Hotels Packed for Sunday Dinners Among Fashionable Set
Hotels and restaurants in Manhattan drew crowded Sunday dinners with advance reservations. noted guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Judge Elbert H. Gary, Mrs. Leslie Cotton, and many other prominent society figures at the Knickerbocker Waldorf Astoria St. Regis and Plaza. Duchess of Marlborough plans a southbound March 12 private car trip with Vanderbilt and Belmont relatives, visiting Palm Beach and Aiken colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lockwood
W. W. Gooch
Prairie
L. C. Weir
Willis J. Best
Arthur H. Hearn
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Lawrence Green
Morton W. Smith
Berry Wall
George Hoyt
Marquis _de Charette
George Carr
Sydney Smith
Charles Peabody
R. L. Paterson
Duchess of Marlborough
Arrang
William K. Vanderbilt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Palm Beach
Aiken Colony
Columbia Pony Ballet Impresses at School Show
Columbia students stage their annual Pony Ballet at the Waldorf Astoria with eight male dancers in bewitching costumes. Prof Wendel's claim that men are more beautiful than women is anticipated to be resolved before Mr King’s curtain call. The age chorus girls dispute the assertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Pony Ballet
Columbia Students
Mr. King
Waldorf-Astoria
Wendel
The
Manhattan Opera House Subscriptions Open
A subscription sale for next season at the Manhattan Opera House began with letters sent to subscribers. The sale starts Monday March 16 and opera is likely to be performed on Thursday evenings next season at the Manhattan venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Manhattan
Manhattan Opera House
The
Manhattan
Social gathering at Hotel Astor hosted by Mrs Totten McGrath
The New Yorkers held a social meeting last night at the Hotel Astor with hostess Mrs Edyth Totten McGrath of 123 West Forty-fourth Street. Nearly 200 men and women attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Astor
Edyth Totten McGrath
West Forty-fourth Street
Clan-na-Gael marks Rupert Emmet birth anniversary in New York
The Clan-na-Gael of New York celebrated the 130th birth anniversary of Rupert Emmet at the Majestic Theatre. Supreme Court Justice Victor J. Dowling presided and John T. Keating of Chicago delivered the commemorative address. A lengthy musical program followed as the meeting remained enthusiastic throughout. Keating warned that a Japan England conflict could draw America in. Resolutions urging defeat of the arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States were adopted unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clan-na-Gael
New York
Rupert Emmet
Majestic Theatre
Supreme Court
Victor J. Dowling
John T. Keating
Chicago
Keating
Japan
America
England
Great Britain
United States
Blame on Morse in bank fraud suit seeks grand jury probe
Charles Hanna the receiver for the National Bank of North America accuses Morse and several directors of concealing stock sales and mislabeling payments as loans to Oler and Whiting causing a $862,247 loss. Directors deny knowledge while Morse claims no responsibility. Henry Chapin Jr. says he resigned in 1906 to make room for Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hanna
National Bank of North America
Federalourt
Charles - Morse
Mr. Morse
Federal Grand Jury
Hanna
American Ice Company
Morse
Wesley M. Oler
Leslie E. Whiting
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
William F. Havemeyer
Whiting
Oler
Mannes Start Recital Series At New Stuyvesant Theatre
Mr and Mrs David Mannes opened a series of three violin and piano recitals in the new Stuyvesant Theatre last evening. The intimate hall with covered lights suited chamber music as they played Corelli Bach Nardini and Mozart sonatas with refined ensemble and restrained expression. The attendance was modest but attentive, and the hour and quarter program pleased the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mannes
Stuyvesant Theatre
New York
Corel
Bach
Nardini
Mannes
Eac
Opera Concerts Draw Crowds at Two Houses
The Metropolitan and Manhattan opera houses held well attended concerts last night. At the Metropolitan the soloists included Mmes Cavalieri and Jacoby, and Messrs Boneci and Plancon with Mr. Ferrari conducting. At the Manhattan Mr. Hamerstein offered opera in concert form, featuring excerpts from Aida and La Damnation de Faust, with Mme Gerville-Réache and Mr. Crabbé singing before the scenes and Mr. Campanini conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Mmesx. Cavalieri
Jacoby
Boneci
Plancgon
Ferrari
Manhattan
Hamerstein
