W C T U Conference Highlights Canteen Debate at Prohibition Park
The annual State WCTU conference at Prohibition Park discussed the army canteen with leaders like Mrs Ella A Boole and Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis stressing abolition, dismissing liquor-dealer collaboration claims, and noting heavy constituent pressure with telegrams and petitions shaping the measure. A debate featured Mrs Ella Egbert and Emma Alexander on the canteen's impact, while field speakers outlined future efforts, decorum, and educational work amid prize distributions and class recognitions.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
State Organization
Prohibition Park
Army
Ella A. Boole
Margaret Dye Ellis
Washington
America
Ellis
Nelson A. Miles
Post Exchange
Hayes
Ella Egbert
Staten Island
Nettie B. Fernald
Ery J. Annable
Kings County Womens Christian Temperance Union
L M. Crandall
Frances Westerfield
Christina J. Tinling
British Woman's Temperance Association
Annable
Mme. Sayyed Barakat
Syria
Frances Hill
Alexander
Public School No 7 Commencement Honors Students
The Bore department at Public School No 7 on Chrystie Street closed the year with medal presentations and flags for the Anti Cigarette League. George F Cole James B Smith Mrs K C Gibson and Miss G Dod were honored with awards. Seventy nine boys pledged to abstain from tobacco until at least age twenty one. One hundred and thirty four graduates were honored with alumni medals and Hermann Cohen medals for top scholars. The program featured readings and remarks by Commissioner Morris Sterne and John Whalen. Eugene Louis Colist delivered the salutatory and Amos gave the valedictory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Wright
Anti-Cigarette League
George F. Cole
James B. Smith
K.C. Gibson
G. Do
George Trimble Association
Hermann Cohen
Cohen
Lenox-ave
Morris FE. Sterne
Cortion
John Whalen
Eugene Louis Colist
Amos
Problem of Unemployed and Cooking Versus Intemperance
Philosopher Rev. John B. Devins argues that philanthropy must preserve manhood by training for self support rather than alms. He cites labor distribution, school manual training, and industrial education as keys to long term employment, with cooking and sewing aiding social progress and reducing vice.
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John B. Devins
Philanthropy
Walter A. Wyckoff
Joseph Aubrey Chase
Brooklyn
National Labor Bureau
Chase
Devins
Mr. Chase
Keeps Up Growth After Graduation Says Success Advice
The piece urges graduates to continue daily self improvement and avoid stagnation. It stresses reading a little each day and treasuring poetry, history, or a motto to exercise the mind. It warns against rutting into comfort and losing artistic passions as age and routine set in.
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Ike Darwin
Cruel slaying of a songbird stirred New Brunswick notes
A poem laments a bird’s death by a cruel shot and calls for mercy for the children of the air. The piece is followed by a notice from New Brunswick about a new Tribune Sunshine branch with M. Stout as president and Bertha Dewald as secretary, dated June 24, 1991.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Sunshine
Tribune Sunshine
Dime fund contributors for sunshine ride listed
The column item lists donors from New York and New Jersey who gave small sums for a sunshine ride. Names include M. ., M. of Brooklyn 20 cents, Dorothy Hamilton Haines Falls 10, Mrs G W Marler Roselle 10, Dash Tarrytown 10, J. H. L. Brooklyn 10, Mrs Albert S Roe Manhattan 10, M. F. W. Worthington 20, plus Mrs Allebone Manhattan who suggests using funds for tene ment house children. Ellen Seager Pawling sent a generous contribution. Other contributors include Mrs A Belle Mecauley cents H. C. Rash 2% cents Mrs H Larned 15, Marion Bull 35, Selah FE Morgan cents, O Edgar Lewis 5.
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Dime Fund
Brooklyn
Dorothy Hamilton
Haines Falls
N. Y
G. W. Marler
Roselle
N. J
Dash
Tarrytown
Albert S. Roe
Manhattan
Worthington
Belle Mecauley
H. C. Rash
H. Larned
Marion Bull
Selah FE. Morgan
O. Edgar Lewis
Request for Reading Material for Port Royal Navy Hospital Sailors
Mrs. Thomas J. Thompson of Manhattan asks for light reading and a few novel papers to cheer sick sailors at the Port Royal Navy Hospital. She notes the sailors’ need for magazines or book donations and offers to forward any sent items to the Navy Yard at Port Royal South Carolina.
