Russian Giant Machnow Arrives in New York Harbor
Immense Russian big man Machnow, 9 feet 2 inches and 360 pounds, travels from London to Hoboken with Hammerstein promotion plans. Ellis Island officials and 5,000 immigrants react with curiosity as the giant endures screening and improvised lodging, while reporters and a press agent hype his arrival and future appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Island
Madinow
New York Harbor
Hammerstein’s
Pretoria
Machnow
London Hippodrome
Mechnow
London
Maurice Guest
Hammerstein
America
Amera
Hoboken
Commissary Department
Mr. Watchorn
Willie Hanmmerstein
Times Square
Watchorn
Madinon
Harry Ralfe
Gink Found by West Chester Farmer at Hunt's Point
Henry Lyns, a West Chester farmer and former seaman, found a two foot eel shark cross named the Gink in his eel pot at the mouth of Westchester Creek. The creature, described as a shark eel with yellow skin, black stripes and polka dots, was preserved in alcohol for viewing. The Fish Commissioner declined to comment, labeling it a possible sea serpent or eel shark hybrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lyns
Westchester
Hunt's Point
Westchester Creek
Hen Lyns
No Steam in the Calliope Ends Parade Music
An unexpected failure ended Pawnee Bill's parade calliope performance as steam ran out near Fourteenth Street and Third Avenue. The crowd clamored for music while a water cart was unavailable, forcing a halt that would have ruined the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calliope
Fourteenth Street
Third Avenue
Tony Pastor
Bill
New Empire Burlesque Theatre Planned in Brooklyn
Brooklyn to gain a $200000 burlesque playhouse seating 1800 on ten Myrtle Avenue plots. Empire circuit expands to forty houses. rivals Eastern Burlesque Circuit. Plans show latest design, occupancy hoped by November, reflecting rising demand for burlesque entertainment nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Broadway
Gottfried Westernacher
Edward H. Schuleter
Empire Circuit
Manhattan
Dewey
Gotham
New Union
Miner’s Eight Avenue
Miner's Bowery
Theatrical Celebrities Dine at Bostock's in Coney Island Event
A guest list at Frank C. Bostock's party on Coney Island includes William A. Brady Grace George Louis Mann Clara Lipman and Peter F Dailey. A testimonial for George Fuller Golden is set for tonight at the New York Theatre with Lillian Russell Ethel Levy and others appearing. The Green Room Club plans a dramatic literature library in a new clubhouse funded by Dress Rehearsals proceeds and a tour begins July 22 at the New York Theatre with further rehearsals in six Eastern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostock
Coney Island
Frank C. Bostock
William A. Brady
Grace George
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Peter F. Dailey
George Fuller Golden
New York Theatre
Lillian Russell
Blanche King
Ethel Levy
Truly Shattuck
Mabel Fenton
Green Room Club
No Sunday Baseball Money Clash With Police
Deputy Police Commissioner O Keeffe of Brooklyn told the Inter State Baseball Association committee that no games may be played on Sunday if spectators are charged or contribute money. He said such collections are illegal and offenders will be arrested. the committee planned to decide today whether to proceed to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’keeffe
Brooklyn
Inter-State Baseball Association
Merey
Appeal for Charity for Hungarian Widow in Sanatorium
The Charity Organization Society appeals for 190 to support a Hungarian widow with incipient tuberculosis for six months in a country sanitarium. Her daughter and she have no relatives to help since the husband's death nine years ago. Contributions may be sent to 105 East Twenty second Street and will be acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Organization Society
Charity Organization’ Society
East Twenty-second Street
Reid's House Party In Longworths' Honor
Congressman and Mrs Longworth join Ambassador and Mrs Reid for a four day house party at Wrest Park, with Prince Liechtenstein and other dignitaries among the guests. They plan to attend Ascot and Kiel voyage, sailing for America August 4, amid American society engagements and royal events in England and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Longworth
Wrest Park
Ambassador
Reid
Mrs. Reid
Reids
Longworths
Prince and Princess Liechtenstein
Lord
Lady Leigh
