Patterson Lashes Society In Novel Stage Also Attacked
Chicago Aug 20 Joseph Medill Patterson former Tribune editor now in Dunne's Chicago cabinet has written A Little Brother of the Rich a sensational novel attacking society and the stage. It follows Faul Potter a poor country boy who becomes rich amid New York life and a web of romance and betrayal ending with two marriages and a swinging moral tone. Patterson later left journalism for socialism and married Higinbotham, Marshall Field's partner's daughter.
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New York Times
Chicago
Joseph Medill Patterson
Dunne
Patterson
Faul Potter
Yale
Potter
Carl Wilmerding
Sylvia
New York
Wilmerding
Mr. Patterson
Billy
Paul
Scout
Fren
Cleo
Ellis
Lassie
Rome
Omar
Broadway
Carl
Ter
Europe
The
Tribune
E. I. Dunne
Chicago Daily Socialist
Harlow W. Higinbotham
Marshall Field
Mrs Gardner claims art seized by customs belonged to her
In Boston on August 20 Mrs Jack Gardner acknowledged ownership of art objects seized in Chicago for duties on their import as household goods. Attorney Henry W Swift said Gardner paid no penalties, that some items may be hers, and that Chadbourne stored them in Paris and London before sending them to the United States. Chadbourne may have paid duties.
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New York Times
Boston
Jack
Gardner
Chicago
Chadbourne
Customs Department
London
Mrs. Gardner
Paris
Mrs. Chadbourne
Engagement of Mrs Ives and Johan Du Fais Announced
Mrs Elizabeth Hunt Ives and architect Johan Du Fais announce their engagement. They plan a small wedding on October 6 and will reside in 27 Washington Square North this winter. Du Fais is tied to several New York families through his mother and sister, while Ives is a descendant of the Hunt and Starr Hunt families.
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Johan du Fais
Elizabeth Hunt Ives
Washington Square North
du Fais
Ferdinand F. Lu Fais
Louise Pierson
Elizabeth Storey du Fais
Piersons
Stevenses
Lawrences
New York
Ives
John Daggett Hunt
Elizabeth Throckmorton Starr-Hunt
Charles Acton Ives
Newport
Willoughbys
Halidon Hill
Street-Eustis Nuptials in New Jersey Summer Home
Miss Rosamond K Street daughter of Mr and Mrs William Street of New York and George P Eustis of Newport were married at The Hermitage Rumsen in a ceremony under palms and orchids. Rev Frank Beihl officiated with Susan W Street as bridesmaid and William G Eustis as best man.
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Long Branch
N. J
Rosamond K. Street
William Street
New York
George P. Eustis
Newport
Hermitage
Rumsen
Frank Beihl
Oceanic Presbyterian Church
Susan W. Street
William (. Eustis
Miss Emma Buckford Tyler Weds Louis R Leonard in Brookline
In a noon ceremony at the bride’s parents home in Brookline, Emma Buckford Tyler married Louis R. Leonard of New York. The groom, an architect trained at the Beaux Arts in Paris, hails from New York and the bride is a Smith College graduate of 1905. They will reside in New York.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Brookline
Wilnea C. Tyler
Emma Buckford Tyler
Louis R. Leonard
New York
Siddkoole
Bradford
Hesse Les Beaux Arts
Paris
Smith
Leonard
Society Notes of Planters and Visitors at Resorts
Mr and Mrs H E Hooper are at the Plaza. Mr and Mrs Banger Clarkson are in Mount Washington. Maurice Heckscher stays at Narragansett Pier. Marcel Sternbrugge is Augusting at Atlantic City. A P Gardiner of New York at Hotel Griswold New London. Charles S Brown and Lucy Brown at Newport. Mrs Charles H Baldwin to remain in Newport season’s end. W E S Griswold visit Mrs John Sloane at Wyndhurst Lenox. William Perkins Draper and wife at Bar Harbor. Mr and Mrs W H Arnold at White Tree Inn Pittsfield. Adolph Laderberg to spend Autumn on Long Island. Beckman Winthrop and wife at Chevy Chase, Mary and. Bayard Thayer and family at Newport. Hamilton McK Twombly and Ruth Twombly to arrive from Europe late September then to Madison New Jersey. Bryan L Kennelly and Marguerite Kennelly with Miss Rolston back from Parmachenee Club Oxford County Maine after two weeks fishing. Miss Georgianna Harriman Owen visiting Newport with Mrs John Jay Mason.
