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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
12
The article recounts Mrs. Bogoras and Mrs. Jachelson’s Arctic travels collecting northern folklore. It notes 600 tales, Yukaghir dances and songs, and women as transmitters. It describes harsh winter journeys, sparse populations, and Bogoras’s encounters with an inland Pacific coast tribe and a fierce storm episode.
Two women in New York have crossed Siberia and endured harsh subarctic journeys traveling by boat raft dog sleds and horses They accompanied their husbands on the North Pacific expedition of Morris K Jesup to study prehistoric links between Northeast Asia and Northwest America The journey revealed tribes of Indian stock from Behring Strait to Formosa with folklore stories mirroring American tales Mrs Bogoras and Mrs Jachelson played key roles with Mrs Bogoras establishing a trading post at Marcova collecting thousands of items for the American Museum of Natural History including textiles utensils and specimens The article notes the natives mislabelled her as mad while she built a substantial museum collection and preserved a rich oral literature including long verses dating back centuries
A public hearing before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment failed to pass the motion to buy Fraunces Tavern and half its block. Controller Grout opposed the acquisition and later did not vote, prompting protests from the Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and supporters. A new hearing is set for Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
Thomas M. Osborne addressed the George Junior Republic Association and the Women's Aid at Brick Presbyterian Church about 167 graduates. He praised 152 as successes, noted 15 potential failures, and defended founder William T. George while praising the republic as a lively, self-run community in Freeville.
The treasurer proposed a modest sum but Mr Osborne interrupted proposing twenty times more. He vowed that before long a republic would flourish in every United States. The Rev Dr William R Richards presided over the meeting.
At a School Board hearing on Sunday concerts in public buildings, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer argued that the city must consider conscience in deciding observance. Ministers pressed for caution, while Dr. Hathaway and others urged avoiding offense and moral uplift through allowed programming.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Church II King, newly installed president of Oberlin College, discusses the status and duties of Christian clergy in contemporary society in an interview set to run in tomorrow’s Tribune.
Major Woodbury outlined Brooklyn Street Cleaning improvements to the Brooklyn Woman's Health Protective Association. He described night transport of rubbish in steel trolley cars to new collecting stations, reducing hauling distance and eliminating odor. He urged support for a new cream brick stable and emphasized departmental versus contractor control, recounting labor clashes and efforts to regain work.
Washington December 12 The National Indian Association closed its twenty third annual convention after adopting resolutions urging federal relief for Navajos in Arizona and supporting broader Indian legislation.
A series of illustrated pieces on physical culture will debut in tomorrow's Tribune. The feature aims to promote fitness and healthy routines with guidance and visual demonstrations.
Detroit reports the Canadian Pacific Railroad plans a large fleet of modern lake carriers to rival Lehigh and Great Northern lines. A plant costing over 1 million dollars will be built with Bertram shipbuilders of Toronto in Sandwich Ontario to construct and repair ships for CP and outside clients, aiming to enter the wider shipbuilding market.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will relocate from the County Court House to Brooklyn Borough Hall on January 1. A large auditorium becomes a courtroom, with opposite rooms serving as chambers and a library for the justices.
Martha Hellwig a fourteen year old girl appeared in the Harlem Children’s Court after attempting suicide with carbolic acid on December 2 at the store where she worked. William H. Ford stood by as her possible adoptive parent, his sympathy sparked by reading of the case and the loss of his own daughter. Justice Mayer discharged her, and the two left court together with her aunt’s consent. Mr. Ford reportedly has a winter home in Florida.
The Appellate Division rules that a New York Stock Exchange seat is not taxable as transfer property. Theodore Hellman held a seat at death and the transfer tax assessors argued it should be taxed. the court held stock exchange seats are property but not within taxable personal property under current law.
Christmas mail congestion rises as a new post office sub station opens at Seventy fourth street and Columbus avenue on December 15 to ease uptown handling. A shipment of Australian mail totals 150 bags while the Philadelphia and Teutonic carry thousands of registered items. The Umbria and Kronprinz Wilhelm also depart with heavy mail loads. Overtime is common across the post office.