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Hastings
Niell Campbell
Godfrey Mundy
Rupert Higgins
Kate
Helen Brice
New York
Ogden Millis
Misses Mills
Delancey Jay
Mr. Longworth
American Society
Mrs. Longworth
Constantinople
France
America
Newport society notes on arrivals and weddings at local cottages
Special to The New York Times reports Mrs. Harry Symes Lehr with her son Jack Dahlgren arriving at the Kane cottage. Ex Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard set to arrive. Mrs. William Sands hosts a dinner for Anita Sands and Harold Minott before their wedding next Saturday. Also listed are guests and newlywed Saunderson honeymooning quietly after a Cuttyhunk marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
Harry Symes Lehr
Jack
Dahlgren
Kane Cottage
Bellevue Avenue
James V. Parker
Merton Road
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Muenchinger-King
William H. Sands
Weebush
Anita Sands
Harold A. Minott
E. Rollins Morse
Villa Rosa
J. S. Phipps
Westbury
L. I
Chastellux Avenue
J. Mitchell Clark
Gray Craig
P. L. Raymond
New York
Armor Dayrolles Saunderson
Anne Archbold
John D. Archbold
Cuttyhunk
Bar Harbor
Society In Washington At Summer Vacations Abroad
Washington society circles report Mrs Aoki wife of the Japanese ambassador has recovered enough to drive daily and will join the ambassador for a Blue Ridge Summit cottage stay. Mrs Taft will depart June 26 for Worcester Mass to visit Secretary Taft's mother before Murray Bay. Mrs Metcalf travels to Oakland for her son Vic tor Metcalf's illness. Miss Margaret Hitchcock leaves for Dublin N H with parents after Congress adjourns. Mrs Cortelyou and Miss Hines return from Nazareth to Moravian Academy graduation. Mrs Victor Clement plans a mountain Virginia stay then Massachusetts. Constance Satterlee visits Lenox. Edson and Mrs Gallaudet return from Europe to visit Roce before home in Ohio. Joseph E Thropps close Washington house for Everett Pa and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Aoki
Japan
Blue Ridge Summit
Taft
Worcester
Mass
Murray Bay
Canada
Metcalf
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oakland
Cal
Victor Metcalf
Margaret Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Dublin
N. H
Congress
Cortelyou
Hines
Nazareth
Penn
George Bruce Cortelyou
Moravian Academy
Victor Clement
Virginia
Massachusetts North Shore
Constance Satterlee
Lenox
Churchill Satterlee
Edson Gallaudet
Europe
Widow claims Friday is her lucky day with three bold feats
A Harlem widow recounts a string of Friday events in which she defied a gas company by pistol threatening a meter reader, refused to pay a lodger’s telephone bill, and secured service at a favorable rate, culminating in an unexpected marriage proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Miss Helen Greenwood Weds Rev Frederick Coleman in Brooklyn
Miss Helen Greenwood daughter of Richard B. Greenwood married Rev Frederick Alfred Coleman rector of St Agnes Church Little Falls N J in St James Church Brooklyn. The ceremony was by Rev Dr George Thomas Dowling with maid of honor Miss Ethel Greenwood Jones and best man Harry M Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Greenwood
Richard B. Greenwood
Frederick Alfred Coleman
St. James's Church
Brooklyn
Roscoe Conkling
St. Agnes’s Church
Little Falls
N. J
George Thomas Dowling
St. James’s Church
Ethel Greenwood Jones
Harry M. Schneider
Alexander F.&. Temple
Passaic
Arthur Nosworthy
Sidney Nash
Buel Darling
Marriage Of Miss Mackay To Navy Doctor In D.C. Ceremony
Miss Georgia Leontine Mackay married Dr. James L. Pryor of the United States Navy in a St. John's Church ceremony in Washington. Guests included naval officers in full dress, maid of honor Miss Jean Coutts, and ushers such as Lieut. Chauncey Shackford and Commander Hussey. The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith officiated, followed by a small reception at Rauscher's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Georgia Leontine Mackay
James L. Pryor
United States Navy
St. John’s Church
Rauscher’s
de Cary D. Langhorne
Jean Coutts
Brooklyn
Co. L. Hussey
George Thorpe
Samuel McGowan
Chauncey Shackford
W. H. Bucher
Karlepee
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret’s Church
Miss Florence Rand Weds Harry Lang in Montclair Home
