Mrs William Astor Opens New Ballroom at Beechwood
Newport August 28 Mrs William Astor unveiled Beechwood’s new Louis XV style ballroom the largest private dancing room in the city. Harry Lehr led the cotillion with Mrs M Orme Wilson as Mrs Astor’s daughter guests included A Widener J Fr Widener and others. The decor featured white and gold, palms and roses, electric fixtures by A K Burland.
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New York Times
Newport
Mrs. Astor
Europe
Beechwood
Hodgson
A. KE. Burland
Gumbo de Volaille
Recital and society events dominate Newport scene
Special to The New York Times from Newport reports Count Francesco Maria Guardabassi gave a well received recital at the Casino Theatre with arias and Neapolitan songs as a Summer resident audience applauded. Socials featured Miss Leary’s musicale for Mrs. Antonio Yznaga with lavish decorations, and numerous luncheons and dinners honored prominent figures including Mrs. Astor and Duchess of Marlborough.
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New York Times
Newport
Suaimer
Francesco Maria Guardabassi
Casino Theatre
Massenet
Count Guardabassi
F. . Hoffman
Perry Belmont
William Jay
Birke Howie
Philip M. Lydig
Craig Biddle
A. Ladenburg
P. F. Collier
Peter D. Larkin
Alexander Clarke
C. Moore
Henry. Clews
E. R. Morse
G. B. de Forest
Fred Neilson
John R. Drexel
M. Odrichs
Elisha Dyer, Jr
J. Fred Pierson
C. W. Dolan
E. M. Robinson
Daniel B. Fearing
T. Shaw Safe
H. O. Havemeyer
McR. Winslow, Jr
G. D. Widener
W. D. Hatch
Miss Leary
Paul Cottage
Antonio Yznaga
Hodgson
Robert Burton
Heathe Gregory
Jessamine Chase
Alfred G. Langley
George B. de Forest
William BE. Carter
C. L. Best
E. C. Knight
J. H. Oliver
Naval War College
Miss Taylor
Macon
Army
Navy
Herman B. Duryea
Beacon Hill
Europe
Ralph N. Ellis
Mr.Duryea
Humma
Col. W. Denison Hatch
Gilbert
Bellevue Avenue
Col
Carlisle Speaks on Imperialism Before Bar Association
Saratoga Aug 28 John G Carlisle ex Secretary of the Treasury spoke on U S territorial power and the Constitution with respect to new lands from Spain. He noted military occupation lasts until civil government replaces it and commented on Porto Rico imports exports. The meeting also featured patent and legal education discussions with papers by Greeley Hill Binney Browne and Mundale and a general session by Emlin McClain on judicial opinions.
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Saratoga
John G. Carlisle
New York
the Treasury
American Bar Association
United States
Spain
Carlisle
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States Supreme Court
Clicuts
E. W. Huffcut
Cornell
Commissioner of Education
New York City
Arthur P. Greeley
Washington
Lepander Hill
Chicago
Harold Binney
Arthur S. Browne
Charles Martindale
Indianapolis
Emlin McClain
Iowa
Possible Change at Civil Service Chief Examiner Post
Civil Service Examiner John G. Ireland may lose his position after friction with the Civil Service Commissioners. Col Willis L. Ogden denied an exam for the post occurred but suggested a change could come soon. Ogden also probes the Grand Central Palace paper sale tied to police exam candidates.
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Civil Service Commissioner
John G. Ireland
Europe
Berkshire Hills
Commission
Ireland
Col
Willis L. Ogden
Col. Ogden
Ogden
Grand Central Palace
Sheeanites Claim Seven Districts In Coming Primaries
The Sheeanites announce plans to win multiple districts in the upcoming primaries. A leader lists seven districts: First, Third, Ninth, Thirteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Thirty-third. Current leaders named M C Murphy Pp J Ryder F J Goodwin P J Pooling Thomas Murphy F J Lantry N J Hayes. Contenders include Patrick H Cody William H Walker John C Sheehan John Kerrigan Thomas F Duffy John T Cronin and James G Collins.
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Sheehan
M.C. Murphy
Pp. J. Ryder
F. J.goodwin
P. J. Pooling
Thomas Murphy
F. J. Lantry
N. J. Hayes
Patrick H. Cody
William H. Walker
John C. Sheehan
John Kerrigan
Thomas F. Duffy
John T. Cronin
James G. Collins
Mascagni to Race Americas Stage Return in Autumn
Notes of the stage report Mascagni’s possible American visit after a lobby intermezzo at the Hotel Navarre. Aubrey Mittenthal arranged an offer for the composer to come, with travel setup and aSavoy Hotel banquet planned. The Independent Booking Agency expands to run Baltimore Music Hall and Pabst Milwaukee, while Weber and Fields prepares Twirly Whirly seats sold by auction.
