Chimmie Fadden for Congress Debate in Montclair
Montclair factions of the Democratic Party clash over Edward Townsend as a long haired candidate for Congress. The town splits between long hairs and short hairs with Townsend’s candidacy drawing mixed support from Black voters and local leaders as Town Council and education posts loom. Townsend says he may run if he can balance writing commitments, while some residents praise his understanding of ordinary people and seek representation beyond Harlem derisive labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
Townsend
Upper Mountain Avenue
Democratic Party
Lehrmann
Chimmie Faddens
Fourth Ward
Italy
Ireland
Russia
Montclair Democratic Club
Paul
Doc” Lehrmann
Dr. Love
Astor
Union Baptist Church
Board of Education
Panroe
Bloomfield
Demnocracy
Upper
Montclair Avenue
Chimmie
Meade
Ambassador Bryce Arrives in Boston From Liverpool
The British Ambassador James Bryce and Mrs Bryce landed at Boston on the Republic from Liverpool. They went to Manchester by the Sea for a few weeks. Bryce refused to comment on resigning as ambassador and noted interest in American police activity. A Mormon convert party of 114 arrived, with five detained sisters and family due to health of daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Bryce
Washington
Bryce
Republic
Joke misplacement fuels fire health department dispute
In Canal Street a dispute erupts between the Fire Department and Health Department over a joke involving a dog from Hook and Ladder Company 6. Firemen recall the mutt helped with rats and was part of a neighborhood prank, but health officials halted it, joking the gag is on them rather than the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Health Department
Hook and Ladder Company 6
Canal Street
Allen Street
MacArthur criticizes party bosses at Calvary talk
Dr. R. MacArthur told a Current Event Class at Calvary Baptist Church that recent conventions showed Tammany and McCarren bowing to each other and Bryan capitulating to bosses. He praised Gov. Hughes as a statesman and urged people to let democracy rule despite boss influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. §. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Murphy
McCarren
Bryan
Gov. Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Trughes
Rockefeller Advice Is Work And Savings For Opportunity
Milwaukee report covers two Rockefeller interviews. John D. Rockefeller urges hard work and thrift for rising young men while his wife argues rich families should send children to private schools to keep public schools available for poorer children. She cites crowded New York public schools and emphasizes privacy in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Milwaukee
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
St. Paul
Mr. Rockefeller
Corporation
Wm. Rockefeller
Pfister
New York
The Church in Politics Debate at Ascension
Rev. Percy S. Grant argued the church has no place in politics and should instead focus on making men virtuous. He noted denominational divisions over Taft and Cannon and observed varied pulpit judgments across churches and candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church In Politics
Church of the Ascension
Eleventh Street
Jfifth Avenue
Percy S. Grant
Mr. Taft
Colored Church
Middle West
Cannon
Bryan
Secretly Married Prince Miguel of Braganza to Mrs. Chauncey
Report from Paris states Prince Miguel of Braganza, eldest son of Dom Miguel, secretly wed Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey, a wealthy American widow once Alice Louise Carr. Chauncey died in 1899 leaving his widow a large estate. Chauncey’s wife rose from Leavenworth to Belleville society and later Brooklyn. Prince Miguel, born 1878, is son of Dom Miguel and Princess Elizabeth Thurn-und-Taxis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prince Miguel of
Braganza
Dom Miguel
Portugal
Samuel Sloan Chauncey
Chauncey
Alice Louise Carr
George Montgomery Carr
Leavenworth, Ind
Louisville
Leavenworth
George Griffith
the Griffiths
Miss Carr
Florida
Joralemon Street
Brooklyn
Prince Miguel
Elizabeth of
Miss Elizabeth Cauldwell Engaged to A Heyward McAlpin
Announcement states Miss Elizabeth Milbank Cauldwell will wed A Heyward McAlpin, son of Mr and Mrs William W McAlpin of 11 East Ninety Street. Miss Cauldwell, Morristown native, debuted recently. Mr McAlpin, Princeton 1907 graduate, is nephew of George L McAlpin. No wedding date yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Milbank Cauldwell
A. Heyward McAlpin
William W. McAlpin
East Ninetieth Street
Miss Cauldwell
Thomas W. Cauldwell
Morristown
N. J
Adelaide McAlpin
Mr. McAlpin
Princeton
George L. McAlpin
Robins Decide to Stay North Despite Winter
The Joshua Ballington robins will not migrate to the South this winter due to Mrs. Robin’s broken leg. Mr. Robin enlarges their old apple tree into a sturdy residence while other rats depart for warmer climates. The pair share a tender exchange as the community bids them farewell.
