Hotels Glow With Christmas Feasts in New York
The big hotels and cafés hosted lavish Christmas dinners with guests from prominent families and society. At the Waldorf Astoria and Knickerbocker crowds filled dining rooms, while the Astor St Regis Plaza and Manhattan clubs reported busy evenings. Notables including Caruso and the Kennedy circle joined private dinners, with gifts and festive displays marking a season of gaiety.
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The
Plaza
St. Regis, Astor
Knickerbocker
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
J. W. Wright
Rufus G. Sherley
G. J. Paterson
D. Nicoll
C. E. Dietrich
H. Richard
C. E. Gilbert
Robert Knoedler
C. Stewart Ludlam
W. Alexander
Wilton Wolf
Mr. del Toro
W. Winter
E.L. Lewis
Martin Love
D. W. Haynes
Enrico Caruso
Hotel Astor
Astor
the Gotham
St. Regis
Sir Edward
Constance Richardson
Col
John Magee
Magee
Henry Shafer
Tyler Morse
Francis Carolan
E. J. de Sable
Maximilian Fleischmann
Gallatin
J. J Sinclair
Robert R. Reid
Mr. Whittell
J. Mason Janney
E. N. Potter
B. Morton
Stephen W. Roach
Alfred J. Mendels
Edward Crozer
Uplands
Penn
Imperial
Senator Briggs
New Jersey
Capt. Huston
Havana
Cuba
Charles J. Ryan
C. C. Cunningham
Miss Cunningham
J. J. Humphreys
Humphreys
J. H. Norton
Los Angeles
Franklin Osgood
Rules of Railroads Under Scrutiny by Public Service Commission
Albany reports show many steam railroad accidents in 1908 resulted from workers not following standard operating rules or special instructions. The commission orders all New York steam railroads to submit printed operating rules, hiring examinations, rule familiarity checks, rule efficacy measures, and violation records.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Second District
Apenas
Pacific Shipping Hurt by Foreign Vessels Protest
Coast Cities protest government use of tramp foreign ships as their coal carriers and discharge points. The Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast unite to curb what they call unfair competition, arguing government chartering of tramp colliers demoralizes American vessels and regular Pacific lines.
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San Francisco
Associated Chambers of Commerce of
Pacific Coast
Chamber of Commerce
Ocean Travelers Four liners sail to Europe with American passengers
Four transatlantic ships depart for Europe today carrying a large American contingent home for Christmas before winter travel. On St Paul the group includes Harry Lyons and Mrs. Harris, along with Mrs. Arnold and others. Baltic lists Col. Grant and Mrs. Grant among many. Minneapolis features Dr Beazley and Capt Larking. Trent shows Bishop Bristol and Mrs Bristol plus Crombie and others.
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Europe
Paul
Southampton
Harry Lyons
United States
Nice
F. L. Lovell
A. J. Clark
Carrie Arnold
M. Garretson
Nora Kilpatrick
Robert Henry Harris
Mercedes de Cordoba
Baltic
Liverpool
Robert Adams
J. P. Grant
R. W. Woolley
C. de Castro
E. S. Atwood
T. Fenton Taylor
T. L. Wells
Dr Bull under opiates amid grave illness
Dr William T Bull, a surgeon, remained in a grave condition with little improvement at the Plaza after a serious relapse earlier in the week. He suffers racking pain and has been kept under powerful opiates, unable to join Christmas observances yesterday.
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William T. Bull
Miss Guggenheim Improves After Appendectomy
Miss Marguerite Guggenheim daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Guggenheim was removed from the St Regis to the German Hospital Wednesday evening where surgeons diagnosed appendicitis. She underwent immediate operation and, according to those attending, is much improved and on the road to recovery. She fell ill in the hotel foyer prompting urgent hospital transfer.
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Marguerite Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
St. Regis
Miss Guggenheim
Nash summoned to bedside of ill mother in Albany
William G. Nash president of the Mercantile National Bank in New York City has been summoned to Albany to the bedside of his critically ill 79 year old mother Mrs Nash in the city December 25 1930s reporting era. the family ties and domestic duties affect a prominent banker.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
William G. Nash
Mercantile National Bank
New York City
Mrs. Nash
Attorney General Pramas Seeeten in Slight Improvement
Albany December 25 reports a slight improvement in the condition of Attorney General Pramas Seeeten who had been seriously ill. Updates from doctors show steadier signs and cautious optimism for recovery.
