American Economy Hits Foreign Shops
F. J. Lisman reports Americans abroad are spending less this year, shrinking the unseen $200,000,000 trade balance. He notes Paris and Berlin lay off workers as US-French trade tightens, cites French press bias, and flags potential freight-rate increases as a factor in the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
F. J. Lisman
Stock Exchange House
Lisman
France
Paris
Berlin
America
Devel
Lisman cites European rail efficiency as model for savings
In his absence abroad Lisman compares European railroad management with the United States noting none of the waste or losses seen here. He estimates freight damage and misshipment losses at over 5 percent of gross earnings and argues careful international practices could boost savings to ten percent.
Off to Europe Today on Kaiser's Ship and Noordam
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sails today for Bremen and the Noordam sails for Rotterdam. Passengers include Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and many notable travelers such as Mr. and Mrs. T. Asal, James L. Bishop, Alexander Smith Cochran, Dr. J. E. Duffield, Dr. Henry Hall Forbes, Lt. and Mrs. Ridgley Hunt, Mrs. F. I. Noyes, Mrs. Lillian Townsend, Mrs. George Whitelock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Noordam
Rotterdam
T. Asal
James L. Bishop
Jay Cook
L. A. Cole
George M. Cassatt
L. A. Carton
Alexander Smith Cochran
J. E. Duffield
Henry Hall Forbes
William F. Whitaker
John Zimmerman
Don R. Almy
W. Osborn Ashley
W. C. Bronson
Dudley R. Child
J. J. Colgave
Thomas J. Farrell
William B. Gilmore
Arthur D. de Groff
Robert F. Keep
D. B. Lawrence
Eugene Lyons
C. G. Marshall
William G. McAdoo
H. W. Ogden
M. M. Sterling
F. H. Walker
George Whitelock
Miss Nathalie Ingraham Engaged to Claude Dutreil
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Nathalie Ingraham, daughter of Supreme Court Justice George Ingraham, and Claude Bernard Dutreil, cousin of French Deputy M. Dutreil. The couple, now in Paris, has roots in New York society. Nathalie debuted in New York society three years ago and has performed in French and Italian recitals. The Ingraham family includes Phoenix Ingraham and two parents. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathalie Ingraham
Supreme Court
George Ingraham
Claude Bernard Dutreil
M. Dutreil
Mayenne
Ingraham
Nathalie
Phoenix Ingraham
Miss Kohlisaat Weds Potter Palmer in Chicago Home
Miss Pauline Kohlisaat daughter of H H Kohlsaat married Potter Palmer son of Mrs Potter Palmer at the Kohlsaat home. Only relatives attended. After a brief stay at Mattapoisett the couple will tour Europe by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohlisaat
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Pauline Kohlsaat
H. H. Kohlsaat
Globetrotters and Locals Head to August Retreats
A string of New York society figures depart for summer escapes from Hyde Park Adirondacks Newport and Nantucket. Frederick Vanderbilt Frederick Allien and J Ridgeley Carter travel abroad and back to New York while others cruise to the Adirondacks Newport and Lake Placid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Vanderbilt
Hyde Park-on- Hudson
Adirondacks
Frederick Allien
Riverdale-on-Hudson
Great Britain
Plattdeutsche Society Delegation in Berlin Visit
The New York Plattdeutsche Society Pomuchelskopp arrived in Berlin with seventy five members and attended a kom mer. delegates from its branches came for this purpose. The group will depart Berlin tomorrow for Wiel and deposited a laurel wreath on Fritz Reuter's grave in Eisenach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
Plattdeutsche Society
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society Arrives in Weisbaden
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society arrived in Weisbaden from Frankfort on Main. A city reception at the City Hall featured the Men’s Singing Society and a welcoming address by Mayor Von Ibell praising the United States and the German Empire.
