Prizes for Maids by German Housewives Society
The German Housewives Society awarded prizes in Tuxedo Hall to thirty-eight young women for years of service to their employers. Rosa Hahn won a ten dollar gold piece and a ring for a twelve year record, with other top winners receiving gold pieces bracelets and garnet rings. The president presented the prizes, tea followed, and plans to establish a club for the protégées were discussed. The society reported placing nine hundred girls in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Housewives Society
Tuxedo Hall
Rosa 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. Regaué
Eix
FF. von Gertzen-Barber
Out of a Bottle Beauty Claims by John Strange Winter
John Strange Winter argues that beauty requires nourishment both from within and without and that women can achieve a youthful complexion with artificial aids. She cites a fifty year old woman noted for pink skin, achieved through distilled water, oatmeal, fine creams, and tissue care, challenging the idea that only fresh air and exercise suffice. Further details are promised in future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strange Winter
Yellow Balloons Protest at Republican Parade
The League of Self-Supporting Women plans to release two hundred yellow balloons with Votes for Women after a window display at 25 Fifth Avenue. A yellow flag will fly as suffragists silently protest the parade’s approach, under Harriet Tanton Platch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Self-Supporting Women
League
League For Self-Supporting Women
Harriet @tanton Platch
National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
The
American Buffregettes
Splinter Removal by Steam Described by The Woman's Home Companion
A historical note cites The Woman's Home Companion explaining a steam method to extract a deep splinter from the hand. Heat water, cover the injured area with the bottle mouth, and apply suction to draw flesh inward. Steam then lifts the splinter and reduces inflammation.
Mrs Mackay to preside at second equal suffrage meeting
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 the lectures as preparation for essays on equal suffrage, for which a £5 prize is offered.
What I Know About Galoons by The Independent Writer
Anonymous writer recounts saloon life from New York to Denver and argues saloons impede marriages. He says nightly saloons attract a male crowd, reducing attention to women and limiting opportunities for courtship and lavish outings due to money and attire constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Denver
Independent
Czarina's Sister Enters Convent Near Moscow
Grand Duchess Elizabeth widow of Grand Duke Sergius and sister of the czarina has joined a Moscow area convent as a novice. Born in 1864, she may soon take the strict conventual vows after entering the nunnery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czarina
Elizabeth
Sergius
Moscow
Patron of Boys' Hotel Gifted by Mrs Dodge in New York
Mrs William E Dodge anonymously funded the Boys' Hotel at 127th Street and Lexington Avenue with 190000 dollars to open and equip the facility. Grace Dodge contributed decorative pictures. In two months the hotel has housed over a hundred homeless boys. Superintendent Kenyon reports visible improvements and cites a nine foot long mirror in the sitting room as a reform aid. He notes boys see their reflections, feel ashamed, tidy up, and adopt cleaner habits aided by individual soap and proper facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Dodge
127Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Tribune
The German Woman Emancipation Worth a Look
A London paper portrays German women as trapped in a rigid system of household duty and social servitude. Girls are sent abroad at 17 or 18 to live with families as Fraulein servants for about three years, while English and American peers pursue leisure. The piece argues education may reform this by enabling women to read and learn rather than cook and scrub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minister Wu To Speak At Chinese Mission Service
Minister Wu will headline a public service at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on Tuesday November 10 to support the Chinese Mission. The program features a Harvard students glee club and remarks by Rev Arthur J Brown Rev Dr George Alexander and Dr J Ross Stevenson. A housewarming opening follows on Monday at 2 1/2 East 31st Street with Miss Helen Gould and Miss Grace Hall among noted supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 changing manners in modern life
An elderly matron laments the rise of rapid modern life at odds with old fashioned courtesy. She notes motor cars, telephones, and fast meals drive impolite acts, yet contends some still seek gentle courtesy despite prevailing mode. She warns stylish rudeness brings penalties and personal pangs.
