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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
9
At Hotel Hygela in Harlem a 1900s era crowd of vegetarians and health reformers attended an “elementary or uncooked” food banquet. Courses featured Brassica-Lactuca salad and Fructu-Salata with olives, nuts, fruits, and a cherry fruit punch.
Oyster Bay finalizes plans for President Roosevelt to arrive June 27. A committee will meet him on Long Island City and escort him to Sagamore Hill. A schoolchildren’s escort and Cove School alumni will join in a decorated Audrey Avenue welcome. The celebration's two hundred fiftieth anniversary may be postponed for a more elaborate summer event.
Special to The New York Times report from Cleveland notes H. A. Lozier’s will probate. Executors value the estate near 1.8 million with about two thirds to children and one third to the widow. The will directs five year non division and annual allowances of 5 000 to wife and each child, plus smaller sums to sisters and other relatives. Tombstone limits set at 2 500 for Lozier’s grave and 200 for his mother’s monument.
The first two of eight large Bowdoin granite monoliths for the New Cathedral of St John the Divine will arrive Monday from Vinal Haven Maine. They weigh 510 tons together and measure 64 by 8 by 7 feet uncut and 57 by 6 by 5 feet after finishing. The stones are being towed by Merritt Chapman Company tugs and unloaded at a pier at the foot of One Hundred and Thirty third Street.
Spécial to The New York Times reports T. Jefferson Coolidge Jr plans a marble palace at Coolidge Point Manchester this summer near his father's home. No expense spared to create the region’s finest residence surpassing Eben Jordan's villa already awaiting occupancy.
The Times lauds H H Davies new play Cousin Kate at the Haymarket as a bright joyous comedy about youth and love. Elis Jeffreys leads with exhilarating performance. Beatrice Farrar Carlotta Addison Cyril Maude praised for lively roles. critics note a strong dialogue and entertaining charm despite some structural weaknesses.
The Longacre Electric Light and Power Company seeks a theatre district franchise backed by a syndicate including Charles and Daniel Brohman and others. The proposal promises light heat and power at a lower rate than rivals and would extend to the city and outsiders. A protest from the Electrical Subway Company cites exclusive rights to ducts. Maurice Goodman for the petitioners says no exclusivity exists and they would pay to use ducts if needed.
Henrietta Crosman returns to the stage in As You Like It at the Manhattan with John Malone as Jacques Barton Hill as the Banished Duke and Addison Pitt as Oliver, all seen with Miss Crosman at Theatre Republic last year. Gustav Kerker to conduct selections for The Blonde in Black musical comedy on Crystal Gardens bills and If I Only Had a Theatre to Broadway. Blanche Ring performs The Blonde in Black songs. Frederick Gebhard congratulates her racehorse naming.
Heinrich Conried announces the upcoming season featuring Mme Emma Calvé and Mile. Acté, the Paris Opera lead soprano, in prominent operatic roles.
Miss Ethel Breed Sherman daughter of Amos B Sherman and Emma J Sherman of Providence married E Howard Rittenhouse Barton at St Pauls Church Englewood The ceremony was led by Rev Dr William Wells Holley assisted by Rev George F Flichtner The Hackensack vested choir sang There were many Sherman and Barton relatives among the bridal party and guests
The wedding occurred at the Vanderbeek home on Linden Avenue Englewood yesterday afternoon. Rev Henry C Vanderbeek of Forest Hill Neade officiated assisted by Rev S M Hamilton of the Englewood Opecketerian Church. Isabel N Blake served as maid of honor with bridesmaids Margaret M Hill and Helen Blake. Best man was Dr J W Robinson of Shreveport La with ushers J Wilbur Vanderbeek and Nelson Vanderbeek.
Miss Hannah Cox Harris, daughter of Mrs. Frederick Harris and granddaughter of Hamilton Harris, married Ensign Alfred W. Johnson USN at noon at the bride’s State Street home. Chaplain Reaney USN officiated with Rev. James H. Ecob of Philadelphia assisting. Only close relatives attended due to a recent death in the family.
Miss Anna Izard Watts married Henry Shaw in South Street Presbyterian Church Morristown at 4 PM. Organist J Sebastian Matthews played an elaborate program. Attendants included maid of honor Margaret Young and bridesmaids Mary K Howell and Letchford. Best man Ridley Watts and ushers Wynant D Vanderpoel Archibald Forbes Albert Rickard Alexander Watts. Rev. Dr. Albert Erdman officiated. Reception followed at William Watts's home.
At the Essex County Convention in Westport Assemblyman James M. Graeff of Westport was renominated without opposition for a fourth term. Patrick J. Finn of Ticonderoga was named for District Attorney and Orny E. Barnard of St. Armand for Sheriff.
The Suburban event proves less social due to dismal weather and a sparse turnout of fashionable guests including J. H. Alexandre, Harry Payne Whitney, and Alfred Vanderbilt. Engagements and weddings unfold with Miss Fassett, Dr. Hodgson, Miss Fassett's brother Bryan, Everett Colby, Edith Hyde, and Prof. Wyckoff planning ceremonies. society figures travel to Southampton, Meaddow Club dances, and transatlantic movements among Wilsons, Astors, and other prominent names continue the season.