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Thomas J. Thompson
Manhattan
Port Royal
8. C
China
Thompson
Tribune
Navy Yard
Box of daisies and roses sent to hospital patient
The box of daisies from Edward of Irvington New York was given to needy children in City Hall Park. Some flowers from Minnie and Petuna Burns of Merrick Long Island were sent to Mrs Weygandt, president of the Italian branch, who is critically ill and in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Irvington
N. Y
City Hall Park
Minnie
Petuna Burns
Merrick
Long Island
Weygandt
Death of a Manchester Organization Member
Miss L. M. Derby of Manchester announces the death of Mrs. E. T. Carney, an invalid T. B. S. member of that city. She died after a hospital operation following a painful illness. Her passing leaves a void in the local community and family.
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L. M. Derby
Manchester
N. H
E. T. Carney
Beautiful climbing vines for home and grave adornment
Captain E. A. Wilson of Washington praises evergreen running winter ivy and winter honeysuckle as dense year round climbers. The vines climb 20 to 25 feet with training and offer fragrant summer blossoms, frost resistant foliage, and versatile use for fences verandas or indoor decorations.
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the Tribune
E. A. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Pattern for Childs Dress No 3 844
The New York Tribune advertises a tissue paper pattern No 3 844 for a four year old girl with long waists and short skirts in nain sock. It details fabric requirements such as 3% yards of 2 inch wide and 2% yards of 2% inch wide, plus tucks and frills. Pattern will be sent for 10 cents with address to Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Northfield Conference Opens With Global Christian Leaders
East Northfield Mass June 27 The sixteenth annual Northfield Student Conference opens tomorrow evening in Northfield Auditorium under the international committee. Rev G Campbell Morgan fresh from England will give the opening address. Delegates from United States Canada promise large attendance with European Asian leaders also likely. Delegates dorm in Northfield Seminary buildings and tents to enhance camping and conference study. Notable participants include Robert E Speer Alexander McKenzie Seth Low J Howard Taylor John R Mott who will preside. Normal Bible classes and a special personal work course will train leaders with missionary conferences directed by the Student Volunteer movement.
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the Tribune
East Northfield
Mass
Northfield
Student Young Men’s Christian Associations
Northfield Auditorium
The
International Committee
G. Campbell Morgan
England
Moody
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
Northfield Seminary
Morgan
Robert E. Speer
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
Seth Low
Columbia University
J. Howard Taylor
China Inland Mission
John R. Mott
Mott
C. C. Michener
Riot over found fives and tens on Gouverneur Street
A small riot erupted Wednesday night after a five and a ten dollar bill were found on the sidewalk at Gouverneur and Madison. Isaac Silverman, the soda stand keeper, and Sarah Cohen were involved as a crowd claimed the money. Police arrested them. Magistrate Brann warned both and ordered the money turned over to the property clerk.
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Gouverneur and
Madison
Brann
Port Morris Endeavor Society Removes Two Members for Mormon Faith
The Christian Endeavor Society of Port Morris Congregational Church voted to strike Mrs. Thomas Blair and Miss Lizzie Dickinson from the society rolls after they became Mormons. Both resigned their offices upon changing faith but wished to remain members, and copies of the resolutions will be sent to each.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Port Morris Congregational Church
Thomas Blair
Lizzie Dickinson
Blair
Miss Dickinson
Bids Opened for Five Year Garbage Disposal Contracts
Bids for final disposal of garbage and refuse at Manhattan and The Bronx dumps were opened by Captain Gibson. Four bidders for Manhattan and two for The Bronx. Likely award to New York Sanitary Utilization Company, with Manhattan bid $202,000 and Bronx schedule ranging from $50,000 to $95,000 over five years. Specifications favor current holder. Board of Estimate discussed yearly contract, but motion failed.
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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
Five Deisler Children Before Justice In Habeas Case
Gustav and Lizzie Deisler fought over custody as five children were brought before Justice Blanchard in the Supreme Court today following a writ of habeas corpus. The Deislers, long separated, have a history of divorce suits and cruelty accusations amid their Tammany Hall ties and a contracting firm role. Blanchard reserved decision.
