Gatti Casazza Outlines Ambitious Opera Plans for New York
Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of the Metropolitan Opera, arrived aboard the Touraine with Giulio Setti and Francesco Romei. He previewed a varied season including Puccini Le Villi, Mascagni Cavalleria, and Turiddu sung by Caruso, with Toscanini conducting German and Italian works. The plan includes a substantial Italian and French repertoire, renewed stagings, and new talents like Grassi and Quarti, plus Toscanini to lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Touraine
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Metropolitan Opera House
Giulio Setti
Francesco Romei
Gatti-Casazza
New York
Europe
Mme. Alda
Mmes. Fremstad
Homer
MM. Schmedes
Frenhals
Toscanini
Mme. Gay
M. Note
Scala
Milan
Louise
Pelleas Et Melisande
Rinaldo Grassi
Ariodante Quarti
Corretta Paterna
Pasquale Amato
Jean Note
Tiefland
Mlle. Torriani
Lodovico Saracco
San Carlo
Naples
Gatti- Casazza
Klein Players Do Stunts At Sunday Hippodrome
Manuel Klein with his orchestra opened a series of Sunday night concerts at the Hippodrome presenting a long varied programme. Miss Betty Martin and Miss Nanette Flack were the soloists with items from The Merry Widow and Carmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Klein
Hippodrome
Betty Martin
Nanette Flack
Ludomis- Thomas
Michael
Sousa
Second Klein Concert at German Theatre on Madison
The second Hermann Klein Sunday concert at the German Theatre Madison Avenue featured French German and English selections. A flute solo was noted as an innovation with the Hahn String Quartet performing no number. Violist and pianist solos by Chopin were played by Nathan Fryernd and Marguerite de Forest-Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Klein
New German
Madison, Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Hahn String Quartet
Smetana
Heinrich Meyn
Meyer-Helmund
Chopin
Nathan
Schmidt
George Hamlin Sings at Carnegie Hall Recital
Tenor George Hamlin gave a well received Carnegie Hall recital with a varied program. The set featured German lieder by Strauss Rubenstein and Beethoven and included a four sea lyrics cycle dedicated to Hamlin. Kerwin Schneider accompanied at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hamlin
Carnegie Hall
Strauss
Rubenstein
Beethoven
Oy Campbell-Tipton
Hamlin
Kerwin Schneider
Organ Recitals at City College Begin Series
In the Great Hall of City College yesterday afternoon Prof. Samuel A. Baldwin opened a series of Sunday organ recitals to run daily until Christmas holidays. Baldwin performed a varied program. Next Monday evening Edwin H. Lemare, the English organist, will give a recital. Recitals are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College
Samuel A. Baldwin
Baldwin
Edwin H. Lemare
Voter Registration Opens for Nov Elections
Register today to vote in the upcoming election. Polls run 7 A M to 10 P M. You must register to vote on November 3 and to participate in the next primary elections.
French scholars arrive. Dubois to lecture on Colonization
Prof. Marcel Dubois of the University of Paris and Camille Gorde of the Comédie Française arrived aboard the Touraine from Havre. Dubois will lecture in Quebec and Montreal on Colonization and commented that the Philippine venture is young with challenges such as distance and local product competition. Gorde will lecture under the Fiancée Française auspices on France’s three great periods of drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Touraine
Marcel Dubois
University of Paris
Camille Gorde
Comédie Francaise
Odéon
United States
Philippines
Tytus to Build Georgian Country House in Tyringham Valley
Special to The New York Times. Mr. and Mrs. Robb De Peyster Tytus of Tyringham plan a Georgian style country house on their Tyringham Valley estate. Architect F. B. ll. Hoppin of New York drew the plans. front length 135 feet. site high above the valley. Projected cost listed at $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
Robb de Peyster Tytus
Tyringham
Tyringham Valley
F. B. Ll. Hoppin
New York
Cc. C. Rumsey
Buffalo
Louis Waring
Berkshire Hunt Horse
Bellefountaine
Giraud Foster
Heloise Meyer
Vitesse
David T. Dana
Battle Axe
Front Royal
Harold Sidway
Musketeer
Carmen
Shotter
Baldyhooley
Shanballymore
Samuel Frothingham
Glen
John E. Alexandre
Spring Lawn
W. Murray Crane
Crane
W. J. Boardman
Washington
Richard Starr Dana
Birchwood Terrace
J. Sargent Cram
Scotland
Henry A. Cram
Highlawn
Grace Wilkes
