May Queen Fete Delayed To June Sunshine Club Parade
Mothers Sunshine Club of the Church of the Saviour stages a May Party in June on Lexington Avenue. Queen Alice Gallagher arrives late after streetcar delays, joining King Walter Becht and attendants in a park luncheon with 500 participants. Mrs. Mortimer, honorary member, signals from an upper window as the procession views the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. 8S
Mothers’ Sunshine Club
Church of the Saviour
111Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Walter Becht
Tribune Sunshine Society
Dorothy Bower
Sunshine
Marjorie Beyerkohler
Ralph C. Louden
Sarah Frost
J. Sumner Stone
Alice
Gallagher
Witch Street
Fifth Avenue
Elizabeth Mortimer
Mortimer
Mothe Sunshine Club
Nellie F. Hay
William Bergmann
New Zealand Domestic Workers’ Union pushes seven day week rules
In New Zealand domestic workers form the Domestic Workers' Union and set rules limiting hours to 68 per week with 6 30 a m starts and an afternoon one hour break. Sundays end at 2 pm with alternating Sundays tea. Christmas and other holidays may earn extra pay. Debate grows on reforming feudal employer relations toward businesslike norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Domestic Workers’ Union
Rook
Becky Sharp
Geeky
George Hiccardes
Iarma
Middlemare
Dorothea
Remoa
Women Cut Diamonds in Amsterdam Factory
Report from Amsterdam notes that women exceed in diamond cutting, historically done by men. In a major factory, over four hundred thousand diamonds were cut and polished in a year after women were first employed there in 1875. Men split flawed roughs, women finish the cut gems for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Frank D. Hill
South Africa
Smith College Commencement Week Opens With Much Ado About Nothing
Northampton June 16 Smith College began commencement with the seniors presenting Much Ado About Nothing in the Academy of Music and continues with a baccalaureate sermon by President Seelye. Ivy day and diploma ceremonies follow with 258 graduates, notable ivy speakers, papers, a senior play, and a student orchestra under Miss Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Academy of Music
Seelye
Edwards Church
Marion Savage
Medfield
Louise Hyde de Forest
Sendai
Japan
Eleanor Little
Newburyport
Katherine Collins
Cortland
N. Y
Agatha Gruber
New York City
Morley Sanborn
Saginaw
Edith A. Watters
Wyoming
Ill
Helen M. Dean
Minneapolis
Katherine M. Collins
Helen B. Maxey
Gardiner
Eleanor J. Little
Dorothy Evans
Pittsburg
Edith (. Gallagher
Milton
Samuel M. Crothers
Cambridge
Espeta
Beatrice
Benedick
Mortgage aid for crippled Michigan girl collects $34
The Dexter Savings Bank mortgage on the home of a disabled Michigan girl received a $34 fund from donors including Miss A. E. Dibble 15 and a friend in Waterbury Conn 5. The interest was sent to the bank and the balance will assist the girl and her aged mother with extra comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
A. E. Dibble
Waterbury
Conn
All Street
Rahway
N. J
Pawling
N. Y
Eighteen Sacred Scrolls Buried in Washington Cemetery
In a solemn burial at Washington Cemetery, eighteen damaged sacred parchments from several synagogues once housed in New Irving Hall were interred. The ceremony at Zirchru Toras Moses on East Broadway drew mourners and four rabbis who stressed duties under Jewish law to bury damaged scrolls. The crowd followed the coffin to Brooklyn, with donations by attendees and a historic note on observing this practice in America.
