New Knight of Garter Eludes Expectation in England
A Royal Knighthood elevates the Earl of Northampton despite radical leanings and famed philanthropy. Canonbury Tower’s restoration, associated with notable figures like Francis Bacon and Oliver Goldsmith, frames a tale of wealth, charity, and historic ties to the North London estate.
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Edward
Garter
Earl of Northampton
England
Canonbury Tower
London
Washington Irving
Henry VIII
Thomas
Lord Cromwell
Sir John Spencer
Will Compton
Lord Northampton
Lord Compton
Spencer
Elizabeth Spencer
Sir John
Elizabeth
Tower of London
Earl of
Oliver Goldsmith
Wakefield
Ephraim Chambers
Westminster Abbey
Christopher Smart
David
Rosetti
Browning
Whipping Boy of a King Descends to Lord Northampton
Lord Northampton traces his lineage to Osbert of Compton from Henry II’s reign and to Turchil of Arden, noting the Compton Wynyates estate’s early roots and the Doomsday era. The article recounts Sir William Compton’s ties to Henry VIII, the Field of Cloth of Gold, and Ambassadorship to Charles V, plus the Tudor era mansion’s architecture and later alterations including whitewashing by a Northampton lord. It also mentions royal visitors and Inigo Jones additions at Castle Ashby, with biblical inscriptions atop the terrace balustrades.
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Osbert of
Compton
Henry II
Turchil of Arden
Harold
William the Conqueror
Hastings
Compton Wynyates
Wiam Compton
Earl of Northampton
Henry VIII
England
Castle Ashby
Northampton
James I
Inigo Jones
William II
Izabeth
Extraordinary Name of a Crown Prince in Abyssinia Stamps
The article notes Emperor Menelek established a postal service in Abyssinia with a French manager and a new Abyssinian stamp bearing his image. Abyssinia remains outside the international postal union, causing letters to use French colonial stamps at Djibouti. Menelek names a twelve year old grandson, Ras Makonnen’s son, as heir apparent, bearing the name Yassa meaning Jesus. The text ends with an unfinished time reference.
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Menelek
Abyssinia
Adis Ababa
Solomon
Sheba
Led
Ras
Michael
Wollo Boronmend Auksa
Ras Makonnen
Edward VII
Yassa
Jesus
Stetson Supports Cleveland Portrait Fund for Albany Capitol
Francis Lynde Stetson, partner of Grover Cleveland, donates 25 toward a fund to place a Governor Cleveland portrait in Albany’s Executive Chamber. The New York Tribune notes subscriptions totaling 205 by July 13 1908 with prior acknowledgments listed.
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Cleveland
Executive Chamber
Grover Cleveland
Empire State
State Capitol
Albany
the Tribune
Francis Lynde Stetson
Mr. Cleveland
New-York Tribune
Park Row
New York
Alemings
Rare Vedda weapons acquired by American Museum
Dr Hermann C Bumpus announced the American Museum of Natural History has obtained a rare collection of Vedda weapons from Ceylon through Professor Charles Sarasin. The items include iron tipped barbed hunting and warfare arrows, four foot cane shafts, and small bows with long arrows, reflecting an ancient tribe waning due to low birth rates.
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Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Ceylon
Charles Sarasin
Museum of Natural History
Geneva
Switzerland
India
Philippine Islands
Clark Wissler
Department of Anthropology
Museum
Theatrical News Engage New York Theatre Casts and Openings
Richard Carie ends engagement this Saturday at the New York Theatre. On August 3 Cohan and Harris gins t r els reopen for 1905-06 season. two weeks later Carie returns with Marys Lamb. The Destruction of Jerusalem also on the bill. Rosemary Glosz and Donald Brian join The Merry Widow cast for a Polo Grounds benefit game for crippled children. Reymond Hitchcock appears as a clown.
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Richard Carie
New York Theatre
Cohan and Harris
Mr. Carie
Robert Edeson
Astor Theatre
Firemen's
Luna Park
Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Rosemary Glosz
Donald Brian
the Merry Widow
Polo Grounds
New York
Reymond Hitchcock
D Jordan Drops Dead in Wall Street Subway Station
Thomas D. Jordan ex controller of Equitable Life Assurance died suddenly on the downtown Wall Street subway platform yesterday afternoon. He left his son Frank B. Jordan, a fire insurance broker at 120 Broadway, shortly before. Jordan, 66, had a long heart weakness but showed no distress as he entered the station. He collapsed after placing his ticket in the box and was aided by Dr. F C Wells of the Equitable when the crowd gathered.
