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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
11
Dr. Woodrow Wilson delivered Princeton Universitys baccalaureate address in Alexander Hall. He warned that modern business blends morals with corporate aims, urging a stern moral standard, individual responsibility, and decisive judgment rather than flexible expediency.
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist preached on overcoming and questioned if the church would aid a repentant rich youth facing destitution. He stressed that true Christians fear not hardship and must act beyond self interest to aid those in need.
In a West Side address at Calvars Baptist Church Dr Robert and MacArthur condemned Episcopalian clergy for an open pulpit stance. They argued bishops claim authority over non elected congregations and warned such sectarian claims are un-American and unchristian.
The Rev. William St Elmo Smith marked twenty five years as a priest and ten as a New York Fire Department chaplain with a Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church on West 23d Street. Father Smith is praised for always aiding firefighters at any hour and for valuing rescue over combat.
J P Carroll a Hartford Connecticut resident and fireman second class on the battleship Tennessee died at Angelus Hospital after being seriously injured in the ship explosion. His death marks the sixth fatality from the incident.
William Dalton former Commissioner of Public Works lies bedridden at the Hotel York on Seventh Avenue after a horse ran away with him in Central Park Saturday evening. A physician and nurse attended him at the hotel and his condition was reported favorable last night.
Train notes detail service from East 34th Street to Brooklyn with special runs for the event. Rail and ferry schedules show connections via Bedford, East New York, and Borough lines, plus elevated road movements and frequent departures.
P. N. Lilienthal, Anglo- Californian Bank manager and financier, says the country weathered six months of hard times. He cites crop yields and looming Taft and Bryan nominations as keys to a prosperity rebound. He notes deposits rise and liquidity in Wall Street but warns confidence must return. he expects nominations to spur business, not a Roosevelt third term.
The famous Fleischmann Vienna Model Bakery bread line moved to the Broadway side overnight. About eight hundred men and boys queued by midnight, many unemployed and from Bowery Mission areas, awaiting the first loaves. The line’s size doubles as the old source ends and a restaurant opens.
Dr Norman E Ditman argues for a new school of sanitary science and public health linked to a major university in New York to train officials and professionals. He cites England and New York City gains from preventive measures and urges dissemination of knowledge to reduce disease and poverty through targeted training of public health officials and other leaders.
Mrs. Antone Fuerst of Newark reports a gold chain and cross stolen from her Prince Street home 27 years ago has been returned by her daughter in law Mrs. Frank X. Fuerst. A stranger claimed the necklace had been stolen by a woman who died ten years ago and, on her deathbed, entrusted it to a grave digger to return.
The suspension of condensed milk standards by the U S Department of Agriculture exposes the public to inferior products. A Louisville meeting in 1906 spurred calls to pause enforcement where solids fall below 25 percent, with Washington urged to act and protect consumers.
Adelina Guitilla, a 25 month old girl living at 28 Market Street in Manhattan, weighs 119 pounds and sleeps at least fourteen hours daily. Her father Daniel Guitilla is a tailor who recently arrived from Springfield, Ohio.
Adelina, an unusually heavy infant, has puzzled many physicians with her rapid growth. She eats with her parents, not gruel, and her mother opposes circus exhibitions despite Adelina winning a heaviest and brightest prize at a Jacksonville Florida exposition last winter.
George Gavegavitch an Austrian laborer was brought from Peekskill N Y on charges of murdering Michael Turner in York Pennsylvania. He is said to have killed four men in Austria and held up four Italian laborers after Turner's death. Police and aqueduct inspectors seized him as tensions rose among Italian workers.
Over a thousand spectators attended the unveiling of a tablet in memory of Charles H. Knox at the Knox Memorial Chapel on West 41st Street. Mrs. Charles H. Knox led the exercises, a role she assumed after his death two years ago. Knox, a former Tammany Hall law committee chairman and president of the Board of Education, had led a large Bible class with about two thousand nannies enrolled at his death.
Miss Lilian L Rosenthal daughter of Justice Alexander S Rosenthal of the Municipal Court was married last evening to A Sidney Galitzka a lawyer. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi H Weld assisted by Cantor Malsel.
Summer wardrobes feature smoke and mist shades and vibrant new styles while blue and black serges remain staples. Serge suits run 18 to 40 dollars as Racers Pret & COMPANY lists three Broadway stores and notes a relocation of the uptown shop to the northeast corner of 34th Street.
Donations from Mrs. H B Andrews and others total several dollars to support Clark's Falls Rest Home in Connecticut. Funds are earmarked for the mothers room, outings, emergency fund, and the Sunshine Society. opening day June 11 will feature a basket picnic and refreshments. Delegations from New York to Rhode Island are expected, with improvements to the annex and dining room.
Mrs W F Bailey state president of New Jersey announces the marriage of her daughter Marjorie Isabelle to Arthur Henry Rahmann on Tuesday June 2. Mrs Rahmann active in Summit branch with many Tribune Sunshine Society friends wishing them sunshine and joy.
The Mothers' Sunshine Circle head appeals for urgent help for a mother with five children ages four to fifteen. The husband deserted the family after months of unemployment. The mother, now in poor health, is $2 behind on rent and dispossessed. The oldest son lost work, leaving food and clothing as immediate needs for the children who are living on bread and water.
A letter from Mrs. Clarence Burns reports Mr. Burns improving but ill at the Hotel Majestic in Hot Springs Arkansas. The Rev. J P James from the Samana Santo Domingo branch goes to the United States as a delegate to the American Methodist Episcopal Conference and plans to visit the office this week. Readers are urged to contribute items for children’s Sunday school gifts. Manhattan Friendly Aid members held a Sunshine picnic at Van Cortlandt Park. $10 plus dues and gifts were given to the Chapin Home for Old People and a needy family. A Newark contact offers a wheel chair for an invalid. full name and address requested. Mrs L Dillon of Manhattan will donate remnants to Bahamas church and forward paints to a Maine member. Mrs Alice M Morris of State Hospital Middletown CT thanks the society for support, noting personal calamity and gratitude. An East Orange member sends cheer to Connecticut and Illinois invalids, with daily deeds unrecorded. Miss Judson will pass Outlook to a shut-in IL member.
Bernice Peavey celebrated a June 7 birthday but the notice arrived late for the column. She has been ill with threat trouble and will undergo an operation soon.
A requester in Monroe Me seeks gifts including souvenir postals books or letters. Any of these items would be appreciated and can be sent to Box 11 Route 2.
A reader in Easton Pennsylvania offers to send the first decade of The Century if the person who in Morris Plains New Jersey has requested them has not yet disposed of the copies.
A Brooklyn woman Jill Pearsall reporting from Ulster County describes delivering baby clothing to a new mother after twins arrived during a family illness. She notes sunlit joy from the mountain home and requests a carriage to complete the aid package, with a crib already supplied. Similar clothing shipments were sent to families in North Carolina Virginia and The Bronx.
A Brooklyn man with tuberculosis requests aid to leave a consumptive camp and return home, noting his declining health and depleted funds amid homesickness and discouragement. The note follows a memorial report on Miss M F Worthington of Worthington Farms Elmsford NY who died after years of T S S service. A stream of charitable gifts from various towns and individuals is described, including garments flowers seeds books and clothing from New Jersey Connecticut Virginia and Mass.
A reader requests notice of a June matinee benefit by George M. Cohan at the Knickerbocker Theatre Broadway and 57th Street in The Yankee Prince. Dr Walsh chairs the committee and Edmund Brennan acts as treasurer to aid the cancerous poor and pay down a second mortgage.
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