Daughters Honor Cochran With Flag Unveiling Luncheon
Driven by Katherine Doremus the event featured a 12 by 24 foot flag presented by Mrs Mc Lean, a 75 foot pole hoisted to Star Spangled Banner, band led singing, and speeches praising Professor and Mrs Doremus. Attendees included Powhattan G Gordon and many others as the Daughters bid cityward amid a warm farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Doremus
Garret
Cochran
McLean
Edwin M. Knox
Lillie d’Angelo Bergh
Doremus
Katherine Doremus Was Heard To Ask: “Mamma
D A R Chapter Honors Grasslands Host in Tarrytown Visit
New York City Daughters of the American Revolution members toured Grasslands, the Avery homestead in Grasslands near Tarrytown, hosted by William F. Cochran. Dr. Ogden Doremus, Donald McLean, and historian Harris Underhill joined the event with a ceremony presenting a silver tablet over the old Dutch oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tarrytown
Grasslands
William F. Cochran
Ogden Doremus
Donald McLean
Harris Underhill
Underhill Society
Avery Homestead
Thaddeus Avery
Captain Avery
Continental Army
Hollywood Inn
Yonkers
Cochran
Dutch Oven Was Presented To Mr. Cochran By Mrs. Qydéon Poremus
Star
Daughters of the American Revolution Exhibit in Paris
The National Society exhibit arrives at the Paris Exposition with photos of presidents general and the National Board, board records, formation documents, historic records, official ribbon and insignia, and a gold spoon given to genuine Revolutionary soldiers’ descendants. A tablet will be placed on the Lafayette statue in France with an inscription to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Department of Education and Social Economy
Robert 8. Hatcher
Committee of the Daughters
National Board
Register
Lafayette
France
National Board of Management
Robert S. Hatcher
Washington
Association of American Women
Robert Stockwell Hatcher
Gertrude B. Darwin
Albert Akers
Sara T. Kinney
Mary P. B. Cameron
Lafayette Monument Fund
Washington Statue Fund
Hatcher
Tribute to Lafayette and Washington Monuments Fund Drive
A historical account details the Daughters of the American Revolution efforts to raise funds for Lafayette and Washington monuments in Paris and the Paris Exposition. It notes key figures like Mrs. Robert S. Hatcher and Ferdinand Peck, and outlines circulars, committees, and funds raised by 1900.
Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter Formed in East Haddam
In East Haddam Connecticut on June 6 a Nathan Hale celebration led to the creation of a new Daughters of the American Revolution chapter named the Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter. Mrs Richard Henry Greene started the effort five years earlier, with support from Mrs George B Newcomb and a message from the National Board in Washington approving the charter. The Sons of the Revolution provided the building free of charge as officers were elected and greetings offered by local DAR leaders from Ruth Wyllys and Simsbury chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hale
East Haddam
Conn
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nathan Hale Memorial Chanter
Richard Henry Greene
Knickerbocker
Washington
Mohegan Sing Sing Chapter Postpones Reception to October 15
The Mohegan Chapter of Sing Sing postponed its annual reception due to a family illness at the host member’s home. The recent annual meeting elected officers including Regent Mrs. Henry Bowron and First Vice Regent Mrs. George Fisher, with Mrs. Annie Wells named honorary regent and Rev. W. Ferguson listed as chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohegan
Sing Sing
Henry §. Bowron
George J. Fisher
John V. Cockroft
Rufus Dutton
Rebecca R. Secor
Mary C. Fisher
Charles M. Niles
Mattie O’ Rowe
Clara C. Fuller
Watson A. Bowron
Ferris Washburne
T. Henry Calam
Annie V. R. Wells
W. Ferguson
Rs. Howron
Little Mothers Anniversary Celebrated at Pelham Bay Park
