City Club Pushes Water Meters to Curb Waste in New York
A City Club committee appeared before a special commission in City Hall to address water waste and future supply. Horace E. Deming outlined 1902 usage, night waste, and a plan for meters, leak fixes, and inspectors to cut loss. Wheeler H. Peckham urged rapid adoption, citing Liverpool's success.
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Horace E. Deming
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Monroe
Ramapo
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Manhattan
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Peckham
Liverpol
England
Bronx
Wedding of Robert S. R. Titt and Edith Gray in New York
The wedding at St Bartholomew’s Church featured Edith Gray daughter of Judge John Clinton Gray and Robert S.R. Titt. Attendants wore holly trimmed gowns, the bridal party traveled to Europe after a Metropolitan Club breakfast, as Mr Hitt heads to Berlin as Second Secretary of the American Embassy.
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Edith R. Gray
John Clinton Gray
St. Bartholomew's Church
Battershall
St. Peter's Church
Albany
David H. Greer
A. R. Gray
Suwanee College
Tennessee
Janet Fish
New York
Ellen Drexel Paul
Philadelphia
Nannie Thayer
Alice Burnham
Boston
W. F. Hitt
Payne Whitney
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Dr. van Buren
Austen R
Work of St John’s Day Nursery by Sisters of Charity
St John’s Day Nursery, run by Sisters of Charity, reports last year 1 884 days of work 8 articles of clothing distributed 50 504 meals provided for children and an average daily pool of 50 boys and girls. Donations of money provisions or clothing are sought through Sister in Charge at 223 East Sixty seventh Street.
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Stt. John’s Day Nursery
Sisters of Charity
East Sixtyseventh Street
Society Notes Spark Christmas Season Festivities
Social columns recount Christmas Eve gift distribution and parties across Hudson River blue blood circles. Notables like Mrs. J Bloomfield Wetherill and Mrs. Ogden Mills host events. debutante Miss Mary Seney Sheldon makes her entrance. homes glow with poinsettias and electric holly lamps as guests mingle, dance, and dine at Delmonico’s and Shelburne Farms.
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Shelburne Farms
Biltmore
Staatsburg
Tuxedo
Harry Payne Whitney
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
W. Seward Webb
Ogden Mills
Pembroke Jones
William C. Whitney
Mary Seney Sheldon
George R. Sheldon
Social Round at Tuxedo Week Prepares for New Year Ball
Society at Tuxedo reports a Christmas week of gayety with club events, cottages filled, and a New Year’s Eve ball at the clubhouse. Notable plans include tennis and racquet matches featuring George Standing and Punch, plus house parties hosted by J Henry Smith and Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr. Attending couples include Col and Mrs John J McCook, Mr and Mrs Oliver Iselin, and others.
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New York Times
Tuxedo
N. Y
George Standing
New York
United States
Robert Moor
Tuxedo Club
Latham
England
Punch
J. Henry ‘Smith
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Col
John J. McCook
Winter Club
Co. Oliver Iselin
George ” Entives
George Rutledge Gibson
Charles Alexander
Denry I. Barbey
William R. Stewart
Washington Society Dances At Country Club Cotillion
A Washington society dance at the Country Club drew thirty members each inviting six guests. Notables included Senators Kean Wetmore Lodge and Mrs Hale and many ambassadors and dignitaries. A cotillion of sixty couples opened after 10 with supper at midnight. Baroness Hengelmueller hosts a large reception Dec 30. Mrs Roosevelt attended Hamlet at the New National Theatre with family and officials.
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Country Club
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Eugene Hale
Senator Hale
Wetmore
Kean
Lodge
Corbin
Cowles
Edward Moreell
Mme
Mayor Des Planches
Marguerite Cassini
France
de ‘Margerie
Alice Roosevelt
Moncheur
Rome
Draper
Count Quadt
Reginald de Kcoven
Herbert Wadsworth
John D. Jones
Jones
Chanler Anderson
New York
Thomas F. Walsh
Masonics'Temple
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Charles H. Campbell
Admiral Porter
John Poor
Myer
Christine Queen Owen
B. Dumiroff
Count Cassini
Baroness Hengelmueller
Austria-Hungary
Baroness von Palen
Argentina
Garcia Marean
Roosevelt
Civil Service
Proctor
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
New National Theatre
E. H. Sothern
Hamlet
Motley's $25,000 claim in Roosevelt estate suit
Mrs. Gertrude Beverly Motley sues to recover 25 000 as a creditor of Cornelius Roosevelt. She alleges he secured the funds as an investment in La Caisse Financiere Francaise and later paid interest, while executors deny the claim as baseless. The case names President Roosevelt and other Roosevelts as witnesses.
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Cornelius Roosevelt
Roosevelt
W. Emlen Roosevelt
John E Roosevelt
George C. Cobbé
Mr. Cobbé
W. Emilen Roosevelt
John E. Roosevelt
Motley
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W. Emlen
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America
France
Paris
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Lawrence
Northern European Imports Fill Market Tables
A market feature highlights items from Sweden Norway Russia and Finland. Old wooden mugs from peasants are sold in New York with hand carved exteriors. Swedish pottery shows two color animal forms while Finland vases and Arabia pottery offer bold color and traditional designs. Russian porcelain and lacquered boxes present intricate handwork and high prices.
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Sweden
Norway
Russia
Finland
New York
Toby
Helsingfors
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