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New York Times JOHN J. ASTOR 5TH, 79; SON OF BUILDER OF HOTEL
John Jacob Astor 5th, a descendant of one of America's most fabled merchant princes, died yesterday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 79 years old. His death was reported by two of his cousins, R. Thornton Wilson, and Stephen Spencer,...
27th June 1992
New York Times S. MARSHALL KEMPNER DEAD; LONGTIME INVESTMENT BANKER
S. Marshall Kempner, an investment banker, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 88 years old. Mr. Kempner was a native of New York, where he began his career after graduating Phi Beta Kappa fro...
4th August 1987
New York Times MARSHALL DREW
Marshall Drew, a survivor of the Titanic, died Friday at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, L. I. He was 82 years old and lived in Westerly, L. I. Mr. Drew, who was born in Greenport, taught fine arts at Grover Cleveland High S...
11th June 1986
New York Times JOHN RYERSON
John Ryerson, an amateur golfer and one of last survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, died Tuesday at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 87 years old. Mr. Ryerson was born in Chicago, a scion of the Ryerson steel...
24th January 1986
New York Times ETHEL BEANE, WHO SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 90
ROCHESTER, Sept. 19 (AP)---Ethel Beane, who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912, died over the weekend in a Rochester nursing home. She was 90 years old. The Titanic sank the night of April 14 on its maiden voyage from So...
20th September 1983
New York Times PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IS DEAD AT 81; KNOWN FOR MODERN ART COLLECTION
By The Associated Press --- VENICE, Dec. 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, the expatriate American millionaire who amassed one of the world's foremost collections of modern art, died in a hospital outside Venice today, hospital officials said. Sh...
24th December 1979
New York Times MARGARET MOORE, 83, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Margaret Graham Moore of Greenwich, Conn., a passenger on the Titanic when the ship sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912, died in Greenwich Hospital yesterday. She was 83 years old. The 882-foot luxury liner, crowded with celebriti...
27th April 1976
New York Times MARY C. WELLMAN DIES AT 80; WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC
TOPSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 25 (AP)---Mary C. Wellman, a survivor of the liner Titanic, died Sunday at her home. She was 80 years old. When Mrs. Wellamn was 16 and studying in Paris, her father booked passage for her and her mother on the ...
26th November 1975
New York Times EDITH RUSSELL OBITUARY
Edith Russell, Writer, 98, Dead; Fled Titanic with Lucky Toy Pig...
6th May 1975
New York Times WASHINGTON DODGE, ADVISER ON INVESTMENTS, DIES AT 67
Page 50, column 4 Washington Dodge, an investment adviser who survived the Titanic sinking in 1912, died here Tuesday of a heart attack. His age was 67. He was 5 years old and returning from Europe with his parents...
5th December 1974
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVORS RECALL THE "NIGHT TO REMEMBER"
Edward C. Burks
GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 9—“It’s all right. We just grazed an iceberg.” That was the reassuring message of a crew member of the Titanic, a lively 98-year-old survivor recalled here today at a memory-charged meeting of buffs and survivo...
9th October 1973
New York Times RENEE HARRIS, 93, FIRST WOMAN TO PRODUCE PLAYS HERE, IS DEAD
p.47, col. 5 Mrs. Renee Harris, New York's first woman theatrical producer, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died yesterday at Doctor's Hospital. She was 93 years old and lived at 140 West 69th Street. A former owner...
3rd September 1969
New York Times R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77
Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin...
4th June 1968
New York Times MRS. DEAN MATHEY, TITANIC SURVIVOR, 72
Special to The New York Times --- PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 7---Mrs. Helen Newsom Mathey, a survivor of the liner Titanic, sunk in 1912 by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, died today in Princeton H...
8th September 1965
New York Times VICTOR SALVATORE, SCULPTOR, IS DEAD
Victor Salvatore, a sculptor, died Saturday at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 80 years old. Mr. Salvatore is represented in the collections of a number of museums and galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Ar...
12th April 1965
New York Times TITANIC LOOKOUT IS DEAD BY HANGING AFTER WIFE'S DEATH
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 11 (Reuters)--- Authorities today ordered an inquest into the death of Fred Fleet, a lookout on the liner Titanic, who hanged himself yesterday two weeks after his wife's death. The body of Mr. Fleet, who was 76 years o...
12th January 1965
New York Times SPENCER V. SILVERTHONE DIES; MERCHANT, 88, WAS ON TITANIC
Special to The New York Times --- SCARSDALE, N. Y., May 17---Spencer V. Silverthorne, a survivor of the Titanic sinking, died today at his home, 7 Colvin Road. He was 88 years old. Mr. Silverthorne had been a vice presid...
18th May 1964
New York Times HOKAN B. STEFFANSON DIES AT 78; FINANCIER WAS ON THE TITANIC
Page 45, columns 2-3 Hokan Bjornstrom Steffanson, a financier, died Monday night at Doctor's Hospital after a long illness. His age was 78 and he lived at 56 East Fifty-seventh Street. Mr. Steffanson was a survivor of t...
23rd May 1962
New York Times MRS. S. BEACH COOKE
Special to The New York Times --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., June 25---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson Cooke, widow of S. Beach Cooke, an artist and writer, died today of a cerebral hemorrhage at Ringwood, her home here. She was 66 years old. ...
26th June 1960
New York Times MISS MARIE YOUNG DIES
Survivor of Titanic Was 83---Had Been Piano Teacher --- AMSTERDAM, N. Y., July 28 (AP)---Miss Marie C. Young, one of the survivors of the Titanic ship disaster, died yesterday at a rest home near here. Her age was 83. Mis...
29th July 1959
New York Times RITES FOR ASTOR ATTENDED BY 400
Realty Leader's Funeral Is Held at St. James Church---Honor Guard Present --- More than 400 friends and business associates attended a funeral service yesterday for Vincent Astor. The real estate owner and descendant of John Jacob Astor...
7th February 1959
New York Times VINCENT ASTOR DIES IN HIS HOME AT 67
Vincent Astor, millionaire real estate owner and head of the American branch of the famous family, died yesterday in his apartment at 120 East End Avenue. Mr. Astor, who was 67 years old, succumbed to a heart attack at 1 A. M. A spokes...
4th February 1959
New York Times SCREEN: SINKING OF THE TITANIC
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17th December 1958
New York Times SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES
Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, April 23---Mrs. Olive Potter Crolius, who with her mother, the late Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died Monday at her home in the Germantown section. ...
24th April 1958
New York Times DEATH NOTICE
RANGER---Leila Saks, on Nov. 27, beloved wife of Louis Ranger, loving mother of Jane Meyer Stern, grandmother of June Iseman and Faith Stern. Funeral private....
28th November 1957
New York Times ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80
Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe...
24th July 1956
New York Times TV: LAST HOURS OF TITANIC
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29th March 1956
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
Mrs. Annie May Stengel, 88, Was in Third Lifeboat --- Special to The New York Times --- MONTCLAIR, N. J., Jan. 24 ---Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Annie May Stengel, a survivor of the sinking of the Tita...
25th January 1956
New York Times THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912
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20th November 1955
New York Times EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD
World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ...
11th June 1955
New York Times MRS. RICHARD L. BECKWITH
Page 86, Column 8 Mrs. Sallie Monypeny Beckwith, widow of Richard L. Beckwith, died Friday night at her home, 224 East Sixty-first Street. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, eighty-nine years ago. Mrs. Beckwith was a memb...
13th February 1955
New York Times $5,000,000 IS WILLED FOR BLOOD RESEARCH
Page 14, Column 4 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3-- Jefferson Medical College and Hospital will receive more than $5,000,000 for blood research under the will of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia art collector, explorer ...
4th August 1954
New York Times OBITUARY OF MRS. MARVIN'S SECOND HUSBAND: HORACE S. DECAMP
Special to the New York Times --- UTICA, N. Y., July 16---Horace Silliman deCamp, realty executive in the Adirondacks, died yesterday in his home at Thendara at the age of 67. He owned the home on Second Lake that once was the property...
