Debutante season fills New York society with endless entertainments
Society notes detail a bustling social season of débutantes and grand receptions. Major families led by Mrs. Astor, Vanderbilt, Bryce, and Post host events at Sherry's, Delmonico's, and the Metropolitan Club Annex as many young women are introduced, with balls, dinners, cotillions, and dances spanning January.
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Harlem Road
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Morristown
Country Club
Boelle
Richard McCurdy
Grosvenor
Louis Thebaud
Newport society notes from the Muenschinger King cottage
Special to The New York Times from Newport Rhode Island reports Mr and Mrs Eldridge T Gerry and Mrs David King at the Muenschinger King cottage. Robert Sedgwick returns to New York this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt have gone back to New York for a week’s stay.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Washington society notes mark season of teas and musicales
Washington society circles report a schedule of Friday evening musicales at the White House beginning December 11 with January events amid a season of teas and receptions. Mrs. Treasury host and Mrs. Shaw hosted a dinner for Iowa-born old friends marking 25 years of marriage. Mrs. Huff hosted a tea for her daughter Carolyne Huff at 1315 Sixteenth Street with prominent guests. Miss Anna Ewing Cockrell debuted at a tea hosted by her father on A Street. Attendees included Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Leonard Wood, and Mrs. John Foster, among others.
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Marie D Brooks Weds John H Burton in St Thomas Church
Miss Marie D Brooks daughter of Mr and Mrs A Brooks of Santiago Cuba married John Howes Burton in St Thomas Church Fifty third Street and Fifth Avenue yesterday The Rev Dr Ernest M Stires officiated The bridegrooms brother Frank V Burton was best man Only immediate relatives attended including Ernest Brooks J H Burton and families After the ceremony the wedding party had breakfast at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Clinton at 30 East Fifty seventh Street
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Relief from Headache and Heartache with Dr Jayne Tonic
An advertisement claims many sufferings from headache heartache and cares can find sure relief at home with Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge. The copy targets general illness relief and appeals to self treatment at home without medical supervision. The tone is promotional and earnest.
Cuban children released to Point Loma school in California
Eleven Cuban children detained at Ellis Island are ordered released by the Treasury Department and to travel to Point Loma for the Universal Brotherhood School. The decision follows a closed hearing, with supporters asserting the school’s favorable endorsement by Commissioner General Sargent and California authorities. Attorney Kellogg calls the ruling a vindication of Mrs. Tingley and the Raja Yoga School amid anti-Tingley sentiment.
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Pleasant days in Lakewood amid golf and society events
Lakewood New Jersey hosts visitors enjoying boating golf croquet and cycling as hotels fill at meal times. Notable items include a cottage fire on Fifth Street with $1000 damage and a fine for George Gould who attended from the community fire department. The piece covers reunions golf games between Wimbledon players Billins and Norcross now concluded in Lakewood and social engagements by Gould and visiting New Yorkers.
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Barnard Sophomores Plan First Class Dance
The Barnard College sophomore class will hold a Dec 19 dance at Brinckerhoff Theatre. It marks a new event for the school as the two lower classes have not previously hosted formal functions. Committee members include Florence Nye Evelyn Goldsmith Catherine Goodyear Alice Smith Florence Meyer Helen Cooley prenene Pillinger and Emily Hutchinson.
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Gridiron Club Dinner Burlesques Washington Politics
Washington correspondents at the Gridiron Club dinner in the Arlington Hotel showcased burlesques of recent events and future happenings. The souvenir menu featured House rules, a gavel, and a talk on city governance followed by slides of public buildings. A stand Patters party elected W A Turk as president, two bears appearing as a late humorous highlight amid guests including Moody, Wilson, Hanna, Lodge, Henderson, Cannon, Dalzell, Wood, and others.
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Saxon Steamship Burns. One Fireman Drowned in Philadelphia
The Saxon of the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company burned early today near Pine Street, leaving one fireman William Seville dead after entering the hold to fight the flames. Three other firemen were hospitalized from smoke. The ship lies in 25 feet of water, loss estimated at $50,000. Built 1862, 200 feet long, it served Philadelphia Providence and Fall River routes.
