Flushing Circus Benefit Aids Hospital Fundraiser Opens
Flushing Hospital Benefit Association launches a two day circus and carnival in Flushing to raise funds, drawing 2,500 attendees with a parade through Main Street and Broadway. Ellis Parker Butler heads the information bureau, with local dignitaries and nearby towns contributing to the event, aiming for $20,000 by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing Hospital Benefit Association
Ellis Parker Butler
Flushing
Circus Information Bureau
John Clarke
Hospital Benefit Association
William H. Walker
George W. Pople
Rupert B. Thomas
Harry B. Peace
C. Lowes
Broadway
Bayside
Littl Neck
Great Neck
Glen Cove
Whitestone
College Point
Murray Hill
Franconia
Parsons Avenues
Butler
Bureau of Information
Theresa Maria Smith
Boye
Midway Plaisance
Deadwood
Frank B. McCord
Main Street
Parsons Avenue
Unds
Carrie Ludlow Bogert
Edna Franklin
Sadieco
Booth
Circus
Magear Bergen Wedding in Philadelphia
Woodhull Magear and Gilbert Bergen wed in Philadelphia in a ceremony reported by The New York Times. Miss Magear is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alter Magear and the couple are described as Woodhull of Brooklyn residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Ethel Tatnall Magear
Alter Magear
Gilbert Bergen “Woodhull
Brooklyn
Wedding at the bride’s home on Powelton Avenue
The afternoon ceremony at 3411 Powelton Avenue was officiated by Rev. James Ecob. Matron of honor was Mrs. J. Richards of Radnor. Bridesmaids included Heebner, Violetta Matthews, Elisabeth Lippincott, and Anna French. Best man was Richard Holloman of New York. Ushers included Louis Luckenbach, J Ernest Richards, and Thomas Magear. The Woodhulls will honeymoon in Europe and reside in New York after returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powelton Avenue
James Ecob
J. Richards
Radnor
Heebner
Chestnut Hill
Violetta Matthews
Elisabeth Lippincott
Anna French
Richard Holloman
J . Mr
Mrs. Woodhull
Europe
New York
Grant Wedding Plans In Summit New Jersey
The wedding of Miss Emma Collier Grant daughter of Mr and Mrs George T M Grant Summit New Jersey to Harry Dwight Nims of New York Concord New Hampshire will be in the Central Presbyterian Church Summit Ushers include Peter Goelet Gerry William E B Griswold Almeron Hyde Cole Elijah Kent Swift and Frederick Geller Best man Frederick Geller Maid of honor Edith Besragrast Attendants include Marie Libbey Edna Chamberlain Eleanor Tucker Alice Smith A luncheon for attendants was held at the Grants New Avenue home and a bachelor dinner will be held tonight at the Canoe Brook Country Club Summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Collier Grant
George ™. Grant
Summit
N. J
Harry Dwight Nims
New York
Forry Concord
N. H
Troly
New Central Presbyterian Church
Edith Besragrast
Marie Libbey
Edna Chamberlain
Eleanor Tucker
Norfolk
Alice Smith
Mrs Helen Straat Weds Marshall Johns Jr in Hotel Astor Ball Room
Miss Helen Louise Straat daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Straat of 247 West 104th Street married Marshall English Johns Jr at 9 last evening in the Hotel Astor small ball room. Rev L Halde man officiated with Francis Straat Jr as best man. Bridesmaid Ruth Straat led the bridal party with Grace Twiss Alma Mason Emily Hall and Charlotte Tenney. Ushers George Johns Charles Selover Jr J Bernard Haviland and Walter Cimiotti attended. The bride wore a princess lace gown with satin train and pearl beads, a tulle veil, and carried a shower bouquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Louise Straat
Francis Cyrus Straat
West 104Th Street
Hotel Astor
Marshall English Johns
Ll. H. Haldeman
First Baptist Church
Ruth W. Straat
Grace C. Twiss
Alma V. Mason
Montclair
N. J
Emily E. Hall
Charlotte A. Tenney
Asbury Park
George Johns
Charles E. Selover, Jr
J. Bernard Haviland
Walter Cimiotti
Montclair Marriage in St John’s Church Today
Miss Mary Eaton of Montclair wed Rev. Frank Howard Nelson of Cincinnati in St John’s Episcopal Church at noon. Officiants were Rev Henry W Nelson of Marshfield and Rev udfus Roome. Maid of honor Rita Camacho. bridesmaids Marjorie Taube and Annie Nelson. best man Arthur Hammerschlag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mary Eaton
Frank Howard Nelson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Henry W. Nelson
Marshfield
Mass
Udfus Roome
Rita Camacho
