Society notes promise a quiet holiday season in town
The piece reviews Christmas house parties in country estates and town dances. It lists families hosting events at Aiken Morristown Tuxedo and New York homes, noting debuts and upcoming dances, a change toward English Christmas customs, and a few notable deaths and society happenings during the holiday period.
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Hiead ‘Borhood
Sous
Sait
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Norman de R. Whitehouse
Albert Stevens
William Co. Whitney
Whitney
Arso
Aiken
S. C
New York
Morristown
Qevis Thebaud
Alfred Rutgers Stevens
McK. Twombly
Tuxedo
America
James Breese
West Sixteenthst
Congert on the programme and society dinners noted
The program featured Rhoda and He Pagoda with a finale The Three Miss Biddles and cast members Miss Janet de Kay Miss Alice W Howland Miss Katharine Johnson James G Sykes The text lists numerous society patrons and dinner parties hosted by Astor Vanderbilt and others with dates around January 1910 and notes William C Whitney returning from Alicante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Howland
Charles I. Hudson
Edward Beadle
E. Howland
Raney de i Zie
Beamrod Rutherford
Robert Crosby
Es “Whitehead
James Dynetict
Melingswerth Bak
Bayardck
Ji Otis Hoyt
Ernest Hagemeyer
Southern Pacific Advances After Pool Liquidation
Southern Pacific stock finally rose above 44 after months of narrow trading between 42 and 43. Exchange reports credit the lift to liquidations of a pool that once held Stanford and Huntington estate shares and to a plan to split into two classes with preferred dividends. The outstanding stock totals 197,552,143 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Wall Street
Leland Stanford
C. P. Huntington
Count von Blumenthal Dies at Quellendorf Estate
Berlin reports Count Leonard von Blumenthal the venerable Field Marshal of the German army died last evening at his Quellendorf estate. Born 1810 in Schweldt on the Oder he joined the army at seventeen and fought in the 1848 Berlin revolt. He served in Schleswig Holstein the Austrian and Franco German wars rising to Major General by 1863 and commanding the Third Army Corps in the Franco German conflict. He was elevated to Count in 1883.
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Berlin
Count von Blumenthal
Quellendorf
Duchy of Anhalt
Leonard Count von Blumenthal
Schweldt
Oder
Guard Landwehr
Schleswig-Holstein
von Bonin
Holstein
Longtime Ulster County lawyer Peter Cantine dies in Saugerties
Peter Cantine, one of Ulster County's oldest lawyers, died at his Saugerties home after several months of illness. Born in 1831 on the Cantine Farm in Marbletown, he studied law beginning in 1853 and was admitted in 1855. A Republican, he served as Ulster Surrogate for six years and held other offices. his son Gosres F. Cantine is Ulster County District Attorney.
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Kingston
N. Y
Peter Cantine
Ulster County
Saugerties
Marbletown
Cantine
Stephen Sammons
Fonda
Ken
John H. Stalin
New York
Gosres F. Cantine
Ulster Cunty
Long-serving Brooklyn police inspector George R. Rhodes dies at 77
George R. Rhodes a former inspector who retired after forty years on the force died yesterday at his Brooklyn home from apoplexy aged seventy seven. Born in New York he served mainly at Greenpoint avenue station rising from roundsman to captain before becoming inspector three years ago. He survived by a widow and a married daughter with two sons who were lawyers.
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George R. Rhodes
Pace
Milton St
Brooklyn
J. A. Jenkins
Jefferson Ave
Rhodes
Manhattan
Devery
Mr. Rhodes
Constantinople
Greenpoint Ave
Rev William Henry Kirk Dies in East Orange
The Rev William Henry Kirk of East Orange New Jersey died at the home of Herbert S Parmelee He was born in Halifax New Jersey in October 1818 and graduated from Union College in 1846 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1849 He served in Salisbury Fishkill Philadelphia Belvidere until 1866 then retired and lived in the Oranges His wife died years ago He is survived by a daughter Miss Anna P Kirk.
