Newport Society Quiet After Weddings This Summer
Society at Home and Abroad notes Newport to stay lively with summer visitors, yacht races, polo, and numerous weddings. Notable lines include Forbes inheritance talk, Vanderbilts and Marlboroughs abroad, and upcoming engagements and voyages that shape a fashionable season.
Notable Guests Arrive for Newport Summer Season
The Newport season opens with visits from George B. Deforrest Edward E. Morgan and numerous social figures staying at cottages on Batley’s Beach Cliffs Berkeley Berkeley Avenue and Catharine Street. Mrs Matthew Morgan funeral services draw Summer residents to the town as the body sails to New York.
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New York Times
Newport
R. E
George B. Deforest
Batley’s Beach
Edward E. Morgan
New York
John J. Taylor
Stamford
Charles Daniels
Buffalo
Osgood Villa
Daniels
Harry Hamlin
Virginia Hoyt
Henry S. Hoyt
Alexander Morten
Berkeley
Ae Oe
Cleveland
Catherine Street
Arnold Hague
Washington
Beacon Hill Road
William E. Glyn
J. A. Renwick
Berkeley Cottage
Berkeley Avenue
Wichener
Frederick Neilson
Percy Wyndham
Alexander Morton
George A. Huhn
W. F. Donaldson
H. Co. Potter
Isaac Jeans
Philadelphia
Jamestown
Matthew Morgan
Fall River Line
Platt Talks With President on Post Office and Campaigns
Senator Platt of New York met with the President and denied any link to Van Cott or related charges. He said no discussion occurred on the New York Republican County Committee chairmanship or Roosevelt ticket plans. Platt noted Post Office Department inquiries, praised Payne’s actions, and hinted at further talks during his trip back to New York.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Platt
New York
Bonreeel van Cott
van Cott
Post Office Department
Platt
Ce Ae
New York Republican County Committee
Roosevelt
Department
Payne
Arlington Hotel
Cleveland
Newark
Gov. Odell
Hall of Records stonelike figures sparked by limited budgets
The article reviews the planned exterior sculpture for the Hall of Records in Manhattan. It explains a tiered scheme of historical portraits, civic governors, and symbolic figures by H. K. Bush-Brown and others, noting contractor decisions, material choices, and critiques of public sculpture funding and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce Eetors
Martiny
Ronze
Hall of Records
Bush-Brown
Grand Opera House to Close for Remodeling This Summer
John H. Springer announced late last night the Grand Opera House will close for the season and be redecorated for a reopening in late August. The Smugglers must wait, while Nat M. Wills joins A Son of Rest next season. The Fall lineup features many returning stars including Jameson Lee Finney Anita Bridger and May Vokes with Marta in Twelfth Night and Mildred Holland as Catherine the Great in The Triumph of an Empress. A new Grand Circle Roof venue opens Monday at the Majestic with Max Bendix leading a 40 member orchestra and Emil Steiger manager. The Sultan of Sulu musical saw Ki Ram mocked by cherries from front-row patrons before finale night souvenir books mark the 200th performance.
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Hall of Records
John R. Thomas
Manhattan
Municipal Art Society
Thomas
James Brown
Appelate Court
Martiny
H. K. Bush-Brown
New York Art Commission
Bush-Brown
Europe
Maine
Hallowell
Augusta
Chambers
Reade Streets
Heritage
Reade Street
Chambers Street
Centre Street
Philip Martiny
Nis
Competia
Messrs. Horgan & Slivery
Tiny
John H. Springer
Grand Opera House
New York
Jameson Lee Finney
Anita Bridger
May Vokes
Mildred Holland
St. Petersburg
Catherine the Great of
Russia
New York Theatre
Grand Circle Roof
Majestic Theatre
Max Bendix
Emil Steiger
Sulu
Ki-Ram
Safe but did not know it schooner wrecked off Gerrish Island
In fog and storm the V. T. H. drove ashore on a rock ledge near Gerrish Island. Captain W H Delap, his wife, and six crewmen escaped by the rigging at dawn and walked ashore, reporting the loss of the vessel bound from Bear River to Boston with pine and spruce piling. Built 1888 at Bear River Nova Scotia, 170 tons gross, 149 net. The crew was rescued but the schooner is a total loss.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Gerrish Island
W. H. Delap
Bear River
Boston
Digby
A. Marshall
N. S
Steamer Norwegian Grounded at Cod Roy
Allan Line steamer Norwegian bound for Glasgow ran ashore at Cod Roy near St John’s Newfoundland. Crew are throwing cargo and cattle overboard as salvage appears unlikely and the 2,253 ton ship, built in Glasgow in 1865, is described as a total wreck risk.
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ST. John's
N. F
Allan Line
White
Montreal
Glasgow
Cod Roy
City of New York
Delaware
Charles H Davis sinks near Cleveland harbor
The small steamship Charles H Davis founder near Cleveland Harbor in a northwest storm. Captain Erastus Haskins drowned with his vessel while seven crewmen and a woman cook, Grace Kline, were rescued. she remains in serious condition. The steamer carried stone from Kelly’s Island to Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles H. Davis
Haskins
Grace Kline
Erastus Haskins
Apkins
Saginaw, Mich
Kelly's’ Island
Commencement at State College Penn Begins Events
State College Pennsylvania prepares for commencement with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Dr Lawrence M Colfelt of Philadelphia on June 13 The class day exercises athletic and oratorical contests follow The new auditorium dedication alumni events and Trustee elections occur through Tuesday The cadet battalion exhibition drill and Thespians play precede the graduation address by Attorney General Hampton L Carson of Pennsylvania.
