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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
12
A poem fragment describes summer noon and music as tiny pipes tune in the field. The Tribune Sunshine Society warns against soliciting money or publishing magazines for canvassing and states it has no connection with any other organization using the Sunshine name.
Charles A. Stone treasurer of Neighborhood God of Clark's Falls Conn sends a check for 0 to be used for fuel for the Rest House. Miss Keith May Bilakeslie treasurer of Coreopsis Beanch New Haven and Mrs Clayton P. Chew treasurer of Neighborhood Sewing Society Morristown N J a T S S branch give 10 for the Rest House.
Mrs J S Cole of Hopkinton R1 sends 1 for emergency fund and 1 for badges Inas gnuch of Manhattan contributes first 1 for the North Carolina cripple Miss Gray J M F of Manhattan gives 2 Theodora sends 2 and M R A 8 Kate and Adelaide offer 1 monthly A generous Utica benefactor provides 12 making 2 monthly payments instead of 1 The general office will forward contributions in two monthly instalments F L Oakley of Stamford NY adds 1
June 17 marks the debut of the T. S. 5 Vacation Rest House in Clark's Falls Connecticut with a sunny welcome from the Neighborhood Club. Members and visitors from nearby towns gathered in the chapel decorated with field daisies and peonies as officers from New York New Jersey and New Haven met. The program featured songs mandolin recitations and speeches highlighting work and the need for a minor auxiliary to assist working girls and Sunshine initiatives. Refreshments of strawberries ice cream and cake followed while calls were made for fundraising to send two weeks’ rest for a girl at sixteen dollars covering board and travel.
A note from a Manhattan reader asks for donations to aid girls housed at a Rest House and Elm City branch. Contributions fund a sewing machine, piano rent, and travel costs for salt water therapy and bathing, plus a Fourth of July party for children in tenements.
Fragmentary help wanted notice seeks a housekeeper and handyman in greater Newark area with nationality proof required. Mentions family of five and a mailbox address with names and scattered contact details.
July Sunshine hosts a yearly event at her East Orange residence, bringing pleasure to thirty or more children with her generous hospitality over the past two years.
On June 10 Mr and Mrs R Andrews of East Orange New Jersey celebrated their fifty first wedding anniversary. Due to Mr Andrews serious illness last year the golden wedding could not be observed. Friends in and out of the T S S extend congratulations and wish many more happy anniversaries.
Madison Conn. MISS INEZ A GOODMAN requests clothing for two Sunshine boys aged under fourteen who wear sixteen sizes and are helping with Sunshine work. She plans to send winter gear and asks for boy clothing, a wheel chair in state, turnips and beets from a garden, and library books for Louisiana negro communities. She notes her Florida winter, bereavement, and current Philadelphia to Connecticut move.
The XLM branch asks help for a Jersey City family to obtain a small wheelchair for a nine year old girl crippled by rheumatism. The mother, a refined Christian, works long hours to support five, but needs rest this summer to avoid breakdown. Rev Walton appeals for aid to ease the mother’s burden and sustain education for the children.
All communications received at the office regarding a position for the Frenchwoman have been forwarded to Mrs Vedder who made the request and the decision will rest with her as to which opportunity will be best suited to her protégée.
Adolph Koch died June 17 after a long illness at the Home for Incurables in Chicago. The Tribune Sunshine Society draft he could not cash was directed to funeral expenses by the president, honoring the donors who had given in friendship. Koch, 18 years a resident, endured his illness with patience and cheerful courage, inspiring Sunshine volunteers.
Mrs. Charles T. Jenkins announces the marriage of her daughter Grace to Thomas Frederick Chadwick on Wednesday at 4 30 PM in St George's Church Newburg New York. Mentions graduates Genevieve P Frost from Normal College and other society notes including gifts from Mrs Russell Sage and summer plans of several local residents.
Multiple job seekers and service offers include painters, clerical workers, penmen, and companions. Young men and women present experience, references, and preferred locations such as Brooklyn Manhattan and Ridgewood. Advertisers list addresses and contact names for day work, contracts, and travel based positions.
Mrs. Henry Mostyn writes of an elderly, nervous 75 year old woman living on $10 a month with $4 rent, needing light clothing size 42 and dark spectacles. A West Side mother seeks No 6 shoes, two mothers request baby clothes No 11, while The Bedells plan two weeks of entertainment for two groups of six girls in New Hampshire in memory of their late daughter.
A box of summer underwear reading matter and bound books from C. C. A. of Brooklyn. A small bathtub filled with magazines from West 76th Street Manhattan. A box of silks ribbons and other items with no name. An express parcel of miscellaneous articles from Miss Hal lock of Milton New York. A parcel of quilt pieces from Mrs. Durand of Manhattan. Scrap pictures and cards from Mrs. Fanning. Souvenir postals stamps from Nebraska. Bedroom shoes from I. D. B. Reading from Florida. A hand sewing machine from Miss C. of Harrisburg Penn.
A large classified page lists numerous employment postings for domestic workers and skilled labor. Entries detail positions such as COOKS CHAMBERMAIDS NURSES and GARDENERS plus roles like FARMER or GARDENER with notes on nationality age marital status and references. Agencies include Miss FitzGeralds Bureau Mrs Colliers Agency Osterbergs Bureau Jussila Bureau Lang & Boecherer Co and Morrow's Bureau with locations on Lexington Avenue West 42nd Street and East 42nd Street among others.
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