Public Service Commission Adds Express Stop at Great Kills
The Public Service Commission received a letter of thanks from fifty residents of Great Kills Staten Island for a new express service that stops at Great Kills morning Tottenville trains and evening St George trains saving residents about fifteen minutes twice daily. About forty or fifty commuters are affected by the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Great Kills
Staten Island
Manhattan
Tottenville
St. George
American writer in Paris plans Santos Dumont balloon import
John Adams reports from Paris that Thayer, ex publisher of Everybody's Magazine, enjoyed a balloon ride with Santos Dumont and seconds his idea to import one of Dumont's balloons for future flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos Dumont
John Adams
Thayer
Everybody's Magazine
Paris
Mr. Dumont
Diamonds and politics cross paths in Cape Town trade
Sir J Henry de Villiers notes Cape Town diamond trade rebounding slowly amid US financial woes. Amsterdam cutters work on the Cullinan diamond, which will be split for King Edward’s crown and sceptre. He praises Quebec’s tercentenary and cites South Africa’s drought locusts and cattle disease as oppressions. Hewelcomes two South African youths’ Olympic success and commends New York’s revival after fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henry de Villiers
Cape Town
South Africa
Quebec
Supreme Court
Sir Henry
New York
Plaza
United States
Kimberley
Transvaal
Amsterdam
Holland
England
Europe
Walker
Hefferon
Salome Dance by La Sylphe Moves to Fifth Avenue Theatre
La Sylphe, appearing at Keith & Proctor's on 125th Street for three weeks, premieres The Remorse of Salome at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The pantomime excludes John the Baptist, shows a desert setting with a monolith and burning incense, and features a strenuous contortious performance with fleshings. Eva Tanguay plans another Salome dance next week at the Williams houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Sylphe
Keith & Proctor
125Th Street
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Salome
Eva Tanguay
Williams Houses
The Girl Question Opens at Savoy Theatre in Atlantic City
The Girl Question, a new musical comedy by the Time Place and the Girl author, opened a week's engagement at the Savoy Theatre and was well received. Principals include George Drew Meachum Helen Royal Jennie McCree Carl H. George and George Morgan. The production moves to Wallack's Theatre New York after its Atlantic City run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Savoy Theatre
George Drew Meachum
Helen Royton
Jennie’ McCree
Carl H. George
George Morgan
Wallack’s
New York
New Minstrel Troupe Debuts At Apollo Tonight
Atlantic City notes the debut of Cohan Harris new minstrel company featuring Honeyboy Evans and a 100 member troupe. George Thatcher Eddie Leonard and Julian Eltinge are listed among prominent cast members. The first performance at Apollo Theatre drew a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Cohan & Harris
New Minstrel Organization
George Evans
Honeyboy
Apollo Theatre
George Thatcher
Eddie Leonard
Julian Eltinge
Stock Company for South America
James Neill, whose stock company is in a summer engagement at a St. Paul theatre, signed a contract to take a U.S. stock company to South America for an extended engagement. They will leave New York on September 5 and perform in Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Rosario Argentina and Montevideo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
ST. Paul, Minn
James Neill
United States
New York
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Rosario
Argentina
Montevideo
Amusement notes preview New York stage season
Lillian Russell and Suzanne Leonard Westford sail home from abroad aboard the St. Paul. Maurice Campbell returns to New York for Miss Crosman’s Mistress Nell rehearsals as her Academy of Music August 153 opening. Lew Dockstader and Al Jolson to join summer bills. Tennessee Tess debuts August 19 at Fourteenth Street Theatre under J. Wesley Rosenquest. Grand Opera House opens August 17 with Bandanna Land for two weeks. Mayme Remington to unveil a vaudeville act mid August. Hebrew Infants Asylum benefit at Arverne July 30 with Cohan Williams Mack Donnelly Gordon Aug and the Hudson Theatre orchestra.
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Lillian Russell
Suzanne Leonard Westford
St. Paul
Maurice Campbell
Maine
Henrietta Crosman
New York
Nell
Miss Crosman
Academy of Music
Lew Dockstader
al Jolson
Far West
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Charles E. Blaney
Tennessee Tess
J. Wesley Rosenquest
Grand Opera House
Williams
Walker
Mayme Remington
Hebrew Infants’ Asylum of
New York City
Arverne
L. L
Henry B. Harris
George M. Cohan
Hattie Williams
Andrew Mack
Dorothy Donnelly
Clff Gordon
Edna Aug
Nella Bergen
Henry V. Donnelly
William Hawtrey
Bert Cooper
Hudson Theatre Orchestra
Dies While Talking to Wife at Hospital
Captain Edward Dougherty of Engine 146 in Sheepshead Bay died suddenly at Norwegian Hospital Brooklyn as he spoke with his wife after a period of improving kidney trouble. He was 68, lived at East Twenty Fourth Street and Voorhees Avenue, and joined the Fire Department in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dougherty
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Dr. Spellman
Catskills
Dougherty
East Twenty-fourth Street
Voorhees Avenue
Funeral of Bolivia's President-Elect Ferrando Guadalla
In La Paz on July 27 thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Ferrando Guadalla the Bolivia President elect and former minister to the United States who died suddenly July 24. The Diplomatic Corps carried the coffin as part of the solemn ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
LA Paz
Ferrando Guadalla
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Death of Rev Edward Bromfield noted in Flatbush
The Rev Edward Thomas Bromfield D D died yesterday at his Flatbush home. Born in Coventry England on August 31 1833 he left England for Toronto in 1867 and moved to New York in 1871. He preached and lectured in the United States and once served as literary editor of The North American Review. He authored a Biographical Sketch and Synopses of the Plays of Shakespeare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thomas Bromfield
Flatbush
Coventry
England
Toronto
Canada
New York
United States
The
North American Review
Shakespeare
Bradley Found Dead in Bed in Chicago Gas Victim
Chicago reports Robert S. Bradley secretary of the Trans-Continental Freight Bureau was found dead in his bed. The room was filled with gas and Bradley suffered a throat cancer growth. Fate of death unclear whether accidental or self harm pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Bradley
Chicago
Robert S. Bradley
Trans-Continental Freight Bureau
Death of East Windsor dairy commissioner at 60
East Windsor Connecticut July 27 State Dairy Commissioner John B Noble died at his home in his sixty first year. A native of East Windsor he served as commissioner since 1895. In 1899 he was secretary and treasurer of the National Dairy and Pure Foods Association and was chosen president of the state dairy and food departments of the National Association of Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Windsor
Conn
John B. Noble
National Dairy and Pure Foods Association
National Association of Commissioners
Mrs Farnsworth Dies After Three Week Honeymoon
Mrs. Don Farnsworth died in Chicago after a three week honeymoon. She was born Edith Baskett Mulheron of Brownsville Tennessee. The groom, a New York and Chicago businessman and politician, had taken a honeymoon trip to the Denver Convention.
