Alfonso XIII’s gesture honors Castelar at national pantheon
King Alfonso XIII attends the inhumation ceremony of Emilio Castelar in Madrid. The article traces Castelar’s leadership in 19th century Spain, the 1868 revolution, republican stronghold, and the truce with Sagasta that preserved the throne during Christina’s regency. It notes the king’s regard for Castelar’s legacy and the republican sympathy it seeks to secure.
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Emilio Castelar
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la Granja
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Amadeus
Italy
Aosta
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Porto Rico
Alfonso XII
Cortes
Christina
Mercedes
Alfonso XIII
Canovas del Castillo
Sagasta
Segesta
Christine
America
To¢Eay
Castelar the eloquent talker and the great dinner
A vivid reminiscence of Castelar as Spain's famed orator and lively conversationalist at a Paris dinner. He monopolizes dialogue with fluent Spanish and French, while Senator Delpech craves a word. Castelar’s dramatic finger-bowl moment and his quip about Delpech as a “terrible terbox” highlight the scene and social tensions of the gathering.
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Mr. Gladstone
Paris
Edgewire
Senator Delpech
Delpech
Cas‘lar
M. Delpech
Spain
Pantheon
St. Francis the Great
Isa“le
Winslow Sherman Dead After Long Banking Career
William Winslow Sherman retired banker died suddenly at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Larchmont. Born 1833 in New York, he rose from teller to president of the National Bank of Commerce before retiring in 1899. He faced many injuries earlier, and once parleyed with a burglar over a financial settlement. He leaves a son Percy, granddaughter Dorothy, and a nurse, with no funeral arrangements yet set. He resided at 24 East 55th Street.
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William Winslow Sherman
Royal Victoria Hotel
Larchmont
Bell Haven
Conn
Mr. Sherman
Sherman
Percy Sherman
Dorothy Sherman
National Bank of Commerce
Metropolitan Bank
North River Bank
New York
White River
Bethel
Nassau and
Cedar Streets
Bank of Commerce
Clearing House
Jahaziel Sherman
Ann Maria King Sherman
East 55Th Street
Rev Dr Joachim Elmendorf Dies at 81 at Saratoga Springs
The Rev Dr Joachim Elmendorf died yesterday at his Saratoga Springs summer home in his eighty second year. Born in Rochester he studied at Rutgers College and New Brunswick Theological Seminary and served as Dutch Reformed pastor in Syracuse Ithaca Saugerties Albany Poughkeepsie and New York City. He authored Memoirs of Varick De Witt and Alice Justina De Peyster and held church and educational posts before his funeral set for Wednesday at 3:30 PM at the Second Reformed Church in Poughkeepsie.
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Joachim Elmendorf
Saratoga Springs
Rochester
Levi Elmendorf
Salise de Puy Elmendorf
Rutgers College
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Poughkeepsie
Syracuse
Ithaca
Saugerties
Albany
Sarah Bull
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Elmendorf
Varick de Witt
Alice Justina de Peyster
Board of Education
The
Reformed Church of America
Rutgers
Vassar Colleges
Quill Club
Second Reformed Church
Alexander G Wells dies at 100 in Wellsville
Alexander G Wells Wellsville's oldest resident and city founder's son died suddenly at his home on July 19 at age 99 turning 100. He spent 72 years in mercantile business shaping Wellsville's growth and development. He hailed from a long lived family with his grandfather dying at 112 and his father nearing a century.
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Wellsville
Ohio
Alexander G. Wells
Mr. Wells
Doctor Frank Kraft Dies at National Homoeopathic Meet
Dr. Frank Kraft of Cleveland, a noted medical writer and secretary of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, died suddenly in St. Louis while attending the National Homoeopathic Convention. He was a Cincinnati native.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Frank Kraft
Cleveland
American Institute of Homoropathy
Cincinnati
Gunda Reunites With Bronx Visitor at Zoo
Lucretia Hawes, a 76 year old Bronx Peabody Home inmate, had visited the Bronx Zoological Gardens daily for years. After ten months of illness she returned, prompting Gunda the elephant to trumpet with joy, recall her friend, and restore calm to the elephant house for the keepers.
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Peabody Home
180Th Street
Boston Road
Bronx
Bronx Zoological Gardens
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Gunda
Elephant House
Fresh Air Fund doubles opportunities for city children this week
Nineteen parties are scheduled to countryside destinations under the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Three depart today to Campbell Hall Demarest and Valhalla with two or more groups daily thereafter. Letters from workers and donors reveal gratitude and efforts to place as many children as possible, amid acknowledgments of poverty and hope for healthier lives away from the tenements.
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Valhalla
Chapel Hill
Bedford Hill
Sophia Witter
Shepherd Knapp
Litchfield
Connecticut
United States
Mr. Kerr
Jerusalem
Music in Central Park Delights Thousands on Sunny Afternoon
A sunlit afternoon in Central Park drew crowds to the band stand as the orchestra played popular melodies. Sunlit lakes, shaded groves, and strolling couples framed the scene while listeners enjoyed relief from the heat amid the music and park atmosphere.
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Political Points A Good Habit In Maryland
Maryland Democrats and business men pledge support for Taft in day to day announcements. The stance reinforces Henry Watterson’s claim anti Bryanism is a habit and suggests Taft will prevail in Maryland despite Bryan optimism elsewhere.
