Duc de Guise and Gunpowder Plot Ties Return to England
A long, fragmentary historical note recalls Jean d Orléans Duc de Guise arriving in Britain, his royal connections and line of succession, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. It traces the ducal lineage, marriages, and military ties to Denmark and France, then shifts to James I era, detailing Thomas Percy and conspirators, the missing standard of the gentlemen at arms, and the symbolic loss of their banner at Edgehill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I
Earl of Northumberland
Thomas Percy
King James
Guy Fawkes
Catesby
Percy
House of Lords
Holbeach House
Edgehill
Charles I
William Balfour
Roundhead
Gentlemen-At-Arms
Coventrys Reach Argentine Rail Ventures From England
The Coventry family, linked to the ninth Earl of Coventry, sends William Coventry to Buenos Ayres to join Lord St Davids in major Argentine railroad projects. The article notes Coventry lineage, cresting wealth, and notable marriages, including connections to American and San Francisco families, and recounts related royal and colonial era exploits and tall stature anecdotes.
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William ‘Coventry
Earl of Coventry
England
Buenos Ayres
Lord St. Davids
Argentine Republic
Coventrys
William Coventry
Coventry
London
Richard Whittington
Charles
John Coventry
Gainsborough
Devonshire
Croome Court
Coombe Abbey
Lord Craven
Worcester
Capability” Brown
Lord Coventry
Lord Deerhurst
Virginia Daniell
Charles W. Bonynee
San Francisco
Henry Coventry
Richard McCreery
Lawrence Kip
New York
Pierre Lerillard
Charles Coventry
Furzbach Whitehouse
Newport
Lord
Lady Coventry
Croome
Pretoria
Ward
Holloway Jaiil
King Edward Declines Royal Stamp on Historic Chair
A long correspondence between Lord Knollys and chair owner Marquise de Fontenoy details King Edward's refusal to sit on a chair claimed to be Tudor era. Experts found the chair Jacobean, not authentic to Henry VII, so no royal endorsement was issued for the object. Dudley Baxter had proposed presenting the chair to Atherstone Church, but authenticity doubts blocked the plan.
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Edward
Lord Knollvs
Dudley Baxter
Atherstone
Henry VII
Earl of Richmond
Bosworth Field
England
St. James's Palace
Atherstone Church
Lord Knollys
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Lightning bugs lighting the way for Roosevelts jungle journey
A letter to The Tribune recounts a fanciful account of lampyris noctiluca moths bred into a glow bearing insect. It claims Major Cunninghame gathered African bugs via Dornin Krans and through chemical feeding created a luminous creature. The piece ties the glow to guiding Roosevelt in Africa, noting mystified native guides.
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Tribun
Herodotus
B. C
Cornwall
England
Morrab
Penzance
Humphry Davy
Dornin Krans
Brasenose College
Oxford University
Major Cunninghame
Africa
Cunninghame
Roosevelt
Equatorial
New York
Fitz Nigel. E
Effect of Venezuelan War Scare Letter to the Editor
A Venezuelan reader argues against recurring U S alarms of revolutions and foreign threats. He says sensational reports harm Venezuela by creating panic over Castro like dangers and criticizes hype around arms imports. He urges Venezuelans abroad to support President Gomez and his new pro foreign capital policies. New York June 21 1909 by N Bolet.
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the Tribune
Peary
United States
New York
Venezuela
Castro
Gomez
N. Bolet
Appreciative Reader Praises The Tribune
A Brooklyn reader letters the editor praising The Tribune for its thorough construction and systematized handling of local and foreign news. He commends its editorials and daily coverage, calling the paper a liberal educator and a mover of public interests. Dated June 20, 1809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
B. A. Jessup
Brooklyn
Heir in the House of Cohan Born in New York
George M Cohan announces the birth of a daughter to Mrs Cohan at their home on Central Park West near 75th Street. Mother and child are doing well.
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Han
Cohan
Screek
Central Park West
George M
Darwin Celebration Opens Cambridge Centenary Events
Cambridge marks Darwin's centenary with a global geologist and biologist congress. Lord Rayleigh hosts a reception at the Fitzwilliam Museum as delegates from American and German universities attend, with addresses at Senate House and colleges. Sir Archibald Geikie to deliver the Rede lecture.