The Little Mothers Aid Association marks its tenth anniversary on Saturday June 16 at the Little Mothers Holiday House Pelham Bay Park. Activities include bathing tennis croquet and a dramatic company Idle Players perform two comediettas at 3 pm Columbia University Banjo Club provides music. Admission is $1 with carriages from Bartow Station Harlem branch NYNH. George P Hall resigns as treasurer for health reasons. H A Groesbeck will serve as treasurer at 141 East 25th Street. Contributions for Summerday outings and Homemaking circles go to him or to the president Mrs J H Jo 72 Marcy Ave. tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Little Mothers
Pelham Bay Park
Anc
Idle Players
Harlem
New Haven Railroad
Third Avenue
George P. Hall
Bank of New York
H. A. Groesbeck
East
J. H. Jo
Marcy-ave
Tom
Kiowa Mission School In Anadarko Education Drive
The Mary Gregory Memorial School at Anadarko Oklahoma houses seventy eight Kiowa pupils. It stems from a Carlisle education plea by Kiowa Joshua Given and was aided by Etahdleah Doanmoe who volunteered to teach. Named for Mrs Mary J Gregory the mission sits on a 160 acre farm four miles east of Anadarko and reflects Presbyterian Woman’s Board support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gregory
Kiowa Mission
Anadarko
Okla
Woman's Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church
Joshua Given
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Etahdleah Doanmoe
The Tribune Sunshine Society Warm Thanks and Flowers
J Juribunt writes a devotional urging kindness to be shared and passed along to ease lonely and weary souls while sowing seeds of good. Readers are directed to send letters and donations to The Tribune Sunshine Society in New York. Money acknowledgments include J W Shanley of Georgia for 19 dollars and Bessie T Thayer for 10 cents. A box of pansies geraniums and field daisies arrive from Mrs L M Gow and Port Chester, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Sunshine Society
Tribune
New York City
J. W. Shanley
Georgia
Bessie T. Thayer
Washita Valley Indian School Era and Growth
Washita Valley, praised as the garden spot, hosts a multi tribe school near Chickasaw Indiana. Since 1892 a new building replaced the 1893 fire, with curriculums in farming, crafts, cooking and home economics for Kiowa Caddo Delaware Cherokee Cheyenne and soon Comanche Apache Osage children. The farm supplies food and livestock, baths were a cultural hurdle, and graduates are prepared to earn a living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washita Valley
Chickasaw, Ind. T
Chickasaw
Pup
Charity Donors Send Out Large Bundle of Clothing and Books
Mrs J W Rutherford sends a large bundle of children s clothing to aid needy youngsters. Contributions include silk pieces from Mrs Holman, flower seeds from Mrs Mc Cauley, children s books for crippled kids, and various packages from Arlington Vermont New Rochelle C S Munson Mrs C H Miller Mrs E J Anderson Mrs Deyo Rondout New York Mrs Howland Bayonne N J Miss Richardson Delaware and Bessie Thayer among others. A trunk of Sunshine monograms and roses is listed as an initiation fee to the T S S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rutherford
Holman
McCauley
Alice Melville Breen
Arlington
Express
New Rochelle
N. Y
C. S. Munson
C. H. Miller
E. J. Anderson
Deyo
Rondout
California woman accepts requested poem from Cincinnati poet
Mrs. C. C. Blodgett of California acknowledges receipt of the long poem she desired from Miss Minnie Kellogg of Cincinnati Ohio. She notes the poem was typewritten on fine quality large paper and adds that someone will want something she can furnish from this far away coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Blodgett
California
Minnie Kellogg
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baby carriage offers reach from Manhattan to Connecticut
Mrs. Rutherford of Manhattan responds to a call for a baby carriage for a Connecticut mother. An additional offer arrives from Mr. Skidmore of New Jersey.
