Fewer Sleighs Out In Parks This Winter
Report notes a decline in sleighing on Central Park and city parkways due to scarce snow. Many sleighs were old or sold, with private owners and borrowed rigs dominating, while chains were forbidden and autos were rare on park roads. A single red car stalled on ice drew attention as sleighs moved by with escorts.
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Central Park
Bronx
Lafayette
St. Nicholas Avenue
Riverside Drive
Fordham
Sleighing on Speedway Delights Local Track Crowd
A first season sleighing drive on Speedway drew a good turnout of road drivers and light harness horsemen. George M. and Judge Boardman starred in early brushing races, with Norrie H. and Elmer Stevens also winning in successive sprints. H. A. Pierce and Gideon won the bag gelding match, while others rested with workouts amid improving footing after a long weather break.
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Speedway
A. H. Coe
George M
Judge Boardman
Harry L. Toplitz
Andorrie H
Elmer Stevens
Norrie H
Harry Toeplitz
H. A. Pierce
Gideon
A Rainer
Cornell Names Football Field Committee of Coaches
Henry Schoellkopf and Morris Halliday were elected to the Cornell Football Field Committee of Coaches to direct the team next Fall, with Capt. Walders as a third member. The regatta schedule includes a second Varsity race against Penn on Lake Cayuga and a Varsity race with Harvard on Memorial Day. Cornell will skip the American Rowing Association regatta in Philadelphia.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Henry Schoellkopf
Morris Halliday
Cornell
Capt. Walders
Schoellkopf
Harvard
Halliday
Thompson
O’rourke
May
Cosgrove
Lynch
van Orman
Watson Gardner
Earle
McCallie
Walder
Caldwell
Cook
Brinton
Seaver
Pennsylvania
Lake Cayuga
Charles River
Poughkeepsie
American Rowing Association
Philadelphia
Tchigorin Dies In St. Petersburg Chess Master Passes Away
Tchigorin, the noted chess master born in 1850, died in St. Petersburg today after a long career in national and international tournaments where he frequently ranked among the winners.
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Tchigorin
Petersburg
T. Tchigorin
Shriver Wins Robins Cup At Larchmont Yacht Club
H T Shriver won the Robins Cup at the Larchmont Yacht Club weekly shoot. He scored 43 clay pigeons, besting W C D Tanner with 42. Shriver also captured the Weekly Cup with 85 birds total. E Meyer was runner up with 84. The Sauer Trophy leg was claimed by J Ross Collins, giving him three legs on the Season Cup.
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H. T. Shriver
Larchmont Yacht Club
Shriver
W. C. D. Tanner
E. Meyer
J. Ross Collins
Tal
I. Robins
Seeeres
Collinas
H. L. Maxwell
W. c. D Tanner
J. Aiken
Eins Ators
Maxwel Sc
Dean Tanner
J. Alker
T. Alker
G. Meyer
Ess
Sceca
Meyer Au Scewen
Meyer
Expert Shots Qualify In Seventh Regiment Rifle Club Cup
The Seventh Regiment Rifle Club tournament continued Saturday night with leaders defending positions against strong entrants. Expert and sharpshooter class results list Capt. W. J. Underwood and Private W. F. Hutchinson among top scorers, with new and novice members earning entries and qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regiment Rifle Club
Rivate
A. Scholz
Company A
Corp
W. D. Weeks
W. J. Underwood
Co. G
W. F. Hutchinson
Teeths
H. Santora
Co. B
W. J. Kindgen
W. H. Hanley
Co. A
A. S. Walkers
Co. B.sesees
J. D. Thees
H. Woolley
H. Allen
K. Lydecker
Co. al
W. Hinman
J. H. Struther
Corp. J. A. Smith, Jr.,Co
Glen Ridge Golf Club elects officers in Montclair
The Glen Ridge Golf Club Board of Governors announced new officers led by President Thomas G. Smith and Secretary Robert C. Thompson. A special committee was formed to plan extending the course to eighteen holes, including H. M. Edwards and N. C. Tingley.