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Mascagni
America
Cavalleria Rusticana
Navarre
Aubrey Mittenthal
Mittenthal Brothers
Kronberg
Florence
Pesaro
Italy
Savoy Hotel
Pietro Mascagni
Weber & Fields
Peter F. Dailey
William Collier
John T. Kelly
Charles Bigelow
Edgar Smith
Bar Harbor Receives Large Reception at Pot and Kettle Club
Capt. Thomas J. Bush hosts a reception for several hundred guests at Bar Harbor’s Pot and Kettle Club. Notables attending include Johnston Livingston Judge and Mrs A Lawrence Mrs S P Morgan Gen and Mrs McCook Walter S Gurnee and many others. Peter Marie gave a dinner and musicale followed by a dance with a long list of attendees.
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New York Times
Bar Harbor
Thomas J. Bush
Capt. Bush
Preston Davie
William Prescott Wolcott
Roger
Pot and Kettle Club
W. Butler Duncan
William A. Duer
Herbert Parsons
Henry W. Poor
Gouverneur Ogden
William G. Park
Henry F. Dimock
Kebo Valley
French American Coal Scheme Aims for Atlantic Fleet
Paris dispatch reports a plan by French and American capitalists to fund a fleet of steamers under the French flag. The aim is to allow American coal owners to buy ships and capture European markets by sailing between the United States and the Mediterranean.
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London
Daily Mail
Paris
United States
Mediterranean Sea
Social whirl across Newport and East Coast elite
A bustling spread of society notes from Newport and Bar Harbor shows extended weeklong festivities, dances, and house parties as holiday weekends stretch. Sailed figures include Henry White and Count Costa visiting US hosts, with summers aboard ships and at Lenox, Bar Harbor, Sorrento, and Wyndhurst.
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Newport
Saratoga
Southampton
Oyster Bay
Bar Harbor
Kebo Valley
Engagement announced for Edith Abraham and Percy Straus
Miss Edith Abraham daughter of Abraham Abraham announced engaged to Percy Straus of R H Macy Co and Abraham Straus. Straus son of Isidor Straus Harvard graduate class of 1898 member of Harvard Club Reform Club Uptown Association Hollywood Golf Club and Rumson Polo Club. Wedding planned for fall with date to be set.
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Edith Abraham
Abraham Abraham
Percy S. Straus
Mr. Straus
R. H. Macy & Co
Abraham & Straus
Miss Abraham
Mr. Abraham
Adelphi Academy
Thousand Islands
Isidor Straus
Harvard
Harvard Club
Reform Club
Uptown Association
Hollywood Golf Club
Rumson Polo Club
Brooklyn Garbage Contract Awarded at Lower Bid
The Brooklyn Board of Estimate met with only one regular member present, President Joseph Cassidy of Queens, proxies filling the rest. The contract for garbage removal was awarded to James Monday for 8250 dollars, with Woodbury predicting annual savings of at least 30000 dollars versus prior costs of up to 12500 dollars per month.
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Board of Estimate
Joseph Cassidy
Queens
Brooklyn
Woodbury
James Monday
A Bargain in Ghosts in a New York Boarding House
A man hunts for ghosts in a New York boarding house as part of a Magazine Supplement feature. The article promises to reveal his reason for the encounter and its outcome.
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New York
NEW York Times
Adv
Grand Duke Boris Visits New York amid American Hospitality
The cousin of the Czar, Grand Duke Boris, toured New York and Chicago, praising American electricity and women while critiquing press freedom in Russia. He met officials, attended the Knickerbocker Theatre with Secret Service detail, and planned meetings with President Roosevelt.
Death of Ex Justice Koch Ends Long NY Political Career
Ex police justice Joseph Koch died at Mount Sinai Hospital after a long illness. Aged fifty nine, he was a leading New York political figure for nearly forty years, serving as Civil Justice of the Fifth District, State Senator, Dock Board member and president, and Excise Commissioner. He leaves a widow and two sons in Far Rockaway. He was a Mason and a longtime Tammany Democrat delegate.
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Joseph Koch
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
College of the City of
Columbia College
Grant
Koch
Jacobs
Far Rockaway
Mount Neboh Lodge of
Free Masons
Tammany Democracy
Death of Ada Gray actress who found fame in East Lynne
Ada Gray veteran actress died at Fordham Home for Incurables at age fifty seven and was buried in the Actors Fund plot in Evergreen Cemetery. Once famed as Lady Isabel in East Lynne she faced poverty in later years after a fast rise in 1863. She wed twice first to Charles Watkins then to Charles F Tingay. A sister arrived from Boston for the funeral.
