Christmas Cheer Brightens City with Children’s Carols
In New York City, thousands of children in Sunday schools sang O Little Town of Bethlehem, near endless holiday scenes. Charities like the Charity Organization Society Salvation Army and Volunteers of America plan meals and gifts for the needy. Immigrants on Ellis Island enjoyed a Christmas dinner, churches held services, and workers and ships provided seasonal largess. A court case noted shipper liability for undelivered goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
New York
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Rere
Robins
Socety
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Theac
Murver
St Andrew's Church
Duane Street
Citrus Place
Sim Knight
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Newebors
Frank Tilford
Park & Tilford
Murray Hill Lyceum
Bowery
Ellis Island
Central Park
Trevis H Whitmer
Express
Adams Express
Adams Express Comfaror Pany
Isaak
Samuel Fein
Charles & Business
H. Katz
First Department
Goode
Urman
Swamp District Christmas Gift Distribution Tale
Julius FR Huth of 372 Pearl Street led a Christmas gift drive for Swamp District Public Schools on Wandewater and Pearl streets. Charles A. Schlieren, ex-mayor Brooklyn, aided, with E. B. Stim sor and Captain Toole’s Oak Street detail assisting policemen who handed out toys, fruits, and candy. It was the district’s largest gathering, turning some children away due to demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp
Wandewater
Pearl Streets
Julius FR Huth
Pear Street
Serte Cleus
Charles A. Schlieren
Brooklyn
E. B.stimsor
Captain Toole
Oak Street
Mr. Huth
Pittsburg Christmas Pay Surges to 2 Million Dollar Mark
Telegraph report from Pittsburg notes Christmas pay in the district reaches at least 2 million dollars. Stores in the city and surrounding towns see heavy shopping as coal firms disburse about 70 thousand dollars in special holiday pay. Westinghouse interests contribute, mills run near full time, with full operations at the airbrake plant set to resume January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pitesburg
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Presents for Park Row Children at 19 O Clock
Henry Rosenstein plans to distribute between 500 and 1000 dollars worth of toys to ltte boys and girls near No 28 Park Row. Hundreds of teddy bears whistles and other gifts will be given to children who call at his store at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ltte
No. 28
Park Row
Henry Rosenstein
Mrs Palmer Buys Toy for Happy Boy in Chicago Store
Mrs Potter Palmer returning from Europe to spend Christmas in Chicago surprised a child in a State Street shop by buying a cheap trapeze toy he had saved for. The boy clutched his cents and debated the investment when Mrs Palmer and another shopper both urged him to take the toy. He left smiling as Mrs Palmer gave him the parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teleeraph
the Tribune
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Europe
State Street
Palmer
No White Christmas Predicted For Much Of Nation
Chicago reports that Professor Garriott, head of the local weather bureau, says there will be no white Christmas for most areas. Snow is limited to the Atlantic Coast from Virginia to New England and the Rocky Mountains, with only a little in the upper lake region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Garriott
Atlantic
Virginia
New England
Rocky Mountains
Santa Claus
Upper Lake
President Roosevelt Gift Drive For Oyster Bay Children
Special dispatch from Hempstead Long Island reports President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt sending Christmas gifts to Cove 1001 Oyster Bay where Roosevelt children learned their three Rs A school principal received a gift check Wealthy residents contributed baskets turkeys and money to Hempstead Garden City and East Meadow the Home of St Giles in the Field benefited from dainties and tar baskets Multiple prominent donors including Belmonts Almiralls Kennedy and Eldredge aided the poor with baskets and turkeys Nassau County inmates and town workers participated in relief efforts with various gifts and rations. the effort covered Hempstead Garden City East Meadow and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Giles
Hempstead
Garden City
Co. B. P
Brockholdt Villa
Hempstead and
August Belmont Jr
Raymond F. Almirall
van Rensselaer Kennedy
Roswell Eldredge
Robert Bacon
Clarence H. Mackay
Thomas Hitchcock
Berman B. Duryea
Paul D. Cravath
Edwin D. Morgan
Herry Payne Wrey
Joseph Foster
Nassau Co 1
Christmas Gift for Mr Taft in Augusta
Augusts Ga December 24 four English pheasants reached Mr Taft's cottage as a Christmas dinner remembrance from Whitelaw Reid ambassador at the Court of St James. The Augusta Bar Association secured Judge Taft's promise to attend their annual dinner January 11 with Justice Cobb to speak. Taft joked he would not be asked to speak. The Taft family plans no Christmas celebration at home and will dine at Mr and Mrs Landon Thomas. They were photographed in their automobile with Mr and Mrs Hammond on a country ride. Taft expects no political callers before next week. Hitchcock may come and Knox's visit is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. Jam