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New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Glen Ridge Golf Club
Thomas G. Smith
Fritz Lindenmeyer
Frank C. van Auken
Robert C. Thompson
Greens
R. C. Tingley
J. C. Newell
H. M. Edwards
W. S. Ticknor
Fred Baldwin
N. C. Tingley
Kenneth Owen
Columbia Extends Relay Carnival Entries for MSG Meet
At a Columbia University Athletic Association meeting on Saturday night the closing of entries for the Madison Square Garden relay carnival on February 15 was extended to February 8. The two mile intercollegiate race features Yale Cornell and Pennsylvania with plans to invite Michigan. Columbia manager Montgomery seeks a Michigan quartet to challenge Eastern half milers while trainer Josh Crooks offers the Columbia gym for Dan Kelly during his New York visit. Kelly will contest the 60 yard dash at the Columbia games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University Athletic Association
Madison Square Garden
Yale
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
Columbia
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Townsend Harris Hall Leads In City High School Tourney Standings
Townsend Harris Hall tops the standings with 4 wins and no defeats, De Witt Clinton close behind with 3 victories and no losses, while Manual Training and Erasmus Hall chase with 2 wins and 1 defeat each. The table lists teams, wins, losses, and winning percentages amid a dense, OCR-like roster of readable abbreviations and numeric tallies.
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Townsend Harris Hall
de Witt Clinton
Erasmus Hall
Ww. L. Tr
Townsend Harris
Flushing
Ssevswweeer Sie As AG
Morris
Iwvosace Pew Sieve Eaee
Automobile Notes Highlight Early Mora Doctor's Model Sale
W Burke of Mora New York sold the first doctor’s model Mora to Dr George Bowling Lee of the New Plaza Hotel, part of a rapid sale week as Moras arrived for the showroom. Other items note Western auto business condition insights from Benjamin Brisere, endurance runs, Lozier six cylinder shaft drive, Apperson stock car entry, and growing Society of Automobile Engineers membership with the Importers Automobile Salon meeting at Bryant Arcade Building.
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YW. W. Burke
Manger
New York
Mora
Burke
George Bowling Lee
New Plaza Hotel
Benjamin Brisere
American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
San Francisco
Witter Springs
Goodyear
Harry Michener
Lozier
Westchester County
Edgar Apperson
Kokomo
Ind
Apperson
America
Society of Automobile Engineers
Society
Ars
A. L. Riker
BE. T. Birdsall
Henry Souther
C. T. Jeffrey
Joseph Tracy
J. M. Mack
Walter C. Baker
F. B. Stearns
Henry Ford
Autoists appeal for uniform registration law
The American Automobile Association calls for support of the Federal Registration bill to create a National Motor Vehicle Registry within the Commerce and Labor Department. The plan allows interstate vehicle registration with a small fee and uniform identification, while preserving state rights. Charles T. Terry urges motorists and dealers to lobby Congress as hearings in Washington approach.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee of the House
Congress
William H. Cocks
Long Island
American Automobile Association
Charles T. Terry
American Automobile Association Legislative Board
Judiciary Committee
Terry
Automobile Club
Department of Commerce and Labor
Legislative Board
FAVORS BRIARCLIFF COURSE FOR AUTO RACE
Westchester County supports the Briarcliff Cup route as ideal for stock cars and skillful driving. The April 24 event has drawn over twenty entries, with Studebaker plans two stock cars. Officials praise the course for safety, pace, and reliability, stressing proper policing as essential to success.
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Westchester County
C. F. Redden
Studebaker Company
Vanderbilt
Studebaker
Morris Park
Trotters for Europe headed by John Splan export two named horses
Grand Circuit driver John Splan will ship trotters Lotta and Codero to Europe this week. Lotta, formerly Lady Cecil, raced last season with a 2 08 time at Readville, while Codero was the champion four year old trotter last year. They will go to Vienna for racing, with Codero to stud and Lotta for breeding after the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Splan
Lotta
Codero
Europe
Lady Cecil
Lotta Crabtree
Myron McKinley
Readville
Mass
Splan
Vienna
Broka Brothers offer winter wear sale as stock moves to spring
Br k a Brothers advertise price reductions on suits and overcoats now to move winter stock for spring. Shoppers are urged to buy before next winter, with anticipated higher prices of four to eight dollars for items of equal quality.
Sheppard suspended by Middle Atlantic A A U
Melvin W. Sheppard is suspended from competition until March 1 by the Middle Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. Officials cited a desire for a square deal after an incident involving Haskins and noted potential AAU investigation. The suspension affects the Pastime Athletic Club event at Madison Square Garden.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Middle Atlantic Association
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Melvin W. Sheppard
H. L. Chadwick
George W. Orton
New York
Sheppard
Haskins
Madison Square Garden
Middle States Association
Crimson and Elis Standouts Lead Ice Standings
Harvard and Yale top the Intercollegiate Hockey League with no defeats as Yale defeats Columbia and prepares for Princeton. the season’s deciding clash awaits. In Amateur Hockey League, St Nicholas and Crescent Athletic Club stay unbeaten with Crescent set to face New York Athletic Club this Friday. Three St Nicholas Rink games scheduled this week. No intercollegiate games this week.
