Wat son horses sweep Newport show wins many titles
C W Watson horses dominated the Newport Horse Show ending day with Kitty Gray and Norena taking the harness under 15 hands championship while Lord Baltimore and My Maryland earned the reserve. Watson also won single harness and contributed to several victors across the event amid a crowd praised for fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. L
C. W. Watson
Casino
Kitty Gray
Norena
Lord Baltimore
My Maryland
Mrs. Watson
Phaeton
Watson
Rufus L. Patterson
Durham
William H. Moore
Elisha Dyer
Alexander S. Clarke
Richard Gambrill
Nana Morgan
John Nicholas Brown
Charlotte Corday
Herbert N. Harriman
Liberty
George Rose
Joseph Sampson Stevens
Paul A. Andrews
Joseph Harriman
Countess Stirum
Howard ‘Walter
James Brown
Edward J. Berwind
Greenvile Kane
Sadie Jones
Francis Burrall Hofman
Augusta Fane
Hamilton Fish Webster
Mrs Lydia P Story Bride Of Ty Longstreet Redfield
Lydia P Story of Wakefield Mass becomes bride of Tyler Longstreet Redfield president of Redfield Brothers publishers of many weekly periodicals in a ceremony at St Thomas Episcopal Church Mamaroneck NY The couple will sail for Europe next Tuesday Redfield is a member of Larchmont Yacht Club and the Hardware Club of New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Longstreet Redfield
Redfield Brothers
St. Thomas's Protestant Episcopal Church
Mamaroneck-on-the-Sound
Lydia P. Story
Wakefield
Mass
Oliver Story
Boston
Massachusetts National Guard
A. J. Wright
Engagement announced for Franklin Murphy Jr and Harriet Long
In Newark New Jersey an engagement is announced between Franklin Murphy Jr son of ex Governor Franklin Murphy of New Jersey and Harriet Alexander Long of Chicago. The announcement was made by Mr and Mrs Edward F Frasher of 5100 Cornell Avenue Chicago Mrs Frasher is Miss Longs sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Franklin Murphy, Jr
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Harriet Alexander Long
Chicago
Edward F. Frasher
Cornell Avenue
Frasher
Miss Long
Pastor Lawrence Back After Marriage Announcement
The Rev William Hulet Lawrence preached at a crowded Richmond Hill tent prayer meeting. His congregation hoped for remarks on his marriage to Mrs Frances May Gurney Edwards, who recently divorced Julius A Edwards. He said the marriage did not violate his church creed and offered limited comment to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Hill
William Hulet Lawrence
Dr. Lawrence
Frances May Gurney Edwards
Julius A. Edwards
Test of Electric Meters Shows Few Faulty Readings
Public Service Commission released August results on electric meters with 25 tested. Four meters were over 4 percent fast and three over 4 percent slow, while 18 were within the 4 percent band. Gas meters fared differently with 241 tested. 86 correct, 135 fast, 70 slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Mrs Arthur Hill Returns From Europe Amid Divorce Rumors
Mrs Arthur Hill arrived on the White Star liner Majestic and avoided comment on divorce reports from Europe. Formerly Mrs Halsey Corwin, she is the daughter of Morris Mengies of Voorhies Road, Sheepshead Bay. Her father escorted her from the pier, leaving the maid to manage the baggage at the quay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hill
Majestic
New York
Europe
King’s Rifleg
Hill
Halsey Corwin
Morris Mengies
Voorhies Road
Sheepshead Bay
Sheepsheaday
Capt. Hill
Mr. Mengies
Late Tourists Sail To England And The Mediterranean
Four liners depart today carrying American travelers on delayed vacations. Listings include the La Provence from Havre with Arthur Alexander and numerous Mrs and Miss passengers, the Cedric from Liverpool, the Barbarossa from Bremen, and the Bluecher from Hamburg with varied passengers and notable names among the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mediterranean
LA Provence
Havre
Arthur Alexander
Eugene Colgate
Henry Clews
S. Bayard Dod
C. R. Gregory
Maria Gregory
Rudolph Iselin
E. de Mora
McArthur
Daniel B. Dorsey
D. Thorne
E. H. Miller
C. A. Lawler
Notable Ostentation of Upper Class Travel and Guests
A crowded social page lists numerous prominent families and individuals visiting or returning to New York and nearby resorts. It notes arrivals in Newfoundland, engagements, upcoming weddings, and forthcoming gatherings from October through September, detailing figures such as J Pierpont Morgan, Rockefeller Jr, and Vanderbilt associates among others.
