A Dark Secret at Dalys Theatre Melodrama
A four act melodrama The House of a Thousand Candles by Middleton from Nicholson opens at Daly's Theatre. The cast includes John Marshall Glenarm Arthur Pickering E M Holland Mabel Roebuck and others. Scenes in Funabashi and a convoluted will plot drive a dark tale of greed murder and deception amid elaborate costumes and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Middleton
Meredith Nicholson
John Marshall Glenarm
Frank EB. Aiken
John Glenarm
Seere
Stephen Grattan
Arthur Pickering
William Hazeltine
Larry Donovan
George M. Graham
Stoddard
Lewis Fielder
J.H. Todd Morgan Ye
Ann Aera
X. Sullivan Bates
Alewis Butsunisls Beateedewies
Pat. Holland
Theresar
Edna Conroy
Marian Devereux
Weeeeseess
Mabel Roebuck
Gladys Olivia
Armstrong
Mary BE
Forbes
Daly
Ibsen
Arthur Pickerig
Totling
J. Glenarm
Glenarm
E. M. Holland
Aiken
Miss Forbes
Graham
Fielder
FUNABASHI CASINO REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS MAUDE FULTON
The Casino hosted a new musical comedy titled Funabashi by Irvin S Cobb and Safford Waters. Maude Fulton, previously seen in The Orchid, delivered the evening’s standout songs and dances with William Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siynabashi
Irwin G. Cobb
Safford Waters
Tecumseh J. Carter
Joseph Miron
Jack Carter
Walter Percival
Nan Livingston
Alice Fischer Olly Rivvers
Vera Micheléna Fonty Beauchamf
Thomas W. Ryley
The Secret Orchard Returns to Broadway at Astor Theatre
After a week away from New York The Secret Orchard returns to Broadway and opens a run at the Astor Theatre. The company remains the same as at the Lyric with Josephine Victor as Joy and William Courtenay as the Count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secret Orchard
Broadway
Astor Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Josephine Victor
Joy
William Courtenay
Count
Parisian Model Returns to Broadway With Mixed Reception
Anna Held brought The Parisian Model to Broadway yesterday at the Broadway Theatre for a three week engagement. New specialties debuted since last season but last night's show drew a lukewarm response from the audience. Otis Harlan amused spectators with an impersonation of Harry Lauder during the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Held
Broadway
Otis Harlan
Harry Lauder
Misseld
Nat Goodwin Opens Week at Grand Opera House in An American Citizen
Nat Goodwin began a four night revival run at the Grand Opera House with An American Citizen in which he stars as Beresford Cruger. Edna Goodrich plays Beatrice Carew. The show will be repeated Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Goodwin
Grand Opera House
New York
Mr. Goodwin
Beresford Cruger
Edna
Goodrich
Beatrice Carew
Henrietta Crosman Prepares New Broadway Comedy
Henrietta Crosman plans a new comedy The Smoke and the Fire with director Maurice Campbell after bankruptcy and The Christian Pilgrim setbacks. She will tour briefly before appearing at a Broadway Theatre, portraying the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Crosman
Maurice Campbell
Jessie Trimble
Miss Crossman
Faust Opens Metropolitan Season With Caruso and Farrar
The Metropolitan presented Faust in a strong season opener after eight weeks, featuring Caruso in the title role with refined vocalism. Farrar as Marguerite offered a mix of familiar detail and new interpretations, while Kapine’s Mephistopheles and Scotti, Jacoby, Girerd, and Bovy supported a large audience turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Cesecnese
Fey Ode
Selecomeceys Mme
Jacoby Marthe
Faust
Metropolitan
Mr. Caruso
Roi de Thule
Mr. Kapine
Boito
Mefistofele
Mephistopheles
Scotti
Valentin
Jacoby
Stebel
Girerd
Marthe
Bovy
Russ In Un Ballo in Maschera At Manhattan Opera House
The opera Un Ballo in Maschera was repeated at the Manhattan Opera House last evening. Cast included Mmes Russ Bressler Gianoli and Trentini and Messrs Zenatello Sammarco and Arimondi. Mr Parelli conducted.