Marjorie Taube
Annie Nelson
Boston
Arthur M. Hammerschlag
Pittsburg
Penn
Eleonore Lewis Marries Clifford Vaughan in Philadelphia
Miss Elea nore Lewis wed Clifford Wheaton Vaughan of New York at her uncle Edmund D. Lewis's Philadelphia home. Rev. David McConnell Breele officiated before family and intimate friends with Dorothy Randolph and Louise Bayard Bowie as bridesmaids and Samuel T. Skidmore as best man. Vaughan is son of Mrs. Jeane Keaton Vys of 75 East Fifty-fourth Street and a member of New York clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eleanore Lewis
Clifford Wheaton Vaughan
New York
Edmund D. Lewis
David McConnell Breele
Dorothy Randolph
Louise Bayard Bowie
Samuel T. Skidmore
Ri Vaughn
Jeane
Keaton
Montclair Pair Wed in Grace Church Chantry
Arthur Underhill of Montclair New Jersey and Miss Helen Elizabeth Sands daughter of William P Sands were married yesterday afternoon at Grace Church Broad Way and Tenth Street with Rev Dr W R Huntington officiating. The chantry was decorated with apple blossoms lilies and palms. After the wedding the couple will reside at 18 Gates Avenues Montclair New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Broadway
Tenth Street
Arthur Underhill
Montclair
N. J
Helen Elizabeth Sands
William P. Sands
W. R. Huntington
Miss Sands
Clarence Underhill
St. David's
Penn
Ernest Underhill
Frederick Siegfried
Glen Ridge
Morton R. Cross
Underhill
Gates Avenues
Mrs Gallatin's Wedding Planned in Philadelphia Home
Charles Newbold Welsh son of Mrs John Lowther Welsh of Philadelphia will marry Mrs Helen D Gallatin daughter of Mrs James Gallatin of 119 East Thirty eighth Street at 3 30 PM Saturday at the bride's home. Only intimate friends and relatives invited. Samuel Reeves of Philadelphia best man. No bridal attendants. A small reception will follow at the bride's mother's home. Officiant is Rev De Witt Thompson. The couple will honeymoon by automobile then may visit Narraansett Pier in summer where Mr Welsh is known to the Summer colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Newbold Welsh
John Lowther Welsh
Philadelphia
Helen D. Gallatin
James Gallatin
East Thirtyeighth Street
East Thirty-eighth Street
de Witt Thompson
Narraansett Pier
Mr. Welsh
Washington Society News at White House Luncheon
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt host a luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. Hopkinson Smith with French and Dutch diplomats in attendance. Guests include the Navy Secretary, the Netherlands minister, and fleet officers, with visits planned to Mount Vernon aboard the Mayflower. Various diplomatic and social rotations follow, including Atlantic City summers and estate leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hopkinson Smith
White House
Navy
Metcalf
Netherlands
Annapolis
Admir Sands
Academy
Winthrop
Woodley
Oce
Cleveland
Senator Newlands
Nevada
Cortelyou
the Treasury
Marion Oliver
Oliver
Justice
Mra Harlan
Ruth Herian
New York
M Bay
Canada
Holmes
J Street
Beverly
Mars
Canton
McKinley
Saemeten
Ohio
Edy th Soule and Ridney Ashbridge Wed at St Matthew’s
Edith Soule daughter of Mr and Mrs J Hartley and Ridney Ashbridge of New York were married at noon today at St Matthew's Church on Rhode Island Avenue. No invitations were issued and only a family witnessed the ceremony. Edward L Buckey officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Fey
Edith Soule
Newport Welcome Arrivals Include Dyer Family and Guests
Newshore society reports Mr and Mrs Elisha Dyer Jr and Miss Laura Patterson Swan arrived at Wayside tonight, with Mrs Dyer’s aunt Miss Patterson joining from Europe. Mrs James W Gerard also reached Sorchan cottage on Umnaga Avenue. Mr and Mrs Richard T Wilson Jr expected June 15 at Warrencote Namnect Avenue. Mr and Mrs De Lancey Kane started a New York visit today for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Laura Patterson Swan
Patterson
Dyer
Wayside
de Lancey A. Kane
York
Social notices of Ridgway and Newport guests and engagements
