Fletcherism and the submerged tenth in urban uplift
Horace Fletcher promotes mastication to aid the submerged tenth, arguing dietetic righteousness can curb poverty and boost national efficiency. He plans to test nutrition methods in a central New York City building, aiming to educate children and involve kindergarten teachers in a broader sociological program.
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Horace Fletcher
Phipps
List Street
Fletch
Tribune
Mrr
Fletcher
Mecca
Women at charity bazaar reveal sharp wit and kindness
A young woman recovering at home discusses bazaar observations with a friend. She notes that women enjoy the chase for small bargains even in charity events and considers what happens to unsold items after the sale.
Husbands of anti wives sign suffrage petitions reveal bias
At suffrage headquarters the admission was made that several husbands of anti supporters are signing the woman suffrage petition. The article notes reactions from suffragists and cites examples such as Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott and Bishop Potter, whose spouses hold anti views, and mentions Mrs Emil Kujchiing and others as cases under suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
Berkeley Lyceum
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Berkleley Lyceum
Bishop Potter
Potter
Woman's Press Club
Emil Kujchiing
League For the Civic Education of Women
Eyelash Care Tips From a Dialogue on Beauty
A conversation between two girls discusses the importance of eyelashes to facial appearance. One advocates nourishing eyelids nightly with a safe pomade made from lanolin and glycerine, warning against harsh ingredients and lastingly rubbing near the nostrils to avoid eye irritation.
Subway Express Delays Halt Christmas Shoppers
Thousands of shoppers were delayed on the subway as express service faltered for about 45 minutes from 10 to 10:45. A shoe fell from an express train near Times Square causing disruption and congestion at the Brooklyn Bridge station as crowds waited for trains to Brooklyn or South Ferry. Local trains were moved to express tracks to ease overflow and restore order.
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Times Square
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
South Ferry
Christmas Fruit and Meat Prices at Markets
Christmas market notes list prices for imported fruits and nuts, fresh vegetables, birds and fowl, meats, and seafood. Grape varieties like Sweet Catawba and Malagas appear with per basket or per pound costs, while pumpkins, citrus, berries, and tropicals show dozens and pounds. Poultry, game, lamb, veal, and fish present per unit prices, with butter and dairy sustaining the festive spread.
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Malagas
Bleck Hamburgs
Newton
California
Naples
Brazil
Fight Canadian Line prompts tariff showdown in trunk routes
Wabash warns it will withdraw from undercutting tariffs on January 1 prompting a potential rate war. Since entering via New Haven Hartford lines the Canadian Pacific Dispatch Line has grown to 250 tons daily westbound, triggering protests from Trunk Line Association members and a committee review. The association hopes moral suasion will curb New Haven while warning that other roads may withdraw if rates are not adjusted.
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Trunk Line
Canadian Pacific Dispatch Line
Trunk Roads
Wabash
Trunk Line Association
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New Haven
Rutland Railroad Converts Most Stock to Preferred Debt
The Rutland Railroad Company passed yesterday on the dividend, with nearly all common stock converted into cumulative 7 percent preferred totaling 9,057,600 outstanding. Accumulated dividends reach about 177 percent after a 1 percent payout in January and similar years before, while 1904 and 1905 had no dividends. Directors postponed organizing yesterday as New York Central has not yet chosen a president to replace W H Newman, also president of Rutland.
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Rutland Railroad Company
Rutland
New York Central
W. H. Newman
Condition of National Banks on November 27 1908
Abstract of reports from the Controller of the Currency shows the condition of U S national banks at close of business November 27 1908 compared with September 23 1908 and December 3 1907. Highlights include total resources near 9.28 billion and total liabilities about 9.28 billion with 6 865 banks reported.
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United States
Leslie Court Sold to Walter Donovan for Six-Story Apartment
Charter Construction Company sold the Leslie Court apartment building a six story structure on a plot measuring 9911 by 125 feet at the southwest corner of 137th Street and Broadway. Walter J. M. Donovan is the purchaser.
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Charter Construction Company
Bing & Bing
Walter J. M. Donovan
Leslie Court
137Th Street
Broadway
Plan a big Bronx factory project announced
Jacob Leitner has sold for the James F Meehan Company to the Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Company a block front 97 by 1517 feet on the north side of 144th Street between Southern Boulevard and Timpson Place. A five story factory building will be erected on the plot.
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Jacob Leitner
James F. Meehan Company
Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Company
144Th Street
Southern Boulevard
Timpson Place
Realty Notes Highlight Jerome Avenue Plot Transfer
Reginald C. Vanderbilt took title to a 100 by 100 foot plot at Jerome avenue and Buchanan place from John H. Mease. Other transfers include No 464 West 56th street to Jackson Gouraund, No 18 East Suh street to Norman E. Whitehouse, and eighty four lots in Flushing sold by Fosdick & Hendrickson to J. W. Crawford. Oakholm at Cedarhurst sold to Alfred N. Norris, with land opposite and gardener's cottages. Allenel Construction’s Allenhurst tower secures a $425,000 loan from Metropolitan Life Insurance on Broadway and 100th Street.