17th July 1954
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
Mrs. Lilly Potter, 98, Was ‘Grand Old Lady’ of Red Cross --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2---Mrs. Lilly A. Wilson Potter, a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims who was known as the “Grand Old Lady...
3rd January 1954
New York Times MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953
New York Times JOHN HARDY
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood...
10th October 1953
New York Times WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST
Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f...
6th September 1953
New York Times MRS. LOUISE U.-S. JONES IS ENGAGED TO MARRY
Mrs. J. Hippach Unander-Scharin of Wianno, Mass., formerly of Chicago and Lake Forest, Ill., has announced here the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, to John Maclay Mirkil, son of William I. Mirkil of Meadowlane Farm, New...
26th August 1953
New York Times C. H. LIGHTOLLER,78, OFFICER ON TITANIC
Sole Ranking Member of Crew to Survive Disaster Dies---Aided Dunkerque Evacuation --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Dec. 8 --- Comdr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the only officer of the White Star liner Titanic...
9th December 1952
New York Times MRS. LOUISE JONES WED IN BAY STATE
Church in Barnstable Is Scene of Marriage to John Maclay Mirkil, Marine Ex-Officer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BARNSTABLE, Mass., Sept. 19---Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Hippach Unander...
20th September 1952
New York Times THOMAS D. M. CARDEZA
Thomas D. M. Cardeza, explorer and art collector, died today in his home at the age of 77. Mr. Cardeza served on the board of directors of the old Fidelity Trust Company and its successor, the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, fro...
7th June 1952
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
Harry Anderson, Commodore of N. Y. A. C. Yacht Unit, Was 87 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Nov. 24---Harry Anderson, a survivor of the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic in 1912, died yeste...
25th November 1951
New York Times Y. M. C. A. GETS TITANIC BEQUEST
HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 26 (AP)---A fund of $80,803, bequeathed by a man who lost his life when the Titanic sank in 1912, finally has been disposed of---to the Y. M. C. A.  George Wright left $20,000 to "check the lure and bad influence of the street...
27th February 1951
New York Times CABINET IS SALE FEATURE
Mahogany Breakfront Brings $585 in $51,640 Auction --- A Regency mahogany and grillwork breakfront cabinet with Roman portrait medallions, circa 1820, was sold to a private collector for $585 yesterday at the final session of the sale ...
24th September 1950
New York Times $340 FOR 4 PERIOD CHAIRS
Parke-Bernet Begins Selling Items of Spedden Estate --- In the first sale of the new sea­son at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, 984 Madison Avenue, a set of four carved and bilded [soc] chairs in the style of Louis XVI was sold y...
23rd September 1950
New York Times MRS. FREDERIC SPEDDEN
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES ---  TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., Feb. 10---Mrs. Margaretta C. Spedden died in her home here today after a brief illness. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Spedden was the widow of Frederic O. Spedden, who died two y...
11th February 1950
New York Times OBITUARY OF MARGARETTA SPEDDEN
SPEDDEN---Margaretta C., on Feb. 10, at Tuxedo Park, N. Y., beloved wife of the late Frederic O. Spedden and daughter of the late George F. Stone and Margaretta C. Corning and beloved sister of Emma D. Kemeys.  Funeral services on Monday, ...
11th February 1950
New York Times KARL H. BEHR DIES; DILLON, READ AIDE
Page 87, column 3 Vice President of Banking Firm for 24 Years Once Known as Leading Tennis Player. Karl H. Behr, vice president of Dillon, Read & Co., bankers, 28 Nassau Street, who was one of the country's leading tenni...
16th October 1949
New York Times MRS. CHESTER O. SWAIN
Mrs. Florence Thayer Swain, widow of Chester O. Swain, a former vice-president and director of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, died yesterday in her home at 755 Park Avenue. Her age was 75. Mrs. Swain's first husband, John Bradley C...
3rd September 1949
New York Times MRS. HELEN C. CANDEE SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Page 25, column 2 YORK HARBOR, ME., Aug 23 Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee, author and lecturer, of this place and Washington, D.C., died here today after a brief illness. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Candee, an authority on tapes...
24th August 1949
New York Times ELMER ZELBY [SIC] TAYLOR
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., May 22---Elmer Zelby [sic; should be "Zebley"] Taylor, a pioneer in the paper container industry and a consulting engineer for the Continental Can Company, Inc., of New York, died he...
23rd May 1949
New York Times HENRY BLANK
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWARK, N. J., March 17---Henry Blank, chairman of the board of Henry Blank & Co., manufacturing jewelers here, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, N. J., after a brief illness, at...
18th March 1949
New York Times ASTOR VILLA AUCTIONED AT NEWPORT; CHAIN DRUG STORE OWNER IS BUYER
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., July l7---A chain drugstore owner purchased today the fourteen-room French villa of John Jacob Astor here for less than half of its original purchase price. The showplace went under the ...
18th July 1948
New York Times MRS. FRED J. SWIFT, WAS CLUB LEADER
Ex-Head of National Council of State Garden Units Dies---Officer in Many Groups --- NYACK, N. Y., April 30---Mrs. Margaret Welles Swift, prominent club-woman and widow of Fred Joel Swift, died yesterday in her home here...
1st May 1948
New York Times ALBERT STEWART - IN MEMORIAM
STEWART—In constant and lasting memory of Albert A. Stewart, lost on the Titanic. April 12 [sic] 1912.   A. S. K....
12th April 1948
New York Times DIES IN SWIMMING POOL
F. O. Spedden, Retired Banker Here, Stricken in Palm Beach --- Frederic O. Spedden of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., retired New York banker, died yesterday of a heart attack while in the swimming pool of the Bath Club in Palm Beach, Flori...
4th February 1947
New York Times CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946
New York Times COL. WILSON POTTER
Big-Game Hunter Obtained Heads for Smithsonian Institution --- PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (AP)---Col. Wilson Potter, big-game hunter and University of Pennsylvania football star in 1906 and 1907, died last night at his home here after a long...
13th June 1946
New York Times JEAN SCHARIN ENGAGED
Chicago Girl Will Be Married to Edward Cudahy Spalding ---- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Feb. 21---Announce has been made by Mrs. J. Hippach Unander Scharin of this city of the eengagement [sic] of her daught...
22nd February 1946
New York Times OBITUARY: MRS. DOROTHY BRULATOR
By Wireless to THE NEW TORK TIMES --- PARIS, Feb. 20---Mrs. Dorothy Brulator, an American who was residing here, was found dead in her hotel room today. Physicians reported that she had died of a congestion, having suffered recently fr...
21st February 1946
New York Times J. J. ASTOR MARRIES GERTRUDE GRETSCH
Son of the Late Colonel John Jacob Astor Weds Alumna of Finch at Her Home --- The marriage of Miss Gertrude Gretsch, daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch of 3 East Seventy-seventh Street and the late Mr. Gretsch, to John Jacob Astor of 998 F...
19th August 1944
New York Times ROBERT J. HOPKINS
Member of Titanic Crew Aided in Rescue of Mrs. John J. Astor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 18---Robert J. Hopkins, who was a member of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic when it struck an ...
19th November 1943
New York Times MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA
Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ...
12th November 1943
New York Times GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS WED TO CORPORAL
Mrs. Hazel McKinley Bride of Larry Leonard in Denver --- DENVER, Col., Sept. 30 (AP)---Mrs. Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, mining-family heiress, and Larry Leonard, an Army corporal, were married tonight at the home of Charles Ginsburg, Mrs...
1st October 1943
New York Times G. H. CLARKE JR. KILLED
Lieutenant in Army Air Forces Was Completing Training --- Lieutenant George Hyde Clarke Jr., Army Air Forces, eldest son of Mrs. S. Beach Cooke of 530 Park Avenue and Cooperstown, N. Y. and of George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstow...
