Butler on Schools and civic duty praised at meeting
Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer hailed Dr Butler as an elder brother in education while Butler praised progress over the last decade. He urged preserving individual initiative amid economic change and stressed public policy belongs to dedicated educators. MacNulty and Willard described Hart's Island and Tombs school work with reform aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
A. C. MacNulty
Department of Correction
Hart's Island
David Willard
Tombs School
Do Not Forget the Sunshine Society Branch Report
Poem by L M Montgomery opens a notice urging kindness and service. Tribune Sunshine Society reports Manhattan Branch No 16 No 10 led by Mrs C V Dorsch, monthly meetings, extensive selfless work, 36 new articles for a bazaar, 26 garments sent to Nova Scotia, Thanksgiving dinner for a poor basements dwelling woman, aid for a dying woman, four new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
C. V. Dorsch
Sunshine
Nova Scotia
Minister Buck Dead After Illness During Hunt
Washington dispatch reports Japanese Foreign Affairs minister in Tokyo notified Secretary Hay that United States Minister to Japan Buck fell ill while on a hunting trip and died. A subsequent State Department cable confirmed the death of Buck and noted Ferguson of Tokyo delivered the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Hay
Tokio
Buck
United States
Japan
Ferguson
Connecticut State Auditor Noyes Dies at 71 in Home
Plexy Noyes, aged seventy one, former Connecticut State Auditor under Governor George E. Lounsbury, died at his home. He was descended from Rhode Island Revolutionary War Lt. Col. Thomas Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plexy
Connecticut
George E. Lounsbury
Mr. Noyes
Thomas Noyes
Rhode Island
Fraunces Tavern preservation hailed at Washington tribute
Governor Odell and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society marked the 118th anniversary of Washingtons Farewell with a Fraunces Tavern memorial reunion. Speakers praised Washington and the Revolution, urging continued citizenship education and preservation efforts as plans for a December public hearing unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Odell
Woman's Auxiliary
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Fraunces Tavern
George Washington
Fraunces’ Tavern
Cantor
William Brookfield
Emil L. Boas
Low
St. Clair McKelway
Morris K. Jesup
M. Fay Peirce
N. Taylor Phillips
Fay Pierce
Brookfield
Mary V. B.vanderpoel
Robert Hoe
H Villard
S. V. White
Charles Rint
Washington Continental Guard
Vanderpoel
Boas
J. S. Marin
S. M. Blatchpapkeames W. Henning
Payson Errili
Chenille Lamp Shades Fashion Chic and Dainty
Chenille appears widely this season for lamp shades as pinked white china silk bases gain by pink fall over silk. Bead weights secure chenille stripes while twisted rope strands knot at the shade neck creating a chic dainty glow through the light.
President Receives War Nurses in White Dress Parade
President Roosevelt welcomed nearly a hundred Spanish War Nurses at the White House and later Secretary Root at the War Department. Secretary Root praised soldiers who wear their uniforms only in duty, while appreciating the nurses in off duty attire. The group also visited Secretary Hay and other officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Spanish War Nurses’ Association
Root
War Department
Secretader
Hay
Canaryce Extinction Named in Playful Exchange
In a fragmented dialogue a teacher and two children discuss a canary, mocking the idea of extinction as a playful exchange. The garbled text suggests a child, Little Bessie, naming the bird and Teacher-Dick questioning what bird it is, ending with a garbled note about the canary being called extinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Ornament and style in the home and nursery trends
The piece argues ornaments define a room’s character and critiques modern overcollection and babycare shifts. It notes brass and copper items add warmth, while Western and immigrant wares become decorative, contrasting precious fetishes with the drab, utilitarian baby carriage replacing past femininity.
Ornate Bed Tickings Name Designs and Names
The article notes a seasonal rise in ornate bed tickings with designs inspired by bed chamber publicity and apartment living. It cites patterns bearing names like Alice Evangeline The Baroness and Kate Greenaway with tiny landscapes in Japanese motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Evangeline
Baroness
Kate Greenaway
Man’s Work Shirt Pattern with Shield No 4297
The New York Tribune offers pattern No 4297 for a workman’s shirt with shield. Suitable for chest sizes 34 to 44 inches, it requires about 6 yards of material for medium size and costs 10 cents plus optional 2 cents extra for mailing. Include breast measurement when ordering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Holiday novelties in brass, glassware and silks
Seen in the shops a parade of Christmas gifts including dog and cat andirons in polished brass, gold handkerchief bags, Turkish coffee cups in silver frames, umbrella handles with amethysts, and smokers sets in brass and silver. Silk opera glass bags, roped with rhinestones, and gauze fans with cat and dog motifs accompany cut glass jugs, decanters, and rose bowls.
