Hammerstein Plans Low Price Grand Opera Season
Oscar Hammerstein announces an assured season of educational grand opera at popular prices. He has formed a new company with Alice Paron and Henriette d AltaVerre to perform at the Manhattan Opera House starting August 8, with Carasa debuting in Le Prophète. The program mixes French and Italian works and transfers to a larger venue for the regular season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Oscar Hammerstein
Carnegie
Singers Prepare for Madison Square Garden Festival
Singers for the Madison Square Garden festival June 19 to 22 arrive with families. Marie Schumann Heink books rooms at the Seville for her guests. Prize judges from Europe travel aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Grosse and will be hosted at the Plaza. United Singers from Baltimore and Buffalo groups at Imperial and Netherland. Junge Mannenchor from Philadelphia reserved space at the Savoy. Hotels nationwide arranged accommodations for the performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singing Societies
Madison Square Garden
Mmrie Schumann-Heink
Seville
Europe
Bremen
Plaza
United Singers
Baltimore
Imperial
Buffalo
Netherland
Junge Mannerchor
Philadelphia
Savoy
Swedish Soloists Sing in Carnegie Hall Concert
Mme Anna Hellstrém-Oscar and M. Martin Oscar of the Royal Opera Stockholm performed at Carnegie Hall on a program featuring Donizetti, Nicolai, Verdi, Wagner, and Mignon duets. The concert supported United Swedish Singers of the Pacific Coast and Sweden’s Day at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition. Lyran, directed by Prof. Josef Hagström, also performed Abt and Kierulf pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
United Swedish Singers of
Pacific Coast
Sweden
Alaska-Yukon Exposition
Mme
Anna Hellstrém-Oscar
M. Martin Oscar
Royal Opera
Stockholm
Carnegie All
Donizetti
Nicolai
Pauline the French hypnotist opens two week run at American Music Hall
Beginning Monday June 21 Pauline the French hypnotist recently with United Vaudeville Circuit will start a two weeks engagement at the American Music Hall under William Morris management. He will receive 2500 dollars for three weeks, then 1750 dollars for the Summer months, said to be the highest salary ever paid for such a performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
United Vaudeville Circuit
American Music Hall
William Morris
Robber Got Her Last Cent
Mrs May Fredericks widow of 2257 Second Avenue told Harlem Court that Julius Zieran entered her room yesterday by forcing the door, knocked her, and stole her purse containing 7 75. Zieran bail was set at 1500 for examination by Magistrate Herrman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Fredericks
Second Avenue
Julius Zieran
Harlem Court
Herrman
Zieran
Adelphi College seniors hold commencements at Tompkins Ave Church
The Adelphi College Brooklyn senior class began commencement with services at Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church. About forty five graduates in caps and gowns filled the front seats. Rev. Dr. N. M. Waters delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church
Tompkins Avenue
McDonough Street
N. M. Waters
Russell Sage Memorial Chapel Dedicated in Northfield
The Russell Sage memorial chapel at Northfield Seminary was dedicated today in a granite building costing $100,000. Mrs. Russell Sage funded the memorial with Miss Helen Miller Gould representing the donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
East Northfield
Mass
Northfield Seminary
Helen Miller Gould
Fire investigation at 575 Fulton Street candy store
Police and Fire Marshal Beers of Brooklyn probe an arson attempt at a five story brick building on Adams Street. At the ground floor candy shop, Policeman Langdon found oil soaked rags burning behind a box and extinguished the blaze before it spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beers
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Fulton Street
Langdon
New National Colonial Dames Club Formed in Washington
Washington June 13 The Colonial Dames Club of America is formed by prominent National capital social figures. Mrs Samuel Spenser serves as president and the group operates independently of the District of Columbia Council. The club will meet at 1218 Connecticut Avenue for the coming season and aims to be a national body welcoming Dames from Boston to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Colonial Dames Club of America
National Capital
National Society of Colonial Dames
