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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
13
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris engagement to Frank H Jones announced in Chicago. Wedding set for July 4 at Coburg Ontario country place in presence of relatives. Nellie Grant Sartoris former White House bride of 1874 aged 17.
Stella Hammerstein daughter of Oscar Hammerstein announces engagement to Frederick L. C. Keating a lawyer and former Commissioner of Licenses. The wedding will be in London next month with her father present. plans were shifted from New York where they hoped to wed. She has appeared in New York productions and vaudeville and says she will retire after marriage.
Walter Loring Barrows son of Mrs Barrows of Greenwich wed Miss Gertrude S Green at the First Congregational Church New Milford Rev George H Johnson presided Miss Marian R Green maid of honor Bridesmaids Dorothea and Priscilla Barrows Best man Paul M Barrows Ushers included Hamilton Brush Miltimore Brush George C Mead Henry Selden Harold Bates Le Roy Barret reception at the bride's parents home for relatives and intimate friends
Mrs Richard Arthur Carden will soon issue invitations for the marriage of her daughter Miss Eva May Lent to Albert Kings Brether ton of London England. The ceremony will be at St Stephen’s Church on Monday July 15 at noon conducted by Rev J Newton Perkins. Attendants include Mrs Lawrence Sprague Haskin sister’s only attendant. Best man will be Mr Carden. Ushers Stanley Burger and Lawrence S Haskin. A wedding breakfast will follow and the couple plan an extended motor trip. The Cardens reside at Mostlytee Waterford Ohio.
Today several local weddings are planned. Miss Charlotte Strong and Daniel B. Fearing will wed at the Church of the Heavenly Rest with only relatives present and depart for a bridal trip. Miss Leila Ingersoll Haven and Gilbert E. Jones Jr. marry at St Stephen's in Ridgefield with a reception at Homewood. Henry Hopkins Jr. and Miss Harriet Sabin wed at the Sabin home in Williamstown. Miss Helen D. Auerbach and Herman Le Roy Emmet marry at the bride’s Hewlett country home. Alfred Lee Loomis and Ellen Farnsworth plan to marry in Boston. Mildred Eva Varney and Arthur Dp. Ralston wed at the aunt’s home in Bellrose, L I.
Mr and Mrs Charles H Winfield of Middletown New York announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Jane M Winfield to Eugene Hollister Schonker of this city No wedding date has been set
A lawn party at 3 o'clock on Blackwell Island supports Sacred Heart Chapel attached to the tuberculosis camp. The event features a band concert plus euchre and bridge whist, with proceeds funding chapel furnishing and equipment after construction funded by Cardinal Farley.
Mrs. Frederic Neilson plans Europe sailing June 27 with her daughter Mrs Reginald Vander Dr. and Mrs Henry Dwight Chapin stay Fieldston Riverdale for the summer. Viscount and Viscountess de Sibour will visit Belmont before their European trip. Several families habit Milbrook Dutchess County and Cincinnati visits. A wedding is planned June 29 in Cincinnati and a Pittsfield Mass marriage on June 20. Barnes will reside at 5028 Kenmore Avenue Chicago after Nov. 1.
Lenox notices report the Sabin Hopkins wedding at Thornwood Williams town with plans for a noon ceremony. Numerous guests arrive or stay at Stockbridge Pittsfield and Great Barrington hotels including Messrs. Sturgis Bement Cobb and Sheldon, plus many New York Philadelphia and Chicago visitors touring Berkshire properties and attending social events.
Brandon Tynan’s play and James K Hackett gain rights to The Game of Masks for the Columbia Theatre in San Francisco. Frederick Stanhope sails to England to confer on The Daughter of Heaven for the Century’s Fall production. Rose Stahl to appear at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum benefit July 21 at Arverne Pier Theatre. The De Koven Opera Company suspends Robin Hood for a summer break with August revival at Knickerbocker Theatre. Florence Wickham Walter Hyde Basil Ruysdael and Carl Gantvoort plan a brief European holiday.
