Peary Seeks Funds for Ninth North Pole Expedition
Commander Robert E. Peary arrives in town seeking $500 for the planned summer voyage to reach the North Pole. He notes Roosevelt's support and reports the Roosevelt is improved with larger forecastle and new boilers. He claims 174 nautical miles from the pole and vows to continue up to three years if needed, hoping to secure the remaining funds by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert FE. Perry
Washington
Grand Union Hotel
North Pole
Peary
Pole
Roosevelt
Grant Land
Cape Columbia
Point Mosses
Arctic
Jewish Historical Society Holds Sixteenth Annual Meeting
Dr. Cyrus Adler presided at the sixteenth annual meeting of the American Jewish Historical Society at the Hotel Astor. Reports dominated sessions as treasurer N Taylor Phillips announced funds at 3.9. indexing costs were debated with a 250 appropriation approved. New officers include Dr. Adler president, N Taylor Phillips treasurer, Max J. Kohler corresponding secretary, and Dr. Herbert Friedenwald recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Adler
American Jewish Historical Society
Hotel Astor
Max J. Kohler
X. Taylor Phillips
Richard J. H. Gottheil
Columbia University
Albert M. Friedenberg
West Indies
Friedenberg
New Jersey
Herbert Friedenwald
Adler
David Philipson
Cincinnati
B. Felsenthal
Washington
Simon W. Rosendale
Albany
Charles Gross
Cambridge
Mass
New York City
N. Taylor Phillips
Leon Hubner
Milwaukee man shoots four then kills himself
Albert Milbauer went on a shooting spree in Weusau Wisconsin May 17 injuring his wife Mrs Hanneh Milbauer in the right lung and Mrs Lottie Odell in the forehead. Mrs Fred Burnett lost the middle finger of her right hand and Richard Odell was shot in the neck. Milbauer shot himself in the head after the attack in Mrs Odell's flat. He had earlier asked to be locked up saying he was insane. a court later found him sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weusau. Wis
Albert Milbauer
Amuck
Hanneh Milbauer
Lottie Odell
Fred Burnett
Richard Odell
MANUFACTURERS MEET TODAY AT WALDORF
The National Association of Manufacturers opens its thirteenth annual gathering at the Waldorf with an afternoon session and a Wednesday dinner. Speakers include George J. Seabury addressing industrial and foreign trade, Allen Ripley Foote on protection for American industries, Alfred H. Post on export shipping, and William H. Douglas on exporting. Dinner guests feature Wu Ting-fang the Chinese minister, Gov Fort of New Jersey, Justice Daniel Davenport of Connecticut, and Rep Littlefield of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
the Waldorf
George J. Seabury
Allen Ripley Foote
Alfred H. Post
William H. Douglas
Wu Ting-fang
Fort
New Jersey
Daniel Davenport
Connecticut
Representative Littlefield
Maine
Brotherhood of St Andrew Ends New York State Meeting
Final sessions of the Brotherhood of St Andrew state meeting were held in Yonkers with conferences at St Andrew's Church Hollywood Inn and Phillipsburg Hall. More than three delegates attended from across New York state and officers for the coming year were elected, including President George T Ballachy of Buffalo and vice presidents M Butler Utica J C Willson Canton Percy J Knapp Yonkers J A Custons New York William Harrison Astoria Paul Halbing Syracuse Charles F Salt Rochester George Julian Green New York Leonard Webb Buffalo Kurz New York and H Alvin Anderson Peekskill as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew of
New York
Yonkers
St. Andrew’s Church
Hollywood Inn
Phillipsburg Hall
George T. Ballachy
Buffalo
William Harrison
Astoria
Paul Halbing
Syracuse
Charles F. Salt
Rochester
George Julian Green
Leonard Webb
Kurz
H. Alvin Anderson
Peekrill
Raid at Bedford Avenue Saloon Touches McAuley Case
Central Office detectives arrested John J. McAuley a bartender at 311 Bedford Avenue owned by Alderman Thomas J. McAleer on an excise law charge after detectives alleged they bought two whiskeys for 20 cents. Bail posted. case set for court amid claims of political harassment by anti McCarrenites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
Brooklyn
John J. McAuley
Bedford Avenue
Thomas J. McAleer
Hugh P. McGrath
Michael J. Foley
McAuley
McAleer
Patrick Henry McCarren
Manhattan
Sunday Dry Spell Briefly Effects New York Saloon Trade
Sunday in New York saw limited enforcement of the dry law as most saloonkeepers kept business as usual in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Raines law hotels placed one sandwich per table as required, while a Tenderloin patron briefly ate a sandwich amid tense policing rumors. Arrests remained below average as inspectors were told to enforce the excise law strictly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Brooklyn
White Light
Bingham
Father Curry's Quarter Century Celebrated at St James