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Harvard
Yale
Crimson
Columbia
New Haven
Princeton
Blue
St. Nicholas Hockey Club
Crescent Athletic Club
Ennoen
Crescents
Crescent
New York Athletic Club
Wanderers
Mercury Foot
Brooklyn
St. Nicholas
W. L P.c. Harvard
Dartmouth
New York A. Seeee -000
Hockey Club of
New York
H. Crissees
Setereeese
Banks Retiring Circulating Notes As Aldrich Limits Set
Banks move to retire the monthly circulating note total under the Aldrich act. February through April may see full retirement of the $90,000,000 monthly limit as banks filed applications and prepare for June. notes secured by government bonds may be replaced by municipal and railroad bonds, with some banks already arranging retirement ahead of schedule.
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Treasury
Intermann Leases Guttenburg Track
Christian Intermann of North Bergen New Jersey has secured a three year lease on the Guttenburg race track in Guttenburg New Jersey. Promoter J P Barrett introduced the sport at the old track last year and formed a driving club now among the largest in the country.
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Christian Intermann
North Bergen
N. J
Guttenburg
J. P. Barrett
Illness strikes Rev. Father Grossmann in New Jersey church visit
The Rev. Father Grossmann of Our Lady Queen of Angels in Manhattan is seriously ill at St. Marys Hospital Hoboken. He suffered a sudden apoplexy Saturday night at the rectory of the Holy Family Church in Union Hill while preparing for a special mass.
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Father Grossmann
Catholic Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels
Manhattan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
Church of the Holy Family
Jefferson Street
Union Hill
Week Calendar of Annual Meetings and Dividends Listed
A dense weekly calendar lists numerous company annual meetings and dividend pay dates from January 27 to February 1. Firms include Consolidated Gas New York Dominion Copper J E Mannix J L D Riker Springfield Coal Mining and many others with notes on books closes, dividends payable, and record dates.
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American Light and Traction Co
American Stogie Co
Aan Manufacturing Co
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway
Athens (Ga
Atomatic Electric Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Basen Co
Boston
Bowery Bank
Butte Electric Railway & Power Co
Ergatic Electric Light Co
Canada Southern Railway
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Columbus Railway
Pee Fey
Watommonwealthon Electric Co
Chicago
Computing Scale Co
Sanna & Lebanon Railroad
Corn Exchange Bank
Dominion Coal Co
Eastman Kodak Co
East St. Louis & Suburban Railway
Dumais Nipe Co
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
Electric Bond and Share Co
Fall River Gas Works
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Federal Sugar Co
Finance Co. of
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
H. B. Claflin Co
Illinois Central Railroad
International
Nickel Co
Steam Fump Co
Jacksonville
Fla
Knickerbocker Ice Co
Baltimore
Laurel Mills
Fall River
Lawrence Manufacturing Co
Lawyers Tits Insurance & Trust Co
Lora & Taylor Co
Mahoning Coal Railroad
Michigan State Telephone
Minneapolis General Electric Co
Missouri Pacific Railway
Montreal Street Railway
Safita Operating Co
Municipal Gas Co
Albany
Nassau Trust Co
Ate
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
National Safe Deposit Co
New England Cotton Yarn Co
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
New River Co
North Carolina Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Omaha Electric Light & Power Co
Pacific Bank
Pacific Coast Co
Passaic & Delaware Railroad
Pennsylvania Traffic Co
Peoria & Bureau Valley Railroad
Philadelphia Co
Pittsburg
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Railway Light Securities Co
Reading Co
St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railway
United Cities Realty Co
Ss. M. Robins Co
Syracuse Rapid Transit Co
Torrington Co
Twenty-third Ward Bank
Twin City Rapid Transit Co
United States Realty and Improvement Co
Waterbury Co
West Virginia
New Jersey
West Penn Railways
Western Telephone and Telegraph Co
Consolidated Gas Co
New York
Dominion Copper Co
J. E. Mannix Co
Riker
Springfield Coal Mining Co
Anchor Metal Novelty Co
Cimiotti Unchairing Co
General Colors Co
Jacksonville Electric Co
Kessena Park Corporation
Lazell, Dalley & Co
Let Brothers, Corporation
Philadelphia
Little Miami Railroad
Maxwell-Briscoe, Incorporated
Merritt & Chapman Derrick and Wrecking
Lake Shore Railroad
Eet Central Railroad
Old Dominion Co
Sicilian Asphalt Pavement Co
American Ice Co
American Squad Co
Distillers’ Securities Co
Electric Co. of
America
Bank—Books
North British Mercantile Insurance Co
Spanish Trade Co
Union Copper, Land, and Mining Co
Books
British Columbia Copper Co
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Cambria Steel Co
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co
Consolidated Coal Co
Maryland
Balaeeiang Coal Co
Lannery Bolt Co
Kerr Lake Mining Co
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co
Montreal Light and Power Co
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Proctor & Gamble Co
Pullman Co
Queen Anne Land Grant Co
Rome, Watertown
City notices sealed bids 1908 Department offices Park Row
Sealed bids or estimates to be received by the Commissioner of Street Cleaning and the Department of Correction at Manhattan offices for coal heating supplies wheelwrights and blacksmiths provisions and manufacturing supplies. Bids due February 3 4 1908 at 11 or 12 oclock noon. Dated January 21 22 1908. John V Coggey Commissioner.