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Chicago
Don Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Edith Baskett Mulheron
Brownsville
Tenn
New York
Denver
Notable Deaths Across the Northeast and Midwest
Obituaries note the passing of Amherst professor William L. Montague born 1831 and Gen. Joshua Bates born 1817. Rochester mayor William Carroll aged around 51, horse trainer John J. Castle, and Rev. Hugh Hand. Also listed are Dr. George E. West, Abraham Reynolds, John Badger, and naval Yeoman William Harvey. Rounding out are James Foster, Cornelius Mahoney, and Dr Edward V Brown with details of ages, roles, and survivors.
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William L. Montague
Amherst College
Ambherst
Mass
Belchertown
Illinois Western University
Joshua H. Bates
Cincinnati
Gen. Bates
Boston
William Carroll
Rochester
Thomas B. O'Neil
Utica
United States
Sweden
John J. Castle
Newark
A.A. Castle
Hugh Hand
Our Lady of the Presentation
Rockaway
St. Mark’s Avenues
Church of Heart Disease
County Monahan
Ireland
George E. West
Brooklyn
Yonkers
N. Y
Naval Academy
Abraham M. Reynolds
New Jersey
Mendham
N. J
John Badger
South Orange
William J. Harvey
Pacific Fleet
F. L. Chambers
St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn Navy Yard
James Foster
James Foster & Sons
Broadway
Quogue
L. I
Montreal
Canada
New York
Emily L. Hart
Courtlandt Palmer
Victoria Volunteer Rifles
Williamsburg Power Company
International Pulp Company
Brooklyn City Savings Bank
Cornelius J. Mahoney
Sackett Street
Bright
Mechanics’ Bank
Edward Vincent Brown
Tarrytown
Portland
Ore
Smugglers Open Italian Silk Cache Aboard Martha Washington
Custom House officers seized two Neapolitan brothers among 95 passengers on the Martha Washington arriving from Trieste. In six suitcases each contained two mattresses packed with silks and lace textiles valued at around $5,000. The contraband included mufflers bed spreads shawls and quilts revealing a suspected long running supply network to Western department stores. The Buons brothers admitted past smuggling and were later ordered to report to the Port Surveyor at 11 o clock today.
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Custom House
Bush Pier
Forty-first Street
Brooklyn
Trieste
Martha Washington
August
Vincent Buons
Joseph Sulzbach
Fort
Buons
John H. Callaghan
Callaghan
Boon Brothers
St. Louis
Condon
Italy
Buons Brothers
August Buons
Ees
F. J. Mullen
Bishop
Washington Street
Burns Brothers
New Theatre Plans Revised by Carrere and Hastings
Architects Carrere and Hastings unveiled revised New Theatre plans including a drop wall to close off the last six rows of balcony and gallery seats. The floor will have nineteen rows and with the curtain in use the capacity drops to about 1,800. Construction advances as walls rise twenty feet above the street.
Cinderella Mystery At Hotel Breslin
Shoes appear on the Breslin kitchen table surprising assistant steward James Strube and baffling Col. George Swett. Maids deny knowledge as detective checks all staff. three kitchen keys and absence of after hours entry leave the fate of the slippers unknown. Cinderella in the hotel becomes a joking possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslin
James Strube
Strube
Col. George S. Swett
Col. Swett
Funeral Notices From July 1908 Brooklyn and Nearby
Obituary column lists multiple deaths and funeral details across Brooklyn, Flatbush, Mamaroneck, Hempstead, Portland and Jersey City. Names include Bromfield Brown Bruce Burley Carson Foster Fryer McKenna Markey Reynolds Roome Van Wyck Baily Bauer Baum Brady Budelmann Burke Cahill Clark Colf Collins Dayton Donnelly Dunleavy Egan Harbort Hasbrouck Hayes Helliwg Hen n Herley Howlett Keeler Kelly Kenney Kinsella Knodel Legg Leonard Looker Lowery McDonald Mahoney Marshall Matthias Merz Palmer Petri Randow Sommers Van Corddt Weisenburger Wick with varying funeral times and private interments.