Council
District of Columbia
Samuel Spenser
Boston
San Francisco
Quiet Attacks at Newport Schedule Week of Joint Maneuvers
Newport Rhode Island June 13 State troops with coast artillery at Fort Adams Greble and Wetherill plan a week of joint manoeuvres starting Sunday including night attacks but no blank charges will be fired after dark and none in night assaults. Local society notes list numerous visits registrations and entertainments among Summer residents and yacht movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Coast
Adams, Greble
Wetherill
John R. Drexel
James Stillman
State Roads Commission
Herbert M. Harriman
George L. Rives, Jr
George L. Rives
Col
C. L. F. Johnson
Austen Gray
Frederick M. Davies
Elisha Dyer
Charles M. Oelrichs
New York
Lymon C. Josephs
Joseph Whitney Ganson
Pembroke Jones
Cavalier
Charles T. Proctor
Freebody Park
Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Association
Willing Spencer
Newport Golf Club
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sedgwick Swann wedding invitations issued in Lenox
Invitations were issued yesterday for the wedding of Miss Susan Ridley Sedgwick and Dr. Arthur Warton Swann. The ceremony will be held at St. Paul's Church Stockbridge on Saturday July 3 with a reception at the Sedgwick country estate, the Nunnery, to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lenox
Susan Ridley Sedgwick
Arthur G. Sedgwick
Arthur Warton Swann
John Swann
St. Paul's Church
Stockbridge
Sedgwick Country Place
M. Ll. Stone
J. Frederick Schenck
Charles W. Stone
Schenectady
Tae Gee George Westinghouse
Erskin Park
Charles W. Mellen
Lester Ketchum
Allaird
James Brady
New York
Council Grove
Newbold Morris
Brookhurst
Jacob W. Miller
Joseph Hobson
Washington
Belvoir Terrace
Morris K. Jesup
Henry W. Munroe
Tuxedo
Adele Kneeland
Fairlawn
Richard Auchmuty
Dormers
David Lydig
Thispeween
Leeond
Joseph R. Whitler
Plumbsted Cottage
Robert P. Winsor
Ralph Colwell
Providence
Constance
Gertrude Parsons
John E. Parsons
Stoneover
Heloise Meyer
Parsons
Played Cards To Hide Peril In East River Rescue
John Anderson builder and companions drifted in a disabled 31 foot launch Anna near 100th Street Mill Rock East River. Motor failure forced tow by Harbor Squad to the foot of 100th Street after passing boats and frightened five women aboard who calmed themselves by a card game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River
John Anderson
Anderson
Anna
Madison Avenue
City Island
100Th Street
Mill Rock
Long Island
Sergt. Gillon
Raid at Sam Lima shop nets crossmarked shotgun shells
In Marion Ohio on June 13 inspectors Oldfield and Pate seized hundreds of crossmarked shotgun shells during a raid on Sam Lima’s Black Hand shop. The inventory matched shells found in Dennison Bellefontaine and other towns, while Lima delayed the search as an Italian woman fled with possible documentary clues to Sebastian Lima. Authorities expect Lima will be taken into custody in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
J. F. Oldfield
George Pate
Cincinnati
Sam Lima
Dennison
Bellefontaine
Lima
Sebastian Lima
Sam
Helen Hale Weds William Hodge After Meeting on Ship
Helen Hale and William Hodge married yesterday at Dr John Wesley Hill s home 131 West 118th Street and left for an auto honeymoon through the West to Aug 15 The couple cited friendship as the reason for denial of engagement rumors and Hale plans to retire from the stage after marriage Celebrities George Coggswell Dr Hill etc attended the wedding breakfast in New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hale
Europe
William Hodge
Miss Hale
Ultramarines
Mr. Hodge
Liebler & Co
Ship
John Wesley Hill
Metropolitan Temple
West 118Th Street
Hodge
George Coggswell
Cleveland
Hill
Wellesley College
Peggy
Paris
Woodland
Raymond Hitchcok
New York
William Collier
Rabbi Attacks Carnegie at National Conference on Child Labor
A. J. McKelway denounces Carnegie library charity while Rabbi Wise condemns the practice as insufficient. McKelway cites oysters in the Gulf coast with underage workers, notes 35 children under 10 among 150, and highlights cigar and cotton industries employing many youths to argue for labor reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Children
A. J. McKelway
Atlanta
National Child Labor Committee
South
Rabbi Wise
Carnegie
McKelway
Gulf Coast
Baltimore
Tampa
Key West
Richmond
Petersburg
Danville
Trainmen Honor Their Dead in Memorial Services
