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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1908

Page

5

Social throng at Deal Casino in white gowns

A record crowd of more than 5,000 gathered at Deal Casino New Jersey for a social day. Women wore white linen and lace outfits while motor cars crowded Ocean Avenue. Celebrities and society names mingled with attendees as an invitation tennis match and clambake followed events at Pleasure Bay.

Deal Beach N. J Deal Casino Casino Shoals Allenhurst Deal Elberon West End Ocean Avenue Asbury Park Lee €Hubert New Theatre Stella Hammerstein Avon Charles Richman Eugene O’brien Margaret Illington Kyrle Bellew Lillian Albertson Long Branch Frederick Goecken Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr Charles G. Hemming Henry Seligman Henry P. Wertheim Benjamin Samuel J. Seligman Misses Sampter Madeline O'Donohue Harry Femming Arthur Hammerstein Nicholas Crusius Green Gables Pleasure Bay Violet Kraus Frederick Gerken Frederick Rothschild Robert Guggenheim Rothschild Bernard Tim John E. Dillon Leslie M. Shaw Shaw Constance Dessars Florence Murphy Joseph Cagelman John McCall Dorothy Donnelly Seabright Firenzi Daniel Guggenheim Schwartz Brothers Nathan and Brown

New Comedy for Hitchcock with Ice Man at North Pole

Raymond Hitchcock gains rights to a new musical comedy with music by Tretcher Powell and book by Ted Robinson. Hitchcock plans to star as a New York ice man who travels to Greenland and the North Pole, aided by a loyal seal. The piece, once titled The Top of the World, will be renamed for production.

Raymond Hitchcock Ted ” Robinson Tretcher Powell Mr. Robinson Mr. Powell Cleveland Leader Shuberts Hitchcock New York Greenland North Pole Pole Felix

The Baltic voyage reopens Butler and Ward rehearsals in London

John A Butler and Fanny Ward return from the Baltic last Friday to resume rehearsals for The Man of the Hour under Grady and Grismer. Robert Mantell ends a 49 week tour spanning Sidney to New Orleans with Duluth as base for his new season. Rehearsals begin August 24 for The Call of the Worth at the Hudson Theatre. Vivian Prescott signs a five year deal with Al Woods, starting with On Trial for His Life. Chief Dark Cloud and his tribe perform nightly at Gala Park North Beach with explanations of their dances.

John A. Butler Widow'’’ Company Fanny Ward London Miss Ward Grady & Grismer Robert Mantell Sidney Cape Breton San Diego Cal Boston San Francisco Toronto New Orleans Duluth Mr. Mantell George Robert Edeson Hudson Theatre Vivian Prescott

Liners Hit By A Hurricane Off Virginia Coast

Atlantic liners arriving yesterday reported heavy seas and rough weather as storms raged off the Virginia coast. The Madonna from Naples and the City of Savannah from Savannah endured high waves and gale force winds with passengers noting the ships’ handling. A boy from Macon Ga and Knights of Pythias travelers also aboard are mentioned along with Mrs J Bernhardt of Dumas Ark who uses chewing gum to combat seasickness.

Atlantic Virginia Fabre Line Madonna Naples Nantucket Finance Panama Savannah Robert Smith Macon Paris Robert Knights of Pythias Georgia Arkansas Order Boston J. Bernhardt Dumas Ark

30 000 Tailors May Strike

Tailors in Manhattan Brooklyn and Brownsville threaten a general strike over wage cuts since last autumns downturn. Executive committee meeting with twelve locals set to seek 600 coat contractors representation for talks at 206 East Broadway next Saturday night. If wages return to pre panic levels a strike may be avoided.

Manhattan Brooklyn Brownsville United Browerhood of Tailors Pitt Street East Broadway East Side Bronwnsville

Man arrested after assault at ice cream parlor entrance

August Berry of 89 Sixth Street Long Island City was jailed at West 37th Street Station for striking Mrs. Kate Bennett of 203 West 31st Street near Thirty-first Street and Eighth Avenue. Bennett, with her husband and 4-year-old son, were entering the parlor when Berry attacked. Berry gave no explanation. Bennett had not previously known him.

Thirty-first Street Eighth Avenue August Berry Sixth Street Long Island City West Thirtyseventh Street Kate Bennett West Thirty-first Street Berry Bennett

More Aid for Sick Babies in Brooklyn Programs

The Brooklyn Children's Aid Society plans six more trained nurses to assist doctors, adds three assistant matrons to milk stations, and opens a new station. Clinics teach infant care at five stations and mothers receive guidance. Milk distribution doubles over last summer and the group provides cheap icebox instructions costing under 20 cents. The society also supplies twenty pounds of ice daily to needy families.

Brooklyn Children’s Aid Society

Old River Captain Sheldon Bullock Dies in Greenwich

Greenwich, Aug 2 Captain Sheldon Bullock a veteran steamboat master of over six decades on the High Bridge Harlem and Stamford lines died at his home. Born September 10, 1830 in Canajoharie New York he first sailed as a schooner captain then led the Tiger Lily before age 21 and served on Harlem and Stamford lines after the Civil War.

