Miss Lucy Inman Weds A. W. Pearce
Arthur W. Pearce and Miss Lucy Inman married at the bride's sister's home 825 Fifth Avenue. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. Edwin F. Hallenbeck with best man Albert Francke. Relatives and friends attended a small reception before the couple sails to England, returning to New York residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Pearce
Richard Pearce
London
Lucy Inman
John H. Inman
Clifford Brokaw
Fifth Avenue
Edwin F. Hallenbeck
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Miss Inman
Hugh M
Noted Artist's Son to Wed in Fifth Avenue Church Ceremony
John Alden Twachtman son of the late artist John H. Twachtman will marry Miss Emma Louise Trimble of New York and North Newcastle Me at the Church of the Ascension Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street at 3 30 p m The Rev P S Grant will officiate Frederick De Witt Wells will be best man Ushers include Clarence Blake Mason Blake John Dove and Frederick Quentin Swachtman There will be no reception and only relatives and a few intimate friends will attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alden Twachtman
John H. Twachtman
Emma Louise Trimble
Miss Trimble
J. Delmage Trimble
New York
Newcastle
Clarence M. Blake
Ruth A
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
P. S. Grant
Twachtman
Frederick de Witt. Wells
Clarence Blake
Mason Blake
John Dove
Frederick Quentin Swachtman
Brrds
Johnson and Maclay to wed at Church of the Ascension
Frederick Johnson of this city will marry Miss Antoinette Maclay daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Maclay of 13 West Thirty-first Street. The ceremony is scheduled for noon on June 17 at the Church of the Ascension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Johnson
Antoinette Maclay
Mark Maclay
West Thirty-first Street
Church of the Ascension
Army Garden Party on Governors Island Aids Army Relief
New feature at the annual Governors Island garden party benefits the New York Branch of the Army Relief Society. Seven Signal Corps maneuvers will entertain guests tomorrow. Notables include Gen. F D Grant and Mrs Grant Admiral Goodrich and Mrs Coghlan Col William C Church Mr and Mrs Henry Taft and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governors Island
New York
Army Relief Society
Seven
Signal Corps
F. D. Grant
Notable Society Travel and Weddings in Newport and Washington
Mr and Mrs Norman D R White plan to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm II this morning and will be away about six weeks. Cornelius Vanderbilt, arriving in Newport by yacht North Star, returns to New York. The Vanderbilts expect a Newport season and will open Beaulieu later the week. Mrs Alfred Walters arrives today from abroad aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Mrs F L Norton of Cazenovia returns from Europe tomorrow. Francis K Stevens of New York will marry Lawrence and Miss Elizabeth Shaw Oliver, daughter of Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver, today at the Oliver home in Washington. Mrs Walter J Otis and Miss Margaretta Otis of Pittsfield, Senator …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. R. Whitehouse
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
North Star
New York
Francis K. Stevens
Lawrence
Elizabeth Shaw
Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver
Oliver Home
Washington
Society Notes At Luxury Hotels And Homes
W Murray Crane and Mrs Crane also Mrs A P L Dull and Mrs Henry B McCormick of Pittsburg are at the Holland House. Lorillard Spencer and David Gardiner of West Islip are at the Gotham. Mrs John Gates and Miss Elizabeth Gates of Cincinnati together with Mrs William M Thomas of Morristown and Miss Cramp of Philadelphia stay at the Buckingham. The Rev Dr Ernest M Stires and Mrs Stires opened a country place at Bol ton Landing Lake George NY. Frederick Townsend Martin hosts a fifty cover dinner in the Plaza ballroom honoring Cardinal Logue. John McK Bowman chartered the Magnet from the Holland House to Arrowhead Inn with guests Dr John Bond and Robert Bond. The Misses Jennie K and Grace Fraser, just back from abroad, have closed their city house and stay at Lovett Hastings. Mr and Mrs Henry Sidenberg and daughter Madeline of West Fifty-first Street depart for Europe for five months. Mrs P Stuyvesant Pillote of East Fifty-sixth Street has returned from Washington and will go to Fuxedo tomorrow. Mrs C Cary of Park Avenue, after Lakewood, will return June 1. Finch School alumnae luncheon at Delmonico’s with each plate yielding a verse about the guest’s hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Murray Crane
