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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
22
A sprawling account argues Stonehenge as an Irish temple, provoking protests in England and interest in France. The piece links Irish claims to Shelton Abbey, the Wicklow lineage, and notable titles, while weaving in royal marriages, historical feuds, and a digression on whiskey’s origins and Shakespearean lore.
The Tribune notes the Fresh Air movement began in Sherman Pennsylvania under Rev Willard Parsons. It honors a thirty year leadership that sheltered a quarter million New York City children, with Erie Railroad first transporting participants. A Cortland New York deployment is planned with Rev F D Webster supervising arrivals and placements.
Mme Guillemin, adopted daughter of Benjamin Hart, contests probate in New York arguing lack of court standing and fraud in Paris executed will and codicils. Widow Elizabeth Hart may also challenge. Estate valued in the millions with real estate in New York. Hart lived in Paris, where the will was signed. The United States Trust Company seeks probate as executor.
The body of G Winthrop Sands stepson of W K Vanderbilt killed in an automobile accident at Poissy arrives in Paris. Funeral service planned Saturday at the American Church after which the body will be vault packed pending removal to America. Margaret Eytinge widow of Bol Ertings marks 77th birthday with a reception at 424 West 424 Street Bayonne attended by relatives and neighbors.
An Ottawa Toronto piece by J Castell Hopkins argues the Quebec tercentenary celebrations masterfully blended historical commemoration with current imperial display. It lauds Earl Grey and Governor General Cartier signaling a new era of French English solidarity amid imperial unity, while noting an evolving Canadian national spirit.
Funeral services for Congressman Llewellyn Powers were conducted at his Houston home with attendees from Aroostook County and across Maine. The body was transported to Pittsfield for burial on a special train, with Governor Cobb and a Congressional delegation expected to attend the burial service at the Universalist Church in West Pittsfield.
Among the passengers from abroad were the Etruria professor Albert Bolles and Mrs D E Peimer James H Mancer on the Teutonic Mr and Mrs B G Braddock Mr and Mrs F W Eason Mr and Mrs Samuel Shallcross on the Patricia David Bushnett A Debbine and Lucy Spear Luclie Larkin
Ten travelers arrived yesterday with passengers from Liverpool and Southampton. Among them were Mrs Barbour Walker Mrs D B Palmer F R Vernon Williams and Mr Henry Pierpont J M Holton Andrew J Omderdenk. Also listed were Mre Resselt de Koven and couples from Hamburg including Mr and Mrs W F Koenig Mr and Mrs Richard Horwits.
James H Budd former California governor died at his Stockton home after a two week illness from uremia He was in his fifty eighth year Ex Governor Budd had long been prominent in Democratic politics Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Stockton Cal The obituary also references Ex Governor Lanham a Confederate veteran and long political career across Texas and South Carolina with dates in the Civil War era and late 19th to early 20th century
James H. Budd former California governor died yesterday after years of rheumatism and kidney trouble. Born 1851 in Janesville Wisconsin he moved to California as a boy and later served in Congress from 1883 to 1885 before declining renomination. He was the eighteenth governor serving from 1891 to 1899.
Horatio Brown Osgood a Binghamton N Y manufacturer aged eighty nine died at home. The Rev Daniel F M Gillicuddy pastor of St Stephen's Worcester Mass died from complications after a diseased tooth at Charlesgate Hospital Cambridge. Floretta Williamson Putnam widow of Alfred Putnam died at Barney Park Irvington after six weeks illness born in Ireland seventy six years ago. She was mother of Boyd Putnam actor and Mrs Lyman B Craw of Irvington. Funeral today at 2 30 p m. Hannah W Smith wife of Clifford A Smith AP writer died at home Brooklyn after a few days illness aged fifty two. She was born in New York and attended local churches. She leaves husband two daughters and one son. Funeral tomorrow at 3 p m.
George Ade visits with the manuscript of The City Chap, selling it to Cohan and Harris. Jack Norworth headlines, Willis P Sweatnam to impersonate a negro character, and Ade predicts Taft victory. Kalich Theatre to host English melodramas starting August, with Grand Street Theatre open for English shows.
