Great Western Plan Loeb Continues Reorganization Push
Morgan & Co issue circular to Chicago Great Western holders detailing a plan to form a new company to acquire the property. It authorizes first mortgage bonds, 4 percent preferred stock, and common stock with a five year voting trust, detailing allocations, participation, and redemption options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Morgan & ‘*O
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
London
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
George F. Baker
Robert Fleming
Bankers’ Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
New York Committee
J. P. Morgan & Co
Stevens to Open Bids for Five Canal Contracts
Albany June 9 F Stevens State Superintendent of Public Works announced that on Tuesday July 13 at noon he would receive bids for five additional barge canal contracts aggregating more than 54000.
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Stevens
Albany
F. (. Stevens
State Superintendent of Public Works
City grants ferry franchises and moves license bureau
The Sinking Fund Commission granted Inter borough Ferry a 25 year franchise at 2 percent of gross receipts not less than 7.59 to operate ferries from Hastih and East Eid streets to Long Island City. Long Island Railroad receives a one year extension to run ferries from Best 34th street to Borden avenue with the city taking 2 percent of receipts. New Jersey and Staten Island Ferry gets a Richmond Terrace to Elizabethport route franchise. A new Sheepshead Bay Jamaica Bay ferry and lease to Wilbur F Steele for five years at 30 year rental are approved. The marriage license bureau moves from City Clerk’s office to The City Record quarters in City Hall basement, and The City Record moves to 93 Reade Street.
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Sinking Fund Commission
Interborough Ferry Company
Hastih
East Eid Streets
East River
Long Island City
Long Island Railroad Company
Best 34Th Street
Borden Avenue
New Jersey & Staten Island Ferry Company
Richmond Terrace
Borough of
Richmond
Elizabethport
N. J
Ocean Avenue
1St Street
Sheepshead Bay
Jamaica Bar
Wilbur F. Steele
City Clerk's
City Record
Reade Street
D and H Ties Coal Output To Hudson Coal Co
Delaware and Hudson Company complies with a Supreme Court decision by making Hudson Coal Company the sole purchaser of its current and future coal output. The Hudson Coal Company now owns storage and will operate mines and storage sites formerly used for coal held at storage points.
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Hudson Coal Company
Delaware & Hudson Company
United States Supreme Court
Hudson Cora! Company
Youthful thief instigates bank theft plot in Hoboken
Recorder McGovern hears Anna Stefano, fourteen, arraigned on charges of directing two younger girls Tessie Genario thirteen and Millie Genario eleven to steal from their father at a bank. Stefano allegedly ordered daytime theft, with nighttime routes as backup. Genario sisters reportedly confessed, leading to Stefano's arrest. she is held in $30 ball for the grand jury.
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Recorder McGovern
Hoboken
Anna Stefano
Tessie Genario
Millie Genario
Gen
Genario
Sen Sen-Chiclet Company plans merger of five gum makers
Plans to organize the Sen Sen-Chiclet Company to absorb Fleer Co Philadelphia Somerville Co London Curt is Sons Portland Maine and S Grove Salem Ohio. Authorized capital 1 700 40 bonds 2 7000 stock 34 005 000. Mortgage to secure debt with 6 percent interest. stock to pay 4 percent. T B Dunn of New York to be president. Frank H Fleer likely chairman. Promoters Flint & Co. and others oversubscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen Sen-Chiclet Company
Maine
Guaranty Trust Company
T. B. Dunn
New York
T. B. Dunn Company
Rochester
Fleer & Co
Philadelphia
Somerville & Co
London
Canada
Curtis & Sons Company
Portland
S. Grove Company
Salem
Ohio
Frank H. Fleer
Flint & Co
Broadstreet
American Chicle Company
Lions vs Tigers Spark Debate Over Police Headquarters Lions
The Municipal Art Commission criticized two stone lions planned for the Police Headquarters entrance. Architect Francis Hoppin said redesign may be needed, noting the lions may be too architectural in feel. The building should open in three weeks without the lions if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Art Commission
Francis L. W. Hoppin
Hoppin, Keen & Huntington
Flatbush Medium Surrenders After Sheltering With Dogs
Pauline Krueger Lage Buerkholz a self described elementary astral and spiritual medium with five dachshunds held a day long vigil with a rifle to resist deputies sent to dispossess her from a dilapidated Flatbush home on East 21st Street and Avenue C. Authorities entered to find the dining room stocked with fruit and vegetables a claim she said was for food while noting mortgage defaults led to foreclosure and a public auction selling the house for 7100.
