Claims to Be a Peer Reignites Irish Lismore Heir Debate
The 1906 Brentwood Company piece reviews competing claims to the Irish title Lord Lismore. Leslie O Callaghan, a farmer near He, asserts descent from Hon Callaghan, a younger son of the first Lord Lismore, amid disputed marriage and ecclesiastical rites. Surgeons General Callaghan previously pressed similar rights. The piece also notes actors and Baroda royalty distractingly interwoven with peerage history.
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Copstight
Brentwood Company
Lord Lismore
Shanbaily Castle
Les Beatrice Pole-Carew
Lord Orgunde
Reginald Polecaren
Jg Ts
Leslie O'Cal
Calleghan
Jaré Lismore
George
Nellie O'Connell
Ireland
London Illustrated
Graphic
Shanbally Castle
Somme
Daniel Callaghan
Munster
Drumaneen
Cornelius O'Callaghan
Elizabeth
Anne
Tipperary
George P Callaghan
About
India
Daugh
Church of England
Rosina O'Callaghan
William Webb Follet
George O'Callaghan
Algernct
James Sharp
Manor House
Weston
ENGLISH HONOR FOR AN AMERICAN AND ROYAL SOCIETY HISTORY
The Royal Society, England's oldest scientific society, elected Philadelphia physician Dr. S. Weir Mitchell to foreign membership. The article recounts the society's origins, relocations, prominent members, and notable contributions, including support for scientific research. It notes Benjamin Franklin as the first American elected and mentions other figures associated with U.S. science history.
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Royal Society
England
S. Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Europe
Charles II
Robert Moray
Royal College of Physicians
Cambridge
Oxford
Gresham College
Henry Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Arundel House
Thomas
Earl of
United States
Woburn
Mass
Bor
Benjamin Thompson
Boston
Bradford
Merrimac
Wentworth
New Hampshire
George III
Bavaria
Holy Roman Empire
Austria
Royal Institution of England
Lavoisier
Rumford
Harvard University
Marquise DE Font
Blues for H Ladew at Piping Rock Horse Show
Locust Valley October 2 Specials crowd watches the sixth annual Piping Rock Horse Show Association event. Harvey Laden shines and is favored to excel next day while Clarence H Mackay scores modestly. John B Phipps wins all hunter classes with Scott Gaylight and Wrvis. Morehead Patterson's Carolina takes the pony class with Mistletoe second.
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Clarence H. Mackay
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Paul D. Cravath
J.E. S. Hadden
John 8
Phipps
Hunters
Scott
Gaylight
Wrvis
Morehead Patterson
Carolina
Gilbert Keech
Mistletoe
Reply to editor on work in churchyard offices
M H B defends young workers in churchyard offices against critics. He argues such work shelters them from street abuse, notes low salaries, and cites St Paul’s Club as precedent. He urges empathy, outdoor preaching, and action by sympathetic leaders.
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The
Tribune
Tie
St. Paul's
Stenographers and Business Girls
H. P
Minsterberg Denies Telegraph Interview Claim
Hugo Muensterberg of Cambridge denounces a Telegraph interview in The Tribune as a fabrication. He rejects the Boston telegram headline alleging criticism of Chafin and asserts no vulgar remarks were spoken.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Minsterberg
Chafin
Hugo Muensterberg
Cambridge, Mass
Plea for Suffering Negroes Amid Flood Devastation
A Charleston area letter describes dire need among old and helpless African Americans after floods along the Santee. Most plantations are deserted, and only four white-occupied estates remain. the writer appeals to philanthropists to aid starving families, especially the elderly, sick, and blind, with any available relief.
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the Tribune
South Carolina
Charleston
Santee
Beernz
Aly Bette
Worcester Festival Ends With Diabolic Loeffler Night
Worcester, Oct. 2. The festival closed with Loeffler’s La Villanelle du Diable performed by the Boston Orchestra under Gericke. The reviewer praises the orchestration and dramatic concept but questions the composer’s use of recognizable melodies and the program’s descriptive poem.
