Philadelphia Opera House to Assign Grand-Tier Boxes
A secret five woman committee from Philadelphia’s old families will determine social and financial eligibility for the 24 grand-tier boxes in Oscar Hammerstein’s new Philadelphia Opera House. G Heide Norris confirms the process, aiming to ensure seats go to representative families. Construction progresses with sculptures by H C Petersen and decorative plaster work planned for corridors and lobby.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Oscar Hammersten
New Philadelphia Opera
G. Heide Norris
Committee of Citizens
Hammerstein
Norris
Arthur Hammerstein
H. C. Petersen
Paris
Reid Dinner at Dorchester House Hosts Notables
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid entertained at a large dinner in London at Dorchester House with Princess Henry of Battenberg as the principal guest. Attendees included the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, James Bryce, the Duke of Rutland, Charlemagne Tower, Ogden Mills, Walter Burns, Mrs Har timan, A J Drexel, Richard Haldane, D O Mills, Lord and Lady Middleton, and D G Metaxas.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
A. J. Drexel
Richard Burton Haldane
D. O. Mills
Lady Middleton
D. G. Metaxas
St. James's
Emerson to move into Morse residence on Bellevue Avenue
Isaac E. Emerson of Baltimore and his daughter Mrs. Howard Harvey are expected to take up residence in the E Rollins Morse home on Bellevue Avenue Newport. The deal is regarded as certain and likely followed by a sale. The Bellevue frontage faces the estates of Elisha Dyer Lispenard Stewart James B Haggin and Edward J Berwind. Emerson has offered to purchase and rent the property.
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New York Times
Newport
R. L
Isaac E. Emerson
Baltimore
Margaret
Howard Harvey
E. Rollins Morse
Bellevue Avenue
Elisha Dyer
Lispenard Stewart
James B. Haggin
Edward J. Berwind
Mr. Emerson
Newport Wedding Postponed amid Newport Society Gossip
Special to The New York Times reports that the wedding of Mrs May Brady Hall and Herbert M Harriman did not occur and no marriage license was sought. Harriman brothers returned to New York after visiting Newport. Guests and locals, including Mrs Rollins Morse and Mrs A Mason, were part of a socially active week at Newport.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
May Brady Hall
Herbert M. Harriman
Harriman
New York
Herbert C. Pell
Tuxedo
James P. Kernathan
Newport Golf Club
Kate Bryce
Charles F. Hoffman
George H. Benjamin
E. S. Reynal
Austin Gray
Rollins Morse
A. L. Mason
York Harbor
Mason
Austin Flint, Jr
Summer Guest Departures and New Arrivals Across Resorts
Gen Lloyd Bryce leaves Roslyn this week for Newport to remain the season. Mr and Mrs Charles W Morse of New York stay at the Hotel Aspinwall Lenox. Mr and Mrs Henry T Van Pelt Miss Adeline R Van Pelt Kendrick Van Pelt were guests at Spring Lake New Jersey. Officials and families from New York travel to Allenhurst Ocean resort. Frith family closes town house and heads to Bar Harbor for summer. De Mont Thompson and Eugene Hawkins visit Belle Terre Port Washington. Brandreth family opens cottage at Brandreth Lake Adirondacks till autumn. Moran couple sail for Europe returning by September first. Edward Lauterbach hosts dinner with Baron Schleppenbach and others at the Oriental Hotel.
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Lloyd
Bryce
Roslyn
Newport
Charlies W. Morse
New York
Aspinwall
Lenox
Henry T.van Pelt
Adeline R. van Pelt
Kendrick van Pelt
Spring Lake, N. J
George B. Russell
Edmund Randolph
Allenhurst Inn
Allenhurst, N. J
L. E. Frith
Helen M
Louise S. Frith
East Thirty-seventh Street
Bar Harbor
Jefferson de Mont Thompson
Belle Terre Club
Port Washington
Eugene D. Hawkins
Fast Sixty-seventh Street
Belle Terre
Col
Franklin Brandreth
Ossining
N. Y
Brandreth Lake
Adirondacks
W. J.moran
Larchmont
Europe
Edward Lauterbach
Oriental Hotel
Baron Schleppenbach
Pollock Family Announces Engagement of Lillian Barkann
Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Pollock of Jersey City announce the betrothal of their daughter Lillian Emily Barkann to Dr. Henry Rosinoft.