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the Tribune
Cambridge
Cambridge University
America
United Kingdom
Lord Rayleigh
Fitzwilliam Museum
Senate House
University
Rede
Darwin
Archibald Geikie
William Cooper
New York
Lord Morley
A. J. Balfour
In. FE
Royal birth in Spain as Queen Victoria bears daughter
La Granja Spain June 22 The Queen gave birth to a daughter at 6:25 am. The delivery was successful. Queen Victoria and royal family members were present. Fifteen guns saluted the occasion. The infant is blond and healthy, smaller than her brothers. The baptism is set for June 27. The King pardoned prisoners in celebration. Prince Alfonso and Prince Jaime are the elder brothers. Beatrice is to be the baby’s name after her grandmother.
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la Granja
Spain
Victoria
Maria Pia
Alfonso
Beatrice
Jaime
Jaime the Conqueror
Aragon
Obituary: Rudolph C Fuller Brooklyn Elections Commissioner Dies
Rudolph C Fuller longtime Commissioner of Elections and Republican leader for the 11th Assembly District in Brooklyn died at his home 238 Clermont avenue after a two year illness. Born in Germany on September 6 1852 he immigrated at fourteen and settled in Brooklyn where he worked as a grocery clerk carpenter and contractor with Thomas O Connor. He later pursued politics with sustained interest.
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Rudolph C. Fuller
Lth
Brooklyn
Clermont Avenue
Mr. Fuller
Germany
Thomas O'Connor
Local political figure and civic leader remembered
Years ago he held the Hall of Records post and, with ex Mayor Charles A. Schieren, seized district leadership from Police Commissioner William E. Phillips. Elected state Senator in 1990, he later became Commissioner of Elections in 196, and belonged to Euclid Lodge 656 F and A M Brooklyn Lodge 2%, Elks, and the Royal Arcanum. Survived by wife Maria Byers and three daughters and a son.
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Hall of Records
Charles A. Schieren
William E. Phillips
Michael J. Cady
Fuller
Euclid Lodge
A. M
Brooklyn
Death of Edward John Gregory R A President of RIW C
Edward John Gregory R A died in Marlow on June 22. Born 1850 he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1875 and became a Royal Academician in 1898. Known for gene subjects his principal works include Dawn Sir Galahad St George Last Touches and Boulter's Lock. He won multiple medals at Paris Munich and Brussels exhibitions.
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Great Marlow
Edward John Gregory
R. A
The
Royal Institute of Painters In Water Colors
Royal Academy
Galahad
St. George
Boulter
Art
Southampton
South Kensington
Miss Adams Stars in Maid of Orleans at Harvard Stadium
Miss Maude Adams presented Schiller's Maid of Orleans beneath the Harvard Stadium sky before about two thousand in an amphitheatre staging inspired by the Germanic Museum. More than fifteen thousand spectators watched a grand, historically framed pageant with live sheep, militia, and armor clad crowds. Adams received an ovation after a smooth performance that preserved the French saga from Domremy to the cathedral death scene.
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Cambridge
Mass
Schiller
Harvard Stadium
Joan of Arc
Johanna
Harvard
Miss Adams
Pittsburg Girl Reveals Broadway Stage Debut
Miss Kathryn Anschutz of Pittsburg surprised friends by performing on Broadway in a musical play. She used the stage name Kathryn Warren and kept her real name secret from her parents. Her father Lewis Anschutz, a lieutenant colonel on Brigadier General Wiley’s Pennsylvania National Guard staff, owns stone works in western Pennsylvania. Her sister Adelaide plans to join the company next week.
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Kathryn Anschutz
Pittsburg
New York
Miss Anschutz
Lewis Anschutz
Braddock Avenue
Adelaide
Motor Girl’ Company
Wiley
Pennsylvania National Guard
Delaware chemist Professor Theodore R. Wolf dies at 59
Professor Theodore R. Wolf, state chemist of Delaware and longtime Delaware College faculty member, died at his Newark home after paralysis struck Monday night. Born in Illinois, he was 59 and had taught at the Newark college for 38 years after graduating from Heidelberg University in Germany.
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Wilmington
Del
Theodore R. Wolf
Delaware
Delaware College
Newark
Wolf
Heidelberg University
Germany
Illinois
Hewitt art collection to reward sister in Owego will settlement
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will not receive Frederick C. Hewitt’s paintings and curios. Under a settlement prompted by his sister Mrs. Charlotte H. Arnot of Elmira, she will inherit all Hewitt’s real and personal property in Owego and about 960000 dollars. Hewitt’s estate includes Vibert Corot and Moran paintings valued at substantial sums and a premier Japanese and Chinese carved ivory collection. The Arnot, over eighty and bedridden, was left nothing by the will.
