Meat Prices Rising Pushes Beef and Mutton Higher
Prices for beef have risen 16 to X percent over ten days, with dressed mutton reaching a fifteen year high. Lamb chops and mutton follow the trend as wholesale supply tightens, driven by packers’ post inspection losses and traders urging farmers to withhold cattle. Retailers report ample meat on hand but constrained shipments, with prime cuts absorbing most price increases while poorer grades stay near historical levels.
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West
Chicago
F. Sulzberger
Schwarzechild & Sulzberger
Tribune
Chicago Commission
Congress
Sulzberger
Commission
Hat Boom Pretty Quiet Amid Cold Weather Losses
A citywide dip in straw hat demand lowers prices as dealers report 10 percent or more fall in sales. With forecasts of continued cold, shops pull straw hats from windows while derby and winter hats gain shelf space, risking substantial losses. Local merchants blame the weather and cite sunk costs, noting the situation may worsen if temperatures stay low.
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Deasers
Somers System Criticized For Tax Assessment Method
W A Somers the author of a new real estate valuation system faces criticism from prominent brokers and appraisers. Appointed by Lawson Purdy to study New York tax assessment, Somers claims the method provides absolute uniformity and easy verification, but skeptics doubt its popularity and practicality here.
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William A. Somers
Somers
Lawson Purdy
Tax Department
New York
Mr. Somers
Will Filed for Walter A. Schiffer Estate at West End
The will dated June 20 16 names wife Jennie W. Schiffer and others as executors after the May 30 fire that killed two daughters and two household members. The estate is valued over $10,900 with Mrs. Schiffer receiving No 22 West 7th Street and one fifth of the residuary estate. The document grants her permission to donate up to 10000 to charities of her choice.
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Walter A. Schiffer
West End
N. J
Jennie W. Schiffer
Women’s Clubs At Jamestown Open Biennial Convention
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs convened in Jamestown exposition with delegates from across the country. Mrs. Sarah B. Platt Decker opened with a greeting praising club growth. Miss Virginia Gatewood welcomed Norfolk. papers and discussions followed as the session continues. Also the National Society of the Colonial Dames of North America met, with opening addresses by Mrs. Overton Lea and Bishop Randolph, plus poems and a principal address by Galior of Tennessee.
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Norfolk
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Sarah
Platt Decker
Cenver
General Federation
Virginia Gatewood
Woman's Club
Ward
Moston
Federation
National Society of the Colonial Dames of North America
Overton Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Randoph
Virginia
Tucker
Sexposition Company
William Ruffin Cox
Society
Andrews
Hartford
Conn
Galior
Tennessee
Women Teachers Duped by Albany Dinner Fund Swindle
Fifty women teachers in New York public schools were duped by a man claiming to collect funds for a dinner for Senators and Assemblymen at Albany to influence the teachers bill. He collected hundreds, with each approached taking $5, before a Harlem primary teacher exposed him. The Interborough Women Teachers Association denies authorizing any collector and plans to warn members. Superintendent Maxwell and Grace Strachan vow investigation and reminders to all teachers.
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Albany
Harlem
Interborough Women Teachers’ Association
William H. Maxwell
Grace Strachan
Bingham
Board of Education
Dispute at St. Paul’s School Nearing Commencement
Garden City Long Island June 1 The dispute between Dr Gammage head master and Bishop Burgess of the Long Island diocese over athletics and studies at St Pauls School has led to Dr Gammage resigning. It is unlikely the school will close this fall despite the conflict and bishops opposition to athletics may be misunderstood.
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the Tribune
Garden City
Long Island
St. Paul's School
Gammage
Frederick Burgess
St. Paul’s
Burgess
Bishop Burgess
Yale to Sell a College Ingham University Deal
Yale plans to sell Ingham University at Leroy New York once owned by Yale alumni association hopes to raise funds to buy and endow the college as a home for aged teachers The Ingham alumni association has made a prior claim and several Buffalo area firms have bids Yale is expected to act to satisfy the alumni and endow the institution
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Tribune
New Haven
Yale
Ingham University
Leroy
N. Y
Ingham
William Lampson
Weaneys
Ingham University Alumni Association
Buffain
Veterans win revolver match aboard Granite State
On the Granite State at West 98th street pier a 24 Division 1st Naval Battalion team of five veterans edged active sailors 183 to 182 in the annual revolver match for a $10 challenge cap. AE Colgate led veterans with 44, Richmond Weed 42, while E Crawford topped the actives with 41. Colt service revolvers .28 caliber were used in two five-shot strings per man.
