Anti polygamy crusade fuels public rallies across the nation
Leaders denounce Mormon polygamy as a threat to national safety and woman’s dignity. Dr Burrell and Dr Strong urge Congress to act, urging public sentiment to rally against the practice. The Anti-Polygamy League plans more meetings, with a Brooklyn mass gathering at Historical Hall as speakers describe Mormon influence in Utah and surrounding territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell
Deseret
Congress
Ple
Strong
Mormon Church
Nigit
Brooklyn
Historical Hall
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Daughters of the Revolution Bazaar and City Notices
Continental Chapter hosts a bazaar at Genealogical Hall to aid the Valley Forge Memorial Fund with varied events including a New-York City Legislative League recital and society exhibitions. Multiple charity sales, lectures, prayer meetings, and a fruit distribution program are listed across venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kosie Drinker
Daughters of the Revolution
Valley Forge Memorial Fund
Genealogical Hall
West Putey-eighth
New-York City
Legislative League
West Severtiether
Mise Gertrude Bennett
Wal- Gort-Astoria
Society of Decorative Art
Woman's Union
Bariem
Ee Lenox
Broadway
Carrie Juda Montgomery
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
Mise Flolen
Louise Johnson
Department of Domestic Science
Moderation Society
Mulberry Bend Arcade
Anti polygamy amendment rally at Interdenominational Council meeting
A large meeting at Assembly Hall in the Charities Building advocates the anti polygamy amendment. Speakers include General John Eaton Dr Sarah J Elliott Dr David J Burrell and Dr Josiah Strong. A map shows states affected by the alleged “giant evil” in the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities
Congress
Interdenominational Council of Women For Christian and Patriotic Service
Susan H. Wood
C .&. Woodruf
F. C
Atlantic
Eaton
Harvard
Cornell
General Eaton
Christ
Mary
Marsha
Mary Magdalene
Elliott
Utah
Eid
Successful Bazaar Delights Suffragists At Madison Square Garden
The Woman Suffrage Bazaar runs this week at the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall. Attendees from across the country visit booths, with notable sales including a porker carload from Iowa, funds likely between 390 and 400 dollars, and a 250 dollar Turkish embroidery prize. Contributions include 15 dollars from Laura Clay and displays from Kansas, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Massachusetts booths. The program features monologues by Miss Charlotte Sulsey and violin solos by Mme. Alice Cereseto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
Booth
Iowa
E. C. Stockman
Laura Clay
Cassius Clay
Lexington
Kansas
Kansas Booth
Helen Kimber
Parsons
Kan
William
Hannah Penn
Pennsylvania
Rudolph Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Utah
St. Josephs
Louisiana
Michigan
Alice Stone Blackwell
Massachusetts
Lucy Stone
Hiartha’s Vineyard
Antoinette A'S Vineyard
V. Brown Blackwell
Miss Cummings
Charlotte Sulsey
Mme
Alice Cereseto
Handsome Prizes At A Progressive Euchre Night
Arrangements for the Army and Navy Aid Association euchre party at Sherry's on Friday December 7 at 2 o clock advance, as shown at yesterday’s meeting. Prizes include a Favrile vase, Metropolitan Opera House box, grand piano, sterling bowl, Columbia gramophone, rich cut glass, and more. Funds are limited but support is strong for aiding returning wounded soldiers. Captain W F Thomas, Philippines and Cuba veteran, to deliver prize announcements via bugler from Governors Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euchre
Army and Navy Aid Association
Sherry's
Fifth-ave
Metropolitan Opera House
W.F. Thomas
4Th Infantry
Philippines
Cuba
Governors Island
Mrs Sage Attends Salvation Army Bazaar at Memorial Hall
Mrs Russell Sage visited the Salvation Army bazaar at Memorial Hall on West Fourteenth Street. The event featured a large model of the Amity Colorado Industrial Home for Children and a varied program including addresses by Booth Tucker and Midsaps, plus songs and recitations by Cherry Tree Home children. A guest donated 250 dollars. Miss Helen Gould could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Salvation Army
Memorial Hall
West Fourteenth St