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New York Times
State College
Penn
Pennsylvania State College
Lawrence M. Colfelt
Philadelphia
Board of Trustees
Alumni Association
Thespians
Hampton L. Carson
Pennsylvania
Twenty second in camp at Peekskill opened with new style
The Twenty second Regiment of the National Guard begins its State camp at Peekskill New York in a campaign like setup with engineers taking lead. Col Franklin Bartlett commands 750 men as Major General Roe and staff supervise. meals shift to company cooks and army style plating with limited rations and no sugar butter or astray.
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New York Times
Peekskill
N. Y
Twenty-second Regiment of the
National Guard
Twenty Second
Engineers
Franklin Bartlett
Roa Hook Station
John Smith
Henry Sherman Sternberg
Charles Griffith Moses
Eagle Hotel
Col. Bartlett
Charles F. Roe
William N. Dunnell
All Saints’ Church
Bogart
New York National Guard
Twenty-second Regiment of Engineers
Armory
Sixty-eighth Street
Columbus Avenue
Broadway
Bartlett
Twenty-second
Secery
Plant Line reorganized with new owners and officers
The Plant Line, operating steamship service between Boston and provincial ports, reorganized with Alfred S. Hayes as President Alonzo W Perry and H L Chipman as Directors and Legree as General Manager. Principal directors include Hayes Pagent Gale Chipman and McKneith. Capt Chase Pye remains master of the Halifax.
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Boston
Alfred S. Hayes
Alonzo W. Perry
Halifax
Capt. Chase Pye
Peru Vice President Elect Lino Alarco Dies
In Lima on June 1, Vice President elect Lino Alarco died this afternoon. He was a prominent physician, and his death leaves Peru without its incoming vice president.
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Lima
Peru
Lino Alarco
Trust Company of the Republic Stockholders Meet to Cut Capital
A stockholders meeting is called for 10 o clock on June 27 at 346 Broadway to vote on reducing the capital stock from 1 000 000 dollars to 500 000 dollars.
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Trust Company of the Republic
Broadway
Drawbridge Closure Ordered for Pelham Bay Bridge
The Department of Bridges with War Department approval orders a week long closure of the Pelham Bay Bridge over East Chester Bay starting June 22 to repair the drum and prepare for replacement by a steel structure, with War Department approved plans already in place.
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Department of Bridges
War Department
Pelham Bay
East Chester Bay
Pelham Bay Park
Mrs Horace Porter Dies in Paris and Returns
The body of Mrs. Horace Porter wife of the ambassador to France arrived on the American Line steamer New York. Her son and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Porter accompanied the casket. Interment is planned Monday at Elberon New Jersey in the family plot with no cemetery services. She died suddenly in Paris in April.
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Paul “Revere Forbes
Dora
Delano Forbes
Tealis
New York
de Courcey Forbes
Forbes
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Albany
Hudson
Miss Forbes
Duc de Praslin Et Choiseul
Mar‘quis de Choiseul
Cous Dert
Praslin- Choiseuls
Horace Porter
American Line
France
Clarence Porter
Death List of a Day William Williamson
William Cross Williamson died suddenly at his Weston summer home. Born in Belfast Missouri, he graduated Harvard in 1855 and studied law at Harvard. He formed a partnership with Hasket Derby, served on Boston Common Council and over twenty five years on the Boston School Committee, including a term as Chairman. He helped incorporate the North End Savings Bank in 1874.
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New York Times
Boston
William Cross Williamson
Weston
Mass
Belfast
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Williamson
Hasket Derby
West End
Boston School Committee
North End Savings Bank
New York Times Tops May 1903 Publishing Records
The New York Times published 3 605 agate lines of Publishers Announcements in May 1903, more than any New York newspaper. The May record shows ES Volume 26 602, underscoring the paper's lead in this advertising class.
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NEW York Times
New York
Trustee and director Williamson dies after long service
The obituary notes Williamson served as trustee attorney and clerk of the corporation until his death. He held director roles at the Conveyancers' Title Insurance Company and Vincent Memorial Hospital. He belonged to several societies and clubs and is survived by his wife and one daughter.
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Williamson
Conveyancers'’ Title Insurance ‘Company
Vincent Memorial Hospital
New England Historic, Genealogical Society
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Union and
St. Botolph Clubs
Harvard University
Henry H. Edes
Notable deaths in multiple states across the week
Obituaries report the sudden deaths of Eleanor W. Mullford in Asbury Park aged sixty nine from liver disease, Walter Stevens near Burnt Mills aged fifty five from paralysis, Ohio lawyer John F. McKinney aged seventy six who served two terms in Congress, J Wallace Gordon of Port Jervis aged forty six with multiple local positions, Charles Scholle of New York City aged forty five, Charles W. Garter formerly of Norwich Conn aged, and Matilda Hamill widow of Rev Dr Hamill of Lawrenceville aged eighty six with two sons and a daughter.
