German Governesses' Home Aids Foreign Women Seek Work
Miss Matilda Demmier runs the German Governesses Association and Home at 160 East 60th Street. The shelter offers rooms for twelve, meals, and a social club for Swiss, French, German, and other governesses awaiting positions or adjusting to civil life in America. The home operates with one maid, a selfless staff, and sustains about 100 members plus sustaining friends who pay yearly dues.
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East 60Th Street
America
60Th Street
New York
Egypt
Asso- M. Beckhard
West
Charity Distributions Aid Soldiers and Needy Families
The Lakewood group sent 35 dollars for a Jersey City wounded-soldier fund and arranged clothing and stamps for various recipients including a Bridgeport woman and a Manhattan donor. Donations funded books for Sunshine libraries, and communities across New Jersey, Illinois, Virginia, and beyond received care packages and clothing.
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Lakewood
N. J
Jersey City
Mall
David L. Gluck
Manhattan
Healdrile
Miss Tuthill
Bridgeport
Paquin Paris Announces Trade Mark Clarification
The well known dressmaker Paquin Paris at 5 Rue de la Paix informs clients that his trade mark has been established and is being protected. The notice emphasizes continued brand recognition and seeks to assure customers of authentic Paquin Paris designs.
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Rue de la Paix
Faris
Gifts Support Aid Office For Children In Need
The Lister branch of Cuba New York sent a large gift to aid beer distribution for children. Nine new flannelette nightgowns and twenty worn garments, including flannel sacks underwear socks caps slips and a shawl, were received for needy families. Contributions came from Flatbush and Manhattan donors who sent books undergarments a fur cape a rug a country life book and other small items.
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Lister Branch
Cuba
Flatbush
Jessie Fowler
Manhattan
Lorenzo F. Fowler Piercy
East Orange
N. J
Pilgrim's Progress
Mrs. Paulding
Brooklyn
New Jersey
America
Individuality in Dress Says Worth Against Fashion
Paris designer M Worth urges simplicity and moderation in dress in Harper's Bazaar March issue. He warns against latest trends, promotes lasting wardrobe basics, and cites practical tips for governesses and women of modest means to avoid being dictated by fashion's whims.
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M. Worth
Paris
England
Europe
Department of Life
Two Aprons Attractively Simple For Chafing Dish Fun
The Tribune notes Wancy aprons are popular for fashionable chafing dish functions and for hours spent on fancy work and similar employments. It presents two aprons that are charmingly attractive yet perfectly simple, suitable for such activities.
Tissue paper pattern for chafing dish aprons
Pattern No ST offers a tissue paper pattern for chafing dish aprons at ten cents. Describes materials from embroidered Swiss to striped muslin and lawn. Specifies fabric yardage for medium size, insertion and edge quantities, and requests pattern address from the Pattern Department New York Tribune with a self addressed return envelope and ten cent stamp.
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New York Tribune
Through Cars Brooklyn to New York Without Change
A Brooklyn reader urges The Tribune to explain why trolley tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge cannot connect with Park Row lines. He argues that through cars would ease congestion, and cites legality and public sentiment as obstacles. The letter, from Henry Whittemore, questions New York lawmakers and highlights the McAdoo tunnel as a model for Brooklyn access.
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the Tribune
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Brooklyn
New York
New York Terminal
Broadway
Union Square
Greater
Manhattan
Newark
N. J
Herald Square
McAdoo
New Jersey
Henry Whittemore
Question Convention Delegates
Henry B. Blackwell argues delegates should reveal first and second presidential choices before Chicago and Denver conventions. He notes party splits, supports Taft and Roosevelt balance, acknowledges Hughes, warns against anti Taft conspiracy, urging informed delegate selections. Boston March 7, 1908.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Denver
New England
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Bryan
Henry B. Blackwell
Boston
Washington Lands and the George Washington Claim
A critique of a New York Daily Tribune piece from February 23, 1908 debating Senate bill 1238 and House bill 5489 to reimburse George Washington’s estate for lands in Ohio. The letter rejects the notion that Washington’s heirs seek a token of gratitude, clarifying that the will and estate details differ from the article’s claims.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Justice
Baltimore
The
Tribune
New York Daily Tribune
George Washington
George
Ohio
Move to Prohibit Vivisection
Letter responds to a March 6 plea for an anti vivisection league. The International Anti-Vivisection Union, formed March 1908, advocates total prohibition and public enlightenment. It lists Dr Achilles Rose and Dr Elmer Lee with 24 French physicians among its advocates.
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the Tribune
Noblesse Oblige
International
Achilles Rose
Elmer Lee
New York
Paris
United States
Josephine Redding
International Anti-Vivisection Union
East 29Th Street
New Work For Anti Vivisectionists
A writer from New York in March 1208 rebuts anti vivisectionists by arguing physicians deserve protection from themselves not animals. He notes doctors expose themselves to plague bites and harmful chemicals, aiding medical progress at great personal cost and suffering.
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the Tribune
Army
Navy
New York
Description of Vivisection Demonstrates Grim Toll of Experiments
Sir Edward Berdoe describes vivisection in graphic terms, citing objects from brain to lungs, nerves to blood, to argue animal suffering under physiological testing. The letter from 8 N Cleghorn, Norfolk, Va., dated February 28, 1908, emphasizes severe pain and inhumane methods across organ and function studies.