New Synagogue to Feature Mixed Choir at Dedication
Temple Ansche Chesed at 114th Street and Seventh Avenue is finished and will be dedicated on Thanksgiving Day. Services begin the 25th, the start of the Jewish year Rosh Hashanah 5,669, conducted in a conservative orthodox manner with a vested mixed-voice choir, a first for a Jewish synagogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Ansche
114Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Theatre managers seek end to ticket speculators licenses
Fifty five local theatres form Theatre Managers Association to pressure Aldermen for revoking sidewalk ticket licenses. Klaw & Erlanger spokesperson says aim is to curb speculation, favor box office sales, and explore responsible license holders and hotel ticketing as legitimate options. A committee will pursue action with the Board of Aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Managers’ Association
Hotel Astor
Mark Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
Times
Mr. Klaw
Klaw
New Amsterdam
Shubert Amusement Co. V Coyne Ruling Over Manager Rights
Supreme Court Justice Bischoff refused to enjoin actor Joseph Coyne from appearing under any manager but the Shuberts. The one sided contract tied Coyne to 1909 pay of 300 dollars weekly with no minimum guaranteed term. Coyne now performs for Charles Frohman, leading to potential changes in contract forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Bischoff
Shubert Amusement Company
Joseph Coyne
Mr. Coyne
Shuberts
Coyne
Charles Fr
Roosevelt’s Africa Hunt to Inspire New Mimic World
The Shu berts announce President Roosevelt’s African hunting trip will furnish the setting for next year’s Mimic World stage production. Addison Burkhardt writes the book and Melville Ellis the music. Walter Lawrence to play the President with Rudyard Kipling as guide. West as a nature fakir and Dave Lewis as a novel forest creature. Henry W. Savage firm poised to produce in England with rights secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Shuberts
Mimic World
Addison Burkhardt
Melville Ellis
Walter Lawrence
Rudyard Kipling
Will ‘West
Dave Lewis
Ananias Club
London
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Savage
England
Birmingham
Pipe of Desire Set for Metropolitan Opera Debut
Gatti-Casazza confirms American grand opera The Pipe of Desire by Frederick Converse will be produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, with libretto by George Edward Barton. A Paris conference last week secured the cablegram confirmation. no date yet, likely next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giulio Gatti-Casazze
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Paris
New York
MES
Frederick S. Converse
Metropolitan
Gatti-Casazza
Dippel
Metropolitan Company
Boston
Mr. Converse
Boston Symphony
Job
Worcester Festival
Hamburg
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Metropolitan Opera House
Barton
Messrs
Plans for Damrosch season and related arts notices
Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Society outline a busy schedule with sixteen to twenty Sunday concerts, eight Tuesday evenings, a Beethoven cycle in February, a Tchaikovsky cycle, a Mendelssohn celebration, and Mahler conducting three special concerts. Henry Miller to present a new play at the Savoy Theatre on September 26. Diana of Dobson's to be withdrawn next week. The Mollusc may also be withdrawn with no replacement yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret May
Edna May
Fritzi Scheff
Israel Zangwill
Washington
Walker Whiteside
Chrystal Herne
New York
Nance O'Neill
Majestic Theatre
W. J. Ferguson
George W. McNamara
Charles Dillingham
Jae Walsh
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Society
Damrosch
Mendelssohn
Gustav Mahler
Metropolitan Opera House
Henry Miller
Savoy Theatre
Percy Mackaye
Diana of Dobson
Frohman
Mabel Shorey to Sing in Concert
Boston contralto Mabel F. Shorey returns from three years in Berlin to pursue concert work. She has sung at the American Church and numerous private salons, and has been paid in this city before departing for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Shorey
Mabel F. Shorey
Boston
Berlin
Europe
Customs Ruling Defines Trimmings Under Dingley Tariff
The United States Court of Appeals in this city rules trimmings are commercial goods under the Dingley tariff. Naday and Fleischer of New York sought lower duties on silk trimmings. Collector Fowler had levied 60 percent duties. The court aligns with the Board of Appraisers that trimmings fall under galleons and trims at the higher rate, affecting nearly 1,100 protests and saving the government refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Naday & Fleischer
New York
Fowler
Lacombe, Coxe
Ward
Munson Fails to Free-Entry Above $100 Value
Herbert A. Munson of Honolulu lost his bid before the Board of General Appraisers to admit articles bought overseas with no duty beyond the $100 limit. The decision restricts free entry to articles up to that value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Munson
Honolulu
Board of General Appraisers
Mesaba Range Fire Threat Eases Across Duluth Area
A night of battling wildfires on the Mesaba Range eased as Hibbing Coleraine and other towns reported safety. Grand Marais faced peril with naval militia and relief teams moving in by boat. the Duluth relief fund topped 30 thousand dollars as railroads and steel firms mobilized aid amid ongoing danger.
