Lords and French nobility in 1908 society portraits
An extended feature traces several noble lineages and personages from the Stanhope and Noailles families. It covers the Stanhope heirs, their parks and estates, and the historical ties to Pitt and Robespierre, plus a detailed look at the dowager duchess of Maintenon and the De Noailles clan with Maintenon, Paris salons, and ancestral titles.
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France
Paris
Marquis de Noailles
Washington
Constantinople
Berlin
Hélie de Noailles
Corisande de Gramont
Duchesse de Gramont
Tean
Duc d’Aumale
Chantilly
Alphonse Rothschild
de Noailles
Maintenon
Eure-et-Loire
Louis XIV
Mme. de Maintenon
Pierre de Noailles
Hugues de Noaillies
Holy Land
Duc d
Marquise DE F
Wellington's Helmet Strike in Madrid Eucharist Parade Controversy
A story from Hugh Macdonald's descendant recounts Duke of Wellington forcing a helmet strike on Captain Hugh Macdonald during a Madrid Eucharist procession, to enforce reverence as troops lowered helmets. Macdonald supposedly refused, faced swift punishment, yet later gained Wellington's promotion amid religious conviction.
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England
London
Duke of Wellington
Madrid
Hugh Macdonald
4Th Dragoons
Macdonald
Lord Wellington
Captain Macdonald
Tocns
Wellington
Mountjoy Humphrey-Darr
Elizabeth Countess de Noailles and the Brancovan lineage
Paris reports that Elizabeth, Countess de Noailles, a noted poetess and author of Le Ogur Innombrabie, has separated from her husband. Daughter of the late Gregory Bibescu, she is linked to the Brancovan lineage and French literary circles.
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Wurtess Matthieu de Noailles
Epathee
Paris
Academie Francaise
Gregory Bibescu
Romania
Prince de Brancoran
Wallachia
Charles of
Prince Gregory of Brancovan
France
Friedland
Seine
Elizabeth
Countess de Noailles
Brancovan
Muserus Pacha
London
Helen
Prince Alexandre de Caraman
Sermon by Dr. Aked on Sabbath Observance
Dr. Charles F. Aked, speaking at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, urged against Old World Puritan Sabbath rituals and warned against modern excesses. He argued the Sabbath is a natural, self preserving law, condemning Sunday newspapers scandals and entertainment as signs of disaster for a nation that forgets God.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Charles F. Aked
New England
Aked
Hell
Kinsman Named Bishop of Delaware by Episcopal Church
Wilmington reports Bishop Tuttle received consent of a majority of dioceses to elect Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Kinsman of the General Theological Seminary New York as Bishop of Delaware. Consecration set for October 28 at Trinity Church with a roster of bishops and ministers attending. He will reside at Bishopstead after succeeding the late Bishop Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Tuttle
St. Louis
Episcopal Church
United States
Frederick J. KinSman
General Theological Seminary
New York
Delaware
Trinity Church
Whitaker
Pennsylvania
Niles
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Lines
Newark
N. J
Coleman
Bishopstead
Dr Mann Likely to Refuse Washington Bishopric
Boston Oct 4 Rev Dr Alexander Mann elected last week to succeed Bishop Satterlee may refuse the bishopric of Washington. Parishioners protested upon his return from Maine. He will consider the matter and meet Trinity Church committee before deciding. Friends believe he has already decided to decline.
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Boston
Alexander Mann
Washington
Satterlee
Maine
Trinity Church
Mann
Kaiser to new German Theatre on Madison Avenue
The director of the new German Theatre at Madison Avenue and 59th Street received a cable from Emperor William thanking the management and artists. He expresses interest in the theatre’s future and hopes it helps foster German culture across the Atlantic and prosperity for the institution.
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Madison Avenue
59Th Street
Emperor William
Cable
Germany
Atlantic
Fresh Air Fund Acknowledgments Share Charitable Gifts
The JHE Tribune reports acknowledgments from Christian Endeavor Society of Termont and other churches. Donations include $500 from R Palmer treasurer for relief of half orphan and destitute children, with contributions flowing via multiple church treasurers and addresses in New York and up to Krum Farm in Tupper Lake.
