Fires of Fate at Lyric Theatre Captures Public Fury
Lewis Waller stages Conan Doyle inspired Fires of Fate at London Lyric Theatre with Col. Egerton facing a year to live and choosing life through peril. An American girl and a perilous Nile escape drive a melodramatic plot praised for heroism though critics find Doyle's medical exposition weak.
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NEW York Times
London
Conan Doyle
Lewis Waller
Lyric Theatre
Col. Egerton
Providence
Upper
Nile
Egerton
New England
Wallerites
Dr. Isovle
Ocean Travelers Bring Summer Tourists to Europe
Two liners Mauretania and Teutonic head for Europe with crowded saloon decks. Mauretania lists 450 passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Guggenheim and Prof. H. Fairfield Osborn among others. Teutonic departs from Southampton with numerous named travelers. Also on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, passengers include Marquise de Mores and Miss Sarah Mulhall.
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Mauretania
Europe
Liverpool
William Guggenheim
J. F. A. Clark
Alexander Cochrane
Stuart Duncan
Katherine
Cornelia Horsford
R. H. Thomas
William B. Thompson
H. D. Morrison
W. G. Warden
W. E. Hamlin
A. Lucas Gardner
G. A. Stephens
Hugh Sutherland
Belle King
L. W. Lyon
Annalee
S. H. Haines
Edward
Lady Maas
Daphne McMillin
M. Wallace
William C. Whitman
W. T. Russell
TISUT
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
F. W. Gordon
H. J. Gibbons
A. Rowland
J. Taylor
H. Whiteley
J. W. Brooks
W. #. Anderson
Marquise de Mores
Oskar Loew
Sarah G. Mulhall
W. C. Duntley
John W. Stewart
A. G. Nelson
F. W. Hunnewell
Benson H. Goodman
Henry L. Wade
Charles Wylie
Virginia Dustin
R. Reeves Evans
Charles M. Dow
H. D. King
Charles J. Richter
Edward S. Isham
Mariska Ronay
Ao Mogers
R. W. Merrill
Ellen Glasgow
Marriage License Issued for P W Boardman and Dorothy Raymond
A marriage license was issued at the City Clerk's office to Philip Waldron Boardman son of Albert Barnes Boardman counselor for Charles W Morse and member of O'Brien Boardman Platt Littleton and Miss Dorothy Raymond of 18 West seventy seventh Street.
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P. W. Boardman
Philip Waldron Boardman
Albert Barnes Boardman
Charles W. Morse
Thesefirm
O’brien
Boardman, Platt & Littleton
Dorothy Raymond
West Seventy-seventh Street
Miss Lizzie Haldeman Ill in Paris Hotel Balzac
Word reached relatives that Lizzie Haldeman daughter of Col. W B Haldeman editor of The Louisville Times is ill at the Hotel Balzac Paris Col Haldeman and Mrs Haldeman have traveled with her through Europe for six months
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Louisville
Lizzie Haldeman
Col
W. B. Haldeman
The
Louisville Times
Balzac
Paris
Col. Haldeman
Food Brain Building How to Feed Nervous Cases
A reader touts Grape-Nuts as brain regenerative food for nervous breakdowns. The letter describes a former stenographer who collapsed, cites recovery after using Grape-Nuts, and claims the product aided mental strength and digestion. It ends with a nod to The Road to Wellville booklet.
