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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
9
Coney Island opened its summer season with Dreamland near ready and Luna Park’s formal opening underway. Visitors found a mix of still-warm, breezy weather and a bustling array of rides, shows, and new attractions as Dreamland, Luna Park, and Steeplechase prepare for full operation next week with open season expectations.
A Cleveland grocer cites customer health improvements after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. He reports his own nervousness and appetite issues clearing within days, credits his wife’s suggestion, and urges others with nervousness or stomach trouble to switch beverages. The ad ends with promotional lines about Postum and the book Road to Wellville.
North Beach in Long Island Sound opens for the season with many improvements for visitor pleasure. Boats will run from East Ninety Ninth Street and East 154th Street to accommodate guests.
Women of Larchmont quickly organize a new country club forming the Larchmont Country Club. The group plans its headquarters at the golf house of the yacht club and held an opening reception tea. The committee includes Mrs. Wesley A. Oller Mrs. Frank Anthony Mrs. Walter Hunting Mrs. Hamar Park Mrs. W. E. Bullard Mrs. S. T. Kodgman Mrs. Eustis L. Hopkins and Mrs. Edward Payson Call.
Garden City residents tried a new sport with miniature yacht races at the Gulf Club pond. Henry Segguman offered a silver cup with about a dozen entries. Jack Phillips won first place and S. Dunbar was second.
At the Waldorf Astoria the Woman's League of New York State heard Herbert N. Casson argue for female leadership and employment programs. He urged expanding roles for women including qualifications for ambassadors and public office. The group shifted to back a trade school for girls to reduce unemployment.
Rev William T Manning rector announces Sunday services at Trinity Street Broadway and Wall Street 10 30 A M St Pauls Church Fulton Street 30 P M St Johns Chapel Varlek Laight Street 8 30 A M 6 P M Trinity Chapel 7th Avenue near Broadway 11 1 A M 4 P M St Chrysostoms Chapel 7th Avenue and 39th Street 2k M St Augustines Chapel Houston Street east of Bowery 7 A M 8 P M St Agnes Chapel 92a Street west of Columbus Avenue 7 A M 4 P M St Lukes Chapel Hudson Street opposite Grove Street 10 50 A M 8 P M Intercession Broadway 158th Street A M Have you heard her Miss Lilly BR Swinnea from Alabama address 146th Street mission On Rescue Work Sunday Evening May 17 8 o'clock everyone invited Special singing A W Monroe superintendent Mary the Virgin Church of St Low Masses 7 30 8 15 9 Solemn Mass and Sermon Dean Robbins 10 45 Evensong 4
An exhibit of Chinese and Japanese antique embroideries jade and silver ends at the Waldorf on Tuesday. Special inducements offered in kimonos and hand embroidered gowns.
Charles Frohman sails to Paris to stage Peter Pan for a French audience. The vaudeville production opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on June 16 with Pauline Chase Robb Harwood leading the English company. The London season remains strong with Temptest, A Waltz Dream and The Admirable Crichton drawing crowds as critics praise acting.
Edna Goodrich denied rumors that Nat Goodwin followed her from hotel to hotel on the Continent. She said there was no truth to the report and that she did not see him abroad. She traveled with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Adams, and appeared on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria’s list as Miss Adams.
Marie Dressler to close her engagement tonight under Percy G Williams management and plan a London musical. Edgar Smith and Maurice Levi work on the scenario and must finish before Miss Dressler sails for Europe next week.
Miss Clara Clemens daughter of Mark Twain sails on the steamship Caronia for a concert tour in Europe. She will perform as a contralto in London and Paris with violinist Miss Marie Nichols.
Three Twins will headline Herald Square Theatre in Chicago style on a summer run after Lew Shields in The Girl. The Queen of Wall Street may follow at Weber's Music Hall with Paid in Full at fall. Mabel Crete joins Juvenile Players at Madison Square Garden with Mothers Exposition. Belasco's Stuyvesant ends season with The Warrens of Virginia after 223 performances. August reopen planned with more Belasco productions.
Charles J. Ross, the actor, is confined in Mrs. Malley’s sanitarium on West Fifty second Street after breaking his kneecap leaving Weber's Music Hall. His wife Mabel Fenton remains hospitalized from recent surgery and Ross will not be able to perform for about ten weeks. Douglas Stevenson filled in the Merry Widow burlesque, with Paul Nicholson slated for the Chicago run.
Magician Kellar, aged 50, ends his professional years after a Ford’s Opera House show in Baltimore. He and Mrs. Kellar plan to move to Southern California to settle permanently after the tour.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Hamburger of West 120th Street will celebrate their golden wedding next Sunday May 24. He arrived from Europe in 1848 and married Miss Fanny Levy in 1855. Their children include Solomon Benjamin Louis, and Mrs Emil Brown and Mrs L J Rosenthal. Both are in good health and active.
Police Captain Charles E. Kemp of the Arsenal Station dies at 8 10 PM at 477 West 148th Street from heart disease triggered by laryngitis. A former newspaper man, Kemp joined the force in 1888 and rose to Captain in 1903, serving at Tenderloin West Sixty eighth Fifth Mulberry and Alexander Avenue stations.
The Most Rev. Mariano Casanova archbishop of Santiago died this afternoon after a serious illness announced days earlier.
The Rev. Mather William Rossiter longtime pastor at St. Joseph's Church Matone died yesterday aged 53 in the city. Dr. Robert Goldbeck pianist and composer died at his St. Louis home aged 73. Mrs. Edward Templeton Snelling widow of E T Snelling and mother of Grenville Snelling died of pneumonia after a brief illness in this city.
The Home Coffee Roaster claims to deliver the best coffee at a fair price by a practical household machine. It shows when the roast is sufficient and can be used on any range. The device is advertised as easy as boiling an egg and costs $3.75 with circulars available from Homit Coffee Roaster Co. at 147 West 234 Street, New York.
The notice outlines deaths including Mrs. Snelling of Westchester after a South trip, Mrs. Casper Crowninshield as daughter, F. Simpson aged 57 dying at his brother’s Orange home, Marie Antoinette Root of Glen Ridge, John A. Davidson captain of Company FE Seventh Regiment NGMY dying at home, and William Miles Townsend. details include family ties, residences, and brief service history.
May 6 wedding of Evelyn Cruikshank to Theodore Lindley at the bride's Montclair home officiated by Rev. Amory H. Bradford. Also noted are multiple obituary notices and funeral arrangements for residents in New York and New Jersey with dates from May 1908.
Obituary notes list multiple unveiling ceremonies for monuments at Union Fields Mount Hope Mount Zion and other cemeteries. Dates show today and times ranging from 2 PM to 3 PM with honorees including Marcus Brenn Daniel Frey Jaco Gans and Solomon Monash among others.
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