Bishop Potter recounts gutter incident and settlement work
At the East Side House annual meeting Bishop Potter told how his father, then Bishop of Pennsylvania, once lay in a gutter after a fall and was ignored by two clergy. He urged communal duty, praised the settlement’s help for working women, and noted Mrs. Grover Cleveland attended. The gathering closed with tea on a rosewood table.
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Potter
East Side House
76Th Street
East River
Yjy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Avi
New York
Gay
Daugher Lee
St. Johns
Miss Potter
J Joeph H. Cheate
Mr. Wheeler
Everett P. Wheeler
John H. Finney
City College
Mary de G. Trenholm
Silkind
Avenue A
First Avenue
New York City
Grover Cleveland
Daniel S. Lamont
Bors
Iowa New Yorkers Form New Society At Waldorf Astoria
The Iowa New Yorkers society formed at the Waldorf Astoria with 43 members. Mrs. Anna Howell Clarkson chaired. Carrie Chapman Catt presided on the platform. Eligibility sparked debate as Iowa-born or long-time residents may join. a cooperative Iowa women’s group in New York is planned. meetings set for every third Friday. pronunciation of Iowa sparked disagreement.
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Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Anna Howell Clarkson
Carrie Chapman Catt
Iowa
Working Girls Will Cook Class At Home Centre
An evening class by the Household Eco- MTi Association at No 41 Leroy Street offers working women a dinner they cook and eat together after arriving with a glass of milk. Men may call for them at 9 30. Every two months a Sunday supper class will invite men to join and spend the evening. Lessons aim to fit meals for small gas stoves in furnished rooms.
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Household Eco- Mti Association
Leroy Street
Ramain
Cai
Shire Motherhood Duties at New York Women League
The New York Women Legislative League met at the Waldorf Astoria for its monthly session. Jessie Howler spoke on moral child training and marriage law, condemning trial marriages while affirming traditional family duties. Dr Harriette Keatinge criticized American women for shirking motherhood responsibilities, calling it a burdensome yet essential role.
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New York
Women + Legislative League
Waldorf-Astoria
Jessie Howler
Harriette Keatinge
Womanhood duties critique fuels debate on motherhood
A historical commentary argues that motherhood remains the supreme measure of a woman’s role, criticizing those who fall short of this ideal and inviting renewed examination of gender expectations within society.
The Noisy Waves Are Failures Yet The Silent Tide Succeeds
A reflective quote contrasts daily struggles with overall life movement and meaning. It ponders failing each day while feeling a broad, steady success in life’s direction. The speaker questions how perseverance aligns with ultimate purpose.
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Phillips Brooks
Miss Cox Promotes Tribune Sunshine Society Abroad
Swiss correspondence from Miss Sarah S. Cox describes her international Sunshine Society work. She notes Holland and Switzerland engagements and asks Frau M. Wingefelder in Munich to receive copies of the Tribune paper to illustrate how the work operates from the Tribune Building.
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Sarah S. Cox
Holland
Switzerland
Frau M. Wingefelder
Munich
Miss Cox
Tribune
Frau Wingefelder
Tribune Sunshine Society
Brooklyn woman backs Alabama family with gifts from guild
A Brooklyn reader describes becoming deeply involved with a struggling Alabama family. The invalid mother and daughter handmade over sixty wash cloths in gratitude, sent to day nurseries and babies’ home via the Brooklyn Needlework Guild.
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Brooklyn
Alabama
Brooklyn Needlework Guild
Chelsea branch sale of aprons and bags planned
The Chelsea branch will hold a semi annual sale of aprons and bags on April 10 and 11 from 10 a m to 4 p m at Mrs Pierrepont A Greene studio 222 West 23d street Chelsea The sale funds the outing fund for working women and the consumptive work of the branch Sunshine friends are invited to buy Easter gifts and members are urged to donate items with name and address for gratitude Mrs Greene contributes items and unsold goods support other Sunshine branches
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Chelsea
Pierrepont A. Greene
West 23d Street
Sunshine Friends
Mrs. Greene
Municipal Art Society forms committee to preserve city monuments
The Municipal Art Society appoints Harold A. Caparn as chairman with John De Witt Warner and Jacob A. Cantor to survey conditions of public monuments citywide. They will collect information from the public, report to authorities, and seek cooperation with the Park Department to repair and relocate statues, noting issues at Columbus Circle, Riverside Drive, and other sites.
