The Scab Play At Liberty Hall West Hoboken
The Scab or An Episode of the Strike of the Tailors in New York by Antonio Ferraro, a three act Italian play staged at Liberty Hall West Hoboken. The tale follows Alberti the scab lover of Maria as Edoardo the foreman drives the strike, while workers and unions debate ethics amid a crowded Italian audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Hl
West Hoboken
New York
Sarto
Belasco
Societa di Sarti Italani
Union of
Ferraro
Alberti
Maria
Signorina D'Andrea
Gaetano
Mariusz
Cosette
Yialia
Albert
Edoardo
Signor Ferraro
A Tragic Edoardo Scene Ends The Strike Fueled Finale
The scene shows Edoardo poisoning himself on stage as bravissimo acting erupts, an Boy from Little Italy plays a pivotal role, and Alberti and Maria vow to care for their child. The sailors celebrate a victorious strike, with spaghetti, bombalatte, and abundant wine described as a feast afterward. The author claims enduring success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edoardo
Italy
Alberti
Maria
Copyright Fight On Delegation Heads to Washington
A National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers delegation will travel to Washington this week to press for a comprehensive copyright law at the Patent Committee hearings. The group includes Augustus Thomas William A Brady David Belasco Charles Dillingham and George M Cohan among others with support from the Dramatic Comedy Green Room Club and several allied associations. The Allied Copyright Committee met at The Times Building to coordinate with the managers and plan joint action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Augustus Thomas
William A. Brady
David Belasco
Charles Bb. Dillingham
Joseph Brooks
Harry Dole Parker
George M. Cohan
Jules Murray
Henry B. Harris
J. W. Jacobs
Charles H. Blaney
Joseph Grismer
Gus Edwards
Samuel A. Scribner
al H. Woods
Hollis E. Cooley
Lignon Johnson
Green Room Club
Words and Music Association
The
Lambs Club
Copyright League
White Rats
Authors and Composers’ League
Allied Copyright Committee
Times
Grape-Nuts cereal described as wholesome for all ages
The advertisement explains Grape-Nuts is made from wheat and barley baked into large loaves, sliced, re baked to a hard crust, then ground into granules. It claims long baking converts starch to easily digested sugar, suitable nourishment for invalids and athletes alike.
Who Barred Beatrice Play at Daly's Theatre
Alice Kauser, play agent, releases a signed statement about Maeterlinck Sister Beatrice and Daly's Theatre last week. She says Miss Anglin did not forbid the performance. Paul Kiernan purchased American rights and pressed royalties after initial protests. The article notes Lomisarzhevsky ignored authors rights and threatened legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Kauser
Maeterlinck
Beatrice
Mme. Komisarzhevsky
Daly's
Margaret Anglin
Mme
Lomisarzhevsky
Entet
Mannes Son Sonata Recital At Stuyvesant Theatre
Mr and Mrs David Mannes presented the second in their chronologically arranged violin and piano sonata series at Stuyvesant Theatre last evening. Though the audience was small, it was appreciative and the intimate setting suited chamber music. The program included Beethovens G major tea sonata Schumanns A minor sonata and Griegs G major sonata with an encore after the official finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mannes
Stuyvesant Theatre
Beethoven
Berlin
Schumann
Grieg
MISS ILLINGTON TO STAR IN NEW FROHMAN PLAYS
Kyrie Bellew and Margaret Ilington will appear as separate Frohman stars in new Lyceum Theatre productions starting September 1909. Ilington will lead her own company in annual Lyceum productions while Bellew and Ilington continue work on The Thief in New York this season. Bellew plans a summer yacht trip but will join Ilington in Boston for The Thief from October 1 for a two month engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyrie Bellew
Margaret Ilington
Lyceum Theatre
Frohman
Miss Ilington
Mr. Bellew
New York
English
Miss Iilington
Boston
Parkhurst Links Race Betting to Righteous Reform Sermon
Rev Dr Charles H Parkhurst in Madison Square Presbyterian Church denounces church lethargy and calls for direct action for decency. He warns that $10 600 per vote is being used in Albany to derail reform and undermine the state constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State
Charles H. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Albany
Tea for Mrs Ward Hosted by Marbury and De Wolfe
