New Hampshire Naval Gift Sparks Temperance Clash at Sea
The battleship New Hampshire arriving at New York Navy Yard faced a temperance protest in Portsmouth as the Granite State Woman's Christian Temperance Union delivered songs, pledges, and a silver service. Sailors received temperance housewives bags and letters from New Hampshire women before Capt. Winslow pledged moderation aboard the ship.
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New Hampshire
New York Navy Yard
Woman's’ Christian Temperance Union
Portsmouth
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Quebec
United States
Portsmount
Granite State
Tuberculosis Pavilion Dedication Planned in Albany
Albany hosts the dedication of a labor federation built tuberculosis pavilion on August 29. Gov Hughes and John Mitchel are expected to attend and speak. A parade of Albany Troy and Schenectady labor unions will precede the ceremony before Michael J. Sullivan opens the exercises as president of the Central Federation.
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New York Times
Albany
Central Federation of Labor
Gov. Hughes
John Mitchel
Labor Federation
Troy
Schenectady
Michael J. Sullivan
Central Federation
Some Secondary Activities of College Life
Advertisement text presents a publicity blurb for The New York Times education section. It credits Harry Pratt Judson as University of Chicago president and notes the paper’s authoritative school information and advertising reach.
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Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
New York Times
New York
The
Adv
Winged aeroplane misadventure at Dreamland ends with splash
At Brighton Beach Dreamland spectators watch Rudolph Dressler and machinist Charles Hilpert test a winged aeroplane. The device, rope hovered from a tower rod, slips off, plunges into the sea 150 feet from shore. Hilpert is rescued. Dressler laments his weight kept him from piloting the craft.
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Brighton Beach
Henry Farman
Rudolph Dressier
Coney Island
Farman
Charles Hilpert
Dressler
Kiter
Dreamland
Flilpert
Lilpert
Trnventor
Hilpert
Edward Mooney
Life Savers
Leetle
Leene
Leper John R Early Held in Washington Tent Pen
John R Early, a leper, is confined in a tent on the city outskirts of Washington. He arrived ten days ago and was found diseased while staying at a Salvation Army lodging house. Health officials seek to move him to Lynn North Carolina. if refused he may be sent to a leper colony in Louisiana. He served nine years in the army and may have contracted the disease in the Philippines. His wife child and siblings reside in Lynn.
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Washington
John R. Early
Ann
Early
Salvation Army
Health Department
North Carolina
Lynn
N. C
Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service
Gakke
Louisiana
Marty
Philippines
Harry
New
Sheldon House
Lemuel J. Arthur
Taxpayers’ League
Arthur
Lillagores Pavillion
Broadway
Ocean Avenue
Ocean Grove
Jersey Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad seeks to cut costly operating waste
Aug 23 Pittsburg reports the Pennsylvania Railroad is forming investigative committees to root out unnecessary expenses across its system. They study cost disparities at Jersey City, Pittsburg, and other ports, aiming to save millions yearly by standardizing tasks and reducing fuel waste. Analysts note locomotive coal loss from careless firing and uneven costs between stations.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Mississippi
Jr City
Pittsimre
Chicago
Union Station
Pittspurg
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ocean Grove Faces Moral Crisis Over Camp Meeting
Ocean Grove New Jersey, famed summer resort for Methodists, faces sharp criticism as the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association curbs morals with a skating rink in the meeting house and film show nights. The Taxpayers League, led by Rev J I Boswell, presses for reports and representation, while incidents from sardines misused for liquor to a debut by Mme Louise Homer test the town’s pious image.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Purgatory
A.E. Ballard
E. N. Cole
Ledger
Taxpayers’ League
J. I. Boswell
Isis
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Providence
Mme
Louise Homer
A. B. Leonard
Arthur Pryor
Ballard
Adams sues Marion Butler for libel in Guilford County
Spencer B. Adams, chairman of the Republican State Committee, sues ex Senator Marion Butler and Lester F. Butler for 50000 in Guilford County Superior Court. The Weekly Caucasian alleged Adams, as a Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal judge, took a bribe related to 4600 Indians losing 4800 dollars each. Butler aims to oust Adams at the upcoming Republican convention in Charlotte and says he will prove the charges.
