Romance of Emperors and an American Noel Heiress
A 1908 reminiscence reels through Austrian imperial abdication and Francis Joseph’s rise, then shifts to Anglo Irish tales of Lady Blanche Noel and her marriage to Thomas Murphy in America. It narrates Old World prejudice, exile to the United States, and literary ties with William Dean Howells, ending with a note on a Pickwick copy fetching $1,450.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noels
Earl of Gainsborough
Rome
Pius IX
Gainsborough
Blanche Noel
Blanche
Thomas Murphy
Exton Park
England
United States
Lady Blanche
New Rochelle
N. Y
New Conway
Frederick Thompson
Three Elms
Atlantic Monthly
Scribner's
Catholic Review
Catholic World
William Dean Howells
America
William IV
Andrew Noel
Andrew Noel Who Figures In History As A Favorite of Queen Elizabeth
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Royal Guests Benefit From Paris Jockey Club Cuisine
The Paris Jockey Club prides itself on its cuisine and counts royal visitors among its guests. King Leopold of Belgium once lured the club chef to his palace, sparking club protests over ethics. Now King Alfonso XIII reportedly secured Marechal, the chef who followed Leopold, for Madrid after two Paris stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jockey Club
Hing Ed@ward
Prince of Wales
Leopold
Belgium
Alfonso
Spain
Palace of
Leeken
Europe
Alfonso XII
Madrid
General Sir Neville Lyttelton inherits Noel lands in Ireland
General Sir Neville Lyttelton, commander in chief in Ireland, gains extensive Noel estates near Stourbridge after Charles Noel, last male Noel of Bell Hall, dies without issue. The Noel and Lyttelton families have long intertwined by blood and proximity at Hagley and Bell Hall. The Noels traces its lines to Henry VIII era, while Lytteltons claim royal-backed titles and politics across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Lyttelton
Ireland
Charles Perrott Noel
Bell Hall
Stourbridge
Noel
Lord Gainsborough
Noels
Lytteltons
Hagley
Charlies Noel
Sir Neville Lyttelton
Lord Cobham
Alfred Lyttelton
Canon Lyttelton
Eton
Gladstone
Lord Lyttelton
Sir Stephen Glynne
Alfred
Brete
Cambridge University
England
Canada
India
South Africa
de Wet
War Department
General Staff
Army Council
Lyttelton
Thomas T. Lyttelton
Sherif
Worcester
Henry Lil
James I
George I
William Henry Lyttelton
South Carolina
Earl of Guineborough
Charles Noel
Quire
Lord Gainsborugh
Rare First Editions From Lapham Library Fetch Record Prices
The Edwin N. Lapham library sale at Anderson Auction Co. on East 46th Street saw top bidding reach $1,460 for Dickens Pickwick first edition with original parts. A Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield two volumes sold for about $420, while F. W. Morris paid $579 for another copy. The session total neared $10,000, with continued sales planned for today and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin N. Lapham
Anderson Auction Company
Roo
East 46Th Street
Oliver Goldsmith
Wakefield
London
F. W. Morris
G. DD. Smith
Pickwick
Charles Dickens
Seymour
Buss
Eugene Walter Weds Miss Walker in Cincinnati
Playwright Eugene Walter and actress Charlotte Haden known as Charlotte Walker were married at the Burnett House as the Price Hill church pastor officiated. The couple planned a post wedding dinner and an immediate trip to New York and then an extended tour of Europe after the holidays. Walter said his age was fifty and Miss Haden thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cincinnati
Eugene Walter
Charlotte Haden
Warrens
Virginia
Charlotte Walker
Burnett House
Charles W. Sullivan
Price Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
Europe
Mr. Walter
Let Banee
Miss Tiaden
Governor Hughes names New York Rivers and Harbors delegates
Governor Hughes announced the appointment of delegates to represent New York at the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington December 9 to 11. The named delegates are Seth Low of New York, Robert J. MacFarland of Brooklyn, John D. Kernan of Utica, Frederick C. Stevens State Superintendent of Public Works, and Edward H. Butler of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hughes
New York State
Washington
Seth Low
New York
Robert J. MacFarland
Brooklyn
John D. Kernan
Utica
Frederick C. Btevens
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo
Professor Sanford in Illness at Yale Home
The condition of Professor Samuel S. Sanford of Yale University, seriously ill at his residence 50 West 12th Street, remained unchanged late last night. He was described as extremely weak and far from the crisis in his illness.
