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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
12
A fragmented notice from a historic newspaper lists mail instructions for the Tribune Sunshine Society and credits multiple donors from New York to New Jersey. Items include dolls, garments, books, and clothing for children and women, sent by various named contributors such as Mrs Chamberlain Bayonne N J and Miss Bessie Fink Brooklyn.
The annual report of the Society of the Lying-In Hospital notes eight months of operation with 1,278 ward applicants and 186 beds, highlighting Morgan’s new hospital and limited capacity. In a separate narrative, Ernestine von Rosenkrantz’s discreet meetings with Lieutenant Heinrich Braun lead to a love match after social pressures and gossip unfold, ending in betrothal and wedding preparations.
At the Waldorf Astoria a Pilgrim Mothers dinner drew about two hundred guests led by Lillie Devereux Blake. Speakers praised women’s public welfare efforts in New York, urged reform against child labor, and celebrated women in business while recalling Pilgrim lineage.
Turkeys for Christmas run higher than Thanksgiving with retailers quoting about 23 cents per pound and predicting further increases. Scarcity driven by a light crop and spring weather dampened supply, while Jersey and Rhode Island sources hold at 28 cents. Rhode Island geese and Boston geese remain affordable, with wild mongrel geese at reduced rates. Partridges and quail prices vary, reflecting broader poultry pressure and seasonal demand.
Seven Brooklyn youths calling themselves The Haves plan to spend time until Christmas refurbishing old toys for the Have Nots who rely on the Brooklyn Christmas tree charity. They will work Fridays and Saturdays at Cooper Hall to repaint repair and enhance toys and invite others to contribute or donate old treasures for needy children.
The Frank Bottome Memorial at 216 East 120th Street Harlem warns of unauthorized people collecting funds in its name for Christmas dinners. The Tribune is asked to state that only Mrs. George Moulton, who carries credentials, is approved to receive contributions for the work.
In shops Christmas bells crafted from scarlet immortelles hang from scarlet satin loops. Tiny conifer pots, about thimble size, house holly trees while larger sardinieres hold ferns. They can stand, hang, or be used as baskets, their copper sides catching sun and glowing brightly on gray winter days.
St Mark's Hospital hosts a Christmas celebration on Thursday afternoon noting hours from 8 to 5 o'clock. The event invites staff and patients to share seasonal cheer with planned activities and refreshments.
On Christmas Eve at New York Hospital the children's ward will be lit at 3 oclock for four Christmas entertainment events.
A Virginia donor Mrs Jessie H Rupert describes daily kindnesses aiding the T S S workers in aiding poor white mountain and village children. She thanks readers for read ing matter, St Nicholas and Sabbath Reading, and asks for books cards toys and similar gifts via Southern Express Company to support distributed packages to families in need.
The Mizpah Circle of King's Daughters, a T. S. S. branch, plans a Christmas tree party at a member’s home to bring happiness to its thirty pensioners. Each child will receive a toy, parents a basket of provisions, and families a garment handmade by Circle members. Florence Hart Jerome notes ongoing Sunshine work and needs caps for boys and hats for girls, aided by a wholesale firm and a recent helpful package.
Several women and groups across states contribute cash and clothing to support a needy elderly woman. Gifts include $5 from Mrs G M Du Bois of El Paso and $2 from Williamstown children, plus small amounts from Yonkers Dover Lenox and Brooklyn. A mourning veil is requested for Miss Bettie Lipscomb of Greenville South Carolina.
Manhattan Branch No 6 seeks support for two widows with six and three children, one a crippled boy, both husbands killed recently. Warm clothing and greetings were sent as the president found them truly deserving. Boxes were prepared for multiple nurseries and branches, and twenty three other families received clothing and toys.
A long list of assorted charitable gifts gathered from numerous donors across New Jersey New York and Connecticut. The items include dolls toys cushions mittens underwear clothing books and holiday favors for fatherless children and the ill in Morristown Trenton Yonkers Peekskill Albany and other locales with many unnamed donors coordinating through Branches and associations.
A New York City gathering of the Car Passengers' Rights Society declared itself not affiliated with any paper or party. Officers and members discussed petitions to Mayor Low, Governor Odell, and railroad bodies, with plans to hold a public meeting at Lotus Hall and to sign petitions individually.
The piece examines how low wages press working women to find inexpensive nutritious luncheons. It highlights the scarcity of suitable boarding houses and cheap meals, the male-oriented restaurant menus, and the evolving manners of women in business as they gain time discipline and civility.
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