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen held nationwide memorial services for members who died in duty. In Metropolitan area events at Grand Central Palace were led by George W. Boughton with speakers including Rev. Dr. Henry A. Brann and Rev. Sidney N. Ussher D D. A prayer was offered by William R. H. Todd. Evergreens were laid at the altar by officers and auxiliary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood
Grand Central Palace
Metropolitan Lodge
Empire City Lodge
George W. Boughton
Magistrate rebukes arrest of shooting witnesses in Williamsburg
Magistrate O'Reilly in the Manhattan Avenue Police Court scolded police for detaining three men as material witnesses after they witnessed a saloon shooting at 195 Johnson Avenue. Joseph Adeno shot and killed a Black Hand assailant after being wounded on the right side. Cree Perroni, 25, of 38 Broome Street, identified as the deceased, was linked to the case by his associates who deny Black Hand ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’reilly
Manhattan Avenue
Williamsburg
Joseph Adeno
Johnson Avenue
Adeno
Stagg Street
Qastentey
Cree Perroni
Broome Street
Manhattan
Black Hand Society
Williamsburg Bridge
Washall Cemetery
Thalia Theatre
Grand Street Theatre
Joseph Baroness
Gordin
Joseph Halpern
Harris Solotaroff
H. Barsky
M. B. Magnes
Joseph Masliansky
Samuel Ingerman
Jacob P. Adler
David Kessler
Morris Thomashefsky
Jacob Gordin
Mr. Adler
East Side
Scranton Wage Fight Ends After Arbitration Award
Judge George Gray of Delaware oversaw Scranton Railway Company wage dispute arbitration. The board denied a flat 20 cent rate, raising all classes by one cent and adding an extra cent for six-year veterans, creating 21 to 24 cent scales by service years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
George Gray
Delaware
Scranton Railway Company
King of England Moffett dies at West New York home
Edmund Montgomery Moffett known as King of England died at his West New York residence in his 62nd year. A longtime physician with an office formerly at 149 West 66th Street, he was born in Cincinnati and graduated from NYU Medical College. He claimed descent to 400 re Moc and Fergus I. He leaves a widow, three sisters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Montgomery Moffett
King of
England
Moffett
West New York
N. J
Sixtysixth
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York University Medical College
Great Britain
Fergus I
Scotland
Robert Bruce
Prince of Wales
Prof Jimmy Kelly Dies Veteran Boxing Trainer Remembers Sullivan
Chicago June 13 Prof Jimmy Kelly veteran boxing manager and trainer died today. He was one of John L Sullivan's trainers in his prime and was born in Boston forty eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jimmy Kelly
Kelly
John L. Sullivan
Boston
Obituary notices list several New York notables deaths
J Hewitt Morgan son of the late David Pierce Morgan died at Grindstone Island in the St. Lawrence River in his thirty-ninth year. Philip Schuyler de Luze, Swiss Consul in New York, died at his home in New Rochelle, with rich genealogical ties. John Clayton Plummer hotel manager died suddenly at the Hotel Endicott. Charlotte Markoe Robertson died at 117 East Thirty eighth Street leaving a son. Dr C E Gunther died at the Hotel Iroquois aged forty nine. Rev Spencer Marcus Rice D D died suddenly in Jersey City age 89. Isaac R Hitt state land agent of Illinois died in Washington age 81. Henry E Ducker printing expert died at Lake George age 60. William M Young known as Bills Nye’s double died at Presbyterian Hospital age 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hewitt Morgan
David Pierce Morgan
Grindstone Island
St. Lawrence River
Mr. Morgan
West Forty-eighth Street
Aiken
S. C
David Pierce Morn
Park Avenue
Philip Schuyler DE Luze
Charles Henry de Luze
Louis Philippe de Luze
New York
New Rochelle
Letitia Hunter Schuyler
Philip Schuyler
Schuylerville
Saratoga County
de Luze
Society of the Colonial Wars
Historical, Genealogical, and
Christ Church, Pelham
John Clayton Plummer
Endicott
Eighty-first Street
Columbus Avenue
Plummer
Manhattan Square
Park Avenue Hotel
Charlotte Markoe Robertson
R. H. Robertson
East
Southampton
L. I
C.E. Gunther
Hotel Iroquois
West Fortyfourth Street
Gunther
Long Island College Hospital
Union League
New York Yacht
Metropolitan Clubs
Sons of the Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars
Spencer Marcus Rice
D. D
Summit Avenue
Jersey City
Rice
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Isaac R. Hitt
State Land Eegent
Illinois
Washington
Mr. Hitt
Henry E. Ducker
State Controller's Office
Lake George
