Novel Occupation in Bloomfield Women Repair School Books
A Bloomfield New Jersey school board trial shows women repairing and rebinding used textbooks each summer to save taxpayer money. The article details methods, costs, and the preservation of books, noting the practice could expand nationally as a summer occupation for women.
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Bloomfield
N. J
United States
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
McKinley
Asia
Australasia
America
Europe
Gleanings on baths and a Louisville economist
In Japan daily public bath use dwarfs Western habits, as 800000 to 1,000,000 Tokyo residents visit public baths daily. A tiny parasol called paraluna, valued at $19, is used by a Swageer female motor fiend. Miss Anna Pritchitt of Louisville, aged 25, is named to the Wellesley economics chair as the youngest faculty member.
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Japan
America
England
Swageer
Anna Pritchitt
Louisville
Wellesley
Envlope style dresses popular for easy washing
Pretty little dresses buttoned under the arms or in en velope style are in vogue, offering simplicity and laundering ease when made from washable materials. They involve little labor and provide practical fashion.
Pattern for Childs Blue Chambray Dress With Embroidery
Vintage notice advertises a child dress pattern from New-York Tribune. It describes blue chambray fabric with white embroidery, lists yardage for sizes 6 8 30 and 12 years, and notes pattern No. 6053. Patterns mailed for 19 cents, with optional extra stamps for quicker postal delivery.
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New-York Tribune
Two Rival Committees Named Over 4 Per Cent Bonds
Wall Street was puzzled by the formation of two committees to protect the interests of holders of Southern Indiana Railway Company 4 percent fifty year bonds after a default on August 4. Anton G. Hodenpyl chairs one panel with members from original bond houses and claims broad bondholder support for $1,690,000 in bonds. George W. Young chairs the rival group, calling it the Simon Pure committee, with only a small share of bondholders represented.
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Wall Street
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Anton G. Hodenpy
Hodenpyl
George W. Young
Windsor Trust Company
Simon Pure
Wells Fargo Co Election Elects New Directors
Wells Fargo stockholders re elected directors with Par sons dead and Lovett resigning. H W De Forest and A K Van Deventer join the board. Zimmerman becomes secretary treasurer. Dudley Evans reports net earnings for year ended July 31 about 4 million, up from 4313.94 the prior year, a 3.92 percent return amid a weak market.
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Wells, Fargo & Co
H. B. Parsons
Judge Lovett
H. W. de Forest
A. K. van Deventer
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Mail Company
Harriman
A. W. Zimmerman
J. B. Parsons
Dudley Evans
Cotton market quiet after bear attack and Livermore chatter
The local cotton market was quiet after the prior day’s wild action led to a 43 point drop in the October option. Opinions split on J. L. Livermore’s fate with some saying he was down and out, others believing he cleared at least 1400 dollars. He offered no clear stance, smiling at questions while brokers claimed his August and September positions remained long.
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J. L. Livermore
Mr. Livermore
Bay State Gas Stock Draws Big Curb Market Attention
In Boston markets Bay State Gas, also called National Stock, dominated the Curb yesterday with heavy trading. Prices moved from 3% down to 2% and back to 2 1 2, closing near 2 1 2. A noon dip to 2 1 2 followed active buying, then fluctuations to 3% before the day ended. Separately, Judge Putnam ordered transfer of remaining Bay State Gas Company funds to the National Shawmut Bank for the receiver, totaling 212,1469, to be held on deposit subject to court countersignature. Remaining funds stay under Massachusetts jurisdiction for claims settlement.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Bay State Gas
Yukon
Boston
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
George Wharton Pepper
National Shawmut Bank
Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Massachusetts
Jamaica
P. S
New York
Philadelphia
National Stock
Bay State
Stock Exchange
Cunard Plans for Ports May Shift From Queenstown
London reports Cunard Steamship Company managers refuse to confirm or deny plans to abandon Queenstown as a port of call in favor of Plymouth. The post office has not agreed to changes and the government may resist nationalist backlash. Probable move to Channel ports to boost Continental passenger traffic. STEEL MILL TO RUN DAY AND NIGHT. Cleveland Aug 13. Empire rolling mills to resume full staffing August 17 and operate around the clock.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Queenstown
Plymouth
STEEL
Cleveland
Empire Rolling Mills
Continental Limited gets one hour faster to St Louis
The West Shore Railroad announced the Continental Limited will run one hour quicker between New York and St. Louis starting Sunday. No change to departure time from New York.
