Close Calls Highlight Hollywood Park Horse Show
At Long Branch New Jersey July 81 two jumping events produced narrow escapes. Sid ney J. Halloway fell from Centennial and was carried away as spectators feared a broken neck. Halloway and Charles Schwartz on Geranium were among riders who recovered quickly. Alfred Vanderbilt dominated Class 13 with wins for Sweet Marie and related entries. Social attendees and the Deal Casino Horse Show ball drew about 2 000 people with notable gowns and guests.
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New York Times
West End
Long Branch
N. J
Hollywood Park
Sidney J. Halloway
Centennial
Grand Stand
Halloway
Sidney Nee
Charles Schwartz
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Hollywood
Paul A. Sorg
J. Campbell Thompson
Vanderbilt
Watson
Sweet Marie
Oakland Farms
Major
Thompson
Florence Schafer
Edward Schafer
Harry Hemmings
Nicholas Crusius
Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr
John Dale
Seabright
Edward Steindler
Charles D. Bernheimer
Henry Seligman
I. R. Benjamin
E. Ritzema de Grove
Felix Warburg
Alfred Nathan
Seligman
Benamin
Directoire
Abraham White
Augie Jacobson
Corinne Schwartz
William Dale
Percy Straus
John Gerken
W. E. Woodend
Clarence Porter
Worthington Whitehouse
Alfred Vanderbilt
Deal Casino
Jersey Coast
Plucky Ride Sparks Showring at New Jersey Horse Fair
At Long Branch on July 31 exhibitors battled for blue ribbons with Fairmont Farms and Alfred G. Vanderbilt leading day two. Miss Marjorie Content in the women’s saddle class steadied Aimee after a rail jump, drawing applause as the horse returned to the track. Paul A. Sorg won the park teams class defeating Vanderbilt and Thompson as four teams vied for top honors.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N.J
C. W. Watson
Fairmont Farms
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Paul A. Sorg
Mr. Watson
Aimee
Miss Content
J. Campbell Thompson
Sorg
Vanderbilt Grays
Mrr. Thompson
Dick Donnelly
Foxchase
Donnelly
George Willing
Philadelphia
May Gell
Harvey S. Laden
Emile’ Anthony
R. M. Stiner
Tonzo Sauvage
Lord Nelson
Oakland
Wanda
Ponies Kne
Elsinore Farm
EL Anthony
F. W. Spratex
Tramp
F. FE. Cohen
Royal Purple
H.S. Borden
Tip Ten
Eiaeyw
Lade
Tadies
M. Fietschmann
Mayo
John Gerik
Kahn
John
Acob
Peter Pan
Elsinger
Harness Nories
Horse Show Dance Draws Dense Jersey Coast Crowd
At Deal Casino Deal Asbury Park July 31 nearly 2000 attend a large Horse Show dance. Managers include Frederick Gerken B Gerry Snow Harry G Humming and H Nicholas Crusias. Women in evening gowns without hats enforce floor rules as 40 musicians provide music and parking swells with 300 cars. Prominent attendees include Mrs E Gerry Snow Jr Miss Vera Frey Mrs Leslie Shaw and many uniformed officers from Sea Girt State Camp.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Deal Casino
Jersey
Frederick Gerken
B. Gerry Snow
Harry G. Humming
H. Nicholas Crusias
Harold A. Content
Frederick Gerken, Jr
J. J. O’donohue
Seabright
Spring Lake
E. Gerry Snow, Jr
Vera Frey
Cora Lowenstein
Leslie M. Shaw
Harry Hammerstein
Cora Mehrbach
Frederick ‘Gerken
Sea Girt
Oliphant
Sadler
Margram
Austin Colgate
Yarde Breese
Hennessey
Grace Macdonald wedding planned at Westbury estate
Joseph P. Grace son of the late Mayor William R. Grace will wed Miss Janet Macdonald elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blair Macdonald this afternoon at Phoenix Lodge Westbury L I. Only relatives and intimate friends invited Frances Macdonald serves as bridesmaid the couple plan several months abroad by sail motor tour on Long Island after their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Grace
William R. Grace
Janet Macdonald
Charles Blair Macdonald
Phoenix Lodge
Macdonald Country
Westbury
L. I
Frances Macdonald
Mr. Grace
Long Island
Clinton Av
Plainfield
N J
Liberty St. Ferry
New Jersey Central R. R
Post
Abbie A. von Dersmith
New Churchill
J. R. Churchill
Philip St
Albany
Ad Wepb
Woodland
Ulster County
Ben
Elizabeth W. Webb
Charles Henry Webb
Transatlantic liners depart with prominent passengers listed
Six liners sail today including KROONLAND PENNSYLVANIA CAMPANTA COLUMBIA PHILADELPHIA Prinzessin Irene. Notable travelers named include Mrs Esterly Ashton Major H H Benson Miss Helen M Benzinger Dr Hugo A Auler and many more across Antwerp Hamburg Liverpool Glasgow Southampton Naples and Havana itineraries.
