Pirate treasure scheme at Cocos Island draws crowds
Reporters found Col Rodgers and L H Andrews promoting The Pirates Treasure Recovery Company promising a multi million treasure from Cocos Island. Stock at $1 a share aims to raise about 200000 for a 1909 expedition with John L Sullivan as president. prospectus claims 100 million to 200 million in loot.
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Pimes Square
Davenant Rogers
Cocos Island
Costa Rican
Earl Fitzwilliam
Bonita
Col. Rodgers
L. H. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Pirate’s Treasure Recovery Company
John L. Sullivan
London
Treasure Island
Bonito
Keating
Thompson
Pirates’ Treasure Recovery Company
Sullivan
New York Yacht Club
Andrews
Colt. Rodgers
Stevenson
Golden Isle
Daughter Born to Mrs B S Guinness
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Benjamin S Guinness at 8 Washington Square yesterday. Mother and child are doing well. Mr Guinness is a member of Ladenbure Thaknann Yankers brokers of 25 Broadview. His wife is Mrs Bridget Wilkley.
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B. S. Guinness
Benjamin S. Guinness
Washington Square
Mr. Guinness
Ladenbure, Thaknann & Yankers
Miss Iliane Hurlbut in Serious Condition After City Crash
Miss Iliane Hurlbut remained in serious condition at Presbyterian Hospital after a collision involving a taxicab and a cross-town streetcar on sixty sixth street. Her father, George C. Hurlbut, librarian of the American Geographical Society, was also hospitalized on Saturday.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Iliane Hurlbut
Zhe
George C. Hurlbut
American Geothical Society
Onty-Sixth Street Crosstown
Attorney General Jackson Improved
Albany December 27 The condition of Attorney General William S Jackson improved at the Albany Hospital after a brief illness. He was taken to the hospital yesterday for treatment and is reported resting comfortably c.
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Jackson
Albany
William 8. Jackson
Bany Hospital
Dr Lyman Abbott Explains Immortality at Cooper Union
Dr Lyman Abbott spoke at Cooper Union outlining three stages of existence and arguing immortality cannot be scientifically demonstrated. He warned the burden of proof lies with skeptics, discussed the soul expanding beyond its instruments, and questioned bodily resurrection while endorsing evolution as leading to immortality.
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Cooper Union
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Christ
Thousands Turned Away at St George's Bethlehem Play
A special musical service at St George's Church in Stuyvesant Square drew about a thousand people, with police reserves and a Fire Inspector restricting entry. The Children at Bethlehem, a mystery play for 100 children plus adults and the Russian Orchestra, featured narrator Ben Greet and contralto Myra Armstrong under Homer Norris.
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St. George’s Church
Stuyvesant Square
East Twenty-second Street
Bethlehem
St. George’s Parish
Homer Norris
Ben Greet
Myra _Armstrong
Herman Kupfer
East Sixteenth Street
Gabriel Nigonda
Gabriel Pierne
Des Ben Greet
St. George’s
Viola Waterhouse
Oppose Church Mind Cures Interv iews Stir Boston Nerve Debate
Special to The New York Times reports heavy medical opposition to the Emmanuel movement for curing nervous diseases. Boston physicians including Dr. J J Putnam condemn the movement as harmful to scientific neurology and medical progress. He notes qualified support for suggestive help when conducted by trained professionals and cautions against lay clergy misusing psycho therapeutics.
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New York Times
Boston
Emmanuel Movement
J. J. Putnam
Medical School
Harvard University
Worcester
X Ray Specialists Convene Here For 10 Day Meeting
A nine nation American Roentgen Ray Society convention opens at the Academy of Medicine, 17 West Forty-third Street, to review a year of X ray work, note safety advances, treat exposure limits, and discuss cancer, diagnosis, and radiation therapy. Dr Hulst of Grand Rapids announces a heart and lung radiograph breakthrough. Sayre cites concerns over past exploitation and aims to restore professional confidence. An X ray apparatus exhibit will accompany the event in West Thirty-ninth Street's Engineering Society Building.
