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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1908

Page

11

Talking to Souls Parents and dreams shape child training says clergyman

A Brooklyn mother who talks to her children's subconscious while they sleep is cited as possible by Rev. Dr. J Herman Randall at a New York Public School Kindergarten Association address. He warned the golden bedtime moment guides the child, urging positive, saintly storytelling and avoidance of scolding. The talk also notes a wife’s role in supporting a husband’s perceived poetic readings.

Brooklyn J. Herman Randall New York Public School Kindergarten Association Wadleigh High School Dr. Randal Dr. Randall Jack Sainte-Beuve

Arbor Day Observances and Planting Efforts Across States

A historical overview of Arbor Day origins led by J Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872 and its spread to other states. It notes New York public schools since 1882 planting 318 920 trees, urban planting limitations, and the focus on care after planting. It mentions 259 trees planted by New York public school pupils last year and future plans, with trees often gifted to schools and a Tree Plantings Association plaque. It also explains permit requirements from the Park Department and municipal ownership after planting.

New York J. Sterling Morton Cleveland Nebraska New York City Tree Plantings Association Park Department

Gleanings on Dress and Romance in Domestic Life

The piece argues clothing heals minds and aids sanity, joking about ermines for the insane and silk for Aphrodite. It notes beauty as hygiene debunked, favors moderation in physical culture, and claims men are more romantic than women, citing flowers as mood lifters.

Novel jewelry ideas from old family trinkets

A fashion note urges clever use of old jewelry to craft modern pieces. Readers are shown how cuff buttons, earrings, chains, buttons, watch parts, belt buckles, and hatpin tops can be repurposed into brooches, pendants, or belts, with emphasis on originality and tasteful boldness.

May Parties Permit Issued For Central Park Event

The Park Department issued permits for May parties involving about six thousand children to be held in Central Park tomorrow if weather allows. Many May queens will hold their courts on the ball grounds or in the north meadow, as last Saturday’s event was too cold for such fêtes.

the Park Department Central Park North Meadow Iegelo O Surrogate’s Court New York Abner C. Thomas Sat

Simple dress pattern for girls from New-York Tribune

The Tribunes pattern No 5984 presents a guimpe overdress for young girls with silk and cotton penedge trim, suited to light wool and washable fabrics. Sizes eight to fourteen years, requires 6 3/4 to 7 1/4 yards fabric plus 74 inches of banding. mailed for 10 cents, with extra stamp for rush mail.

New-York Tribune

Long Branch Hotel Planned At 250000 Dollar Cost

Louis Korn and Maximilian Zipkes plan a ten story fireproof hotel on a 20 by 30 foot plot opposite the former John A. McCall house in Long Branch New Jersey. The $250000 hostlery will include bowling alleys billiard rooms swimming pool children’s playrooms a gymnasium palm room roof garden and ballrooms.

Louis Korn Maximilian Zipkes Long Branch N. J John A. McCall

Loft Project on West 26th Street Landmark Planned

A Renaissance style twelve and a half story loft building to cost 400000 will rise for West Twenty sixth Street Corp on 37 to West 26th street. Neville and Bagge filed plans showing granite first three stories with brick and terra cotta upper levels, three tiers of bays, and a tripartite pedimented cornice with flagpoles.

West Twenty-sixth Street Corporation To & West 26Th St Neville & Bagge No. 87 Market Street TI. Jacobson O. Reissmann East 77Th St Julia K. Benjamin Charles A. Rich Frederick Zittel Gross & Habener West Sth Clifford N. Shurman Amanda de Witt Josiah de Witt 138Th St Ira H. Bennett Michael Pepe Grove St Tri-Centennial Realty Company M. I. Boykin East 24Th St Paulding Ave Henry B. Davis Fred V. Calder Pleasant Ave 117Th St Moses Cohen West Std St East Chester Road

National Conference of Charities debates consumptive sanatorium

Richmond delegates of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections met in five sections. Public health urged a national sanatorium for consumptives funded by private means, while Dr. Grandy discussed the rise in death rates among the consumptive Negro and stressed nutrition and prevention.

Richmond National Conference of Charities and Corrections Frank J. Bruno Colorado Springs Col Colorado Bruno Charles R. Grandy Norfolk Grandy Boston Francis H. McLean McLean C. C. Carstens Boston Society For the Prevention of Julian W. Mack Chicago Mr. Montgomery Indiana Samuel J. Barrows International Prison Congres

Auctions Delayed And Foreclosure Sale In Northern Manhattan

Auction rooms adjourned to May 14 for multiple properties including five story flats at 180th Street and Wadsworth Avenue intersection and a vacant Broadway plot near Dyckman Street. Foreclosure sale of No 166 East 102nd Street tenement brought $39,700 to Ida K. Bronner from Samuel Marx. Other listings show several 5 story tenements and stores in Audubon Avenue, Franklin Avenue blocks and related properties with stipulated taxes and mortgage totals.

