Scrolls Buried in Brooklyn Jewish Rite Publicized
Eighteen damaged Torah scrolls from a fire damaged New Irving Hall are buried in Washington Cemetery Brooklyn after a public rite. Orthodox congregations on the Lower East Side led the observance with a ceremonial coffin and Zionist emblem, amid crowds and a contested pallbearer selection.
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Washington Cemetery
Lower East Wide
United States
New Irving Hall
Broome Street
Eest Broadway
Rockefeller attends Aked sermon at Fifth Avenue Church
Over a thousand hear Rev. Dr. C F Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. John D Rockefeller praises the sermon after its success drawing crowds from the city and beyond to see and hear the important event.
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C. F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Mrs. Rockefeller
D. Rockefeller, Jr
Coe
Pocantico Hills
Grone
Mr. Rockefeller
Abed
Bequeathed Psalms to Us Across Generations
A fragment notes praise psalms defined as the song book of all generations and mentions magnificent critiques bequeathed from past generations to us. The text emphasizes spiritual heritage and the enduring role of psalms in worship across eras.
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Critages
Life Rules for Graduates Delivered by Rector
The Rev Dr George R Van De Water preached the baccalaureate sermon to the College of the City of New York graduates at Calvary Church His text Put Thy Trust in God He urged health ability and a desire to help the community as keys to success He warned graduates to choose right over wrong and to lead rather than follow stressing character decision courage independence perseverance and common sense.
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George R. van de Water
St. Andrew’s Church
College of the City of New York
Calvary Church
van de Water
Lawrence Praises Character in Cornell Sermon
The Right Rev. William Lawrence of Massachusetts delivered Cornell University's baccalaureate sermon. He urged leaders to rely on self belief and character, to wait for the right time, and to yield for a cause, denouncing reliance on money or influence for office. He cited Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes as examples and urged reform through opinion, education, and courts.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Cornell University
Moses
Theodore Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Gov
Hughes
Lawrence
Manhattan College seniors hear sermon before graduation
The seniors heard their baccalaureate sermon given by the Right Rev Mgr G V Mundelein of Manhattan 89 Chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn at the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation Broadway and 131st Street last night. Graduation exercises will be held Tuesday night in Carnegie Hall with Justice Victor Jowling presenting the diplomas.
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Manhattan College
Mgr. G. V. Mundelein
Manhattan
Diocese of
Brooklyn
110th Anniversary of Dvare Methodist Church Celebration
The Dvare Methodist Episcopal Church on Hudson Street celebrated its 110th cornerstone anniversary with morning and afternoon services. A bronze tablet honoring Smith Lafayette Russel and the Duane Church lineage was unveiled, linking past trustees and treasurers from 1796 to 1823. Dr. John G. Oakley delivered the commemorative sermon.
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Dvare Methodist Episcopal Church
Hudson Street
Spring
Smith Lafayette Russel
Abraham Russel
Smith Russel
Old Duane Church
Duane Methodist Church
Old John Street Methodist Church
Triangle
Hudson and
Greenwich Streets
Duane Methodist Episcopal Church
George Roberts
John G. Oakley
Chatham
CN. Y.) Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakley
Little Duane Church
Dr. Oakley
R. H. Travis
E. S.osborn
St. Stephens
Twenty-fourth Street
Metit Episcopal Church
President Roosevelt Attends Christ Church Service
In Oyster Bay on June 16 the Roosevelt family filled the Christ Episcopal Church pews as Rev. Dr. Washburn led services. The church was crowded to capacity and the president, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Archie, and Quentin attended quietly.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
Ethel
Archie
Quentin
Washburn
Sagamore
Seven Chinamen Baptized at Fifth Avenue Church Baptism
At the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church seven Chinese converts were immersed in a public baptism conducted by Rev. Charles F. Aked. The ceremony followed their conversion at the Morning Star Mission on 17 Doyers Street with two Chinese boys among the seven. Rockfeller greeted friends as the event drew varied attention from the congregation.
