Trade Up To Average Merchants Optimistic
Merchants in this city report no despondency in department stores and full volume of business comparable to last year. Executives like Edward Hatch Jr of Lord & Taylor say trade is sound, with production trimmed yet steady. Isidor Straus of Macys predicts full recovery amid election year uncertainty and EuropeanCredit shifts benefiting American merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hatch, Jr
Lord & Taylor
Hatch
Isidor Straus
Macy & Co
Stock Exchange
Manufacture i
Stern
Stern Brothers
Isidf
Nts
Louis
Trade revival cited by merchants across the country
Alfred G. Evans of Arnold Con stable & Co and James McCreery & Co officials report improving retail and wholesale trade. Merchants note imports down due to caution, but stocks will be rebuilt as restocking begins. Overall tone is cautious optimism that recovery has begun and will strengthen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Evans
Arnold, Constable & Co
Bay Rum Duty Free After Court Ruling in Porto Rico Case
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Porto Rican bay rum cannot be taxed as internal revenue distillates. An April 1906 seizure by Charles W. Anderson in New York preceded the decision, which finds no tax under the Foraker act and questions the Collector’s duty to intervene. The ruling notes concerns about redistillation remarks but rejects the imminent danger claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Porto Rico
E. Harold Newhall
Boston
New York
Charles W. Anderson
United States
Hough
Winfred T. Denison
Providence Trust Co to Reopen After Court Ruling
Providence March 14 The Union Trust Company suspended last October will reopen per decree of Presiding Justice William H Sweetland in Superior Court after postponements on permanent receiver. Court declared bank solvent and set date for reopening. Receivers and a depositor committee said about 61 percent of claims released. Of over 14 million dollars in deposits 15,431,085 was released by 16,250 depositors, while 10,000 new shares in the reorganized bank were oversubscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Union Trust Company
William H. Sweetland
Sweetland
Rubber factories closed for spring shutdown in Woonsocket
The Alice rubber shoe mill and the Millville rubber boot mill of the United States Rubber Company shut down today for an indefinite period for stock taking and repairs. About twelve hundred employees are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket, R
Alice Rubber
Millville
United States Rubber Company
Greatest Show on Earth Parade Draws Citywide Awe
Excitement filled the borough as Barnum & Bailey circuses arrive, with trains of twenty cars each bringing elephants camels zebras and other acts to Mott Haven and Madison Square Garden. Press agent Dexter Fellows assures fans the side show remains, with all the old favorites including the giant dwarf adipose lady and tattooed man. Tickets go on sale tomorrow after rehearsals and groundwork laid at the Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bailey
Manhattan
Mott Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Willis Avenue
First Avenue
21Th Street
Madison Square Garden
Circus
Dexter Fellows
Tribune
Mr. Fellows
Bridgeport
New York
158Th Street
125Th Street
F Bridgeport
Brooklyn Bank Case In Court At Special Term
Albany March 14 Supreme Court Justice Betts heard motion by Charles A Dolson for continuing the injunction restraining Charles M Higgins from offsetting deposits alleged to have been transferred to the International Trust Company in the Brooklyn Bank matter The other receiver Bruyn Hasbrouck opposed Higgins Stafford argued no deposits were transferred Dolson claimed a merger existed and some accounts were transferred until a settlement is reached, decision reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Supreme Court
Betts
Charles A. Dolson
Brooklyn Bank
Charlies M. Higgins
International Trust Company
Delson
Bruyn Hasbrouck
Charles M. Stafford
Mr. Higgins
Stafford
Dolson
Hasbrouck
Charles M. Higgins & Co
Higgins
Women Quit Hackensack Children’s Home Auxiliary
Hackensack New Jersey March 14 Special The 169 members of the women’s auxiliary to the local Children’s Home severed all ties with the institution and resignations were submitted. Officers included President Mrs Edwin W Preston Treasurer Mrs George W Lyle and Secretary Mrs C B Demarest. They say funds raised since 19 0 0 totalled 1 973 with a remaining 4 to be used toward the mortgage. Demarest cited lack of cordial reception during tours and management disagreements as reasons while praising Superintendent James Bratt who founded the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratt
James Bratt
Children’s Home
Hackensack
Auxiliary
Reflections on Charity and Support for the Home
A speaker criticizes public labeling of poverty, recalls 25 annual contributors at $3, notes auxiliary members joined with $1 dues harming the Home, and laments dwindling to sixty contributors while affirming the Home will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uni
Purim festival begins with Megillah readings in city synagogues
The Purim observance starts with Esther readings in all Jewish houses of worship as communities prepare for days of merriment. The Megillah recounts deliverance from Haman, and celebrations include plays, dances, and joint St Patrick’s Day events in East Side neighborhoods. A notable program at the Young Men’s Hebrew Association features a four act play A Maid of Persia performed by senior elocution students with a Hebrew Free School chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haman
East Side
Purim
St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick
Esther
Zion Land
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Lexington Avenue
Ald Street
Amelia Morgenroth
Hebrew Free School
Woman Chase Ends With Arrest Of Alleged Thief Miller
