Prizes Awarded by German Housewives Society to Maids
The German Housewives Society honored thirty eight maids in Tuxedo Hall with prizes for long service ranging from four to twelve years. Ross Hahn won a ten dollar gold piece and a ring for a twelve year record. Theresa Bezela and Auguste Roemer received gold pieces and rings. Lizzie Froelich got a garnet bracelet. Dora Schwenits and Minnie Gerke earned bracelets. Katie Friede and Johanna Kremm received rings. thirty one golden bees were awarded, including ten to women who had won twice before. The president, Mrs. F von Oertzen Baerber, presented prizes and a tea followed as plans for a housing club for recipients began to form. The society reported placing about one hundred girls in the year.
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German Housewives Society
Tuxedo Hall
Ross Hahn
Miss Hahn
M. Wineburgh
Theresa Bezela
Auguste Roemer
R. Arnold
Lizzie Froelich
J. Teschner
Dora Schwenits
Fritz Maas
Minnie Gerke
E. Frank
Katie Friede
F. Davidson
Johanna Kremm
N. Regaud
F. von Oertzen-Baerber
Beauty Out of a Bottle Explains Fresh Air and Skin Care
In Home Notes Mrs. Stannard argues that natural methods plus selective artificial aids can preserve complexion better than aging. She notes nourishment from within helps, but external care with distilled water and gentle creams aids pink-and-white skin, while warning against overreliance on rouge. Future installments promise more details.
Protest of Yellow Balloons During Republican Parade
The League of Self-Supporting Women plans a silent protest above the Republican parade route. From a window at 2% Fifth Avenue, they will release two hundred yellow balloons bearing Votes for Women as suffragists approach. Led by Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch, the group says it acts independently of the American Suffragettes.
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League of Self-Supporting Women
League
League For Self-Supporting Women
Harriet @tanton Blatch
National Progressive Woman @offrage Union
Buffragettes
Splinter Removal by Steam Cited by The Woman's Home Companion
A historical remedy is described by The Woman's Home Companion for extracting a deeply driven splinter from the hand. Heat water, hold the injured part over a bottle mouth, and seal to create suction, drawing the flesh down. Steam then lifts the splinter and reduces inflammation within minutes.
Eight Little Bridesmaids Inspire English Wedding Delicacy
A recent English wedding featured eight bridesmaids, all young girls, dressed in ivory muslin frocks and mob cap with blue rosettes. The attire copied from a painting of the bridegroom's ancestor, dating back over four centuries.
Equal suffrage lectures by Mrs Mackay in Roslyn
Mrs Clarence Mackay will preside at the second equal suffrage meeting for Roslyn public school pupils this afternoon. Mrs Philip Snowden spoke at the first, and Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Suffrage Association, will speak today. Mackay arranged these lectures to prepare essays on equal suffrage, for which a £5 prize is offered.
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Clarence Mackay
Roslyn
Philip Snow-den
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Suffrage Association
What I Know About Gascons By An Anonymous Writer
An anonymous columnist in The Independent argues saloons harm women by driving men away from courting. He claims frequenting taverns cuts a young man off from marriages, as he loses time, money, and access to social activities with women, leaving them fewer chances for companionship.
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Rcch
New York
Denver
Ae “the Independent
Czarina's sister enters convent near Moscow
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, sister to the Czarina and widow of Grand Duke Sergius murdered in 1905, has entered a Moscow area convent as a novice. Born in 1864, she is expected to take strict vows in due course.
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Czarina
Elizabeth
Sergius
Moscow
Patron of Boys Hotel Opens Charity House on 127th Street
Mrs William E Dodge anonymously funded a Boys Hotel at 127th Street and Lexington Avenue with 150000 dollars to build and outfit the facility. Grace Dodge contributed pictures and decor while superintendent Kenyon notes rapid improvement as over a hundred homeless boys remain guests and reflect on personal cleanliness aided by a nine foot long looking glass in the sitting room.
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William E. Dodge
127Th Street
Lexington Avenue
The German Woman Emancipation Debate Recalls Old Custom
A London article paints a dreary picture of German women's life under traditional expectations. It describes arranged exchanges where young women live as domestic servants for three years before marriage, contrasting with Western leisure pursuits. The piece suggests education may change these roles in time.
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London
Minister Wu to speak at Chinese Mission service
Minister Wu will headline a public service for the Chinese Mission at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening November 10. The event, supervised by Rev Huie Kin, includes a Harvard glee club and addresses by Rev Arthur J. Brown, Rev Dr George Alexander, and Dr J Ross Stevenson. A house warming follows Monday for the mission's new home at 2 1/2 East 31st Street with prominent city women involved in management and contributors including Miss Helen Gould and Miss Grace Hall.
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Huie Kin
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Harvard University
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
George Alexander
J. Ross Stevenson
East 31St Street
Mission House
Helen Gould
Grace Hall
Fashionable rudeness and the pace of modern manners
An elderly matron laments that chic behavior often comes at a cost, arguing manners have fallen to a fast paced era. She notes many moderns push and shout, prefer speed over courtesy, and accepts penalties for fashionable rudeness while praising those who maintain gentle civility.
