Numerous Trades Seeks Work in New York Listings
A long OCR listing from a 19th or early 20th century classified column shows German and American workers seeking positions in Portland and New York. Entries include a German dealer in Shanghai connections, handy men for carpentry and repairs, an ironworker, a law or insurance office student, machinists, mechanics, collectors, secretaries, painters, watchmen, porters, poultrymen, private secretaries, and other trades. Names frequent boxes and addresses across Brooklyn, Newark, and Manhattan, with references and contact addresses such as H W Meyer 314 Salmon Jt Portland Ore, William Oaker 25 Macdougal St, and many others.
Meeting chaired by Mrs Mary Knox Robinson on Feb 2
In place of Mrs Sage who has not presided since her husband died, the first vice president Mrs Mary Knox Robinson led the session. The event was planned for Saturday February 2 with limited leadership due to the absence of the former chair.
Powell urges science and business methods in farming lectures
Titled Future Agriculture, the address by T Powell of the Agricultural Association argues farming should be treated as a business and profession. He urges weighing milk, keeping books, and applying manufacturing methods, noting education gaps and praising Oregon and Washington co operation. Lectures continue weekly at 19 West 4th with next topic Corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Powell
The
Agricultural Association
Powell
Institute
New York
Ewell
Oregon
Washington
West 4Th
The Unclean Milk Bottle
A Day Club talk at the Hotel Astor covered milk bottle cleanliness and handling. Charlies E North of Lederle cited the large dealer bottling volumes and urged proper washing by customers to reduce impurities. A Bombay speaker discussed The New Woman in the Rent and Indian domestic training. The event featured songs, violin, speeches, and attendance by State Federation club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies E. North
Lederle
Hotel Astor
Ciy
L. Joshi
Bombay
Gie
India
State Federation of
Clube
Gift of Mrs Sage Portrait Considered by Emma Willard Group
The Emma Willard Association met at the Hotel Manhattan to discuss presenting a portrait of its president Mrs Sage to the Emma Willard Seminary. Sage has donated 1456.00, and the portrait may hang in the new building later. Mrs William is chair of the panel planning Miss Willard’s February 25 birthday celebration, noting the Sunday date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard Association
Manhattan
I Sage
Emma Willard Seminary
Foreclosure Auction Sales Yard Totals Plummet in City
Real estate exchange salesrooms reported a dull market with multiple foreclosures. Properties including five to six story flat houses, a five story dwelling, vacant plots on St Nicholas and East 137th Street, and various brick tenements across Manhattan were bid to bidders like Harris Mandel and the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Sums due ranged from about 15,660 to 57,000 plus taxes, with many items pending mortgage conditions and prior liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Exchange
Yester
Joseph P. Day
Itil
Amsterdam
Harris Mandel
West
Mutual Life Insurance
East 137Th St
Margaret Colwell
St. Nicholas Ave
No. 32 East 2Th
Charity Notes From The Sunshine Society Fund Drive
Money received from multiple donors supports coal funds and the blind institution while branches donate per capita to a general fund. Appeals include a destitute blind young woman awaiting funds for a Virginia visit and a recovering boy in Bedford awaiting toys. Acknowledgments pour in from Montana to West Virginia and Merrick, with clothing and gift boxes reaching families and institutions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W
New York
Bettie Lipscomb
Apopka
Fia
Virginia
Sunshine Children
Lester Mills
Bedford
Penn
Mary McKinnon noted for decades of missionary work in New York
