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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
3
An advertisement extols Pond's Extract Soap as ideal for daily baths for babies, claiming it is gentle wholesome and capable of more than ordinary cleansers, appealing to parents seeking the best care for infants.
A playful ad copy extols Pond's Extract Soap as instilling a habit of cleanliness from infancy. It describes a baby waking, splashing, and emerging happy and fresh, urged to purchase from the druggist for a clean, sweet as a rosebud impression.
Long Island Railroad brakemen and ticket collectors push for higher pay based on mileage while the company argues it cannot afford the increase. Talks with Vice Grand Master Fitzpatrick and Supt. McCrea yielded cautious optimism for an agreement today. If unresolved, a strike could cripple summer traffic for thousands of Long Island residents and 1,200 daily trains.
The article notes possible rain this afternoon in New York and colder conditions tomorrow with more rain. The Weather Man, under government contract, predicts the shifts with caution. Yesterday's heat peaked at 84 degrees by 1 PM, remaining above 80 into the night, while five prostrations are reported and one man dies en route to Roosevelt Hospital after collapsing at Fiftieth Street and Eighth Avenue.
Thomas Walters, 54, of 146 Willis Avenue Bronx, who previously lost a fortune in a March stock plunge, slashed both wrists in his bathroom. His aunt Dorothy Beers found him. he was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition. Walters had a wholesale liquor business on East 138th Street and previously prospered before the losses.
Judge Holt of the U S District Court extended operations for twenty days for the Alcott and Weekes Company, makers of costumes at 2 East Forty sixth Street, with $2,000 worth of dresses on hand partly completed. The company’s troubles were blamed on last year’s Wall Street slump and March downturn as customers suffered stock losses and cut orders.
United States Senator Albert Beveridge of Indiana sailed from here to Europe aboard the Kron Prinz Wilhelm for several months. He rested at the Waldorf after a Monday night Oyster Bay visit with President Roosevelt about a proposed inheritance tax. In Europe he will study Germanys inheritance tax system to shape a bill for Congress next Fall. Rumors of a marriage to Miss Catherine Eddy of Chicago are unconfirmed.
Police Commissioner Bingham orders BR T special policemen to wear gray uniforms at Coney Island terminals amid rising rowdyism during the summer rush. Plain clothes officers face resistance from window seat hoppers who argue over seating and authority.
The Board of Aldermen and city officials plan a trip to Philadelphia to play ball with the Quaker City Councilmen. They will leave at 9 o clock this morning after a banquet and other activities. The Cr Fathers train departs Philadelphia at midnight. The team tried on uniforms in City Hall basement. some fit, some don’t, and others may return unused if players lack practice.
Capt. Johann Kock of Finland, a former Finnish Tirailleur officer now a revolutionary, details the Finnish Red Guards and the failed Helsingfors revolt. He fled by fishing smack to Sweden after the Czarevitch shelled islands, calling for a strong leader to unify the revolution.
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