Pelican’s Jonah An Uneasy Tenant In Central Park Zoo
Chaos unfolds as Sanchez Hoolihoo the pelican snaps a sparrow from his beak during a yawn incident. Keepers and police intervene to separate the birds while visitors watch. Separately, Jewel and Hattie the elephants face imminent manicuring, with staff using saws and rasps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liznor Gomez
Hidalgo Pete
Cental Park
Sanchez Hoolihoo
Amazon
Uncle Dick
Sanchez
Snyder
Richard Hartin
Pelican House
Fionn
Hergott
Hartin
Flynn
Signor Gomez
Zoo
Jewel
Hattie
Central Park
Ewel
Murphy
Bronx Park Zoo
Gunda
Playgoers hear author explains why he wrote The Servant in the House
A large New York audience at the Hotel Imperial heard Charles Tann Kennedy discuss why he wrote The Servant in the House now at the Savoy Theatre. He said he aimed to boost the Kingdom of God within and around us and described using old-fashioned methods to suit the theme and theology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hotel Imperial
Savoy Theatre
Bolton Hall
Charles Sprague Smith
Charles Tann Kennedy
Kennedy
Sophocles
Puicn and Judy
Shakespeare
Prominent Players Appear at Herald Square Theatre Event
The Greeters hosted a special entertainment at Herald Square Theatre with a large audience and notable performers. Richard Carle begins a New York engagement tonight at the New York Theatre in a new musical farce titled Mary’s Lamb. J B Dodson plans a staged comeback next Autumn under Joseph Brooks with Hartley Manners’ new comedy, un titled, featuring Doagan as an English aristocrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of
Herald Square Theatre
Richard Carle
New York
Mary’s Lamb
New York Theatre
J. B. Dodson
Joseph Brooks
Hartley Manners
Mr. Doagan
Man Heroically Saves Children From Speeding Car
William Jardine, 447 Sixty-third Street Brooklyn, saved two young girls from a fast moving automobile at Bay Ridge Parkway entrance. He suffered a compound fracture, three broken ribs, and multiple injuries after being struck while shielding the children. The car, owned by Henry Gue of 5718 Twelfth Avenue, was found at Fort Hamilton Police Station with driver George Finn. Gue claimed no family aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jardine
Sixty-third Street
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge Parkway
Jardine
Fort Hamlton
Parkway
Fourth Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Spellman
Fort Hamilton
Henry Gue
Twelfth Avenue
Dow Tire and Rubber Company
Thirtysixth Street
George Finn
Fifty-fourth Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Finn
Old Tom Morris Dies at St Andrews Golf Legend
Special cable from Times London reports the death of Old Tom Morris a veteran professional golfer at St Andrews. He died from a concussion after falling down a flight of stairs in the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York: Times
London
Tom ”’ Morris
St. Andrew's
Actor Boyd Putnam Dies at 43 in Irvington Home
Actor Boyd Putnam, leading man for the Lilliam Russell Company, died at 43 at his brother in law Lyman Craws home in Irvington on Hudson from Brights disease developed after a nervous breakdown. He became ill in Rochester in March and retired from the stage. He was the son of Judge Putnam of Grand Rapids and a descendant of Gen Israel Putnam. He spent years as leading man for the Boston Museum Company and performed in the New Amsterdam Theatre opening production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Putnam
Lilliam Russell Company
Lyman Craw
Irvington-on-Hudson
Bright
Putnam
Rochester
Judge Putnam
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gen
Israel Putnam
Iecurty
Old Boston Museum Company
New Amsterdam Theatre
Roéles
Hippodrome Clown James Balnau Dies After Accident
James Murphy known as James Balnau a Hippodrome clown died at Flower Hospital after a cartridge in his slap stick exploded injuring a neck vein. The accident occurred before an evening performance amid initial hopes the injury was not fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murphy
James Balnau
Hippodrome
Flower Hospital
Potter and Banker Farrand de Forest Kitchel Dies at 63
Farrand de Forest Kitchel a potter and banker of East Liverpool Ohio died Saturday night at the Hotel Willard 254 West Seventy-sixth Street in his sixty third year. He had been living at the hotel for the past year while handling New York business for his firm. Spinal trouble is given as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrand de Forest Kitchel