Dr Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw a noted medical practitioner and educator died at his home No 58 West 33d street after retiring due to ill health. He helped combat the smallpox epidemic in 1864 and contributed during cholera and typhoid fever outbreaks in 1866 and 1968. He founded a private hospital in Washington Heights later moved to Jersey City Heights and authored An American Pronouncing Dictionary. He served as educator in multiple states and left two sons, with funeral set for tomorrow at 10 o clock and burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Oscar Hammerstein filed plans with the Buildings Department for a steel roof garden atop the Manhattan Opera House. Architect J B L McElfatrick designs a 50 foot high enclosure to cover the top, seating 1200, with a 40 by 80 foot stage. The garden aims to open next summer with music oriented programming featuring Manhattan and Philadelphia opera houses orchestras and the Harmonia Florenti, an all female Italian group.
Tacoma veteran Stephen Grubb aged seventy three died last night. He is credited with saving General William T. Sherman’s vast ammunition stock during the Atlanta to the Sea campaign by extinguishing a fire on a telegraph pole near a storage heap of three million rounds of infantry and three hundred thousand rounds of artillery after lightning struck the pole. Assisted by Private Dan R. Anderson, Grubb climbed the blaze and prevented a catastrophic explosion.
William Potts a noted author and social worker died of paralysis at Devon Pennsylvania where he had moved. Born Philadelphia May 5 1838 he shaped Civil Service Reform in New York and New Jersey and led charitable groups in Orange. Funeral at Friends Southwestern Burial Grounds Philadelphia.
Mrs Julia Edwards Baker formerly of Springfield dies in Chicago. Widow of Col E L Baker ex U S Consul to Buenos Ayres. Granddaughter of Governor Vivian Edwards and niece of Mrs Abraham Lincoln. Funeral at Lincoln home tomorrow afternoon.
Prominent arrivals at Hotel Grand include Major Chauncey B. Baker U S A Herald Square. Dr L B Tantum Philadelphia at Hotel Astor Captain M E Hanna U S S A HollAND Chandler Hale Washington George Ade Brook Ind. Imper ial Niel Gray Oswego Manhattan A J Belden Syracuse St Regiis Stanley Field Chicago Wolcott Dr W T Willey Baltimore.
Official Weather Bureau report notes easterly winds at Mount Weather reaching two miles altitude for the first time. A shallow Caribbean low strengthened off the North Carolina coast prompting hurricane warnings from Hatteras to Norfolk. Forecasts include widespread rain and increasing easterly winds along the New England to Mid-Atlantic coasts with mixed conditions inland. Local records compare temperatures with the prior year’s figures.
Mrs Estella M H Merrill longtime newspaper writer formerly Jean Kincaid and prominent club woman died at her North Cambridge home. She organized the Cantabrigia Club founded the New England Woman's Press Association of which she was president. Survived by husband Samuel M Merrill and two sons.
Ex-Governor Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham of Texas died in Weatherford on July 30. The former state leader, noted for his public service, passed away at a local residence after a long career in state affairs. Local officials announced the death and prepared customary notices.
Today average temperatures expected around the 70s with a cooler trend on Saturday as clearing skies develop. East to northeast winds are noted, with the forecast covering the upcoming period and indicating cooler conditions compared to the recent days.
Death notices published list Elizabeth Kellogg Bailey Edward Vincent Brown Alexander H Laidlaw William B Martin William Post Agnes M Strebeigh Harrie Tabor Adelaide Louise Townsend William H Wade Herbert G Williamson Sophie Douglass and others with funeral details and locations across Lake Minnewiska Plainfield Watch Hill Philadelphia Long Island City and New York City. Services announced for late July 1908 to August 1909 with private interments and scheduled processions.
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue sone and by carriage. Lots priced from $150. Gramercy for Book of Views or representative. Office at 20 East 23.3 Street New York City.
Frank Ef Campbell advertises private and public ambulances at 2413 West 234th Street Chapst Chelsea with telephone number 1224 for Chelsea area ambulance services.
Special notices invite employers to save time and expense by consulting a newly installed file of applications for positions of various kinds at THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets, open daily from morning to evening.
Advertisement lists various domestic and international postal options and rates for Tribune subscriptions and access. It notes early mail train service to the United States and Mexico, foreign post schedules, and diverse hotel reading-room arrangements in London, England, and beyond for Tribune readers abroad. It also catalogs many hotels across Europe and beyond where the daily and Sunday Tribune are kept for reading.
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