Deal Beach Folk Plan Record Year of Summer Festivities
Deal Beach, Allenhurst and Elberon residents map a second season of merriment. A million dollars invested on coast promises Deal will remain New Jersey’s top summer retreat near New York. August events include tennis tours, golf tournaments, a society circus, horse ponies track, and a county wedding at Elberon with the Deal Casino host to swimmers and dress parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Deal Beach
N. J
Allenhurst
Elberon
Jersey
Deal
Frederick Gerken
Joseph M. Byrne
George W. Young
Henry Seligman
Col
George Harvey
Jacob Rothschild
New Jersey
New York
Asbury Park
Pleasure Bay
Deal Golf and Country Club
Seabright
Cedarhurst
Westchester
Morton
A. Charles Schwartz
O'Day Place
Deal Station
Society
Ruby Speyer
Waldo Schuman
Boston
Leo Speyer
Deal Casino
Hollywood Park
West End
Tide to Europe Ebbs As Passenger Lists Shrink
The return of travel to Europe is slowing with fewer cabin lists on the Cunard Lusitania sailing today to Liverpool and the White Star Teutonic bound for Southampton shows a light passenger manifest. Notables aboard the Lusitania include the Keith and Elkin families, Countess Della Gheradeseca, Judge Tree, and Parsons among others. The Teutonic lists David Beggs Joseph Knott and several White Star and Forbes names among its passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Teutonic
Southampton
Minor C. Keith
W.L. Elkin
Countess
Della Gheradeseca
John Gill
Agnes W. Gill
Charles J. Kipp
Charles H. White
Ernest Martin
M. Seligman
Andrew Gunn
John Gunn
John Sims Forbes
W. A. Dillon
Notable Summer Environs Move About New York and New England
The report catalogs residents and travelers at Northern homes and resorts this summer. John Bigelow and Grace Bigelow stay at Squirrels near Highland Falls, N Y. Mr and Mrs Norman D R White postponed sailing on the Kaiser for two weeks. James Talcott Edith Falcott and others are at Mount Washington. George Hege and family drive to Chicago from Oyster Bay. Widener returns from Europe for Saratoga racing with Mrs Widener and children joining Mrs A Pancoast. The Brettons occupy a Bretton Woods cottage. a Narragansett Pier charity theater is set for Aug 7. Lucius Warren and Mrs Warren are at Waumbek Jefferson, N H. Roland Mallory spends August at Belgrade Lakes Maine. Ambassador Francois and family at Equinox House Manchester Vermont. Charles P Bretton and family registered at Maplewood Hotel Pittsfield Mass. Mrs Francis de R Wissman and family occupy King cottage Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. R.whiteouse
Kaiser
James Talcott
Edith Falcott
Mount Washington
Roland Mallory
New York
Belgrade Lakes
Maine
Charles 5. Frantois
Austria
Equinox House
Manchester
Charles P. Bretton
West Seventy-fifth Street
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Mass
Francis de R .Wissman
Fifth Avenue
King Cottage
Bar Harbor
Thomas Lowry Nearing Death After Stroke
Thomas Lowry, president of Soo Railway and Twin City Rapid Transit, is dying in St Paul after a recent stroke. He had rallied but suffered a relapse, with tuberculosis complicating his condition and prognosis uncertain.
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New York Times
ST. Paul, Minn
Thomas Lowry
Soo Railway
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Lowry
Asche Denies New Theatre Engagement in New York
Meyer, Oscar Asche's manager, told The New York Times there are no plans for Mr Asche or his wife Lily Brayton to join the New Theatre company in New York. He notes Asche will tour England and likely perform in London later.
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NEW York Times
London
Mr. Meyer
Oscar Asche
Lily Brayton
New Theatre Company
New York
Asche
England
Clyde Fitch Returns From European Trip
Playwright Clyde Fitch arrives home aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm in good health after a European tour. He reports seeing his plays staged in Germany France Italy and Russia and notes sales of rights including The Truth Cowboy and the Lady and two new works The Happy Marriage and The Social Guide with productions planned in New York and Milan and a theater for Maxine Elliott opening December 28.