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New York Times
Raleigh
N. C
Spencer B. Adams
Republican State Committee
Guilford County
Marion Butler
Lester F. Butler
Adams
Oklahoma
Attourneys
Henry S. Foote
Charlotte
Butler
Gould Near His Children at Redington Cottage
Greenwich Conn Aug 23 Frank Jay Gould moves into Redington cottage at Belle Haven to be near his two children Helen and Dorothy He visits by yacht Helenita and spends hours with them His plan shifted from day trips to a permanent stay due to seasickness and keeps a staff ready for his arrival.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Frank Jay Gould
Redington
Belle Haven
Tyler
Mr. Gould
Helen
Dorothy
Helenita
New Hippodrome Opens With Two Spectacular Shows
The Tippodrome debuts 1908-9 season with The Battle in the Skies and Sporting Days. Airship battle, foreign city destruction, romance, and a peace-terms finale lead the first program, plus water effects, aerial bird ballet, and ten new ring acts unseen in this country.
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United States
America
R. H. Burnside
Manuel Klein
Arthur Voeghtlin
New York
Henry B Warris Presents Edeson in The Call of the North
Henry B, Warris brings Robert Edeson to the Hudson Theatre for The Call of the North, a new Proadhurst clay by Stewart Fudward A White. Miss Rose Stahl returns from Europe to rehearse The Chorus Lady at the Grand Opera House, opening Sept. 1 for a third season. Sauer, Rubenstein’s pupil, arrives in October for a brief tour with major orchestras.
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Henry B. Warris
Robert Edeson
George Proadhurst Clay
Stewart Fudward
Hudson Theatre
Rose Stahl
Europe
Baltic
White Star Line
James Forbes
Grand Opera House
Sauer
Nicolas Rubenstein
Golf Club hosts women bogey cup and Turin Goelet cups entries
Newport society notes list entrants for the ladies bogey tournament at the Golf Club including Mrs Thayer Burden Iselin Tiselin Harriman and others. The Count of Turin and Robert W Goelet Cups begin tomorrow with a mixed double tennis event at the Casino and numerous social entertainments. Capt Masce of the Freya visits Niagara Falls and Casino officials tour local clubs. Notables W A Burnham P W Livermore Gunther Chadwick attend as guests with multiple Newport hosts.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Golf Club
Clarence W. Dolan
Nathaniel Thayer
Arthur Scott Burden
C. Oliver Iselin
Arthur Tiselin
Joseph Harriman
Joseph Dilworth
Eugene Hale, Jr
Royal
Phelps Carroll
Charles S. Brown
Barger Wallach
Nora Iselin
Eleanora Sears
Margaret H. Bush
Edna Barger
J. S. Phipps
Egerton L. Winthrop
Henry Clews
New York
Robert W. Goelct
Malcolm Whitman
Charles P. Whitman
Munchinger-King Cottage
Narragansett Pier Social Notes From August Gathering
Yachting and motor parties arrive for bathing luncheons and dinners at the Casino and Mathewson hotel. Notables from New York Boston and Philadelphia register or attend gatherings as beach crowds enjoy concerts and strolling picnics at Narragansett Pier on August 23.
Society Women to Play Tennis in Newport
Tomorrow an open mixed doubles tennis tournament begins at the Casino and runs each afternoon until completion. Men include experts from the National lawn tennis tournament, with women players here such as Mrs. Barger Walach, Miss Nora Iselin, Miss Eleanora Sears, Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, Miss Margaret H. Busk, and Miss Edna Barger.
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Newport
Barger Walach
Nora Iselin
Eleanora Sears
Arthur Scott Burden
Margaret H. Busk
Edna Barger
Elephant and buffalo duel at Bronx Park Zoo
Gunda the elephant and Sitting Bull the buffalo fought when Gunda extended her trunk through a wire fence to gather hay. The clash ended when keeper Thurmann used an iron hook to subdue the elephant, preventing further injury and quelling the battle. The animals returned to their routines.
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Bronx Park Zoo
Sitting Bull
Elephant Enclosure
Gunda
Elephant House
Deer Corral
Thurmann
Severa
Ronalds Baby Christened in Erie at St Pauls Church
The nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Reginald Ronalds of New York City was christened at St Pauls Episcopal Church Erie at noon with Rev John Moore Mc Gann officiating. She was named Thora Strong Ronalds. About sixty guests from London New York Boston Washington and Philadelphia attended. Mrs Pierre Lorillard Ronalds traveled from London to witness the ceremony. God mother was Mrs Ritchie of London. A 1:30 pm christening breakfast followed at the Strong residence with music by a New York quartet.
