Christmas Cheer Brightens New York City Mosque
New York bursts with holiday spirit as thousands of children sing Christmas carols in city Sunday schools and churches. Charity groups like the Charity Organization Society Salvation Army and Volunteers of America mobilize to feed and clothe over three thousand families and other poor in a season of giving. Immigrants on Ellis Island receive a Christmas dinner, and coastal defenses grant leave as ships and docks celebrate with meals and gifts. A Christmas dinner for workers and a late night mass with a seventy-five voice chorus mark the day amid bustle, shopping, and seasonal performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhima
Bethlehem
New Yorks
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Charity Organization Society
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Murver
St Andrew's Church
Duane Street
Cur Ham Place
The
Friendly Sons of St Patrick
Frank Tilford
Park & Tilford
Murray Hill Lyceum
Bowery
Ellis Island
Central Park
Fase
Public Service Commission
Trevis H Whitey
Express
Adams Express Company
Isaak
Samuel Fein
Charles Sturman
B. Katz
First Department
Goode
Swamp District Christmas Gift Drive Noted at Vandewater School
In Vandewater and Pearl streets Swamp district Public School hosted a Christmas gift event for local children. Julius B. Huth and Charles A. Shieren leading volunteers distributed candy and fruit while Oak Street police aided, marking the largest such gathering yet though some children were turned away due to funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp
Vandewater
Pearl Streets
Julius B. Huth
No. S2
Pearl Street
Ote Claus
Tors Yesterdar
Charles A. Shieren
Brooklyn
B. Stimson
Tyele
Oak Street
Swamp Angels
Huth
Pittsburg Christmas Pay Reaches Two Million
Telegraph report from Pittsburg notes Christmas pay in the district totals at least two million dollars. Stores and surrounding towns see brisk shopper activity while coal firms disburse about seventy thousand dollars to workers as a special year end bonus. Westinghouse airbrake plant to resume full operations January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Presents for Park Row Children at No 18 Perk Row
Henry Rosenstein will distribute hundreds of teddy bears drums whistles and other toys to local children at his store around 1 o clock. About $30 to $1090 worth of toys will be given, and every boy and girl will receive at least one present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No.18
Perk Row
Henry Rosenstein
Mrs Palmer Delights Boy With Toy Aeronaut Show
Mrs. Potter Palmer returned from Europe for Christmas and surprised a street store boy by gifting a toy aeronaut performing on a trapeze priced at five cents. The boy debated spending his savings before she handed him the parcel and walked away smiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Chicaee
Potter Palmer
Europe
Hore
Chile
No White Christmas Predicted Across Much of U S
Chicago reports no white Christmas for most of the nation. Professor Garriott, head of the local weather bureau, says snow is limited to the Atlantic Coast from Virginia to New England and the Rocky Mountains. The rest of the country lacks sufficient snow for Santa's sledding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Garriott
Atlantic
Virginia
New England
Rocky Mountains
Santa Claus
Upper Lake
Roosevelt Gifts For Oyster Bay Children In Christmas Drive
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt send presents to Cove School pupils in Oyster Bay while wealthy residents across Hempstead and Garden City contribute gifts. Baskets of toys and groceries go to crippled children at Home of St Giles in the Field and to the poor in East Meadow. Several notable locals including Mrs Belmont and Mrs Duryea organize turkey dinners and baskets for inmates and the Nassau County Jail inmates will have a better holiday tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Giles
Hempstead
Garden City
O. H. P. Belmont
East Meadow
Brockholdt Villa
Hempstead and
August Belmont Jr
Raymond F. Almirall
van Rensselaer Kennedy
Roswell Eldredge
Robert Bacon
Clarence H. Mackey
Thomas Hitchcock
Herman B. Duryea
Paul D. Cravath
Edwin D. Morgan
Harry Payne Whitney
Sherif Joseph Foster
Nassau County
Christmas Gift for Mr Taft in Augusta Georgia
Four English pheasants arrived at Mr Taft's cottage as a Christmas remembrance from Whitelaw Reid. The Augusta Bar Association secured a Taft guest invitation for their dinner after their annual meeting with Justice Cobb slated to speak January 11. Mr Taft plans a private dinner with the Landon Thomas family and will not receive political callers until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James's
Augusta Bar Association
Cobb
J. C. Co. Black
Boyken Wright
Landon Thomas
Hammond
Hudson's Poor to Have a Christmas Tree
Four hundred women and children at the Hudson County Almshouse will celebrate Christmas today with a donated tree trimmed by Warden McKee. The tree will be lit by electric bulbs and gifts arranged for each inmate. The men will receive Christmas bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson County Almshouse
