Christmas Fund Donations Reported Across Branches
A collection of donations and gifts is recorded with contributors from multiple locations. Notable amounts include $5 from Mrs. Andrews and $5 from A. S. Flatbush for coal and Christmas funds, plus several one dollar gifts for Christmas tree aid and cheer for invalids. Other entries mention gifts from Miss Cadwell and individuals in Rome, West Point, and Brooklyn, with miscellaneous smaller gifts and a birthday gift noted for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W
H. H
Johnsville
West Point
Glenmont
Csc
Christmas charity report from a trench of kindness
A Tribune Sunshine Society appeal details gifts for needy children, warm clothing, and comforting items. It cites donors in New York and Geneva, notes prepaid parcels, highlights a Christmas dinner fund for Manhattan families, and tells a Geneva volunteer tale of aiding a grandmother, a ship captain grandfather, and a struggling family through small acts of generosity.
Help Wanted Female Seamer and Assistant
Job notice seeking a female worker to sew and perform general tasks. Likely entry level with unspecified hours. No contact details provided.
Work Wanted from a German American Skilled Seeker
An advert lists a German American craftsman seeking employment as a bookkeeper cashier driver or houseworker. It notes honesty sobriety reliability and references, with a claimed 30 year old man offering varied skills and ready to relocate. Contact 879 Gtr Ave, third floor, with employer references available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becora
Gtr Ave
Christmas greetings from Connecticut Busy Branches
Mrs W A Granville state president reports on the Mayflower New Haven orange fair and Elm City song folio event along with a successful Queen Esther whist party to replenish branch treasuries. Clinton aims to form a children’s branch and Memorial notes a postponed fair. unused gifts are to be redirected to a future sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Granville
Connecticut
New Haven
Elm City
Foy Auditorium
Queen Esther
Quiet winter boarding at No 48 Bedford Avenue
Readers seek a home like winter boarding place at No 48 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn. The house is out of fashion yet warm scrupulously clean and with the best cooking. Two sisters who have lived there since childhood run it after financial losses and offer good references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Christmas Charities Spread Through Many States
Miss C of Hornell will forward clothing to a widow with children. Miss Boynton of Newbury will cheer a lonely New Hampshire member. Mrs S of Fifth Avenue will send a large Christmas doll to a crippled girl in Vermont. Mr Van V of Madison NJ will subscribe to The Youths Companion for a crippled girl in West Virginia and a farm paper to a Nebraska member. Mrs Pollard of United branch Brooklyn will send cheer and reading to shut ins in several states. Pilgrim branch found a warm coat for an aged woman. Mrs Whittingham of Tarrytown sent two pairs of gold frame spectacles to a wheelchair user in Massachusetts. Mrs Granger sent a gift to a Nebraska member on her birthday. Miss Phayre and her mother made ninety five scrapbooks for hospitals and homes for children. Yonkers branch will send bags for the Little Mothers Christmas festival to Happy Day House.
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United Branch
Brooklyn
Pilgrim Branch
H. B. Andrews
East Orange
N. J
Rutherford
Boston
Norwich
Conn
West 71Th Street
Harrison
Lebanon Springs
N. Y
South Orange
Doremus
Irvington
Helping Hand Society of the Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Penn
Mrs Lindsay Hosts Poverty Luncheon for Friendly Aid
Mrs Lindsay presided at a West Street luncheon fundraiser for Friendly Aid with twenty one guests paying five cents each. An itemized cost report amused attendees and any surplus funds go to the branch treasury. In the afternoon business session the group voted to provide aid to a destitute woman and her invalid son. The treasurer announced a ten dollar gift to the Chapin Home for Aged People.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapin Home
Astronomer Mary Proctor Sends England Postal Souvenirs
Mary Proctor, the astronomer, has sent a packet of souvenir postals from different parts of England and will forward others from countries she travels to. She leaves for Africa in March. a Brooklyn friend sent German postals, and John Krell contributed colored views of New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Proctor
England
Africa
Brooklyn
John Krell
New Haven
Miss Kelly Helps At Waldorf Little Mothers Bazaar
Miss Kelly of Mott Avenue contributed a box of fine articles for the Little Mothers bazaar held recently at the Waldorf Astoria. The items include quaint rolls bedroom shoes carriage robe and hoods made from Sunshine wools and a bureau scarf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Mott Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Bureau
Community Help Requests Arrive at Ever Ready Branch
A young woman requests temporary crutches four inches long after knee injury. An overcoat for a nine year old boy is needed for school. A working widow needs a warm coat size 38. A rheumatism sufferer requests a medium overcoat to aid outings. S C Gardiner in Iron Bridge Ontario thanks readers for past reading matter and asks to be remembered this winter. A second hand bicycle is sought for a man who walks two miles daily. A fourteen year old girl needs a white dress for graduation in January.
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S. C. Gardiner
Canada
Iron Bridge
Ontario
Mrs. Annie Mahler Sends Cheer to Lone Men in Snowbound Chelan
Mrs. Annie Mahler of Chelan Washington writes that the Tribune Sunshine Society Thanksgiving letter helped her invite two men who live alone to dine with her. She describes the snowbound mountains as lonely yet lovely and says a book or a piece of unfinished work sent to her would bring a ray of sunshine to her silent world among the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Mahler
Chelan
Wash
Tribune Sunshine Society
Miss Mattie Gray Plans Mission Study Class Embroidery
Miss Mattie P. Gray of Cane River North Carolina seeks small textile pieces to teach mountain girls after launching a mission study class. She requests donors send modest embroideries to aid lessons.