Washington
Crane
A. P.L. Dull
Henry B. McCormick
Pittsburg
Holland House
Lorillard Spencer
Newport
David Gardiner
West Islip
L.I
Gotham
John Gates
Elizabeth Gates
Cincinnati
William M. Thomas
Morristown
Miss Cramp
Philadelphia
Buckingham
Ernest M. Stires
St. Thomas's Church
Stires
Bolton Landing
Lake George
N. Y
Frederick Townsend Martin
Cardinal Logue
C. Cary
Park Avenue
Lakewood
N. J
Finch School
Delmonico’s
Gave Up Wedding Plans at City Hall
Mrs. Scott Howard and Ralph Phillipson of London, staying at the Waldorf Astoria, had planned a marriage here after securing a license. Reports said a ceremony at St Thomas church was planned but later canceled, with the couple reportedly away on an automobile trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Scott Howard
Ralph Phillipson
London
Waldorf Astoria
St. Thomas's
Waldorf-Astoria
Howard
Mr. Phillipson
Parades 225 Abra ham & Straus wagons through Brooklyn streets
A morning procession of 225 delivery wagons and trucks from the Abra ham and Straus department store moved from Cumberland Street and Williams Avenue through downtown Brooklyn at nine o clock yesterday. Crowds cheered the sight of men horses and wagons as it passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham & Straus Department Store
Brooklyn
Cumberland Street
Wiljon Hby Avenue
Morse and Curtis Trial Date Set for October 14
Judge Hough in the United States Circuit Court yesterday set the trial of Charles W. Morse former vice president and Alfred H. Curtis former president of the National Bank of North America for October 14.
Marinelli & De Cottens Take Over Olympia Theatre Paris
H. B. Marinelli announces Marinelli and De Cottens have assumed management of the Olympia Theatre Paris effective August 1. The contract was signed yesterday and the move was reported to the New York office by cable from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia of
Paris
New York
Italian Opera Company debuts in Newark Empire Theatre
The new Italian Opera Company organized by Salvatore di Franco of Milan performed its first show at the Empire Theatre in Newark returning for a week before a tour. If successful, the tour will end at a popular priced house in New York. Edith Helena sang Violetta in Traviata with the Irwin company at the American Theatre, New York last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Italian Opera Company
Salvatore di Franco
Milan
Empire Theatre
Newark
New York
Edith Helena
American Theatre
Violetta
Ir W
Theatrical Notes from New York Stages This Week
A wave of openings and announcements fills New York’s theatre scene. The Players' Stock Company debuted at West End with The Walls of Jericho led by Marie Shotwell and Thurston Hall, while The Revolt and The Dolls played Socialist Theatre under Julius Hopp. Tom Barry and Madge Hodge showcased a new vaudeville sketch The Soul and the Heel at Hammerstein's Victoria. Boyd Putnam’s funeral is set for 3 PM at Lyman Craw’s home in Irvington-on-Hudson. Chauncey Olcott began a second week in O Neill of Derry at the Grand Opera House. A German production of The Merry Widow will open June 4 at Heumann's Harlem Casino under Henry W Savage. John Montague joins Will Page as manager of a Baltimore stock company opening June 11 at Ford's Theatre. Charlotte Walker and Ralph Kellerd depart New York for Page's Washington company. Maxine Elliott plans a new West 39th Street theatre, to be jointly run with the Shuberts, with groundbreaking at 2:30 PM attended by notable theatrical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Players’ Stock Company
West End
Walls of Jericho
Harlem
Keith
Hammerstein
Victoria
Tom Barry
Madge Hodge
Chauncey Olcott
O’neill
Derry
Grand Opera House
Henry W. Savage
Heumann
Harlem Casino
John Montague
David Belasco
Will Page
Ford
Baltimore
Charlotte Walker
Ralph Kellerd
New York