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Henry Watterson
Prince of Wales to Attend 300th Quebec Anniversary Parade
The City of Quebec awakens to a royal salute as the Prince of Wales visits aboard the Indomitable to mark Champlain’s 300th anniversary. British battleships, cruisers, and French warships gather, while Lord Roberts and Lord Strathcona arrive to greet the Prince. Vice President Fairbanks expected, New Hampshire may salute from the St Lawrence.
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Pretoria
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London
Fairbanks
United States
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St. Lawrence
New Hampshire
Wolfe
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General Montcalm
Count de Montcalm
Duke of Norfolk
Catho Tics
Esperantists Gather for First U S Congress in Chautauqua
The first national Esperanto congress in America opens at Chautauqua New York with more than 750 delegates. Edmond Privat of Geneva Switzerland leads efforts to promote Esperanto nationwide. Plans include inviting the European congress to hold the fifth world Esperanto convention here next year.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ohio
Privat
Interview with Dan McGinn and Bill Quigley aboard Halcyon
An interview about the Presidential campaign and finances erupts as Dan McGinn, his sweetheart Mary Dooley, and Battery boatman Honest Bill Quigley return from a sea trip aboard the Halcyon. Reporters joke about Taft or Bryan, noting the sailors’ banter and the weekend mood aboard the ship news office.
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New York
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Lusitania
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Halcyon
Taft
Bryan
Electrician killed in Penn Steel Works crane accident
Harrisburg July 19 Martin I Miller an expert electrician was instantly killed in the bridge shop of the Pennsylvania Steel Works today while making connections He became entangled in the machinery of a large crane and his limbs were crushed and he suffered three skull fractures
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Harrisburg
Penn
Martin I. Miller
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Ex Justice Pryor 80 Reflects on Bryan Taft Vote
Ex Justice Roger A. Pryor longtime Democrat marks his eightieth birthday with reflections on the 1908 race. He says he may vote for Bryan despite abhorring some of his ideas and notes Taft's character and labor and G A R support. Pryor analyzes blocs and public sentiment while praising Roosevelt and noting Jewish and Russian views. King Edward at Taplow Court closes the report with a royal weekend update.
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England
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Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels
A list of notable arrivals at premier hotels includes T. C. Williams Jr of Richmond and Loring S. Barton of Buffalo at the Albemarle, Alexander Clapp of Worcester at the Grant, J. M. Van Housen of Albany at the Imperial, and R. J. Howley of London at Murray Hill. Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is registered at the Manhattan, with J. S. Irwin of Ottawa at the Waldorf Astoria and J. Lee Carroll of Washington at the Victoria.
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T. C. Williams, Jr
Richmond
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Alexander Clapp
Worcester
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J. M. van Housen
Albany
Imperial
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Cincinnati
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London
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Ottawa
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Waldorf Astor donates 5000 to Children’s Fresh Air Fund
London reports Waldorf Astor contributed 5000 dollars to the Children’s Fresh Air Fund. The donation supports underprivileged children’s summer placements, reflecting ongoing private philanthropy in London's social relief efforts.
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Waldorf Astor
Children’s Fresh Air Fund
Weather report and forecast for central states and coasts
Official weather record notes lower temperatures in central valleys and lake regions, with high readings in the middle Atlantic and Southern New England. Rain expected in the Arkansas area and lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys, with cooler, unsettled conditions spreading to the mid Atlantic and Gulf coasts by Tuesday.
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Sires Wears
Boston to Have Double Wedding Arranged for Fall
Boston July 19 double wedding announced for Grace and Gertrude Stern daughters of Samuel Stern to Arthur Garfield Miller and Isadore Singer man respectively. The sisters are nieces of William Harris theatrical manager.
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Gertrude Stern
Samuel BR. Stern
New York
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Riverside Drive
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Seattle
William B. Harris
Brooklyn clergyman speaks on Democracy in America
London reports that Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn addressed a Whitefields Tabernacle meeting this afternoon on Democracy in America and also preached at the evening service.
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Brooklyn
Whitefields Tabernacle
America
Death notices for Barlow Dale Eagleson Elmendorf Sherman Weeks
Death notices from The Tribune list several obituaries with funeral details and interment. Filbert Barlow of Stamford died July 12 1908. Charles H Dale of Larchmont July 1 funeral private. Eagleson Asheville July 18. Elmendorf Saratoga Springs July 19 with services in Poughkeepsie July 22. Hobart Easthampton July by illness. Emme Minford July 17. Sherman Larchmont July 15. Weeks Plainfield July 20 with De Ruyter interment. notice of flowers and cemetery directions for Woodlawn.
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Conn
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Elbert S
Lillian Hedden Barlow
New York City
Greenwood Cemetery
Dale
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Larchmont
S. Y
Eagleson
Asheville
N. C
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No. 130
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Minford
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Thomas
A. Louisa Minford
East 50Th St
Woodlawn Cemetery
Uptown Tribune Opens Applications for Various Positions
The New York Tribune announces a new file of applications from selected aspirants for multiple positions now available at the Uptown Office. The notice invites candidates to review eligibility and apply promptly.
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