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Academy of Medicine
West Forty-third Street
England
Hulst
Grand Rapids
Mich
A. Alexander Smith
Egbert le Fevre
Reno
Sayre
Ane
Engineering Society
West Thirty-ninth Street
Aldrich Committee to Meet with Bankers in New York
Prominent New York bankers unable to travel to Washington to address the National Monetary Commission will meet informally in New York City. A sub committee of Aldrich Teller and Vreeland will host discussions at the Hotel Plaza, inviting financiers and financial writers to share views. The commission plans to present data from its European tour to leading American bankers and focus on currency control, bank examination, and trust company relations to national banks.
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New York
Washington
National Monetary Commission
Commission
Aldrich
Teller
Vreeland
Hotel Plaza
France
Germany
Design Chosen for Wisconsin Monument
MILWAUKEE Wis Dec 27 The design and plans for the memorial of the State of Wisconsin to its soldiers who fought at Vicksburg have been chosen by the commission appointed by Gov. David It will mannag in from the
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
State of
Wisconsin
Vicksburg
David
Miss Elkins Not Grieving For Broken Romance
Washington dispatch reports Miss Katharine Elkins is not seeking hospital nurse training. Family disputes romantic tale. she remains active in society with New Year house party plans, January engagements, and a growing wardrobe. Her five horses stay in Washington as she spends days outdoors. She has not shown interest in nurse training and continues social duties.
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New York Times
Washington
Katharine Elkins
Miss Elkins
Chevy Chase
Country Club
Rock Creek
New York
West Virginia
Bullowa Marries Marks At East Ninety Fourth Home
Arthur M. Bullowa wed Sylvia A. Marks daughter of Mrs. David Marks at her East Ninety Fourth Street home. Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman officiated as guests witnessed the ceremony. The couple departed for a southern honeymoon.
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Arthur M. Bullowa
Sylvia A. Marks
David Marks
East Ninety-fourth
Joseph Silverman
Bullowa
Mrs Roosevelt Yacht Cruise Reported With Family
Washington dispatch says Mrs Roosevelt and four of her children Ethel Ker mit Quentig and one more left on a yacht cruise. The group departed from an East Coast port for a journey described as a family outing amid holiday travel.
Opera concert adds players at Manhattan Opera House
Seve slight additions to the published programme marked last night’s concert. Mlle Poniano sang Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time in concert while M Parola, not listed on the programme, drew hearty applause. Campanini conducted a diverse program featuring Debussys La Mer and solos by Fremstad Verne Noté Feinhals with the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra under Alfred Hertz.
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Manhattan Opera House
Mlle. Poniano
Alisa
Lucia di Lammer+ moor
M. Parola
Mme. Estinasse
Campanini
Mesdames Agatinelli
Doria
Zepilli
Mariska Aldrich
MM. Dufranne
Arimondi
Debussy
Metropolitan Opera House
Olive Fremstad
Adela Verne
Jean Noté
Fritz Feinhals
Alfred Hertz
Mme. Fremstad
Elizabeth
Delibes
Liszt
Gliuck Sgambati
Rubinstein
Faure
Benvenuto
Diaz
Feinhals
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Wagner in Concert at Carnegie Hall with Damrosch and Jomelli
A large Carnegie Hall audience heard Walter Damrosch lead the New York Symphony Orchestra with Mme. Jomelli as soloist. The program opened with Lohengrin Prelude and Tannhauser selections, featuring the Prayer. Two new Damrosch orchestrations debuted, including The Magic of St John’s Eve from Die Meister Singer. Part II opened with Siegfried Idyl and concluded with Tristan and Isolde Prelude and Liebestod, with Jomelli singing. Isadora Duncan attended in a long ermine coat, drawing attention as she departed with her entourage.
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Carnegie Hall
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Mme. Jomelli
Tannhauser
Rome
Tannhbduser
Lhevinne and Klein Concert Delights New York Audience
The Lhevinne duo with Joseph Lhevinne and Mlle. Lhevinne were warmly applauded at the Hermann Klein concert at the German Theatre on Fifty-ninth Street. They offered two-piano arrangements by Averisky and Raff, Saint-Saens with Schviller for cello, and featured Italian violinist Giacinta Della Rocca. Vocalist Mrs. Ben Lathrop and mezzo soloist Miss Jeanne Jomelli received strong notices, with future appearances by Mme Jeanne Jomell and Ernest Schnelling announced.
