A Pleasant Anniversary at Mariners Family Asylum Clifton
A 48th anniversary observance at Clifton Staten Island marked by warm greetings between aged residents and family. The Mariners Family Asylum provides a home for destitute seafarers' mothers and kin, with twenty nine residents, rural grounds, a cow and hens, and homelike interiors. Activities featured talks by clergy and Captain Trask, with songs, recitations, and refreshments. Residents enjoy visitor days each Thursday. several husbands are in Sailor's Snug Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Staten Island
Sailor’s
W. F. Wood
Crowder
A. C. McRae
Captain Trask
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Miss Wood
Stapleton
B. H. Warford
Thomas McBurney
B. P. Wilkes
Mary Fair
Hazel Braman
Gatior
YWCA Announces Summer Course Opens June 17
The Young Women's Christian Association issues its summer school program starting June 17. Monday evenings feature entertainments like concerts, moving pictures, and illustrated lectures, while other evenings are for class work. Courses include physical culture kindergarten fancy work embroidery shirt waist sewing millinery and basket weaving. Sight singing and eremtatic Bible study are also offered. All classes and entertainments are free.
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The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Nightgown design appeals for hot nights with lace trim
The Tribune Pattern notes a comfortable nightgown crafted in nainsook with strong German Valenciennes lace insertion and beading. The entry highlights a market demand for breathable sleepwear suitable for warm nights.
NE Night Gown Pattern No 2808 for Woman Sizes
Advertising notice for pattern No 2808 showing a night gown with yoke long sleeves and various fabrics. It lists material quantities for medium size six yards of 45 inch wide fabric, neckline options, and trimming pieces. Pattern fits busts 32 to 42 inches and pattern is mailed on receipt of cents with postage.
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Newextra
Exhibit by Little Cooks Highlights City School Kitchen
An exhibit of domestic science from Manhattan and the Bronx public schools drew school officials, teachers and parents to Public School No. 1. Three lessons showcased breads and cakes, jams, salads, and the model kitchen, with lectures on sanitation, economy and digestibility of foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Bronx
Oliver and
Henry
Mary E. Williams
Edith Crommelin
Isabelle Bole
Miss Boles
Liss Nellie Dean
Mabel Stone
Inventor Aims to Shield Car Drivers From Dust
King Edward forecasts fortune for the inventor who devises a method to protect drivers of motor cars from dust without requiring unsightly wraps or masks. The article notes carriages are marred by wrapped figures and protective headgear, seeking a practical, stylish solution.
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Edward
Foster mother to Italian princess chosen by Queen Helena
Maddalena Cinti of San Vito Romano becomes the foster mother for Italy's little princess by Queen Helena's decree. She will receive 20,000 lire and 100 lire monthly, may visit her family monthly, and must place her own 40 day old child in care. She may keep peasant dress, wearing veil and fichu as she serves at the palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasteur
Maddalena Cinti
Helena
Italy
San Vito Romano
Dalena
Duchess of Cornwall and York Tours Worldwide
The Duchess of Cornwall and York shows marked interest in children during a world tour visiting institutions for the young. In Singapore a group of Chinese children welcomed them with a bouquet as they arrived, the children dressed in costly silk with silver and gold embroidery and rich decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Cornwall
York
Singapore
Passing Kindness Across the Years
A reflective verse urging generosity and public spirit. It cites Phillips Brooks on greatness through service to others and asks whether today’s acts align with truth and charity, warning that tomorrow’s opportunities may fade. The piece echoes moral exhortation and personal duty.
Sunshine gifts from crippled children's branch noted
The crippled children's branch of the T. S. S. sent three beautiful baskets and books of mounted kindergarten work to the Home Garden branch. Gifts of infants' garments arrived from Mrs. Reynolds of Brooklyn Mrs Boteler of Orange N J and Mrs Graves of Manhattan. E. Johnson of Trenton sent books. The Pascal Institute boys Sunshine club will present a flag to the young knights at 5 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children’s Branch
Home Garden
Reynolds
Brooklyn
Sunshine sale reminder for Hearts ease Circle in Providence
Rhode Island Sunshine members, especially in Providence, are reminded of the Sunshine sale on June 17 to benefit the Hearts ease Circle branch. The sale will occur after noon and in the evening at 215 Point street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Sunshine
Providence
Heartsease Circle
Point St
Sunshine Meetings At Landrum Branch Revive Saturday Gatherings
The Landrum branch held a last Saturday in May reunion with T. S. S. members due to illness and rainy Saturdays. Miss Eliza Shier, president, appeals for full postage on cheer parcels to avoid postmaster hold ups. Wool distributions aid members making Sunshine articles for summer distribution.
