Vanderbilt Wedding Plans Completed and Gifts Displayed
Preparations for Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Bzéchény’s wedding are finished with an orchid theme. A boy choir from St Patrick’s Cathedral will sing. guests total over 300 at 30 to 35 tables. Floral canopies, yellow and white orchids, and elaborate decor mark the celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Laszlo Bzéchény
Mgr
Michael J. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
J. J. Byrne
James C. Ungerer
John F. Finnegan
Nicholas Sebastian
P. F. Morey
William F. Hooley
Ahan Franko
Gaul
Ruth
Miss Vanderbilt
Dorothy Whitney
Miss Ruth Twombly
Flora Whitney
H. P. Whitney
Clarence Mackay
Louis Webb
John R. Drexel
Col
J. J. Astor
J. Gordon Ouvlas
Duchess of Marlborough
F. W. Vanderbilt
William Douglas Sloane
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
W. B. O. Field
Sawyer
Oppenheim, Cray, Savage
Cain
Vanderbilt House
Mrs. Vanderbilt Hosts Third Dinner Before Musical Evening
Mrs William K Vanderbilt hosted the third dinner of a series at 660 Fifth Avenue with Mrs James A Burden Jr and other society women. Geraldine Farrar performed three song groups including works by Strauss Chadwick Schumann Rogers MacDowell Hahn and Beinberg. Miss Adam Sassoli, Melba's protégé, played harp solos as Richard Barthélemy accompanied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
James A. Burden, Jr
Geraldine Farrar
Farrar numbers and encore by artists
Farrar numbers repeat as the musicians perform again. The artists also delivered an encore to the audience, confirming strong reception and continued engagement.
Wed two licenses mark city hall marriage bureau
Yesterday at the new City Hall marriage bureau Frank B. Maltby of Philadelphia and Miss Josephine Hedges of 54 West Thirty-third Street obtained licenses. Maltby, a civil engineer with an office in the Drexel Building, Philadelphia, was previously divorced in St. Louis on Dec. 23. Hedges is a cousin of city lawyer Job Hedges and was born in Dansville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bureau
Frank B. Maltby
Philadelphia
Josephine Hedges
West Thirty-third Street
Mr. Maltby
Drexel Building
St. Louis
Miss Hedges
Job Hedges
Dansville
N. Y
Morris K Jesup Burial Held at Brick Presbyterian Church
Funeral for Morris K Jesup drew about 1300 mourners at Brick Presbyterian Church. Clergy included Rev. Dr. William Richards and Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke. burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Notables attending included J P Morgan, Cornelius N Bliss, Isidor Straus, Andrew Carnegie, J P Morgan Jr, and many civic and museum leaders. Flags at City Hall were half mast in tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris K.jesup
Brick Presbyterian Church
Thirty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
William Richards
Henry van Dyke
Hugh Black
Union Pheeteeee Seminary
Esup
J. P. Morgan
John E. Parsons
Joseph H. Choate
Cornelius N. Bliss
Mny Fairfield
Osborn of Columbia
Cleveland H. Dodge
Horace Porter
J. T. Perry
Charles D. Lanier
Thatcher Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Jesup
The
Academy of Science
American Museum of Natural History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Union Theological Seminary
New York Institution For the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
New York City
Half Orphan Asylum
Sailors
Henry C. Potter
Isaac N. Seligman
Gen
Frederick Dent Grant
John H. Stalin
Andrew Carnegie
James Bryce
J. Edward Simmons
Isidor Straus
William Butler Duncan
Gustav H. Schwab
George F. Seward
William, Bayard Cutting
Alexander&. Orr
Charles M. Schwab
John D. Crimmins
E. E. Olcott
R. Fulton Cutting
James S. Speyer
J. P. Morgan, Jr
John Bigelow
Thomas H. Hubbard
Robert C. Ogden
J. Ross Stevenson
A. F. Schauffler
Grace Griswold
Funeral for composer Edward MacDowell held at St. George's
Edward Alexander MacDowell died Thursday at Westminster Hotel. Funeral services were at St. George's Episcopal Church Stuyvesant Square with Rev. Hugh Birckhead officiating. Mendelssohn Glee Club and Franko's Orchestra performed selections from his works. Interment will be in Peterboro New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Alexander MacDowell
Westminster Hotel
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Stuyvesant Square
Hugh Birckhead
Mendelssohn Glee Club
Franko
MacDowell
Seth Low
Horatio Parker
E. C. Benedict
Howard Mansfield
MacDowell Association
John W. Alexander
Association
Walter Cook
William Loomis
L. L. Danforth
Philip Schmidt
Henry EE. Krehbiel
Richard Watson Gilder
Wassily Safonoff