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New York Times
Livingston
N. J
Joshua Ballington Robins
Robin
Cat
Joshua Ballington
Apple Tree
Oil Tank Danger In Tunnel Fire Under Construction
Firemen battled a midnight blaze amid ruined tenements on Thirty third Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue as a Pennsylvania tunnel nears completion. The flames spread within forty feet of a ground oil tank, risking the tunnel and debris hampering access. The fire was extinguished after about an hour with limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-third Street
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Arion Singing Society Invites Roosevelt to Brooklyn Concert
The Arion Singing Society plans a big concert at the new Brooklyn Academy of Music on November 16 inviting President Roosevelt to attend. The group recently sang before the President prior to their Germany tour and believes he will accept the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Arion Singing Society
New Brooklyn Academy of Music
Arions
Germany
New Electric Lighted North Western Line introduced
New service announces electric lighted St Paul and Minneapolis trains leaving Chicago daily at 10 15 P M and 6 35 P M for the North Western Line Limited. Other trains depart around 1 A M and 3 A M. The advertisement proclaims the best of every thing with contact JOHNSON at 461 Broadway New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul & Minneapolis
Chicago
M. Johnson
Broadway
New York
Alimony Suit Filed Against George Herrmann and Partners
Florence Crosby Herrmann former actress sues George Herrmann the H Herrmann Lumber Co and Rosa Herrmann in the New York Supreme Court seeking $20 weekly alimony arrears since June 1905. Plaintiff seeks property location, a trust fund, future payments, and a receiver for George Herrmann. Rosa Herrmann described as a sharp businesswoman with many employees. suit notes concealed funds to evade attachment and access blocked to company books. Detective efforts faltered locating Herrmann who is said to be in multiple states and countries. Rosa served by courier in Stuyvesant Square after a signed receipt. The article also mentions previous divorce litigation involving Pavrinaten and Lena Kreizer.
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Supreme Court
George Herrmann
H. Herrmann Lumber Company
Rosa Herrmann
Hugh Gordon Miller
Broadway
Florence Crosby Lerrmann
Miller
Florence Crosby
Herrmanng
Herrmann
Stuyvesant Square
Ma&n
Lena Kreizer
Blauvelt Will Contest Sparks Probate Battle
Relatives led by Emma Seaman of Yonkers challenge the will of Mrs. Jane Blauvelt 87 who died last spring in the city. They allege undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity. Miss Lavinia Lally lawyers for relatives accuse improper execution and say minister Frederick W Cutler pressured the decedent. Trial set for Oct. 7. church officials defend the bequest of about $30,000 to the First Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Blauvelt
Emma Seaman
Yonkers
First Reformed Church of
First Reformed Church
Millard
Frederick W.eute Jer
Jane. Blauvelt
Frederick W. Cutler
Mary Mannering to Tour England as Rosalind in As You Like It
Shuberts arrange Mary Mannering first English appearances since 1896. She will perform Shakespeare in Stratford and London with a special company after a U.S. tour, debuting Rosalind and later appearing in a modern American drama.
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Shuberts
Mary Mannering
England
Daniel Frohman
Lyceum Theatre
Miss Mannering
Florence Friend
London
America
The
Shakespeare
Rosalind
New York
Washington
Stratford-on-Avon
Ada Behan
Stratford
Labor Letter Blames National Administration for Steel Plant Woes
At Granite City Illinois 1200 workers at American Steel Foundries received pay envelopes containing a circular alleging that the Republican National Administration and adverse laws hurt railroads and their customers leading to fewer orders and a shutdown. The plant has since resumed with about half the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Granite City, II
American Steel Foundries Company
Granite City
Republican National Administration
Theatre Blacklist Contested by Irving Place Manager
Nathan Burkan, attorney for Otto Weil, protests to the Central Federated Union over the Irving Place Theatre being listed as unfair. Weil denies any unfair labor practices and asserts the listing harms his business, noting a nonunion fireman employment as the alleged issue and pending city committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Nathan Burkan
Otto Weil
Lessea
Irving Place Theatre
Fifteenth Street
Irving Place
Co. F. U
Greater New York and Vicinity
Weil
Graeae
Carmania Brings Ada ms and Robson for New Season
The Carmania will arrive tomorrow with Maude Adams and Eleanor Robson to begin preparations for the forthcoming season. Robson, resting at Bonchurch Isle of Wight to regain health, will perform Vera the Medium by Richard Harding Davis, with opening likely in the first week of November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmania
Maude Adams
Eleanor Robson
Miss Robson
Bonchurch
Isle of Wight
Vera
Richard Harding Davis
Return of Mrs Rider Kelsey to New York Debut
The Philharmonic engages soprano Corinne Rider Kelsey for her first New York appearances on Navy 27 and 28. The American singer, a Covent Garden success last summer, will sail from Southampton on Saturday aboard the St Paul to prepare an American concert tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rider-Kelsey
Philharmonic Orchestra
Corinne Rider Kelsey
New York
Navy
Covent Garden
London
Last Sumner
Southampton
St. Paul
Louis James Opens in Peer Gynt in New Orleans
New Orleans on Sept 2 saw Louis James debut in Peer Gynt with Aphie James and Laura Frankenfield among the supporting cast including James A. Young and William A. Andrews, presenting a notable ensemble tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis James
Savage's Devil Staged in Chicago Opera House
Henry W. Savage produced The Devil at the Chicago Opera House with Henry E. Dixey sharing the role tonight in Chicago.