Weather Report Foretells Cold Wave Across Nation
Official weather record notes a southward push of a cold high and a general temperature drop from the middle states to Central Texas and the Alleghanies. Northwest warmth gains, while Atlantic coast chills set in. Forecast calls for fair conditions across much of the country with colder weather today and Thursday, and varying winds along coasts and the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Lawrence Valley
Lake Region
Rockies
Middle States
Texas
Alleghanies
Atlantic Coast
Burt
Trans-Upper
Ississippi
Grant Banks
New England
Middle Atlantic
District of Columbia
Delaware
New Jersey
Penney
New York
Weather Bureau
Idus
Music Recitals at Mendelssohn Hall Miss Morse and Margulies Trio
Miss Leila Livingston Morse offered a Brahms centered recital at Mendelssohn Hall, with strong voice and technique but limited emotional range. The Adele Margulies Trio, including Leopold Lichtenberg and Leo Schula, performed a contentious E minor piece by Max Reger and Dvorak’s Trio in F minor, drawing mixed reactions and questions of value amid a busy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Livingston Morse
Mendelssohn Hall
Adele Margulies
Miss Morse
Brahms
Dvorak
Justice Dowling Dies in Manhattan Home
Edward C. Dowling, a member of the Municipal Court in Brooklyn, died early yesterday at the home of his family physician Dr. Hubbard Mitchell at 747 Madison Avenue Manhattan. His death followed a pneumonia attack two months earlier and brief recoveries with his sister Mrs Luke Doyle at 62 Monroe Street Brooklyn. He attended the Prison Ship dedication before his final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Dowling
Municipal Court
Brooklyn
Hubbard Mitchell
Madison Avenue
Manhattan
Mr. Dowling
Luke Doyle
Monroe Street
Aldermen Pass Tight Theater Ticket Speculation Law
The council approved an ordinance by 57 to 1 to ban sidewalk ticket speculation and regulate theater ticket sales. The measure splits into two sections addressing sidewalk speculators and hotel or office sales with penalties of 10 to 50 dollars or up to ten days imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Alderman Schloss
Esterbrook
Dowling
Schioss
Alderman Dowling
Alderman Redmond
Committee On Laws and Legislation
B. W. B. Brown
Redmond
Obituary notices and funeral announcements from Brooklyn and New York
A long list of 1908 death notices and funeral details for Andrew Boyle J L Briggs Frances E Chapin Michael F Calling Doremieulx Goetz Edward Dowling Dyson Adeline Finken Joseph Goetz others. Notices include birth dates burial places and service times, with interment at Holy Cross Evergreen and St Marys churches and cemeteries. official state notice references Florence Italy death of Josiah Weal Archibeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
J. L. Briggs
Gene
Philadelphia
Chapin
Tenafly
N. J
Frances E. Chapin
Luther
Mary W. Chapin
Buria
Greenwood Cemetery
Collins
Michael F. Calling
Bee
Elizabeth Coll Née Carey
Catherine Coffins
Team C
Turnpike
Mineola
L. L
Taterment
Holy Cross Cemetery
Finken
Adeline Finken
John Finken
Brooklyn
Goetz
Joseph, Jr
Josepsy
Elizabeth Goetz
Evergreen Cemetery
Department OF State
Washington
Jerome A. Quay
Consu
Florence
Jaly
Italy
Josiah Weal Archibeld
Miss Innocence Abroad at New York Theatre
Anna Held headlines a lavish New York Theatre show drawing a large crowd and police to control the crowd from 43d Street to Broadway. The production features Miss Held as Miss Innocence with a strong ballet led by Madyn Summers, plus Lawrance D'Orsay and Charles Bigelow in a gaudy yet attractive Parisian tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
New York Theatre
Street
Broadway
Anna Held
New York
Genée
Miss Innocence
Miss Heid
Charles Bigelow
Julian Mitchell
Belasco Chooses Walter Play for Holiday Stage
