
Elmsford
N. Y
Allentown, Penn
German Conservatory of Music
New York
Young Brainard
Verraults Promises Revealed In Delayed Court Testimony
Mrs Bina F Verrault faced continued examination before Commissioner Shields as suitors J F McClelland and Kelisler testified. McClelland claimed she promised marriage and showed a $600 diamond ring and a shared locket purchased with his funds. A future wedding was postponed due to a niece illness and a letter suggested plans to replace a ring when divorce occurred. The hearing resumes December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bina F. Verrault
Shields
J. F. McClelland
Philadelphia
Kelisler
Miller
Mexico
Phiadelphia
Three Coaches Burned On Jersey City Tracks
Five Pennsylvania Railroad passenger coaches moved from Waldo Avenue yard to a switch near the Hudson Boulevard Bridge at 7:30 am when one coach caught fire. Fire teams fought flames as the remaining coaches burned down a sixty-foot embankment. officials estimate losses at $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Waldo Avenue
Jersey City
Hudson Boulevard Bridge
Jersey ‘City
Ariil
Boulevard Bridge
Shouting Col. Frost Breaks Jaw In Santa Fe Office
Col Max Frost editor of The Santa Fe New Mexican and former Republican leader fractured his jaw while shouting at his office boy on Thanksgiving Day. The blind editor, seated unattended, failed to reach the desk phone and yelled. His teeth fell out and his jaw snapped, a doctor reporting a compound fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Santa FE
N. M
Max Frost
Santa Fé New Mexican
Nome
Hughes Won’t Interfere With State Legislature Formation
Gov elect Hughes continues receiving visits from state politicians as talk centers on probable appointments and committee makeup. He states he is not ready to comment on appointments or the Legislature while reportedly seeking to influence only through advisory suggestions. Sources say he remains in harmony with party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Ile
Service changes in the Army announce retirements and transfers
Major J. M. Kelly retired at his request and will return home. Captain J. T. Haines of the Eleventh Cavalry will proceed to Fort Des Moines to adjust property accountability. Captain R. C. Croxton of the Twenty-third Infantry will go to Fort Slocum for hospital treatment. Major H. I. Leonhauser of the Twenty first Infantry takes six months leave on a surgeon’s certificate. Major A. W. Yates also takes two months leave on a surgeon’s certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. M. Kelly
J. T. Haines
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
R. C. Croxton
Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Slocum
H. I. Leonhauser
Twentyfirst Infantry
A. W. Yates
Navy assigns captains and officers to commands and duties
Capt H McCrea to command the Iowa Capt D H Mahon to command the Indiana Capts E D Taussig and B F Tilley home and wait orders Lieut Commander W D MacDougall commissioned Lieut R Williams to Proving Grounds In os Head Ensign J Fisher to the Kentucky Appointed Ensign C E Wood and Surgeon L Higgins a Senate Chaplain H W Jones wait orders Major W N MecKelvy Chief Boatswain P Herbert and Chief Gunner W H F Schiuter commissioned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McCrea
Iowa
D. H. Mahon
Indiana
E. D. Taussig
B. F. Tilley
W. D. MacDougall
R. Williams
Proving Grounds
Inos Head
J. . Fisher
Kentucky
C. E. Wood
L. Higgins
Senate
H. W. Jones
W. N. MecKelvy
P Herbert
W. H. F. Schiuter
Naval Movements and Arrivals Noted in Harbor Log
Arrived entries include New Jersey at Boston Hull at Hampton Roads Dixie at Norfolk Yorktown and Preble at Mare Island Stringham Blakely Barhiericay and De Long at Annapolis Raleigh at avite. Sailed vessels Marcellus from Baltimore to Boston Sterling from Havana to Cienfuegos Justin from Hankow to Woo Sung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New_Jersey
Boston
Hull
Hampton Roads
Dixie
Norfolk
Yorktown
Preble
Mare Island
Stringham, Blakely
Barhiericay
de Long
Annapolis
Raleigh
Avite
Marcellus
Baltimore
Sterling
Havana
Cienfuegos
Justin
Hankow
Woo-Sung
Cline and McLaughlin Clash in Balk-Line Championship