Grand Trunk to formally open electric tunnel takeover
The Grand Trunk Railway announces that on November 12 it will take over the tunnel between Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan which has been equipped with electricity. Invitations have been issued to leading American and Canadian railway officials.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Sarnia
Ontario
Port Huron
Mich
Assignments of Troops to the Hawaiian Islands and Naval Buildup
The War Department ordered the 5th Cavalry units and bands to Hawaii to fortify Pearl Harbor as part of a broader garrison expansion. Engineer and infantry detachments, plus scattered squadron moves, accompany the plan with Fort Huachuca Fort Wingate and Fort Apache as key posts. Several Army and Navy officers received transfers, while warship movements include arrivals at Kobe Manila Auckland Tompkinsville and other ports with ships like the Ajax and Active schedul ed for various routes.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
War Department
5Th Cavalry
Naval
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Fort Wingate
Fort Apache
Yellowstone Park
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Utah
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Th Cavalry
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Nissen
Hall
Connell
Benson
14Th Cavalry
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
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Courtmartial closes for Captain French at Fort Wayne
Detroit Oct 29 The court martial of Captain Charlies G French on charges of appropriating government forage to non government uses finished this afternoon. Verdict to be sent to Washington. Trial of Colonel Daniel Cornman of the 7th Infantry on a similar charge begins tomorrow. Captain Howland judge advocate said nothing can be a custom in the army that is contrary to law.
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Detroit
Charlies G. French
Fort Wayne
Washington
Daniel Cornman
7Th Infantry
Howland
European mood shows slow recovery in banking faith
James Speyer and wife arrived on the Adriatic after months abroad. He said his trip was largely leisure and that he had stayed out of touch with U.S. financial conditions. He noted Europe feels the depression's impact, but European businessmen still trust American banks and securities, predicting a quick rebound in the United States.
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James Speyer
Europe
Speyer
Charges Determined by Mr Baer in Philadelphia Hearing
In Philadelphia on October 29 the hard coal prosecution heard testimony from Robert J. Montgomery that George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, fixed the coal charges. B G Bard said the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Coal Company own no coal lands now, all disposed of in 1896. Joseph S Harris, former president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, explained coal shipments to Philadelphia in 1886 by Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Farris identified a certified copy of his testimony from a 1886 Pennsylvania suit against the Reading Railroad and others.
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
George F. Baer
B. G. Bard
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Josephs. Harris
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Eliot backs no license stance at Massachusetts meeting
In Boston on October 29 President Eliot of Harvard spoke to the No License League of Massachusetts. He disclosed a long habit as a moderate drinker but endorsed no license as the best weapon against intemperance while admitting uncertainty about total prohibition. He cited medical findings that even moderate alcohol use may harm intellect and nerves.
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Railway officials deny Pittsburg traffic pact claim
Officers of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway and the Erie Railroad stated yesterday there is no foundation for a Pittsburg report that a twenty one year traffic agreement had been signed between the two roads which would give the Erie a direct entry into Pittsburg.
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Auto strike kills Rochester man Hartman at street
Rochester October 2 an automobile knocked down Joseph Hartman age seventy nine and the driver left him in the street A second auto nearly hit him but stopped in time and took the victim to a doctor Hartman died this afternoon.
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Joseph Hartman
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Plan big apartment to rise on 144th Street frontage
Plans filed by Young Realty Company president Charles G. Wallas to erect a six story French Renaissance apartment building on 144th street east of Broadway at a cost of 120000 with 100 foot frontage and 86.11 foot depth. Thain & Thain are architects. The project signals a major uptown development with brick facade and stone trim.
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144Th Street
Broadway
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Lenox Avenue
Margaret C. Minahan
Frank H. Hines
Columbus Circle
19Th Street
Oliver L. Jones
M. C. Merritt
Bernard Smyth & Sons
Whitehall Realty Company
East 1Lfth Street
Columbus Avenue
108Th Street
Cathedral Parkway
Leake and Watt Orphan Asylum
Thomas Kehoe
West 14Th Street
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Mr. Hall
Benjamin V. Harrison Company
Spruce Street
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Foreclosure Auction Results From Real Estate Exchange
Foreclosure sales at 14 and 16 Vesey street reported. Harry H. Herche bought six story tenement at 8 and 419 East 89th street for 44.72 with about 5100 due and a 36000 mortgage. Other items include multiple properties on 105th and 182nd streets with various amounts due and adjournments to November 5 or 6.