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Charles Martin Loeffler
Boston
Mr. Gericke
Philip Hale
Rollinat
Hale
Hell
Mr. Hale
Vetiver
Monsieur Noctambule
Priest
Lucifer
Silent Phrase Echoes Through the Piece
A fragment hints at the melodic lilt woven through the article’s original text. It suggests a musical rhythm underlying the prose without detailing specific notes or phrases. The line implies a stylistic layer rather than a concrete event or quote.
Critics Debate Loeffler Song A la Villetti In Symphonic Version
The essay notes Loeffler labels a folksong style piece A la Villetti, then mocks Hale and the critic Rellinat for interpreting a devil motif as a misnamed “A la villette.” It questions whether audiences grasp the subject while praising the music’s delicate, dainty quality and its resemblance to Leezie Lindsay.
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Boston
Carnegie Hall
New York
Rellinat
la Villette
Leezie Lindsay
Valady
Canticle and organ evoke awe at sacred rite
The passage describes an extended Gregorian canticle with an introductory hush and organ support building on a second theme. Counterpoints hint at an Easter hymn “O Fili et fili” and the narrator speculates it might be the devil’s mockery, ending with a plea that the music be left alone.
Greenwich teacher to keep $20005 if unmarried
Miss Eugenia Warren, a Cos Cob public schools teacher, will receive $20005 from the will of Juliette W. Murray of New York, who died in Greenwich. The estate is valued at $225000. Warren must not marry. Murray also left $5090 to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Eugenia Warren
Cos Cob
Juliette W. Murray
New York
Miss Warren
John Fox Jr Admits Engagement to Fritzi Scheff
Bristol Virginia October 2 John Fox Jr the author returning from a Adirondacks visit with Finney Peter Dunne and Richard Harding Davis confirms engagement to Mme Fritzi Scheff the comic opera actress He plans to return to New York in November when Scheff debuts at the Knickerbocker Theatre He will remain at his Bristol bungalow to resume his interrupted novel works aiming for December completion.
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Bristol
John Fox, Jr
Virginia
Adirondacks
Finney Peter Dunne
Richard Harding Davis
Mme
Fritzi Scheff
Mr. Fox
New York
Knickerbocker Theatre
Obituary of Commander John Baptiste Bernadou
Commander John Baptiste Bernadou died at the New York naval hospital from Brights disease after over two years of illness. Born November 14 1858 in Philadelphia he served as naval attaché in Rome and Vienna and commanded the torpedo boat Winslow during the Spanish American War earning rapid rank advancement. He authored works on powder chemistry and Northern Corea and translated naval texts, with his wife at his side at death.
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John Baptiste Bernadou
Rome
Vienna
Naval Hospital
New York City
Bright
Bernadou
Europe
Philadelphia
Naval Academy
Grant
Azrade
Winslow
Cardenas
Cuba
Worth Bagley
Corea
Makaroff
Notable Obituary Notes From Atlantic States
OBITUARY NOTES. DANIEL S. EMERY, prominent ship owner, dies in Newton Massachusetts from heart failure at age seventy-five. He leaves a wife, a son and a daughter. LUCIEN SNOW, Portland businessman, dies suddenly in Portland from heart trouble at fifty-four. He leaves a wife and one son. E S SUTRO, retired cigar manufacturer, dies of pneumonia at his Broadway home. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter. MRS AUBREY WEIGHTMAN, Philadelphia, dies at Watch Hill Rhode Island while with family. She leaves husband, mother, two daughters and three brothers.
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Daniel S&. Emery
Atlantic
Newton
Mass
John S. Emery & Co
Boston
New England
Mr. Emery
Sullivan
Lucien Snow
Portland
Belster, Snow & Co
Lucien
E. S. Sutro
Ee Broadway
Mr. Sutro
Aix-la-Chapelle
Prussia
Aubrey Weightman
Philadelphia
Rowland Cox
West 7Th Street
Plainfield
N. J
Watch Hill
R. I
Weightman
New York
Archibald and
Roy Cox
Kermit Roosevelt Joins Harvard Freshman Football Squad
Kermit Roosevelt son of the President has joined Harvard freshman football. He aims for a tackle spot like his brother Theodore Jr who earned a place at end. Kermit is smaller than many peers but shows strong effort and fight in practice.