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Pauline Krueger-Lage-Buerkholz
Albany
East 21St Street
Avenue C
Flatbush
Health officials urged to curb preventable child diseases
Atlantic City, June 9. Resolutions from the hygiene and sanitary science sections of the American Medical Association call for federal and state action to prevent preventable diseases in children and to include preventive medicine in schools. Critics warn against layman boards of health overstepping. Taft urged to back legislation banning benzoates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Henry R. Hemenway
Evanston
Hemenway
Boards of Health
John S. Fulton
Baltimore
Association
House of Delegates
D. H. Bergey
Philadelphia
Taft
Night patrols target careless chauffeurs in city
The National Highways Protective Society and Commissioner Bing ham patrols in civilian clothes to curb midnight joy rides. Officers warn signs such as a limousine with a damsel on the front seat and no master aboard. Society seeks to prevent accidents and hopes for a ban if trends continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Highways Protective Society
Bingham
Riverside Drive
Tonneau
Ted
Edward S. Cornell
Divorce Papers Disappear in Goelet Case in St Louis
In Judge McQuillin's court the divorce case of Mrs Elaine G Goelet versus Dr Augustine H Goelet faced a startling delay as the court papers vanished. Clerk Henry Schewe and plaintiff attorney Alexander Young failed to locate them despite searches of files and desks. The trial, begun after a July 1897 marriage and a 1907 separation in Greene County New York, went to advisement with Mrs Goelet's testimony detailing alleged mistreatment, heard only by a few court staff and the stenographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
St. Louis
Elaine G. Goelet
Augustine H. Goelet
New York
Goelet
Greene County
N. Y
Robert Stevens
Orange
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Channing Avenue
Olive Street
City Hospital
E. G. Goelet
General Delivery
Old Pickpocket Convicted in Grand Larceny Case
Kings County Court finds Charles Schmitt, a veteran pickpocket, guilty of second degree grand larceny for stealing a purse from Frederick Gabriel on a Metropolitan avenue car on June 14, 19. Schmitt testified that police colluded with thieves, claiming a $10 bribe per arrest and a $42 share from a Detroit trip. Detective Coghlan could not testify as he was elsewhere. Jurors deliberated four hours and were praised by Judge Dike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Court
Charles Schmitt
Frederick Gabriel
Metropolitan Avenue
Schmitt
Detroit
Coghlan
Cincinnati
Dike
Crop conditions on June 1 show mixed gains and declines
United States crop conditions as of June 1 are about four percent below last year’s level but roughly eight percent above two years ago. The report lists acreage and condition indices for crops including winter wheat ninety one point eight, spring wheat one hundred six point nine, oats one hundred, clover for hay thirty four point three, alfalfa eighty nine point three, sugar cane nine point four, and cotton ninety five point six, with numerous fruit and vegetable crops also changing.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
New York Besieged Coast Defense Maneuvers Begin
New York City faces a ten day storm center as coast artillery regiments and regular troops begin annual coast defense maneuvers. Regiments under Col Elmore F Austin and Col William F Morris move to Forts Totten Schuyler Wadsworth and Hamilton with 1000 plus men. Brig Gen David E Austen commands the three on duty while forts’ commanders retain local control. Night attacks must end before 11 pm to ensure peaceful citizens rest.
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New York City
New York
Coast Artillery
9Th
13Th Coast Artillery
the &Th
Elmore F. Austin
Totten and
Schuyler
Long Island Sound
West Mth Street
William F. Morris
Fort Wadsworth
Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton
Charles O. Davis
David E. Austen
New York State
War Department
Auto strike injures waitress Delia Keating in Yorkville arrest
Delia Keating, 23, of 234 West 46th Street, was knocked down by a speeding car at Lexington Avenue and 45th Street and treated at Flower Hospital for a fractured wrist, broken nose, facial lacerations, and possible skull fracture. She was arrested by Patrolman Swanton for intoxication despite claiming the driver escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Keating
No. 234
West 46Th Street
Yorkville Court
Flower Hospital
Benjamin P. Riley
No. 47
East 59Th Street
Miss Keating
Lexington Avenue
45Th Street
Swanton
East Dist Street
Fifth conviction for Frank H Dearborn speeds at Thomas Auto
Frank H Dearborn of Central Park West was found guilty in Special Sessions of speeding for the fifth time. He was fined 1 and sentenced to five days in jail with prior sentences suspended. earlier convictions carried fines and suspensions as part of a cumulative penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Dearborn
Central Park West
Thomas Automobile Company
Dearborn
Chilean naval mission visits New York for six week study
Admiral L. Perez Guitano and Captain W. Searle of Chile arrive in New York aboard the Reyal Matpacket Atrato for a six week tour of the U S Navy. They are met by Chillan Consul General Ricardo Sanchez Cruz and will stay at the Hotel Astor while visiting the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Patterned chemise as corset cover and petticoat
A Tribune item presents a simple yet shapely chemise to serve as a corset cover and petticoat. Made of batiste with lace trimming, it can close at the front or back, with options for embroidery trim or a hemmed lower edge.