David Belasco begins rehearsals for Eugene Walter’s The Easiest Way to be launched during the holidays. The show will tour before a New York debut at Belasco or Stuyvesant theatres, with Frances Starr in the lead and a cast including Laura Nelson Hall Emma Dunn Jane Cowl Edward H Robins Joseph Kilgour and William Sampson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasco
Eugene Walter
the Wolf
West End
Bijou
Lyric Theatres
Shuberts
Stuyvesant
Miss Bates
Belasco
George Arliss
The
Rancho
Laura Nelson Hall
Emma Dunn
Jane Cowl
Edward H. Robins
Josep Kilgour
William Sampson
Dr A J McCosh Stricken By Pneumonia After Accident
Dr Andrew J McCosh, a leading city surgeon, developed double pneumonia and remained unconscious at Presbyterian Hospital after a carriage accident on Park Avenue. A piece of paper startled his horse, causing a crash near 6th Street and Lexington Avenue and a trolley collision near Lexington Avenue. He sustained a severe skull impact as the front wheel separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. McCosh
Presbyterian Hospital
McCosh
6Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Loving Cup for Leo Stevens Awarded by Aero Club
A. Leo Stevens, famed aeronaut, received a silver loving cup from the Aero Club of America. Vice-president A. Holland Forbes praised Stevens as the principal force advancing U S aeronautics. The club passed a unanimous resolution to urge President Roosevelt to push Congress to fund aeronautic plants. Lt. Frank P. Lahm noted hope for a $500,000 winter appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Leo Stevens
Aero Club of America
A. Holland Forbes
Stevens
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank FP. Lahm
Washington
Today’s events at museums and clubs across the city
Free museum admissions at the Metropolitan and American Natural History and the Zoological Garden. Lectures by Dr. McComb on morals and alcoholism. Rainy Day Club meeting at Hotel Astor. Charity sale for Manhattan Tract School girls. Aeronautics talk by Lt. Lahm. Dinners at Hotel Astor and Club events, plus an arts exhibition at the National Arts Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Garden
McComb
Cau
St. George's Memorial Building
Othel M. Arnold
League For Political Education
West 44Th Street
Rainy Day Club
Hotel Astor
Manhattan Tracts School For Girls
East 23d Street
Mendelssohn Hall
American Association of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria
Frank P. Lahm
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
West 29Th Street
Ribber and Carbon Paper Manufacturing Company
St. Francis Xavier
Delta Upstion Club of
New York
Hotel Francis
P. m
National Arts Club
Gramercy Park
Dowling Remembered In Brooklyn Funeral
Justice Dowling, longtime Assembly member from the 17th District, died recently. Born November 29 1870 in Brooklyn he studied at Public School 3 and Brooklyn Boys High School then earned a law degree at Cornell and joined the bar. He served four terms in the Assembly as a Republican and sponsored the municipal court districts reform. He leaves a mother two sisters and three brothers and the funeral is at Mrs Doyle's home. He belonged to the Invincible Club Stuyvesant Heights Republican Club Levi P Morton Republican Club and the 17th Assembly District Republican Club. Kings County Republican Committee offered condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Dowling
Bermudas
Brooklyn Boys
Cornell
Invincible Club
Stuyvesant Heights Reguatican Club
Levi P. Morton
17Th Assembly District
Republican Club
Kings County Republican Committee
Mrs Laura W d Ormieuux dies in New York at 81
