Miss Crosman Shines in Mistress Nell at Academy of Music
Miss Tienretta Crosman stars as Mistress Nell in George C. Hazelton's Mistress Nell at the Academy of Music. Dassy Good Company enhances the general effect with solid support from David Proctor as King Charles and Ivan Simpson as Swallow. Crosman's charm and delicate comedy mark the performance, with Rosalind to follow next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tienretta Crosman
George C. Hazelton
Mistress Nell
Miss Crosman
Nell
Academy
Nell Gwyn
David Proctor
Charles
Proctor
Ivan Simpson
Swallow
Rosalind
Academy of Music
Nell-Gwyn Wanes
Miss. Croseman
King Charles II
Addison Pitt James Duke of York
Foley Duke of Buckingham
Louis Farr
Rochester
Gordon Mendelssohn
Jack
Hari Sae
William Humphrey Bins
Frank Currier
Rene Sane
Maurice
Stewa Steeter
Ivan Simpson Swallow
John Adams Buzzard
Blue Boar Inn
Alfred Hudson ‘Page
Mary Dewl*t Moll
Peewee
Esos
Louise Galloway
Lady Hamilton
St Waap i Desasb
Maria Stephenson
Renee Waren
Farbara Clement Louise Neil Gwyn
King’s Theatre
Miss Crossmar
Opera subscriptions slow in Philadelphia
Special to The New York Times reports Oscar Hammerstein's proposed grand opera season in Philadelphia faces weak subscription response. Representative J. Almonte cites mailed letters to about 16 000 names from the Social Register and Blue Book, with some residents complaining they did not receive requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Oscar Hammerstein
Mr. Almonte
Hammerstein
Social Register
Mermaid attempts escape from Luna Park tank
The Luna Park mermaid, claimed by a press agent to be a real sea lady, tried to flee yesterday from her tank. She surfaced during routine tank cleaning, vanished through an open sluice, and was recaptured in Chutes Lake with boatmen and a butterfly net. Fred Thompson suspects an elopement attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luna Park
Fred Thompson
Cohan Harris announce staff for new Gaiety Theatre opening
Cohan and Harris reveal the executive team for their new Gaiety Theatre at Broadway and Forty sixth Street with opening planned for early September featuring Georges M. Cohan in The American Idea. J Fred Zimmerman Jr named manager and Clinton Moffatt treasurer. Henry W. Savage begins the second New York season of The Merry Widow at New Amsterdam Theatre, with new costumes and a full scenic upgrade plus a Viennese waltz in the garden scene. Joseph Brooks set to produce a new Hartley Manners comedy Birth. Miss Brennan, season coach for Sidney and Melbourne English pantomimes, visits New York and tours world with J C Williamson to study theatre. Charles Frohman shifts Billie Burke Love Watches opening to August 27 at Lyceum Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohan & Harris
Broadway
Forty-sixth Street
George M. Cohan
J. Fred Zimmerman, Jr
Clinton Moffatt
Henry W. Savage
New York
New Amsterdam
Jneph Brooks
Hartley Manners
Dennie Brennan
Sidney
Melbourne
J. C. Williamson
America
Elsa Ryan
Policy holders seek representation in Provident Life ties
Lake Placid Aug 13 policy holders press for representation in Provident Life Assurance Society management. Herbert Wolfe, serving policy holders and Insurance Commissioners, reports Royal Victor of banks offers cooperation. Wolfe accepts the offer and vows no retreat from their demand for fair underwriting and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lake Placid
N. Y
Provident Life Assurance Society
Herbert Wolfe
Insurance Commissioners
Royal Victor
Wolfe
Mother rescues child from eighteen-foot well in Fulton
In Fulton Missouri on August 13 Mrs. J B Stephenson a frail mother without help lowered herself into an eighteen foot well to save her two year old from drowning. She pulled the infant from the water and climbed out with it in her teeth by the frock while neighbors were not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fulton, Mo
J. B. Stephenson
12000 Eagles Parade Through Seattle Crowd Joins Pageant
Twelve thousand Fraternal Order of Eagles members from North America paraded in Seattle with uniforms floats bands and drill teams. Thousands also traveled to Tacoma for the dedication of a new lodge hall though no grand lodge session was held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Order of Eagles
North America
Tacoma
White Rats Protest Over Theatrical Baggage Policy
The White Rats officials visited Collector of the Port Fowler and Appraiser Wanmaker to seek faster examination of incoming theatrical baggage. They argued delays force performers to break engagements, while the collector noted past slips in dock inspections but promised quicker future reviews at the stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
