Grant Fails Third Day Of Horsemanship Test At Pine Plains
Major General Frederick Dent Grant could not complete the third day of horsemanship tests after his horse backed toward a ditch. Surgeons advised against continuing, and he withdrew with a report due on the performance of colonels and majors. Leonard Wood slated to succeed him as commander of the Department of the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington, D. C
Washington
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
Governors Island
New York Bay
Pine Plains
Roosevelt
War Department
Grant
Gen
Gen. Grant
Co. Byrne
West Point
Army
Leonard Wood
United States
Philippines
Hypnotic Mosquito Claims Stir Newark Naturalists
In Newark New Jersey naturalists publish a rather unusual claim that mosquitoes avoid eye contact with humans. Ames Hill notes that a mosquito alighting on skin becomes nervous when watched and may fly away, suggesting visible gaze deters bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Ames Hill
New Jersey
Mrs May Brady Hall Delays Wedding in Newport
Mrs May Brady Hall who was to wed Herbert Harriman postponed the ceremony due to a slight operation. Friends visited with flowers as the Summer colony awaits a Newport clergyman willing to perform the marriage. Ministers here have said they will not marry divorced individuals. If needed a Justice of the Superior Court may marry them in a courtroom or at Mrs Hall’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
May Brady Hall
Herbert M. Harriman
Bar Harbor Horse Show Boxes Filling Fast
Bar Harbor Me July 19 Those seeking boxes for the show must act soon as front row boxes are gone and most second row boxes filled. A complete boxholder list will be published early in the week. New York names prominent among boxholders. The Executive Committee members are L Ketterlinus Philip Livingston and Arthur D Addison. Mrs Henry F Dimock of New York will visit Bar Harbor arriving August 3 and has taken the Geranium cottage. The Building of Arts opening concert Saturday will feature Alwin Schroeder and Mme Louise Homer with strong attendance. Mrs Robert Abbe leads the committee with Dave Hennen Morris as secretary. Mrs Hunt Slater guests at Greywood and will open Bowling Green soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bar Harbor
L. Ketterlinus
Philip Livingston
Arthur D. Addison
Henry F. Dimock
New York
Building of Arts
Dimocks
Robert Abbe
Dave Hennen Morris
Hunt Slater
John R. McLean
Greywood
McLean
Cottage Street
Slater
Pleads for Working Girls Vacation Society funds
The Working Girls Vacation Society, aiding seven houses near New York, cannot offer stays to 50 to 75 girls weekly due to funds. A $5,000 donation would keep August programs open. $10 funds a two week vacation, and $44 covers a month at Santa Clara houses. Checks to Miss Edith Bryce. Officers listed with addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working Girls
New York
Santa Clara
Edith Bryce
East Twenty-second Street
Green Cottage
Green Farms
Conn
Uplands
Hillcrest
Franklin County
N. Y
Farmington Lodge
Farmington
Chester
Orange County
Neversink Manor
Huguenot
Breezy Corner
Penfield Hill
Portland
Denounces Mad Dog Scare by Humane Society Publication
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals denounces the mad dog scare in its six month report Our Animal Friends. The July issue notes attempts to curb hysteria while detailing a Laurel Hill cock fighting raid, 76 men arrested and 80 game cocks seized, and work including 36 drinking fountains, 17 more planned, plus 80 arrests and 3 622 complaints investigated in the six months to June 30, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Our Animal Friends
Health Department
Wagstaff
Simon Flaherty
Laurel Hil
S. 1
Street announces engagement of Rosamond Street to George Eustis
The engagement is announced for Miss Rosamond K Street daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Street to George Peabody Eustis former Louisiana congressman. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond K. Street
William A. Street
George Peabody Eustis
Congress
Louisiana
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society Arrives in Munich
