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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1908

Page

12

Versailles's Peril in 1908 Fire Safety Overhaul

A 1908 article reports urgent steps to protect the Palace of Versailles from fire after near misses at Versailles and nearby cottages. It details lack of telephonic links to Paris, antiquated fire apparatus, and 80 hot air furnaces beneath wooden floors, prompting a move to steam heating, chemical extinguishers, and direct fire department lines.

Brentwood Company Palace of Versailles Roigolell Paris Trianon Versailles Palace Park of Garret Esus Senate Eputies

King Edward and Billiards Return to Royal Hobby

Dispatches report King Edward VII rekindling interest in billiards at Sandringham after a lengthy hiatus tied to memories of Duke of Clarence and past royal players. The king, his children, and Princesses are noted for skillful play in the famed billiard room amid hunting trophies and Canadian keepsakes.

Lanera VII England John Roberts Edward VII United Kingdom Charles Hall Ruer London Bingham Prince of Wales Queen of Norway Queen Alexandra Marker Sandringham Casey Cne Dominion Duke of Clarence

Jules Clarette Retakes Post At Comedie Francaise

Paris reports Jules Clarette who resigned October 17 as director of the Comedie Francaise to join the Figaro as dramatic critic has withdrawn his resignation. No reason given for the reversal.

Jules Claretie Paris Jules Clarette Comédie Francaise Figaro

Theatre Planned for Tenderloin on 41st Street Site

Plans for a new theatre on a 75 foot frontage plot on the south side of 41st Street, 125 feet west of Sixth Avenue, have been perfected. The structure will seat 0 people. Demolition of existing buildings on the Gerry estate land is to begin next week.

41St Street Sixth Avenue Gerry

Comfort meetings offered by Immanuel Baptist Church

In Chicago on October 20, Immanuel Baptist Church led by Rev. Dr. Johnson Myers began daily "comfort meetings" to relieve all kinds of human woe. About 50 to 60 attendees seek help. a chef of trained assistants including a physician and a lawyer assist privately in side rooms. Free breakfasts are served. clients may pay or have church cover costs.

Chicago Immanuel Baptist Church Johnson Myers Church

Dr Bull Comfortably Day Amid Health Bulletin

A medical bulletin announced Dr William J Bull had a comfortable day at 11 pm with lower temperature. His condition otherwise remained the same. The update was signed by Dr Joseph A Blake.

Bull William J. Bull Joseph A. Blake

Clergy honor Bishop Potter funeral in simple rite

In Grace Church the burial of Henry Codman Potter, seventh Bishop of New York, was held with a simple committal in the crypt of St John's Cathedral. The service featured Chopin and Barnby music, a large clergy turnout, and a public viewing of the crypt attended by thousands before sealing a memorial slab for Potter.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine Potter Grace Church Chopin Barnby Bermuda Henry Codman Potter New York Alonzo Potter Mason C. Davidge Sarah Potter Charles H. Russell Russell Greer Doane Albany Hare South Dakota McVickar Rhode Island Whitehead Pittsburg Talbot Pennsylvania Walker Courtney St. James's Church Nova Scotia Burgess Long Island Alexander Mackay- Smith Lawrence Massachusetts Horner Ashvile van Buren Porto Rico Funston Idaho Lines Newark Weed Florida Johnston Vinton Huntington Beethoven Mackay-Smith Stainer Mendelssohn Morningside Avenue Synod Hall Diocese of H. H. Topakyan Alexander Horovitsky St. Nicholas H. Pereira Mendes F. de Sola Mendes Joseph Silverman Jacob H. Schiff William Salmon Charles Sprague Smith George Foster Peabody Robert G. Howe John Bigelow Hamilton Wright Mabie Everett P. Wheeler Nicholas Murray Butler John Drew Edwin 8. Gorman McClellan President McGowan Board of Aldermen Br. Thomas Darlington Trinity Church Wardens

Wedding in Paris Unites Lagrange Daughter with Belgian Count

Paris on October 20 reports the wedding of Miss Lagrange daughter of Baron and Baroness Lagrange and granddaughter of former Maryland Governor John Lee Carroll to Count Boissiére Thiennes of Belgium.