East Liverpool
Ohio
Willard
West Seventy-sixth Street
Kitchel
New York
Diamond Match Company President James K. Robinson Dies
Special to The New York Times reports the sudden death of James K. Robinson, president and founder of the Diamond Match Company, at his Greenfield Hill summer residence from heart disease. He was born in Akron, Ohio. Surviving family includes his wife Mrs. Alfred McTwen of Frederick, Md., daughters Frances Lola and Eleanor, and son J. K. Robinson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bridgeport
Conn
James K. Robinson
The
Diamond Match Company
Greenfield Hill
Mr. Robinson
Akron
Ohio
Alfred McTwen
Frederick, Md
Frances
Lola
Eleanor Robinson
J. K. Robinson, Jr
Notable New Jersey figures Die in Burlington and New York
Ex Senator NATHAN HAINES of Burlington dies at 75 after a life in state politics and Masonry. CLARA ALLEN LAY, health nurse on North Brother Island, age 45, leaves two sisters. funeral at All Souls Church and Greenwood Cemetery. MRS LYDIA ALLEY GRISWOLD dies at 83 on West Ninth Street after quiet years. children listed. CHARLES AL. CHOVEY of Chovey & Co. brushes dies at 83 in Madison. active in politics and Masonry. ALBERT G. DOW, longtime state figure and former senator, dies at Jamestown, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Haines
Burlington
N. J
North Brother Island
Miss Lay
John C. Lay
Lay, Hatch
St. Nicholas Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Lydia Alley Griswold
George Griswold
West Ninth Street
Frank Gray Griswold
Schuyler van Rennselaer
Harold de Raasiloff
Charles AL. Chovey
Charles L. Chovey & Co
West Street
Madison
France
New Jersey
Memorial Scroll Presented at Mount Zion Synagogue
Mrs. Pauline Karger of West 112th Street presented a handsome memorial scroll to Mount Zion Synagogue on 113th Street near Madison Avenue. Rev. Dr. S. Greenfield announced it would be a general memorial scroll open to inscription by any congregant for relatives or friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Karger
West 112Th Street
Mount Zion
113Th Street
Madison Avenue
S. Greenfield
Karger
Happy Pete Dailey Remembered By Broadway Friends
The death of Peter F. Dailey from pneumonia in Chicago prompts tributes from Lew Fields Charley Ross and fellow performers. Stories recall his wit late rehearsals, playful taunts at Bigelow and Irwin, and his cheerful nature. Dailey’s body arrives at Grand Central as Elks prepare funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter F. Dailey
Chicago
Broadway
Pete” Dailey
Dailey
Weber’s
Pete Dailey
Lew Fields
Weber Fields
New York
Casey
Charles Ross
Weber- Fields
Charles Bigelow
Mr Bigelow
Bigelow
Charley
Weber’s Music Hall
Ross
Times
Mrs. Ross
Angels
Pete Dalley
Kate Condon
Miss Condon
Europe
Vassar Girls Stage Moonlight Sail Play on the Hudson
The Vassar junior class hosted a moonlight sail for seniors on the Hudson. A staged travesty of Ibsen's Doll's House titled A Poor House featured Bridget as Nora and Ruth Prexly praised for her Bridget portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
Hudson
Nora
Ibsen
Bridget
Vassar
Nazimova
Montomery Cooper
Philadelphia Horse Show enters seventeenth annual exhibit
The Philadelphia Horse Show Association opens at St Martins Green with about 700 entries. Notables from New York include William H. Moore Reginald Vanderbilt Sidney Holloway and Edwin Weatherbee. Out of town exhibitors include George Watson and Rufus Patterson. Automobiles banned inside grounds prompting revived coaching parties by the Philadelphia Four in Hand Club hosted by Drexel McKean Biddle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Horse Show — Association
St., Martin's Green
New York
William H. Moore
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sidney Holloway
Edwin H. Weatherbee
George Watson
Charlies Holloway
W. A. McGibbon
Mabel B. Hooley
Harvey S. Ladén
E. T. Bedford
Rufus L. Patterson
St. Martin's Green
George W. Childs Drexel
H. Pratt McKean
Livingston
A Stubborn Cinderella debuts in Milwaukee with stars
Milwaukee May 24. Adams and Howards new musical comedy A Stubborn Cinderella opened with Jack Barrymore Sallie Fisher and Alice Devey leading a strong cast. The chorus included the West beauty contest winners and the show was well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Milwaukee