White Rats
Vaudeville Association
Port Fowler
Wanmaker
Camel and Elephant Fight at Bostock's Coney Island
Caesar the camel and Blondin the elephant fought a bloodless bout in the arena at Bostock's Coney Island yesterday. Both animals carried children and engaged in tail biting and trunk striking before trainers separated them as the riders fell to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Blondin
Bostock’s
Coney Island
Queen of Spain in Paris Visit Incognito
Queen Victoria of Spain arrives in Paris tomorrow at 8 AM staying at the Hotel Meurice en route to the Isle of Wight to visit her mother Princess Henry of Battenberg. A planned luncheon at the Elysée Palace with the President and Mme Fallières is not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Queen Victoria of
Spain
Hotel Meurice
Isle of Wight
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Elysée Palace
the Republic
Mme. Fallitres
Two Engagements Announced from Notable Families
Dr and Mrs Nelson T Shields of 61 West Fifty sixth Street announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Russell Shields to Elbert Bacon Hamlin Yale graduate and lawyer at Hamlin Conklin 59 Wall Street He is a member of the New York City Bar Association and of the Yale Quill City Republican and Automobile Clubs Another engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Edward Codman Parish of New York for their cousin Miss Elsie Seymour daughter of the late Lieut Charles Seymour U S N and Mrs Seymour to William Dunlop Owens Passed Assistant Surgeon U S N The wedding is set for September at the Parish Moorag s country place Elberon New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson T. Shields
West Fifty-sixth Street
Elizabeth Russell Shields
Elbert Bacon Hamlin
Hamlin
Yale University
Hamlin & Conklin
Wall Street
New York City Bar Association
Yale, Quill,City, Republican
Automobile Clubs
Edward Codman Parish
New York
Elsie Seymour
Charles Seymour
Social Roundup of Locals and Notables on Summer Trips
Mrs. Richard Starr Dana returns to Beechwood Lenox after weeks with her son Richard T. Dana on Long Island. Frank Lyon of 7 East 36th Street relocates from Mount Kisco to Bar Harbor Maine. Mrs. James S. Hoyt arrives at Belleport L I for the season. Mrs. David Thompson and her niece visit Sarooga for a short stay. James W Leavitt and family camp on Little Moose Lake Adirondacks until autumn. Hamilton Fish Kean and John Kean stay several weeks in the Adirondacks. Gerald Livingston Hoyt and family spend part of summer at Ipswich. Cann Paterson and wife depart Lenox for Sag Harbor. Robert L. Keeling and wife plan August at Hotel Imperial Narragansett Pier. Attache H G Hebbinghaus from the German Embassy, Capt Percy Eaton, and B F Hobart with daughter Julia Hobart stop at the Hotel Walcott. Marcel Steinbrugge visits Atlantic City for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Starr Dana
Richard T. Dana
Long Island
Beechwood
Lenox
Frank Lyon
Pork
East Thirty-sixth Street
Mount Kisco
Bar Harbor
Hamilton Fish Kean
John Kean
Adirondacks
Gerald Livingston Hoyt
Ipswich
Cann
Robert Warden Paterson
West
Fifty-first
Sag Harbor
L. I
Robert L. Keeling
New York
Imperial
Narragansett Pier
Hotel Walcott
Ee H. G. Hebbinghaus
Washington, D. C
Percy Eaton
Royal British Navy
B. F. Hobart
Julia Hobart
St. Louis
Marcel Steinbrugge
Atlantic City
Automatic waiterless restaurant to seat five thousand
A New York Times Square project proposes an eight story restaurant on the Saranac site Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It would use automatic pad orders, lowered inner tables, and rising food segments to serve five thousand guests with centralized waiterless service. The venture, led by Henry L. Elkins and partners, aims for a grand Assyrian interior and large paintings, with plans to reduce or eliminate human waiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Saranac
Times Square
Broadway
Henry L. Elkins
Murray
West Forty-second Street
John L. Murray
United States Realty and Restaurant Company
Frederick Meyer
Walter Rich
H. J. Sachs Company
West Twenty-second Street
Henry Phipps
Murray, Meyer, Rich, and Elkins
J. B. Duke
J. B. Cobb
United Tobacco Company
Mr. Cobb
Fifth Avenue
Forty-third
Forty-fourth
Saranac
Duke
Europe
Iis
New York
Mayor Operates Next Sunday as Health Updates
Family of Commissioner Thomas L. Hamilton reported at his home on 842 West Twenty-seventh Street that he had a comfortable day and might undergo the operation suggested by physicians next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.L. Hamilton