13th June 1943
New York Times WILLS FOR PROBATE
MANHATTAN *** WHITE, ELLA HOLMES (Jan. 31). Estate,more than $10,000. To C. Helene Berkeley, 509 W. 122d St., $10,000 and personalty; Ella B. Putnam, 10 Beekman Pl., $10,,000; Marie G. Young, Plaza Hotel, personal effects and life esta...
6th February 1942
New York Times WM. K. DICK MARRIES MRS. VIRGINIA CONNER
Chairman of the National Sugar Refining Co. Weds in Akron --- Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Virginia Keniston Conner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Conner of this city, to William K. Dick of this city and Al...
25th December 1941
New York Times VIRGINIA M. FRENCH HAS TWELVE ATTENDANTS AT HER MARRIAGE HERE TO WILLIAM F. DICK
A marriage uniting two families of prominence in society here and in Newport, R. I., took place in the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest yesterday afternoon when Miss Virginia Middleton French, daughter of Mrs. James Lenox Banks Jr. of 15 East Ni...
19th December 1941
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE
She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo...
3rd May 1941
New York Times 14 IN GLASS TRADE FINED IN TRUST CASE
They Plead Nolo Contendere at Chicago on Price-Fixing --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Jan. 22---Fourteen corporate and individual defendants in the glazing industry, accused of fixing prices of glass...
23rd January 1941
New York Times ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56
Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ...
21st December 1940
New York Times ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK
Mrs. Fiermonte's Executors Agree to Compromise on Claims --- The executors of the estate of Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte were authorized by Surrogate James A. Foley, it was learned yesterday, to accept a compromise offer of...
17th December 1940
New York Times CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER
Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE...
6th November 1940
New York Times ASTOR ESTATE AT NEWPORT SOLD
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Oct. 28---A deed transferring Beechwood, an estate of nine acres and dwelling and other buildings, from Vincent Astor to Count and Countess Paul de Kotzebue, was recorded today, giving t...
29th October 1940
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE RITES
Dr. Sargent to Officiate Monday at St. Bartholomew's Service --- A funeral service for Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died of a heart ailment at her Winter home in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, will be held here on Mon...
29th May 1940
New York Times CHICAGO'S GLAZERS ACCUSED ON PRICES
Federal Indictments Charge Industry Joined in Fixing a Common Schedule --- UNION AS THE ENFORCER --- Fifth Action in Investigation of Building Trades Cites Seven Corporations --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
11th May 1940
New York Times MRS. DICK'S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS
William F. and John H. to Get Principal at Age of 28 --- Mrs. Madeleine T. Dick, who died at Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, left her estate in trust for the benefit of two of her sons, William Force Dick and John Henry Dick of Islip, L....
10th April 1940
New York Times 1,500 ARE AT FUNERAL FOR MRS. FIERMONTE
500 Wait in the Street During Rites at St. Bartholomew's --- Funeral services for Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died suddenly on Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla., were held yesterday in St. Bartholomew's Church. About 1,50...
2nd April 1940
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA
--- Former Madeleine Force Was Married to Col. Astor, W. K. Dick and Italian Boxer --- SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC --- Gave Up Fortune to Marry Again, Then Got Divorce to Wed Pugilist --- PALM BEACH, Fla.,...
29th March 1940
New York Times WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Member of Old Philadelphia Family, Polo Player Before World War, Dies in Florida --- KNOWN AS A SPORTSMAN --- Was Seriously Injured in 1912 While Playing for Bryn Mawr Benedicts in Local Match --- PALM BEA...
21st March 1940
New York Times MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE
Head of the American Fund for French Wounded Won Croix de Guerre---Titanic Survivor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 29---Mrs. Emily Borie Sherfesee, wife of Forsythe Sherfesee, former fiananc...
30th December 1939
New York Times MRS. POTTER GETS GIMBEL AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (AP)---Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., an active Red Cross worker since 1916, has received the eighth annual Gimbel Award presented to “Philadelphia’s outstanding woman of 1939.” Mrs. Potter, secretary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania ...
29th December 1939
New York Times REID ASKS TO REPRESENT FISK STOCKHOLDERS AT MEETING ON SALE PROPOSAL ON FRIDAY
Whitfield Reid, chairman of the stockholders' committee "in favor of a more equitable price for the assets" of the Fisk Rubber Corporation, has sent a letter to all holders of the common shares asking that his group represent them at the meeting...
26th December 1939
New York Times MRS. MADELEINE DICK LOSES HOME BY FIRE
$50,000 Winter House Destroyed---$100,800 Jewelry Stolen --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 4---Mrs. Madeleine F. Dick’s Winter residence at Dixie Plantation, twenty miles from here on the Stono ...
5th December 1939
New York Times MISS EMILY R. CLARKE A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE
Cooperstown Girl Betrothed to Danilo Machado of Havana --- Announcement has been made here by Mrs. S. Beach Cooke of Cooperstown, N. Y., of the engagement of her second daughter, Miss Emily Ryerson Hyde Clarke, to Danilo Machado, son of...
4th October 1939
New York Times MRS. J. W. CARDEZA, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Noted Yachtswoman and a Big Game Hunter of Early 90's Dies in Germantown ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY Twice Circumnavigated World in Own Yacht--Daughter of Late Thomas Drake PHIDADELPHIA, Aug. 1 ...
2nd August 1939
New York Times FIERMONTE CONVICTED IN FRENCH AUTO CRASH
Gets Conditional Sentence of 2 Months, 1,000-Franc Fine --- DIJON, France, July 29 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, former husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, socially prominent American, received a conditional sentence of two months in pr...
30th July 1939
New York Times CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES
Retired Skipper of Olympic Served in the British Navy During the World War --- SPENT 45 YEARS AT SEA --- Commander of Leviathan and Majestic on Last Voyages They Ever Made --- News was received yesterd...
6th February 1939
New York Times DIVORCE GRANTED FORMER MRS. ASTOR
Florida Judge Gives Decree on Ground That Fiermonte Was Extremely Cruel --- NO CONTEST BY EX-BOXER U. S. Woman Hurt in Crash of Auto in France Driven by Man Giving His Name --- WEST PALM BEACH, June 11 (AP)---The fo...
12th June 1938
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE SUES
Former Madeline Astor Seeks Florida Divorce From Boxer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 2---Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, filed suit for divorce here today from Enzo Fiermonte, c...
3rd May 1938
New York Times WILLS FOR PROBATE
WESTCHESTER ... ANDERSON, FLORENCE MAKLEY, Pelham Manor (Dec. 7). Estate, more than $35,000. To Harry Anderson, husband, Pelham Manor, executor. ...
28th December 1937
New York Times GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED
Two Daughters Share Estate of Widow of Titanic Victim --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, left her residuary estate in trust for her two daughters, it was learned yesterday when her w...
7th December 1937
New York Times MRS. B. GUGGENHEIM SUCCUMBS HERE AT 66
Her Husband, Member of Family Noted in Mining Industry, Perished on Titanic --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, died yesterday in her apartment in the Hotel Plaza, after a brief illne...
16th November 1937
New York Times J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London --- LONDON, Oct. 18 (AP)---Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 7...
19th October 1937
New York Times DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS
Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba...
17th August 1937
New York Times SETTLES SUIT AGAINST FIERMONTE
MINEOLA, L. I., Aug. 1O---Former District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards of Nassau County, attorney for John Drennan, newspaper photographer, in his civil suit for assault against Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Mrs. Madeline Astor Force Dick Fiermonte, filed ...
11th August 1937
New York Times TWO RECEIVE SHARES IN ELKINS 27 MILLION
G. D. Widener and Mrs. Dixon of Pennsylvania to Get Income From $13,500,000 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 10---George D. Widener of Whitemarsh and his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon of E...
11th August 1937
New York Times FIERMONTE CASE DISMISSED
Magistrate Gustav Wieboldt of the Queens Traffic Court dismissed yesterday the charge of driving without an operator's license which had been made against Enzo Fiermonte, former prizefighter and husband of Mrs, Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte. Hi...
22nd July 1937
New York Times MRS. A. H. RICE'S FUNERAL AUG. 11
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener have returned here from Newport to prepare for the opening of the home of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice before his arrival on the Europa Aug. 9 with the body of wife, Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Rice, mother of Mr. Widener, who d...