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Clyde Fitch
Europe
Mr. Fitch
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Milan
Prairies
Milam
Eddie Foy to star in Mr Hamlet on Broadway
Eddie Foy plans to appear as Hamlet in the musical comedy Mr Hamlet on Broadway. Rehearsals are underway after a Brighton Beach trial scene of graveyard figures and political notables. He will don the traditional black outfit with a graveyard chorus and Ophelias as staged by the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hamlet
Eddie Foy
Hamlet
Mr. Foy
Dane
Broadway
Foy
Brighton Beach
Prince of Denmark
Disturbance at Casino Theatre During The Mimic World
During the first act Lotta Faust warded off a bean shooter aimed at her by a young man in the orchestra seats. Jack Clifford was identified and removed by an usher with policeman George Strebel present. Clifford claimed to be recently discharged from the company for disturbing Miss Faust. the actress showed clear indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Theatre
Lotta Faust
Miss Faust
George Strebel
Jack Clifford
Clifford
Klaw Responds to Corrigan On Ticket Speculators
Marc Klaw of Klaw and Erlanger denounces Magistrate Corrigan's published statement about theatre ticket speculation. He claims neither he nor his firm profits from tickets sold by speculators and accuses the magistrate of rash verdicts based on heated rhetoric. The dispute centers on alleged ties between theatres and ticket scalpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
New York Theatre
Corrigan
Klaw
Margaret Anglin to Stay in Sydney Through August
Word from Australia states Margaret Anglin will remain in Sydney until August end where she is performing. She will stage Zira The Adventures of Lady Ursula and The Awakening of Helena Ritchie. After Sydney she goes to Melbourne for ten weeks then returns to America in December and plans The Awakening of Helena Ritchie in New York mid January.
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Australia
Margaret Anglin
Sydney
Zira
Lady Ursula
Helena Ritchie
Melbourne
America
New York
Lulu Glaser to Star in Mile. Mischief in New Viennese Operetta
Lulu Glaser returns to town and starts rehearsals for the Shu bert managed production Mile. Mischief adapted by Sydney Rosenfeld from Kraatz and Von Sterk with music by C. M. Ziehrer. Leading company includes William Norris Alexander Clarke and George Broderick.
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Lulu Glaser
Shubert
Sydney Rosenfeld
Kraatz
von Sterk
C. M. Ziehrer
William Norris
Alexander Clarke
George Broderick
Broadway Minstrel Parade and Theatre Notes
Cohan Harris plan an old fashioned minstrel parade on Broadway at noon tomorrow with a 11 45 start from the New York Theatre. Midweek matinees of The Three Twins begin at Herald Square on Wednesday Aug 12. The milkmaid at Hammerstein's Hoof resigns. Miss Baxter returns to Haverstraw and a new milkmaid will take her place. Frederic Knight Logan wrote music for Chauncey Olcott's Ragged Robin opening at Saratoga Aug 12. Olcott contributed five songs. Colin Kemper appeared at Astor Theatre rehearsal on crutches after an ankle sprain Monday night. Jane Corcoran, known for Pretty Peggy and A Doll's House, joins All for a Girl with Douglas Fairbanks opening Aug 20. Palisades Amusement Park reports Bessie McCoy will ascend with Charles Oliver Jones in the Boomerang balloon next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohan & Harris
Broadway
New York Theatre
Herald Square Theatre
Hammerstein
Cordelia
Miss Baxter
Haverstraw
Frederic Knight Logan
Chauncey Olcott
Ragged Robin
Saratoga
Mr. Olcott
Colin Kemper
Wagenhals & Kemper
Astor Theatre
Jane Corcoran
Peggy
William A. Brady
Douglas Fairbanks
Palisades Amusement Park
Bessie McCoy
Charles Oliver Jones
George Tyler Returns Limping From Europe
George C. Tyler Jr theatrical manager returns from Europe aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm with a lame foot from a France accident last June. He explains a relapse worsened his wound, leaving him on crutches for weeks and awaiting further recovery. Liebler & Co launches The Man from Home in New York Aug 17 at the Astor Theatre with Tarkington and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Tyler, Jr
Europe
Kronprinz Wilhelm
France
Mr. Tyler
Tyler
Rae
New York
Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Chicago
Astor Theatre
Cleveland Moffatt