The friends of Mrs Mary McKinnon report her death during Christmas week. A longtime missionary and philanthropic worker in New York City she served with the Flower and Fruit Mission the Mothers Meeting of Manhattan East Side Mission the Fresh Air Fund Society the New York Female Auxiliary Bible Society and helped found and manage the New York Home for Convalescents and the Peabody Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McKinnon
New York City
Flower and Fruit Mission
Mothers’ Meeting
Manhattan
East Side Mission
Fresh Air Fund Society
New York Female Auxiliary Bible Society
New York
Realty Notes Leasing Across Manhattan and Broadway
A. P. Gardiner leases the northwest Lafayette Leonard store for ten years at 20000 annual rent. Bolger Realty leases Nassau Beekman corner property to Milton Henry and 50 Nassau St. to David A Schulte for a textile and label business. Duress Company leases No. 1 Aster House store at Broadway Weser for Weintraub. Leon S and Altmayer lease top floors at 546 548 West 6th St to Reis & Bro. There are 10000 square feet per floor. Hewes and Real Ket Association to meet at New York Turn Hall 5th Street and Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Gardiner
Lafayette and
Leonard Sts
Bolger Realty Company
Potter Estate
Northwes
Nassau and Beekman Sts
Milton & Henry
Nassau St
David A Schulte
Louise S. Hooper
Duress
Weintraub Company
Broadway and
Weser St
Aster House
Caswell-Massey Drug Company
Leon S& Altmayer
William Allan
Juiius
Benjamin Reis
G. Reis & Bro
West Sith St
New York
An . S5th St
Brooklyn Tract Sold to Vaudeville Investors Company
The Vaudeville Investors' Company bought Mc Laughlin Park from Coney Island Boulevard Realty for 50000. The five hundred lots run along Coney Island Avenue from Avenue X to Neptune Avenue. The purchase includes all contracts with lot purchasers and future development plans. Additional remarks discuss Westchester real estate prospects and rising values tied to new transportation projects and county growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaudeville Investors’ Company
Coney Island Boulevard Realty Company
McLaughlin Park
Coney Island Ave
Avenue X
Neptune Ave
Brooklyn
New York and Pittsburg Real Estate Company
Purchasing Corporation
Bill Cressy
F. J. Quinby
James J. Morten
Harry Williams
Fred Niblo
Westchester
Clifford B. Harmon
Mr. Harmon
New York
Westchester County
Yonkers
Tarrytown
Ossining
Hudson
Harlem
Mount Vernon
Tuckahoe
Bronxville
White Plains
New Haven Railroad
Building loan to Berliner Greenberg secured on 150th Street parcel
The Business Men's Realty Company lent $90,000 on a 157 by 99.11 foot parcel on the south side of 150th Street, 150 feet west of Amsterdam Avenue, to Berliner Greenberg for a building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Realty Company
150Th St
Amsterdam
Berliner Greenberg
Staten Island Title Guarantee & Trust Company Signs 5 Year Lease
In Staten Island the Title Guarantee and Trust Company has closed a five year lease with a five year renewal option for its Richmond premises opposite the County Clerk’s office. A second nearby office will be vacated May 1, with staff merging to complete the Staten Island farm and acreage records search. A reinforced concrete vault will be built on site, connected by a passageway, at a cost of 25000 dollars, with total title work near 20000 dollars. An additional office is planned for St George in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Richmond
St. George
Mrs Sage lends large sums on New York parcels
Mrs Margaret O Sage widow of Russell Sage lends 475000 to Van Schaick Realty Co and 250000 to Philip Braender on North 20th Street parcels. Oscar Oestreicher lends 50000 on the same property. Rates quoted: 6 and 7 percent for three years on listed premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Schaick Realty Company
Margaret O. Sage
Russell Sage
6Th Ave
Oscar Oestreicher