Mr. Page
Washington
Maxine Elliott
West Thirty-ninth Street
Shuberts
Richard Carle Stars in Mary's Lamb at York Theatre
Richard Carle headlines Mary's Lamb a three act musical farce adapted from Mme Mongodin. His humor and pantomime balance a flurry of supporting characters led by Miss Otis and Miss Proctor Otis. Berta Mills delivers strong singing while John B. Park and Frank Belcher contribute. the piece blends vaudeville style with French farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary's Lamb
Mme. Mongodin
Richard Carle
New York
Alan Townsend
John B. Park
Bill'’ Blackwell
Frank H. Belcher Clyde
Wetherbee
Ray Youngman
Sylvester ‘Nightingale
Harry Montgomery
Henry Gibson
Abbott Adams
Mary Mirarda Lamb
Elite Proctor Otis
Sylvia Montrose
Genesee
Hoel Lee Mercedes
Chee Sear
Edith - Clair Phylis Atwood
Berta Mills
Winifred Gilaine
Celia Dale
Marion Mills
Edna Sydney
Carmen Espinoza
Chelsiale
Rita eStanwood Luctile
St. John
Erelyn Richman
Horace Drummond
Walter Pase
WU Elies Urpoes
Bes
Cemue
Souther
Stacy Miller
sHerman Noble Aphrodite
Ican
Leander Lamb
Mary’s Lamb
Mme. Mondogin
Mr. Carle
Eliza Proctor Otis
Mr. Belcher
Miss Lee
Miss St. Clair
Grace Merritt Stars in When Knighthood Was in Flower
Grace Merritt headlined the Carnegie Lyceum last night in Paul Kesters dramatization of Charles Major's romance. The regular company backed her, with Walter P. Richardson as Charles Brandon and John R. Lockney as King Henry, drawing applause from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Lyceum
Grace Merritt
Paul Kester
Charles Major
Miss Merritt
Walter P. Richardson
Charles Brandon
John R. Lockney
King Henry
Kitty Cheatham In Paris Recital Delights Audience
An American singer Kitty Cheatham pleased a distinguished Paris audience at Salle Femina with plantation melodies and children’s songs. Attendees included Ambassador and Mrs White ex Gov Baxter Mr and Mrs A J Drexel. She departs soon for London for further recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Kitty Cheatham
Salle Femina
White
Genée Sails for England After New York Sendoff
Adeline Genée departs New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II with Miss Peters and eight English dancers from The Soul Kiss company. She notes American audiences are more appreciative than London's and plans August return to visit Niagara Falls before rehearsing Coppelia at the Empire Theatre in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Genée
England
Miss Peters
London Empire
New York Theatre
Miss Genée
America
London
Niagara Falls
Empire Theatre
Genée
Narses
Soul Kiss
Louise Dresser Hurt in Fifth Ave Auto Accident
Actress Louise Dresser and her mother Mrs Ida Bent were injured when their car stopped violently in a trolley slot at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue. The women, bruised and scratched, refused medical aid and returned to their Broadway home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Dresser
Ida Bent
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Harry Baer
Miss Dresser
Broadway
Bawden's Chair Declared Vacant by University Trustees
Cincinnati May 25 The University of Cincinnati trustees declare Prof H H Bawden's philosophy chair vacant after he refused to resign as demanded by President Dabney. They cite false pretensions and conduct deemed destructive to the family, plus alleged threats after a resignation request. The controversy centers on his views on marriage and divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dabney
Prof. Badwen
Bawden
Vassar College
Meadow Brook Club Steward Hurt
Devereaux Meese, steward of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club, was thrown from his horse between Hempstead and the club yesterday afternoon. George Smith Jr. transported him to the club where Dr. Louis Lanehart attended him before he was sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Brook Club
Devereaux Meese
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Hempstead
L. I
George Smith, Jr
Louis Lanehart
Pete Dailey Remembered by Theatre Folk at Grand Central
Hundreds of actors and stage hands gathered as the body of Peter F. Dailey arrived on the Twentieth Century Limited from Chicago. Burial is planned at Greenwood Cemetery after services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Brooklyn Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Station