A Friend of the Ameer in Simla and Cabul
Simla correspondent notes Mrs. Martin wife of Frank Martin has left Cabool and visited Simla. She recalls the Ameer as courteous and well, despite gout. Martin engineers in workshops, aiding bath chairs and smokeless powder. The Ameer reads many papers, loves war news, and sits on a charpoy. Muslims and English are treated hospitably. four other Europeans present. Mrs. Martin rode a bicycle in Cabul, the first by a woman there, but later the bike remained in the harem as an ornament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
London Mail
Crhool
Ameer
Martin
Cahbool
Cabooi
Cabool
Amer
Mrs. Martin
England
Sunshine Society May Report Details Gifts and Cheer
Mrs. S Bernstein, president of the Pennsylvania division, reports May Sunshine Society work. Fifty six invalids in the state received cheer gifts while the Children's Hospital was aided. Silent shut ins in several states were remembered, and a New Jersey member will aid a Blackwell's Island resident. Letters request Mrs Camp's address for plant distributions, with membership required to receive Sunshine supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Blackwell's Island
Sun shine workers engage readers and donors
Mrs. S. Moses will mail magazines to Thomas Lockhart and reading materials to Mrs. Halstead of Nebraska. Mrs. F. H. Stott pays her initiation by sending a box of worsteds crewels and ribbons. L. M. B. of Brooklyn will send reading matter to a poor Almshouse woman on Blackwell's Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Moses
Thomas Lockhart
Halstead
Nebraska
F. H. Stott
Libbie Mabey
Brooklyn
Blackwell's Island
Nosophiles and the scent craze cross Atlantic shores
The piece compares European and American perfume manias naming nosophiles as the latest social craze. It notes historical scent obsessions from Roman times to court life and warns that if English society adopts perfume parties, a virulent nosophilia could spread, mirroring American excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady's
Edwin Arnold
England
Atlantic
M. Max Nordau
le Grand Monarque
Incidents in Society Brides and Arrivals at Newport
The society column reports weddings engagements and travels of prominent families. Miss Myrtle Willmot Barton wed Stephen Lathrop Butler in Church of the Ascension amid notable guests and trip plans. Other items include Vanderbilt family sailing to Europe and numerous Newport arrivals and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Willmot Barton
Stephen E. Barton
Washington Square North
Stephen Lathrop Butler
Northampton
Mass
Church of the Ascension
Fifth-ave
Tenth-st
Percy Stickney Grant
Course of study on cold storage added to Briarcliff program
Briarcliff Manor to open a complete cold storage course within the School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture. J Montgomery Smart will lecture regularly to teach practical preservation of perishable farm and dairy products in transit to foreign markets. Officers include Theodore L Van Norden president Abram S Hewitt and William E Dodge vice presidents R Fulton Cutting treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Holbrook
School of Practical Agriculture
Briarcliff Manor
J. Montgomery Smart
New Zealand
Theodore L. van Norden
Abram S. Hewitt
William E. Dodge
R. Fulton Cutting
Opening of The Robin's Nest at Tarrytown
The Robin's Nest summer home for crippled children at Tarrytown opens for the season on June 4 with addresses by Dr W P Gibney and John P Faure of the St John's Guild. Twenty two convalescent children begin the term visited weekly by Dr Homer Gibney. The opening ceremony will include refreshments and a large attendance. Virginia Orton is president and patrons include Mrs Reginald Jaffery and Miss Helen M Gould among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin's Nest
Tarrytown
W. P. Gibney
John P. Faure
St. John’s Guild
Homer Gibney
Virginia Orton
Home
Reginald Jaffery
Ann Archbeld
George Matts
C. v. Worthington
Thomas
Courant
Helen M. Gould
Zionists In Convention Open Third Federation Meet