Augusta Bar Association
Cobb
J. C. Black
Booken Wright
Landon Thomas
Hudson's Poor to Have a Christmas Tree
Four hundred women and children in Hudson County Almshouse will celebrate Christmas today in the old style. Warden McKee secured and trimmed a Christmas tree with gifts for each inmate. The tree will be lighted tonight by electric bulbs and the men will receive Christmas bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson County Almshouse
McKee
Four Hundred Gifts At One Montclair Home
Isaac Dodd building inspector for the Board of Education and his wife live at 66 Greenwood Avenue in Montclair with fourteen children and twenty grandchildren, the largest family in town. They have been married thirty seven years and all but three of their children are married. Santa Claus will not leave any packages at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
Dec
Santa Claus
Isaac Dodd
Board of Education
Greenwood Avenue
Mr. Dodd
Dodd
Bayonne Man Killed En Route With Christmas Gifts
James Langdon fifty of 69 Cottages Street Bayonne was killed while returning home from West Street station after taking a shortcut. A drill engine caused the fatal accident witnessed by Rev W W Barker pastor of Bergen Point Baptist Church who helped collect the Christmas bundles Langdon carried for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Langdon
Cottages Street
Bayonne
Persecution of Jews in Finland Reported by German Jewish Group
A message to Herbert Fried erwald of the American Jewish Committee from Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden in Berlin confirms wholesale persecution of Jews in Finland. It says families are driven from homes and endure severe hardships as Russification completes in Finland, mirroring past Russian oppression. The Hilfsverein is described as Germany's leading Jewish philanthropic organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Friederwald
American Jewish Committee
Second Avenue
Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden
Beriin
Finland
Russia
Germany
Christmas on Wall Street: Cotton Exchange Celebrates Quietly
Despite improved finances Christmas passed largely unnoted except at the Cotton Exchange where married and single brokers battled with a giant cotton ball in a festive game. A plum pudding dramatic blaze with brandy followed at Consolidated Stock Exchange. Banks stay open for the holiday while brokerage offices close for three days and staff receive Christmas funds amid scattered travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Exchange
Stock Exchan
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Letter Institution
Wall Street
New On Boeck Ze
Big Exchange
Little Board
Panic at Christmas Cantata Prompts School and Church Fire
A panic at Second Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati injures several children as decorations ignite causing smoke and flights from windows. Firemen extinguish flames with minor building damage. Earlier at the 28th District School a burning Christmas tree sparks another scare but no injuries occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
fBr
the Tribune
Cincinnati
Second Presbyterian Church
28Th District
Christmas in palaces from London to Vienna
London reports the King Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales celebrating Christmas at Sandringham with the royal family. The King joins in the festivities yet guards his health as cold weather arrives. A huge fir tree with gifts decorates the Sandringham ballroom. In Vienna Emperor Francis Joseph hosts a family Christmas, giving gifts to his young relatives as he maintains traditional customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Sandringham
Sandringham House
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Paris Christmas Eve Festivities Enliven City Streets
In Paris on Christmas Eve the city enjoys cold seasonable weather as churches ring with special music. Boulevards fill with promenaders and all night cafés overflow with merry supper parties. Many Americans join in celebrations while the French Parliament adjourns until January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pied Piper cast hosts Christmas party at Majestic Theatre
De Wolf Hopper Marguerite Clark and Marceline the Hippodrome clown led a Christmas party on the Majestic stage yesterday. Several hundred children including many from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum attended as candy and toys were handed out and the troupe entertained the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Wolf Hopper
Marguerite Clark
Majestic Theatre
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Mr Hopper
Miss Clark
Marceline
Hippodrome
Archbishop O'Connell Receives Papal Gold Timepiece
In Boston on December 24 Archbishop William H OConnell was presented a gold timepiece from Pope Pius XII by a special messenger. The watch and its case bear the papal coat of arms and arrived in a finely carved case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William H. O’connell
Pius
Papa
Albany Mayor Gaus resigns to become State Controller