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Michael Donnelly
Dunleavy
East
8Th St
James L. Dunleavy
M. Egan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary Fran
Hand
St. Mark's Av
Brooklyn
Hugh Hani
Harbort
East 16Th St
Elizabeth Harbort
Ashrouck
Jersey City
Benjamin M. Hasbrouck
Ad. Hayes
North Branch
Margaret Hayes
Hellwig
Commonwealth Av
Franx
Soothe Heliwig
Henn
Surdam Av
Anna M. Tienn
UN. Herley
Noble St
Margaret Herley
Howlett
West 14Th St
Edith J. Howlett
Keeler
East 19Th St
Flatbush
James H. Keeler
Kelly
York St
Daniel J. Kelly
Kenney
Oliver St
Owen Kenney
M. Kinsella
Degraw St
Mary Kinsella
Knodel
S4th St
Jacob Knodel
Legg
William &J
White Plains
Warren Legg
Leonard
Henry St
John J. Leonard
Looker
Albany Av
Harvey W. Lowser
Lowery
Water St
Mary Lowery
McDonald
West
D St
Annie McDonald
A. M
van Cordidt
West Tist
Rebecca P.cordt
Weisenburger
Mount Vernon
Albert Weisenburger
Wick
Lith
Adam Wick
Woodlawn Cemetery Access and Lot Prices Advertised
The Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots priced at 150 dollars. For books of views or representatives call 3855 Gramercy. Office located at 20 East 230 Street City.
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Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East
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Broker
Ghrlich &Sond
Sixth Ave
15Th St
B’way
Nassau St
Ann St
Century Co
Sheffield Dentifrice Co
New London
Doctor Sheffield
Feffiend Dentifrice Wi
Sra Col
Sse Liu
le Man
Dentifrice
Tim
California
Colorado
Northwest
Union Pacific
A. S
General Post Office
Bale
Switzerland
Miss Ingraham
Justice Ingraham
M. C. B. Dutreil
Social Notes
J. Ridgeley Carter
Mrs. Carter
Rudolph H. Kissel
George Gould
Marjorie Gould
D. O. Mills
Ogden Mills
Miss Reid
Joan Hubert Ward
Newport
Beatrice Mills
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. Bee Morgan
William Pierson Hamilton
Satterlee
John G. Agar
Wanbeck
New Ochelle
W. G. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Mildred Poor
East Hampton
Ardsley-on- Hudson
Nicola Townsend
John Nicholas Brown
Emanue Church
M. E. Sands
Ethelbert
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Nantucket
Grace
Jennie Fraser
Lovat
Hastings-on- Hudson
Alexander Gould
Whiteface Inn
Lake Placid
A. Lauer
West Ending Branch
Robert Schell
East Sixty-second Street
Saratoga, N. J
J. Allen Townsend
White Mountains
Richard L. Stevens
Hoboken, N. J
Herman B. Duryea
Beacon Road
Charles A.gould
Port Chester
Plattdeutsche IN
Pomuchelskopp
Kaiser
Brooklyn Arion
Wiesbaden
Great
Henry de Villiers
King Edward
Herodias
Vichy
Zoolak
Norwegian Hospital
Chas. H. Fletcher
Ti Way Street
New Yonk City
Cinderella
Uneeda
Londonderry
Louis Roederer Sarct Oui
Manila
Ohio Corporation
Cleveland
Ohio
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston Street
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue
Burley
Amsterdam Ave
Robert Burley
Carson
Milford
Laura A. Carson
George W. Carson
Benjamin Howe
Wao
Newburg
Foster
Holy Trinity Church
Clinton St
Markey
Asbury Park
Edward J. Markey
Alice Cannon Markey
West West St
Church of St. Aloysius
Jta Av
Castilian Council
Harlem Council. Co. B. L
Calvary
James Vanderveer
Jamaica
Hempstead Roads
Hempstead
Fulton
Washington Sts
Greenwood
Batly
Lot L. L
Richard Joseph Baily
T. Bauer
Fhishing
U. S
Babette Bauer
Baum
Dean St
Joseph A. Baum
Brady
New Rochelle
John Brady
Budelmann
Charles St
Hermann Budelmann
Burke
West 18Th St
J. Burke
Cahill
Patrick Cahill
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
Chelae
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