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society arrived from Nuremberg in Munich to a crowd at the station. The Munich Saengerbund greeted them with a welcome song as thousands gathered. The Arions rested that evening and will give a concert Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Nuremburg
Munich Saengerbund
Saengerbund
Arions
Sheepshead Bay Trade Group Raises Funds for Canal Link
The Sheepshead Bay Board of Trade began independent fundraising to connect Coney Island Creek and Sheepshead Bay by canal. It organized clam chowder party and moonlight sail attracting about 350 people at one dollar each to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Rehearsals Begin for Algeria Musical at Broadway Theatre
Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough prepare Algeria at Broadway Theatre directed by George Marion. Openings set for Atlantic City Aug. 24 and New York Broadway Theatre Aug. 31. Joseph Gaites signs Anna Boyd for The Three Twins at Herald Square Theatre to replace Miss Kennedy. Victor Morley to lead Western Three Twins company. Little Hip the smallest performing elephant arrives for Bostock at Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Victor Herbert
Glen MacDonough
Broadway
George Marion
Atlantic City
New York
Joseph Gaites
Anna, Boyd
Winters
Three Twins
Herald Square Theatre
Miss Kennedy
Victor Morley
Three
Little Hip
Coney Island
Launch Sinks Boat in Jamaica Bay Drowning One
A rowboat carrying four men across Jamaica Bay from Canarsie to Bergen Beach at 10 pm was struck by the naphtha launch Martha. Three were saved, one Spaniard, Tarea, drowned. Skipper Julius Persanowsky and mate Harry Howe jumped to aid. Sergeant Frank Hall rescued three others. Persanowsky arrested on homicide charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Bay
Canarsie
Bergen Beach
Martha
Tarea
Julius Persanowsky
Harry Howe
Frank Hall
Hall
Tony Sack
Atlantic Avenue
Joseph Muskeri
Senrath Ado
Grand Avenue
Brooklyn
Canarsie Beach
Park
Rescuers Save Policeman in East River Daring Drowning
Policeman Thomas Craddock and 16 year old Harry Heiselman nearly drowned in the East River near Williamsburg yesterday after Heiselman cramps. John McGowan and Policeman Dailey pulled them from the water as hundreds watched. They lay unconscious for an hour before revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Craddock
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamsburg
East River
Harry Heiselman
Oakland Street
John McGowan
Noble Street
Dailey
Milton Street
Heiselman
Craddock
McGowan
Alonde
Gallant rescue at sea wharf saves drowning woman
In Seacliff on July 19 Robert Reediman, son of Mrs. F Reediman, leaped from the public bathing pavilion pier to rescue a woman trapped in a whirlpool. His boat tangled in the currents, he plunged in and grabbed the sinking swimmer, later aiding her to safety as the life-saver assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Seacliff
L. 1
Robert Reediman
F. Reediman
Reediman
Gertrude Hoffman Rescued At Coney Island
Salome dancer Gertrude Hoffman and her husband spent the summer in a Coney Island cottage. Yesterday morning she nearly drowned at Sea Cliff Inn but was saved by friends with police assistance. Hoffman does not dance on Sundays under New York law but performs imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Hoffman
Coney Island
Sea Cliff Inn
New York
Afternoon Swim Ends With Rescue After Missing Swimmer
Miss Treffman failed to keep hold on the rowboat and sank while four friends, Grace Sheridan James Sullivan Mrs Henderson and Mr Robb, watched. Sullivan pulled to save her as Mrs Henderson and a police team aided by an ambulance completed the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hoffman
Grace Sheridan
James Sullivan
Henderson
Robb
Ienderson
Father Saves Drowning Boy In East River Rescue
Captain John Perry of Barge No. 12 rushed into the East River near the foot of East Nineteenth Street to save his two children. Arthur Perry, 3, slipped between the dock and the boat and fell in, while sister Jennie, 5, shouted for help. Arthur was rescued unconscious and taken to Bellevue Hospital. Captain Perry survived exhaustion with medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrys
