Suffragettes Parade In New York City Streets
A League of Self-Supporting Women led a Votes for Women protest in City Hall Park and along Park Row. Harriet Stanton Blatch and Helen Hoy spoke as crowds gathered and police managed the demonstration amid photographers and passing traffic. The group toured Battery Park, then held an evening meeting in New Rochelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
Ister
League of Self-Supporting Women
City Hall Park
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Mrs. Blatch
Missis
Gamin
Blatch
Gamins
Park Row
Battery Park
New Rochelle
Handicapped Workers Call for Expanded Employment
Dr Janeway outlines a program through the committee on employment of the handicapped noting 968 placements in eighteen months. He cites jewellers and piano trades as high demand areas while stressing training in institutions to improve self support and reduce social stigma.
First Nectarines Reported as Market Opens in Washington
The Washington Market reports the initial consignments of nectarines this week with a Belgian hothouse example selling at 6 cents each. Prices vary widely for fruits and vegetables with figs, melons, berries, grapes, and many seasonal items listed, including plantains, pears, oranges, and apples amid a generally high and fluctuating market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Market
Rocky Ford
Chicago
California
Colmans
Muscatels
Climax
Burbank
Georgia
Florida
Jamaica
van Dyk & Lindsay
Order for Side Doors in Interborough Cars
Public Service Commission orders Interborough Transit Company to fit sixteen subway cars with side doors for trial. Reconstructed cars will have four doors per side and reduced seating, with operation planned in two eight car trains during peak hours. Outcome hinges on compliance by July 15 and trial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Interborough Transit Company
Eustis
Interborough
Hediey
Bion J. Arnold
Arnold
The
Hedley
Interborough Company
Hapgood and Kilby Discharged At Tombs Court
Herbert J. Hapgood president of Hapgoods Incorporated and secretary Ralph L. Kilby were discharged for lack of evidence after arrest on July 2 for obtaining money under false pretenses. Assistant District Attorney McNish said evidence was insufficient for criminal charges. Hapgood plans civil suits against Witte and Bittel. Hapgood defended the company’s aims and claimed it pays a 7 percent annual dividend on preferred stock, with substantial personal funds invested to sustain operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Ralph L. Kilby
Central Office
McConville and
Nelson
Breen
Tombs Court
Hapgood
Kilby
W. J. Witte
Charles G. Bittel, Jr
W. A. Page
Witte
Bittel
Bells to be placed on Metropolitan Life Tower in New York
Four large bells will be installed on the forty sixth story of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building in Madison Square. Makers say they will be nearly twice as high as any church bells in the world, the largest weighing 740 pounds and the smallest 1500. The bells will strike quarterly hours and be audible over a wide distance at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Square
Arthur C Train Resigns as District Attorney Aide
Arthur C Train who has served as a seven thousand five hundred dollar a year assistant to District Attorney Jerome resigns. William F McGuire promoted to Train’s former post and will continue as Jerome’s aide while Train enters private practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Train
Jerome
William F. McGuire
Train
Long Island R R Traffic Figures July 3-5 1908
The Long Island Railroad carried 345,484 passengers over July 3 4 and 5, 1908, beating the prior year. Main Line and Montauk division saw peak loads with 47,799 on July 3 and 44,691 on July 5, while July 4 held 126,239. Friday traffic was 100,958 and Sunday 18,19. Manhattan Beach line dropped from 18,327 in 1907 to 4,910 in 1908 due to less racetrack business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Montauk Division
Manhattan Beach Line
Mrs Sage funds Pascal Institute vacation classes
Through Mrs Russell Sage gift of 2700 the Pascal Institute of Domestic Arts and Science will continue free vacation classes for school girls and children and for young working girls until August. The gift pays rent at 576 Lexington Avenue and class expenses. Classes in sewing cooking millinery and dressmaking run 9 to 12 in the morning and 1 to 4 in the afternoon. The institute seeks to enroll working girls seeking productive vacation time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Pascal Institute of Domestic Arts and Science
Mrs Pratt in Court Over $35,000 Wassermann Suit
Mrs Clara B Pratt seeks recovery in the Supreme Court against Edward and Jesse Wassermann of Wassermann Brothers brokerage. An order for $35,000 faced opposition to vacating it as to Edward Wassermann. Justice Erlanger reserved decision after Edward’s testimony and defense for examination before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara B. Pratt
Edward
Jesse Wassermann
Wassermann Brothers
Justice Erlanger
Supreme Court
Edward Wassermann
Erlanger
Europe
Pastor Voorhees sues Campbell trio for alleged bad sale
