Metropolitan to Acquire Large French Opera Portfolio
Paris reports Giulio Gatti-Casazza cements exclusive rights deals with De Bussy Xavier Leroux and Massenet works for the Metropolitan Opera. Plans include three De Bussy operas The Devil in the Belfry The Fall of the House of Usher and The Legend of Tristan plus Manon Werther and other titles with Caruso and Farrar set to star. Jean Note to debut in Laparra's Habanera and stage duties in New York.
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New Camp For City Boys Opens In Montvale
The Parks and Playgrounds Association launches a boys camp at Montvale New Jersey overlooking the Ramapo Hills. Alexander G. Smith of Public School 26 Brooklyn will run the camp with seven boys admitted at a time. Board and care cost 3 dollars weekly with a 1.05 dollar round trip fare. Each boy must provide a warm blanket and personal items. Vacancies remain and applications go to Howard Bradstreet at 105 East Twenty second Street.
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Cunard Lines to overhaul three turbined ships
The Cunard Line announced Mauretania will be withdrawn for repairs to her repeller during November and December. Lusitania will be out of service for two weeks in November. Carmania will be idle for three months starting December as propeller pitch and turbine improvements are made to gain about one knot of speed.
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Sailors Sail Two Liner Departures For Europe
Eastern transatlantic traffic slows as only two liners, the Lucania and Oceanic, sail with modest passenger lists for Europe. Among those aboard are numerous named travelers and officials, while the Red Star liner Kroonland arrives with a noted group including Rev R S Coupland and Coll M S Griffith.
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A. Thomson
George H. Win
Kronprinzessin Cecilie Sets New North German Lloyd Record
Passengers on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie include Charles S. Francis U S Ambassador at Vienna Frederick W Van derbilt D O Mills and Prof Henry W Farnam of Yale The liner completed the Cherbourg voyage in 56 days 15 hours 25 minutes at 23.50 knots average to set a new record for the line and become the third fastest merchant liner afloat.
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Worcester clergyman named to Cambridge chair of Ecclesiastical History
The Rev. Henry B. Washburn, son of a Worcester steel magnate, is called to the chair of Ecclesiastical History at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, succeeding the late Prof. A V G Allen. Washburn, a 1894 alumnus, recently married Mrs. Colgate of New York, widow of a perfume manufacturer, and is believed to accept.
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Central Park Tennis Play Sees Top Players Advance
William W. Brown Jr a Columbia senior Frank Fite a businessman C C Beams from High School of Commerce and M A Pike win rounds at Central Park championship. Pike defeats Henri Marcell the Professor of the courts in two straight sets.
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Prince of Wales Leaves Canada After Quebec Visit
The Prince of Wales departed Quebec aboard the battleship Indomitable at midnight ending a week of enthusiastic scenes. Crowds lined streets as he rode in an open carriage to the landing and attended a state dinner aboard Exmouth with Vice President Fairbanks and U S officers. He sent the mayor $500 for the poor before departure.
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Embassy for Fairbanks
Washington dispatch notes that if Taft wins the presidency, Vice President Fairbanks could be named ambassador to a major court. He would have options under Taft, with Chicago convention chatter about Jonson. Indiana Republicans fear word of such an appointment could swing the state to Taft.
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Farman's Airship Arrives At Brighton Beach Flight Planned
Henri Farman's airship arrives aboard the Kroonland from Antwerp after cargo hurdles. The machine, 42 feet long with 60 horsepower, will undergo a private trial before Saturday with daily Weather Bureau reports for guidance. Two machinists accompany the craft as the first 4 PM flight is scheduled.
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Baldwin Airship Moves Toward First Trials
Captain Baldwin begins earnest work on the airship at Fort Myer as a 97 foot gas bag is inflated for the first time. The tent for housing the craft is not yet delivered and the distended bag rests tethered at the aerodrome awaiting wind checks. Preliminary test pace will hinge on the performance of the vertical steering apparatus.
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Society Notes on Weddings and Summer Travel
Engagement of Miss Lillie Lee Page and John W. Cross will culminate in a ceremony August 17 at the American Episcopal Church in Geneva with Miss Jane Page as sole attendant. Families, friends abroad, and various guests travel between Richfield Springs, Crescent Surf, Bar Harbor, Chicago, Atlantic City, the Adirondacks, and New York as summer plans unfold.