Florence Osgood Rand daughter of Mrs. Annie V. Rand and Harry Lang were married at the bride's mother's Montclair home. Rev. Amory H. Bradford officiated. The bride was given away by her brother Jasper R. Rand Jr. About one hundred guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Florence Osgood Rand
Annie V. Rand
Hawthorne Place
Harry Lang
Amory H. Bradford
First ‘Presbyterian Church
Jasper R. Rand, Jr
Annie Sumner
Providence
R. I
Walter Kidde
Daughters of the American Revolution
Franck Daughter Weds Leibling in Family Home Ceremony
Miss Zerlina Franck daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben C Franck married William George Leibling last Sunday evening at the Franck home. Miss Nellie E Franck was maid of honor and James Millard Leibling best man. The couple will reside at 612 West 115th Street after June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerlina Franck
Ben C. Franck
William George Leibling
Nellie E. Franck
James Millard Leibling
Sibling
West 115Th Street
Lord Grey's Heir Married in Westminster Ceremony
London June 16 two of England's leading families were joined as Viscount Howick eldest son of Earl Grey Governor General of Canada wed Lady Mabel Palmer only daughter of the Earl of Selborne High Commissioner for South Africa at St Margaret's Church Westminster The couple's union links the Grey and Selborne families with prominent imperial roles in Canada and South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Viscount Howick
Earl Grey
Canada
Mabel Palmer
Earl of Selborne
South Africa
Engagements Announced for Trudeau and Thomas in High Society
Mrs Hazel Martyn Trudeau of Chicago widow of Dr Henry Livingston Judeau of New York is engaged to Leonard Moorhead Thomas son of Mr and Mrs George Co Thomas. Thomas is Second Secretary at the American Embassy in Rome and Yale alumnus. No wedding date set. Also announces Anna Lynch to William Hillen Clockley of New York and Nani C Henes to Joseph Stehlin of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Martyn Trudeau
Chicago
Henry Livingston Judeau
New York
Leonard Moorhead Thomas
George Co. Thomas
Trudeau
Miss Martyn
Thomas
Rome
Yale
Union League
Markham
Racquet
Philadelphia
J. Buchanan Lynch
Baltimore
Anna Lynch
Wiliam Hillen Clockley
J. F. Henes
Park Avenue
Nani C. Henes
Joseph Stehlin
Kaiser Gift to Brooklyn Museum Unveiled Amid Additions
Brooklyn Museum, facing a near completion of its main stair and eastern wing, unveils gifts and loans to expand its collection. The centerpiece is a full length portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II by Reinke after Corcos, with other works including pieces by Irving Couse, Louis Tiffany, and Verestchagin, donated by donors and memorial funds. Loans from J Schieren and others augment Egyptian, Persian, Chinese, and Dutch holdings, while preserved natural history displays include mastodon skeletons and marine life. The expansion consolidates science and art for Long Island residents near Prospect Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue Way
Kaiser Wilhelm
V. Corcos
Reinke
Frederick the Great
Wilhelm II
Herr von Gneist
T. T. Hyatt
Department of Philately
Turn Und Taxis
Berlin
Roosevelt
Adolf Obrig
Irving Couse
George Foster Gree Ae E Cole
Cairo
Louis C. Tiffany
Francis Gottsberger
Tiepolo
Luca Giordano
J. B. Woodward
Paul Cornoyer
Emil Carlsen
Henry Golden Dearth
Museum
Thomas Couture
Joseph Jefferson
Decamps
Catacombs
Gabriel Max
Gaisser
Leonard Ochtman
M. F. H. de Haas
Jasill Verestchagin
John W. Brown
Lilla Brown
Old
Persia
Spain
Rhodes
A. A. Healy
Lecuyer
Avery
Robert B. Woodward
Tombs
Mount Carmel
Azeez Khayat
Duane Pell
Manhattan
Brooklyn Museum
Museum of Natural History
Hudson
Goodyear
Amiens
Rheims
Long Island
Prospect Park
Weather report tracks tropical disturbance movements near Cuba
A tropical disturbance southwest of the Florida Straits moves north toward Western Cuba with increasing intensity. Winds along the New England and Middle Atlantic coasts vary from southeast to northeast, while Florida sees brisk to high northeast winds. Forecast covers Sunday and Monday with showers, variable winds, and warmer conditions in parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. The report also lists yesterday's temperatures and humidity readings from the Weather Bureau station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida Straits
Cuba
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Congressmen Rufus H. Lester Dies After Skylight Fall