Israel Zangwill
C. M.S. McLellan
Leah Kleschna
Zangwill
America
Kishineff
Pennsylvania
Eleanor Robson
F. Marion Crawford
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Morrow
Miss Robson
Madge Carr Cook
Isle of Wight
Viola Allen
Eugene Walter
Nat C. Goodwin
Liebler
Cameo Kirby
Dustin Farnum
William Faversham
Aspen
Thomas W. Lamb Plans Revamp of Tony Pastor Theatre
Architect Thomas W. Lamb filed remodeling plans with Building Superintendent Murphy for Tony Pastor's Theatre. The makeover includes a street level entrance with an ornamental marquise and Corinthian pillars and partial interior modernization costing about $5,000. The venue has shown moving pictures for a month and Tony Pastor did not renew his lease seeking a longer term elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lamb
Tammany Society
Murphy
Tony Pastor
Moving Pictures
Pastor
Kronprinz Wilhelm Encounters Severe Gale At Sea
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, arriving from Bremen via Cherbourg and Southampton, reported a Sunday night to Monday gale in 41.57 N 50.53 W. Captain R. Nierich slowed to half speed for six hours as seas washed over the bows. Passengers included Anthony J. Drexel Jr and George Blumenthal among others. The Red Star liner Wonderland arrived from Antwerp with George A. Bacon and Rev J. Knott aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hner Kronprinz Wilhelm
Bremen
Cherbourg
Southampton
R. Nierich
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Bell Gurnee
Jane Hilder
Hatty Forsythe
D. S. Elsworth
Wonderland
Antwerp
George A. Bacon
Dr. Davis Furman
J.O Knott
Richard May
Stephen M. Hoye
Edward W Scott Dies at 62 in Asbury Park
Edward W. Scott former president of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society died suddenly Sunday night at a son's home in Asbury Park. He was 62 and owned 1,125 shares of Provident Savings out of 1,250 total. He resigned the presidency in January 1906. Scott lived at 145 Riverside Drive and had a home in Allenhurst. He leaves four sons.
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Edward W. Scott
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Asbury Park
Scott
Provident Savings
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Riverside Drive
Allenhurst
Bronson Howard Dies Prominent American Playwright
Bronson Howard, celebrated American playwright and dean of the field, died of heart failure at Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey after a year long illness. He authored Saratoga The Banker's Daughter Old Love Letters Young Mrs Winthrop The Henrietta Shenandoah Aristocracy and more. He was born in Detroit in 1842 and began in journalism before turning to theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronson Howard
Avon-by-the-Sea
N. J
Saratoga
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Augustine Daly
Mrs. Gilbert
Fanny Morant
Fanny Davenport
William H. Davidge
D. H. Harkins
James Lewis
Daly
Sara Jewett
Lillian
Mr. Hord
A. R. Cazauran
Union Square
Abbey’s Theatre
Agnes Booth
Joseph Whiting
Baron Rudolph
W. J. Florence
George S. Knight
I&s0
Lyceum
Helen Dauvray
Mr. Howard
FE. H. Sothern
Dauvray
Robson
Crane
Shenandoah
Palmer
Detroit
Mich
The
Round Table
Sweetzer
Evening Mail
Tribune
Evening Post
England
Pall Mall Gazette
Howard
Wyndham
Sir Charles Wyndham
West Seventy-eighth Street
American Dramatists’ Club
Lotus Club
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Dunlap Society
Authors’ Club
Rahway Woman, 93, Longtime Resident Mrs Crowell Dies
Mrs Mary P Crowell aged 93 the eldest woman in Rahway Nat died there yesterday Born in New Dover she had lived in Rahway eighty years One of the first members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Survived by three children Charles Drake 70 James Drake and Mrs Ella Moore both over 60 Four grandchildren and three great grandchildren noted
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Mary P. Crowell
Rahway
Nat
New Dover
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Drake
James Drake
Ella Moore
Monetary Inquirers Sail for Europe aboard Kronprinzessin Cecilie
The National Monetary Commission sub committee sails to Europe aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Senators Aldrich Hale and Daniel, Representatives Vreeland Overstreet and Padgett, with Professors Andrews and Shelton aboard. They seek broad monetary reform and to study European systems and revenue collection.