20th July 1937
New York Times FIERMONTE APOLOGIZES
Photographer Then Withdraws His Charge of Assault --- A charge of third-degree assault against Enzo Fiermonte, former prizefighter and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was withdrawn yesterday in Flushing Court after...
16th July 1937
New York Times MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN A PARIS STORE
New York and Newport Society Woman, Wife of Explorer, Noted for Philanthropy --- A SURVIVOR OF TITANIC --- Lost First Husband and Son in Disaster---Gave Library to Harvard University --- Special Cable to THE ...
14th July 1937
New York Times SUMMONS FOR FIERMONTE
Photographer Charges Attack in Queens Traffic Court --- A summons charging third-degree assault on John Drennan, a newspaper photographer, was served yesterday on Enzo Fiermonte in the Rikers Island penitentiary, where Mr. Fiermonte is ...
9th July 1937
New York Times FIERMONTE ASSIGNED TO CLEANING OF JAIL
Settles Down to Serving Rest of 5-Day Term on Rikers Island for Traffic Violation --- Enzo Fiermonte, former boxer, automobile racer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was transferred yesterday from the Queens City...
8th July 1937
New York Times FIERMONTE JAILED IN OLD SPEED CASE
Husband of Astor Widow Gets 5 Days on Charge That He Ignored in 1934 --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian-born automobile racer husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was sentenced to five days in prison yesterday by Magistrate...
7th July 1937
New York Times FIERMONTE HELD ON OLD CHARGE
BELLMORE, L. I., July 2---Enzo Fiermonte, former pugilist and husband of Mrs. Madaline Force Astor Dick, was arrested today at the Roosevelt Speedway on a three-year-old traffic violation charge he is said never to have answered. He is accused of spe...
3rd July 1937
New York Times MRS. JANE L. HERMAN
She and Two Daughters Titanic Survivors---Husband, Son Lost --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BEDMINSTER, N. J., Jan. 16---Mrs. Janes Laber [sic] Herman, 75 years old, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, died at her ho...
16th January 1937
New York Times LORRAINE GRAVES ENGAGED TO MARRY
Daughter of Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer to Be Bride of Clarence Moore --- Announcement was made at a dinner party given on Thursday evening by Mrs. Helene van Nostrand at her home, 45 East Eighty-first Street, of the engagement of Miss ...
7th November 1936
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVOR DEAD
  NICE, France, Oct. 12 (AP)---Samuel Goldenberg of New York, who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic, died here yesterday. He had lived in France for fourteen years. His age was 76. ...
13th October 1936
New York Times JOHN HARDY RETIRING
John Hardy Retiring --- John Hardy, chief steward of the American Farmer, will sail tomorrow on his last official trip at sea.  He has been retired by the International Mercantile ...
20th September 1936
New York Times DEATH NOTICE: ALLEN CROLIUS
CROLIUS---At Germantown, Pa., May 3, 1936, Allen Potter, husband of Olive Potter Crolius, son of Martha S. Crolius of Flushing, L. I. Services Tuesday, May 5, at 4 P. M., St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, Pa....
5th May 1936
New York Times ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED
Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas...
15th January 1936
New York Times LLOYD MOORE WEDS MRS. E. H. PRESTON
Daughter of Former Senator Hawes of Missouri Bride in Ceremony Here --- Mrs. Eppes Hawes Preston, daughter of former Senator and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes of Missouri, was married to Lloyd Moore of this city, son of the late Clarence Moore of...
8th December 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE BUYS ESTATE
Husband of Former Mrs. Astor Gets Southern Plantation --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 30 (AP)---The purchase of Dixie Plantations, a 600-acre estate on a high bluff overlooking Stono River, by Enzo Fiemonte of New York was announced here t...
1st December 1935
New York Times ASTOR HOME SCENE OF NEWPORT PARTY
Ang 14,1935 --- Mr. and Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Mrs. J. L. Banks Jr. Guests --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13---Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor gave a small ...
14th August 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE AND WIFE BACK
To Stay Here 3 Months---He Will Shun Prize Ring --- Enzo Fiermonte, former Italian prizefighter, returned to the United States on the North German Lloyd liner Europa yesterday, accompanied by his wife, the former Mrs. Madeleine Force As...
2nd August 1935
New York Times MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR 3D GIVES BIRTH TO SON
The Former Ellen Tuck French Becomes a Mother at the Doctors Hospital --- A son was born at 5:04 P. M. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor 3d in Doctors Hospital, 174 East End Avenue. The baby weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. The con...
20th July 1935
New York Times LADY PIRRIE DEAD; HEADED SHIP FIRM
Widow of Belfast Builder of Many Vessels Succeeded Him in Control of Concern --- ADVISED HIM FOR YEARS --- He Had Often Publicly Paid High Tribute to Her Assistance---Daughter of Professor --- LONDON, June 19...
20th June 1935
New York Times LADY DUFF GORDON, STYLE EXPERT, DIES
Pioneer in Bringing Freedom to Women's Fashions Headed Chain of Garment Shops --- COINED DRESS TERM 'CHIC' --- First Split Skirt and Manikin Show Credited to Her---She Had Stores in Three Countries --- Wirele...
22nd April 1935
New York Times ITALY ALLOWS FIERMONTE TO GO ON WEDDING TRIP
By The Associated Press --- ROME, March 7---Enzo Fiermonte and his second wife, the former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, left tonight on their long-sought second wedding trip on the French Riviera after having successfuily wound thei...
8th March 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE TO BE BROKER
Husband of Former Mrs. Astor Plans Career on Return Here --- ROME, March 6 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte said today the threatened trouble in Abyssinia, in which he may become involved as a soldier for Italy, brought him and his American wife m...
7th March 1935
New York Times 2 MRS. FIERMONTES HAVE A TALK AT TEA
Husband's Mother, Who Also Is There, Likes Her Son's American Wife --- By The Associated Press --- ROME, Feb. 24---The two Mrs. Fiermontes, one American and one Italian, met for the first time today and sat right down to t...
25th February 1935
New York Times FIERMONTES VISIT TIVOLI
Former Mrs. Dick and Husband Still Await His Passport --- ROME, Feb. 22 (AP)---Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte and her young husband sought solace tonight in beautiful old Tivoli from a day of disappointment at their failure to...
23rd February 1935
New York Times WIFE WOULD AID FIERMONTE
ROME, Feb. 21 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte said today she was ready to make every possible effort to regain her ex-pugilist husband's passport that they might embark on another trip. As soon as he recovers his papers, confiscated ...
22nd February 1935
New York Times FIERMONTES FACE CHARGE OF BIGAMY
Lawyer Urges Former Mrs. Astor to Depart From Italy Lest Government Act --- ROME, Feb. 11 (AP)---The possibility of legal action by the Italian Government on charges of bigamy against both Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte and h...
12th February 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE VISITS HIS WIFE IN NAPLES
Italian Boxer Remains With Former Mrs. Astor an Hour Then Hurries Away --- POLICE TAKE HIS PASSPORT --- His First Wife Quits Her Job as He is Said to Have Provided for Her and Their Son --- NAPLES, Sunday, F...
10th February 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE INDICATES HE WILL GO TO WIFE
Says Relations Are Unchanged and That He Is in Italy to ‘Embrace’ His Son --- ROME, Feb. 8 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, young boxer whose return to his homeland created some confusion as to his marital status and plans, issued a brief stateme...
9th February 1935
New York Times FIERMONTE HALTED BY GENOA OFFICIALS
Boxer's Passport Is Held and Unrecognized Divorce From Italian Wife Investigated --- PRESENT WIFE DENIES RIFT --- Former Mrs. Astor Says He Got Off Her Ship at Algiers for Business Reasons --- NAPLES, Feb. 7 ...
