FAYETTEVILLE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS:

submitted by Lorna Marks

March 9, 1920 Mr. And Mrs. E. I. Baldwin of 328 N. Oxford Ave gave a dinner last evening to celebrate the birthday anniversary of her son Charles M. Peck of Monrovia. Those present were Mr. And Mrs. Peck, Mrs. F. W. Gridley (Edith Peck Gridley) and daughter Helen of Brooklyn, William. H. Mathews. After refreshments, the members of the party enjoyed a musical program and story telling. Mrs. Baldwin celebrated her fourscore and eight anniversary in December and is remarkably active for one of her age.

Undated Mrs. Sarah Peck Baldwin last week bought her newest motor car, a 1915 Reo, at the age of 84. She has been an enthusiastic motorist for several years and is often seen driving around the crowded Los Angeles streets highways and wide highways. (Sarah Peck Baldwin was the former wife of Marquis L. Peck and resided in Syracuse for many years.)

Undated A Glimpse of Mrs. Russell Sage
Among the women of the metropolis whose philanthropic endeavors have won for them well deserved renown none stands higher than Mrs. Russell Sage, the wife of the Wall St. Financier, who, it is often said, can command more hard cash in a short period of time than any man in Wall St. Mrs. Sage, who was Olivia Slocum, daughter of Joseph Slocum, a former Syracusian, is in the early sixties, but her years, despite a very busy life, sit lightly upon her. She is about the medium height, rather slightly built, and her manners are gracious and charming. Mrs. Sage is easily approachable. To newspaper men, who often call at her Fifth Ave. home to interview her husband, she is most kind. She knows many of them by sight and a few by name, and her invariable question is, “Have I ever met you before?” Mrs. Sage’s hair is gray, and so are her eyes—piercing gray eyes. She dresses in deep mourning, out of respect to the memory of her mother. She wears no jewelry, if a simple gold pin clasped at the throat is excepted. From long experience Mrs. Sage has become a ready speaker, and there are few women in Gotham who preside at business meetings of women’s societies or social gatherings with more dignity and success. She possesses the strict business methods of her husband, and these she applies to the various charitable enterprises with which she is connected, mastering all the details and giving everything her personal supervision. Mrs. Sage is a highly cultivated lady and a true helpmeet to her husband. She gives large sums every year to charity, but her bequests are so quietly bestowed that no estimate can be formed of their amount. She is a graduate of the Troy Female seminary of the class of 1848. The seminary was founded by Mrs. Emma Willard in 1821, and was the first institution established for the higher education of women. She is a consistent church member and a strong worker in the Sunday schools.

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30 April 1999