Private Sales Market Sees Multiple Property Transfers
E Osborne Smith sells for John F Kaiser to William Kaufman a house and stable on a 50 by 232 foot plot east side of Aqueduct Avenue north of 190th Street. C Frost sells for J R Pearson to Mrs P Letcher No 1042 Clay Avenue a four story double flat house 27 by 100 feet. Mr Pearson sells No 107 Hamilton Place a three story dwelling 16.5 by irregular. William T Evans buys the Terrace Court apartment house at Riverside Drive and 934th Street with part payment of 175th Street lots sold Tuesday by Slawson and Hobbs to Jacob Axelrod. J J Wallenstein sells to Viaduct Realty Company five houses on Moore Street near Thompson Avenue Long Island City each 20 by 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Osborne Smith
John F. Kaiser
William Kaufman
Aqueduct Ave
190Th St
Pr. C. Frost
J. R. Pearson
P. Letcher
Clay Ave
Mr. Pearson
Mr. Daley
Hamilton Place
William T. Evans
Terrace Court
Riverside Drive
Slawson & Hobbs
Jacob Axelrod
J. J. Wallenstein
Viaduct Realty Company
Moore St
Thompson Ave
Long Island City
Centenarian leaves $200000 estate in will
Rochester report states Garry Brooks of Fairport died aged 107 leaving about $200000. Kate Barclaw of Buffalo and Nettie Reynolds of Fairport each receive 31 percent. Lewis 8 Brooks, a son, and Emma J Saleno and Fannie L Harris, daughters, share the remainder. Daughters plan to contest as Lewis is residuary legatee with life interests on their bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, Jan
Garry Brooks
Fairport
Kate Barclaw
Buffalo
Nettie Reynolds
Lewis
Brooks
Emma J. Saleno
Fannie L. Harris
Notice to Contractors for Erie Canal improvements
State of New York announces bids for Erie Canal Section 10 improvements from Eagle Harbor bridge to Beal's bridge. Plans and specs available in Albany Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo offices. Proposals must include 5 percent bid deposit, bonds totaling 35 percent, and are due by January 8, 1908. Awards to lowest responsible bidder. State reserves right to reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
New York
Albany
Capitol
N. Y
Newark State Canals
Erie Canal
Eagle Harbor Bridge
Beal
Superintendent of Public Works
Syracuse
Rochester
Spaulding’s Exchange
Buffalo
N Y
F. ¢. Stevens
Classified Help Wanted Draft
Small ads list various job inquiries and personal notices including a private agent secretary a bookkeeper accountant and a fur buyer with experience and references. Names addresses and brief qualifications are given for each entry with preferred locations in New York City areas such as Madison Street East 90th Street and Brook Avenue.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shanghai
H. W. Meyer
Salmon Jt
Portland
Ore
William Oaker
Macdougal St
LAW
Insurance
Tribune
I F. S
1Th Ave
George Friton
Wesley
Jerome St
Bond
Luesse
West 30Th St
Masseur
G. Hofrichter
East 136Th St
F. A
Columbia
Thyistrup
Watson
West 0Th St
Schmelter
West 100Th St
Brinton
39Th St
Care Yearwood
Porter
Samuel W. Lawrence
Duffield St
Albert Zollinger
West 12Th St
Same. K
Mulock
Bible House
W. H
South 6Th St
Newark, N. J
Ullman
West 39Th St
Almshouse
Thomas Bennis
New Britain
Conn
A. D
Youngman
Bridge
Liberty Ave
Hk Sige Teat
Morris Prussak
West Islet St
J. G
Tribune Office
Draper
Able
Gluckman
East 107Th St
Tra J. Morton
Flatbush Ave
John Palmer
West 89Th St
McHugh
East
3D Ave
Lfe
Packer
Otter
Shipper
Henry Cohen
West 151St At
Fred Schmitt
Bancroft
East Sthast
W. May
California
Los Angeles
W. R. Vanderhoof
North Grove St
East Orange
Alexander
Mulberry St
H. W
Boston
West 48Th St
Emil Schweithelm
Floyd St
Arthur Pearson
Prospect Place
William Kubera
East 4Th St
G. M
Atlantic Ave
William Engesser
Perry St
Grant Ave
Bronx
J. G. Webb
East 52d
Max Jaffe
Anthony Ave
Bright
J. Kilkeary
East 125Th St
East 39Th St
Charles Turner
Lenox
George Hornung
Bremen St
Lewis Leslie
Ensen
7Th Ave
Sauder
Halsey St
Astoria
Long Island
