Sunday in the Parks Club Crowds City Parks
Thousands of New Yorkers joined the Sunday in the Parks Club as ideal weather returned. Parks from Bronx to Central hosted Baseball Golf Reading and Loafing sub clubs while steamboats trolley cars and private craft ferried crowds. Excursion boats and rowing shells filled bays and rivers as distant Highlands were visible from Manhattan.
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Parks Club
Bronx Park
Central Park
van Cortlandt Park
van Cortlandt
Reading Clubs
Zoo Clubs
Spain
Th.m
Manhattan
Bay
New York
Hadson
East River
Sound
Navesink
Jersey
Times
Water cure for Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo keepers report cooler running water in most cages and corrals keeps animals hydrated and thriving in the hot summer. Head Keeper William Snyder notes increased drinking and better condition, with some animals even gaining flesh despite many hot days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park Zoo
William Snyder
Snyder
Amusement Notes Highlights Theater Plans and Tours
Beverly Sitgreaves stars in Paid in Fullre at the Astor Theatre tonight. Annie Russell will sail for Europe in a fortnight to select gowns for The Stronger Sex produced by Wagenhals Kemper in October. Hazel Cox signs with Gus Edwards for School Pays. The New York Theatre reopens next week with Cohan Harris Minstrels led by George Evans, touring Atlantic City tonight before returning to the city. Carle returns in Mary's Lamb after two weeks with the minstrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Sitgreaves
Astor Theatre
Annie Russell
Europe
Wagenhals & Kemper
Hazel Cox
Gus Edwards
Aaron Hic Iman
Vincent Bryan
Inquest Today in Averill Park Murder Case
William Taylor uncle of Hazel Drew and farm hand Frank Smith were examined by District Attorney O Brien. Taylor denied Hazel’s visits to his farm since winter and avoided confirming the body found near Teal pond as Hazel. Mrs. Drew corroborated Stella Carner’s identity, while Coroner Strope set an inquest for tomorrow afternoon with many witnesses summoned. Neither Taylor nor Smith were jailed.
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New York Times
Troy
William Taylor
Hazel I
Drew
Frank Smith
Teal's Pond
O'Brien
Taylor
Hazel
Frank Richmond
Teal Pond
Smith
Joseph Drew
John Abel
Averill Park
Hackman
Uncle Taylor
Abel
Philip
Stella
Kate Carner
Stella Carner
Boy Sets Another Afire In Brooklyn Tragedy
Raymond Coleman aged six died at Brooklyn Hospital from burns suffered July 20 when nine year old Brunny Karowiewicz poured kerosene on him and set a match to his clothes. Father sought body release, Karowiewicz held on $500 bail and jailed in Children’s Society after rearrest for death.
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Raymond Coleman
Green Lane
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hospital
Brunny Karowiewicz
Thomas Coleman
Karowkewicz
Raymond
Karowicewicz
Ust Front Street
Coleman
Children’s Society
Mosquitos Cause A Burglar Scare On Lexington Avenue
Ten policemen were sent from East Fifty-first Street Station to the Gilford home at 473 Lexington Avenue after a neighbor mistook two Gilford brothers on a porch for burglars. A servant was attracted to a window but the plan failed and with mosquitos driving them indoors the episode ended when Thomas B. Gilford appeared to explain the misunderstanding.
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Forty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
East Fifty-first Street
Gilford
Thomas Buchanan. Gilford
Park Row
Samuel T. Gilford
Forty-fifth Street
Quinn Charged With Assault After West Side Incident
Howard Quinn of 114 West 137th Street was arrested at West Forty-seventh Street Station on a charge of assault after allegedly seizing Mrs. Mary Hart by the throat and striking her in the face at her 465 West Forty-sixth Street home. A Teddy bear Quinn had given Miss Hart was taken during the confrontation as Miss Frances Abbott of 307 West lodge Street and Miss Mae Hart pursued him. Patrolman Quick brought Quinn into custody.