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Savage
Chicago
New York Times
Henry W. Savage
Chicago Opera House
Henry HE. Dixey
Ostrich Leading Chase Fails to Contain Escaped Bird
At the Queens Nassau Agricultural Fair grounds Mineola New York an ostrich from the Tampa Florida farm escape during a trial race. Fleetwood fled the track injuring trainer George Ford with a deep chest gash while three men recaptured the bird.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Tampa
Fla
Fleetwood
Ostrich
George
Ford
Bird
Sanchez Bustillo Former Finance Minister Dies in Madrid
Madrid reports the death of Sanchez Bustillo former Finance Minister who resigned due to ill health. Bustillo was appointed to replace Osina y Seu on February 23 1909 in the Spanish government.
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Madrid
Death of Henry Stix, Cincinnati merchant, at 83
Henry Stix aged 83, longtime Cincinnati merchant and head of Stix Krouse & Co, died at his daughter Mrs E Z Lowman’s residence in Avondale. He came from Germany, founded a clothing store, retired ten years ago, survived by widow and six children, including Dr W H Stix and Mrs E Lowman. He was a Mason and member of other societies.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Henry Stix
E. Z. Lowman
Avondale
Stix
Germany
Stix, Krouse
W. H. Stix
This City
FE. %. Lowman
City
Sol HH. Stix
Cleveland
S. Koninski
S. Schwab
J. Rice
St. Louis
Gen Charles A Miller Dies in Brooklyn at 80
Gen Charles A Miller died yesterday at 0 Forty-fourth Street Brooklyn of heart disease after years of illness. He was born in Pittsburg in 1844 and was a veteran figure in local affairs.
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Charles A. Miller
Forty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
Gen. Miller
Pittsburg
Births Record For September Dates And Names
Born to the Barnett Gerson Jacobs Schiller Schweig Spiegel Strassburger families. Each entry notes a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs with date in September including Theodore Barnett Ephidim Gerson Jesse R Jacobs Michael Schiller Harry Schweig M Spiegel Karry Strassburger.
Marriages in the New York Area September 1908 Notices
A collage of marriage notices lists couples wed around September 15 to 20. Names include Louise Livingston and Frank Buldwin Holsapple. May Emily Sands and Hugh Melville Howard. Nannie Beirne Trowbridge and Prof. James W. Toumey. Florence Grace Kedledge and Henry Duckworth Bayne. Matilda Heehm and Benjamin Fay Childs. Gussie Amsel and Leon Davis. Sarah Weinstein and George Orson. Adele MacGowan and Andrew A. Hay. Joseph Mercadante and Mary Germaine Saitta. Celia Jacobson and Albert M. Michaelis. Nora A. McMahon and Harry Miller. Arley Niemann and George E. Pistor. M. Gaffney and Frank Redfern. Carrie Schwabe and Max Stern. Hattle Krauss and David Weil. Morris L. Schwinger and Bertha Spear.