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Kroonland
Antwerp
Esterly Ashton
Hugo’ A. Auler
H.H. Benson
Helen H. Benzinger
Harry A. Boyer
J. H. Cramer
Eugene R. Doughly
Louis M. Wartman
Pennsylvatk
Hamburg
Adams
Richard Burns
M. ©. Barnes
L. K. G. Crandon
W. A. Dean
C. L. Heller
J.A. Hubbard
R. C. James
A. O. Leuschner
Frederickl. Mayer
L. M. de Moss
Estelle Oppenheims
Charles Read
William.a. Slaughter
Campanta
Liverpool
G. Howard Bright
S.C. Carroll
Ae Crane
William C.deane
J. J. Dunne
S. Parkes C ‘Adware c. Baillie- Gage
R. M. Peterson
F. S. Tainter
W. Ht. Waters
Walter Williams
Columbia
Glasgow
William ‘Adams
Daniel Baker
Chauncey
RB. Baker
Maria Coverly
Thomas
Carlisle
Samuel Haverstick
Iarold W. Fenturn
Joseph M
James Dudley Morgan
S. C. Neale
Charles E. Pancoast
A. H. Rosewie
E. H. Sothern
L. W. Southwick
George P. Symonds
John Moylan Thomas
A. P. Walker
Ellwood Austin Weldon
J. GN. Whitaker
Prinzessin- Irene
Naples
Aversa
Havana
Thomas Christie
St. Paul's College
Tarsus
Asia Minor
William C. Davis
G.’ Ae Hull
George F. Kendall
W.”ongrea
Haven Metcalf
Carlo Pfister
Jerome H. Pennock
M. S. Sands
R. G. Wadsworth
Riverside Drive Hosts Bible Vacation School Day
Riverside Drive residents witnessed a burst of children from Stanton and Essex Street Bible Vacation Schools touring Mrs. Frank T. Fitzgerald’s home. The party featured baths, napkins, ice cream, and a glow from electric lights as the youngsters imagined city life beyond their park setting.
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Riverside Drive
Stanton
Essex Street
Smith College
Frank T. Fitzgerald
Frieda
Youse
Nix
Mamie
Becky
Miss Fitzgerald
Stanton Street
Social News Notes Weddings And Summer Travel
Miss Carrie Warfield daughter of ex Gov Warfield of Maryland and William Harris plan a Oct 8 wedding at Oakdale Howard County Maryland with sister Louise Warfield as maid of honor. Alice Grosvenor eldest daughter of Mrs William Grosvenor of Newport is to wed Pierpont Davis on Aug 21 in Newport Exymanuel Church. Ellen Mercer Atterbury and Dudley Howe likely wed Sept 4 at Bar Harbor with sister Katherine Atterbury as maid of honor.
