P afternoons for girls push for safer summer amusements
A committee on amusements and vacation resources urged the Pleverounds Commission to create safer summer dancing platforms for working girls. They found most public dance spots unsafe and cited liquor-driven pressures. They propose tents and shacks, lower rates, and full housing to aid 14 to 18 year olds, with a white list of safe resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleverounds Commission
Jersey
Charles E. Israelis
Julia Schoenfeld
Israels
Fort George
Peeriy All
Fashion notes on servants, color, and patterns in society
A digest of trends from London to Paris including the rise of waitresses in smart houses, green attire for summer, and the appeal of green blinds and salads. It notes the suffragette influence on hiring female staff, water contamination concerns from a chemistry congress, and catalog details for a dress pattern No. 6.363 with sizes and mailing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smart Entertainments
London
London Daily Mirror
Paris
Daisy Party for Children Blooms with Daisy Field Charm
A Westchester mother hosts a June party using daisies as the central theme. She decorates doors, stairs, tables, and mantels with long stems and yellow blooms, fills a daisy pie with presents, and outfits the birthday girl in a petal dress and a daisy heart headpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Old World dairy curios and rhubarb stews described
An 19th or early 20th century column explains Rus sian foam called peaki akin to Devonshire cream, and Greek milk with steps to prepare and serve. It also details rhubarb rhubarb stews with raisins prunes and nutmeg, offering housewife methods and serving suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fashions of Pongee Blouse With Net Yoke and Sleeves
A Tribune Pattern describes a blouse sewn from pongee with braided texture, yoke and sleeves in matching net. The design adapts to thinner or heavier fabrics and offers options for trim, including net, fancy glove, or tuck details.
Summer Fashion Bargains At Bargain Barter Sale
The listing describes men and women’s summer apparel including bargeie suits at 135 dollars, Fourth of July party candy items such as firecrackers and rockets at 16 dollars, Chinese crepe scarfs at 60 cents, and children's rompers at 85 cents. It notes cheap jewelry and hatpins, and men’s bathing suits in silk or worsted at 15 dollars, with various color and style options.
Many Midtown Deals Reported in Broadway Triangle Sales
A flood of Midtown transactions reported in the Broadway area between 30th and Sith streets. New owners acquired properties at 32nd Street and Broadway and at 45th Street and Sixth Avenue, with prices and lot sizes listed, plus several other brokered sales on Sixth Avenue and Park Avenue. Plans were filed for multiple new buildings including a bowling alley and restaurant, while renovations and enlargements were noted for several residences and office buildings.
Auction sales settle foreclosures on Cherry and Scammel trio
Lowenfeld and Prager paid 66 250 for ten five story tenements at Cherry and Scammel, part of a foreclosure sale at Real Estate Exchange rooms in Vesey street. Other bids listed include multiple Bronx and Harlem properties with amounts due and taxes, adjournments to July, and forthcoming offerings on 22 Ra st and Park Ave, with various mortgage and tax figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowenfeld & Prager
Cherry and
Scammel Streets
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Joseph P. Day
Lexington Ave
Sabh St
Eh Cramsey
Sterling Et al
W Bristatty
L Schurz
BSS
West End Ave
Ssth St
Diwig
New Netherland Bank
Compton
al Sackett
Attys
T J McManus
Ist Ave
Corn Exchange
Hank
Hank Agt Max Keve
Bowers & S
J Rieger
T Culhane
Webster Ave
Michael Gleason
Halley
Atty
Ra St. Ss
Madison Nave
F Stavson
Deering
G J Gillespie
Jacob Cohen
Belle Schmuckler
Herman Gottlieb
L H Ward
Proctor Buys 1000 Acre Central Valley Tract for Summer Home
Theatre owner F F Proctor has purchased a 1000 acre tract at Central Valley New York and will occupy the remodeled farmhouse with Mrs Proctor as a summer home. He has also built cottages for his daughters Mrs Lester H Riley and Mrs Frank O Donnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Proctor
Larchmont
Central Valley
N. Y
Proctor
Lester H. Riley
Frank O’ Donnell
Nyack Hudson Showplace to Rise at $117000 Plan
W. P. Foss will erect a Nyack house costing 117000 with 609 ft frontage. The residence will include a stable garage pergola garden walls pools boathouse and other features, totaling nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Foss
Nyack
Hudson River
Brisk Mount Vernon Real Estate Trades Reported
The Anderson Realty Company sold several Mount Vernon properties including the three story Engineering Building at No. M4 East 1st street opposite the New Haven station to an investor for John F. Fairchild. Other transfers include a house at 142 Chester Street, a new house at 12 Wallace Avenue, and a plot at South Columbus and Beechwood avenues. Leases include homes at 31 Fletcher Avenue 110 Park Avenue 109 Chester Street and 6 Urban Street with various tenants.