Striking Art Nouveau Wallpapers Highlight Nature Scenes
The showcase features wallpaper designs including a winding orchard path and a meadow by a lake with boats. A grass cloth design adds charm as a novelty. Roses in an arbor with clouded skies and Easter lilies under a vast sky form two of the year’s most beautiful ideas.
New York Legislative League Renames Itself
Delegates meet at Tuxedo Hall as Mrs Trow argues women are far from ready for ballot rights while noting past crookedness in Brooklyn. Mrs Blake counters with cautions on charges. Emilie Bullowa lectures on prudent money and wills as the group votes to drop city from its title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Trow
New York Legislative League
Tuxedo Hall
League For Political Education
Brooklyn
Emilie M. Bullowa
LL. B
The
League
Lady Bachelor of Laws
City
Alumni Meeting Debates Board of Trustees Plan
An unusually large audience attended the executive committee meeting of the Associated Alumni of the Normal College in the college library. They discussed creating a separate board of trustees with alumna representation. No vote was taken, and no conclusion reached. An adjourned meeting is planned for next week. Dr Elizabeth Jarrett urged a public statement, but the group will proceed cautiously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Alumni of
the Normal College
Elizabeth Jarrett
Association
Snow Festival at Waldorf Astoria Promises Notable Display
The Pascal Institute hosts a snow festival this afternoon and evening at the Waldorf Astoria, expected to be the prettiest event of its kind this year, drawing keen observers and attendees known to follow Pascal Institute events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascal Institute
Waldorf- Astoria
Christmas boxes head for Indian women and children
The Christmas box for the Indian women's branch at Leslie South Dakota led by Mrs Eunice Warner has started its long journey. The holiday box for the Indian children at the Roa Training School in Cherokee North Carolina led by Mrs H V Spray will leave by freight today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
S. D
Eunice Warner
Roa Training School
Cherokee
N. C
H. V. Spray
Thanks to flower donors and aid to Sullivan County families
Mr. Jerome expresses gratitude for numerous beautiful flowers sent to him at the Flower Hospital and notes the ward shared their fragrance. He also mentions warm flannels for a rheumatic patient and materials for a new quilt for a poor Sullivan County family in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Flower Hospital
Sullivan County
N. Y
Cheer Contributions Gathered for Country Branch Programs
Yesterday's donations included a New Jersey suit and ruff from Mrs. L. E. Reinhart, scrapbooks pictures from a Washington donor, braids for fancy work from Miss Lindsly, a shoulder shawl and pictures from Miss Isabelle Macfarlane of Saratoga County, two dozen Christmas bags for Little Mothers, and silk bags sachets pen wipers and needle books from Miss Mary McLean. A generous supply of sunshine from Mrs. F. B Watrous filled two boxes, plus a large parcel of unfinished quilt work novels and bound books from Anna A. Baker of Pawling. Frances E. Haviland of Passaic sent six cretonne Little Mothers bags and four holiday books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Reinhart
New Jersey
Lindsly
Washington
Isabelle Macfarlane
Saratoga County
N. Y
Hurlbut
Hornersville
Mary McLean
Florida
F. B Watrous
Green Island
Anna A. Baker
Pawling
Frances E. Haviland
Passaic
N. J
Fashionable Paris inspired wrappings and hats dominate early wear
The piece describes evolving gown wraps with minimal shoulder coverage, printed fabrics from Paris in green and black tones, and new headwear trends. It highlights the Glengarry toque, fur accents, exotic borders, and a cow plateau bonnet style. Further notes cover Astrakhan tube alternatives to fur, silk embroideries on waists, grape motifs, Egyptian inspired whites, and a weatherproof paper straw hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pyrenées
Astrakhan
Business Women's Festival At New-York Club Rooms
Half the business women from near the Post Office attended the Festival of the Holidays hosted yesterday by the New York Business Women's Club at Faltoast rooms. They were joined by men friends. Seven booths decorated for the holidays Fourth of July Easter Christmas Halloween New Year Thanksgiving and Labor Day drew a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
Princesses vote to join German Princely Women society