Army
Amity
Col
Booth-Tucker
Cherry Tree
Norma Thompson
Brass Band
National Singing Brigade
Midsaps
General Merritt
Philippines
India
Parker
Scotland
Ireland
Helen Gould
Evening Uniform Idea Sparks Rainy Day Club Talk
Miss Dora Goldthwaite proposed an evening wear uniform for the Rainy Day Club at Carnegie Hall. Black or white attire with violet corsages drew strong approval and a committee will study the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Goldthwaite
Rainy Day Club
Carnegie Hall
Miss Goldthwaite
Sara A. Palmer
George B. McAuliffe
Roc
Sonia
H. Klingerfeld
Miriam Church Griswold
Matilda Agan
Frederick Eaton
Barytone
Karline Holmquist
St Nicholas Feast Celebrated In France With Cheerful Folklore
The St Nicholas feast is celebrated in France with children awaiting a kindly visitor who, with a black Moor companion, detects who has been good. Naughty children face sawdust and switches in their sabots. The article recalls St Nicholas as a beloved, busy patron of many trades and needy groups with legends of Lorraine’s relic finger and a tale about a dangerous oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Myra
France
Nicholas
Lorraine
Diana
Anti-Conductors League Criticised by Letter to the Editor
A New York City reader defends transit conductors from a group calling itself the Woman's Anti-Conductors League. The letter praises conductors for politeness and helpfulness, notes passengers often misdirect themselves, and asks for understanding of tired workers facing rude and careless riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
New York City
Missionary Society Meetings In Newark Gather Women Leaders
Two women’s societies met in Newark. The Women's Union Foreign Missionary Society held its 30th annual meeting at North Reformed Church with Miss Margaret Davis of India as speaker. Newark Conference District of the Methodist Women’s Missionary Society met at St Pauls Church with Mrs C I Reeves presiding and new officers elected including Miss Burnettio P Cott as corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Societies
Newark
Women's Union Foreign Missionary Society
North Reformed Church
Margaret Davis
India
Japan
C. C. Hine
J. W. Abeel
F. L. Smith
E. D. G. Smith
Methodist Women’s Missionary Society
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
C. I. Reeves
E. W. Dickinson
Henry Elcon
Ric Gray
Reco
R Sanger
E. L Dobbins
Burnettio P. Cott
Wealth and faith collide in Mollie You Have Nothing to Look Forward To
In The Smart Set dialogue, Mollie dismisses a bleak future while Charlie asserts hope through a wealthy aunt who adheres to Christian Science. The exchange highlights class tension and belief as key themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
Charlie
USs member to miss Christmas cheer gift drives
A U S S member facing a severe affliction in the death of a beloved child cannot give the planned Christmas cheer. She still sends $5 to aid the work and 50 cents for a silver badge. Mrs. Ashley contributes to the special fund and initiates a new member with a cent amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Annie C. Pond
Free Piano Lessons Offered to Jersey City Child
A Jersey City girl will receive free piano lessons from Miss Elizabeth Mayo of 140 Academy Street as part of Sunshine dues. Members with Loeschorn Studies or Burlitt Album materials are asked to donate copies to aid the Sunshine pupil. Miss Julia Bennett of Poughkeepsie reports birthday cheer from many visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Elizabeth Mayo
Academy St
T.S. S
Loeschorn
Burlitt
Biehl
Julia Bennett
Poughkeepsie
Sunshine gifts brighten Harlem T S S Christmas effort
The T S S society reports donations from Mrs. O S Hall and Mrs Ashley of Manhattan. Packages include a velvet shirt waist for a working girl, gifts, photographs, books, and gear for Little Mothers. Contributors include E P Matthewson of Connecticut and Miss Broome of Park Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.S. Hall
Harlem
Express
Lottie E. Broome
Elinor Valentine
Agnes H. Pratt
Cornerstone Laid for Boys' Club Home Amid Patriotism