Mrs Laura Wolcott d Ormieuulx widow of Marie Theophilus d Ormieuulx and former West Point French instructor died at 37 Madison Avenue yesterday morning. She was born in Sanwick Long Island eighty one years ago, daughter of George Gibbs. Her grandfather Oliver Wolcott signed the Declaration of Independence. She married in 183? Her husband, son of Count Henri d Ormieuulx de Belleville, served in the U S Army for eighteen years and died in 1581. During the Civil War she helped the U S Sanitary Commission and promoted the 1864 New York fair. She was a member of the State Charities Aid Association and of the Colonial Dames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wolcott
d’Orémieulx
Marie Theophilus d’Orémieulx
United States Army
West Point
Madison Avenue
Sanwick
Long Island
George Gibbs
Oliver Wolcott
the Treasury
Washington
Crémieulx
Henri d’Orémieulx de
Belleville
New York
United States Sanitary Commission
Commission
State Charities Aid Association
The
Colonial Dames
Obituary Notes Highlight Two Brooklyn Notables
Mrs. Mary Bissell wife of Eugene Bissell wholesale auctioneer died at home 210 Berkeley Place Brooklyn Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 o clock Robert P Lethbridge vice president of Johnson Higgins real estate firm died yesterday at 24 Gates Avenue Brooklyn member of Amphion Society Crescent and Union League clubs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bissell
Eugene Bissell
Berkeley Place
Brooklyn
Robert P. Lethbridge
Johnson & Higgins
Gates Avenue
Amphion Society
the Crescent
Union League
Doctor Park Challenges Koch On Tuberculosis Link
Dr William H Park director of the Board of Health research lab in East 1th street reports experiments testing Kochs claim that bovine and human tuberculosis are separate. He finds 1 to 3 percent of human TB originates from cattle and notes milk can transmit bovine TB mainly to young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Park
Board of Health
East 1Th Street
Robert Koch
Koch
Man
Park
Theobald Smith
Boston
America
Dr. Park
Business Exhibition of Revision Fréres Display
An exhibition at 19 West sth street showcases Revision Fréres global trade. It mirrors the Franco British Exposition seen in England last summer, with Queen Alexandra visiting beside King Edward and President Faisiéres. The tableaux include Bokhara, Revillon fur collection in northern Canada, a Revillon steamer loading skins in Hudson Strait, and a Paris Opera box with women in designs by the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revision Fréres
West Sth Street
England
Queen Alexandra
King Edward
Faisiéres
Bokhara
Canada
Hudson Strait
Paris Opera
Croker Guests At Hippodrome With Potters And Shuberts
Richard Croker visited the Hippodrome last night in a box with E C Potter and Lee Shubert. Justices O Gorman and McCall, John Fox, and Nathan Straus accompanied him. Croker toured backstage during intermission and greeted the performers before the show closed to applause. The program featured a bird ballet ensemble and a chorus, ending with the audience rising for a final scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Hippodrome
E. C. Potter
Lee Shubert
Big Playhouse
O'Gorman and McCall
John Fox
Nathan Straus
Mr. Croker
Doctor reports no change in Bull’s condition at Plaza Hotel
Dr. G. H. Wynkoop, attending physician for Dr. William T. Bull, said Bull remained seriously ill at the Hotel Plaza after a restless day with no material change in his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Wynkoop
William T. Bull
Hotel Plaza
Elihu Root for Senator in New York Legislature
A compilation from Utica Observer Utica Press New York Globe Watertown Times and Troy Times praising Elihu Root as the likely choice of the New York Legislature for U S Senate. Editorials laud Root as the statesman best fitting the role and predict broad public approval and patriotic leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica Observer
Dem
Mr. Root
State of New York
Woodruff
Utica Press
Etiha Root
United States
New York
Troy Times
Elihu Root
Senate
Root
Death notices: Bissell and Blauvelt obituaries