In Chicago a clergy member Rev. Oscar M. Voorhees of High Bridge New Jersey files a bill alleging three Campbell brothers Campbell Investment Company partners sold him property for 16.50 using Theodore P. Shonts as grantor to lend color to the deal. The suit stems from an 1898 investment offer and notes the Campbells frequent religious advertising and outreach to ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oscar M. Voorhees
High Bridge
N. J
United Presbyterian Church
David C
John A
Charles P. Campbell
Campbell Investment Company
Theodore P. Shonts
Sewer Advocates Win Point In Passaic Valley Sewer Fight
Advocates for prompt construction of the Passaic Valley trunk sewer gain a tactical edge at Newark City Hall meeting. Representatives from New Jersey municipalities vote on a resolution urging those forming contracts by July 27 1908 to proceed with building the joint trunk sewer, despite objections from Paterson Orange and Nutley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Passaic Valley
Hackensack
Passaic
Newark
Paterson and
Orange
New York Bay
Newark Bay
Paterson, Orange
Nutley
Evidence Of Losses Barred In Albany Forester Case
Supreme Court Justice Fitts ruled that the Brooklyn Cooperage Company cannot introduce evidence of financial losses in the state suit to cancel the Cornell University contract and to reclaim lands in the upper Saranac region. He indicated losses may be considered in the final decision but the court cannot render a monetary judgment against the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Supreme Court
Fitts
Cornell University
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Upper
Saranac
Cornell
Paper firm pays $2,000 fine in antitrust case
Petoskey Fibre Paper Company of Petoskey Michigan and twenty three wrapping paper firms pleaded guilty before Judge Hough in the United States Circuit Court to Sherman antitrust pooling violations. Each company received a fine of two dollars imposed by the court and paid by S S Stroock, the firm counsel.
Brick Church Preacher Schedule on Fifth Avenue
Religious notices list Rev William R. Richards as pastor with ministers Rev Robert Davis and Rev F W Gunsaulus of Chicago. The sermon is set for 11 o clock at the Brick Church on Fifth Avenue Thirty Seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-seventh Street
William R. Richards
P. Tf
Robert Davis
F. W. Gunsaulus
D. MD
Chicago
Seventh Season of Vacation Bible Schools Under Way
Vacation Bible schools open for their seventh season with single administration by the New York City Baptist Mission Society and Federation of Churches. Rev. Charles H. Sears leads the effort with supervisors and about fifty students from major colleges. A training school was held at St. Mark's and Second Avenue churches, with a root garden reception and speeches by Dr. Judson and others. Attendance in six schools averages near two hundred, with children enjoying cool halls and hands on activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Barnard
Wellesley
Smith
New York University
City College
Wooster
Colgate
St. Mark's Episcopal
Second Avenue Baptist
Twenty-third Street
H. D. Dickson
E. Stagg Whitin
George H. Johnson
South Church to Move on Uptown Site Purchase
The South Church, formerly at Madison Avenue and 38th Street, plans relocation to a newly bought site at Park Avenue and 83rd Street corner. The Madison property, about four lots, is mortgaged for 400 000 dollars to fund the uptown project, with current old buildings set for removal when construction begins. The church, among the city’s oldest, traces its origin to Garden Street and now worships under Rev. Thomas Reed Bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Avenue
38Th Street
Park Avenue
83D Street
Uptown
South Church
Garden Street
Exchange Place
City of
New York
Zion Episcopal Church
Thomas Reed Bridges
No Fear of Black Hand Moves in Fairmount Church
Congregation of the Congregational Church in Fairmount Indiana issues two unanimous calls to Rev. Dr. John A. Gray of Orient New York. Gray, linked to Black Hand letters and church burnings, will receive a larger salary, may take lecture engagements, and depart Orient August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Fairmount
Ind
John A. Gray
Orient
Long Island
Gray
Orient Church
Chicago churches unite Baptists and Disciples form Memorial Church
A recent local union joins a Baptist and a Disciple congregation in an outlying Chicago area. The merged group now worships in the former Memorial Baptist Church, renamed Memorial Church of Christ Baptist and Disciple, with plans to drop the parenthetical designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptists
Disciples of Christ
Chicago
Memorial Baptist Church
Memorial Church of Christ
Baptist and Disciple
Home Missions Council Plans Winter Conferences East and Central West
The Home Missions Council, an interdenominational body including Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Reformed and United Presbyterian boards, plans a series of winter conferences or conventions in major eastern and central western cities to unify home mission work across denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Missions Council
East
Central West
