German workers gain from vast network of state and union aid
Mainz July 3 report explains how German wage earners receive free advice from trade secretaries and city bureaus, access to own courts, and extensive social services. It contrasts German efficiency with England's lax poor relief, noting workers’ empowerment through unions, insurance systems, and public assistance aimed at self help and independence.
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Mainz
Germany
United Kingdom
England
Shriners Name Officers and Set 1909 Conclave
The imperial council elected officers in St. Paul on July 15 and decided to hold the 1909 conclave in Louisville. New officers include Potentate Edwin S. Alderman and Deputy Potentate George L. Street with a full slate of ranks led by Frank C. Roundy not seeking re election. Exhibitions by Arab patrols occurred at Lexington Ball Park with parades and receptions across Minneapolis Saint Paul Boston and other temple headquarters.
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St. Paul
Imperial Council
Boston
Frank C. Roundy
Lexington Ball Park
Minneapolis
Capitol
Alepho Temple
Ryan Hotel
High Prices for Keenes Colts at Newmarket Sales
James R Keenes yearlings sold well at Newmarket on July 15 despite a hurried departure from the United States. Nine colts averaged 2,140 guineas, ten fillies 2,775 guineas. Lord Lonsdale bought several animals, paying 70 guineas for a Disguise filly and 410 guineas for a Kingston filly out of Gingham.
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Newmarket
James R. Keene
United States
Lord Lonsdale
Disguise
Trarina
Kingston
Wood Engravings Not Art In U S Appraise Decision
The Board of United States General Appraisers ordered Miss Helen Hyde to pay 35 percent duty on five wood engravings sent to the Library of Congress division of prints. General Appraiser Walte ruled the works were blocks of wood manufactured goods despite claims by A J Parsons that they were art by an American artist abroad. Parsons sketched Hyde's career to prove artistic merit, but the panel remained unmoved. Hyde, born in California, studied under Emil Carlsen in San Francisco and later trained with noted artists in New York, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam.
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Helen Hyde
Library of Congress
Walte
A. J. Parsons
Division of
Prints
Miss Hyde
Parsons
California
Emil Carlsen
San Francisco
New York
Berlin
Paris
Amsterdam
Majestic Beats Carmania In Atlantic Race Finish
The Majestic of the White Star Line won a transatlantic race, finishing at 1 36 this morning off Sandy Hook, eleven minutes ahead of the Carmania of the Cunard Line which had left Queenstown earlier. The two liners pushed hard, with the Carmania departing July 9 at 8 55 a m and Majestic closing the gap to overtake.
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Majestic
White Star Line
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Carmania
Cunard Line
Queenstown
White Star
N J Woman 105 Years Old Dies
Sarah H. Doremus aged 105, the oldest New Jersey resident, died yesterday at her granddaughter’s home, 2 Osborne Terrace, Newark, from old age. Known as Aunt Sally, she was born in Bergen County in 1803 and never left New Jersey, remaining active until recent years.
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Sarah H. Doremus
New Jersey
Osborne Terrace
Newark
Sally
Bergen County
Prominent Arrivals At Hotels
The Herald notes guest list at major hotels with travelers from Detroit Minneapolis Milwaukee Los Angeles Chicago London Vienna Providence and Chicago including J H Emmett A N Kellogg H M Lamb C W Potter Robert Emmett W J Chalmers and William Curtin John D Carruth Ban Johnson among others arriving at Hollands Plaza St Regis Waldorf Astoria and Seville hotels.
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Holland
J. H. Emmett
Detroit
E. M. Johnson
Minneapolis Plaza
A. N. Kellogg
Milwaukee
H. M. Lamb
Los Angeles
Seville
John D. Gates
Chicago
C. W. Potter
Providence
L. A. Olney
Lowell
ST. Regis
Robert Emmett
London
Count E. Hayes
Vienna
W. J. Chalmers
Waldorf-Astoria
William Curtin
John D. Carruth
Ban” Johnson
Weather Report Forecasts Wide Central U S Warm then Showers
Washington July 15 Official record notes a Caribbean low moving westward and a three day warm wave from the plains to the Atlantic states. Fair conditions prevail in the east while showers hit the plains and western valleys with rain extending to the Atlantic states by Saturday night or Sunday. Highest yesterday 79, lowest 65.
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Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Plains States
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
United States
Rocky Mountain Districts
North Pacific Coast
Western Lake Region
Great Lake
European
Grand Banke
Children board the Tribune Fresh Air Fund trip to Binghamton
In Hoboken a line of 687 children sailed by rail for Binghamton Owego and nearby towns led by a negro attendant and station staff. George J. Michelbach of a Binghamton coal company steered the effort with Charles McKinney as committee president raising funds. The day saw 234 children to Binghamton and three to Owego with broader splits to Ardsley Schenectady Warwick Pittsfield Interlaken and Utica as programs expand and church groups provide homes and care.