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Howard Quinn
West 137Th Street
West Forty-seventh Street
Mary Hart
West Forty-sixth Treet
Quinn
Hart
Frances Abbott
West Lodd Street
Mae Hart
Miss Hart
Theatrical men see better times ahead
Theatrical managers report hopeful prospects for the coming season with many American productions planned. Leading figures Klaw & Erlanger Frohman Shubert Brady Ziegfeld Harris and Savage anticipate more shows than last year and a shift toward higher priced venues, though small attractions and late vaudeville bookings persist.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Charles Frohman
The
Shuberts
William A. Brady
Henry W. Savage
Wagenhals
Kemper
Charles Dillingham
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
H. 3B. Harris
Klaw& Erlanger
Frohman
New York
New Morris
Readoe
H. B. Harris
Lee Shubert
Mr. Shubert
Mr. Harris
Liberty Theatre
Savage
Brady
Theatre Expected Slow Recovery From Hazy Economic Mood
The writer discusses the theatre industry’s mood during a difficult season. They doubt a strong rebound soon, noting theatres often suffer first in downturns yet recover late, and predicting a slow return even as broader demand improves.
Actresses at a Clambake End Stage Stag Tradition
Asbury Park New Jersey July 26 The Green Room Club Ladies join the annual clambake first time in history women attend festivities at Neptune Heights Avon. A baseball game planned with picked nines fails due to missing bats. two sofa stuffed balls are used. Dinner features a silver gift to Hollis E B Cooley presented by Herbert Hall Winslow.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
N.J
Green Room Club
Neptune Heights
Avon
George Reeban
Ralph Stuart
Shirk River
Hollis EB. Cooley
Herbert Hall Winslow
New Theatre for Morris Moves into Vaudeville
William Morris announced a five year contract with Charles F Blaney to turn Lincoln Square Theatre into a vaudeville venue. Morris plans two Manhattan houses and stars Harry Lauder across American and Lincoln Square. Blaney becomes partner, boosting Morris vaudeville strategy amid UBO opposition.
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William Morris
United Booking Offices
Charles F. Blaney
Lincoln Square Theatre
Manhattan
Mr. Morris
Circle Theatre
Harry Lauder
Morris Attractions
American
Morris
Lincoln Square
Blaney
Actress Grace Merritt Rejects English Salaries
Grace Merritt, touring actress last season in When Knights Hood Was in Flower, left for abroad after declining a repeat engagement in England. She reports British salaries in drama are inadequate and notes French Sabbath disregard. Merritt sailed from Liverpool on the Baltic last Thursday and now weighs a forty week vaudeville offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Merritt
Knighthood
Miss Merritt
England
Liverpool
Baltic
Will A. Page’s Summer Stock at Ford’s Theatre Closes
Will A Page announces his Sum mer stock company now playing at Ford's Theatre Baltimore will not leave the city when the contract expires but will move to the Auditorium Theatre opening Aug 8 for an indefinite season. James A Kernan aims to make the Auditorium a stock theatre for winter as well as summer and the engagement of Willette Kershiw and the Page company players is the preliminary step.
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Will A. Page
Ford’s Theatre
Baltimore
Auditorium Theatre
James A. Kernan
Willette Kershiw
Page
Cat loving doctor’s adverseCats sour note in Brooklyn home
William Edward Hale a Brooklyn doctor and public bath department employee lives at 40 First Place with his wife and twenty five cats. The couple argues over her cat collection while a newspaper ad offers two dollars per cat to rehome them prompting visitors and ethical questions about privacy and publicity.
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William Edward Hale
Brooklyn Public Bath Department
First Place
Brooklyn
Mrs. Hale
Mr. Hale
Hale
Times
Hale House
Creen
Rev C L Perry Draws 600 At Gospel Tabernacle
Welsh evangelist Rev Charles L Perry spoke at Gospel Tabernacle at Forty fourth Street and Eighth Avenue to six or seven hundred listeners including several Negroes. He preached Christ may return soon, described heaven and hell, and urged personal faith over outward trappings.
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Charles L. Perry
Gospel Tabernacle
Forty-fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
Perry
Evan Roberts
Wales
America
Jesus Christ
Christ
Noah
Son of God
Hell
Brains Not Muscle Focus of Sermon at Ascension
Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant told a Fifth Avenue church audience that brains, not muscle, should guide labor. He urged valuing intellect over brawn, noting workers are instruments, not the hands directing industry.