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New York Times
Erie
Penn
Reginald Ronalds
New York City
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
John Moore McGann
Columbus
Ohio
Thora Strong Ronalds
London
New York
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
Ritchie
Charles Strong
Italian Band Leads Cathedral Summer Service at St John the Divine
The Cathedral of St John the Divine hosts its annual summer service with an Italian band leading music. Archdeacon Nelson oversees, with Canon Correll reading yesterday. Rev William Wilkinson preaches all July and August on Personal Realization of Christ’s Saving Power to a record crowd.
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Nelson
Canon Correll
William Wilkinson
Christ
Man Commits Suicide After Preparing Eight Farewell Letters
Fritz Metz, 27, of 309 East Ninety third Street, shot himself in Central Park near East Drive and 101st Street. Found by Park Policeman Schaeffer on a bench with eight letters to creditors and a note asking to notify W. Mate s. He left his wife John and Anna with a debt of 54 dollars to six creditors and instructed her to pay them.
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Fritz Metz
East Ninetythird Street
Right Temple
Central Park
East Drive
101St Street
Park
Schaeffer
Ninety-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Metz
John
Anna
Man Describes Failure Before Wife Receives Death Notice
In a letter closing with distress over his life, a husband notes his death as an ample sum for his wife. Mrs. Metz learned of the death through her husband’s actions after a period of unemployment and despondency.
Miss Maloney Leaves Home For Secret Trip
Miss Helen Maloney and her mother depart Spring Lake New Jersey for a short, undisclosed trip believed to target Philadelphia with a possible New York visit later. No return date or wedding plans to Clarkson have been announced.
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Lake
N. J
Helen Maloney
Philadelphia
New York
Marriages Noted in Aug Event Listings
Multiple marriage notices dated August report unions including Margaret Nicoll Dudley with John Cadwalader Chatturton Braby. Ben M Brady with Thomas J Chatherton. Annie H Brown with Charles Lowers. Matilda Sewell Ell to John T Jones. Ace Jordan to Jacot A Jordan. Victoria Lucian Peckham to Gifford Dexter Richardson. Judith Haas to Emil Schneider. Bertha Leymap to William Scovil. Alma Weinberg Bennett Weinberg. Mollye F Klein to Henry Zaro. Molly Klein to Henry Zaro.
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Cadwalader
Bpadley
Margaret Nicoll Dudley
John Cadwithider
Chatturton-Braby
Ben M. Brady
Thoms J. Chatherton
Howells—Brown
Avery
Annie H. Brown
Charles Lowrs's
Jones—Sewell
Matilda Sewell
John T. Jones Norden—Jordan
Onm
Ace
Anm Jordan
Jacot A. Nuri
Richard S¢In Peckham
Victoria Luncan Peckham
Gifford Dexter Richardson
Scheider—Haas
Judith Haas
Emil Scheider
Scovil—Keyman
Bertha HK. Leymap
William ‘Tl Scovil
Weinberg—Ball
Alma Hell Iy Bennett Weinberg
Zaro—Klein
Mollye F. Klein Tu Henry
Zaro
Obituary notices from New Jersey and New York area.
A list of death notices and funeral arrangements for residents in New Jersey New York and nearby towns. Entries include Mary E Atwood Katherine Brown Elizabeth Craven Sarah Pelaplaine Katherine Cahill and many others with addresses dates and service details.
Ex Gov Nathan Murphy Dies in San Diego Hotel
Ex Governor Nathan Murphy of Arizona died suddenly at the Colombo Hotel in San Diego on August 25 due to hemorrhage. Born October 4 in Lincoln County Mississippi he taught, moved to Wisconsin, then Arizona where he built mining interests. He served as Secretary of Arizona, a five year delegate to Congress, and later Governor. He attended the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.
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San Diego
Tathitd Gekes Murphy
Arizona
Columbo TL
Lincoln County
Isda
Wisconsin
Murphy
ISS
Congress
Minneapolis Imise
West
Obituary notices and funeral details from New York area
A long list of death notices and funeral times from New York area addresses and neighboring towns includes names such as Michael Mitehes, Thomas Mill, Otto Leopold, Ellen McShane, Margaret O'Reilly, and Cornelia Sweeney. Entries give locations in Brooklyn, Newark, Jersey City, Margaretville, and nearby communities, with ages and funeral times where provided.
