Peppermint Habit Meeting At Staten Island WCTU
The New York State W C T U held a farewell gathering at Prohibition Park Staten Island for delegates sailing today on the Noordland to the World Convention in London July. Speakers included Dr Myra A Gillette and several state leaders in a full day of services and discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Prohibition Park
Staten Island
Noordland
Frances W. Graham
Nettie B. Fernald
Emma Bourne
New Jersey
Ella A. Boole
Samuel Howes
Somerville
Mass
Minnesota Union
Myra A. Gillette
Medina
N. Y
Temperance Medical Society
London
Hawkins
Massachusetts
W. D. Marsh
Pennsylvania
E. P. Smith
Brooklyn
S. M. Westcott
Washington, D. C
E. Frances Parmalee
Japan
Carrie C. Faxon
Michigan
Anne E. Palmer
Ohio
Rose Copley
Mary L. Heiner
Annie P. Thomas
Cologne
Jamaica
Alice J. Seberry
R. Morris
Richmond County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
United States
Serses Marguerite Hawthorn
Loyal Temperance Legion
A. E. Thomas
Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
French maternal schools full day care in Paris network
The French exceed in early education with over two hundred public Maternal schools in Paris. Operating year round from seven in the morning to ten at night, they employ Froebel methods, offer meals at two cents, nurses for the ill, and afternoon naps on couches. With most city mothers working in factories, these schools substitute for home care for twelve hours daily under educated women.
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Paris
Froebel
Season of the Twelfth Night closes at Berkeley Lyceum
The Twelfth Night Club met at the Berkeley Lyceum for its final session until September with Mrs. Alice Fiecher Harcourt presiding. Members donated to the Actors' Fund Home and expectations of a substantial sum arise as others contribute after summer break. Mrs. Selena Fetter Royle plans to depart in a later note.
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Twelfth Night Club
Berkeley Lyceum
Alice Fiecher Harcourt
Actors’ Fund
Seaside and North Country Homes Featured in Transfers
The passage lists several individuals and their coastal or scenic retreats including Miss Louisa Man Wingate to Avon Beach, Mrs Emma Sheridan Fry to the Maine coast, Mrs Grant Stewart to seaside resorts, Miss Minnie Wheeler to Portchester-on-the-Sound, Sallie Williams Riegel to Syracuse suburbs, Maude Monroe on a yachting cruise, and Mrs Harcourt the president to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Beach
Louisa Man Wingate
Twilight Park
Catskills
Emma Sheridan Fry
Maine
Grant Stewart
Minnie Wheeler
Portchester-on-the-Sound
Sallie Williams Riegel
Syracuse
N. Y
Maude Monroe
Harcourt
Terre Haute
Women’s Clubs Open Fifth Biennial Federation Meet
Milwaukee hosts the Federation of Women’s Clubs in a joint session at the Alhambra Theatre. Mrs. Lowe presides and delivers the annual address to delegates from Wisconsin and national groups. Attendees praise progress on wage earning child abolition and women’s civil responsibilities abroad while later discussions cover reports and potential leadership for the general federation.
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Emily E Williamson
New Jersey State Federation
General Federation OF Women’s Clubs
Milwaukee
Federation of Women’s Clubs of the
United States
Alhambra Theatre
Lowe
Ellen Co. Sabin
Rose
James Sidney Peck
Women's Clubs of
Arthur C. Neville
Theodore W. Birney
Washington
National Congress of Mothers
Lucretia Longshore Blankenberg
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Alhambra
Zurlina Tafgarland
West Salem
Wis
Low
General Federation
Mrs John Sherman Dead at Mansfield Ohio
Mrs. John Sherman wife of the former Secretary of State died at her Mansfield home after two days of paralysis. Born Margaret Cecelia Stewart she married John Sherman on December 31 1818 and they shared decades of social prominence and hospitality in Washington without children.
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John Sherman
Mansfield
Ohio
Sherman
James Stewart
Margaret Cecelia Stewart
Miss Mary Sherman McCallum, once a child adopted twin
In infancy two children were adopted, a boy and a girl. The boy died while the girl known as Miss Mary Sherman grew up as their daughter. She later married James Ivers McCallum in recent years.
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Mary Sherman
James Ivers McCallum
Tiny Things as Ministry in Quiet Kindness
A verse from Kate B. Wyning in Christian Herald reflects on small gestures of care. The poem celebrates memory of kind words, gentle smiles, and shared silences as powerful ministry.
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Kate B. Wyning
Christian Herald
Flower gifts brighten Tribune Sunshine Society office
A flower bouquet from the Lakewood Plant Flower and Fruit Guild arrives for the Sunshine Society, with roses syringas daisies and clover. Donations and new members credited include messages of thanks and additions to the Tribune Sunshine Society roster.