J. Montgomery Sears
Joseph H. Choate
Naumkeag
Stockbridge
Albert Iasigi
Tasigi
Paris
Oscar Iasigi
Clarence Morgan
Theodore C. Woodbury
Robert S. Boyd
P. W. French
W. O. Delona
Aspinwall
Gardner, Weatherbee
Austin Morrison
Red Lion Inn
Birdseye Lewis
Birdseye Blakeman
Prospect Hill
Arthur Swann
A. G. Sedgwick
L. B. Bangs
Washington Social Notes Announce Diplomatic Pairings
The report lists Miss Harriet Norris of Washington to H W Kennard second secretary of the British Embassy with plans for a November wedding. It notes embassy staff movements and several high profile residents and residences in Washington, including Col Du Pont at 1711 Massachusetts Avenue and Senator Richardson leasing 1500 Vermont Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harriet Norris
H. W. Kennard
Miss Norris
William Walkeman
Kennard
Manchester
Mass
von Livonius
Mme. von Livonius
Germany
Filippo Camperio
Carlo Pfeister
Edward Mitchell
Sixteenth Street
Narragansett Pier
de Blanpre
Col. du Pont
Wilkins
Richardson
Delaware
Allen McLean
Vermont Avenue
J. D. Cameron
Lafayette Square
Cameron
Martha Cameron
Spanish Legation
Horace Washington
Newport social whirl includes Vanderbilt luncheon and large dinners
Mrs Mann Oelrichs stays at Muenchinger cottage for a few days. Alfred G Vanderbilt hosts a house party with a luncheon today. Mrs Smith Hollins McKim hosts a large dinner tonight. Mrs John Nicholas Brown entertains twenty guests at dinner. Mrs Edward J Berwind will depart for Hot Springs then New York for the Winter. Lorillard Spencer and wife stay in Newport through late fall. Mrs George Gordon Wing hosts a luncheon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
Hermann Oelrichs
Muenchinger Cottage
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Smith Hollins McKim
John Nicholas Brown
Edward J. Berwind
Hot Springs
New York
Notable Guests Attend Fassifern Farm Soiree in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Virginia hosts a gathering at Fassifern Farm with attendees including Frances Stoesbury Josephine Robb E Tiffany of New York and the Dunhams Stuart and Mrs. Duncan. Visitors Henry T Sloane returns to the Homestead. new arrivals from New York include Mrs R G Dun W Butler Duncan and A F Sutherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hot Springs
Fassifern Farm
Frances Stoesbury
Josephine Robb
E. Tiffany, Dyer
New York
Stuart Duncan
Henry T. Sloane
R. G. Dun
W. Butler Duncan
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
A. F. Sutherland
J. B. Dula
Exiled Col Stewart Retired From Army After Board Finds Disability
The retirement of Col Stewart, exiled from Fort Grant, followed a board finding him unfit for active service. Roosevelt approved the retirement, citing need to avoid exertion. Stewart’s pension is about $5,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Stewart
Fort Grant
Roosevelt
Retirbaig Board
Arizona
Stewart
Coast Artillery Corps
Col. Hoskins
Artillery
Boston
Col
Col Stewart
Army
Beeckman Nominated for Newport General Assembly Seat
R Livingstone Beeckman a Newport polo player and Lands End owner is nominated unanimously by Newport Republicans for Representative to the General Assembly. He says he will devote his time to the office and will stay in Newport until after the election. The Assembly begins in January and members attend without pay after sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
R. Livingston Beeckman
Lands End
General Assembly
Beeckman
Col. C. L. F. Robinson
General’ Assembly
Mr. Beeckman
New York
Robert Walton Goelet
Republican Party
Rhode Island
Robert Sedgwick
Baxter Eytinge Wedding Announcement Earliest Word
Hugh H. Baxter and Miss Mildred Eytingen announce plans to wed after years of friendship. Baxter, a former pole vault world record holder and son of Gen H. H. Baxter, resides at 588 Fifth Avenue with club memberships including New York Athletic and Union League. Eytingen at 67 Riverside Drive. mother Miss Mary E. Seabury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh H. Baxter
Mildred
Eytingen
Tme
Ao Ow
Wi. Baxter
Fifth Avenue
Miss Eytinge
Riverside Drive
Mary KE. Seabury
Mr. Baxter
Gen
H. H. Baxter
Vermont
Baxter
New York
Athletic
Tuxedo
Metropolitan
Union League
Westchester Country Clubs
Sons of the Revolution
Levi Concert Delights at New York Theatre