Death notices from The Tribune republished in the Tri Weekly Tribune announce Mary M Bissell beloved wife of Eugene Bissell dying December 1 with funeral December 3 at 2 pm from 210 Berkeley Place Brooklyn. Anna T P Blauvelt wife of Jacob M Blauvelt died November 30 at Piermont New York funeral private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxe
Daries Come
New York City
Dresden
Church of the Ascension
Fitz2ava 10Th St
Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Blauvelt
Piermont
N. Y
Anna T P
Jacob M Blauvelt
Horatio G
Anna C Prall
Londop End
Paris
Pcnes Ood
Woodlawn Cemetery access for Harlem trains from Grand Central
The notice lists Woodlawn Cemetery near Harlem transit links via Webster and Jerome avenue trolleys and carriages with lots priced from $150. It directs readers to contact Gramercy 4853 for a Book of Views or the office at 20 East 23d Street New York City. It also mentions Frank E Campbell Undertakers at 2413 West 734 Street Chapelin with ambulances and phone 1324 Chelsea, and Rev Stephen Merritt as a world famous undertaker with branches at 5th Ave and 18th St, Chelsea, tel 124 and 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Frank E. Campbell
West
St Chapelin
Chelsea
Stepher Merritt
Th Ave
18Th St
Vifie
Nassau Street
Wall Street
Wiliam Street
Uptown
Broadway
West 125Th
Broad Street
Iit
the Tribune
London
THE
Trisune
Strand
Ina American Express Company
Thomas Cook & Son
Lacgace Cream Brown, Shipley & Co
Pall Mal Speyer Brothers
Paris
John Monroe & Co
Scribe
John Wasemaker
EBagi+ Bureau
Cambonee
Harjes & Co
Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangers
Continental Hotel
Figaro
Saarbach's
News Exchange
St. Georg
American Express Company
Serthe Brentano's
Avenue de F Opéra Nice
Crédit Lyonnais
Geneva
Lombard, Odier & Co
Union Bank
Florence
French
Lemon & Co
Tornadoon, Maguay & Co
Bankers
Uptown Office Opens File of Aspirants for Various Posts
Special notices announce a new file of applications for selected aspirants for positions of various kinds. The New York Tribune invites readers to consult the file installed at the Uptown Office for quick access to eligibility details and prospective hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
NEW York Tribune
Tribune Subscription Rates and Mailing Destinations
Public notice lists Tribune subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, domestic and foreign mail options, and multiple international and domestic mailing offices. It notes prices for various plans, from daily to Sunday only, plus almanac and index offers and foreign postage details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Almanac
Tribune Index
New York City
DAILY
TRI Wserly
Europe
the Tribune
Silas
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Francis Joseph
Brentwood Company
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Olmutz
Ferdinand
Dreodshed
Vienna
Hungary
Archduke Francis Charles
Olmuts
Pero Ferdinand
Archduke Francis Joseph
Archduke Francis Cheries
Empire
Prince Schwarzgenberg
Ferginand
Francs Charles
Obnitz
Prague
Gen. Lyttelton
Lapham Library
Miss Walker
the Weather Report
Boyle
4Th St
Andrew Boyle
Katherine Kennedy Boyle
Velaney
Katherine Deelaney
John Delaney
Brecklin
Flatbush
Doremieulx
Laura Wolcott Witow
Marie Théepnile
WLING
Edward & Dowling
Dyson
Bushwick Ave
Ilness
Johan T. Dyson
Mary E. Haigh
Ivins
City of
Kate Annette
Intm
J. Bloomfield Wetherill
J. Lawrence Smith
Smithtown
Naval Services
Church of the Redfiguration
East 29Th St
Perkiomen
Penn
Abroad
L’abaye
A. J. M’cosh
Leo Stevens
Laura W. D'Ormieulx
DR. Koch
W. H. Park
Hippodrome Guest
B'‘Nai B’rith
B'nai B'rith
Hotel Savoy
Hans Kronold
Victor Beaillard
DR. Bull
Senator
New York Globe
Rood
Watertown Times
Bissell
Mary M
Woodlawn
Undertakers
Datiny
Sunday Tribune
ST. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Hugh Birckhead
Advent Mission Services
Dealath
W. J. Dawson
D. MD
Andar Spm
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