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Pollock
Isaac Pollock
Jersey City
Lillian Emily Barkann
Henry Rosinoft
Great mass meeting backs Cuban presidential candidate Zayas
In Santiago at Oriente Theatre a large audience of society women filled the boxes as Dr Alfredo Zayas spoke for his bid for the Cuban presidency. Gen Camposarquetti and Juan Gualberto Gomez addressed the crowd amid strong support and optimism for Zayas prospects. Zayas pledged dignified conduct if defeated and promised to help uphold the Cuban idea with the victors.
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Santiago
Cuba
Oriente Theatre
Alfredo Zayas
Zayas
Camposarquetti
Juan Gualberto Gomez
New Play by Miss Ellis Opens at Court Square Theatre
Springfield July 20 Henry W Savage produced Edith Ellis new three act comedy It Take This Man at the Court Square Theatre. Frederick Burton as Hiram Perkins the dilettante tramp draws new character notes while Anne Sutherland as Portia Perkins yields as wife. Savages executive star and New York theatre men attended and Ellis appeared to thank the audience after the third act.
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New York Times
Springfield
Mass
Henry W. Savage
Edith Ellis
Court Square Theatre
Hiram Perkins
Frederick Burton
Ot ‘ College
Portia Perkins
Anne Sutherland
Mr. Savage
Salome Dance At Harlem With New Castanet Routine
La Sylphe, a young dancer, enters the third week at Keith Proctor's 125th Street Theatre with a Spanish castanet dance in place of the toe dance. The audience welcomed the change as she plans to lengthen the Salome dance for a Special scenery presentation next week at Fifth Avenue and aims to make it a feature.
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la Sylphe
Keith & Proctor
125Th Street Theatre
Fifth Avenue
Playwright duo to stage A Mountain Boy in 秋
Klaw and Erlanger accepted a new play by Pauline Phelps and Marion Short titled A Mountain Boy and will present it in Philadelphia or Chicago early this autumn. Set in Kentucky’s Big Sandy region and in New Orleans the work follows the duo who wrote The Grand Army Man.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Pauline Phelps
Marion Short
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kentucky
Big Sandy
New Orleans
Miss Phelps
Miss Short
David Belasen
David Warfield
Three Weeks to Debut in London With Elinor Glyn
James K. Hackett announced a private London premiere of Three Weeks on July 28 with Mrs Elinor Glyn as the Lady Admission will be by invitation only. The first public show is slated for St Louis around Sept 1. Hackett opens his season Aug 9 with a revival of The Prisoner of Zenda and then heads to his Hackett Theatre after The Witching Hour run.
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London
James K. Hackett
Elinor Glyn
St. Louis
Hackett
the Hackett
Amusement Notes Highlight New York Theatre Bypass Aug 17 Openings
William Hodge from The Man from Home to star at Astor Theatre Aug 17 arrival by car from Indiana. Tittle Hip the world’s smallest elephant joins Bostock at Coney Island for summer. Paid in Full reaches 200th showing and moves Aug 17 to Weber's Theatre for an open-ended New York run. Henry J B Harris returns to supervise Traveling Salesman at Liberty Theatre Aug 10. Edith Ellis new comedy 7 Take This Man debuts at Court Square Springfield Mass. Charlotte Walker leaves Keenan vehicle The Warrens of Virginia for Chicago replacing Ida Conquest in The Wolf. Georgia Earle and Fanny Cannon premiere And the Greatest of These at Orpheum Salt Lake City.
