Dr Butler on Schools and Progress in City Education
At the Public Education Association annual meeting in Assembly Hall, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer praised Dr Butler as a guiding elder brother in education. Butler urged that education shapes the city’s future, with teachers as professionals and citizens united to preserve initiative and high standards. A C MacNulty described Hart’s Island training school as a reformative path for youthful offenders, while David Willard noted Tombs school’s aim to inspire and uplift waifs with ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
A. C. MacNulty
Department of Correction
Sunshine Society Branch Report Highlights Charity
Report of Manhattan Branch No 10 of the Tribune Sunshine Society notes active monthly meetings and strong local aid. Members crafted thirty six articles for a bazaar, sent twenty six garments to Nova Scotia, funded a Thanksgiving dinner for a poor basement-dwelling woman, and used a dollar gift to aid a dying patient. Four new members joined, with ongoing at‑home support for the ill and bereaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
C. V. Dorsch
Sunshine
Nova Scotia
Minister Buck Dies While Hunting in Japan
Washington dispatches report the death of United States Minister to Japan Buck. The Japanese Foreign Minister sent Hay a cable stating Buck fell ill on a hunting trip and expired. Ferguson of Tokio later conveyed the official notice of Buck's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Hay
Tokio
Buck
United States
Japan
Ferguson
Washingtons Fraunces Tavern memorial newsreunion
A New York gala marks Fraunces Tavern preservation with Governor Odell praising Washington and Revolutionary ideals. The event honors General Washington, reenacts patriotism, and promotes Fraunces Tavern as a national memorial amid speeches by Andrew H. Green Judge Goodrich and other leaders.
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Washington
Odell
Women’s Auxiliary
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Fraunces’ Tavern
George Washington
Republic
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Chenille adorns lamps and shades for a chic look
Chenille decor appears widely this season with lamp bases and white silk candelabra shades. Pinked and pleated silk are covered by chenille ends with beads to weigh and secure. A twisted rope ties the top near the shade neck, creating a soft refined glow.
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Lamp
Hades
President Roosevelts reception of war nurses in Washington
President Roosevelt today received nearly one hundred Spanish War Nurses' Association members in Washington. He greeted each personally before they visited Secretary Root at the War Department. Root lauded their dedication as soldiers in and out of uniform, commending their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Spanish War Nurses’ Association
Root
War Department
Met Little Bessie Dick Ex Teacher Dick Mystery
A fragmented note mentions a canary named Bessie and an ex teacher figure, with unclear context and garbled wording about Veacher-Beasie. The readable bits reference a bird and a possibly personal nickname sequence, leaving the precise event or relation unspecified.
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Veacher
Beasie
Bessie
Finishing touches and ornaments in room decor
The piece argues ornaments declare a host's culture and criticizes clutter. It discusses gilded items and elaborate table pieces, contrasts old brass and copper for sunlit charm, notes immigrant wares as inexpensive finds, and laments the loss of baby talk and lace in modern child care and carriages.
Ornate bed tickings inspire lavish seasonal designs
Ornate bed tickings evolve yearly with new patterns and names such as Alice, The Baroness, Kate Green, and Evangeline. Publicity around bed chamber décor spurred the vogue as apartment living pushes decorative textile choices. Designers render beds and pillows artistic when quilting or shamming isn’t feasible. Tiny landscapes appear in Japanese-inspired motifs.
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Alice
Baroness
Pattern For Workman's Shirt With Shield No 4297
The New-York Tribune presents a tissue pattern for a workman's shirt with shield No 4297 priced at ten cents. The shirt is designed for manual laborers with extra chest and lung protection and is made of flannel or similar materials. Medium size requires 6 yards 27 inches wide or 3 1/2 yards 44 inches wide. pattern No 20 will fit various breast measures. Send payment and specify breast measurement to Pattern Department New York Tribune.