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Anderson Realty Company
Mount Vernon
John F. Fairchild
East 1St Street
New Haven Station
Engineering
Westchester Electric Railway Company
Virgil Coblentz
James H. Howie
Chester Street
Chester Hill
Matilda R. Philip
Alexander W. Currie
Wallace Avenue
Vernon Park Realty Company
Frederick HL. Denman
South Columbus
Beechwood Avenues
Columbus Avenue
Richard D. Hamilton, Jr
J. E. Gardner
Fletcher Avenue
Gerd Martens
Park Avenue
G. E. Pasmore
F. W. Smith
Katherine Connell
F. C. Cutting
Urban Street
Receiver for Maine Quarries Receives Appointment
Frankfort Maine June 17 with consent of all parties ex Governor William T Cobb of Rockland was named receiver for Mount Waldo granite quarries one of the country’s largest plants owned by John Peirce and his brother of New York The appointment by Judge Whitehouse of the Maine Supreme Court follows New York receiver actions last week for John Peirce Company and William Bradley Son Inc the firms management being identical
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
William T. Cobb
Rockland
Mount Waldo
John Peirce
New York
Judge Whitehouse
Maine Supreme Court
John Peirce Company
William Bradley & Son, Inc
Powder Prices Told In Powder Trust Hearings
The government prosecutes the Powder Trust at 90 West Street before special examiner William M ahaffy. Du Pont Duluth representative F D Orr testifies the firm controls 1 percent of dynamite and 7 percent of black powder sales in his district, citing quality and delivery as factors. Orr denies price fixing, says prices move with competitors. Next hearing set for June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder Trust
E. J. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
West Street
William G. Mahaffy
F. D. Orr
Duluth
du Pont Company
James Scarlett
Orr
Orienta Point Parcel Sold in Westchester Deal
One of the largest recent Westchester deals reports the sale of Mrs. K. M. Mabley’s Orienta Point country place at Mamaroneck Sound to Bow ron Smith of Mount Kisco. The 5.5 acre property fronts 265 feet of shore, includes a 28 room house and a garage, and was held at over $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
K. M. Mabley
Orienta Point
Mamaroneck-om-Sound
Bowron & Smith
Mount Kisco
Realty Notes on Leases and Purchases in City Buildings
Realty notes report McKenna and Patten leasing for Trinity Church at 388 Hudson Street corner West Houston Street for years. Plans drawn for a $7.0 home for Richard Luthers at Forest Heights New Rochelle. Ground broken last week. Herman R. Limberg buys Nos 83 Fest 2th Street for 5.6x95.9 feet. N A Berwin & Co reported sale of property to Mrs von Beverhout Thompson. title had not changed hands in thirty years. Meister & Bache Realty Co and Levy & Starr buy 140x100 feet at Riverside Drive and 121st Street for a six story elevator apartment building. Louis B. Cryder buys dwelling No 113 East 78th Street. Senior & Stout rent No 2% Manhattan Avenue to Mrs J Q A Ward and C A Ritter rents No 148 West 48th Street to Leopold Grossberg. Justice Guy grants Congregation B n ai Passer sale of property on north side of 24th Street east of Park Avenue to Chebra Kadisha Talmud Thora for 22500.