English novelist Mrs. Humphry Ward was honored at a Sunday tea hosted by Miss Elisabeth Marbury and Miss Elsie De Wolfe at the old Washington Irving residence in New York. The informal event, last of the year, drew leaders in literature and society including J Pierpont Morgan, Henry Taft, Frank Munsey, Kate Douglas Wiggin, and ex-Gov Ide of the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Frank Miller
William Post
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Eliot Gregory
Henry Taft
Frank Munsey
Paul Morton
Frederick Whitridge
Ward
New York
Jonpn Corbin
Gov
Ide
Philippines
Blythe Engagement Announced for Harriet Blythe
Mr and Mrs Turner Ashby Blythe of Philadelphia announce the engagement of their niece Harriet Blythe to Oscar W Jeffery of New York. The families share plans for a forthcoming ceremony and wish happiness for the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby Blythe
Philadelphia
Harriet Blythe
Oscar W. Jeffery
New York
Miss Fornia Seizes Chance At Metropolitan Opera
Rita Fornia known as Rita Newman of San Francisco substitutes for Mme Eames in Trovatore at the Metropolitan. She rode a rapid ascent from Geisha in Iris to Leonora and Donna Elvira after a single audition and a late night study session. Her varied career includes Berlin study, Hamburg debut, and Livernazioni roles, with a Fox of Venus and Elisabeth in Tannhauser during a single performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Fornia
San Francisco
Rita Newman
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Mme. Eames
California
Trovatore
Metropolitan
Miss Fornia
Leonora
Philadelphia
Donna Elvira
Sg. Times
Petti
Patti
Emil Fischer
Berlin
Eudoxia
Hamburg
Marion Weed
Carl Burman
Rosina
Inez
Paris
Savage Opera Company
Ortrud
Amneris
Sieglinde
Carmen
Santuzza
Elisabeth
N ‘ Tannhauser
Venus
Tannhaiuser
Brunnhilde
Steglinde
Nedda
Memorial concert at the Metropolitan with Chopin Funeral March
Max Hirsch announced a memorial change to the program honoring G. G. Haven, president of the Metropolitan and Real Estate Company, whose funeral had been held. Chopin Funeral March, orchestrated by Theodore Thomas, substituted for the overture to Zampa. Otto Weil recovered the score from dusty manuscripts. Mme. Eames sang various works despite no rehearsal time. Mme. Homer and others performed as planned with conductor Bovy. The audience filled the Sunday night concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hirsch
Metropolitan Opera House
G. G. Haven
Hirsch
Metropolitan and Real Estate Company
Chopin
Theodore Thomas
Zampa
Otto Weil
Metropolitan
Mme
Eames
Gounod
Gallia
Bemberg
Aubade
Massenet
Cherubin
Tosti
Mme. Eames
Arthur Rosenstein
Mme. Homer
Joe
Walthew
Martin and
van Rooy
Mr. Bovy
Cohan to Star in Yankee Prince at Knickerbocker April 20
Theatrical notes report M Cohan reunites with the Four Cohans for his latest George musical A Yankee Prince to debut at the Knickerbocker on April 20 with Cohan as star following Victor Moore in The Talk of New York. Two elephants at the Hippodrome will present the first animal version of The Merry Widow Waltz tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Cohans
M. Cohan
Knickerbocker
Victor Moore
New York
Mr. Cohan
Hippodrome
Big Playhouse
New York Times
Konstantin Makowsky
Tessier
Trouville
Paul Jobert
Deyrolle
Paul Wagner
Lily
Carlo Dotci
Paris
London
Adv
Fourth Beethoven Concert By Damrosch At Carnegie Hall
Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra presented the fourth Beethoven cycle concert at Carnegie Hall. The audience was large and engaged as the program included the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies and part of the Egmont music. Mme Jomelli sang two Charms from Egmont and two other pieces with praised interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Beethoven
Debussy
Freudvoll Und
Leidvoll
Clarchen
Campanini Speech Follows Packed Manhattan Opera House
The audience gave 80 great applause after an Alda excerpt and Campanini was recalled many times. He finally spoke saying he does not speak English but thanks the crowd. The program closed Manhattan season with Aida Ernani and two Verdi overtures. Soloists included Agostinelli Zeppilli Gerville Réache Russ Zaccaria de Cisneros Zenatello Bassi Crabbe Sammarco Gianoli Galletti Arimondi Ancona Venturini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda
Manhattan Opera House
Campanini
Manhattan
Aida
Ernani
Verdi
Mmes. Agostinelli
Zeppilli
Gerville-Réache
Russ
Zaccaria
de Cisneros
Zenatello
Bassi
Crabbe
Sammarco
Gianoli-Galletti
Arimondi
Ancona
Venturini
Bispham Sings at the Hippodrome Concert
David Bispham was the soloist at last night’s Hippodrome concert with Manuel Klein and his orchestra. He sang the prologue from Pagliacci and several songs to a fairly large audience.
