Fletcherism and social reform at Phipps Building
Horace Fletcher advocates masseducation on mastication to lift submerged tenth nourishment and work capability. He discusses plans for nutrition education, a normal school in vital economics, and testing methods from his Ste neighborhood headquarters while noting citizen involvement and local bazaars exploiting charity goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Fletcher
Phipps
East List Street
Fletcher
Tribune
Phipps Building
Mr. Fletcher
Ste
Builetfine
Mecé
Vital Economics
Informal Talks at Bazaar Reveal Women’s Charitable Views
A recovering young woman at home after a charity bazaar comments that "Women Like pickings" and notes how even modest items like a cushion pin can attract interest. An intimate friend probes the sentiment as leftover sale pieces from the bazaar are discussed for western charity.
Husbands of Antis Sign Petition to Help Suffrage Effort
Suffrage headquarters report that some husbands of anti suffragists are signing the petition, sparking amusement among suffragists. Dr Lyman Abbott once supported woman suffrage but married an anti, Bishop Potter showed inclinations, and other anti figures have suffragist husbands, raising curiosity about influence within circles.
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 Kujchling
League For the Civic Education of Women
Eyelash Care Advice From Two Young Women
Two girls discuss the importance of eyelashes and how to cultivate them. One praises long lashes as enhancing a face while the other admits sparse lashes, then offers practical tips on nourishing nightly application, avoiding harmful ingredients, and finding a safe balance for pomade use.
Christmas Subway Delays Hit Thousands of Shoppers
Thousands of shoppers were delayed as the express service faltered for about 45 minutes from 10 to 10 45. A shoe came off an express train near Times Square causing disruption. The worst congestion was at Brooklyn Bridge Station where hundreds waited for Brooklyn or South Ferry trains. Local trains were later switched to express tracks to alleviate overflow.
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Times Square
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
South Ferry
Christmas Markets Fruit Prices Listten Sale
A catalog of holiday fruit and seafood pricing lists expectations for Christmas markets. Imported grapes sweet Catawba Malagas Hamburgs and hothouse varieties are shown with per basket or per pound rates alongside berries citrus pineapples and tropical fruits. Meats fowl and seafood are priced from turkeys to lobsters with detailed per pound or per dozen figures.
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Restaurent
Malagas
Newton
California
Naples
Brazil
Fight Canadian Line prompts possible trunk line rate war
The Wabash warns it will exit the trunk line tariff on January 1 affecting Canadian Pacific Dispatch Line. Since entering New York via New Haven Hartford tracks two months ago the Canadian line moved to 250 tons daily westbound, triggering protests from other trunk line roads. A sub committee urged moral suasion, but New Haven remains unreconciled, and a wider rate war seems likely if readjustment is not achieved.
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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 Shares to Preferred Stock
The Rutland Railroad Company passed yesterday on its dividend and noted that nearly all common stock has been converted into cumulative 7 percent preferred stock totaling 9,057,600 outstanding. Dividends have accumulated to about 177 percent, with 1 percent declared each January for the past three years, while 1904 and 1905 saw no payout. Directors postponed electing officers as New York Central president selection continues and W. H. Newman departs both Rutland and other NY Central lines.
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Rutland Railroad Company
Rutland
New York Central
W. H. Newman
Condition Of National Banks November 27 1908 Data Released
The Controller of the Currency released a detailed abstract of national banks’ condition as of November 27 1908 compared with September 23 1908 and December 3 1907. It lists resources liabilities and bank totals including loans deposits notes reserves and state and federal obligations to reflect health and leverage across the system.
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United States
U. S
U.S
Ctfs
Nat’ Bks
Res
RCM
Bks
Cire. House
P.c. Redemp. Fd
Cap
Stk. Pa
Saan
Leslie Court Sold to Walter J. M. Donovan
The Charter Construction Company has sold the Leslie Court apartment house to Walter J. M. Donovan. The six story building sits on a plot measuring 9911 by 125 feet at the southwest corner of 137th Street and Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Construction Company
Bing & Bing
Walter J. M. Donovan
Leslie Court
137Th Street
Broadway
Plan a big Bronx factory to be built on 144th Street
Jacob Leitner sells block front measuring 97 by 157 feet on the north side of 144th street between Southern Boulevard and Timpson Place to Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Company. A five story factory building will rise on the plot for the Meehan Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Leitner
James F. Meehan Company
Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Company
144Th Street
Southern Boulevard
Timpson Place
Realty Notes Highlight Nassau and city transactions
Reginald C. Vanderbilt acquired a 100 by 100 foot plot at Jerome avenue and Buchanan place from John H. Mease for nominal consideration. Jackson Gouraund purchased 44 West 18th street from Pease & Elliman for Samuel Kridel. Norman E. Whitehouse bought 118 East Suh street via Mrs Sarah Talman and Pease & Elliman. Fosdick & Hendrickson sold eighty four lots in Flushing at Broadway and Murray street to J. W. Crawford for Matthew J. Goldner. immediate improvement planned. Pease & Elliman handled Oakholm at Ocean and Osborn avenues Cedarhurst for Alfred N. Norris, with nearby gardener's cottage and greenhouses. Allenel Construction secured 425000 building loan from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the Allenhurst twelve story project at Broadway and 100th street.
