Spectacular Hippodrome shows dazzle at Big Playhouse
The Hippodrome staged two grand spectacles The Battle in the Skies and Sporting Days with vast scenery aerial effects a bird ballet and a boxing wheel of color. The program features a tidal wave finale and ornate costumes plus a lively circus sequence with dogs bears and clowns. Henry Falk obituary note ends the page.
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Big Playhouse
United States of America
United States of Europe
Europe
Holland
Hippodrome
Mile
Estr Zanini
Signor Bonfiglia
Newtown College
Newtown
Cam
Bria
Mus
Marceline
Golden Garden
United States
Manuel Klein
Motherland
Whistlers
Hammers
Burnside
Vincenzo Romeo
Voegtlin
Alfredo Edel
Miss Patricia Egan Weds Jerome E Murphy in Copenhagen
Miss Patricia Egan daughter of Maurice F. Egan the American Minister to Denmark married Jerome Elmer P. Murphy of Los Angeles. Guests included diplomats society figures authors foreign ministers and Countess Ruben Levetzau among other notable attendees.
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Copenhagen
Patricia Egan
Maurice F. Egan
Denmark
Jerome Elmer P. Murphy
Los Angeles
Cal
Diplomatic Corps
Ruben Levetzau
Dwight Harris
New York
Hegermann
Berlin
Local Nuptials Tie Warrington Griswold Lewis to Alpha Ellen
Dr Warrington Griswold Lewis marries Alpha Ellen daughter of Charles A Gabriel in St Luke s Chapel Wednesday evening. Miss Mary Jewitt of Canada brides maid and Dr Clifford Burnett MacIntyre best man perform by Rev John Henry Logic. Bride given in marriage by Burnett Clinton MacIntyre. Ushers include Leicester Crosby Lewis Henry Magnus Frank Le Hutie and Leo Ullman. Bride a Vassar graduate with classmate as bridesmaid.
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Warrington Griswold Lewis
Alpha Ellen
Charles A. Gabriel
Patagonia
Arizona
St. Luke's Chapel
Mary Jewitt
Canada
Clifford Burnett MacIntyre
John Henry Logic
Burnett Clinton MacIntyre
Leicester Crosby Lewis
Henry Magnus
Frank le Hutie
Leo Ullman
Vassar
Old North Church
Dumont
N.3
Leona Hogart
J. Ives Edgerton
W. BR. Baker
Phillip D
Miss Hughes to Wed Mr Wynne Jones in Winter
George H. Hughes of 20 Fifth Avenue announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Jeannette Yale Hughes to Herbert Wynne Jones of Clifton Bristol England. The wedding is planned for the early winter. Hughes belongs to the Union League and the Catholic Club. Wynne Jones hails from an old Welsh family.
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Miss Hughes
Mr. Wynne-Jones
George H. Hughes
Fifth Avenue
Jeannette Yale Hughes
Herbert Wynne-Jones
Clifton
Bristol
England
Hughes
Union League
Catholic Club
Speculators to Go Managers Decree Abolition
The Theatre Managers Association will urge Aldermen to abolish licenses for street ticket speculators. At a Hotel Astor meeting, managers backed ending speculation, either by full abolition or licensing reform, to curb sidewalk selling and protect the public.
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Theatre Managers’ Association
Hotel Astor
Harrison
Greg Fiske
Times
Manhattan
A. L. Erlanger
Managers’ Association
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Harris
Cohan & Harris
Miss Helen Byron Debuts in My Sweetheart at Albany
Miss Helen Byron appears as a theatrical star in Albany with her own company in the new comedy My Sweetheart at a local theater. The music by Alfred G. Robyn was composed for Miss Byron, though the title has been used before.
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Helen Byron
Albany
Alfred G. Robyn
Byron
Mrs Roosevelt Heads to Manhattan and Nassau Hospital Benefit
Mrs Roosevelt leaves here this afternoon aboard the Sylph to visit friends in Manhattan and returns with daughter Ethel after weekend. Ethel went this morning to participate in a Nassau Hospital benefit to be held Saturday at Mrs Weeks home on Cove Road. Oyster, Sept. 10.
North Beach Carnival Ends Season With Parade and Fireworks
The three day carnival at North Beach opened with a parade of thirty floats and three bands to crown King Gus Buschatzke and Queen Miss Daulkirk. Elaborate decorations graced the resort as 30,000 confetti celebrants watched offshore fireworks.
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North Beach
Gus Buschatzke
Miss Daulkirk
Double Bill by Italian Opera Company at American Theatre
The Italian Opera Company presented Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci at the American Theatre to a large audience. A Arcangeli starred as Tonio in Pagliacci, N Bari repeated Vesti la giubba, Mme L Bertozzi sang Nedda, with G Merola conducting Cavalleria and A Angelini Pet conducting Pagliacci.
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Cavalleria Rusticana
A. Arcangeli
Tonio
Bari
Mme. L. Bertozzi
Nedda
G. Merola
Theatrical Noter from the Scene of London and New York
Constance Collier of Beerhbonee’s company will leave Liverpool on the Mauretania to-morrow to appear with William Gillette in Samson. Vanderbilt and naval guests saw Algeria last night at Broadway Theatre. A misprint credits the Fritz role to another actor in The Girls of Gottenberg. Lefocq’s police fog of Paris will headline The Follies of 1908 at New York Theatre. William Harcourt to support Fritzi Scheff in The Prima Donna. Ted Marks marks tenth year of Sunday concerts at the Majestic Theatre on Sept 27. Kyrle Bellew to reprise The Thief for six weeks from Oct 12 in Boston. Margret Islington to take a month’s vacation after Empire run ends tonight.