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1St Naval Battalion
United States
Granite State
West 98Th Street Pier
AE. Colgate
Richmond Weed
E. Crawford
Colt Service
Cheap Opera to Move West Next Week
Gaetano d'Amato of the Royal Italian Grand Opera Company plans a West Side run at Grand Opera House starting Monday. He cites strong American attendance as proof of demand for grand opera at affordable prices and says a permanent company could follow if the West Side reception matches the Academy of Music. The program includes Carmen Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
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Academy of Music
Gaetano d’'Amato
Royal Italian Grand Opera Company
West Side
Grand Opera House
Senator Frelinghuysen Ill After Appendicitis Operation
State Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen of the firm Jameson and Frelinghuysen, insurance brokers, is in critical condition in a Chicago hospital after an appendicitis operation. He left Somerville for a business trip to Chicago and fell ill upon arrival, though he had been in robust health. He is noted as the father of the Frelinghuysen automobile law and other measures.
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the Tribune
Somerville
N. J
Joseph
Frelinghuysen
Jameson & Frelinghuysen
William Street
New York
Chicago
Chcago
Brelinghtynen Automobile
Nurses to Be Graduated at Kings County Hospital
The eighth annual graduation exercises of the Kings County Hospital Training School for Nurses will be held tonight in the chapel with twenty nurses graduating. Two students came from China while others hail from the West Indies to Canada. Speakers include Hibbard Commissioner of Charities Baker and McEnerny deputy commissioner.
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Kings County Hospital Training School
China
West Indies
Canada
Hibbard
Charities
Baker
Manhattan
McEnerny
Ki Queens
NYU Graduation Announces Chancellor MacCracken Address
Chancellor MacCracken spoke at New York University seventy fifth commencement in University Heights. Four hundred thirty degrees were awarded including fifty four women. Florence Edith Bruning won the highest prize in the law school. the gold medal was held up at the customs house. The ceremony featured prayers by Rev. Edward Abbott and Rev. Franklin Hoskins amid a rain shower, with remarks on university accounting to the community and the responsibility of graduates to work and contribute.
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MacCracken
New York University
University Heights
Florence Edith Bruning
Normal College
Alice Dillingham
Englewood
Samuel F. B. Morse
7Th Regiment
Hall of Fame
Edward Abbott
Cambridge Theological School
Franklin Hoskins
Syrian Protestant College
Beirut
Syria
Patform
Abram Hewitt
Morse
United States
New York
Indy
America
Missing Sing Sing prisoner Bidwell Fluss fled barber shop
Bidwell Fluss a life prisoner at Sing Sing is missing after leaving the barber shop during a work shift. guards and outer sentry on duty, searches of all likely spots, and wall patrols continue as authorities doubt he left the prison grounds. Fluss, No 55909, is 25, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, plumber by trade, with scars on neck and head. He lived at 164 East 7th Street.
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Flass
Cowing
New York City
East 7Th Street
Mathilda Fluss
Fluss
Mrs Gould Denied Stealing From Castle Gould
An intimate friend of Mrs. Howard Gould denied claims she stole cattle and furniture from Castle Gould. The friend said Mrs. Gould paid for property with savings, and recounts resistance by castle staff, moving to the St. Regis, and alleged burglaries. Separate officials denied mail tampering reports while evidence is pursued.
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Howard Gould
Castle Gould
Port Washington
Gould
New York
Clarence J. Shearn
Goulds
The
St. Regis
McCail
McNaught
Stripp
Lyons
Hanson
McLaughlin
Detective Bureau
Bob McNaught
Bingham
Leutenants
Fatal "Butting In" Ends with Killing of Beloved Horse
Eleventh avenue and 43d street boss truckman Pat Owens mourns the loss of his big bay horse Harry after the animal is shot following a series of detentions and cruelty complaints. The incident involves a boy helper, a local SPCA officer, and multiple arrests as the story unfolds on Tenderloin precinct steps.