Prof Baldwin's Tenth Organ Recital At City College
Prof Samuel A Baldwin gave his tenth public organ recital in the Great Hall at City College yesterday afternoon. The audience particularly applauded the prelude to Parsifal Elevation and Scherzo by Samuel Rousseau former choirmaster at Ste Clotilde Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Samuel A. Baldwin
The
City College
Samuel Rousseau
Ste. Clotilde’s
Paris
Dick Bernard’s Stage Birthday Party Plans
Dick Bernard, son of Sam Bernard, turns five on April 5. He prefers a stage party and will attend a theatre matinée with about fifty friends on Saturday April 4. A post show collation will be served on the stage for his guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bernard
Sam Bernard
Ree Illness Stirs Senators at Home
Special to The New York Times reports Senator Benjamin Ree fell gravely ill at his home Thursday night. The condition prompted concerns among colleagues as advice and well wishes circulated. Ree’s health status was updated to reflect serious but unconfirmed details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Columbia, D. C
T. States
Benjamin Reete
Senator Franchot Undergoes Successful Operation in Montreal
Montreal March 22 Senator Franchot of Niagara Falls New York underwent an operation at Western General Hospital. The procedure was declared successful with no complications reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Senator Franchot
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Western General Hospital
Senator Bryan Dies at 32 in Senate’s Short Lived Class
United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence Hospital at 8:30 AM from typhoid fever. Appointed after Senator Mallory’s death, Bryan was among several senators dying in a single year, with interment planned in Jacksonville after a Senate committee escorts his body. The Florida politician, a Broward ally and Roosevelt acquaintance, was 32. He had voiced plans for a lifelong Senate career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Senate
Mr. Bryan
Morgan
Alabama
Selma
Mr. Pettus
Mallory
Latimer
South Carolina
Mr. Proctor
Vermont
William Pinkney White
Maryland
Henry Clay
Carl Schurz
Clay
Gov. Broward
Jacksonville
Roosevelt
Orange County
Emory College
Georgia
Washington and Lee University
Fla
Janet Allan
Lexington
Southern Railway
Fisherman Engineer Relates Whale Sized Swordfish Tale
H S Murray electrical engineer of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad spoke at the Railroad Club on Friday about a swordfish incident off New Bedford. He described harpooning a fish that dragged his dory and line for hours, ending with a whaling crew finding his dory and line inside a whale years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Murray
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Railroad Club
Engineering Societies Building
West Thirty-ninth Street
Murray
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Mr. Murray
New Bedford
Gea
Jonah
Sisep
Theodore H. Sayre Dies at 814 Sixth Avenue Drugstore
Theodore H. Sayre died suddenly from heart disease in his apartment above his drugstore at 814 Sixth Avenue near Forty-sixth Street. Born in Alabama, he came North before the Civil War and was involved in a failed attempt to reach the Confederate lines. He authored two early plays, Pickles and The Strategist, and leaves a widow, his sons Theodore Burt Sayre and James Sayre, and daughter Eva Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore H. Sayre
Sixth Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
Mr. Sayre
Alabama
Theodore Burt Sayre
James Sayre
Eva Sayre
William G. Ball dies at 69 a leading Ballston business figure
William G. Ball, a prominent Ballston businessman, died yesterday at age 69. He ran a drug business for forty years and served as vice president of the Ballston Spa National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Ball
Ballston, N
Ballston Spa
Col John Fairfax Dies at Leesylvania aged Near 80