The Rev Winthrop and Mrs Sa announce a sister engagement for Miss Mr Bcheither to Roy Edgar Remington of Rochester New York. Mrs Andy Schieffelin arrives at the Horn cottage Newport for the season. Matthew Astor Win Abroad and plans July return to Newport. Mr and Mrs F Robert Schell arrive at Birnam House Northfield Mass and will spend August in Saratoga. Miss Grace M Saltonstall sails June 8 on the White Star liner Romania to spend the summer. Grand C Griswold to marry Miss Esther Tone with bachelor dinner at Delmonico s. guests include R Lawrence Benson and ushers from New York and Baltimore. Mrs Edmund L Bayles sails to Searepe. Mrs W Irving Babcock Grace Walton Kernochan and family take a cottage at Cazenovia for July and August. H P Kernochan and mother move to Syracuse. Mrs Emile Brugiere and son Joe to arrive from Europe and occupy Newport cottage June 20. Mrs Woodbury Kane has graves in Newport and has opened her cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Bcheither
Roy Edgar Remington
Rochester
Andy Schieffelin
Horn Cottage
Newport
F. Robert Schell
Birnam House
Northfield
Mass
Sixty-second Street
Delmonico’s
R. Lawrence Benson
New York
E. Coster Lmerding
Frederick W. Stelle
Louis Crawford Clark, Jr
John M. Perry
Gustave Ober
Charles Henry Reeves, Jr
Baltimore
Edmund L. Bayles
West Thirty-sixth Street
Searepe
W. Irving Babcock
Grace Walton Kernochan
H. P. Kernochan
Cazenovia
N. Y
Syracuse
Emile Brugiere
Joe Brugiere
Europe
Woodbury Kane Hase Graves
Mme Nordica Sails to Study Wagner Theatre Details
Mme Lillian Nordica sailed yesterday morning on the French liner La Savoie bound for Havre with her sister Mrs G A Walker and a companion. She planned a summer at Bayreuth to study Wagner Theatre details and to follow them in the Nordica Festival House she plans to build near Ossining. She intended to go to Paris first and hoped Walter Damrosch would conduct.
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Mme
Lillian Nordica
Bayreuth
Wagner Theatre
Walter Damrosh
Gillette to Write a Play for Frohman Abroad
William Gillette, who arrived in London, arranged with Charles Frohman to write a new drama for production in America and England before he resumes acting. He plans to return soon and dedicate six months to the writing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Gillette
Charles Frohman
America
England
Gillette
United States
Summer garden opens at St Nicholas Garden venue
The St Nicholas Garden on Sixty sixth Street and Columbus Avenue opened last night with Frans Kaltenborn and his orchestra presenting Wagnerian selections. Kaltenborn played violin, Mrs Harriet Foster sang, and Edna Hoff was announced as the soloist amid green decors, apple blossoms, and hanging baskets of flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas Garden
St. Nicholas Rink
Sixty-sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Frans Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn
Harriet Foster
Edna Hoff
Y M C A Circus Opens on West Side
The West Side Y M C A on Fifty seventh Street near Eighth Avenue opened a circus with a ring show a menagerie and a side show. Star attractions included Tammany the tiger Teddy and a fox terrier bull fight enacted by children. Proceeds fund the association Emergency Fund.
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Y. M. C. A. Drous
Fifty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Teddy
B. Bears
Cath
Association
Virginia Debuts at Belasco Theatre This Week
Edna Vans Lane and Harry Gilfott set to perform in Feedin a the Casino on Monday evening introducing Roy and Baron Reynard. Frances Nate stars in The Rose of the Rancho at Belasco Theatre, concluding the season with an indefinite engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Edna Vans Lane
Harry Gilfott
Roy
Baron Reynard
Frances Nate
Belasco Theatre
Pocahontas Drama Debuts at Colonial Theatre
Norfolk reports the first night of George F. Visit's historical drama Pocahontas in the Colonial Theatre. A Ponca Indian-inspired scene unfolds as the heroine Pocahontas saves a life in a dramatic wartime setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Norfolk
Final Divorce Granted In Grace Cohan vs Cohan Case
Supreme Court Justice Dowling signed a final decree of divorce yesterday in favor of Grace Ethetla Cohan known as Ethel Levey against George M. Cohan. The custody and child support terms remain specified in the decree as the parties proceed with their settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Dowling
Grace Ethetla Cohan
Ethel Levey
George M. Cohan
Brooklyn Sees Massive Sunday School Parade Marking 78th Anniversary