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East Orange
N. J
William Henry Kirk
Herbert S. Parmelee
Williamst
Halifax
Union College
New York
Princeton Theological Seminary
Salisbury
Fishkill
Philadelphia
Belvidere
The
Oranges
Anna P. Kirk
Obituary Notes Sevill Schofield Manayunk Woollens Pioneer
Philadelphia obituary notes the death of Sevill Schofield sixty eight, famed Manayunk woollens maker and Civil War blanket contractor, once wealthy but later facing reverses yet active in business until death. Also reported is the passing of Rev. David Whitney Thurston, an early longtime Methodist preacher born 1818 in Owego Tioga County.
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Philadelphia
Sevill Schofield
Manayunk
Schofield
Syracuse
David Whitney Thurston
Owego
Tioga County
Plucky boy rider earns trust with masterful fox hunt
An eleven year old boy in a hunting town sessions on a seventeen and a half hand hunter. He hangs on as the horse sundered the gate and survives the leap. The master of fox hounds notes the boy may rise to mastery of the hounds as he grows. Albert Steyn of San Francisco comments on Boer and Indian warfare in Africa. The English struggle in Transvaal is costly and protracted with Kitchener’s command uncertain.
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Theodore Havemeyers
Hermann Oelrichs
Santa Claus
Hermann Oeirichs
San Francisco
Havemerers
Fox
Fox Hounds
Mr. Blank
Reggie
Albert Steyn
Transvaal
Biltong
Tommy Atkins
South Africa
England
Lord Kitchener of
Khartoum
Soudan
Khalifa
Dom Paul
Cartoons In The Tribune Deserve Wide Praise
A reader defends cartoons against abolition and criticizes those who oppose them. He compares cartoons to religion and theatre, argues they sway public opinion, and cites Leon Bareille’s serialized depictions as proof of their impact. Dated New York December 15, 1900.
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The
Tribune
the Tribune
L. M
Platt
Leon Barelle
New-York
Transpacific Mails
Hawaii
Japan
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Dispatch
S. América Maru
Vancouver
Sette
Tuaive
Ass San
Mee
Postoffice
Cartoon enthusiasm praises Leon Barritt and contemporary satire
A letter from H. La Monte Finckonten defends modern political cartoons and praises educator Leon Barritt, urging readers to support the cartoon page and continue “the good work” despite critics. The writer quotes Tweed on Nast and asserts cartoons elevate public discourse.
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The
Tribune
Tweed
The New Theatre Craze in Longacre Square
Reports of a third theatre planned within two weeks in Longacre Square growing to the west and east sides. Kirke La Shelle, manager of Arizona at Herald Square, plans a small Forty seventh street theatre 76 by 100 feet with a 20 foot entrance lot, to begin next May for his productions. He is away, and Herald Square agents declined to comment.
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Longacre Square
New York
The
Criterion
Victoria
Forty-seventh-st
Sarah A. Walker
N. Brigham Hall & Son
Kirke la Shelle
Arizona
Herald Square Theatre
Improved treaty and Boer War reflections across papers
Multiple editorials discuss the treaty for an interoceanic canal with US funding and British ratification prospects. They note potential delays if England withholds approval and compare to past battles, calling for careful, calm consideration. A St Louis Globe Democrat column notes possible Senate tax cuts beyond House plans.
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Rochester Post Express
United Tes
England
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Senate
House
Weather report and forecast from Tribune local observatory
Washington cold front conditions noted with low pressure between mountains and rain and snow across the central and eastern regions. Forecast calls for rain or snow in various valleys and high winds along coasts, with warmer interior today and colder Monday, plus a fair to mild example in Perry's Pharmacy readings.
