Junior Cotillion Supper At Sherrys Attracts Society
The first dance of the season drew many debutantes to Sherrys with dancing led by Stowe Phelps and Miss Eleanor Livingston Burrell. Patrons and patronesses listed include Mrs. Ada Phipps, Mrs. Henry A. Alexander, Mrs. James May Duane, and Mrs. Daniel C. French. The Hungarian orchestra supplied music as guests arrived and the supper ended the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry’s
Joseph F. Stillman
Lindley Slloffman Chapin
Thomas Barber
Henry S. Glover
James May Duane
George G. Haven
Daniel C. French
Dallas Bache|Pratt
Arthur Murray Dodge
Henry A. Alexander
Archibeta Rogers
Henry Emmet
Eleanor Livingston Burrell
Ada Phipps
Edward D. Adams
John H. Alexandre
J. Turner Atterbury
Thomas H. Barber
William B. Beekman
S. R. Bertram
W.rossiter Betts
Gorham Bacob
James Brown
Winthrop Burr
Edward Livingston Burrell
Lindley Hoffman Chapin
D. Crawford Clark
Colin. McCrea Ingarsoll
Grenville I<ane
Hamilton Fish Kean
George Tl. Wissel
George C. Robbe
Henry Whitney Munroe
Eliot Norton
Julian W. Robbins
Archibald Rogers
Edmund D. Smith
Munroe Smith
Charles Steele
William Street
George Bobby Wilde
F. Dana Winslow
Frank S. Witherbee
Ursula Brown
Katherine Chapin
Jeanne King
Elise Laden
Rose Kane
Aniangersoll
Dorothy Hyde
Isabel Hoyt
Katharine Greene
Jean Morris
Edith Mortimer
Wilfreda Mortimer
Constance Perkins
Kathryn Motley
Eleanor Steele
Margaret Thorne
Hilda Holmes
Dorothy Seton
Olga Roosevelt
Rosalie Coe
Harriet Ferry
Minority stockholders press Kanawha & Michigan case
The Kanawha and Michigan minority stockholders, led by George D. Mackay, seek court action after three years of no dividends under a merger plan with Hocking Valley. They have asked for $1 per share to fund legal costs and queried Hocking Valley about potential relief. The merger, stalled by Ohio litigation, would have yielded about 7 percent in dividends by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha & Michigan
Hocking Valley
George D. Mackay
Hocking Valley Railway
Freshmen Handcuff Feud Ends In Brooklyn Dinner Disruption
NYU freshmen defeated sophomores 6 to 0 in football and then lured ten sophomores to a Brooklyn Elks Hall dinner by ruse. Ten freshmen were detained in a barn on University Heights while others joined the dinner after police were alerted. A prisoner, Peter White, appeared in handcuffs to scare the freshmen, but his chain was broken. dinner ended with both sides dispersing and the bun award at stake for the most popular class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York University
University Heights
Manhattan
Bronx
Elks Hall
Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn
Subway
Sophs
Borough Hall
Peter White
West 105Th Street
White
Resources of All Our Banks in United States Report
National Monetary Commission reports show total resources of 22,491 banks at 21.095 billion dollars as of April 21. Capital stock equals 1.8 billion, with 1.326 billion in surplus and 508 million in undivided profits. Deposits total 11.882 billion, with 6.956 billion checking and 4.926 billion savings. Bond and loan composition includes 1.0916 billion state bonds, 1.56 billion railroad bonds, 846 million other bonds, 280 million stocks, and various loan categories totaling over 8.7 billion. Cash held stands at 1.451 billion with 57 million in checks and 38 million in the 5 percent redemption fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Monetary Commission
The
Economic Club
Nelson W. Aldrich
Commission
Whiteman Remains in Prison Under State Ruling
Alonzo J. Whiteman, jailed for eight years and five months in Erie County in 1905 for obtaining money under false pretenses, must serve the term after Attorney General O Malley ruled he is not a first offender due to a Massachusetts guilty plea. The ruling hinges on a recent statute granting parole eligibility after half the sentence for definite terms. Whiteman’s career and fortune are sketched in Boston, including roles in the Minnesota Legislature and as mayor of Duluth, with later allegations of forgery and gambling.