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Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Jerome Avenue
Buchanan Place
John H. Mease
Jackson Gouraund
West 18Th Street
Pease & Elliman
Samuel Kridel
Norman E. Whitehouse
East Suh Street
Sarah Talman
Fosdick & Hendrickson
Matthew J
Allenel Construction Company
Allenhurst
Broadway and
100Th Street
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Midtown Deals Drive Large Real Estate Market Activity
Vast real estate sales yesterday shifted major Midtown and West Side plots, including the Everett Building at 17th Street and Fourth Avenue sold for about 2 million dollars in cash. A series of acquisitions by M and L Hess, Alliance Realty, and others reshaped blocks along 71st Street, 212th Street Broadway, Vermilyea and Emerson, and 2th Street with developments planned such as a tall twelve story building on 71st Street and 100 by 100 foot plots. Plans were filed to convert No 36 West 17th into a loft building with stores and to add an electric material hoist to the New York Central post office building. Additional enlargements and occupancy changes were announced for No 343 East 49th Street and nearby structures.
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Everett
17Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Midtown
Upper West Side
Chisholm
21St Street
Corn
Alliance Realty Company
212Th Street
Broadway
Worthington Whitehouse
Herbert du Puy
Robert E. Dowling
Vermilyea Avenue
Emerson Street
L. H. Slawson
2Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Patterson
Hall J. How & Co
Murphy
West 17Th Street
Samuel Bergmann
Erwin Rossbach
Estate Plot Leased for 21 Years at Chelsea Docks Edge
Colin M. Eadie leased five lots at the northern corner of 21st street and Eleventh avenue to Quinn & Smith Inc for twenty one years. James N Wells's Sons represented the Moore estate. Aggregate rent is 125 dollars with renewal privileges. Property fronts 106 feet on 21st street and 106.19 feet on Eleventh avenue opposite the Chelsea docks. A loft building costing 60 thousand dollars 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
Sells Vacant Downtown Site On Franklin Street
Horace 8 Ely & Co sold a vacant plot at 139 and 141 Franklin Street to a client of Daniel B. Seybel. The irregular 68 by 100 foot site covers about 5,700 square feet in downtown.
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Horace
Ely & Co
Daniel B. Seybel
Franklin Street
Apartment House in a Trade at 99th Street
A client of Charles Hoerlein purchased from Henry Kraft a five story apartment house at No 113 and 120 West 99th street on a 43 by 100.11 foot plot. Kraft accepted in part payment two dwelling houses and a two family house at No 33, 39 and 47 224 Street, Bensonhurst on a 140 by 100 foot plot.
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Charles Hoerlein
Henry Kraft
West 99Th Street
Kraft
Bensonhurst
Warshower Congregation Buys New York Synagogue
The Warshower Congregation of New York purchased two story synagogue No 58 on Rivington Street for $60,000 from the Universal Building and Construction Company. The plot size is listed as 424,980 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Universal Building and Construction Company
Warshower
New York
Rivington Street
Real estate sales fill Manhattan blocks in brisk market
Listings show multiple transactions across West 9th Street West 52nd Street and Upper East and West sides. Buyers include James Carley, Morris Weinstein and Walter G Berg estate with properties from 9th street to Madison Avenue and Park Avenue. Deals include brownstones, flat houses, and a five story double flat.
Auction adjourns Yerkes gallery sale at 860 Fifth Ave until January 6
Real estate auction day reports adjournment of the Yerkes art gallery sale at 860 Fifth Avenue by Bryan L Kennelly, delayed at the request of the mortgagee Mutual Life Insurance Company and Corporation Counsel Pendleton. Other listings show multiple properties with due amounts and taxes, with adjournments and new bids scheduled for December 30 and beyond.
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Yerkes Art Gallery
Fifth Avenue
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Bryan L. Kennelly
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pendleton
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Morris Weinstein
Gore Lot
James F. Meehan
Whittier Street
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George J. Bascom
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Madison Avenue
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140Th Street
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Lowenfeld & Prager
151St Street
152D Street
Sigmund B. Heine
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Fila Smith
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Clarence PB. Anderson
West 65Th Street
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Isidor H. Kempner
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Clay Avenue
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Claremont Park
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Hughes Avenue
Yerkes
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135Th St
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128Th St
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Liebmann
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D Thomson
Joseph P Day
St Raymonds Ave
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West Chester
Popp
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Joseph P. Day
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W Cronin
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Eeerences
George D Kingston
Clark
Tremont Ave
Crotoma Ave
Mary A McCormac
C S Clark
Westchester Ave
N S
Zerega Ave
Jacob F Paulsen
Trinity Ave
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Theodore Wents
Holland Ave
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George Hauser
Ike Melnik
Otel LD Marquis
Galen
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Virginia Ave
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Dennis
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Board of Water Supply
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