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New-York Tribune
Holiday novelties in luxury brass and glass ware
Seen in the shops a parade of brass and jeweled household pieces. Dog and cat andirons, gold handkerchief bags, silver framed Turkish coffee cups, leather umbrella handles with amethysts, and brass pipe racks. Gloriously designed glassware includes cut glass claret jugs and rich rock crystal sets for Christmas gifts.
Christmas Boxes Begin Journey from Indian Branches
The Christmas box for the Indian women's branch at Leslie North Dakota led by Mrs Eunice Warner started its long journey of cheer. The box for Indian children at the Indianee School in Cherokee North Carolina led by Mrs H V Spray will depart by freight today.
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Leslie
N. D
Eunice Warner
Indianee School
Cherokee
N. C
H. V. Spray
Thanking friends for hospital flowers and gifts
Mr Jerome writes a column of thanks for the many beautiful flowers sent to him at the Flower Hospital. He notes the flowers brightened the ward and were deeply appreciated. The piece mentions warm flannels for a rheumatic patient and materials donated for a new quilt for a Sullivan County, New York, family.
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Jerome
Flower Hospital
Sullivan County
N. Y
Contributions of cheer arrive from multiple donors
Yesterday’s donations include a New Jersey suit and ruff from Mrs. L. E. Reinhart, a scrapbook aids package, braids from Miss Lindsly, a shawl and pictures from Miss Isabelle Macfarlane of New York, Christmas bags for Little Mothers from Mrs. Hurlbut, fancy bags and needle books from Miss Mary McLean of Florida, sunshine packs from Mrs. F. B. Watrous of Green Island, an extensive gift parcel from Anna A. Baker of Pawling, and cretonne bags with books from Mrs. Frances E. Haviland of Passaic.
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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
Paris fashion trends bring low shoulder cloaks and new hats
The article details evolving dress norms including cloak cut gowns with minimal shoulder coverage, printed fabrics from Paris, and a new Glengarry toque. It notes fur substitutes like Astrakhan tuble and a wooly azure plateau hat, plus paper straw hats and silk embroideries on waists with grape motifs.
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Paris
Pyrenées
Striking Art Nouveau Wallpapers Show Bright Designs
Among new wallpaper ideas this year are a pathway through an orchard and a meadow by a lake with borts floating on the water. Real grass cloth, an arbor of roses with cloud overhead, and Easter lines framing a vast sky create two of the season’s most beautiful wall coverings.
Few Odd Things At The Federation
Mrs. John F. Trow, reporting for the New York Legislative League, warned that women are far from ready for the ballot, noting crooked activities alleged in Brooklyn last month. Another delegate called some convention papers stupid, while Emilie M. Bullowa spoke on money matters and a woman’s trust. The league voted to drop the word city from its name, becoming the New York Legislative League.
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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 Debate Board of Trustees for Normal College
An executive committee of the Associated Alumni of the Normal College met in the college library with unusually large attendance. They discussed creating a separate board of trustees with alumna representation. No official vote or definite conclusion was reached. An adjourned meeting will be held next week, with a general desire to avoid public statements until then. Dr. Elizabeth Jarrett, president, said the subject concerns the public and merits careful consideration.
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Associated Alumni of
the Normal College
Elizabeth Jarrett
Association
Business Women's Festival At Faltoast Club Rooms
Half the business women near the Post Office attended the Festival of the Holidays hosted by the New York Business Women's Club at Faltoast rooms yesterday afternoon and evening. They brought men friends. Seven booths decorated to evoke the holidays including Fourth of July Easter Christmas Halloween New Year Thanksgiving and Labor Day drew a large attendance.
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New-York
Princesses join society for social morality in Cassel
Berlin reports a small congress of princesses at Cassel voted to join the Society of German Princely Women for the Elevation and Promotion of Social Morality. Attending were Duchess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig Holstein the Dowager Princess of Walden Eailipath and Landgravine Amalia among others.