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Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Local Birth Announcements
Born. GATTS On July 24 to Mr and Mrs Joseph Gatt a son. GOODSTEIN On July 21 to Mr and Mrs Herman B Goodstein daughter. HEISMAN On July 24 to Mr and Mrs Mos Heisman son. HYMAN On July 21 to Mr and Mrs Max Hyman and 5mn. KLEIN On July 18 to Mr and Mrs Samuel Klein a son. SCHLOSS On July 23 to Mr and Mrs Arthur Schloss a daughter. OVALCOFF On July 18 to Mr and Mrs L Walcoff a daughter.
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Arthur Schloss
Ovalcoff
L Walcoff
Marriages Listed in Jersey City Notices
A series of marriage notices dated July lists names and partners across Jersey City. Entries include Ackermann Ferrigan, Schlesinger Croissant Bender Dravo Bush Evans McIntosh Hollins Rutty Kahn Cohen Ogden Freestone Parker Rich Neumann Strub Verity Frankel Verity Jr Wells Austin Van Nuyse Wood and related spouses.
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Croissant—Bender
Carrie Louise Bender
Charles A. Croissant
Cutty—Rosenthal
Blanche RB. Rosenthal
John Cutty
Dravo—Bush
Aneta Bush
James Alfred Dravo
Evans—Mcintosh
Hazel Marguerite McIntosh
James J. Evans
Hollins—Rutty
Marguerite Rutty
Cecil Hollins
Kahn—Cohen
Birdie Cohen
Leo Kahn
Ogpen—Miller
Jersey City
Martha Miller
Jacob W. Ogden
Parker—Freestone
Grace E. Freestone
George A. Parker
Rich—Norris
Lillian
Norris
Joseph FP. Rich
Sthau—Neumann
Pauline Neumann
Paul J. Strub
Verity—Frankel
Natalie C. Franke
Elbert
W. Verity, Jr
Obituary notices from July 1908 with multiple deaths listed
A compilation of obituaries and funeral notices from various New York area towns, reporting deaths and services for individuals including George Sherman Batcheller in Paris, Laura A. Carson in Milford, Carleton Phillips Flint in Boston, James Foster in Quogue, Susan Harriet in Belmar, Charles G. Horton in Woodcliffe-on-Hudson, and others in Yonkers, Jersey City, Newark and Brooklyn with service details and burial notes.
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Benjamin Howe
2D Ave
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Newburg
N. Y
Flint
Carleton Phillips Flint
Boston
Mass
Foster
Quogue
L. L
James Foster
Montreal
Cury
Harriot
Belmar
N. J
Susan R. Harriet
New York City
Horton
Charles * G. Horton
Woodcliffe-on-Hudson
N. A. Mark
Charles R. Sherman
Sidney
Southwick
Colorado Springs
Col
John H. Southwick
Yonkers
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Walkbridge
Glen Cove
Anna H. Ryckman
Olin G. Walbridge
Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Obituary notices list numerous residents in multiple towns
Funeral notices dated July 24 to July 26 list names like Mary E Hart Stella Vanderhoef Florence Hughes Clara Kolde and Mary McGinn with ages from months to 86. Addresses include Newark Jersey City Brooklyn and Pelham. Many entries note funeral times from morning to afternoon and some specify private or to-day services.