McKee
Four Hundred Gifts For Dodd Family In Montclair
Special from Montclair reports Santa will skip delivering packages at the home of Isaac Dodd, Montclair building inspector for the Board of Education at 66 Greenwood Avenue. Dodd, with fourteen children and twenty grandchildren, presides over the largest family in town. He and his wife have been married thirty seven years. all but three of their fourteen children are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
Santa Claus
Isaac Dodd
Board of Education
Greenwood Avenue
Mr. Dodd
Mrs. Dodd
Man Killed Carrying Gifts Home From Station
James Langdon fifty of 69 Cottage street Bayonne was killed while taking a shortcut from West street station by a drill engine. Rev W W Barker pastor of Bergen Point Baptist Church witnessed the accident and helped gather the Christmas bundles Langdon was taking to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Langdon
Cottage Street
Bayonne
Persecution of Jews in Finland Reported
A message to the American Jewish Committee from the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden in Berlin confirms wholesale Jewish persecutions in Finland. It states families are driven from homes and suffer great hardship as Finland undergoes Russification, bringing Russia’s cruel treatment to Finnish Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Friedecwald
American Jewish Committee
Second Avenue
Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden
Berlin
Finland
Russia
Germany
Christmas Eve at Wall Street Exchanges Festive Pudding Fires
Amid improved financial conditions Christmas festivities graced Wall Street. The Cotton Exchange staged a merry baseball game using a cotton-filled ball while noise makers roared. In contrast the Stock Exchange kept decorum. a Continental pudding feast followed by a brandy flame lit the room as songs rose. Exchanges close for a three day holiday with funds distributed to staff: about $13,000 to 450 employees at the main exchange and $3,000 to 200 at the smaller board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Exchange
Alec
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York Sock Dance
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Yesterda
Big Exchange
Little Board
Panic at Christmas Cantata Fire Injures Many
A Christmas cantata at Second Presbyterian Church caused a panic when decorations ignited and smoke filled the hall. Several children leaped from windows and were severely burned, while older attendees suffered burns tearing down flames. Fire department extinguished the blaze with little building damage. A separate incident at 28th District School involved a burning tree sparked by a candle, but no injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cincinnati
Second Presbyterian Church
28Th District
Christmas at Sandringham with King and Queen
London reports the King Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales celebrate Christmas at Sandringham with festive decorations a huge fir tree and a family Christmas dinner the royal family gathers in the great salon to share gifts and observe traditional customs amid cold weather. The Emperor in Vienna also follows Christmas customs with gifts for imperial children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Sandringham
Sandringham House
Peror Francis Joseph
Vienna
Paris Christmas Eve Festivities Delight Citizens
Paris observes Christmas Eve with cold seasonable weather, churches provide special music, and boulevards glow with promenaders. All night cafés and restaurants bustle with merry suppers, many Americans joining. The French Parliament adjourns until January 12.
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Paris
De Wolf Hopper and Cast Host Pied Piper Christmas Party
De Wolf Hopper Marguerite Clark and Marceline the Hippodrome clown led a Christmas party on the Majestic Theatre stage yesterday. Several hundred children from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum attended as candy and toys were distributed and the entertainment continued with the star performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Wolf Hopper
Marguerite Clark
Majestic Theatre
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Mr Hopper
Miss Clark
Marceline
Hippodrome
Archbishop O'Connell Receives Pope Gift in Boston
In Boston on December 4 Archbishop William H. O Connell received a gold timepiece as a Christmas gift from Pope Pius. A special messenger delivered the watch in a case carved with the papal coat of arms, both watch and case bearing the Vatican symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wiliam H. O O'Connell
Pius
Mayor Gaus Resigns Albany Mayoral Post
Albany dispatcher reports Charles H. Gaus State Controller elect resigns as mayor effective December 31. Henry F. Snyder, president of the Albany Common Council, will act as mayor until January 1, 1910, when Gaus assumes the controller duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Charles H. Gaus