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Christian Endeavor Rociety of
Termont
R. Palmer
Manhattan Avenue
New York
Mr. Coal
New York Plans 110 Sunday Concerts Through April
Recital season begins with David Bispham at Carnegie Hall and Hermann Klein at the German Theatre. The program contrasts Bispham’s English songs and modern pieces with works by Schubert Mendelssohn Schumann and Gounod. The Lenox Lyceum’s revived charm and acoustics are noted as a model for intimate chamber music.
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New York
David Bispham
Carnegie Hall
Herman& Klein
New German Theatre
Bispham
Klein
Mr. Bispham
Mme. Rosa Olitzka
George Hamlin
Julian Pascal
Olive Mead
Lenox Liceum
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Seidl
Lyceum
Hamlin
Miss Mead
Mme. Olitzka
Metropolitan Opera Company
Hw. E. K
Waterways Congress Seeks Broad Federal Policy on Rivers
From The Tribune Bureau Washington Oct 4 The Rivers and Harbors Congress pushes a national policy for U S waterways with annual 50 million dollars for river and harbor work The December convention in Washington aims to be the year’s biggest with international speakers including the Brazilian ambassador the Chinese minister and likely the British envoy President Ransdell notes Andrew Carnegie will address the gathering.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
United States
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
The
Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Conservation Commission
Great Britain
Ransdell
Andrew Carnegie
Readers urged to study Lodge Olney exchange for voter clarity
Letter writer Lincoln Cummings praises Senator Lodge for factual critique of Olney and Bryan, arguing the exchange sheds light on political truths and urges readers to consider the debate to vote intelligently. He warns against credulity toward bombastic claims and urges prudent analysis by American citizens.
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the Tribune
Senator Lodge
Richard Olney
Lodge
Olney
Bryan
William J. Brian
Lincoln C. Cummings
Brookline
Mass
Founders Week Opens in Philadelphia on 225th Anniversary
The Independence Hall bell signaled Founders Week with services, pageants, and citywide celebrations. Thousands visited downtown as streets pulsed with colors and lights. Seaman William Werner of the North Carolina drowned after falling overboard. his body was recovered.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
William Penn
William Werner
United States
North Carolina
Bryan and the Negro Vote in 1908 Campaign
John Edward Bruce of Yonkers New York writes that some colored leaders oppose Roosevelt’s Brownsville actions but reject Bryan as too cautious and avoid pledging protection to black Democrats. He notes the South’s 156 electoral votes influence Bryan’s silence on race and warns against relying on white Bourbon Democracy while urging negroes to consider party positions and disenfranchisement patterns.
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the Tribune
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Bryan
Brian
Democratic Party
Marie” Henry
Mr Bryan
South
North
John Edward Bruce
Yonkera, N
Lulu Glaser to Germany for spring engagement
Lulu Glaser and Fritzi Scheff will tour Germany next spring in a friendly rivalry for German favor. Glaser, praising Teutonic roots, will lead an all German company in Berlin and other cities, singing in German and aiming to appeal as a special star in a foreign operetta.
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Lulu Glaser
Fritzi Scheff
Dillingham
Miss Scheff
German Empire
Shuberts
Miss Glaser
Germany
Vienna
Berin
Empire
Church Gets $48000 in Policies Proceeds
The Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity Brooklyn received 8000 in claims after twenty years. Five insured youths, still living, named the church as beneficiary, but only paid up policy amounts were paid upon need. Funds aided paying half the church property debt. Father Belford is away in Europe, with Father Carney handling negotiations.
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Father Moran
John L. Belford
Europe
Father Carney
Little Church Around the Corner Celebrates Sixty Years
The Church of the Transfiguration marked its sixtieth birthday with special services led by Rev. Dr. George Clarke Houghton and Rev. Dr. Wilford L. Robbins. Founded by Rev. Dr. George Hendric Houghton, it began with 20 members on West 24th Street. A 2500 dollar appeal for current expenses was launched, with expectations of surpassing that goal.