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Mme
Joseph Lhévinne
Hermann Klein
Averisky
Raff
Saint-Saéng
Jean Schviller
Celli
Giacinta Della Rocca
Wieniawski
Jedhwilier
Pergolesi
Popper
Ben Lathrop
Jeanne Jomelh
Pop
And
Ernest Schnelling
Hammerstein Announces Salome Special at Manhattan Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein announces an opening special performance at the Manhattan Opera House featuring Richard Strauss Salome. The show is scheduled for late January on a Tuesday or Thursday evening, with seating orders and checks now being accepted.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
Richard Strauss
Salome
Belasco office updates Stuyvesant season slate
Eleanor Robson is not starting an engagement at the Stuyvesant Theatre on January 25. The Belasco office says Blanche Bates in The Fighting Hope will continue at the Stuyvesant throughout the season.
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Eleanor Robson
Stuyvesant
Stuyvesant Theatre
Belasco
Migs Blanche Bates
Mme Marchesi Opens American Tour in St Paul
Parisian soprano Mme Blanche Marchesi opened her American tour at the Auditorium St Paul before about 2400 fans under the St Paul Symphony Society. She planned two numbers but an enthusiastic encore led to five extra selections and a delighted reception.
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Mme. Marchesi
New York Times
Paul, Minn
Mme
Blanche Marchesi
St. Paul
Mrs Brown Potter Sets Sail for Vaudeville Debut
Mrs James Brown Potter sails from Liverpool aboard the Cunarder Lusitania to begin vaudeville under William Morris management. Reported offer of 3000 dollars weekly lures her to open at the Lincoln Square Theatre on January 4.
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Brown Potter
James Brown Potter
William Morris
Liverpool
Lincoln Square Theatre
Jewish Day At Tuberculosis Exhibit Draws Record Crowd
A Jewish day at the International Tuberculosis Exhibition of the American Museum of Natural History drew 63 112 visitors, the largest daily crowd in the museum’s history. Organizers, led by Charity Organization Society, moved crowds in 1 000 person squads to manage entry as throngs from the East Side filled Seventy seventh and Seventy ninth Street doors. Exhibits span three floors on spread of consumption with multilingual labels and staged Yiddish programming. No disturbances occurred despite the huge turnout.
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American Museum of Natural History
H. C. Bumpas
Museum
Lower East Side
Seventy-seventh Street
Seventy-ninth Street
Seventy-seven Street
Lavery
Charity Organization Society
Pistol Man Storms Bronx Church During Mass
Policeman Daniel Maher chased a pistol-wielding man through Jerome Avenue to Monroe Avenue. The fugitive hid in an apartment and burst into St Edmund's Episcopal Church at Morris Avenue and 177th Street, brandishing a .22 caliber pistol and shouting threats as the congregation fled down the aisle.
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Daniel Maher
Jerome and
Tremont Avenues
Bronx
Jerome Avenue
Maher
Monroe Avenue
St. Edmund's ‘Episcopal Church
Morris Avenue
177Th Street
George Smiley
Pistol Man Arrested After Box Millery Incident
A pistol man fled into the arms of Policeman Maher at Tremont Station after running from Start the New Year Right event. He claimed to be Max Stooss, Swiss, last living with aunt Mrs Hillary Jordan at Bainbridge Ave and 199th St. Found with talcum powder. revolver unloaded. He was sent to Night Court and held for Special Sessions on $3500 bail for carrying concealed weapons.
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Maher
Tremont
Max Stooss
Hillary Jordan
Bainbridge Avenue
199Th Street
Reconciled in Hospital After Suicide Attempt
Mrs Lucy Jaffe of 29 West Twenty fifth Street visited Brooklyn Hospital to learn her husband John Jaffe, a former Manhattan laundryman, had been hospitalized after a gas attempt at 50 Sands Street. Report says reconciliation was effected. the couple married ten years ago in Hamburg.
