Work of One Society by Morrisania Woman's League
The Morrisania branch of the Woman's Municipal League reports steady local progress. Members have secured three new fountains for The Bronx and pushed for cleaner streets and subway stations. They oppose Interborough expansion near Tibbet's Brook and push for park and garbage reform. New divisions in Spuyten Duyvil and Inwood pursue park gains, better lighting, sidewalk safety, and cleaner streets.
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Morrisania
Woman's Municipal League
League
Bronx
Kingsbridge
Tibbet’s Brook
Interborough Railroad
Interborough
Ruskin
Spuyten Duyvil
Dora M. Lesley
R. H. McKelvey
Livingston
Spuyten
Darlington
Water Department
League Park Committee
Bingham
Moshelu Parkway
Berry
Jerome and
Moshelu
Parsons
St. James's Park
Emerson Street
Inwood
Broadway
Ship Canal
Slovenly Citizens Demand Civic Pride Reform
A reader from May 25, 1901 laments Washington street litter and waste paper disposal failures. He points to lacking receptacles, torn letters and newspapers, and windblown debris from parks and picnic areas. Calls for more receptacles and enforced use to restore urban cleanliness and curb slovenliness.
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The
Tribune
Holland
Washington
New York
Capitol
Manhattan Island
Madison Square
Central Park
Lins
Americans Seek English Scholarships for Women Students
The Society of American Women in London promotes international Rhodes scholarships for American women. Mrs. André Rieder argues the program offers cultural exchange beyond grades, fostering U S England ties, and learning from English life. Plans aim to include mature women, with age not under nineteen, and to require college graduation for eligibility. The program envisions separate boards for scientific fields and nascent support from federations and club women.
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Society of American Women
London
England
André Rieder
India
Egypt
Bryn Mawr
United States
Dean Gill
Barnard
Rieder
Oxford
Patterned guimpe for girls fourteen and sixteen in vogue
The Tribune presents a guimpe pattern for lace embroidery net or lingerie fabric. Pattern No. 5 683 fits girls fourteen and sixteen, requires 14 yards 3% inches wide for main fabric and additional yardage for sleeves and facings. Price 16 cents. pattern sent on receipt plus age. If rushed, add two cents for letter mail.
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New-York Tribune
Evils Discussed at West Side YMCA Forum
Dr Alexander F Irvine and Professor Guthrie debated Problems of To day and Their Solution at the West Side YMCA. Irvine argued pastors cannot tell the truth under current conditions while Guthrie urged limited regulation and individual effort. The talk touched church inequality, wealth, and the morality environment, with strong applause for Irvine's critique of church displays. The discussion continues Sunday.
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West Side Young Men's Christian Association
West Sith Street
Alexander F. Irvine
William RB. Guulrie
College of the City of New York
Guthrie
Westinghouses
Carnegies
Rockefellers
Irvine
Potter
Lfe
United States
New York
Mr. Irvine
Harry K. Thaw
Paris
Mr. Carnegie
Mrs. Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Alustin
Cadman Sermon Highlights Science Reverting to Faith
Dr Cadman told seniors at New York University that scientists and deep thinkers are turning back to religion. He cited Tolstoy Brunetière and Zola as examples and noted music from five churches. He argued science cannot answer life’s ultimate questions and faith offers a supreme path for immortal capacities.
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New York University
Parkes Cadman
Tolstoy
Brunetiére
Zola
Daniel Ro Philipp
All Souls’ Church
Holy Trinity
St. James's
Church of the Advocate
University Heights Presbyterian Church
White Plains Congregational Church
Cadman
Jewish Seminary Commencement Honors Rabbis and Scholars
President Solomon Schechter addressed the graduating class of the Jewish Theological Seminary as a crowded audience watched Rabbi degrees awarded to Benjamin Abner Tintner and Jacob Kohn. Doctors of Hebrew Letters went to Herman Abramovitz and Solomon Z. Prokosch, with six teachers certificates granted to Affachinor, Diamondstein, Sulzberger Herzog, Isaaca, Levine, and Kussy. Prizes were announced for essays and theses by Bray Abel Hirsch Kohn Nowitz and others, with Adler urging a national Jewish university and a $10 000 endowment.