Charles Miller a Williamsburgh salesman was chased by residents and captured by Doorman Gleason of West 4th Street station after fleeing Dr George M Price’s home 202 Marcy Avenue. Miller carried three books valued at 75 each in a satchel before being stopped by Mrs Price her daughter Ethel and a servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamscure’s
Charles Miller
Bleecker Street
Gleason
Westth Street
Manhattan
Williamsburg
George M. Price
Marcy Avenue
Miller
Clymer Street
Price
Mrs. Price
Ethel
Blind Telegraphic Athletic Meet Gains National Attention
Blind athletes from the Pennsylvania School for the Blind Overbrook competed in a telegraphic triangular track meet with Kentucky Blind School Louisville and Illinots School for the Blind Jacksonville. Events included standing jumps, quarter-mile, climbing, rope climb and one-hour walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Overbrook
Kentucky Blind School
Louisville
Illinots School For the Blind
Jacksonville
Italians to hold mass meeting over Nasi conviction
A mass meeting of Italians will be held this afternoon at Webster Hall 119 East 11th street to protest Nunzio Nasi's conviction. Pasquale Pati, a banker, will be chairman of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Hall
No. 119
East 11Th Street
Nunzio Nasi
Pasquale Pati
Plate Glass Cuts Prices Across Market
Pittsburg March 14 Announcement by Pittsburg Plate Glass Company of an average 25 percent price reduction on plate glass effective immediately. The move aims to boost sales and stimulate the glass trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Storewide Spring Sales Mark Fifty Years of Macy’s
Macy’s Broadway and Sixth Ave marks the firm’s 50th anniversary with a week of sales including Easter dress goods, jackets, coats, leather goods, furniture, and linens. Special tastings of spring wares appear at Simpson Crawford Co and Bloomingdale’s while Saks, Hearn, Hackett Carhartt, Ehrich Brothers, Abraham & Straus, Matthews & Sons, Lord & Taylor, Stern Brothers, Van tine’s, and Arnold Constable & Co announce various seasonal offerings from dresses and suits to lace, rugs, beds, and carpets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy's
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Saks & CO
Hth Street
HEARN
West Mth Street
Hackett, Carhartt & CO
13Th Stret
Paris
Ehrich Brothers
224 Street
Stern Brothers
West 3d Street
Lyons
Chariton Describes Grand Trunk Plan Through All Red Route
H R Chariton of the Grand Trunk Railroad returned from London aboard the Baltic. He outlined urgent progress toward a Pacific Coast line with an average grade near two fifths of 1 percent and fewer grades through the Rockies, claiming an advantage over the Canadian Pacific. He also suggested Newfoundland and Ireland may not join the All Red Route across the Ameri can continent with the Grand Trunk as a section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.R. Chariton
Grand Trunk Railroad
London
Baltic
Pacific Coast
Chariton
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rockies
Newfoundland
Ireland
England
Australia
Grand Trunk Raillroad
Hartford and New York Transport raises capital stock
New Haven on March 4 reports the Hartford and New York Transportation Company increases its capital stock from 750000 to 2000000 to buy stock in the Maine Steamship Company and United States Transportation Company. The latter owns the Neptune and Joy lines on the sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Hartford and New York Transportation Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Maine Steamship Company
United States Transportation Company
Neptune and Joy Lines
Sound
European Produce Market Liverpool March 14 Closing
Market notes Liverpool March 14 closing show WHEAT steady for No 2 red Western winter with futures quiet. CORN steady prime mixed American new. FLOUR dull at 2s 6d. HOPS dull in London. PORK prime mess Western easy at 68s 1d. HAMS and BACON steady to quiet with various cuts priced. LARD steady at 3s to 4d. CHEESE and TALLOW mixed regional prices. TURPENTINE not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Ilda
London
Pacific Coast
India
Sis
Jos
Bsa
Ameri
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
de Bronoffs
Jephthah
Providence Trust CO
Rhode Island Superior Court
New-York Tribune
Tissot
Ood
New-York Tribune, Tissot Dept
Tissot Bible Pictures
N. T
of New Testament
N.Y
Hackensack, N. J
Telegraphic Business Notes
Norfolk
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Hollidaysburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Railro Company
Blair County
Tyrone
Wilmington
Del
Pusey & Jones Company
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Davey
Gulf of Mexico
Pottsville
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Abraham & Straus
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
A. D. Matthews’ Sons
Axminster
Brussels
Ingrain
Twentieth Street
Vantine's
18Th Street
Madison Avenue
City
Nassau ST
Ruland & Whiting CO
Beekman ST
M. M Levine
Park Ave
BAR 59Th
Tase Desirable
Richard Collins
96Th St
John Hoeckh
8Th Ave
Vee Ave
Mottana
Barker
Hiristopher ST
Hudson Tunnel
Tribune Office
Reade ST
WM. Co. Waleker
Tribune Building
City Hall Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Subway
West 45Th
Oradell
Furneshad
Bath
Bourne
94Th St
West 104Th
Riverside
Hoffman Arms Madison Ave
59Th SF E
Aura
THE
Bella
Hardman
Pfck & CO
5Th Ave
Mercer St
A A. Tiger
New York City
Hysician
East
Martinique Broadway
St Tay Lors
City Hotels
HOTEL
56Th ST
7Th AV
Max William P. Chase
Ostend
Boston Avenue
Boardwalk
Atlantic Cit FY
N. J Tdeal
Aes Orar
American Piar
Fourth Avenue
Gramercy
David Ss. Rahter
New Jersey
Amy
Desi
British Isles
Haa
Antellsans
Berlitz
Madison Square
Harlem
Ave
Newark
Dor and Frening
New Tor’ Normal
Earle’s Collegiate Prep
Incorporated Institute Sche
Sameone
Silman School
Giel
Lake Et
White Plains
School Agenetes
Agenet
M. J. Young- Fulton
Tuter Square
Jallade
Wes
Hp Daca
Constacti Termaster
Fort Siocum
Country Board
Adalena
South Broadway
Yonkers
Brooky
St. Madson
X. J
Wontclair
Bradford
Advetis
St. Morits
Alps
St. Moritz
Los Angeles Times
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!