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William Hodge
Chicago
Astor Theatre
New York
The
Wrest
Indiana
Tittle Hip
Bostock
Coney Island
Europe
Wagenhals & Kemper
Weber's Theatre
Henry JB. Harris
New Hampshire
James Forbes
Liberty Theatre
Edith Ellis
Henry W. Savage
Court Square Theatre
Springfield
Mass
Frederick Burton
Anne Sutherland
Hunter-lradford Players
Charlotte Walker
Frank Keenan
Wayfarers Saw Wood for Meals at Olive Tree Inn
The Wayfarers woodyard at 516 West Twenty eighth Street reopened after two months, offering two meals, lodging, and bath at the Olive Tree Inn to about seventy men starting at 5:30 AM. Most attendees are long-time visitors, with some new applicants trying to earn tickets by sawing wood under watchful supervision.
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West Twentyeighth Street
Oliver Street
Charity Organization Society
Olive Tree Inn
East Twenty-third Street
Thomas McGorn
Thomas
Owen
Owens
Thames
McGorn
Luciesi
T’ree
Sawbuck
Times
Saia
Keefer
Twenty-eighth Street
The
Charity
Virginia seeks bronze Washington statue for National Capitol
The Virginia Legislative Commission in Providence decided to seek bids for a bronze Washington statue to accompany the Lee statue in Statuary Hall. A Houdon Washington reproduction may replace the current plaster cast after the new piece is ready. Bids will be opened at a later Richmond meeting.
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Virginia
National Capital
Washington
Virginia Legislative Commission
Providence
R. I
Gen. Lee
Gorham
Hoffman House
Lee
George L. Christian
Richmond
Virginia Commission On
Houdon
Withington
Capitol
Haan Sails Optimistic On Global Trip
Rudolph M. Haan proprietor of the Hotel St. Regis sails this morning on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He plans visits to Paris and Germany and Austria. He expresses optimism about business, noting improved conditions and renewed demand for expensive hotel suites.
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Rudolph M. Haan
St. Regis
Merecenes
Paris
Germany
Austria
Haan
Zch
Passengers Sail for Europe on Kaiser Wilhelm II
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm II sails today for Bremen with a long list of passengers including J. A. Lowell Blake Francis Stanton Blake Mrs. Lloyd Booth and many others such as Col. and Mrs. D. 2B. Corwin Mr. and Mrs. George J. Campbell Commissioner John G. Capers Dr. H. A. Hutchinson and Henry Morgenthau among others.
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Europe
Bremen
J. A. Lowell
Blake
Francis Stanton Blake
Lloyd Booth
William G. Bibb
Lynford
Bidle
Marion Biddle
D. 2B. Corwin
George J. Campbell
John G. Capers
George. T. Cameron
Fred W. Crawford
William T. Innes
Joen Day
Jackson
Ferdinand. Kuhn
James D. Leary
J. G. Lay
William L. McPherson
Henry Morgenthau
John A. McShane
George H. Noyes
W. G. Oakman
J. Nelson Parker
W. Gilpin Robinson
L. H. Schubart
Edward H. Titus
James A. Wakefield
Isaac Wolfe
A G Menogal Dead Noted Engineer Civil Hydraulics Expert
Aniceto Garcia Menocal prominent civil engineer and hydraulics expert died at 251 West Highly-first Street from artery solidification. Born Havana 1859 he studied in Havana and at Rensselaer, worked on Havana water works and U S public works, led canal surveys for Nicaragua and Panama, served in Paris 1879 as Hayes envoy earning Legion of Honor, and leaves a widow Elvira Martin and three sons.
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Aniceto Garcia Menocal
Menozal
Gabriel Menocal
Havana
Cuba
United States
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Menocal
Department of Public Works
Navy Department
Panama
Nicaragua
Maritime Canals Company of
Paris
Hayes
Legion of Honor
Grévy
Philippines
Liberta
American Society of Civil Engineers
Louis Dyer Dies in London
Louis Dyer a resident of Oxford formerly of Chicago died in London today.