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Marcel Sternbrugge
Atlantic City
A. P. Gardiner
New York
Hotel Griswold
New London
Charles S. Brown
Iss Lucy Brown
Lexington Avenue
Newport
Charles H. Baldwin
W. E. S. Griswold
John Sloane
Wyndhurst
Lenox
William Perkins Draper
Bar Harbor
W. H. Arnold
White Tree Inn
Pittsfield
Adolph Laderberg
Long Island
Beckman Winthrop
Chevy Chase
Mary and
M. J. Fuller
Spring Lake
N. J
Bayard Thayer
Boston
E. Rollins Morse
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Ruth Twombly
Europe
Madison
Bryan L. Kennelly
Marguerite Kennelly
Jean Rolston
Princess's Valet Goes Out on Strike on Ocean Liner
On the Deutschland voyage to New York a strike among a valet and a Greek worker disrupted the Princess Lwoff Parlaghy's crew amid a larger passenger search. Six Hungarian robbery suspects were seized at quarantine and sent to Ellis Island. Customs officers, aided by an Austrian consul, searched steerage passenger effects while a London woman hurried to her ill mother in Santa Fe. A jewelry seizure involved John Thompson of Chicago.
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Deutschland
Lieuts. Moody
Aikman
Vacz
Hungary
Elis Island
J. M. Bishop
M. S. Eylar
London
Santa Fé
New Mexico
Col. Bishop
Kempf
Therincess
Tim” . Donahue
John Thompson
Chicago
Donahue
Thompson
Katz
Germany
Lost horse and truck stolen from Franklin Street pier
Thomas J. Hawkins of 40 Park Place seeks recovery through The Times Lost and Found column after a black horse with a white star and a plum colored truck bearing Sickels & Nutting Co. vanished from the North River pier along with several hundred dollars in hardware. The driver briefly burned his back while fleeing and failed to unload at the pier.
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Thomas J. Hawkins
Park Place
Times
Franklin Street
North River
Alng
Yonkers
Vacation by Proxy Funds Fresh Air Aid in New York
F H S sent 15 dollars to R S Minturn treasurer of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in New York. The gift funded a week at Sea Breeze Home for six guests including a widow with three children and a 70 year old ill woman. Many on the waiting list need urgent gifts for fresh air work.
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R. S. Minturn
Association For Improving
E. 22Nd St
New York
Sea Breeze
Thomas F Hamilton Dies Former Police Commissioner
Thomas Fk. Hamilton ex police commissioner and tax board member died at 1:50 am at 342 West Twenty-seventh Street after a long stomach cancer battle. Born in the Ninth Assembly District forty nine years ago, he rose from builder’s son to public service and politics with Tammany links and duties on the Police Board and Tax Commissioners. He leaves a widow, a son Thomas L. Jr., and a daughter Catherine.
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Thomas Fk. Hamilton
Board of Tax Commissioners
West Twenty-seventh Street
Mr. Hamilton
Europe
Mr. Tramilton
Ninth Assembly
John L. Hamilton
Henry D. Purroy
Thomas Dunn
van Wyck
Hamilton
Board of Police Commissioners
Devery
Peter J. Dooling
McClellan
Odell
Douglaston Yacht Club
Craftsman’s Club
St. Andrew's Society
Thomas L., Jr
Catherine
Actor Guy Stardling Vanishes Before Brooklyn Rehearsals
Disappearance of Guy Stardling, star of The Right of Way, puzzles Klaw & Erlinger and Lambs Club. He left for England in summer promising a timely return for rehearsals with Theodore Roberts, last seen in a motor car in England. Attempts to locate him in England and at the Lambs Club and Broadway yield no leads.