The 25th anniversary of Rev. Father James B. Curry’s ordination was marked at St. James Church. The crowded services featured high mass, a sermon by Rev. John J. Kean, and praise for Curry’s sacrifices and zeal. A parish reception and society celebrations will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s Parish
James B. Curry
St. James's Church
James Street
New Bowery
Madison Street
J. J. Kilgoo
Father McIntyre
St. Teresa's Church
Father Dewey
St. John’s Church
Brooklyn
John J. Kean
Church of the Holy Name
Father Curry
Fire panic in Bronx tenement. incendiary origin suspected
A four story tenement at 149 Lincoln Avenue The Bronx stirred panic as a second floor hallway fire of incendiary origin was found. Police recovered a stone jug, an oil bottle, and a half burned oil saturated sweater near the fire site while tenants deny receiving threatening letters. investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Bronx
Woman Killed by Trolley Car in Brooklyn
A Ninth avenue surface car bound for Coney Island struck a group at Twenty second and Gravesend avenues killing Mrs. Louis Frank and injuring her husband Charlotte, a friend, and the infant. The victims, including Mrs. Rebecca Wiener and her nine month old, were returning from a cemetery plot reveal. Police search for motorman and conductor. ambulance delayed arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Avenue
Coney Island
Twenty-second
Gravesend Avenues
Louis Frank
Charlotte
Christie Street
Rebecca Wiener
First Avenue
Washington Cemetery
Benjamin Signal
East Broadway
Julius Wolff
Prospect Avenue
The
Bronx
Church Parade of 71st Regiment Held at Lenox Church
Six hundred officers and men of the 71st Regiment attended the annual church parade at Lenox Avenue Collegiate Reformed Church with Colonel W. G. Bates leading. Rev. Edgar Tilton Jr preached from a pulpit flanked by rifles as flags draped the chancel and choir loft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
71St Regiment
Lenox Avenue Collegiate Reformed Church
W. G. Bates
Edgar Tilton, Jr
Mr Cowdin Brings Wife’s Body Home From Paris
John E. Cowdin of Gramercy Park returned with Mrs. Cowdin’s remains aboard the French liner La Touraine. He reached Paris just hours before her death. she formerly Miss Gertrude Keever and was a noted pianist in musical circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Cowdin
Gramercy Park
Paris
Universalist Leader urges Christian geniality for all
The Universalist Leader exhorts readers to spread hopefulness and cheer to women and men alike. Share warmth in work, home, and in the street, replacing grudges and insinuations with kindness and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
Sunshine column pushes weekly reports on a set day
The Sunshine column notes a Monday publication plan to concentrate work reports and ensure timely appearance. It lists numerous donations for the T S S Rest Home for Working Women including shoes, rent, milk, dues, and various gifts from Mrs G S S, Mrs Helen Wiltsie, Miss J Heydenreich, and others across New Jersey Brooklyn Bridgeport and beyond. The piece highlights new contributions for the Rest Home and improvements such as a survey, harness, shade trees, a sewing machine, and other items from supporters in Avondale Moosup New Haven and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
J. Heydenreich
Brooklyn
Jim City
Miss H
Friendly Aid
George Ashley
T. S. Scherer
Pope
Chambers
D. «. Hall
Avondale
R. I
George Matthews
New Haven
T. S. S. Neighborhood Club
Harriet Reid
Moosup
Conn
Sunshine branches of Connecticut in 1920s tour
Mrs. W. A. Granville reports on branch lineups in New Haven Bridgeport and Clark's Falls. Elm City began with seven members now lists a waiting list and each member’s Easter offering surpassed a dollar. Coreopsis Mayflower Clinton T S S Queen Esther and Neighborhood Club branches are highlighted for growth energy and charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Granville
Connecticut
Elm City
Pioneer Tribune Sunshine
New Haven
Mayflower
Coreopsis
Bridgeport
Clinton T. S
Parker
Clark’s Falls
Bromley
Sunshine Rest Home
America
Auxiliary Helpers Reach Four Clubs in Aid Drive
Mrs. Flint of Saratoga asks support for ten year old Ida Nevin, hospitalized with tubercular abscesses in Wilton New York. She pleads for occasional greetings books or postcards to brighten the child’s last months, noting the family’s poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Nevin
Patsy Nevin
Wilton, N.Y
Sunshine Society near Boonton aids Morristown branch appeal
A June report from the Sunshine Society describes funds from donors in Newark and Morristown to aid emergencies without personal gain. Members note supportive messages from Hattie A. Vernon and praise the group’s wide charitable work with contributions including kimonos, dolls, clothing, and nursery items from multiple donors.
