Pastor Traps Father Tells Of Penury At Home
Special to The Washington Post from New York June 8 details Rev RK Masterton of AH Saints Episcopal Church facing a father's suit for alimony. The father alleges cruelty and neglect while the mother claims extensive legacies and income, noting the pastor's frugal living and objection to coffee cream.
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Washington Post
New York
GC. Masterton
AH Saints’ Protestant Episcopal Church
Robert S. Masterton
Kate
Masterton
Supreme Court
Justica PhotTin
New York Bijou to Open as Colored Theater with Darktown Follies
The Bijou Theatre on Broadway and Twenty-ninth Street in New York will reopen next Monday as a theater for colored performers. Isidor Rosenberg will direct a colored stock company to present musical comedies and the opening production The Darktown Follies. The all colored show, words music and lyrics by J Taubrie HU, may feature a white chorus and audience on select afternoons.
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New York
New York Times
Vadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Ctv
Tre Schema Ia
Isrosia Rosenberg
J. Taubrie HU
Wahers
Walter Boys
Whita Peraens
J Laubrie
Sim Feat
Lujou
Nyc
Uae
Hart Willams
Starving Girls Rescued in Central Park Refuge
New York two girls Foearl Schwartz nine and Dinah Meyers ten stepsisters appealed to a policeman Sunday saying they were starving and friendless orphans. They had slept in parks at night and walked streets by day seeking work but found none for two weeks. Magistrate Krotel arranged a refuge where they will be cared for.
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New York
Foearl Schwartz
Dinah Meyers
Fey
Central Park
Krotel
Revival of Coaching in England Hailed by Lovers of the Horse
The article notes a renewed interest in coaching in England, with fascination among equestrian enthusiasts. It highlights that horse-drawn travel remains valued despite rail, car, and air progress, and that four-in-hand and coaching club meets are a prominent feature of the London season.
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England
Harves
London
Hand American Drives and the Coach Horse Revival
A historical note on American coaching vigor defying predicted decline. It cites the chorus prophesying end of the coach horse, but asserts revival like a phoenix. The piece highlights Alfred Vanderbilt as an emblem of American mechanical progress energizing the scene.
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America
Alfred Vanderbilt
Alfred Vanderbilt, Representing Though |Needoes
Society Suit Shifts as Newport Woman Plans Reno Divorce
Mrs. Julian McCarthy Little of Newport seeks a divorce from Henry Splea Kip on allegations of desertion. The suit dates in Providence Superior Court with Little, once a Newport social figure, now a leading man in a New Jersey stock company after a career as a mining man and real estate broker.
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Washington Post
Newport
R. J
Julian McCarthy Little
Providence
Wiliam McCarthy Little
War College
Reginald Norman
New Jersey
Little family’s rise from real estate to acting career
The narrative traces a man known as Little who left a Pease and Elliman real estate post to join the Harlem Opera House stock company in New York. He followed Belasco’s stage guidance, later married Mrs Wittlectndéno two hours after her divorce from Kip, then pursued mining before returning east. The couple’s life featured a Sierra Nevada honeymoon in a cabin, moving back to urban life as Little pursued acting with family support.
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Harlem Opera House
Avid Belasco
Little
Pease & Elliman
Sierra Nevada
Littles
King Receives Gen Bramwell Booth at Buckingham Palace
London on June 8 King George greeted Gen Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army in an audience at Buckingham Palace. Booth outlined details of an upcoming international congress of Salvationists. The king praised the Salvation Army and expressed hope the congress would do great good. American contingent members with flaming scarlet hats and Stars and Stripes were seen prominently in London streets.
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King George
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Salvation Army
Buckingham Pallace
International Congress of Salvationists
Congress
Army and Navy Changes of the Day Report
Major Pettus and officers receive leaves and extensions while Krug and Fatters on reassigned duty. Captains and lieutenants listed for Philippine duties and Fort Sheridan examinations. Naval vessel movements include Marietta, Brutus, Cummings, and others with Atlantic fleet flag transfer noted.
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San Pedro
Macotia
Brutus
Poowaralo
Naval Orders List of Detached Officers and Assignments
A bulleted Navy orders list detailing Lieut Comdr H C Woods and other officers detached to various commands, naval yards, and academies. Entries include transfers to South Dakota, Trippe, Naval Academy practice squadron, navy yards in Brooklyn Philadelphia and New York, and assignments to Norfolk, Quantico, and other stations. Dates referenced include 1914.