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George Clarke Houghton
Wilford L. Robbins
General Theological Seminary
George Hendric Houghton
Lawson Carter
West 24Th Street
Dr. Houghton
Players Club
George Holland
Joseph Jefferson
Madison Avenue
2Th Street
Jefferson
Houghton
Philippines Carnival to Become Annual Event
G A O Reilly announces Manila carnival to be annual, with the 1999 schedule from February 2 to 9 including a military division meet and a horse show, promising extensive entertainments for visitors. Plans aim to attract tourists from the United States, China, Australia, and Japan, with assured accommodations and varied attractions.
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Tribune
Manila
United States
China
Australia
Japan
G. A. O'Reilly
P. I
Tanguay Theatre Planned by Perry Williams in Queens
Vaudeville manager Perry G. Williams, who runs the Colonial and Alhambra in Manhattan and the Orpheum in Brooklyn, has bought land in Long Island City to build a theatre named the Tanguay after Eva Tanguay. He aims to open next spring with Miss Tanguay headlining the dedication bill. Williams says the house will be first class and comparable to his other theatres.
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Perry G. Williams
Colonial
Alhambra
Manhattan
Orpheum
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Eva Tanguay
Williams
Hackett
Maxine Elliott
Wallack’s
New Tanguay
James S Merriam retired lawyer dies after brief illness
James Sheldon Merriam a retired lawyer died yesterday at his home 1 West 68th Street after a brief illness. Born in Leiden New York in 18% he studied at Utica and graduated from Columbia College in 1934. He practiced law in the city until three years ago. He married Herminie Hippeau of France. she died earlier. He leaves a son Walter H Merriam and two daughters. Funeral at 4 this afternoon.
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James Sheldon Merriam
West 68Th Street
Merriam
Leiden
N. Y
Utica
Columbia College
Herminie Hippeau
Celestine Hippeau
Weather report forecasts fair. patterns across regions
Official Record and Forecast describe fair conditions from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast on Sunday, with scattered rain in the middle and north plains. Temperatures above average in central valleys and below in the extreme Northwest. Monday saw a western rain area advancing toward the middle Mississippi Valley. Tuesday to cover the lake region and Chi Valley. Winds light to fresh easterly along the coasts. New England and Eastern New York fair today and Tuesday with variable winds. DC and Mid-Atlantic states fair today increasing clouds Tuesday with east winds. Western Pennsylvania and Western New York fair today, showers Tuesday with east winds. Local Record notes yesterday’s temperatures and forecasts fair today and Tuesday with light variable winds.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Plateau
Pacific Coast
Middle
North Plains
Lake
Chit
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Mehr
Great Lakes
Grand Bucks
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
William H. Bailey Dies. Noted Boston Tube Works Agent
William H. Bailey longtime agent in New York for the American Tube Works of Boston died at his home at 20 West 5th Street. He was 74 or 75 and a member of the Union League New York Yacht and Engineers clubs the New England Society the National Academy of Design and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Funeral services will be at the Church for Funerals 241 West 22d Street tomorrow at 2 pm with burial in Newton Massachusetts.
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William H. Bailey
American Tube Works
Boston
West Sith Street
Bailey
Union League
New York Yacht and Engineers Clubs
New England Society
National Academy of Design
American Society of Naval Engineers
West 22d Street
Newton
Mass
Obituary notes on Sonnenschein and Smyth deaths
Rabbi Solomon H Sonnenschein editor of Die Wahrheit died at home in St. Louis from apoplexy. Robert Ashton Smyth sporting editor of The San Francisco Call died in San Francisco from stomach cancer.
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Solomon H. Sonnenschein
St. Louis
Robert Ashton Smyth
San Francisco
Glad Hand Policy at Fifth Avenue Bible Class
The Young Men's Bible Class at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church resumes after summer. John D. Rockefeller Jr. backs a wholesale glad hand approach with a handshake committee of a dozen to greet visitors. Rockefeller will join the committee and greet guests nearly every Sunday, as Rev. Dr. F. Aked lauds the sociable spirit uniting wealth and welcomes in the church.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
B. F. Troxell
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
F. Aked
Watching for Halley’s Comet Heads to 1910 Return
Rochester reports astronomers worldwide await Halley’s Comet. They note it races toward the sun at about seventy million miles per hour with telescopes aimed along its expected path. Professor Howard Minchin of the University of Rochester projects a possible appearance in fall 1910 if prior cycles hold.