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Louis Dyer
London
Phoebe Davies to Stage Two Man of Sandy Bar Tryout
Phoebe Davies, veteran star of Way Down East for eleven years, sails to Los Angeles for a tryout of her Bret Harte adaptation Two Men of Sandy Bar. On return she will rehearse Way Down East sequel and plan Mrs Tantalus, a London purchase for her company.
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Phoebe Davies
Los Angeles
Bret Harte
Vilas Near Death in Milwaukee Telephones Urgent News
William F. Vilas former United States Senator and cabinet member suffered a brain hemorrhage in Madison Wisconsin today His condition is described as serious and relatives in Milwaukee were telephoned to come home He is about 70 and has lived a retired life for years
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Madison
Wis
William F. Vilas
United States
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Vilas
Ignacio Veintemilla Dies in Guayaquil at 93
Former Ecuadorian president Ignacio Veintemilla died in Guayaquil on July 19. Born in Cuenca in 1830, he led the Liberal revolt that toppled President Borrero in 1876 and held power as Supreme Chief after 1882. He was deposed and exiled in July 1883 following civil war.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ignacio Veintemilla
Cuenca
Borrero
Death of Berlin theologian Otto Pfleiderer noted
The Rev. Dr Otto Pfleiderer professor of theology at the University of Berlin died today. He was born in Stettin in 1839.
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Berlin
Otto Pfleiderer
University of Berlin
Stettin
Notable Doctors and Local Notables Die Across The U S
Obituaries report the deaths of Cleveland physician Dr Frank Kraft editor of The American Physician and professor at the Cleveland Homeopathic College, Rev Dennis P Sullivan S J president of St Joseph's College Worcester, and many others in Albany Brooklyn Peekskill and Los Angeles.
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Frank Kraft
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Kraft
Cleveland Homeopathic College
Dennis P. O Sullivan
S. J
St. Joseph's College
Philadelphia
Healy Cross College
Worcester
Miss
Troy
N.Y
William Lansing
Lake George
Albany
Thomas Budd Page Knox
United States
Philander C. Knox
Los Angeles
Cal
Brownsville
Penn
Laure K Sawyer Weds William J Lord in Yonkers
Marriage notice records Laure K Sawyer wed William J Lord on July 18 in Yonkers. The brief item notes the couple's union and location without extra details.
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Lord—Sawyer
Yonkers
Laure K. Sawyer
William J. Lord
Funeral notices from New York area deaths and services
A list of obituaries and funeral announcements across Brooklyn and nearby towns for July 1908. Included are names such as Alexander C Fagleson, Rosamond Hobart, and Charles Moritz Frazer with service details at St Stephen's Church Woodlawn and other local venues, plus multiple private or scheduled funeral times and residences.
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Insli-Pas Il
Grand Central Station
Tae Frazer
Hackensack
N. J
Charles Moritz
Alexander Frazer
Union St. Hackensack
Charles Henry
San Jhemo
Rose Bits
Linden
M. J
Ohio
Chicago
East Hampton
Longeway
Edward Hunter Longeway
M. Louise Longeway
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Springfield
Menocal
St. New York
Aniceto G. Meno
U. S. Navy
Miller
Walsingham A. Miller
Streenwood
Minford
Emma Matthiess Minford
Thomas
A. Louisa Minford
East
Wojilawn
Ochsner
Philip Henry Qebsner
Philip Henry
Maria Anna Ochsner
Charles J
Emelie Ceherer
Sarah W. Rovb
Sherman
Larchmont
William Winslow Sherman
56Th St
New York City
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison Av
44Th St
Worden
Johanna
Eliza Worden
Church of the Holy Communion
Woodlawn
Obituaries and Funeral Notices Broadly Across Brooklyn
A long column lists numerous obituaries and funeral notices with names and addresses in Brooklyn and nearby towns. Individuals include Oscar Funk Laura Gassner William Graham James Knichel Daniel Fadler Wilhelmina Lohmiller Frances A Lovett Peter J Kearney Anne R Merron Sarah Motterstock Rosalie Schmandt Marie Schuber Alpheus Smith Elizabeth J Smith Richard S Williams Robert Yates and others with ages and funeral times where given.