Col John Walter Fairfax a Confederate officer known as Longstreet's fighting aid died at his Leesylvania home in Virginia in his 80th year. He inherited a large fortune in 1847 after his university time in Philadelphia and later acquired President James Monroe's historic country seat near Aldie to host notable antebellum figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
James Monroe
Aldie
Judge Dewey, Milford Justice, Dies at 75
Judge Charles A. Dewey, the second oldest police court judge in Massachusetts, died at his Milford home yesterday at age 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Dewey
Massachusetts
Milford
Mass
Birth Announcements for Several Newborns Listed
On March 17 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Block. On March 19 a son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Maz Brown. On March 18 a son was welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cohen. On March 19 a son joined Mr. and Mrs. A. Harris. On March 28 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. B Lambert. On March 19 a son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. I. Rittenberg. On March 20 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Yaeger. On March 13 a daughter joined Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Yondorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Rittenberg
Yaeger
William Yaeger
Yondorf
Meyer Yondorf
Marriages Listed In City Notices
On various dates in March and February events include Mabel Rice Gannon to Frank Cooper Ethel Ida Hicks to Francis Eckel Bianca Teweles to Jacob Guttag Bella Jacobs to Max Hertz Reina Hess to Joseph Liebermann Rose Blumberg to Nathan Saphier Elizabeth Wadds to William Smith plus additional couples shown in the notice of nuptials from local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper—Gannon
Mabel Rice Gannon
Frank Cooper
Eckel—Hicks
Ethel Ida Hicks
Francis Stewart Eckel
Uttag—Teweles
Bianca Teweles
Jacob L. Guttag
Hertz Jacoby
Bella HB. Jacoby
Max Hertz
Kahn—Wiesenthal
Iva Louise Wiesenthal
Mark Kahn Liebermann—Hess
Reina Hess
Joseph Liebermann
Saphier—Blumberg
Rose Blumberg
Nathan Saphier
Smith—Wadds
Elizabeth Wadds
William M. Smith
Funeral Notices and Obituaries from New York Area
Notices list numerous death announcements with dates March 1908, names and ages, funeral details and residences in Brooklyn Manhattan Yonkers and Newark. Entries include Beyer Bogardus Chase Clark Durbrow Eidlitz Fairfax Goffe Henriques Miller McCarthy Packard Ruggles Sayre Smith Snow Thompson Ulmer Wirthwine with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing. Chase
Milton
Mass
Margaret Gardner
Benjamin Chase
W.W. H. Gardner
M. D
Louisville
Caroline Clark
Ebenezer Clark
Rebecca Sears
William M. Morgan
West
St. Yonkers
Cole
Joseph P. Cole
West 98Th St. Durbrow
Hich St. Orange
Wi’ Fes
Kathleen
Wilson B
Kate R. Durbrow
Fidlitz
Leopold Eidlitz
Fairfax
Leesylvania
Prince William County
Col
John Walter Fairfax
Henry and
Elizabeth (Lindsay) Fairfax
Dumfries
Goffe
Park AV
Eleanor
Taylate
Lor
J. Riddle Goffe
John and
Lucy Yaskell Taylor
Miller
Elizabeth
Hettine JT Miller
Intercession Chapel
Broadway
158Th St
Philadelphia
Jersey
McCarthy
Julia
Henry J
Maria
Adams Ruggles
Richard P. Stevens
East 70Th Street
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Sayre
Theodore H. Sayre
Oth
New York City
Northampton
Smith
Flower Hospital
New York
Donald McLean
Pierre J
May Lockman Smith
Orange
N. J
Agnes's Chapel
Trinity Parish
West 92d St
Snow
D. Maria Snow
Michael Snow
Lafayette Av
Brooklyn
Lofton
Thompson
Newton
Susanna D. Thompson
David Thompson
Ulmer
Catharine Ulmer
Neidlinger
William Ulmer
Bushwick Av
Wirthwine
Louisa Wirthwine
Walter M. Wirthwine
St. Leger Place East
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Obituary notices from Newark to Jersey City listings
Death notices and funeral details for dozens of individuals across New Jersey and New York City, listing addresses, names, ages, and planned service times. Many entries specify March dates and whether the funeral is today or tomorrow, with private interment noted for some.