The third annual Federation of American Zionists convention opened at the Educational Alliance in Brooklyn East Bay and Jefferson. Leaders included Professor Richard Gottheil as chair and Isidor Morrison as secretary. Reports noted about ten thousand members in 155 societies, while discussions covered propaganda, an official organ, a Hebrew language aim, and plans for a Palestine pilgrimage. A mass meeting at Cooper Union drew strong support and a famine relief collection began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of American Zionists
Alligance
East Bay
Jefferson-st
Schaffer
Baltimore
D. Blamstein
Richard Gotthell
Columbia University
Margolis
Boston
H. Masliansky
New York
Gottheil
Isidor D. Morrison
United States
Propaganda and
Pui
Stephen 3
Madison-ave
Henc
Simon
Palestine
Max Nordau
Gotthel
Dreyfus
Bohemia
Russia
Galicia
Romania
Isidor Morrison
International Zionist Congress
Charles Hoffman
Jewish Nent
Philadelphia
HL Kruger
St. Bloomberg
Cooper Union
Gustav Gottheil
Land of
Zion
Dr. Schaffer
Ben H. Ilowizi
Massiansky
Mintz
Rabbi Wise
Bessarabia
Dr Stinsons Acceptance at Bloomingdale Church
The Bloomingdale Reformed Church on Boulevard and Sixty-eighth Street held services yesterday conducted by Rev A Meyers. A call to Rev William Stinson of Chillicothe Ohio was extended and his acceptance letter read by James E Mastin. Stinson will be ordained as pastor on September 1. church to be closed until then and repaired. He notes metropolitan challenges but sees New York as suitable for building up Christ’s kingdom and emphasizes preaching and visitation as essential duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale Reformed Church
Boulevard
Sixty
Eighth-St
RS A. Meyers
Marble Collegiate Church
William ©. Stinson
Chillicothe
Ohio
James E. Mastin
Stinson
Christ's Kingdom
New-York
Bidale
Paxton Sermon At Calvary Church Tells Of Light Within
The Rev Dr John R Paxton preached at Calvary Baptist in the absence of Rev Dr Robert MacArthur. His sermon titled The Light That Cannot Be Hidden drew from St Mark and argued that inner divine light reveals character whether one is a clerk lawyer or minister. He urged that only Christ can preserve the world and expose true worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Paxton
West Presbyterian Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Robert & MacArthur
St. Mark Vil
Paxton
Napoleon
South Africa
Louis
Brother Great
Jesus Cho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Powhattan
Avery
den Doremus
Chapter of
Daughters of the Union
Elizabeth Uonderhill Avery
Vassiurs
Jumel Mansion
Washington Heights
Colgate&Co’s
America
Daniel Manning
Society
McKinley
Robert J. Thompson
Waldorf-Astoria
Ferdinand W. Peck
Our Society
Paris
Mary Gregory Memorial School
Anadarko, Okla
Jjuribunt
Pennsylvania
Camp
Michigan
Nosophiles
the Tribune
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr
Gladys Vanderbilt
Atlantic City
Agnes Louise Tone
T. Wolfe Tone
George A. Clark
Morristown
N. J
Empire
John A. Sullivan
Newport
H. Casimir de Rham
Lorillard Spencer
Chastellux
Howard Nott Potter
Nutwood
Edward T. Potter
the Cedars
J. Ellis Hoffman
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Thomas F. Cushing
Henry T. Sloane
T. Henry Mason
Margaret Lewis
St. Paul
London
Madeleine Forrest
Charles R. Forrest
Hartford
Edward Frederic Burke
Llewellym Park
Frederick Neilson
Kathleen Neilson
Europe
Will
Neilson
Muenchinger
Bellevue Ave
Mill St
Anna Simon
Eva McAllister
Hall McAllister
San Francisco
Ward McAllister
Henry S. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Protestant Episcopal Church
Chevy Chase
Washington, D. C
Senator Newlands
Nevada
Susie Pritchett
James Bartlett
St. Louis
T. S. Childs
Interior
Hitchcock
George Peabody Wetmore
Stephen B. Elkins
Hoar
McKenna
Julian Pauncefote
Pauncefote
Charles Clinton Levisher
Patten
Hitt
Ward Thuron
Marie Sussdorff
John Scott Power
St. Paul's Church
Woodside
Long Island
Frances la Farge
John la Farge
Edward Child
Mabel McEwan
R. E. McEwan
Nicolas Sabbag Bey
Cairo
Prince Hussein-Kamel
Pacha
Egypt
School OF Agri
THE
American Federation
AT Educational Alliance
DR. Stinson
Ingdale Reformed Church
DR. Paxton
Calvary
Standard Oil Company
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