Vigilant Leads Fleet into Newport in New York Yacht Club Race
Newport Aug 7 telegraph report details William Iselin’s Vigilant leading a 31-boat New York Yacht Club squadron from Brenton’s Reef Lightship to finish ahead of Gould Barita and Commodore Vanderbilt’s Aurora. The race featured light winds, fog, and shifting breezes as vessels rounded Race Rock and Point Judith with the Aurora securing first division honors and the Leda winning the rear commodore’s prize for sloops.
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Newport
Wiliam Iselin
Vigiant
New York
Clut
New London
George M. Pynchon
J Rogers Maxwell
Watch Hill
Aurora
Elmina
Cipal Prizee
Oml
Cerone
Mo Mason
Cleveland H. Dodge
Yustain Breton
Leda
Vencedor
Seneca
Addison G. Hasan
Closs
Beth
Weetamoe
Sybarita
Irolita
Katrina
Miledgo
Eclipse
Queen
Eling
Point Judith
Transatlantic Travellers on Multiple Ocean Liners
Passenger lists show travellers sailing to Gay and Southampton on the St Paul and other ships to London Antwerp Hamburg and Liverpool. Names include Mrs Witham Firme E M Treat Dr C L Chowder Co J Welsh Eleanor J Gladstone A Parker Newtz L Morgan Miss Anna I Cassin Mr and Mrs J F etc. Also listed are Mrs H S McCready Mr and Mrs Marvin E Parsee Mr and Mrs Samuel R Uderhill and others aboard the Etruria Vaderlan Patricia Matretania Cepric and more with routes from Liverpool and to Hamburg Antwerp and London.
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the ST Paul
Southampton
Witham Firme
E. M .Treat
Prominent Arrivals At The Hotels Hotel Astor
List of notable arrivals and guests at major hotels including Lieutenant Sherman Miles US W B Sorsby United States Minister to Honduras George von L Meyer postmaster general Sir George sewnes London Sir P J Fordburgh Count and Countess Prosenc Paris Major J S Wil U.S GILSEY Congressman C L Bart hstormin WOLCOTT President Erwin A Algerman University of Virginia.
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Hotel Astor
Sherman Miles
W. B. Sorsby
United States
Belmont
George Vonl. Meyer
Washington
George Sewnes
London
P. J. Fordburgh
Manhattan
Countess Prosenc
Paris
Holland
W. F. Hitt
Washington Waldorfabtoria
Sherlock Swann
Baltimore
Prince Petrotokcine
S. Weil
Thomas Sirbanks
J Hi Maur
James Temple
Gordyne Stewart
Searank Hiscock
Syracuse
Florida
S&t. Regis
Alexander Baring
ST_DENIS
J. S. Wil
U.S . Gilsey
C. L. Barthstormin Wolcott
Erwin A. Algerman
University of Virginia
Weather Report Shows Showers Widespread North Atlantic
Weather signals showers over the Atlantic and East Gulf waters with fair conditions elsewhere. Cooler in the Arkansas and Oklahoma valleys, warmer in the Northwest. Showers expected Saturday in the South Atlantic Gulf states, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Northern Texas and the extreme Southwest, with probable local showers in the Northwest. Winds vary from fresh to light across regions, upper lakes light, with European ports and Grand Banks noted for fresh northwest winds. Official records compare temperatures with the previous year, noting yesterday’s high of 76 and low of 70.
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Omiete
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Lower
Lake
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma
Atlana& Qas Gulf States
Terre
New England
Lower Lakes
Sint
Perth Peters
Grand Banks
Morris to Fight On in Vaudeville Takeover Battle
David Belasco declined to comment on a national theatrical merger while William Morris spoke for his vaudeville outfit. Morris said his group backs better conditions and plans to control new playhouses, launching a Dollar Vaudeville season at Braner's Lincoln Square Theatre in September. He outlined rapid expansion toward a nationwide Morris Incorporated chain and noted plans for the American Theatre to follow.
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David Belasco
Mr. Belasco
Werfield
Belasco
Independent
William Morris
Vesta Victoria
Alice Lierd
William Morris, Incorporated
Braner
Lincoln Square Theatre
American Theatre
Theatrical News and Upcoming NYC Shows
Robert A. Fischer engaged for A? for 8 Girl at the Savoy on August 20 with Douglas Fehrbanks. The Cohan and Harris minstrels marched to the Polo Grounds and plan a Broadwy parade. Cecilia Rhoda succeeds Eliza Proctor Otis as leading woman in Mary's Lamb. Frederic Thompson rehearses multiple season productions including They with Mary Ryan featured.