Theatrical Notes on Camille and The Witching Hour
Virginia Harned rehearses Camille at Lyric Theatre and plans a road tour. Augustus Thomas forms a company for The Witching Hour in Chicago opening January 19. William artist 4 is listed for Jack Brookfield. Percy MacKaye to lecture on The Drama of Decay at Earl Halls, Columbia University, next Friday at 4 10. Newsboys Club at 74 East Fourth Street hosted vaudeville stars Milo Dazie Vesta Victoria and Whit Cunliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Harned
Camille
Lyric Theatre
Augustus Thomas
Chicago
En Theatre
William Artist
Jack Brookfield
Percy Mackays
Jeanne
Ard
Earl Halls
Women's Graduate Association of
Columbia University
Newsboys Club
East Fourth Street
Newsies
Milo, Dazie
Vesta Victoria
Whit Cunliffe
Brooklyn Theatre Run Delights with Wide Vaudeville Menu
A varied Brooklyn bill features The Red Mill with Montgomery and Stone at Montauk Theatre and Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at Broadway Theatre. Chauncey Olcott appears in O Neill of Derry at Majestic while The Phantom Detective headlines Columbia. Horace Goldin headlines Orpheum and Verdi I Trovatore returns with Aborn Opera at Grand Opera House. Other acts include Deadwood Dicks Last Shot at Bijou and The Wizard of Oz at Folly Theatre with Rosa Sydell leading London Belles at Gayety. City Sports Extravaganza at Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Mill
Montgomery
Stone
Brooklyn
Montauk Theatre
Claraville Bill
Orpheum
Grand Opera House
Aborn Opera Company
Rice & Barton Gaiety
Olympica
Deadwood Dick
Bijou
Folly Theatre
London Belles
Rosa Sydell
City Sports
Star
Harvard Crew Reels From Gale Aboard Fame
Five Harvard students sailing aboard the Fame with Captain Joshua Nickerson endured a northwest gale after departing Halifax. The two masted schooner lost mainsail and headsails, leaving the crew to ration food and water. Tug Reliance towed Fame to Quarantine then to Boston, where Nickerson praised their pluck but called for stronger sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Boston
Fame
South Street
Fulton Market
Harvard
Crowninshield
Bosston
Joshua Nickerson
Orleans
Mass
Cape Cod
Halifax
Nickerson
Raymond Brackett
Mate
Brackett
Lo Will
Cambridge
Gulf Stream
Fundy
Jersey
Highlands
Navesink
Revenue
Tompkinsville
Maude Adams Grows Up at Empire Theatre
Maude Adams ends her run of Peter Pan and opens the revival of Quality Street at the Empire Theatre for seven performances. Barrie is listed as author on the programme, and the audience enjoyed the older work with Adams as Phoebe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Adams
Empire Theatre
Yiddish Playwright Abraham Goldfaben Critically Ill at Home
Abraham Goldfaben father of Yiddish drama lies critically ill at his home 818 East Eleventh Street aged 67. He suffers asthma after a wandering life and friends fear for his recovery. Last week his new play Ben Ammi was produced at the People's Theatre on the Bowery. He has written for the stage for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham B Hayylin Lippe Goldfaben
East Eleventh Street
Mr. Goldfaden
Edward Bulkley Shows Slight Improvement Amid Illness
Edward H Bulkley, still seriously ill, was reported to be a little more comfortable today by his physician Dr Harry Knapp in Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H.bulkley
New York Times
Newport
Edward H. Bulkley
Harry Knapp
Senator William B. Allison Stricken With Grip
Senator William B. Allison of Iowa is ill with grip at his Washington home. Officials report the condition gives no cause for alarm and there is no immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Allison
Washington
William B. Allison
Iowa
War at the Hippodrome Ends in Peaceful Parade of Sights