8th February 1935
New York Times MARITAL RIFT OVER, FIERMONTE RADIOS
Italian Boxer Sends Word From Ship on Which Wife Sailed Suddenly on Saturday --- A DIVORCE WAS RUMORED --- Couple Were Wed Here Late in 1933---She Is the Former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick --- Enzo Fierm...
31st January 1935
New York Times FIERMONTES SAIL ON THE SAME SHIP
Former Mrs. Astor, With Friend, Books Passage for Italy at Last Moment --- The former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, who was married to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, more than a year ago, booked a last-minute passage Saturday on t...
29th January 1935
New York Times SOCIAL REGISTER DROPS STAGE FOLKS
*** --- Elliott Roosevelt, Son of the President, Mrs. Fiermonte Are Not Listed --- The Social Register for 1935 which is now being distributed to its subscribers throughout the city, contains some startling omissions from ...
24th November 1934
New York Times OBITUARY: MRS. GEORGE BROOKE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26---Mrs. George Brooke, wife of a retired steel executive, died of a heart attack tonight in her home, Almonbury House, Itahn. Mrs. Brooke was the former Lucille Polk of Baltimore. ...
27th October 1934
New York Times EASTON [DEATH NOTICE]
Suddenly, at the New York Hospital, on Thursday, Oct. 4, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, Dr. Charles Daniel Easton, dearly beloved husband of Margaret Hays Easton, father of Polly and Peggy Easton, son of the late Daniel C. and Florence Leach Eas...
6th October 1934
New York Times DR. CHARLES D. EASTON DIES AFTER OPERATION
Physician Here and in Newport, of Distinguished Ancestry, Had Served in the War Dr. Charles D. Easton of 510 Park Avenue, who had practiced medicine in Newport, R.I., for many years and in this city since the Armistice, died yesterday ...
5th October 1934
New York Times FELDMAN SIGNS FOR BOUT
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 4 (AP)---Abe Feldman, Brooklyn heavyweight, and Petri Georgi, Buffalo, were signed today to meeet in a ten-round bout at the Legion Stadium here Sept. 14.  Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Mrs. Madeline [sic] F...
5th September 1934
New York Times FIERMONTE THREATENS DIVORCE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 9---Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, today took a screen test at Fox Movie Studio. Discussing the status of his marriage with the wealthy New Yor...
10th August 1934
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE CLOSES HOME
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I., Aug. 8---Crampton House, the Summer home of Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte, the former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, has been closed and Mrs. Fiermonte has left for an unannounced destination. Mrs. Fiermonte, whose husband, the pugi...
9th August 1934
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR WEDS ELLEN FRENCH
Notables Fill Newport Church for Ceremony Climaxing Weeks of Social Activity --- ONLOOKERS PACK STREETS --- Crowd Delays Both Bride and Bridegroom---Astor's Mother Sits in a Front Pew --- By RUSSELL B. PORTER...
1st July 1934
New York Times MOTHER OF ASTOR TO ATTEND BRIDAL
Despite Illness, Mrs. Fiermonte Goes Alone to Newport for Marriage to Miss French --- FORMER HUSBAND A GUEST --- W. K. Dick to Be in Trinity Church Today---Rehearsal for the Ceremony Takes Place --- Special ...
30th June 1934
New York Times YOUNG ASTOR TELLS OF WEDDING PLANS
Newspaper Group Is Informed That the Couple Will Return to Newport in August --- CHETWODE GIFTS SHOWN --- Famous Ring Given to Bride Will Be Reset for Her in a New Brooch --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES ...
29th June 1934
New York Times RECTORS FOR ASTOR RITES
Rev. E. S. Travers to Assist Rev. H. St. G. Burrill at Wedding --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., June 26---The Rev. Edward S. Travers, rector of the Episcopal Church at Rhinebeck, N. Y., will be the ass...
27th June 1934
New York Times FIERMONTE OUT 'FOREVER'
Announces Permanent Retirement From Boxing Activities --- WESTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I., June 22---Enzo Fiermonte, light- heavyweight boxer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Fiermonte, today announced his retirement from the ring "f...
22nd June 1934
New York Times WEDDING PLANNED BY ELLEN FRENCH
Invitations Are Sent Out for Marriage to John Jacob Astor 3d on June 30 --- BRIDAL TO BE IN NEWPORT --- Rev. S. C. Hughes Will Officiate at Rites in Trinity Church---Reception at Mapleshade --- Special to THE...
16th June 1934
New York Times ELLEN TUCK FRENCH IS ENGAGED TO WED
Betrothal to John Jacob Astor Announced by Mother, Who Denied Report Week Ago --- WEDDING EARLY IN JULY --- Her Fiance's Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Called Off in January --- Mrs. Livingston Fre...
31st May 1934
New York Times EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK
Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm...
21st March 1934
New York Times MRS. DULLES FONTANA
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25---Mrs. Dulles Fontana, formerly Miss Margaret Dulles, who once sued her husband to prevent him from collecting $75 a week support from her, died today in the Barclay Hotel after a long ...
26th January 1934
New York Times EILEEN GILLESPIE NOT TO WED ASTOR
Canceling of Engagement Is Announced buy Her Parents, the L. L. Gillespies --- WEDDING SET FOR FEB. 6 --- Bridal Attendants and Ushers Chosen for Ceremony to Have Been at St. Thomas --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ...
22nd January 1934
New York Times EILEEN S. S. GILLESPIE TO BE WED ON FEB. 6
Her Marriage to John Jacob Astor Will Take Place in St. Thomas Church --- The marriage of Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Gillespie, to John Jacob Astor, son of the late Colonel John Jacob As...
3rd January 1934
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR TO WED DEBUTANTE
His Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Announced by Her Parents --- CAME OF AGE IN AUGUST --- Fiancee, Noted in Newport as a Tennis Player, Is From an Old American Family --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lew...
16th December 1933
New York Times MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE
Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ...
13th December 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ...
28th November 1933
New York Times FIERMONTE, BOXER, HERE
Italian Heavyweight Silent on Engagement Rumor --- Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight boxer, arrived yesterday on the French liner Paris. Fiermonte declared on sailing for Europe three weeks ago that he was engaged to marry Mrs. Madel...
15th November 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK RETURNS; CARRIED TO HOSPITAL
Still Suffering From Effect of Broken Arm, Doctor Says---Silent on Boxer --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, former widow of the late John Jacob Astor and divorced wife of William K. Dick, returned from Bermuda yesterday on the Monarch...
4th November 1933
New York Times ESTATES APPRAISED
*** MANDELBAUM, HERMAN (April 19, 1933). Gross assets,, $159,224; net, $142,897. To Sarah Dessauer, daughter, life estate in $58,643; Tillie M. Samuel, daughter, $15,000; Selma Molendo, not related, $10,000; estate of Blanche M. Lang, one-half...
20th October 1933
New York Times BOXER SAYS MRS. DICK WILL WED HIM SOON
Fiermonte, Back From Bermuda, Declares They Will Marry When She Quits Hospital --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian boxer who was refused admittance last week to Bermuda, where he was going to visit Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, widow of J...
17th October 1933
New York Times BARRED FROM BERMUDA
Enzo Fiermonte, Boxer, Will Return to the United States --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 13 (AP)---Refused permission to land in Bermuda, Enzo Fiermonte, Italian boxer, who is reported to be seeking the hand of the wealthy Mrs. Madeline Dick...
14th October 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK IS INJURED
Falls on Floor of Bermuda House, Breaking Shoulder --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 13 (AP)--- Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick slipped and fell on the polished floor of her house last night and broke her shoulder. Mrs. Dick, w...
14th September 1933
New York Times FIERMONTE GETS DIVORCE
Pugilist Was Linked in Nevada Reports With Mrs. Dick --- RENO, Nev., Sept 4 (AP)---A divorce has been awarded to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, linked in some reports in a romance with the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. ...
5th September 1933
New York Times ART SHOW OPENS AT COOPERSTOWN
ART SHOW OPENS AT COOPERSTOWN --- 56 Participants in Exhibit of 176 Items---Portrait of A. B. Ryerson a Feature --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N, Y., Aug. 19---The Summer exhibit of the C...