Daniel C. French
Coleman Cutor
Hamlin Garland
Augusta Lewis
William R. Steinway
Henry T. Finch
Philip Hale
Allan Robertson
Lawrence Gilman
Henry Rutgers Marshall
Eugene Heffly
Grand Central Station
Peterboro
N. H
Ouida Dies in Viareggio After Long Illness
Florence Jan 2 Ouida Louise de la Ramée the novelist died at Viareggio after a lengthy illness. She was blind in one eye and poor in health and funds, surrounded by dogs in her final days. The death cause is asthma with heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ouida
Louise de la Ramée
Viareggio
Roseate
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
England
Mile
Louisa de la Ramee
Louisa
J. B. Lippincott
Bondae
London
Lippincott
Marquis di Stufa
Puck
Tricotrin
Folle-Farine
Maremma
America
Italy
Massarosa
Death of Rev Dr P F Disser at 80 in Baltimore
Baltimore reports the death of Rev Dr P F Disser a St Marys Seminary faculty member and former instructor to Cardinal Gibbons He died early this morning from a lung condition Cardinal Gibbons administered the last rites to the priest before his passing at age 80
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
P. F. Disser
St. Mary’s Seminary
Cardinal Gibbons
Gift to Mrs Gearie Receives Five Dollar Note
Tir Times reports a five dollar gift given for Mrs Alice Gearie of 219 West 123th Street received from C L B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gearie
Tir Times
West 123d Street
Noted turf official dies in Virginia
Francis Trevelyan, well known in the turf world, died at Forest Lodge near Charlottesville Virginia from cirrhosis of the liver after months of illness He had lived in Virginia about a year and recently faced personal tragedy with his niece Mrs Martin being buried in Charlottesville in a separate incident Trevelyan formerly resided in New York where he spent about a decade and a half of his twenty plus years in the United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Francis Trevelyan
Forest Lodge
Virginia
New York
Trevelyan
England
Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan
Royal
Gen Anthony Heger, Brigadier General, Dies at 79
Brigadier General Anthony Heger retired and living at 465 Central Park West died yesterday at age 79. Born in Austria he studied medicine there before earning a degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He served from 1865 through the Civil War era, earned brevet as Lieutenant, became Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General, retired 1892 and advanced to Brigadier General in 1904. He leaves a widow and two sons William of Milwaukee and Anthony of this city. Funeral services are set for St Michael's Church at Ninety-ninth Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Heger
Central Park West
Austria
University of Pennsylvania
Heger
Regular Army
William Heger
Milwaukee
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Ninety-ninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Col Henry Lippincott, Army Medical Leader, Dies in Brooklyn
Col Henry Lippincott U S A retired died in Brooklyn after a long illness. He began as an acting medical cadet in 1863 and served forty years in campaigns including California Nevada Indians 1865 and the Washita battle. He earned a brevet major and led as chief surgeon in the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps. He retired in 1903 as chief surgeon of the Department of the East at Governor's Island. He leaves a widow and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lippincott
Brooklyn
California
Nevada
Washita
Department of the Pacific
Eighth Army Corps
Merritt
Manila
Otis
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Col. Lippincott
Train kills Capt Hanford in Castleton incident
George F. Hanford aged 70, conductor of the New York Central train wrecked with legislators at Spuyten Duyvil on January 13 1882, was struck by a train near Castleton at noon and died at 8 p m. The prior disaster killed Senator Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
George F. Hanford
New York Central
Spuyten Duyvil
Senator Wagner
Castleton
Mr. Hanford
Death of William Stratford M D Ph D City College natural history head
William Stratford M D Ph D head of the City College of New York natural history department died at 263 West Fifty second Street. Born November 4 1844 in Newtown L I he graduated from City College in 1865 and earned a master of arts. He taught at City College from 1886 until his death and pursued fossil hunting in the Rocky Mountains. He was unmarried and survived by two sisters. Funeral at Church of the Paulist Fathers Fifty ninth Street and Columbus Avenue Tuesday at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stratford
