SING FOR ROYAL GIFT FIVE CITIES CONTEST
The Northeastern Sangerbund of America held its twenty second Sangerfest in Madison Square Garden with entrants representing five cities for the Kaiser prize. Judges will determine prize winners from seven submitted selections, honoring massed male German song choirs as thousands filled the arena in praising choral singing.
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Northeastern Sangerbund of
America
Madison Square Garden
Sangerbund
New York
West Amphitheatre
Ain
Eitdom
Kreutze Quartetlab
Junger Mannercher
Philadelphia
Gesang Verein Arion
Baltimore
Manner Gesang Verein Germania
Newark
Concordia Gesang Verein
Wilkes-Barre
Kreutzer
Gnuch
Ceomererdia
Matthias Neumann
Germany
Gustav Wohlgemuth
Lot
Wohlgemuth
M. Meier Olbersieben
Kaiser
Cornelius Rivner
Columbia University
Arthur Mees
Max Spicker
Second and third best receive diplomas at event
Diplomas go to the second and third best in the second class and to societies entered in the third and fourth classes. A bust of Karl Maria von Weber will be the trophy for the top city and county organization in the first class, with rewards for the second and third places. Announcement will note the next triennial sangerfest venue as Philadelphia and Washington compete for the festival.
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Nired Singers
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newark
Hudson County
Baltimoreen
Robert Haug
Beethoven
Karl Maria von Weber
Holdine
Washington
Swedenborg Upheld by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Philadelphia June 22 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Orphans Court of Lancaster County holding that Emanuel Swedenborg teachings are not in decorum with Pennsylvania law or public policy The case concerns the residue of an estate left by a deceased individual and the related trust implications.
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Philadelphia
Orphans’ Court
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Emanuel Swedenborg
Church of the New Jerusalem
Pennsylvania
Frederick John Kramph
Lancaster
Isk
Kramph
Eva T. Appel
Swedenborg
Supreme Court
Pittsburg
Monitorlike craft found adrift off New Jersey coast
A tin model of the Civil War Monitor was spotted June 12 about thirty-five miles off the Jersey coast by Captain Fred Anderson of the Faustina. The vessel carried a central turret bearing blue letters G A RR and was filled with thousands of flowers, with three crew members retrieving it as a prize aboard the Chesebre Brothers schooner.
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Atlantic
Jersey
Fred Anderson
Faustina
Chesebre Brothers
New Fulton Market
Anderson
Gentry Pardoned and Released at Midnight
Philadelphia reports Governor Stuart approved the State Board of Pardons recommendation to grant James B. Gentry a pardon for the 1895 Philadelphia murder of Madge Yorke. Friends carried the pardon to the Eastern Penitentiary at midnight, Gentry dressed for freedom, planning a straw hat purchase and summer visits with actor friends Nat Wills George M. Cohan Hap Ward. Officials cited lack of external witnesses at trial, no clarity on mental state, full time served for second degree murder, and health concerns if confined further. Petitions backing Gentry included clergy, business, jurors, residents of other states, and many lawmakers.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Stuart
Harrisburg
State Board of Pardons
James B. Gentry
Madge Yorke
Baggage Check” Company
Gentry
Eastern Penitentiary
Nat Wills
George M. Cohan
Hap” Ward
Board of Pardons
State Senate
House of Representatives
Proper Feeding of the Family Offers Economical Menus
A new booklet by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, by Winifred Gibbs, guides housekeepers on nutrition and economical cooking. It includes low cost menus for a six-member family, a table of meat prices and uses, and age specific meal plans from infancy to schoolage, with seasonal and vegetable options.
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Association For Improving
Winifred 3S. Gibbs
New York
Five Hurt Testing New Automobile In Ohio Collision
Mrs. Levi Tyson of Helena Ohio was fatally injured and four others were slightly hurt when a newly purchased automobile was struck by a Big Four freight train on the Hocking Valley Railroad at Bradner thirty miles from Toledo last night. Lavi Tyson and two daughters aged twenty and eight, and E D Hand of Ann Arbor Michigan an agent who was teaching Tyson to drive, were among the party. The women were pinned beneath the car as it caught fire but were rescued by train hands and a passing electric car crew.