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Carrie Warfield
Warfield
Maryland
William Harris
Oakdale
Howard County
Louise Warfield
Mr. Harris
Alice Grosvenor
Wiliam Grosvenor
Newport
Providence
Pierpont Davis
Exymanuel Church
Davis
Fellowes Davis
New York
Fellowes Davis, Jr
Agostini
Ellen Mercer Atterbury
Dudley Howe
Bar Harbor
Katherine Atterbury
A. S. Jarvis
New Profile House
White Mountains
Quebec
Stanley Mortimer
John B. Haskins
Edith Haskins
Berkshire Inn
Great Berrington
Mass
Janette de Long
Theresa de Long
Atlantic City
N. J
Ernest Iselin
New Rochelle
Louis L. Lorillard
Oyster Bay
Newton
Aa Newton
Taula Newton
Lenox
Stires
Mount Washington
William T. Willey
Willey
Baltimore
Walcott
Europe
Salome new edition at Casino with Lotta Faust
The Casino hosts a fresh Salome edition starring Lotta Faust described as nearly matching biblical Salome in stature. Faust appears in a pearl overdress while a new Salome dance is featured alongside Melville Ellis’s barbaric music, adding circus-like novelty to the show.
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Merry Widow
Salome
Miss Hoffman
Maud Allan
Miss Faust
Melville Ellis
Amusement Notes Show New Plays and Theatre Changes
Alice Kauser arrives from Europe with new plays as an English speaking stock company plans to open at the Kalich Theatre on Bowery this Saturday August 8. Windsor is to be torn down for the Manhattan Bridge plaza but season proceeds. Cohan loses manuscripts in Standard Storage Warehouse fire. wardrobe and furniture also damaged. Buffalo Blaney Western star opens season at Third Avenue Theatre this afternoon.
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Alice Kauser
Europe
Kalich Theatre
The
Bowery
Windsor
Manhattan Bridge Plaza
la Suiphe
George M. Cohan
Gaiety Theatre
Young Buffalo
Charles E. Blaney
Third Avenue Theatre
Mrs Kane Not Engaged Denial From De Forest
Newport Rhode Island July 31 George B De Forest denied a New York report that his sister in law Mrs Woodbury Kane was to marry Jack Mason a New York clubman of limited means He said Mrs Kane is abroad and asked denial of the tale The Kane divorce and second marriage to Woodbury Kane who died in 1905 are noted She is daughter of the late Louis and Mrs Hargous and spends time at Aiken and Newport
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New York Times
Newport
George B. de Forest
Woodbury Kane
Jack
Mason
New York
John Mason
Frederick Mason
New Political Play by Rhodes and Wise in Draft
English playwright Harrison Rhodes arrives aboard the Lusitania to finish The Gentleman from Mississippi with Thomas A. Wise starring under William A. Brady. Rhodes notes the work targets graft in national politics, proposing direct election of Senators as a theme.
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Harrison Rhodes
Lusitania
Mississippi
Thomas A. Wise
Wiliam A. Brady
Mr. Rhodes
Anthony Hope
John Drew
Rhodes
Allenhurst
N. J
Mr. Brady
Wise
United States
Amateurs Perform For Memorial Hospital Benefit
In Long Branch New Jersey July 31 amateurs from Monmouth Beach and Seabright presented a program at the Monmouth Beach Casino to aid Memorial Hospital. Two one act plays directed by Arthur Byron featured Albert Spalding McLane Van Ingen Robert Appleton Miss Martha Lesher and Fitz Barbour. Byron was called before the curtain to applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
Monmmouth Beach
Seabright
Monmouth Beach
Memorial Hospital
Arthur Byron
Albert Spalding
McLane van Ingen
Robert Appleton
Miss Martha
Lesher
Fitz Barbour
Byron
World’s Youngest Leading Man Cast in Mountain Boy
Nine year old Donald Gallaher has been engaged by Klaw and Erlanger for the role of the boy in A Mountain Boy by Pauline Phelps and Marion Short, to be produced early in the fall, making him the youngest leading man in a first class production.