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Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Harry H. Herche
Big Leases Reported Across Brooklyn and Manhattan Buildings
A. N. Gitterman for Bush Land Company leases about 10 000 square feet on the first floor at 36th Street and Second Avenue Brooklyn to the New York Specialty Company. Century Cork Company takes 29 500 square feet on the third floor and 7.59 square feet in the basement. Duross Company leases top left in building 156 West Street for Louis Reische to Cesare Polet and G. Sorretti, plus basement store at 39 Murray Street for J. G. H. Ahrens estate to A. Serradi. List & Rose leases Nos 635 and 637 West List Street for five years, space through to 52d Street to be converted into a storage building. Leonard J. Muhlfelder leases 7 500 feet at 112 to 116 Bleecker Street to Morris Wersba for the Baptist Church of the Epiphany, 5 009 feet at 138 and 140 West 17th Street to Lesser Brothers for Washington Arch Realty Company, 5 009 feet at 28 and 30 East 10th Street to Garfield Building Company, 3 000 feet at 830 Broadway to Charles Gould, and 2 500 feet at 28 Howard Street to Henry Trowbridge.
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36Th Street
Second Avenue
Brooklyn
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Century Cork Company
Murray Street
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A. Serradi
List & Rose
West List Street
Leonard J. Muhlfelder
Baptist Church of the Epiphany
Real estate sales in a sprawling city market
Williamson & Bryan sold for Daniel Dillon the three family house 517 Concord Avenue marking the third residence sold in thirty days. Aliso sold 543 East 1th Street to Mrs Blackmere. Ralph L. Stainwald bought the Howard Building at 876 and 578 Fifth Avenue near 47th Street on a 5.5 by 100 feet plot, from Simon Frankel. Snowder & Co. sold 123 West Sot Street to Dr. Herzog for Catherine Collins occupancy, a three story dwelling on W1x1.2 feet. Klein & Jackson sold four lots at Tremont and Grand avenues for improvement with dwellings. Martha Neumann sold 1481 Washington Avenue, a two story frame dwelling on 25 by 90 irregular. Briggs Avenue Realty Co. sold 2592 Briggs Avenue to C Coeffi, a two family house on 20 by 100 feet.
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Tremont and
Grand Avenues
Martha Neumann
Washington Avenue
Briggs Avenue Realty Company
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Briggs Avenue
Five Story Apartment Sold on Vyse and Jennings Corner
Smith and Phelps sold the five story apartment house on a 60 by 75 foot plot at the northwest corner of Vyse avenue and Jennings street to David Laemmie for Wahlig and Sen sin Company. As part payment Laemmie gave four lots on the east side of Southern Boulevard, 200 feet north of Jennings.
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Wahlig & Sensin Company
Vyse
Jennings Street
David Laemmie
Southern Boulevard
Brooklyn Plot Sold for Apartment House Build
Charles E. Rickerson sold a 125 by TM foot plot on the south side of Sterling Place, 110 feet west of Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn to Louis Bonett and Thomas Corrigan. Corrigan plans to erect an apartment house on the site.
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Charles E. Rickerson
Sterling Place
Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn
Louis Bonett
Thomas Corrigan
The Bronx Building Plans and Addresses Listed
The notice lists multiple proposed structures with locations on Grant Ave and Bathgate Ave, detailing owners Joseph Newman and EA A J Barry, architects Charles R Baxter and Minors & Landseider, plus a one story brk shop and five four story brick tenements with specified dimensions and costs around 800 to 8700. It names Thomas McLauglin and Edward Hehre as owner and architect for a 24 by 11 shed.
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Franklin St
Joseph Newman
Charles R Baxter
Minford Place
EA & A J Barry
Minors & Landseider
Ein Siaa Sain Herald
Bathgate Ave
Thomas McLauglin
Edward Hehre
Building Loan Contracts and Property Listings
Fragmented notice lists building loan contracts and property coordinates including 26th Street and Oneida Avenue areas. Mentions investors Mortense Sarees and ComadotiY Ca with loan actions on Jackson Avenue and Garfield Street. Names Max Cohen Emanuel Glauber Emma Mestaniz and Herbert Svanes as attorney figures. loan amounts cited 4000 to 4500 dollars.
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Hamburg-American Winter Tours Book Offered for Patrons
Hamburg-American Line issues a new winter cruises book to patrons, detailing Orient and West Indies itineraries from thirteen to eighty days. It highlights sights, photos, and ships Moltke Oceana and Meteor, with the Deutschland making Levant trips. Available at 41 Broadway and agency offices.
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Hamburg-American Line
Orient
West Indies
Moltke
Oceana
Meteor
Levant
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Broadway
United States
Verdict Against Brokers Here
John T. Moriarty of Springfield wins $69 in a Superior Court case against Curtis & Sederquist of the Consolidated Stock Exchange New York. He sued for 660 dollars, claiming losses from December 1906 and January 1907 as market declines triggered a decision to buy Union Pacific shares outright. The defense contends Moriarty never intended to buy and used the delay in forwarding shares as an excuse.
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New Haven System Improves Bridge Freight Yards
Telegraph dispatch from New Haven reports major upgrades to the Poughkeepsie Bridge system including widening of freight yards west of the bridge and associated infrastructure improvements. The notice notes significant enhancements to capacity and operations.
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