Organist Leopold de Grandval Dies After Last Requiem at St Michael
Leopold de Grandval, an 80 plus year old organist long associated with New York Catholic institutions, died suddenly after the requiem Mass at St Michael's Jersey City. He prayed to die at his organ and his wish was granted, with funeral arrangements pending. He served as musical director at St Michael's for ten years and held posts at St Vincent de Paul and Our Lady of Grace Hoboken, among others.
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Jersey City
John Hare
Leopold de Granaval
Father Shepherd
St. Michael's
Leopold de Grandval
New York
Church of St. Michael
America
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Seton Hall College
South Orange
N. J
Ridgewood
Louis J. Bruck
de Grandval
Moéunt Savage, Md
Hoe Apprentices Graduate From City School of Mechanics
Closing exercises at De Witt Memorial Church 280 Rivington Street honored 8 graduates from the Apprentice School run by R. Hoe & Co. The yearlong program trained 50+ scholars in English, math, drawing, and mechanics with a six class pace over three to four years. Prizes included gold watches and drawing tools.
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de Witt Memorial
Rivington Street
R. Hoe & Co
Robert Hoe
M. B. Philipp
Pringle
Mrs Vanderbilt Plans Major Gift to St Bartholomew Church
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt announces a memorial gift to St Bartholomew's Church including two sets of bronze doors and a new front at an estimated cost near 200 000 dollars. Originally doors alone were planned but a front was added after private discussions. Work to tear down the existing front and erect the new façade will begin soon.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
St. Bartholomew's Church
Vanderbilt
Banker's Illness Not Serious Despite European Sail Plan
Darius O. Mills, the banker, is not seriously ill and only has a slight cold. He said last night he expects to sail for Europe on Saturday as if nothing ails him.
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Darius O. Mills
Europe
Attorney General Knox Aboard Jamestown Arrives in New York
United States Attorney General Philander C. Knox and Dr John Charick McGowan were passengers on the Old Dominion steamship Jamestown which arrived in New York yesterday.
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United States
Philander C. Knox
John Charick McGowan
Jamestown
New York
Will of Thomas C Bushnell probate grants annuities to wife and daughter
The Morristown New Jersey will dated June 5 outlines $40,000 to buy annuities for daughter Anna G and the same for wife. Executors include Charles Elmer Bushnell of Philadelphia and John Bushnell of Plainfield. Total estate valued at a million dollars.
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Morristown
N. J
Thomas C. Bushnell
Anna G
Charles Elmer Bushnell
Philadelphia
John Bushnell
Plainfield
City Missions Face Vast New York City Evangelization Challenge
The Congregational Home Missionary Society convened in Syracuse to discuss rural New York work and the growing urban mission. Key speakers warned that city evangelization is essential as urban growth fuels social ills, with a focus on expanding Sunday schools and church-led redemption efforts.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Frank S. Fitch
Buffalo
New York
Samuel Lane Loomis
Union Congregational Church
Boston
Sunday School and Publishing Society
Thomas B. McLeod
Tme
New York City
William B. Howland
National Society
National Society For Missionary Labor
Eee
Dwight Hillis
E. Clark Ford
Chise
Charles R. Brown
California
Harry J. Hollister
Michigan
Michael Burnham
Missouri
Bis Oetnee D. Hyde
Bowdoin
Aine
Edward D. Eaton
Wisconsin
George BE. Hale
New Hampshire
Edward M. Chapman
Vermont
Ellen Thomas
Massachusetts
David J. Brewer
Washington, D. C
Colvin McClelland
Rhode Island
George S. Edgell
E. N. Packard
Syracuse, N. Y
W. B. Holman
Connecticut
W. H. Wanamaker
Pennsylvania
Society Notes Highlight Double Wedding Season
Quiet social day features the Misses Cochrane wedding at Englewood and weekend house parties. Rumors of a Miss Gwendolyn Burden engagement are quashed as the Burden family plans return to New York. Engagements include Miss Marie Harmon to Guernsey Curran with Curran brothers noted. Vanderbilt and Mackay families prep Rhode Island estates, with road improvements and polo grounds. London events by Mrs Beadley Martin and Mr William Waldorf Astor's court draw crowds. Mrs Leggett’s Third Court reception described with guests including Lady Paget and Mrs Newhouse wearing $250,000 pearl necklace set.
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Gwendolyn Burden
I. Townsend Burden
George F. Baker
Miss Burden
New York
I. Townsend Burden, Jr
William A. Burden
Evelyn Burden
Burden
Twenty-sixth Street
Marie Burr Harmon
Frank Denman Harmon
Madison Avenue
Guernsey Curran
James Ross Curran
Miss Harmon
Mr. Harmon
Julia Lawrence Riker
Curran
M. Emily Ambler
East Fifty-seventh Street
Princeton
Ross A
Arthur Curran
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Oakland Farm
Portsmouth
Beadley Martin
London
Great Britain
William Waldorf Astor
Buckingham Palace
London Society
Wenlock
Constance Leslie
Jack Lesie
Green Parasol Fashions and Men’s Summer Wardrobe
A lively survey of color and style in parasols and men’s wear. Green parasols paired with matching silk bags and silver gilt frames headline items, including violet porcelaine accents, seashell handles, and art nouveau motifs. The piece notes shirt waist sets with diamonds, ping pong pins, pongee shirts and vests, silk gloves, negilgee coats, and $22 linen ulster style coats.
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Fifth Avenue
Nature
Newport Cottages Open for Season With Notable Guests
The News of Newport reports numerous early arrivals for the season. Mrs John Clinton Gray, Mrs David King with her daughter, and Thomas McKean joined others at local cottages on Kay Street Bellevue Avenue Narragansett Avenue and Rives properties. Guests include Mrs C C Pomeroy Mrs R P Carroll Mrs G L Rives Miss Natica Rives and Mrs W Chanler. Notables W D Hatch G G Haven T J Emery E J Knowlton J T Thompson Mrs G E Cole and others prepare for occupancy with yachts and renovations noted during the June visit. The steam yacht Ituna also arrived at the harbor today.
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Newport
R. I
John Clinton Gray
Kay Street
David King
Bellevue Avenue
E. Maitland Armstrong
Thomas McKean
Rives
Narragansett Avenue
C. C. Pomeroy
Ocean Avenue
R. P. Carroll
T. J. Emery
Cincinnati
Witherbee
Halidon Hill
Taggart
Broadway
E. J. Knowlton
Brooklyn
Bull Cottage
One Mile Corner
J. T. Thompson
New York
A. L. Mason
G. E. Cole
Case Cottage
T. Beckwith
Providence
Renfrew Pa
W. Starr Miller
Amédée Moran
Red Cross Avenue
Jonathan Evans
Germantown
Penn
Knowles Cottage
Jamestown
Ituna
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