East River
Nineteenth Street
Arthur
Jennie Perry
John Perry
Capt
Perry
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Drowning at Davis Point Among Newport Society
Mary Dooley a cook at C F Hoffman’s Newport cottage drowned while swimming at Davis Point amid a high sea. Antoinette Granger, another household maid, was saved after a long surf struggle as onlookers attempted rescues and first aid. A Palmerly of the life saving station recovered Granger. Dooley’s body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Mary Dooley
C. F. Hoffman
Fifth Avenue
New York
Davis Point
Antoinette Granger
A. Palmerly
Swept Overboard By Boom At Sea Yacht Neptune Tragedy
Louis Jaenicke an 18 year old son of a mechanic was knocked senseless and rolled overboard when the Neptune s boom veered during a gust off New Haven harbor. The body sank and was not recovered as seventeen crew members failed to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Louis Jaenicke
Neptune
Jaenicke
Arrow yacht mishap downplays danger and damage
Capt. D. C. Packard of Edward F. Whitney's steam yacht Arrow said the vessel was never in real danger after Friday's boiler tube blowout. He noted two firemen were scalded but the fireroom was flooded by automatic sprinklers and only the woodwork near the fireroom was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Packard
Edward F. Whitney
Arrow
Brooklyn Man Drowns Bathing at Coney Island
Alfred Peters of 473 Pacific Street Brooklyn drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing off Schweickert's walk at Coney Island. Two friends were present but could not aid him. The body was recovered and sent to the Coney Island Morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Peters
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Schweickert
Coney Island
Obituary Notes for Elmendorf Eymann and Heavy
The Rev Dr Joachim Elmendorf a Dutch Reformed minister died in Saratoga after months of illness. He was born in Rochester NY eighty one years ago and served in Ithaca Saugerties Syracuse Albany Poughkeepsie and Harlem. Martha Eymann widow of Paris born Xavier Sarron watchmaker and Paris Salon exhibitor died in Newark after long illness. Daniel Heavy 71 of Grove and Mercer Sts Jersey City died from a fall after serving as Rahway police chief and leaving son State Senator John J Healy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim Elmendorf
Dutch Reformed Church
Saratoga
Rochester
N. Y
Rutgers College
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Ithaca
Saugerties
Syracuse
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Harlem
Martha Eymann
Xavier Sarron
Paris
France
Newark
N. J
Eymann
Charles Eymann
Lucien
Germaine
Claire Eymann
Daniel Heavy
Sailor Dan Mc Ginn Takes Long Promised Sail From Battery
In a Battery Island pier sendoff, Sailor Dan Mc Ginn leaves for a long-planned voyage aboard the Halcyon. Mary Dooley joins him as friends from First Ward cheer, with Frank McGann treating the group to soda while others tease about the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halcyon
the Battery
Dan McGinn
Battery
New York
Mary Dooley
Dan
Frank McGann
Liberty Island
McGann
Miss Dooley
Capt. Roberts
Bill” Quigley
Ward
John
Big John
Bill
Quigley
William W Sherman Dead Bank Leader Dies in Larchmont Hotel
William Winslow Sherman ex President of the National Bank of Commerce died of heart disease at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Larchmont. He fell from his chair while reading a newspaper and died shortly after. A longtime New York banker born in Greenwich Village, he spent over forty years with the National Bank of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Winslow Sherman
National Bank of Commerce
Mr. Sherman
Greenwich Village
Manhattan
New York
Vermont
Metropolitan Bank
North River Bank
Fie
Sherman
Sherman Longtime Banker Dies After Long Service at Bank