Maurice Levi and his band drew a large crowd at the New York Theatre last night. Miss Virginia Richmond and Miss Cheridah Simpson supplied vocal interludes with contralto and soprano solos. Richmond offered The Garden of Dreams by Kummer and encore Are You Sincere by Gumbel. Simpson performed Karissima by Penn and a lullaby Mr Pollywog Good Night. Myrzka Gynt, a boy soloist, sang Dear Heart and What Might Have Been.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Levi
New York Theatre
Virginia Richmond
Cheridah Simpson
Miss Richmond
Kummer
Gumbel
Miss Simpson
Penn
Mr. Pollywog
Myrzka Gynt
Army and Navy to Close Electrical Show at Madison Square Garden
Army and Navy Night closes the Electrical Show next Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Invited guests include Capt Adams Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and staff Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry Gen Grant Brig Gen Roe Col Alen Fort Wadsworth and Capt Scott. The Marine Band will perform for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy
Madison Square Garden
Adams
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Newberry
Grant
Roe
Alen
Fort Wadsworth
Scott
Marine Band
Ship Steward Noted Tenor Seeks Westward Tour With Opera Company
Bohumil Chluf once a Prague boy soprano and later a famed tenor travels to America aboard the Graf Waldersee to join Herman Clouser of the German Merry Widow company. Clouser hopes to place him with the troupe for a long tour starting in St. Louis, describing Chluf’s background and multilingual talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohumil Chluf
Prague
Herman Clouser
Merry Widow
East Fifteenth Street
St. Louis
Hamburg
New York
Austria
Bohemia
Clouser
America
Graf Waldersee
Chlif
Poe
German Theatre Opens Brooklyn Season With The Devil
The new German Theatre Company begins its Brooklyn Academy of Music season next Saturday with a Hungarian translated version of The Devil. The Madison Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street playhouse production will be presented with familiar German actors including Eugen Burg in the title role after his Irving Place Theatre appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil
Brooklyn
New German Theatre Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Madison Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street Playhouse
Eugen Burg
Irving Place Theatre
Drazs Celebrate Silver Wedding at East Seventy-second Street
Mr and Mrs Francis Draz observed their silver wedding anniversary at their home 122 East Seventy second Street entertaining a large gathering of relatives and friends. Four children assisted and Prof Frank Stretz orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Draz
East Seventy-second Street
Memphis Managers Test Sunday Law
In Memphis Tennessee managers of all theatres staged performances this afternoon and tonight to challenge the Sunday law. They submitted to arrest in each case, while audiences remained unaware as plays continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
New York Times
Tenn
Deadly New Plague Strikes Cree Indians at Hudson Bay
Alanson Skinner of the American Museum of Natural History reports a highly contagious disease sweeping Cree tribes along James and Hudson Bays. It causes rapid deaths among the elderly, women, and children, with only able-bodied men and a few strong women surviving. He describes panic, scarce doctors, and reliance on quinine and simple remedies as tribes seek help from white outsiders. Skinner and his party traveled 1000 miles by 18 foot canoe documenting the culture and hardships amid the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James and
Hudson Bays
Alanson Skinner
Department of Anthropology
American Museum ‘of Natural History
New York
Mr. Skinner
Ilis
Hudson Bay
Atlantic
Mr.Skinner
Canada
Taft Cousin On The Stage At Lyric Theatre
Announcement reveals Oliver Follansbee real name Oliver Taft Follansbee a cousin of presidential candidate William H Taft. He acts in Lulu Glaser’s Mlle Mischief at the Lyric Theatre and Shuberts are said to be astonished by the disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Follansbee
Lulu Glaser
M’lle Mischief
Lyric Theatre
Oliver Taft Follanshee
Shuberts
Follanshbee
William H. ‘Taft
Frank H Follansbee
Jennie Taft Darling
Boston
Lucinda Taft
Vermont
Chicago
Hyder Park
Gen Eppa Hunton Dies After Busy Civil War Career
Brig Gen Eppa Hunton of Virginia dies at age eighty six in Richmond at his son Eppa Hunton Jr s home. He is called hero of Ball s Bluff and served on the Virginia Secession Committee and Military Committee. Hunton later served in Congress and as a U S Senator. John Goode becomes Virginia s last surviving Secession Committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Richmond