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State Hospital For
Lincoln
Neb
Wellville
Tempest Outdoor Premiere Delights Brooklyn in Pratt Field
Ben Greet Players staged The Tempest outdoors in Brooklyn as part of a Shakespeare cycle for the Parks and Playgrounds Association. The audience crowded the Pratt Library Field from the hedge to the fences despite tree limbs and a few police interruptions. Caliban impressed, Miranda and Prospero spoke from Bermuda, and a mischievous chorus of spectators added comic interruptions while a small boy’s quip briefly broke the mood. Ferdinand pledged fealty in chivalrous tones as the performance closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Greet Players
Pratt Library Field
Brooklyn
Parks and Playgrounds Association
Augustin Daly
Nancy Macintosh
Miranda
Hall Street
St. James Place
Pratt Library
Iaw
Prospero
Bermudas
Caliban
Butler
Sailor
Ridgepole
Helen
Ferdinand
Delmonico Roof Garden Opens With Palm Trellis Scene
Delmonico's unveils its Palm Trellis roof garden the first time since 1898 with ivy arbors and seating for about 300. Music by the Senegambian Quartet and orchestra fills the opening night as guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Frank Jay Gould, Morgan Le Moyne Montagne, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmonico’s
Senegambian Quartett
Gibson Fahnestock
Frank Jay Gould
William M
Wickersham Hinckley Plans Wedding at Far Rockaway
Miss Rosalie Neilson Hinckley daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Parker Hinckley of New York and Cornelius Wendell Wickersham son of the Attorney General will wed June 19 at St John s Church Far Rockaway The bridal party includes best man Julian Hinckley and ushers Samuel Hinckley Newbold Herrick Dr D R Ayres Quincy Peters F Delano Putnam W G Graves and Howard Turner The bridesmaids are Agnes Landon Hortense Howland Grace Moore Cornelia Lee Marjorie Motley Valerie Hadden with two maids of honor Pauline Boulton and Marian Stevenson The Rev W H Neilson will perform the ceremony and a wedding breakfast follows at Sun Ridge Lawrence L I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Neilson Hinckley
Samuel Parker Hinckley
New York
Cornelius Wendell Wickersham
Wickersham
St. John’s Church
Far Rockaway
Julian Hinckley
Samuel Hinckley
Newbold Herrick
D. R. Ayres
Quincy Peters
F. Delano Putnam
W. G. Graves
Howard Turner
Potter Browne marriage at Waltham residence
Dr A Carleton Potter son of H Staples Potter of Boston wed Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Browne daughter of Martin William Browne at the bride’s home in Waltham Mass. The couple will live in a Cambridge house donated by the groom’s father and plan to sail for Europe soon after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Carleton Potter
H. Staples Potter
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Gertrude Elizabeth Browne
Martin William Browne
Waltham
Mass
New York Socials Prepare for Summer Departures and Visits
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont plans Marble House opening at Newport for the season. Mrs. Frank Morgan Freeman delays departure, now recovered from illness. Louise Freeman to visit Louise Vanderbilt at Orange for Gymkana. E. C. Benedict hosts luncheon for 70 at Belle Haven. Many New Yorkers to attend. Barclays sail for Europe. Barclays at Atlantic City before Purchase. Clarks set for four months abroad. Paris stop then London. Vanderbilt at Kronprinzessin in Cecific. plans to stay until August. Tiffanys at Laurelton Hall Oyster Bay. Miss Ellen King to stay in New York weeks then Adirondacks. Schuylers return to New Rochelle. Italian Ambassador and Baroness sail to Italy for summer. Flora Wilson sails for Europe to sing in Milan. Marguerite Hamerschlag to wed Howard Ehrich. Lewisohns issue invitations for Shoreacres dance on July 3.
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O. H. P. Belmont
St. Regis
Marble House
Newport
Frank Morgan Freeman
West Fiftieth Street
Louise Freeman
Louise Vanderbilt
Orange
E. C. Benedict
West Fifty-first Street
Belle Haven
Conn
Julian H. Barclay
Walcott
Europe
J. Searles Barclay
Atlantic City
Purchase
J. Alonysius Clark
Mauretania
Clark
Paris
London
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
New York
New Rochelle
Mayor Des Blanches
Italy
Flora Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Milan
Marguerite
Joseph Hamerschlag
West Sixty-ninth Street
Howard
Samuel W. Ehrich
East Eightyfirst Street
Frederick Lewisohn
Shoreacres
Harris Plans Broadway Season With New Comedies and Tours
Henry B. Harris announces a bustling season featuring new plays by Ford Dyer and McGuire at the Hudson and Hackett Theatres. Rose Stahl returns for The Chorus Lady tour while Ruth St. Denis resumes East Indian dance matinees at the Hudson.