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Robert A. Fischer
Douglas Feirbanks
Savoy
Cohan and Harris
Polo Grounds
Broadwy
Cecilia Rhoda
Eliza Proctor Otis
Richard Carle
Mary's Lamb
Frederic Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mary Ryan
Girl Gets Her Want in Tribune Fresh Air Fund Tale
A fourteen year old girl named Rebecca, long faced and listless, seeks a country outing through The Tribune Fresh Air Fund at the Bowery Rescue Mission. After denial she explains she works nine hours daily on a pushcart and finally receives a silver pocketbook and a chance to travel to Shokan with a larger group headed for Cherry Valley and surrounding towns.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Hadley
Bowery
Bowery Mission
Rebecca
Cloudburst at Asbury Park Causes Flood and Damage
A severe cloud burst hit Asbury Park New Jersey on August 7 dropping about three inches of rain. Streets in hotel districts Ocean Grove and West Side flooded water filled dining rooms basements and boiler rooms. Lightning struck a trolley car and many boats sank or overturned as hotels faced costly repairs and power outages followed by emergency prayer meetings in hotel parlors.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Hotel
West Side
Ocean Grove
Second Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesley
Deal Lake
Marine Villa
Ocean View
Stratford
Broadway
Ocean Avenue
Belmar
Two Lakes
Two Die In Storm Hits Pennsylvania And New Jersey
A severe electrical storm across eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey caused two deaths and two serious injuries. Farmer Robert Heimbach was killed near Lewisburg, while Walter Cattell, seventeen, died near Glassboro. His sister Mariel and Rebecca Turner were injured. Buildings flooded and hail damaged property. Police logged several runaway incidents.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Robert Heimbach
Lewisburg
Penn
Walter Cattell
Glassboro
N. J
Mariel
Rebecca Turner
Boston's Black Friday Storm Floods City in Hours
A severe electrical storm drenched Boston on Aug 7 with 1.65 inches of rain in about an hour. Lightning and thunder accompanied cyclonic winds halting traffic, flooding basements and streets, washing gravel onto tracks, and soaking 1500 Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias campers at Franklin Field.
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Roeten
Boston
United States Weather Bureau
Washington Street
Jamaica Plain
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Franklin Field
Body ofDean Hefent moved from Binghamton to Ithaca
The body of Dean Hefent, who with Governor Hughes legal adviser shot himself on an Albany light boat last year, has been moved from Binghamton to Ithaca for burial or memorial arrangements.
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Binghamon
Dean Hefent
Hughes
Albany
Ithaca
Cooling Shower Strikes City After Southwest Storm
A southwest storm passed over the city bringing rain and a brief blackout as lightning and gas lights dimmed for twenty five minutes. Rain totaled inches, while the heat wave earlier in the week caused deaths and prostrations. Temperature eased to a high of 77 and a low of 37 as fresh winds promise cooler weather. Vermilion, La, goes dry amid regional attention.
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Asbury Park
Boston
Mercury
Knights of Pythias convention closes with awards and next encampment
Boston August session of the Knights of Pythias supreme lodge confirms Major General Arthur J. Strobbart as commander in chief of the uniformed rank and fixes Milwaukee as next biennial encampment site. Cavalry and infantry drills yield prizes for Troop 43 St Joseph Mo and Company I Georgia with 97.99 points. Multiple Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and other companies win cash awards in Classes A to D. Largest company honors go to Smoky City Pittsburg, Auburn NC, and Mobile wins longest-distance traveling prize.
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Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Arthur J. Strobbart
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Franklin Field
St. Joseph
Company I
Georgia
Indiana
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Alabama
District of Columbia
Ohio
Maryland
Mobile
Smoky City
Pittsburg
Auburn
Obituary of Miss Mary Getzendanner at Ocean Grove N J
Miss Mary Getzendanner died yesterday at Ocean Grove New Jersey aged ninety six. She was believed to be the only resident there to recall Lafayette’s second visit to America in 1825. For the last three Sundays she attended services in the Auditorium while staying with her sister Mrs E A Beacon and her niece or nephew in law Edgar H Holbrook. She spent most of her life in Tintontown Pennsylvania where at age twelve she was chosen as a flower girl to scatter roses before General Lafayette. She often spoke of the event with clear recollection.