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Guy Stardling
Charlie Steele
Brooklyn
Klaw & Erlanger
England
Standing
Theodore Roberts
the Lambs Club
Broadway
Tenor Tom Greene Travels 700 Miles for Bar Harbor Appearance
Tom Greene the tenor rushed 700 miles from Church Creek Maryland to Bar Harbor Maine to perform the Adelaide song on a hurry call from David Bispham. He packed his suitcase and started immediately, aiming to sing a short piece lasting about fifteen minutes. He notes past long journeys, including five days to San Francisco, but says his voice held up. Greene plans to return to Church Creek next week.
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Tom Greene
Mr. Greene
David Bispham
Maryland
Mr. Bispham
Bar Harbor
Adelaide
Church Cree Md
Greene
San Francisco
Church Creek
Lusitania Sets New Ocean Record From Liverpool to Sandy Hook
The Lusitania, after a record voyage from Liverpool, passed Sandy Hook Lightship at 9:30 PM breaking its best time by nearly four hours and establishing a world record for the North Atlantic. The ship logged 4 days 15 hours from Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook with an average 25.05 knots. Captain J B Watt pushed for a further run to land passengers Thursday night.
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Sandy Hook
Liverpool
North Atlantic
Daunt’s Rock
Lusitania
J. B. Watt
Daunt's Rock
Queenstown
Mauretania
Cunard Line
Dauxt’s Rock
Sandy Stook
Morris Secures Forepaughs Theatre for Vaudeville Booking
William Morris has arranged to book vaudeville acts at Forepaughs Theatre on North Eighth Street Philadelphia. He gains a house in Philadelphia though Penn Theatre remains tied up by months due to lawsuits. Forepaughs, long run by Miller Kaufmann, operated stock company productions nearby the old Bijou and early Neith Theatre.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William Morris
Bijou
Hayes Speaks at Herald Square After Marathon Win
J. J. Hayes, winner of the marathon, spoke from the Herald Square Theatre stage last night during a performance of The Three Twins. Clifton Crawford introduced him, and Hayes expressed pleasure at returning to this country amid warm applause.
The Golden Butterfly and Other Theatre Plans
Julia Sanderson sails for London to perform under Charles Frohman at Hicks Theatre with George Huntley. Grace Van Studdiford stars in The Golden Butterfly, a De Koven-Smith comic opera. Shuberts announce a annual Summer show The Mimic World. Jesse L. Laske to stage a tabloid version of The Devil at Brighton Beach Music Hall on Aug 31 and later Fifth Avenue Theatre. The Round-Up opens Aug 31 at the Academy of Music with Maclyn Arbuckle and Florence Rockwell. Minnette Barrett takes Polly role. Henry Norman joins Shuberts as Dum the Cellarmaster in The Baron of Berghos. Trixie Friganza appears in Honey Boy Minstrels at New York Theatre. Henry Woodruff to play Orlando with Bertha Crosman in As You Like It at Academy of Music next week. Woodruff previously played Orlando at Helasco Theatre. Jean Schwartz forms a protective society for Austrian-Hungarian composers to secure copyright amid cross-country restrictions.
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Julia Sanderson
London
Charles Frohman
Hicks Theatre
George Huntley
de Koven-Smith
Grace van Studdiford
Shuberts
Jesse L. Laske
the Devil
Brighton Jreacn Music Hall
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Academy of Music
Maclyn Arbuckle
Florence Rockwell
Minnette Barrett
Julia Dean
Polly
Henry Norman
Dum
Pixley and Luder
Baron of
Berghos
Trixie Friganza
Honey Boy
New York
Henry Woodruff
Orlando
Henrietta Crosman
Mr. Woodruff
Helasco Theatre
Miss Crosman
Jean Schwartz
D G Mitchell Ill In New Haven At 85
In New Haven on August 20 Donald G Mitchell known as Ik Marvel is very ill from an organic disease. Symptoms of an acute attack have made his condition serious and relatives and his physician Dr. Thomas H Russell remain with him. Mitchell is 85 years old.
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New York Times
New Haven
Donald G. Mitchell
Ik Marvel
Thomas H. Russell
Mitchell
Capt Watt's Last Westward Voyage Foreseen
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports Capt. Watt's current Lusitania voyage may be his final westward trip as Cunard Commodore. His resignation, postponed previously, is expected to take effect upon the ship's return to Liverpool.
