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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
9
The article lists multiple upcoming and recent marriages and engagements across New York society. It notes ceremonies at churches on West End Avenue and Oyster Bay, with details on brides gowns, attendants, best men, and receptions. Prominent families named include Van Nostrand, Hoyt, Stinson, and Onderdonk, with guests from legal and professional circles.
A announcement from Welcome T. Alexander and Mrs announces the engagement of Miss Tice to James Coats Middleton of Mrs Edgar S Auchin East Forty eighth Street and the late Samuel Sloan. The couple’s wedding is set for a future date with invitations received. the ceremony will be held in New York.
Fragmented OCR text cites a Chicago bride named Peck, a St Church ceremony, and mentions F W Peck Jr of Detroit with several names including Simms, Burroughs, Vera Eliot, Landon, and Rose. The passage reads as a garbled social notice of a wedding with unclear details.
Miss Mabel Judson daughter of Dr H Judson of this place married Dr Walter D Jennings of New York at the Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry. The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr Barbour with ushers and ridesmaids, followed by a reception and automobile departure.
Special to The New York Times from Albany reports the wedding of Miss Mabel Irene Gomph and Arthur Chester Churchill of Pittsburgh at the Gomph home in Albany. Rev Ira M Derrick officiated with violinist solos by Gladys Derrick and Millie Gomph. The wedding party included Mrs W B Scherhorn as matron of honor and R J Gomph as best man with ushers James Vanhoven of New York and Georga Dorn of Albany.
Miss Grace Adele Smith wed Edward Co. Kraguss of San Francisco at noon yesterday in the home of the bride’s parents 4 Duncan Court Jersey City Heights. Rev Dr Brush of St Pauls Episcopal officiated with William Smith as best man and Mrs Frank Hancock Cole as matron of honor. only close family attended due to the bride’s mother’s illness.
Miss Ruth Kilmyra McClellan daughter of Capt C H McClellan Coast Survey married Charles Stedman Grey yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Transfiguration. After the ceremony breakfast was served in the Colonial private dining room of the Hotel Wolcott.
At Humpstead N J Sept 30 the Meadow Brook Club held a drag hunt attracting many followers. Acting Master Hanlen led rounds from the club house to Kellys farm Lowdens Helmpstead Hill Barnums Kagels farms with three croppers and no broken bones. Notable attendees included Miss Cornelia Bryce Mrs J E Davis Miss Frances Hadden Hamilton Hadden James Parker H E Dreir and Lewis Neilson.
Transatlantic liners AMERIKA BALTIC PROVENCH AVELOW and WASHINGTON list passengers including Mrs Longworth arriving in Washington. Mrs Longworth will stay at the White House after the election, awaiting her husband Representative Longworth’s campaign travel in Ohio.
Amour for Meredith Whitehouse galls to meet brother in law Allison aboard a yacht expedition along the Dalmatian coast. The St Regis Palm Room opens for Autumn and Winter, with musical teas to resume later. Nina Price engages Oscar Lowenstein of 42 East Seventy fourth Street, New York. The Fifth Avenue Restaurant at the St Regis and the Plaza Grill open tonight.
Cornelius Hosey, a retired lieutenant from the police force with ten children, attends night classes at De Witt Clinton High School, studying English and chemistry to set an example and improve his teaching at home. He aims to gain focus and knowledge to help his children and peers, despite long work hours and a large class size.
The Hebrew Technical School for Girls held graduation exercises in a new building at Fifteenth Street and Second Avenue awarding diplomas and certificates to over eighty graduates. Charlotte Limberg was valedictorian as prizes, mostly monetary, were presented by Nathan Myers. Dr James Earl Russell praised the school as a landmark in educational history and its broader American impact.
Edwin Gould has leased Mrs. Caroline M. Wilmerding’s five story residence at 18 East Seventy seventh Street near the southwest corner of Madison Avenue. He previously occupied 720 Fifth Avenue, a home owned by Charles W Morse. The Wilmerding lease to Gould was negotiated by brokers Henry D Winans and May.
Berlin reports Herr Ballin of Hamburg American Lines proposed a daily Atlantic service and joint shipbuilding pact two months prior. Executives from North German Lloyd and others voiced cautious interest, noting existing weekly schedules and cost-cutting hopes but offering no firm commitments yet.
The Wanamaker family plans a $150000 belfry memorial at the Episcopal Church of St James the Less Falls of Schuylkill Philadelphia. It will feature a set of imported chimes, a granite mausoleum beneath the tower and heavy bronze doors. The interior will be white marble with a Gothic design matching the church. Mr Wanamaker died recently in Europe.
John J Donnelly and John W Rumsey form a partnership to produce A Queen's Garden a four act comedy drama of contemporary American life. The play by Edgar Allen Woolf features a prominent woman and involves Woolf relatives in the theater and art world.
Author Charles Klein met Henry B. Harris to discuss his new work The Third Degree a drama about New York police methods. Edmund Breese is slated for the lead with Helen Ware and Wallace Eddinger in supporting roles. cast details to follow.
The Micaglio troupe ends its tour in New London after a costly run at the Lyceum Theatre. Expenses exceeded receipts and the musicians refuse to continue as a group.
