Chic frocks sold in one lot at marshal sale
A gray haired man at United States Marshal Henkel’s office led an auction of French gowns seized for customs violations. Gowns ranged from wedding white satin to opera cloaks and embroideries, with bidding slow yet lively among a crowd of women and a few men. Total receipts reached 1041 dollars from an appraised Paris value of 1898, as varied stories swirled about Miss Todd and the gowns’ fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marshal Henkel
Marshal’s Office
Federal Building
Bryan G. Hughes
Miss Todd
Arrbody
Paris
St. Charles Hotel Company
New Orleans
New York
Todd
Tea for Mission Work at Marble Collegiate Church
The Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church of America marked its 33rd anniversary with a 3 PM service at Marble Collegiate Church. Miss Ida S. Scudder gave the address before a reception in the parlors. Vice president Mrs Edward G Janneway hosted in place of ill president Mrs David J Burrell. Miss Anna Bacon presides the Young Women's branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church of America
Marble Collegiate Church
Ida S. Scudder
David J. Burrell
Edward G. Janneway
Young Women’s Branch
Anna Bacon
Algiers Healthieer and New North Atlantic Line Service
Algiers hosts a winter resort famed for stars and health benefits. A newly agitated 10,000 ton liner with screw propulsion is planned to run a regular service linking New York and Gibraltar via the North Atlantic routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gibraltar
Miss Hoy Attacks Men at Madison Square Suffrage Rally
Miss Helen Hoy, a lawyer, received the loudest applause as she scolded male citizens for over a quarter hour, calling them hypocrites and Pharisees. The large suffrage meeting featured speakers including Miss Harriette A. Keyser and Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, with scattered debates on education, morality, and marriage amid a vigilant crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square
Helen Hoy
Miss Hoy
Harriette A. Keyser
Joseph H. Finck
Finck
Mr. Finch
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Miss Keyser
Maud Malone
B. Berrman Wells
Little Tim
Branch Report Highlights Christmas Work by Annisquam Group
Miss Helen Lane reports the Annisquam Massachusetts branch completed its Christmas charitable efforts. Thirty five comfort bags with useful items were sent to Fisherman's Institute in Gloucester, thirteen baskets of fruit and six dozen pinks, plus three gifts to each of several homes in need. A shawl from Sunshine sale was sent to a crippled member in West Gloucester. Additional gifts of fruit flowers and chicken went to sickrooms and volunteers continue visits to those shut in as part of their good cheer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Lane
Annisquam
Mass
Fisherman's Institute
Gloucester
West Gloucester
Standardization Moves In Pig Iron Trade Aims To Equalize Grades
A representative of a major steel firm reported that recent conferences of steel and iron companies focused on standardizing methods for selling and grading pig iron. Uniform classification and sampling will align quotations with standard qualities, though price agreements were not reached. The industry group seeks to improve trade confidence and curb disruptive actions through this consolidation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
United States
Clearing House of Information
Night court efficiency defended by ex judge Whitman
Ex Judge Charles S Whitman defended the night court at a United Charities Building conference. He argued professional bondsmen were harmful only when allied with graft and police. the night court had driven many such operatives out of business. Miss Maude Miner detailed 215 women and girls under her supervision in four and a half months, with 35 sent home to rural districts. She noted the need for decent shelter for those discharged at 1 or 2 am and said temporary arrangements were made with hopes for a permanent facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Whitman
United Charities
New York
Albany
Grout Elected Vice President Of Mechanics and Traders Bank