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South Dakota
Sigk
F. D. Berrign
Trippe
Ordnante
Naval Magazine
Hingham
Mass
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Balche Duncan
R. A. Koch
F. H. Roberts
Duncan
E. W. Bites Company
Brooklyn
J. C. Latham
Scorpion
Naysl Academy
Bert M. Snyder
Reneselace Polytechnic Institute
Navy Yard
Marc Jelena
Craven
Banhamy Wo Duncan
H. F. Burns
New York
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Merrill
Naval Academy Prictles
E. Gudger
Naval Radio Station
Radio
Mayflower
Y. A
H. “Atkinson
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Chatterton
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G. Copeland
Ae “Gached
Phladelphia
Naval Station
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Guba
Avalst
G. Taylor
N. Yo
Philadelphia
Bootewain A. J. Svensson
Mary Yard
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Colgea
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N. Y
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Bulger
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B. HE. Bucker
Alabina
Carpanter
L. T. Herrmann
Courtroom Diaries Reveal Love Letters in Divorce Case
In Chicago today the husband of Mme Schumann-Heink faced a public reading of ten love letters to Mrs Katharine H Dean as part of his divorce defense. Witnesses for the wife testified about the tenor of the correspondence and the alleged misconduct, while the husband left the courtroom amid giggles from onlookers.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Katherine EH
Dean
William~ Rapp, Jr
Mme
Hrnestine Sehumann-Heink
Inherewt
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Helen Sattler
Mrs. Dean
Sullivan
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Will of Mrs. Mary Schaefer Includes School Funds and Orphan Causes
The will of Mrs. Mary Catherine Schaefer of Washington leaves 60 dollars for a new St. Mary's Schoolhouse and 400 to fund church magazine, 100 for poor children’s books, 100 for church expenses, 10 for the Life Sisters of the Poor, 100 for St. Ann's Infant Asylum, 100 for St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum, 100 to George Penn, and 300 each to Nellie Catherine Schaefer and Mary Gertrude Schaefer. Real estate goes to John A. Schaefer and others to the children of John William Schaefer. Executors named: John A. Schaefer and Joseph A. Berberich. Dated May 12, 1905. Other wills noted include D. Reid of Georgetown leaving all to wife Mary A.E. Rela, Holmes & Co. business continued by Mrs. Edwin S. Holmes and daughters per Edwin S. Holmes will, dated Sept. 7, 1901, with various small bequests and Masonic jewels distributed. Also mentions will of John S. Willixine and property divisions among heirs. Sanford seeks absolute divorce from Joseph H. Sanford, alleging his wife left with a cor respondent after their marriage on March 12, 1907 in Junction City Kansas. wife reportedly still living in Kansas.
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Simons
Sacha H. Webb
Ralph W. Simons
Edna P. Simons
Earle Simons
Richard B. Webb
Leland &. Holmes
Miriam H. Simons
Edwin 8. Holmes
Sacha E. Webb
John 8. Willinxne
Lamont Street
Florence Percy Williams
Isabelle Cacll Willams
Mary D. Cooke
Charles E. Cooke
Florence Williama Ip
Home Sweet Home a Centuries Old War Horse of Song
The piece recalls the 91 year history of Home Sweet Home, tracing its origin with John Howard Payne at age 14, its rise through stage and opera, and Payne's later life as a consul in Tunis. It notes the song's enduring popularity, a dramatic tale of its creation, and Payne’s financial and memorial legacy in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Peyne
John
Payne
New York
East Hampton
United States
Tunis
Oak Hill Cemetery
City
Musical Couch Alleged Affair at Pratt Institute Dormitory
Pratt Institute pupil affidavits allege Royal Cotrell engaged in risqué behavior with Mrs Beulah Miller and her lodgers including impersonating a bed partner atop a worn springs couch dubbed the musical couch Miss Ethel Wright named as a private detective aiding Mrs Cottrell in her divorce bid seeking alimony and fees as Justice Aspinwall considers the case in Brooklyn
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Washington Post
New York
Pratt Institute
Phoebe C. Cottrell
Supreme Court
Aspinwall
Brooklyn
Counack
Royal L. Cottrelly
Beulah M. Miller
Cottrel
Cottrell
Ethel M. Wright
Shooting at North Beach Casino Ends With Arrests
Samuel Levine, 20, was shot in the abdomen after dancing with Mary Muller at Heffers North Beach casino. Police seized Mary Muller 23 and Edward T. Kiley 18 as suspects but planned no charges. Levine, taken to St Johns Hospital, could not speak but is expected to recover.
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Edward T. Kiley
Samuel Levine
North Beach
Long Island
Washington Pont
New York
Hefferan
Capt. Post
Astoria
Teeven and
Scully
Levine
Mary Muller
Post
Miss, Muller
Kiley
Wooteide
Levins
St. John's Hosnitel
Holy Land Tour Contest Crowds Vote Standings Tally
The Holy Land contest nears the close with twelve days left as dark horses threaten the field. Daily vote revisions show standings up to June 6, led by Rev. John Eekenrode with 460,585 and Rev. M. W. Clark second at 442,555, followed by a list of other candidates and their tallies. The subscription vote is shaping the outcome and will publish further updates tomorrow morning.
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M. W. Clatr
W. A. Melvin
Chas
Fultz
D. Gaw
J. BH. W. Blake
L. H. Purdum
A. T. Stevenson
F. J. Prettyman
Smith
W. W. Barnes
Henry Thomas
Dunlap
C. H. Reese
L. ¥. Kelly
C. B. Abbott
Mathew
W. C. Clark Cummings
Doermann
Charles Iaute RL
Edward
Gallaher
Charles F. Steck
On T. Stevenso
Henry Ushamas
Townsend
Alexander Wilbanks
James Willis
Albert H. Zimmerman
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