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Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Yellow Dog
Joans
Wall Street
Frank B. Jordan
Broadway
Englewood
N. J
Jordan
Mysterious deaths and a long vanished financier linked to New Yorks
The text chronicles the death of Mr Jordan in a New York subway station from fatty degeneration of the heart after a trip to visit his son Frank Jordan. It details Jordan’s past with the Equitable Life Assurance Society, his role in the yellow dog fund at Mercantile Trust, and his evasive movements during insurance investigations. It notes indictments for perjury and forgery, delayed testimonies, and his eventual disappearance and later appearances in Arkansas and Atlanta.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Alexander
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitable
Armstrong Insurance
Jordan
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
New York City
Henry B. Hyde
Alexander-Tarbell-Hyde
State Insurance Department
State Banking Department
Society
Paul Morton
Morton
Insurance Investigating Committee
Lke
Andy” Hamilton
Andy” Fields
William H. McIntyre
Frank B. Jordan
Englewood
Canada
Hughes
Little Rock
Ark
Atlanta
Atlantic City
New York
Paseo Improvement Company Founder Mourned by Family
The obituary notes the founder of the Paseo Improvement Company leaving a wife, a son named Frank B., and a daughter Mrs Edward D. O’Brien, married to Judge Denis O’Brien’s son in the Court of Appeals.
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Paseo Improvement Company
Frank B
Edward D. O’brien
Denis O’brien
Court of Appeals
Mrs Jane A Martin Dies. Widow Of Noted NYC Contractor
Mrs Jane A Martin widow of John T Martin and daughter of Robert Barkley died Monday at her home No Y West Sith Street. Her husband was Civil War army contractor later organizer of Nickel Plate Railroad director in several banks and owner of Martins Stores on the Brooklyn waterfront. She survived by sister Mrs Benjamin L Ludington seven nephews and nieces. Funeral at home this afternoon at 4 burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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John T. Martin
Robert Barkley
No. Y West Sith Street
Nickel Plate Railroad
Linc
Brooklyn
Martin's Stores
Martin
Old Broadway Stage Line
Citizens’ Insurance Company
Broadway Savings Institution
William Mason Dies at 80 in New York Home
Pianist William Mason died yesterday at his residence 1 West 81st Street in his eightieth year due to heart disease and the heat. Born in Boston in 1829, he was the third son of Dr. Lowell Mason and trained under Moscheles Hauptmann and E F Richter during studies in Leipsic after his first public appearance in Boston in 1846.
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West 81St Street
Mr. Mason
Boston
Lowell Mason
Leipsic
Moscheles
Moritz Hauptmann
E. F. Richter
Mason
West List
New York
Mason and Thomas piano circle founder and educator
A pupil of Dreyschock and Liszt, Mason toured Europe in 1853 and became a professional pianist in the United States in 1854. In 1885 he helped found the Mason and Thomas soirées, presenting works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann. He spent most of his life teaching, authored piano method books, and earned a Yale Doctor of Music in 1872.
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Prague
Liszt
Weimar
Europe
Theodore Thomas
Carl Bergmann
Joseph Mosenthal
George Matzka
Mason and Thomas
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Schubert
Schumann
Mason
Brooklyn businessman James Morgan dies at 88 in Rockville Centre
James Morgan a 58 year Brooklyn resident died Monday night at his daughter Mrs. Jackson A. Nichol’s home in Rockville Centre Long Island Born in Cross Gates Scotland in 1827 he came to Brooklyn in 1849 He entered Morgan and Anderson in 1852 later ran a mechanical musical instrument business and once led the Olian Company He belonged to Edinburgh Masons and Mariners Lodge No 67 Manhattan He is survived by two sons and six daughters.
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Brooklyn
Jackson A. Nichol
Rockville Centre
Long Island
Crossgates
Scotland
Morgan & Anderson
Olian Company
Lodge of Journeyman Masons
A. M
Edinburg
Mariners’ Lodge
Manhattan
William F Niedringhaus Dies at 73 in St Louis
William F Nedringhaus founder of Granite City enamelling plant died this afternoon in St Louis at age 73. His death occurred at his home with all his children present, including Thomas Kay Niedringhaus former Republican state chairman.
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St. Louis
William F. Nedringhaus
Granite City
Thomas Kay Niedringhaus
Hughes Invited to Plattsburg Corner Stone Ceremony
Governor Charles E. Hughes received a Plattsburg committee at Saranac Inn seeking his attendance at the corner stone laying for the Plattsburg Young Men's Christian Association building. The group included John F. O'Brien and H D Hadley with others. funds include over a million dollars left by L L Smith.
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N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Plattsburg
John F. O’brien
Champlain
Clinton County
H. D. Hadley
E. D. Boomhower
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Hughes
Young Men's Christian Association
L. L. Smith
Cold Pond Brook
W. G. McDonald
Albany
New York State Hospital
Raybrook
Essex County
Hammerstein to bring opera to Boston next season
Oscar Hammerstein announced he has leased the Boston Theatre from B F Keith and will use the Manhattan Opera Company for a several week engagement. He noted Boston’s strong demand for stars and opera and said the season length depends on local support. He plans to extend already announced engagements and add more artists to boost the repertoire.
