Women Suffrage Club Discusses Jury Duty and Poll Behavior
Members of a new woman suffrage society met at 294 West Ninety-second Street to discuss jury duty for women, Colorado practices, and the impact of voting on family life. Helen Grenfel of Colorado described how Colorado women are excused from jury service, while others noted no divorces or drink issues linked to politics and emphasized women's active civic roles. The club plans another meeting at 36 West Twelfth Street as skeptics are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Woman Suffrage Society
Raymon Brown
West Ninety-second Street
Graeme MacDougal
W. L. McKenny
Helen Grenfel
Colorado
Mrs. MacDougall
Adolph Marr
Grace Filkins
Grenfeld
Denver
Mme. Pompadours
Senate
Illinois
Massachusetts
Arthur Townsend
West Twelfth Street
Thomases
Profit in 10 Cents to Coney Island Line
The Public Service Commission released the annual report of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company known as the Smith Street line. It shows a jump from 5 to 10 cents fare increased surplus from 8505 dollars on June 30, 1908, to 182809 dollars this year. The line moved to 10 cent fares for all days on August 1, 1908, replacing the prior 5 cent weekend and holiday exceptions. A PSC decision is anticipated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Public Service Commission
Spectator Dies After Six Day Race Sprint in Madison Square Garden
A man watching the six day race at Madison Square Garden collapsed in an epileptic fit as Germain began a sprint. He died en route to Bellevue Hospital and was taken to the Morgue for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
Germain
Bellevue Hospital
Doubt About Husband Tests Fiancé in Old English Asylum Claim
Referee John J. Sheehy filed a report in Jaques versus Jaques about Captain Christopher Willis's testimony. Willis, Mrs Jaques's brother, described meeting George Joseph Clemmons in 1882 and his sister's marriage to Clemmons in 1884. He recounted a 1901 meeting with Dr Jaques and a visit to Cane Hill Asylum in 1908 where an inmate was identified as Clem mons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Sheehy
Schuyler Clinton Jaques
Alice Ann Jaques
Clemmons
Willis
Atlantic
Couniess
Isle of Wight
Jaques
United States
Cane Hill Asylum
Southampton
England
Capt. Willis
Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School board resigns
Mayor McClellan accepted the resignations of the Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School Board after they replied to charges from the State Board of Charities. New managers include Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Reisenstein, Michael Murphy, Joseph McKeon, Arthur Taylor, Moses Byke, Joseph Manne, Francis Carmody, and lawyer Francis X Carmody. Byke may become president. winding up the institution is likely with boys to be placed in denom inational schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School
State Board of Charities
Ephraim
Byk
William F. Baker
Milton Reisenstein
Macon Street
Brooklyn
Michael Murphy
Fort Hamilton Parkway
Eighty-fifth Street
Joseph McKeon
Ninth Street
Arthur M. Taylor
Putnam Avenue
Moses B. Schmidt
McDonough Street
Joseph Manne
Cortelyou Road
Sixteenth Street
Fifth Avenue Restaurant Plan Brings Creditor Meeting
Creditors meeting at the Cosmopolitan Hotel discussed a plan to pay 50 cents on the dollar for Fifth Avenue Restaurant Company debts. Joseph F. Pike would run the business with $130,000 liabilities and fixtures as assets, paying $1,000 monthly after three months if profits exist. otherwise, he would exit. The plan includes rent relief from the building company and a $15,000 equity input by Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Restaurant Company
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Joseph F. Pike
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Park & Tilford
Harry J. Berry
Moving platform proposal sparks 34th Street widening plan
More than fifty property owners and businessmen met at the Waldorf Astoria to form the Manhattan Central Improvement Association. Isidor Straus chaired the session which debated widening Thirty-fourth Street from Thirty-first to Thirty-seventh Street and discussed a moving platform experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Street
Waldorf-Astoria
Manhattan Central Improvement Association
Thirty-first
Thirty-seventh Street
North River
Isidor Sacks
Roderick McLeod Cameron
R. W. Cameron & Co
Madison Avenue
Murray Hill
Albany
Isidor Straus
R. H. Macy & Co
Edwin H. Popper
Oppenheim, Collins & Co
William R. H. Martin
Rogers, Peet & Co
C. J. Alien
Isidor Saks
Saks & Co
George C. Boldt
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Company
Louis Stewart
James McCreery & Co
Charles H. Keep
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Oscar Hammerstein
Charles Stewart Davison
Fifth Avenue
Stoep
Sixth Avenue
Cameron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirty-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Park Avenue
Thirtyfourth Street
Mr. Straus
Frederick M. Davies
A. G. Vanderpilt
August Belmont
Irving M. Shaw
Chelsea Exchange Bank
W. F. Parke
D. H. McAlpin
S. Blumenkron
George Karsch
Michael J. Shanley
Paul Halpin
Ice Trust Trial Explores Artificial Ice Role in Monopoly
President Oler testified over a full day about artificial ice and the Ice Trust. He admitted opinion changes in 1906 amid press attacks and described the rise of machine made ice, while defending his administration's deals and noting few absorptions since 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Ice Company
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Oler
Ice Trust
Mr. Oler
John D. Schoonmaker
Charles W. Morse
Osborne
Mr. Morse
Board of
Chauffeur Flees After Auto Wreck on Long Island Road
Charles Huber, chauffeur for Hofbrau House owner August Janssen, drove a car off the Middle Road in Long Island to avoid a passing vehicle. A servant aboard the machine was hurled out and found unconscious. Huber fled to Long Island City by train, leaving the wrecked auto and injured woman. Janssen demands his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Huber
August Janssen
Hofbrau House
Broadway
Mr. Janssen
Middle Road
Long Island
Huber
Long Island City
Great Neck
Court Seeks Le Gallienne for Examination
Richard Le Gallienne the poet is summoned for examination in supplementary proceedings. John W. Hughes of 1025 Sixth Avenue holds an unsatisfied judgment against Le Gallienne for 27.67 for necessities supplied. Judgment dated September 3, 1907, in the Third District Municipal Court. Judge Schmuck signed the order requiring Le Gallienne to appear next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard le Gallienne
John W. Hughes
Sixth Avenue
le Gallienne
Third District Municipal Court
Schmuck
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Carlton
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Morris
Sheppard Knapp &Co
43Th Street
44Th Street
Horlidge
Horlick’s
Layties Brothers
U.S
New York
Whitman
Mehlbach Saddle CO
Whitman Saddle Co
Chambers Street
New York City
Southwestern Limited
Cincinnati
Indiana
St. Louis
CONEY
Smith Street
Baker
Training School
Fifth Ave
Steward
34Th Street
New Improvement Association
A. G. Vanderbilt
John
Jameson
Guinness Stout
J. P. Finlay & Co., Ltd
Co. G. Euler
U. S
Automobile Exchange
THE
New York Times
Dept
A. L. Steinweg & CO
New Handy Bill Fold Co
Newark
N.J
COURT
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Virginia
Postum
Wellville
Brb.akman & CO
HEMN
34Th and
35Th Streets
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