College of the City of New York
Dr. Stratford
Thomas and
Elizabeth MacFarlane Stratford
Newtown
L. I
City College
Stratford
Rocky Mountains
College
Church of the Paulist Fathers
Fiftyninth Street
Columbus Avenue
Worcester Policeman Cronin Jr. Dies After Long Illness
Dennis J. Cronin Jr., a Worcester police officer born in Worcester, died here after a lingering tuberculosis illness at age 35. A Spanish American War Marine, he served on the Brooklyn and Admiral Schley’s flagship, earning a bravery promotion and later acting as Schley’s orderly. He testified in the Schley-Sampson controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Dennis J. Cronin, Jr
Cronin
Brooklyn
Schley
Schley- Sampson
Funeral for Leopold Wallach Held at Temple Emanu-El
Many expressed desire to attend the funeral so Wallach’s family moved services to Temple Emanu El at Forty third Street and Fifth Avenue. The rite will be led by Rev Joseph Silverman at 10 o clock this morning rather than 9:30 at the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Wallach
Notable deaths across several states reported
Postmaster Osman B Warren of Rochester New Hampshire former Department Commander of the New Hampshire Grand Army of the Republic died of apoplexy aged 62. Frank H Dwelly Falls River Massachusetts manufacturer and longtime treasurer of Tecumseh Mills died aged about 60. Clare Cook widow of editor and journalist Clarence Cook died aged 87 and was John Adams great granddaughter. Charles E Conaway founder of several West Virginia railroads died of appendicitis aged 43. John J Rush retired farmer of Harmony Township New Jersey died at 88. John Franklin Smith former East Orange official and hat factory superintendent found dead in East Orange. Andrew T Campbell Jr Montclair New Jersey lawyer died of Brights disease. John Hammond Racquet and Tennis Club expert tennis instructor died at 29 after pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmon B. Warren
Rochester
N. H
New Hampshire Grand Army of the Republic
Frank H. Dwelly
Fall River
Mass
Tecumseh Mills
Clarence Cook
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Harmony Township
N. J
Grantlan
John Franklin Smith
East Orange
Union Lodge No. 1 Te F
A. M
Orange
Andrew T. Campbel! JR
Montclair
Bright
Corporation Counsel's
Andrew T. Campbell
John Hammond
Hammond
Manchester
England
Manon Lescaut at the Metropolitan Opera Season Opener
Puccini's Manon Lescaut returned to the Metropolitan for the season with the same cast as last year. Cavalieri delivers a dramatic presence as Manon while Scotti shines as Lescaut and Caruso sings Des Grieux with refined tone and artistic restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manon
Mme
Cavalieri Uni Musico
Cesc
Sa. Saeves
Mattfeld Des Grieux
M. Caruso
Aaa
M. Delwary UN Sergente
M. Navarini
K. Boottl Geronte
Lafucchi
Massenet
Prévoct
Mme. Cavalieri
Des Grieux
Barocchi
Geronte
Lucas
Edmondo
Ferrari
Marriages Record shows three 1908 unions in New York area
King Lequin couple wed at Grace Church New York Ethel Barre daughter of John L Lequin and Robert W King of East Orange Menzies Carmichael linked Jan 20 1908 Mary Carmichael to Stewart Menzies Potter Sargent union Jan 2% 1908 at St Stephen s Florence St Moston to Nathaniel Bowditch Potter of New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King—Lequin
W. R. Hantington
Grace Church
New York
Ethel Barre
John L. Lequin
Robert W. King
East Orange
Potter—Sargent
Bishop Lawrence
St. Stephen's Church
Florence St. Moston
Mary Sargent
Charles §. Sargent
Brookline
Mass
Nathaniel Bowditch Potter
Obituary notices from New York area Jan 1908 deaths
Notices announce multiple deaths and funeral plans across New York and nearby towns. Names include George C. Appell, Theodosia Boynton, Andrew T. Campbell Jr., Louisa Whittemore Cook, Helen Fones, Thora Alcock, Richard Hanson, James Hayden, Brig. Gen. Anthony Heger, Eleanor Davidson Knowles, Col. Henry Lippincott, Joel S. Mason, Phebe Stoutenburgh, William Stratford, Dr. William Stratford, Bassie Wachenheim, Leopold Wallach, and Susan White. Funeral details and locations span Pasadena, Montclair, Fishkill, New York City, Scarsdale, Arlington, and Chappaqua venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew T. Campbell, Jr
Stella B. Campbell
Cook
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Louisa de Windt Whittemore Cook
John Adams
Clarence Cook
Grand Central Depot
Boston
Chicago
London
Helen
Charles
Hallock
Thora Alcock
Charles ® H. Alcock
Baily’s Funeral
West 42d St
Manhattan
Woodlawn
Hanson
Los Angeles
