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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
14
A collage of 1917 era musings and social snippets spans poetry lines, passengers jokes, civic cheer, and letters from readers. It mentions Miss Kathryn H Thomas wedding, Macdougal Alley decor for allies, and humorous asides about West Point life, Lees, and city happenings with playful asides about dogs and newspapers.
Fragmented wartime letter style text references Liberty Bonds and democracy, noting patriotic appeals and a stray remark about a Confederate reunion and schoolbooks. It mentions a blue certificate, a Home Defence League corporal and tax on musical instruments, with scattered phrases about France and patriotism.
Society pages announce engagements and weddings of Morgan and Ingersoll families with Jane Morgan to George Nichols and Coline Ingersoll to Stewart Campbell Woodworth. Other ceremonies include Miss Mildred Curtis wedding Everett High and several ties to Walsh, Headley, and Adams families with church and hotel receptions in New York and Brookline.
The Civic Orchestra plans a summer series at St Nicholas Rink on Sixty sixth Street and Columbus Avenue, moving from Madison Square Garden. The first concert is set for June 20 with pergola decor, fountains, and catering from Cate dee Artistes as the rink roof opens for the event.
Mediation firm announces dismissal of a suit against Mrs Olive M White wife of Archibald S White banker and broker for clothing valued at 161 dollars. The filing, mistaken by a clerk amid misunderstanding, is withdrawn as the claim has been paid.
An agricultural note urges applying office discipline to gardening using wheel hoes and new methods. It covers sowing, spacing, transplanting, weed and pest control, and succession crops like beets carrots radishes lettuce and spinach. It lists seed varieties and timing for fall and winter plantings.
Health Department source Barone of Food and Drage notes generally tight fish supply at Fulton Market with yesterday's arrivals smaller than prior days. Carloads of potatoes and various produce entered via the Pennsylvania trend terminal with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cauliflower and berries priced per crate or per quart, details scattered and partially legible.
Confirmation that John D. Rockefeller Jr. will donate the site for a new Fifth Avenue Baptist Church is reported. W Eugene Tick of the title confirms the four-property corner at Park Avenue and 84th Street with a value around 100000 dollars.
A $1,000,000 campaign was begun to support YWCA war work near military encampments. The effort, led by Mrs Charles B Alexander, aims to organize local women for recreation and wholesome entertainment for soldiers, cooperating with the YMCA. George W Perking started the fund with $5,000, pledges totaling $1,900, and a host of New York philanthropy figures joined, with James S Cushman presiding and Mrs Henry P Davison named treasurer.
Several hundred people gathered at Riverdale-on-Hudson for the cornerstone laying of the Riverdale Country School, with George McAneny presiding. He urged citizens to expand educational facilities for the children amid wartime challenges. Awards honored Willan Dewdney Murray and Harald Kleinert for athletic contributions, among others. Pastors offered prayers at the ceremony.
General Leonard Wood won the highest postal ballot vote for the Harvard overseers board. The list includes Arthur Woods, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Francis J. Swayne, Jerome D. Davie, Charles A. Capididio, Barrett Wendell Jr., John W. Elliot, Philip M. Rhinelander, and a New Hampshire governor. The five-member team will be announced on commemoration day, June 28.
A New York vaudeville review lauds Hitchy Koo as lively entertainment with strong performances by Raymond Hitchcock and Frances White. It notes lavish scenery, witty monologues, and a polished cast, while contrasting certain uneven elements and musical moments with the Washington Square shop production.
Waldo, once Police Commissioner and now an officer at Plattabure trelping estop, failed in the Supreme Court to be declared beneficiary of a 2000,000 patate left by his uncle Charles B. Rhinelander. The trust left 600,000 to Waldo, with remainder to his children or death and to charity, which Waldo contested as indefinite. The court did not grant the relief sought.
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