21st August 1933
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR 3D, 21, COMES INFO VAST FORTUNE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 14---John Jacob Astor, whose father lost his life in the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, reached his majority today and came into possession of the fortune left by his father...
15th August 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK GETS DIVORCE
Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor Silent About Future Plans --- MINDEN, Nev., July 21 (AP)---The former Mrs. John Jacob Astor was divorced here today from William K. Dick of New York City, remaining silent meanwhile on reported plans for a ...
22nd July 1933
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
Special to The New York Times --- ELIZABETH, N. J., July 8---Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, a survivor of the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, died this morning at her home here after a long illness. She was born in England. She was a m...
9th July 1933
New York Times BOXER DENIES HE'LL WED
Enzo Fiermonte Says He Scarcely Knows Mrs. W. K. Dick --- RENO, Nev., June 17 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, who has been seen here in the company of Mrs. William K. Dick, the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor, today characterized ...
18th June 1933
New York Times LINKS MRS. DICK AND BOXER
Fiermonte Says He Plans to Wed Former Mrs. Astor --- ROME, Saturday, June 17 (AP)---Signora Tosca Manetti Fiermonte, wife of a boxer, Enzo Fiermonte, now in America, is quoted in an interview in the newspaper Popolo di Roma today to the...
17th June 1933
New York Times MRS. W. K. DICK IN RENO
Former Madeleine Force Astor Will Ask Divorce --- RENO, Nev., June 9 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, New York society woman, is in Reno to file suit for divorce for William K. Dick. She arrived last night. It was...
10th June 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO
Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M...
5th June 1933
New York Times HERMAN MANDELBAUM
Herman Mandlebaum, a retired wholesale tobacco merchant, died yesterday at his residence, 200 West Eighty-sixth Street, after a long illness. He was born in Kassel, Germany, eighty-three years ago, and came to the United States at the age of 13. Th...
20th April 1933
New York Times RICHARD L. BECKWITH
Richard L. Beckwith, formerly second vice president of the real estate firm of Ruland & Benjamin, died last night at his home, 224 East Sixty-first Street, after an illness of two years. He was graduated from Yale in 1898 and was a member of the Yale...
12th April 1933
New York Times MRS. WICHFELD DEAD; WAS VISITING FRIENDS
Former Wife of Clarence Moore Succumbs at Home of Earl of Portarlington --- LONDON, Feb. 3 (AP)---Mrs. Mabelle Swift Wichfeld, former wife of Clarence Moore, Washington capitalist and sportsman, who was lost on the Titanic, died of pneu...
4th February 1933
New York Times SWIFT HEIRESS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE IN NEVADA
Aksel Wichfeld, Former Attache at Danish Legation, Files Action Secretly, Charging Cruelty --- RENO, Nev., Nov. 21 (AP)---Aksel C. P. Wichfeld, former attaché of the Danish Legation in Washington, filed suit secretly at Carson City Nov....
22nd November 1932
New York Times MRS. J. J. BROWN DIES; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Was Rescued by the Carpathia After Hours in Row Boat-- Long a Newport Colonist.Mrs. Margaret Tobin Brown of Denver, Col., widow of James J. Brown, mine owner, died...
27th October 1932
New York Times EMILY RYERSON CLARKE SUES FOR DIVORCE
RENO, Nev., June 2 *** Mrs. Emily Borlie Clarke brought suit for divorce on ground of cruelty against George Hyde Clarke, to whom she was married at Cooperstown, N. Y., on Oct. 23, 1915. Agreement has been made regarding custoday of the...
3rd June 1932
New York Times LAWRENCE VAIL WEDS WRITER IN NICE, FRANCE
Marries Miss Kay Boyle at City Hall---His Former Wife Acts as Matron of Honor --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NICE, France, April 2---Lawrence Vail of New York and Kay Boyle of Cincinnati, American authors, wer...
3rd April 1932
New York Times HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES
Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...
27th February 1932
New York Times OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC
By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. "That borrible scene...
25th February 1932
New York Times MARION SCRANTON MARRIED
Wedded at Scranton, Pa., to Edward Mayer of This City --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 16---Miss Marion Margery Scranton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Scranton, the latter a member of the R...
17th January 1932
New York Times RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran...
10th December 1931
New York Times A CUNARD COMMODORE
HOME FROM THE SEA. By Arthur H. Rostron. Illustrated. 259 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. --- Sir Arthur was commodore of the Cunard fleet when recently he retired from active service. For four years and more he commanded t...
8th November 1931
New York Times RECITES CLOSE CALL OF TITANIC RESCUE
Sir Arthur Rostron Tells How Radio Man Got S 0 S as He Prepared to Quit Post --- RECALLS 46 YEARS AT SEA --- Carpathia's Former Master, in New Autobiography, Describes "Most Memorable Night" of Career --- If ...
27th October 1931
New York Times BOOK NOTES
Macmillan has obtained what are believed to be the only pictures of the rescue of the Titanic’s survivors and these will be used to illustrate Sir Arthur Rostron's forthcoming autobiography, "'Home From the Sea." Sir Arthur, in command of the Ca...
22nd July 1931
New York Times WIDOW OF TITANIC'S COMMANDER IS DEAD
Husband Was Captain E. J. Smith, Who Went Down in Sea Tragedy of 1912 --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 29---The Titanic disaster was recalled today with the death of Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow of C...
30th April 1931
New York Times SIR COSMO DUFF-GORDON
Survivor of Titanic Disaster Dies in London at Age of 68 --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 20---Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, survivor of the Titanic disaster of 1912, died in London today at the age of 6...
21st April 1931
New York Times GARDEN LURES SKIPPER OF THE BERENGARIA, SIR HENRY [SIC] ROSTRON, AFTER 45 YEARS AT SEA
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Nov. 7---Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, commodore of the Cunard fleet, who is retiring after forty-five years at sea, took his leave of his fellow-officers at Southampton this week on relinq...
9th November 1930
New York Times CUNARD EMPLOYEES TO HONOR ROSTRON
Fleet Is Taking Up Subscription for Testimonial to the Retiring Commodore --- DIGGLE HIS SUCCESSOR --- Captain Edgar T. Brltten Will Command Berengaria When She Returns In February --- Officers of the Scythi...
3rd November 1930
New York Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA
Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...
1st November 1930
New York Times ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE
Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo...
9th March 1930
New York Times MRS. M. S. WALDMAN WINS PARIS DIVORCE
Two Other American Women Also Receive Decrees From the French Courts --- TRAGIC ACCIDENT RECALLED --- Waldman Children Fell to Death From Penthouse Apartment Here in October, 1928 --- PARIS, Feb. 25 (AP)---Th...
26th February 1930
New York Times WALDMANS SEEK DIVORCE
Mother of Children Who Fell to Death Here Sues in Paris --- Copyright by The Chicago Tribune Co. --- PARIS, Nov. 27---Mrs. Barbara Guggenheim Waldman, whose two children were killed in a thirteen-story fall from the roof o...
28th November 1929
New York Times R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN
President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...
11th October 1929
New York Times LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR
Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th September 1929
New York Times MISS EVELYN BAYNE TO WED H. M. BLANK
Junior League Girl's Betrothal Announced by Grandmother, Mrs. Lockwood --- Mrs. Williston D. Lockwood of 40 East Sixty-second Street has announced the engagement of her granddaughter, Miss Evelyn Bayne, to Henry M. Blank, son of Mr. and...
16th March 1929
New York Times FRANCE HONORS ROSTRON
Cunard Commodore Receives Legion of Honor Aboard Berengaria --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHERBOURG, Feb. 27---France honored a life of heroism and seamanship tonight when she awarded the Legion of Honor to S...
28th February 1929
New York Times ROSTRON'S CAT LEFT HERE
Berengaria Master Sails Alone Because of British Quarantine --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunarder Berengaria, sailed early yesterday morning for the first time in many years without his pet Persian cat Abdul. The animal...
