Tribune Fresh Air Fund reports record season outreach
In its twenty fifth year The Tribune Fresh Air Fund reports 9,130 children sent to country outings and 27,738 mothers and children on Hudson River day trips, totaling 36,868 beneficiaries at a cost of 25,230.91 dollars. Partnerships with railroads and 120 organizations supported arrivals and care, with 381 region placements across seven states.
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New York
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Hudson River
Transatlantic Steamship Company
Ashford Hill
Chapel Hill
Morris K. Jesup
W. E. Dodge
John E. Parsons
Interlaken
Mass
John S. Lyle
Tenafly
N. J
Pittsfield
Warwick
Hudson
Claverack
Middletown
Goshen
Port Jervis
Binghamton
Utica
Fairfield
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Conn
Barometer of Prosperity Shows Record Export Growth
Washington reports a Treasury Bureau bulletin showing ten months ending October 1902 with exports rising across iron, steel, oils, copper, leather, cotton, machinery, and chemicals. The analysis notes 52 percent of manufactures go to Europe and 24 percent to other North American countries, with long-term export growth from 1790 onward.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Europe
North American
United States
Durin
Love Laughs At Annual Inspection In 69th Regiment
Colonel Edward Duffy faces a last minute setback as Captain M O Neill Galvin of Company F resigns to marry Ella Mackay. The wedding disrupts inspection plans and Lt P J Maguire is assigned to lead Company F for the event. Cupid scherzingly thins the roster as the regiment aims to top previous inspection records.
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Edward Duffy
69Th Regiment
W. H. Chapin
Charles F. Roe
Duffy
69Th
M. O'Neil Galvin
P. J. Maguire
Carrie Nation Snubs Invitation at Madison Square Garden Show
Carrie Nation shows disgust at her reception and contemplates leaving the city as managers of the Novelty Exhibition and Christmas Fair in Madison Square Garden face delays. Offers to hire her and her hatchet were made but she has not replied, her silence seen as a refusal.
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Carrie Nation
Madison Square Garden
Lonely Woman in Boarding House Labeled Miss Smith
For five years a refinement educated woman known only as Miss Smith lived at 271 West Eleventh Street with no letters or visitors. She starved herself rather than eat food she could not pay for and refused help until doctors diagnosed melancholia. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital with no identifying belongings found beside a trunk and old clothes.
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Miss Smith
Watson
St. Vincent's Hospital
O'Connor
Bellevue
Road improvement plan to be discussed at Albany convention
Utica reports a growing push for statewide road building with petitions from boards of supervisors and highway commissioners. Oneida leads as two new cross county roads are planned and state systems totaling about 3 000 miles are eyed for funding and expansion.
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Utica
Albany
Boards of Supervisors
Oneida
Oneida County
Denounces Football of Today in Alumni Letter
The Princeton Alumni Weekly prints a letter from Henry D. Thompson class of 1877 criticizing modern football. He condemns excessive training, neglect of study, and harsh on field tactics while urging faculty and committees to steer football back toward a game with amusement and fair play.
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
Princeton University Athletic Association
Henry D. Thompson
Funds for Irish Home Demonstration at Carnegie Hall
A rousing Carnegie Hall meeting under the Ancient Order of Hibernians aims to build a permanent Irish Society home at 116th Street and Fifth Avenue for lectures on Irish history. About 10000 in voluntary subscriptions were handed to the order’s secretary. Top donors were Archbishop Farley John D Crimmins and W Bourke Cochran each 500. P J McNulty of San Antonio Texas gave 1000. Speakers included Farley Gargan Mooney Weadock McDonough Morgan J OBrien McAdoo and Major McCrystal.
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Carnegie Hall
Order of Hibernians
Archbishop Farley
Sixteenth-St
Fifth-ave
Order
John D. Crimmins
W. Bourke Cochran
P. J. McNulty
San Antonio
Tex
Thomas J. Gargan
America
Monsignor Mooney
Weadock
John T. McDonough
Supreme Court
Morgan J. O'Brien
William McAdoo
Major McCrystal
Close of Y M C A Conference
Princeton reports the Eastern conference of the American and Canadian Y M C A theological seminaries closing after a week of services for theology students. A devotional service was held at 10 a m in Miller Chapel and addresses on China followed by closing lectures from John R. Mott and Rev. Dr. W F McDowell of New York.
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the Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Young Men’s Christian Association
Theological Seminaries
Canada
Miller Chapel
C. H. Ferm
Harland P. Beach
China
John R. Mott
W. F. McDowell
New York
Tller Chang
Army and Navy Orders from Washington December 7
The army and navy issue a series of personnel actions including resignations, retirements, transfers, discharges, and appointments. Notable items include the resignation of First Lieutenant Richard P. Strong, retirement of Major Thomas S. McAleb, transfers of Lt Channing F. DeLaplane and Captain Frank B. Andrus, and several honors and assignments for officers across infantry and support units.
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Richard P. Strong
Thomas S. McAleb
30Th Infantry
Channing FE. Delaplane
26Th Infantry
11Th Infantry
Robert M. Enders
Edward T. Gibson
First Hasson
Philippine Scouts
Frank B. Andrus
Sth Infantry
Skagway
Alaska
Aber Norman
8Th Infantry
Norman
Fort Columbus
Fort McPherson
William W. Gray
Francis H. French
16Th Infantry
B. Back
Robert H. Westcott
Joseph F. Siler
Perrin L. Smith
Samuel Hof
Boston Forge Company
Chauncey
Baker
Fort D. A. Russell
Gustavus J
George P. Platt Dies at Bellevue Hospital
George P. Platt a fifty six year old lumber broker of 14 Irving Place died at Bellevue Hospital from pneumonia. He had worked in the lumber business all his life and was visiting a friend at 127 Washington Place on the evening of November 29 when he fell ill.
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George P. Platt
Irving Place
Bellevue Hospital
Broadway
Washington Place
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Funds For Irish Home
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H. E. Drury
J. E. Cann
J. C. Sullivan
J. W. Morse
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F. W. Hart
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William D. Bell
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Lawrence C. Carr
Henry D. Thomason
Abram L. Haines
Robert H. Zauner
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Howard A. Grube
Thomas C. Chalmers
Robert Barnes
Seaton Norman
Joseph
Retfsnyder
Shadworth
Beageley
Lewis T. Griffith
Frederick Hadra
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Frederick A. Washburn, Jr
George P. Peer
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Clark I. Wertenbaker
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Charles W. Hack
Guy G. Batley
Charles R. Gill
Edward F. Horr
Francis J. Pursell
Elmer S. Tenney
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James G. McKay
Frederick H. Sparrenberger
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Harold W. Cow
Robert E. Caldwell
George 3
Joseph L. Sanford
Frank Dubois
Thomas S. Lowe
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William A. McVean
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Francis J. Bailey
Herman J. Schlageter
John P. Kelly
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