S0th St 180Th St Wadsworth Broadway Dyckman St Hawthorne St Joseph P. Day 102D St Samuel Marx Ida K. Bronner Real Joseph P Day 7Th St Nun Fletcher Sherman PS Melvin Atty M J Scanlan Lounshberry & O'Connor Audubon Ave Coast New Construction Co Phillips & A.attvs Geb Weller Franklin Ave

Calls Thirteen Schools Firetraps In New York City

Commissioner Hayes urges closing or rebuilding thirteen schools after the Collinwood disaster. Board of Education says the buildings will not be closed though inspections prompted some classrooms to shut. Notable dangerous sites include Nos. 5 on West 17th and 18th streets Manhattan No. 28 Weeks Avenue The Bronx No. 1 Myrtle and Cypress Queens and two Brooklyn high schools annex of Boy's High and Branch High School plus Nos. 3 45 95 101 9 130 annex Prospect Avenue.

Hayes Fire Department Board of Education Collinwood Bureau of the Cleveland West 17Th Street West 18Th Street Manhattan Weeks Avenue The Bronx Linoleumville Staten Island Myrtle and Cypress Avenues Queens Brooklyn Bedford Avenue Fifth Avenue 92D Street South 4Th Street 138Th and Ovington Avenues van Sicklen Street 86Th Street Ocean Avenue Prospect Avenue

Sullivan Buys Large Westbury Tract on Long Island

Edward J. Sullivan has purchased a substantial land tract near Westbury Long Island close to the railroad station. Contracts for roadways curbs and granolithic sidewalks have been let. He plans to build a home on part of the property.

Edward J. Sullivan Westbury Long Island Sullivan

The Old Pequot House Burns at New London Harbor

The Pequot House overlooking New London harbor burned early today endangering nearby cottages on Pequot avenue. Two cottages burned and another wrecked, owner Mrs. Andrews of New York, loss about 36000 dollars. Cause unknown. The resort, built in 1850, was once a premier New England summer retreat led by the Pequot Hotel Association with Senator Brandegee as president. The Army and Navy Club planned its June 19 reunion and banquet there.

New London Conn New London Harbor Pequot Avenue Andrews New York Griswold Pequot House New England Pequot Hotel Association United States Brandegee Army and Navy Club

New Jersey Real Estate Exchange plans county inspection trips

The New York New Jersey Real Estate Exchange board organizes automobile inspection tours through northern New Jersey. The first trip will cover Hudson County with Frank Stevens and Charlies Singer Jr in charge, date to be announced. A May 28 trip will inspect Passaic County under E H Lambert and L A Piaget, and several real estate men were elected members: Stewart Hartshorn, Frank A Stumm, Robert T Neely, S Story, George E Sedgwick, and Edmund Rushmore.

New York-New Jersey Real Estate Exchange New Jersey Hudson County Frank Stevens Charlies Singer, Jr Passaic County E. H. Lambert L A. Piaget Exchange Stewart Hartshorn Short Hills N. J Frank A. Stumm Arcola Robert T. Neely Burrows, Neely & Co City S Story Hawthorne, N. J George E. Sedgwick Edmund Rushmore

Resale of Rye Plot Involves Notable Local Buyers

Clifford N. Shurman sold to M. TY. Borkin, who resold to Ira H. Bennett a plot on Boston Post Road and Sound View Avenue in Rye, Westchester County. The property adjoins the estates of George C. Park and William Porter Allen. Bennett then resold the lots to William Porter Allen.

Clifford N. Shurman M. TY. Borkin Ira H. Bennett Boston Post Road Sound View Ave Rye Westchester County George C. Park William Porter Allen

Fire destroys Washington Inn in Phoenicia Catskills

Kingston N Y May 7 The Washington Inn formerly the Tremper House at Phoenicia in the Catskill Mountains was totally destroyed by fire today. Owned by Albert Frankel of New York City the building had earlier served as a sanatorium and last year again functioned as a hotel. No loss estimate available.

Kingston N. Y Washington Inn Tremper Phoenicia Catskill Mountains Albert Frankel New York City Grisey

Oil Fire Destroys Brooklyn Factory Wing

A four alarm blaze at the Clearwater branch of the Atlantic White Lead Works in Brooklyn battered down sixty vats holding 20 000 gallons of linseed oil at Hudson avenue and Marshall street. Firemen fought to release oil and contain the fire before it spread to the East River. Loss is estimated around $200 000, with the cause still unknown.

