Actors Craft Benefit Day at Polo Grounds Raises Funds
The New York Home for Destitute Crippled Children stands to gain about $5,000 from a field day by the city’s theatre folk at the Polo Grounds. George M. Cohan and Samuel Harris led the event with spectacles featuring Umpire Hollis Lae and guard Ralph Stuart armed with pistols. The program included two single-inning baseball games, boxing and wrestling bouts, burlesque acts, and musical numbers by the era’s prominent performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. L. Erlanger
Polo Grounds
George M. Cohan
Samuel Harris
Bessie McCoy
Gillie Gregory
Mr. Erlanger
Mabel Hite
Richard Carle
Miss McCoy
Mabel’ Hite
Young Corbett
Terry McGovern
Texas Mamie
Jack O’brien
Watson& Reeves
Lew Dockstader
Lew
Ethel Roosevelt Hosts Sagamore Hill Party
At Sagamore Hill on the eve of her debut season Miss Ethel Roosevelt, younger daughter of the family, returns from Avon N Y where she was a guest of the Wadsworths. The President and Mrs Roosevelt host a young friends party on the veranda with the President in attendance. Miss Roosevelt is an athletic tennis player who sails and teaches a Sunday school class at Christ Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Gaiety
Ethel Roosevelt
Iss Roosevelt
Avon
Wadsworth
Miss Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Ethel
Washington
Christ Episcopal Church
Socialites in New York and Elsewhere This Summer
Mrs Cleveland Dodge and Miss Margaret Tuttle stay at the Oriental Hotel while Mrs Alexander Crawford Chenowith hosts teas at the Ritz in London then tours Scotland. Other society members depart for summer retreats including Ardsley, Harbor Me, Farms Connecticut, and the Catskills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. de Peyster
de Peyster
Nnewaska
Ulster Cr
M. M. van. Bu
Ardsley
Harbor
Harper Pennington Goes Abroad After Unknown Reunion
The artist Harper Pennington traveled aboard the Provence and was later seen in Paris after boarding the June 25 Havre voyage. Officials lack sailing records but an officer recalls meeting him on the voyage. Pennington plans months abroad with Paris and London stays, recalling ties to King Edward and Whistler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Pennington
Pennington
Line
Havre
Paris
London
Edward
Prince of Wales
Whistler
Tibetan Prince Sidkyong Tulku Visits New York Quietly
The heir apparent to Sikkim's throne, Sidkyong Tulku known as Kemar, arrived at the Waldorf Astoria from the Mauretania for a around the world tour. He travels modestly, attends Oxford, studies politics, and favors postcards and pink pajamas, while avoiding spectacle and public formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikkim
Kemar
Waldorf-Astoria
Sidkyong Tulku
Tibet
Mauretania
W. F. O'Connor
New York
Imes
Prince
Singer
Times
Oxford University
Lhasa
Nepal
Bhutan
O’connor
Sikkam
Quebec
Major O'Connor
Pembroke College
Oxford
Frohman outlines year of continental tours and new plays
Charles Frohman arrives on the Mauretania and plans a six months here six months in London stock company. Hewill tour America Europe and Paris Berlin Vienna Moscow St Petersburg with John Drew Hawtrey Maude Adams Berrymore and others. New works and tours for Otis Skinner Wilson and Barrie's plays to premiere in London Paris and New York. Maude Adams Ethel Barrymore Billie Burke and Crescents star in forthcoming seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
Mauretania
Europe
London
England
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Moscow
St. Petersburg
John Drew
Jack Straw
Empire Theatre
Charles Hawtrey
John Hare
Cyril Maude
Lewis Waller
Oscar Asche
Lilly Brayton
Colonel Hamilton
Coquelin the Elder
Maude Adams
William Gillette
Constance Collier
Samson
Arthur Bourchier
Henri Bernstein
Rejahe
Billie Burke
Lyceum Theatre
Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Garrick
Augustus Thomas
Clyde Fitch
Langdon Mitchell
Channing Pollock
Marie Doro
Otis Skinner
Francis Wilson
Mrs. Dot
Henry Arthur Jones
Jerome K. Jerome
J. M. Barrie
Alfred Sutro
St. James's Theatre
Haddon Chambers
Cart
Robert Marshall
Alexander Bisson
Bourchier
Doris Keane
Pinero
Daniel Frohman
America
W. S. Plaugham
Edmond Rostand
Isadore Duncan
Gottenburg
Knickerbocker
Hattie Willies