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Gustav
Lizzie Deisler
Blanchard
Supreme Court
Gustav Deisler
Deisler & Stevens
Tammany Hall
Deislers
Deisler
Fred
Two New Theatres For Harlem From Hurtig & Seamon
Hurtig and Seamon plan two large Harlem amusements each with a theatre music hall and roof garden. One site on 125th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues will host a 65 year lease from the Cromwell estate for a three lot frontage. Plans from Toledo and Portland firms are sought with an estimated cost around 150000 dollars. The second house will also occupy 125th Street near Lexington Avenue.
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Harlem
Hurtig & Seamon
Fifth-St
Seventh
Eighth Aves
Cromwell
Lexington-ave
Two Prisoners Indicted in Raymond Street Jail
The Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn holds two prisoners under indictment William Stanley and William Homan. District Attorney Clark notes only ten others out on bail and praises the city’s crime record as the borough’s best ever. Judge Aspinall says crime hasn’t decreased but credits swift handling of criminal cases for the low jail count.
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Raymond Street
Brooklyn
William Stanley
William Homan
Clark
Aspinall
Knights of Labor to revive order with secret meetings
The Knights of Labor districts in Manhattan Brooklyn and Jersey City announce a nighttime move to restore the order to its former strength. The first secret meeting is set for East Sixty seventh Street with further details to come after all gatherings. Districts 49 233 75 20 and Jersey are involved amid a period of fluctuating membership since Terence Powderly led the group.
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Knights of Labor
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Jersey City
East Sixty-seventh-st
Jerseyy
Terence V. Powderly
Powderly
Man fatally shot at Ramble summer house identified
Policeman Woore at Central Park finds a man wounded in the Ramble summer house after a pistol report near 5 pm. The unconscious victim, later named as Jacob Roesch, a 47 year old silk worker from Paterson, NJ, died at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Woore
Central Park Station
Seventy-fifth-st
Presbyterian Hospital
Jacob Roesch
Rere Id
Paterson, N. J
Surface express cars start on Metropolitan road route
The surface express car system began with four cars on the Metropolitan route. Cars departed from New York Electric Vehicle Company at 5 30 am and from the Battery at 9 30 am and 11 45 am, heading to Fordham via Trinity Place and Eighth Avenue, Madison Avenue, and the old Union line. Terminals planned for White Plains and Yonkers, with ten cars to run on opening day. Henry Sanderson, president, praised progress.
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Metropolitan Road
New York Electric Vehicle Company
Eighthave
Fordham
Battery
Trinity Place
Trinity Place, Then By the Eighthave
Henry Sanderson
Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company
Coroner to Probe Death of Mary Zenn in Greenpoint
Mrs Mary Zenn age twenty two died at No 2 Free man street Greenpoint after a long bout of hiccoughs. Coroner Horton authorized an inquest with Dr Charles Wuest to determine cause of death. Her husband’s frightened response during a party preceded the fatal symptoms.
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Mary Zenn
Freeman St
Greenpoint
Charles Wuest
Brooklyn Lawyer Denies Albany Meeting Tale
Bert Reiss a Brooklyn lawyer and Republican worker denies a report he met with Jacob Worth and Walter B. Atterbury in Albany two weeks ago on Kings County political matters. He says he and Senator Worth and Henry Whitely went to Philadelphia on business, noting resemblance to Governor Odell and joking about misidentification. Atterbury declines to comment, choosing silence on political matters this summer.
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Bert Reiss
Brooklyn
Republican Organization
Jacob Worth
Walter B. Atterbury
Republican County Committee
Odell
Albany
Kings County
Senator Worth
H Hirsh
Philadelphia
Henry Whitely
Hirsh
Atterbury
Father requests ante mortem statement for injured son
James T Harrison of Madison asks 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. Clarence, a cripple with lifelong hip disease, is not expected to survive after cerebral meningitis set in. The other boy denies involvement.
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James T. Harrison
Madison Sr
Clarence
Harrison
Kings County
Oung Harrison
Divorce set aside by widow of dead man Groh
Susie O. Groh seeks to overturn the 1999 divorce from John Groh in the Supreme Court claiming her innocence evidence and cohabitation after the suit. Justice Gildersleeve rules the move improper, suggesting separate actions against heirs and property purchasers instead.