Philadelphian Harry P. Cline defeated Edward McLaughlin 400 to 299 in the Class B 18.2 balk-line match at the New York Theatre with a 10 30 57 average. Cline’s early runs built 255 points by his eleventh turn but he faltered late. victory hinges on Cutler’s upset tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Cline
Edward McLaughlin
New York Theatre
Cline
McLaughlin
Albert G. Cutler
Cutler
Gallagher
Earrom
William H. Sutton
Alexander Taylor
Chicago
Charles €. Peterson
St. Louis
Maurice D “Sg Academy
120 Horses Rescued From Ice Company Stable Fire
Firefighters saved at least 120 horses yesterday from the American Ice Company stable between First and Second Avenues and 127th and 128th Streets. James Tachman the ice barge captain and Peter Boylan the blacksmith led the roundup, with only two or three horses unaccounted for. Damage to the stable estimated at $10,000. fire origin unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Tachman
Peter Boylan
American Ice Company
First
Second Avenues
127Th
128Th Streets
Tachman
Boylan
Weather Trouble Delays St Paul After Severe North Atlantic Gale
A wireless message from Capt. Passow reports extreme weather off Southampton as the American liner St Paul battles a heavy northeast gale. At 5 AM the ship was 843 miles east of Sandy Hook and expected to dock about 24 hours late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passow
St. Paul
Southampton
Sandy Hook
Four youths arraigned over bronze tablet theft at Lutheran Cemetery
Four youths were arraigned before Magistrate Connorton in Flushing Court yesterday for the theft from the Slocum victims memorial in Lutheran Cemetery Middle Village L I. The charge was amended from malicious mischief to grand larceny at the district attorney’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Village
L. I
Connorton
Flushing Court
Dayton
Saloon Raid Nets 24 Gamblers on Second Avenue
Acting Inspector O'Connor and Acting Captain Thompson with East 104th Street Station raided Henry Schneider's saloon at 1,975 Second Avenue last night and arrested Schneider along with twenty-three men for gambling. Poker chips and cards were the only paraphernalia found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’connor
Thompson
East 104Th Street
Henry Schneider
Second Avenue
Schneider
Burglars Loot Williamsburg Furniture House
Burglars broke into John Hummel’s large furniture house at 682 Grand Street Williamsburg early yesterday morning. They looted the store’s safe but left only 3 cents in the till, showing clear signs of desecration inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hummel
Grand Street
Williamsburg
Race card entries for Colum bia course meet
Details for six races at the Columbia course listing handicaps weights and entrants. Three-year-olds and up run mile races, steeplechase two miles, selling five furlongs, three miles, seven furlongs, and one and one sixteenth miles with weights and nominees including Parkville Cedestrome Reveille Wed Knight and many others. Apprentice allowance noted for several horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Parkville
New York
Cederstrome
Reveille
Wed Knight
Asterisk
Blue Pigeon
Alements
Rather Royal
Nattie Lumppo
Foxy
Chinchona
Gentian
Midas
Chalfonte
King Henry
Chippewa
Lackey
Hocus Pocus
Laura A
Blue Daie
Bessie Wynne
King of Spades
Lady Karma
Mammymoo
Allegra
Umbrella
Curley May
Byrum
Black Flag
Kankakee
Narello
Regal Lad
Jobstown
Bank
Palette
Bulwark
Sandalwood
Pete Dailey
Holscher
Reidmoore
Noblesse Oblige
Frills
Snow King
Mark Meddle
Carmagnole
Adelaide B
Cloisteress
Fintrail
Marksman
Marster
Josie Hampton
Convolgulus
Gold Castle
Oxford
Kercheval
Welbourne
Onatas
Ivanhoe
Loretta
Blue Buck
Bizzy Izzy
Caronal
Wells Fargo stockholders eyed for Kuhn Loeb purchase bid
Circulars from Ross Reed and Charles, attorneys for Wells Fargo minority, offer stock to Kuhn Loeb at 300 a share. Walter C Stokes & Co have sold at this price, aiming to keep control away from future stockholder challenges under Harriman influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Fargo & Co
Ross, Reed & Charles
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Walter C. Stokes & Co
Kuhn-Loeb
Stokes & Co
Harriman
Wells-Fargo
Manila Railways Syndicate Finances New Extensions