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Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Jerome Avenue
Buchanan Place
John H. Mease
Jackson Gouraund
West 56Th Street
Pease & Elliman
Samuel Kridel
Norman E. Whitehouse
East Suh Street
Sarah Talman
Fosdick & Hendrickson
Matthew
Allenel Construction Company
Allenhurst
Broadway and
100Th Street
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Midtown Real Estate Boom Sees Major Northward Moves
A flood of Midtown deals drives up activity with the Everett Building at 17th and Fourth avenues selling for about 2 million dollars in cash. Transactions include M L Hess selling 60 62 West 21st Street to Henry Corn who plans a twelve story main, and alliances buying plots at Broadway 212th Street Vermilyea and Emerson Street. Hall J How & Co. brokered most sales as plans emerged for extensions, a loft conversion at 36 West 17th Street, and a new electric hoist at the New York Central post office building on Lexington Avenue.
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Everett
17Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Midtown
Upper West Side
Chisholm
21St Street
212Th Street
Herbert du Puy
Robert E. Dowling
Alliance Realty Company
Vermilyea Avenue
Emerson Street
L. H. Slawson
24Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Patterson
Hall J. How & Co
Murphy
West 17Th Street
Samuel Bergmann
Erwin Rossbach
New York Central Railroad Company
Lexington Avenue
45Th Street
East 49Th Street
Millie Stern
C. M. Straub
Moore estate leased to Quinn Smith Inc for twenty one years
Colin M. Eadie leases five lots at the north east corner of 21st street and Eleventh avenue to Quinn & Smith Inc represented by James N Wells's Sons for 21 years at 125000 in total. The lease includes renewal options and covers a vacant plot fronting 106 feet on 21st street and 105.10 feet on Eleventh avenue opposite Chelsea docks. A loft building costing 60000 will be erected on the site.
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Colin M. Eadie
Quinn & Smith (Inc
Moore
James N. Wells
21St Street
Eleventh Avenue
21St Streets
Chelsea Docks
Ely and Co. Sell Vacant Plot on Franklin Street
Horace S. Ely and Co. sold to Daniel B. Seybel a vacant plot at 139 and 141 Franklin Street. The 63 by 100 irregular lot covers about 5,700 square feet.
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Horace S. Ely & Co
Daniel B. Seybel
Franklin Street
Apartment House Sold on 99th Street Trade
A client of Charles Hoerlein bought from Henry Kraft a five story apartment house at 113 and 120 West 99th Street on a 43 by 100.11 foot plot. Kraft accepted part payment consisting of two dwelling houses and a two family house at 33, 39 and 47 224 Street in Bensonhurst on a 140 by 100 plot.
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Charles Hoerlein
Henry Kraft
West 99Th Street
Kraft
Bensonhurst
Synagogue Sold For Sixty Thousand Dollars on Rivington Street
The Universal Building and Construction Company sold to Warshower Congregation of New York two story synagogue Nos 58 and 60 Rivington Street on a plot measuring 424 by 80 feet for $60,000.
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The
Universal Building and Construction Company
Warshower
New York
Rivington Street
Realty firms report multiple Manhattan sale transactions
L J Phillips Co sold No 37 West 9th Street for occupancy as the sixth of fifteen houses in a block. Shaw & Co sold No 9 West 9th Street to a client for Morris Weinstein. Meehan sold a 25 by 10 foot lot at Whittier and Garrison. Eckhardt and McClure sold 261 West 52d Street, a four story brownstone, to George J Bascom. Theise sold 11 Madison Avenue, a five story double flat, held at 40000 dollars. Partial payment noted for 520 West 140th Street and 542 St Nicholas Avenue. Comey acquired eight lots near Broadway from Lowenfeld & Prager. Heine sold 2798 Eighth Avenue, a six story flat with stores. Hayes bought 349 West 120th Street, a five story triple flat. Senior & Co sold 154 West 65th Street to Eugenia Wolf. Altmayer resold 529 Lexington Avenue to Isidor Kempner. Vetter sold 240 East 128th Street, a five story tenement. Barry sold multiple Park Avenue properties and 299 East 160th Street plus a Park Avenue plot. Altieri sold 170th Street and Clay Avenue dwelling. Steinman sold 2148 Hughes Avenue to an investor.
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L. J. Phillips & Co
James Carley
West 9Th Street
Shaw & Co
Morris Weinstein
Clent
James F. Meehan
Whittier Street
Garrison Avenue
E. Henry Eckhardt
David H. McClure
Walter G. Berg
George J. Bascom
West 52d Street
Isaac R. Theise
Madison Avenue
115Th Street
140Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
John F. Comey
Lowenfeld & Prager
151St Street
152D Street
Broadway
Sigmund B. Heine
Eighth Avenue
George B. Hayes
Fila Smith
120Th Street
We. S. Senior & Co
Clarence B. Anderson
65Th Street
Eugenia Wolf
Leon S. Altmayer
Isidor H. Kempner
Lexington Avenue
J. A. Vetter
East 128Th Street
James T. Barry
Bauer & Co
Park Avenue
Adjourned Auction at Yerkes Gallery and Nearby Properties
Auction room sale of the Yerkes art gallery at 860 Fifth Avenue was postponed to January by Mutual Life Insurance Company upon request of Corporation Counsel Pendleton. Other items listed include multiple NYC properties with m ortgage balances, due amounts, taxes, and court actions.
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Yerkes
Yerkes Art Gallery
Fifth Avenue
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Bryan L. Kennelly
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pendleton
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