The Association for the Condition of the Poor appeals for help to ease heat and cost of living burdens on mothers and babies. It lists donation levels from 2.60 for a teething baby to 125 to send fifteen workers or ten families for weeklong sea shore or farm outings, with addresses for sending funds to Robert Shaw Min turn, treasurer, New York.
Arthur Hammerstein announced a new male opera titled The Firefly with Mlle Emma Trentini to star next season. Otto Hauerbach wrote the book and lyrics while Rudolf Friml composes music. Fred Latham to stage. cast includes Arthur Deagon Craig Campbell Henry Vogel Marie Horgan Ruby Norton Sammy Lee and Mile De Rosa. Friml to visit New York for talks.
Charles Crawford a Brooklyn contractor concealed his marriage to Hattie Haskell for six years. Family members knew but kept silent. Crawford, general superintendent of Cranford companies, led street paving contracts including Brighton Beach improvements for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
Miss Helen Taft was guest of honor at a picnic dinner in Silver Springs hosted by the Misses Noyes daughters of Mr and Mrs Frank B Noyes. About a dozen young people rode in cars 5 pm and returned by moonlight with Mrs Noyes as chaperone.
Titled concert programes list Arnold Volpe and his Orchestra at The Mall Central Park with selections from Star Spangled Banner Prophiet Robespierre Fantasie Traviata Bacchanale Samson and Dalila Waltz Light Cavalry Nocturne Skolnik Robin Hood Faust America and more. Curtis Athletic Field New Brighton Kaltenborn Orchestra presents Star Spangled Banner Mazeppa Il Guarany Thais Nell Gwyn Phaeton Jubel and other works in a day of park music across two venues with multiple soloists and conductors.
The Essex Troop under Capt. William A. Bryant wowed crowds in Harrison Park during the Commonwealth Club circus second performance. Riders included Eisele Wiggin Moeller Higgins Banks Mitchell Haines Ballantyne Toff Wherry Whitman and Taff Moeller rode a Roman tandem. Capt. Henry C. Stephens also contributed a Roman and high school riding display. Congressmen Edward W. Townsend will signal the grand entree for the final show tomorrow.
Newport society items list season preparations at Belcourt Friedheim Beech Bound and homes of Caperton Hawemeyer Vanderbilt Gerry Welsh Morrell and others. Royals Phelps Carroll party guests, arriving schedules, and social events including a July 4 concert at the Jamestown Casino and boat race attendance are noted along with yacht and villa stays and diplomatic visitors.
Cambridge June 21 Harvard class of 1912 reveals a class baby nearly two years old. Jack Desha, Harvard shortstop, fathered Evelyn Cornwall Mary Desha born December 11 1910 after eloping to Nashua New Hampshire with Agnes Reddy of Medford whom he married. Desha plans to enter law school next fall.
In Cincinnati on June 21 officers forced entry to the home of Mrs. Ethel Green and found a six months old baby with its head wedged in iron bed bars. The child cried all day. neighbors reported distress. The mother was arrested on cruelty charges.
The Friars Club of about 150 members arrived in Philadelphia for their annual frolic. They toured Shibe Park for the Athletics vs Washington game, dined at Café L Aiglon, performed at the Forrest Theatre, and planned a Atlantic City appearance this evening with stars like Tom Lewis, James J. Corbett, and the Cohan brothers.
The Philadelphia coroner announced a special jury of six prominent clergymen from all denominations to hear automobile fatality cases. The aim is to educate clergy about street dangers and later have them urge warnings from pulpits to drivers and pedestrians.
A Cordova telegram reports Morgan Hill and Guggenheim launching a venture to make the Copper River Railroad profitable by boosting tourist traffic to Miles Glacier. The line already carries ore, passengers, and supplies, but coal tonnage remains largely untapped. Baxter, vice president of Copper River Road, plans trails to access Miles Glacier and attract visitors.
Five liners were scheduled to sail today from New York and Antwerp and Southampton ports. Passengers include many named individuals and families headed to Europe on ships such as New York Southampton and Kroonland. The lists also name crews and officials aboard the vessels, with destinations ranging across the Atlantic and to the West Indies.
