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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
10
In this fragmentary poem the speaker muses on Pan as a name for nature’s impulse and the urban psyche. The Palisades become a stage for Pan’s shifting presence from Greenwich Village to Alpine settings while lovers feel an unseen music guiding their steps.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former minister to the Netherlands, denounced Germany as the enemy of all mankind in a Brick Church sermon referencing Ruth Cruger’s murder. He urged global protection against Germany’s crimes and criticized pacifist views while advocating decisive action after ships like the Lusitania were torpedoed.
A blazing fire struck a California town causing losses estimated around 300000 with several residences surviving amid widespread damage. Firefighters battled the flames along the valley as sections of the community faced extensive destruction and ongoing danger.
The Broadway Theatre opened Come Through featuring George Bronson Howard in a brisk two hour drama. Critics praise lighting settings direction and the new situation while noting some clever dialogue and a midnight marriage plot. Merbert Rawlinson stands out though the plot remains unfolding and the subtitles spark interest.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund will provide free country vacations for New York City children from tenement districts. Forty five crippled girls will depart Thursday for Devereux Memorial Home in New York, with more trips planned to Verona Camp and Garrett Home as the season progresses. Field workers and committees across the state mobilize to arrange transports, entertainment, and hospitality, aiming to place about 70,000 youngsters in care this year despite funding constraints.
A list of tribune society items notes fundraising for the Fresh Air Fund and various engagements and weddings. Details include Ruth Meller's debut, Sylvia Geermanth marriage to George M. Mien, and engagements of Jeannette Hart Merrett to Gilbert Ranney Lowe and others. Also mentions aviation charity events, fashion show attendees, and Princeton retirements.
An analysis argues that the United States note to China is misread by Japan as a broader warning and that Washington’s position toward China holds greater strategic weight for Japan than Mexico. It notes U S interests in China, the 1914 Spanish American War context, and warns against misinterpretation of U S diplomacy in Far East balance of power matters.
The Bar oness Raoul de Grafenriet announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Viel Loring Hamilton to Lieutenant Austin Sherwond Roteck cavalry United States Reserve Corps. Mire Hariton, daughter of the late Schuyler Hamilton, granddaughter of Major General Schuyler Hamilton and great great granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, is linked to families of Mrs. Paul McCulloch and Lieutenant Rothwell of 144 Went Seventy-seventh Street. No wedding date is set. Also noted is the engagement of Miss Stary Luther White to Charles George Mailer Jr of 64 East Pi... and references to Hamilton and White families with ties to American Ambulance Corps and other military connections.
The Lambs gambol at the Manhattan Opera House featured Will Rogers in blackface and John McCormack joining the lineup, delivering a four hour show packed with top vaudeville talents. William Collier Leon Errol Raymond Hitchcock Will Rogers Jimmy Powers Clifton Crawford and others wowed a largely theatrical audience with skits, song numbers, and a melodrama, while Donald Brian returned to a familiar role and received a warm ovation.
A crippled eight year old named John seeks funds to continue schooling so he can lift his mother and siblings out of poverty. His single mother struggles to pay rent and buy essentials as she appeals to the Charity Organization Society at 103 Sorord Street for a monthly grant of twelve dollars to keep the family intact.
The chauffeur for Henry W. Taft was exonerated by Magistrate Boyle yesterday in the death of a boy identified as W. Kaskowski. The youth died after being run over by the Taft car in what witnesses described as a ride gone wrong.
The Empire plans a two week stretch of stage reviews with key actors shifting. Gareth Ward is to be replaced in Caliban at Harvard Stadium while Washington Square Players cancel tentative musical plans and target mid August reopening.
National Food Director Herbert Hoover appeals to about 200000 pastors from Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish churches to cooperate with the government on greater production and food saving. A National Food Day is set for Sunday, July 1, to emphasize conservation and prevent calamity as nations depend on food from a struggling world. Hoover warns against waste and signals the need to mobilize church leaders to support the cause.
The Tribune invites readers to phone any time before midnight to submit notices for the next day’s paper including memoriam and marriage items. Beekman 3000 apt requests the information in any preferred form and will pass it on upon receipt. The notice indicates a rolling deadline of about ten to four days after submission.
Birth notices list new arrivals with family names such as MARTINSON RABINOWITS SACHS and WEISS. Reports include locations like Hemush Park and Brooklyn, noting dates around early June 1901 and details of parents and residences.
Fragmentary OCR passage shows confirmations or notices involving multiple individuals with surnames Levin Sarmiel Apiel Sturtz Littmann Loch Looms and Mow Bturte. Mentions addresses and dates in June and Sunday events at Hebees Tatwwname but readable details are highly corrupted.
A series of engagement notices lists multiple couples with origins in New York and surrounding areas. Names include Anaete Gredinger Singer, By man Rovens and Yorwin, Lichtig Bloch, Mebacher Schwaertz, Schafyner Steinfeld, Walls Noes, and others, detailing parental confirmations and locations in New York City and West 114th Street. The notices reflect social announcements across families and indicate forthcoming weddings.
A garbled list of marriage notices and banns appears, naming individuals such as Abrams Levey and Blondheim Jaine, with dates in June and July. Other entries mention Cohen, Rosenthal, Scatteredgood Carter, Schweitzer Krulewitz, and Tierney Taylor, among various witnesses, locations, and church ties.
Obscure 1987 notices list names including Florence King Brown of Boston and Jacob Adler with minimal context. Mentions a ceremony or announcement at a canal or street address and references several surnames and dates in a scattered way.
A compiled death and funeral notices page lists numerous individuals by surname and initials, with scattered place signs and dates. Entries reference Private interments, church services, and family connections across cities such as New York, London, and local communities, noting widows, spouses, and heir details.
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