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NEW York Times
London
Liverpool Journal of Commerce
Watt
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Albert J. Bushong Dies at 52 Former Browns and Brooklyn Player
Albert J. Bushong a former catcher for the St. Louis Browns and later the Brooklyn team has died at his Brooklyn home 442 Ninth Street. Born in Philadelphia fifty two years ago he retired from baseball in 1900 and became a dentist. During Bushong’s Brooklyn arrival Charlies H Byrne then president of the club secured the release of Al Foutz and Bobby Caruthers paying the Browns 19000 dollars for the trio.
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Albert J. Bushong
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn
Ninth Street
Bushong
Charlies H. Byrne
Foutz
Bobby” Caruthers
Philadelphia
Reverend Joseph Wild Dead at 75 in Brooklyn Home
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Wild former Seventh Avenue Methodist Church pastor Brooklyn and former college professor died at his home 129 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn aged 75. He retired from ministry three years earlier resigning from a Los Angeles church, later returning to Brooklyn to be cared for by his son Dr Zimmerman Wild. Born in England he came to the United States as a youth and studied at the Concord Biblical Institute before a long ministerial career in Brooklyn and elsewhere.
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Joseph Wild
Seventh Avenue Methodist Church
Brooklyn
Laayette Avenue
Los Angeles
Zimmerman Wild
Wild
England
Concord Biblical Institute
Canada
Seventh Avenue
Paris Model Company President Hudson Dies From Trolley Strike
WW Hudson 66 president of the Paris Model Company at 36 West Twenty fourth Street died Tuesday from injuries suffered last Sunday when struck by a trolley car in Rockaway Park Long Island He formerly served as secretary of Batterick Publishing Company.
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WW. H. Hudson
Paris Model Company
West Twenty-fourth Street
Rockaway Park
L. I
Hudson
Batterick Publishing Company
Notable Obituaries From New Jersey and Nearby
Col William Walker editor of The New Orleans Picayune died in Brandon Mississippi at about 65. John Maltrie Newark merchant died in Plainfield hospital at 65 leaving wife two daughters and a son. Thomas Hullitt former Ocean County Sheriff died at his son’s Long Branch home. Mrs Kate Shea 70 mother of twenty one children died in Summit New Jersey of apoplexy. James Shea of the Boston Athletic Association is among survivors.
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William ‘Walker
New Orleans Picayune
Brandon
Miss
John Maltrie
Newark
Muhlenberg
Plainfield
S. T. Perrin
James Shea
Boston Athletic Association
Marriages Set in New Jersey Occasions
On August 19 to 20 1908 several nuptials took place in New Jersey venues. Rosamond Street wed George Peabody Eustis at The Hermitage Seabright officiated by Rev F Diehl. Lois May wed Walter Salomon in White Plains NJ and Ellen De Vaney wed Daniel Daly in Jersey City. Ethel Lawrence wed Louis Ebling at Netherwood and Margaret Higgins wed John Sweeney in Jersey City.
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Eustis—Street
Daly—De Vaney
Jersey City
Ellen de Vaney
Daniel Daly
Ebling—Lawrence
Netherwood
N. J
Ethel LB
Lawrence
Louis A. Ebling
Sweeney—Higgins
Margaret V. Higgins
John W. Sweeney
Obituaries and Notices From Yonkers to Providence
A long obituary list reports deaths and funeral details across New York and nearby states. Frederick V Booth dies in Yonkers August 20 1908 with burial at Greenwood. John Dayton dies in Greenwich August 18 1908 with services August 21. Emma Edwards of Plainfield dies August 20 1908 with funeral August 22. Additional notices include Jesse Gifford William Habitshaw John Jeroloman William Hudson Leslie Kent Martin Kerwin Mary McLean Alice Pratt Darius Randall David Scully Adelaide Sheak Edward Strobell Catherine Wade and others with service locations and interment plans noted.