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Cambridge
Mass
Kermit Roosevelt
Harvard
Theodore, Jr
Theodore
Kermit
Young Roosevelt Begins Wool Room Work at Hartford Plant
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. eldest son of the President, started work today at the Hartford Carpet Corporation in Thompsonville. He wore overalls and entered the wool washing department as part of a planned yearlong assignment through multiple plant sections. Initially slated for office work, he chose to begin with hands on duties in the wool room.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Parents Spirit Bride From Hotel
Mrs. Russell Thmas, twenty, daughter of Atlanta merchant W. A. Speer, eloped with her father's chauffeur and was spirited out of Atlanta with her mother. I. N. Rambo remained at the Astor with them as plans to sail for Europe emerged to escape her husband. Trunks and ship plans faltered as no one claimed them aboard.
May Irwin Joins Frohman as New Stage Star
May Irwin signs long contract with Charles Frohman marking her as a Frohman star. Frohman praises her as the best comic woman seen and plans new plays with writers Adee Caillavet and De Fleurs while she continues at the Garrick Theatre with a new company. Irwin says she will remain in theater only as a Frohman star.
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May Irwin
Frohman
Miss Irwin
George Adee
Caillavet and
de Fleurs
Garrick Theatre
Charles Frohman
Year’s leave for Brooklyn pastor granted
The vestry of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church Brooklyn votes a year's leave of absence and continued salary of $5 for Rev. Lindsay Parker who returned from a vacation in New Brunswick in ill health and is staying at 345 State Street.
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St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Lindsay Parker
New Brunswick
State Street
Notable Guests Lodging at City Hotels
Prominent arrivals listed at major hotels include Mrs. Robert Sedgwick of Newport at Belmont, General G. S. Gillespie from Washington at Buckingham, H. B. Kellogg with F. A. Hyatt from Boston at Empire, Mr. and Mrs. Osgood Pell with J. G. Gordon of London at Plaza, Joaquin Gabinder of London and George T. Hammond of Cleveland at Victoria, and Governor J. G. Saunders of Louisiana at Waldorf.
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Belmont
Robert Sedgwick
Newport
Buckingham
G. S. Gillespie
Washington
Empire
H. B. Kellogg
Springfield
F. A. Hyatt
Boston
Plaza
Osgood Pell
Westbury
J. G. Gordon
London
Victoria
Joaquin Gabinder
George T. Hammond
Cleveland
Waldorf-Astoria
J. G. Saunders
Louisiana
Offenders Withdrawn From Hudson Tonight Road Shows Mapped
Announcement says The Offenders at Hudson Theatre will be withdrawn a week from tonight. Edgar Selwyn returns next Monday with Pierre of the Plains, adapted from Pierre and His People. Edeson to tour with Strong Heart and The Call of the North as well as The Offenders.
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Hudson Theatre
Edgar Selwyn
Pierre of
Actress Mabel Taliaferro comes east after illness
Miss Mabel Taliaferro was brought to the city in a private car. Her husband Fred eric Thompson said she would rest a week or ten days and recover from a recent illness that forced her to retire from Polly of the Circus. Edith Taliaferro will fill in during the Philadelphia engagement.
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Mabel Taliaferro
Frederic Thompson
Polly
Edith
Philadelphia
Thompson
Pantaloon staged in Paris by Loudin troupe
In Paris at Theatre des Arts J M Barrie’s Pantaloon with Pauline Chase and Robert Harwood drew a good crowd after the success of Peter Pan at the Vaudeville Theatre last June. The play was well received tonight.