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Washington
Rocky
Alleghany Mountains
Iowa
Mississippi
Missourh
Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Plateau
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
New England
Upper
West Gulf States
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Jacksonville
New York
Maine
District of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
Tribune Office
Great Northern Plans and Hill’s North West Strategy
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, met with J Pierpont Morgan in Minneapolis to discuss Erie Railroad direction and potential Northern Pacific influence. He denied a through ocean to ocean line, urged diversifying tonnage, and hinted at shifts in stock and control among Hill, Kennedy, and Strathcona.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. Paul
Mr. Morgan
Erie Railroad Company
Hill
Northwest
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Ocean
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mr. Hill
Johns. Kennedy
Lord Strathcona
Canadian Pacific Board
Morgan
Northern Pacifc
Me. Hill
Butch Alte
Miss Alta Rockefeller Returns Home from Vienna Treatment
Miss Alta Rockefeller arrived on the Campania after treatment in Vienna with Dr Isidor Muller and E Parmelee Prentice. She is engaged to Mr Prentice and was met at the pier by her father John D Rockefeller and her aunt Miss L M Spelman. Her condition appeared fairly good as she answered questions.
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Helen Barney
Charles T. Barney
St. Worthington Whitehouse
Morristown
Louis Thebaud
Alta Rockefeller
Vienna
Isidor Muller
E. Parmelee Prentice
Chicago
Campania
Miss Rockefeller
L. M. Spelman
John D. Rockefeller
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Convention Heads to Boston This Christmas
The National Fraternity of Sigma Alpha Epsilon will hold its annual convention in Boston during Christmas week with sessions through Thursday to Saturday. Delegates from the West and South travel to the Vendome headquarters where President McKinley and Governor Beckham are among notable invitees. J Washington Moore of Nashville also attends. Burnett's Vanilla ad note appears in the text.
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Boston
Fraternity of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Vendome
McKinley
Beckham, Engucky
J. Washington Moore
Nashville
Emn
Notices of marriages and deaths in Bradford area
Names and details of multiple obituaries and marriage notices dated December 21 1900 spanning households in New York and nearby towns. Mentions Emily Rothenstein Edgar Hess Bartlett Sarah Bissell Anna Brewer John Cantine Peter Chapin Anna Edsall Clara Evans Mary Griffith Florence Lawrence Nesmith Sarah Wallace Hugo Wesendonck with funeral plans and locations.
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Crane Sarah O
Ellis
William Litus
Friends’ Meeting House
Rutherford Place
15Th St. Edsall
Goshen
N. Y
Clara R
Benjamin
Mary Eeare
Lawrence
London
England
Lexington Are
New York
Nesmith
Henry St
Brooklyn
Sarah Frances
James I. Nesmith
Saperal
Maeenen
Deemer Gh
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Elisa Strong
William Kip
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Elbrigge T. Gerry
William D. Sloane
Seward
Twombly
Wiliam C. Whitney
Ogden
Mills
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Met
Newport
Amos Tuck French
George L. Rives
Pierre Lorillard Ronsids
Alfred Seton, Jr
Fernando Yanage
H. G. Barbey
Charles B
William Rhinelander
J. F. D. Lanier
Willian Kent
Mrs. Astor
Townsend Burden
Elizabeth Remsen
Mme. Sembrich
Delmonico’s
Jules Reynal
J. Frederick Pierson
Charlies T. Barney
Miss Barney
Dallas Pratt
Miss Pratt
Gerry
Charles Lanier
Thomas Hitchcock
George Henry Warren
Robert Goelet
Hertimer Brooks
John Bermore
Seth Barton French
Adrian Min, Jr
Iselin
Major
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Thomas C. Hitchcock
Oliver Hazerd Payne
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Edward &. du
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Sion Aceiver
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Arthur F. Bissell
Bissell
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East Fifty-sixth-st
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Rye
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Gaughter
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Woodruff
Henry Jewett
Gentleman Jim
Katharine Johnson
Norman
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Baroness de Selli@re
A. Case Canfield
Harriman
Stuyvesent Fish
Adolf Ladenburg
Oelrichs
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F. K. Pendleton
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
J. Lee Tailer
Will K. Vanderbilt
James J. van Alenerton Winthrop
Lispenard Stewert
Mr. de Navarro
Raimbouville
West Fiftyfirst St
Alliston Flegg
Jules Montant
Callender
Nathalie Schenck
Booraem
Frank Paton
Harold Brown
S. Townsend Burden
East Twenty-sixth-st
E. Ellery Anderson
No. 11
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J. R. Harris
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Peter Cantine, Esq
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Brewer
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Chaplin, Milne, Grenisl & Co., Limited
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