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Winthrop Ames Heads New Theatre
The founders of the New Theatre announced executive staff: Winthrop Ames Director, Lee Shubert Business Manager, and John Corbin Literary Manager. The plan emphasizes American drama, a repertory system, and limited profit with funds reinvested. OFFICERS include President W K Vanderbilt, Vice President Clarence H Mackay, Treasurer Otto H Kahn, Secretary Henry Rogers Winthrop.
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Isadora Duncan to Open Solo Dance Tour in U S
Charles Frohman announced Sept 1 as the start of Miss Isadora Duncan’s solo American engagement. She will perform an entire evening in leading New York houses with dances such as Greek costume Iphigenie en Aulide and The Dance of the Priestesses. Duncan is booked twenty weeks in the United States before a brief tour.
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Amusement Notes on Theatres and Schedules
The cast for Edgar Selwyn's Pierre of the Plains includes Armstrong Adelman Siggins Schaffer Dickey Arthur Gibbs Ferguson and Minna Adelman. It opens in Toronto on Sept 21. Cecilie star Gertrude Quinlan may return to London or join Henry W Savage here. Frohman to present The Thief for ten nights at Empire Theatre starting Sept 3. Crane begins Father and the Boys season outside New York on Sept 16. Brighton Beach will host Henry J Pain nightly with Jerusalem Destruction added. Merry Widow companies total six with Boston and Atlantic City openings Sept 8 and 14. Donald Brian and Reba Dale in main roles. American Theatre remodel plans close the 8th Ave entrance and enlarge the 42nd St entrance with eight new boxes.
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Elsie Ferguson
Minna Adelman
Toronto
Gertrude Quinlan
Paris
Cecilie
London
Henry W. Savage
Charles Frohman
Empire Theatre
Mr. Crane
Father and the Boys
New York
Brighton Beach
Henry J. Pain
Brighton
Jerusalem
Boston
Merry Widow
South
Pacific Coast
Atlantic City
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Reba Dale
Eighth Avenue
New Plays for Brady Promote Grace George London Hope
Grace George opens November 2 in Give and Take written for her by Mme. de Gresac with plans for a London engagement in April. Edward Peple creates The Voice of the Cricket for her and The Love Chase revival is eyed with Widow Green. Mantell tours to Australia and London with King John and Brand plans. Louis Mann stars in The New Generation by Jules Eckert Goodman.
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Hammerstein Encouraged By Philadelphia Opera Effort
Oscar Hammerstein reported rising subscriptions for Philadelphia’s planned opera company and expressed confidence in completing his project. He cited high union salaries for orchestra and chorus and noted the 150 member chorus, a $5,000 weekly orchestra cost, and substantial upfront expenses before the first performance. The first chorus rehearsal is set for August in New York.
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First performance of My Lord Chesterfield thrills Milwaukee
The Davidson Theatre opened with My Lord Chesterfield led by Walter Percival co author Alan Steele. Cast included John Kellerd Edward Mackay Theodore Roberts Ethel Clayton and Minerva Florence. Despite the heat the premiere was a great hit and plans call for a New York engagement next.
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Davidson Theatre
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New York
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Edward Mackay
Theodore Roberts
Ethel Clayton
Minerva Florence
Aunt Sally Jones at 103 Receives Guests in Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson L I July 28 Aunt Sally Jones age 103 hosts open house with daughter Priscilla Smith assisting. Born at Mount Sinai she lived in Mount Sinai Port Jefferson and Brooklyn. She sews without glasses, reads fine print, and built a home from earned savings. Her formula for longevity is hard work plain living and lack of worry.
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Death of Architect Luther Birdsall Noted in Roslyn
Friends in Roslyn report the death of Luther Birdsall on July 1 in Phoenix, Arizona. An Nassau County figure, he designed many public and private buildings including the Denton Building in Mineola and the Long Island Railroad Station in Huntington. His widow Grace Hanford of Ohio accompanies him. funeral services will be held in Orange, New Jersey under Masonic auspices.