Richard King’s successor and former cashier of the bank, Sherman retired July 1, 1899 after a career that saw him rise from assistant cashier in 1878 to cashier in 1882 and lead the institution after King’s 1881 death. A St Bartholomew’s Church funeral is planned, likely Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard King
Sherman
St. Bartholomew's Church
Death of Capt Henry McCrea Ex-Georgia Commander
Capt Henry McCrea former commander of the battleship Georgia dies of Brights disease at the United States Naval Hospital Flushing Avenue at 3 AM He was relieved of command after the Atlantic Fleet arrival at San Francisco His wife Mrs Carolline McCrea and son Elislie of Plainfield Nemy were with him The funeral will be at Arlington Cemetery services in Washington and burial in Arlington He was born in Iowa on December 1 1851 and joined the Naval Academy in 1867 Graduations in 1871 He served at Pensacola the naval torpedo station the Naval Intelligence Office and the Bureau of Ordnance News of his death will be cabled to Capt Qualtrough and the Georgia crew in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McCrea
Georgia
Bright
United States Naval Hospital
Flushing Avenue
McCrea
San Francisco
Carolline McCrea
Elislie McCrea
Plainfield
Nemy
Capt. McCrea
Naval Hospital
Green
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Arlington Cemetery
Iowa
Naval Academy
Pensacola
Naval Torpedo Station
Naval Intelligence Office
Bureau of Ordnance
Honolulu
Charles H Green Dies After Operation at Roosevelt Hospital
Charles Henry Green died yesterday in his seventy first year after an operation at Roosevelt Hospital. Born October 21 1837 in Dayton Ohio he was son of Richard and Margaret J Green. He graduated from Miami University in 1856 then ran a New York produce business for fourteen years. He married Lila A Wightman in 1872 and founded the Hektograph Company at 42 Murray Street in 1879 serving as its president. He also led the Columbia Navigation Commercial Company and the Washington City and Point Lookout Railway Company of Maryland. For ten years he resided at the San Remo Hotel with his wife who survives him. The funeral will be held next Tuesday at the San Remo and burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery Linden New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Green
Roosevelt Hospital
Mr. Green
Dayton
Ohio
Richard
Margaret J. Green
Miami University
New York City
Lila A. Wightman
Hektograph Company
Murray Street
Columbia Navigation Commercial Company
Washington City Ana Point Lookout
Oldest Woman in New Haven County Dies in Waterbury
Sally Beecher Humiston aged nearly 101 died at the Cheshire home of Frank Williams. A Prospect native and widow of David Humiston she would have turned 101 on August 10. She retained strong sight memory and hearing in her later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Sally Beecher Huniston
New Haven County
Frank Williams
Cheshire
Prospect
New England
David Humiston
Birth Announcements for July Newborn Sons and Daughters
Multiple families announce births in July with new babies. Bert Daub, Goodman, Harris, Korn, Moolten, Pell, and Rosenthal report daughters or sons born to their parents on varying July dates. Parents include William Daub Benjamin Goodman Sidney Harris George Korn A R Moolten Roger Pell Alexander Rosenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Livingston Pell
Rosenthal
Alexander Sidney Rosenthal
Marriages in Jersey City and Englewood area notices
On various July dates in Jersey City and Englewood New Jersey marriages are announced including Irene De Nyse to James Buchanan Jennie Brennan to Walter Crean Ethel S Lockwood to Dr Wallace C Douglas Eugenia Bravot to Joseph Flerk Elizabeth Rankin to Joseph Goldiner Frances Mackey to James Harper Caroline Kaufman to Joseph Klein Emma Lange to Jacob Nash Julia Melhado to Morris Shongut Marion Stern to Harry Silberstein
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
N. J
Frances Mackey
James Harper
Klein Kaufman
Caroline Kaufman
Joseph Klein
Koerpel—Holzwasser
Joseph L. Koerpel
Tillye Jackson Holzwasser
Obituary notices from New York area including Barlow Burr and others