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Oscar S. R_«Treder
Emily
B. Aymar Sands
Hugh Melville Howard
Toomey—Tnowlridge
New Haven
Conn
James Dewolfe Perry
Nannie Beirne
William P. Trowbridge
James W. Toumey
Yale University
Pbayne-Pedledge
Florence Grace Kedledge
Henry Duckworth Bayne
Childs
Uoeh M
oOn
Matilda _ Heehm
Benjamin Fay-Childs
Daves Amsel
Gussie Amsel
Leon Davis
Gerson—Weinstein
Sarah Weinstein
George Orson
Hay—Macgowan
Andrew A. Hay
Adele MacGowan
Mercadante—Saitta
Joseph Mercadante
Mary Germaine Saitia
Michaelis—Jacobson
Cecelia Jacobson
Albert M. Michaelis
Miller—Mcmahon
Nora A. _McMahon
Harry Miller
Pistor-Niemann
Arley Niemann
George E. Pistor
Redfern—Gaff
Obituary notices from a New York area page
A column lists multiple death notices and funeral details for September 1908. Entries include Samuel Anderson Stapleton Ocean Terrace aged 68. Mary W Barrows 214 West 6th Street interment Lock Haven. Hannah M Corbin Newport funeral later. Jucy Doolittle daughter of late William A. and Kerin B. Doolittle Brooklyn services September 22. Benjamin A. Pichtel Canterbury New Hampshire son of Elizabeth and late Charles F. Pichtel in 28th year. Caroline Fisher Far Rockaway widow of Jacob Fisher funeral Salem Fields Cemetery Monday. Harriet Ely Thiswold Ocean Grove widow of William N. Thiswold and daughter of Abner Ely New York funeral in Brick Church Chapel. Robert M. Kelcher 335 Lexington Avenue survived by wife May Gostelio and children with requiem mass September 21 at St Ambrose Church Calvary. Aileen Louise Mackay Blue Hill Maine daughter of Helen L. Smith and Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay aged 5. Theophilus M. Mare 70 at 450 West 116th Street services Tuesday. Gen Charles A. Miller 64 Brooklyn funeral Sept 21. Lotte A. Norcott 101 West 85th Street funeral Sept 21 at Church of St Catherine of Genoa. Caroline Klink Wardman Pelham Road New Rochelle funeral Sept 21. Wardwell Dr I Franklin Wardwell Stamford funeral Sept 21. carriage details and notices from newspapers in Pittsburg, Columbus, San Francisco.
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Jucy
William A
Keren
Doolittle
Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
Minn
Pichtel
Canterbury
N. H
Benjamin A
Elizabeth
Charles F. Fichtel
Fisher
Far Rockaway
Caroline Fisher
Wimpfheimer
Jacob Fisher
Salem Fields
Cypress Hills
Thiswold
Ocean Grove
Harriet Ely
Wiliam WN
Iisewold
Abner J. Ely
New York
Brick Church
37Th St
St. Av
Lyme
Conn
Keleher
Lexington Av
Robert M. Kelcher
May
FE. Gostelio
Marestet
Catherine
Kenry
John
Robert
Church of St. Ambrose R. C
Calvary
John McLzan
MacKay
Blue Hill
Aileen Louise
Helen L. Smith
Donald Sage Mackay
Me, On Monday, Sept. 21, At 10:U A. M. Marc
Theophilus M. Mare
F. E. Johnstone
West 116Th St
Flower
Miller
N. Y
Charles A. Miller
44Th
Pittsburg
Columbus
Ohio
Norcott
West 85Th St
Lotte A. Norcott
St. Catherine of Genoa
Amsterdam
Wardman
Pelham Road
New Rochelle
Caroline Klink
N. B. Klink
Ervin Wardman
N. UH
Hi. R R
Lexington Avenue Terminal
San Francisco
Wardwell
I. Franklin Wardwell
Helen Embury
Elm St
Stamford
Genn
Civil War Veteran and Brigadier General Passes Away
He served in the civil war and National Guard in Pennsylvania attaining the rank of Brigadier General. He led the United States Army Aid Association and belonged to the Pennsylvania Society Brooklyn Democratic Club Bay Ridge Democratic Club and other groups. He leaves a widow and three children.
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National Guard
Pennsylvania
United States Army Aid Association
Pennsylvania Society
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Bay Ridge Democratic Club
New York Widow Han nah M Corbin Dies in Newport
Mrs Han nah M Corbin widow of Austin Corbin former Long Island Railroad president died suddenly at her Newport Summer residence. She is survived by two daughters Mrs George F Edgelis and Mrs Annie Burrowe of New York and a son Austin Corbin of New York.