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Ada Gray
Isabel
East Lynne
Fordham
N. Y
Actors’ Fund
Evergreen Cemetery
Miss Gray
Juliet
J. Wilkes Booth
Romeo
Rochester
Forrest
Mr. Tingay
Boston
Death List of a Day: James W. Cunningham
James W. Cunningham of 332 West Seventy seventh Street died yesterday in Netherwood New Jersey of old age. Born in 1826 he spent most of his life in this city and retired from business fifteen years ago. A prominent Presbyterian church member he devoted much time to religious matters. He was active until about a week ago and leaves a wife a son William Delancey Carpenter Cunningham and a daughter Elizabeth Cunningham. Private funeral services will be held at his city residence.
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James W. Cunningham
West Seventy-seventh Street
Netherwood
N. J
Ife
Cunningham
Presbyterian Church
William Delancey Carpenter Cunningham
Elizabeth Cunningham
Deaths of Henry V Dunham Levi Sprague and E P Waitford
Henry V Dunham, longtime New Jersey clothing maker born in Steelton, dies at Muhlenburg Hospital Plainfield after retiring in Piscataway Township. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs Isaac Giles Plainfield and son W C Dunham Cuba N Y. E P Waitford, veteran Postal Telegraph operator, dies of heart failure at Onwentsia Club Lake Forest Illinois while overseeing Western Women’s Golf Championship staff. Levi Sprague, former Erie Telephone president, dies at 92 in Lowell Massachusetts from heart disease.
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Henry V. Dunham
New Jersey
Muhlenburg Hospital
Plainfield
N. J
Steelton
New Market
Piscataway
Isaac Giles
W. C. Dunham
Cuba
N. Y
Funeral for Frank J. Matthews Held in Jersey City
Funeral services for Frank J. Matthews of 28 Duncan Avenue Jersey City who died in a motor vehicle accident at Elberon N J were conducted yesterday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Jersey City. The burial service was read by Rev W P Brush and a funeral discourse given by Rev Cornelius Brett pastor of Bergen Reformed Church and Chaplain of the Fourth Regiment NJNG of which Matthews was Paymaster. Pallbearers included Col Robert G Smith Col Oliver H Perry John W Hardenbergh Col Samuel D Dickinson James C Young John H Wand Capt Henry H Brinkerhoff and Capt Charles N Parker.
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Frank J. Matthews
Duncan Avenue
Jersey City
Elberon
N. J
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
W. P. Brush
St. Paul's
Cornelius Brett
Bergen Reformed Church
Fourth Regiment
Matthews
Robert G. Smith
Oliver H. Perry
John W. Hardenbergh
Samuel D. Dickinson
James C. Young
John H. Wand
Henry H. Brinkerhoff
Charles N. Parker
Two New Collars in Missoula Business Notices
MISSOULA business notices list TETONKA BE and W as entities with two new collar products announced. The brief highlights local market entries and potential consumer interest in updated apparel items.
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Missoula
Tetonka
Beatrice Post Weds Duncan Candier at Strandhome Bayport
At Strandhome Bayport S 1 on August 27 Reverend Theodore Irving Reese officiated the marriage of Beatrice de Trobriand Post daughter of Charles A. Post to Duncan W. Candier.
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Candler—Post
Strandhome
Bayport
S. 1
Theodore Irving Reese
Beatrice de Trobriand Post
Charles A. Post
Duncan W. Candier
Deaths and Funeral Notices 1902 August
A compilation of obituaries and funeral announcements for Helen M Bogert Lucy L Carpenter Samuel B Coe Abigail D Cole James W Cunningham Thomas Garlaudet Rev Thomas Garlaudet John Adams Gilbert Oscar W Heartt Ruth F Hopkins Hattie A McVicar Annie Wheeler Slade and others with service details and locations across New York New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts including Trinity Church Guilford and Forest Hills ceremonies and interments scheduled Aug 29 30 1902.
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Slade
Bartlett
N. H
Annie Wheeler Slade
Flushing
N. Y
Edward
Ellen W. Slade
New York City
Forest Hills
Boston
Deaths Reported Aug 28 With Age Rounding
A brief death notice states August 28 as the reporting date and notes ages of one year or under are recorded as one year. The terse item focuses on the date and the rounding rule for infant ages.
SUGGESTED FEATURES IN RECENT BOOKS AND LIBRARY NOTES
A compact survey lists upcoming features and recent books across translation, criticism, and art. Mentions include Nortons La Divina Commedia translation, Tozer commentary, Wright and Dinsmore interpretations, Toynbee studies, Matthews Arnold, Herbert Pauls English Men of Letters, Whistler era art, Theodore Irwin Oswen library holdings, and debates on historical novel coloring. Also notes Paris of the Revolution, September magazine contents, and Doo pamphlets Archivo dos Acores.
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Prof. Norton
H. F. Tozer
W. J. Pauling Wright
C. A. Dinsmore
Paget Toynbee
The New York Times Saturday Demand Push
Newsdealers report a steady advance request for The New York Times on Saturdays with extra copies sought to meet higher weekend demand. Local vendors anticipate strong interest as readers seek the weekend edition.
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New York Times
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