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Duluth
Minn
Mesaba Range
Hibbing
Bovey
Coleraine
Aurora
Nashwauk
Buhl
Wrenshall
Grand Marais
Duluth Relief Fund
Range
The
Steel Corporation
Ex Chief Murray Dead Youngest to Hold Police Job
William Murray former New York City Police Superintendent 1885 1892 died at his home 290 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn from paralysis linked to long illness He introduced military discipline centralized command and earned respect as a popular reformer with a long police career including notable arrests and fights against streetcar strikes He leaves a wife and five children including William Jr and Walter plus daughters Mrs Lalor Mrs Jordan and Mrs Trainor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murray
Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn
Murray
Tim Golden
Ellsworth Zouaves
Old Sixth Ward
Third Precinct
Jake Joralemon
New Jersey
Worth
Eighth
Sixteenth
Fifteenth
John Farrell
Matty’ Dancer
West Eleventh Street
Dancer
the Allen
Bleecker Street
Fourth Precinct
Mary Varley
Reddy
James Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Bingham
Tom
Heac
Department
William, Jr
Walter
5S. L._ Lalor
J. L. Jordan
William Trainor
Ex Assemblyman A. T. Dominy Dead in Beekmantown
Alonson T. Dominy of Beekmantown Clinton County died in Plattsburg at age 76 from pneumonia and appendicitis. Born November 14, 1863, he served as Clinton County Sheriff in 1902 and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1906 as a Republican, earning a subsequent reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Dominy
Plattsburg
N. Y
Alonson T. Dominy
Beekmantown
Clinton County
Notable NJ attorney Chester Wolverton dies of heart disease
Chester Wolverton an attorney prominent in New Jersey politics died at Christ Hospital Jersey City on Tuesday afternoon from heart disease. He recently worked in publishing with George W. Bromley & Co. He leaves a widow and two sons. Funeral set for tomorrow at his Clinton New Jersey home at 2 PM. Funeral service by Rev Joseph H. Brophy in Yonkers. Catherine Andrus Yonkers stepmother of Representative John Andrus dies at Ocean Grove aged 78. Interment planned in Yonkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Wolverton
New Jersey
Christ Hospital
Jersey City
Wolverton
George W. Bromley & Co
Clinton
N. J
Joseph H. Brophy
Our Lady of Solace
Coney Island
Brooklyn
St. Francis’s College
College of the Propaganda
Rome
St. James's Pro-Cathedral
Catherine Andrus
Yonkers
Andrus
Oqrean Grove
Weare
C. A. Andrus
Loval
John Amirus
Verrace
Buchanan
Grace Mortimer
Tay
Walter Duncan Buchanan
D. L
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church
St. Bhanhoth Heth
St. Gerden
Cohen
Mast Sith St
Priday
Emery
Hur Harbor
John J. Emery
Christ Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cranford
Hiberty St
New York Central
Hopkins
Ridgefield
Cann
Henry Caleb Hopkins
St Stephen's Church
New York
Kellogg
Geneva
Switzerland
Edward Kelloggs
Monroe Place
Matthew
Charlotte
John
Jane Matthew
West Lith St
Fairmont
New York City
Sophia M
John Merz
H. Rs
Elsmere Place
Woodlawn
Orange
Frank Murray
Charles
Lillis Murray
Mosswood Av
Delaware, Lackawana& Western Railroad
Mountain Station
Murray
Oeean Parkway
Flatbush
William
Sarah M. Murray
St. Francis Xavier's Church
West 16Th St
Manhattan
Tucker
Lake Toxaway
N. C
Winfield Tucker
Broadway
Tist St
Woodlawn Cemetery
Welch
Mary L
James L. Welch
Better Food but Less of It for Hotel Men