An international syndicate led by Speyer & Co and Speyer Brothers with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank completes a 25 million dollar capital raise to restructure the Manila & Dagupan Railway and fund extensions by the Manila Railroad Company. Surveys will begin on new lines in Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Speyer & Co
New York
Speyer Brothers
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank of London
Manila
Philippines Railways
Times
Speyer Brothers of
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Manila & Dagupan
Luzon
United States
Canadian Consolidated Rubber formed by three firms merger
Montreal reports the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company results from merging the Canadian Rubber Company, Granby Rubber Company, and Maple Leaf Rubber Company of Port Dalhousie Ontario. Capital set at 5 million dollars with 2.6 million in six percent forty year bonds. Officers listed include H C Miner president G N Stephens vice president and D Lorne McGibbon second vice president and managing director. Meanwhile Baltimore reports Ernest Knabe and associates gain a three fifths stake in United Surety Company via acquisition of 3,000 shares formerly held by Commercial and Farmers' National Bank interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company
Canadian Rubber Company
Granby Rubber Company
Maple Leaf Rubber Company
Port Dalhousie
Ontario
H. C. Miner
G. N. Stephens
D. Lorne McGibbon
Baltimore
United Surety Company
Ernest Knabe
Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank
Customs Rulings Uphold Dingley Tariff on Printed Postal Cards
The Board of United States General Appraisers ruled that three color postal cards are dutyable as printed matter under the Dingley tariff at 25 percent ad valorem, rejecting lithographic print claim at 20 cents per pound. Numerous importers had claims denied, while several firms including Thomas Young H B Claflin Company and Henry Frankenberg Company had their more extensive appeals sustained in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. F. Fischer
Board of
United States General Appraisers
A. Streeter
New York
Abegg & Rusch
Dearberg Brothers
The
Syndicate Trading Company
Mills & Gibb
F. A. O. Schwarz
R. F. Long
Des. Hess & Brother
American Electric Novelty & Manufacturing Company
Wells, Fargo & Co
R. Tuck & Sons Co
JosephWandesberg
C. B. Reuss
H. B. Claflin Company
G. A. & E. Meyer and Others
Thomas Young
Henry R. Frankenberg Company
Henry Glass & Co
Lehn Eg Fink
James H. Shaw
Chicago
Hargreaves Manufacturing Company
Detroit
George Borgfeldt & Co
H. Beyersdorfer & Co
Philadelphia
Millard Wate Company
Plattsburg
Hudson Heights Hotel Destroyed By Fire
The old Hudson Heights Hotel on the Bergen Hudson border in New Jersey was burned yesterday morning. A frame structure, it hosted many clubs and social groups in the city and was run by Max Kuentsler with his wife, child, and seven year old mother-in-law present. all escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Heights
Bergen
Hudson Counties
Max Kuentsler
Hir
Irzias
Also Mentioned on This Page
Artre Peel
Alee
15Th ST
Washington Heights
St. Nicholas Av
Montague Terrace
Well St
Broadway
Main
Montague ‘St
Hanasoine
Long Island
Dolgzlasth
Jyler York
Douglas Manor Inn
West Side
66Th ST
Chelsea Square
49Th ST
61St ST
Teyay
New York University
Jerome and
Burnside Ave
Reimers
Franklin Av
New Jersey Church
Webster's Choir
Exchaner
Pea Fifth
Webster's Choir Exchange
Brrgoklyt
Websters Choir Exchange
Tt .& Co
Tiffany &Co
Avy
Aga
Sen
Covne Bras
Tr Schools
M’curdy
P. S. Pillot
Chicago Insurance Men
Flaherty’s Bureau
Columbus Av
River
25Th St
38Th
Cook
Pear
Miss Willard
Lexington
Exingtom
Rapid
Miss C
P. O
Columbus
Jones
St. Accountant
Waverley Place
Pine Street
John
Coupte
Pennsylvania Yards
the United Service
Army
the Navy
Ice Company
Evans
Alf, Or
Stout
Harriman Interests
Manila Syndicate Success
Great Britain
Canadian Rubber
Lambert
Atterbury System
Cortlandt St
New Haven, Conn
Dey St
Madison Square South
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art. Association
East 23d Street
Barton & Guestier
E. LA Montagne & Sons
U.S 45
Hegeman & CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!