Hudson Avenue Marshall Street Brooklyn Clearwater Atlantic White Lead Works East River

Two Men Held on Fire Suspects in Chelsea Case

Chelsea Massachusetts May 7 Judge Bosser in Chelsea Municipal Court held Jacob Lewitzky and Abraham Wolnitz for a continued hearing next week on suspicion of starting a blaze that destroyed over a third of the city on April 12. Lewitzky owned a rag shop and Wolnitz employed by him. Both pleaded not guilty. Bonds set at $15,000 for Lewitzky and $10,000 for Wolnitz.

Chelsea Mass Bosser Jacob Lewitzky Abraham Wolnitz Lewitzky Wolnitz

Secret Alabama meeting protests Booker T. Washington

Montgomery May 7 The executive commission of the Alabama International Sunday School Association held a secret session Monday night to protest Booker T. Washington as a speaker at the Louisville convention. Mayor W B Atkins of Selma led the objections with Governor Comer among the speakers. The protest was ruled too late.

Montgomery Ala Executive Commission of Alabama International Surday School Association Booker T. Washington Louisville W. B. Atkins Selma Comer

Hero of tunnel wreck dies at New Rochelle

Peter A. Murphy known as the hero of the Park avenue tunnel wreck died at his home in New Rochelle yesterday. A passenger on the wrecked train he was pinned beneath a car and urged rescuers to get the women and children out first. He was thirty eight.

Peter A. Murphy Park Avenue Tunnel New Rochelle Murphy

New Mortgage Loans Listed by Clifford N. Shurman

Clifford N. Shurman places several mortgage loans including $8,000 at 1g per cent for five years on 14 and 16 West 100th Street flat house, Florida? 41x10. $10.0 at St. per cent for three years on No. 36 Grove Street. $8.50 at 6 per cent for one year on a house at Shrewsbury New Jersey. $3,000 at 6 per cent for one year on No. 778 East 18th Street Flatbush Brooklyn. $3,090 at 6 per cent for one year on No. 144 Meadow Lane New Rochelle.

Clifford N. Shurman Moses Cohen American Savings Bank West 100Th St. Flathouse Tra H. Bennett EF. Hendrix Grove St Florence A. Hazard Prudential Life Insurance Company Newark Shrewsbury N. J C. N. Shurman Investing Company M. TL. & C. Ernst East 18Th St. Flatbush Brooklyn Alice S&s. Newhouse Meadow Lane New Rochelle

Private Sales Market Sees Several City Dwellings Sold

Fe B H Meyers sells 609 West End avenue a four story stone front house on an 18 by feet lot Goodale & Son sell 245 West 38th street a four story dwelling to the owners of 243 West 38th street J J Haggerty sells 114 Longfellow avenue a three family house to H Mergenthaler Reiter & Newman sell 1 Forest avenue a three story flat on 17.9 by feet lot to J Froehlich

Meyers West End Ave St. Goodale & Son Phoebe c. Martin J. J. Haggerty S & R. Magda Longfellow Ave H. Mergenthaler Reiter & Newman J. Froehlich Forest Ave

Real Estate Transfers and Meeting Notice in City Business

Faward P Hamilton and Co sell 100 acre tract in Cranford New Jersey to Joan Oliver estate. Osborne Smith and Co broker sale of No 144 West 154th Street for William Kam Lu to Mrs Weissner. A meeting of the House and Real Estate Owners Association is set for tonight at Turn Hall at 3st and Lexington Avenue.

Faward P Hamilton & Co Joan Oliver Ristown N. J Ee Mor F. Osborne Smith & Co West 154Th William Kam Lu Weissner House and Real Estate Owners’ Association Turn Hall Prest Lexington Ave Oh. Beckett William F. Palmenberg New York Sackett & Lang Mary H Charles H. Beckett Tate Ty &Ine Mary Ferre

Broadway dwelling alteration at 2424 stone avenue

A story frame dwelling house 21 by 30 feet is planned on Broadway near Glebe Avenue. Hugh Moffitt is owner and Thomas F J Moffitt the architect with a merry go round feature 84 feet in diameter and a 150 foot setback noted. Building costs are not stated.

Broadway

Coler Sues S P C A Over Dog Bryan

Borough President Coler of Brooklyn sues the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals claiming the unlicensed dog capture rule is unconstitutional and seeks 25 000 dollars for loss of companionship and use of his fox terrier Bryan. Attorney Edward J. Reilly filed for a Supreme Court order to show cause and to prevent interference with the dog while Coler pursues the case in higher courts.

Society For the Prevention of Cruelty Coler Brooklyn Edward J. Reilly Society Bryan Reilly Supreme Court Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To

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