W C T U Conference Backed by Temperance Leaders
At Prohibition Park the annual State W C T U conference debated army canteens and post exchanges. Ella A. Boole chaired, arguing abolition faced brewer opposition. Margaret Dye Ellis cited telegrams and petitions that drove the measure. Speakers included Emma Alexander and Elia Egbert, with devotional and educational sessions, prizes awarded to students, and a coming al gay meeting announced.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
State Organization
Prohibition Park
Army
Ella A. Boole
Margaret Dye Ellis
Washington
America
Miquor Organs
Ellis
Nelson A. Miles
Post Exchange
Hayes
Elia Egbert
Staten Island
Emma Alexander
Brooklyn
Egbert
Daily Press
Nettie RB. Fernald
It. J. Annable
Kings County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ll. M. Crandall
Frances Westerfield
Christina J. Tinling
British Woman's Temperance Association
Mrs. Annable
Mme. Sayyah Barakat
Syria
Ptl—- Progress
Frances Hillison
School Commencements Highlight Public School No 7 Exercises
The boys’ department of Public School No. 7 at Chrystie Street closed its year with exercises. Awards included American flags to Anti Cigarette League classes, alumni medals for perfect attendance, Hermann Cohen medals for top scholars, and forty four graduates. Speakers included Commissioner Morris E Sterne and Corporation Counsel John Whalen. Salutatory by Eugene Louis Collat and valedictory by Amos.
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Chrystiest
J. Frank Wright
Anti-Cigarette League
George F. Cole
James B. Smith
K. C. Gibson
G. Dodd
George T. Trimble Association
Hermann Cohen
Cohen
No. 8
Lenox-ave
Morris E. Sterne
John Whalen
Eugene Louis Collat
Amos
Problem of Unemployed and Cooking Versus Intemperance
In remarks at the Summer School of Philanthropy Rev. John B Devins argues the aim of aid should be to restore manhood through training and employment rather than alms. He favors industrial training in public schools, domestic skills, and targeted support to prevent crime by keeping people self supporting.
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John B. Devins
Summer School of Philanthropy
Walter A. Wyckoff
Joseph Aubrey Chase
Brooklyn
National Labor Bureau
Chase
Devins
Mr. Chase
Do Not Stop Studying After Graduation Admonition
A di ploma winner guidance piece urges ongoing self improvement after graduation. It counsels daily modest study, reading a good book, preserving poetry and history, and avoiding rut life. It warns that even great minds can lose their creative loves without practice and urges continuous growth.
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Darwin
A Broken Song and Sunshine Notes From New Brunswick
A broken song laments cruelty to birds and calls for mercy toward the winged. The piece transitions to T. S. S. Sunshine workers in New Brunswick New Jersey forming a branch with officers and a June 24 1901 date. Readers donate dimes and small sums for sunshine rides and aiding the elderly and sick, including a note from Mrs. Thomas J Thompson at Port Royal South Carolina seeking light reading for sailors.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Sunshine
Tribune Sunshine
Thomas J. Thompson
Manhattan
Port Royal
S. C
China
Thompson
Tribune
Navy Yard
S. Cc
Box of flowers sent to needy, bemused hospital patient
Daisies from Edward of Irvington N Y were given to poor children at City Hall Park. Roses daisies and a peony from Minnie and Petunia Burns of Merrick Long Island were sent to Mrs Weygandt, president of the Italian branch, who is ill and in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Irvington
N. Y
City Hall Park
Minnie
Petuna Burns
Merrick
Long Island
Death of a member in Manchester New Hampshire
Miss L. M. Derby of Manchester announces the death of Mrs. E. T. Carney, an invalid T. B. S. member, who died after a hospital operation ending a painful illness.
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L. M. Derby
Manchester
N. H
E. T. Carney
Beautiful Climbing Vines Promote Evergreen Fences and Interiors
Captain E A Wilson of Washington D C writes to The Tribune praising running winter ivy and winter honeysuckle as year round adornments. He notes their dense growth, winter foliage, fragrance, and versatility for fences verandas graves and indoor arches. These climbers root easily in spring to late fall and endure frost keeping green all year.
