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William Henry Aspinwall's sister, Mary Rebecca, married Isaac Roosevelt, the President's grandfather. Great-Uncle William passed a youth "of moral purity" in a "refined and Christian' home in Bleeker Street," according to his Staten Island minister upon the occasion of Mr. Aspinwall's death in 1875. Aged 25, he was taken into partnership in the mercantile firm of Gardiner G. & Samuel S. Howland. his uncles. The firm later fell largely into his hands, developed a thriving trade in the Mediterranean, an unrivalled one in the Pacific and East Indies, a downright monopoly in Venezuela. His venture into...
...like plant, jute has been for 100 years the prime material for gunny sacks, cordage and heavy wrappers. Trading on the new exchange will be conducted around posts for each of the commodities handled, which will include raw jute, burlap, hemp, sugar bags. President of the market is Rutger Bleeker, importer. To the Exchange Merchant Bleeker brings a knowledge of Eastern trade gained in 30 years of dealing in cocoa, jute, coffee, spices. In London the day the Exchange opened, he heard that 1,000,000 yards of burlap had changed hands during the first session at a price...
...roller-coaster, generally bring up short with a laugh, no one is the worse for it. Even the announced intention of the mysterious Mr. Morrison at the outset to prove that all spiritualism is the work of human hands does not impair the goose-fleshy qualities of Bleeker Hall. The fact that the audience is on the stage from the start, that there is none of the uncomfortable five minutes usually spent in backing and filling until the craft gets under weigh, is evidence enough of "Listening In's" skillful workmanship...
...early start was made the next morning and Albany was reached early in the afternoon. A tea was given to the clubs by Mrs. Rathburn, and the Fort Orange Club invited the men to make use of its privileges. The last concert of the trip was given at Bleeker Hall and was a great success. A very jolly reception followed at the Fort Orange Club, where, with the feeling that there was no more necessity of "sparing" their voices, the members of the Glee Club sang themselves hoarse, and Mr. Wilder was called upon again and again to entertain...
...halls which will be used for the concerts of the Chistmas Trip are as follows. New York, Chickering Hall; Philadelphia Association Hall; Cincinnati, the Odeon; Cleveland. Association Hall; Milwaukee, Davidson's Theatre; Chicago. Central Music Hall; Albany, either Jermain Hall or Harmanus Bleeker Hall...