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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
23
A fragmented column blends Amy Lowell poetry with reminiscences of courting and meals, mentioning James Whitcomb Riley and a Crawfordsville trip. It meanders through casual references to wine, honey, and daily rhymes, interlaced with brief social notes and odd anecdotes.
A quirky tale recounts a crowded train car where a stubborn passenger blocked the end seat, provoking a soggy, crowded scramble as rain lashed the window. The narrator braved the crowd, taking the middle seat while others crawled past, and a note offered a $1.68 check with a request for an apology.
The news item reports the engagement and forthcoming marriage of E T Geer to Miss Cleveland with a ceremony planned at New Orleans Cathedral. It notes other wedding plans in New York including Miss Gertrude Schirmer to William Hodgman Fayshia and various social arrangements, invitations, and participants. The dispatch lists multiple families, churches, and social figures involved in forthcoming nuptials.
Miss Mildred W Moag, daughter of the late William Ie Mong and Mes Moa, wed Charles Kine Morrison yesterday at Saint Thomas Church. Only relatives attended at the ceremony performed by the new minister. The bridegroom hails from the city. the couple's wedding was noted amid society circles and local church records. The report closes with mention of the groom’s passing in the Metropolit Hountes Fite and Society of Calynial Ware.
Mr and Mrs Weatey Beasen of Mount Vernon announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Sissan to Robert Warner Kirkland of Mount Vernon. The wedding date is forthcoming and the couple plan a Alabama home in Springs Rosebank, were they expect to reside.
At the Tadue Kennel Association event in a bustling Midwestern venue, a famed dog named Vickery Missed the velvet award while Festive contenders from Michery Rovels Morringtan and others vied for top prizes. The day featured diverse breeds, high attendance, and remarks on improving performances in dancing dogs with judges and fanciers observing closely.
A fragmentary catalog notes bids by a single buyer at an Anderson gallery auction. A Spanish fan, mother of pearl pieces, a vellum manuscript from Madrid dated July 28, and a late eighteenth century Italian face cloth drew high sums. The event totals about 1076 dollars with various consignments from multiple estates.
The 1918 class day featured a daisy chain carried by sophomores with Miss Deaihe Cuspaun of Buffalo among the organizers. Miss Blewnoe Leslie and Miss Toro Daury chaired the day, with special guests including Jule He Pinney of Tuunesliya and daughter Winley Pinney.
Columbia University honored women at a trustees meeting with several faculty appointments. Vern Dantechakof and Rovwlin Morton were named instructor in anatomy and attending surgeon at Vanderbilt Clinic respectively. Gontze elected treasurer. de Onis named professor of Spanish literature. Langan named professor of French literature. Multiple faculty changes and gifts totaling over 100 thousand dollars announced to support cancer research and engineering projects.
Seniors from Columbia Sollee engaged in a rowdy class day with songs, speeches, and a long procession through campus. Notable events included award announcements by Raymond Wise and Rudolph Reeder, plus readings by Ralph Perry, as classmates prepared for life beyond college.
A damaged OCR passage mentions various scattered names and phrases, including references to people, locations, and activities but lacks coherent context or a single clear event. The readable bits hint at a local scene with several proper nouns but no verifiable narrative or outcome.
Barnard and Teachers College plan class day events this afternoon with a Teachers College lawn party and a Phi Beta Kappa hosted evening program. Professor Allen Neilson of Harvard University is expected to deliver the keynote.
New York University held commencement events with the George Augustua Sandham oratorical contest as the highlight. Senior Phil Hite Carlin won first prize of 100 and bested competitors William Draper and Louis Davidson for second. Phi Beta Kappa Society elected new members Pay Weta, Kappe Kaye, and others including Leon Gespuriteh, Phillips Carlin, William Dating, Harvey Felton, Wilbur Fre ticks, Frederick rela, Joseph Some, Maurice Keesing, Louis Sif, Mas Bir man, Tavis Moree, Archibald Nich.
The annual seniors vs faculty baseball game at Stevens Institute ended with Professor Charles C. Gunther from the mathematics department struck in the eye by a pitched ball and treated by a physician. His injury was not serious. The forty fourth commencement exercises were held this afternoon with degrees awarded, while class day featured lacrosse, baseball and track events with souvenirs given.
Nathaniel Gidding, vice president of JM Gidding & Co, wed Miss Frank-Steinhardt at the St Regis Motel ballroom. The ceremony featured a palm and flower bower with about 100 prominent guests. The couple plans a honeymoon through the Middle West and West Coast, returning via Canada.
The Stamford entries for the thirteenth annual horse show open to share entries with the Children’s Home. Organizer Cyril Ceimeina and committee members list a large turnout with ninety-two exhibitors already paid. Proceeds aid the Children’s Home alongside exhibitors Brady and Lanier.
In a Surrogates Court proceeding Amos F. Eno is argued to be 78 and not octogenarian at his 1915 death. Testimony shows European passports dated birth June 29 1837. Executors and Columbia University contest the will with residuary bequests rumored to total about 4 million dollars.
The sister of actress Lillian Russell, Rutherford Ne Jy dune Gy Mes Ibe hultee, aged about sixty, died today from typhoid meningitis. The news notes the family connection and the sudden illness preceding death.
Thomas Norton of Plainfield New Jersey and Joseph Broome of New York both died recently. Norton, a paper dealer James Brosman associate and former Board of Education member, left a widow two daughters and a brother. Brown, born in London, was an architect and chemical engineer, a Society of Chemical Industry member and a Society of Arts fellow, survived by his wife three sons and a daughter.
The New York chapter of the Knights of Mount St. Sepulchre will make a pilgrimage to the Memorial Church of the Holy Land at St Brooklands on Sunday June 11. More than 1000 participants joined the May 14 pilgrimage.
The fragmentar y column records a marriage at St Thomas Church with Rev Ernest M Stites and mentions the bride daughter of Wilken E Hoag. It lists deaths for McFarland family with George H McFarland and Catherine L Morgan and notes services in Cambridge New York Albany Rural Cemetery and St Patricks area, with Woodlawn Cemetery referenced.
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