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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
6
A vivid holiday sales pitch promotes a store as the world’s greatest sporting goods source. It touts outdoor gear from golf bags to cocktail shakers and wobbler bass balls, promising doorstep delivery this week.
Abercrombie and Fitch markets a sport outfit floor for men featuring golf, tennis, fishing, canoeing and camping gear. Items include tennis flannel trousers, white linen golf suits, and various shirts, hats and shoes for country and outdoor use with prices ranging from 2.25 to 35.00 dollars.
An itemized list shows prices for camping gear and outdoor equipment. Waterproof tents, mattresses, cocktail shakers, thermos sets, suitcases, pipes, rifles, traps, wheels, poker sets, and in floor games with varying prices from several vendors.
The ad promotes a wide range of women’s wear including suits skirts shirts hats and boots. It highlights linen crash suits khaki suits and skirts white tennis and golf skirts tweed and forestry skirts sport coats and various fabrics and materials. The message positions A F models as widely recognized. Prices range from a few dollars to about twenty dollars.
Albany June 28 The tentative conservation sections of a proposed new New York Constitution contemplate leasing state lands to supply municipal water and allow sale of forest preserve lands outside Adirondacks and Catskills with proceeds funding reforestation and private property purchases. The plan creates a constitutional Conservation Commission, headed by a governor-appointed commissioner, and includes citizen enforcement action and broader land use for public needs.
Special to The New York Times Washington June 2 General Felipe Angeles travels to Washington to deny ties to the Huerta led plot while Villista and Carrancista networks pressure investigations. Arrests of Huerta and Orozco loom as U.S. justice officials pursue suspected conspirators across border states and El Paso.
Elizabeth New Jersey June 28 Mrs Gustav Berwald 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Helberg of 618 Eleventh Avenue New York City was arrested charged with stealing 500 from her mother prior to eloping with Gustav Berwald of this city on Saturday They were held in bail of 1000 to await extradition The girl's father said he came from Germany to escape war service He claimed the missing money had been concealed under the carpet The bride denied knowledge of the money Bernard said he had 25 at the ceremony and spent it on clothes leaving less than two dollars when police searched him
Lightning struck Mrs. Mary Kesler in Woodbridge New Jersey last night setting her clothing on fire and tossing her baby from her arms. The infant escaped unharmed while Mr Kesler rushed to smother the flames with a tablecloth wrapping his wife in a protective improvised blanket.
A Cedar Grove club named Nothing Club was formed to give concerts and entertainments at county institutions. Its badge reads A smile to be worn on all occasions and members pledge to give what they can to make people happy without any material reward.
Garment workers propose Mayor Mitchel or Louis Brandeis as arbiter to settle five year old protocol disputes with the Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers association. They demand a working agreement with a minimum wage, equal work distribution and dispute methods while urging peace.
Admiral T B Howard reports from the Gulf of California squadron that Yaqui Valley is quiet Mexican troops guard the American colony and no imminent attack by the rebels is seen despite earlier reports. He denies marines landed on the Sonora coast and notes stable relations with Himee and others.
In Harrison New Jersey William H Van Houten of Kearny reconciled with wife Florence Searaffs of Franklin Furnace after a dispute over custody of their two year old son William. After a Saturday abduction and a police hold, magistrate ruled the father could keep the child. The couple then decided to reunite.
Widow of Supreme Court Justice Willard Voorhees gives a large George Street tract to Rutgers College in memory of her husband who served as a Trustee. Rutgers to build new facilities funded by an unknown donor. Frontage along the Raritan extends about 55 feet. James Neilson recently donated two valuable tracts for college farm expansion.
Special Cable to The New York Times reports two thousand bags of beans shipped in bond for Monterey's poor. Twenty carloads of corn and beans departed for Mexico City this afternoon. General Lorez de Lara has been named Governor of Valle de Mexico, the former Federal district.
Officials fear for foreigners as Mexico City is cut off from Vera Cruz by Zapatista insulated lines. Carranza forces move to the capital amid reports of hunger and siege, with naval steps and diplomatic efforts to reach the city.
Justice Shearn questioned the legality of Mrs Kathleen Onffrey’s commitment to the House of the Good Shepherd under a writ of habeas corpus. He criticized the secret magistrate hearing and warned of a dangerous precedent, demanding investigation into why she lacked counsel and why the proceedings proceeded without transparency.
The court directs Mrs Oaffrey be returned to the institution and granted access to see her children as often as she wishes. The defendant notes he will not now recount the merits but will conduct a thorough investigation later.
Dutch export ban on horses fails to stop smuggling as German buyers pay high prices. smugglers use night crossings and scouts to move herds, horses confiscated and breeders subsidized by the state, with penalties varying by case.
In Franklin New Jersey on June 28 Michael Gozluk 36 died after a dispute over borrowed money with Paul Koswick. Gozluk went to Koswicks home to collect the debt and was stabbed in the stomach when Koswick emerged with a butcher knife. He died two hours later at a local hospital. An alert has been issued for Koswick.
John W McNarmara of Sta Coom Wisconsin responds to an ad to settle the estate of his sister Jennie E McNarmara who died last October in Elizabeth Oak Street. Surrogate Parrot sent full particulars advising consent to his brother's settlement.
Mrs Minnie Moore Wilson and her husband have championed Seminole affairs for twenty years. She reports starvation among Seminoles in Florida after a vetoed land bill and displaced living near Lake Okeechobee. She cites failed aid from the Legislature and Governor Trammell’s opposition, noting only a minority support. She mentions a Washington Birthday oration by the Governor and a Grady speech reprint triggering public interest.
Betty the roller skating bear at Vailesvurga Amusement Park in South Oranke Avenue, New Ark, startled a crowd of hundreds when it jumped from the stage at the end of the act. Kenny A. Miller, the bear’s rider, cornered and recaptured the animal after it slipped from his grip. No injuries were reported as police arrived to quell the commotion.
June 28 report notes Warren County farmers expect a large peach crop this year as trees are well filled and June drop is light. Recent rains aid growth. corn is knee high. first hay cut completed. Grapes, raspberries, and blackberries expected plentiful.
The fragment expresses a plea for relief for the needy and critiques conditions affecting the common citizen, referencing suffering and the urgency to aid the vulnerable. It hints at a broader social or political debate on welfare or public responsibility.
Abraham Z. Ratner, advisor and friend of General Victoriano Huerta, states the U S government has nothing to justify detaining Huerta at Fort Bliss or elsewhere. Ratner cites a telegram claiming Huerta and Orozco were praised during a bend in El Paso, and Urquidi welcomes the detention as closing Huerta's Mexican role.
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