Peter F. Dailey
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Weber Company
Robert Dailey
Pete
Brooklyn Lodge of Elks
Schermerhorn Street
Greenwood Cemetery
White Rats
George Considine
George Monroe
The
William West
Dailey
Lambs
Brookyn
Merriam Company President Homer Merriam Dies in Pasadena
Springfield reports the death of Homer Merriam, president of the G. and C. Merriam Company and Webster Dictionary publisher. Born August 27, 1813 in West Brookfield, he had wintered in Pasadena for health. He leaves two sons Arthur G Merriam and Henry H Merriam and a daughter Mrs H C Rowley, editor of the dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Homer Merriam
G. & C. Merriam Company
Webbster
Pasadena
Cal
Merriam
West Brookfield
Arthur G.merriam
Henry H. Merriam
Worcester
Brig. Gen Evan Miles dies in San Francisco
Brig. Gen. Evan Miles United States Army retired died in San Francisco. Born March 28 1835 in McVeytown Pennsylvania he joined the army at the start of the Civil War and rose to brigadier general in 1865. He fought Indians in the West after the war and served in Cuba during the Spanish American War before retiring in 1894 with the rank of brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Evan Miles
Miles
McVeytown
Penn
United States Volunteers
Cuba
Regular Army
Formosa Civils Admin Chief Tatsumi Icha Dies in Tokyo
Tatsumi Icha, chief of Formosa Civils Administration and successor to Sindei Goto of the Manchurian Railway, died at his Tokyo home today. The obituary notes his prominent role in the administration and railway leadership within Japanese-held territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Tatsumi Icha
Formosa
Sindei Goto
Manchurian Railway Company
Notable Obituaries From East Coast Cities
Walter Thomas Sachs of San Francisco died in Antwerp from heart disease while visiting friends. Joseph Stone of Lawrence, Massachusetts, died in Boston after graduating from MIT with the first class. Smith Clark of High Bridge, New Jersey, died at home after 35 years with Taylor Iron and Steel and will be buried today. Fuller Lola Lolller, Belvidere Democrat and businessman, died at 70 in Warrington New Jersey. long served as local Justice of the Peace. George B. Sutton, wealthy retired merchant and farmer of Tewksbury, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Thomas Sachs
San Francisco
Antwerp
Joseph Stone
Lawrence
Mass
Boston
Charleston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Smith Clark
Taylor Iron and Steel Company
High Bridge
N. J
Ae Plaice
ZA A Loller
Belvidere
Warrington
N J
George B. Sutton
Tewksbury
Fleischman Couple Welcome Daughter in Newark
Born May 24 in Newark New Jersey to Dr and Mrs M Fleischman a daughter is welcomed into the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leischman
Newark, N. J
M. Fleischman
Milner-Todd and Herzfeld-Naumburg Marriages
Marriages announced from New York and surroundings include Wilfred W. Milner of New York to H Eleanor Marguerite Todd daughter of the late Philip Todd Toronto at Christ Church Oyster Bay on May 23. Elsa G Herzfeld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Herzfeld to Bernard Naumburg at Sherry's New York City on May 25. Florence Howland daughter of Walter Morton Howland to St John Smith of New York at Grace Church Amherst Massachusetts on May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Naumbure
Smith—Howland
Grace Church
Amherst
Mass
Svilder S&s. Robbins
Donald MacFeyden
Florence
Walter Morton Howland
St. John Smith
New York
Notices of Deaths and Funerals Across Brooklyn and New York
A compiled list of obituaries and funeral notices dated May 1908 from Newark, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and New York. Entries name the deceased, age, residence, and funeral details including dates, times, and interment locations across multiple parishes and cemeteries.
Dowd Griffin Moran Masses In Newark New Brighton
Notices announce Masses for Edward L. Dowd at St. Marys Newark James Moran at St. Josephs Newark and William Griffin at St Marys New Brighton to-day at 9 30 A M with church locations in New Jersey and New York area.
