Lost items and rewards posted around 1953 city scene
Lost items include a lady's open-fate gold watch with chatelaine from 9th Street Madison Avenue, a silver mesh bag with money and keys, a lady's breastpin with opal, and several gold watches. Rewards offered. locations span 72nd Street, 125th Street, 14th Street near Steinway Hall, and various subway lines. Also numerous lodging ads and room listings near West Side and Madison Avenue.
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Lady's
9Th St. Madison Avy
South St. Crosstown
EL Co. Chadwick
West 104Th
Steinway Hall
Coronés
16Th St
Broadway
Academy of Music
Subway
Clark
West 82d
Navy Jobs Promised By Fraudulent Diving Company
Vice Chancellor Howell reopened a Jan. 7 decree in Newark NJ concerning the Petrie Deen Sea Diving Company. The United States Naval League alleged the firm was fraudulent and that naval officers were induced to buy stock with promotion promises. About 35000 was obtained. the decree allows the firm to answer the charges.
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Howell
Newark
N. J
Petrie Deen Sea Diving Company
United States Naval League
The
Petrie Deep Sea Diving Company
Help Wanted in Local Help Wanted Ads
Help wanted notices list male candidates for bookkeeper clerical roles and office assistants. Printing firm seeks bookkeeper with pay around $15. Office of manufacturing firm seeks neat polite boy to run errands with hours 8 45 to 6 daily and 1 on Saturdays, salary to commence at $4 weekly. Children choir voices sought for church training under choirmaster, Box 80 Times.
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West Side of City
Times Square
Carnegie Hall
Jan i , NI
New York
Modest Altschuler
MacDowell
Moscow
Isserliss
Wanted clerks and stenographers advertised in Times listings
Several help-wanted items appear. A clerk with neat appearance for statistical work is sought by Mercantile Reference Co. at 150 Nassau St. A suburban real estate salesman is needed by McCormack Real Estate Co. A secretary for a new corporation is wanted with small pay and strong references. A first class stenographer is offered $18 to $20 by Mercantile Reference Co. at Times Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call Mercantile Reference Co
Nassau St
H. G. van Worden
McCormack Real Estate Co
Broadway
Corporation
Times Square
Call
Mercantile Reference Co
Help Wanted in Many Trades at Hapgoods
Hapgoods lists job openings across jewelry, groceries, printing, lumber, and more with positions for bookkeepers, stenographers, and manufacturing chemists. Army recruiting ads seek unmarried men 18 to 35 for service in Cuba and the Philippines with multiple New York and Brooklyn addresses for information.
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Hapgoods
Cloak and Salt Department
Boonkeeper
D. i. Ee
Broadway
U. S. Army
United States
Cuba
Philippines
East 34Th St
Park Row
Cortlandt St
New York
Fulton St
Havemeyer &J
Brooklyn
Col Deems Goes Back to His Dog Riley at Fort Howard
Col Deems resumes command at Fort Howard after a War Department inquiry cleared his beloved fox terrier Riley. The Retiring Board found no mental derangement and noted Riley’s antics reflected a lonely army bachelor’s affection rather than fault in Deems.
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Riley
Fort Howard
Baltimore
Col. Beems
Col. Deems
War Department
War Office
Col
Deems
Iley
Roosevelt
Simmons Quits Water Board in Newark
J Edward Simmons banker and President of Newark's Board of Water Supply resigns, with Mayor McClellan accepting and requesting a list of nominees for successor. Simmons cites long service and Ashokan Dam contract discussions as factors, while the Mayor emphasizes no questions on his integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Simmons
Board of Water Supply
McClellan
Chamber of Commerce
Simmons
George B. McClellan
Newark
Ashokan Dam
Fire damages Nelson Morris plant in Kansas City Kan
A blaze in the canning department of Nelson Morris and Co on the Kaw River in Kansas City Kan caused an estimated loss of about half a million dollars. The plant was described as the city’s newest and most modern facility.
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Kansas City
Nelson Morris & Co
Kaw River
Kan
Partial list of property losses and values across multiple addresses
A garbled ledger lists losses and monetary amounts tied to numerous addresses including 268 8th Ave, 327 E 86th St, 115-35 Park St, 2d Ave corner 56 F, 11th St, and others. Several entries show specific sums such as 20, 700, 500, 20, 10, and 10 000, with various names like Abraham Greenberg and Morris Katz. Details are fragmentary and many entries lack dates or full identifiers.
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Jacob Meyer
Abraham Greenberg
Jones
Park St
Hamilton St
Gordon Levy
W. 16Th St
125Th St
B. Kearlman
Allen St
Morris Katz
Delancey St. Coker
F. 11Th St
Stempel & Harris
Grand St
Joseph Shaptro
45Th St
Taft River
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Goerck St
Richmond
Delays Hit New York Connecting Railroad Project
The New York Connecting Railroad faces a two year delay as land consents slow. Land prices have risen and about 80 percent of necessary property is secured. Public Service Board orders continued train service on the Third Avenue Elevated while Pennsylvanian and New Haven systems await through operation. Rea seeks extension of consents to February 28, 1910.
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New York
Raiilroad
Brooklyn
Queens
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Rea
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Jersey
Manhattan and
River Tunnels
Board of Estimate
Mr. Rea
Public Service Commission Orders 22 More Third Avenue Trains
The Public Service Commission ordered Interborough to run twenty two additional trains on the Third Avenue Elevated before February 10, after hearings by Commissioner Eustis. Trains increase Bronx Park Harlem Bronx Park City Hall South Ferry and Fort Forty-second Street service, with detailed time slots. A public hearing on the Fourth Avenue Brooklyn route ashland place to sackett street is set for February 18, contracts to be let afterward.
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Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Third Avenue
Eustis
Thirty-fourth Street
City Hall
South Ferry
Dee Oe
Forty-second Street
Bronx Park Service
Harlem
Forty Seccond Street
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Ashland Place
Fulton Street
Sackett Street
McCarroll
Fourth
Hartman Manufacturing Sues Water Company Over 1907 Fire
Hartman Manufacturing filed for 80000 damages against Interurban Water Company in Mount Vernon New York. Fire on February 27 1907 destroyed lumber yards and mills on West Lincoln Avenue. Suit cites poor water main pressure as cause of limited firefighting reach. Insurance companies reportedly urged the suit.
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Sues Water Company
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Hartman Manufacturing Company
Interurban Water Company
West Incoln Avenue
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Vita
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WEBER
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Eugene Onegin
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Lyceu le CM Theatre
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David Belas
Belasco’ Stuyvesant Evs
Payin Claso Warfield
Belasco Mate
Troma
Warrens Academy OF Me
St. Ria
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West 44Th St
BR Way
Virginia
Pricys
Wallace
Bway
20Th St
Telegram
Nursery and
Chili's Hospital
Waldorf-Astoria
Feho
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Fi Ave. Bank
Yorkvilte. Mat
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Charlie Howard Amat
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