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Mattie P. Gray
Cane River
N. C
Help Wanted Classified Notices Friggin Brooklyn Bay Street
Short job ads list positions Chauffeur Chief Clerk Detective Electrician Furnace Man with ages, addresses, and salary notes. Entries include Anderson 314 45th St Brooklyn Tompkinsville Bay St New York Jersey and George Harder 249 19th St Brooklyn altered to fit publication style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
45Th St
Brooklyn
Mar. & Pears
George Harder
Employment ads fragment mix of domestic and laborer positions
A dense list of classified notices offering private secretaries attendants butlers chauffeurs and other domestic workers. Entries give ages nationalities languages and sparse references with addresses in Brooklyn Manhattan and the Bronx. Names include Miss Anna M Wahl Julien Bureau and J C Boyd along with agency names like Henderson's Employment Agencies and Beedeferences.
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Anna M. Wahl
Woodward Ave
Brooklyn
Help Wanted Classifieds Include Many Domestic Roles
A dense listing describes young Swiss and German applicants, maids, cooks, companions, chaperons, and house staff seeking city or country positions. Names, ages, addresses, languages, and references appear, with bureaus and phone notes for recruitment and employment.
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Bloffeld
East 124Th St
Charles Schmid
A. Hofmayer
West 24d
Chelsea
A. Hotmayer
West 23d
Ene
Broadway Horent
Broadway
Franklin
Domestic help ads offer Swedish and American workers
Job listings seek domestic workers, nannies, nurses, laundresses, and chambermaids. Swedish and German helpers are advertised with references, wages vary, agencies on Lexington Avenue, Broadway, and Madison Avenue provide staff, and private homes offer rooms with meals and board.
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Loxington Ave
S0th
60Th Sts
Plaza
Christmas Gifts Reach Hungry Children at South Ferry Settlement
Mrs Olmstead reports a Thanksgiving dinner for thirty eight hungry children funded by T S S margins and private gifts. Gifts from many donors include stockings dolls clothing and books. The note lists contributions from New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and other states, with items for sick children and a request to complete unfinished garments.
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Miss Olmstead
No. 11 Branch
South Ferry
Grafton
N. Y
A R Offer Essay Prizes For Revolutionary War Study
The Sons of the American Revolution New York State offers three prizes for high school and college level essays on The Services of Commodore John Paul Jones in the Revolution. Awards include cash and bronze medals with entry limited to three per school and strict signing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commodore John Paul Jones
Sons of the Revolution
Fraunces
Oriental rug collection from Prince Mourad Shah Mir on view
A display at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries presents Oriental rugs and carpets from the estate of Prince Mathas Mourad Shah Mir, tracing back to Karatepe in Cappadocia. The sale includes smaller epoch collections and runs Wednesday to Saturday at 2:30 PM each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Iay
Fifth Avenue
Mathas Mourad Shah-Mir
Angola
Karatepe
Cappadocia
Citations for Cabassud Estate Heads to January 1909 Court
The People of New York cite George A Jobert Blanche Jobert Rivene Alexandre Rivene Honora Jobert Gustave Rouy Louise Brasseur Jules Drat Louise Parat Rachel Parat and others as interested parties in the estate of Honora V Cabassud late of Manhattan New York. They are summoned to appear before the Surrogate Court of New York County on January 19 1909 to attend the judicial retirement of the executors Edward Ashforth and Manhattan Trust Company. Children under twenty one must be represented by a guardian or guardian will be appointed.
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State OF
New York
George A. Jobert
Blanche Jobert Rivene
Alexandre Rivene
Honora Jobert
Gustave Rouy
Louise Marie Finet Brasseur
Jules Drat
Louise Julia Thérése Parat
Rachel Madeleine Virginie Parat
Desiré Charles Blin
Gaston Eugéne Bilin
Charles René Blin
Marthe Camille Blin
Berthe Zoé Blin
Maurice Albert Blin
Marguerite Eugénie Blin
Pascaline Joséphine Blin
Adolphe Douet
Marie Isabelle Goude
Mary V. Durffy
Jules ID Parat
Rachel Adeleine Virginie Parat
Addie Cormier
Chanies Blin
Marthe Camille Bilin
Berthe Zeé Blin
Pascaline Anetonine Blin
Edward Ashforth and
Manhattan Trust Company
Honora 2 Cabassud
Honora V. Cabassud
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
County of
Said
Hall of Records
Edward Ashforth
Nou Ae
Charles H. Beckett
Daniel J. Dowdney
Daly
Hoyt
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2D Ave
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Beech St
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6Th Ave
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Lopez
West 47Th St
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West Park
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Collier’s Agency
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Tanshine
First Ave
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24 Ave
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Wilmoe
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Bank St
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Lexington
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City of Country
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Columbus Ave
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Germany
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Indy
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Finherty
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Madison Ave
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Park Slope
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East 90Th
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West Bath St
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German Savings Bank
City of
4Th Ave
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Normal College OF the City OF
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Normal College
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Affalo
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116Th St
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Hanover
Exchange
ST Wall St
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Prie St
Walter Henry
German-Am Bidg
Liberty
Medigal Fratecrafier
Louise C. Walker
Mad
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Cortlandt St
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Hammonds
Blackensderfers
Franklins
Atlantic’’ Typewriter Exchange
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Ave
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