Greenwich Conn Sheldon Bullock High Bridge Harlem Stamford Bullock Canajoharie Columbia County N. Y New York Albany Lily

Notable Deaths Include Snowden Brown Norton and Peckham

A batch of obituaries reports the deaths of William H. Snowden in Fairfax County Virginia aged 84 an organizer of the Republican party Elbridge Gerry Brown a Boston journalist and People's Party candidate died in St. Luke's Hospital age 66 Lewis Rufus Norton a longtime New England banker and Hampden National Bank president died in Westfield Massachusetts Eliza J Wall M D who practiced in Brooklyn and Denver died in Goshen New York of bronchial trouble Marie Louise Peckham wife of Walton M Peckham and heir of Robert Chesebrough died in France after a car crash in which she was badly bruised. three weeks earlier she had traveled with her son and chauffeur through Bes sesines.

William H. Snowden Fairfax County New Jersey Elbridge Gerry Brown Bosteen Massachusetts People’s Party Boston Lewis Rufus Norton Westfield Mass Norton New England United States Whip Company Hampden National Bank Eliza J. Wall Brooklyn Denver Goshen N. Y The New York Homeopathic Medical College Marie Louise Peckham Walton M. Peckham New York Paris Robert John Chesebrough Royal France Dwyer Edward F. Dwyer Patchogue Richmond Harrisonburg Felter Florence Tissey Harriet E John K. Felter Haviland East 19Th St David L. Haviland Norwalk James 8 Young Hobart Place Garfield N. J Lyndon Lounsberry Barry Lounsberry James S Sarah W. Lounsberry Church of the Holy Communion Moffett Samuel E. Moffett Archer Avenue Mount Vernon Peckham M. Louise Peckham Stephens Jane L Samuel Stephens J. R. Churchill Philip St Albany N. Y. Wall Eliza J.wall M. D Ogdensburg Col Webb Woodland Ulster County, N. Y Charles Henry Webb

Stockton Dies After Train Incident at Market Street Station

William L. Stockton division manager at Prudential Insurance, died after being run over by a Pennsylvania train at Market Street Station Newark. A Princeton 1896 graduate, he was brother to Richard Stockton of New York, nephew of ex-Attorney General John P. Stockton, and a descendant of signer Richard Stockton of the Declaration of Independence.

William L. Stockton Prudential Insurance Company Market Street Newark N. J St. Joseph’s Hospital Stockton Princeton Richard Stockton New York John P. Stockton

Smell offended taxicabs barred from Central Park drives

Three gas and oil fueled taxicabs were halted by Central Park guards on East Drive for stoking smoke and odors. Chauffeurs Emil Violan Harry Schurd and Alfred Lorentz were discharged by Magistrate Moss with warnings. Park riders and police said many cars were warned or turned away as the new ordinance curbed smelly vehicles.

Central Park Bicycle Corps Yorkville Court Moss Emil Violan West Thirty-sixth Street Central Park Harry Schurd East Fortieth Street Alfred Lorentz New York Murtha Lieut. Hefferon Park Commissioners Ark Yorkville Park Department

Hole in the Wall Gang Terrorizes East Side Youths

A gang haunts the ruins known as Jones's Woods, calling the site the Hole in the Wall. They attacked twelve year old Ernest Abeles at Seventy first Street and Avenue A, took his ring, and warned him to bring a nickel or be tossed into the river. Police at the Sixty seventh District had prior complaints and posted a guard there but had no recent reports.

East Seventy-first Street East River Jones’s Woods Seventy-first Street Avenue A Ernest Josef Abeles Seventyfirst Street Second Avenue Mr. Abeles Walter Kolich Sixty-seventh Seventieth Street

Public waking up to cocaine menace and medical response

Dr John Van Doren Young secretary of the County Medical Society notes growing public and laity attention to cocaine and drug habits. He credits the medical profession and societies with protecting the public, cites the 1907 Pure Food and Drug Act, and warns of dangers from habit forming drugs and the need for law and proper institutions to aid recovery.

John van Doren Young County Medical Society Medical Medical Society of County of New York Board of Health Commonwealths

Safe Hands for Prescribing Harmful Drugs

The passage argues that only medical professionals should handle prescribing drugs, warns of dangers of misuse and addiction, and asserts physicians must bear responsibility. it allows using pain relief drugs in inoperable cancer cases if necessary.

San Francisco yachtsman dies in desert heat

Frederick D. Spaulding, a San Francisco yachtsman and motorist, died in the Colorado desert near Yuma after a heat exposure while en route to a mine he was developing. His chauffeur P McCauley was revived after they collapsed and were found by a boy and taken to Blaisdell.

New York Times San Francisco Cal Colorado Desert Yuma Frederick D. Spaulding P. McCauley Blaisdell McCauley Spaulding

Births in July for Fuchs Siegel and Treacy families

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fuchs on July 0. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Siegel on July 29. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T Fergus Treacy on July 29.

