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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
3
A satirical dialogue riffs on 1906 politics, naming the G O P Hughes and the Colonel with digressions about drafts for Supreme Court seats. Anecdotes include Congressman Longworth and Senator Lodge, plus a playful note on a future Chicago trip and a gag about a pool table vs piano.
More than sixty thousand attended the Allied Bazaar event celebrating Russian day as stars Alda Nazimova and Spalding performed. Calvé’s encore of the Marseillaise drew spontaneous applause, with a 25 minute chorus of cheers. Foreign dignitaries sent congratulations while valuable objects and purchases flooded the booths, including jade carved pieces and a Lafayet portrait.
The Tuxedo Horse Show opened with 28 judged classes despite a bleak wind. Captain G Alexander led military prizes, with entries from New York and wins by George A Roebling Wanderer Crusader and Lady McDonald. Obedience tests dominated hunters and jumpers, while social events accompanied the judging.
Readers questioned a March 27 Tribune ad by the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Blind of New York and Vicinity offering 30 for the best abbreviation and 20 for an emblem The winning entry was not published and officials said no new salaries or changes were proposed The issue arose from an oversight ahead of a planned building fund campaign First Concert in Mall Sunday marks the six park concerts funded by Elkan Naumburg and A Cowles 99 John Street funds two more concerts for the season
Timofei Agapov from Siberia probes American art while criticizing New York’s public sculpture. A missing San Francisco heiress, Winifred de Wolfe, fans a intrigue as detectives pursue leads and Koslof credits love for art and art’s preservation amid living relatives and official observers.
Sullivan Club to Campaign on Bowery to raise funds for a proper monument at the Bowery benefactor Big Tim Sullivan's grave in Calvary Cemetery. Speakers recalled his kindness as a campaign gathers support from about 600 members, seeking five to six thousand dollars with no donation refused.
City completes plans for a permanent year round facility in the Bronx to house crippled children. The project follows the sale of Pell Manor at Bartow and aims to serve patients from this summer, with Shelton leading missionary efforts and Oseborn named emeritus for the National Bible Institute and its sister institutes in Brooklyn.
The body recovered from the East River near Hunt's Point was identified as eight year old James Fein of St Anns Avenue. The Brownie fell into the water ten days ago and rescue efforts were ongoing at the time.
June Week events at the United States Military Academy went ahead despite rain. Cadets held the annual athletic meet on the Plains this morning, followed by a tent pitching drill where 300 tents were set up in under seven minutes. Dress parade, band concert, and cadet hop completed the day, with alumni Brigadier Generals Harding and Wilson and Colonels Livermore Morris Blunt attending.
The 150th Rutgers College commencement begins tonight with The Knight of the Hurning Pests on the Queen's Campus. President Demarest will preach the baccalaureate on Sunday. Monday features class day in Ballantine Gymnasium and a Rutgers Stevens baseball game. Diploma presentations start Tuesday at 11 30 AM.
Minneapolis announces the engagement of Miss Mary Rand to Stephen Birch, with a June 24 wedding at St Mark's Episcopal Church. Several society weddings follow, including Miss Helen Hamilton to Arthur Woods at St Luke's Chapel New York, plus other nuptials in Cambridge Providence and Brookline, with notable families and venues.
Inclement weather disrupted Stamford Connecticuts 275th birthday celebrations with the motor boat parade water sports and baseball games canceled. A campus assembly dance occurred in the high school hall while naval ships including the Minnesota Vermont South Carolina and Michigan arrived. Commodore Weber and Colonel Patterson greeted Captain Britain aboard the Michigan and plans were made to land eight seamen for a park ceremony. Governor Holcomb was due to attend with a pageant and athletic meet slated for the weekend lineup.
Hunter College shows a 10 percent enrollment jump with 1 407 students in December and 293 offered courses. The annual report by President George H Davis notes 168 students study Greek, the largest Greek enrollment among city institutions. Davis proposes state support for non resident students.
Miss Mary Donnelly led a brisk display in New York to promote an Irish memorial mass meeting in Madison Square Garden. She gathered six pretty girls, had a milliner rush a Sinn Fein hat, and rode a Fifth Avenue bus scattering handbills while waving flags.
A supplemental motion seeks dismissal of indictments against Frank S Monnet former Ohio Attorney General and Jacob C Taylor president of Labor's National Peace Council arguing the charges fail to specify munition shops involved in alleged strikes aimed at Allies supplies and piers. Judge Wolverton reserved decision.
Dr William J Pettingill pastor of North Baptist Wilmington Del dean of Philadelphia School of the Bible and editor of Serving and Waiting will fill the pulpit at First Baptist Church Broadway and Seventy ninth Street for the summer He will preach twice each Sunday and lead Friday evening prayer and Bible study meetings until Dr J M Haldeman returns from vacation.
The funeral of Benjamin Treadwell Searing, 60, whose ancestors settled on Long Island 230 years ago, was held at St George's Episcopal Church. The Rev C H Snedeker officiated. burial followed in Greenfield Cemetery. He leaves wife Emma A Searing and one brother and one sister. He died Tuesday.
Queens Library trustees plan to return 15000 dollars in unexpended funds to the city if the Board of Estimate approves allocations for library improvements. Proposed sites include Manor branch in Wyodehaven, basement alterations and a Flushing branch entrance, and a coping and fence for Richmond Hill branch.
A Letter Carrier was arrested yesterday and charged with robbing the mails after inspectors found marked money in mailboxes on Thursday. The accused confessed, with a friend posting $1,000 bail. Several complaints said letters did not reach their destinations.
The fragment describes events at various venues including East venues, a social center, and the viewer’s museum. It mentions Advetinon, a New York City context, and a beach reference with 395. The text appears garbled with several unclear names and locations.
John R McLean, owner of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer, died at his Friendship country home near Washington after a long illness. A native of Cincinnati, he shaped Ohio and national Democratic politics, led the Ohio party for a decade, and owned major newspaper holdings including a controlling stake in The Washington Post News Company. He leaves a son Edward and grandchildren, with Mrs Emily Beale as his widow. His estate includes controlling interests in gas and street railway companies and is valued in the millions.
The Defendamt Association will conduct the military funeral for Colonel Walter R. Hotchkin tomorrow afternoon at the 22d Engineers' armory located at Fort Washington Avenue and Neath Street. The notice also lists marriages and obituaries with names and dates from various communities.
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