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Paris
Vaudeville Theatre
Charles Freaman
Theatre Des Arts
J. M. Barries
Pantaloon
Pauline Chase
Robert Harwood
Loudin Company
Free public lectures and museum openings across city venues
Today features free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoo Electrical Show at Madison Square Garden. A slate of free lectures under the Board of Education runs from Public School 1 Henry and Catharine streets to Public School 27 145th street.
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American Museum of Natural History
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Magison Square Garden
Board of Education
Sp. m
Henry and Catharine Streets
George Washington
George J. Corey
Fifth Avenue
Charles Darwin
Samuel J. Schmucker
American Museum E of Natural History
77Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles Baskerville
Public Library
East 38Th Street
Walter E. Clark
West 145Th Street
Henry Fielding
William Bayard Hale
St. Bartholomew's Lyceum Hall
William B. Egnis
145Th Street
Willis Avenue
Hinterte Scotland
Kenneth Bruce
Bronx Church House
171St Street
Fulton Avenue
Rheingold
Robin Goldmark
176Th
Weather report forecasts Atlantic hurricane path and cold front
The West Indian hurricane traced since September 24 moves northeast over the Western Atlantic and will pass near Bermuda then Newfoundland. A Rocky Mountain disturbance will cross the plains and reach the Atlantic seaboard Monday night or Tuesday with rising temperatures and rain followed by a cool spell.
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Washington
Atlantic
Bermuda
Hanks
Newfoundland
Azores
British
Rocky Mountain District
Plains
Lake Region
Weather Bureau Temperature Changes and Forecast
Local Official Record shows yesterday's highest temperature 87 and lowest 49 with averages for last year and 33 years. Local forecast calls for today and Sunday to be fair and warmer with diminishing northwest winds.
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Weather Bureau
Mynderse Douw and Wiley Palmer Marriage Notices
Marriage notices republished from The Tribune. Mynderse Douw of Poughkeepsie and Dr Herman Vedter Myrnderse of Schenectady wed October 1. Wiley Palmer in East Orange New Jersey weds Alice Ews daughter of Walter Scott Green. Notices require full names and addresses.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Mynderse—Douw
Thurday
Alexander G. Cummins
Poughkeepsie
N_ Y
Helen Koutee
John de Peyster Douw
Herman Vedter Myrnderse
Schenectady
Wiley—Palmer
East Orange
N. J
James F. Rigga de
Charles L. Neihel
W: Ten, D
Charles Wiler
Alice Ews
Walter Scott Green
Obituary notices and funeral details from Oct 1908 press
Death notices appear for Maria Louise Allen Emily Huntington George Greig Amos Hogins Timothy Horsfield Wilhelm Kuenzel etc. Funeral services listed with dates times and locations across New York Brooklyn Hoboken and nearby towns. Interment private or at Sleepy Hollow Holy Cross etc. Public notices request no flowers and specify service times and addresses.
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West 72d St
New York
Emily Huntington
Theodore H. Benedict
Beta
Emily P Webeter
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown
N. TY
Chicago
Springfield
Baltimore
R. Z Hiock
Morrie St
Brooklyn
Cclock
Cape Girardeau
New Orleans
Hogins
Amos T
Jessie E. Hogine
State St
T. Horsfeld
Bradford St
N. Y
Accessible by Harlem transit from Grand Central Station
A fragmented notice advertises service and contact details for transportation and ambulance offerings. It mentions Webster and Jeromerence trailers, a $150 lot price, contact telephone 4853, and offices at 29 East 23d St New York City with Frank E Campbell and private and public ambulances at Tel 1324 Chelsea.
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Grand Central Station
Webster and Jeromerence
Gramercy
Bank of Views Or Representative
East 23d St
New York City
Frank E. Campbell
West
Chapela
Chelsea
Information wanted on disappearance of ambulance driver Charles White
A classified notice seeks information about the fate of Charles White, an ambulance driver at Hudsom Street Hospital in July 1995. The notice lists contact details for Guernsey Price in New York City and mentions other Tribune services and subscription offers.
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