Brady's New Theatre Netherland Planned on Forty-Eighth Street
William A Brady backs a West Forty-eighth Street project to build The Netherland 80 foot frontage at 137 to 143 West Forty-eighth Street. The Albany incorporated stock company names C D McCaull as director. Opening set for January 1, 1910. Property once Christian Scientist site later garage sold by Herbert L May to A C Quarrier syndicate. May reportedly held property around 160000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Brady
West Forty-eighth Street
Albany
C. D. McCaull
West
Forty-eighth Street
Church of Christ, Scientist
Forty- Eighth Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Herbert L. May
Pittsburg
Taylor- Sherman Company
A. C. Quarrier
Quarrier
Christian Scientists
Central Park West
Ninety-sixth Street
May
Kaiser's prize judges arrive for Saengerfest in New York
Prof Meyer Olbersleben and Choirmaster Gustav Wolgemuth, appointed by Emperor William, arrived with Musical Director Mathieu Neuman for the Madison Square Garden festival June 19 to 22. They came aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from Bremen, accompanied by NY United Singing Societies members. Each judge received $300 for their steamship fare. the board members traveled second cabin and saved ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Olbersleben
Gustav Wolgemuth
William of
United Singing Societies of New York
The Motor Girl Lively Summer Musical in New York
Frank Hennessy presents The Motor Girl at the Lyric Theatre with Georgia Caine as the Motor Girl. Adelaide Sharp and Elizabeth Brice share top spots with playful performances and songs. James F. Cook and John Lorenz provide comic relief as Bill Pusher and Robin Cayne. Separate note: John Stapleton wins $20,000 from Mrs La Shelle in a court verdict over work on The Virginian and Checkers.
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Frank Hennessy
New York
Lyric Theatre
Georgia Caine
Adelaide Sharp
Elizabeth Brice
Miss Caine
Dorothy Dare
Miss Brice
Louise
Altenstein
Miss Sharp
Wilhelmina
Gottenberg
la Shell
John Stapleton
Boston Lawyer Benjamin L. M. Tower Dies at 60
Benjamin L M Tower a prominent Boston lawyer and businessman died at his home today after an attack of apoplexy He was 60 and a member of the firm Tower Talbot Hiler born June 17 1848 in Boston He graduated from Harvard in 1869 and joined the Suffolk County bar in 1872 He belonged to the Boston and American Bar associations University Club Corinthian Yacht Club and the Harvard Club of New York.
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New York Times
Boston
Benjamin L. M. Tower
Tower, Talbot & Hiler
Harvard
Suffolk County
Boston and American
Boston and American Barssociations
University Club
Corinthian Ecce Club
Harvard Club of
New Orks
Prominent New York Lawyer John Webber Dies at 79
John Webber of 7 Beekman Street, a longtime North Tarrytown resident and former counsel for the Fourteenth Street Bank, died at his home in Tarrytown after pneumonia. Aged 79, he came from Knickerbocker stock and left a widow, a daughter, and three sons.
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John Webber
Beekman Street
Tarrytown
Trinity Church Corporation
Webber
Fourteenth Street Bank
North Tarrytown
London showman tours Dreamland with entourage
Sir Edward Moss and Lady Moss, head of Moss & Stoll, toured Dreamland Coney Island with Miss Halsey and others. They inspected the resort and praised it after a special Bostock’s performance, before departing aboard the Mauretania.
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Sir Edward Moss
London ‘Hippodrome
Moss & Stoll
Great ‘Britain
Lady Moss
Samuel Gompertz
Dreamland
Coney Island
Sir Edward
Miss Halsey
London
R. Hurnside
New York Hippodrome
Burnside
Mathew Johnson
Bostock’s
de Mosses
Mauretania
Death of Capt Samuel W B Diehl Navy officer and author
Capt Samuel W B Diehl commander of the receiving ship Hancock at Brooklyn Navy Yard and former Judge Advocate General died at the Naval Hospital Brooklyn. Born Reading Pa 1861 he graduated Annapolis 1873 and served aboard the Boston Idaho Marietta Newport and Hancock. He authored Practical Problems and the Compensation of the Compass and belonged to the National Geographical Society. He leaves a widow.
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Samuel W. B. Diehl
Hancock
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn
Washington, D. C
Diehl
Reading
Penn
Naval Academy
Boston
Idaho
Marietta
Newport
National Geographical Society
Louis Prang Dies in Los Angeles at 86
Louis Prang, famed art publisher and lithographer associated with Boston, died in Los Angeles, Cal., at age 86. Born in Breslau, he left Germany in 1848 after participating in the revolutions, settling in Boston and gaining prominence through wood engraving, lithography, and reproductions of famous paintings and his collectible souvenir cards.