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the Tribune
E. A. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Pattern for a Childs Dress No 3 84
The New York Tribune offers tissue paper dress pattern No 3 84 for 16 cents. It describes a long waist child dress in fashion using nainsook with tuck frills and a sash of blue Liberty ribbon, and lists yardage for sizes 2 4 6 and 8 years, plus instructions and mailing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Northfield Conference Opens With Large, International Attendance
The sixteenth annual Northfield Student Conference begins in Northfield Auditorium with Rev G Campbell Morgan delivering the opening address. Delegates from U S and Canada are joined by European and Asian student leaders, while many stay in dorms or tents to maximize camping and conference benefits. Notables include Robert E Speer, Alexander McKenzie, Seth Low, J Howard Taylor, and John R Mott who will preside at platform meetings. Normal Bible classes and a personal work course are planned along with missionary conferences under the Student Volunteer movement.
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the Tribune
Northfield
Mass
Student Young Men's Christian Associations
Northfield Auditorium
The
International Committee
G. Campbell Morgan
England
Moody
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
Northfield Seminary
Mr. Morgan
Robert E. Speer
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
Seth Low
Columbia University
J. Howard Taylor
China Insana Mission
John R. Mott
Mott
Co. €. Michener
Riot After Finding Five Dollar and Ten Dollar Bills
A five and a ten dollar bill found on the Gouverneur Madison sidewalk sparked a small riot near Isaac Silverman’s soda stand. Sarah Cohen seized the bills before Rosie Gumbacker tried to reclaim them, sparking blows as mothers joined in and bystanders claimed losses. Police arrested Silverman and Lazarus Shapiro, who were released with a warning, and the magistrate ordered the money turned over to the property clerk.
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Gouverneur and
Madison
Brann
Port Morris Endeavor Society Strikes Two Women from Rolls
The Christian Endeavor Society of Port Morris Congregational Church passed resolutions Wednesday night to strike Mrs. Thomas Blair and Miss Lizzie Dickinson from the society rolls for converting to Mormonism. Both resigned their offices but stated they wished to remain members, though they relinquished their duties. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to each member.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Port Morris Congregational Church
Thomas Blair
Lizzie Dickinson
Blair
Miss Dickinson
Society
Eac
Bids Opened for Five Year Garbage Disposal Contracts
Manhattan and The Bronx bids were opened by Captain Gibson. Four bids for Manhattan and two for The Bronx were received. The New York Sanitary Utilization Company was favored to win both contracts, with Manhattan at 252 000 dollars and Bronx yearly and multi year rates listed. The board noted the specs favored the current bidder and rejected a proposal to convert to a yearly contract.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Captain Gibson
New York Sanitary Utilization Company
Seth L. Keeney
John McNamee
David Peoples
Philadelphia
New-York Sanitary Utilization Company
George Hyatt
Board of Estimate
Guggenheimer
Four Deisler Children Seized in Writ Case Before Justice Blanchard
In the New York Supreme Court five Deisler children were produced under a writ of habeas corpus filed by Gustav Deisler of the Deisler & Stevens contracting firm. The couple, long separated, faced accusations of cruelty and abandonment amid prior separation suits and launching an absolute divorce that was dropped. Claims of a pistol shot at a child were denied as accidental. Mrs Deisler charged repeated improper conduct by her husband, who allegedly showed little concern for the ill children. Justice Blanchard reserved decision.
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Gustav
Lizzie Deisler
Blanchard
Supreme Court
Gustav Deisler
Deisler & Stevens
Tammany Hall
Deislers
Deisler
Two New Theatres for Harlem
Hurtig and Seamon plan two large Harlem amusements with a theatre music hall and roof garden. One site on 125th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues is leased for 65 years on Cromwell estate land to host a playhouse costing about 150000 dollars. A second house will be on 125th Street near Lexington Avenue.
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Harlem
Hurtig & Seamon
Fifth-St
Seventh
Eighth Aves
Cromwell
Lexington-ave
Spitting law yields admonishing court remark
Robert H Hunt a retired merchant was arrested for spitting on a New York elevated platform. Magistrate Pool warned of strict enforcement and suggested carrying a spittoon. Elevator boy Joseph Spath age eighteen was killed in a four story Fifth Avenue building after being caught between a running car and shafting.