Henry F Snyder
Albany Common Council
Park Commissioner Berry Quizzed In Stock Funds Probe
Berry of The Bronx testified for most of yesterday about charges to corporate stock and budget accounts. Officials said corporate stock funds should cover permanent improvements, not temporary or maintenance work. The hearing, including remarks on alleged abuse across departments, will resume Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Bronx
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Municipal Research
Mitchel
Grimly
Department of Highways
J H Morrison
Judge Davies Quoted On Own Will Inheritance Ruling
The Appellate Division affirms a Special Term order interpreting the will of Henry E. Davies, noting Judge Davies once wrote the controlling opinion in a 167 will case. The ruling held a child dying without issue passes his share to survivors, reflecting Davies's intent toward his children rather than grandchildren. Executors William G. Davies and Julien T. Davies oversee the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry ©. Davies
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Justice Davies
Henry E. Davies
Davies
Ingraham
State Engineer's Appointments by Telegraph
Frank M Williams of Oneida is State Engineer elect and tonight announced January 1 effective appointments. Deputy state engineer Harry W De Graff Amsterdam. Deputy state engineer barge canal William B Landreth Schenectady. Auditor H E Breed Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Division engineer eastern George B Williams Durhamville. Resaphene clerk eastern D B Parsons Cul ton. Division engineer middle Guy V Moulton Syracuse. Financial clerk middle Henry L Bassett Liverpool. Division engineer western Thomas W Barrelly North Tonawanda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Syracuse
Frank M Williams
Oneida
Harry W de Graff
Amsterdam
William B. Landreth
Schenectady
That Place
H. E. Breed
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
George B. Williams
Durhamville
Electresaphene
D. B. Parsons
Culton
Guy V. Moulton
Syracuse Financial
Henry L. Bassett
Liverpool
Thomas W. Barrelly
North Tonowanda
New Excise Deputies Named for Three Counties
Albany announces special deputy commissioners of excise. Henry C. Weeks of Mamaroneck for Westchester County earns 2.50 annually. Moses D. Rubin of Syracuse serves Onondaga County with 2,000. Willis A. Frear of Lockport covers Niagara County at 9.40. Appointments take effect January 1 under a liquor tax law amendment removing excise duties from county treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Maynard N Clement
Henry C. Weeks
Mamaroneck
Westchester County
Moses D. Rubin
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Willis A. Frear
Lockport
Niagara County
Mayor's Wife Aids In Search For Missing Salesman
Mrs McClellan wife of Mayor McClellan and several other women join in efforts to locate George A Lincoln missing from New Linden Place New Rochelle since Thursday night. Lincoln a 65 year old salesman lived with his elderly father near New Rochelle. police swept Sound without finding a body. Lincoln left home after tucking his father in bed wearing a long overcoat and wool cap. He was employed by a New York firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
George A. Lincoln
New Linden Place
New Rochelle
Lincoln
Silk Department Veteran Dealer Remembered in Trade Note
A department store silk department veteran with decades of experience and many notable clients, including Mrs. McClellan, is recalled in a brief trade note highlighting long service and connections with prominent women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silk
McClellan
Appraisal Commissioners Named for Catskill Aqueduct and Kensico Reservoir
Justice Keogh appointed commissioners to condemn lands for the Catskill Aqueduct and Kensico Reservoir. Appointees include Joseph Barrett, Robert E Deyo, Cornelius J Pinckner, James G Graham, and others from New York Rye Yonkers Dobbs Ferry and Ossining. The panel replaces deaths and fills vacancies in sections across Westchester and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court
White Plains
Catskill Aqueduct
Kensico Reservoir
H. T Drkman
Kengico Reservoir
Phenix Ingraham
New York
Robert B. van Cortlandt
Mount Kisco
M. J. Walsh
Yonkers
van Cortlandt
Joseph Barrett
Bedford
William H. Catlin
Rye
P. A McManus
Robert E Deyo
Alexander McClelland
Dobbs Ferry
Thomas F. Curran
Cornelius J. Pinckner
Isaac Bell Brennan
George A. Slater
John J. Brown
James G Graham
Newburg
Odell
Edward Wells, Jr
Peekskill Catskill Aqueduct
Joseph P Morriser
Frederick W. Wilson
The
Newburg News
Arthur A. McLean
Orange County
Appellate Division Defines Disorderly Conduct Law
The 1st Department clarifies the term disorderly conduct under the 1882 Consolidation act. Justice McLaughlin states Section 1459 covers any conduct, in the magistrate's view, tending to breach the peace. The conviction in Rocco Reblin v Mausi and Enrico is affirmed. the workhouse sentence for an alleged robbery attempt stands.