Thomas L. Hamilton
West Twenty-seventh Street
Conservation talk at Oyster Bay with Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot and Walter L. Fisher met President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay to discuss forming a National Conservation Committee. The group would coordinate forests rivers harbors irrigation policy to develop resources without waste and raise public awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Walter L. Fisher
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Fisher
Chicago
Hotel Manhattan
Investigation Of Mescal Flower Effects In Indian Country
Commissioner Leupp of the Indian Bureau plans a study on how the mescal flower affects health when eaten. He notes widespread use among Indians forming the flower into buttons for chewing, which causes violent intoxication similar to hasheesh. He deems it extremely injurious, while many Indians defend its medicinal value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leupp
Indian Bureau
Gen J V Meserole Dead After Ill Health
Gen Jeremiah V Meserole president of the Williamsburg Savings Bank died at his Far Rockaway summer home of arteriosclerosis. He served as bank president since 1891 and was a trustee for 25 years. He organized a militia regiment in 1862 and held various civic roles. Funeral at the Meserole home, 483 Washington Ave, Brooklyn. He leaves a widow three sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah V. Meserole
Williamsburg Savings Bank
Far Rockaway
Benjamin R. Meserole
Mr. Eserole
Manhattan
Williamsburg
Thirteenth Ward
Brooklyn
Meseroll
Meserole
Forty-seventh
Lee
National Guard of Theate
Union League Club
Accomac Hunting Club
Virginia
Sons of Temperance
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Meserole City
Washington Avenue
Benjamin R
Darwin J
Clinton Se
Sophia E. Meser
Hooper Dies At 60 A Boston Horseman In Manchester
Robert C Hooper a member of an old Boston family and leader in horse circles died at his summer home in Manchester following a short illness He helped revive steeplechases in the United States and won the Grand National Steeplechase on New York tracks He was 60 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Mass
Robert C. Hooper
Boston
United States
New York
Obits of Col Francis Schoeffel and Henry Maibrunn
Col Francis M Schoeffel died at home in Rochester aged 74. He was a former Sheriff, Colonel of the Thirteenth New York Volunteers, and a veteran New York Central Railroad engineer. Henry Maibrunn, retired wholesale butcher, died at his daughter’s summer home in Long Branch after an apoplexy. He was born in Bavaria in 75 years ago and leaves a widow four sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Schoeffel
Rochester
New York Volunteers
New York Central
Henry Maibrunn
Greenwich
City
Albert Greenspecht
Long Branch
Bavaria
Germany
Tony Pastor III Estimated Near Death In Elmhurst Home
Antonio Pastor, veteran vaudeville manager and owner of the Fourteenth Street theatre, is seriously ill in Elmhurst L I after a long career. Doctors say age and recent stress contributed to his breakdown as the theatre faces financial losses and a shift to burlesque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Pastor
Elmhurst
L. I
New York
Tony Pastor
Fourteenth Street
Tammany Hall
Pastor
Polo Grounds
Tammany
Mr. Pastor
Greenwich Village
New York City
St. Patrick’s
Christian B. Woodruff
Temperance Society
Barnum’s Museum
Broadway
Sam Sharply
Volks Garden
Tony Pastor and His Early Theatrical Legacy
The noted showman moved from Buffalo to a 585 Broad Way theatre in 1875 and later to Tam many Hall in 1881. His management introduced stars like Lillian Russell May Irwin Florence Bindley Francis Wilson and others shaping American stage. Maggy Cline Harrigan and Hart Dan Daly and more built reputations under his guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Way
Tammany Hall
Tony Pastor
Lillian Russell
May Irwin
Florence Bindley
Francis Wilson
Gus Wiliams
Denman Thompson
Jennie Yeamans
Pat Rooney
Nat Goodwin
Weber and Fields
Vesta Tilly
Vesta Victoria
Maggie Cline
Harrigan and
Hart
Dan Daly
Noted Mentor Pioneered Condensed Gilbert and Sullivan Burlesques
The article recalls a Broadway figure who pioneered condensed operas and burlesques of Gilbert and Sullivan, presenting the work at his house and shaping approaches to stage adaptation through his proteges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oll Broadway House