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Albany
Pramas
Otello Opens at Manhattan Opera House with Melba and Zenatello
The Manhattan Opera House produced Verdi's Otello with Mme Melba as Desdemona and Zenatello as Otello. Sammarco as Iago and Campanini conducted a near sellout, with intense ovations for Zenatello and Sammarco after the second act and multiple curtain calls for Melba after the final act.
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Desdemona
Melba Emilia
Doria Othello
M. Zenatello
M. Venturini
M. Montanari
de Segurola Coencores Seas Crabbe
Otello
Albani
Jean de Reszke
Italo Campanini
Academy of Music
Mme
Melba
Zenatello
Sammarco
Manhattan Opera House
L Elisir d Amore at the Metropolitan Opera
Revival of Donizettis L Elisir d Amore at the Metropolitan Opera House delighted patrons after a two season absence. Mme Embrich as Adina and M Bond as Nemorino drew praise for sparkling singing and refined phrasing, with Campanari and Paterna as Belcore and Dulcamara also noted though voices showed wear. Toscanini conducted and Santuzza was sung by Destini with restraint.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Donizetti
Cana
Mmeembrich
Adina
M. Bond
Nemorino
Manhattan Opera House
Mr. Campanari
Belcore
Paterna
Marie Mattfeld
Gannetta
Mr. Spetrino
Cavalleria Rusticana
Ricardo Martin
Mr. Caruso
Turiddu
Miss Destini
Santuzza
Mr. Toscanini
Newberry Outlines Navy Reform Plan in Detroit
Secretary of the Navy Newberry spoke at the Detroit Club about cutting red tape and running the Navy on a business basis. He proposed expanding the general board and Board of Construction, amending regulations to merge the Bureau of Steam Engineering with the Board of Construction and repair under one head, and assigning broader duties to the board to address past criticisms.
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New York Times
Detroit
Mich
Newberry
Detroit Club
Navy Department
General Board
Board of Construction
Bureau Administration
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Board of Construction and Repair
Robbins Likely to Succeed Watkins as Banking and Insurance Chief
Samuel K. Robbins of Moorestown, Burlington County, is expected to replace David O. Watkins of Woodbury as State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance when Watkins’s term ends April 2, 1909. Gov Fort will appoint. Robbins has Senate support from Republican colleagues.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Samuel K. Robbins
Moorestown
Burlington County
David O. Watkins
Woodbury
Watkins
Fort
State Bankers’ Association
George F. Gaunt
Gaunt
Laudenslager
Gloucester
John Boyd Avis
Robbins
Senate
J. Robbins
Banking
Senate Actme
Watns
James Corrigan Dead Leading Corrigan McKinney Co Pioneer
James Corrigan, 60, chief figure in Corrigan McKinney and Co, died after an appendicitis operation in Cleveland. His life spanned ore, coal, and furnace ventures, including early petroleum ties and a Standard Oil sale. He faced heavy financial trials with John D. Rockefeller, won and lost battles, and left a son. His wife and three children perished in a prior yachting accident.
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New York Times
Cleveland
James Corrigan
Corrigan
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Frank Rockefeller
Lake Superior
John D. Rockefeller
Frank
Death of Francis William Moore Brooklyn Dentist Society Secretary
Francis William Moore secretary of the Brooklyn Dental Society died yesterday at his home in Brooklyn of heart failure after an attack of acute indigestion. He was 54 or 55 and a veteran sergeant of the Twenty third Regiment New York National Guard for twenty years. Born in Brooklyn he was the son of Thomas W. Moore and Elizabeth Henley Moore of England. He is survived by a widow and two sons.
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Francis William Moore
Brooklyn Dental Society
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Twenty-third Regiment
Thomas W. Moore
Elizabeth Henley Moore
England
Charles West Spalding Pioneer Kansas Newspaper Man Dies
Charles West Spalding a Kansas pioneer newspaper man died in Kansas City Kansas aged 79. He once was first violin with McVickar Theatre Chicago and organist at St Marys Cathedral Chicago. He belonged to the Ben Cotton Minstrel troupe and served as a Civil War special correspondent for The Chicago Times. Carl H Wetzel custom tailor died at his home in this city yesterday. He began business in old Greenwich Village in 1874 and moved to West Fourteenth Street in 1884.