Opening of Grand Trunk Tunnel Takes Over
Montreal October 2 The Grand Trunk Railway Company will on November 12 formally take over the electric equipped tunnel between Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan Invitations were issued to leading American and Canadian railway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Sarnia
Ontario
Port Huron
Mich
Assignments of Troops to Hawaiian Islands Reported
The War Department outlined a major troop deployment to Hawaii to strengthen Pearl Harbor with the headquarters, band, and 1st and 3d squadrons of the 5th Cavalry, plus engineers and artillery to follow. Additional movements sent units from Fort Apache and Fort Yellowstone to Fort Huachuca and Fort Wingate, with several captains and majors reassigned or ordered for duties and examinations. Navy movements list arrivals at Kobe Manila Auckland and Tompkinsville, with ships sailing to various ports including San Diego and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Prreau
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
War Department
Ith Cavalry
Pearl Harbor
Ariz
Fort Wingate
Fort Apache
Yellowstone Park
Fort Duchesne
Utah
8Th Cavalry
Fort Yellowstone
Fort Huachuca
3D Squadron
3D Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Nissen
Sth Cavalry
Hall
Connell
5Th Cavalry
Court martial ends for Captain French over forage use
Detroit, Oct. 29 Captain Charles G. French was tried at Fort Wayne for appropriating government forage to nongovernment uses. Verdict to be sent to Washington. Colonel Daniel Cornman of the 7th Infantry to be tried tomorrow. Judge Advocate Howland declared no army custom can contravene law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles G. French
Fort Wayne
Washington
Daniel Cornman
7Th Infantry
Howland
European trip reveals lingering low mood on both sides of Atlantic
James Speyer, returning on the Adriatic, says Europe remains subdued by the U.S. financial depression. He notes European bankers faced the strain but kept up their institutions. He predicts a swift recovery for the United States and says European businessmen still trust American securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Speyer
Europe
Speyer
Charges Determined by Mr Baer in Coal Case Hearing
At a Philadelphia hearing on the hard coal prosecution Robert J. Montgomery testified that George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, fixed the company coal charges. B G Bard said the railroad company owns no coal lands, last disposed of in 1296. Joseph S Harris described 1886 coal shipments to Philadelphia and identified a certified copy of testimony from a Pennsylvania suit against the Reading Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert J. Montgomery
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 Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Harris
State of
Pennsylvania
Reading Railroad
Dauphin County
Penn
Eliot favors no license despite moderate drinking claim
President Eliot of Harvard University told the No License League of Massachusetts that he had been a moderate drinker in the past but now believes no license is the best weapon against intemperance. He cited medical studies suggesting even light alcohol use is objectionable and that habitual stimulants harm intellect and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
Eliot
Harvard University
No- Iaicense League of Massachusetts
Rail chiefs deny Pittsburg traffic pact claim
Officers of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railway and the Erie Railroad said there is no basis for the report that a twenty one year traffic agreement had been signed between the two roads to give the Erie direct entry into Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Rochester
Automobile Crash Fatal for 79 Year Old Hartman
In Rochester an automobile struck Joseph Hartman aged 79 and fled. A second car narrowly avoided a similar collision before its driver halted and took Hartman to a physician. He died this afternoon from injuries.
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Rochester
Joseph Hartman
Hartman
Plan Big Apartment Fronting 100 Feet on 144th Street
The Young Realty Company led by president Charles G. Wallas plans a six story French Renaissance apartment building on a 100 by 84.11 foot plot at 144th Street east of Broadway, with brick facade and stone trim at a cost of 120000. Thain and Thain are the architects.