Albany December 4 Charles H Gaus State Controller elect resigns as Mayor effective December 31 He will assume Controller duties on New Year s Day His successor as Mayor will be Henry F Snyder president of the Albany Common Council who will serve until January 1 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Charles H. Gaus
Henry F. Snyder
Albany Commen Council
Park Commission Berry Faces Probe At Hearing
Park Commissioner Berry of The Bronx testified for much of the day as investigators examine charges that corporate stock funds were used for maintenance rather than improvements. He joked about clerical shortages and noted scrutiny from the Bureau of Municipal Research amid bookkeeping changes. Superintendent Morrison defended charging lawn work to maintenance while supporting corporate stock for tree trimming in new parks. The hearing resumes Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Bronx
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Municipal Research
Mitchel
Park Department
Department of Highways
J. H. Morrison
Judge Davies Quoted On Own Will In De In Construi ng Provisions
Appellate Division affirms term of Henry B Davies will ruling that a prior Davies Court of Appeals decision guides interpretation of dispositions to children and grandchildren. Justice Ingraham notes the testator was a prominent jurist and cites the 1867 will ruling about survivorship and issue. Executors William G Davies and Julien T Davies named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Davies
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Davies
Henry E. Davies
Ingraham
State Engineer’s Appointments
Syracuse dispatch reports Frank M. Williams of Oneida as State Engineer elect with January 1 take effect. Appointments include Deputy State Engineer Harry W. De Graff of Amsterdam and William B. Landreth of Schenectady as auditor and resident engineer respectively. George B. Williams of Durhamville named eastern division division engineer and financial clerk. D. B. Parsons of Fulton and Guy V. Moulton of Syracuse named division engineers for middle division with Henry L. Bassett of Liverpool as financial clerk. Thomas W. Barrelly of North Tonawanda named western division engineer.
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
D. B. Parsons
Fulton
Guy V. Moulton
Syracuse Financial
Henry L. Bassett
Liverpool
Thomas W. Barrelly
North Tonowanda
State appoints special deputy commissioners of excise
Albany announces the appointment of special deputy commissioners of excise. Henry C. Weeks of Mamaroneck Westchester County earns 2.50 annually. Moses D. Rubin of Syracuse Onondaga County earns 2000. Willis A. Frear of Lockport Niagara County earns 1400. Appointments take effect January 1 under the new liquor tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Maynard N. Clement
Mayor's Wife Aids In Search For Missing Lincoln
Mrs McClellan wife of Mayor McClellan and several other women joined efforts to locate George A Lincoln a New Rochelle salesman who vanished from his Linden Place home last Thursday night Police divers searched the Sound but found no trace Lincoln age sixty five lived with his father eighty two and nearly blind in a well to do New Rochelle district He left his father after tucking him in for bed that night and was last seen wearing a long overcoat and a woolen cap He was employed by a New York firm.
Appraisal Commissioners Named for Catskill Aqueduct and Kensico
Justice Martin J. Keogh appointed appraisal commissioners to condemn lands for the Catskill Aqueduct and Kensico Reservoir. Names include Kensico Section 1 Phenix Ingraham New York Robert B. Van Cortlandt Yonkers ex Mayor M J Walsh Yonkers. Section 12 Joseph Barrett Bedford William H Catlin Rye P A Mc Manus New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court
White Plains
Catskill Aqueduct
Kensico Reservoir
H. T Dykman
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. Pin
Joseph P. Morriser
Frederick W. Wilson
The
Newburg News
Arthur A. McLean
Orange County
Appellate ruling redefines disorderly conduct in 1882 act
The Appellate Division 1st Department clarifies the term disorderly conduct under Sections 1458 and 1459 of the 1882 Consolidation Act. Justice McLaughlin states the section covers actions breaching the peace as judged by magistrates, affirming a conviction in Magistrate Dreege’s case of Rocco Reblin against Alfred Maust and James Enrich for an alleged attempted robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
Dreege
Rocco Reblin
Alfred Maust
James Enrich
Friendly Sons of St Patrick distribute gifts to city charities
By direction of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick in New York Edmond J Curry almoner distributed the society’s greetings to numerous charities including Presbyterian Hospital Rosary Hill Home Home for Aged Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor Sisters of the Assumption Society of St Vincent de Paul Little Sisters of the Poor St Johns Guild Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary St Frances Hospital St Josephs Hospital Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor and Sisters of Misericordia with locations on East 7th 14th and other streets and avenues in Manhattan and the Bronx.