Vale of Roses
Mmes. Russ and
de Cisneros
Messrs
Bassi
Ancona
Arimondi
Magnoz
Mr. Dufranne
Mephistopheles
Mme. Gerville-Réache
Mr. Crabbé
Mr. Campanini
Lambs Stage Blizzard Gambol Features Three Weeks Burlesque
The Lambs produced Three Weeks in a Blizzard Gambol last night, a twenty minute main piece. William Kelly played Paul and Alfred Hickman the Imperator while other acts included The Little Brown Lady and The Outpost. The company premiered a new song By Victor Herbert and Augustus Thomas titled To the Lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lambs
Frisky Lane
Philippines
Mr. Greene
Victor Herbert
Augustus Thomas
Night in Bohemia at New Casino Theatre features Friars and vaudeville act
The second Sun day Night in Bohemia event at the New Casino Theatre presented the Friars as the Bohemian element with a large stage table and the Six Bronde Typ writers among acts drawn from the audience by spotlight. Vera Komisarzhevsky at Daly's Theatre announces three plays per week including The Battle of the Butterflies and Child of Nature plus Gorky's The Children of the Sun throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
New Casino Theatre
Edwards Amusement Company
Wells Hawks
Abbott
The
Friars
Six Bronde Typewriters
Vera Komisarzhevsky
Daly's Theatre
Gorky
Children of the Sun
Playgoers Revived Hold First Meeting at Imperial
The New York Playgoers organization, nearly disbanded after the American Playgoers split, resumed with a gathering at the Hotel Imperial. Key moments included a musical program and a keynote speech by President Alexander Elein outlining the club’s revived aims and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hotel Imperial
Alexander Elein
Sunday Concert Opens Hippodrome Series
The Hippodrome hosted the first Sunday night concert with the Hippodrome Orchestra led by Manuel Kstein. Members Samy and Melville Ellis performed piano pieces among several selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Hippodrome Orchestra
Manuel Kstein
Samy
Melville Ellis
Noted New York Eye Ear Chief Dr Daniel Roosa Dies at 63
Dr Daniel Bennett St John Roosa president of the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital and authority on eye and ear diseases died suddenly at his home from heart trouble and Bright's disease. A Civil War veteran and long time medical leader he authored major works and held presidencies in several societies. Funeral set for Tuesday at Marble Collegiate Church with Rev Burrell officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bennett
St. John Roosa
New York Post Graduate Medical School
United States
Bache Emmet
Roosa
Bright
Dr. Roosa
Bethel
Sullivan County
N. Y
Charles Baker
Amelia Elmer Foster Roosa
Isaac A. Roosa
New York
Continental Army
Gen. Heard
Monticello
Honesdale
Penn
Yale
New York University
John W. Draper
New York Hospital
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
University of Vermont
New York State Medical Eee
International Otological Sciety
American Otological Society
International Ophthalmological Societ
Newark Academy of Medicine
Manhattan Eye and Hat Hospital
London
Union League Club
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
St. Nicholas
Holland Societies
Mary Hoyt Blake
Stephen M.blake
Sarah Elisabeth Howe
Eder V. Haughnet
Marble Collegiate Church
Burrell
Valette Mara Discharged By Night Court
Magistrate Steinert frees a small man from Mulberry Street Station after the prisoner proclaims himself a valette for Mike Padden. The exchange includes quips about being a valentine and a valedictorian as Mara is escorted out, amid comments on manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinert
McCarthy
Mulberry Street
Mastrate
Mike Padden
Reee Mara
Carrie Nation
Mara
Auto pins man in Halifax River in Florida
H H Thorp of Ashtabula Ohio living in Daytona Winters was pinned under his car when it broke through a railing in the Halifax River. Both arms broken and internal injuries reported. He is 70 with doctors hoping for recovery. He backed the vehicle to avoid racing machines returning from the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Augustine
Fla
H. H. Thorp
Ashtabula
Ohio
Daytona Winters
Halifax River
Auto
Rar
Peleg Brown
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Playwright Henri Marcell Attacked By Wolf At Bronx Zoo
Henri Marcell, a playwright and translator, reports being bitten by a male wolf after reaching into a cage at the Bronx Zoo to smooth a wolf's back. He sought medical help from Dr. Atper Bridge and then faced a watchman and a policeman, ending with a police report filed and a morning investigation promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Marcell