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McKenna & Patten
Trinity Church Corporation
Hudson Street
West Houston Street
Richard Luthers
Forest Heights
New Rochelle
Herman R. Limberg
N. A. Berwin & Co
von Beverhout Thompson
Meister & Bache Realty Company
Levy & Starr
Riverside Drive
121St Street
Louis B. Cryder
East 78Th Street
Senior & Stout
N. Penfield
Manhattan Avenue
Sisterhood to Sell 46th Street Site for School Funds
The Sisters of St. Mary win leave to sell property on the south side of 46th street 160 feet east of Fifth avenue a plot 4 100 5 to Amos R E Pinchot for 38 dollars Part of the proceeds will clear debts and the rest fund new St Marys and St Gabriels school buildings in Peekskill NY for combined schools May sell its 46th Street site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisterhood of
St. Mary
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
46Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Amos R. E. Pinchot
Peekskill
Property transfers on East Houston and East 26th streets
Folsom Brothers sold for Herbert Ogden as executor two buildings at 34 and 35 East Houston Street on a plot of 10 by 4 feet to SE Bright. Also with William Henry Folsom for John H Jones, or 137 and 139 East 26th Street on a 46 by 9 foot lot to Millie Segal for improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom Brothers
Herbert 5
Ogden
East Houston Street
SE Bright
William Henry Folsom
John H Jones
East 26Th Street
Millie Segal
French Merchants Protest Steel Stock Listing on Paris Bourse
Paris on June 17 reports that federations of French merchants have filed protests with the Ministers of the Interior Finance and Foreign Affairs mirroring the Committee of the Forges of France against the listing of Steel common stock on the Paris Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Realty sales and transfers in Manhattan and Bronx properties
A stream of brokered property deals includes residences at 155 West Six Street and 37 Lexington Avenue, vacant plots on 3rd Street and 189th Street, tenements on East 66th and West 117th Streets, and a lace factory site on Bronx Boulevard. Brokers Frankih Fisher, Pease Elliman, S Simon & Son, and others orchestrated transfers for buyers including Dr. William L. Bailey, Lowenfeld & Prager, and the Vari Lace Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Sith Street
William L. Bailey
Frankih Fisher Company
Pease & Elliman
Lexington Avenue
Francis Hillenbrand
Hillenbrand & Nassau
James J. Ryan
T. .J. Borst
West 117Th Street
David Vogel
Joseph P. Day
Robert Wick
West Fed Street
Taylor-Sherman Company
West 133d
A. C. Quarrier
Frank H. Quinby
John M. Talbot
Cherry Street
Roosevelt Street
George W. Thedford
John E. Kerby
189Th Street
Belmont Avenue
Casey & Irwin
John Novak
Matilda Avenue
28Th Street
Vari Lace Manufacturing Company
Frank S. Hill
Bronx Boulevard
Williamsbridge
210Th Street
Olinville Avenue
W. L. Varian
Golde & Cohen
Greenwich Avenue
West 12Th Street
Bronx Building Plans Show Multiple Two Story Dwellings
The project lists several Bronx properties with owners and architects for new structures. Entries include two 2 story frame dwellings on 21 by 50 foot plots on Butler Price and Barnes avenues, a 2 story with attic frame dwelling on Sedgwick Avenue, a 1 story frame garage on Grand Avenue, and three 3 story brick dwellings on Daly Avenue, with costs and commissions noted for each.