A Cassel meeting of princesses voted to join the Society of German Princely Women for the Elevation and Promotion of Social Morality. Present were Duchess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig Holstein Dowager Princess of Waldeck Pont and Landgravine Amalie of Hesse P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cassel
Society of
Friedrich Ferdinand
Schleswig-Holstein
Waldeck-Pont
Amalie
Hesse-P
Death of United States Minister Buck at Tokyo hunt
United States Minister Alfred Elijah Buck died this morning in Yokohama during a duck hunt. Suspected causes are apoplexy or heart failure. Buck, born 1832 in Foxcroft Missouri, had a long Civil War career, later serving as U S marshal in Georgia, minister to Japan, and influential Republican figure. Burial plans place him at Arlington. Mrs Buck believed in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Washington
Arlington
United States
Tokyo
State Department
Yokohama
Mr. Buck
Tokio
Alfred Elijah Buck
Foxcroft
Waterville College
Colby University
Lewiston High School
Mains Volunteers
Mississippi
Fort Bleckley
Mobile
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mobile Harbor
Atlanta
United States Circuit and District Courts
Georgia
Japan
Alabama
Georgia Republican Central Committee
Tecumseh Iron Company
Wilson Ridge Ore Company
South Atlanta Land Company
McKinley
Helen B. Baker
Maine
Dow founder of Dow Jones dies in Brooklyn home
Charles H. Dow, founder of Dow Jones & Co and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, died at his Lefferts Place residence in Brooklyn from cerebral thrombosis. He leaves a widow, two daughters, and a mother. funeral set for tomorrow at 4 p.m. with Rev. Dr Cadman officiating. burial in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Dow
Wall Street
Dow, Jones & Co
Wall Street Journal
Lefferts Place
Brooklyn
William Goodbody
Ireland
Mr. Dow
Connecticut
Springfield Republican
Samuel Bowles
New York
Providence
Press
The
Star
Providence Journal
Leadville
Mail and Express
Cyrus W. Field
Dow
Kiernan
Edward D. Jones
Charles M. Bergstrasser
New-York Stock Exchange
Goodbody, Glyn & Dow
War veteran and railroad official dies in Yonkers
William Henry Walsh, traveling passenger agent for the New York Central Railroad, dies at St Josephs Hospital Yonkers from a tumor on the drain. Born Detroit 184? he served in the Civil War as a drummer boy with the 16th Michigan and later in Custers cavalry. He lived in Tuckahoe with his widow and three sons Norval J William H and Custer F Walsh. Funeral at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Yonkers today at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Walsh
New York Central Railroad
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Yonkers
Tuckahoe
Detroit
Mich
16Th Regiment
Michigan
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Custer
General Eastern
Norval J
William H
Custer F. Welsh
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Frank R. Hibbard Dies in Brooklyn Noted Church Elder
Frank R. Hibbard, buyer for Garner & Co. and elder of Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, died at his home 156 Tompkins Ave. Born in Rondout, N Y in 1851, he had long resided in Brooklyn. He leaves a widow and one son. Funeral at the church today at p.m. Burial in Cypress Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Hibbard
Garner & Co
Manhattan
Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Tompkins Ave
Rondout
Cypresa Hills
Franklin Babcock Noyes Dies in Stonington Railroad Official
Franklin Babcock Noyes of Stonington Connecticut, once a prominent secretary general ticket agent and paymaster for the New York Providence and Boston Railroad, died today from apo...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Babcock Noyes
Stonington, Conn
New England
New York, Providence and
Boston Railroad Company
Apo
Purdy dies ex Chicago Public Works Commissioner
Chicago obituary notes the death of William H. Purdy ex Commissioner of Public Works. He arrived in Chicago from Baltimore in 1857 and served as assistant superintendent of machinery for the Illinois Central Railroad before his appointment as Commissioner under Carter Harrison and De Witt Cregier. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs Frank W. Baker of Benton Harbor Michigan and Mrs Philip E Harroun of Berkeley California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H. Purdy
Purdy
Baltimore
Illinois Central Railroad
Carter H. Harrison
de Witt C. Cregier
Frank W. Baker
Benton Harbor
Mich
Philip E. Harroun
Berkeley, Cal
Bronx businessman Alonzo Carr Dies of Apoplexy at 72