Eppa Hunton
Hunton
Ball's Bluff
Virginia
Gettysburg
Pickett
Cemetery Heights
Gen. Hunton
United States
John Ss. Barber
John Goode
Mecklenburg County
Virginia Secession Committee
Mrs Charles Decker Dies at 111 in Seneca Falls
Mrs. Charles Decker dies in Seneca Falls N Y at age 111 just before her upcoming 110th birthday. Born November 27 1798 in Manlius Centre she recalled Revolutionary War tales from her father Godfrey Reals and the hardship year of 1817 when grain was scarce. She first married Thomas Preston in 1818 and later married Albert Brainard. after his death she wed Samuel Decker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Charles Decker
Manlius Centre
Godfrey Reals
Decker
Valley Forge
Obituary of Thomas F. Whalen Morristown Hotel Proprietor
Obituary notes state Thomas F. Whalen 49 proprietor of the Mansion House Morristown N J died early yesterday at All Souls Hospital Morristown He was formerly a New York policeman for several years retiring fifteen years ago and later worked in hotels He leaves a wife two sons and a daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Whalen
Morristown
N. J
All Souls’ Hospital
Mr. Whalen
New York
Hawthorne Memento in New Hampshire Library Sale
A rare Colonial item and other literary relics from Bowdoin College through Boston and Providence sales. Notables include Nathan Hawthorne related autographs, Rev. Billjonin poolistie narratives, Mary Eddy science works, and Lowell items. Sprague’s Civil War hero profile is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hawthorne
Library of
Ni Hampshire
Pwill
Hathorne
Atharne
Billjonin Poolistie
Boston
Fanee
Mary Rak Eddy
Lowell
Local Birth Announcements Add Four Newborns to City Families
Oct. events include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Frank A Lane on Oct and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Levy at 218 220 East lith St Oct 8. Leon Rosen welcomes a son on Oct 9 and Mr and Mrs frying J Schloss report a son on Oct 4.
Multiple Marriages and Engagements Reported in Local Notices
A string of wedding notices dated October 1908 from various New York locations lists marriages including Frances Rogers to John David Lannon and Edith Barretto Stevens to Howard Crosby Parsons. Other couples named include Carolyn Grace Elliott with Maurice J. Swetland and Edna P. Fisher with James T. Courant along with several additional unions and betrothals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticlair
N.d
Amory
Bradford
D.D
Carolyn Grace
Henry Gaylord Elliott
Maurice J. Swetland
New York City
Obituary Notices Record Funeral Expressions Across Cities
Multiple notices from New York area papers announce funeral services for Emily Bereh Emily Noble Deyo George Cudlipp and others with services scheduled at residences churches and trains. Dates October 1908 list interment locations including Bridgeport Nyack Westport and Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily T. Bereh
Edwin Bergh
Chapman
Joseph Ll. Chapman
Dean Street
Bridgeport
Conn
R. Neuman
South 5Th St
Brooklyn
Church of the Transfiguration
St. John’s Cemeter
Jackson
Prinele Memorial Home
Poughkeepsie
John M. Jackson
Henry Jackson
Maria Miller
New York City
M. Keyser
Westport
Jessie F
John H. Keyser
Charles Buck
Conm
N. J
Joseph W
Bertha M
Joseph W. Rogers
Fairview
Tarrytown
N.Y
van Doren
Alexander Av
Anna Wood van Doren
Charles A. van Doren
St. Ann's Church
Morrisania
St. Ann's
Illist Streets
Mercer Cemetery
Trenton
Obituary notices and funeral listings from Brooklyn area
A collage of death notices and funeral details for residents of Brooklyn and nearby areas. Entries name the deceased, ages, housing addresses, and funeral arrangements or dates, with multiple spellings and some OCR errors in names and streets.
In Memoriam Notices and Obituaries Briefed
In Memoriam listing includes Brasstli Sullivan Oliverin 107, Kennedy Katharine, Lyons Fie Oct 13, Maher memory of Oct 14. Mixed fragments show memorials and dates, with references to obituary notices and memorial masses in the brief column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brasstli-Sullivan
Arine M. Brasstil
Olivan
Kennedy
Katherinered
Lyons
Lyon Maher
Cemeteries and transit notes from city office
Fragmentary item mentions cemeteries, central avenues, trolley lines, and a city office contact or notice. No clear events or identities to confirm a full summary.