Criterion
Leslie Stuart
Paul Rubens
William Crane
the Empire
Barrie
Ellaine
Terris
Seymour Hicks
G. P. Huntley
Marie Tempest
Gerald du Maurier
Pauline Chase
Irene Vanburgh
Maud Allan to Come to America Under New Management
Percy G Williams and Martin Beck arrive from Europe with plans for Maud Allan to tour in autumn under their joint direction. Allan will not join regular vaudeville but perform in high priced houses in a series of matinées. Beck notes aims for an international vaudeville alliance with American offices while engaging acts for the Orpheum Circuit. Also reported is the death of Thomas Shields Bisland, former southern plantation owner, at 74 in Bronxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy G. Williams
Martin Beck
Europe
Mauretania
Maud Allan
Salome
London
Hammerstein
Gertrude Hoffman
Miss Allan
Mr. Williams
William Hammerstein
Miss Hoffman
Germany
Steiner
Berlin
Wintergarten
Beck
United
Orpheum
Mlle. di Dio
Torajada
Albertus
Rome
Mr. Beck
Amusement Notes Highlights Seasonal Theatre Moves
William Muenster engages Thomas Meighan to support Nanette Comstock in Jet opening Labor Day in Washington. A. M. Holbrook to stage De Koven-Smith opera for Grace Van Studdiford with score and libretto due Aug 1. La Femme Nue by Henri Bataille is with Sanger & Jorden as English adaptation begins. Henry W. Savage to premiere Take This Man at Court Square Springfield with Burton and Sutherland. Wagenhals & Kemper sign Clarence Handysides as Capt Williams in Paid in Full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Muenster
Thomas Meighan
Nanette Comstock
Washington
Charles Bradley
A. M. Holbrook
de Koven-Smith
Grace van Studdiford
Henri Bataille
Sanger & Jorden
Mr. Jordan
Paris
Henry W. Savage
Edith Ellis
Springfield
Court Square Theatre
Frederick Burton
Anne Sutherland
Hunter-Bradford Rock Cmpany
Wagenhals & Kemper
Clarence Handysides
Capt. Williams
Loire carries 500 prisoners to Devil's Island
French steamer Loire departed La Rochelle with 500 prisoners for Devil's Island including former Ensign B Ulimo recently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Rochelle
France
Loire
Devil's Island
French Guiana
B. Ulimo
Paris Baritone Jean Note to Sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Jean Note a leading Paris Opéra baritone signed with the Metropolitan Opera for next season. He debuts as Ramon in La Parras's Habanera and will perform French baritone roles in the Metropolitan repertoire while his Paris Opéra contract runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Jean Note
Paris Opéra
Metropolitan Opera House
la Parras
Melba Likely To Decline NYC Opera Appearance
Oscar Hammerstein doubts a report that Dame Nellie Melba will skip New York next season. He notes her Australian tour and a desire to visit her father constrain her, and expects she may return to New York in 1910 if conflicts with engagements do not arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hammerstein
Mme. Melba
America
Manhattan Opera
Melba
London
New York
England
Australia
Mr. Hammerstein
Manhattan
Mme
Tetrazzini
Rail safety test to prevent collisions expands nationwide
The Inter-State Commerce Commission plans a strong railway safety push using the Block Signal and Train Control Board. The initial trial, near Aurora Illinois, tests Rowell Potter safety stop systems across Chicago Burlington and Quincy rails. The board will evaluate multiple cutting edge inventions and may inspect steel rail quality to assess wreck causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Block Signal and
Miss McAdoo Undergoes Appendectomy In New York
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of President William G McAdoo is recovering at the Hudson Tunnel Companies home in Irvington New York from a serious appendicitis operation performed last Sunday complicated by peritonitis. Dr S E Getty of Yonkers led the procedure with two New York specialists assisting. The father traveling in Germany was informed of the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Irvington
N. Y
Nona McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
Hudson Tunnel Companies
McAdoo
Germany
8S. E. Getty
Yonkers
New York
Protos Expected in Moscow Today
