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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
15
A trained nurse reports the Pekinese or Pek as the current darling among wealthy New York families, with Pomeranians climbing in favor but the Pekineses praised for health, affection, and tractability. The piece covers breed traits, weather exposure, grooming, exercise, and simple at home care including bone rewards and when to consult a vet.
A series of Ladies Day events at the Commercial Travellers’ League and other venues feature Helen Boswell presiding and speakers from the Woman’s Republican clubs. Addresses address immigration work. tea served. invitations extended. A Taft Sherman Hughes campaign event follows with Olcott and Hendrick speaking at the Hotel Astor. Equality League and Teague events in Carnegie Hall feature Welch, Blatch, Spenser, Kelley, Lexow.
Mrs Mary J Annable of 45 Putnam avenue was named chairwoman of the Indo American Woman's Restoration League circle formed at Tompkins Avenue Church Brooklyn. Lecturer Mrs C P Wallace and assistant Miss Tennant have organized 75 local circles in fourteen states pledging support for five years. Circles recently formed in The Bronx and Harlem with chairs Mrs James Cromie and Mrs Ida R Compton. They sail December 12 for India to aid the abolition of child marriage.
The article previews a series in Everybody's Magazine by Rheta Childe Dorr, Walter Weyl, and William Hard, linking married women’s employment in cotton mills to high infant mortality in Fall River and Biddeford. It compares census data, cites Providence as a control, and endorses day nurseries with shorter hours as a solution.
A guide to selecting suitable bridge gowns warns against frilly designs and angel sleeves that interfere with play. It highlights a navy ensemble with a princess silhouette, blue embroidered panel, champagne net guimpe, and a blue bead purse with coordinated hair ornament and ribbon accent.
Miss Mary Proctor the astronomer lectures in England and is seen as a curiosity for a woman speaker on astronomy there. She presents her own photographs of the sun's corona taken at Bodo Norway August 9 1890 Norfolk Virginia May 6 1890 and Burgos Spain 1890. She will address the Society of Women Journalists with Mrs Humphry Ward presiding.
The Tribune Pattern presents a versatile dress design with a straight gathered skirt and a full waist. It adapts to cashmere, challs, veiling and similar materials for girls' dresses, offered with either a square neck and short sleeves or a high neck and long sleeves.
The pattern No 6,144 requires five and a half yards of medium size fabric at 24 inches or three and a half yards at 32 inches or two and five eighths yards at 44 inches wide with half yard for the yoke and four yards of banding. Mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents, specify pattern number and age. Address Pattern Department New-York Tribune. Extra 2-cent stamp for letter postage if in a hurry.
Real estate activity in the city shows strong demand across districts. Key deals include the sale of 500 Fifth Avenue for 350000 and the purchase of a four story dwelling at 11 East 80th Street for Michael Hyman by Hiram Co. Bloomingdale Brothers, who plan a six story residence. Other transfers involve Harold apartment house at Manhattan Avenue and 118th Street, and plans to remodel and convert several buildings with new stores and residences led by noted architects.
An Oakdale Long Island tract of forty four plots will be offered at an absolute auction sale at the Real Estate Exchange rooms on Vesey street. W K Aston owns the property fronting the Great South Bay with plans for bungalow development and strong adjoining property values. Purchasers receive perpetually enduring bay share rights and free title insurance. Terms allow 60 percent of the purchase price to remain on mortgage for three years at 4 percent. Additional offerings include multiple parcels with estates and mortgages listed by various brokers and trustees with specific amounts due noted.
John R. Davidson sold for Arthur W. Reich an elevator building at 131 to 135 Prince Street on a 61 by 71.3 foot plot to David and Maximilian Frande. They paid in part with Nos. 492 and 494 West 126th Street, a five story quadruple flat house on a 60 by 1% foot plot. Total deal value about 225000 dollars.
Frederick De Peyster Forster sues for Sarah C Goodue to determine if the Murray Hill restriction remains in force. Margaret S E Cameron defends over Nos 1% Madison avenue at 3th street corner where a tall business building is planned. In February 1817 owners signed to limit to brick and stone dwellings, though business already expands in the district.
The front half of the Wall Street store at No 10 Wall street has been leased to Huyler's and the rear half to John N Golding. James H Cruikshank bought a three story dwelling on a plot 117 feet at the southwest corner of Ocean avenue and Smith street from D E Mackay.
Pease and Elliman sold Frank Lord’s farm at Oyster Bay New York to Robert McAllister Lloyd. The fifty acre property adjoins Mortimer Le Schiff’s estate. Paul Worms bought the apartment houses 547 to 11 West 11th Street, exchanging 55 to 59 West 14th and 70 West 57th. Charles F. Noyes Co leased No 36 Nassau Street banking floor in Mutual Life Building to Guaranty Trust and offices in Frankel Building to Morris H Mann Co and Philip Tushnett. John H. McCullough acquired No 1% East 29th Street dwelling from William Laimbeer.
Cornelius G. Kolff sold for the estate of Flinker Augustine a bungalow and eight acres on Todt Hill Staten Island adjoining the Richmond County Country Club to Frederick Croker. The property sits amid woods with a 26 foot elevation offering views of the ocean.
The Lawyers' Title Insurance and Trust Co. closed a large three-year loan at 4 1/4 percent on West 125th Street, 112 feet west of Seventh Avenue, extending to 124th Street with about 65 feet of frontage on each street. The $200,000 loan finances three-story buildings occupied by J. R. Sentor department store.
Renton Moore sells 515 West 145th street five story apartment for investment. Slawson Hobbs sells 247 Audubon avenue five story investment property. Savoy apartment house 610 West street six story elevator building near Riverside Drive sold. Rosenthal sells 168 and 1739 West 4th street six story building on irregular plot. Dickson sells 3 East 158th street four story flat on 25 by 100 feet. Fleming sells three lots on 2%th street east of White Plains Road for improvement. Von der Linden Co sells Waiton avenue three family house to Phillip Adler and 312 East 201st street to Mr Ewald. Rochambeau avenue plot sold to M Huber. Woodlawn Road plots sold to Riley Loughny and Benjamin Benenson. Hensel Powell Realty sells another four story flat at Prospect avenue and 187th street.
Building notices list multiple projects across The Bronx with details on locations such as Westchester Ave, Therlot Ave, Jerome Ave, and Independence Ave. Properties include two two story frame dwellings, a five story brick building, a three story frame dwelling, and a one story stone and glass greenhouse. Owners include M O Nei and William Kenny, Lloyd J Phyfe, Mrs Emily PF Delafield, with various specified dimensions and construction costs.
Public notice of two separate summonses in New York Supreme Court actions. Plaintiffs Franklin Savings Bank and Wilson M. Powell seek defendants including Mary McGlynn Luigia Lind Barbara Cavinato and others to answer complaints within twenty days after service. Notices dated September and October 1908.
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