Paris Miss Lagrange Baron Baroness Lagrange John Lee Carroll Maryland Count Boissiére Thiennes Belgium

Ingraham Daughter Weds Lt Dutreuil in Paris Ceremony

Miss Natalie Ingraham daughter of Justice George L. Ingraham of the New York Appellate Division married Lieutenant Bernard Dutreuil in Paris at the Church of Saint Philippe du Roule on October 20.

Paris Natalie Ingraham George L. Ingraham Appellate Division Supreme Court of New York Bernard Dutreuil Philippe-du-Roule

Death of Charles Eliot Norton noted scholar and Harvard professor

Cambridge Mass Oct 21 Charles Eliot Norton philanthropist scholar and longtime Harvard history of art professor died at home in Cambridge He edited Ruskins works Dante and others and influenced students through two leading art history courses He helped shape Harvard architecture policy and founded the Dante Club and Archeological Institute of America His death marks the loss of a premier literary executor editor and teacher

Cambridge, Mass Charles Eliot Norton Harvard John Ruskin Ruskin John Norton First Boston Andrews Norton Catherine Eliot Charles William Eliot Harvard College George F. Hoar Francis J. Child George M. Lane Young Norton India Europe George William Curtis Longfellow Cambridge Norton Florence Legal Publication Society Susan Sedgwick James Russell Lowell North American Review Spain Ashfield Mass Philippines Hoar Shady Hill Berkshire Hills James Loeb Archeological Institute of America American School of Classical Studies Athens Dante Club of Ruskin Society of Glasgow Italy Dante Carlyle Emerson Goethe William Dean Howells

Will of Dr Dunlop Probated After Contested Reading

The will of Dr. Clark Dunlop disposing of an estate over 1 000 000 was admitted to probate by Surrogate Beckett. Dunlop died March 6 and had been declared incurably insane shortly before. his wife Eliza C. Dunlop was appointed committee of his person. The widow is chief beneficiary though most nephews and nieces are remembered. the surrogate found the testator sane when the will was drawn and terms not unnatural.

Herbert Nemo Morpheus Candy Kid Little Nemo Dr. Pill Jupiter Minerva Harry Kelly Pill Piil Land of Nod Filip Flip Cloudland Hote Islands Gabriel Buster Brown Joseph Cawthorn Billy” B. van Messrs Klaw & Erlanger Land of St. Valentine Clark Dunlop Dunlop Beckett Surrogate Beckett

Tyrannosaurus Rex On Way Here

In Montana a 40 foot long by 22 foot high Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton was found in bad lands south of Glasgow by Barnum Brown of New York's American Museum of Natural History. The fossil, weighing thousands of pounds for the skull, was shipped to New York after sixteen teams hauled it to the railroad.

Marie Ysemburg United States Europe Kronprinzess Cecilie New York Budingen House of Ysemburg Germany Prince Leopold Cer Megnate Pullman Olga Saxe-Weimar Darmstadt Prince Charles London Mies Bertha Lewis New Orleans Fether Paris Doweger Yeemburg-Birstein Great Falls Mont Glasgow Barnum Brown American Museum of Natural History

Sembrich to Sing at Metropolitan Opera House and Tour

Mme. Marcella Sembrich arrives aboard the Kronprinzess in Cecilie with her husband Herr Stengel- Sembrich for a season opening at the Metropolitan Opera House. She will perform in La Traviata or La Bohème during the first week and then tour mainly in February to St Petersburg Moscow Warsaw Vienna and Berlin with concerts in Chicago Detroit and Ann Arbor.

Mme Marcella Sembrich Metropolitan Opera House Kronprinzess Cecilie Herr Stengel- Sembrich Mme. Sembrich

Divorce Granted to Richard V. Mattison Jr in Supreme Court

Richard V. Mattison Jr., son of the Philadelphia asbestos magnate, was granted a divorce from Agnes C. Mattison by Justice Erlanger in the Supreme Court. Her counter suit for a limited divorce was denied.

