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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
2
President Woodrow Wilson delivered Princeton University’s baccalaureate sermon at Alexander Hall. He warned that modern life pools individuals into large organizations where morals bend to material gains and urged strict personal standards and accountability grounded in Christian justice.
The Rev Dr Charles F Aked preached on overcoming faith at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church citing a rich youth who asked for help if cast out for changing creed. He urged that Christ seeks true followers who risk loss and stressed nothing harms a real Christian who ventures into the darkest times.
Dr. Robert S. MacArthur attacked the open pulpit concept during a West Sith Street Calvary Baptist class. He labeled Episcopalian canons and bishops as un-American and unchristian for claiming authority over non elected congregations, calling the move medieval and sectarian.
The Rev. William St Elmo Smith marked twenty five years as a priest and ten as a New York Fire Department chaplain with a silver jubilee at St. Vincent de Paul Church on West 23d Street. Father Smith read the mass as Fr. F J Donohue delivered the sermon praising his readiness to serve in danger and his view of firefighters as true heroes.
J P Carroll fireman second class and Hartford Conn resident died early today at Angelus Hospital. His death raises the Tennessee explosion toll to six, the most serious injuries among the crew.
William Dalton former Commissioner of Public Works lies confined to his bed at the Hotel York on Seventh avenue and 26th street with a broken arm and other injuries after a horse ran away with him in Central Park on Saturday evening. A physician and nurse attended him at the hotel and his condition was reported favorable.
The Brocklyn Jockey Club schedules horse races today at 2 30 PM including the Bedford Stakes and a two mile steeplechase. The event features notable entrants and is staged at the East canal area with proceeds supporting local racing.
P. N. Lilienthal, banker and financier, says the country has weathered hard times and that crops are excellent. He contends Taft’s Republican nomination and Bryan’s Democratic nomination will restore confidence, spurring a rapid business rebound even before the election. He notes Wall Street liquidity and rising bank deposits while urging a broader belief in recovery.
The Vienna Model Bakery bread line at Broadway and 10th Street shifts to the opposite side of Broadway. By midnight eight hundred men and boys waited for bread as the line expanded west to University Place and down to 7th Street. The Freischmann company opens a restaurant at Broadway and 11th Street to serve the hungry, citing Bowery Mission suspensions and worker reforms.
Dr Norman E Ditman argues for a sanitary science and public health school to educate officials and professionals in disease prevention. He suggests locating it in New York with a university like Columbia and notes economic gains from preventive measures, citing England and New York City savings and the Sage Foundation and Rockefeller Institute as aids to spreading knowledge.
Mrs Antone Fuerst of Newark, a gold chain and cross stolen from Prince Street home twenty seven years ago, were returned by her daughter in law Mrs Frank X Fuerst after a woman claimed the necklace was given by a dying woman ten years ago. The woman said a grave digger who knew the story advised returning the item.
The suspension of the 1906 pure food law standards for condensed and evaporated milk opens the market to low grade products. Officials and dairy groups call for action, noting the need to protect the public while some regions argue the solids limit is too strict and impractical.
In this ad the retailer promotes summer wardrobes with blue and black serge suits for men and boys, priced 18 to 40 dollars. It highlights fashionable shades like smoke mist and alive and notes store locations on Broadway and a move uptown to the northeast corner of 34th Street.
Mrs. H. B. Andrews of New Jersey sends 12 with allocations for Adolph Koch outing Tribune Sunshine Society, emergency fund, and mothers' room at Clark's Falls Rest Home. Donations from U. P. Port Chester and others support Little Joey and June dues. Opening day June 11 features a basket picnic and refreshments. guests expected from New York, New Haven, Hartford, Providence, Watch Hill, Westerly and nearby towns.
Adelina Guitilla, a two year old resident of a six story tenement at No. 28 Market Street, is described as a seven day wonder for weighing 119 pounds. Her father Daniel Guitilla is a tailor who recently moved from Springfield Ohio. The child reportedly sleeps at least fourteen hours daily and rarely cries.
Adelina, an unusually large baby, puzzled physicians with her rapid growth. She refuses gruel and dines with her parents, while her mother resists plans for circus exhibition. Last winter she won a Jacksonville exposition prize as the heaviest and brightest infant.
Mrs. W. F. Bailey the state president of New Jersey announces the marriage of her daughter Marjorie Isabelle to Arthur Henry Rahmann on Tuesday June 2. Mrs Rahmann is active in the Summit branch and has many friends in the Tribune Sunshine Society and beyond, all wishing the couple a life of sunshine and joy.
The Mothers' Sunshine Circle president calls for aid for a woman with five children aged four to fifteen. Her husband deserted the family after months without work, leaving her unable to work due to illness. She is $2 behind on rent and facing eviction while the children lack proper nourishment and clothing. The T. S. S. aided a month of housing, but immediate food and clothing are needed.
A letter from Mrs Clarence Burns president of T S S from the Hotel Majestic Hot Springs Ark notes Mr Burns is improving but ill since arrival. Rev J P James Samana Santo Domingo branch is a delegate to the American Methodist Episcopal Conference and will visit this week. Contributions to help his Sunday school children are requested and should be sent to the office promptly.
Austrian laborer George Gavegavitch was brought from Peekskill to York charged with murdering Michael Turner. He allegedly killed four men in Austria and robbed four Italian laborers after Turner’s death. He was arrested by York officials and held by aqueduct police amid threats from Italian workers.
Members of the Friendly Aid branch of Man haattan held a Sunshine picnic at Van Cortlandt Park last Tuesday. The treasurer notes dues gifts and $10 donated to a Chapin Home for Old People and a needy family. A Newark donor offers a wheelchair and requests full name and address of the recipient.
Over one thousand witnessed the unveiling of a memorial tablet for Charles H Knox in the Knox Memorial Chapel on West 41st Street near Ninth Avenue. Mrs Charles H Knox led the ceremony replacing her husband who had died two years ago. Knox chaired Tammany Hall law committee and was president of the Board of Education with two thousand Bible class members at his death.
Miss Lilian L Rosenthal a lawyer daughter of Justice Alexander S Rosenthal of the Municipal Court married last evening to A Sidney Galitzka also a lawyer The ceremony was performed by Rabbi H Weld assisted by Cantor Maisel
Bernice Peavey birthday June 7 was not included in last Monday’s column. Any late submissions are welcome. She has been ill with threat trouble and will undergo an operation soon.
The message suggests preferred gifts for a person who collects souvenir postals enjoys books and likes letters. Suitable options include any combination of these items. The mailing address provided is Monroe Me Box 11 Route 2.
A reader asks that any remaining copies of The Century from the first ten years be sent to Thomas B. Nutting State Hospital in Morris Plains New Jersey who has requested them if they are not already disposed of.
Mrs. Pearsall reports a Brooklyn neighborhood woman who had twins amid family illness receives swift aid. A package from the office sparked happiness in the mountain home, with a crib supplied and offers to cover transport costs. Similar clothing gifts reached families in North Carolina Virginia and The Bronx.
A Brooklyn man with consumption asks the T S S for assistance to go home from a camp, fearing a short life and depleted funds. The note expresses homesickness and discouragement amid the charity efforts and recent deaths and gifts from supporters across multiple states.
A matinee on June 11 at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Broadway and 28th Street will benefit cancer homes for the destitute. George M. Cohan, promoting “The Yankee Prince,” joins Dr. Walsh and Edmund M. Brennan in organizing the event to relieve the homes’ debt. Receipts from prior Lenten lectures reached about $3,000, aiding operations amid winter shortages. A recent generous gift supports summer expenses, with Cohan’s expected positive contribution promised.
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