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Charles West Spalding
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Mr. Spalding
McVickar’s Theatre
Chicago
St. Mary's Cathedral
Chicago Times
Carl H. Wetzel
East Forty-fourth Street
Greenwich Village
West Fourteenth Street
Marriages Noted in San Juan Puerto Rico and NY Areas
A set of婚姻 notices dated December 1908 lists Emilia Cuebas y Montval and Vincent de la Montagnie from New York. Helen M. Rae and Her nand E. Behn. Carrie Dumas from Malone to Joseph Blair of Blair. Minnie M. Sloat from Warwick to Amos Johnson. Florence E. Blumenthal to Conrad Prehs in separate notices.
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DE LA Montagnie—Cuebas
San Juan
P. R
Emilia Cuebas Y Montval
Vincent de la Montagnie
New York
Behn—Rae
Helen M. Rae
Hernand E. Behn
Blair—Dumas
Malone
N. Y
Carrie Dumas
Joseph Blair
Johnson—Sloat
Warwick
Minnie M. Sloat
Amos Johnson
Prehs
Obituary notices from a Brooklyn paper December 1908
Funeral notices list mourners across Brooklyn New York for December 24 25 26 1908. Names include George W Adams Jr Emma Douglas Cummits Elizabeth Thurston Aaron C Allen and many others with ages residences and service details.
Obituary Notices Include McComb McMeek Meen and City Clergy
The notices list Anna McComb widow of John H. Chidester and executor of James Jenning McComb estate valued at 30. George Washington, Ontario & Western Railroad official, died in Middletown at 61. Father James F. Mee, pastor of St Mary’s Staten Island, died at 65 after nineteen years in the parish. He had Irish birth and was ordained in 1883.
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Fifth Avenue
East Forty- Street
Anna McComb
Chidester
John H. Chidester
West Fifty-fixth
James Jenning McComb
George Washington
Ontario & Western Railroad
Middletown
Troy
New York Central Railroadvice
Schenectady
Railroad Club of
New York City
Arthur C. West
James F. Mee
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Cliftom
Staten Island
Hex
Ireland
St. Rose’s Roman Catholic Church
Manhattan
Southern Industrial and Electric Exposition Planned for 1909
Louisville aims to spark Southern interest in city lighting with an expo to run April 12 to 24, 1909 following the 1907 display of Louisville manufactured goods. The event seeks to promote lighting up southern cities all night in the style of Wey.
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Louisville
Commercial Club and_ kin
South
B Wey
New York
Speed Record from Shanghai
Post Office authorities in Shang hai address dead letters issue after February mail to a Times correspondent at the Astor House Shanghai is returned. Business notices mention Tompkins & Tompkins Attorneys at 156 5th Avenue and Times Square, 109 W 45th St.
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Shanghai
Shang
China
Times
Astor House
Tompkins
AW & Times
Square
W. 45Th St
Unclear parish notices in Newark obit style brief
Masses and memorial notices list services and flowers for Isabel Kenlan Thomas Kenny and John Von Tish with Unveiling monuments at Nethew Shimbert Washington Cemetery and Harrison New Jersey dates.
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George Gould
E. H. Harriman
G. E. Jones
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Virginia Murray
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Thirty-ninth Street
Philip II
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George E. Batchellor
A. J. Cassatt
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Woodbury Kane
Robert Coleman & Co
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Josias J. Henderson
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Emma Lawrence Jacob
Mary Phelps Jacob
Janvier
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Watkins Glen
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Conn
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Otto Volkening
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Berthe Diechmann
Fune
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James H
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Jennie M. Burdette
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Aliee Clinch
Collin
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Amsterdam
James F. Connell
Connor
Marble Hill
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Constantine
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Robert Constantine
Conyngham
Newburg
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Duffy
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Patrick G Duffy
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A. Esterly
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Catheerine Finneran
Yr Fletcher
Addison C. Fletcher
A. Garcia
Antonia Garcia
M. Harnett
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Ellen Harrigan
Holzhauser
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Martin Helzhauser
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Joseph Hudnett
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William Krumback
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Daniel Leyden
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Sumpter St
James J. McCullough
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Morristown
James A. McIllwreath
Mann
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William M
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Margaret Olson
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