Wrights and dignitaries voyage home from Provence
Orville Wright sails to France to teach aviation while Wilbur Wright’s last flight breaks records. Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, returns with Mrs. Bishop from a European tour to study heavier-than-air flight. Lahm recounts a Wright flight like coasting as preparations for international contests gather pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Lahm
Europe
Lahm
Wilbur Wright
Bishop
Farman
Orville Wright
France
Pau
Clement
London
Berlin
Wright
Linhm
English Channel
Provence
Henry Bispham
Paul Bobier
Adelbert Chambrun
Washington
Joseph Duveen
Arthur Geoffroy
Gloria
Theodore Haviland
H. Bourdarnat de Marguerie
Charles Oster
Charles Page Perin
Ward van Alen
Vengen S. C. Shu
Lisan
Postmaster General Meyer Heads North Carolina Hunt
Postmaster General Meyer and his son George Von L. Meyer Jr. left Washington for a week long hunting trip in North Carolina. They will stay with the Houstonville Shooting Club in Oustonville where quail are reported plentiful and the Postmaster General is considered a crack shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Torrey Hosts Dinner and Vaudeville by Noted Guests
George B. Torrey entertained last night at 27 East Thirty-fifth Street with a large dinner followed by a vaudeville show and supper. Guests included Mme Farrar Signor Scotti and Caruso among about eighty attendees, and a two hundred-strong vaudeville crowd enjoyed fifteen numbers. The Hungarian orchestra performed from the balcony as the Pompeian Hall and Louis XV rooms were elaborately decorated with tropical and holiday adornments. Numerous prominent guests from Philadelphia New York and Washington attended, among them Mr and Mrs George Huhn Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and Lady Clarke Timothy L Woodruff and Mrs Woodruff Gen Horace Porter and Miss Billie Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Torrey
East Thirty-fifth Street
Mme. Farrar
Signor
Scotti
Caruso
George Huhn
Philadelphia
Jefferson Seligman
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Lady Clarke
Jo B. Gleason
Timothy L. Woodruff
William Lawrence
William A. Nash
Frank Watson
Jefferson M. Levy
Billie Burke
New features at Toy Show add dolls and wireless displays
The Madison Square Garden Toy Show and Holiday Bazaar opens its second week with new exhibits. Educational displays attract city high school pupils as W E D Stokes hosts junior wireless clubs, featuring a 2000 mile receiver atop the Ansonia. Prominent society women donate dolls for the Home for Crippled Children, and Miss Valeria F. Penrose plus the Pratt collection showcase world dolls and a half inch tall infant. A sixty foot illuminated tree and an Igorot village exhibit entertain children, with a final Saturday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
W. E. D. Stokes
Aero Club
United States
Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes, Jr
Ansonia Hotel
Reginald Vanderbilt
Andrew Morison
C. W. Watson
Alexander Dow
W. A. McGibbon
Norman Hapgood
Mme. Gadski
Julia Marlowe
Julie Opp
Mme
Louise Homer
Ethel Barrymore
Valeria F. Penrose
Philadelphia
Pratt
Drama of Law Staged at Smiths Theatre in Ohio
Special to The New York Times from Hamilton Ohio reports the new play The Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge premiered at Smiths Theatre. Frederick Perry stars as Henry Desmond who defends an unjustly accused man and wins acquittal. The three act drama received strong applause for Perry and Muriel Starr with other cast members including Thomas Findlay Grace Heyer Sidney Ainsworth Lynn Pratt and Horace James. The production by Cohan Harris will soon come to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hamilton
Ohio
Henry Irving Dodge
Smith’s
Theatre Tonight
Frederick Perry
Cohan & Harris
Henry Desmond
Perry
Christmas Benefit at Waldorf Astoria for Ride-a-Wee Home
Social Notes report a Christmas benefit today at the Waldorf Astoria to aid the Ride-a-Wee home. Notable figures George Arliss Miss Blanche Bates and Hamilton Revelle will star in a one act play My Aunt's Advice aided by Thomas A Wise and Clifton Crawford. Mrs William A Greer hosts a small dance at 56 West Ninth Street for her niece Miss Noel Johnston. Mrs Howard K Coolidge hosts a dance for her niece Miss Madeline Wemple tonight at Sherry's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf- Astoria
George Arliss
Blanche Bates
Hamilton Revelle
Thomas A. Wise
Clifton Crawford
William A. Greer
West Ninth Street