Mr. Ducker
Buffalo
Roberts
Ducker
Springfield
Mass
William M. Young
Bowery
Bill Nye
Presbyterian Hospital
Thalia Theatre
Atlantic Gardens
East Nineteenth Street
Mechanic Stops Self Harm Attempt by Subway Cars
Peter Boner, a Williamsburg mechanic, tried yesterday to throw himself before trolley cars at Wythe and Flushing Avenues. He was struck twice by fenders, restrained by Policeman Lott of the Clymer Street Station, and taken to Kings County Hospital after becoming violent with bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Boner
Wythe
Flushing Avenues
Williamsburg
Lott
Clymer Street
Boner
Kings County Hospital
Thousands Honor Gordin's Memory In Jewish Funeral Rites
The Thalia Theatre housed 3,000 mourners with 20,000 more on the streets for the Reverend Jacob Gordin memorial. No religious service was held. prayers were in hearts as 500 groups united in a procession to Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Gordin
Shakespeare
Louis Miller
The
Warheit
Gordin
Williamsburg Bridge
Washington Cemetery
Brooklyn
Madison Street
Shalia Theatre
Jewish Educational League
Hebrew Actors’ Union
Arbiter Ring
Dead Man
Unidén
East Broadway
Pike Street
Clinton, Grand
Ridge Streets
Jacob Gordin Literary League
Ridge Street
Ex Senator Dietrich to Wed in Hastings Engagement
Hastings Nebraska June 13 The engagement is announced of Miss Margaretta Shaw Stewart daughter of Mrs William Shaw Stewart of Philadelphia and former United States Senator Charles H Dietrich of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Margaretta Shaw Stewart
William Shaw Stewart
Philadelphia
United States
Charles H. Dietrich
Nebraska
Marriage and death notices reaching The New York Times
Notices intended for The New York Times may be telephoned to 1000 Bryant. The message body will include marriages and deaths for later insertion in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bryant
Birth Announcements for Sixteen Local Families
June births announced for Bachrach Berkowitz Ginsberg Herzog Igelheimer Kleinberg Lippmann Rittenberg Uttal and Yankauer families. Each entry notes parents names and newborns’ genders with dates in early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleinsberg
S. Kleinberg
Lippmann
Jonas Lippmann
Rittenberg
Joseph Rittenberg
Uttal
David K. Uttal
Yankauer
Theodore Yankauer
Knapp Dimock and Other Marriages in New Jersey Listings
A Elizabeth New Jersey wedding notice reports Elizabeth R. Dimock marrying Edgar A. Knapp. The column also lists multiple June nuptials in Newark Glen Ridge Elizabeth An ns Darragh to James M Key and other couples across New Jersey with dates June 5–12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp—Dimock
Elizabeth
N.J
E. T. Tomlinson
Elizabeth Ricker
George Edward
Elizabeth Jordan Dimock
Edgar Albert Knapp
Obituary notices from New York area newspapers 1909
The column lists multiple death notices and funeral details for June 1909, including Helen Noyes Babcock, Philip Schuyler de Luze, Angeline Corse Evans, Katharina Frees, Kathrin Manice Grant, C Eugene Gunther, Jane Kerr, Moses King, Helen Wilmot Moffett, Julia Molloy, Mary Gibbs Murphy Morris, Charles Horace Moss, Eudora J Hart, Julia N Pennoyer, John Clayton Plummer, and Rev Spencer Marcus Rice. It gives dates, locations, and service details, with some society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Manor Station
129Th St
DE Luze
Society of Colonial Wars
State of
New York
William St
Philip Schuyler de Luze
Christ Church
Pelham Manor
Walter Lispenard Suydam
Frederick Dwight
Evans
Angeline Turr Corse
Cadwalader Evans
Israel Corse
Westport
Conn
Lexington Av
Philadelphia
Frees
Katharina Frees
John Frees
East 156Th St
Moffett
Helen Wilmot
George M. Moffett
Woodlawn
Jerome Avenue
Molloy
West 44Th St
Julia Molloy
Holy Cross Church
Morris
Manila
P. I
Mary Gibbs Murphy
Lewis Morris
St. Leo’s Church
28Th St
St. Av
Moss
Black Hall
Charles Horace Moss
Sandusky
Ohio
Prckk
Eudora J. Hart
Elias R. Peck
Emanuel B. Hart
West 85Th St
M. Pennoyer
Roseville
N. J
Julia N
Richards. Pennoyer
Brooklyn
James E. Thompson
North 7Th St
Barclay St
Plummer
Grace Urch
van Vorst
Erie
2D Sts
Jersey City
Obituary notices from New York and New Jersey deaths
Long list of death notices and funeral details from New York City and New Jersey. Names include Charlotte Markoe Robert son Millicent Sloat Amy Mueller Grace Adams Mary Irving and many more with addresses and service times. Interments and funeral arrangements span Greenwich Greenwood Hancock Pittsburg Southampton and local cemeteries.
