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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
30
A long, winding note on noble families and lineage tracing back to the 1300s, detailing counts, duchesses, and princes across Hungary, Württemberg, Austria, and Portugal. It covers Charles and Teck lineages, marriages into the Teck and Lucy families, and mentions Windsor Castle and royal residences, plus a stray sketch of Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza and his legal troubles.
Quiet ceremony Monday united civil engineer Professor Mansfield Merriman and Miss Bezena Treat Downes at St. Thomas’s Church. The bride, long associated with St. Thomas’s, is from Madison Avenue and Merriman, once Lehigh University civil engineering chair, now travels and resides at the Engineers’ Club in New York. five children from his first marriage survive.
The ceremony in Ewing Presbyterian Church Wilburtha near Trenton united Miss Evelyn Fisk daughter of the late Harvey Fisk and John Warren Dubois Gould of New York. Rev E G Thurber and Rev D Ruby Warne officiated. After a Fisk home reception the couple will reside in New York.
Free admission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Garden. New York Board of Trade and Transportation meeting at No 203 Broadway at 3 16 P m. National Artes Club dinner at No 15 Gramercy Park in the evening. Second public hearing of the New York City Commission on a of Population at Public School 62 Esters between Essex and Norfolk Streets in the evening. Alliance meeting at No 4214 Third Avenue The Bronx in the evening.
The disturbance off Maine brought showers to the Atlantic states north of Virginia and the St Lawrence Valley. Texas New Mexico and Arizona reached near 100 degrees. Fair in most regions Wednesday and Thursday with varying showers in the Ohio Valley upper Mississippi Valley and plains. Local record notes yesterday's highs and lows with fair conditions and moderate temperatures today and Thursday.
A Pittsburg Gazette Times note, a Rochester Democrat and Chronicle remark, and Montreal Herald quip frame a chorus of opinion on New York considering a 1913 world’s fair. Editors warn of taxes, while Waterbury cites Grand Central’s cost and potential city decline. Knickerbocker Press backs restraint on appropriations.
Noted scholar and longtime Cornell professor Goldwin Smith died. He was a warm friend of the United States and had previously occupied a chair at Cornell University, leaving a lasting impact on American letters and higher education.
President Schurman praised Goldwin Smith as Cornell's dear friend, emeritus professor, and a scholar of rare culture. He lauded him as a defender of democracy and peace, noting his keen stand against tyranny in monarchies, majorities, and falsely benevolent policies.
Toronto report states Professor Goldwin Smith, a renowned educator and writer, died today at his home The Grange. He shaped modern scholarship and public discourse through extensive career and publications.
Goldwin Smith, renowned historian and essayist, died at The Grange in Toronto after a long illness. Born 1823 in Reading, he taught at Oxford and Cornell and shaped debates on Canada United States union and British reform. His career spanned scholarship journalism and public discourse across Britain Canada and the United States.
Captain George S. Chapman a famed but controversial police figure died at his sister's home in New Brighton Staten Island at 63. He once led the Tenderloin station and claimed glory from the Seeley dinner raid. He retired January 12 1903 amid rumored probes and was known for his long wartime service starting as a drummer boy.
Harvey Leigh Smith, director of boys work at the Bedford branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn, died Monday in New Haven after brain fever developed during treatment for a nervous affliction. Born March 30, 1870, in Katonah New Jersey, he served as physical director at YMCA branches in several cities and helped open the New Bedford branch in Brooklyn. He authored Bible Study for Boys and leaves a wife and a five year old daughter. The funeral will be held at Attleboro Mass., his old home, at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Peter J Tiernan died yesterday at his Tompkinsville home at eighty. For forty five years before consolidation he served as a justice of the peace in Middle Town. Since consolidation he was a minor courts clerk and recently with the 2d District Municipal Court. Born in Ireland he came to the U S young and was a longtime Richmond County political figure. He was a volunteer fireman and member of many fraternal orders. Survived by three sons and one daughter.