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Gatti - Casazza
Ent
Iitalian Chorus Singers
KLEIN
The
Berkshires
Washington Society
News OF Newport
Brutne
R. L. Beeckman
Baxter-Eytinge
Levi
MR. and
Mrs. Draz
Edward B. Amend
William J. Amend
Verman Ridder
John Bopp
Miss Bopp
Edward Burghard
George Ehret, Jr
Alfred de Liagre
Hubert Cillis
Oscar Cillis
Henry Endemann
F. W. Saltzsieder
Charles H. Liebert
Anton G. Hupfer
J. C. G. Hupfet
Anna Hupfel
Lucy Kammerer
Robi, Kammerer
William Klenke
Chatillon
W. E. Mittendorf
Bernard Beinecke
Fred Muschenheim
August Luchow
Curt Nicolai
R. OQ
W. Vogel
Raymond von Palmenberg
R. J. Schaefer
Charles Pfizemeyer
W. C. Provost
Richard Dudensing
A. Troescher, Jr
William Kramer
Anthony Doelger
Hornbostel
Gustave Rudolphy
A. Rahhmann
W. K. Grove
Hazel Crawford
Charles Doelger
Peter Doelger, Jr
Charles J. Warner
Louis Ehret
Herbert Steyn
Morton W. Smith
George Warrelmann
G. T. Klein
Judge Zeller
Belle Ordenstein
Edwin Cassebeer
Adolph Rothbarth
Harry T. Eschwege
C. P. Gantert
Ed. Steiner
Frank A. Taggart
Albert Coutan
Roy Taylor
J. J. Byrnes
J. Ff. Driscoll
Victor McGuire
Charles Gundlach
le Vicomte de Perigny
Jacob Lech
Ralph Chatillon
George Chatillon
Oscar Hackmann
Christian Bahnson
Poggenburg
Annette Buckley
Mary Mages
P. Wensel
Wensel
Gus E. Stechert
Gus Schimmel
Oscar Huttlinger
Carl Goepel
Herman Schaus
Joseph de Forest Jjunkin, Jr
Charles F. Rector
George Rector
George Runk
George Clausen
Runk
C. Weber
A. B. Seeley
D. E. van Pelt
Charles Stadler
Stadler
Charles Herwig
Richard Ranft
Elsa Ranft
Theodore Liebler
Newplague
Taft Cousin
Waters Pianos
Waters
Exchange Dept
Horace Waters
Fifth Ave
18Th Street
Broadway
Harlem
W. 125Th St
8Th Ave
Hawthorne
Na Tider Rna
Col. Dewitt C
Sprague
Fayetteville
Gettysburo
Tre
Pany
Supreme Court
York and Connertient
Bert
Fisher
Ossining
Edna P. Fisher
James T. Courant
Pam Stevenson
Lizzie Stevenson
John Dann
Goldberg
Samuels
Hilda Samuels
Louis Goldberg
Ser Clarkson
Butler
Francis. B. Pierce
Reed-Krauss
Jessie C. Krauss
Rey W. Reed
Stuart
Ryno
Lillian Ryne
John J. Stuart
Thomson—Weed
Mary A. Weed
Ralph M. Thomson
van Tine Glover
Florence E. Glover
Harry M. van Tine
Zevper
Koehler
Martha W. Koehler
Henry J. Zehder
Nebale
Stephen Jjarr
Lugrin
Lindos
Henry A. Luertn
Horace J. Me Maneefly
Yan St
Epr
Bride Rowt Wheris Kle
Brooke Mead
Yonkers
Mead
Enneral ME
Malone St. West
Jeremiah O' Reef
Orourke
S&t
Bergen
Timothy O' Rourke
Pegnam
P. Purcell
Central Park
Richard F. Purcell
A. M. _ ROBERTS
West 169Th
St. ‘Angel
Uneral Torday
Rochfe
Hewes St
Brosslyn
Oota
John Roche
Flay
ML Rozea
Duffield
Maria
A. Rezen
Ace GO ’ Sierce
Webster
Bronx
Caty
Fredericka Stier
Simon
Si2
Arch
Marie Simon
Ased
Dirch S&s
Taylor
Grami
Winfred Taylor
West
Pain Ap
T White
Art
Louisa White
Wigley
Wielis
Roston
L. L
Sarah F Wills
To-Daly
Woolley
Harvey
Caroline Woolley
Aol
Jobe
Trepreeer
the Woodlawn
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt Burial Co
Ryt
Axeios
Nba
Frank E. Campbell
Chelaem
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