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Landrum
8. C
Eliza Shier
Sunshine box delivers wide aid spread in Jersey City
The Cheerful Workers branch monthly distribution under Miss Carolyn Gopsill in Jersey City included cloth waterproofs umbrellas outing shirts and a variety of garments and gifts for children. Miss Crane of the Hill Branch Brooklyn sent two express packages containing women’s clothing hats ribbons silks and frames while a nameless magazine batch and a child’s skirt arrived from Charity Wingard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerful Workers’ Branch
Jersey City
Carolyn Gopsill
Crane
Hill
Brooklyn
Charity Wingard
Connecticut member seeks poem copy After the Rain
Mrs S T Sprague president of New Berlin New York branch sends 1 dollar dues. Mrs Louise M Pond contributes 70 cents for badges and Nelson McCartney 16 cents for dues. Please contact office to obtain the poem title After the Rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Sprague
New-Berlin
N. Y
Louise M. Pond
Nelson McCartney
Connecticut
Chamber of Commerce 43rd annual report issued
The Chamber of Commerce released its forty third annual report detailing 258 pages. It notes Queen Victoria’s death resolutions, speeches by Seth Low and Abram S Hewitt, and a specially bound copy sent to King Edward. Donations totaling 12139284 were sent to Galveston disaster sufferers. It reviews trade conditions, prices, and notes the New York Clearing House outpaced London in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Queen Victoria
Seth Low
Abram S. Hewitt
Edward
Galveston
New York Clearing House
Two Theatrical Bankrupts In New York Courts
A petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court by Adolph H. Chamberlyn a Broadway theatrical manager. Liabilities total about 134,340.74 with 60,000 secured and 11,329.465 due to actors. Major secured creditors include several Boston banks and trust firms. Lederer is principal unsecured creditor. Assets listing 90,275 includes unpaid claims against Lederer and a small life policy for the petitioner's wife. Miss Marie Dressler also files. her creditors include Tompkins Considine Sire and Margard among others. Dressler's assets cited as 128 in a savings bank and a ward robe valued at 1 and exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Adolph H. Chamberlyn
Broadway
National Bank of the Republic
Boston
Fuller, Titton & Co
Gale-Bacon Trust Company
Moses Richardson
Frank Herrick
Hamilton National Bank
George W. Lederer
Harvey Morrell
Shaftesbury Theatre
London
Marie Dressler
New-York
Eugene Tompkins
George D. Considine
Metropole
Margard
Rossmore Hotel
Hayden & Rowley
George W. Hobart
William H. Lytell
Charles Abels
Zella Frank
Clarence Rogerson
Charlotte Walker
Benjamin Howard
Arthur Stanford
Miss Dressler
Dime Savings Bank
Bronx tunnel ground broken at Girardave site
Ground was broken for The Bronx rapid transit tunnel at Girard Avenue and 149th Street yesterday. President Haffen welcomed the project, vowing completion six months ahead of schedule. Borough officials and contractor leaders shared the ceremonial digging with lunched at Schrader's Hotel. The tools were sent as mementos to President Haffen.
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Bronx
Girardave
Haffen
Hottenroth
John B. McDonald
John T. Rogers
Parsons
Council
Board of Aldermen
Board of Improvements
Schrader
Third-ave
Sunshine members send flowers to tenement children
Mrs. K. EF. Boynton of South Nyack and a Sunshine visitor collected wild flowers to brighten city children, sending daisies buttercups clover and syringa in a sunlit box. Fairview brackets of Danbury sent a daisies basket and hoped for a refill if returned. Miss M. R. Gold contributed a box of roses.
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K. EF. Boynton
South Nyack
N. Y
Fairvieware
Danbury
Conn
M. R. Gold
Gainsborough hats dominate summer fashion tones
The picture hat with broad brim remains popular, especially the Gainsborough style trimmed with ostrich plumes and ribbons. White gainsboroughs rise in favor among tall, svelte women, often paired with white plumes, black ribbons, and delicate floral trims.
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Ecru
Gilman Heir Hunt Delays Estate Hearing to August Fifteen
The heirs of George F Gilman await the estate's true size as grandniece Ellen Starr is sought in the Philippines. State Transfer Tax Commissioner William Halpin postpones the hearing to August 15 to allow time for locating Starr. Edward L Norton as administrator objects to removing Norton vs Hartford suit from Supreme Court to federal court. The judge notes bond validity but leaves jurisdiction unresolved. The case seeks to stop Hartford from interfering with Gilman tea business under Norton’s control.