A snowy night show at the Hippodrome staged Owen Davis and Edward P. Temple’s port Arthur battle with Cossacks and Japanese combat spectators, followed by a long peaceful interlude and a pivot to Lady Gay Spanker’s garden and the Novelty Circus with Maude Wulff’s dancing horse and other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Port Arthur
Owen Davis
Edward P. Temple
Sons of Nippon
Lady Gay Spanker
Gayety
Lady Gay
Spanker
Mme. Maude Wulff
Equestrienne
Hagenbeck
Waltz Dream English Version Debuts in Philadelphia
An English version of Strauss's A Waltz Dream premiered at the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia. In three acts the performance featured Sophie Brandt as Franzi and Charles A. Bigelow as Joachim XIII, aided by an ensemble of eighty and an orchestra of forty providing a rich choral and instrumental rendering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Chestnut Street Opera House
Charles A. Bigelow
Joachim XIII
Sophie Brandt
Franzi
Catharine Inganoff
Josie Sadler
Magda Dahl
Edward Johnson
Edwin Wilson
Old Pilot Dies Aboard British Ship Muncaster Castle
Captain William Hall, 68, long time head of New Jersey Pilots Association, was found dead in his bunk aboard the Boston bound Muncaster Castle after bringing the vessel to Quarantine. He lived at 58 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn. his widow and children survive. His youngest son would have earned his pilot license on January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hall
New Jersey Pilots’ Association
Muncaster Castle
Boston
Pooner
Berkeley Place
Brooklyn
Capt
Hall
Capt. Hall
Death of Dr Albert Hoffa Noted in Berlin Medical News
A Berlin telegram confirms the death of Dr Albert Hoffa noted orthopedic surgeon and Berlin University professor. He originated a bloodless method for congenital hip dislocations used by Dr Adolph Lorenz. Hoffa received a degree from Jefferson Medical College during a 1904 visit to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Berlin
H. Augustus Wilson
Albert Hoffa
University of Berlin
Hoffa
Adolph Lorenz
Jefferson Medical College
Florida Winter Hotels Open for Season 1908
The Florida winter season starts with all major hotels opening their doors. The Atlantic Coast Line Florida Special made its first 1908 run yesterday, filled to capacity with travelers seeking escape from northern winter. The train features electric lighting and deluxe Pullman cars including observation and dining facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Commander Hosley Dead After Remarkable Seamanship
Commander Henry H. Hosley, supervisor of the Harbor of New York and famed for piloting the floating drydock to Manila, died in his New York Yacht Club rooms. Grip and asthma ended his 37 years of service at age 54. burial planned in Washington. He leaves a wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Hosley
New York
United States Navy
New York Yacht Club
Hosley
Dewey
Virginia Capes
Manila
Suez Canal
Secretary of the Navy
New Hampshire
Naval Academy
North Atlantic
Tennessee
United States
Vermont
Indiana
San Francisco
Newerry
Engineers’ Corps
Nosley
Lambs
Army and Navy
Larchmont
Washington
McDonald
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Local Doctor Dr Robert W Taylor Dies at 66
Dr Robert W Taylor was found dead yesterday morning on the bathroom floor at his home 142 West Forty eighth Street. He was 66 and had long suffered from Brights disease. His son in law Dr Jonio Fanoni and Dr H G Piffard were called to the scene and attributed the death to heart failure. He was born in England and graduated in 1868 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He became a specialist in skin diseases and his works have been translated into many languages. For years he was consulting physician to the old Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island and was a member of the American Medical Association, New York Dermatological Association, and the Academy of Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Taylor
West
Taylor
Jonio Fanoni
West Eleventh Street
H. G. 'Piffard