Congressman Rufus H. Lester of Savannah Ga died in Cairo after injuries from a skylight fall last night. He briefly recognized his wife and granddaughters before passing. His only living child Mrs Edward Karrow is at sea and will learn of his death on arrival in Boston tomorrow. The body may be buried in Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah likely Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rufus H. Lester
Savannah
Cairo
Boston
Bonaventure Cemetery
Death of Rev Thomas A Nelson Brooklyn minister
The Rev. Thomas A. Nelson a prominent Presbyterian pastor in Brooklyn died at 60 Highth Avenue. Born in Montreal he worked in Indianapolis with the YMCA later serving as General Secretary in Toledo and studied at Union Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Nelson
Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Highth Avenue
Montreal
Canada
Indianapolis
Young Men's Christian Association
Toledo
Union Seminary
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation
Nelson
Home Mission Board
The
Union Theological Society
Berkeley Institute
Major Gustave A Jahn Dies. Longtime Rice and Milling Leader
Major Gustave A. Jahn a prominent milling and rice businessman in the South and New York died at his Brooklyn home 1926 Albermarle Road. Born in Saxony sixty years ago he joined F Lyman Co in 1865 and founded Gustave A Jahn Co later presiding over Lake Charles Rice and Milling and Atlantic Rice Mills. He served in the Thirteenth Regiment National Guard under Gen. McAleer. Survived by wife three sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave A. Jahn
South
Albemarle Road
Brooklyn
Major Jahn
Saxony
Germany
F. Lyman & Co
New Orleans
Gustave A. Jahn & Co
Wall Street
Lake Charles
Friend Pitts Broadway dry goods merchant dies at 74
Friend Pitts died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. Lewis W. Sageman's home in Mount Vernon. Born December 24 1832 in New York he was 74. He began in Cary & Co. China trade and later ran stores at Broadway Ninth Street Broadway 863 Broadway and the Thirty third Street corner. He married Mary Jane Phoebus in 1857 who died last year. Survived by a son Friend Pitts and two daughters: Mrs. Sageman and Mrs. Merritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friend Pitts
Broadway
Lewis W. Sageman
East Second Street
Mount Vernon
Mr. Pitts
John Pitts
Mary Derby
Lemuel Pitts
Boston Harbor
New York
Mary Jane Phoebus
Pitts
House of Cary & Co
Ninth Street
Thirty-third Street
W. Jenks Merritt
Harrison Edwin Webster Dies Former Union College President
Harrison Edwin Webster, former professor at the University of Rochester and former President of Union College, died at his Rochester home. Born September 8, 1841 in Clayville, he served as a private in the Civil War, returned to Union College to graduate in 1868, joined Union’s faculty, later chaired geology and natural history at Rochester University, and again led Union College until resigning in 1893 due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Harrison Edwin Webster
University of Rochester
Union College
Rochester University
Webster
Funeral for Henry Buvinger of Hornellsville at 82
Henry Edward Buvinger of Hornellsville New York died Friday at his son Darwin C Buvinger’s home in Weehawken New Jersey at age 82 after months of paralysis. He served in the Erie Railroad Transportation Department for 49 years and was a veteran Mason and past commander of De Molay Commandery No 22 Knights Templars in 1861. Earlier he worked as a printer in New York from 1848 to 1850 and led Hornellsville as its president in 1872. Survived by two sons Darwin C Buvinger and Mark H Buvinger of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Edward Buvinger
Hornellsville
N. Y
Darwin C. Buvinger
Weehawken
Buvinger
Transportation Department
Erie Railroad
New Jersey
de Molay
Knights Templars
New York
Mark H. Buvinger
Buffalo
James Mills Woolworth Dies at 77 in Omaha
James Mills Woolworth, age 77, died at his Omaha home. Born in Onondaga County New York, he joined New York bar in 1853 and U S Supreme Court bar in 1862. He led the American Bar Association 1896-97 and served in multiple academic and church roles, including Chancellor of the Nebraska Diocese and House of Deputies chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
James Mills Woolworth
Onondaga County
New York
Supreme Court of New York
Albany
Supreme Court of the United States
Woolworth
American Bar Association