Noel Johnston
Howard K. Coolidge
West Seventy-second Street
Madeline Wemple
Sherry’s
Mme Chaminade Attends Brooklyn Club Reception
Mme Cecilie Chaminade the French composer visiting America visited the Cha minade Ladies Glee Club in Flatbush at Mrs William E Kuester 144 Argyle Road The reception featured her compositions and a festive musical afternoon with club leaders and members presenting photos of Le Viselot souvenirs and autographs from Mme Chaminade
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Cecilie Chaminade
Europe
Brooklyn
Chaminade Ladies’ Glee Club
Mme. Chaminade
America
William E. Kuester
Argyle Road
Flatbush
the Mariner
Stuart H. Moore
Chaminade
Metropolitan Opera Concert Delights with Famous Soloists
The Metropolitan Opera House offered a largely operatic program last night, warmly received by a full house. Soloists Maria Gay Marie Rappold Riccardo Martin Jean Note and Adamo Didur performed Verdi Gluck Wagner and Berlioz pieces, ending with the notes encore rule strained by applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera House
Mesdames Maria Gay
Marie Rappold
MM. Riccardo Martin
Jean Note
Adamo Didur
Gluck
Maria Gay
Riccardo Martin
Tschaikowsky
Eugen Onegin
Faust
Mme. Rappold
MM. Martin
Didur
Tannhauser
Waener
Noel
Adam
Zeisler Makes Final New York Appearance With Beethoven and Chopin Repertoire
A large audience at Hermann Klein's Sunday Pop concert at the German Theatre heard Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler in her last New York performance before an extended foreign tour. The program opened with Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata for piano and violin with Otto Meyer, then Beethoven Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 31 No. 2. Chopin solos followed, including etude and scherzo. Zeisler received hearty applause and was recalled. Otto Meyer also performed a violin solo from Die Meistersinger, Miss Lillie Lawler sang in three languages, and Ormsby and others contributed songs. Next Sunday M. and Mme. Joseph Shevinne will appear with duets for two pianos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Klein
Madison Avenue
Fiftyninth Street
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler
Preislied
Die Meistersinger
Lillie Lawler
Eee Ormsby
Mme
Joseph Shevinne
Ben Lathrop
Giacinta Della Rocca
Jean Schwillér
Helen Bertram Quits the Stage
Milwaukee dancer Helen Bertram ends her vaudeville stint at the Majestic Theatre and plans to return to teaching for a stable home life with her 17 year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Helen Bertram
Majestic Theatre
Crowded Manhattan Opera House Refuses Admission
Oscar Hammerstein halts further ticket sales half an hour before showtime as the Manhattan Opera House fills beyond capacity for Mischa Elman’s Sunday concert. Performances include Paganini, Schubert, Gossec, Ethel Barnes, and encores. Pariman to appear every other Sunday. Liachowski accompanies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein
Grand Opera
New York
Mischa Elman
Paganini
Campanini
Schubert
Ave Marta
Drige-Auer
Sarasota
Zapatendo
Gossec
Ethel Barnes
M. Parola
G. Braga
Mile. Espinasse
M. Dufranne
Schumann
Mlle. Zeppilli
Weber
M. Arimondi
Rotoll
Mile
Gerville Reache
Didon
Berlioz
Major Orlando Smith Dies Founder of American Press Assoc
Major Orlando Jay Smith, founder and president of the American Press Association, died at his Hudson home near Dobbs Ferry after stomach cancer. A Civil War veteran, he led the nation’s largest newspaper syndicate for forty years and authored several works. He was 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Hudson
Dobbs Ferry
United States
Major Smith
Terre Haute
Ind
Asbury College
de Pauw University
Mississippi
Terre Haute Mail
Terre Haute Express
Chicago
Bega
Newark
New Division for Battleship Fleet Arrives in Hampton Roads
Plans for the Atlantic fleet welcome home on February 22 are nearly complete in Washington. The review will occur in Hampton Roads with the Mayflower anchored as the fleet enters in a larger formation than last year, featuring about 22 to 25 ships under Admiral Sperry and Rear Admiral Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Roads
Evans
Conway H. Arnold
Thomas
Emory
Sperry
Potter
Richard Wainwright
Seaton Schroeder
Louisiana
Virginia
Alabama
Nebraska
Atlantic
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Chester
Salem
Birmingham
Admiral Sperry
Roosevelt
Washington
Connecticut
Osterhaus
Kansas
Vreeland
Vermont
Fletcher