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Washington Cemetery
New Irving Hall
Broome Street
Zirchru Toras Moses
East Broadway
Eepao Eed
Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
Popular Sermon Draws Rockefeller Crowd at Fifth Avenue Baptist
More than a thousand attended Rev. Dr. C. Aked’s sermon at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with ushers filling all seats including the gallery. John D. Rockefeller Jr. greeted strangers, praising the message and the role of song in worship while Aked denounced mechanical ritual and cited admired orators for their humane empathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Rocckefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantica Hills
Xione
Rockefeller
Aked
Newell Dwight Billis
Brooklyn
Patrick Henry
Brougiam
Chatham
Burke
Warren Hastings
Hillis
Veterinary Surgeon Dies of Glanders in New York Hospital
Daniel H. McDornan aged forty eight, a veterinary surgeon of 522 West 22d street, died Saturday night in New York Hospital from glanders contracted while treating a horse. The disease affects a horse’s nostrils and air passages and is marked by pustular symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel H. McDornan
West 22d Street
New York Hospital
Women Cut Diamonds in Amsterdam Quay Factory
An Amsterdam diamond-cutting operation employs twenty women who carve stones with pear-shaped tools and wax frames. They earn 8 to 20 guilders weekly, labor eight hours daily in a well-lit shop on the quay, with three hundred men in the polishing room. Famous stones like the Victoria Mogul Regent and Kohinoor passed through here, with the Kohinoor recut to increase value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Amsterdam
America
France
Louvre
X L M Club Forms Manhattan branch for sunshine work
The X L M Club of young girls has formed a T O S branch to share sunshine with a shut in girl on the invalid list. They seek a name honoring Little Mothers Aid and plan to select an invalid from the Far West or mountain areas. Officers include Mrs T A Smith president and Sophie Moebus, Gertrude Mallory, C Sullivan. A sale was held at 236 Second Avenue to fund a summer home. In Manhattan the Mothers Sunshine Circle plans a June party in Central Park with about 300 guests and a canopy for four year old king and queen. A recent infectious eruption case led to a hospital autopsy and death cert dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S
X. L. M. Club of
X. L. M. Manhattan
Little Mothers’ Aid
Sophie Moebus
Gertrude Mallory
Miss C. Sullivan
No. 236
Second Avenue
Manhattan
Sunshine Circle
P. F. Frost
Central Park
Sunshine
Barroom Brawl Ends in Death on Brooklyn Street
Charles Carmody of Baltic Street and three others, including David Donnelly of Hicks Street, fought after an argument with Carmody at a Warren and Columbia saloon. Donnelly knocked Carmody down, crushing his skull. Carmody died en route to Long Island Hospital. Donnelly was arrested for homicide. Crowley and Page jailed. saloon keeper McGreal detained for excise violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Columbia Street
Brooklyn
Charles Carmody
Baltic Street
Jeremiah Crowley
George Page
David Donnelly
Hicks Street
Carmody
Donnelly
Long Island
Crowley
Page
Thomas McGreal
Prayer request before appendectomy at Roosevelt Hospital
A patient facing appendicitis at Roosevelt Hospital asked to summon his pastor for prayer, not from distrust of the operation but to be opened with prayer, as noted by American Medical Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hospital
American Medical Journal
Milk depots open fifteenth season with eleven new stations
Nathan Straus pasteurized milk depots begin their fifteenth summer season by adding eleven new booths to the existing six year round stations, bringing the total to seventeen. The program aims to curb infant illness from raw milk through certified pasteurized supply from a central laboratory, with Dr. A. R. Green overseeing processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Straus
Recreation Piers
Park and Pier
No. 151 Avenue
Monroe Street
Sd Street
Macdougal Street
Battery Park
City Hall Park
Tompkins Square
Central Park
Mount Morris Park
Hebrew Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Jefferson Street
Recreation Pier
East 1
East 4Th Street
Barrow Street
West Th Street
Straus
A. R. Green
Mr. Straus
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
England
Europe
Purity of Foods and Drugs Under New Guarantee Rule
Washington reports that the Department of Agriculture interprets the pure foods and drugs act to require guarantees of purity from the seller, not the manufacturer. The agency plans a regulation to protect jobbers and wholesale dealers, urging direct guarantees from all purchasers of food and drug products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drugs Act
Tablet Honors Smith Lafayette Russel at Duane Church Anniversary
The one hundred tenth anniversary of the Duane Methodist Episcopal Church cornerstone laying in Hudson Street featured a tablet unveiling for Smith Lafayette Russel whose bequest sustained downtown church work. Abraham Russel, his grandfather and 1794 1822 trustee, is honored on another tablet. The church’s first worship site was near Hudson and Greenwich. cornerstone laid in 1797, present site occupied in 1867. Rev. Dr. J. G. Oakley delivered yesterday’s anniversary sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Methodist Episcopal Church
Hudson Street
Smith Lafayette Russel
Abraham Russel
Smith Russel
Duane Church
Old
John Street
Triangle
Hudson and
Greenwich Streets
J. G. Oakley
Oakley
Early Morning at Battery Park in a Golden Day
Early morning at Battery Park shows a rising sun melting dew on grass and a throng from yesterday’s Sunday crowds. A great ferry and an inward bound ocean liner move upriver as gulls wheel, fog lifts, and the Statue of Liberty gleams in a crimson dawn over Governor Island and sparkling waters.
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Battery Park
Aquarium
Battery Promenade
Ericsson
Governor's Island
Statue of Liberty
Boy Hit By NYC Transport Car In City Incident
Five year old Fred Seaman of 1453 Second Avenue was struck by a New York Transportation Company auto at 7th Street and Third Avenue. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital then dismissed after treatment. Cornelius Juinecht, the ur, was arrested on assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Seaman
Second Avenue
New York Transportation Company
Harlem Raid Sparks Court Arraignments In Old Harlem
Hundreds of prisoners captured in a midnight Harlem raid were arraigned before Magistrate Finn as Harlem’s underworld assembled in court. Deputy Commissioners Hanson and Bugher faced questions of accountability while Justice Zeller granted bail to all inmates amid a colorfully diverse crowd.