West Fifty-seventh Street
Bright
Dr. Taylor
England
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Theold Charity Hospital
Blackwell's Island
American Medical Association
New York Dermatological Association
The
Academy of Medicine
Death of Miss Eloise M. Weld in England
News from Malmesbury confirms the death of 29 year old Eloise M. Weld daughter of Stephen Weld of Dedham. She had lived abroad six years including a period in Versailles and three years in Malmesbury. An athletics enthusiast she belonged to several local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Malmesbury
England
Eloise M. Weld
Stephen Weld
Dedham
Weld
Versailles
Newschafer Dies in Florida at Windsor Hotel
William H. Newschafer, 65, a New York City lawyer and member of the New York Bar Association, died today at the Windsor Hotel in Jacksonville Florida. The body was sent to New York that night with his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
William H. Newschafer
New York City
Windsor Hotel
Notable 19th Century Lumber and Rail Figures Die
Charles M. MacDonald a leading lumber figure dies at 60 in La Crosse Wisconsin. Mary Anne Lockwood passes at 98 in Albany Home of the Friendless. John F. Fanning pioneer railroad builder dies at his Chicago home after a long illness at an unknown age. Mrs. Margaret Schorr dies at 164 Bowers Street Jersey City aged 76. John F. Allen of Irvington New Jersey dies at 74 from heart disease. He was born in France and educated at Eton and Oxford and became a Manhattan merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. MacDonald
la Crosse
Wis
Mary Anne Lockwood
Albany
J. A. Lawless
Des Moines
Iowa
John F. Fanning
Rock Island Railroad
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago
Margaret Schorr
Bowers Street
Jersey City
Germany
Trinity Baptist Church
Births at Pitt Street and Reiss Home
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Corn (nee Nettie Levy) of 00 Pitt St on December 81, 1907. A birth is also noted for Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Reiss at 60D on January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Corn
Nettie Levy
Pitt St
Reiss
Harry A. Reiss
Marriages in New Jersey on Saturday January 4 1908
Clara Townsend daughter of Imogene Frost Weeks weds Percy Allan at St Luke s Montclair New Jersey. Ruth Barland Duncan weds John Duff of Boston Massachusetts in Englewood New Jersey with Rev Henry B Washburn presiding.
Obituary notices from Brooklyn and nearby towns January 1908
A long list of death notices and funeral details for residents of Brooklyn, Queens, and surrounding areas. Entries name the deceased, residences, and funeral arrangements or interment preferences with dates in early January 1908. Notable names include Helen Vanierberg Babcock, Elijah Richardson Craven, Lydia Kirk Creuzbaur, Augusta Dwight Ferris, Eleanor Halsted, and Robert W Taylor among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Oak Biaffa
Mass
Helen Vanierberg Babcock
Jared
S. Babcock
Craven
Philadelphia
Penn
Elijah Richardson Craven
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Third Presbyterian Church
Newark N. J
Woodland Presbyterian Church
Pine
Broad St
Newark
N.S
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Corbett
Briggs Av
Bronx
Jen
William Corbett
Matilda O'Regan
St. Philip Neri
Lowmass
Creuzbaur
Lydia Kirk
Robert Creuzbeur
Eli
N. Kirk
John P. Palmer
Brooklyn
Dutton
Ruth Parker
Charles Tyler
Berista Grovesteen Dutton
Ferris
Lakewood
N. J
Augusta Dwight
Sherwood B. Ferris
Halsted
Christopher
Sarah Heiser
San Francisco
Cal
Kuett
Paterson
Georg . Kuett
Mary B. Kuett
Lamson
Liberty N
Marth
Theate EB. O. Lamson
Larchmont
N. Y
McJilton
Mount Vernon
Helen F
William D. McJilton
Baltimore
Mills
Ticson Health Resort
Elmira
Wares
George and
Joanna Mills
Trinity Chapel
25Th &T
Broadway
O’keefe
Asbury Park
Catherine
William O'Keefe
Church of Holy Spirit
Old Cathedral
Seaman
Henry Billopp