Minnesota
Hubbard
Georgia
Wainwright
Qualtrough
Nicholson
New Jersey
Southerland
Rhode Island
Murdock
Schroeder
Niles
Sharp
Ohio
Howard
Missouri
Doyle
Beatty
Tllmois
Bowyer
Kentucky
Cowles
Kearsarge
Hutchins
Mainé
Arnold
Caperton
Helm
Fremont
Winslow
Marshall
Reynolds
Scout
Rey. Chester
Wilson
Walling
Celtic
Culgoa
Yankton
Panther
New York
Indian Ocean
Gibraltar
Erie official John S Barrow dies at 51 in Newark
John Shelby Barrow, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Erie Railroad with offices in Newark, died yesterday at his Forest Hill home of heart failure after Brights disease. Born in Bayou Rouge Louisiana 51 years ago he spent ten years with the Erie after fifteen with Chicago and Northwestern and held posts including general manager of the Jamestown Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railroad. He leaves four wives and five children. Burial set in Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shelby Barrow
Erie Railroad
Forest Hill
Newark
N. J
Bright
Mr. Barrow
Bate Rouge
Erie
Chicago & Northwestern
Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad
Barrow
Nashville
Enn
Cardinal Lecot Dead Leader of Liberal French Clergy
Cardinal Victor Lecot archbishop of Bordeaux died in Paris hotel from brain hemorrhage while returning from Rome. A key advocate for conciliatory church state policy, he opposed outright separation yet condemned the separation law and urged faithful to avoid joining false Catholics. Born 1831, bishop of Dijon in 1886, archbishop Bordeaux 1890, cardinal 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambery
France
Victor Lucian Sulpice Lecot
Bordeaux
Rome
Cardinal Lecot
College of Cardinals
Montescourt
Dijon
Cardinal Richard
Paris
Perraud
Ceuille
Cardinal
Prominent Grief Across States and Professions
Obituary roundup notes the death of Thomas Musgrove Griffith at eighty five after a two month illness in West New Brighton Staten Island. His career included work on the Panama Railroad in 1849 the Niagara Falls bridge and two Mississippi bridges and Civil War navy yard inspector duties. Also mourning William McEwan Albany cigar firm founder and coal company head died in Albany age not stated born December 11 1889 in Glasgow Scotland known as one of Albany’s wealthiest men active in church and finance. Albert E Thiele longtime Brooklyn drawing instructor died of appendicitis aged 42 leaves widow and son. Francis Philip Fleming former Florida governor 1889 to 1893 died in Jacksonville Fla, a Floridian native and Confederate Army veteran. William Ives 105-year-old Fredonia resident lifelong voter who never needed a doctor recently died after brief illness. Richard Evans senior partner of Johnstown glove firm died aged 56. William McEwan appears again as Albany businessman and brother of Postmaster James B. McEwan of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Musgrove Griffith
West New Brighton
Staten Island
Hobart Liege
Niagara Falls
Mississippi
Brooklyn Navy Yard
William McEwan
Anthony
N. Brady
James B. McEwen
Albany
Bryce & McEwan
Albert E. Thiele
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hospital
Royal Arcanum and Leaves
Francis Philip Fleming
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Fleming
William Ives
Fredonia
N. Y
Greenwich
England
United States
Ives
Richard Evans
Richard Evans & Sons
Johnstown
James B. McEwan
Birth Announcements Roundup for December Dates
A series of birth notices lists families including Banner Cohn Doctor Edelstein Marks Rodman Selkowitz Simon Slomon and Superior, announcing daughters and sons born in December to the listed parents. The items name the couples and confirm the newborns by date.
Dec marriages listed in scattered notices
A sequence of bridal announcements shows multiple couples with Dec dates, pairing individuals such as Ruth B Bernstein with David Bernstein and Sadie Martin with Edouard Hartogensis. Other couples include Irene Strassburger with Sidney Marx and Lulu Martin with William E Thompson, among several more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Allito
R. A. Wilkens
Obituary notices from New York area 1908
A dense list of death notices and funeral arrangements for December 1908 in New York area, naming Eli Baldwin Aurelia Cassard Joseph Chapman Hampton Coursen Timor Dunning Charles Grant J J Henderson Adolph Levy Lily Pace Bertha Michaelis Stephen Merritt Burial Company Lily Pace etc. The notices specify ages, addresses, and funeral details with requests to omit or copy flowers as indicated.