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. Y
Home For
Th Street
Association For Improving
Sisters of the Assumption
East 1Th Street
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Lafayette Street
Little Sisters of the Poor
East 7Th Street
St. John’s Guild
Park Avenue
Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary
State Street
Spring Valley
St. Vincent's Hospital
Uth Street
Seventh Avenue
Manhattan Eye
East
14Th Street
St. Francis'’s Hospital
Brook Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor
West Sath Street
Union Avenue
The
Bronx
Sisters of Misericordia
S6th Street
Commissioner Jonas Resigns from Board of Education
Mayor McClellan received the resignation of Nathan S. Jonas from the Board of Education yesterday. His term would run to 1910, and he cites other duties making it impossible to devote needed attention to public school matters. Jonas, a seven year member, supported measures that failed and has opposed Dr Maxwell. He favors double sessions, while Maxwell opposes them, and he is president of Citizens' Trust Company of Brooklyn and active in Jewish groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Nathan S. Jonas
Board of Education
Jonas
Maxwell
Citizens’ Trust Company
Brooklyn
Drought Forces Albany Electric Railroad Service Cut
The Albany and Hudson Electric Railroad, run by the third rail system, has reduced service due to insufficient power caused mainly by the drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany & Hudson Electric Railroad
Montreal aeronaut Lesh in critical condition after leg operation
Laurence J. Lesh a sixteen year old Montreal aeronaut fell at Morris Park on Election Day and suffered a broken leg. After a first operation his leg appeared nearly normal but an X ray revealed the need to rebreak and reset. Surgeons at Hahnemann Hospital faced a difficult procedure with a surgeon’s fee of 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence J. Lesh
Montreal
Morris Park
Hahnemann Hospital
Park Avenue
Lee Wis
Lesli
Fordham Hospital
Canada
The
Aeronautic Society
Lesh
George W. Roberta
Mes
Postpone Aeroplane Prize Awards by Wrights Move
Field Bishop president of the Aero Club of America said the gold medals for the Wright brothers would be postponed indefinitely as Orville Wright departs for France to join Wilbur and train buyers. He noted the Wrights plan to return in spring for government tests at Fort Meyer and urged honoring them when together. An automobile club member argued air travel outruns cars and the award should wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Bishop
Acro of America
Orville Wright
France
Socom
Wilbur
Aero Club
Wright Brothers
Mr. Bishop
Orville
Fort Meyer
Automobile Club
Yestereday
Held for making son peddle gum in city street
Harry Schwartz, a tailor of 44 East lith street, was held in $ bail by Magistrate Barlow at Jefferson Market court for sending his eleven year old son to peddle chewing gum at night. Complaints were filed by Harry Cook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Frank Smith of the Interborough Rapid Transit. The boy had been arrested twice at 14th street on the Third Avenue elevated. The mother said the money was needed after the husband deserted her, but investigation showed the tailor had two bank accounts and did not leave his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Schwartz
East Lith Street
Tallor
Barlow
Jefferson Market Court
Harry Cook
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Frank Smith
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Bey
14Th Street
Third Avenue
Students from Williams College and Groton visit Jefferson Market Court
Eighteen students of Williams College and Groton School studied sociology by visiting Jefferson Market Court on the second day. Archie Roosevelt was absent. George McAneny, president of the City Club, guided them through the rafters to observe arraignments including shoplifters. They then toured the Criminal Courts Building and District Attorney’s office and the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams College
Groton School
Jefferson Magne Ket
Archie Roosevelt
Notie Ing
George McAneny
City Club
Trong
Criminal Courts
Also Mentioned on This Page
YULE
Mrs. Palmer
Boy
Atlantic Coast
Oyster Bay Children
Mrs. Roosevelt
MR. Taft
Ambassador Reid
Hudson
Stock Exchange
the Pope
Gaus
Judge Davies
GR. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
St. Avenue, New York
California
Omaha
Ogden
Milwaukee
St. Paul Ry
Evers
A. Blair
Broadway
Silk
Justice Keogh
Appellate Division
Drouth
Aeronaut
Young Lesh
Jefferson Market
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!