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Tribune
Owego
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick C. Hewitt
Charlotte H. Arnot
Elmira
Corot
Hewitt
America
Satsuma
Arnot
Alfred Van Beuren dies after short illness in Flushing
Alfred Van Beuren died yesterday afternoon at his home in Flushing Long Island after a short illness. Born in the old South Ward in 1842 he founded A Van Beuren Co a bill posting firm that became one of the largest in the country. Survived by a wife three sons Alfred Henry Arthur J and two daughters Mrs A M Barrett and Miss Eleaza Van Buren
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Alfred van Beuren
Flushing
Long Island
Sth Ward
A. van Beuren & Co
Alfred, Jr
Henry
Arthur J
A. M. Barrett
Eleaza van Buren
Theatrical Notes and Productions Set for August
David Belasco engaged William Morris to appear in Is Marriage a Failure at the Belasco Theatre in August. Richard J. Madden’s The City That David Built was accepted by Cohan and Harris for late August production. William Collier ends his Garrick engagement Saturday night due to a tooth ulcer. Edwin Milton Boyle bought the Hoofer estate in Darien Conn naming it The Wicky-Up honoring The Squaw Man and its sequel In the Blood. The House Next Door at the Gaiety Theatre will continue indefinitely.
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David Belasco
William Morris
Belasco Theatre
David
Richard J. Madden
Messrs. Cohan and Harris
William Collier
Mexico
Garrick
Edwin Milton Boyle
Hoofer
Darien
Conn
Gaiety Theatre
Obituary Notes Highlights A Layer of Prominent Dies Across Cities
William Loeffler former Chicago city clerk and Democratic figure dies in Chicago hospital after weeks of illness. Webster R Chamberlin oldest attorney in Syracuse and Civil War veteran passes away. Emma Ridgeway Broadwell widow of Sherman Broadwell dies at White Plains aged 78. Frank L Hungerford New Britain corporation counsel and hospital director dies at 65. Sutherland Miller former Brooklyn Republican dies at 61 after 55 years in the area. Mrs Jennie B Cochran wife of Dr Henry L Cochran dies in Brooklyn. she was active in church and Old Men's Home care. Survivors listed for each.
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William Loeffler
Chicago
Webster R. Chamberlin
Syracuse
Emma Ridgeway Broadwell
Sherman Broadwell
White Plains
Isaac C. Buckhout
Harlem Railroad
Frank L. Hungerford
New Britain, Conn
Hungerford, Hyde, Joslyn & Gilman
Hartford
Hartford County
New Britain General Hospital
Jennie B. Cochran
Henry L. Cochran
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Heights
Dr. Cochran
St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church
Classon Avenue
Seven Chosen Museum Fellows at Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art trustees named seven honorary life fellows in recognition of recent gifts. W Francklyn Paris Frederick Kaldenberg Frederick Dielman Thomas Kirby Miss Mary Parsons Miss Grace Dodge Mrs Anna Woertooffer. Paris aided the bequest of Frederick Cooper Hewitt and the family’s challenge was settled by a compromise placing about 1.5 million dollars with the museum. Paris, an architectural decorator and artist, served as United States Commissioner of Decorative Arts at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
W. Francklyn Paris
Frederick R. Kaldenberg
Frederick Dielman
Thomas E. Kirby
Mary Parsons
Grace Dodge
Anna Woertahoffer
Paris
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
United States
Miller ruled out as England polo team opener
London report says Charles Miller strains his back and cannot play in the American polo cup match scheduled for tomorrow. He is replaced by Lord Wodehouse. Meadow Brook players on Long Island invite Captain Miller to umpire. Major MacLauren to umpire for England.
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Captain Miller
Lord Wodehouse
London
Charles Miller
England
Meadow Brook
Long Island
Miller
Major MacLauren
Yankee Horses Win Abroad in Two Races at Newbury and Longchamp
In Newbury England on June 22 the Juvenile Selling Plate for two year olds with 102 sovereigns over five furlongs was won by Coronal from James R. Keene with Accuracy colt second and French Penny colt third among twenty four starters. In Paris on the same day the Prix Neva at Longchamp was won by Chandos belonging to W K Vanderbilt.