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Municipal Art Society
Publc
Harold A. Caparn
John de Witt Warner
Jacob A. Cantor
Caparn
Park Department
Smith
East 18Th Street
Columbus Circle
9Th Streets
Riverside Drive
Second Avenue
Sth
Peter Cooper
Cooper Union
F. Edwin Elwell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Mother Accused of Kidnapping Eight Year Old Daughter
Annie Moore of East 128th Street was arraigned in Flushing on a charge of kidnapping her eight year old daughter and giving the child to a Corona family named Pedro for adoption. She was held twenty four hours for a police investigation into the disappearance on Wednesday. Ten years ago Moore was imprisoned for killing her husband with a poker in Queens County.
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Corona
Long Island
Pedro
Annie Moore
East 128Th Street
Fitch
Flushing
Kruger Fund Nears Seven Thousand Dollars
The Kruger and Firemen's Memorial Fund rapidly approaches $7,000 with new subscriptions bringing the total to $742. Treasurer Thomas L. James received $515 at the Lincoln National Bank yesterday and listed several contributions from individuals and groups including Aan Pink Veteran Firemen's Association, Charles H. Ludington, Mr. and Mrs. Stetson, Great Kills Fire Engine Company 1, Richmond Borough, Edward Severin Clark, Henry Parish, and A B Twombly. Separately, bids for the box at Carnegie Hall donated by Mme Schumann-Heink for her recital were opened at the Plaza Hotel with Henry Clews submitting the winning bid of $56.
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Kruger Fund
Kruger and Firemen’s Memorial
Thomas L. James
Tt Incoln National Bank
Aan
Pink
Firemen
Charles H. Ludington
Mrs. Stetson
Great Kills Fire Engine Company
Citations for New York Estate Proceedings Reach Multiple Heirs
A lengthy 1908 public notice cites numerous individuals as creditors heirs and next of kin in estates of Robert Ernst and Margaret Terry and Harriet A Barrett. The notices require appearances at Surrogate’s Court in New York County for probate and judicial settlements with guardians appointed for minor heirs.
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State OF
New York
Anna Jule Gessner-Ernst
Friedrich Ernst
Karoline Ernst
Heinrich Ernst
Katharina Elisabetha Sulzer Ernst
Emilie Berta Kohl-Ernst
Jakob Thedor Ernst
Susanna Sparmann-Ernst
Robert Ernst
Julian Ernst
Switzerland
County of
Adolph Rusch
Emile Ernst
Charlies H
Frederick A. Booth
Elizabeth Price Harris
Robert Mowry
Edith Mowry
Mabelle Shorey
John Lyman Shorey
Harrison Shorey
George B. Studley
Barrett Studley
Harriet N. McCaslin
Maria Moran
Greenwood Cemetery
Harriet A. Barrett
County of New York
Hall of Records
Augustus S. Houghton
Abner C. Thomas
County of York
Daniel J. Dowdney
JI. Woolsey Shepard
Executor
Broadwar
Cirr
Surrogates' Notice to Creditors in Thompson Estate
Notice by United States Trust Company of New York and Ferriss Thompson executors to all persons with claims against Abby S. Thompson late of New York deceased to present vouchers at Fisher A. Baker 2 Wall Street New York City by July 1 following the date of December 20 1907.
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Charles H. Beckett
United States Trust Company OF
New York
Ferriss
Mary DE
Abner C. Thomas
County of
Mary de Trobriand
Curtis R. Hatheway
Borough of
Manhattan
City of
Marie Caroline Post
Charles A. Post
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Mary H. Brush
Brookline
Mass
Charles P. Latting
Pine Street
City of New York
Frances A. Findlay
William M. van Buren
Pattern for Girl's Pleated Costume No 5913
In this issue a tissue paper pattern No 5913 for a box pleated girl's costume priced ten cents uses plaid silk chemisette and Bordeaux red Henrietta dress with velvet trim. Materials for medium size twelve years are eight and five eighths yards two and a half inch wide or six and three fourths yards thirty two inch wide or four and seven eighths yards four inch wide. Pattern No 5915 covers ages four ten twelve and fourteen and can be mailed for sixteen cents. send age and pattern number to Pattern Department New York Tribune. If in a hurry add two cents for letter postage in sealed envelope.