Alonzo Carr aged 72 of No East 136th Street was found dead in his Bronx home from apoplexy. A longtime hay and feed dealer, Carr built offices in the borough and was a wealthy active Democrat. He enjoyed cycling and remained active until yesterday and belonged to the Morris Forth Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Carr
Bronx
Mr. Carr
The
Morris Imen
Deaths of Kilby Reynolds Sibley Orbeson Kumlein
News brief from multiple places reports the death of William Kilby Reynolds a noted newspaper man former editor of The St John Progress publisher of The St John Freeman and founder of The New Brunswick Magazine in St John New Brunswick Abial W Sibley longtime Christian Advent Society officer died in Boston at 69 Ellen Orbeson widow of John Harris former US consul at Venice and Confederate nurse died in Florence Ludwig Kumlein Milton College professor of natural history and author died in Milton Wisconsin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John, N. B
William Kilby Reynolds
Boston
Abial W. Sibley
Christian Advent Society
Relief Hospital
Florence
Italy
Ellen Orbeson
John Harris
United States Cousul
Venice
Milton
Wis
Ludwig Kumlein
Milton College
Sues Old Guard To Get Back
Henry H. Brewster formerly of the Old Guard sues 5S. Ellis Briggs and others for reinstatement, claiming expulsion Nov. 3 without notice after paying dues since 1893. He seeks 10000 dollars and says the suit stems from a personal grievance and misunderstanding. Captain J W Aspell dismisses the matter as driven by personal grievance with no wider issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Brewster
The
Old Guard
Ellis Briggs
Brewster
Justice Fitzgerald
J. W. Aspell
Brooklyn Rapid Transit heating limits spark winter chill
Brooklyn's president Greatsinger said cars lack sufficient power to heat all trains. He noted heating is prioritized and will improve after January 1 when a new Third-avenue power house engine starts. To add heat, he may reduce car numbers on some lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greatsinger
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Third-ave
Bargains at Benguiat Sale at American Art Galleries
Second day of the Benguiat tapestry collection auction drew a large crowd at American Art Galleries. Tapestries, needlework, pictures and rugs sold at low prices, with many items like a Renaissance brocatel curtain and a German velvet portiera fetching notable sums. The event featured Persian prayer rugs and Italian portieres, amid expectations that colder weather may boost buying as the week continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 6
East
Benguiat
New Dining Cars for Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad plans two identical dining cars to augment its dining service. Cars feature wide vestibules, opalescent windows, Cuban mahogany interiors, gold leaf ceilings, rose curtains, green silk pantasote, leather-upholstered seating, and three electric fans per car for summer cooling. Each car will seat thirty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Packer Alumni Tea at Alumna Hall Brooklyn
Packer alumnae tea set for next Friday 3 to 6 at Alumna Hall No 10 Joralemon Street Brooklyn. Class of 1903 pours tea and provides music to benefit Jubilee Fund. Packer Calendar 193 output from Marion Press eight large cards with institute views 1853 to 1902. Hostesses include Miss Packer Mrs W H Ziegler Mrs H Knox Mrs Herbert L Pratt Miss Herbert Henrietta L Jones Mrs Waverley W Hallock Miss Marguerite Shattuck and Miss Caroline W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packer
Alumna Hall
Joralemon St
Brooklyn
Ttme
Marion Press
Packer Institute
Miss Packer
W. H. Ziegler
H. Knox
Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert Henrietta L. Jones
Waverley W. Hallock
Marguerite Shattuck
Caroline W
Prohibition Fails in Ontario Referendum
From returns received it is now assured that prohibitionists failed to poll the necessary votes on the Ontario referendum. Ontario will not endorse the liquor act as passed by the local House. Ottawa liquor men are jubilant over the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid
Dreamland
Ottawa
Ont
Ontario
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Teieunefuncuise
L. M. Montgomery
TY. S.S
Tribune Sunshine Society
Tribune
Minister Buck
Fraunces
Ashington
Republic
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Il Shok Osdoir
Federation
Business Women's Festival
William Henry Welsh
William H Purdy
HS Wild
B.re. T
Benguiat Salp
Lehigh Valley
VICHY
Simili Joailerie
OTR Geweelry
A. F. Jammes
Stth ST
Sth Ave
Andre
West 20Th St
Gilsey House
C Shayne
West 424
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