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Massachusetts
O’malley
Whiteman
Boston
Mass
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Danville
N. Y
Hamilton College
Minnesota
Duluth
Loie Fuller Dazzles with Fire Ballet and a Dancer Chorus
Miss Loie Fuller returns to the Metropolitan Opera House New York after years away presenting a varied program that blends her serpentine dance with Greek and modern concepts. The show features thirty young dancers in the Ballet of Light and includes performances by Rita Sacchetto Gertrude Van Axen and Mme Thamara de Swirsky. Max Bendix conducts the Met orchestra as a large audience approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loie Fuller
Paris
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Miss Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Maud Allan
Orchidee
Chopin
Mme. Thamara de Swirsky
Mme. de Swirsky
Irene Sanden
Rubinstein
Strauss
Rita Sacchetto
Europe
Sacchetto
Gertrude van Axen
Miss Sacchetto
Northwestern to issue 30 million dollar stock issue
The Chicago and Northwestern has received Michigan Railroad Commission approval to issue 30,502,800 dollars in new stock. This represents about 25 percent of outstanding stock, with over 122 million dollars currently issued. Wall Street expects the issue will be offered to existing shareholders at par, with further state approvals anticipated before a full announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern
Lansing
Michigan Railroad Commission
Northwestern
Wall Street
Financial
Michigan
Northwestern stock issue aims to fund branch line push westward
The article notes planned construction to extend the line from Wyoming, denying plans to reach the Pacific Coast. A new stock issue at par was sold yesterday at 179, offering valuable subscription rights. The common stock pays 7 percent dividends and earns well above that rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
Congress Should Act On Banking and Tax Circulation
The National City Bank urges Congress to protect 2 percent Government bonds used as currency and to consider a new 1.5 percent tax on circulation against 8 percent bonds not pledged. It projects a bright future for revenues from the 1909 corporation tax, with $27 million-plus expected, and notes improving commercial prospects in the Philippines after American occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Congress
Treasury
City Bank
Philippine Islands
Gold shipments arranged to Argentina and Brazil
Goldman, Sachs & Co announced engagements of 250000 dollars to Argentina and 250000 dollars to Brazil for shipment. The National City Bank secured 600000 dollars more for export to Argentina, and Merchants' National Bank will ship 500000 dollars to the same country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Argentina
Brazil
National City Bank
National Bank
Toy shortage threatens restock of popular novelties
Vendors warn many novelties cannot be replenished as shortages bite. The best selling miniature pianos and dishes may sell out quickly, leaving shoppers with limited choices before holiday needs are met.
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Sherry
Stone Phelps
Eleanor L. Burrell
Monetary Commission
Sco Ee
Slezak
Kidison Phonograph
New
Edison Grand Opera
Amberol Records
Constantino
Blanche Arral
Riccardo Martin
Mme. Agostinelli
National Phonograph Company
Lakeside Avenue
Orange, N. J
Loi Fuller
Theodore Roosevelt
England
J. A. B. Scherer
Nelson Lloyd
Richard Harding Davis
Frederick Palmer
Roosevelt
Boston Transcript
Scribner’s Magazine
Mr. Roosevelt
Maurice Hewlett
Frederick Funston
Germany
Edith Wharton
Danbury Rodd
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Dep’t
Namis
Transacaesina
Rew
York
Orrow
St. Lo
St. Louis
Allsopp’s
Great Britain
Pilsner, Wurzburger, Kaiser, Humbler, Muenghner, Kulmbacher, Furstenbergbrau
Italf Bbls
Fred. Hollender
Tielenius
Lafayette
Dai Telephone
Franklin New York
Long Sang TI Chinese Curio CO
5Th Ave
Bet
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston Street
44Th Street
Canyon of Arizona
el Tovar
Canyon
Southern California
Chicago- Kansas City
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Fred Harvey
Geo. C. Dillard
A. T
S. F. Ry
Broadway
New York City
Best & Co
Rubber Toys
Baby Dollis
Tranks
Trousseaux
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