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Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Fortysixth
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
John D. Rockefeller
Aked
Yuan
Morning Star
Doyers Street
Fifth Avenue Batist Church
Y. Mow
Wesley Memorial drive raises $200000 in Atlanta
Seven bishops of the Episcopal College of the Methodist Episcopal Church South led morning sermons in Atlanta to launch a Wes Ley Memorial project. Subscriptions at services reached 200000 with Asa C. Candler pledging 75000. A mass meeting reported strong support for a complex including church, hospital, nursing home, homes for women, reading rooms, gymnasium and leisure facilities.
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Atlanta
Episcopal College
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Georgia
Asa C. Candler
Seth Ward
Nashville
Tenn
C. B. Galloway
Jackson
Miss
James Atkins
Waynesville
N.C
J. c. Key
Sherman
Texas
W. A. Candler
E. R. Hendrix
Kansas City
H.C. Morrison
New Orleans
Wesleyan Memorial Enterprise
South
Wesley Memorial Tabernacle
Tent Missions Open Across New York City
Tent meetings mark the third season of evangelical work in New York with venues from Bronx Boston Road and 164th Street to First Avenue and 106th Street and Seventh Avenue and 146th Street. Evangelists include George Gable of Greenfield Ohio and N Marci.
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New York
The
Evangelical Society
Young Women's Christian
Bronx
Boston Road
164Th Street
George Gable
Greenfield
Ohio
First Avenue
106Th Street
N. Marci
Seventh Avenue
146Th Street
Miss Bingham Stars in Modern Lady Godiva
Amelia Bingham received enthusiastic notices in Frederick Schrader's four act play A Modern Lady Godiva at the Suburban Garden in St Louis. The plot centers on a society scandal around a Coventry Lady Godiva portrait used to raise funds for treatment of Lady Mary Fulton's ailing husband.
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ST. Louis
Amelia Bingham
Frederick F. Schrader
Lady Godiva
New York
Charles Fulton
Lady Mary
la Mary
Trelawney
Ashes Made Into Brick For Rest in Peace
Herman Unger of Pittsburg killed himself in Boston and had his cremated ashes mixed with cement to form a brick engraved Let Me Rest in Peace. His Odd Fellows brothers cannot find a cemetery or affordable undertaker willing to bury the brick, which is stored in a North End cement factory awaiting guidance from the Pittsburg lodge.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Herman Unger
Pittsburg
Oddfellows
Schumann-Heink Kritiques Nordica Plan For American Bayreuth
Mme Schumann-Heink, summering in New Jersey, dismisses Nordica's idea of an American Bayreuth. She promotes a national conservatory system and a home for superannuated singers with foreign artists contributing a share of their earnings to a pension fund.
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The
New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Watchung Mountains
Passaic Valley
Nordica
Bayreuth
New York
Baireuth
Jerusalem
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Christ
America
Mecca
United States
Musicians
Europe
Long tramp for a job at Luna Park ends in Coney Island
Barney Gamezias a sign painter by trade and self described original cow puncher walked 700 miles from Detroit to Luna Park with his dog Pal seeking acting work. He joined a “Three T. Rep” show briefly in Michigan then earned meals by brush until summer called him back to Coney Island where he became the show rat catcher and earned board and lodging.
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Barney Gamezias
Coney Island
Luna Park
Electric City
Manistee, Mich
T. Rep
Detroit
Gamezias
Una. Park
Kaltenborn Opens Midsummer Series In St Nicholas Garden
Franz Kaltenborn gave his second sa cred concert of the season in St Nicholas Garden at Sixty sixth Street and Columbus Avenue to a crowded house. Miss Grace Albrecht and Kaltenborn were the soloists and were cordially received. Tonight features a Wagnerian cycle with Robert Craig Campbell singing the prize song from Die Meistersinger.
