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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1910
Page
3
The Telegraph The Tribune reports that state rail commissioners began a hearing today into proposed commuter fare increases. Lawmakers and railroad representatives argued that higher rates stem from taxes, operating costs, and needed facilities, while critics pressed for broader legislative review.
June 14 report from X. J. special describes Rogers training a heavy hog named Dark T. to haul a cart. The experiment aims to improve hog exercise to prevent hog cholera. Rogers notes the hogs can be trained as draft animals for light farming tasks.
About one hundred delegates of the United Mass New York met at the avenue Hotel on 324 Street and Fourth Avenue yesterday morning. They adopted a resolution demanding a tariff on food animals and protested the deom,line tax. Officers elected include recording secretary F P Barck and treasurer S W Brook.
Kansas City trial gathers attention as flour contents explode during testimony with professor from Hopkins University explaining nitrogen peroxide gas and nitrites in water and melted snow. Savage firm reports new plays including The Little Tamazel and The Great Name with plans for season production. Ward brothers railroad tragedy reported near Cornwall, killing Benjamin Ward as crews work. Mining stocks show mixed closes on June 14 with Mexican and German holdings listed.
Diplomas were awarded at Adelphi College commencement in Lafayette Evente Brooklyn after a processional and invocation by Rev Dr S G Weiskotten. Notable honors went to Gladys Lorraine Hembrie who won the Alliance medal and the Barlow medal for highest standing. medals were also given for athletic points earned during the year.
Smith College in Northampton Mass graduates the largest class to date as 387 young women receive BA degrees. President L Clark Seelye nears retirement after 35 years guiding the school and also awards seven MA degrees and two honorary doctorates to Mary A Gordon and Bertha Vincens. Gifts total 1990 dollars, including 10000 from Cornelia Gould Murphy toward a 320000 organ for the new assembly hall.
Crowded classrooms and packed assemblies marked Flag Day observances in New York area schools. Public School 114 on Oliver and Oak streets hosted a diverse student body of 2,560 as Principal Benjamin Vest led a flag salute. Morris High School in The Bronx heard brief remarks from Commissioner J. T. Higgins and ex Justice Henry A. Sildersleeve.
Burlington Vermont June 14 Two memorials to Samuel de Champlain explorer and founder of the lake named for him will be erected in New York State Crown Point and Bluff Point are chosen as sites The Vermont commission renounced its Vermont funds and backed a joint Crown Point memorial New York will contribute 35000 for Crown Point and 3000 for Bluff Point A lighthouse plan is being considered with a committee to confer with the Lighthouse Board in Washington DC.
Alderman Ralph Folks pressed a resolution to curb pleasure use of city cars by requiring daily logs from department heads. The board rejected Fire Commissioner Waldo and Dock Commissioner requests for new deputy chief cars without public letting. The U.S. German Singers won a name change for East River Park to Carl Schurz Park.
Washington reports Brooklyn will host one of twenty five inaugural postal savings banks. The plan begins July 1 with foreigners as primary customers and a 2 percent annual interest rate. Congress may raise it to 3 percent if needed. Postmaster Voorhies notes no prior notice of Brooklyn bank openings.
Reports from Russian cotton growing districts indicate the area sown to cotton this year is double that of last year. In the Morgan Steppe district four hundred acres have been planted.
A long column of help wanted notices lists agents for Edison Main Order House and other firms, bookkeepers, clerks, salesmen, farmers, houseworkers, cooks, nurses, chauffeurs, and drivers. It details wages, locations like 209 Hudson Street New York and 805 Singer Building, and requests for experience or references. Mentions positions in Massachusetts and New York with firms such as Burns Reed Universal Exchange Mighill and various employment bureaus.
Multiple public notices announce sealed proposals for roads sidewalks curbs gutters drains and for railway supplies and steam distribution system extension. Invitations list submission deadlines June July 1910 and locations in Fort Slocum West Point Panama Railroad and New York. A foreclosure sale is scheduled in Manhattan for 77 East 113th Street with details on lien amounts taxes and sale costs.
In pursuance of orders from Surrogate Abner C. Thomas notices are given to creditors of Ellen M. Pike Caroline Maync James Wills and Alexander McDonald deceased New York City addresses and deadlines are listed with executors attorneys and offices. Creditors must present claims with vouchers by specified dates in 1910 at designated office locations including Wall Street Cedar Street Broadway and 59 Wall Street.
Classified want ads seek workers and positions across Edgewater New Jersey and Manhattan. Listings include a married mechanic and painter seeking extra work, an assistant cashier or bookkeeper, a bill clerk, chauffeurs with various experience, collectors, fireman with boiler experience, floor coverings estimators, a German handyman painter and repairer, general office staff, a draughtsman or office man, porters and tutors, a poultryman, a tailor and upholsterer, a seamstress and dressmaker, an stenographer, and a house cleaner. many show city or country availability with references and contact details including addresses and box numbers.
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