Staten Island
St. Louis
Smith
Annie M
Lewis E
Gates Av
Taylor
West
Robert W. Taylor
Ten Brook
Tenafly
Susan H. Ten
Obituaries Notice Bagel: Brooklyn Jan. Deaths A to W
A long list of death notices from Brooklyn and nearby towns with names and addresses. Many entries include last names such as Hanly Hertzberg Heydon Hieber Holman Holmes Jollie Jones Kearney Kurtz Lounsbury Lowery Lyons McAleer McCall Maloney Mangam Manton Meyer Miller Morlock Moore Moynat Murphy Neill Palmer Powers Prendeville Purchase Quinlan Rankin Reynolds Rice Riszler Rotzen Wyer Scatterty Schiarbaum Seidel Senf Seton Smith Smock Stack Talmon Viebrock Walsh Wohlfahrt Wollens and more, with dates in January and funeral details where given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanly
Amity St
Brooklyn
Thomas
Jan
Hertzberg
West
Dora Hertzberg
Heydon
Hackensack
N. J
Clark A. Heydon, Jr
Fan
Hieber
John Hieber
Holman
Rugby Road
Flatbush
Augusta Holman
Holmes
Sterling
Carrie M. Holmes
Jackson
Bath St
Lillian Jackson
Prospect Av
Helen C. Jackson
Jollie
Suffern
Vernon Allen
Annie E. Lyons
McAleer
Clinton
Ebien McAleer
McCall
West 66Th
Thomas McCall
A Maloney
East 7Th &T
John J. Maloney
Mangam
Washington Av
Sarah F. Mangam
Menton
Columbus Av
Mary Menton
Meyer
Hanover
Lewis H. Meyer
Miller
Ates East 6Th St
Samuel Mikler
Morlock
East List St
Jota Morlock
T. Moore
Metropolitan
Lawrence H. Palmer
Powers
Westbury
Ll. L
Mary D. CG Powers
Prendeville
Whitestone L. L
J S John E. Prendeville
Funesal
Purchase
Irvington
L. L
James & Quick, Quinlan
Toth St
Mary ‘Ann Quinlan
M. Rankin
Sth
Julian M Rankin
Wotan Mandi Ehby
John Smith
Janes
Rose
Ssmock
Piatndels J
Eliza P
Smock
Stack
Garden &J
Hoboken
Mary Stack
Fanes
Sean
Willard Court
Jamaican L
William J. Stecher
Talmon
Bron
John P. Talmon
Trumpler
See
Jersey Cit Heights
Frederick Aecumede
Toe ’ Viebrock
Freeman &T
Gre
Peter Viebrock
Rae
Spencer St
Brook
Robert Walsh
Om Wohlfahrt
East Bist St
Settchen Wohlfahrt
Wollens
Hancock &J., Brox Viieth Ho Welle Ao
In Memoriam Notices for Clare Klackner and Rev Patrick Reardon
Masses held in memory at Church of the Ascension on January 7 for Clare Klackner and at Church of St John the Evangelist on January 7 for Rev Patrick E Reardon. Obituaries note memorial services and parish arrangements.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daly's Theatre
Sixth Avenue
Funabashi
Taft
Gwyndolin Hillary- Hoops
Ted
Polly Rivers
Jack
Carter
Monty Beauchamp
William Rock
Maude Fulton
Will Rock
Sim Burns
Percy Ames
Alice Fischer
Maude Fulton Pleases
Wellville
Caruso
Miss Farrar
Brooklyn Amusements
Fame IIi
Quality Street
Mr. Goldfaben
DR. Albert Hoffa
Commander Hosley
New York Harbor
Drydock
Alamo
San Antonio
Missions
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Gally
Wm. E. Hoyt
Putnams
Title Insurance
LE Guarantee Trust
Remsen St
Bklyn
Fulton St
Jamaica
W. H. Newschafer
Busse
North Broadway
Yonkers
Merion Busse
Huttner
Ist
Frank Buttner
Carolan
Fulton &J
John Carolan
Clark
Topping
George _B. Clark
Clayton
East 85Th St
Ian
Rose Clayton
Clegg
Lewis Av
Helen Clegg
T. Cordes
Freeport
Julia A. Cordes
Deigan
Simpson St
Ellen Deigan
Denyse
Bay Ridge
Adrian Gb
Denyse. Donnell
Miller Av
John Donnell
Bivans
Francis J. Evans
Egbert
Smith Infirmary
Katherine H. Hgbert
Napier Av
Chester Park
William H. Forbes
Gilmore
7Th St
Anne Eliza Gilmore
Green
State St
Maria EB. Green
Hampton
Lake St
Gravesend
Harriet Hampton
Dodd, Mead Company
Fifth Ave
35Th St
Crouch & Fitzgerald
Sixth Avenus Auto& Wardrobe
Frank Noirot
City Hospital
Victor Notrot
Notrot
Norris
Frank
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
East
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Kland &. Campbell Co
Chelsea
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Ubha Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
St. Louis Republic
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Syracuse
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!