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Newport
N. H
Hannah M. Corbin
New York
Austin Corbin
Long Island Railroad
George F. Edgelis
Annie Burrowe
William Valentine Dies in Peru
American William Valentine who lived in Tem for forty years died in Lima Peru last night He was 58 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Valentine
Peru
Lima
Tem
Prominent Newark Community Figure Dies Sudden
GutcBel Newman a retired retail butcher dies of heart disease at home in Newark. He belonged to Oriental Tadme and A M lodges, West End Club, Mendelssohn Beneficial Association founder, Temple Byatt Jeshuram, leaves a widow and three sons and a daughter. Robert J. Wallace 47, president of the Wholesale Saddlery Association of the United States, dies in Milwaukee from Brights disease. Dr Frank Huntington Snow eminent entomologist and ex Chancellor of the University of Kansas dies at Bellefield Kansas aged 75 native of Pittsburg Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gutchel ~Newman
Tartieron Avenue
Newark
Newman
Oriental Tadme
A. M
West End Club
Mendelssohn, Beneficial Association
Temple Byatt Jeshuram
Steamer Terrence Encounters Whale School Off Barbadian Route
The steamship Terrence, arriving from Barbados, passed a school of whales on the morning of September 19 in latitude 87 20, longitude Pv. Fifty whales were seen sparring about the ship for four miles before a large thirty foot whale crossed its path and was struck by the bow, splitting the creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbados
Obituary notices list deaths across multiple New York area addresses
A dense obituary column lists names, ages, and funeral or private services for residents and towns including Jersey City Hoboken Brooklyn Rutherford and East Orange. Entries reference individuals such as Gustav Bergan Ellen Carlisle Louis Brennan Louise Friedrich Dunbar Haire Martha Lambden Margaret Kuishr Elizabeth Lang Thomas McCluskey Elizabeth Mowbray and Anne Tapp with ages and burial or service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebeling
St. Mark's Place
Dunbar
Haire
Harrison
F. Soth
Honna Harrison
Anca Hatting
Kenihan
Grove St
Grove St. Jercev Mity, Sept. 18. Caroline Kenihan
Knight
Clermont Av
Brooklyn
Margaret Kuishr
Lambden
New Fodeli
Martha L. Lambden
Jaged
Lang
Tawn of
Union
N. J
Elizabeth Lang
M. McCluskey
Elton Av
Brax
Thomas McCluskey
Toyetny
Maloney
Brows
Mich
Rek J. Maloney
Mowbray
Fulton St
Mrookiom
Elizabeth FE
Otten
Tere Otten
Parradine
Mary Parr
St. Av
Faante Schlosser
I. M. See
Loyd
NS. Y
Augusta
Ric ’ Shannon
Prookiva
Detorth M. Shannon
Puterel Toms Sisson
Bogota
Carrie O. ' Sisson
M Stephens
F.tern St
William H. Stephene
de Kalb
Margaret
Thute
Tuck
Glenmore
Eliza Tuck
Waehner
Amelia Waehner
Warren
East Orange
Nes
Ianieng 'Weed
Magnolia Av
Jersey City
Henrietta Weed
Welctl
Rutherford
Geretrade Welch
Masses Held for Local Deceased in Jersey City
Notices announce Masses for Alice Merle Doyle at St Petra Church and for John F Bonett at Patrick's Church, both Jersey City, in memory of Wallace Ing and William J Shelling, September 21. Mary A Stevens Mass at St Zoe Church in West Hoboken is also listed today.
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Congress
Jersey
VICHY
Mighy
Ambassador Bryce
MacArthur
Hughes
William
the Church IN Politics
Prince
Miguel of
Livingston, N. J
President Bidden
Arion
Sues
the Shuberts
Steel Mills
American Steel Foundries
Miss Adams
Louis James As
Peer Gynt
Waters
Horace Waters , Co
Fifth Ave
18Th Street
Harlem
W. 125Th St
8Th Ave
Oppenheimer Institute
W. 57Th Street
West 34Th St
Westinghouse
Nernst
Bryant
Steamer
Adams
Mill Road
Jersoal City
Beebe Adams
Bang
Washington St. Hobok
Pauline K. Bang
Bergaul
Gustave Bergan
Brennan
Madison
Louis J. Brennan
Canning
Dada Warren Canning
Campbell
Bastlith St
Lucy
John Diy
Memoria
Woodlawn Cemetery
Grand Central Stution
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East
N. V
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt Burial Co
8Th AV
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
MR. Radcliffe
Frank E. Campbell
West
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