Brooklyn celebrated the 78th anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union with the largest parade in its history. An estimated 150000 to 155000 people filled the streets as 23 divisions of schools marched past Plymouth Church Heights. Notable figures included Rev. Dixon of Concord Street Church, Gov. Hughes’ review anticipated, and Mrs. Gertrude Herbert among the children in pink and white outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
City of Churches
Klyn
Concord Afro-Methodist Episcopal Church
Old Plymouth Church
the Heights
Mr. Dixon
Concord Street Church
Mamie Clark
Sven
Gertrude Herbert
Hillis
Fivmese
Bird
Coler
Hughes
William Berri
Oxford Club
Theodore L. Cuyler
Tn P
Hoe Apprentices Graduate From R Hoe & Co School
Graduating exercises for the Apprentice School of R Hoe & Co at De Witt Memorial Church 280 Rivington Street in Manhattan celebrated sixteen diplomas. Arthur I Hoe congratulated the graduates and urged reliance on trained workmen for future success. Prizes included a gold watch won by J Braun and drawing instruments won by A, with other awards to J G Ampere, A Morlock, J J Bogart, Perretti, P P Lankow, J Cooness and A Newreither. Vaudeville entertainment followed the ceremony amid strong attendance of students, parents, and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hoe & Co
Grand Street
Manhattan
de Witt Memorial
Rivington Street
United States
Arthur I. Hoe
Prises
J. Braun
J. G. Ampere
A. Morlock
J.J. Bogart
John Magner Dead Saved Lives and Sullivan Fights
John Magner, NYPD officer noted for saving pedestrians from streetcars and for fighting John L. Sullivan in youth, died at 362 West Forty-second Street. His career included heroic acts, injuries from a cable car incident, and a controversial anecdote about carrying Li Hung Chang’s chair at City Hall.
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John Magner
John L. Sullivan
West Forty-second Street
Magner
Sullivan
Clarendon
Hall
Thirteenth Street
John
Arrivals on the Majestic and Orinoco Bring Dignitaries
On the White Star liner Majestic arriving from Liverpool, poet William Vaughn Moody and P Torrence were noted among others including Russian actress and various travelers. The Royal Mail steamer Orinoco from Jamaica carried Mrs. N A, Lieut. Clibborn, and Baron von Seckendorff, German Minister to Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Liverpool
William Vaughn Moody
Algeria
P. Torrence
Sime
Neximova
Actrese
D. McK
H. P
Ssio Ore
Charles Ee ueeVeagh
Bherwood
Clement Weaver
Royal Mal
Jamaica
N. A
Lieut
Clidborn
Baron von Seckendorff
Venesuela
Death List of a Day Dr Felix Foramento Dies in New Orleans
Dr Felix Foramento a leading New Orleans physician died on Tuesday in the city He was born in 1837 and of Italian descent After time at Jefferson College his family moved to Italy where he studied at the University of Turin graduating in 1857 He served in the Sardinian Army during the war for Italian independence and unity He was decorated by Italian and French governments He returned to Louisiana in 1860 and became Chief Surgeon of the Soul Confederate Hospital in Richmond He led as President of the American Public Health Association and of other health bodies He was Surgeon of the Louisiana Soldiers Home since 1898 and wrote on army surgery cremation and school hygiene He developed treatments for wounds and deformities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Foramento
New Orleans
Jefferson College
Louisiana
Italy
Oval University of
Turin
Paris
Formento
Soul Confederate Hospital
Richmond
American Public Health Association
Confederation of State and Provincial Boards of Health of
North America
International Congress of Hygiene
Geneva
Louisiana Soldiers’ Home
Obituary notices for Fithian Zentgraf and Rev J Howard Hand
Richard V. Fithian of the Soldiers Home in Kearny New Jersey died aged about seventy. He served in the Civil War with Company I Seventeenth New Jersey Infantry. Zentgraf of Stapleton Germany died at home, married a daughter of Louis Dege, leaving three daughters, and served ten years as president of Staten Island Savings Bank. He helped found the Braneton German Lutheran Church. Rev J Howard Hand assistant pastor at St Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church Brooklyn died at Long Island College Hospital. He was about seventy, widowed with two sons and a daughter. His home was 885 East Thirteenth Street Brooklyn and he previously led the ird Street and Lenox Road churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard V. Fithian