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Toledo
Levi Tyson
Helena
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Bradner
Lavi Tyson
E. D. Hand
Ann Arbor
Mich
Tyson
Black Hand Signal Disrupts Bertucci Murder Trial
In Chicago on June 22 Judge Windes halted the Bertucci trial when an Italian in court waved a handkerchief at state witness Bruno Nardi who then refused to testify claiming fatal risk. Nardi and his wife fear retribution amid a murder case tied to Vito Umbrello’s killing days earlier.
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Chicago
Joseph Bertucci
Nardi
Bertucci
Vito Umbrello
Umbretto
Bertucc
Society case over Swedenborg academy trust dispute
Lancaster heirs contest a will stipulation creating a Swedenborgian academy funded by Frederick J. Kramph. The Supreme Court ordered reargument to decide which party holds the estate while noting an 149 volume Swedenborg work on conjugal love sparked the moral controversy.
Little Monitor found drifting with memory letters and autographs
Captain Anderson recounted discovering a tin box on a small boat named In Memory of Our Sailors containing about fifty letters from G A R posts in New Jersey and thousands of autographs. The 17 foot craft, launched June 7 from Young's Pier, towed 25 miles to sea with flowers for Civil War sailors.
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United States Navy
Yacht Club
Anderson
Joe Hooker
Department of New Jersey
Camden
N. J
Atlantic Ocean
Young's Pier
G. AR
New Jersey
Little Monitor
Veterans of
Trenton
Delaware River
Atlantic City
Bayard Post
G. A. R. Aaron Wilkes Post
Fire Truck 2
Gentlewomen Enter Domestic Roles Amid War Time Shifts
A UK weekly reports gentlewomen stepping into domestic help roles as women move from shop work to factory tasks. It notes nursing events in London, a wreath for Queen Victoria, and humorous ads. The piece discusses widowhood concerns, taxation plans, and shifts toward simple, unostentious entertaining among London's elite.
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England
Herald
Suspected Black Hand man trapped in McKeesport
W C Crone meyer tinplate man nabbed by Chief Gibbons and three plainclothesmen. A suspected Black Hand operative, unnamed by police, is held at the McKeesport station on suspicion after Crone meyer reported receiving threatening letters demanding money or risk an explosion. Crone meyer had hired private detectives and supplied six names.
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the Tribune
McKeesport
Penn
WC. Cronemeyer
Gibbons
Cranemeyer
Doctor defies bridge gap in dramatic Milwaukee leap
Dr William E Durr in Milwaukee made a spectacular ten foot jump across a rising bascule bridge at the First Avenue viaduct on an emergency call. He sped onto the north lift as the bridge rose and landed on the south arm, clearing the ten foot space between the wings.
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Milwaukee
William E. Durr
First Avenue
Marr
Destiny of colleges and world peace pledge by Butler
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University told Omaha teachers that major educational interests will bear the brunt of future international peace efforts. He warned that commercial supremacy fuels distrust but asserted that great educational institutions will lead the peace movement and help cement international friendship.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Schwab Back From Europe After Six Weeks Abroad
Mr and Mrs Charles M Schwab arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm II after a six week motor tour of Europe covering about five thousand miles. They avoided rail travel, and Schwab was fined $80 after dark at Brunig Pass Switzerland rather than stay in a cheap hotel. He denied selling his town house at 73d Street and Riverside Avenue, saying he always uses it when in town and that business is improving.
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Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Europe
73D Street
Riverside Avenue
White Slave Agent Sentenced In Cleveland Case
Solomon Lewis of New York was found guilty of engaging in white slave traffic in Cleveland. He was fined one dollar and sentenced to three months in the workhouse based on testimony from 17 year old Gussie Cohen, formerly employed in a Brooklyn box factory. Police rescued several girls enticed from New York homes and brought to Cleveland by Lewis. the girls will be sent home.
