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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
23
In a Advent talk to the Daughters of the Faith, Rev William OBrien argues Catholics must lead on marriage. He says marriage is a sacrament and women's intellect should be developed, criticizing men who treat women as toys and urging shared moral standards for both sexes.
An old lemon remedy is debunked with medical authority noting lemon juice can cause digestive trouble and corrosive damage. Experts warn overuse leads to health wreckage, while small amounts may aid liver and malaria but excess harms joints and digestion.
Mrs Taft wife of the President elect is a favor ite in England with deep ties to Oxford colleges and many English friends. A refined musician she will likely influence White House music. She also follows domestic hygiene cookery and dressmaking, attending lectures during her England visit.
Miss Ethel M. Arnold will be guest of honor at a luncheon hosted by the Interurban Suffrage Council on January 15 at the Hotel Astor. Dr. Anna Ghew will attend. Tickets available from the suffrage headquarters and the Martha Washington side.
In a hotel lobby a funeral march winds through a cloudy December day. A middle aged woman contrasts English funeral display with American somberness, calling current practices a survival of austere, puritan customs in a supposedly Western Christian community.
A dreary afternoon prompts a mourner to muse about his funeral. His empathetic husband replies that the living matter more than the dead and jokes about directing a band to follow his own funeral procession.
A Bowery Mission appeal asks for cast-off men’s clothes to clothe the unemployed and aid a work program. The shelter runs a bread line each night for homeless men, aims to place many in farm or local jobs, and tracks 2000 men sent out last year with only twelve failing.
The Tribune Pattern describes blouses using teak like material with pretty sleeves. The model suits both separate waists and full gowns, shown in fine lawn with Valenciennes banding and hand embroidery in square patterns.
The notice describes a sewing pattern No 6188 with fabric options including cashmere bands, silk, satin, white net, and lace. Materials required for a medium size are 4 1 2 yards of 44 inch fabric, 3 yards 22 for 22 inch width, plus 1 yard banding and 1 yard edging. Pattern offers sizes 32, 44, 38 and 4 inch bust and costs 10 cents plus mail. Orders to Pattern Department New-York Tribune. Add 2 cent for speedy mail.
Governor Hughes is urged by New York City Charities officials to propose in the Legislature a farm colony plan. Five trustees would run colonies to detain reform and instruct vagrants and petty offenders. Colonies would be near New York City Albany and Buffalo with superintendents and European expertise sought.
Plans filed for a four unit six story apartment complex on West 144th Street two blocks east of Broadway by Young Realty Company led by Charles H. Wallis. Project features brick and ornamental stone facades, 714 by 8.11 feet, estimated cost 100000, designed by Thain & Thain.
Florist Charles Thorley reports leasing the four story and basement Harper House at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 46th Street. The 25 by 199 foot property, owned by Mrs. Joseph W. Harper, will be long term with extensive remodeling to convert the ground floor for Thorley’s business.
Hall J How Co sold for James M Ho ton to the State Realty and Mortgage Company four lots on the east side of Riverside Drive. The parcels lie 117 feet north of 116th street and extend through to Claremont avenue.
Sandford and Green completed a purchase from New York Life Insurance and Trust of a three story and basement stone front dwelling at 18 West 84th Street. The deal was brokered by William P. Maneau.
Canada extends time to build or acquire vessels over 1509 tons gross to replace foreign ships barred from Quebec to Nova Scotia trade. The exemption lasts until 1911 while preserving privileges for smaller vessels. Affected ships, many coal and steel carriers, are owned across Italy Germany Netherlands Sweden and other nations.
Nassau Ferry Company asserts ownership of the Grand street terminal after discontinuing service. Controller Metz says a Brooklyn terminal is the main obstacle to resuming the Houston to Grand street route by week’s end. He expects resolution within days and notes the city has sufficient ferries but will not name the operator yet.
Supreme Court in Suffolk County Long Island ruled taxes across townships were illegally collected for years and lands sold for unpaid taxes disposed without warrant. Percy L Housel, riverhead title expert, argues supervisors used their own seal on tax warrants instead of the County Clerk's, potentially invalidating millions in tax collections.
At a London meeting of Underground Electric Railways stockholders two Americans were elected to the board. W. J. Parsons of New York and Colonel Millard Hunsicker joined the lineup. Sir Fdazcar Speyer presided over the session.
Marenus and company exhibit a private collection of black opals at their Fifth Avenue room. The stones display mainly a translucent black base from the Lightning Ridge mine, with some pieces showing iridescent greens blues crimsons and yellows that disperse the black appearance.
Lillis, a wealthy banker and stockman from Lemoore, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court to six months in jail and fined 1.10 for illegally closing government lands in the Cantua district where he holds substantial holdings.
Boston witnesses testified about dealings with Car denio F. King who allegedly took cash for stock orders totaling 25 400. Only one received full settlement via Lee Friedman, while others got small sums or overpayments. Prosecution showed property mortgage evidence.
Alexander Walker loans John J Whits 85,500. The notation appears as a financial transaction or loan record involving named individuals and a principal amount. Further context from the source would clarify the parties, purpose, and terms of the loan.
Major Manhattan Bronx transactions dominate the day as Johnson Kahn and American Real Estate swap properties. Hendrik Hudson Annex on Broadway and Cathedral Parkway sells for 1.4 million. Additional Westchester Intervale plots and East 16th Kelly street blocks set the stage for a large Bronx elevator apartment project housing about two thousand families.
Superintendent Murphy holds a permit to tear down a two story stable at 47 East 52d Street owned by W K Vanderbilt. The site adjoins a planned seven story two family dwelling from Warren and Wetmar plans filed months ago. The original dwelling work was halted. now a larger project at No 11 is proposed on the stable site with an estimated cost of 150000 pounds.
Lease activity across Manhattan properties includes Maurice Daly renting the second floor of the Old Guard Armory Building at 49th and Broadway for 10,000 dollars yearly to convert into billiard parlors. Other deals cover lofts on West 22d Street, Washington Place, Waverley Place, and South Street, with multiple tenants, buyers, and mortgage placements noted.
J F Frankenthal bought at a voluntary sale at Weser Street Nos 4 and 46 and Park Avenue Nos 1804 1806 plus a 124th Street dwelling for 9000 dollars. Multiple other listings follow with mortgages taxes and partitions noted for properties on 16th Street Ryer Avenue Amsterdam Avenue 41st Street and Southern Boulevard among others.
Slawson and Hobbs reported to have sold the block front on the west side of Broadway between 18th and 169th streets. They resold half of the 4 vacant plots, 184 by 1 feet, to a builder who plans a high class apartment house on his site.
The McVickar Gaillard Realty Company reports sale of two five story triple flat houses at 23 and 2 West 1th street to a client of Abraham Ufland. Each property sits on a 25 by 100 foot lot.
William Kilpatrick and the Droress Company sell Nos 515 and MS West 2th Street plot Hix 92 feet plus Nos 517 and 19 vacant sx feet to a warehousing firm planning a 100 foot frontage building. Moorehead Realty sells five story apartment at 532 East 149th Street. Max Grifenhagen sells 189 Lenox Avenue at 127th Street corner. Georgiana Pingel sells Nests and 4 East.
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