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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
3
The Conning Tower laments failed verse and partisan slips while recounting kidding about Mr Hughes and Mr Wilkersham, bets on the Hughes nomination, and a Columbia commencement honorary degree for Director Anderson with a wry question about whether scholars are people.
Society notes describe the weddings of Miss Grovene Vail Converse to Georges T. Aranyi in New York with relatives attending, and Miss Ruth A. McKenna to Fe win Thomas Holmes Jr. at the Gotham Hotel. Other ceremonies include Miss Helen Munson to R. M. Russell at York Harbor and Miss Kate Gordon Willis’s upcoming Church of the Heavenly Rest nuptials.
Miss Eleanor Sawyer Purdy daughter of Mrs William Halstead Pandy marries Francis Malone Blodget son of Mrs Samuel Edget at the Hotel Majestic. Ceremony performed by Father Boyle with Amira blossom decor. reception for about 200 guests in the hotel room.
Autographed Queen Elizabeth document and rare literary sets headline a sale at Andersons Books Autographs and Fliers. Notables include Cruikshank Humourist Forty colored etchings $410 Scribner first editions 16 volumes $310 Dickens Posthumous Papers $200 and Wilkie Collins 76 volumes $178. Session total $3024.75.
A long forgotten will found in the Surrogate's office names Grover Cleveland Carl Schurz and Oswald Ottendorfer as tentative executors. Rudolf Dot died recently and his son sought letters of administration after discovering the 1888 document which left half the fifty acre homestead to his wife and half to his heirs.
Bay Ridge Presbyterian Church hosts its second annual garden party at 85th Street and Ridge Boulevard Brooklyn on June 15 16 and 17 to raise funds for a new building. Organizers expect about 9000 to cover construction costs with activities and entertainment planned at Frank Sassone’s grounds between Third and Fourth Avenues.
A carpet woven for a regal family in rose hues sold for 275 dollars. The item, showcased by Avenue Art, is noted alongside another Ossian carpet priced at 275 dollars. Also mentioned are individuals Mra f Mae LW and Bauer, Sayers, and related details of the display.
Roselle New Jersey resident George Hyatt Robinson targets part of a $760,000 Gillender estate in a legal bid. The will largely favors a Missionary Society of St Paul the Apostle with about $300,000, plus $25,000 to create a fund, Johns Hopkins University $100,000, and $50,000 in trust funds to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Robinson has a colorful history with inherited sums and legal actions, including a prior claim of incompetence and a large check drawn to John D Rockefeller.
In Boonton New Jersey on June 12 Miss Mary Barbara Richter daughter of Mr and Mrs George Richter and George C Schmittberger chief inspector of police in New York were married at 10 am in the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. The Pope sent blessings and congratulations via cable from Rome. Uniformed inspectors captains and officers of the 7th Regiment No 8 attended. The Mass music was by a Metropolitan quartet. Rev James T Delbanty officiated.
John Warren Rayner aged sixty nine of Glen Ridge died yesterday at Mountainide Hospital. He served ten years in the 5th Cavalry and fought in Indian campaigns under General Miles. He earned honorable mention for bravery in two engagements and was the second man to receive a government medal for valor in Indian warfare. A brother and one sister survive.
The Rutgers College Class of 1016 gathered in the gymnasium in New Brans yesterday for class day exercises. The address was delivered by President Harry J. Bockafelley, D.M.
Mrs George Gould leads a star studded auction at the Allied Bazaar featuring a $2,000,000 jewel collection and sculpture. Anne Morgan promotes relief efforts while Russian exhibits, canary pie, and a K of K melting pot draw crowds. Rookies relocate camp to avoid rain as Malaria and food poisoning affect several with 14 needing stomach pumps.
The New York Presbytery held a quarterly gathering at First Presbyterian Church Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue with routine business and reports on growth and welfare. Delegates noted prosperity in church conduct and anticipated active participation in a forthcoming legislative push for state prohibition, while joking references touched on the Union Theological Seminary controversy.
A scanned notice outlines an August meeting of the City Center civic group and committees. It lists dates for sessions, speakers, and itemized topics including property, transit, and public works, with references to attendees and venue details.
Jean Webster, author of Paddy Longlegs and other works, died Sunday at a hospital for women after giving to a daughter. Born July 24, 1876 in Fredonia New York, she was Mark Twain's niece and married Glenn Ford McKinney on June 6, 1916 in Washington Green Connecticut. She lived at 128 Central Park South and was a Vanderbilt graduate. She wrote novels and short stories noted for wit and charm. Dr Samuel Long, prominent New Brunswick physician, died last night at sixty five from heart trouble.
Ernest H Straubel aged years died at home of his daughter in Montclair from asthma. Survived by daughters Alexandra Straubel of Brooklyn, Grace Campbell of Montclair. sons Charles Straubel of Hermetta. William Straubel of Long Island. Sarah J Campbell, age sixty eight, died Sunday night in Montclair after illness, survived by daughters Grace Campbell and Alexandra Campbell of Montclair and son William B Campbell of Idaho.
David S. Mold sixty year old proprietor of the White Rock Hotel on Willets Point Road Whitestone Long Island died at his home in the early morning. He was a member of Cornucopia Lodge A S M of Flushing and is survived by a son and two daughters. The Rev Patrick Wrenna and the Rev Patrick McKenna are noted in the obituary context as pastors connected to St. discussed institutions.
The Rev. Mr. McKenna of Lonehim's Church Cedarhurst Long Island died at his home aged seventy five after a long illness. Born in Redained by B he served at Cedar church for many years. He leaves two brothers Felix and Hugh.
Dramatic critic and author Acton Davies died soon after midnight yesterday at Lakeview Hospital Chicago after rheumatic heart symptoms. Born in St Johns Quebec 46 years ago he moved to New York 1887 and rose through The Evening Sun The Tribune and the Shuberts He influenced theater criticism and later worked on motion picture scenarios. Burial expected in Athol Massachusetts with family in New York and Brooklyn.
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