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Newbury
England
James R. Keene
R. M. McCreery
Paris
Longchamps
W. K. Vanderbilt
Weather Report Forecasts Warm, Showers East of Rockies
The weather bureau notes continued warmth across the eastern states with 90 degree readings in New England and the middle Atlantic, plus the Southwest. Local showers and thunderstorms are expected, with unsettled conditions through Wednesday and Thursday, and fair weather in the plains and Rockies regions. Winds shift from moderate southwest to light along coasts, and local forecasts predict showers in New England and the District of Columbia area while the Rockies stay dry. Highest temperature yesterday reached 91, with 72 low and averages noted.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
New England
Middle Atlantic
Southwest
Lake Region
Ohio
Mississippi
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
European
Grand Banks
South Atlantic Coast
Florida
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Transatlantic Travellers Headed for Europe
List of passengers sailing today on the Adriatic Campanta and for Southampton and Liverpool. Names include Mrs Ogden Goelet and various couples such as Mr and Mrs John Clinton Gray, Mr and Mrs Frederick Trevor Hill, Dr J McChesney Hoggshead Pr, Miss Runtz Rees, Mrs Arthur Seton, Rafael Suarez, Professor Robert Wallace, Dr Francis Delafield, Charles A Munn, James Speyer, Manuel Isoza and Ana de Isoza, among others.
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Europe
Adriatic
Ogden Goelet
John Clinton
J. McChesney
Southampton
Joseph Agostini
Francis Delafield
George Endicott
Charles A. Munn
St. Tyne
James Speyer
Liverpool
Manuel
Isoza
Ana de Isoza
Henry Jackson
DP. Balats
Trinity Church Demurrer Argued in Supreme Court
Justice Greenbaum reserved decision after hearing the demurrer by Trinity Church officials to a suit by John Burke and others representing St. John’s Chapel parish. Plaintiffs seek an injunction to prevent closing St. John’s. Defendants challenge improper joinder, lack of court jurisdiction, and insufficiency of the complaint.
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Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Trinity Church
John Burke
St. John’s Chapel
St. John's
Clubman List of Names and Affiliations Across Venues
A compiled roster lists individuals and spouses across venues including Belmont Boston Buckingham and Ingham with Judge Richards and Bishop Radcliffe in Louisville, plus noted figures Seville Tarkington Indianapolis and Waldorf Astoria connections in Albany and Toronto, detailing titles and locations.
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Belmont
Hugh W Whitney
Boston
Buckingham
A. E Richards
Louisville
Wallace Radcliffe
Washington
Gotham
John M. Walsh
Vicago
J. H. Smith
T. S Woodruff
Princeton
J. B. Pollard
U. S. Majestic
P._ D. Harrington
Waltham Murray Hill
Owen Cassidy
Watkins Park Avenue
H. P. Huss
Seville
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
J. PJ. Ryan
B. SF Regis
James Potter
Co. A Munn
H. W. Sage
Albany
Waldorf-Astoria
J. RB. Maclean
Toronto
Wolcote
Theodore Lilley
Waterbury
Met Museum, American Museum, Zoo Exhibit Dedicate George Washington Tablet
Free admission today to the Metropolitan Museum of Art the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Garden with a bronze tablet dedication honoring George Washington on the new steamship George Washington by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Hoboken at 2 pm. Also a Board of Education meeting at No 500 Park Avenue at 4 pm and a tuberculosis exhibition at Educational Alliance East Broadway and Jefferson Street at 8 pm.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Garden
George Washington
Ae Daughters of the American Revolution
Hoboken
Board of Education
Park Avenue
Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Jefferson Street
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Acknowledgments
Proceeds of a benefit fair in White Plains New Jersey on June 19 are listed for several Little girls including Amy Howe Adelaine Hicks and M liss Partridge along with Elizabeth Williams Ruth Field Dorothy Gay and Helen Gay A grant to Ossining New Jersey First Presbyterian Sunday School in Plainfield through Jesse H Lounsbury treasurer is noted with a total June 22 and prior acknowledgment totals.