Memorial unveilings set for June at multiple cemeteries
Notices list Joseph Brown Josephine Cohen Rachel Deckeringer Katherine Federman Sidney Fried Ralph Hurtig Simon Lesser Bernard Limpert William Maddy Edward Maher with scheduled services and masses at Mount Zion Mount Hope Mount Monides Shaary Tefila Sacred Heart St Columba and Our Lady of Good Newark times June 20 and to-morrow2026
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurtig
Ralph G
Macpelah
Lesser
Simon
Shaary Tefila
Limpert
Bernard
Sacred Heart Church
Newark
N. J
Maddy
William T
St. Columba's Church
A. M. Maher
Edward
Our Lady of Good
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Hammerstein
Carasa
Robber
Adelphi
NEW Colonial Dames Club
Berkshires
Black Hand
Wellesley
John Wesjey Hill
Denied
Charities Conference
Fergus
Jimmy ” Kelly
Thalia
Bard
Arthur Goodrich
D. Appleton & Co
Vogel Brothers
8Th Ave
R. Young Man
Dietrich
Baruch—Levy
Leah Levy
Simon Baruch
Bill—Ketcham
Greenport
L. L
Ethel Ketcham
Clarence A. Bill
Bryce
William A. Conway
Devlin
Luken
Louisa Luken
John F. Devlin
Fetsch
Guempel
Emma Guempel
George Fetsch
Geisman
Leopold
Bessie Leopold
Michael Geisman
Geist—Kinstler
Lillian Kinstler
Philip Geist
Graham—Cone
Marguerite Cone
Daniel Graham
Haeberle
Simon—Lewis
Flora Levis
Alexander Simon
Smalenberger
B’way
N.Y
Remsen St
Fulton St
Jamaica
Arpet J
W. Williams
Colw Cleaning
West Sath St
Shubert
George Manee
Herald Square
Sie
Monay. Smith
Amy Mueller
Frantz Poulow
Cornelia Wetmore Mueller
Sterrit
William Hays Sterrit
George Bryan
Eliza Hays Sterrit
Pittsburg
West 135Th St
Hancock
N. Y. Wilson
Monmouth Beach
Mary Irving
John D. Wilson
Bayerle
John P
College Point
Bodge
John J
Rockville Centre
Brundage
Frederick T
White Plains
Pag
Burns
Robert J
Comiskey
Edward J
East 79Th St
Ehret
George
East 40Th St
FOX
Hotel Majestie
Gotthardt
Charles
Nanuet
NL Y
Gray
Heissner
Theodore
Winthrop
Hess
Frederick
East 183d St
A. M. Hunt
William
West 107Th St
Kelleher
Bernard, Jr
West 195Th St
M. Kincaid
Matilda L
East 94Th St
Tne Langfield
Jonas
60Th St
A. M. Lohse
Jeremiah
East 97Th St
Schaefer
Maine
Havemeyer
Unionport
Schulz
Oscar
East 142d St
Julia A
South Norwalk
Young William M. Presbyterian Hospital
Clymer St
At. Bayer
Jacob
Tompkins Av
Beumler
Martin
Harmon St
Fine
John E
St. Mark's
Forbes
Hattie
Broadway
Hollwedel
Covert St
Reimer
Martha
Myrtle Av
Worth
Mrs. Louis
Cooper St
New Jersey
Aubry
Eliza C
Montague
Montague Plage, Montclair, June 12, Aged S0. Funeral Tomorrow. Beam.—Fred C
Market Place
Blair
Jane
River Edge
Chedister
Mary E
East Park St
Desmond
Margaret
Montgomery St
Higgins
Catherine
Belleville
Little
Susan
Red Bank
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
S.T
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
West
Chelsea
Alliance OF
Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
Bth Ave
5Th Ave
55Th St
James D. Moffat
David James Burrell
SAMUEL _ CHISHOLM
Bart
Alliance
J. Oswald Dykes
Camb
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