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Young Realty Company
Charles G. Wallas
144Th Street
Broadway
Thain & Thain
Lenox Avenue
Margaret C. Minahan
Frank H. Hines
Columbus Circle
19Th Street
Oliver L. Jones
Foreclosure Auction List From Real Estate Exchange Salesrooms
In auction rooms a six story tenement at 8 and 419 East 89th street on a 40 by 100.8 foot plot sold to Harry H. Herche for 44.72 amid about 5100 due, mortgage 36000. Other offerings include multiple properties on 17th street, Southern Boulevard, Park Avenue and Crotona Avenue with amounts due ranging from about 15000 to 11059 taxes and adjournments to Nov 4 and Nov 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 89Th Street
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Harry H. Herche
Leases Reported Across Multiple Brooklyn Chicago NYC Buildings
A. N. Gitterman’s Bush Land Co leases about 10 000 sq ft on the first floor of the 34th and Second Ave factory building to the New York Specialty Co and 20 500 sq ft on the third floor plus 7 5 sq ft in the basement to the Century Cork Co. The Duross Co leases top left in 1 West Street for Louis Reische to Cesare Polet and G. Sorrett for years. basement store at 89 Murray Street to the estate of J. G. H. Ahrens, to A. Serradi. An auto firm leases a four story List Street building to run through to 52d Street for five years as a storage facility. Leonard J. Muhifelder leases 7 500 sq ft at 112–116 Bleecker Street to Morris Wersha for the Baptist Church of the Epiphany. 5 00 sq ft at 138–140 West 17th to Lesser Brothers for Washington Arch Realty. 5 90 sq ft at 2% and 3 East 10th to Garfield Building Co. 32 000 sq ft at 830 Broadway to Charles Gould. 2 50 sq ft at 28 Howard Street to Henry Trowbridge.
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A. N. Gitterman
Bush Land Company
3Th Street
Second Avenue
Brooklyn
34Th Street
New York Specialty Company
Century Cork Company
Murray Street
J. G. H. Ahrens
A. Serradi
List & Rose
West List Street
Leonard J. Muhifelder
Baptist Church of the Epiphan
Real estate transfers batch at multiple Manhattan and Brooklyn addresses
Williamson and Bryan sell a three family house at 517 Concord Avenue for Daniel Dillon. Mrs Blackmere sells 543 East 1th Street. Ralph L Stainwald buys the Howard Building at 676 and 578 Fifth Avenue near 47th Street from Simon Frankel. Snowder and Co sell No 13 West Sd Street to Dr Herzog for occupancy. Klein and Jackson sell four lots at Tremont and Grand for dwellings. Martha Neumann sells 14481 Washington Avenue dwelling. Briggs Avenue Realty sells 2592 Briggs Avenue two family house.
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West
Sd Street
Klein & Jackson
Tremont and
Grand Avenues
Martha Neumann
Washington Avenue
Briggs Avenue Realty Company
C. Coeffi
Briggs Avenue
Vyse Avenue House Sold to David Laemmle
Smith and Phelps sold the five story apartment house at the northwest corner of Vyse avenue and Jennings street to David Laemmle. The plot is 60 by 75 feet and the buyer paid part with four lots on the east side of Southern Boulevard, 200 feet north of Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith & Phelps
Wahlig & Sensin Company
Vyse
Brooklyn Plot Sold for Apartment Project on Sterling Place
Charles E. Rickerson sold a plot on the south side of Sterling Place 110 feet west of Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn to Louis Bonett for Thomas Corrigan. Corrigan plans to erect an apartment house on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Rickerson
Sterling Place
Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn
Louis Bonett
Thomas Corrigan
The Bronx Building Plans
Building notices list multiple Bronx properties including a one story brick shop at 0 ft west of Franklin by Joseph Newman with Charles R Baxter as architect and a five four story brick tenements project at Bathgate Avenue. Also shows a 24 by 16 foot frame shed at 800 Minford Place with Thomas McLaughlin as owner and Edward Hehre as architect with large total cost cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Joseph Newman
Charles R Baxter
Minford Place
E A&a J Bear
Es Ore & Landsettler
Ee Bcbs
COBE
Bathgate Ave
Thomas MclLaughlin
Edward Hehre
Building Loan Notices and Property Descriptions
Building loan contracts listed for multiple parcels including Qhth street and Oneida Avenue areas. Investors Mortgage Company and Real Estate concerns shown alongside individuals Max Cohen Emanuel Glauber and families. Notices describe loans 85000, 4000, 4500 with attorney Herbert Sapes handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida Ave