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Donald Gallaher
Klaw & Erlanger
Pauline Phelps
Marion Short
Brooks to Bring Drury Lane Melodrama to London Stage
Joseph Brooks with wife and daughter Virginia travel aboard the Baltic as he aims to stage Drury Lane melodramatic and spectacular productions from Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. He secures rights to The Sins of Society and options on future works, plus plans for Joseph O Mara to tour in Peggy Mahree and Yvette Guilbert to appear in February in The Marriage of a Star in London. Also aboard are Billy Burke, Ernest Lambert, and Fred C Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Brooks
Virginia
Paris
Baltic
Brooks
Ewen
Dingwall
Drury Lane
Cecil Raleigh
Henry Hamilton
Raleigh and Hamilton
London
Billy Burke
John Drew
Frohman
Ernest Lambert
Fred C. Whitney
Isman Secures American Rights to Getting Married Play
Felix Isman of Philadelphia has obtained the American rights to George Bernard Shaw's Getting Married. The London production from last spring drew condemnation as mere dramatic conversation. Isman plans a New York or national staging for October or November.
Notable Deaths Across States Include Journal Editor and Real Estate Leader
Julius J. Speyer editor of Die Reform dies in Kansas City at 62, a Civil War veteran and former manager of The British Trade Journal of Hamburg. Niles Peter Wedin dies at 149 Clinton Avenue Jersey City aged long debility, leaving three sons and four daughters. William E. Taylor, New Jersey real estate operator, dies at Belmar after a stroke. Winfield Scott Weedon, 62, dies at Bisby Lake New York. father of tenor William Weedon and manager George Weedon. wrote songs for Moody and Lankford revivalists.
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Julius J. Speyer
Die Reform
Kansas
New Jersey
Belmar
N. J
Ife
Frank M. Taylor
Walter Taylor
Winfield Scott Weedon
Bisby Lake
N. Y
William €. Weedon
Gastonians
Gargan Dies Abroad After Illness and Pneumonia
Thomas J. Gargan, a Boston Transit Commission member and former legislator, died in Berlin after stomach surgery followed by pneumonia. A Boston native about 64, he chaired the Boston License Commission, served on the Police Board, led early subway work, and founded the United States Trust Company of Boston. He was a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Thomas J. Gargan
Boston Transit Commission
Gargan
Boston
Boston License Commission
United States Trust Company
Arkansas Governor Suffering Nervous Breakdown in Sanitarium
St. Joseph Missouri July 31 Governor John S Little of Arkansas has been placed in a Sanitarium here after a nervous breakdown that began soon after his election and has developed into acute melancholia.
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ST. Joseph
John S. Little
Arkansas
Marital Bonds Form in East and Jersey City Ceremonies
On July 31 at Christ Church New York Abigail Kingsland wed Robert Inch by Rev James Farr. Violet Sloan and Edwin Ammerman united July 27. Emma Appledauer wed Walter Koenig July 29 in Newark. Florence Williams wed Ward Layman July 30 in Jersey City.