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Solomon Schechter
Jewish Theological Seminary
Louis Marshall
Jacob Schiff
Dr. Adler
Benjamin Abner Tintner
Jacob Kohn
Herman Abramovitz
Solomon Z. Prokosch
Schechter
Rebecca G. Affachinor
Julius Diamondstein
David Sulzberger Herzog
Morton Isaaca
Hadasseh Levine
Sarah Kussy
Adler
N.nowitz
Tablet unveiled at historic John Street Methodist site
Rain and a cold east wind curtailed the unveiling of a bronze tablet marking the site of America’s oldest Methodist church. Hadley Chapter of the Wesley Brotherhood placed it on the Mercantile National Bank building face on John Street near Nassau. Dr. J Wesley Johnston presided as the tablet was formally handed to the group amid tributes to donors and the bank.
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America
John Street
Mercantile National Bank
Hadley
Wesley Brotherhood
Old John Street
Nassau Street
J. Wesley Johnston
J. Benson Hamilton
Brotherhood
J. (. Beach
Joseph J. Tafter
Bank
Dr. Johnston
Johnston
United States
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Westminster Abbey
Old John Street Church of America grows from five to many
The Old John Street Methodist Church traces its roots to 1764 with five worshippers led by Embury and Barbara Heck. Barbara Heck raised funds for a Wesley Chapel in John Street, dedicated in 1768, later replaced by the present church built in 1841. Since founding, the church has had 151 pastors and now lists over three hundred active members in the local parish.
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Johnston
Bishop Andrews
Dr. Sanford
W. C. Blakeman
Methodist Church of America
Philip Embury
Barbara Heck
Embury
Paul Heck
Barbara
John Lawrence
Betty
Heeks
Embury House
Thomas Webb
John Wesley
Horse and Cart Street
William Street
New York
Wesley Chapel
John Street
Old John Street
No Such Thing as Tainted Money at Boston Univ
President W E Huntington addressed the June 2 baccalaureate at Boston University before about two hundred graduates. He warned against vast wealth and corporate monopolies, urged constitutional government, and argued there is no tainted money while calling for moral conduct among individuals to curb power.
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Boston
W. E. Huntington
Boston University
Horns and Highland Fury at Yorkville Court
Thomas Toye and his brother Edward appeared before Magistrate Whitman after a head butting brawl in a Third Avenue restaurant. Edward had brought Thom from Scotland to settle a quarrel over passage money. The brothers demonstrated their quarrel with a crude head butt until officers separated them and the magistrate ordered them home to behave.
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Whitman
Yorkville Court
Thomas Toye
Edward
Thomas
Scotland
Third Avenue
New York Association seeks 50 000 for fresh air work
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor appeals for 50000 to fund its fresh air program. Last year it gave outings to 23051 women and children, saving many from breakdown and restoring others to health. Gifts may be sent to RS Minturn at No 10 East 24th Street.
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New York Association For
RS. Minturn
East
Stree
Brooklyn urged to probe subway tunnel safety concerns
John B. Creighton and Elwin Sniper announce a formal request to Mayor McClellan for an investigation into the Interborough Brooklyn subway tunnel. They cite rumors of poor construction, sagging tubes, cracked plates, and sand and quicksand in the riverbed, while officials defend current practices and expect completion this fall.