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Rochester
University of Rochester
Howard Minchin
John Dykman Not Badly Hurt After Meadow Brook Run
John Dykman senior son of William N. Dykman of Brooklyn was injured at Meadow Brook hounds on Powell farm yesterday and regained consciousness by midnight. Doctor Laneheart said he would be out in a few days. Registration urged as polls open 7 am to 10 pm for national state and local tickets.
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Garden City
Tong Island
John Dykman
William N. Dykman
Brooklyn
Meadow Brookhounds
Powell Farm
Laneheart
Dykman
Aymar Smith weds Pierre Nelson Aymar in 1908 ceremony
In Woodcliff Lake New Jersey on October 3 1908 Helen Ringland Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs J Boyce Smith of Woodcliff Lake marries Pierre Nelson Aymar of New York. Also Grinnell Noyes wedding on October 3 conducts Dorothy Quincy Grinnell daughter of Mr and Mrs E Morgan Grinnell to Charlies Reinold Noyes of St Paul Minnesota.
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Aymar~ Smith
Woodcliff Lake
John A. Billingsley
Helen Ringland Smith
J. Boyce Smith
Pierre Nelson Aymar
New York
Grinnell—Noyes
John Haynes Holmes
Dorothy Quincy Grinnell
E. Morgan Grinnell
Charlies Reinold Noyes
St. Paul, Minn
Obituary notices for Andrews Arden Bailey Billings Canney Merriam Rhines Van Cleaf Weightman
Obituaries list deaths from October 1908 in Matteawan Garrison and New York area. Eliza Ann Andrews wife of James W. Andrews died October 4 at Matteawan and funeral at St Luke's Church with services October 6. Henry Arden son of Arden died October 3 with funeral October 6. William H. Bailey died October 4 at residence 200 West 57th Street aged 75. Ante Mannering Billings, widow of Stephen Billings, died October 3 aged 35. funeral October 6. Arthur Warren Canney died October 3 aged 22. funeral October 6 at Groten-on-Hudson. Cornelia McClure Cogswell wife of Ledyard Cogswell died October 1908. funeral Wednesday at 2:30 pm. James Sheldon Merriam died October 4 aged 79. funeral at No. 1 West 48th Street. Mary Morton Rhines died October 2 at Rogue Court Morningside. funeral Monday at St James Church 128th Street. Isabella Van Cleaf died October 4. funeral notice to follow. Fanny Cummins Cox wife of Alfred Fes Cox died in Philadelphia. funeral October 4 at Grace Church Plainfield and travel arrangements via Reading Terminal and Liberty Street. The Woodlawn Cemetery accessible by Harlem trains. Funeral notices from Frank E. Campbell at 241 West 233rd Street. Also employment notices from The New York Tribune urging employers to consult applicant files at Uptown Office 1364 Broadway.
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Andrewa
Matteawan
N. T
Eliza Ann
Daniel A
Margaret Brett Annin
James W. Andrews
St. Luke's Church
Grand Central Depot
Arden
Henry Arden
Thomas Boyle
Jane de Peyster Arden
Church of the Holy Communion
Garrison
N. Y
Bailey
West
William H. Batley
Terment Leyden
Rhines
Rogue Court
Morningside
Mary Morton
Olcot
St. James's Methodist Episcopal Church
128Th St
Madison
van Cleaf
Isabella van Cleaf
William
A. V. van Leaf
SN. J
Weightman
Watch Hill
Fanny Cummins Cox
Afbrey Fes
Philadelphia
Fanny Cu
Rowland Cox
Plainfield
N. J
Grace Church
Reading Terminal
Liberty St
New York City
Tribune Subscription Rates and International Listings
The Tribune advertises domestic and foreign subscription rates including daily and Sunday plans, weekly Farmer options, and tri weeklys with pricing for 1, 6, and 12 month periods. It lists offices in New York and multiple international bureaus and agent addresses across London Paris Milan Hamburg and other cities for reader convenience abroad.
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New York
Citad
Sunday Tribune
Wekly Farmer
Europe
Universa
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