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Harlem
Finn
Hanson
Bugher
Dan
Union League Club
West 124Th Street
Percy Nagle
East 126Th Street
Jimmy Owens
Justice Zeller
Buchanan
East Stn Street
Dillon
Robbed by Two New Friends on a Jamaica Farm
Thomas Tomasko, a Jamaica Long Island farm hand, after years of work and saving one dollar, met two men in Williamsburg who took him to a saloon. After drinking, they robbed him of his money and some clothing, then he reported the loss and returned to Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tomasko
Jamaica
Long Island
Russia
Williamsburg
Tomasko
Cane
Two Horses Die In Separate Williamsburg Bridge Runaways
Two runaway incidents on the Williamsburg Bridge left one horse killed and a second dead at the gate after a scare from an automobile. William Evans of 4 Hamilton Avenue and Herman Rosenbloom of Montgomery and Madison streets were involved as drivers. The first horse, pulling a delivery wagon for the Williamsburg News, bolted toward the Brooklyn plaza after a trolley car encounter. a policeman closed a runaway gate, saving the driver with minor injuries. The second incident saw a horse hit by a gate at Brooke Ivy n end, killed, while the Manhattan driver survived with only bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Bridge
Williamsburg News Company
William Evans
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn Plaza
Herman Rosenbloom
Montgomery
Madison Streets
Manhattan
Brooke Ivyn
Protests Against Heavy Bail in Motorman Case
Adolph Pollock, a motorman charged with running down George S. Schamberger at Third Avenue and 78th Street, was yesterday held in $5,000 bail for the inquest by Coroner Harburger. John Beaver of the New York City Railway Company protested the amount, insisting the bail was excessive and vowing to seek relief in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Pollock
George S. Schamberger
Third Avenue
78Th Street
Harburger
John Beaver
New York City Railway Company
Magistrate Butts Initiates Reform On West Side Bench
Magistrate Butts, appointed by Mayor McClellan, opened his West Side court and announced new rules. The tenure limits prisoner presence to those with cases being heard, keeping others in the pen until needed. Only prisoners police and lawyers may be seated in the courtroom audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butts
McClellan
West Side Court
Carl Schurz Memorial Reaches 74649 Subscriptions
The Carl Schurz memorial committee collects contributions from individuals and groups nationwide. A letter from President Eliot to treasurer Isaac N. Seligman praises Schurz as a model for American youth and endorses the memorial, with funds sent to 11 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schurz
Eliot of
Isaac N. Seligman
The
Code
Mr. Seligman
No. 11
Broadway
Last McAdoo Caisson Finished Near Greenwich Street
The final caisson of the McAdoo tunnel in Fultons Street was completed yesterday about 30 feet west of Greenwich Street. The shield advancing the tunnel construction is nearly done and to be installed today. Erection of surrounding buildings is advancing and Mr. McAdoo stated they would be finished by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Fultos Street
Greenwich Street
Nearly Murdered Hangs to Quarry Patrolman Senff Knoxed in Williamsburg
Patrolman Herman Senff of Bedford station Williamsburg was knocked down and slashed with a razor during arrests of Italians at Havemeyer and North Parish streets. He was stabbed in the back twice, badly hurt but held his prisoner until reinforcements arrived. He was treated at Eastern District Hospital then home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Senff
Bedford
Williamsburg
Havemeyer
North Par Streets
Senff
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Jory Out
Mothers' Sunshine Club
Mothers’ Club
Ivy
Sophie Z. Wilds
Mary F. Hardy
Helen V. Curtis
Laura
Geddes
Isabel Brodrick
Julia Holder
Leola Sexton
Steele Hamilton
Don Pedro
Prince
Don Pero
Borachin
Ton John
Buat
Esther How Verges
Etna Wood Sexton
Das Wien
Emily Kimbal
Bowden
Hero
Leonato
Molen
Murgeret
Dickson Ursuin
Marion Pett Fuords
Ethel G. Curry
Stith No More
Miss Holmes
Miss Hayden
Snow
Sleeper
Mr. McClalem
Mortel Raer
Iman
Ther
DR. Aked
Helen Read
Ethel Curry
Claudio
Laura C. Geddes
Sophie E. Wills
A. H. Bosworth
New Haven
G. W. Marler
X. L. M. Branch
Faith Williams
Utica
New Mexico
T. A. Smith
McDornan
Board of Health
Philp O'Hanlon
Sterling Silve
BBING
Reed
Barton
On Eee
Reedsbarton
Diamonds
Sterling
Fifth Ave
32Nd St
Shiver Salymiths and Jewelers
Smith L. Russel
Duane Methodist Church
Meny
Big Harlem
City Railway
Magistrate Butts
Adoo Caisson
Quarry
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