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Franz Kaltenborn
St. Nicholas Garden
Sixty-sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Grace Albrecht
Mr. Kaltenborn
Robert Craig Campbell
Debut of American Made Tenor Alfred Varsha at Keith's Union Square
Alfred Varsha gave his debut as a tenor at Keith's Union Square Theatre, drawing applause. From a varnish factory worker to a cigar porter, then a lumber sealer and timekeeper, he studied music for five years with help from friends met in East Side cafés as he pursued operatic ambitions.
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Alfred Varsha
Keith
Union Square Theatre
East Side
Edith Helena Withdraws From La Traviata Performance
Announcement was made that Edith Helena will not sing in La Traviata with the Royal Italian Grand Opera Company at the Grand Opera House on Wednesday. The first notice stated Helena is not a member of the company and she cannot perform as planned.
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Edith Helena
Royal Italian Grand Opera Company
Grand Opera House
Helena
Diogenes and the Child mural at Essex County Court House
The Essex County Court House in Newark displays Will H. Low’s mural Diogenes and the Child. Critics note the composition’s classical contrast between youth and age, its serene drama, and debate whether foreground treatment could enhance depth once installed in place.
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Essex County Court House
Newark
N. J
Will H. Low
Century Club
Diogenes
Cynic
Pallas Athene
Athens
Alexander the Great
Mr. Low
Hall
Art Gallery
Eliot Praises Carl Schurz in Harvard Letter
President Eliot of Harvard lauds Carl Schurz as a model for American youth and democracy. The Carl Schurz Memorial Committee reports subscriptions totaling 74,649.26 dollars, with new gifts of 732 dollars since the last update. Subscriptions are payable to Isaac N. Seligman at 11 Broadway.
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Carl Schurz
Eliot
Harvard University
Isaac N. Seligman
Mr. Seligman
Charles W. Eliot
Broadway
Yale Beau Brummel to Wed
Engagement announced in New Haven of Theodore Ives Driggs class of 1907 Yale to Louise Thacher daughter of Thomas Thacher head of Yale Alumni Association of New York City. Driggs son of Leo Driggs Waterbury Conn president of the American Pin Company and member of Scroll and Key.
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New York Times
New Haven
Society Notes From Washington on Foreign Travel and Weddings
Washington society reports Baron Mayer des Planches sails for Italy this week and will not return until autumn. The Nicaragua minister and Mme Corea visit the Fleming country home for a month. Chief Justice Fuller heads to Mount Desert with daughters joining later. Justice White relocates to Canada for summer. Mrs. Matthews sails to Europe, with cousin Miss Addison Mitchell, staying abroad until autumn. Several weddings headline the week with simple home ceremonies including Miss Mary Luttrell and Rev. William Bishop, plus Miss Emma Mullane and George Lukens of San Francisco at the bride's home.
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Washington
Baron Mayer Des Planches
New York
Italy
Nicaragua
Mme. Corea
Col
R. I. Fleming
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Mount Desert
Moore
Chicago
Robert Mason
Justice
White
Canada
Toronto
Matthews
Stanley Matthews
Europe
Addison Mitchell
John Cropper
J. B. Story
United States Army
California
Mary Luttrell
Thomas G. Luttrell
William Bishop
Sewanee University
Tennessee
George Bishop
East Orange
N. J
Ridward Bishop
Albert Howard Cousins
Philadelphia
Emma V. Mullane
George
Russell Lukens
San Uecisco
Oe Mullane
Ward L. Buckeye
St. Matthew’s Church
Miss May Mullane
Carlton Wall
Oakland
Cal
Maude Fianna
Joseph H Hanmm
Cincinnati
Noom
Horace Fairfax Morsebey Browne
Browne
Engagement of Gwenvlin Carey to Francis Potter Told
Uniontown dispatch reports Mrs. William H. Playford announces the engagement of her granddaughter Miss Gwendolyn Carey to Francis Potter, secretary of the American Legation in Lisbon. Carey, 19, was centerpiece of a 19th century mountain kidnapping that killed Senator Playford. the wedding is planned in London in July.