Conference of Foreign Mission Boards
Baptist
Congregational
Episcopal
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant
Presbyterian North
Presbyterian South
Reformed
United Presbyterian
Unitarian Association Launches Publicity Push
The American Unitarian Association plans a new publicity program using advertising space in 32 daily and 21 weekly newspapers plus college student papers to disseminate Unitarian principles. The department also prints and circulates tracts, with 1.4 million distributed last year through church members via the postoffice mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Unitarian Association
Dairfes
Coleges
Unitarian Department of Publicity
Outdoor noon evangelistic meeting and summer church services
The Rev Dr D C Hughes father of Governor Hughes will address the National Bible Institute outdoor noon gathering at tm street and Madison Square today at 12 15 PM Metropo litan Temple will host Rev Jete Wheaton from the Rock River Conference for summer pulpit duties Dr Wheaton a Chicago representative preacher The summer services run one hour Sunday plans include Rev Dr R J Cooke to preach morning service and Dr Wheaton in the evening Baptist figures show America has 4 969 544 members 24 088 ministers and church property valued at 121 870 26 million year baptisms 175 08 thousand down from prior years total Baptist contributions 22 52 million with allocations to congregational Sunday school missions and education The denomination has 10 theological schools 52 550 students and 5 78 thousand planning ministry A Sunday school missionary conference planned for Silver Bay July 5 3 aims to boost missionary study and teacher training Day sessions include mission education child study and topics on organization library and giving The Rev Dr William Wilkinson returns from London to resume Wall Street noon meetings and praise of Gospel tent influence London bishop plans similar services In Tent Evangel tomorrow night Rev Dr Reuben A Torrey closes his sermon series City and Foreign Missions conference begins July 12 with daily talks by missionaries John A Davis starts July 1 for two weeks followed by other church leaders Parliament of Religions Montclair holds service on The Religious Message of the Orient speaker S C Kanaga Ratnam a Hindu leader The Moravian General Synod meets Sept 2 at Lititz PA with broad attendance Rev R A Torrey at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian will preach on Why I Believe the Bible To Be the Word of God open to visitors all year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Temple
Jete Wheaton
Rock River Conference
Wheaton
Chicago
R. J. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baptist Churches
America
Young Peoples Missionary Movement
Silver Bay
Lake George
Reuben A. Torrey
Convention On
City and Foreign Missions
John A. Davis
Massie
Broughton, Jenkins, Gray and Chapman
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Warpath
Hadeen
Janewary
Janeway
Belgéa
Miss Berger
Dr. Janeway
K- Banatorium
Windsor
Jersey
New Orleans
Texas
FISH
I. Cen Haddeck
Sses
P. S
H. J. Hapgood
Metropolitan Tower
Long Island R. R
MRS. Sage Aids Pascal Institute
Wassermann Bros
Broadway Tabernacle
Broadway
56Th St
William 4. Kirkwood
Calvary
West Sith St
6Th Ave
P. Macgregor
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Presbyterian Church
S7th St
7Th
Wilton Merle Smith
S&s P. m. Ly
Hugh All
Christian Science Services
Church OF Christ, Scientist
W. 45Th St
Church OF the Ascension
Fifth Ave
10Th St. Hey
Percy Stickney Grant
Hector
Church OF the Holy Communion
Bth Avenue
20Th Street
Holy Communion
Madison’ Ave
Edward Loux
Ice Bible School
Cme Seetions Council
New City
Dred
823D Street
Black Hand
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Sthave
R. A. Torrey
D. D
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rtheast
Taoi St
Madison Are
Henry Sloane Coffin
Julius A. Bewer
Union Theological Seminary
North Presbyterian Church
Old First Presbyterian Church
Howard Duffield
D. Db
James A. McAgue
Ossining
Ossining, NY
Religious Society OF Friends
East Bith St
Rutherford Place
Manhattan
Sehermerhorn , St
Boerum Place
Brooklyn
R. A. Torrey Sith
Ee Way
Evangelist JOHN = DAVIS
the Taos
J. Stewart CO
46Th St. N
Bryant
Church News
D. C. Hughes
Governge Hughes
National Bible Institute
Tm Street
William Wilkinson
London
Wall Street
Evangelistic Committee of
Wilkinson
England
Parliament of Religions
City Church
Montclair
S. C. Kanaga Ratnam
M. A
Central College
Colombo
Ceyron
Mm Ratnam
General Synod of the
Moravian Church In
Moody Bible Institute
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison Ave
44Th St
Joseph G. HM. Barry
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
West End Ave
Eee
George P. Eckman
George. Wilding
A. J. Must
Marble Collegiate Church
David Jas. Burrell
John S. Allen
ST. Nicholas Sthave
Donald Sage MacKay
West End Collegiate Church
Henry Evertson Cobb
Thomas M'Bride
Union Services OF
Church of the Messiah
Park
34Th St
Leon A. His Vey
University Place Presbyterian
10Th St
George Alexander
Hoffman Lobenstine
West End Presbyterian Church
Amsterdam Ave
Keigwin Pastorterian Church
Philadelphia
Wil Pressm
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