A collection of death notices and funeral reminders from New York area newspapers listing names such as Elbert S Barlow Edwin L Bullis William Tairfield Burr Charles Hi Dale Alexander C Eagleson Oliver Frazer William Gilbert Rosamond Hobart Rose Hoffman Peter Mead Emma Minford Edwin Nash Maurice Rapp William Sherman Anna Taubenblatt Augusta Brunke Lapp Frederick Camp Alfred G Cole William Collier Agnes Crimmins Thomas Curry Jessie Coveney Eliza Damm and others with dates, residence details and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Burr
New York
Ballston Spa
Dale
Charles Hi. Dale
Larelimeni
N.Y
Feagleson
Asheville
N. C
Alexander C. Eagleson
Wiliam A
Harriett R. Eagleson
West 113Th St
Frazer
Hackensack
Charles Moritz
Alexander Frazer
Union St
Nat
M. Gilbert
London
England
William T. Gilbert
Jasper W. Gilbert
Katherine A. Gilbert
Church of the Incarnation
Madison AY
Brunke-Lapp
Augusta Brunke-Lapp
Camp
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frederick Camp
Cole
19Th &T
South Brooklyn
Alfred G. Cole
Collier
William Co. Collier
St. Av
P. CT
Fremont St
Jersey City
Agnes Crimmins
Curry
East 94Th St
Thomas Curry
M. Coveney
Williamsburg Hospital
Jessie Coveney
Damm
Dean St
Brooklyn
Eliza Damm
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from City Area
A list of death notices and funeral times across several New York and New Jersey addresses. Names include Lyta Davis, Robert Davis, Benjamin M. Freligh, Frances Fried, Samuel B. Gibson, Anastasia Gormley, Emil Hartung, Catherine Henken, Margaret Hetherington, Mary E. Hicks, Sarah Jacobson, Herbert W. Landfear, Catherine Lenard, Alan Larsen, Adelaide A. McKain, William Mansfield, Alice S. Muckle, Henry J. Murphy, Robert Nett, Mary Pritchard, Mar Faret Raleigh, Martin Hyen, Laura MacClinchhey, Emma Schmidt, Marion Skinner, Nellie V. Sweeney, Louis Weil, Martha Woffindin, Marte Yanz. Funeral times vary. locations include Jersey City, Newark, Brooklyn, Yonkers, Kingston, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IBSON
Barshore
L. N1
Samuel B. Gibson
M. Gormley
Orange
N. J
Anastasia Gormley
A. M. Hartung
East 95Th St
Emil. Hartung
Clerk St
Jersey City
Herbert W. Landfear- Lenord
Town of Union
Catherine Lenard
Larsen
Swedish Hospital
Alan Larsen
Kleinman
St. Luke's Hospital
Ee Eee
Madison St
Brooklyn
Alice S. Muckle
Murphy
Bushwick Avi
Henry J. Murphy
Neil
124Th St
Robert Nett
A. M. Pritchard
Sid St
Mary Pritchard
Raleigh
Hudson St
Ryan
24 &T
Martin Hyen
Schmidt
Lenox Alv
Emma Schmidt
Kingston
N. Y
Marion Skinner
Street
Newark
Diana Street
Sweeney
Yonkers
Nellie V. Sweeney
Memoriam notices and unveilings in Newark obituaries
A batch of memorials lists masses for Sarah Byrne and David Mahoney and other anniversaries. It notes unveilings of monuments for Charles Gibian Morris Wertheimer and Louis Wolkenstein at Cypress Hills and Union Fields cemeteries, with dates and times in Newark and Cypress Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mahoney
St. Alphonsus's
McGrath
Marty A. McGrath
St. Catherine of Genoa
Rosenberg
Jacob Rosenberg
Spooner
Walter C. Spooner
von Felde
Isabella von Felde
Wainwhright
David Wainwright
Wertheimer
Morris Wertheimer
Maimonides Cemetery
Cypress Hills
Wolkenstein
Louis Wolkenstein
Tnion Fields
Mw. Wuest
Martin Wuest
St. John's Church
Newark
N. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jersey
Brady Hall
Mr. Harriman
Wea
Wwe
Report of American S. P. C. A
Brooklyn Arion
Har Ft Tlh
Boy
Youth
Coney
Lad
Bellevue
Society
Newporters
Sailor Dan
Honest Bill
William W. Sherman
19Th St
Fulton St
White Mountains
New Hampshire
America
Grand Central Station
Yellow Room
By Gaston Leroux
Pittsburg Dispatch
Rochester Democrat
Boston Herald
ST. Paul Daily News
Salt Lake Tribune
Brentano’s, Publishers, Ltd
Av. and
27Th St., New York
Capt. McCreadies
The
Bert
Ching Kiang
China
Mead
Bergen St
Peter FB. Mead
Bergenfield
Phe
Minford
Emma Matthiessen Minford
Thomas and
A. Louisa Minford
50Th St
Woodlawn Cemetery
Anna H
Harry Taubenblatt
East Sith St
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Institute
West 57Th St
15Th St
California Fig Sykup CO
Victor Teena
Alt Dealera
Woodlawn
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
West
Chesea
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