The Boys' Club cornerstone at Avenue A and Tenth Street was laid with President Harriman presiding. About two thousand boys attended the ceremony with fife and drum corps in full uniform. The clubhouse, costing 1000 in land and 1000 more for construction, will include a swimming pool and assembly hall with future plans for senior and group club spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue A
Tenth St
Harriman
Tompkins Square
H. O. Taylor
H. 8. Brooks
P. T. Dodge
No Bids On Steamer Saale At Auction
The steamer Saale of the North German Lloyd Line drew no bids at auction held by Burdett & Dennis at Burning Slip. Prospective buyers from Boston and other cities expected a junk price near 18000 dollars, but faced a 100000 dollar upset and left after learning the vessel could be repaired. Gustav H. Schwab said a patch could make the Saale usable, possibly sent to Bremen for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saale
Lloyd Line
Burdett & Dennis
Boston
Gustav H. Schwab
Bremen
Dinner Committee Plans Third Annual Grammar School 77 Dinner
The Dinner Committee of the Graduates Dinner Club of Grammar School No 77 prepares a third annual dinner at Hotel Marlborough on Saturday evening February 2. The club includes graduates from 1883 to 1995 but many records were destroyed, so non members are asked to send their names to President John S Carroll or Secretary Van Kauer. Edward Page the principal and former assistants Elmer Poulson and Burtis C will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School No. 77
Marlborough
John S. Carroll
East Eighty-fourth-st
Vankauer
East Mighty-fourth-et
Edward Page
The
Elmer Poulson
Burtis C
Rector Must Face Court In Annulment Hearing
Mrs Annie Castka seeks an annulment from Frank Castka in Supreme Court before Justice Abraham R. Lawrence at 166th Street and Boston Road. She testified that pressure from her father led to the marriage after she refused Frank Castka while another suitor James Chamberlain was also named. The couple wed at the Church of the Holy Faith after a coerced sequence, with the minister Rev Smith and witnesses present. The judge adjourned to Wednesday to allow subpoena of the minister and verify the account of a pressured, crying bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Road
Abraham R. Lawrence
Supreme Court
Annie Castka
Frank Castka
Castka
Church of the Holy Faith
Mr. Smith
Wounded by Stray Bullet in City Street
Contractor Charles Thompson of 630 East Seventeenth Street was shot in the calf while crossing near 623 East Eighteenth Street. He suspects a stray bullet from a fence at 223 East Eighteenth Street. Bellevue Hospital ambulances attended. the bullet was removed from his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thompson
East Seventeenth-st
East Eighteenth-st
Thompson
East
Eighteenth St
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Molineux Appeal Record to Be Examined Saturday
Bartow S Weeks and George Gordon Battle will meet with Recorder Goff to formally review the Molineux case record and decide its shape for the Court of Appeals. They aim to keep disputes and arguments in the record, despite Assistant District Attorney Osborne’s efforts to strike them. The case is not expected before next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow S. Weeks
George Gordon Battle
Roland B. Molineux
Goff
Molineux
Court of Appeals
Messrs. Battle
Weeks
Osborne
Methodist Episcopal Church Education Board Reports Growth and Grants
The Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church disclosed a year of loans totaling 81 742 to 1 830 students from New England to foreign nations. Legacies reached 28 445 97 with 21 nationalities represented. Investments exceed 30 million and annual education funding has averaged nearly 500 000 for seventy years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fifth-ave
Andrews
New York
Bishop Hurst
Washington, D. C
L. R. Fiske
Albion
Mich
J. W. Lindsay
Boston
W. F. King
Cornell College
Iowa
John D. Slayback
H. C. M. Ingraham
Brooklyn
W. F. Anderson
Sing Sing
George P. Hukill
Oil City
Enn
Joseph S. Stout
New England
Middle States
William Goldthorp
William F. McDowell
Fowler
Methodist Church
Bronx And Manhattan Street Paving Okayed By Board Of Public Improvements