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John B. Creighton
Brooklyn League
Elwin Sniper
Allied Boards of Trade of Brooklyn
McClellan
Brooklyn
Interborough
Creighton
Rice
Rapid Transit Commission
League
Alfred Craven
Mr. Craven
Interborough Company
New York
Flatbush Avenue
Nurses for Schools in Boston Plan to Hire Health Staff
Boston plans a corps of twenty-one trained school nurses supervised by physicians to protect pupil health. Nurses will operate eleven months a year including vacation sessions, with exams based on 1000 people. Pay scales start at 224 yearly for supervising nurses and 648 for assistants, with gradual raises. Funding totals 10000 for Sep-Dec 1997 and 25000 thereafter.
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Boston
Weston to Repeat Former Feat Pedestrian Plan
Edward Payson Weston the famed pedestrian intends to beat his 1906 Philadelphia to New York record by walking from Portland Maine to Chicago a distance of 1256 miles in 26 days averaging 50 miles daily. He leaves Portland at 5 PM October 29 with a newspaperman party traveling by auto, passing through ten states and over 300 cities, avoiding Sundays.
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Edward Payson Weston
Philadelphia
New York
Portland
Chicago
Weston
Mormons Visit Palmyra Pilgrimage From London Ontario
A group of 136 Mormons from London Ontario traveled to Palmyra to see Joseph Smith’s early home and the hill where he claimed to dig up gold plates. The visitors also attended religious services led by a local Mormon minister.
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Joseph Smith
Hill
Rochester
London
Ontario
Palmyra
Smith
Wereo Bushi
PIANO CHEAPER THAN RING ARREST OF RABBI ABRAHAM KAHN
Abraham Kahn claiming rabbinical status was arrested on Friday and held for trial at Jefferson Market Court on $1000 bail for swindling a young woman by promising an engagement ring and piano to complete payment. Rosie Gustynska, 53 East Lily Street, testified he took $59 for a piano not given, with prior $15 and $10 loans cited. He denied the larger sum, saying only $15 and that he had a wife in Russia formerly. The case featured a scolding from BR D Buegeleisen, his former employer, who urged a fair chance to clear himself.
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Abraham Kahn
Marriag
Breen
Jefferson Market
Rosie Gustynska
East Lili Street
Kahn
No. 489
Fifth Avenue
Buegeleisen
Brooklyn
Mr. Buegeleisen
Mother Campbell Passes at Essex Market Home
Mrs. Mary Campbell known as Mother Campbell, longtime matron at Essex Market Court, died after a four and a half day illness. She served eighteen years guiding prisoners toward reform. Born in the city sixty four years ago, she was married to John Campbell in 1877. he died about twenty years ago. Funeral set for tomorrow at Calvary Cemetery.
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Mary Campbell
Campbell
Essex Market Court
Essex Market Place
Ludlow Street
Essex M Court
Murdered priest buried at Armenian Church in Hoboken
Funeral for Father Kaspar Vartarian was held at the Armenian Catholic Church in West Hoboken. Bishop Hovsap Sarjain led mass with two candle bearers, praising the priest as self sacrificing and urging help for authorities to find his killer.
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Kaspar Vartarian
Clineton Street
West Hoboken
Hovsap Sarjain
S9sart Martoogisian
Miss Ritchie's Dog Little Dot Wins at Rochester Kennel Club
Miss Adele Ritchie, starring in Fast nating Flora at the Casino, uses her Yorkshire terrier Little Dot to boost publicity. The three year old dog carried away blue ribbon at the Rochester Kennel Club show, adding to the actress's fame.
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Adele Ritchie
Th Casino Company
Little
Little Dot
Rochester Kennel Club
City News In Brief Fire and Court Minutes
Anthony Fuscillo who shot and killed his father is remanded by Magistrate Lay to Coroner pending inquest. A small fire at Hotel St Denis was put out by Engine 72, guests not alerted. The State Civil Service Commission will hold examinations on June 29 for several positions including stenographer assistant civil examiner and engineering examiner.
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Anthony Fuscillo
John
Jem Court
Yostustay
Pend Tell
St. Denis
State Civil Service Commission
Sta
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