Kearny
N. J
Seventeenth New Jersey Infantry
Zentgraf
Stapleton
J. Zentgraf
Germany
Louis Dege
Leaves &Oon
Staten Islam Savings Bank
Branleton
Night custodian kept away from surface at Police HQ
Health broken down, Magner declares the man “goods” and notes he need not use his club, with Chief Devery commenting on his role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara
Devery
Magner
Helen Gougar Dies in Indiana at 63
Helen M Gougar temperance leader and lecturer died at her Lafayette home of heart failure aged 63. Born Hillsdale Michigan July 18 1843 she graduated Hillsdale College. She spoke before US Judiciary Committees on suffrage bills and authored Kansas municipal woman suffrage law. She toured Ireland in 1885 to study women suffrage and campaigned for Bryan in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Helen M. Gougar
Miss Gougar
Hillsdale
Mich
Hillsdale College
United States Judiciary Committee
Home Judiciary Committee
Indiana
Kansas
Ireland
Bryan
Marriages in New York and Brooklyn in early June 1907
A string of marriage notices from June 5 to 6 1907, including Curtiss and Quinn in Brooklyn at 163 Hancock Street with Rev. Dr. Henry Swentgel officiating, Lutz and Voorhees in Morristown and Stuttgart respectively, Maisch and Tiffany in New York city with two clergymen officiating, Payson and Vaughan in Philadelphia, and Vaughan Lewis and Clifford Wheaton Vaughan wedding details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Uinn
Hancock St
Brooklyn
Thomas Sylvester Quinn
Roy Abijah Curtiss
New York
Sheffield
Mass
Ethel Grace Quinn
Henry Swentgel
Lutz
Voorhedes
William Russell Bennett
George Emmet Voorhees
Morristown
N. J
Hermann Luts
Stuttgart
Germany
Maisch—Tiffany
Madison Avenue Methodist
Jessey Johnston
D. D
Wallace MacMuhen
Grace Comfort
O. H. Tiffany
Eliza Bruce Hamilton
Charles O. Maisch
M. D. Sill
North Presbyterian Church
George 8
Funeral notices from New York area deaths June 1907 Ainsworth Bremner Carleton Dachtera Glover Halliday Hume Jones Lockwood Mathews Olliffe RAF
Notices of multiple deaths and funeral arrangements across New York area from June 1907. Includes M Herrick widow of Willard Ainswo, Col Andrew Bremner, Francis Dudley Carleton, Paul J Dachtera, Mrs Angle M Glover, James Halliday, Jeannette Hume, Alden Graves Jones, Stephen Orloff Lockwood Jr, John W Mathews, Em G Olliffe, and Charles F Zenraf RAF. Details cite locations Yonkers Brooklyn Manhattan Long Island City Yonkers Newark Cal., and times for services, interments, and memorials. Interment venues include Greenwood Kingston Cedar Hill. Some notices request flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Buffalo
Herrick
Willard Ainswo
Cape Vincent
Bremner
Manhasset
L. I
Andrew A. Bremner
Christ Church
Manhasset Station
Lexington Av
Yonkers
Hastings-Warburton
Kingston
Edward Acre
Rufus W. Clark
D. D
Albany
N. Y
Dachtera
Paul J. Dachtera
Dachtera Brothers
Opticians
All Saints’ Church
Madison Av
128Th St
West 1324 St
New York
Glover
Angle M. Glover
West 11Th Bt
Halliday
Jones
Richmond Hill
S. 1
Alden Graves
William A. Jones, Jr
Caroline Louise Jones
Lockwood
Ccwan Park
Cal
Stephen Orloff Lockwood, Jr
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Flushing Circus
Woodhull
Magear
poceRs Bros
Grant Wedding
Summit, N. J
Nelson—Eaton
Vaughn-Lewis
SANDB
Will
Washington Society News
The
News OF Newport
Social Notes
Matthew Astor
Severs
Nordica Sails
Walter Damrosch
Kaltenborn Orchestra
Y. M. C. A. Circus
Castoria
Sunday School Union
Color
Old Hampshire
Hampshire Paper Company
Booth Hedley Falls, Mase
HOE
Printing Press Makers’ Training School
Margaret L. Woods
Chicago Record- Herald
Harpers Harpers Aarpers Magazine
BAZAR _ WEEKLY
Pion
L. Magner
Mel
Manger
Broadway Squad
Grant Street
Carrie Cobb
Li Hung Chang
City Hall
Cork
William V. Moody
Ridgeley Torrence
Felix Formento
Cardinal Gibbons
W. H. Mallock
G. G. Coulton
George Bernard Shaw
Archibald Henderson
Intercontinental Railway
J. Russell Smith
Joseph S. Auerbach
Stephen Bonsal
Mark Twain
Indiana Bar
Undertakers
Frank B. Campbell Co
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt Burial CO
Ath Av
19Th Bt
Chelses
Woodlawn
Gramercy For
Courier
Gsienge
Perl Herstt Phileéeipain
New Times Square
Trierhose
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
St. Louis Republic
Pioneer St
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