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A. W. Pearce
E. L. Trimble
Army Garden Party
Social Notes
Walter J. Otis
Margaretta Otis
Pittsfield, Mass
Seana
Brochelle Salle
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
John McK. E. Bowman
Arrowhead Inn
John Bond
Robert Bond
Jennie K
Grace Fraser
West Twenty-second Street
Lovett
Hastings
Henry Sidenberg
Madeline
West Fifty-first Street
Europe
Morse
Boyd Putnam
Lyman_B. Craw
Barney Park
Irvington-on- Hudson
York Theatre
Miss Otis
Oth
Ers
Genee
Fifth Ave
Cincinnati University
Alice MacGowan
Cumberlands
Judith OF the
Putnam’s
the Reader
By Arthur Hornblow
Lion and the Mouse
Hornblow
Whitman
Cleveland News
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Forrester
Monte Carlo
Tower of Notre Dame
G. W. Dillingham Company
Pete Dailey
Homer
Tatsumi Iwha
Elizabeth Sterry
Ferdinand Frederick
Louise Sterry (Pierson
10Th St
Ramapo
Ferriss
Sarah Ryder
Walter M. Ferriss
Hite
Bay Ridge
Stewart Avs
Kienbusch
Anna Vort Kienbusch
Radcliffe Goldwin
Mra A. FE. Aeby
Central Park West
Spring Grove Cemetery
Ohio
Kitchel
Ellen Josephine
Frederick Kuhne
St. Bartholomew's
44Th St
Madison Ave
Lathrop
Branch Hill
Monroe Lathrop
Methodist Church
Lowery
Presbyterian Hospital
Rebecca Lowery
Jackson Ave
Thomas Lowery
Marks
Roosevelt Hospital
Mary E. Marks
Sherman S. Marks
Mabel M. Blanchard
St. Leo’s House of Repose
No. East 28Th St
St. Leo's Church
28Th St
Madison
St. Rvs. Purdum
Rochester
Minn
Elizabeth Rollinson
Lydia Booth
James N._Purdum
Globe
Arizona
Putnam
Irvington-on-Hudson
Florella Williamson
Igte
Alfred Putnam
Lytman B. Craw
Irvington
Grand Rapids
Waters
Allen
Garden St
Hoboken
John H. Allen
Aspland
Grant Square
Catherine Aspland
Baker
5Th St
Town of
Union
Chauncey Baker
Baumanni
4Th St
Union Course
Henry Baumannt
Baumann
Clark
Norwegian Hospital
Berton Y
Challinor
Jay St
David Challinor
Cody
Kate M. Cody
Coffey
Degraw St
Margaret Coffey
Connelly
Kings County Hospital
Ann Donnelly
Costello
Liberty St
Town of Union
Samuel Costello
Donnelly
Norman
Mary A. Donnelly
Doyle
19Th
Violet Doyle
Driscoll
Classon
Timothy Driscoll
Ducey
West 15Th St
Catherine Ducey
New Durham
James Earl
Eaton
Bergen Av
Jersey City
Tessie Eaton
Evans
Great Jones St
Putnam Av
Wiliam A. Eh Ae French
Gardner - Town of Ere
J Tache French
Garvey
Ess Orange
W William Garvey
Gerke
East
Henry Gerke
Gordon
Market St
Mary E. Gordon Harkins
Walnut St
Jennie T. Harkins
Hart
Mercer St
Catherine Hart
Mornow
Herzog
Sea Cliff
Jameson
van Winkle
Martha C. Jameson
Kerr
Bay St
Harriet Kerr
Kolp
Marcy
Albert J. Kolb
Kuhl
Carlstad
Charles Kuhl
Laidlaw
Powers
17Th St
John Powers
Pritchett
Waverley
Clarence Pritchett
Roth
Pacific St
N. Dus
Henry Roth
Sanders
West
Edna Sanders
Summit Av
Rose Sandt
Schmitt
Jefferson Av
Daniel Schmitt
Schirrmeister
Central Av
Brookelyn
Ellen Schirrmietster
Sheridan
Euclid
John Sheridan
Smylie
Marion &J
Julia Smylie
Borenson
Christopher Sorenson
Stahl
Summit Place
Carl Stahl
Stelges
East St St
Mary A. Stelges
Strzelecki
2A St
Veronica Straelecki
Schunk
South Orange Av
J. Charlotta Schunk
Toren
Greene Av
Vanselow
Carroll St
Charlotte Vanselow
Verity
Lake Placid
William E. Verity
Wallace
Morton St
John Wallace
Montgomery Ce
Eleanor Whiting
Wiedman
Seney Hospital
Augusta Wiedman
Wilkinson
West Sianey Av
Mount Vernon
Ayers
Wikinson
Woonps
Sands St
Sein
Helena Woods
Sre Ace
Hill
Frank Zieraoch
Barton & Guestier
Bordeaux
Sauternes
St Julien
United States
E. la Montague
Dodge Publishing CO
Sumfar
Matthis. M. Dodd
Oranges
North Irnes Stree
East Orange
Wren
Tompkins
Whuls
Woodlawn
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
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