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Arate Flowers
Chapman
Joseph Elias Chapman
Perth Amboy
N. J
St. Peter’s Church
Coursen
Hampton Aaron Coursen
William St
East Orange
Barclay St
L. & W. Dunning
Upper Segainless J
Saran Arkman
Timor Warren Dunning
Grant
Charles F. Grant
Brooklyn
Ee . M. Henderson
J. J. Henderson
Prospect Place
Levy
Rider
Ose
Adolph L
Emma L. Levy
Edwina
Violet Levy
MacKay
Charles C. Cereral
Saganth
Shore Drive
Bay Ridge
Michaelis
Bertha
Adolph Michaelis
Louis
Hénrietta
Arnold
William
Natalie Michaelis
East 74Th St
Berlin
PACEE
New York
Lily
Stephen Merritt Burial Company
8Th Ave
19Th St
Philadelphia
Phillips
Cumberland
Asher L. Phillips
Smith
Dobsbs Ss
Ee Orland Jay Smith
Central Station
Pington Av
Ssesitege-dbs -Hudson
Sutton
Caroline P. Sutton
Garden Av
Mount Vernon
A Y
Dee
Rosedale
Ta Tae
Dence
Beth
Sterritt Iimble
Walter
Wilcox
Asheville
N. C
Rayner Scranton
George W
Snes
Serge Pom Se
Former Congressman Eugene F Loud Dies in San Francisco
Eugene Francis Loud, born March 12 1847 in Abington Massachusetts, died in San Francisco at his son in law J J Callandine s home after a period of poor health His death follows the loss of his daughter five months earlier and the death of his wife on December 6 Loud served twelve years in Congress representing California s Fifth District and earlier in the California Legislature A Civil War veteran he rose to the California Cavalry Battalion and later held federal office as a Republican member of the Fifty second Congress and five successive terms before being defeated for the Fifty eighth Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eugene F. Loud
J. J. Callandine
Loud
Congress
Eugene Francis Loud
Abington
Mass
California
Unveiling Monuments and Funerals in Local Churches
Community notices list several unveiling ceremonies for new monuments at St. Luke's Church St. Columb's and Maimonides Cemetery with times tomorrow morning and names such as Louise W. Bell James J. Patty William H. Harrison and others. Also referenced are obituaries and memorial rites including Rev James A Mullen and Marie Alison with dates in December 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Mernny
Louise W. Bell
Coleman
Tass
Lawrence T. Coleman
St. Luke’s Church
To-Morrow
James J. Patty
St. Columbie’s Goldwater
Uavelline
Nehogeh Bigama
Mount Rion
Harrison
William H. Hariont
Hessberg
Maimonides
Weste Aie
Washington
der Mehler
Ophlead
Mullen
James Aullen
McLan
Marie
Cypress Hills
Woodlawn Cemetery Access Adjacent to Central Station
An item notes easy access to the Woodlawn Cemetery near Herlem tral and Central Station. It mentions Webster and venue creer and by carriage a one ecaster fews. The office address is 20 Fast St. and references a pm rerentatt time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn i
Herlem Tral R
Webster
Venue Creer
Pm Rerentatt
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Frank.s. Lahm
MR. and
Mrs. Bishop
Orville
Geo. B. Torrey Entertains
Farrar, Scotti, and
Social Notes
New Waters
Horace Waters & Co
Fifth Ave
18Th St
Broadway
125Th St
Place
le Viselot
Metropolitan
Zeisler
Manhattan
Orlando Smith
ELERT
Review
Bled
Hampton
Child's Library
Ghe McClure Books
Mary E. Burt
Hamilton W. Mabie
Mary E
H. W. Mabie
Dolores Bacon
W. Mabie
Mabie
Eve Child
Hamilton Ae Mabie
Kate Stephens
Hone Wee
Jean M. Thompson
H. W. Mable
Mary BH. Burt
Doubleday, Page
East 16Th Street
New York City
Ing Magazine
Aizenman
East 119Th St
Bas
Bampton
Long Branch
Anns
Becht
Augusta
Blute
Bracklo
Greenwich St
Wiliam Brackle
Carian Hospital
Laure
BNE
Lexington
Brooklys
Josephine Brandis
BURRS
Willis
Mase Burris
Carney
Rénerd F. Rney
Cook
Nera “Morrow
I Darcy
King St
Annie Darcy
Quincy
Helena B. Donn
Santinet Ieris
Field
Port Chester
Mary
Nie
Flushing
Brooklya
Beter Jetter
A. Jordan
Valent Bee
Ordan
A. Levy
McDonald
Eliza McDonald
Matthews
Lawrence AY
Rosa Matthews
St. Brooklys
Mitchell
Ae Moore
St. Don
Randalt
South Onions
Randall
Reinhardt
Obinson
Dongan
Ravine
Rosenzweig
Ooo St
Rosenzwele
Rothengerg
Madison Av
Rothschild
Greene
Brooklyny
Pierce
Charles Pouke
Fifth Avenue
88Th ST
Dutton’s
Phillips Brooks
the Word
Our Cats
Lead Kindly Light
West Twenty-Third St
Carter’s
Eugene Loud
Undertakers
Stephen
Om ‘Frer
Fae Manaore
Nkee
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