ExController Edward M Grout elected first vice president of the Mechanics and Traders Bank with David M Sullivan as president. Grout and his brother Paul Grout were recently elected directors. At Corn Exchange Bank stockholders meeting directors reduced from eighteen to sixteen. Union Trust Company trustees renewed. American Chicle Company J Nicholl elected director. Net profits for 1997 were $1,658,000 with dividends of $1,200,000. New factories opened in Kansas City and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Grout
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
David M. Sullivan
Grout
Paul Grout
Corn Exchange Bank
John M. Bowers
Anthony N. Brady
Union Trust Company
James T. Woodward
W. Emien Roosevelt
Augustus W. Kelley
Harrison B. Gantry
Charles H. Tweed
James Speyer
American Chicle Company
J. Nicholl
William J. White
Kansas City
Chicago
Inter- Metropolitan stockholders meet elects Belmont to board
The Interborough Metropolitan Company held its annual meeting with over one hundred stockholders present. August Belmont Jr. was elected to the board, and the six directors whose terms expired were re elected. President Theodore F. Shents presided and answered routine questions with no friction noted. The income statement will be made public soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Metropolitan Company
August Belmont, Jr
Theodore F. Shents
Freight slump hits Boston & Albany division
Boston January 21 J H Hustis assistant general manager warns the railroad freight situation is serious with 30 percent less freight than a month ago and about twelve hundred cars in storage. New York Central also has thousands of cars laid up. Through and fast freights will be kept for now while costs are trimmed and West Springfield shops run four days a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston & Albany
New York Central System
J. H. Hustis
New York Central
West Springfield
Gift funds help blind girl and nephew in time of illness
Travelers fund donors bring joy to a blind girl as funds cover her Virginia trip. Miss Morris, the aunt of young Lester Mills, expresses deep gratitude for support that also aids the sick boy recovering from fever and whooping cough, with thanks for games and cards from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Morris
Lester Mills
Requests for Books and Aid Amid Hard Times Mentioned in Chicago
A reader appeals for donated study books for a needy student and for a hot water bag for an ailing member facing illness. A twelve year old in Illinois seeks a copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A West Side family asks for a baby carriage as a young mother has died, leaving a sickly infant needing air per a doctor’s note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Message to President on Woman's Home Companion Gift
A letter from Sylvia A. Hill thanks the president of the T. S. for sending the Woman's Home Companion and states she has forwarded it to Mrs. Draper. She expresses gratitude and anticipation of enjoyment throughout the year. A Manhattan recipient is thanked for a box of dainty articles sent to the office for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Manhattan
Little Folke
Liner Rescues Two Fishermen Off Sandy Hook
The French liner La Bretagne rescued two men and their small dory after a storm drove them seaward from Seabright. Magnus Johnson and Charles Wendell of Brooklyn were picked up near the Quarantine station, exhausted but uninjured, and later continued to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Bretagne
Sandy Hook
Verlynde
Bretagne
Magnus Johnson
Charles Wendell
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Temporary Receiver Appointed for Tarrytown Railroad
Justice Mills of the Supreme Court at White Plains named ex-District Attorney J Addison Young as temporary receiver for the Tarrytown White Plains and Mamaroneck Railroad Company after a petition to dissolve it was filed. The road, reported to have lost 45 769 37 in the last year, is tied to Westchester Electric Railway, with T Astley Atkin named referee to report on earnings. Young will file a bond of 20 009.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Whire Plains
J. Addison Young
Tarrytown
White Plains
Mamaroneck
Young
Westchester Electric Railway Company
John H. Calhoun
Tarrytown Road
T. Astley Atkin
New York
Yonkers
Business Troubles Involves Multiple Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitions
Abram Trilling of No 146 First Avenue assigned assets to Jacob Harris. Involuntary petitions target Saratoga Manufacturing at No 174 Essex Street, Every Manufacturing Company of No 102 John Street, Isadore and Morris Horwitz of Canal Street, and others including a cotton goods firm at No 330 Canal Street. Receivers named for several estates with bonds ranging up to 35,000. debts reach over 41,000 with major creditors listed. Other schedules show smaller unsecured claims and indorsed notes totaling about 6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Trilling
First Avenue
Jacob Harris
United States District Court
Shendell, Cohn & Bowman
Saratoga Manufacturing Company
Essex Street
John V. Roscoe
Primrose Tapestry Company
United States Lace Curtain Mills Company
E. J. Ludveigh
Every Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
John Street
J. W. Ritchie
Peter Heinsohn
George B. Mack
Steele & Johnson
John Simmons Company
American Pin Company
Edwin B. Root
Isadore J. Horwitz
Morris Horwitz
Cullers and Jewellers
Canal Street
James Keller
Max Rothberg
Chambers Printing Company
William B. Bristow
Louis Brown
Moses Traub
J. P. Logan Sons
G. Hyde & Sons
H. B. Craflingpany
George F. Bentley
Taylor Moore
Halcyon Publishing Company
Thames Street
William H. Smith
Banzai Manufacturing Company
August H. Skillen
Tanzee, Prager & Co
H. D. Heller
Edelzeitz Bros
Diezemann
Samuel Fiske
Carl Borneider
Staley & Hasbrook
J. Shapiro & Bro
New York and Other Gas Securities Bid and Asked Prices
Market snapshot listing bids and asks for gas and electric securities across multiple issuers. Includes entries like Jackson Gas 5s at 190 and 6 wo do pref at 89, Lafay Gas Ist 65 25, Buffalo Gas 5% and do Ist 5s, Chicago and Ind G 4s, Paterson & Passaic Gas 5s, Denver Gas Standard 7 10 Ss, with various con Ist and pref notes. Ends with interest figures and disparate price quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Gas
Kan City
Lafay
Log & W
Hingham Gas
Buffalo Gas
Jeourre
Ind
Paterson & Pas
Denver
Standard
Fort
ING
Indianapolis Gas Do
St P Gem
It & Tr
St Op Gas
Syra G List
Slep P c Ss
Brooklyn Ferry Bond Update and City Notices
Fragmentary OCR summary notes bonds for a Brooklyn ferry project and related city notices. Mentions locations 110th and 23d Street and references bond details, interest rates, and unions tied to the NYE ER. The legibility is poor and several items remain unclear.
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Lively
China
Algiers
Hotel
St. George
Cees
Tribune
Longfellow
Liebig Company
London
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Regent Street
Diamonds
Ireilon
Connemara
London Hotels
Carlton Hotel
Whitman
Hotel Victoria
the Gordon Hotel’. Ltd
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
Lucerne Rome
Xcelsior
Aio
Egypt
Georg Nangevich
Clark's
Savoy
Orient
Cairo
Angleterre
Khartoum
Blue Nile
Bigs
White Nile
Omdurman
Halfaya
Savoy Y Hotel
Hotel DE Londa
Central Railway Station
Port &E Bath
England
Manchester
Liverpool
LEEDS
Bradford Morecambe Bay
Midland Hotel
Adelphi Hotel
Queen's Hotel
W. Towle
Midland Railway
Midland Grand
Hole
British Isles
Mount Ephraim
WEIL
Wellington
Shanklin
Isle OF Wig Wight
Hole Ter
Scotland
Glasgow
ST. Enoch
Western Highlands
Ayr
Burns
Dumfries
Turnberry
the Tribune
Upper Norwood
Crystal Palace
Lovely Gardens
West End
Virginia
J. A. Young
NEW York and Other Gas Securities
Ferry Companies
Bild
Brooklyn Ferry
NYER
Union Perry
Eden Palace
ENICE
Grand Hotel
Italy
Pianta
Genice
Royal Daniels
Grand Canal
Ilan
Hotel DE LA Ville
Germany
Friedri
Peseaphirny
Bellevue
R. Ronnefeld
Menage
Sesbaden Sescens
We Palace Hotel
Austria
Hungary
Switzerland
SENNA
Sita
Bristol
America
Palace
Wesern
EUG’ Miche
European Railways
Great Britain
Ireland
Messrs
T. Cook & Son
Madison Ave
Fifth Ave
Messrs. Thos. Meadows & Co
New St
Derby
W. Guy Granet
France
Belgium
Holland
Grand Hotel Boulevard
Pariss
DE L’oper A
BRS
Chatham
Aris Hotel DE L’athenee
Rue Scribe
Grand Opera
Modern Hotel
E. Armbruster
ARIS
Hotel DE Lille ET Galbion
Avenue du Boils de Boulogne
Arc de Triomphe
Brussels
Monte Carlo Hotel de l' Hermitage
Monte Carlo
Bay of Monaco
Mediterranean
Hotel DE Nice
Sue Wees
Londor
Rome
Cgd
Wintergardes
Royal Hotel Canada
OME
Savoy Hotel
Ludovisi
Queen's Palace
Florenge Retosiin Grand Hotel
Arno
G. Kraft
AN Remo
Riviera
Paul Marini
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