Richard V. Mattison, Jr Philadelphia Agnes C. Mattison Justice Erlanger Supreme Court

Free cultural events and lectures listed for today in New York venues

Today across Manhattan and the Bronx free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History. A packed schedule includes lectures at Public Schools 165 186 24 and 37, hotel events at the Hotel Astor, and public sessions by the United Hebrew Charities and the American Gas Institute.

Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History Zoological Gardens Clvic Hotel Astor American Gas Institute United Hebrew Charities of City of New York 21St Street Second Avenue Board of Education 108Th Street Amsterdam Avenue West Claude F. Walker Kappock Street Spuyten Duyvil Edinburgh Charles H. Scoley 145Th Street Willis Avenue Charles L. Harrington

Weather Report Forecast from Official Record

The storm over Nebraska moved north of North Dakota bringing scattered rains from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures fell in the Atlantic states while rising in the Southwest and upper Mississippi Valley. A well defined storm will reach the southern Rockies Wednesday with rain in central valleys Thursday and the Atlantic states Friday or Saturday. Local winds vary by coast with fresh seas and fair weather in many areas.

Washington Nebraska North Dakota Mississippi River Rocky Mountain Atlantic States Mississippi Valley Lake Region Allegheny Adirondack European Grand Banks New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic West Gulf Coast

Guion and McAllister Tie The Knot At Trinity Chapel

Amelia Hamilton McAllister daughter of the late Dr Francis Marion McAllister rector of Trinity Church Elizabeth N J weds George Guion at Trinity Chapel on Tuesday October 20 1908 Rev John R Atkinson and the Vicar William H Wibbert officiate indorsements require full name and address for notices of marriages and deaths

Guion—M'allister Trinity Chapel Amelia Hamilton McAllister Francis Marion McAllister Trinity Church Elizabeth N. J John R. Atkinson William H. Wibbert George Guion Knoepfel Carolina Fay Cott William H. Knoepfel Alan D. Kenyoge Westth St

Death notices compiled for The Tribune obituaries

Death notices appear for Mary Elisabet Barr and many others with funeral details from October 1908 including Brooklyn locations 133 Schermerhorn, 273 Clinton, and 302 Beverley Road. Entries list ages and funeral dates, with services at Calvary Church Summit and St Peters Hicks Warren streets, among others.

Bonning—Oulifte Benning William Beverley Road Brooklyn

Woodlawn Cemetery hits easy access from Harlem trains

The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station and by Webster and Jerome avenue trolleys or carriage. Lots start at 150 dollars. For views or a representative, telephone Gramercy. Office located at 20 East 22d Street, New York City.

Harlem Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue Gramercy East 22d St New York City

Frank E Campbell and Merritt Funeral Directors Linked in City

Frank E Campbell located at 2413 West 23d Street and 1324 Chelsea, and Rev Stephen Merritt, a world renowned undertaker, run a private and public ambiance business with a single Chelsea area office.

Frank E. Campbell West St. Chapela Chelsea Stephen Merritt St. Ave

New York Tribune Offers Aspirant Application Gallery

Special notices announce a newly installed gallery of applications for various positions at the Uptown Office of THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE Located at No 1564 Broadway between 326th and 37th Streets.

THE NEW York Tribune

Tribune Subscription Rates Extended Worldwide

The Tribune offers mail delivery to domestic and international addresses with flexible term options. Rates vary by daily weekly and weekend editions, with special overseas postages, plus multiple offices in New York and a network of foreign correspondents and agents in Brussels London Paris Geneva Florence Hamburg and more.

Tribune United States Mexico Manhattan Bronx Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii Philippines Tribune Almanac Tribune Index New York City Sunday Tribune Europe Universal Postal Union Nassau Street Wall Street William Street Uptown Broadway Harlem East 12Th Street West 125Th Street Washington F Street Newark Frederick N. Sommer Broad Street THE Brussels Montague de la Cour London Danes

Religious Notices Speak On Civic Mission Tonight

Dr Walter Laidlaw of the Federation Churches will discuss The Civic Mission of Pr Church at the Madison Square ab due Church Madison Ave and 24th St tonight at 7.30. 20 cents line.

Walter Laidlaw Federation Churches Madison Square Ab Due Churea Madison Ave 24Th St

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