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Inch—Kingsland
Christ Church
New York City
James M. Farr
Abigail Sarah Kingsland
Robert Alexander Inch
Ammerman — Sloan
Oah
Violet Sloan
Edwin JH. Ammerman
Koenig—Appledauer
Newark
N. J
Emma L. Appledauer
Walter E. Koenig
Layman
Williams
Jersey City
Florence A. Williams
Ward A. Layman
Bleakley
Morris Heights
James T. M. Bleakley
Bundow
Virginia Av
Rosebank
S. I
Carl Bundow
Burger
Pacific St
Brooklyn
Frank P. Burger
Burrington
Halsey St
William B. Burrington
Carr
Clymer St
Hugh J. Carr
M. Caslin
Far Rockaway
Stephen M. Caslin
Connor
East 36Th St
Marrgaret Connor
M. Connolly
8Th Av
Joseph F Connolly
Greene Av
Kate M. Delius
John Ford
Frasca
Montclair
Benedicta Frasca
French
West 153d &St
Charle French
Gabler
Bloomfield Av
Albert W. Galder
Gordon
Madison
Joseph Gordon
Heckert
Richmond Hill
Willam
Hines
Grand St
Annie F. Hines
Hoagland
West 12Th St
Charles J. _ Lomas
M. Lown
Edith R. Lown
M. McFadden
Franklin St
George W. Mcfadden
McGee
Bay 13Th St
Ath Beach
James McGee. McMahon
USC
Bleecker St
Michael J. McMahon
McSherry
Clinton Av
Catherine McSherry
Maloney
Putnam Av
Hugh Maloney
Mason
Haworth
Susan _ A. Mason
Mentzer
Willow Av
Hoboken
Sarah H. Mentzer
St. Mongan
Kent
Frooklyn
Julian Mongan
Montgomery
Vernon Av
Brookln
Charles
Murphy
Warren St
William F. Murphy
George Rabenstein
Rahilly
Linden
N. F
Daniel J. Rahilly
Ransom
George Ransom
Wee
Orange
Catherine Ray
Wea
Fwhart
Bayonne
Patrick Read
Reynolds
Preston Av
Fordham Road
Thomas Reynolds
Rudden
Wiser St
Bernard Rudden
Shay
Bank St
Loretto
Sheirden
Fast Orange
Thomas Sheirden
Smeltzer
Jefferson St
N_J
Rose A. Smeltzer
Smith
Kingston
William Smith
Russell Place
Hannah W. Smith
Staab
West 75Th St
Fanny Staab
Sweeney
East 135Th St
Henry Sweeney
Mi AM Thomas
Florence Thomas
Thonger
Garrison Av
Thurland
van Gaasbeek
Vinkoop Place
Kings _ton
N. Y
Arthur Van-Gansbeek Walsh
Walcott St
Mary A. Walsh
Wedin
Clinton Ay
P. Wedin
Whigam
Irvington
Roberta R. Whigain
White
Red Bank
Benjamin M. White
Obituary notices list numerous deaths and funeral details
A long obituary section lists many individuals with their age, residence, and funeral arrangements. Entries include Edward Vincent Brown of Tarrytown New York. Clara Wells Burgess. James Costello of New York. Julia E. Drucker. Isabella Drummond of Hackensack New Jersey. Nora Fargo Towne and Adelaide Townsend among others, with service times, locations, and interment notes.
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Trains Trolleys and Carriage
Woodlawn Cemetery can be reached by Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, or carriage. Lots priced at $150. For Books of Views call telephone 4855 Gramercy or visit Office 20 East 230 St, New York City.
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Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
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Prince Charming
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T. J. Feroe
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Scotsman
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Highlander
CG. W. Watson
Lord Baltimore
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Pretty Peggy
Dignity and
Respect
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Keswick
George FE. Cain
David Grey
Grand View Farm
Supervisor
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Sir Gage
William H. Moffett
Jack Code
H. A. Bowne
Bessie Pullum
Deal
Miss MacDonald
West Side
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Social Notes
Lotta Faust
the Century Co
Jersey Shore Theatricals
Billy
Burke
Ment
Fred Whitney
Robert Herrick
Tolstoi
Zola
Nate
the Macmillan Company
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Fifth Av
27Th St
T. J. Gargan
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Little In
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Gue
California Fig Syrup CO
Tompkins & Tompkins
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Wills
Willa
Edward/ Vincent Brown
Cornelia Ireland Brown
First Reform Church
Tarrytown
Grand Central
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Clara Wells Burgess
William.b. Burgess
ANL Modern Prometheus
Assisi
Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi
Chicago
Boston Transcript
Marquis
Pamela
Edward H. Cooper
Ringle Post
Hildegarde Hawthorne
Detroit News
Grandmamma
Elinor Glyn
Evangeline
Ambrosine
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank BE. Campbell
Wrest
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