American Historical Association
American Science Association
Diocese of
Nebraska
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Notable Obituaries From Kingston to Montclair
Obituaries chronicle the deaths of John DuBois in Kingston New York James Pettit of Freehold New Jersey James Logan Mount Holly New Jersey William Speer Montclair New Jersey Adolphus Rohrer Weesp Holland Mrs A Leila Loveland Ackerman Orange New Jersey Edward Bierstadt photographer of Solingen Germany and New Bedford Massachusetts The notices name age places and notable roles including Elk member Post Office Chief Clerk and hospital or commercial ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dubois
Kingston
N. Y
J. T. Caldwell
Adel
Iowa
James J. Pettit
Freehold
N. J
James Logan
Farmers’ National Bank
Mount Holly
William B. Speer
Montclair
Midland Avenue
Adolphus D. Rohrer
van Houten
Weesp
Holland
Grenoble Hotel
Schenectady
Princeton
Henry Maillard
Alich Leila Loveland Ackerman
John A. Ackerman
Orange
New Bedford
Mass
United States
Marriages Listed for June Across Cities
A series of society announcements records June weddings in New York and nearby areas. Capt Frederick Bradman and L J Malozansky wed at St Nicholas Cathedral. other nuptials include Hiza beth Hancock to Phelps Cruikshank Jr. Eleanor Jester to Lieut Guy Cushman. Crawford Leaycraft to Thomas Donohugh. Mary Foster Gaylord to William Frick. Lilian Gordon to Wentworth Harrington. May Brophy to William McManus. Marie Adele Montant to Huntington Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Duane
Bebcock
Phelps Cruikshank, Jr
Montclair
N. J
Guy Cushman
U. S. Army
Donohugh — Seaycraft
Madison Av. Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Andrews
D. D
Wallace MacMullen
Wes Crawford
J. Edgar Leaycraft
Thomas Smith Donohugh
Philadelphia
Penn
Meerut
India
Frick—Gaylord
Church of Zion and
St. Timothy
Willam P. Taylor
East Orange
Mary Foster Gaylord
William H. Frick
Harrington—Gordon
Parit Coerepconal
Brooklyn
Livingston Taylor
Lilian
Onslow Allen Gordon
Wentworth Lewis Harrington
Short Hills
Ramsbroke
Oyster Bay
L. I
John L. Belford
Walter Power
Marie Adele
Auguste P. Montant
Huntington Norton
Local Obituary Notices From New York Area
A collection of death notices and funeral plans for June 1906 including Alden in California Alling in Stanford Pettit in Freehold Fleming in New York and more. Individuals named include C H Alden Ann Eliza Bertine James J Pettit Albert Coe Smith Jane J D Sother and Augusta Thomson with burial or service details and locations across New York New Jersey and Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey St
Brooklyn
Fleming
West 106Th St
J. J. Fleming
Mount Forest
Ontario
Gordon
East 30Th St
George Ogden Gordon
Hofmann
Cincinnati
Katherine Hofmann
Leslie Lee
Christian Hofmann
Charles F. Henke
Lakewood Av. Pettit
R.A
Tabernacle Lodge
A. M
Loring Council
L.a
Regents and Regents Association
St. John’s
St. Luke’s
Third Assembly District Republican Club
St. John's Chapel
Varick
Laight St
Sother
Orange
N.J
Jane J. D
Thomas M. Sother
Richard D. Littell
Richmond
Staten Island
East Park St
New York
Brick Church
Thomson
Augusta
William J
Mary B. Thomson
Beresford
West 81St St
Ward
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Edmund A. Ward
New York City
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Hope
London, Chatham & Dover
Dover
Comany
Hooken
Ussia
Ellis
Madhnow
Hen” Lyns
Commissioner O'Keeffe
Turkey
Congressman
Kiel
von Sternburg
Foreign Office
William
Tower
Howard
Allison V. Armour
Utowana
Herman Ridder
Prince Henry
Prussia
Hamburg
von Grumme
Hamburg-American Line
Hohenzollern
News OF Newport
Society IN
Jim
Christ Church Hospital
Jersey City Heights
Daisy Ward
Mona
Hosos
Coleman—Greenwood
Pryor—Mackay
Lang—Rand
Leibling
Franck
Lord Grey
Kaiser
United States Weather Bureau
Aea
Epee
Lester
Tts
NEW York Bottling CO
Ludin-Rayner-Bolex & Byrne
Morgan’s
Vichy
Carls Kisesingen
Lithia
Marienbad
Mont Iron Water
Seltzer
Carbonia
É&C
Imperial Ginger Ale Club
John Morgan
80Th St
Bryant
Delatour
Manhattan Beach
Edmund Lyons
Lyons
Hans Otto
Standard Theatre
Simon Padbury
Nero
Lairé
Nat Goodwin
Quince
Proctor Stock Company
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Ceme
Woodlawn Cemetery
Grand Central Station
Webster and
J Avenue
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell Co
West
Chelsea
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