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Grand Central Depot
Sp. M
Edwards
Plainfield
N. J
Emma, P. Edwards
Charles A. Edwards
Amasa A
Malvina E. Goold
Evergreen Av
Saratoga Kings
N. Y
William Martin Habitshaw
Habitshaw
United States Navy
Chemical Society of London
India Rubber and Gutta Percha Insulating’ Company
Habirshaw Wire Company
William M. Habbirshaw
James R. Olson
Hudson
Far Rockaway
Wiliam H. Hudson
Old First Presbyterian Church
St. Avy
12Th St
Jeroloman
Sound Beach
Conn
John Jeroloman
New York City
Sound Fach
Kent
Leslie Cameron Kent
Mirian A. Clark Kent
Cumberland St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Evergreen Cemetery
Ierwin
Aus
Martin F. Kerwin
Nelson E. McDonald
Norwood
Ohio
Ft. Duizibeth
Flowers McLean
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Mary-Lowise McLean
Nathaniel C. McLean
Cincinnati
Bellport
Peliport
Pratt
Mill River
Mass
Alice A.y Pratt
William and
Sarah Pratt
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Ju A. M
Greenwood
Randall
Providence
R. LL
Darius H. Randall
Kears
Yin A
Obituary notices from New York and New Jersey area
Funeral and death notices list numerous individuals with their addresses and dates of Aug 17 19 from cities including Brooklyn Newark Hoboken Jersey City Kearny New Rochelle Poughkeepsie Rahway and Bayonne. Entries name the deceased ages and funeral times many with tomorrow today or later notices.
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Beckhardt
St. Nicholas Av
Zing
Joseph Beeckhardt
Blodwin
Boonton
WN. J
Huxley Blodwin
Bushong
9Th St
Brooklyn
Albert J. Bushong
Bussmann
Hudson Boulevard
West Hoboken
Pauline Bussmann
Byrne
St. Mark's
Catherine M. Byrke
Byrnes
Steuben St
Jon Ferdinand
I - Gerity
West 41St St
James J. Gerity
Golden
Rayonne
Catherine Golden
Gronau
Madison St
Hoboken
Catherine R. Gronau
Hanks
Newark
N. J
Frank Hanks
Hunt
46Th St
Gertrude. Hunt
James
St. Ann's Av
Bronx
Apie Bi James
Agi
West 25Th St
Gabrielle Kelly
Krenny
West 36Th St
Daniel E. Kenny
Kenyon
Astor St
George E. Kenyon
Killan
Arverne
Louise Killan
Killeen
Sarah Killeen
Landrigan
Bayonne
Edward Landrigan
M. Leidecker
Hackensack Plank Road
A. Walter Mcfrown
McKay
Henry St
Jersey City
Archibald McKay
Mahler
Alpine
J. Ape
Godfrey Mahier
Maltbie
Plainfield
John R. Maltbie
Mebhan
Cedar Av
Catherine Meehan
Metchum
Methodist Oodioie
Lucinda Metehurm
Muller
Rahway
Albert H. Miller
Morris
Concorde Brooklyn
John Morris
Neuhaus
St. Brooklyn
Albert J. Neuhaus
O'Connor
Duffield St
Margaret O'Connor
Puosilinson
Ratheate Av
Brom
Aus
Alvina Pomlinson
Pringle
Dobbs Ferry
William Pringle
Rowland
Kearny
N.J
Edward Rowland
Schimpf
A*t
President St
Margaret Schimpf
MI Schipper
South 41Th St
Werman
Metlownn
Gautiermie
Simons
S Putnam Av
Aur
Ida €. Simons
Smith
Green Av
George EE
Arlington
Sybvia DL
York St
Merson Till
In Memoriam Lassell Mans for George Bassell Service
In Memoriam notice for George Bassell with Lassell Mans held at Church of St. Jean Baptiste today at 10 AM. The event marks a religious service gathering for mourners and relatives at the parish.
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Lassell
George Bassell
Church of St. Jean Baptiste
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Cunard
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Vichy
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Montaigne
Zola
Tolstoi
Mr. Herrick
Balzac
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New York Evening Post
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the Macmillan Company, Publishers
Adelaide M. Sneak
York Ci
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Grove St
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