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National Monetary Commission
Europe
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Daniel
Virginia
Vreeland
New York
Overstreet
Indiana
Padgett
Tennessee
A. P. Andrews
Arthur P. Shelton
Aldrien
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Tench at White Plains
A daughter was born on July 51 at White Plains to Mr and Mrs Tench.
Marriages Listed in New York and New Jersey Notices
The notice sheet records multiple marriage announcements from August with ceremonies in Huntington Long Island Chicago Jersey City and Albany. Couples include Alexander Lathrop and Florence Campbell Trenholm Isabele Mathews Gregory and Seth Werth Morton Ferdinand Franz and Friedericka Oster tag Eva Gertrude Scheffmeyer and Charles Benjamin John Ana Mary Friedrichs and Philip James Sinnott Emilie F. Brand and S G Stokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lathrop—Trenholm
St. John's Church
Huntington
L. I
James F. Aitkins
Alexander of Lathrop
Florence Campbell Trenholm
Morton—Gregory
Chicago
Ane
George Mackay
Grace Episcopal Church
Isabele Mathews Gregory
Seth Werth Morton
Albany
N. Y
Jehn—Scheffmeyer
Jersey City
Eva Gertrude Scheffmeyer
Charles Benjamin John
Sinnot—Friedrichs
Ana Mary Friedrichs
Philip James Sinnott
Stokes—Brand
Emilie F. Brand
G. Stokes
Death notices from New York area August 1908
Obituary notices list numerous deaths and funeral details across New York and nearby towns. Entries include names such as James Emmet Andrews, Charles Elms Atwater, Lila Ean infant, James Duncan Hague, Ellen Sullivan Haslett, Isabel Georgia Howard, Jennie H Ingersoll, Fredericka P Kreischer, Major Charles Curtis MacConnell, Elias Joseph Marsh, Dwight Jarvis Osborne, James J Phelan, Captain Don Alonzo Pollard, Jerome Bradley Randall, Katherine Henrietta Schrier, Sophie Frances Smith, Julius Weil, Isaac R Allen, Sarah J Armstrong, Mary Carroll, Dorothy E Campbell, among others with service times and burial plans.
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Lawrence Park
Bronxville
Lila
Albert
Margaret Ean
Hague
Stockbridge
Mass
James Duncan Hague
St. Paul's Church
Albany
Haslett
Cornwall-on the-Hudson
Ellen Sullivan Haslett
John Haslett
Brooklyn
N. Y
Greenwood Cemetery
Desbrosses Street Ferry
Isabel Georgia Howard
Stephen Champlin Howard
James T. Hayden
Trinity Chapel
Providence
R. I
Ingersoll
Jennie H
Samuel Ingersoll
Kreischer
Waumbek
Jefferson
N. H
Fredericka P. Kreischer
B. Kreischer
Macconnell
Narragansett Pier
Charles Curtis MacConnell
Evelyn Britt MacCoennell
St. Peter
Paterson
Osborne
Norwalk
Conn
Dwight Jarvis
Clarence F
Marie Miller Osborne
Charles Osborne
Maple St
Phelan
Allenhurst
N. J
James J. Phelan
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Just St. and Broadway
Stephen Farrelly
Warren Leslie
Pollard
O Ith Regiment
N.G. N
Don Alonzo Pollard
West 18Th St
John W. McDougall
Randall
Karlsruhe
Germany
Jerome Bradley
William Bradley Randall
Schrier
Katherine Henrietta
Morningside Av
All Souls’ Church
St. Nicholas
Woodlawn
Matthew Jz
Smith
Montclair
Obituary notices from New Jersey and Brooklyn area
Brooklyn and New Jersey death notices list numerous individuals with addresses in Newark Jersey City Brooklyn Kingston Yonkers and more for Aug dates. Entries include ages and funeral details for Patrick Deery Florian Dreyer Henry Lange William Mott Dorothy Linnemann Gertrude Donnigan and others.