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New York Times
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Prang
Breslau
America
Nimmo Statistician Dies in Washington at 79
Joseph N. Nimmo LL D statistician and economist died at his Washington home aged 79 after a paralysis stroke last Tuesday. He had lived in the city for fifty years and earlier practiced as a civil engineer. He for ten years led the government Division of Internal Commerce and the Bureau of Statistics.
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Washington
Joseph N. Nimmo
LL. D
Government Division of Internal Commerce
Bureau of Statistics
Death of French Explorer Lucien Bonaparte Wyse
Lucien Bonaparte Wyse, noted French engineer and explorer, died in Toulon. He explored Central America and helped obtain the concession for the French Panama Canal and wrote an exhaustive treatise on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Lucien Bonaparte Wyse
M. Wyse
Central America
Rector W H Falkner Dies in Boston Hotel
The Rev. W. H. Falkner rector of St. Pauls Church Boston died today of heart disease at a local hotel. He was born in 1862 and his wife was present at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
W. H. Falkner
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Mr. Falkner
Notable Clergy and Officials Die Across Cities
Obituaries recall Rev M R Fishburn of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Washington and ministers from Wisconsin Roxbury Conn. George W Hull ex campaign manager for Sen Brice of Ohio dies in Toledo apoplexy aged 58. Hartford trustee John Allen dies at 78. Frances D Petterson longtime Union Relief Association leader dies en route to Cooperstown. Jane Morrill Noyes 91, remembered across New England. Ex Jersey City plumbing inspector John Callery and druggist John J Goodlad pass away. Frederick Pauly of Harway Dye Works dies in College Point aged 57.
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M. Ross Fishburn
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Washington
Toronto
Wisconsin
Roxbury
Conn
George W. Hull
Calvin
Brice
Ohio
St. Charles
Toledo
Union Relief Association of
Westfield
N. Y
Chautauqua
State Charities Aid Association
Cooperstown
Corning Academy
Cooperstown Collegiate Institute
Patterson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jane Morrill Noyes
Henry L. Smith
West Fifty-fifth Street
Dr. Noyes
Congregational Church
Concord
N. H
Noyes
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Jersey City
Mark M. Fagan
First Street
Third Ward
Fagan
Col
Samuel D. Dickinson
Tun
John J. Goodlad
Fifth Street
England
Douglas Story
Frederick G. Pauly
Harway Dye Works
Trust
Capt. I. J. Merritt
Chapman-Merritt Wrecking Company
College Point
Queens Board of Education
College Point Sav
Marriage and Death Notices Telegraphed to The Times
Notices indicate marriage and death events intended for The New York Times, to be telephoned to 1000 Bryant. The brief item notes standard submission method for such notices to the newspaper office.
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New York Times
Bryant
Birth Announcements for Black and Fenn Families
Two births reported: on June 14 a son to Mr and Mrs George Black and on June 11 a son to Mr and Mrs Benjamin T Fenn.
Marriages List From Newark and Nearby Areas June 1909
June 1909 marriage notices across Newark and surrounding regions include Mina Mode marrying John N Tounele in June 15 ceremony officiated by Rev Edgar Tilton Jr. and several other June unions such as Bertha Hood with Louis Cohen and Hazel Fox with Roy Darling. Domestic partnerships span Utica and Fairfield with multiple local betrothals and place citations provided.
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Tounele—Mode
Edgar Tilton, Jr
Mina
Zacharias and
Fannie Mode
John N. Tounele
Cohen—Hood
Newark
N. J
Bertha Hood
Louis L. Cohen
Darling—Fox
Hazel Fox
Roy L. Darling
Helen J. Rowe
W. Mordaunt Hall
Hayden Donaght
Ellen Donaghy
Andrew Hayden
Kupferman
Davis
Ray H. Davis
Samuel H. Kupferman
McDonought
Emily Watts
Albert Randall
Runnels
Obituary notices and funeral announcements dated June 15 1909
A long list of obituaries and funeral notices from New York and New Jersey state names ages addresses and services. Entries include Gustav Amsinck Ellen Grogan and many residents with dates June 15 through June 18 1909 and funeral details at local churches and private homes.
Memoriam Lyskey Thomas Mass at St. Antoninus Newark
An obituary notice states a memorial mass for Lyskey Thomas at St. Antoninus's Church in Newark New Jersey today at 8 A M. No further details.
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Lyskey
Thomas
Mass
St. Antoninus’s Church
Newark
N. J
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