Adams
Howard
Jack Barrymore
Sallie Fisher
Alice Devey
West
Engineer Pinned in River Five Hours to Free Him
A locomotive engineer, Clear Cowan, was trapped in the cab of his overturned locomotive in the East Branch of the Delaware River for five hours. Workers freed him by moving the reverse lever under water. President Searing suspects wreckers due to a large spike found on the track. Cowan, exhausted, declined whisky offered as a stimulant and may have internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Arkville
N. Y
Cowan
East Branch
Delaware River
Delaware & Eastern Railroad
Arena
Searing
Caneers
Missing Answer Ques tion Prize Winners
The May 10 prize column awarded $10 for the best missing answer. Winner A. E. Allen, 45 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N Y, and third prize Ira Bloch, 242 West 112th Street, New York City, appear in the text with the paired dialogue on equal rights and role reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Allen
Hooker Avenue
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Ira Bloch
West 112Th Street
N. Y. City
Sunday Times
Times Square
New York City
Births Notice Names Local New Family Additions
A series of birth announcements lists new children born in May to families including Bernheimer Klinghoffer Krause Mandelbaum Silverman Stone and Weislow. The dates range May 7 through May 28 with sons and daughters born to Mr and Mrs. listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Welslow
Marriages Recorded in New York and Albany Churches
A list of May 1908 marriages includes Hester Ferris to George Adams at Westchester New York City. Grace Tucker to Albert Putnam at Albany Second Presbyterian Church. Gertrude Villepigne to Adolph Benoit at Sheepshead Bay. Jeanette Levy to Harry Edwards. Beatrice Fins to George Epstein. Caroline Hardmeyer to Francis Grube. Royal Hamerschlag to Julia Steinbrink. Alice Sinsheimer to Abe Israel. Elizabeth Robitzek to Harry More. Helen Horowitz to Louis Sontag. John Tettle to Louise Liebert. Rosie Kalisky to Edward Werzansky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams—Ferris
Westchester
New York City
Frank M. Clendenin
Hester Ferris
George Webster Adams
Putnam—Tucker
Second Presbyterian Church
Albany
J. V Moldenhauer
Eoos
Grace Witherbee Tucker
Willis G. Fucker
Albert William Putnam
Benoit — Villepigne
Sheepshead Bay
Gertrude Villepigns
Adolph H. Benoit
Edwards—Levy
Jeanette Calanthe Levy
Harry Edwards
Epstein—Fine
Beatrice Fins
George H. Epstein
Grube
Hardmeyer
Caroline W. Hardmeyer
Francis Grube
Hamerschlag
Steinbrink
Royal Hamerschlag
Julia Steinbrink
Israel—Sinsheimer
Alice Sinsheimer
Abe Israel
More—Robitzek
Elizabeth Ada Robitzek
Harry Butler More
Sontag—Horowitz
Helen Horowitz
Louis Sontag
Teitle—Liebert
John J. Tettle
Louise Liebert
Werzansky
Kalisky
Rosie Kalisky
Edward Werzansky
Deaths and funeral notices from Hoboken and surrounding areas May 1908
Obituary notices list multiple individuals who died around May 24 1908 in Hoboken and nearby towns. Entries include John H. Allen 57, Pauline Brick, Maude Louise Brookfield, Ethridge Carmody, Ellen Darrow, Nina Doane, Elizabeth Du Fais, Sanford Gee, Lydia Alley Griswold, and many others with funeral details, residences, and interment notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W
Lucia Louisa Quintard
North Street
White Plains
New York
Carmody
Atlantic City
Ethridge Carmody
John R. Carmody
U. 8
S. N
St. Matthew's Church
Washington, D. C
Arlington Cemetery
Darrow
Ellen Louise Paine Darrow
Wallace Darrow
Yorktown Heights
N. Y
Rochester
DOAND
Nina Ethel
A Sidney Doane
Pineapple St
Brooklyn
Boston
DU Fais
Elizabeth Sterry
Ferdinand Frederick
Louise’ Sterry (Pierson
Grace Church Chantry
Broadway
Ramapo
Baltimore
Gee
Park Place
Sanford E. Gee
Peekskill
Griswold
West
Geneva
Ridgefield
Conn
Eliza Gardiner
William Lattimer
Frederick W. Jones
St. Stephen's Church
New Haven
Grand Central Station
Woodlawn
Kitchel
Lowery
Presbyterian Hospital
Rebecca Lowery
Turner
Jackson Ave
Thomas Lowery
Greenwood Smetery
Murphy
the Flower Hospital
James A. Murphy
Batno
Newport
R.L
Putnam
Irvngton-on-Hudson
Bord - Putnam
FloreHa Wiiamson
Afred Putnam
Lyman B. Cray
Barney Park
Irvington
Grand Rapids
Randolph
Samuel F
Smithers
Anne
Charles and
Marie Dammann Smithers
Grace Church
Grand Central Depot
Memphis
Walkeer
Sarah_A. Walker
George H. Walker
Geo. H. Walker, Jr