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New York Times
Uniontown
Penn
William H. Playford
Pennsylvania
Gwendolyn Carey
London
England
Miss Carey
Francis Potter
Lisbon
Portugal
Henry C. Potter
New York City
Pauline
Playford
Baltimore
Old Country
Fayette County
Carey
Senator Playford
Th East
Senator Beveridge Engaged to Miss Katharine Eddy Abroad
Washington reports the engagement of Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge to Chicago socialite Katharine Eddy. Eddy and her mother are in Berlin awaiting a likely wedding within three weeks, with plans possibly in London at St George's. Beveridge, a 45 year old widower, sails to join them in Paris before a presumed London ceremony.
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New York Times
Washington
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Katharine Eddy
Chicago
Eddy
Augustus Eddy
Berlin
elJl
Mark Hanna
Huntington Nelson
Miss Eddy
Spencer Eddy
London
Europe
Marshall Field
Senator Beveridge
Nate
Katharine Langsdale
Senate
Senatcor Beveridge
Paris
St. George's
Portland
Miss Amelia Oliver Weds William J. Crittenden in Quiet Pittsburgh Ceremony
In Shields, Pittsburgh, Miss Amelia Oliver daughter of the late James B. Oliver, will wed William J. Crittenden of Kansas City Missouri. The ceremony is small due to recent deaths in the Oliver family. The Marquis and Marquise Alfred Dusmet Desmours, relatives of the bride, arrive from Europe for the wedding. After a brief honeymoon the couple will reside in Kansas City.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Amelia Oliver
James B. Oliver
William J. Crittenden
Kansas City
Shields
Crittenden
Missouri
Miss Oliver
Marquis
Marquise
Alfred Dusmet Desmours
New York
Europe
Italy
George T. Oliver
Henry W. Oliver
Rich Mayor in a Fight in Euclid
Cleveland June 16. H S Pickands mayor of Euclid was badly injured in a struggle with R H Magoon an automobile dealer. A warrant is issued for Magoon who fled after punching Pickands and driving away. Residents condemn speeders who pose as deputies and evade speed laws.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Pickands
Magoon
Euclid
Race
Senator Lodge Visits Ellis Island Immigration Station
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and his son toured Ellis Island immigration station with Commissioner Watchorn. The subcommittee chair observed immigrant processing for several hours, part of a nine member commission’s inquiry now in Europe.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Commission On Immigration
Senator Dillingham
Vermont
Ellis Island
Robert Watchorn
Europe
Holland House
Death List of a Day Styles Franklin Stanton
Styles Franklin Stanton a long time Wall Street broker died at his home 145 East Thirty sixth Street New York City He was unmarried and survived by two sisters Born April 1846 he joined the Stock Exchange and retired ten years ago He held roles with the St Nicholas Society Union Club Sons of the Revolution Downtown Club and volunteer leadership with the Samaritan Home for the Aged New York Infant Asylum and the New York Dispensary as a trustee
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Styles Franklin Stanton
New York
Wall Street
East Thirty-sixth Street
Togem
Stanton
The
Stock Exchange
St. Nicholas Society
Union Club
Sons of the Revolution
Downtown Club
Samaritan Home For the Aged
New York Infant Asylum
Mary Amelia Curtis Wife of Rev George P Mains Dies at 60
Mary Amelia Curtis of Mount Vernon, wife of the Rev. George P. Mains, D. D., died Saturday at age 60. For 26 years after their 1870 marriage she led women’s work in Methodist parishes. Since 1896 she resided in Mount Vernon and worked with Methodist groups and the Westchester Women’s Club. She is survived by her husband and three children.