Beginning today Thursday matinees at the Stuyvesant Theatre and Wednesday matinees for Blanche Bates in The Fighting Hope are announced. Other openings include Die Ratnsteinerin at the new German Theatre, Marie Cahill in The Bold and Betty at Broadway Theatre, Edith Taliaferro in Olly of the Circus at Illinois Theatre, LouTeen Gunning in Marcelle at Casino Theatre, Gustav Luders directing, John Drew in Jack Straw at Empire, Billie Burke in Love Watches at Lyceum, Hattie Williams in Fluffy Ruffles at Criterion, William Gillette’s Samson opening Oct 10 at Daly’s, Maxine Ritce booking, Elliott in Myself Bettina at the theatre next Monday, The Fair Co-Ed well received in Detroit, Thomas E. Shee vaudeville debut at Colonial, Denman Thompson at Academy of Music next week, and Nations Baseball score announced from Hammerstein’s Victoria stage.
Last night The Barber of Beville thrilled a large audience at the American Theatre during the show's final weeks by the Italian Grand Opera Company. Fedora is billed tonight as the main attraction with the same company.
Prominent New York lawyers urge Surrogate Beckett to run again for Surrogate of New York County. They petition Gov Hughes appointee to seek nominations, praising his impartiality and urging publication to conventions. Beckett declines comment. reply from Beckett expresses thanks and intent to continue duties if re elected.
Captain William R Folwell a former regular army officer with Philippine service from Milwaukee has been sent to the Government asylum for the chronically insane in Washington. Paranoia began five years ago in the Philippines and he believed nostalgia cured him before private care failed. He fancied he and Rudyard Kipling were the only psychologically perfect people in the world.
More than 900 teachers in New York public schools have applied for City College extension courses under the Education Department. The 30 week program offers one weekly session of about an hour with credit awarded to teachers who attend 90 percent of sessions and pass the final exam. Courses will be taught by City College professors and instructors.
An old advertisement claims Crouch Fitzgerald Elixir Senn is taken to obtain benefits by buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The notice emphasizes authenticity and efficacy of the syrup.
The Seventy third academic year opens with Reverend Marvin R. Vincent delivering the opening address in Adams Chapel on Thursday October 1 at 4 30 PM. All interested are cordially invited. The notice appears under Religious Notices listing Jonal Seminar at 7 Park Ave New York.
Sailors aboard a battered steamer fought high surf after a reef run aground off an island. Captain Rasmussen aided crewmen to shore as Oiler and others were rescued. Reverend Dr Francis Field Ellinwood, longtime missionary scholar at New York University, died aged 82 in Hamden Connecticut. He leaves a widow and four daughters. funeral is Friday at 4 PM in East Thirty sixth Street, with interment in Rochester.
Washington reports Col William F Stewart will delay his retirement exam. The retiring board will begin with a physical exam by surgeons, then report to the board. If adverse, Stewart may present his case. He indicated he will fight to retain his active list status.
Funeral services for former Commissioner of Immigration Joseph Henry Senner were conducted at his residence in New York City. The Rev Merle St Croix Wright of Lexington Avenue Unitarian Church led the rites before the body was transported to Fresh Pond Long Island for cremation.
Several marriage notices are listed with dates in late September. Frances Coverdaig and Dr Hugh Auchincloss Newland wed in Francenta New Hampshire. Jeynings Judson visitors from Kingston Canada and Walter Barry Jennings of New York City also appear in nuptial notices. Additional entries include Tubby Vorchick, Captain Jos Tamer, and Lillian Marion Baverstock among others.
Obituary notices for Elisa R M Hird, Brennan family members, and multiple cremation and funeral arrangements. Names include NRENNAN, Brennan, Patrick, Ellen, Carroll, and Wineburgh, with services announced at residences in New York City and surrounding areas, dates in late September and early October 1908, church and private rites planned, flowers requested not to be sent.
Marcel Jambon, a French decorative painter and officer of the Legion of Honor, died in Paris on the Sunday to Monday transition. He was born on December 1 and was renowned for his ornamental work.
Emily Catherine Judd Price aged 9 and Horace Crone a Mount Holly coal merchant died in Newark and Mount Holly NY. Lenor Buckenham Stites widow of David Stites died at 71 at Mockyville Centre. Samuel Hammond aged 61 of Putnam Avenue died Tuesday. Hammond's Time is a familiar term in financial circles.
A list of obituaries and funeral notices from various New Jersey and New York locations. Names include Millie Wright, Adolph Arzt, Elizabeth Palles, Marguerite Hea, Willhelmina Porte, Samuel Sedicent, Michael Casey, Alice Conley, Oline De Groot, William Dorlen, Emma Douglass, Patrick Dowlean, James Durand, William Evkoff, Annie Fay, Elizabeth Garrigan, Thomas Gilbert, Frederic Gregory, Katharine Higan, T. J. Huxel, together with addresses in Jersey City Newark Elizabeth and Brooklyn. Funeral times and private services noted where specified.
Mass for Kate K Gallagher at All Saints Church on October 3 at 9 AM. Mass for Edward Kelly at St Anthony's Church today. Mass for Cornelius McGinley at St McGinley Church Newark today at 7:30 AM.
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