West Ninety-eighth Street
Bronx Zoo
Atperbridge
West Seventy-fourth Street
Marcell
Columbus Avenue
Tragedy On Waverley Branch Claims Newark Boy
Edward J. Klug aged 14 of 118 Union Street Newark died in St James Hospital from injuries after a fall under a moving train on the Waverly Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He stated a man unknown pushed him. a companion who rode with him said they jumped on and off moving cars when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Klug
Union Street
Newark
St. James’s Hospital
Waverley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Klug
Kluug
F W Freer Dead Painter of International Fame
Frederick Warren Freer, a painter of international reputation, died last night in Chicago from heart disease at age fifty nine. Born in Chicago, he studied abroad and married Margaret Cecilia Keenan of New York in 1886. He lived in New York until 1890 and in recent years worked at the Chicago Art Institute. His principal works include A Lady in Consolation, The Old Black Ter, and Sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frederick Warren Freer
Margaret Cecilia Keenan
New York
Chicago Art Institute
Congressman Adolph Meyer dies in New Orleans
New Orleans on March 8 reports the death of Congressman Adolph Meyer born in 1842. A University of Virginia student who joined the Confederate Army, he later returned to Louisiana, built wealth in cotton and sugar, and was elected to Congress nine times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Meyer
New Orleans
Congressman Meyer
University of Virginia
Louisiana
Congress
Will iam T. Manning Dies After Illness
After several weeks of illness William T. Manning campaign manager for ex Judge Alton B Parker and Lieutenant Governor Chanler died of pneumonia at his home 204 West Ninety second Street. Born in San Francisco he began as a newspaper man and joined The Recorder editorial staff upon its New York start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Manning
Alton B. Parker
Chanler
West
Mr. Manning
San Francisco
Western University
Aow
Recorder
Pastor Charles A. Smith Dies Suddenly in Washington
The Rev. Charles Alvin Smith 46 pastor of Peck Memorial Presbyterian Chapel collapsed and died of apoplexy during dinner at the home of Mrs. Tennis Hamlin widow of the Church of the Covenant's late pastor in Washington. He had come to the city about ten years ago from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Alvin Smith
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Tennis
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
Smith
Philadelphia
Obituaries of Local Notables From New Jersey and New York
Ramirez Arbeláez of Lima died Saturday. Cornelius Christie former Leonia mayor died Saturday night at 93. Charles S. Hill proprietor of Silvermere Inn Little Silver Point died Saturday night aged 47. Peter Deyo of New Paltz secretary to the State Board of Tax Commissioners died in Albany after three weeks illness at 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster County
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Albany
State Card of Tax Commissioners
Lurid Melodrama Losing Its Patrons
Manager Blaney warns the public growing more exacting as demand rises for higher quality shows. He notes a bad season for popular priced melodrama and first class attractions, while the home element drama gains interest and Western and war pieces succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Davis
Kremer
Playhouse
New York
Charles E. Blaney
Blaney
Negroes Appeal to White North and South for Equality
The Joint Council of Bishops of three major Negro Methodist denominations issued An Address to the American People. They urge white citizens to help end disfranchisement, mob violence, and peonage laws, and to secure equal political educational and industrial opportunities for about 10 million African Americans. The bishops condemn injustice and seek Court action to nullify Southern disenfranchisement. They praise the temperance wave and call Negroes to support the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Council of Bishops
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
America
North
South
Republic
Supreme Court
Birth announcements listed for March
On March 1 Dr. and Mrs. Sherwood welcomed a son. March 4 Hugo Hirsch and wife had a son. March 5 Eugene J. Mentzel and spouse had a son. March 5 S M Brookstone and wife welcomed a son. March 7 A Bennett and partner welcomed a son. March 7 Emil Schiossa and wife welcomed a son. March 8 Joseph Levy and wife welcomed a son.
