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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1908
Page
16
Classified items list missing wallets watches jewelry and accessories with rewards offered. Entries name owners such as Miss Hoffman and W. Vander Roest plus locations including Times Square Brooklyn and Jersey City. Numerous items listed include diamond rings pins watches and bonds with varying rewards.
Classified notice seeks contact for Will A M F to arrange a personal interview. Also lists multiple board and room advertisements with prices, locations, and features such as steam heat, French cuisine, and reference requirements in midtown blocks including West Side and 48th Street areas.
An extensive listing offers attractively furnished heated rooms with running water, telephone and board in New York area addresses including West 7th Street 106 West and Madison Avenue. It notes elevator service, private baths, dressing rooms, and proximity to subways, with many rooms priced around two to five dollars weekly. Temple Rental Company solicits inquiries for reliable tenants and fully furnished suites.
The passage highlights Evans' persistent effort to improve beer quality and its impact on hotels clubs and oyster houses, marking a notable success in the local beverage industry.
Mary T. Nugent a 42 year old servant of Mrs. Frank Henry living at 2 West Ninety fourth Street was fatally burned when a lighted candle set her dress aflame as she prepared dinner. Police and a janitor who arrived with a fire axe found her unconscious in the parlor. she was rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital and did not survive.
A fire engine horse named Jack, longtime partner of Driver Hermann Hoffman, died after a mishap on a run to a small blaze near the Polo Grounds in Eighth Avenue. Hoffman, unhurt, covered Jack with hay, then argued with a policeman before resuming a prior appointment.
Firemen rescued a dozen residents of two three story frame houses at 3212 and 3214 West Farms Avenue Bronx after a blaze driven by an unknown cause sent occupants fleeing in night clothes. Jacob Kern suffered a broken ankle and back injuries while others escaped or were helped to safety. A 2000 dollar stash was recovered from under a mattress. The loss to both houses totals about 4000 dollars.
A small basement fire at Eureka lodging house on the Bowery sparked a chaotic scene. A belated reveler hurled a milk can through a saloon window while a Third Avenue trolley conductor, off duty, scattered nickels as bystanders slipped on hoses. Police arrested Joseph Williams Edward White and David Jacobs as the blaze was put out.
In Te muco Chile a fire leveled twenty blocks with losses exceeding 300000 dollars. In Marsall Missouri the fire damaged two buildings at the Feeble Minded and Epileptic colony, risked twelve patients, with prior year damages totaling 75000 dollars.
A long list of property addresses and names appears with small monetary amounts noted beside each. Items include residents, tenants, and owners such as J. Grape, Charles Reed, Robert Croag, Felmart, Lena Monday, H. Libowitz, Mrs. Eheler, and John Ehlers. Several properties show trifling or small sums, with locations across Manhattan, East River drives, and surrounding streets.
William D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners spoke to a Central Federated Union meeting in Brooklyn. He praised socialist support for Moyer Pettibone and himself in the Idaho Steunenberg case, condemned employers, warned of continued actions against miners, and said he would accept a Socialist presidential nomination if offered.
Central Federated Union set up a secret committee to probe strikebreaking by detective agencies and to work with State Controller Glynn on a new legislative measure. Daniel Harris of Cigarmakers' Union 144 reported contact with Glynn describing current law requiring licenses and a proposed bill for bonds per man.
Emanuel Kovaleski announced from Chicago backers of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders League plan to organize domestic workers from cook to chambermaid. He aims to form a culinary council including cooks waiters bartenders porters and chefs within two months with union credentials secured to visit trades for cooperation.
Robert Bond twelve and Walter Scott thirteen went to Dr. Fitzgerald's home after Bond was wounded in the face during a hold up. Bond said Scott fired, the bullet passed through his lower jaw, knocked out four teeth, and fractured the jawbone. The report states Scott carried a pistol in a holster and fled after the incident.
The Children’s Aid Society reports 727 families with 15 000 children unable to attend school due to poverty. Homes lack fire and food, bedding and furniture sold for necessities. society seeks $5 000 for food fuel and medicines. Trustees have raised $2 000. public funds requested. A B Hepburn is treasurer.
In Greenwich Connecticut on January 19 a probate filing reveals Sarah E Scofield a wealthy spinster left unusual burial instructions She wished burial from the Church of the Transfiguration New York with a simple low key service and interment in Stamford She asked for a warm coffin covered with purple cloth and white canton flannel woolly side out to appear warm not costly and for no ice be used She limited coffin carriages to two and cap the total expense under 100 dollars indicating the living need the money not the dead.
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