Protos expected in Moscow today direct to St. Petersburg. The vessel is waiting on the road for new parts to be brought from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protos
Moscow
Position of the New York to Paris Racers
The 157th day reports distances from New York to Paris and across Russia. Lieut Koeppen leads in the Protos toward Moscow with a possible start ahead of the American Thomas car which is delayed for parts. Berlin notes suggest Protos could reach Moscow before Thomas, or race toward St Petersburg if undelayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Thomas
Viatka
Kasan
Zust Ircutek
Vladivostok
Kainsk
Harbin
Omsk
Tzitzikar
Oufa
Chita
Verkhnievu
Dinsk
Moscow
Missovaia
Sta. -Peters
Irkutsk
Burg
Kansk
Kovno
Tomsk
SE Base
St. Petersburg
Protos
NEW York Times
Berlin
Russia
Lieut
Koeppen
Capt. Hansen
Lieut. Koeppen
Judge Douglass Dies In Newark
Justice Howard Douglass of the Supreme Court of Ohio died yesterday afternoon at the home of his brother in law George T. Day 421 Clinton Place Newark He was a leading Pythian in the United States Supreme Chancellor of the order in Ohio and a thirty second degree Mason He was a schoolmate neighbor and lifelong friend of William H Taft He is survived by a widow and two children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass
Newark
Howard Douglass
Supreme Court of Ohio
George T. Day
Clinton Place
Justice Douglass
United States
Order
Ohio
William H. Taft
Death of Prof Frederic Roehrig Orientalist and Educator
Word reached yesterday of the death on Wednesday night in Pasadena California of Prof Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig aged 89. An Orientalist philologist educator and composer he was born in Halle Prussia June 19 1819 and came to the United States in 1852. He served as Assistant Librarian at the Astor Library and taught Sanskrit and Modern Oriental Languages at Cornell University from 1869 to 1883 later teaching Sanskrit at the University of Southern California beginning 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig
Halle
Prussia
Astor Library
Roehrig
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Prominent Local Figures Mourn Losses In Quick Succession
Obituaries report the deaths of ex supervisor James H. Baker 60 at his Brooklyn home a Civil War veteran and Grant Post G A R member survived by widow and daughter. insurance broker Frederick W Johnston 47 of Broadway died of heart disease. Rev Henry F Belcher Hilton New Jersey pastor died at Mountainside Hospital from acute Brights disease. Thomas Eagleton 70 father of Assemblyman John J. Eagleton died at his West Sixty-fifth Street home after decades in Tammany Hall. funeral at Church of St Paul the Apostle. Daniel N Stanton 80 railroad contractor died at Yonkers home born Bartlett NH led Yonkers Street Railway. long resident here. Captain Samuel R B Gibson 65 Bayshore Long Island famed skipper died. linked to Priscilla Puritan challenge and yacht Mischief Queen’s Cup victories. retired several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Cardinal Gibbons
Foley
Detroit
D. J. O'Connell
Catholic University
London
John M. Farley
New York
Rome
Daniel Mackin
Edward J. McCue
James V. Lewis
James J. Kerwin
Charles P. McArthur
Wallace Radcliffe
W. B. Sullivan
J. L. Shearer
ST. Louis
Southampton
E. S. Bacon
Theodore E. Barton
T. A. Beall
H. Emilie Cady
Herman Ellis
Adam H. Greel
Edward M. Hagar
E. E. Hedges
Horatio C. King
J. Hampton Moore
Eleanor R. Patterson
George T. Porter
Molly Elliott Seawell
William A. Smoot
J. H. Wyeth
A. V. Young
Zeeland
Antwerp
Johnb. Anderson
John A. Booker
R. M. Dunham
Joseph Farley
James H. Gay
William Samuel Johnson
Marcy Mazee
James Neilsen
Charles H. North
James Piper
Arthur T. Ramsey
Louis Straus
Bryce Wilson
Lincoln
Hamburg
Victor Abraham
George BR. Baker
Thomas H. Bradford
Christian Bahr
O. H. Browning
C. F. Chamberlain
Julius Henry Cohen
Paul Wright
California
Glasgow
Edith R. Abbott
Frederick W. Branch
Tg.bush
David Crary
L. E. P. Dennis
Caldwell Hunter
William P. Lane
W. R. Rich
Frederick Sykee
Howard Warren
Umbria
Liverpool
Lucy H. Humphrey
James H. Baker
Fourth Street
Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn
Mr. Baker
Ulster County
N. Y
Grant Post
Frederick W. Johnston
Broadway
University of Virginia
United States
Henry F. Belcher
Christian Church