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Department OF Street Cleaning
Park Row
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Manhattan
The
Bronx
Brooklyn
Foster Crowell
Department OF
Department OF Correction
East Twentieth Street
City of
New York
Commissioner of Correction
Ohn V. Coggey
U. S Army
Whitehall Street
New York City
N. Y
War Department
Washington
A. L. Smith
U. S. Army
City Fire and Police Departments Invite Coal and Supplies Bids
The New York Fire Department seeks sealed bids by February 3 1908 for 1200 tons of anthracite coal for East River fireboats 2500 tons for North River boats and 2000 tons for Bronx companies with full details in the City Record Police Department calls for sealed bids by February 6 1908 for horse equipment harness and stable supplies and 40 tons of coal pine kindling and sawed wood with full particulars in City Record Bingham ads posted January 23 1908.
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Fire Department
City of
New York
North River
Bronx
The
Francis 3
Luxntry
City OF New York
Mulberry Street
Borough of
Manhattan
Police Department
Central Department
Theodore A. Bingham
Dissolution Proceeding for Ladies Bikur Cholim Society
A special term of the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan on January 21 1908 ordered the Ladies Bikur Cholim Society dissolved unless parties with an interest show cause by February 19 1908. Judge Joseph E Newburger presided and Hugo S Mack represented the petitioners. Publication of the order is directed in the New York Times and New York Law Journal for three weeks.
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NEW York Supreme Court
Third Judicial District
Ulster County
J. Edward Simmons
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles A. Shaw
Board of Water Supply
City
Nw York
City of New York
Hurley
New York
Ashokan Reservoir
Edgar L. Fursman
Edward H. Nicoll
Charlies B. Cox
Court House
Kingston
County of
Ulster
Supreme Court of
State of
Francis Key Pendleton
Hall of Records
New York City
Supreme Court
Borough of
Manhattan
Joseph E. Newburger
Ladies Bikurcholim Society
Ettie Brandon
Anita Piza
Ida A. Muck
Henrietta Jacobson
Ladies Bikur Cholim Society
Hugo S. Mack
Sol. Klein, Esq
Broadway
County of New York
New Yor Times
New York Law Journal
Justice Supreme Court
Beekman Street
Borough of Manhattan
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Cornell Football Coaches
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Madison Sq. Garden
Audio America
Coles
Fasig-Tipton CO
Larchmont Y. C. Marksman
Scholz
P. S. A. L. Tourney
Automobile Notes
Trotters
Broka
Astor Place
Fourth Ave
N.Y
Hockey Leagues
Tual
Tals
Intermann
Old Crow
Hark
HH. B. Kirk & CO
New York, N.Y
American Caramel Co
Common American Gas and Con Co
Preferred American Glue Co
Union Copper
Standard Oil
Amalgamated
Watch Union Copper
Richard J. Burton & CO
Bankers & Brokers
Congress Street
Board of Assessors
Richmond
Bidwell Avenue
Livermore Avenue
Wootey Avenue
Watchogue Road
Indiana Avenue
Demorest Avenue
Columbus Place
Indian Avenue
Garrison Avenue
Don Avenue
Wooley Avenue
Lathrop Avenue
Fisk Avenue
Wooley
Leonard Avenue
Jewett
State OF New York
Secretary of State
O. P. Davis & Brothers
I. S
James L. Whalen
Augusta Arsenal
Augusta
Georgia
Augusta Ayeagnal