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Dillon Leaves Chicago for New York in Good Health
Special to The New York Times John Dillon the Irish leader is en route to New York from Chicago on the 5:30 Lake Shore express. He is fully restored to his normal health though still a trifle weak from illness.
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Death List of a Day Mrs Henry G Davis
Advices from Washington report the death of Mrs Henry G Davis wife of the former Virginia senator and mother in law of Senator Elkins at Graceland her summer home in Elkins West Virginia on December 6.
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Mrs. Fanny D. B. Chase Dies at Hallstead
Susquehanna Pennsylvania December 6 Mrs. Fanny D B Chase wife of Simon B Chase dies at her Hallstead home She was prominent in temperance and missionary circles first National resident of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union ex State President a National lecturer and author on religion and temperance
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Notable Deaths Across States Mention Co Caine Tragedy
Dr Levi J Hixon longtime La Salle resident dies after cocaine overdose. Richard Lavery a retired New York merchant dies in Mount Vernon . Born in Belfast 1830 he joined Grand Street linen business in 1851 then worked until Grover Coox death at Newark home. Thomas Jones Kansas City lawyer found dead in bed coroner cites natural causes. Alfred R Toland dies of apoplexy at Iney Park New Jersey hotel born Glenwood 1841. Civil War veteran served as Asbury Park postmaster and Lake View House owner.
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Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer Dies in Paris
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer ex Dean of the University of Chicago women’s department died suddenly in Paris at age 78 while on a European tour with her Harvard professor husband. Born in 1855 in Windsor on the Susquehanna she rose to chair history at Wellesley and later advised the University of Chicago.
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Philadelphia Converted to Training Ship at Puget Sound
The cruiser Philadelphia will be transformed into a training ship at Puget Sound Navy Yard. It would cost about $500,000 to remodel, but the department chose this to reuse funds on a new vessel. She will replace the training ship Nip sic, now considered obsolete.
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Radcliffe students' home gift honors Mrs Agassiz
Cambridge December six birth day surprise marks $116,465 total for Radcliffe students home honoring Mrs Louis Agassiz on her eightieth birthday. The Agassiz family gave $50,000 and friends contributed at least $66,465 toward building and maintenance, matching the hoped amount.
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Marriages Reported in New York and Abroad
Married notices list Emilie Inness Sublett to Lieut. Ellsworth Price Bertholf at 340 West End Avenue New York on December 8 1902. Also Marie D. Brooks to John Howes Burton wed at St Thomas Church on December 6 in New York. Lucy Tappan Richardson to Albert Morton Lythgoe wed at St Pauls Church Athens on December 6.
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Obituaries and funeral notices from New York area dates 1902
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Timothy Field Allen and others, with service details and burial plans. Names include Catherine E Brightman, Augustus Glover Cook, Eliza P Gould, Cornelia D Littell, William E Remy, Annie Frances Richards, Alfred L Seton, Mary Agusta Smith, and related family details. Interment sights include Newport Rhode Island and St James Long Island, with churches and times cited.
Grand Army Appointments Announced in Harrisburg
Gen Thomas J Stewart, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issues a headquarters order naming Inspector General F A Walsh of Milwaukee Judge Advocate General Albert Beers of Bridgeport Conn Senior Aide de Camp and Chief of Staff J Cory Winans of Troy Ohio and an Executive Committee of the National Council of Administration including William H H Armstrong Indianapolis Thomas W Scott Fairfield IL Thomas G Sample Alleghany Nelson Viall Howard R William F Shafter San Francisco A A Taylor Cambridge Ohio S C Jones Centre ville Iowa R B Brown of Zanesville Ohio named chairman of the Committee on Pensions replacing Gen R B Beath Philadelphia Also listed are committee members John Palmer New York Charles G Burton Nevada Mo John C Linehan Penacook N H John Black Chicago H E Tainter Hartford Conn and John Lindt Council Bluffs Include note of personnel changes and committee compositions.
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Chicago
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Noted Choirmaster Retires Amid Approaching Blindness
Chicago reports that William Smedley, famed choirmaster linked with St James Episcopal Church since 1885, must retire due to approaching blindness at age sixty seven. Former soloist at Trinity Church New York for sixteen years and choirmaster at All Angels Church New York, he composed numerous church works. The church creates emeritus post for him.
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