Cal
Richard Cochran Hanson
Eugene M
Kate R .Hanson
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Hayden
James T. Hayden
Lilla Hayden
James Roudge
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison
Forty-fourth St
New Orleans
Seventh Regiment
James T. Hayden (First Company
Madison Av
44Th St
Thomas Dimond
Hedger
Central Park West
Anthony Heger
U. S. Army
Arlingto
Washington
Knowles
Flushing
N. Y
Eleanor Davidson
James Knowles
Sanford
New York
East 34Th St
Murray Hill Station
Lippincott
Henry Lippincott
Dr. Lippincott
Jefferson Av
Brooklyn
Mason
Liberty
Ima
Joel Stuart Mason
Joel W
Mary E. Mason
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
West 468Th St
Joel S. Mason
Stoutenburgh
Kensico
Phebe F
Samuel K. Stoutenburgh
Charles W
Daniel
William Stratford
Leopold Wallach
Teresa Wallach
Temple Emanu-El
Wallach
Temple
James Seligman
White
Scarsdale
Susan Gilbert
George Leonard White
John Gilbert
Church of St. James the Less
Fredonia
Obituary notices from New York area
A list of funeral and burial notices for numerous residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Entries include names such as Apollonia Drosselméir, William Farrell, Walter Feldman, Mary Cerna, and Joseph Rubin with dates and funeral times. Some ages provided, locations include East 118th Street and 146th Street addresses, and churches or hospitals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caminonis
St. Mark’s Av
Brooklyn
Philip “Aminoni
Campbell
White Plains
N. Y
Joanna W. Campbell
Cassidy
East 47Th St
Cornelius Cassidy
Cerna
Mary Cerna
St. Av
19Th St
M. Conrad
East 146Th St
Catharine G. Conrad
Doyle
Warren St
Christopher J. Doyle
Drosselmeir
East
Appollonia
Drosselméir
Farrell
Third St
William Farrell
Morningside
George Hall
Po Hessberg
Decatur St
Michael Hessberg
Higgins
Madison St
John J. Higgins
Hodgkiss
Rockaway Av
Can’ ‘Sie
John Hodgkiss
Jackman
West 196Th St
Anastasia Jackman
Johnson
Fort Greene Place
Frances Johnson
Judd
Lafayette
Rooklyn
Sarah L. Judd
Kelly
Ormond Place
Catharine Kely
Kurbin
Joseph Rubin
Paisce
Brewster
Theresia Schlesinger
A. M. Shafer
137Th St
Sheehan
East 58Th St
Margaret Sheehan
P.M. Slattery
H&s
115Th St
Frank T. Wagner
Wempner
St. Nicholas Avenue
Louis Wempner
Westphaelinger
159Th St
Joseph Westphaelinger
Woodworth
Cornelia St
Woodworth Woodworth
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Vanderbilt
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Social Notes
Robert McCormick
Miami
Louis Fitzgerald
Fla
Bonita
W. Walter Phelps
William R. Phelps
Royal Palm
J. Harvey Laden
Nassau
Bahamas
Columbia
Fish
Albert Z. Gray
Gray
David Dows, Jr
Sherry’s
Robert. F. Manning
Mabel EB. Flake
Delmonico’s
Fast Sixty-fourth Street
Ernest P. Hoes
Charlotte Nicoll
James Edgar Morris
Florence McDonald. Baylis
A. B. Baylis
Church of the Ascension
University Club
M. M. Roberts
West Iftyfirst Street
Evelyn van Wart
Curzon Street
Mayfair
Waldorf Astoria
Madison Avenue
Mary Garden
Renaud
Manhattan Opera House
Miss Farrar
Sassoli
Farrar Numbers
Morris K. Jesup
Macdowell’s
St. George’s Church
Spirit of
Tn Times
New York Daily
Mr. Trevelan
Edward Corrigan
Kansas City
City Park
Bronx
Westchester County
NEW York Telephone Company
Rev. Street
23Rd Street
125Th Street
150Th
5Th Ave
Mt. Ve
Riverdale Ave
New B' Way &Central Av
Cortlandt
Melrose
Mt. Vernon
Yonkers
New Rochelle
Tarrytown
Queens
Richmond
New Jersey
N.Y
N. J.T
Willoughby St
Broonlyn
Fulton St
Brookway
Broon
Broadway
Brooklye
Hardenbrook Ave
Rete
Tompkins Av
Tompks
Market St
Newark, N
Main
Bedford
South
Jamaica
Newark
Jersey
Oquida
Capt
Hanford
West 136Th Street
D. J. Cronin
Scott
Lescaut
Caruso
Nursery and Child's Hospital
Waldorf-Astoria
Riverside Drive
Fifth Ave
Mendelssohn Hall
W. 40Th St
Mami Silberfeld
Wissner
Wissner’s
96Th St
Brooklyn Amusements
Montauk Mats
Pest
SAM S
LEE Shubert (Inc
DE Ancelis Rinc
Carr
Menzies-Carmichael
Mary Carmichael
Stewart Menzies
van Buren St
Mary A. Bolen
Boych
Oak St
Adeline E. Boyce
Budworth
West Tth &J
Mount Vernon
Willem S. Budworth
Butterworth
Sackett St
Harriett Butterworth
Wedoce
Thomas “J. Wedge
Art Wedge
Pritchard
Oewser’s Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harlem
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
Rosehill
Flatiron
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell Co
West
Chelsea
All Angels
West End
de Lancey Townsend
D. D
Emanu-El
Av Ana
Silverman
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago _Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
St. Louis Republic
St. Paul Pioneer -Press
Syracuse
Post-Standard
Washington Post
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