Brooklyn In Memoriam Unit Reorganizes For Fresh Air Camp
The Brooklyn In Memoriam branch reforms after illness paused activities and plans a Memorial Day fresh air camp for underpaid shopgirls at Caldwell New Jersey with support from Edward Baldwin and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Fresh Air Fund. Officers include Miss Marie De Camps president and Aunt Jean treasurer with the Children's Memorial Circle raising funds and aiding the camp and Panama mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
In Memoriam
Brooklyn
Marie de Camps
Edward Baldwin
Caldwell
N. J
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Fresh Air Fund
New York
New Jersey
Glen Ridge
Essex Fells
In Memoriam Circle
George Parker
William Dayton
Jean
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Leonore Wicks
Children’s Memorial Circle
Henry Bryan
Panama
Mrs A B Stone of Manhattan Dies After Long Charity Life
Mrs. A B Stone, a longtime Manhattan resident, dies at over eighty. She supported the Sunshine work for reduced gentlefolk, served on the advisory board, and made charitable contributions. A prominent New York literary figure, she led the Wednesday Afternoon Club and remained mentally keen till the end. Funeral held at Madison Avenue Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stone
Manhattan
East Orange Women's Group Reports Deep Holiday Generosity
Miss Edith Brockett announces at the annual meeting that T S S members received Christmas and Easter benevolence including boxes of useful articles to Mrs Wiggs, bedding to a missionary in North Carolina, clothing to a semi invalid in Indiana, and dresses for a widow and her daughter. The Passaic junior branch funds a local aged couple from a recent sale while Short Hills reports 6485 spent on aiding others with clothing books magazines and greetings sent to Florida West Virginia Pennsylvania Texas and Arizona and a barrel of clothing to the Jacob A Riis Settlement in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Brockett
East Orange
Passaic
Short Hills
Florida
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Arizona
Jacob A. Riis
Manhattan
Presbyterian Women to Meet in Kansas City May 21 22
The twenty ninth annual meeting of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church USA will be held at Second Presbyterian Church Kansas City Missouri on May 21 and 22. Nearly all synodical societies are expected to be represented with visitors from presbyterial and auxiliary groups. Missionaries from all fields will address sessions and a schedule includes an annual meeting reception to home missionaries a popular meeting and synodical conferences. Local attendees include Mrs Darwin R James president and other officers from New York and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Second Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Woman's Board
Darwin R. James
New York and
Vicinity
W. E. Honeyman
Plainfield
N. J
J. F. Pingry
Elizabeth
D. E. Waid
New York
Mormon
Ella A. Boole
S. F. Lincoln
M. Josephine Petrie
Young People's Department
S. C. Rue
Board of Home Missions
New Rochelle Member Appeals for Shoes for Invalid
A New Rochelle resident requests a pair of dark bedroom shoes for an invalid and asks delivery through the office. She recalls previous gifts of shoes and crutches that overwhelmed her with distribution efforts and exhausted her strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
Spanish Student Seeks Aid for Education in Alabama
Lyman Ward of the Southern Industrial Institute for White Children requests T. S. S. help for a young Spaniard who cannot speak English and needs $10 to pursue schooling amid a hard year. He notes ninety students in the Alabama school and gratitude for last year’s T. S. S. funds. The Divine Paternity Church offers to support poor mothers and children through the T. S. S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Ward
Southern Industrial Institute For White Children
Alabama
Spain
Appeal for Charity to support six children family
The father, ill with consumption, is improving after ten months of illness. His wife has supported the family as breadwinner while caring for six children aged two weeks to ten years. To keep the family intact a pension is requested, with a $2 donation sought through W Frank Persons at No 10 East 22d Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Organization Society
W Frank Persons
East 22d Street
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Jewish Historical Society
Four
Brotherhood OF ST. Andrew Meeting
M’carren
Alderman McAleer
Lenox Avenue Collegiate
MR. Cowdin
Wife
Ss. S
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Mahal
Agra
Serapi
354Th Street
Boonton
Newark
Morristown
Sunshine Circle
Hattie A. Vernon
S. Naylor
South Orange
Werefield
Mineola
Long Island
A. J. Slade
Bath Beach
J. T. Griffin
Fresh Air
Presbyterian
Cheen
Church of the Divine Paternity
76Th Street
Central Park West
Pret & Coxrayy
Broadway
Warren St
Oie
Hippodrome
Knickerbocker Grand Opera
Madame Padovant
COO Majestic
Traviata
Daly
Lew Fields
Matsee Fields
Herald Sq
Seana
Eae Bwa
W. H. Crane
Hudson
Otis Skinner
SAVOY
Hose
Knickerbocker
38Th Street
Geo. M. Cohan
Raktwtil
Soul Kiss
Gene Fen
Carle
Itn
Mats
Astor Ae
Sam
Wallach
Julian Edwar the
Ammerstein
Barnes
Sa-heras
Wakefield
Laddie
Rico
Chris RS Ds
Alhambra
Loftus
Saco
Rooney
Bent
Julius Tanse
Madison Square Garden
Mothers’ Exposition Adm
Ste
ATRE
Gus
Wal
OPERA
Blrney
Lincoln SQ
Bway, Ceci
Spooner
St Ev Sih
Bing
Dewey “Star Show
Eden Mlusee
Belmont Park
B4th St
Waldorf-Astoria
Pinkertos & ST Broadway
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