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Ohio
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Society Ready for Long Branch Show
The fifteenth annual Monmouth County Horse Show opens at Hollywood Park Long Branch N J tomorrow and runs to Saturday with a championship session. Reginald Vanderbilt enters thirteen horses including champions Doctor Selw ork Phoebe Watton and Lord Brooke Alfred Vanderbilt arrives from Europe with seventeen horses Harvey S Laden and Richard McGrath of Lancaster Penn also enter their strings J Campbell Thompson challenges Vanderbilt in a seven mile race to be judged by arrival condition and time A long social program includes boxholders governors and notable society figures with prizes nearing 7000 and caps donated by a list of prominent benefactors
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Marriages Reported in New Jersey Notices
On July 14 Elfinde M Clasen wed Hans Rk Boker in Jersey City. On July 21 Elizabeth R Cory married Nelson B Hazeltine at Landing NWN J. On July 26 Emily C Lawrence to Gerard H Keller Jr in Jersey City. On July 25 Elsie M Karcher to Otto Mantius at Ma ce N J. On July 24 Margaret Anderson wed Donald B Oakley at Plainfield N J.
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Jersey City
Emily C. Lawrence
Gerard H. Keller, Jr
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Mace N. J
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Oakley—Anderson
Plainfield, N. J
Margaret Anderson
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Newport Col Addison Thomas Dies After Illness at Home
Col Addison Thomas a Newport society and military figure for eighteen years died at his home after a prolonged illness. Born at West Point to Brig. Gen. John Addison Thomas, he chaired Newport Reading Room activities and belonged to St John’s Lodge Masons the New York Yacht Club and metropolitan clubs in Washington and New York. He is survived by a widow and one son.
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Tibbits 69 Dies After Operation in White Plains Hospital
William B Tibbits aged 69 died in a White Plains hospital after an operation. He leaves a widow Miss Frances Emma Johnson of Hartford Connecticut and three children William B Tibbits of Wallingford Connecticut and daughters Alice Louise and Sarah F Tibbits of White Plains.
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Wallingford
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Obituary Notes for Gen Samuel H Hurst and William Smith
Gen Samuel H. Hurst aged 79 died yesterday at Chillicothe Ohio from Brights disease He served as Probate Judge Revenue Collector Firstmaster and Ohio s first Dairy and Food Commissioner He was ex Commander of the State G A R William Smith longtime Secretary of Ulster County Sunday School Association and County Sunday School Superintendent for decades died at age 50 82 years ings
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Publication rates for daily and Sunday editions
Notice states mailed editions available nationwide with a daily price of 50 cents per month and Sunday edition included in the same plan at 75 cents per month. Orders may be sent via newsdealers or directly to the Publication Office located at 1000 Bryant.
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Obituary notices from New Jersey and New York readings
Deaths and funeral notices listed for July 1908 across Orange East Orange Jersey City Newark Hoboken and nearby areas. Includes names ages residences service times and burial details for Birdsall Bromfield Bruce Cecil Foster Fryer McKenna Markey Parsons Reynolds Rollinson Rollins Thomas Tibbits Williams Worster Badger Borkenbaum Burley Coady Cole Cochran Conlin Crone Donellen Dooley Dougherty Gallagher Greener Griffin Hawkins Hermine Holmes McEvoy McGovern McKeeon Pendleton Phelps Phillips Quinn Romaine Rosenberg Rowland Schaendaube Schneider Schultz Seaman Seguine Seiser Shaughnessy Silverman Sleischhauer Smith Stanze Valentine Van Kirk Villaire Warschauer Waterland Weitzel White Wies Wild Wuns ka Wyckoff and others. Interments private or at specific cemeteries noted as stated. Funeral services scheduled across multiple bishops congregations and towns.
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George Cecil
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Fryer
Greville Edward Fry
Mary Sheeran
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Asbury Park
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Portsemouth
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Thomas
Newport
R. J
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White Mains
William B. Tibbits
Grace Church
White Plains
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Orange
Caroline M. Williams
Moses H. Williams
Park St
East Orange
Worster
Liberty
N. Y
Katherine Wurster
Charles Wurster
Nooley
West and
Margaret Dooley
Dougherty
S4th St
Edward Dougherty
Gallagher
Greene Av
Bridget Gallagher
Greener
McDougal St
Walter A. Greener
Griffin
Sackett St
Jersey City
Charles FB. Griffin
Hawkekins
Irvington
Robert F. Hawkins
Hermine
Anthony Av
Gertrude Hermine
Holmes
Peabody Place
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Kott
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Edward McCarty
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