Marriages listed in Westfield and Brooklyn notices
A series of marriage announcements dated March 1 to March 7 1908. Partners include Mildred McCorkle and Frank Ransom Steven William Arthur and Annie Dean Rose Jeanette Goldmann and Samuel Slumner Delia Steinberg and Solomon Nelkin Rebecca Kaiser and Dr Samuel Schulhofer Ethel Stirrup and Herbert Shipman Gertrude Jacobus and Macrae Sykes Helen Evans and William C Truesdell Emma Wolf and George F Whiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven—Mccorkle
Westfield
N. Y
S. R. MacEwan
Mildred McCorkle
Frank Ransom Steven
Brooklyn
Arthur—Rose
William Arthur
Annie Dean Rose
Blumner
Goldmann
Jeanette Goldmann
Samuel Slumner
Nelkin
Steinberg
Delia Steinberg
Solomon Nelkin
Schulhofer
Kaiser
Samuel Schulhofer
Rebecca Kaiser
Shipman—Stirrup
Ethel H. Stirrup
Herbert A. Shipman
Sykes—Jacobus
Gertrude Lillian Jacobus
Macrae Sykes
Truesdell
Emma CG Wolf
George F. Whiting
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from New York Area
A long list of obituaries and funeral arrangements for March 1908 names many individuals with dates, residences, and service details. It notes services at churches in New York City, Farmington Conn, and Brooklyn plus interments and private services. Families and friends are asked to attend and newspapers in Kansas City Chicago and Indianapolis asked to copy.
Obituary notices from New York City area births and funerals
Numerous death notices and funeral announcements dated March 6 to 17 detail residents from South Orange New Jersey to Brooklyn and Harlem. Entries list names such as Robert Wallace Thomas Wilson Caroline Brull Catherine Burns and James A Campbell with ages and service times. locations include West 113th Street and East 140th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Cohn
Cohn
St. Maren
Frederick Cukschwerdt
Dingee
Adelphi St
Brooklyn
Margaret A. Dingee
Donohue
East 1Ith St
Elen H. Donohue
A. M.fallon
Astoria
March
Bridget Fallon
Fanning
West 129Th St
Valentine Fanning
Friedman
East 113Th St
Leopold Friedman
Gallagher
Catherine Gallagher
Hanrahan
5&T
Josephine HaNrAhan
Harley
Patrick Harley
Hill
Perry St
Adams Hil
Johnson
Evergreen Av
Delia Johnson
Kalb
Moffatt
East New York
Lillie Kalb
Keane
van Buren
J. Klyn
John A. Keane
Koch
Wyse Av
Bronx
Joseph H
A. M. Kolm
East 67Th St
Olive M. Kolm
Levinson
West 104Th St
Marcy
Eva Levinson Puneral
Seria Bo Ae Ey
Andi L. Salt
Beeracher
West 119Th St
Caroline Seebacker
Setiring
East 87Th St
Gustave Searing
Sherwood
New Hochelle
Elizabeth Sherwood
Margaret E. Tuite
van Rensselaer
West 82d St
Rebecca van Rensselaer
Wertheim
West 120Th St
Hippolyte Pan
M. Young
Howard Av
Maretz
Robert W. Young, Jr
In Memoriam Notices and Monument Unveilings
A list of memorials and mass or monument unveilings for multiple individuals including Philip Berliner Benedict Briody T. J. Kiely Samuel Klein Eliza beth Maillard Simon Levy and Solomon Wertheimer with dates and cemetery locations Maimonides Cypress Hills Mount Hope and Union Fields noted for March 1905 and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berliner