Hilton
N. J
Verona Lake Park
Mountainside
Bright
Thomas Eagleton
John J. Eagleton
West Sixty-fifth Street
Eagleton
Tammany Hall
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Daniel N. Stanton
Anduhon Avenue
Mr. Stanton
Bartlett
White
Samuel RB. Gibson
Bayshore
L. I
Priscilla
New York Yacht Club
Mischief
Dedham
Mass
Minford
East 59Th St
Emma Matthiessen Minford
Thomas
A. Louisa Minford
Philadelphia
Rainey
Kinderhook
Sarah Elizabeth Waterman
William H. Rainey
Stenton
Audubon Av
Daniel Nate Stenton
Greenwood
Terry
Sons of the Revolution
Israel Newton Terry
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Utica
Edmund Wetmore
H. R. Drowne
Petition Seeks Lords Seat for American Lord Fairfax
A London report says Albert Kirby Fairfax filed with the House of Lords a petition claiming the peerage of Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He seeks leave to deposit a printed case supporting his claim as Americas only peer and to sit in Parliament, with review by the Committee on Privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
London
House of Lords
Albert Kirby Fairfax
Lord Fairfax of Cameron
America
Lord Fairfax
England
Edward
Committee On Privileges
Consul Milon de Peillon Ships 75 Trunks to Galveston
Charles Milon de Peillon the new French consul to Galveston stays at the Hotel Lafayette with Mme de Peillon and Mile. de Peillon. He travels with seventy five luggage pieces all containing clothes. The trunks will be stored in a special compartment aboard the steamer Nueces of the Mallory Line sailing today for Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Milon de Peillon
France
Galveston
Texas
Lafayette
University Place
Mme. de Peillon
Mile. de Peillon
Nueces
Mallory Line
Peillons
Marseilles
Theles
Dr Ullo Weds at Seventy in Secret Brooklyn Ceremony
Dr Lorenzo Ullo, a Brooklyn admiralty lawyer aged 70, married Monica Ryan, a Long Island City school principal aged 45. The wedding occurred Thursday morning aboard the Cedric en route to Europe with Rev Francis Sullivan officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Ullo
Admiralty
Brooklyn
Monica Ryan
Long Island City
Cedric
Europe
Francis Sullivan
St. Ann's Church
Manhattan
Ello
Marriages Listed in New Jersey Areas
A column of marriage notices from New Jersey towns includes Barrett to Harry Beil in Jersey City, Elina M. Cox to George M. Blauvelt in Newark, Alice Young to Ralph Ea gies in Hackettstown, and several other pairings in Elizabethport Washington City Nanuet Jersey City and Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart—Keener
Elizabethport
Charlotte RK. Keener
Charles F. Wart Holland
Nolf
Washington, N. J
M. Nolf
George Holland
McWhorter
Burdette
Nanuet
N. Y
Louise Burdette
John
FE. McWhorter
Rieber—Vedder
Nellie F. Vedder
George Rieber
Shea—Fay
Jersey
Fay
James J. Shea
Snook
Ingersoll
Newton
Niet Rales Reli
Blatt City
Catherine Ingersoll
Alanson P. Snook
Thornton—Schmedner
Jersey City
Blanche Schmedner
John Thornton
Ullg-Ryan
Monica Ryan
Lorenzo Ullo
Obituary notices from New York area mix of 1908 and 1968 dates
A dense list of death notices and funeral arrangements for numerous individuals across New York and New Jersey. Entries name the deceased, ages or residencies when given, and indicate funeral or burial details, with some notes calling for copies to certain newspapers. The items include various saints, streets, and institutions as context for notices.
Obituary notices from New York and New Jersey areas
Deaths and funeral notices listed for numerous individuals across Brooklyn Jersey City Newark Hoboken and surrounding towns with addresses and dates in July including Ficken Fisher Flynn Foell Gaynor Gerth Gilmartin Golden Hagan Horton Hyde Kallenberg Kennedy Laird Louis Lusky McFadden McKinney McNelis Macy Mallory Melia Miles Mulligan Mulvihill Nichols Norcross OConnor Pelington Fristner Peynaud Pursall Reed Reich Rickard Root Ry er Schafer Shane Steere Stevens Stoll Thompson Tompkins Toner Vesey Vreeland Walsh Wenzel Williams Wingk Wolfenden Woolley Young and others in scattered local obituaries and funeral notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmartin
Chauncey St
Brooklyn
Thomas Gilmartin Golden
Bay St
Jersey City
Philip Golden
Hagan
Bedford Av
Peter J. Hagan
Horton