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McLaughlin
Dreege
Rocco Reblin
Alfred Mausi
James Enricn
Friendly Sons of St Patrick distribute charity donations in New York
Edmond J. Curry almoner for the Friendly Sons of St Patrick in New York reports gifts to numerous charities. Hospitals and religious orders receive funds including Presbyterian Hospital, Rosary Hill Home Hawthorne NC St Vincent de Paul Society locations, Little Sisters of the Poor, St Johns Guild and many others across Manhattan The Bronx and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
City of New York
Edmond J. Curry
Presbyterian Hospital
7Th Street
Madison Avenue
Rosary Hill
Hawthorne
N. C
Home For
Association For Improving
Sisters of the Assumption
East 1Th Street
Society of St Vincent de Paul
Lafayette Street
The
Little Sisters of the Poor
East With
St. John’s Guild
Park Avenue
Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary
State Street
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Spring Valley
East 4Th Street
St. Francis’s Hospital
Brook Avenue
Mid Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor
West Gath Street
Union Avenue
Bronx
Sisters of Misericordia
East Séth Street
Commissioner Jonas resigns from Board of Education
Mayor MetClellan received Nathan S. Jonas resignation from the Board of Education. His term would expire in 1910. Jonas cites many duties preventing attention to public school matters. He served seven years, opposed Dr Maxwell on several issues, and supported double sessions. Jonas is president of Citizens' Trust Company of Brooklyn and active in Jewish groups.
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MetClellan
Nathan S. Jonas
Board of Education
Jonas
Dr Maxwell
Maxwell
Citizens’ Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Drought Forces Albany & Hudson Electric Railroad Cutback
Albany reports reduced service on the Albany and Hudson Electric Railroad due to power shortfalls from drought. The third rail system operates the line and cites insufficient supply as the main cause for the service reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany & Hudson Electric Railroad
Operation on Aeronaut Lesh in Critical Condition
Montreal eighteen year old aeronaut Lesh suffered a fall at Morris Park on Election Day breaking his leg. He was in critical condition at Hahnemann Hospital after a rebreaking operation. An X ray showed the leg needed further resetting, making the procedure extremely difficult under surgeon Dr. George W. Roberts. An Aeronautic Society group had pledged to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Lesh
Montreal
Morris Park
Hahnemann Hospital
Park Avenue
Lesh
Fordham Hospital
Canada
The
Aeronautic Society
Fordham
George W. Roberta
Ammation
Postpone Aero Club Gold Medals for Wright Brothers
Cortlandt Field Bishop of the Aero Club of America said Orville Wright would leave for France to join Wilbur and teach buyers how to fly, so the club would postpone the presentation of its gold medals indefinitely. He expects the Wrights to return in spring for government tests at Fort Meyer, Va, noting the opportunity for aviation to rise at home. An automobile club member warned aviation may soon eclipse cars as a spectator draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bishop
Orville
Fort Meyer
France
Wright Brother
Automooile Club
Tailor Held for Forcing Son to Peddle Gum at Night
Harry Schwartz of No 4 East 11th Street was held in one thousand dollars bail by Magistrate Barlow at Jefferson Market Court for sending his eleven year old son to peddle chewing gum in the streets at night. Harry Cook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Frank Smith, 2 special officer for the IRT, testified. The boy had prior arrests at the 11th Street station of the Third Avenue elevated. The mother said the money was needed since the husband deserted her, but investigators found Schwartz had two bank accounts and had not left his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Schwartz
East Lth Street
Barlow
Jefferson Market Court
Harry Cook
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Frank Smith
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Lth Street
Third Avenue
Students visit Jefferson Market Court in sociology study
Eighteen Williams College and Groton School students studied sociology by visiting the Jefferson Market Court. They toured the arraignment area, saw prisoners, and met government officials including George McAneny, president of the City Club, who guided them. They also visited the Criminal Courts Building and the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams College
Groton School
Jefferson Mareket
Archie Roosevelt
Rafheing
George McAneny
City Club
Criminal Courts
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YULE
Park Row
Mrs. Palmer
Boy
Atlantic Coast
Oyster Bay Children
Mrs. Roosevelt
MR. Taft
Ambassador Reid
Hudson
the Pope
Gaus
Judge Davies
GR. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
St. Anenur
Nem Gaork
California
Omaha
Ogden
Milwaukee
St. Paul Ry
Kansas City
A. Blair
Broadway
Justice Keogh
Appellate Division
Friendly Sons OF ST. Patrick
Drouth
Aeronaut
Young Lesh
Lez
Postpone Aeroplane Prize
Wright Brothers
Jefferson Market
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