6th January 1929
New York Times STORY OF BOYS' FALL AS TOLD BY MOTHER
Dr. Norris Makes Public the Official Record of Mrs. Waidman's Examination --- MEMORY IS FRAGMENTARY --- Unable to Recall Where She Sat or Exactly How Sons Plunged to Death From Hotel Roof --- Dr. Charles Norr...
28th October 1928
New York Times DEATH OF BOYS HELD ACCIDENT BY NORRIS
Medical Examiner Announces Finding After Iquiry Into Waldman Tragedy --- HEARS SEVEN WITNESSES --- Absolves Police for Moving Bodies and Says Their Inquiry Was Thorough --- WORKER TELLS OF FALL ---...
25th October 1928
New York Times WALDMAN DEATHS AGAIN HELD ACCIDENT
Police After Second Inquiry Stick to Original Theory of Children's Fall --- WORKMEN TELL OF TRAGEDY --- Describe the Mother's Frantic Efforts to Save Sons---Norris Investigation to Go On --- The second police...
24th October 1928
New York Times POLICE ACT TO SIFT WALDMAN DEATHS
Check Up Statements as to How Guggenheim Heirs Fell From Roof of Hotel --- NORRIS TO QUERY MOTHER --- Wants to Learn Her Version of the Tragedy---Criticizes the Removal of the Bodies --- TO CALL OTHER WITNES...
23rd October 1928
New York Times POLICE ACT TO SIFT WALDMAN DEATHS
Check Up Statements as to How Guggenheim Heirs Fell From Roof of Hotel --- NORRIS TO QUERY MOTHER --- Wants to Learn Her Version of the Tragedy---Criticizes the Removal of the Bodies --- TO CALL OTHER WITNES...
23rd October 1928
New York Times 2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS WILL BE BURIED TODAY
Mother of Grandsons of Titanic Victim Still Suffers From Shock of Children's Fall --- Funeral services for the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Waldman, Terence, 4, and Benjamin, fourteen months old, grandchildren of Benjamin Gugg...
21st October 1928
New York Times 2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS DIE IN 13-STORY FALL
Baby Boy and Brother Drop From Arms of Mother on Hotel Surrey Roof --- SHE IS STRICKEN BY SHOCK --- Mrs. M. S. Waldman, Daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, Unable to Explain Accident --- Terrence and Benjamin W...
20th October 1928
New York Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE
Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr...
29th July 1928
New York Times ROSTRON NOW CUNARD COMMODORE
Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron will succeed the late Sir James Charles as Commodore of the Cunard fleet and will hoist his flag on the Beren­garia next Saturday when she leaves Southampton for New York. The Aquitania has been the flagship of the Cu...
24th July 1928
New York Times CHICAGO WIDOW SENDS PLANE FOR BRIDEGROOM BUT GALE DELAYS 9,000-MILE RACE TO ALTAR
Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Dec. 9---Mrs. Emily Boris [sic] Ryerson, wealthy widow of Arthur Ryerson, the steel maker, who was lost on the Titanic, today dispatched an airplane to St. Paul in an effort to bring her fiancé...
10th December 1927
New York Times TITANIC WIDOW TO WED
Mrs. Ryerson of Chicago Will Marry Forsythe Sherfesse, Financier --- CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AP)---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson, whose husband, Albert [sic] Ryerson, lost his life when the Titanic sank, will be married next week, it is announced, ...
2nd December 1927
New York Times MRS. EDWARD B. MAYER
Mrs. Edward B. Mayer died suddenly last night at her home, 21 East Eighty-second Street. She was the former Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim. Her father was drowned in the Titanic disaster. Mrs. Mayer was ...
22nd July 1927
New York Times MRS. EMMA W. BUCKNELL
Widow of University Founder Dies at Saranac Lake Camp --- Special to The New York Times --- SARANAC INN, N. Y., June 28.---Mrs. Emma Ward Bucknell, 75 years old, widow of William Bucknell, founder of Bucknell University, d...
29th June 1927
New York Times APPRAISAL OF ESTATE OF AUGUSTINE BIDOIS
Estates Appraised --- Manhattan --- *** BIDOIS, AUGISTINE (April 27, 1926), Gross assets, $2,538; net $1,872. To three brothers and a sister in equal shares. Executrix, Rosalie Bidois. ***...
23rd April 1927
New York Times LOVE LIFTS JAIL SENTENCE OF LAWRENCE VAIL WHEN FRENCHMAN HE STRUCK WINS HIS SISTER
PARIS, Dec. 29 (AP)---Love has found a way to make a new, Franco-American match---a blow over the head with a champagne bottle. The Frenchman who was hit, Captain Allain Lemerdy, son of a General, is going to marry Clothilde Vail, sister of the Ameri...
30th December 1926
New York Times MRS. DOROTHY A. HARDER
Mrs. Dorothy A. Harder --- Mrs. Dorothy Annan Harder, wife of George A. Harder, died Wednesday at her residence, 510 Park Avenue. She was the only child of the late Edward Annan Jr. and Maude Earle. Edward Annan of Brooklyn, her grandfa...
3rd December 1926
New York Times MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Married --- ANDERSON-DAGGETT---On Aug. 24, at the Church of the Transfiguration, Harry Anderson to Florence Makley Daggett. ...
25th August 1926
New York Times MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN IS HONORED BY KING
Roston [sic]Is Made a K. B. E. in Delayed Birthday List---48 Other Knights Created --- Copyright, 1926, by The New York Times Company --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The King's Bi...
3rd July 1926
New York Times CARLISLE, DESIGNER OF TITANIC, IS DEAD
Member of Privy Council and Noted Engineer Stricken at 72 --- DISASTER BROKE HIS HEART --- Recently Visited Old Friend, Ex-Kaiser---Wanted “Merry Widow Waltz” Played at Funeral --- ...
6th March 1926
New York Times LEWY BROS., JEWELERS, FAIL
Settlement Involving $1,400,000 Defeated by Court Action --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Nov. 23---An involuntary petition in bankruptcy against Lewy Brothers, Jewelers, filed today in the United States Cour...
24th November 1925
New York Times LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT
Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright...
22nd October 1925
New York Times EXPLORER RICE BACK; SAW WHITE INDIANS
Rare Amazonian Tribe Spoke Language of Their Own, Doctor Declares --- DISCOVERED BY HINTON --- Naval Filer Made Perilous Flight Over 75-Mile Jungle---Party Met Many Hardships --- Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, ...
11th July 1925
New York Times TITANIC DISASTER SURVIVOR DROWNS IN A SHALLOW POND
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. April 18--Surviving the Titanic disaster April 14, 1912, by swimming for hours in the icy waters until picked up by a rescue ship, Oscar Palmquist of 42 Lenox Avenue was drowned in six feet of water in a pond in Beardsley Park into...
19th April 1925
New York Times CLEARS HOTEL MEN IN PALM BEACH FIRE
Florida Commissioner After Inquiry Says That They Provided All Necessary Safeguards --- GUESTS’ LOSS $2,000,000 --- Thousands of Dollars in Scattered Belongings Reclaimed---First of Victims Arrive HERE --- Special to ...
21st March 1925
New York Times OBITUARY NOTES [LAURA VAN DER HOEF]
Mrs. LAURA ELLEN NEWELL VAN DERHOEF, widow of Wyckoff Van Derhoef, who was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, died yesterday at her home, 15 Clark Street, Brooklyn. Her husband was Secretary of the Williamsburg Fire Insurance Company in Man...
18th March 1925
New York Times MRS. ALEX. H. RICE TO SAIL MARCH 21
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener, and the latter’s daughter, Miss Diana Dodge, has arranged to sail on the Leviathan March 21. Mrs. Rice will go to London and Paris and later to...
6th March 1925
New York Times DR. RICE, IN WILDS OF BRAZIL, IN TOUCH BY RADIO WITH HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK EVERY NIGHT
Deep in the wilds of Brazil, Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, surgeon and explorer, is encamped on the Rio Brancho in Manaos, studying tropical diseases. New York, although long ago over its uneasiness for the safety of the Rice party which arose late la...
