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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
16
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Lost and found notices list a Central Trust Company certificate No 1250 for Lot 89 preferred stock of United Rubber Company in name of John H Price Jr or bearer. Also a ladies Tiffany watch with serpent fob. Additional items include lost Jerome Street photo films and prints from auto, rewards offered. Classifieds advertise furnished rooms for board and lodging with telephone references across Manhattan and Brooklyn, plus employment ads for clerical positions and hotel staff.
A dozen advertisements seek agents to sell accident and health insurance, managers and bookkeepers for import houses, clerks for advertising firms, an office boy, an architect or draughtsmen, a real estate assistant, a watchmaker, and an architectural draughtsman. Locations include Times Building New York Broadway Union Square and 275 5th Avenue.
A dense list of classified want ads for females and males. Listings include care of invalids, dressmaking, maid service, nurse positions, seamstress, stenographer, accountant, investigator, bookkeeper, chauffeur, chemist, coachman, high school helper, salesman, tutor, and college graduate seeking work. Named addresses and contact preferences appear throughout.
The Army plans a seven mile auto road from Sandy Hook through the government reservation to Highland Beach to serve officers and guests. Bids open at Fort Hancock at noon for yellow shingle construction. Officials deny auto use but indicate it will feature special automotive qualities along the New Jersey coast.
Eugene B. Watt was arrested and arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Watt operated at 378 Broadway, advertising a plan that promised $100 to $300 a week with only $1 needed as evidence of good faith. The complaint includes a circular Watt circulated nationwide offering two free samples and claiming no capital beyond the dollar.
Albany reports the legislature met in extraordinary session to weigh charges against Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker. The Senate voted to defer action for a week to study jurisdiction, while the Assembly concurred, despite GOP opposition, with Democrats aiding the delay.
Justice and Mrs. Warren B Hooker faced feared losses from the Fredonia National Bank collapse. They held real estate and oil interests and modest deposits, with possible stockholder losses if funds are raised to cover liabilities. An effort to marshal stockholder funds to resume operations began this afternoon.
Mrs. Jessie M Brinsmade testifies that Charles Lyman Brinsmade was insane at marriage in 1898 and that she faced his erratic behavior including sitting in the dark in Paris. Witness William K Delano recalls Brinsmade as nervous irritable and argumentative. Trial continues tomorrow.
John W. Wooten filed yesterday for a venue change in the Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum. He faces an indictment with Armitage Mathews and Samuel Ferguson over the Weisell estate administration. Wooten argues publicity taints a fair county trial. the District Attorney is said to have exceeded authority. The judge denied the motion and ordered trial to proceed here.
The sale touts 300 brownish suits marked down to 15 dollars from 22 to 28 dollars. Young men’s sizes 32 33 34 chest also brownish mixes at 12 dollars. Also a sale on fancy risle socks at 25 cents with 15573 pairs. Stores listed near Broadway 258 842 1260 Warren Street 13th Street 32nd Street opposite City Hall and Union Square locations.
The case of Yetta Green is cited as a diphtheria antitoxin death controversy. Dr. Russell and others question antitoxin safety while Dr. Delafield defends it as the only cure. A Department of Health official avoids naming. Autopsy by Dr. Lehane attributes death to fear and excitement, not antitoxin.
The city sold property at 170 Second Avenue for 26.10 in back taxes by error, charging the wrong lot. The charge was canceled, and the sale was halted while other missionary society parcels went to auction. Back taxes totaled 350000 with additional franchise tax payments.
The West Side Young Men's Christian Association in West Fifty seventh Street plans a grillroom on a lower floor with no bar and a billiard room on the floor above. Secretary Walter Diack says the aim is to make the building a more social club while preserving the association's purposes.
Mrs. Mollie Meisel of 200 Hopkins Street Williamsburg was moved yesterday from Eastern District Hospital to her home after being shot twice by a burglar a month ago. A bullet remains lodged in her right lung despite attempts to remove it, as her condition worsened each time.
In Jefferson Market Police Court Magistrate Baker will sign an order this morning releasing Patrick Melody. The Irish patriot Melody's release follows on the Workhouse application presented by Lawser Michael O'Sullivan who stated he hoped his appeal would support Melody’s release.
The De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company reports last night indicate the steamship Bermudian, which departed New York at 11:30 yesterday for Bermuda, was 120 miles south of Sandy Hook at 9 o'clock. Foggy but clearing.
A New York Harmony Military Band performs tonight in Madison Square Park with a second concert by Buhl’s Military Band at Fish Park. The programs feature brass ensembles and patriotic selections.
Commissioner McAdoo announced a special squad under Roundsman William Maher to arrest youths and men who light firecrackers in the streets. The nuisance, persisting since early this year despite two police orders, prompted the new plan.
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