Newport listings reveal a season of visitors and seaside occupancy. Alfred G Vanderbilt and Mrs French head to Adirondacks after a Newport stint, while Cramp and Carson families plan abroad or return to cottages. Guests include Mrs Lyman at Agassiz’s, and numerous others at various Newport cottages and hotels for the summer.
Benjamin H. Irving sells Whitehall at Newport R 1 to James J. Coogan for 102500. Coogan plans extensive improvements and hopes to reside there with his family later this season.
Composer and conductor Felix Weingartner wed Baroness Fedora von Dreyfus in Munich on June 18. The ceremony linked two prominent European figures in a notable marriage reported from the city.
In Springfield Ohio on June 18 Bishop H i M Turner of Atlanta declared that his people seek no social equality with whites. He insisted blacks should remain on their side of the house and urged the rights movement to be led by negroes, even suggesting Africa as a homeland to avoid lynching for standing up for rights.
The United States monitor Florida, recently turned over by her builder, was received in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Fremont commands the ship.
Dr Isaac Newton Love editor of The Medical Mirror and New York resident died of apoplexy aboard the Cunard liner Aurania while en route to treat Mrs George Law in Europe. He had read to ship officers and died six minutes later.
A shop features a coarse mesh point d esprit summer hat with pink rose trim and a white brick hat with linen crash and a black feather pompon. It promotes mercerized cotton as silk-like and cost effective, with various uses from bags to cushion covers and small fashion items. Also listed are Japanese fans, Chinese footwear, linen shirtwaists, capod Monte ware, and decorative cushions and sets.
Major General Frank Wheaton United States Army retired died in Washington at age seventy. Born Providence Rhode Island May 8 1833 he built a Civil War record earning repeated promotions and brevets for gallantry in Virginia battles. He served in many western departments and fought at Gettysburg and during the Valley campaigns. He retired six years ago and lived at 2433 Columbia Road Washington.
David N Selleg, a blind Newburg man who rose to prominence as a patent chair inventor and employer, died at age 73. He advanced industrial education for the blind and built a successful business employing many workers.
Alfred Miller Hoyt a longtime New York commission and banking figure died at his residence 934 Fifth Avenue. He retired from active business in 1881 and left a widow and five children. Hoyt held trustee and director roles with several banks and companies and belonged to major clubs and societies.
Tiffany crafted one thousand souvenir medals for top essays chosen from twenty submissions per class. Teachers of winning pupils receive 100 five dollar prizes, with additional twenty dollar prizes for top teachers in high and elementary schools. One thousand subscriptions to The Saturday Review of Books reward medal teachers. The Times will announce results Sunday with fifty ten dollar prizes for high school and elementary winners, plus school-wide recognition for the boroughs.
The Rev John C Guenther died Wednesday night at his home 56 Union Avenue Williamsburg from appendicitis aged 45. He was pastor of St Peters German Reformed Church at Scholes Street and Union Avenue Williamsburg and later led a mission church at Central Avenue and Ralph Street. Survived by a widow four sons and one daughter. Funeral tonight burial in Newark tomorrow.
David Houston aged eighty, oldest member of the New York Metal Exchange, died Wednesday night at 47 South Grove Street East Orange from paralysis. Born in Glasgow Scotland, he spent over forty years in metal brokerage in New York and thirty years in East Orange. Survived by son Robert J Illoust on.
Major W. A. Patton of the Fifth Regiment of Georgia died last night in Rome from complications after an appendectomy. He was a prominent business manager of the O'Neill Manufacturing Company with branches across Georgia and Virginia.
The body of Paul B. du Chaillu arrived aboard the Consuelo from Hull. Members of the American Geographical Society and the Society of American Authors will visit the Wilson Line pier, with Scandinavian representatives, before the casket is moved to Taylor's undertaking rooms near City College for the mortuary chapel wait. A church service will be held here after a service in St. Petersburg, with interment likely at Woodlawn.
The New York Times acknowledges receiving a five dollar check from Mrs. E. Y. R. in support of Mrs. Anna Bechtold.
Death notices list names such as John Paul Bocock John S Crawford Alfred Miller Hoyt Mary A Kahlmeyer William J Lyon Caroline Ely Lina Scheu Carroll St John and Carroll Dean. The board of Fifth Avenue Bank in New York notes In Memoriam for director Frank Dean and extends sympathy to his family. Funeral details include locations Wayne Mount Vernon Irvington Clifton Pocantico Hills Canandaigua and Huntsville with services and interments as read.
A dense list presents residents and addresses across Manhattan and surrounding streets. The compilation names Kate Fisher Jennie Follinel Samuel Fischer Lena Halpren Edith Hengerold Mary Hanratty Leo Fanning James Hefferon Anne Heslin Richard Headdon Joseph Johnson Charles Johnson Antonio Frania Fannie Kollander Marjorie Lockett Margaret Murphy Francis Murphy I Margaretten Isaac Merroum Lawrence Mulvey Susan Murdock Pauline Giuseppe Gallichi Ettie Goldberg Emma Hein Agnes King Margaret Kretzschar Mary McGuire Thomas McArdle Mary McParlan Ann Newcorn Hannah Perkinson Anne Pandolfi Mary Rodnay Ernest Rogers Patrick Ryan Edward Steinberg James Smith Schneider Michael Schmitt James Seilzo Susan Smith Babette Schaffer Charles Wassmann and others listed with street addresses and avenues.
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