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Greer
Gran
Elizabeth
At &S Academy
Newark
Galeriel Fletcher
Ie Hagendorf
John Hagendorf
West
Pr. M. Hart
Thadisen St
N. J
Mary E. Hart
Warvey
St. Mark's
Brooklyn
William J. Harvey
Howard
Putnam
Frances M. Howard
Ski
Huber
Pierce
Mary Huber
Hughes
Guttenberg
Florence Hughes
Ieef A
Lang St. Newack
Charley Jaffa
Kolde
Pelham
N. Y
Clara Kolb
Knippenberg
Columbus
Dorother M. Knippenberg
Lauterbach
Charles M. Lauferbach
Leakf
Jane Leaks
Lillis
West New York
Annie Lillis
Lissignolo
Piseco N. Y
Lilly
McElhinney
Taitic St
Daniel McElhinney
McGinn
Brook Av
James McGinn
Mg¢Lees
St. St
Eller Meena
Mdnamara
East Orange
Anas McNamara
Miller
Uninn
N. Ji
Mary Elizabeth Miller
Mooney
Bloomfield
Arthur Mooney
Murphy
Elton
Daniel Murphy
Muth
Long Island City
Page
Orange
Margaret Page
Persenfein
Old Bergen Road
Jersey City
John Perlenfein
West 20Th St
Mary E. Pierce
Mathews Have
Ryan
Wiliam J. Ryan
M, Smith
Wadsworth
Washington E. Smith
Spieles
Raoraém
Mary Spieles
Steidl
Gates
Brooklrn
Ada L. Steidh
Sullivan
West 19Th St
Christopher J. Sullivan
Thirsk
Manhattan
William Thirsk
Vanderhoef
Miller Av
Stella
van Wyck
Hampstead
L. T
Martha van Wyck
Weinberg
Arthur Weinberg
West Point Eyes Ladycliff Site for Hotel at Cadet Plain
The West Point area may transfer Ladycliff Academy to the U.S. Government for a hotel serving visitors to the academy. The Roman Catholic Sisters run the school atop a Hudson Valley pinnacle on Ladycliff property as talks continue, with Archbishop Farley’s return awaited for decisions.
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York. Times
Highland Falls
N. Y
Ladyclift Academy
Hudsom Highlands
United States
West Point
War Department
Archdiocese of
New York
Military Academy
Roosevelt
West Point Plain
West Shore Railroad Station
Garrisons Ferry
Ladycliff
United States Military Academy Reservation
Ladycliff Academy
Hudson Valley
Europe
Farley
Ladyelit
In Memoriam Notices for Church Masses and Unveiling
In Memoriam notices list Masses for Rev. William Ahern at St. Gabriel's Brooklyn and others for Pauline Hecht, John Kelahan, Thomas Mullen, James Murphy, William Tuite, and feature an unveiling of a monument for Joseph Marks. Locations include Brooklyn Yonkers Newark and Waeshingwn Cemetery with times 8:15 AM and 10 AM.
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Waeshingwn Cemetery
Muli Len
Thomas H. Mullen
St. Rece Xavier's Church
Brooklyn
Murphy
James Murphy
St. Joseph’s Church
Newark
To-Ay
A.M
Taite
William Tuite
St. Keenes the Apostle’s Church
Woodlawn Cemetery Access by Harlem Trains and Trolleys
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots priced at $159 in Telephone 4855 Gramercy for Books of Views or through the representative at Office 20 East 230 Street.
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Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
Ambulance Service Ad for Frank E. Campbell
An advertisement lists Frank E. Campbell at 241-243 West 234 Street, Chelsea, offering ambulance services with telephone contact 1324 for immediate arrangements.
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Frank E. Campbell
West
Chelsea
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Sweetheart
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Rochester Democrat
Boston Herald
ST. Paul
Salt Lake Tribune
Brentano’s, Publishers
Fifth Ave
27Th St
NEW Theatre
WM. H. Hale
the Times Limericks
Sunday Times
C. B. Lovett
Cobourg, Ontario
Can
Peary
J.C. Maccoll
Linden Street
Scranton
Penn
Parker H. Fillmore
North Granby
Conn
Teddy
Times Square
C. L. Perry
Grant
Ackermann
Ferrigan
Louis J. Ackermann
Lucie A. Ferrigan
Coan
Schlesinger
Florence Schlesinger
Halpertoan
Con Adams
Poundridge
Timothy C. Adams
Beck
Vailsburg
Herman Beck
Burnyes
Central Av
Frederick Burnyes
Christian
William Christian
Citty
Ware Av
Adelaide Citty
Clancy
sSoEen 4Th St
Julia R. Clancy
Cummings
East 48Th St
Edward Cummings
Ws MA
Davis
Sarah G. Davis
Mellarson
Charlotte Eliarson
Lady Clife
Ernment Hotel
Catholic Church
Pinnacle
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