Earl St
Newark
N. J
Frederick
Hyde
Archer, Av
Mount Vernon
Sarah M. R. Hyde
Kallenberg
Augusta Kallenberg
Bleecker St
P.M. Kennedy
East 324 St
Wes Kennedy
Laird
Washington St
Hoboken
Alice J. C. Laird
Ene Louis
Sheepshead ‘Bay
Peter Louis
Su. Lusky
North 6Th St
Victoria Lusky
McFadden
38Th St
James T. McFadden
McKinney
Amsterdam Av
Loretta McKinney
McNelis
Walworth St
William J. McNelis
Macy
Hudson
N. Y
Maria A. Macy
Mallory
van Herpen Sty
Abin Mallory
Melia
Thomas J. Melia
Miles
Girt
George H. Miles, Jr
Mulligan
Sir Hewitt Place
Bronx
William Mulligan
Mulvihild
East
H St
Thomas Mulvilis
Nichols
Rodney St
Truman Nichols
Norcross
Alexander A. Norcross
O'Connor
West 64Th St
Ellen O'Connor
Pllington
Oakland Av
Adolph Pelington
Pfistner
Lincoln
Jersey City Heights
Barbara Fristner
George Reich
Rickari
Belmar
Susie Rickard
Root
St. Mark's Av
Isabella A. Root
Ryer
University Place
Willeam Ryer
M. Schafer
Evergreen
L. I
Simon Smith
Snyder
Boulevard
Lucy M. Snyder
North 11Th St
East Orange
Margaret Steers
Stevens
Jersey Av
Sidney Stevens
Stoll
West Fist St
Julius Stoll
Thompson
Revpen St
Mary A. Thompson
Vesey
Michael T. Vesey
Fueneral
M. Vreeland
Gates Av
Mary Ann Vreeland
Walsh
East 57Th St
Anna _ E. Walsh
Wenzel
Nostrand Av
Young
Nassau Av
Hattie Young
Newspaper Subscription Rates and Delivery Note
Daily and Sunday FEditions mailed nationwide at 50 cents per month for daily edition. Orders via newsdealers or directly through the Publication Office. Telephone 100 Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Wills and Probate Notice for Willa Tompkins
Tompkins and Tompkins counsel at law advise probate proceedings for Willa with 156 Fifth Avenue firm handling related matters. Public notice requests claimants come forward per local regulations and court deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins & Tompkins
Fifth Avenue
Wills
Willa
In Memoriam Masses for Siddall and Walsh
Mass offerings noted for Mary Siddall at Church of the Holy Cross Harrison N D today 8 AM and for Thomas J Walsh at St Peter's RC Church today 6 30 AM in memoriam notices from the local paper.
Woodlawn Cemetery accessibility and lot pricing
Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Herlem trains from Grand Central and by Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and carriage. Lots start at $150 with Books of Views available via telephone (4855 Gramercy) or through a representative at 0 CE 20 East 230 Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Herlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
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Ralph Stuart
Hollis Lae
Prima-Donnas
Friends
S Daugher
Social Notes
John Duncan Emmet
Joseph Drexel
Torresdale
Maitland F. Griggs
Farms Conn
Isaac Stern
New
Mr. Stern
Virginia
Maine
Annetta Hewitt
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Lawrence
Charles B. Mills
Dobbs Ferry
Catskills
Joel Nott Allen
Long Island
Chester, N. J
Wallace Reid
CARL. H/SCHULTZ
WIAVE
Harper Pennington Abroad
Archbishop Farley
Senator Smoot
Frohman
Continental Companies
Thomas Sheilds Bisland
South
Pressley Bisland
Lawrence Park
Bronxville
Natchez
New Orleans
Carter’s Grove
James River
Percival Bisland
Charles W. Wetmore
Walter T. Owen
Mary and
Margaret Bisland
Ulimo
Devil’s Island
Paris Opera
Commerce Commission
Miss McAdoo
Grey Knight
Henry de la Pasture
Peter
Lonely Lady
Grosvenor Square
E. P. Dut
West
TON & CO
Fairfax Peerage
Albert K. Fairfax
Ullo
Marrird
Kahn
Abraham Kahn
West 32A
Igmund
Annah
Tsador
Max
Morris Kahn
Benson Av
Bensonhurst
Anable
Julia C. Anable
Bailey
Norfolk St
Phoebe’ Bailey
Baker
Ball
West 65Th St
Thomas W. Ball
Mary E. Blair
Bossong
7Th Av
Elizabeth Bossong
Boyle
East 92A St
John Boyle
John J. Boyle
Blair
Summit Av
Benjamin V. Burns
Canning
West Bast St
Frank Canning
Collins
Nassau
M. Y
Mary J. Collins
Considine
Sheepshead Bay
Norah Considine
M. Coons
New Jersey
Eugene A. Daly
Sarah
West 20Th St
Bridget Donohue
Dunkley
Ryerson St
Brookl Aay
Marietta E. Dunkley
Dunn
West 33d
Ben Dunn
Man Aie Egan
Hird
Fargey
Catshiltis
Michael Parley
Tit West
Stosdar
Prometheus
Assisi
Martha Gilbert Dickinson
Bianchi
New England
Chicago
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
Chelaem
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