Obituary and Memorial Notices from Brooklyn and Washington Cemeteries
Notices honoring deceased Miriam Abrahams Daniel Bradley Bernard Kommel Michael Kruckman Simon Mannheimer and Nettie Strelitz. Events include a requiem at the Church of the Assumption and monument unveilings scheduled for late March in Washington Cemetery and related memorials in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strelitz
Nettie Strelitz
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Are
Congress Committee
Kiernan
Mannes
Miss Illington
Bellew
Miss Marbury
Miss de Wolfe
Venus and
Tannhaeuser
Honor Haven
Igat Rogers Bros
Meriden Britado
Mme, Campanini
Tetrazzini
Eva Tetrazzini-Campanini
Andrea Chenier
Sanzogno Music House
Sarah Bernhardt
Messrs, Bassi
Mme. Campanini
Academy of Music
Navarre
Adame
Camanini
Louise
Thais
Pelleas
Opera House
Parma
Ricordi & Co
Kralstaff
Senator Tillman Better
Franchot
Spring Fashion Review
Engineer
Vichy
John Fairfax
Waters
Horace Waters
Fifth Avenue
18Th St
Harlem
West 125Th Street
8Th Ave
A Alexander
Washington Av
South Nyack
Phoebus Alexander
Bird
Bellamy
Ellwood
Newark
Harriet L. Bellamy
Beyer
Greenpoint
Blissville
Wiliam Beyer
Cronin
de Kalb Av
John T
Cullen
Hancock St
Edward F. Cullen
Danby
Macdougal St
Thomas D. Danby
M. Delnoce
Ann R. Delnoce
M.doyle
West 26Th St
Sarah Doyle
M. Feaster
East List St
A J. Feaster
Gippert
Grantwood
Catharine Gippert
tee _ morrow
A. M. Heinzman
Demarest
Louise Heinzman
Hilton
Sea Cliff
L. I
William’ H. Hilton
Hussey
Jackson Av
Bronx
Isaac A. Hussey
Isaacs
West 164Th St
Charles Isaacs
Jung
Middagh St
William F. Jung
Os Kennedy
Palisade
Jersey City
Annie Kennedy
Kinner
West 15Th St
Elizabeth Kinner
Klyin
New Brunswick
Anna Maria Klein
A. M. Lawson
Park Ave
David Lawson
McCullough
Catherine McCullough
McDermott
Arthur
Bromy
Ann McDermott
McMahon
L. L
Bridget McMahon
McEnally
West 135Th St
Peter McNally
McNamee
de Kalb
Ellen McNamee
Mbeany
Clarkson St
Johanna Meany
M. Merrick
Locan St
George W. Merrick
Monahan
S7th St
Anna C. MonAhan
A. McNeill
Freeman
Long Island City
Mary O'Neill
Morrow
Oakley
Maple St
Yonkers
Maria EB. Oakley
Price
City Island
Joseph N. Price
Prohl
Zabriskie &St
Jersey City Heights
Ernestine Pro
Sheehy
East 198Th St
John J. Sheehy
Simpson
West 87Th St
Walter S. Simpson
Scottt
Greene Av
Joel H. Scott
Stivers
Astor Place
W. P. Stivers
Sutton
Leonard St
Ellen B Sutton
Warner
Somers
Aletion K. P. Warner
Wells
Tockaway Av
Wiliam H. Wells
Inu
Woodlawn
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jeroma Avenue
East
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
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