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Eleanor W.mulford
Asbury Park
Staatsburg
N. Y
Walter Stevens
Burnt Mills
N.Y
Virginia
John F. McKinney
Ohio
Piqua
Democratic State Committee
J. Wallace Gordon
Port Jervis
Dansville
East Forty-ninth Street
Abraham Scholle
Charles Scholle
Liederkranz
Freundschaft Club
Temple Emanu-El
Silverman
Wuypruss
Charles W. Garter
Second National Bank
Norwich
Conn
Connecticut
Matilda M.hamilll
Samuel M. Hamill
Lawrenceville
N. J
Trenton
Schenectady
Hugh H. Hamill
Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Company
New Public Service Corporation
Edward Payson Wood
Best Safe Deposit Box Offer for Summer Storage
Business notices urge readers to secure valuables before summer by using L. F. Safe Deposit Co. located at Fulton and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn. The ad emphasizes choosing the best service and suggests sending items for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Safe Deposit Co
Fulton and Clinton Sts
Brooklyn
Death notices from New York area obituaries and serviços
A batch of death notices and funeral announcements across New York and nearby areas. Entries include Marion Bradford Brandt in France, Daniel Phoenix Griffith in Brooklyn, Ettes Lockwood at Onteora Park, Robert Moses Spacettoe Co., Charles Scholle, Emma Rumsey Sherwood of New Rochelle, Henry Stokes in Amiens, Francis Whitney in Milford, Sarah Whiton of Piermont, and Loraine Wood of St Louis with service details and interment plans.
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Lockwood
Anteora Park
Tannersy
N. Y
Etes Lockwood
Caroline M Lockwood
Joseph B. Lockwood
Scholle
Charles
Abraham
Babette Scholle
Forty-ninth Street
SN Sherwood
New Rochelle
Emma Rumsey
Edwin H Sherwood
Pryer
Maple Av
Sie
Grand Central Depot
Stokes
Amiens
France
Henry
Walter C
Adele Watson Stokes
Sarah Pierson Lord
William Henry Whiton
Eleazar Lord
D. D
LL. D
Jeremiah H. Pierson
Ramapo
St. Louis
Loraine W. Wood
Belove
Nella of Wood
Corneral Weld
Clarence W. Woon
Hity-Second Street
Enthusiastic Flag Day in San Juan Puerto Rico
The Flag Day celebration in San Juan drew 1500 flags carried by public school pupils. Patriotic exercises at the theatre featured Stars and Stripes decoration with widespread enthusiasm across the island.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
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London
Ronalds
Cavendish Bentinck
Arthur Paget
Frederick. Bell
Newborough
Adair
Prince
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Col
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R.drexel
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Miss Goelet
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Rome
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Pe Barbey
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Louis and
Meadow Brook
Westchester
Rockaway
Lily
Duchess of ‘Marlborough
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Covent Garden
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Duke
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Migs Vanderbilt
Blenheim
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Bagot
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Sir Michael
Lady Herbert
Dark Harbor
Henry Sloane
George Bird
Miss Metcalf
Catharine Dix
Alice Roosevelt
Frederica Webb
Dr. Webb
Morristown Golf Club
Tiers
Burchard
Bryce
Elbert S.kip
Arthur Curtis James
Foote
J. O. H. Potney
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
George W. Ransom
Edith Leavitt Ransom
Arthur Story Witherspoon
Orlando Witherspoon
East Sixty-fifth Street
Edward Liddon Paterson
Frances
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Hewletts
L. I
Rock Hall
Eseer Frederick, Burgess
Thomas Martin Rider
Bryant Sloat
Fassett
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All Angels’ ‘Church
Hotel Majestic
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Elmira
Stark
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Margaret Fassett
Mary Sage ‘Urcane
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Ethel Pollock
Eelecia
George McKnight
Hollenbach Welles
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Athens
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B. le Grand Rees
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James Speyer
John. Blake Baker
Teutonic
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Long Island
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East Thirty-fourth Street
Union League, Grolier, Players
Larchmont Yacht Clubs
Louise Landers
J. Ross Curran
Babylton, L. I
Francis Hopkinson Smith
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Miss Moller
Clarence Moller
Aix Les Bains
Mary Livingston Willard
North East Harbor
Miss Willard
Pembroke Jones
Harry Walters
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the News OF Newport
MR. Platt
White House
Hall OF Records Statuary
Nat M. Wills
Broadhurst and Curry
Jeffie Tilbury
Nat C. Goodwin
Charles W. Allen
Marta
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Miss Tilbury
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Newfoundland
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Cleveland Harbor
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Cusick
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Coleman
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Paarman
Rickerson Martin I
Roosfeld
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Reed
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Serre
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Katie
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Bronx
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King's Brugeral Finamore
Martha
Prospect
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Mary
Renan
Ccatholic Orphan Asylum
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Georee
Af Brown
Rusch
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Panwich
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Dillon
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Hollister
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