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Mary Getzendanner
Ocean Grove
N. J
Lafayette
E. A. Beacon
Edgar H. Holbrook
Mount Tabor Way
Miss Getzendanner
Tintontown
Penn
General Lafayette
Marquıs di Rudini Dies In Rome At Aug 7
Rome report says Antonio Starrabba Marquis di Rudini, longtime Italian premier and minister, died in Rome of liver cancer at age 59. Born April 6, 1839 in Palermo he served as interior minister and prime minister, led coalitions, faced tensions with the United States over the New Orleans incident, and held the post again before 1898. The state will defray funeral costs.
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Rome
Marquis di Rudini
Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Starrabba
Palermo
Naples
Crispi
New Orleans
Marquis di Rudin
Mrs Mary Ann Curtis Dies. Noted Family in Watertown
Mrs. Mary Ann Curtis aged 78 dies at York Harbor Mo after illness. Mother of lawyer William Edmond Curtis and wife of eminent counsellor William Edmond Curtis former chief justice. Survived by five children Kingsbury Holbrook Elizabeth and Mary. Funeral at family home Watertown Tuesday afternoon with family at her bedside.
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Mary Ann Curtis
William Edmond Curtis
the Treasury
York Harbor
Supreme Court
Superior Court
William Edmond
Kingsbury
Holbrook Curtis
Elizabeth
Mary E. Curtis
Watertown
Beekman of Oyster Bay Dies at The Cliff
J William Beekman dies at his Oyster Bay home The Cliff after a long New York life He was a Columbia Law School graduate 1871 and served as a trustee of New York Hospital New York Historical Society New York Society Library and New York Dispensary He belonged to the Holland Society Sons of the Revolution Society of Colonial Wars Psi Upsilon St Nicholas Society and clubs Union Metropolitan Knickerbocker University
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Oyster Bay
J. William Beekman
the Cliff
James William Beekman
New York
Columbia Law School
Beekman
New York Hospital
New York Historical Society
New York Society
New York Dispensary
Holland Society
The
Sons of the Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars
Psi Upstion
St. Nicholas Society
Union, Metropolitan, Knickerbocker and
University Clubs
Mother Stewart dies temperance crusader at 92
Springfield Ohio reports the death of Eliza Stewart known as Mother Stewart a famed temperance advocate. She founded Ohio's first Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1873 and formed the UK WCTU in 1876. She lectured post Civil War in the South and later aligned with Alexander Dowie at Zion City before living in Hicksville.
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Springfield
Ohio
Eliza Stewart
Stewart
Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Hicksville
Obituary notes recount several regional deaths
Wilson Law a Cleveland Oklahoma oil operator died in Muskogee from sunstroke after moving from Pennsylvania. E J Sanford president of Kansas City Union Depot Company died in Colorado Springs. Max Sibold a Brooklyn silk merchant representative died at work in the warehouse. Mrs Ann Van Ness Smith wife of Andover New Jersey mayor died at 69 in Newton leaving three daughters.
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Wilson Law
Cleveland
Okla
Muskogee
Law
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
E. J. Sanford
Kansas City Union Depot Company
Colorado Springs
Max Sibbold
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Custom House
Passavant & Co
No. & Greene Street
Ann van Ness Smith
Robert T. Smith
Andover
N. J
Newton
Warren County
Organists Form National Society in Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove New Jersey August 7 Special A National Association of Organists has been formed by organists attending the Ocean Grove conference Officers include Honorary president Talfi Fsen Morgan president Will C Macfarlane vice president Mrs Bruce S Keator secretary A T Webster treasurer Henry S Fry and an advisory board with named members from Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Norfolk and Brooklyn along with the Rev Scott Kidder and others.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
National Association of Organists
Tali Fsen Morgan
Wili C. Macfarlane
New York City
Bruce
Pittsburg
Archer Gibson
Scott Kidder
Millersville
Miles Farrow
Baltimore
H. H Freeman
Washington
J. J. Miller
Norfolk
Ralph Kinder
Philadelphia
Walter Gale
Scott Wheeler
Brooklyn
Editorial on Hughes and Republican delegate fairness
Edward R. Mason of Binghamton writes to The Tribune critiquing the current delegate apportionment system as unfairly favoring towns with smaller populations. He argues reforms urged by Governor Hughes are needed, praising Hughes as honest and capable while questioning other Republican leaders' judgment. He notes his long GOP voting record and endorses Hughes for governor in 1908.
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Hughes
Artemus Ward
George Washington
Artemus
Edward R. Mason
Binghamton, N
Demand Sincere Appeal for Governor Hughes Nomination
Nelson G. Carman of Manchester Vermont urges New York Republicans to renominate Governor Hughes. He argues party leaders ignore the mass demand for Hughes, warning that clinging to old primary and convention manipulations risks party integrity and defeats Taft, with lessons for future guidance.