Hotel Marlborough owner E M Tierney told the International Stewards Association in Terrace Garden westerns that menus are overloaded with items and should be trimmed for quality. He supported a training school for stewards under the association and welcomed efforts toward stricter codified rules through inter state cooperation as Dr J J Leppa of Akron Ohio urged. Other prominent hotelmen joined the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Tierney
Marlborough
International Stewards
Terrace
Garden Westerns
Association
J. J. Leppa
Akron
Oia
Asbury Park Laid Off From Twin-Screw Flier Service
Record departures of Summer visitors from North Jersey coast resorts triggered the withdrawal of the Asbury Park from the Sandy Hook Route tonight. Tomorrow the Monmouth will take over the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic ‘Highlands
North Jersey
Asbury Park
New York
Sandy Hook
Monmouth
Wall Street
Edward Kellogg dies in Geneva leather firm pioneer
Edward Kellogg senior partner of Hoxy and Shedden leather firm died in Geneva Switzerland at age 52. A veteran of the New York leather trade he started with Hoyt Brothers then Adams and Shaler before Sullivan and Kellogg at 4 Gold Street. Survived by wife Elizabeth Young Kellogg and three sons. funeral from Mrs Kellogg’s Brooklyn home at 2 PM today.
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Edward Kellogg
Wit
Geneva
Switzerland
Hoxy & Shedde
Yl Gold Street
United States
Swamp
Hoyt Brothers
Hase
Adams & Shaler
Patrick Sullivan
Sullivan & Kellocg
Gold Street
Sullivan
ISSG
Kellogg
William J. Shedden
Wyoming
N. J
Elizabeth Young Kellogg
Atl
Princeton
William Kellogg
Montgomery Place
Brooklyn
Editor George Washington Prescott Dies at 74
Quincy Massachusetts editor George Washington Prescott founder of The Quincy Daily Ledger and The Quincy Patriot died at his home from heart trouble at age 74. He began his newspaper career with The Quincy Patriot fifty six years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
George Washington Prescott
Quincy Daily Ledger
Quincy Patriot
Dougherty Welcomes Daughter Born to Hampden Dougherty
Born on September 1 to Mr. and Mrs Walter Hampden Dougherty, a daughter. The London papers note the newborn with brief social notice.
Married couples listed in early September notices
A series of September nuptials announced across New York and New Jersey. Couples include Charles P Barker and Minnie A Baker in Brooklyn. Ducley Bouck and Lillian B Chisholm in Flatbush. Adele N Kaempfer and Louis G Kaempfer in Manhattan. Lydia Story and Tyler Redfield in Mamaroneck. Eunice Benjamin and John Y Fall in Newark. Lillian Otten and Clarence Laumgarten. Mary Seales and William France in Newark. Lillian Guenther and Winsifred Hancock in Newark. Frances MacMullen and Adolph Schneider in Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball—Benjamin
Newark
N. J
Eunice Benjamin
John Y. Fall
Baumgarten—Otten
Lillian Anna Otten
Clarence Charles Laumgarten
France
Funeral notices crowd New Jersey and New York obits
Death notices for many individuals across New Jersey and New York list dates in September 1908. Items name last residences and many funeral times, churches, cemeteries, and interment details. Notables include Grace Mortimer Buchanan and Barnard Rhinelander Guion among others.
Rites for Brooklyn and Newark Residents Noted in Notices
Funeral notices list numerous Brooklyn Newark and Jersey City residents. Names include Elizabeth Cortelyou age 69 and Mary Gallerter among others with addresses across Brooklyn Jersey City and Newark and dates in early September. Services vary from to-day to tomorrow with ages from the late twenties to seventies.