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Lucy Jaffe
West Twenty-fifth Street
Brooklyn Hospital
Jaffe
John Jaffe
Manhattan
Sands Street
Brooklyn
Jaffes
Hamburg
H B Berry Dies In Auto Crash In New York
Hiram B Berry of Warwick New York wealthy manufacturer and former Morton Trust Company officer died suddenly of heart disease while driving near Spring Valley New York. Lawyer Michael M Kane who was with him saw the car swerve and run into a ditch as Berry headed home from Tarrytown. Boys
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Hiram B. Berry
Warwick
N. Y
Morton Trust Company
Spring Valley
Tarrytown
Michael M. Kane
Mr. Berry
Birth Notices of Sons and a Daughter in December
December births announced for Adels Fast Gross Lechtman Leiserson Lewis Lowenstein Rosenthal Samuel Tradelius. Each notice records a baby boy or girl born to couples including Dr or Mr and Mrs with dates in December.
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Lewis
Herman Lewis
R . Lowenstein
Joseph Lowenstein
Rosenthal
Julius Rosenthal
Samuel
Albert Samuel
Tradelius
Paul Tradelius
Marriages in the United States December listings across several churches
A sequence of society marriage notices dated December 22 to December 27 lists brides and grooms including Leila Fraser and Walter Gilbert, Alice Robbe and Curtis Rand, Gladys Rood and William Williams, plus multiple others such as Jeanette Blumberg and Samuel Blumberg, Jennie Comings and Benjamin Liebeskind, Victoria Kleinberger and Herman Friedman, Emma Kahn and Isaac Goodfriend, Cecilia Lyons and Joseph Judels, Susan Smith and John Locklin, and Rose Greenberg and Samuel Wertheimer in prominent New York and New Jersey church settings.
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Gilbert—Fraser
Olin J. Stephens
New York
Charles C. Harriman
Leila Terry
John E. Fraser
Walter Merwin Gilbert
Rand—Robbe
Christ. Church
Short Hills
N. J
Malcolm Douglas
Alice Leavitt
George C. Robbe
Curtis Gordon Rand
Williams- Rood
St. James’s Church
William Courtney
Gladys
Charles D. Rood
William M. Williams
John L Locklin
von Schwanenfluegel
ORTH
Aed Orth
Brutus L. von Schwanenuegel
Wertheimer
Obituary notices from Wilkesbarre to Astoria December 1908
Death notices and funeral details for Celia Ansbacher Hiram Berry George Drakeley Michael Feigh Aurelia Fisher Josephine Hecker Edith Hollins George Hurlbut Alice Looker Mary Meredith Charles Rathborne Emma Thorp Sarah Vanneck Jane Van Tine Martha Wanzer Charles Whitney appear in a late December 1908 notice column. The entries list survivors, residence addresses, church services and cremation or burial plans, with requests to omit flowers in several cases.
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Chambers Street
Efe R
Kinderhook and Hudson
N. Y
Fisher
J. C. Schwab
Aurelia S
Samuel S. Fisher
Cincinnati
Prospect 81
New Haven
Conn
Hecker
Madison Av
Josephine Mary Hecker
Wentworth
George Valentine Hecker
Atlantic City
Edith C. Hollins
William M. Hollins
Granddau
Frederick Wissmann
George C. Hurlbut
All Sou's
4Th Av
Charles Lambert Rathborne
St. Peter’s Church
Thorp
Emma
Henry S. Thorp
the Trinity Church
Southport
Academy St
Astoria
Vanzer
Martha
Moses
Sarah Akin Wanzer
104Th St
Amsterdam
Whitney
Charles W. Whitney
James H
Mary L. Whitney
A.eral
Ch 'S Church
Woodlawn
Aonahy
Grand Sen ‘Station
Mystery Driver Surges Into Hilltop Chase Drama
A fragmented report describes a man racing a car at top speed into a hill area near Spring. A doctor arrived for a confined man who appeared dead from exertion. A boy aged three is mentioned in the scene with Mr Kane and Mr Berry.