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Tribune
W. O. Smith
Elizabeth
N. J
White Plains
Amy Howe
Adelaine Hicks
M'liss Partridge
Elizabeth Williams
Ruth Field
Dorothy Gay
Helen Gay
Blanche Potter
Ossining
First Presbyterian
Plainfield
Jesse H. Lounsbury
Gift To King Edward From American Citizen Attracts Attention
An express parcel arriving in England today contains a gift from Edward Trenchard of Babylon Long Island to King Edward. The framed picture shows British and American naval cooperation at the Taku forts on June 25 1859. The note recalls the American barge crew aiding Admiral Hope and the Teey Wan with the American flag atop.
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England
Great Britain
Edward
France
Taku
Tattnall
United States
James Hope
Tatnall
Jackies
Leutenant
Trenchard
Spain Rebuffs Cuba on Colonial Debt
Madrid June 22. Foreign Affairs Minister Salazar received Cuba’s official refusal to recognize the colonial debt. He made no comment on Cuba’s attitude but is compiling the full text of the reply mailed to him. The Cabinet will decide on a course of action.
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Madrid
Sefior Salazar
Cuba
Cube
Engagement Notice for Marjorie Luce and William Seaman
Mr and Mrs Clarence Luce of Emerson Hill Staten Island announce the engagement of their daughter Marjorie to William Sudho Seaman of New Brighton Staten Island.
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Seaman—Luce
Clarence Luce
Emereson Hill
Staten Island
Marjorie
William Sudho Seaman
New Brighton
Death notices from Broadwell to Thomson in early listings
Obituary notices published with names such as Broadwell Brown Evans Fuller Harding Hungerford Leggett Long Mead Miller Nazario Ohnewald Pardee Skeel Thomson Shaw and others. Entries specify death dates June 21 22 and 23 spanning Brooklyn Newark and New Britain with funeral details and private services. The page also lists cemetery and undertaker information for Woodlawn and nearby services.
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Broadwell
Emma R. Meat
Sarah F. Brown
Margaret A. G. Miller
Sutherland_ Evans
George H Nazario
Pedro & Fuller
Rudolph
Ohnewald
Lalla R
Harding
Johnson
Pardee
Elizabeth van S. Hungerford
Frank J. Skeel
Anna. Leggett
John. Thomson
Margaret L. Long
Emily J
Aspirants' Applications Filed At Uptown Office
The Uptown Office of Sunday Daily has just installed a file of applications from selected aspirants for various positions. The move aims to streamline hiring and speed up selection.
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Royal Duc DE Guise
Duc
Princess Isabelle of Orleans
Brentwood Company
Jean'd’Orleans
Duc de Guise
Duc de Chartres
Comte de Paris
McClellan
Copenhager
Copenhagen
Waldemar
Denmark
Duke of Orleans
Mar
Duke of Magenta
Marshes MacMahon
Havre
Prince Henry of Orleans
Duke of Acosta
Turin
Twickenham
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Comtesse de Paris
Duchess of Acosta
Amelie of
Portugal
Guise
House of Orleans
Jean
Duc de Montpensier
Orleans
House of Bourbon
Lerg St Davids
James Philipps
Salisbury
Richard Cur de Lion
Holy Land
John Philipps
Edward I
Ireland
Belrese
Lord Pembroke
Lord Dunmore
Duke of Someree
House of Commons
Philippses
CORPS
Whien
Unitory
Ea- Senéice
Henry Vit
Chatr
House OF Cohan
Queen Victoria
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Queen Victoria of
King Alfonso of
Rudolph Co. Fuller
Edward John Gregory, R. A
Miss Adams AS
Joan
Grand Opera
Sutherland Miller
No. & Joralemon Street
W. F. Paris
the Weather Report
Campanta
Trinity
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
King Edward
Peiho River
Petho River
China
Tri-Weekly
Shax, Joseph M
Charles E. Travers
Emma Ridgeway
Brown
Margaret A
Gomes Brown
Mead
Greenwich
Sarah E
Seaman Mead
West Putnam
Grand Central Depot
Connecticut
Joralemon St
Brook
Nazariow
Pedro Acosta Nazario
St. E
A. Fillmore Hyde
Morristown
Elizabeth van Steenbergh
Harris Pardee
St Thomas's Church
New Windsor
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Kingston
Skeel
Newburg
Anna Skeel
Rufus Skeel
Shaw
J .& M. Shaw
Bellport
Woodlawn
Hariem
Grand
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
Stephen Merritt
St. Ave
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th and
37Th Streets
Weeksarmer
Mezfee
Manhattan
Brent
Rico
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Philippines
Tribune Almanac
New York City
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