Tribune Ce
M. B
Sth Ave
A. Battenberg
la Grange
N.C
Gre
Tribune Ofice
Christensen
West S7th St
L F. L
Graave
Kubo
East 19Th St
Butler
Cook
J. B
Borel
East 45Th St
G. N
17Th St
Osterberg’s Bureau
Lexington Ave
Plaza
Swedish Exchange
East 30Th St
Industrial Association
Butler, ‘&c
N. West
134Th St
William Baryett
Aretaker
Stadiam
East 88Th St
Newman
Ee i
York
Ewer
Carl Bochdam
East Sith St
Care Elchman
Alaegr i OD
Charles Mactarthy
Newark
T. Maycock
Broadway
John Green
Bedford Ave
Obling
Best
Hughes
East List St
Care Goodman
Coahman
Coan
L. Tran
Greenwich
Mable
William Streyffert
Easith St
F. M
Pearl St
Thomas Harrison
Rhinebeck
N. C
Emil
Care Meister
Spring Place
Morristown
Louis Oubert
W. Tith St
Houseman
Madison Square
Hitoshi
Jay St
Togo
West 64Th St
Patrick Lennon
E. Becker
Madison Ave
New York Club
Madison Employment Bureau
4Th Ave
Madison
Furnace
F. R
Soper
Kent Are
Leprest
West 27Th St
Jack
East 26Th St
David
Archipole
Bushwick Ave
Brookn
Gelsenhof
Ave
J. B Bratton
West 29Th St
Alphonso Marshall
West 26Th St
George Hell
West 99Th St
James Bonaparte
Lawrence At
Luster
A. Auer
Ou Ave
Mabel Chandler
Galea St
Simpson
Zamstre
Daren
Aoe Co Bureau
Et St
West 34Th St
Lang & Boecherer Co
East Juth St. of Teil
Tel Plaza
Osterberg’s
Flaherty's Bureau
Columbus Ave
River
Worman
EL P
Amsterdam Ave
Jia Bureau
Lexington
Lang @ Boecherer Co
Haley
F. H. Mise Fitzgerald's Bureau
Fenness
A. Bualeen
É Ave
East Sta St
Flaherty’s Bureau
West Side
Tel
Dar
Lian Carman
East 78Th St
Jussila Bureau
Irwin's
T West
South Sth
Mount Vernch
Brousekeeper
Bettle Geeding
Bocchestt Co
Hill
Pitkin Ave
Spetas
Madison Sq
Campbell
M. Huggins
Strass
Rome
West 41St St
Cooper
Lma
East Worth St
Woran
Peryment
West Géist
Taunde
Jussila Sureau
Vate House
Meg, Smith
224Th St
West Side Employment Bureau
Eved Packer
Rudd
West Tidlist
Bachelor Apartments
M. D
West 2Th St
Jussila
Frm
Gem Care Zahn
East Sod Ave
Fleherty's Bureau
Tel Tel— River
Flaherty
Graefle
Seth At
Reidy
Ewst
99Th St
Mary Brown
Mr Washite
Childes
Lndy
City of Country
G. T. Powell
Dr. North
Joseph P.lvaz
Broedeag
Bet
Sly
Realty Transfer Co
Art John V Signell
Harold Swain
Park Ave
Bo Jume Place
Broome St
Pleasant Ave
Peter Agi
Joseph Kennedy
Timothy Murray
BC Crowley
Swth
H Gresham
Yin Pee
Nord Thay Brook Ave
Ange Place
Mixin
Ae Co
Max Miller
Carrington & P. Attis
M S Cohen
Maclay Ave
Bet Montgomery Pl
Overing Ave
Bet St Peter's Ave
Montgomery Pl
St Peter's
van Nest Wood
Bronx Mortgage Co Et
D S Decker
Arty
H P Molloy
Rivington
Lewis St
Tenegent Hs
Am Mtge
Hymar
Bowers & S. Attye
G E Kent
Louis Krug Wet
RJ Trabert
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Mary James
Nazareth Annex
Seton Hospital
Spuyten Duyvil
Montana
Minnesota
Tennessee
West Virginia
Middletown Springs
Merrick
Branenay
Lunan
North Carolina
Santa Claus
Michigan
Adelph Koch
the Tribune
Sunshine
Mary M'Kinnon
Buyer A Corporation
Mrs. Sage
Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Company
Capital
Liberty Street
Montague Street
Ruland & Whiting CO
Beekman Street
City
N. W. Cor. Reade St
Walker's Sons
Brooklyn Property
Country Property
Pere
Postofice
J W. Sloat
Middletown
Ith
7Th
Sd Ave
16Th
Tith Sts
MD Ave
Let
Tremont Ave
Eee
Gorman
Cortlandt
George B. Eddy
Madison St
Bergenline Ave
N. J
H. J. Ferris
P. O
Madison Sq. Rei
W. A
1St Ave
Emmanuel Friedman
Brook Ave
Lilienfeld
East 134Th St
R. C
Tribune Uptown
Sedilleau
4Th St
Frank
R. Co
Bill
M. Corbett
Address Advertiser
Monroe St
J. Canel
Marinis
West 31St St
A. Eckland
54Th St
Brook— Lyn
Magee
18Th St
South
Koerner
Gates Ave
William Hener
Sdave
Chatffeur
James
East Ldst
Atlantic
Lawrence
J. Pal
Yates
L. Miller
Little Ave
N_ Y
Shosarenko
Care Suterloff
Delancey St
Electricians
J. Edgebill
Hridge St
Jeffrey
Throopave
Understanis Laun
Weat
Schatz
Monroest
Carrahen
Station D
Pittsburg
Feeder
Job Press
G. Davis
Care of
Lipshitz
Rutgers Place
Toola
F. H
West 135Th At
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