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Bayonnt
N. J
Michael Driscoll
Eisner
Newark
Edward Eisner
Faith
Nutley
N.J
Thomas Faith
Fischer
Boulevard
Jersey
Cit
Philip Fischer
Fitzsimmons
Chestnut St
Eugene Fitzsimmons
Flannery
Fe Gills
John A. Flannery
Ford
Elizabeth St
Jersey City
Mary Ford
Gillispie
Clifton Av
Efien Gillispie
Soubert
Highwood
Pateline L. Goubert
Heidingsfelder
Elsa Hel
Dengsfelder
Hughes
Coronh
L. F
Peter” Hughes
A. M. . Jackson
Cherry St
Mathew Jackson
Killilea
Morton St
John _ Killilea
M. Knight
Albany Av
Brooklyn
George Knight
Kurt
Bay St
Stapleton
John Kurt
Lange
Magazine St
Henry F. Lange
Lund
Grove St
Frederick E. Lund
Linnemann
Margaret F. O'Connell- Owens
Conover St
Kate Owens
Pannebaker
12Th St
Frederick C. Pannebaker
Petersen
Lexington Av
Edmund Pétersen
East 72d St
Millie Pike
Edward W. Scott
Seekamp
East
John Seekamp
Uersey City
William F. Shirley
Slocum
Wespert
N. Y
Robert M. Slocum
Smithers
Dickerson St
Wallace H. Smithers
Sweeny
East 78Th St
Dr. Geo
W. Sweeny
TRUST
Bainbridge St
Frederick A. Trost
Vail
Basking Ridge
Matilda G Vail
van Auken
Woodbridge
Bertha ‘van Auken
Veasey
Aus
Henry Wulff
Nurse Accused of Diamond Theft at Lebanon Hospital
Miss Chalta Cameron, a nurse at Lebanon Hospital, was arrested for stealing a diamond ring worth 44 from Miss Mary Kilroy of the Bronx. She claimed the ring was taken under an order from an ambulance surgeon, but later retracted the accusation as hospital stress rose. Kilroy disputes Cameron’s claim, saying she gave the ring to Cameron to pass to Mrs Frances Bruton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalta Cameron
Lebanon Hospital
Mary Kilroy
East 1604 Street
Bronx
Daub
Miss Kilfoyl
Miss Cameron
Frances Bruton
Mass for Mary Hetherton in New Jersey church
Mass for Mary Hetherton held at Josephs Church in New Jersey. Services noted in memory notices with brief reference to the New York location.
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Trains and Trolleys
The Woodlawn Cemetery is easily reached via Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, and by carriage. Lots priced from $150. For Books of Views call 4855 Gramercy or visit Office 20 East 230 Street N. Y. City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East 230
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deal Beach Folk Plan
Cottagers
Social Notes
John Bigelow
Miss Grace Bigelow
Squirrels
Highland Falls, N.Y
George Hege
Oyster Bay
Joseph E. Widener
Mrs. Widener
Aloe Pancoast
Switzerand
Charles Stewart Smith
West Forty-seventh Street
Bretton Woods
H Mo
Lucius Warren
Mrs.Warren
Jefferson, N. H
Annoyer
MR. Klaw
Magistrate
George Tyler
Crawford
Mrs. Burnett
Tarkington
Ana
D McLellan
Lieblers
Kronprinz Wilhelm IN
Gale
Liner
Bryan
Provident Life
Gertrude Pringle Lawson
Charles Rudolf Lawson
West 124Th Street
Holy Trinity Church
Lenox Avenue
122D Street
P. T. McTighe
McTighe Grocery Company
Binghamton
Catholic Club of New York
Binghamton Board of Trade
New York State Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Winfield Scott Smyth
South Haven
Delcour S. Potter
United States
Glens Falls
N. YW
Morristown
Massasoit House
James H. Hague
North Star Gold Mining Company
Grass Valley
Cal
State of California
Stanley White. Smith
North American Trust Company
Orange
Newell N. Smith
West Orange
William Dporrington
Francis L. Patton
Mercer Street
Plainfield
Michael Davis
Thomas A. Davis
Essex County Court of Common Pleas
Ridge Street
Ireland
Otto G. Silber
Knights Templars
Fast Orange
Silber
Mary.c. Reeve
Stephen N. Reeve
Cumberland Street
Norristown
Michael Dooling
van Buren Street
Charles Wynd
Ham
Mary Crowell
Postum
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
Franz
Bayonne
Mary Carroll
Campbell
Flatbush
Dorothy E. Campbell
Bird
Eat
the Presbyterian Hospital
William H. Cordell
Gem
Vogel Brothers
House of Vogel Brothers
Undertakers
Stephen’ Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
Chelsea
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