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Edward Berdoe
N. Cleghorn
Norfolk
NewburgN Y Letter on Jumel Mansion Museum Plans
A Newburg writer critiques the Washington Museum Building in New York City. He recalls the Jumel Mansion auction from General Pearle's estate and explains the millions spent to create a colonial and Revolutionary relic museum that has drawn few visitors. He laments limited public access and asks for action.
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the Tribune
Washington Museum
Newburg
N. Y
City of
New York
Ferdinand Pearle
Jumel
Washington
Preservation effort urged for historic New York mansion
A letter proposes honoring original workers by preserving a historic mansion and adding a fireproof annex to house Revolutionary era collections. The writer urges the state to build a similar structure in Newburg, calling on locals to mobilize funds and support for a major project in greater New York.
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Newburg
New York
L. H. Cornish
Prevention best cure. Punish risk takers to reduce deaths
In New York on February 17 1998 a column argues severe punishment for actions that may cause injury or death would deter accidents like the Slocum disaster and a New Jersey auto fatality. It asserts that fining or imprisoning careless violators would prevent more harm than after the fact punishment.
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The
Tribune
van Schalck
Slocum
New Jersey
Jacobs
Captain van Schaick
van Schaick
Jacob
L. New York
Would Christ Say A Wager
Burt G. Wilder argues against gambling citing natural desires and religious and moral critiques. He contrasts betting with legitimate exchange, likening gambling to theft and piracy and warns of crowd contagion at racetracks while urging a perpetual quarrel with nature to uphold self-respect.
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the Tribune
Black
United States
The
Tribune
Hudson River
Adam
Ithaca, N
Washington Water Power offers 6 per cent notes at 9
An issue of 3000 dollars Washington Water Power Company notes is offered by Moffat and White as well as Lee Higginson at 9. The Spokane company owns a Spokane River falls and Post Falls, operates 93 miles of electric railway, 73 miles in Spokane, and supplies light and power to Spokane area towns mines and plants.
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Washington Water Power
Spokane
Moffat & White and Lee, Higginson & Co
Post Falls
Domestic Help Wanted Catalog Note
Classified notice listing multiple domestic helper positions including a Swedish waitress a butler's assistant a wine and silver care expert a governess a dressmaker and German maids with varying wages and references. Agencies named Mathewson's Bureau and others provide contact details and phone numbers for applicants in New York addresses and avenues.
Surrogate Court Notice of Will and Estate Proceedings
New York Surrogate's Court cites heirs and guardians for probate of Clarence last will and testament and for administration of Georges F Gilman estate. Notices name Richard Hilliard Sterling and others, set March 2, 1908, and March 2, 1909, at Hall of Records, with attorneys Brush & Crawford listed.
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New York
Grace of God
Wiliam £. Barnes
Mary J. Southwick
Henry J. Lynch
Claudia Middleton
Wiliam H. Allen
Benjamin J. Allen
Jennie P. Allen
Jessica F. Watson
Charles A. Barnes
Kate H. Smith
County of
Puariian
New Yorks
Charles H. N. S.J Beckett
Charlotte B
State of
Richard Hilliard Sterling
Agnes Harrie
Abner c
Thomas
San County
God
Lyna Kk. Bradford
Carel Redington
Caroline G. McVielan
George G M Drew
Helen G Turcival
George J. Percivail
Edward L. Norton
Minnie . Starr
Mary Ford
Milford H. Norton
Sarratt
Anns K. Giiman Trie
Silent F. Nortern
Anna K. Gils
Georges F. Gil
Hall of Records
Gilman
Edward L. Nortor
New Yor
Abner CL Fl
Daniel J. Dowdney
Surrogate’s Court
Brush & Crawford
Administratora
Broad Street
Manhattan
New York City
Summons Notice in EME Court New York County
Notice of Summons in the EME Court of New York County targets James McMullan and related McMullan parties. The complaint seeks relief on administ ration of Elizabeth A McMullan deceased goods and guardianship matters. Served February 14 at the New York County Court House, with Cheney Schenck Stockell as plaintiff’s attorneys.
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EME Court
County OF
New York
Joann P Markham
James Mr
Erine McMal Areth McMullan
Sutzabeth McMullan
Joseph McMullan
Mary McMullan
Cecilia McMullan
de Miller
Kate Graham
James McMullan
Ct Hess
Elizabeth A. McMullan
Margaret F. McMullan
Elizabeth McMullan
Cheney, Schenck & Stockell
Iatiff
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Ann Tien
Hom David
Supreme Court of the
State of New York
Jae& Cheney
Hence & Stockell
Offce
Postoffice
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Virginia
Paquin Paris
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Washington Lands
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League For Political Education
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Piaherty’s Bureau
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Call
311 West
Mathewsen
Svz
Bryant
Mathewson
Mathewsons Bureau
6Th Ave
Beelitz School OF
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Harlem Branch
Lenox Ave
Court St
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Carnegie Hall
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Cincinnati
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Henrry B. F. Macfarland
Henry Wen
Jay J. Morrow
Howe, Smith & Howe
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Borough of
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State OF New
Matt Warren
Phebe Warren McConibe
Mary Iren Thompson
Anna Warren Gildden
Walter P. Warren
Martha C. Warren
Henry F. McKean
Thomas McKean
Matia McKean Allen
Phebe McHear Downs
Edward Ingersoll
Phebe W. S McCall
Anna W. L Smith
Henry McKean Ingersoll
Jeanniesoll
John Hobart Warren
Charles E. Ingersoll
Jo. Warren
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Charles H Beckett
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Daniel J. Dowdnet
Surrogates’ Court
Surrogate’s Cour
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