Miss Anna B Hoyt longtime trustee and charter member of St. Josephs Institute for Deaf Mutes Fordham died yesterday of tuberculosis at Fordham She was born in St Albans Vermont in 146 and moved to the city young Funeral will be at 772 East 188th Street The Bronx tomorrow afternoon burial in St Raymonds Cemetery Fordham
The Meadow Brook Hunt Club in Hempstead Long Island hosted a three day polo round robin. Great Neck Freebooters beat Meadow Brook Freebooters 3 goals to 1 in the final round, with Cooperstown and Hempstead teams eliminated. Notable players included D Milburn and Bradley Martin for Great Neck and August Belmont Jr for Meadow Brook.
Richard Fletcher's one act play heads Keith & Proctor's Fifth Avenue bill this week with stars Ethel Browning Winifred Voorhees and Radcliffe Fellowes from a Lyceum matinee. Strong turns include Albert Hole lark singing the Old Soldier Didders and Frank J. Conroy. Louise Meyers as Marie charms in A Little of Everything.
The Independent Producing Company formed by John Cort and associates signs Paul Armstrong and Jules Eckert Goodman to four- and five-year exclusive control of all their plays. The deal covers Armstrong works including Alias Jimmy Valen tine and Goodman works The Test and The Man Who Stood Still plus the dramatic rights to The Dreamers by Sinclair.
Miss Aida Lilufrio daughter of Mrs Liufrio and John A Hopper son of actor De Wolf Hopper wed at the bride’s home in Baltimore. Rev Dr Joel T Rossiter officiated with John T Crouse as best man and Miss Bessie Lee Llufrie as bridesmaid. The couple plan a three week Adirondack trip then residence at 218 West 17th Street New York.
Notices discuss O Henry and his theatre links, including Lo a musical based on a short story with Adams and Sloane, Chicago origin, possible next fall run. Also mentions Vienna Thompson’s Omic Supplement renamed Girlies, Eddie Foy Emma Carus in Up and Down Broadway, and Gillette repertory plans with Sherlock Holmes and other titles.
The funeral of William Sydney Porter known as O Henry was held yesterday at the Church of the Transfiguration at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Rev Dr G C Houghton and Rev L E Lewin led services. Mrs Lindsay Porter attended as the sole relative amid a packed church. Burial will occur in his native Asheville North Carolina.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his fiancee Miss Eleanor Alexander with Mrs. Alexander arrived in New Hampshire traveling through heavy rain to pack antique furniture from Mrs. Alexander’s cottage for shipment to California. The collection was given to the bride elect by her mother as a wedding present.
Washington June 7 The Library Committee of the House reported in favor of Representative Sulzer's bill to erect a statue in Washington of Samuel J Tilden. Site and statue to be chosen by joint library chairmen, the Secretary of State, and John Hope of New York City. An appropriation of 2358 dollars is provided for purchase.
The services setting apart Huntington Close will occur at Grace Church today at 12:30. A large crowd is expected including church wardens and vestrymen, with a pulpit, porch, and doorway involved in the ceremony.
Notices of marriages and deaths must be accompanied by full name and address. The notice records a marriage on Tuesday June 7 191% at Ewing Freautetan between Louise Fisk, daughter of the late Harvey Louisa Fisk, and John Warren Du Seis Gould of New York City.
deaths include John Morrow native of Ireland and Julia de Forest sister of notable de Forests with services across Brooklyn Yonkers and New Rochelle. Chapman once NYPD captain. numerous services at St. John's Madison Square Presbyterian and local churches. memorials in Green-Warden cemeteries and private interments. brides and widows named with residences at 1196 Warburton Ave Yonkers 382 2d St New Brighta Staten Island 87 East 35th St and 121 East 36th St. funeral times listed for June 7 9 and 11.
Readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station with Webster and Jerome avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots priced at 150 dollars. Telephone Gramercy for Book of Views or representative office. Located at 20 East 23d Street, New York City.
Frank E Campbell advertises undertaking services at 241 8W Avenue Rooms by Rev Stephen Merritt, claiming world-wide reach. It notes a single business location at 19th Street and Avenue, asserting largest capacity and services in the world with Chelsea references.
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