The board authorized telford macadam paving on Mount Hope Place in The Bronx from Jerome to Anthony avenues at 10000 dollars. It also allows granite block paving on Forest Avenue carriageway from Home Street to East One hundred sixty eighth Street in The Bronx at 2700 dollars. Grading Kingsbridge Avenue from Terrace View Avenue in Manhattan with curb setting and sidewalk flagging at 1800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Improvements
Telford
Mount Hope Place
Jerome
Anthony Aves
Bronx
Forest-ave
Home-st
East
Manhattan
Committee of One Hundred concludes India famine relief work
The Executive Committee met at the Chamber of Commerce and wound up all affairs. The committee was organized on May 9 last, marking the end of its relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of One Hundred
India
Chamber of Commerce
Fundraising totals and acknowledgments reach across world
With William FE Dodge as chairman and John Crosby Brown secretary the committee reports a total raised of 252983 42 dollars and an estimated gifts total value of over 1 million dollars from the United States to India. Mr Brown notes subscriptions of 3083 47 since the last update as numerous resolutions are adopted thanking individuals corporations and committees worldwide for their work on the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FE. Dodge
John Crosby Brown
India
Mr. Brown
Slater Accuses Woman in Alleged Bribe Threat Case
Jefferson Market court hears Slater accuse Mrs. Alice Courant of extortion over bribe allegations tied to his XIX district bid for State Senator. Courant denies claims as she is remanded in bail by Magistrate Meade and later returned to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Slater
Jefferson Market
Alice Courant
West Twenty-sixth St
Courant
Albany
Alice Flower
Fern
Band. Coutant
Death of Mr Nolan the Irish Barrister Counselor
Thomas Nolan known as Counsellor Nolan assistant corporation counsel died in St Thomas Hospital after five weeks of paralysis. His funeral will be at the Church of the Holy Redeemer this morning. Born in Ireland he stood six feet three inches, famed for a tall antique hat and three studded shirtfronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nolan
St. Thomas's Hospital
Father Lynch
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Third St
Nolan
Ireland
Newfoundland
Croker
Tammany Districts
Boston Actor Confined After Attacking Cell Bar Enclosure
Frank M. Astor a 32 year old Boston resident wandered into the Criminal Courts Building and displayed unbalanced behavior. He attacked the cell bars and was restrained by officers with water dousing and care. An ambulance later transported him to a hospital after he claimed to be an actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Astor
Tremont St
Boston
Criminal Courts
Donahue
Centre-st
Astor
Langan
Iiae Gicat
City Water Becomes Purier Board of Health Reports
The weekly Department of Health report covers Cretem water for the week ending in November. Manhattan water shows a low temperature of 4 degrees, with Ridgewood Reservoir Brooklyn at 53.3 on the same date, down from the prior week. Three weeks of analyses suggest Manhattan water has worsened, yet officials anticipate further improvement in next week’s tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health
Barough
Manhattan
Ridgewood
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Other Worlds Than Ours Lecture At Branford Conn
Miss Mary Proctor lectured at Branford Connecticut on astronomy. Her talk featured lantern slides and covered eclipses including the total eclipse of the sun in 18% and the May event. She frequent lectures in the city under the Board of Education auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Proctor
Branford
Conn
Miss Proctor
Board of Education
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Paris
Gunther
Practical Furrier
Mrs. Sage
Salvation Pair
Ldren’ der
Anti-Conductors' League
Meetings OF Missionary Societies
Song OF Cheer
Jesus
Alice G. Howard
Berkeley
Cal
Thei
Florence Victor
Sunshine
Winter Pictures
James Russell Lowell
Grand Union
Sporting Life
George E. Maltby, Jr
Morton Sr
Grand Union Hotel
Tribune
Consolidated Gas Company
Hester and Elizabeth Sts
Maltby
George E. Maltby
George
St. Mary
Stamford
Lucius
Price
Salable
Bride
M. E
BOARD
Cial Gain
Winding UP India Famine Fund
Grout
Coun Sellor” Nolan
Bellevur
Liebig
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