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Berlin
Cassel
Friedrich Ferdinand
Schleswig-Holstein
Walden
Eailipath
Amalia
Snow Festival at Waldorf Astoria Promises Spectacle
The Pascal Institute hosts its annual snow festival this afternoon and evening at the Waldorf Astoria. Prominent attendees expect the event to be the prettiest of its kind this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascal Institute
Waldorf- Astoria
Minister Buck Dies During Imperial Hunt in Tokyo
United States Minister Alfred Elijah Buck, a Civil War veteran born in Foxcroft Maine in 1832, died in the Tokyo area during an imperial duck hunt. He served as a colonel of a colored regiment, led a Mobile harbor appropriation drive, and held posts from lawyer to Georgia marshal before his 1890 ministerial appointment to Japan. His body was to be brought to Washington for Arlington burial. Mrs Buck remained in Tokyo with a condolence message from the State Department.
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Buck
Washington
Arlington
United States
Tokyo
State Department
Yokohama
Mr. Buck
Tokio
Alfred Elijah Buck
Foxcroft
Waterville College
Colby University
Lewiston High School
Maine 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 after illness in Brooklyn
Charles H. Dow founder of Dow Jones & Co and publisher of The Wall Street Journal died at his home 161 Lefferts Place Brooklyn from cerebral thrombosis after a little over a month of illness. His daughter Mrs William Goodbody was summoned from Ireland as the funeral is set for tomorrow at 4 p m.
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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
William H Walsh NY Central agent dies in Yonkers hospital
William Henry Walsh traveling passenger agent for the New York Central Railroad died at St Josephs Hospital Yonkers from a tumor. He lived in Tuckahoe with his family and had been hospitalized seven weeks. Born in Detroit in 1845 he served as drummer boy in the Civil War with the 16th Michigan, later served with Custers cavalry, then ten years in the army and seventeen years with the railroad. Survived by widow and three sons Norval J William H and Custer F Welsh, funeral at Church of the Immaculate Conception Yonkers today.
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William Henry Walsh
New York Central Railroad
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Yonkers
Tuckahoe
Detroit
Mich
16Th Regiment
Michigan
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Wilderness
General Custer
Plains
General Eastern Agency
Norval J
William H
Custer F. Welsh
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Frank R. Hibbard, Manuf Prints Buyer, Dies in Brooklyn
Frank R. Hibbard, buyer for Garner & Co. printers in Manhattan and elder of Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, died at his home 156 Tompkins Ave Brooklyn. Born Rondout N Y in 1851, he leaves a widow and one son. Funeral at the church today Cypréesa Hills at 3 p.m. Burial planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Hibbard
Garner & Co
Manhattan
Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Tompkins Ave
Rondout
N. Y
Cypréesa Hills
Obituary of Franklin Babcock Noyes in Stonington
Franklin Babcock Noyes once a prominent secretary and general ticket agent for New-York Providence and Boston Railroad Company, died today in Stonington Connecticut after a brief illness. His career spanned major New England railroading roles and he was well known in regional railroad circles.
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Stonington, Conn
Franklin Babcock Noyes
New England
New-York, Providence and Paymaster
Boston Railroad Company
Chicago honors ex Public Works chief Purdy
Chicago on December 4 reports the death of William H. Purdy former Commissioner of Public Works. He arrived in 1857 from Baltimore and served as assistant superintendent of machinery for the Illinois Central Railroad before his appointment to public works under Carter Harrison and De Witt Cregier. He leaves a widow and two children Mrs Frank W. Baker of Benton Harbor and Eyerne E. Harroun of Berkeley.
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Chicago
Williiam H. Purdy
Purdy
Baltimore
Illinois Central Railroad
Carter H. Harrison
de Witt C. Cregier
Frank W. Baker
Benton Harbor
Bronx bar and feed magnate Alonzo Carr dies at 72
Alonzo Carr of The Bronx, a longtime bar and feed businessman and Democrat, was found dead in bed from apoplexy yesterday. A pioneer in Bronx office buildings, he remained active, biking home from a ride, and was a member of the Morris Wheelmen since its founding.