Philip Berliner
Briody
Benedict
Church of the Nativity
Brooklyn
Brown
T.jeresa Brown
Maimonides
Eysler
Alois Eysler
Mount Hope Cemetery
Hild
Emilie Hild
Kiely
Timothy J. Kiely
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mallard
Elizabeth Maillard
Maimonides Cemetery
Cypress Hills
Meyer
St. Monica's Church
Catherine Ever. Wertheimer
Solomon and
Henrietta Wertheimer
Cemeteries Access From Harlem Transit
The Wood Lawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains to Grand Central Station and by trolley along Webster and Jere Avenue. carriage service and telegraph views are listed with office at 20 East 830 Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Lawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central
Webster and
Jere
Teprecen
N. Y. Crry
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Yorkers
Emmet
Vichy
Vighy
Mrs. Mannes
the Stuyvesant
Clay M. Greene
Alfred Hickman
Princess
New Circle Theatre
Dead Man
Valette
Col
Night Court
Florida
Seaten
F. W. Freer
IGA7
Rogers Bros
Meriden Brita CO
Pastor
Christian Brinton
Baker and Taylor CO
Union Square
Lake Shore
Ntral Ines
Atell Dealers
Buffalo
Lithia Springs
Alfred L. Loomis
University of New York
Wm. A. Hammond
U. S. Army
Geo. Halsted Boyland
A. M
Faculty of Paris
Baltimore Medical College
T. Davidson
M.D
New Orleans Surgical and Medical Assn
Materia Medica
of Medicine of
Paris
T. LeBlanchard
Montreal Clinic
V. U
James K. Crook
New York Post-Graduate Medical School
Jos. Holt
Louisiana State Board of Health
A. Gabriel Pouchet
Robert Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
James L. Cabell
University of Va
National Board of Health
Horatio C. Wood
Desemberty Pa
Chas. B. Nancrede
Universit of Michigan
J. John T. Metcalf
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ew York
A. Alexander Smith
Mediedical College
Bellevue Buffalo Lithia
New Waters
Horace Waters & Co
Fifth Ave. Oy
8Th St
Elizabeth Miller Jefferys
Charles P. B. Jefferys
Edward Miller
Farmington
Conn
Jeannie Taylor
Hilliard Means
Isaac E. Taylor
Kelly
Anna
Thomas
Mary A
Gilbert W. Taylor
Congress T
Daniel B. St. John Roosa
Marble Collegiate Reformed Church
Sanford
Bridgeport
Charles H. Sanford
Washington Av
Siefken
St. John’s Hospital
Mary Augusta
Louis E. Siefken
Herkimer St
Skinner
New York City
Sarah E
William Skinner
Holyoke
Mass
Townsend
Oyster Bay
L. L
Maria Fornda Townsend
Solomon
Helene Ve Kay Townsend
Treacy
James W
Richard 8
Annie W. Treacy
Church of the Ascension
Broadway
107Th St. Titus
Helen A
Thomas J
Maria P. Titus
Madison Av
O' Stock
Tredwell
Sarah A. Tredwell
Daniel M. Tredwell
Lincoln Road
Flatbush
Greenfield Cemetery
Turtle
Melrose Highlands
Alfred Turtle
Underhill
Reuben Herves Underhill
South Ellett
Wilkens
Hattie E. Wilkens
John D. Wilkens
Madison ‘Avenue Reformed Church
Madison Avenue
Wallace
Robert Wallace
South Orange
N. J
Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Hancock St
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank
Campbell
Chelsem
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