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Brooklyn
Michael Mitehes
US Coimmillia
St. Newark
Charles
Jurgeseh
Foneral
Portis
Pine
Francis E. Jini
Puneral Telin
M. Keating
Sgl
Amsterdam
Erivate
Keating
Jene
Kertscher
Wallburger Wertseher
S&s O'tlock
Klinkerfuss
144Th St
Ralls
Kimkerfuss
Lander
128Th St
Anz
I * Mary
Liberty
N.Y
Frances Ei Gabeth Leavitt
Lepferts
Edgewater
Nu FE
Cartie
Lefferts
Ageg Su
Leaopold
Astoria, Inc
Otto Leopold
Loscatn
East 49Th St
Ahn Loscarn
Ree
Denver
Patrick Meere
McShane
East 224Th
Ellen McShane
Um. Monahan
Shorphrer J. Momihan
Tiny
A. St
Mooney
Wanhattan
Mit Mooney
M. Moore
Glenwem
Jersey
Ity
Willian K.o J. Moore
Moein
Ate Crnrona
John Loengarrin Morin
Muller
Walent
Henry” Matler
Prumeral
In Memoriam Memorial Notices Collage
Several memorial and unveiling notices appear for individuals and families. Entries include Samuel J Brooks died Aug 20, William Clancy died Aug 2, Caroline Falk monument unveiling at Linden Hill Cemetery, John T Griffen memorial mass at St Rose's Church, George Hackett anniversary mass at St James Newark, Toth Hirsh monument unveiling at Mount Zion Cemetery, Joseph Kenworthy died Aug 20 1879, Jennie Marks monument unveiling next Sunday, Esther Schafran monument unveiling at U K USV Cemetery.
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Hackett
George Hackett
St. James's Church
Newwark
Hirsh
Toth Hirsh
Mount Zion Cemetery
Kenworthy
Joseph Kenworthy
Marks
Jennie Marks
Schafran
Esther Schafran
U. K
Usv
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessibility and Lot Prices
The Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, and by carriage. Lots are priced from $150 up. For Books of Views or a representative, call (4855 Gramercy) or visit Office 20 East 230 Street, New York City.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
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King Alcohol
Winslow
Seven Seas
Dreamland Tower
Aeronaut
Leper
Pennsylvania Road
Gould
Belle Haven Cottage
News OF Newport
Narragansett Pier
R. IL
Joseph E. Fletcher
Bristol
Carmina
Frederick Hayes
Malcolm
Newton
Mass
C. C. Horne
R.B. Dean
W. B. Dean
St. Louis
the Mathewson
Robert Butt
J. H. Butt
H. D. Ixeats
Louise Keats
Keepers
Waters
Horace Waters
Fifth Ave
18Th St
West 125Th St
8Th Ave
Ronalds
Miss Maloney
Spring Lake
Cortlandt St
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Newark
Market Street
Richmond
Delaplaine
Ocean City
Hamilton
West 27Th St
Thomas Lyon Hamilton
Charlotte M. Hamilton
Margaret Ji
John I. Hamilton
St. Nicholas
St. Av
Macbean
Yonkers
Margaret P
William M. Maclean
South Broadway
Sleepy Hollow
Merrill
Orange Lake
Alfred Esdras Merrill
Jennie E. Schnaider
Wool St
New_York City
Montreal
Canada
St. Lewis
Randolph
Freehold
N. We
Eliza Forman Randolph
John Burrowes Forman
Ppope Herderson
Jietinington Piz Rendeth
Orelock
Liberty St
Storer
Bethel
Gertrude
John Wi
Catherine D. Storer
Oclok
Edgecombe Av
Fairmount Av
Margaret R. Cahill
Cargill
Frank Cargill
Casey
Water St
Jeremiah Casey
Clegg
Dover
N. Y
Edward
F. S. Clegg
Prospect Place
William M. Gordon
Harig
Isabella Av
Anna Habig
Hall
Summit Av
Harriet S. Hall
Hannaway
Hudson St
Bee eereNey
Nathan Murphy
Nelre
Frank FE
Nelke
Sn Nolan
Feth St
Adz
Anna Nolan
Murrak
Tob Bucray
Siesen
Bronv
J. Nissen
John Reilly
Ross
St. Nicholas Terrace
Lena Rasg
Ruddy
Briggs Av
Sanderson
Teretha Paegelow Sanderson
WAMB
St. Ag
Mary
Tom Smith
Orange
Aus
Edna Thai Smith
Stohr
Rudolph Stohr
St. Stoppord
Catskill
N.L
Violet May Stanford
Sweeney
Prospect
St. Flatbush
Cornelia Sweeney
Adn Alm
Thompson
Mare
Firace W. Thomseon
Reed
Whiterherad
Teartland
Ketus B. Whitebueud
Williams
Bournemouth
England
Richard H. Williams
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank B. Campbell
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