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State OF
New York
God
Albert W. Terry
Andrew Jackson Terry
Laura Grant Fairbrother
Amanda M. Thompson
Louisa Grant Mytinger
Daniel Zelley
Charles F. Terry
F. Milton Terry
Mary Terry Grantham
David C. Terry
Samuel D. Terry
Franklin Lee Terry
Margaret I. Terry
Charles Terry, Jr
Elizabeth Haybeck
Caroline Tinsman
William H. Furter
Albert Haybeck
Annie C. Lance
Caroline F. Horner
Catharine Glaum
Catharine Lentz
Emma Walker
Oliver P. M. Custin
George W. Custin
Franklin Custi
Margaret Terry
County of
Charles T. Dotter
City of New York
County of New York
Apner C
Alain
Said
Daniel J. Dowdney
Fred W
Alfred E. Hinrichs
William St
N. Y. City
New-York Tribune
Rooms for rent offered in Tribune Directory ad
Classified notice advertises room entries at sixteen words per line and flat rates. Provides Uptown office address The New Yorker Tribune 1364 Broadway between 36th and 31st streets for full information. Includes scattered room offerings with steam heat and board terms in various locations.
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Tribune
Uptown
Broadway
8Th Ave
153Th Ave
12Th St
East 14Th St
125Th St
Sd Ave
76Th
77Th Sts
3D Ave
61St St
1St Ave
Sth St
Tremont Ave
New-York Tribune
Rae Pharmacinese
The
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Téth
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128Th
Tremont
6Th Ave
Singie
K. K
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14Th
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Tith Sts
Gist St
Soth St
East 225Th St
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Uptons
East Lith
Tih
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Furnished Rooms to Let in New York Tribune Ad
Furnished rooms listed with features such as running water heated halls and telephone. Advertisements include addresses on Broadway 1354 to 1696 A, 110th Street near L subway, 157th roadway and 419 W 118th opposite Columbia, with options for one or two occupants and breakfast or board. References and private family options noted.
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New-York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
Sith Sts
110Th Street
Morningside
Smith
118Th
Columbia
Subway
Tribune
Help Wanted Canvassers and Household Positions
Classified notices announce canvasser positions with a daily salary plus potential weekly earnings and advancement for men of clean habits. Also seek shore and mountain season workers with no experience needed and gardener with greenhouse, milking, and reference requirements. A competent bilingual accountant for South American operations seeks top references.
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Grand St
Brooklyn
E. B. Reynolds
Multilingual translator and job seekers in New York area
Classified ads from a historical paper show a translator offering French English work, plus numerous job seekers: ad writer, bookkeeper, chief clerk, checker, chauffeur, designer, draftsman, engineer, foreman, furrier, and grocery clerk. Names include S. Brinkerhoff, C Summers, G W R, F Larkin, J Morrow, G M Richards, E Leuthner, James Sykes, K E, Benfatto, Settimio Schiappapietra, and others. Locations span Brooklyn, Jersey City, New Canaan, Stamford, Bridgeport, and Manhattan, with varied qualifications and wages.
Poultryman and other help wanted ads in 1910s directory
Classified listings for positions and applicants including a poultryman skilled in incubators and breeders, private secretary, stenographer, typist, renting agent, teacher French, watchman, bookkeeper and various labor roles. Names, addresses, and skills span Yonkers to Brooklyn with multiple clerical, domestic, and skilled trades prospects.
Domestic Situations Wanted Coachmen And Gardener Ads
Classified notices seek skilled live in help for private service including coachmen drivers and gardeners. Many listings detail marital status age experience references nationality and location at urban households and country estates with contact box and office routing.