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ST. Louis
West Shore Railroad
New York
Canadian Pacific Strikers Paid In Winnipeg Aug 13
Winnipeg reports a quarter million dollars paid today to Canadian Pacific Railway strikers with over two thousand men at the Merchants Bank. Including other West points the total distributed nears $1,090,000 while a meeting with shop employes on the Canadian Northern system addressed a possible May 1 schedule violation. An incident on a transcontinental CP train saw a Pullman coach windowless from thrown missiles and a rail removed on the Winnipeg Beach line just as an excursion train prepared to depart, narrowly avoided by track crews.
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C. P
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Merchants’ Bank
Canadian Northern
Brandon
Broadview
Winnipeg Beach
Cuba & Eastern receivership harms Boston finance
The Cuba & Eastern Railroad receivership grips Boston as prominent financiers, underwriters, bondholders and stockholders across the railroad and subsidiaries like Cuba Hardwood Company and Santa Cecelia Sugar are drawn into suits for failing to meet notes amid claims of misrepresentation, drawing in local investors due to liberal underwriting terms.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Cuba & Eastern Railroad
Cuba Hardwood Company
Santa Cecelia Sugar Company
National Stock and the public fight against the System
A first person trader explains a bold campaign for National Stock aimed at overpowering the System. He details massive early interest, bids from San Francisco to Boston, and planned staged price advances to lure buyers while ensuring profitable exits for sellers.
Drummers in Session at 5000 Travellers Convention
Five thousand commercial travellers convene in New York for a two day session. They plan a Manhattan Beach excursion and an evening show at the Liberty Theatre. The event is led by the Commercial Travellers Interstate Congress with welcome addresses by McGowan and Metz and speeches by Rice Gray Harwood Clink Reynolds Hirsch Walsh Eastmond Clews Simmons Williams.
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Manhattan Beach
Liberty Theatre
Commercial Travellers’ Interstate Congress
United Travellers of America
Travellers’ Protective Association
Merchants’ Association
Lafayette Street
Herman A. Metz
McGowan
C. W. Rice
United Commercial Travellers
H. O. Gray
The
John 8. Harwood
D. C
Rock Island Stocks Plunge On Receivership Rumor
Break in Rock Island shares follows renewed talk of a pending receivership. Rock Island common opens at 1513, closes at 17, down 1 1/2 points. preferred slides from 361/2 to 334 1/2, down 2 1/2 points. St Louis & San Francisco railroad stock also falls amid note maturity fears, while officials deny immediate plans. Hallgarten loan renewed for six months with option to extend pending unpaid balance.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Common
Rock Islands
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Rock Island Company
Hallgarten & Co
Son of Torpedo Inventor Sued in Supreme Court
Mrs Myra C Sims wife of Ernest L Sims son of Winfield Scott Sims inventor of the Sims torpedo and rapid fire gun has sued in the Supreme Court at Trenton for 10000 damages alleging a conspiracy to alienate her husband’s affections Co defendants include Mrs Josephine Sims Grace Northrup and John W Northrup The suit claims her husband deserted her on April 30 193 and left May 16 returning for a week before again leaving She has not heard from him since and lives with her father in Newark.
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Myra C. Sims
Ernest L. Sims
Winfield Scott Sims
Supreme Court
Trenton
Sims
Josephine Sims
Grace Northrup
John W. Northrup
Politician, ex-Assemblyman Butler linked in Mara case
Patrolman John J. Mara, once dismissed and later reinstated, testified against ex-Assemblyman Richard J. Butler in Jefferson Market court. Mara claimed Butler abused him at Eighth Avenue and 24th Street. Butler was discharged and to press charges against Mara.
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John J. Mara
Department
Edward Reardon
Wasserman
Droege
Jefferson Market Court
Richard J. Butler
Butler
Mara
Eighth Avenue
24Th Street
Police Court Upheld Shooting of Unleashed Dogs
Dr Walter Bensel and Friel appeared as charges were pressed by Charles Fendt over Policeman Fitzpatrick’s alleged killing of a Dalmatian. The case questioned health department orders to shoot unleashed dogs, with magistrate Corrigan dismissing the complaint. The ASPCA protested the order as cruel, urging enforcement to be returned to the society. licensed dogs could be redeemed by owners.