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Hirschelst
Was
Butler Price
Edrich Peterson
Eee Rere Nee van Nest
Barnes Ave
Carl J. Reiger
Ebeling
Sedgwick Ave
Sedgwick Ave, Ws
Barker Ave
Wsc
August Nelson
Eaennee Grand Ave
1924
John H Doherty
J R Gerving
Daly Ave
John R. Peterson
Franz Wolfgang
Ardits
Building Loan Contracts Reflect Numerous Urban Properties
The records detail multiple building loan agreements across neighborhoods including Morris Avenue at Ith Street and 97th Street, with properties described in varied dimensions. Lenders such as Van Norden Trust Company, Adams Realty Co, and Irving Savings Institution extend sums from five thousand dollars to seventy six thousand, with borrowers including Michael Kenny, Angelo Cavalluzzo, Cosimo Cavalluzzo, Charles Michael, Faras Groomaar, and William Kulp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Ave
Cor Ith St
Michael Kenny
Angelo
Cosimo Cavalluzzo
Faras Groomaar
Cieek
Mo7th St
Wadsworth Ave
Irving Savings Institution
William Kulp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amusement Committee
America
New-York Tribune
FEL
3Éen
Céres
Fiue
Sixth Avenue
Greeley Square
Broadway
30Th
Sith Streets
Ralph L. Spotts
Pennsylvania Lane
Pennsylvania Terminal
George Alexander Macdonald
West 128Th Street
George Read & Co
Tucker, Speyers & Co
Charles E. Blaney Amusement Company
49Th Street
B. W. Weber
Washington and Newport
Newport Realty Company
Lang
Shagley
Bernard Alexander
Macomb’s Place
First Street
Sandford & Green
10Th Street
William H. Donaldson
Donaldson
John H. Dye Company
Joseph Bierhoff
J. C. Cocker
West 127Th Street
Frederick Pierson
West 11Th Street
Emma l. Lowengard
West 68Th Street
Leland S. Lu
Freehold Construction Company
G& West
It Street
Bernstein & Bernstein
Scammel Street
Samuel Goldsticker
Carpenter Ave
24Th St
Friedrich Vollmar
North Borough Home Co
F P Hummel
Jacob Levy
234Th St
Central Valley Tract
Nyack House
ST. Paul's Avenue
Richard Dickson
Marie Schulz
Elizabeth Schult
St. Paul Avenue
Pelham Road
Pelham Parkway
Mr. Dickson
Pinehurst Avenue
M. Schwitzer
Milton Oppenheimer
Grossman & Michael
178Th Street
Maine
BUY Orienta Point Parcel
East
Houston Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Subway
Tribune
Nassau Street
City Hall Park
THE
Bronx
Ryland and & Whiting CO. Real Estate
Beekman ST
Bryan L. Kennels Real Estate
Hroadway, N
Long Island Real Estate
Harbor and Sound
Dean Rivord Company
Rector
Verona
Madison Ave
64Th St
Amsterdam
Wee
Columbus Ave. Co
New Jersey Real Estate
Cahill
Boonto
Rye
H. Y
MACY
Light
Prinipala
Ness
Pearl St
Vernon
Atlantic Highlands
Kenilworth
Ackerman
Greenwich
Hempstead Bay
Long Beach
Pettit & Lamb
West R4th St
New York City
NEW York University
University Heights
F. M. Crossptt
West
St. Telephone
Madison
Sc Chool
American and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
Apa
M. J. Young-Fulton
Union Square
Roslyn Estates
Roslyn, Long Island
Wheatley
Hempstead Plains
Atlantic Ocean
Hempstead Harbor
Sound
Dean Alvord
Recton
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Palace
West P
Yellowstone Park
Alaska
Colorado
Canadian Pacific
Raymond & Whitcomb Co
Madison Square
Sea Cliff
Glenwood
Nantask
New ES. R
Hanover Sq
St. EL R
Glenwood & Excursion
RED Bank
Lys. Frenkiin St
Long Branch
Asbury Park
City Hotels
Boston
Hotel Vendome
Commonwealth Avenue
Near BY & Co
Bureau of
Navy Department
Washington
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Bureau
Navy Yard
BR c Hollyday
Staten Island
Ambrose Channel
Tompkinsville
N.Y
FFICE
Commissioners
District OF Columbia
Henry B . Macfarland
Henry l West
William V. Judson
New York County
Marseille Hotel Company
M Broadway
103Rd Street
Borough of
Kattan
City of
Jose P. Day
Marseille
Marse
Netherlands Construction
Ned Strauss
Henry 2
Clement. Jr
Chas. Waldron Clowe
Manhattan
Supreme Court OF New York
Borough
City of New York
John F. Yawger
Metropolitan Surety Company
City of Oreceiver
Edward R. Finch
Ree
Borough of Manhattan
Brerlitz School of Languages
Harlem
Lenox Ave
127Th St
Brooklyn
Livingston St
Nm. J
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