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Harte Presse
Pitkin St
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Conn
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Madison
S. Brinkerhoff
New Canaan
C. Summers
Bond St
Salis
Mechanics’ Bank
Business College of Stamford
F. Larkin
Springdale, Conn
Shier
Checker
G. M. Richards
South Easter Place
James Sykes
Hughes
Bradhurst Ave
Rainier
Locomoebdile
Elmore
Haynes
E. Leuthner
Central Ave
Jersey City
Gross
West 136Th St
J. Nadison
Waverley Ave
L. A
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James Pearl
East 10Th St
Chaufpfeur
Mercedes
K. E
Benfatto
L. B
Schiappapietra Settimio
Genoa
East Indian
Offlee Work. Co. E
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K. EK
Babylon
Michael G. Gorny
Herman Ave
Guttenburg
N. J
Hastier
Thompson
H. E
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Masseur
Yelmanyi
East B6th
Drews
Linden St
Buenos Ayres
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Loesch
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Turner
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Ridgefield Park
Keup
Tilden Patmatar
van Guren St
Kalsominer
Maxwell
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Walter Guttman
West 116Th St
Orsin
East 76Th St
J. K
Walter
West 128Th At
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L. Grimes
McDougal St
Tribune Office
Clark
West 109Th St
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Garden Place
Brook
George Weigert
Amsterdam
J. J
Ave
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N. W
King
John Acker
School St
Belmont
Edward Paul Camp
Hell
West 26Th St
A. T
Sixth Ave
Melba
Kingston Ave
Florence Schiel
de Kalbave
Carnegie Steel Company
East 21St St
Dorothy Bellmer
Ridgewood Ave
Forest Ave
Bronix
Blake Ave
M. Hauser
East Std St
W. Clyne
Rush St
Butler
Cocok
Familly
Olsen
49Th St
Valet
Miss Fitzgerald
Sth Ave
M. H
Tobias
West 60Th St
Osterberg’s Bureau
Lexington Ave
Plaza
R. Berg
Dr Way
Y. Takahashi
Concord St
Sands St
A. Stewart
Jhanesbridge
U. & Cavalry
New York State
Urstedt
Bradhurst
Trusiowe
Igiewood
Neis
Mathewson's Bureau
Bear 47Th St
Bryant
F& M
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Amsterdam Ave
Coleman
East 58Th St
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West Abstst
Jones
Crotona Ave
City
P Wall
East 49Th St
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City of Country
G. Johnson
East 39Th St
Marthee
John Sheridan
Cook
Fred Ferrarie
North
Ty Man
W. 30Th St
F. Winstead
47Th St
Weill
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Box
Kings Park
Amerikan
Carpenters
Amteria
H. O. Remsen
Gien Cove
Fahmband
Charles Mott
4Th Ave
Brooker
Fingle
Gentileman's
B. F. Pauli
R. F
Ridgewood
K. K. Tribune
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Port Chester
N. Y
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Summit
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Carpenter's Bureau
Sureau
Mamaroneck
Country Place
Meade
Chester
Hnitienon
Beard
P. O. Box
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Crescent Ave
New Rochelle
Kelly
Armett St
Eby German
Anton Bren
Schreyer
Brook Ave
St. Groom
James
A. W
Chas
Haa
Tara
Kiyo
Paul
West Ith St. Massetr
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Lee
Wis
Flaherty’s Bureau
Columbus Ave
River
Colters Agency
West Zid St
Mathewson
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Telo7s
Lexington
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Hofmag Bureau
St. Telephone
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M. B. Jones
West 98Th St Tech
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Flaherty
Sun Broadway
Jussila Bureau
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Aster- Lergs
Tel Plaza
Tath
Tith
Gist
Hickman
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Ami
Hofmayera Bureau
Chelses
Kudiicska
Mathewsen
Sreau
Sear
West Isth St
Privat Family
Neo Cards
East Gist Sf
Jussia
J. Ine
Ing Ana
Beyante Laundress
Netiaen
West 49Th St
Lady's
Iss Fitzgera
Ds Ureau
Erbergs Bureau
Wu Sterlerg
Tel
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Advertiser
Hutchinson
Harlem
Wadew
Fisherty
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