Paternal Duty and Child Literature Debate
Percival Chubb at the New York Public School Kindergarten Association urged that paternity education rests with parents not schools. He warned nursery rhymes vanish when printed, urged mothers to read Folklore and classic works at home, criticized Sunday supplements and ads promoting alcohol, and linked vulgarity in high schools to modern child reading habits.
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Banbury Crese
Percival Chubb
New York Public School Kindergarten Association
Normal College
Mr. Chubb
Germany
Gleanings of Fashion and Servants in England by Archdeacon Sinclaire
An Archdeacon recalls how he keeps servants content by not interfering and assigning chores in writing, then letting them go. London trends show mascot charms for all, from tiny car pendants to Daisy tops and fortune telling motifs. The piece notes clothing changes among men and women and social snubs from neglected friendships.
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England
Archdeacon Sinclair
Domestic Servants’ Benevolent Institution
London
Normal College Exhibit Showcases Kindergarten Art
An exhibit of kindergarten training class artwork opened yesterday in Normal College drawing room and will stay through the week. It features free brush work tree studies simple landscapes story illustrations block printing borders posters and outdoor sketches reflecting two years of fine arts study emphasizing free imaginative expression in the child spirit.
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Normal College
Wells College Commencement at Aurora Ends with Honors
Wells College opened with the baccalaureate service in the Presbyterian Church. Mrs Grover Cleveland attended. Rev Dr Jonah Strong of New York preached on Consecration to God Is Service to Man. Alumni honored Miss Mary Case retiring head of Latin. Gifts totaling about 8000 acknowledged. Ivy planting and concert activities followed.
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Tribune
Aurora
N. Y
Wells College
Presbyterian Church of
Grover Cleveland
Jonah Strong
New York City
Music Hall
Dorothy Carson
Rochester
Jacques
Helen Hardee
Toledo
Rosalind
Bess Parrish
Paris
Orlando
Miss Rogers
Margaret Woodruff
Scranton
Penn
Mary Case
E. S. Carpenter
Minneapolis
Miss Case
Chicago
Anna R. Goldsmith
William Hardee
Osgood V. Tracy
Syracuse
William W. Keifer
Springfield
Ohio
Tracy
Samuel A. Eliot
Cambridge
Mass
Pearl Woodworth Barnes
Ill
Katharine Sherman
Watertown
Eastern Association of Wells College
Ann Herendeen
Scieice
Pearl W. Barnes
Friends of the College
Thomas M Osborne
Auburn
English Vicar Brings Poplar Girls to Farm Life
Rev Mark Trollope of St Saviours Poplar runs an open air summer program at Berghersh Hall near Ipswich for 150 girls from St Saviours School. Ten batches of forty spend a month each learning trees, flowers, bees and farm work to become country children.
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England
America
London County Council
Mark Napier Troeliope
St. Saviour's, Poplar
Trollope
Poplar
Ipswich
Berghersh Hall
Fashion notes from the shops highlighting airy trims
A catalog of item prices and styles includes seen ribbon with pink poppies selling at 295 a yard for sashes, Director girdles and trims. capes of cloth or satin from 12, with pastels and black or white, often trimmed in satin or metal. White hosiery and cheap lingerie are advertised with dresses at one dollar. flowered kimonos 3.45. lawn whites 1.75. leaves 44 cents a bunch. hat accents and roses for inexpensive chic. white muslin curtains 1.50 a pair. antique rings 5 to 59. corn husk baskets 2.50. black satin summer coats from 15.
Remarkable Tribute in Boston Transcript Books and Publications
A concise notice highlights a notable tribute published in the Boston Transcript under the books and publications section. The feature emphasizes the newspaper’s recognition of literary achievement and its role in chronicling cultural contributions.
The White Mice for the Week End Trip
Readers who crave brisk, vivid action will enjoy The White Mice for a sharp tense weekend spree. The review highlights fast pacing and crisp storytelling for fans of classic romance and adventure fiction.
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Three Musketeers
Anthony Hope
Marion Crawford
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Great Western Plan Loeb
Morgan Reorganizer
Customs Service
Loeb
Customs
Wilhelm Lutz
Laitz
Porto Rico
William H. Walsh
John V. Treacy
Ernest G Cooley
John A. de Sario
William Gruninger
George M. Lachman
Michael
GITY
Interborough Company
AOS
Boston Railroad Holding
Eben S. Drapers
Senate
House
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Medical Association
Officers of Highways Protective
Ciety
Y& E
Buffalo Gas
Paterson & P G
Kenver
Indianapolis Gas
Jackson Gas
Vaul Gas
Syra
Syra Lt & P
New-York Tribune
Mother Goose
Wells
Broadway
Chambers Street
13Th Street
Boston Transcript
Richard Harding Davis
Charles Scribner’s Sons
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