16th December 1924
New York Times 3 OF RICE'S PARTY BACK FROM AMAZON
Mrs. Rice, Professor and Mrs. Strong Return---Others in Expedition Go On --- STUDYING TROPICAL DISEASE --- Hope to Explore Regions in Brazil Never Before Traversed by White Men --- Among the passengers who ar...
4th October 1924
New York Times EXPEDITION TO USE PLANES FOR SURVEY
Rice's Party, Seeking Source of Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, Adopts New Plan --- The South American expedition led by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, who is accompanied by Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is equipp...
23rd August 1924
New York Times AMAZON TRAFFIC HINDERED
Booth Line Says Disturbances Make Deliveries Uncertain --- Political disturbances at Manaos, State of Amazonas, have interrupted navigation on the River Amazon. The Booth American Shipping Corporation, 17 Battery Place, announced yester...
22nd August 1924
New York Times RICES BELIEVED SAFE
Washington Not Worried About Explorers---Heard From Them Aug. 6 --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Aug. 16---There is no uneasiness here about the safety of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice of New York and his w...
17th August 1924
New York Times EXPLORER TO SEEK ORINOCO'S SOURCE
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice Is Now at Para With His Wife and Flier Hinton --- VOYAGE TO TAKE 2 YEARS --- Seaplane and Radio Will Be Used to Penetrate Hitherto Uncharted Region --- Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice,...
12th August 1924
New York Times LOUIS BUTT DIES HERE
Brother of Roosevelt’s Aid Was a Cotton Buyer of Georgia --- Louis Butt of Augusta, Ga., a cotton buyer and cotton exporter, died at 11:05 last night in Roosevelt Hospital of intestinal hemorrhages caused by an intestinal abscess.&...
1st August 1924
New York Times LADY PIRRIE MAY HEAD HARLAND & WOLFF, THE GREAT BRITISH SHIPBUILDING FIRM
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 16---It is the general belief in shipping circles that Lady Pirrie will assume the post of President of the great shipbu...
17th July 1924
New York Times MISS ASTOR TO WED RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN
He Was Recently Divorced From One of the Daughters of Czar Alexander II --- ONE OF ANCIENT LINE --- Bride-to-Be Is Daughter of the Late John Jacob Astor of New York --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th July 1924
New York Times DEATH NOTICE OF CHARLOTTE APPLETON
APPLETON---On Wednesday, June 25, 1924, at the Flushing Hospital, Charlotte L., wife of Edward Dale Appleton and daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth R. Lamson of New York. Funeral services at her late residence, Franklin Av., Bayside, L. I., ...
26th June 1924
New York Times OLYMPIC CARRIES PIRRIE'S BODY HOME
White Star Liner Was Biggest Ship Ever Built in Viscount’s Yards --- DIED ON WAY FROM TROPICS --- Great Shipbuilder, Near Death, Insisted on Being Carried Out to See Panama Canal --- The body of Viscount Pirr...
14th June 1924
New York Times LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE
Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of...
9th June 1924
New York Times CAPT. BOWER ISMAY DIES
British Shipping and Racing Man Succumbs to Sleeping Sickness --- LONDON, May 25---Captain Bower Ismay, the shipowner and racehorse fancier, died today at Hazel Beech Hall, Northamptonshire. He had been ill since Feb. 8 with sleeping ...
26th May 1924
New York Times CAPT. ROSTRON RECEIVES ROYAL HONOR
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 25---Captain Arthur H. Rostron, commander of the Cunard liner Mauretania, who, as captain of the Carpathia, rescued the ...
26th February 1924
New York Times R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL
Vice President of Liberty National Bank Marries Daughter of W. C. Durant in Newark *** Robert W. Daniel of 19 West Sixty-ninth Street, Vice President of the Liberty National Bank of this city, and Mrs. Marjorie Durant Campbell of 635 P...
7th December 1923
New York Times HOPE HAMPTON KEPT HER WEDDING SECRET
Film Star Married Jules E. Brulatour, Her Manager, Aug. 22---His Third Marriage --- To the surprise of their friends it became known yesterday that Hope Hampton, the motion picture actress who was last seen on the screen in "The Gold Di...
8th November 1923
New York Times YOUNG VAIL SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CAPRI
But He and His Wife, Formerly Miss Guggenheim, Are Allowed to Leave After Appeal --- CAPRI, Italy, Oct. 18---Lawrence Vail, who married Marguerite Guggenheim, daughter of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, American copper magnate, was arrest...
19th October 1923
New York Times MRS. GRACIE DROPS WILL SUIT
Special to the New York Times --- WASHINGTON. May 2--- Mrs. Constance Shack Gracie, widow of Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., who lost his life from exposure in the Titanic disaster, has abandoned her attempt to establish an alleged ...
3rd May 1923
New York Times MRS. ELOISE HUGHES SMITH REWEDS
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Apr. 10---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, to whom a divorce was granted a month ago from Robert P. Daniel of Philadelphia, another survivor of the same disaster, was married Saturday at Ironton, Ohio,...
11th April 1923
New York Times WEIRD MISFORTUNES BLAMED ON MUMMY
Beautiful but Malignant Priestess Is Said to Resent Touching Her Coffin Lid --- IT IS IN BRITISH MUSEUM --- Officials Call Stories Myths, but Superstitious Even Blame Her for Sinking of Titanic --- Copyright,...
7th April 1923
New York Times MISS GUGGENHEIM, DIVORCEE, TO WED
Youngest Daughter of Late Copper Magnate to Marry Milton S. Waldman in Paris --- GOT RECENT FRENCH DECREE --- Fiance of Heiress, the Former Wife of S. M. Kempner, Was Lately a New York Newspaper Man --- Word ...
12th December 1922
New York Times MISS KATHERINE FORCE TO WED MAJOR SPENCER
Their Marriage to Take Place Tomorrow at the Home of Her Sister, Mrs. William K. Dick --- Although the engagement of Miss Katherine B. Force, daughter of Mrs. William H. Force, to Major Lorillard Spencer has never been formally announce...
5th December 1922
New York Times COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR
Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay His Case Before Father's Executor...
19th August 1922
New York Times ASTOR SALE LIKELY TO HELP MRS. DICK
Permission to Dispose of Trust Property Would Raise Her Income to $60,000 --- NOW GETS $43,000 [sic] FROM IT --- Trustee Has Offer of $1,200,000 for Realty In West Thirty-Fourth Street---Affects Vincent --- A...
1st August 1922
New York Times FIND HEADQUARTERS OF CHICAGO GUNMEN
Police Locate Saloon Where They Got Arms and Waited, It is Said, for Murphy's Orders --- RAID JOHN MILLER'S HOME --- Seize Quantity of Dynamite There---Paper Giving List Used Last Tuesday Is Found --- Special...
16th May 1922
New York Times DINE CAPT. ROSTRON ON THE MAURETANIA
156 Guests of Sir Ashley Sparks Pay Tribute to Commander's War Aid --- HE PRAISES HIS VESSEL --- Is Fastest and Finest Merchant Ship Afloat, He Says--Many Captains Present --- One hundred and fifty-six guests...
4th April 1922
New York Times LUCILE'S CREDITORS FORCE RECEIVERSHIP
Dressmakers Established by Lady Duff Gordon Owe $175,000, Have $75,000 --- HER $200 A WEEK UNPAID --- General Business Blamed and Report Is Denied of Bad Bills Among Patrons --- Lucile, Ltd., dressmakers, 19 East Fifty-f...
21st March 1922
New York Times MRS. HENRI MARQUISAN'S FUNERAL
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PARIS, Oct. 11---Funeral services were held today in the chapel of the Rue Honore d’Eylan Church for Mrs. Henri Marquisan, who was Miss Frances Moore, daughter of the late Clarence Moore, who...
12th October 1921
New York Times KEMPNER-GUGGENHEIM
Sigmund M. Kempner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kempner of 305 West End Avenue, and Miss Barbara H. Guggenheim, a daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 270 Park Avenue, were married yesterday afternoon in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom and the receptio...
21st June 1921
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