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George F. Gilman
Ellen A. Starr
Philippines
William Halpin
Edward L. Norton
New York
Gilman
Gildersleeve
Supreme Court
Mr. Norton
George H. Hartford
Gilman Tea Companies
United States District Court
MacLean
Gilder- Sleeve
Circuit Court of the United States
Hartford
Tunnel Boss Assaulted by Union Delegates
Richard Butler and William Walters, iron workers once with Degnon-McLean on rapid transit tunnel work, were arrested for assault after boss iron worker James Moran said he was beaten. Moran, bleeding, claimed threats over wages. magistrate ordered $200 disorderly conduct bonds for two months and noted possible assault proceedings pending.
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Richard Butler
Tenth-ave
William Walters
Degnon-McLean Company
Central Office
Leeson and
Petrosino
James Moren
Elm and
Houston Sts
Moran
Leeson
Multerryst
Crane
Governor Odell Visits Peekskill State Camp
Governor Odell as commander in chief of the National Guard visits Peekskill State Camp with family and aides. He attends band concert, reviews the 8th and 1st Battery, and speaks on annual outings for regiments. Weather disrupts field day plans. one horse killed in an accident. officers praised for parade and discipline.
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Peekskill State Camp
Odell
National Guard
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
H. B. Odell
Weston
Newbury
H. K. Bird
Joseph Dickey
Bryant Odell
Roa Hook Station
General Roe
Sth
Louis Wendel
Albany
National
Lake Mohegan
Roe
Jarvis
Smith
Yonkers
van Cortlandt Park
J. Wray Cleveland
7Th Regiment
Is Were
Tobey
Duffy
Rapid Transit Commission approves May requisition for McDonald
At yesterday’s meeting the Rapid Transit Commissioners passed John B. McDonald’s May requisition for 805 dollars. They received two Municipal Assembly resolutions, one extending the rapid transit to Bronx units and the other authorizing the Brooklyn tunnel. Further talks with city financial officers will occur before any Bronx extension action due to anticipated heavy costs not in the original proposal.
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Rapid Transit Commissioners
John B. McDonald
Municipal Assembly
Bronx
Brooklyn
Hearing on Gasolene Resolution by Aldermen Committee
The Aldermanic Committee on Fire holds a hearing at 1 o'clock this afternoon on a motion to abolish gasolene use within city limits. The resolution, introduced last year, may be reported favorably unless opposition emerges, and a city ordinance could affect gasoline autos, confectioners engines, laundry engines, and even naphtha launches. Committee members are Aldermen Dunn Byrne McCall and Alt. many gasolene users are expected to protest any action.
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Msh
Ase DY Dunn
Byrne, McCall
Alt
Urban Club Ends Season With Brooklyn Lawn Party
The Urban Club of Brooklyn closed its season with a Wednesday lawn party at Mrs. R. Percy Chittenden’s Dyker Heights home. A private trolley car conveyed guests from Brooklyn and a brief business meeting approved a 310 appropriation for the Brooklyn vacation play rounds.
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Urban Club
Brooklyn
R. Percy Chittenden
Dyker Heights
Choate School Gymnasium Cornerstone Laid at Wallingford
The Choate School in Wallingford Connecticut laid the cornerstone of its fine new gymnasium on the estate of Judge William G. Choate with ceremonies. Headmaster praised athletics while Judge Choate announced prizes for workshop work and penmanship. E Ellery Anderson spoke under the liberty tree and urged future civic duties. Prizes were given by Mrs. Choate for Scripture memorization and for handwriting improvement. The reception featured a new boys parlor, an orchestra and drum corps, and letters from Harvard President Eliot Yale President Hadley Edward Everett Hale Speaker Reed Senator Platt and others.
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Choate School
William G. Choate
Wallingford
Conn
Choate
E. Ellery Anderson
Eliot
Harvard
Hadley
Yale
Edward Everett Hale
Reed
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Gas Fixture Firms United Form Oxley-Enos Co
A certificate of consolidation was filed in Albany uniting the American Gas Fixture Company with Oxley Enos Manufacturing Company of New York City. The new firm, Oxley Enos Company, has capital stock of 450000 dollars and lists William F Moody Jr Thomas Plunkett L H Fuerstenberg and L B Franklin as key figures.
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Albany
American Gas Fixture Company
Oxley & Enos Manufacturing Company
New York City
Oxley-Enos Company
William F. Moody, Jr
Cranford
N. J
L. B. Frankin
Flushing
Long Island
H.fuerstenberg
Flatbush
Island
Thomas Plunkett
W. L. Scovil
Brooklyn
Mayors defeat at New East River Bridge noted
The New East River Bridge Commissioners barred passes to cross the footbridge, signaling retaliation after Mayor Van Wyck’s past criticisms. The vote to limit access was unanimous as officials declined to discuss, while observers noted Roebling & Co. may invite friends if allowed before completion.