Ulrich Becker, a Stapleton druggist aged 63 born in Emsden Germany, died at his Court Street home after a long illness. He studied pharmacy in Germany and came to the United States forty years ago, living in New York for five years before entering the Stapleton drug trade. He later rose to vice president of the Stapleton National Bank and then president of the Staten Island Savings Bank. A member of the Staten Island Chess Club, he is survived by a wife and son.
Gustav Jacoby cigar manufacturer with forty years in tobacco died on the operating table at Miss Alston's Sanitarium yesterday afternoon after being brought there a week ago. He was 68, born in Germany, and lived at 1330 St. Nicholas Avenue. He leaves a wife two sons and two daughters.
George F Stone secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade died in Chicago after weeks of ill health. He was widely known among grain dealers nationwide and his death was reported yesterday. Alfred A Kearney an importer died Thursday at his residence Central or West Age 48 unmarried Emma Goodwin Eaton widow of painter Joseph Oriel Eaton died Thursday night at her daughter’s home 67 Highland Avenue Montclair NJ She was great granddaughter of the second President and granddaughter of the sixth President John Adams and John Quincy Adams William Seelsigsburg prominent real estate appraiser died last night at 611 West 141st Street apoplexy age 63 survived by his widow and two daughters.
A cable from Albert Ballin, Hamburg-Amerikan Line chief, states rumors of severed ties with Atlantic Fruit and Steamship Company are false. No absorption by United Fruit Company. contracts with Atlantic Fruit expired 1911 and were not renewed due to terms.
The Brooklyn Buildings Department closed for the day as the funeral of John Thatcher, superintendent of buildings, was held. He died after a fall while inspecting a building. Borough President Steers led officials and family to St. Mark’s Church for services, with many public figures attending.
William B Carhart senior partner of Carhart & Brothers wholesale grocers in Manhattan died Thursday night at the Hotel Margaret Brooklyn. He was 92 and the last of three brothers prominent in New York business. Born in Perryville New Jersey, he moved to Macon Georgia at eleven and later moved his firm to New York in 1852. He was unmarried.
President Claflin of the Chamber of Commerce names a committee to represent the Chamber at the funeral of William Butler Duncan. The group includes Joseph H. Choate J Pierpont Morgan Jr R Fulton Cutting Gen Horace Porter Samuel W Fairchild George T Wilson and Robert A C Smith. Duncan had been a Chamber member since 1855 and served as Vice President from 1905 to 1909.
Brief notice indicates marriages and deaths intended for New York Times insertion should be telephoned to 1000 Bryant. The fragment preserves the service method without detailing specific names or events.
Mr Charles H Winfield of Middletown announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Jane M Winfield to Mr Eugene Hollister Schonher of New York City.
A compilation of marriage announcements from June 11 to June 22 1912 across multiple locales. Couples include Berg with Iltis to Rodney Berg, Hopkins with Sabin in Thornwood, Haven with Jones in Ridgefield Conn and numerous other unions in Brooklyn Jersey City Westchester and New Rochelle.
Deaths reported include George Bingel at 915 Jackson Ave with services June 23 at 7 PM, William B Carhart of 130 Columbia Heights Brooklyn with services, Mabel V Adams Currie of Elizabeth New Jersey at 451 Grier Ave on June 24 at 2 PM, and William Butler Duncan aged 82 at 15th Ave with services June 24 at Grace Church Broadway and 10th St. Interment is private and flowers not requested.
This column lists funeral services and notices across New York and New Jersey. Ex presidents and society officers, widows, and numerous residents are recorded with service times, churches or residences, and interment or private funeral details.
In Memoriam items list masses for Luke Boyle at St. ene BR Jersey City and Berna Brady Newark N J and Anna Kiely at St Rita's Church today at 9 AM. Church notices reference dates and locations for funeral or memorial services.
Classified notice lists funeral services at Woodlawn Cemetery located at 233a Street near Harlem Train and at the Trollen Office on 20 East 23rd Street North, directing inquiries to these locations.
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