Iene
Jackson Ave
Forest Ave
Max Cohen
Emanuel Glauber
Mestaniz
Eevee
Garfield St
Boxro
Herbert Sapes
Atty
John and
Katie Friedel
Hamburg-American Winter Tours Offer Orient and West Indies Cruises
The Hamburg-American Line releases a new winter cruise book detailing trips to the Orient and West Indies, ranging from thirteen to eighty days. It highlights Moltke Oceana and Meteor as cruise ships with photos of key ports, and notes the Deutschland service to the Levant. Copies available at 41 Broadway New York or agency offices nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg-American Line
Orient
West Indies
Moltke
Oceana
Meteor
Deutschland
Levant
No. 41
Broadway
United States
New Haven System Improves Poughkeepsie Bridge Access
Telearaon to The Tribune New Haven reports major upgrades to the New Haven system on the Poughkeepsie Bridge. Planned are enlargement of freight yards west of the bridge and related enhancements to traffic and yard capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telearaon
the Tribune
New Haven
Poughkeepsie
Verdict Against Brokers In New York Stock Case
Springfield dispatch reports in the Superior Court John T. Moriarty won a verdict for 60 dollars against Curtis and Sederquist of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York. Moriarty claimed losses from December 1906 and January 1907 and sought stock shipment of Union Pacific. Defendants argued Moriarty never intended to purchase the shares and sought an excuse from accepting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Springfield
Mass
John T. Moriarty
Curtis & Sederquist
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
Moriarty
Union Pacific
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Saif
Roslyn School
Bonbowniere
Diener and Cotillon
Golonia
Eyrup
St.Brench
Segord Street
Boys’ Hotel
W. E. Dodge
Minister WU
Chinese Mission
Army and Navy News
21St Infantry
Douglas E. Foster
Oklahoma City
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H. H. Alkire
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
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F. H. Delano
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C. T. Turner
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Ajax
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Active
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Panther
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Navajo
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Captain French
MR. Baer
DR. Eliot
Erie
Pittsburg
Auto
West 144Th Street
Joseph P. Day
17Th St
3D Ave
Sadie Fagenson
Keoah
T R Strong
Samuel Hoffman
Park Ave
Cor 187Th St
Henry Humphreys
E Humphreys
W H Dodd
W Pollock
F W Pollock
Crotona Ave
John St
Annie Macdonald
Therese Hkrupolder
Bloomberg & Battys
PD. P. Ingraham & Co
Sthave
J D van Buren
P Macready
Harold Swain
S I H Ward
Noy
Transit For
the Metropolitan District
Nassau St
City Hall Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Subway
Tribune Building
City
5Th Avenue
Central Park
John N. Golding
Pine St
5Th Ave
Berkshire
Madison Ave
John H. Moran
Telephone
Plaza
Vyse Avenue House
Bronx
Ing Island Real Estate
Brightwaters
Bayshore
Long Island Bay
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B. Ackerson Company
Harlem
Ryland & Whiting CO
Beekman
Westchester County
Henry D. Winans & May
Fifth Ave
Studebaker
Studebaker Bros. Co
Ith Avenue
48Th Street
Bryant
Bridgeport
Hawleyville
Botsford
Derby Junction
Curtis
Sederquist
Hamilton Institute
Sch
Irving School
D. Ray
West 4Th St
Bession
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Broatwar
Lesox Ave
S&rooklyn
Court St Pants
Ben Greet
Berkeley Lyceum
Bem Greet
Abera
American and Foreign Teachers Agency
Young Fulton
Union Square
Oscar Duryea
Aan
Duryea Aesthetics” Dancing and Department
Columbus
the Rivers
Lessie Rooms
West Sid Street
the League Hall
West 126Th Street
Daligh
Bears
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Dennis
WALTER + BUZE
Traymore
N. J
Montclair Mountain
Montclair
Chambers Street
Stewart Building
I Rosia
Selene
Manhattan
Tam
Sromx
Third
Ee Brons
Jac Island City
N. of
Statenaia
Ryan
FICE
Bia
Conduit Road
Columbia
District
Brookland
District of Columb
Chisé
Washington, D. Cc
Henry BF Macfa
L. West
Jay J. Morrow
M. Dept
Jville
Ind
Manua
New Yorks
George Ruahlen
Mr. T
Army
James W. Gerarl
Supreme Court
Samuel Varady
Nassau Street
Mannatan
Harry B Pratt
L . Lambert
Latookie
York City
Nasesc
Omtown
36Th
Sith St
Iss
Emst
al Ave
Gist St
Ist
Seth
125Th St
Tremont Ave
Goldava
Otic
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