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Robert H. Hunt
East Sixty-fifthst
Third-ave
Pool
Yorkville
Mr. Hunt
Joseph Spath
East Eighty-second St
Fifth-ave
Spath
Two Prisoners Indicted In Raymond Street Jail
Judge and attorney quote reflect on criminal conditions in Brooklyn. Only two prisoners under indictment remain in Raymond Street Jail, named William Stanley and William Homan, while District Attorney Clark reports ten others on bail and praises the record in the borough. County Court Judge Aspinall notes no real crime decrease but credits swift handling of cases for fewer jail appearances.
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Raymond Street
Brooklyn
William Stanley
William Homan
Clark
Aspinall
Knights of Labor plan revival in New York area
The Knights of Labor district assemblies in Manhattan Brooklyn and Jersey City announce a revival movement to restore the order to its former strength. Secret meetings begin tonight with a final report after all meetings. key assemblies include No. 49 233 in Manhattan No. 75 220 in Brooklyn and a Jersey City district. Membership, once larger than all three districts combined during Powderly's era, has since declined to under a quarter of that size though recent months show a rise.
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Knights of Labor
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Jersey City
East Sixty-seventh-st
Jerseyy
Terence V. Powderly
Powderly
Man Wounded in Ramble Summer House Mystery
Police officer at Central Park's Seventy-fifth Street heard a pistol shot at 5 pm inside the Ramble summer house. He found Jacob Roesch of Paterson New Jersey unconscious on a bench with a revolver in his hand and a forehead wound. Doctors at Presbyterian Hospital feared for his life. Roesch, 47, a silk worker, briefly regained consciousness.
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Woore
Central Park Station
Seventy-fifth-st
Presbyterian Hospital
Jacob Roesch
Paterson
N. J
Surface Express Cars Begin on Metropolitan Road Route
The Metro politan road sees informal start of surface express service with four cars running from New York Electric Vehicle Company offices to Fordham. Operations will expand to White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers and southern Westchester. Formal opening next Monday will add ten cars. Henry Sanderson, president, lauds progress.
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Metropolitan Road
New York Electric Vehicle Company
Eighthave
Fordham
Battery
Trinity Place
Henry Sanderson
Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company
Coroner to Probe Death of 22 Year Old Mrs Zenn
Mrs Mary Zenn of 243 Freeman Street Greenpoint died after a prolonged fit of hiccoughs. Coroner Hartung ordered an investigation into cause of death as attending physician declined to issue a death certificate.
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Mary Zenn
Freeman St
Greenpoint
Charles Wuest
Brooklyn Lawyer Denies Philadelphia Meeting With Odell Aide
Bert Reiss a Brooklyn lawyer and Republican organizer denied a Kings County political meeting in Albany two weeks ago. He said Senator Worth Hu Hirsh and he went to Philadelphia on business and met Henry Whitely who resembles Governor Odell. He suggested a mistaken identity motivated the tale and noted a quiet summer ahead for local politics.
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Bert Reiss
Brooklyn
Republican Organization
Jacob Worth
Walter B. Atterbury
Republican County Committee
Odell
Albany
Kings County
Senator Worth
Hu Hirsh
Philadelphia
Henry Whitely
Hirsh
Boy in Kings County case urged to testify before coroner
James T Harrison of Madison Street asked the coroner to take the ante mortem statement of his eight year old son Clarence who was hurt by a blow from another boy three weeks ago and fell on a paving stone. Clarence, crippled by lifelong hip disease, now has cerebral meningitis and is not expected to live. The alleged assailant denied involvement.
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James T. Harrison
Madison Sr
Clarence
Harrison
Kings County
Oung Harrison
Divorce Set Aside Motion Over Dead Husband Cries Foul
Susie O Groh seeks to overturn M Groh s Sons member John Groh s 1899 divorce citing innocence evidence and his later cohabitation after suit The motion argued before Justice Gildersleeve with real estate purchasers opposing due to potential title damage He declined, noting improper method and suggesting separate actions against heirs and transferees.
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John Groh
M. Groh
Susie O. Groh
Gilder Sleeve
Groh
Ladhes
Gildersleeve
Brooklyn Doctor Charged in Larceny Case by Brokers
Dr Adam H Straub of Brooklyn faced larceny charges in Centre Street court after Schalk Ward and Wagner say margins on his stock purchases were unsettled by a check then replaced with a certified cheque. Magistrate Hogan fixed July 1 for examination and set bail at 2500. Straub claimed he acted after learning he was sold out and aimed to protect himself by stopping payment on the initial check.