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Mary Amelia Curtis
George P. Mains
Mount Vernon
Mains
Westchester Women’s Club
Deaths of German H Hunt and Two Others in Jersey City Area
German H Hunt a Baltimore capitalist banker died at the Greens Rising Valley hotel after paralysis at age 78. Edward McCarthy died at 957 Summit Avenue Jersey City of erysipelas aged 46 leaving a wife and six children. Lydia P Ackerman widow of Warren Ackerman died at Hyde Park Scotch Plains NJ. she was NY native daughter of Isaac Platt a founder of Chemical National Bank of New York. She leaves Furman Platt of New York as her nephew caregiver.
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German H. Hunt
Baltimore
Greens Rasing Valley
Edward McCarthy
Summit Avenue
Jersey City
Street and Water Department
Lydia P. Ackerman
Wareren Ackerman
Hyde Park
Scotch Plains
N. J
New York
Isaac Platt
Chemical National Bank of
New_York
Mrs Walsh and James Emott wed at St Peter's Church Morristown
Dorothea Correa Walsh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Correa Walsh married James Tuckerman Emott at St. Peter's Church Morristown New Jersey on Saturday June 15 officiated by Rev Philemon F Sturges
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Emott—Walsh
Morristown
N. J
St. Peter's Church
Philemon F._ Sturges
Dorothea
Robert Correa Walsh
James Tuckerman Emott
Obituary notices from June 1907 Brooklyn Plainfield area
A list of death notices and funeral details for Lydia Acker-man Selena Bearns Dorothea Sparkman St Coffin Mary Degrauw Helen Findlay Andrew Giore Frances Hillhouse Jane Keeler Silvia Livingston Mary Mains Marian MacArthur Mary Richmond Hame Ring William Schickel Frank Stanton and others. Services announced with church locations dates and interment plans across New York New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Liberty St
New York
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Plainfield
Bearns
Lefferts Place
Brooklyn
Selena Madeleine Bearns
Joseph H
Selena Bearns
Clark
Clifto Springs
N. Y
Dorothea Sparkman
William Hepburn Clark
Degrauw
Jamaica
Mary E. S. Degrauw
Aaron A. Degrauw
Findlay
West 45Th St
Bayonne
Jus
Helen D. Findlay
Woodlawn Cemetery
Glore
New Rochelle
Andrew Giore
Jackson St
Henry Clay Lodge
A. M
Kensico Cemetery
Hielhouse
New Haven
Conn
Frances J. Hillhouse
William Hillhouse
Samuel R. Betts
James Hillhouse
Sachem
Livingston
Rome
Italy
Silvia A
Walter L. Livingston
Washington- Coster
MAINS
Mary Amelia
R. George P. Mains
Park Av
Mount Vernon
Henry C. Richmond
Stertt Place
N.Y
Ring
Hame
Nah D
Charles A. Ring
Ailen P. Ripley
Fargo Av
Buffelo
Schickel
William
Elise Schickel
St. Ignatius Loyola
4Th St
Stanton
S. Franklin Stanton
East 28Th
Fift
37Th St
Frank E. Campbell Co Memorial Chapels and Ambulance Services
Frank E. Campbell Co operates at 241-243 West 234th Street Chelsea offering funeral chapel services and ambulance arrangements with telephone contact 1324. The brief notice lists its Chelsea location and service scope.
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Frank E. Campbell Co
Chelsea
Notice of Marriage and Death Inquiries Across Papers
Notices inserted in the New York Times appear simultaneously at no extra charge in listed morning papers including the Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Syracuse Post-Standard, Washington Post. The New York Times address and contact info follow.
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Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia Publi Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Louis Republic
Paul Pioneer Prle
Syracuse Post
Washington Post
NEW York Times Times Square
Spruce St
Broadway
Bryant
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Methodist Churches of
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Miss Bingham
Unger
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Meriqen Brita CO
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Diogenes and the Child
Schurz
Yale Beau Brummel
Theodore I. Driggs
Louise Thacher
Society IN
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Mr. Beveridge
Pittsburg Steel
W. J. Crittenden
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