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Lakewood Plant
Flower and Fruit Guild
Lakewood
N. J
Tribune Sunshine Society
FE. D. Fisher
Long Island
Fredrika Bertch
Michigan
E. L
Meriden
Conn
Pennsylvania
Sunshine
The Matron’s Prophecy Triggers A Sarcastic Rebuttal
A narrator recalls a troubling prophecy heard from a haired matron who sighs. A friend mocks the tale, remarking that the saying of Solomon fits the "thankless child and the serpent's tooth" warning.
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Solomon
Luncheon fete features rose theme with class members
A Rose luncheon gathering near the city showcased private school graduates in organdie gowns themed to roses. Guests wore color coordinated attire, enjoyed pink decor and did a quotation quiz for a rose framed prize. Menu included tomato soup, lobster Newburg, and rose shaped ice cream.
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Dresden
Lydia Wadleigh Association Seeks School Named for Miss Wadleigh
Mrs Susan K Bourne president of the Lydia Wadleigh Association filed a claim two years ago to name the new High School for Girls at 114th Street and Seventh Avenue after Miss Wadleigh. The association hopes the request will be fulfilled. Invitations announce a gathering at the Berkeley Lyceum on Saturday June 9 at 3 PM to bid farewell to president Bourne as she travels for several months.
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Susan K. Bourne
Lydia Wadleigh Association
Seventh-ave
Wadleigh
Twelfth Street
Normal College
Mary L. Hawkins
Berkeley Lyceum
Mrs. Bourne
Exceedingly attractive French dresses for children
The Tribune Pattern describes ivory white silk frocks with long waists and short skirts for young girls. Details include shoulder seams, center back closure, tucked fronts, gathered skirts, lace trims, tucks along edges, a lace edged arm eye ruffle, tucked bertha neck, and a sash worn through loops. For a four year old, the dress uses three and one quarter yards of 30 inch material. pattern No. 910 covers ages two four and six.
Sunshine Rays Bring Cheer To Ailing Friends In Several States
A note from Newburg New York reports Mrs Wentz and Sunshine Society members sending silk pieces calendars and reading matter to shut ins and hospitals from Florida to Manila. The American Army and Navy Aid Society seeks a child to attend Charlton Industrial Farm School as part of its care program. An eight year old boy, now dependent on the society since his uncle joined the 27th United States Volunteers, is the potential candidate. Fox terrier gifts and paper dolls travel to Brooklyn and Long Island recipients while Miss M E Crouch and other Sunshine members continue their welfare missions with Georgia Smith William Bennett and Robert Rennie among the latest beneficiaries.
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American Army and Navy Aid Society
Charlton Industrial Farm School
The
Tribune
Sunshine
Army and Navy Aid Society
United States
Aid Society
M. E. Crouch
Georgia Smith
William Bennett
Robert Rennie
Weddings Compound in St Francis Xavier Church Band
A wedding sweep through New York society notes multiple nuptials yesterday. Anna Augusta Radley wed William Watkins Kenly at St Francis Xavier with a royal church decor and family attendance. Other ceremonies followed at St Thomas Church Mamaroneck and Holy Apostles Church. attendees included Marguerite Radley, Eleanor Dupignac, and Blanche Coleman.
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St. Francis Xavier
Anna Augusta Radley
John B. Radley
Mount Vernon
N. Y
William Watkins Kenly
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Henry van Rensselaer
Society of Jesus
John J. Radley
Madeline Schafer
Marguerite Radley
Mr. Kenly
Leonard K. Prince
Walter Deming Elliott
William K. Fertig
William C. Carr
H. Emerson Roden
No. 48
West Seventy-seventh-st
Weddings and engagements span several cities and churches
A string of 19th and early 20th century wedding notices lists engagements and marriages in New York City Glen Ridge New Jersey Lenox Mass and Princeton New Jersey. It names brides and grooms such as Irenedaughter of Lazarus Kohns to Mund E Wise Frances Archibald Reilly to Edmond John Curry Nanette Morton Sherwood Riker Pauline Loss Doyle to Colonel John Merrikem Carter Jr Margaretta Corning to Frederick Oakley Spedden and Bertha Lee Newell to Moses Ellis Jr along with attendees and church venues. Two special weddings are described at Glen Ridge Congregational Church and the old First Presbyterian Church of Princeton with details on attendants and locations.