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New
East River Bridge
van Wyck
Colonel Bell
Brooklyn
Bell
Julian D. Fairchild
Kings County Trust Company
Roebling & Co
City council to fine open car crowding in transit
President Guggenheimer will introduce a resolution on Tuesday to fine conductors five to ten dollars for letting a person stand in an open car and five to ten dollars for passengers who disobey the rule. He argues the measure will curb crowding in electric cars as the health association backs the proposal.
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Guggenheimer
Coman's Health Protective Association
Policeman Foils Thief in Morrisania Boxing Box Robbery
Policeman Martha of Morrisania station pursued a man and a boy who carried two large pasteboard boxes toward 163rd Street near Third Avenue. After a chase through Washington Avenue the thief opened fire but Martha returned fire, pursuing the suspect two more blocks before the man hid in a vacant lot and fled. The captured boxes held silks, handkerchiefs, a beaver overcoat and dresses. One box was labeled Mrs J Fellows of Hancock Street Brooklyn. A pocketbook found with the prisoners bore the name Fellows and other addresses.
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Martha
Morrisania
Murtha
J. Fellows
Hancock-st
Brooklyn
Fellows
West Twenty-first-st
J. W. Miller
Wood-st
Flatbush-ave
Open Gamble Safe Deposit Vault in Widow’s Suit
In New York Supreme Court Bertha Hallenbeck widow and administratrix seeks access to Alfred Hallenbeck gambling vault at 107 West Party-fifth Street. Judge Gildersleeve appoints William C. Reddy referee to open the vault. Former employee Owen Ge Parr claims 10 percent profits and $3.8 loan proceeds said to be in the safe. Parr, who had access only via Hallenbeck, contests examination but the order directs it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Hallenbeck
Alfred Hallenbeck
West Party-fifth-st
Gildersleeve
Supreme Court
William C. Reddy
Fifth Avenue Safe Deposit Company
Hallenbeck
Owen Ge Parr
Parr
Sayses
New Fifth Ave Hat Store Opens at Windsor Arcade
Dunlip & Co hatters open a new store at 367 Fifth Ave in the Windsor Arcade, their third in the city. The millinery and ready to wear departments occupy the rear and feature English oak fittings, velvet floors, and a courtyard facing window display. The store also houses a large men’s hat department with umbrellas, walking sticks, and hat furs.
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Dunlip & Co
Hatters
Fifth-ave
Windsor Arcade
Clifton Boat Club Bazaar Opens with Staten Island Society Support
Staten Island society is well represented at the Clifton Boat Club bazaar opening this evening at the Bay Street clubhouse Clifton. The event runs through Saturday with aquatic contests planned coach Frederick Plaisted professional sculler designed posters by Marguerite L Younglove. Club officers listed F C Townsend president Carl King treasurer Samuel M secretary Charles Henderson captain McDougall lieutenant George S Ir
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Staten Island Society
Clifton Boat Club
Bay St
Clifton
Staten Island
Marguerite L. Younglove
Frederick Plaisted
Clifton’s Offecrs
F. C. Townsend
Dent
Carl King
Samuel M
Charles Henderson
McDougall
George S. Ir
Union Lead and Oil declares Rockefeller merger non operative
President Wise of the Union Lead and Oil Company announced that J. D. Rockefeller and associates secured control of the American Linseed Oil Company but the merger agreement with Union Lead remains non operative. Union Lead owns a large stake in Linseed and will cooperate with the Rockefeller group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wise
Union Lead and Oil Company
J. D. Rockefeller
American Linseed Oi Company
American Linseed
Brock
Union Lead and Company
Rockefeller
Artistic hairdressing advertisement and salons
An early 20th century ad promotes undulation and shampooing services with private patron rooms at 13 West 29th and Masdhison Square, plus cell-tone claims to erase wrinkles and restore firmness. The listing cites The Fac tal Chemical Co at 1135 Broadway St James Shig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre
West 29Th
Masdhison Square
the Factal Chemical CO
Broadway
St James
Shig
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C. A
Tolgate
Little Cooks
Princess
Phillips Brooks
Paul Pastnor
Sunshine Sale
South Carolina
Chamber OF Commerce Report
New-York Clearing House
London Clearing House
London House
New-York House
A. H. Chamberlyn
Miss Marie Dressler
Pick and Shovel
Gainsborough
Governor Odell
Urban
Choate School Gymnasium
United
MR. Guggenheimer
SzorTs
Clifton Boat Club's Bazaar
Linseed Oil Trust
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