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Cortelyou
Park Plate
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Cortelyou
Crawford
Amity St
John J. Crawford
Cunningham
West 118Th St
Jennie Cunningham
Det
Oat KA
South 14Th St
Newark
Harry De«uiduka
DeKalb Av
Mary ‘Deering
Downey
East 126Th St
Annie Dow
Key
Ocean Av
Peace City
Lizzie EF. Duston
26Th St
Michael J. Dinger
Emerson
White Fiatas
Amelia A Leracine
Marble’ Hill
Elizabeth Exngert
Ewersmann
Bata “Marhattan Ay
Jersey City
Leahore Evwerpnaal
I Fink
Panes
William
Th. Fink
Clowanartel
Goldverg
Sir Read
Sheepaheod Bay
Septos
ST Greene Av
Trooklyn
Sera S
Ernest
Jinneming
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Carriage
The Woodlawn Cemetery is easily reached by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue stations and by carriage. Lots cost $150. For Books of View or representative call 148455 Gramercy. Office 20 Fast 220 St N V City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
N. V
Frank B and Campbell Ambulance Service
Frank B and Campbell operate an ambulance service with location at 7241 243 West 134 Chapels and contact Tei 1834 Cheleem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B& Campbell
West
Tei
Cheleem
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Pairment Farm
New
Port Horse Show
Boston Guardsman
Tyler Redfield
Murphy
Castoria
Havalan
Bears
Pastor Lawrence Back
Cee
Cedric
Bluecher
Social Notes
Newbold le Roy
City
Elizabeth Floyd-Jones
Amityville
L. I
Kilborne
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Rosalind
Red Cross
Louise Leavitt Kobbe
George C. Kobbe
William Manning
Short Hills
Robert Manning
J. Victor ‘Onativia
Alice
Martha Robbe
Elsa Burgess
Elsie Lazarus
Percy Chubb
J. Pierpont Morgan
Highland Falls
Mrs. Herbert Satterlee
Glen Cove
L. L
Mrs. Taylor Pyne
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Bar Harbor
Oliver H. Harriman
White Mountains
Walcott
Lucania
Isabel Murray
Sir John Murray
Frederick Vanderbilt
Adirondacks
Miss Colgate
Cora, Countess of Strafford
Frederick O. Beach
Janet Fish
Mrs
Austen Grey
G. Maurice Heckscher
Fifth Avenue
August Heckscher
Huntington, L. I
William M. Polk
Charles A. Bristed
Berkshire Hunt
Lakeside
Lenox
J. C. Irvin
Big Moose
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Henri L. Hoquet
Hotel Grammatan
Mrs. J. Norman de R. Whitehouse
Roslyn
Joshua. W. David
M. E. Davis
Manchester, Vt
West Fiftyfirst Street
William S. Fanshaw
Plaza
Mr. Kian Telis
Justice Bischoff
the Devil
Circle Theatre
Adela Verne
Lusitania
Carnegie Hall
Pipe OF Desire
American Grand Opera
Board of Appraisers
Mesaba
Carl H. Ee
Ave
Ord
Crouch & Fitzgerald
Cortlandt
4Th St
Sixth Avenue
Tierney
Harbor Queen
Dird
Bennett
Fureratte-iay
Jerger
Womack Av
Jersey City Heights
Sophia Jerger
Kirkham
Jerany Ory
John He Keon
Lahens
Coert &J
West Hoboken
Edward F
Liselrecht
Steitz
Henry Steitz
Stewart
Rahway
William J. Stewart
Szecketh
Livingston St
Emma
Thill
Hudson Boulevard
Sadie Thill
van Vliet
Port Ewen
Theron van Viet
Mr. Whalen
Lafayette Av
Adam L. Winckler
Mount Kisco
N.Y
Abby L. Wines
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Cohol
the Guarantee and Trust
Remsen St
Bklya
Fulton St
Jarmica
Ut. Lyon
A. Hark
California
IPS
Tompkins
Tormpkins
Conselors-at-Law
Wills, Peolkate
Witla
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