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John Groh
M. Groh
Gilder Sleeve
Groh
Gildersleeve
Physician Charged With Larceny In Brokerage Dispute
In Centre Street police court Dr Adam H L Straub of Brooklyn faced a larceny accusation by Schalk Ward and Wagner, brokers at No 16 Broad Street. They say he borrowed 46 dollars for margins, paid with a check later certified against his own order, hindering payment on their uncertified check. Magistrate set July 1 examination. bail set at 2500. Straub testified he held about ten thousand shares and, after learning he was sold out, drew a certified check to stop payment on the margin check.
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Robert H. Hunt
East Sixty-fifthst
Third-ave
Pool
Yorkville Court
Mr. Hunt
Centre-st
Schalk, Ward & Wagner
No. 16
Broadst
Adam HL Straub
Bushwick-ave
Brooklyn
Straub
Merchants’ Bank
H m
Dr. Straub
Automobile Valuation Case At Board Of General Appraisers
Appraiser Wakeman and James Clinch Smith clash over the value of a Paris imported automobile. The Board of General Appraisers adjourned the case, with Collector Bidwell’s ruling from Colonel A J Jewell reduced the valuation from 2500 to 1000. The car, a 16 horsepower machine, remains in General Stores. Smith bought it second hand for 1000. factory price said to be 10000.
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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's Claim Allowed by City Counsel
Corporation Counsel Whalen ruled Dr. Jackson R. Campbell a Tombs physician may be paid $2.20 for expert medical examiner services to the city upon request by District Attorney Gardiner. If employed by the DA, Campbell is entitled to the fee. questions about his city employee status remain unsettled.
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Corporation
Whalen
Jackson R. Campbell
Tombs
Gardiner
Coler
Dr. Campbell
Campbell
Corporation Counsel
Pares
Boy Killed by a Horsecar in West Twenty Fifth Street
Joseph Clark eleven of 44 West Twenty-fifth street died while running home from Public School No. 17 near Seventh Avenue as he crossed Ninth Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street in front of a horsecar. The car passed over his abdomen and he died in seconds. Hundreds of schoolmates followed officials who carried the body home. Driver Eugene Geerzetoff of 10th Avenue was arrested and paroled pending inquest.
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Joseph Spath
East Eighty-second St
Fifth-ave
Spath
Joseph Clark
West Twenty-fifth-st
West Twentieth-st
Seventh-ave
Neem
Twenty-fifth-st
Eugene Geerzetoff
Neo
GS Tenthave
A Book of Summer Resorts by the Pennsylvania Railroad
The railroad issues a summer resort guide covering the country from New Jersey to Kentucky and from Canada to North Carolina. It includes maps, detailed place descriptions, how to reach each resort, fare, hotels, and local scenery. Small resorts receive equal care and halftone illustrations accompany the book.
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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 Declares Prison Goods Not Mandatory Buy
Corporation Counsel Whalen advised Deputy Controller Levey that city departments are not bound by the State law requiring purchase of prison made goods if the State price is not reasonable. Levey argued 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 overpay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whalen
Levey
Corporation Counsel
Sant
Sing Sing
Kings County
National Steel Meeting Adjourned After Lease Proposal
The National Steel stockholders meeting to discuss leasing properties to the company was adjourned until July 12. Rumors say some stockholders may oppose the lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Steel
National Steel Stoc
Facial Chemical Co claims wrinkle-free complexion with creams
An advertisement from The Facial Chemical Co lists private room Andre at 13 West 2th offering T Cell-Tone and coloring products. It promises harmless formulas that obliterate wrinkles restore firmness and contour the complexion. The address is L135 Broadway in the St James Building.
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Andre
West
THE
Facial Chemical CO
Broadway, St. James Bldg
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T. U. Conference
Hiram Rodamer
Charles C. Dodge
Frey
Amos H. Rodamer
Harlow Struthers
Sylvan Bischoff
R. Runyon
Harold E. Slade
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
Silk
Colgate
Lisa A. Fletcher
New-York Observer
DIMES
Swall
BILLS
East Side
Christian Endeavorers Act
Port Morris Society
MR. Sanderson
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