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Cleveland
Solomon Lewis
New York
Gussie Cohen
Brooklyn
Lewis
Houston Street
Trinity College re-elects Hubbard duo to senior fellows
Hartford June 22 at the Trinity College Corporation meeting Dr William H Hubbard of Brooklyn and E Kent Hubbard of Middletown Conn were re-elected senior fellows while Dr J J McCook of Hartford and Clinton Shelley of East Hartford were named junior fellows in the college governance slate.
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Hartford
Conn
Trinity College Corporation
William H. Hubbard
Brooklyn
E. Kent Hubbard
Middletown
J. J. McCook
Clinton Shelley
East Hartford
Trinity College Alumni Plan One Million Endowment
Hartford June 22 The Trinity College alumni discussed raising a one million dollar endowment at today’s meeting Dr John J McCook Hartford chairman of the committee reported the drive began last December with responses from over a hundred graduates In five months 254000 has been subscribed and 25100 promised Joseph Buddington 75 judge of the United States Appellate Court Pittsburg was reelected a trustee.
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Hartford
Conn
Trinity College
John J. McCook
Joseph Buddington
United States Appellate Court
Pittsburg
Mr Platt Cannot Go to Ohio Home Week Promises Hope
Ex Senator Thomas C Platt of New York will not renew youth connections during Massillon Ohio Home Week starting July 4 due to ill health. A letter received today expresses regret that his health prevents a long journey.
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Tribune
Massillon
Ohio
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Platt
Williams College Class Day Celebrations in Williamstown
June 22 Williamstown Mass The class day ceremonies at Williams College were held with the usual festivities. Alumni met in Jesup Hall at 9 a.m. to review affairs and honor retiring professors John H Hewitt and Leverett W Spring. The departure of Rev Dr Eben Burt Parsons, longtime secretary of the alumni association, was also discussed.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Society of the Alumni
Jesup Hall
John H. Hewitt
Leverett W. Spring
Respite Delays Prison for Brooklyn Detective Kuhne
Acting Captain August Kuhne of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau avoided jail as an expected order by Justice Kelly did not come up yesterday. The case did not proceed and an end to Kuhne's suspense was anticipated today.
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August Kuhne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Justice Kelly
Supreme Court
Kuhne
Vest Makers Join Striking Tailors in New York
Manhatten and Brooklyn vest makers unions met at Progress Assembly Rooms No 30 Avenue A and voted a general strike to restore wages two years back. The action adds about five thousand workers to the tailors already on strike, including three thousand men and two thousand women. Coat tailors around twelve thousand are prepared to demand higher wages but will wait for better organization.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Progress
Avenue A
United Garment Workers
The Plain Woman's Chance Ends in Confidence and Charms
A serialization of thoughts on plain women facing beauty bias. It argues that plainness can be offset by dauntless bearing, striking eyes, good hair, graceful figure, and above all brains, charm, and refined dress. It cites Mrs. Fitzroy Stewart and historic figures to claim inner quality outshines mere looks.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ty Andace
L'Andace
Fitzroy Stewart
Strand
Mrs Stewart
Mrs. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Stewart
Plutarch
Kepetra
Catherine of Russia
Mme. de Maintenon
Jane Erre
Jane Eyre
Blanche
Dress Design With Guimpe and Wash Fabric Trim
The garment can be worn with or without a guimpe to suit the occasion. The illustration shows a dress in an inexpensive printed wash fabric with a border trimmed away and applied as a finish. Any seasonable material may be used with banding of embroidery.
Pattern No 6 350 for girls ages eight to fourteen
The notice details quantities of material for a medium size twelve years and other ages for a lace or embroidery pattern No 6 350. It explains yardage for various widths and margins and offers delivery to any address on receipt of 11 cents, with an extra 2 cent stamp for first class mail.
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New-York Tribune
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