Gilder Remembered as Graceful Poet and Editor
Richard Watson Gilder, famed poet and editor of Scribner’s Monthly and Century Magazine, fell ill during a lecture at the YMCA in Orange New Jersey. Born 1844 in Bordentown New Jersey, he rose from early writing efforts to lead Century Magazine and publish six books of verse. His works include The Celestial Passion Lyrics Two Worlds The Great Remembrance in Palestine Poems and Inscriptions A Christmas Wreath and A Book of Music.
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St. Thomas Register
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Newark Morning Register
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Scribner’s Monthly
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Mr. Gilder
Century Magazine
Edmund Stedman
Palestine
I Met a Traveller on the Road by Gilper
The speaker encounters a weary traveller whose bent back and fixed gaze imply burden and resolve. The man sings a dreamlike tune, yet remains unquenched by thirst or rest. A mirrored glance reveals the narrator’s own face in the traveller’s gaze.
No New Hope as Ancient Pain Sings in Prayer
A speaker reflects on timeless human suffering and universal prayer. The voice recalls humility before heaven, recalling Christ and the cross as the source of enduring doubt and praise. The poem marries cosmic harmony with personal agony, ending in penitence and remembrance of Christ.
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Mars
Christ
1500 Laymen at a Dinner in Philadelphia
Philadelphia on November 18 began a four day session of the laymen's missionary movement with a supper attended by more than 1500 delegates. Edward H. Bonsall presided as speakers were Colonel Elijah W. Halford and J Campbell White of New York.
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Philadelphia
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
Scottish Rite
Edward H. Bonsall
Elijah W. Halford
J. Campbell White
New York
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Ends Convention
The Norfolk Virginia convention urged Congress to prevent railroad control of coast wise shipping and to fund the Delaware and Chesapeake canal and the Norfolk-Beaufort link. It backed an Atlantic inland waterway from New York to Boston and Hudson River improvements to Troy and Harlem River ship canal. Providence Rhode Island was chosen for the next meeting.
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Congress
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal
Norfolk-Beaufort
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
New York
Boston
Troy
Long Island Sound
Providence
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First Train Under Hudson River Opens with Officials
The first Pennsylvania tunnel train passed beneath the Hudson from Harrison New Jersey entering the bore near Kearney Junction at 11 14 a m. President McCrea and Pennsylvania officials rode the inaugural run while Long Island Railroad President Peters and other notables attended a luncheon in Long Island City. The Long Island tunnels are slated to open to traffic March 1 with the full tunnel system by June 1.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Manhattan
East River
Long Island City
Harrison
N. J
McCrea
Kearney Junction
Pennsylvania
Peters
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
Girl's Slayer Still at Large in Green Island Case
Police continue to search for the killer of Caroline G. Gorgon whose body was found in bushes near Green Island. Sheriff Besec and District Attorney Sanford questioned witnesses after two men reported seeing a tall man with a light overcoat guiding the woman on Tuesday evening. A $500 reward has been posted for the arrest and conviction.
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Troy
N. Y
Caroline G. Gorgon
Green Island
Besec
Sanford
Lipkowska Delights Gotham in La Traviata
Mme Lipkow ska, prima donna at the Boston Opera House, scored a splendid hit as Violetta at the Metropolitan tonight. The audience stood and cheered, giving her several encores.
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New York
Mme. Lipkowska
Boston Opera House
Metropolitan Tonight
Violetta
Aldrich Dined by Statesmen at New York Chamber Dinner
Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island attended the 141st annual New York Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Notables present included British Ambassador James Bryce German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff and Senators Root and Depew along with several top officials and generals. Bryce praised King Edward VII and noted growing U S Canadian friendship as a good omen.
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New York
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
New York Chamber of Commerce
Waldorf-Astoria
James Bryce
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
United States
Root and
Depew
Hitchcock
Commerce and
Labor
Nagel
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Farrar III Stops Opera With Tonsillitis Force
Miss Geraldine Farrar suffers tonsillitis and cancels her Tosca appearance. She was scheduled to sing with the Metropolitan Opera Company next Monday after a Baltimore engagement. The Lyric Theatre Baltimore performance was called off, and the rest of the company proceeded to Baltimore.
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New York
Geraldine Farrar
Glider Falls Thirty Feet At Franklin Field Show
About a score of Harvard and Technology students witnessed a thrilling finish to the glider exhibition in Franklin Field yesterday when the glider descended to earth from thirty feet amid a strong downward air current. Aeronaut William H. Aitken of Milton was rescued and found uninjured though unable to continue flights.
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Harvard and Technology
Franklin Field
William H. Aitken
Milton
Marshall Draws In Chess Championship Duel
In Lexington, Frank J. Marshall and J. W. Showalter played to a draw after 61 moves in the American championship series. Through seven games Marshall has won three, Showalter one, and three ended in draws.
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Lexington
J. W. Showalter
Frank J. Marshall
Marshall
Showalter
Daily Fire Record Items and Losses in Charlestown
At 3 57 p m a fire call to Box 441 102 High street Charlestown for Charles Little field reports a loss of 2000. 2 47 p m Box 18 294 Hanover street Page Kilby estate loss 25. 4 20 p m Box 23 40 Green street Elizabeth Brown loss sight. 4 45 p m Box 19 56 Endicott street W and E Sheafe no loss. 7 15 p m Box 24 16 Parkman street Samuel Kaninsky loss 5. 9 07 p m Box 968 false alarm. 11 40 p m Still alarm 161 Milk street Ifill and Lootz loss 25.
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Charlestown
Charles Littlefield
Hanover Street
Page Kilby
Green Street
Elizabeth Brown
Endicott Street
E. Sheafe
Parkman Street
Samuel Kaninsky
Milk Street
Ifill & Lootz
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