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Binghamton
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Lackawanna
Hoboken
C. C. Foltz
F. M. Benning
New York
Owego
George J. Michelbach
Binghamton Coal Company
Michelbach
Charles McKinney
McKinney
Ardsley
Schenectady
Warwick
Pittsfield
Interlaken
Utica
Bigelow
Grant Returns From Pine Camp Maneuvers
General Frederick D. Grant and staff arrived from Pine Camp in Jefferson County as regular troops depart to Governor's Island after target practice at Plattsburg Barracks. The 12th Infantry band heads to the island, while officers praise Pine Camp drills and urge a permanent manoeuvre camp on the site. a government decision on buying the twelve mile tract is expected.
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Frederick D. Grant
Pine Camp
Jefferson County
12Th Infantry
Governor’s Island
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Grant
Twelve Mile
Negro Home at White Plains Seeks Aid for St. Davids
Financial strain among former wealthy supporters endangers St. Davids Fresh Air Home at Silver Lake Park White Plains maintained by St. Davids Episcopal Church East 160th Street under Rev Dr F G Clifton. The home opened June 15 and now houses forty five black women and children.
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St. David's Fresh Air
Silver Lake Park
White Plains
St. David's Episcopal Church
East 160Th Street
F. G. Clifton
Chair firms to restart operations in Sheboygan plants
The Crocker Chair Company, a leading chair maker, will resume operations at once in its local plants after a period of shutdown due to financial stringency. Three other local chair manufacturers will return to full time by August 1, resuming production after short time closures.
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the Tribune
Sheboygan, Wis
The
Crocker Chair Company
Bandits Killed in Mexican Mountains Near Durango
Bodies of Canovio Rodriguez alias Eljorbade Antonasio Reyes and Philocarpo Reyes, reputed Mexican bandits, found west of Durango. They were accused in the May murder of H. S. Jones, American owner of the San Ignacio ranch. Rurales, who had pursued them, are believed to have shot them.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Canovio Rodriguez
Eljorbade Antonasio Reyes
Philocarpo Reyes
Durango
Mexico
H. S. Jones
San Ignacio Ranch
Adolph Kills Two Ex-Partners At Western Pacific Camp
In Marysville California on July 15 a man known as Gus Adolph returned to a Western Pacific Railroad camp twenty five miles from Oroville seeking revenge. He killed two former comrades and shot at three others who fled. he escaped.
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Marysville
Cal
Western Pacific
Oroville
Gus
Adolph
Would Retail Speeches By Phonograph
Oyster Bay July 15 If the President consents his voice may be heard in the campaign via phonograph records of his own choosing on Swollen fortunes labor the tariff and other topics discussed by a Durand of a major talking machine concern He notes existing Bryan records and argues for Republican gains though official word is unlikely The luncheon at Sagamore Hill included notable guests with Africa stories and publishing plans tied to the President’s hunting tales
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Tribune
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
White House
Washington
Nelson C. Durand
Republican Party
Repubican Party
Mr. Bryan
Henry Reuterdahl
John Williams
New York State
Charles A. Moore
Arthur Moore
Charles Scribner
W. F. Whitehouse, Jr
Percy Madeira
F. D. Miller
Charles F. Brooker
Edgar A. Mears
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Reuterdahl
Millet
Williams
Plea for larger Children’s Court building urged
The annual advance proofs call for a bigger Children’s Court facility, noting 11 446 children arraigned in 1907 and an increase over the prior year. The report cites cramped quarters at Third Avenue and Eleventh Street and suggests the former City College site at Lexington and 2d as a possible new home with alterations. It lauds the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and emphasizes the value of probation. A home for delinquent Jewish boys is urged, as the Hawthorne Protectory now houses only 180.
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Third Avenue
11Th Street
Department of
2D Street
Lexington Avenue
College of the City of New York
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Old City College
Children’s Society
Jewish Protectory and Aid Society
Hawthorne
N. Y
Brooklyn Playground Opens in congested river front district
The Fifth Ward Improvement League opened a river front playground in Brooklyn yesterday. The lot, owned by Brook lyn Union Gas, will be for public use for five or six years. Miss M F Doyen Captain T H Avery and A W Dennen organized the effort and hundreds of children and parents attended the ceremonies. General Horatio C Kinz declared the playground open as the flag rose and the band played. Alderman Colgap pledged efforts to secure city funding for a river front playground.