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St. Thomas the Apostle
St. Nicholas-ave
Irene
Lazarus Kohns
Mund E. Wise
West Pifty-sixth-st
Frances Archibald Reilly
James Reilly
Edmond John Curry
F. B. Crompton
Sherwood Riker
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Lenox-ave
Pamiine Loss Doyle
Louis F. Doyle
John Merrikem Carter, Jr
Baltimore
the Heavenly Rest
Margaretta Corning Cater
George F. Stone
Bair Oaks
Town
N. J
Frederick Oakley Spedden
Edgar Spedden
First Presbyterian Church of
Morristown
Glen Ridge
Bertha Lee Newell
Herbert C. Newell
Moses Ellis
Boston
Glen Ridge Congregational Church
Elliot W. Brown
Martha Bilis
Bener
Dorothy
Alice Kelly
Augustus Clapp
Ward Andrews
New York
Clarence Wheeler
Buffalo
Herbert
Newell, Jr
Edgar
Newell
Highland
Ellis
Wellesley Hill
Eager Visitors Flee as Eel Escapes at Aquarium
An unusually lively three foot eel leaped from a pool at the Aquarium, forcing attendants to dismantle concrete paving and flood floors to recapture it. The eel vanished into a concrete conduit and pipes before being found and placed in a separate pool. Aquarium engineer Spencer noted the creature’s long, wandering history from Creton through water lines.
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Aquarium
Spencer
Creton
Bids Opened for Coal Supply to US Transports Abroad
At the Army Building yesterday six bids were opened for anthracite and bituminous coal for United States transports between the Atlantic coast and Manila via Gibraltar Malian Bort Aden Colombo and Singapore. Despite six bids they differed materially so no award could be made. Some bids were for coal laid beside ships others for coal loaded on ship or in barges or on shore. Names of bidders and bid amounts were not disclosed.
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Army
United States
Atlantic Coast
Manila
Gibraltar
Malian Bort
Aden
Colombo
Singapore
Letter From Bengal Branch President Seeks Needlework Aid
Mrs. Belen Jackson, president of the Bengal Branch of The Tribune Sunshine Society, thanks for Easter greetings and silk pieces from headquarters. She requests stamped or unfinished fancy work, crochetingMaterials for needlework and other sunshiny items to brighten her four hundred mile distance from English stores. Parcel post between India and the United States eases sending needed items. The Christmas Sunshine box aided her greatly.
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Belen Jackson
Bengal
The
Tribune Sunshine Society
Ofd
India
United States
The Thankless Child in an Old Ladies Home
A visitor recalls life in a city old ladies’ home where only childless women gain admission and tales unfold of sons and daughters, sons in law, and daughters in law shaping who cares for the elderly. The exchange reveals mixed attitudes toward filial duty and care in old age.
LISHER VS GERRY SOCIETY OVER TIPALDI CHILDREN
Magistrate Flammer hears dispute over commitment of three Tipaldi children to an institution due to alleged inability of father Dominick Tipaldi to support them. Charities examiner Lisher finds Charity Organization Society ready to aid family. Agreement delays commitment until July 6.
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Flammer
Dominick Tipaldi
Lisher
Charity Organization Society
Amherst Graduate at Fort Slocum Becomes Insane
G H Culver a Amherst College graduate is at Fort Slocum declared hopelessly insane two months after enlisting with a special permit from Adjutant General Corbin. He claims to command a regiment of imaginary soldiers and to receive daily battle reports. He was slated for Manila service but will be sent to the Army insane asylum in Washington.
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G. H. Culver
Amherst College
Fort Slocum
Culver
Army
Corbin
Washington
Pines
Manila
3D Cavalry
Woodruff
Army Insane Asylum
Wasteington
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Tui
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Neise Ey
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W. L. Moore
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Charles Clark Orcutt
West Fifty-seventh-st
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St. James's Protestant Episcopal Church
A. Maude Davies
Margaret Lawler
Jessie Clapp
Charles B. Best
Frederick ©. Pollard
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Jumes Terrace
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Theodore A. Havemeyer
White Mountains
Elizabeth Gough Hancock
William T. Hancock
West Eighty-seventh-st
Frederick Fairchild Richardson
St. Matthew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
West Eighty-fourth-st
George Lynde Richardson
Glens Falls
William Ormiston Richardson
James H. Falconer, Jr
Mercer H. Simpson
Alfred A. Moser
T. B. Arthur
Hotel Savoy
Helen Denison Ludlam
Gertrude de la M. Ludlam
Herbert F. G. Ashenden
Kent
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West Sixty-ninth-st
Marie Louise Maher
Edward A. Maher
James V. Geraghty
Francis Burrall Homan
Brookhurst
Lenox
Atlantic City
Adirondacks
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Garrisons-on-Hudson, N
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Angie Hodge
Malcolm MacLaren
Casper Wister Hodge
Hodge
Princeton Theological Seminary
Madeline Hodge
Colgate & CO
O. Haas Bros
Fifth Ave
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Haas Bros. CO
Iote
Waldorf-Astoria
New Mar
Excellen Hotel
Gerry Society
Charities Examiner
Slocum
Amherst
Philippines
Wickless
Standard Oil Company
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