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Pat” Owens
Eleventh Avenue
43D Street
Harry
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Owens
Sixth Avenue
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Calhoun
Willie Horne
Willie
Asth Street
Broadway
James Lenahan
West Test Street
Whitie
Harry Wage
Youth Drowns in Hudson Off Audubon Yacht Club
Henry F. Smith twenty one of 486 West 165th street fell from the yacht Patmos moored near Commodore Rose's Alma in the Audubon Yacht Club harbor yesterday afternoon and drowned. Captain James Iverson of the club, 86, leaped from the pier but Smith sank before rescue. Smith, not employed but seeking a mechanical engineer position, helped repair engines and owned a 25 foot launch named Manitou. his father is a salesman.
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Henry F. Smith
West 165Th Street
Hudson River
Audubon Yacht Club
165Th Street
James Iverson
Iverson
Young Smith
Smith
Boltie
Commodore Rose
Alma
Tunnel Safety Asserted by Interborough Engineers
William Barclay Parsons and George H. Pegram urged President Shonts that the Battery to Brooklyn tunnel will be safe and stable when completed. They rebut claims of weakness due to piles near Brooklyn shore and say plans address contingencies and meet safety standards.
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William Barclay Parsons
George H. Pegram
Interborough Construction Company
Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn Shore
Parsons
South Ferry
Brooklyn
Battery
Rapid Transit Commission
Vaccination for Tuberculosis Experiment Under Way
Experiments at the Henry Phipps Institute in Philadelphia test a new vaccination method for tuberculosis. Developed by Professor Edoardo Maragnano of Genoa, Italy, the serum aims to inoculate a score of patients. Dr. Lawrence F. Fitch leads the institute and reports potential developments by year end.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Henry Phippe
Suit Over Deed In Mount Vernon Involves Opera House
In White Plains Supreme Court witnesses described Mrs Naomi Duncombe Ring as kittenish and fond of her husband Pat Ring while her husband P J Ring sues to set aside a $50 000 deed including the Mount Vernon Opera House. Witnesses testified on her visits to a Mount Vernon hotel and inquiries about Ring. Ring admitted affection prior to marriage and said he still loves her.
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P. J. Ring
Naomi Duncombe Ring
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Opera House
Supreme Court
White Plains
Inter-Met Legal Staff Reorganized by President Shonts
President Shonts of the Interborough Metropolitan system announced a reorganization of the legal staff. The new structure reallocates duties to boost efficiency and economy and signals further changes to come. Key roles include Paul D. Cravath as general counsel and George W. Wickersham as general counsel for all affiliated companies.
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Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan System
Paul D. Cravath
New York City Railway Company
George W. Wickersham
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
James L. Quackenbush
A. A. Gardner
Charles A. Gardiner
Manhattan Railway Company
Henry A. Robinson
Bureau of Real Estate
New York Daily Newspapers Meet Opens in Binghamton
The spring meeting of the New York Associated Daily Newspapers opened at the Arlington Hotel in Binghamton with President Jay E. Klock of The Kingston Freeman and other officers present. About thirty five members attended, followed by a reception at the Binghamton Press Club and a tour of The Binghamton Press plant valued at $150,000.
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Binghamton
N. Y
New York Associated Daily Newspapers
Arlington Hotel
Jay E. Klock
Kingston Freeman
Fred P. Hall
Jamestown Journal
Gardiner Kline
Amsterdam Recorder
Binghamton Press Club
Binghamton Press
Grievances Sent to President by Telegraph Union
5S. J Small president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America said he sent a copy of complaints against Western Union to President Roosevelt. He noted the copy was sent as a prominent citizen, not as President, asserting telegraph service is quasi public and public interest justifies union action in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Roosevelt
Small
United States
Oil man gets three months in jail
Leavenworth Kan June 5 Judge Wwe Hook of the United States Circuit Court today sentenced H H Tucker Jr indicted secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil Company to serve three months in jail for contempt of court in making an affidavit alleging a conspiracy between Judges Pollock Mc Pherson and Phillips and the Standard Oil Company to drive the Uncle Sam company out of business Tucker began serving his sentence to
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Leavenworth
Kan
Wwe Hook
United States Circuit Court
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Pollock, McPherson
Phillips
Standard Oil Company
Uncle Sam Company
Eee
Tucker
McCullough estate sold at Sloatsburg New York
Telegraph report notes the sale of the McCullough estate at Sloatsburg New York. John J. Hullman purchased the storehouse tract for 5.20 dollars. Elijah Pringle of Tuxedo Park bought the mill buildings and about thirty acres with water rights for speculative purposes.