Alexander H. Wrant displays landscapes at the Lotos Club organized by William T. Evans. The show opens this evening with a list of lent works from Henry H. Benedict Lyman G. Bloomingdale Mrs. Thomas W. Bracher Carll H. De Silver and others including pieces from George Inness Jr Alexander C. Humphreys Louis Katz Catherine Lambert Frank R. Lawrence William Macbeth Dr Safford G. Perry Samuel Untermyer Colonel Henry B. Wilson Mrs Wyant and John Elderkin.
The Ohio Society of New York plans its seventeenth annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday evening January 17. The event honors John Hay, Secretary of State, with all foreign ambassadors to the United States invited and expected to attend.
Dr Bernhard Stern of Flatbush used oxygen therapy to stimulate Mrs P B Meyer of Avenue L near Flatbush Ave. In December she was near death from heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage with a dilated heart and nearly black appearance. Oxygen helped her survive another three months after hope had faded.
At Leland Stanford Jr University the Rev Dr R H Newton left New York to take charge of will be dedicated on Sunday. Excellent pictures will accompany the article in tomorrow s Tribune.
The will of Sarah Ann Waters, who died recently, was probated by Delafield and Longfelow for William G. Conklin, her longtime adviser and major beneficiary who receives the West Twenty‑First Street home. The estate also bequeaths property to the American Female Guardian Society, the Home for the Friendless, and to the Le Brantz sisters. Police and district attorney officials review death circumstances amid a prior dispute over a deed and contested examinations of Waters’s sanity.
Two newborns from Christian Smith home at 121 East 121st Street. One infant died and was sent to the Morgue, the living child placed in Bellevue Hospital incubator care. Smith, an extra on surface cars, faced financial strain. doctor advised Bellevue treatment and burial for the deceased infant. The surviving baby shows a fighting chance under incubator care.
Bradford Ellsworth William R Orthwein William Barnum Harold Sawyer and John Moorhead Yale students were arraigned in New Haven on breach of peace charges after a November 20 incident on campus when a crowd took tickets from ticket speculator Sidney Troeder for the Yale Harvard game. Ellsworth fined 20 dollars Barnum Sawyer and Orthwein fined 1 dollar each, with pleas of no contest. Moorhead faced a separate state case.
The article praises Monte Carlo for its mild winter climate and diverse amusements. It highlights the Casino bluff and the newly built Hotel de Hermitage with private terraces offering full views of the Mediterranean and Monaco’s yacht harbor. Nights glow with electric lights and fireworks over the castle as yachts sparkle below.
The Trib une reports Democrats consider the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals as a potential presidential candidate. It notes chatter about his future plans and mentions his summer home in Esopus, VN, as part of the profile for tomorrow’s issue.
Supreme Court Justice MacLean overruled John W. Keller’s demurrer in a $25.08 damages suit brought by Virginia Pleasants executrix of Cornelius Pleasants. Pleasants died after injuries while an inmate in the insane pavilion at Belle Vue Hospital. The ruling holds the complaint shows direct and indirect negligence by the defendant, the former Commissioner of Public Charities.
Announcement yesterday morning reported the temporary embarrassment of the brokerage firm F. C. Pearson & Co. of 3 Broad Way, members of the Consolidated Exchange. Pearson joined the exchange last April and blamed a customer’s margin failure for the setback, with liabilities not exceeding 5000 dollars. he hopes to resume business soon.
The Queens Borough Light and Power Company with extensive lighting franchises and a plant at Astoria has absorbed the Hempstead Gas and Electric Light Company and taken possession of its Rockaway Beach plant.
William G Rockefeller and Percival J McIntosh were examined yesterday in the hearing of John McGinness against Rockefeller to restrain voting of Boston and Montana stock. Directors Henry H Rogers and Percival J McIntosh of Amalgamated Copper Company are involved. The hearing moved from Thursday afternoon to John A dadae office.
A illustrated Tribune report touts an era of unprecedented prosperity for Waterbury as the city experiences rapid growth and improvements. The piece highlights rising commerce, civic projects, and optimistic forecasts for the near future.
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