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Walter Bensel
Friel
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
West Side
John J. Fitzpatrick
Charles Fendt
No. 97
West 19St Street
Fitzpatrick
Health Department
Bensel
Board of Health
Corrigan
Board of Managers
The
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Grieving Father Kills Children Then Self Inflicts Wounds
Los Angeles dispatch reports H J Dufty a sixty year old religious fanatic killed his son and daughter with an axe and then wounded himself with a razor. After beheading his son and fatally maiming his daughter, he fled to his wife's home where he slaughtered his daughter then slashed his own throat. He had earlier bought cemetery plots and a coffin for himself, and gravestones were placed for him and his children.
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Los Angeles
H. J. Dufty
Duffy
Frederick
Dufty
Woman Bookkeeper Heir to 500000
Reading Mass August 13 Miss Maria C Shepard head bookkeeper for G J D Arcy has fallen heir to 500000 from the 3500000 estate of her uncle Dr A Warner Shepard late county physician of Brooklyn She will keep right on at her regular work as though she had no fortune Other heirs include Dr Luther Shepard Allen R Shepard Edward O Shepard Katherine M Shepard Edith R and Ralph L Shepard of Newburyport and Springfield
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Tribune
Reading
Mass
Maria C. Shepard
G. J. D'Arcy
A. Warner Shepard
Brooklyn
Edward O. Shepard
Katherine M. Shepard
Newburyport
Edith R
Ralph L. Shepard
Springfield
Lackawanna Freight Service Opens East River Station
The Lackawanna Railroad will establish a daily float freight service from a new double pier at Catharine Street on the East River starting September 1. The East Side section, rich with industries, benefits from the railroad's growth and the new station is seen as a necessary expansion to accommodate increased business.
Judgments Filed Yesterday Debtor Names Listed
Judgments were filed yesterday with the first name shown as the debtor. The notice records names in order, indicating the sequence of debtors and related filing details for public record.
Bank of England Weekly Return Highlights Mixed Movements
London August 13 The Bank of England weekly return shows reserves up £566000 and bullion up £493000 while circulation falls £373000 and other deposits rise £166900. Public deposits dip £98000 as government securities stay level and the discount rate remains at 2 1 2 percent. The reserve to liabilities ratio climbs to 5920 percent from 4860 percent last week and to 5050 percent versus 46 percent year ago.
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London
Bank of England
Outside securities market sees irregular action with mixed gains
The market for outside securities showed an irregular trend from the open with some strength fading under pressure on active shares. Bay State Gas traded heavily and faded after a brief rise. Nevada Consolidated dropped sharply before rebounding. Cobalt Central advanced to a new high. United Copper fell.
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Bay State Gy
Chicago
British Columbia
Cumberland
Ely
Nevada
Bankrupt Petitions Filed in U S District Court
Voluntary bankruptcy filings include William Pierpoint Jr of Yonkers listing liabilities of 7 71842 and assets 3 83878 with stock horses and accounts receivable noted. Involuntary against John Scheepers Co, a bulb dealer, and voluntary for James Barton Key of Columbus Avenue with limited assets and several disputed claims. Jacob Margolis and others show varying liabilities and creditors with asset status and a large case involving a stock seizure by a receiver.
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United States District Court
William Pierpoint
Elm Street
Yonkers
N. Y
Jessie Pierpoint
William C. Pierpoint
John Scheepers
James Barton Key
Columbus Avenue
Maryland
Charles
Bishop
Mapin & Webb
England
Key
Densmore & Compton
Fifth Avenue
Jacob Margolis
Second Avenue
East Side
Fourteenth Street Bank
Margolis
Collateral Trust Notes Maturity 1918-22 Shown
Furnished by Swartwout and Appenzellar at No Pot street, the notes note maturities between 1918 and 1922. The brief item presents a financial instrument listing with a cited sponsor.
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Swartwout & Appenzellar
Pot Street
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Lackawanna Steel
Sh & M SO
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Norfolk & Western
Pub Ser Corp
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Len Weat
Else & Mtg Co
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