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Tribune
Republican Party
Hughes
Taft
New York
Nelson G. Carman
Manchester
Strong Hughes Sentiment Drives Governor Nomination Talk
A Brooklyn reader, C. C. Skilton, argues that the Hughes sentiment is growing across the state and supports the governor’s willingness to accept a party nomination if backed by public opinion. He cites daily coverage and calls for the governor to heed popular support rather than reject the offer.
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Tribune
Hughes
Republican
Brooklyn
C. C. Skilton
President Roosevelt and the Hughes nomination
A letter dated August 7 1906 argues that President Roosevelt should nominate Governor Hughes for the Presidency. It asserts Roosevelt must choose between principle and politics lest many voters abandon him, fearing a shift from his high standards to partisan maneuvering in support of Hughes. </s>
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Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Republican Party
Hughes
New York
David E. Davis
Princeton Men Get Help From New Employment Committee
Princeton graduates seeking work in New York will be aided by a newly formed Business opportunities committee of the Princeton Club. The panel will operate like Yale’s employment unit, acting as go between for job seekers and Princeton employers. A permanent bureau will host confidential applications and employer statements, strengthening Princeton spirit and facilitating post graduate placements.
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Princeton
Princeton Club
Yale Club
Yale
New York
Memorial Service Planned for Bronson Howard in Avon
The American Dramatists' Club will hold a public memorial service for Bronson Howard, buried yesterday in Avon New Jersey. The club formed a committee to arrange the service and announce the date later this month.
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Bronson Howard
Avon, N. J
American Dramatists’ Club
Notable Playwrights and Figures List in Theatre Scene
A roster of prominent dramatists and theatre figures is named, including David Belasco, George Backus, Harrison Grey Fiske, Augustus Thomas, Rupert Hughes, and others. The compilation features notable names such as Edward Mile ton Royle, Milton Nobles, B. B. Valentine, J. Ernst Warren, and H. H. Winslow among many contributors.
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David Belasco
George Backus
G. H. Broadhurst
C. T. Carey
William C. de Mille
Frankite Fyles
Harrison Grey Fiske
Clay M. Greene
Joseph Grismer
Rupert Hughes
Victor Charles Kien
E. BE. Kidder
H. P. Mawson
Mapes
J. F. Milliken
Milton Nobles
Eugene Presbrey
R. A. Purdy
Sidney Rosenfeld
Edward Mileton Royle
Clinton Stuart
Mark Swan
T. Burd Cayre
Augustus Thomas
B. B. Vailentine
John Ernst Warren
H. H. Winslow
J. C. Clarke
Carter Draper Marriage Notice in The Tribune
Marriage notice indicating the Carter-Draper union officiated by Rev William A Hentington. The record mentions individuals tied to Darkharbdor Maine and Andover with names Edward Clark Carter and Alice Dana. Instructions require full names and addresses for notices of marriages and deaths.
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Carter—Draper
William A. Hentington
Darkharbdor
Maine
Alice ‘Om Dana
Willem H Drase
Edward Clark Carter
Andover
Death notices appear in The Tribune and Tri-Weekly Tribune
Obituary items announce numerous Brooklyn and nearby residents with details of funerals and interments. Notices include Geary, Johanna. Booth, Louisa. Bristol, Lavins FP. Burns, James. Cloke, Mary E.. Curtis, Maryann. Fitzpatrick, Joseph. Geary, Mary. Getzendanner, Mary A.. Jaekel, Johann. Jaggar, Elizabeth Reeve. Neil, Edward Wallace. Reynolds, Miriam. Interment and service times listed. private or public services noted. several addresses and parish references provided.
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James Burn
Jabez
Agnes Burns
Cloke
Pacific St
Mary E. Cloke
Anna
Thomas J. Cloke
St. Joseph's Church
Viave
Curtis
York Harbor
Maine
Maryann Curtis
Edmond Curtis
Watertown
Conn
Jaekel
Johann Jackee
Livingston St
Brooklyn
Jaggar
Mra Louis F. Prankard
Cambridge Place
Elizabeth Reeve
Mitchell Jagger
Desirable help offered at Uptown Tribune office
The New-York Tribune advertises a file of aspirants for various positions available at its Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway. Hours are 9 am to 6 pm daily and Sunday. Mail rates listed. subscription options and postage details provided.
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