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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
14
A notice urges readers to quickly state needs such as lost property efficient clerks good servants or a comfortable home. It offers telephone contact 1000 Bryant and promises a New York Times representative will call immediately.
A dense list of lost items and unclaimed articles scattered across New York, including a Tiffany diamond, a 3 carat earring, an opal and diamond brooch, a gold purse, a black purse with a watch, a New Year bracelet, a pearl pin, a unset diamond, a lynx neck scarf, a fox terrier, a Maltese cat, and multiple lost items on subway routes and stations. Rewards offered for return, with various contact addresses and boxes. Also notices of found items and abandoned animals seeking owners at multiple rail lines and stations.
Classified notice lists numerous rooms for rent across Manhattan and Brooklyn with board and meals offered. Includes addresses on West Side streets such as 86th, 108th, 62nd, 91st and 46 5th, descriptions of large sunny rooms, elegant board, references, and moderate terms. Also notes a Douglas Manor Inn estate in Douglaston Long Island offering winter lodging with refined service.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms and suites in Manhattan with amenities like hot water heat telephone and private baths. Several addresses note proximity to subways and references. other ads seek janitors, organists and sales staff for local establishments.
Sings of the social atmosphere linking joviality and robust health with stable character traits. Mentions clubs hotels restaurants saloons and dealers as part of the social fabric.
Michael Taylor of Glencoe L I is praised for eating 61 pancakes in one sitting and faces Sea Cliff’s George Koop who claims a record 36 pancakes. Koop’s supporters say he can do more, while Taylor’s backers cite cook exhaustion as a reason for Taylor’s halt. Koop reportedly faced half baked batter on a prior attempt. Koop challenges Taylor to a test of capacity.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren attended a New Yorkers gathering at the Astor Hotel as guest of honor. Controller Metz declined to speak. Mrs Bello de Rivera of the Equal Suffrage League challenged male critics while urging political inclusion in daily life.
In Paterson on January 12 a man named W. S. Morrison was arrested in a department store for attempting to pass a $30 forged check. He admitted the forgery after a bank inquiry showed no account at the New Trochelle bank. Morrison said he was in Paterson prospecting a book scheme for a Philadelphia newspaper and was committed to jail.
Hopkins Educational Agency at 1 Union Sq supplies physicians families institutions and hospitals. The notice lists governors nurses housekeepers secretaries companions tutors and includes 4023 Stuyvesant.
Edward Rowe describes the schooner Lawson’s final voyage from Philadelphia to London. The seven master struck rocks near Scilly Islands after anchors failed in a gale, turning and sinking. Captain Dow and George Allen also survived. Allen died ashore. Rowe endured twelve hours on wreckage before rescue.
Ex mayor Nathan Barnert moves to recover the deed of gift that endowed Congregation B nai Jeshurun with a 250000 temple memorial to his wife. He alleges lapses include annual memorial services and Hebrew only rites, plus compulsory hat-wearing for men. Barnert has donated nearly 1000 to Hebrew institutions in Paterson.
As the legislative session opens, David Baird heads a faction aiming to replace Camden official J Willard Morgan with Harry S West. Camden and Essex County leaders threaten to block Baird unless he backs Morgan’s re election. The fight mirrors the prior Speaker’s contest and stirs statewide party tensions with potential coalitions forming.
Heirs of Henry Belden sue William Belden for 100000 paid by East Jersey Water Co as trustee. Edlow W Harrison, chief engineer of Jersey City's new 8000 water plant, testified in McCall's court. Belden, linked to Col James Fisk era stock battles, claims Henry sold his water plant interest and the deed was not a trust.
State Street Station of the Passaic Post Office was robbed of 342 dollars early today. Police seized Delbert Venson 16 Joseph Mazza 14 and Fred I Le Santer 14. Mazza is brother of Rocco Mazza the station superintendent. Janitor Sabatiello Mazzone confronted the burglars and found money in Yensen pockets. Yensen claims Mazza knew the combo and shared the funds while Le Santer stood guard outside. The other youths deny the story.
George Stewart of Camden awaits execution in Trenton's death chamber the week of Feb. 3. His wife serves a three year term in the state prison for keeping a disorderly resort, unaware her husband has been convicted of killing a man in Camden jail. Head Keeper Osborne plans to inform her within a week and allow a prison visit with her husband.
George Ryner a Bayonne trolley conductor found a wallet containing 3420 in cash two bank books and papers on a car seat Saturday He turned the sum in to the Public Service Corporation office A grateful woman later identified the items as hers and rewarded him with a dollar for his honesty.
Charles Norton and Louisa White, both of Hoboken, wed in the Aldermanic Chamber after a visit to City Hall. Other items note a Palisades bridge smoker, Essex Club officers, an Elk cornerstone event, and local crime and tax updates.
Joseph Quinn confesses to two wives and possible third plan and is detained in South Orange New Jersey after arrest in Freehold. He admits marrying Daisy Hayes in Amsterdam New York and faces charges amid a letter suggesting a sixth month delay in marriage. The case involves allegations by Viva Smith and tensions with Quinn’s spouses.
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