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Alonzo Carr
Bronx
Mr. Carr
The
Morris Wheelmen
Notable 19th Century Newsman William Reynolds Dead
Reports from St John New Brunswick Boston and Florence detail the deaths of prominent figures. William Kilby Reynolds, editor and publisher with ties to multiple papers. Rev Abial W Sibley veteran Adventist minister dies at Relief Hospital aged sixty nine. Ellen Orbeson widow of John Harris US consul Venice and Confederate nurse passes away in Florence. Ludwig Kumlein Milton College professor and bone expert dies in Milton Wisconsin.
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St. John, N. B
William Kilby Reynolds
Boston
Abial W. Sibley
Christian Advent Society
Relief Hospital
Sibley
Secre
The
Mission Society
Florence
Italy
Ellen Orbeson
John Harris
United States
Venice
Milton, Wis
Ludwig Kumlein
Milton College
Sues Old Guard To Get Back
Henry H. Brewster formerly of the Old Guard sues S. Ellis Briggs and others for reinstatement of membership. He claims 1893 joining and regular dues paid until January 1888 when a lit membership was paid. Expelled November 3 without notice or defense. Lion Captain J W Aspell says the suit stems from personal grievances and misunderstandings with no broader issue.
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Henry H. Brewster
The
Old Guard
S. Ellis Briggs
Justice Fitzgerald
Breweter
Brewster
Lion
J. W. Aspell
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Cars Lacking Heat Power
B R T president Greatsinger said yesterday that Brooklyn Rapid Transit cars are not warm enough because the company lacks sufficient power for heating. He expects improvements after January 1 when a new engine at the Third Avenue powerhouse goes into service.
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Greatsinger
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Third-ave
Second day auction at American Art Galleries on Benguiat sale
The second day of Benguiat tapestry collection auctions continued at American Art Galleries No 6 East Twenty third Street. Tapestries rugs and needlework sold at low prices amid strong attendance with many bargains. Items included Renaissance brocade curtains velvet panels Italian portieres Persian rugs and a church carpet with prices listed, showing modest gains for bidders.
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No. 6
East
Benguiat
New Lehigh Valley Dining Cars In Service Soon
The Lehigh Valley Railroad plans to add two identical dining cars to its fleet. Features include wide vestibules at the ends, opalescent windows, mahogany sash, and green silk faced pantasote interiors. Each car seats thirty in the dining room, with three fans to be installed for summer comfort.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Packer Alumni Tea in Brooklyn to Benefit Jubilee Fund
Packer alumni plan a tea at Alums Hall 160 Joralemon Street Brooklyn next Friday from 3 to 6 pm. The class of 1903 pours tea and provides music. Proceeds support the Jubilee Fund with the 1903 Packer Calendar from Marion Press featuring eight large cards depicting the Packer Institute 1902.
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Packer
Alums Hall
Joralemon St
Brooklyn
Marion Press
Packer Institute
Prohibition Defeated in Ontario Referendum
From returns received it is assured that prohibitionists failed to poll the required votes. Ontario will indorse the measure, and jubilant supporters reflect on the result as the outcome becomes clear.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ontario
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Freitucfuns
L. M. Montgomery
Tribune Sunshine Society
Tribune
New York City
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Plexy
George E. Noyes
Cantor
Fraunces
Fraunces' Tavern
Woman's Auxiliary
Andrew H. Green
W. W. Goodrich
Appellate Court
William Brookfield
Emil L. Boas
Low
St. Clair McKelway
Morris K. Jesup
M. Fay Peirce
N. Taylor Phillips
Speac
Fay Pierce
Brookfield
Vv. B.V
Robert Hoe
Henry Villard
S. V. White
Charles Rint
Washington Continental Guard
Rono
Dreamland
Astrakhan
Federation
Business Women's Festival
Alfred Elia
BUCF
William Henry Welsh
William H. Purdy
Lehigh Valley
VICHY
Simili Joailerie
NG. Andre
West
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