Actor Dog Run Down in Jersey City Court Case
Jack Dillon former Jersey City Eastern League catcher turned vaudeville actor sues Dr. William Herrington at 299 Varick Street for 500 dollars claiming his trained dog was killed by an automobile. Dillon says the dog earned 25 dollars weekly in a stage role with actress Clara Jovi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Dillon
Jersey City
First District Court
William Herrington
Varick Street
Marriages Listed in New Milford Area Notices
Marriages announced on August 8 to 12 span New Milford and nearby areas. The list includes Alice Bostwick Buck and Henry Seymour Sanford of New Milford, Bessie Rushforth and James Hayes, Ada Samuels and Samuel Katzin in Newark, and Mildred Lisner and Walter Mote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes—Rushforth
Bessie J. Rushforth
James A. Hayes
Katzin—Samuels
Newark
N.J
Ada Samuels
Samuel Katzin
Mote—Lisner
Mildred Violet Lisner
Walter Henry Mote
Obituary notices from Aug 1908 in New York area
A dense list of death notices and funeral details for residents of Brooklyn Far Rockaway and nearby towns. It records names ages and burial plans including St. Peter's Westchester Southampton Salem Fields and Green-Wood, with venues like Franklin E Campbell Church and Oakwood Cemetery. Many entries include dates Aug 12 to Aug 15 1908 and addresses in Brooklyn North Jersey and Long Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weste3n
Eastman
Tarrytown
N.Y
Lucy Po. Eastman
Timothy C. Eastman
Woodlawn
Leeds
Long Branch
Greenwood Cemetery
Lyle
Jabez M. Lyle
Decatur St
Brooklyn
Rosenwald
Sigmund Rosenwald
Ocean Av
North
Fu- Piberon
Board of Trustees
The
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
N. J
Salem Fields
Henry Rice
City of New York
New York
Shaw
Southampton
L. I
Eliza Conklin Shaw
James K. Shaw
New York City
George and
Hannah Baylis Conklin
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Transit and Carriage
Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots available from $150. For Books of Views contact 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
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Crosman
Hazeltoff
Edy
Dassy
Provident Life
Her Majesty
Mother
Miss Shields
Elbert B. Hamlin
Miss Seymour
Social Notes
James S. Hoyt
Belleport
David Thompson
East Seveny-fifth Street
Sarooga
Chames W. Leavitt
Little Moose Lake
Hotel
J. V. Meserole
Tony Pastor III
14Th St
Robert Herrigk
Congregationalist
Plain Dealer
Baltimore Sun
Mews and Courier
New York World
Pittsburg
FredeRick Tabor Cooper
the Macmillan Company
C& CO
31St St
Warren St
Flatbush Ave
Fulton St Broadway
Bedford Ave
Caroga Lake
A. B. Bedford
Blake
Hudson, N. Y
Crawford Blake
Bogart
Schenectady
Janet Maxwell Bogart
Buck
Dietrich Buck
Bungert
Adelphi St
Magdeline Bungert
Christ
Halsey
Aus
George Christ
Crump
Bloomfield
Eva M. Crump
Cunningham
Tillary St
Catherine Cunningham
Camber
St. John’s Place
E. Matilda _Damber
Danielsen
Anthony Danielsen
DE Weever
Fulton St
Maude de Weever
Dick-Soellner
Pine Lawn
L. L
George Dick-Soellner
Willis Av
Duffeil
Himrod St
Farrell
West 56Th St
Michael Farrell
Faust
Joseph Faust
Fes
Bird
Fitzsimmons
West Lincoln
Mount Vernon
Eliza Fitzsimmons
Fraser
Pompton Lakes
James Fraser
Gardner
Clermont N. Y
Virgil H. Gardner
Gilmore
Samuel Gilmore, Jr
M. Greene
18Th St
Hellfrich
Gazine St
Maret Helfrich
Hennessy
East St. St
John H. Hennessy
James
Union Street
Capt
Thomas James
Kelly
Heywood St
Thomas Kelly
East 107Th St
Joanneah Kelly
Knecht
Leonard St
Elle F. Knecht
Clinton St
Emile T. Lagrave
Lauermann
Amsterdam Av
William Lauermann
Linker
Powers St
Mary R. Linker
Losey
Newkirk St
Ersty City
Jane Losey
McCabe
East Tist St
Kate McCabe
M. McCrea
Leinert
Sarah J. McRae
McNamara
New Brighton
S. I
James T. McNamara
Madison
6Th St
Thoas Madison
Mahan
Germania
Patrick F. Mahan
Maher
East 116Th St
Chariot Maher
Polak
Prospect Place
East Williamsburg
Rebenklau
Christian F. Rebenklau
Reed
4Th Place
Elizabeth Reed
M. Reichold
Meeker
Hortense Reichold
Reilly
Orange St
Michael Rettly
Ries
Wilhelmine Rigs
M. Rogg
Washington St
Hoboken
Margarethe Rogg
Run
Parks Av
Michael P. Ruddy
M. Schaal
East
Frederike Schaal
Schwefelberg
West Ilith St
Jacob H. Schwefelberg
Scott
Central Av
Tompkinsville
John Scott
Seaman
Glen Cove
Caroline A. Seaman
Severin
Simpson St
Philip Severin
M. Naback
North 4Th St
Fx. J
Ezekiel S. Stanaback
Beaver Kill
Elizabeth C Vetter
West New Rrighton
S. L. Eee
Whitehorn
Tilson
East 31St St
I Michael J Winson
15Th St
Mary Woods
M. Zorn
Grant St
S. L
Anna Zorn
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