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River Front
Brooklyn
Fifth Ward Improvement League
Little Street
Marshall
John Streets
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Jordan
M. F. Doyen
T. H. Avery
Ascog House
Sands Street
A. W. Dennen
Maxwell House
Concord Street
Atlantic Lead Works
Captain Avery
Dennen
Horatio C. Kinz
Colgap
No Rain On St Swithin's Day In New York
Yesterday in New York no rain fell on St Swithin's Day contradicting legend. Authorities note rain or not for forty days cannot be inferred. The city enjoyed comfortable weather with a high near 79 and a morning low above 70 while a single incident of heat exhaustion was reported in Park Row.
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St. Swithin’s
New York
Park Row
Thiebault Held on $800 Bond in Morrell Death Case
In Hooksett police court, William Thiebault was held on $800 bonds for the grand jury on an aggravated assault charge linked to the death of Dr. Alpheus B. Morrell of Concord. Prosecutors allege injuries from his forcible ejectment of the physician from a Hooksett saloon.
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Concord
N. H
Hooksett
William Thiebault
Alpheus B. Morrell
Thiebault
One Time Politician in Distress in Brooklyn Court
W C Clayton a once prominent Democratic figure aged eighty four faced his four sons in Gates Avenue police court Brooklyn yesterday claiming they failed to support him. Magistrate Hyland ordered the sons to provide five dollars and twenty five cents weekly and report by August twenty seventh to show obedience to orders.
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W. C. Clayton
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Hyland
Obituary of Professor Frederic L. L. Roehrig in Pasadena
Professor Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig a renowned Orientalist philologist educator and composer died in Pasadena California at eighty nine. Born June 19 1819 in Halle Prussia he held A M Ph D and M D degrees and earned the Volney prize. His career spanned Constantinople Paris New York Philadelphia Cornell USC and Stanford. He wrote books in many languages and composed piano music and held fellowships and honors from multiple learned societies.
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Cal
Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig
Dr. Roehrig
Halle
Prussia
Leipsic
Paris
Imperial Institute of France
Volney
Constantinople
Beziers
France
Royal Oriental Academy
Astor Library
Medical College of Philadelphia
United States Army
Surgeon General's
Washington
Roehrig
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Leland Stanford Junior University
Imperial Order of the Medjidi
Turkey
American Philosophical Society
Asiatic Society of Paris
The
Oriental Society of Germany
American Oriental Society
American Philological Association
Council
Gaelic Union of Ireland
John Cassedy Suffern Dies in Bloomfield Reach 88
John Cassedy Suffern of Bloomfield New Jersey died at 361 Franklin Street at age 88 after forty three years residence. He was son of the late Judge Edward Suffern of Suffern New York who gave the town its name. A former surveyor who laid out the Erie Railroad from New York to Piermont and inventor of freight floats for the Hudson River. Survived by wife, one son and one daughter.
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Bloomfield
N. J
John Cassedy Suffern
Franklin Street
Mr. Suffern
Edward Suffern
Suffern
N. Y
Erie
New York
Piermont
Hudson River
Frederick W Johnston Died of Heart Disease in Brooklyn
Frederick W Johnston an insurance broker with offices on Broadway died yesterday of heart disease at Court street Brooklyn. He lived at Carroll street and was born in Virginia in 1860. A UVA graduate he worked as a civil engineer for the government in Virginia before moving to Brooklyn six years ago. He leaves a brother.
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Frederick W. Johnston
Broadway
Court Street
Brooklyn
Johnston
Carroll Street
Mr. Johnston
Virginia
University of Virginia
Drummers Against Parcels Post Oppose Legislation
Lake Placid N Y July 15 delegates from about 350000 commercial travellers at the ninth annual convention of the International Federation of Commercial Travellers Organizations voted unanimously to oppose parcels post legislation before Congress. They also instructed the legislative committee to push enforcement of fire safety laws in hotels. Officers elected include President L C Deets Des Moines vice president C A Nesbitt Cleveland and secretary treasurer D B Clink Chicago. The federation will meet next year in Mackinaw Mich.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
International Federation of Commercial Travellers’ Organizations
Congress
L. C. Deets
Des Moines
Iowa
C. A. Nesbitt
Cleveland
D. B. Clink
Chicago
C. C. Daniels
Columbus
Ohio
R. A. Cavanaugh
W. H. Reed
Pittsburg
Louis T. Labeaume
St. Louis
George 3. Dana
Utica
Mackinaw
Mich
New Chestnut Disease Threatens Local Trees
Greenwich Connecticut July 15 Dr Hotaling tree warden urges action to halt a newly discovered fungal disease Valsonectria parasitica threatening chestnut trees. Dr Haven Metcalf USDA forest pathology laboratory head advised destroying all affected trees as blight spreads. near New York many trees already affected.