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Fhottes
Tewin
Kingston
Heary
Ethalsteim
Aefri
Jatzece
Hey
Cimer Park
Richard Jatzek
Fuseval
Jones
West 9Th St
Brooklyn
Marys A
Jus Kearney
Xife
L. I
Peter J. Kearnel
Keller
Lutz
Mule’ Vittige
Henry Lutz
McGrane
Puneral
McNamaha
McNamara
Mahedy
Edward S. Mahety
A ' Marlton
Anne R. Merron
Mauterstochk
Emeston
Sarah Motterstock
MEAD
Gergen
Otto Co Miller
Morris
Etizaville
Jay Ts
A. Morris
Morrissey
Tath
Patrick Morse
A. Paddin
Henre St
Browokiyn
Suly
Maria Padden
Brwokiyn
Raynor
Freeport
Sely
Mary E. Raynor
Roche
Bound Brook
N. J
Sally
Herman Unger
Powers
Private Weeks
Plainfield
Grace Ellen Weeks
Weigt
Weat- Sfth &J
Toby
Adolph Wweight
Private Wells
Peekskill N. Y
Edward Wells, Jr
Tomortewe , Williams
Rojestvensky dies after long naval career and war record
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, commander of the doomed Russian fleet at Port Arthur, died in Bad Nauheim Germany from heart trouble. Born near Moscow in 1848, he earned the St George's Cross for bravery in the Russo-Turkish War and led fleets in the Baltic and Far East before his 1904 defeat at the Sea of Japan. He was later tried for surrender but acquitted.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Rojestversky
Sea of Japan
Rojestvensky
Zinovi Petrovitch Rojestvensky
Moscow
England
Vladimir Munemach
Peresviet
Alexieff
Far East
Port Arthur
Laide
Avellun
Naval
Projestvensky
Ife
Cronstadt
Iiksian
Sasebo
Pacific
Evans
Requiem Mass Held for Sarah Canke at St Mary the Virgin
A requiem mass in memory of Sarah Canke was held at the Church of St Mary the Virgin on Tuesday July 21 at Bis ALM. The service honored her life with local attendees and church officials in attendance.
Woodlawn Cemetery Access From Grand Central and Harlem Lines
The Woodlawn Cemetery is easily reached by Harlem trains from Grand Central and by Avenue traffic from Webster and Jerome. Carriage service is available. For Books of Views call 4855 Gramercy or write to Office 29 East 230th Street, New York City.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome ‘Avenue
Gramercy
Frank E Campbell Chapels Ambulance Service Ad
Local obituary notice lists Frank E Campbell at 241 243 West 234 offering ambulances and chapels with contact Tel 1324 Chelsem.
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Frank E. Campbell
West
Chelsem
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Miss Ellis
I Take
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Next
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Camden
N.J
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Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company
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Berren Street
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American Tract Society
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Mount Tabor
Charles K. Smith
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn Board of Aldermen
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Atlantic Highlands
Roberts
Thomas J. Roberts
New York Commission
Williston B. Lockwood
S. 1
Yale
Lockwood & Co
R. FP. Flower & Co
Agnew
West 106Th St
Jennia E. Agnew
Baylis
Ocean Av
Brooklyp
Bevers
Hinsdale St
George Bevers
Bostwick
Harriet L. Bostwick
Bowman
Cornell
Cumberland St
Brrooklyn
Nicholas Cornell
Cortello
West 33d St
Jane Costello
M. Dechert
Carlstadt
Catherine Dechert
DE Clark
Emmett St
Newark
Cornelius de Clark
Duffy
Mary Duffy
Ford
Carlton Av
Sidney
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California Fig Syhetd CO
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