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Kane
Liverpool Manager Beckett Hill Dies At Allan Line
Beckett Hill, head of the Allan line’s Liverpool operations, died today in Liverpool after a long tenure with the shipping firm. He guided the fleet through postwar transitions and expanded passenger routes. His death marks a significant loss for the company and maritime community.
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Liverpool
Beckett Hill
Allan Ship Line
Charles Phelps Jurist Soldier and Author Dies at 75
Charles E. Phelps once at the Supreme Court of Baltimore died yesterday at his Walbrook home aged 75. Mrs Aurelia Fisher formerly of Cincinnati died tonight at her son in law Prof John Schwab’s residence. Benjamin W. De longtime Sussex mayor died of pneumonia at 76. Dorothy Anthes widow of Manhattan police clerk Charles Anthes died at 86 after long illness. George H. Drakeley broker on the Coffee Exchange died at 65 in Brooklyn. he belonged to the New York Yacht Club and Cresca Athletic Club.
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Charles E. Phelps
Supreme Court of Baltimore
Walbrook
Baltimore
Aurelia Fisher
Cigatuenati
Har’ N-Law
John C. Schwab
Ale
Robert Crosedl
Samuel Spe Fisher
Cincinnati
Benjamin W. DE
Sussex
N. J
Decker &Simmons
Dorothy Anthes
Maneck
Charles Anthes
Manhattan
George H. Drakeley
Coffee Exchange
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
New York Yacht Club
Cresca Athletic Club
Obituary notices list multiple Brooklyn and New York residents
Aggregated funeral notices listing decedents and addresses across Brooklyn and New York, including Agnes Allan, Sarah C Allen, Frederick Brede, Deborah E Brown, Charles Brazie, Theodore Burnton, John Comnative, James H Culbert, Danigi Dean, Henry Frickle, Lavrrence-Ocal, 49-year-old Clara Herbig, William Le West, Mayer Losee, Bridget Mulleny, Phipard, Prentice, Catharina Rathgeber, Sarah Rayworth-Stack, Ernest Scharley, Marie Schwenke, J J Sinclair, Jacob Stagner, Rowena Tallman, Jeante McN. Thomason, Susan Wood, Peter Wannemacher, and others, with funeral private or to-day services noted.
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Allan
Fox St
Bronx
Agnes Allan
Allen
14Th St
Flatbush
Sarah C C. Allen
Becks
Joseph Eck
Brede
50Th East
Frederick Brede
Brennan
North Elliott Place
Brooks Brown
Quincy St
Brooklyn
Deborah E. Brown
Brazie
Newton
N. J
Charles Burnton
Aoeane
An Lepen St
Ereey
Theodore Burnton
Lincoln Av
John
Culbert
Ryerson St
James H. Culbert
Miadminattian Hospital
Cirtass Coe
Pel
Stockholm
Hempel
Herbig
Bleecker
Johnson
Neral
Ay Krombach
Hanrietta Krombach
Lee
MAYER
Mullins
Sutton Ee
Ramonneh
Melyn
Catharina Rathgeber
Rayworth-Stack
Classon
Lyn
Sarah Rayworth-Stack
Antog Sanders
87Th St
A Scharley
Ernest Scharley
Tod
Schmidt
East 128Th St
Aee Wenke
Jeante McN
Thomaeon
Toon En Walsh
West List
Walsh
M. Wannemacher
Peter Wannemacher
T Wood
Hentington
L. I
Susan Wood
Memoriam notices from a 1900s newspaper fragment
Obituary clippings list multiple individuals with mass and church notices. Names include William Breed, William H. Barnes, Oscar Berger, James Conway, Edward Costa, Metzger, William C. McAfee, Mary R. K. McCullough, Charles T. Potts, and Ellen Ryan. Dates span Dec 28 to Jan 3 with church services and monument unveilings at Mount Hope and Hills Cemeteries.
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William C
Wis McCullough
Mary R. K.lough
Gabriel’s Church
Jas
CEMETERIES at Woodlawn Accessible by Harlem Trolley
Fragmentary text notes Woodlawn Cemetery accessible via Harlem from East 35th Street area. Details are incomplete but reference to a cemetery and trolley route exist.
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Woodlawn
Harlem Ntral
Webster Avcioe
Aessercy
East
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