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Greenwich
Conn
Hotaling
Haven Metcalf
Laboratory of Forest Pathology
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Federal managers named for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
President Roosevelt appoints J. E. Wilson W DeC Ravenel and W. M. Geddes as the U S government board of managers for the Seattle exposition next year. Congress appropriates 600000 for the government and territorial exhibit and for necessary government buildings at the exposition.
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Roosevelt
United States
Seattle
Interior
J. E. Wilson
W. Dec. Ravenel
National Museum
W. M. Geddes
Treasury Department
Congress
Nantucket Honors Maria Mitchell with Observatory Library Dedication
In Nantucket on July 15 the memory of Maria Mitchell, famed astronomer and Nantucket daughter, was honored by the dedication of an astronomical observatory and library building. The observatory houses instruments Miss Mitchell used at Vassar College and elsewhere, gifts noted by Danish and Italian kings. The memorial library holds Miss Mitchell and Professor Henry Mitchell’s collections and will serve future astronomy class members.
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Mass
Maria Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Vassar College
Denmark
Italy
Brooklyn Singers Visit Leipsic Concert at Crystal Palace
The Brooklyn Arian Choral Society arrived in Leipsic and performed with the Leipsic Minnerchor at the Crystal Palace. The Brooklyn Ladies' Quartet sang well. a Kommers followed with President Metzdorff of the Leipsic Sangerbund giving a Roosevelt toast that drew applause. After sightseeing, the visitors headed to Dresden.
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Brooklyn Arian Choral Society
Leipsic Minnerchor
Crystal Palace
Minnerchor
Brooklyn Ladies’ Quartet
Metzdorff
Leipsic Sangerbund
Roosevelt
Dresden
Geyer Held Until Legacy Paid in Probate Case
Charles T. Geyer of 622 West 127th Street remains in Raymond Street Jail by order of Surrogate Ketcham until he delivers $20,023.79 to Gussie P. Alexander. The sum was designated to be paid under the will of the late Allen Alexander, for which Geyer acted as executor.
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Charles T. Geyer
West
127Th Street
Raymond Street
Ketcham
Gussie P. Alexander
Allen Alexander
Geyer
Edvina Debuts at Covent Garden Sings Marguerite
London July 15 A new prima donna appeared at Covent Garden Mme Edvina stage name of Hon Mrs Cecil Edwardes a former Canadian sister in law to Lord Kensington sang Marguerite to Bond s Faust The audience including Queen Alexandra gave her a warm reception critics predict a successful career.
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London
Covent Garden
Mme
Edvina
Cecil Edwardes
Lord Kensington
Marguerite
Bond
Faust
Queen Alexandra
Ageeum
Last St Clair Survivor Sutphin Dies in Duluth
John B. Sutphin aged sixty, former Duluth mayor and state weighmaster, died of kidney disease. He was the sole survivor of the steamer St. Clair, which burned on Lake Michigan nearly thirty years ago. Also notes on Horsford's Acks Phosphate as nerve remedy and a birth announcement for Wiggin child in New York.
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ST. Clair
Duluth
Minn
John B. Sutphin
Lake Michigan
Obituary notices dated July 1908 range across multiple residents
Haight Mary V W Post Mary M Levin Michael Rathsam Albert Livingston Mary J Skelly Alice G McConnell Mernie C Smith Margaret Mason Wil Mam Suffern John C Norris Richard Van Wagenen Gertrude A Haight funeral notices list birth and death dates at Presbyterian Hospital Nutley Eastnor Castle Nutley and Atlantic City with addresses in Brooklyn and Bloomfield interments Holy Cross Cemetery details vary with private funeral arrangements and cemetery transfers including remarks on flower requests and carriage arrangements.
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M'Connell
Nutley
Merrie
McConnell
H. W. Bennett
Mason
West List St
Wiliam Mason
Lowell Mason
Norris
Richard
Bridget Kirby
Dence
Bergen St
Brooklyn
St. Matthew's
Holy Cross Cemetery
Post
Elizabeth
N. J
Mary Morris Post
Richard Bayley
Harriet Wadsworth
Trinity Church
Desirable help quick save time with Tribune applications
A notice offers help to save time and expense by consulting a file of applications for various positions at The New York Tribune Uptown Office, with details on office hours, subscription rates, mailing options, and wide domestic and foreign postage rates.
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