West 93A St
Watters
Wiltwyck
Kingston
Mary Laurence
Francis A. Watters
Gabriel W. and
Catharine Hasbrouck Ludaum
Highland Ave
Prudence
Lost boy found after hours at Bronx Zoo
Five year old Nathan Sparber of 159 Monroe Street vanished from a zoo visit with his uncle Bil Sparber and friends. By 7 PM a Bronx Park Station officer located Nathan, who asked why his guardians had become lost, ending a tense search through the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Sparber
Monroe Street
Bronx Zoo
Bil Sparber
Nathan
Bill
Bronx Park
Bil
In Memoriam and Unveiling Notices for Multiple Obituaries
Annually observed masses and unveiling ceremonies mark the remembrance of deceased individuals. Listings include Moriarty, Hore tense Clark, Joseph Cohn, Emma Cowen, Heyman Karger, Philip Lacey, Samuel Lamenthal, Dora Sara Lefkowitz, Mary Ly, Enna Meyer, Jennie Minzesheimer, James Perser, and Mary Teresa Shea across cemeteries in Bayside Union Fields Mount Neboh Machpelah Washington and All Saints churches with May dates and various 2 to 4 PM times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Hore Tense Clark
Union Fields
Cohn
Joseph Cohn
Washington Cemetery
Cowen
Emma Cowen
Bayside
Karger
Heyman Karger
New Union Fields
Erith Abraham Gate
Lacey
Muass
Philip Lacey
St. J Church
Newark
N. J
Lamenthal
Samuel Lamenthal
Mount Neboh
Lefkowitz
Dora Sara Lefkowitz
Machpelah Cemetery
Cypress Hills
Shea
Mary Teresa Shea
Woodlawn Cemetery Access via Harlem Line and Local Transport
Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station, Webster and Jerome Avenue troileys, and by carriage. Lots priced from $150, contact (4855 Gramercy) for Books of Views or a representative. Office 20 Fast 230 St., N. City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
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Jonah
Sparrow
Sanchez Hoolihoe
Big Bird
Man
Auto
Tom” Morris
Lillian Russell Company
Gen. Putnam
Albert G. Dow
Deac
Jamestown
Dow
State Senate
Happy Pete Dailey
Charley Ross
Vassar Girls
Delaware
New Waters
Horace Waters
Fifth Ave
18Th Street
West 125Th St
8Th Ave
the Times
E. H. Fuller
Angell Street
Providence
R. I
M. T. Davis
Lincoln Street
Flushing, N. Y
Edith F. Crosby
West 48Th Street
F. H. Blake
West 34Th Street
N.Y. City
Hector McLean
Paterson, N. J
McLean
Breidenbah
Carlton Av
Sarah Breidenbach
Bredenbeck
Bloomfield St
Hoboken
Henry M. Bredenbeck
Briggs
Hasbrouck Heights
Lettia Briggs
Burke
Cornelius G. Burke
Burroughs
Nyack
Eliana
Butler
Arlington
Mark Butler
Carr
George Carr
Court St
P. M. Cashman
West 112Th St
Abraham Cashman
Chovey
Charles L. Chovey
Clancy
Jersey City
Margaret Clancy
Erie St
Mildred Clancy
John L. Crofton
D'Almaine
East 27Th St
Harry D'Almaine
Deluchi
Terrace
Theresa Deluchi
Dougherty
Belleville
Clifford Dougherty
Linger
West New York
Charles Messenger
Farrell
Catherine Farrell
Gay
Mary Gay
Germvert
West St
West Hoboken
Emil F. Gerdert
Gottlieb
Hunter Av
Long Island City
Messer Gottlieb
Graham
East 26Th St
Charles H. Graham
Green
Warren St
James Green
Griesinger
Brenner St
Christiana Griesinger
Hackett
West 29Th St
Nostrand Av
Aimee Lecour
Lindemann
Stapleton
S. L
Hugo Lindemann
Lovett
West 16Th St
Eugene Lovett
Maire
Crotona Av
Eva F. Ma‘re
Marks
128Th St
Philip Marks
McCaffrey
Clerk St
Daniel A. McCaffrey
McCarthy
14Th St
South Brooklyn
Charles McCarthy
McNamara
15Th St
John McNamara
Miller
Far Rockaway
Emma R. Miller
Misset
Willoughby Av
Bridset
Monde
West 99Th St
Mary Monde
Moore
Putnam Av
Elias B. Moore
Mulvihill
Grange
N.J
Catherine F. Mulvihill
Thomas Quinn
Ramisch
Bergen St
Richard Ramisch
Reilly
East 79Th St
Maya Katie ReiLly
M. Rehmann
South 3d St
Anna J. Rehmann
Roche
Malbone St
Thomas F. Roche
Rocs
Norwood Av
East
Christine Rocs
Rudman
Hecker St
Jive
Joseph Rudman
Russell
t.Orange
Joseph Russell
Schortemeier
West 85Th St
Rosina Schortemeier
Sohl
Rogers Place
John Sohi
Spatcher
Bloomfield
Elizabeth Spatqier
Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
Jackson St
van Etten
Pattie Thayer
Trafford
Central Place
Bridget Trafford
Vandervere
Maiden Lane
N. N.J
James Vandervere
VOLZ
Henry Vola
WAL Sfi
Lincoln Av
N. Juguay
Patrick Walsh
Wicraean
Webster
John Walther
Weedon
West 100Th St
Robert O. Weedon
Westervelt
Mulberry St
James Westervelt
Williams
Upper Montclair
Elsie Lee Williams
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
Chelsem
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