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Centre-st
Schalk, Ward & Wagner
Broadst
Adam H. Straub
Bushwick-ave
Brooklyn
Straub
Merchants’ Bank
Hogan
Automobile Valuation Dispute Draws Board In Appeal
Appraiser Wakeman and James Clinch Smith clashed over a Paris imported auto valued by Colonel Jewell at 32 500 but later reduced to 1 000. The case adjourned as Wakeman seeks time to submit supporting evidence. car remains in General Stores since April. The 16 horsepower used car, bought second hand for 1 000, mirrors a historic Paris Bordeaux record.
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Wakeman
James Clinch Smith
Paris
Board of General Appraisers
Bidwell
A. J. Jewell
Mr. Smith
M. Henri Fournier
Bordeaux
Tombs Doctor Granted Fees for Expert Medical Examinations
Corporation Counsel Whalen says Dr. Jackson R. Campbell the Tombs physician is entitled to 2.20 for expert medical examiner services to the city at the request of District Attorney Gardiner. Controller Coler had refused payment, citing regular duties. Whalen notes the city bears expenses for District Attorney actions and advises confirming any formal agreement with Gardiner to determine remuneration.
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Corporation
Whalen
Jackson R. Campbell
Tombs
Gardiner
Coler
Dr. Campbell
Campbell
Corporation Counsel
Boy Killed Crossing Street by Horsecar at School
Joseph Clark eleven of 44 West Twenty fifth street was to graduate today from Public School No 17 near Seventh Avenue. He ran home from school at noon yesterday when he stumbled at Ninth Avenue and Twenty fifth Street crossing in front of a Ninth Avenue horsecar. The car ran across his abdomen and he died within seconds. Several hundred schoolmates followed the men who took the body home. The mother fainted on seeing the body. Eugene Geerzetoff of 628 Tenth Avenue the driver was arrested and paroled pending the inquest.
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Joseph Clark
West Twenty-fifth-st
Twentieth-st
Seventh-ave
Twenty-fifth-st
Eugene Geerzetoff
Tenthave
Book of Summer Resorts by Pennsylvania Railroad
The railroad’s summer resort guide covers from New Jersey to Kentucky and from Canada to North Carolina with maps of the New Jersey coast and the connecting lines. It lists how to reach each place, fares, hotels, and surrounding country, focusing on small resorts and middle Atlantic summer homes, illustrated with halftone cuts.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey
Kentucky
Canada
North Carolina
Maine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Georgian Bay
Great Lakes
England
Middle Atlantic
City and Convict Made Goods Policy Debate
Corporation Counsel Whalen advised Deputy Controller Levey that the city is not bound by a state prison goods law if the price is not reasonable. Levey noted Sing Sing and Kings County Prison items cost more than market price. Whalen states the law aims to employ convicts but should not force cities to pay above open market prices.
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Whalen
Levey
Corporation Counsel
Sing Sing
Kings County Penitentiary
National Steel Meeting Adjourned to July 12
The National Steel stock meeting adjourned without action on leasing properties to the ¢ Company. A rumor says some stockholders may object to a lease, and the session was postponed to July 12.
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National Steel
Facial Chemical Co Promises Wrinkle Free Complexion
Ad promotes a facial cosmetic claim from The Facial Chemical Co located at 1135 Broadway in the St James Building, asserting the product is harmless and restores firmness and contour while eliminating wrinkles. The copy uses promotional language without verifiable evidence.
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CAL CO
Broadway
St. James Bldg
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G. W. Whiteside
Harold N. Kuh
Hugo Dirck
Walter Forstner
Alfred Adler
Luke Quinn
Frederick H. Rindge
William Nash
Alfred H. van Zandt
Miss Dunn
Colgate
Asa A. Fletcher
New-York Observer
DIMES
Dime Fund
Dorothy Hamilton
Haines Falls
G. W. Marler
Roselle
Dast
Tarrytown
Albert S. Roe
Worthington
H. C. Rash
H. Larned
Marion Bull
Selah FE. Morgan
O. Edgar Lewis
Christian Endeavorers Act
Port Morris Society
MR. Sanderson
Blue Thursday
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