Fuchs Oscar Fuchs

Marriages listed in New York and Jersey City notices

A series of marriage notices dated July and August 1908 from New York City and Jersey City lists couples including Will Wallace Mayberry and Blanche May Wildanger. Marian J. Baer and Chester Arthur Hart. Charlotte Kett and William Phillips. Frieda Gattman and John Robbins. Stella F. Augsburger and H. J. Rosenberg. Josephine Eschen and Harry M. Becker. Mary H. Hayden and Charles Allen. John Cottier and Carrie Archer Shepherd. Grace Irene Creegan and Franklyn Parker Hammond. Mary A. Spreng and Donald Roth. Elizabeth C. Muller and Bruynish Ballmenn.

Mayberry—Wildanger Allen—Hayden Jersey City Mary H. Hayden Charles Allen Cottier Shepherd John Cottier Carrie Archer Shepherd Hammond—Creegan Grace Irene Creegan Franklyn Parker Hammond Roth—Spreug Mary A. Spreng Donald Roth Ballmann—Muller Elizabeth C. Muller Bruynish Ballmenn

Obituary notices from New Haven and surrounding areas

Funeral and death notices for numerous individuals across New York and New Jersey. Entries include Atwater Brown Dwyer Edwards Amrhein Barasch Chiedel Conroy Corbett Campbell Clark Delmare Drey Fagan Foy Graham Gonzalez Grandon Greenfield Gum binner Hall Hohler Kaltenbach Kurz Larkin McCullough McQuade Maguire Malone Maujer Maxwell Moran Nicholls Potter Reefs Reeves Reynolds Schieber Schmidt Schroeder Smith Stafford Steinhart Stinson Sullivan Towne Trueman Van Fleet Whealan Williams Wittmann.

Samuel Foy Graham Sussex St Jersey City Thomas Graham Gonzalez Decatur St Freonion Minnie Gonzales Grandon Washington Av Catherine Grandon Greenfield Kearny N. J Eliza J. Greenfield Gumbinner Gould Ho Eda Gum_binner Hall Rahway Christena F. Hall Hohler Fast Orange Fridolin Hohler Kaltenbach Chauncey St Bronkton Marie W. Kaltenbach Kurz East S20 J. A. Kurz Ie Larkin East 49Th St Frank Larkin A. M. McCullough West 24Th St Kenneth W. McCullough F. McQuade Wilson St Brooklyn Thomas J. Maujer Maxwell Mercer St Joseph Maxwell Moran St. Ange Catherine Moran Nicholls Sth Hannah Nicholls Potter Park Place Jeremiah N. Potter Arlington Rees Rees Reeves Hamilton Av Yonkers Florence V. Reever. Reynolds Lake George Rainford N.reynolds Schieber Lexington Leopold Schieber M. Schmidt South 2Th St Newark Charles M. Schmirdt Schroeder Eramere Place Whenrietta C. Schroeder Smith Tottenville S. I George F. Smith Sullivan Orange Grace Sullivan Towne Nora F. Towne M. Trueman Bridge 51 Eaen Frances Trueman van Fleet J. E. van Fleet Whealan Toincoln John L. Whealan. Williams West 129Th St Mary J. Williams Wittmann West 151St St Catherine F. Wittmann

Masses and memorial notices from area churches

Inn Memoriam lists Masses for Margaret Barton at St Joseph's Church and Elizabeth Burns at St John's Church Orange New Jersey. Brady Mass for John T Brady at Church of the Holy Rosary on August 5 at 10 AM. Goodman memorial for David H Goodman died August 3 193. Murphy Mass for Thomas J Murphy at Carmelite Church today, AM.

Woodlawn Cemetery access via Harlem trains and trolley lines

Readable note explains Woodlawn Cemetery is easily reached from Grand Central via Harlem trains, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, or by carriage. It lists lot prices at 150 dollars and provides a contact at 4855 Gramercy for Books of Views and a representative, with the office at 20 East 230 Street in New York City.

Woodlawn Harlem Grand Central Station Webster Jerome Avenue East 230

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dark Cloud Gala Park North Beach Brooklyn Society Tiger Lily East Orange Lizzie Smith Essex County Supreme Court Gummere Charles E. Menagh North Park Dodd Streets Bell Frank Fort Amalgamated Mutual Association of Allied Drug Dealers Lizzie Smiths County of Essex George Grover Tum Times W. L. Stockton Jones’s Wood Dr. Young Cieties Ona Ito All Drug and Department Stores the Samurai Co West 28Th St Uneeda Biscuit National Biscuit Company Scotty George Crawford West Twenty-sixth Street Fred Pronk Cornell West Side Masterson Department of Health Crawford Pronk Thirtieth Street Milt Candies Library Bureau Card and Filing Systems Broadway Orn Phillips—Keit Charlotte Kett William Phillips Robbins—Gattman Frieda Gattman John Robbins Amrhein Forest Av Bronx Johannette Amrhein Barasch East 68Th St Nathan Barasch Chiedel Washington St Hoboken Carl V. Chiedel Conroy North 3d St East Newark James J Corbett Bishop St Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Institute West 57Th St L&c Lewis & Qoncer West California White Mountains New Harmpshire America Grand Central Station New York City Inn Memoriam Stephen Merritt Burial Chelsea Stephen Merritt MR. Radcliffe Frank E. Campbell Chelsem
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