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Boston
Boston Theatre
B. F. Keith
Manhattan Opera Company
Metropolitan Company
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Hammerstein
Roosevelt letter honors Cleveland by renaming forest
A July Roosevelt letter to Mrs. Grover Cleveland honors the late president by renaming the San Jacinto National Forest as the Cleveland National Forest. The note recalls Cleveland’s foresight in forest preservation and links his name to the nation’s conservation legacy, while Roosevelt plans a Newport trip to discuss naval plans and attends a Naval War College session.
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Tribune
Oyster Bay
Grover Cleveland
San Jacinto National Forest
Cleveland National Forest
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Roosevelt
San Jacinto
California
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Newport
R. 1
Mayflower
Naval War College
United States Navy
John P. Merrell
Department of Justice
Herman Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Children eager to go Fresh Air Fund trips relief to crowded city homes
Amid deplorable tenement conditions, Tribune Fresh Air Fund prepares 220 plus children for country outings to Litchfield and Ardsley. Volunteers report dusty lumber rooms and crowded quarters, while awaiting trains and awaiting questions about grass, trees, and meals. Four hundred children were booked for today as 48 from Litchfield and 180 plus from Ardsley depart, with clothing gifts from a East Orange church group and acknowledgments from several donors.
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Litchfield
Ardsley
Putnam
Manor Chapel
Weert 26Th Street
West Fortyfourth Street
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Brooklyn
East 116Th Street
Home Industrial School
East 10Th Street
Broome Street
Ashford Hill
William Gee
East Orange
Main Avenue Presbyterian Church
Devins
Alleged Rubens Found in Warsaw Cathedral
A painting described as a Descent from the Cross said to be by Rubens has been discovered in the Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Warsaw. The work is claimed to be one of Rubens masterpieces and an altar piece to the Antwerp Cathedral, with several smaller replicas known.
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Warsaw
Rubens
St. Nicholas
Antwerp
Prominent Arrivals at Major Hotels
Senator White arrives at the Waldorf Astoria in Albany. Kametaro Hayashida, Japanese Imperial Commissioner, comes to the Majestic in New York Tokio. Baron von Bruening checks into the Astor in Washington. General W. W. Gordon visits the Seville in Savannah. George W. Vanderbilt stays at the St. Regis in Biltmore North Carolina.
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Senator White
Albany
Majestic
Kametaro Hayashida
Tokio
Japan
Hotel Astor
Baron von Bruening
Washington
Seville
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
ST. Regis
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
N. C
Weather Report for July Forecast Across Coasts and Lakes
Official record notes Wednesday winds along the middle Atlantic and New England coasts will be fresh and mostly westerly. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts expect light variable on land. Great Lakes see fresh to northwest to north winds, becoming variable on the upper lakes. Steamers to Europe face light to fresh westerly winds and showers in the Grand Banks. Local rains and thunderstorms reported from the Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys to the Atlantic coast, with rain also in the Southwest.
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Rocky Mountains
Upper
Missouri
Red River
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi
Lake
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Obituary notices and funeral details from July 1908 Brooklyn
Death notices list multiple individuals with residences in Brooklyn and adjacent areas, detailing names such as John J Adams Caroline W Anderson Louisa M Bolton Genevieve A Bracken Isabella W Callanan Mary A Lanigan Jane A Martin William Mason William Pateman Mary Morris Post Gertrude Abbot Van Wagenen and their funeral arrangements including dates July 12 13 14 15 16 1908, church services locations and private interments, with accompanying residence addresses and family notes.
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Adams
Verona St
Brooklyn
John J. Adams
Church of the Visitation
Richa
Anderson
Caroline W
Robert Anderson
Hancock St
Bolton
Stamford
N. T
Louisa M. Bolton
John Bolton
Milton L. Reeves
Sumner Ave
Monroe St
Catskill
Grovest. Hempstead
L. L
Lanigan
Mary A
Daniel Lanigan
Lafayette Ave
Church of St. Ambrose
Pateman
Irvington-on- Hudson
William Pateman
St. Barnabas Church
Irvington-on-Hudson
Post
Elizabeth
N. J
Mary Morris Post
Richard Bayley
Harriet Wadsworth Post
Trinity Church
Undertakers advertise in Manhattan and Chelsea locations
Readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenue trainers and by carriage. Lots $150 up. Telephone 4855 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office, 20 East 23c St., New York City. UNDERTAKEERS. FRANK F. CAMPRESE. 2413 West 277 St. Chapela Private and public ambulances. Tel. 1324 Chelsea, Rev. Stephen Merritt, the world-wide-known undertaker. Only one place of business, St. Ave. and 19th St. Largest in the world. Tel. 124 and 125 Chelsea.
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Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East
New York City
Frank F. Camprese
West
St. Chapela
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
St. Ave
19Th St
Desirable Help Quick Special Notices at Uptown Tribune
The New York Tribune offers access to a file of applications for various positions at its Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are daily and Sunday, with domestic and foreign postage rates listed, plus subscription options and international mailing prices.
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