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Tribune Suffern
N. Y
McCullough
Sloatsburg
John J. Hullman
New York
Elijah Pringle
Tuxedo Park
Pringle
Barge Pactolus Lost Off Hog Island
A barge named Pactolus was lost in a June storm off Hog Island on the New Jersey coast. Captain James Deputy was badly hurt when a wave knocked him down while securing sails. The vessel foundered hours later and crewmates were rescued by a tug.
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Providence
Pactolus
Hog Island
New Jersey
James Deputy
Oe Creer
Suanto
Trial of Dr Guy postponed to June as suit delays case
Dr Samuel S Guy's murder trial in Queens Supreme Court, set for last Monday, is postponed again to June 17. It is the third postponement, caused by Mrs Lacey Randolph's suit against W E D Stokes, scheduled for June 10, to avoid interruption to the trial.
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Samuel
Guy
Supreme Court of Queens
Lacey M. Randolph
W. E. D. Stokes
New York Board of Estimate hears on Cahill Telharmonic petition
Public notices from New York City document a petition by New York Cahill Telharmonic Company for consent to lay and operate wires to distribute music electrically in Manhattan and beyond. scheduled public hearing set for June 7, 1907, with multiple related statutory notices and hearings on bills before the Mayor at City Hall.
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MTY
New York
Skaa Ennanmen
Board of Estimate
NEW York Cahill Telhar
Corporation Guy
Organtena
State of New York
Roe
Broadway
Manhattan
Greater New York
New York City
Warrenton
Virginia
John C. Rowe
New York County
New Yorkahill Telharmonic Company
City Hall
Borough of
Joseph Haag
City OF
Cooper Union For the Advancement OF Science and Art
Third Avenue
East Sixth Street
East Seventh Street
Hall Place
City of New York
George B McLellan
Bronx River
Ty Hall
George B. McLellan
George B. Wclellan
Assembly
Municipal Court
George B Wclellan
Sealed Proposals for Mint Copper and Harbors
Sealed proposals due by noon Wednesday in June 1907 for supplying 350,000 avoirdupois pounds of electrolytic ingots and related bronze materials to the Philadelphia Mint, with details available from Superintendent H Landis. Separately sealed bids for dredging Bedford and Fairhaven Harbors, Mass, must be received by July 7, 1997, with information from Lt. Col. J H Llard.
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Mint of the
United States
Philadelphia
H. Landis
U. & Engineers Office
Newport
Bedford
Fairhaven
Mass
J. H. Llard
Fireproof Test Validates Concrete Building Reinforcement
A successful fire test was conducted yesterday at the Columbia University mechanical engineering department. Professor Ira H. Woolson oversaw the test on the concrete building at the Buildings Department plant located at Lom and Claremont avenues, demonstrating the fireproofing effectiveness.
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Ira H. Woolson
Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University
Lom and
Claremont Avenue
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Jamestown
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Leroy, N. Y
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A. FE Colgate
Cc. D. Hanscomb
RH. Weed
Crawford
J. Cc
H. W York
W. H. Williams, Jr
W. BR
Walt
W. de Wolf Dimock
Senator Frelinghuysen
N.Y. U
X Y
Sera
Church
University College
School OF Applied Sciences
Preston Shepard Lincoln
James Gillespie Dale
Francis Washington Sovak
A. Ogden Butler
Charles Augustus Tonsor, Jr
John Loughran
Long Island City
William H. Inman
Gorton Rosa Fonda
Yonkers
Duryea
Edwin McQueen
East Norwich
Hoe
Charles Wilbur Banks
Mount Kisco
N.Y
Edward James O'Brien
LAW School
A. B
Abraham Acaplany
Christian Gs. Lorentzen
Charles Vincent Smith
John J. Finn
University and
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Valentine Mott
Maurice Joseph Lippman
A. RB. Willam T. Lusk
Louis Herman Zuckerman
George Alexander
Henry M. Brown
Christ Congregational Church
Stanley White
Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church In the
Presbyterian Church In the United States of America, Orange, N. J
Joseph D. Bryant
Charles Warren Hunt
American Society of Civil Engineers
George Fillmore Swath
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
John Woodward
Bidwell Fluss
Sing Sing
Truckman
Hudson
Parsons and
Pegram
Mr. Pegram
Inter-Met
M’cullough
Senate
Park Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
State Partment OF Education
Joseph A. Gillet
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