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Beerhbohmee
William Gillette
Samson
Liverpool
Mauretania
Cornelius Varderbilt
Algeria
Theat
Overton Moylé
Gottenberg
Fritz
Lecocq
Police
Paris
New York Theatre
William Harcourt
Charles Dillingham
Fritzi Scheff
Ted Marks
Majestic Theatre
Kyrle Bellew
Boston
Margret Islington
the Empire
Wright Aerial Feats Highlight Sunday Times Picture Section
The Sunday Times previews a full flight display of the Wright aeroplane near Washington and promises unusual pictures that convey gravitation defying achievement. The issue also flags features on Count Okuma interviews, the Czar, Fifth Avenue changes, and a wedding of the Duke of the Abruzzi with Miss Elkins.
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Army
Washington
The
Times
Count Okuma
Japan
United States
St. Petersburg
Fifth Avenue
Duke of the Abruzzi
Miss Elkins
Hammerstein Box List Reveals Philadelphia Society Subscribers
Oscar Hammerstein announced in Philadelphia that names of boxholders in the grand tier of the Philadelphia Opera House have already subscribed. The list shows many society members who also held boxes at the Academy of Music for the Metropolitan season, easing fears of social decline for the performances and signaling expected subscriptions for remaining boxes and chairs.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia Opera House
Academy of Music
Charles K Lord railroad executive dies in Philadelphia
Charles K Lord president of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company and former Baltimore and Ohio official died at Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia from Brights disease at age 60. He will be buried in Baltimore after a service probable Saturday. Lord, born in Hoosick Falls New York, served as General Passenger Agent of B and O in 1880 and as Third Vice President from 1891 until 1896 receivership. He aided Baltimore fire rebuilding in 1904 and was recently elected president of Tonopah and Goldfield and VP of Tonopah Mining.
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Charles K. Lord
Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Presbyterian Hospital
Bright
Lord
Baltimore
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Baltimore & Ohio
Consolidated Coal Company
Lora
Haltimore
Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad
Tonopah Mining Company
Obituary Notes for Joseph B. Pierson Chauncey Daniels Allen and Berent Van Buren Livingston
Joseph B. Pierson long time Sergeant at Arms of the New Jersey Supreme Court dies in Trenton at age 78. Chauncey Daniels Allen manager of the Victorian Annex dies in Yonkers after a career in noted New York hotels. Berent Van Buren Livingston longtime Williamsburg druggist dies at his Bedford Avenue home aged 76 or 77. Widow survives each obituary.
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Joseph B. Pierson
Ot Arms
New Jersey Supreme Court
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
New York
Pennsyvania
Chauncey Daniels Allen
Mr. Daniels
Athensits
Tenema
Saratoga
Atlantic Ite
Lake Minnetonka
Minn
Park Avenue
Woodward
Pierrepont
Havers Chapel
Yonkers
Berent van Buren Livingston
Williamsburg
Fill Eedford Avenue
Iiteston Manor
Columbia County
N. Y
Livineston
Marriages Attend Several North American Ceremonies
A string of weddings occurs across New York Yonkers Dumont Newark and Canastota in early September 1908. The notices name Edith Chatham Stackus Frederic Bailey Alpha Gabriel Warrington Lewis Mary Bogart Joseph Mears Leona Hogart Caroline Weber William Fairlie Annie Braithwaite Reinhold Halsey Myrtle Souter Harold Hamel Beulah Winchell Edward Klethe Sarah Oakley Charles Macdaniels Edythe Morris Mary Stewart Chester Tailcott and others with venues churches and homes in multiple cities.
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Fairlie—Weber
Yonkers
Caroline Ceciliza Weber
William Hamilton Fairlie, Jr
Halsey—Rbraithwaite
Annie Shelton Braithwaite
Reinhold
F. Halsey
Hamel Souter
Canastota
Myrtle Matilda Souter
Harold Frederick Hamel
Lothe—Winchell
Kingston
Beulah M. Winchell
Edward
Klethe
Macdaniell—Oakley
Newark
N. Z
Sarah Elizabeth Oakley
Charles ‘Wilson MacDaniels
Morris—Stephens
Edyther Stephens
Edward Nay Morris
Tallcott-Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Stewart
Chester Walhece Tailcott
Obituary notices from New York area dated September 1908
Multiple death notices list names such as Mrs A Andrus and Charles B Austin along with survivors and funeral details. The column provides ages and residence addresses, with services set at various churches and family homes in Hoboken Jersey City Passaic and Brooklyn areas. Interments are noted in Ridgefield Conn Calvary and Woodlawn among others.
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Andrus
Ocean, Grove
A.andrus
B. Andrus
John Bon Andrus
Froi
Son Terrace
Yonkers
Austin
Charles B. Austin
Annie M. Austin
William, Lewis
John
Funers
Park
Bronx
Benedict
Passaic
New Jersey
Harriet’ J
Lewis
John Henedict
George A. Milne
Lafayette Av
Chambers St
N. Y
Railroad
Ridgefield
Conn
Buchanan
Grace Mortimer
Walter Duncan Buchanan
D. D
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Crawford
Felice Fabrici
Venice
Italy
Olivia S. Edmunds
Fof Ashton Harvey
Short Hills
Hopkin
Henry Caleb Hopkins
Su N’s Church
New York
Howard
Annie M
Charityes
JE. Howard
Bloomfield St
Hoboken
N. J
Baptist Church
Bloomfield
Whitman
Mass
Flowers
Johnson
Jeannette, M
Russell
West ‘Ist St
Platnfield
N. d
Ladprer
Laderer
Chapel of Beth-El
New Field
Cypress Hills
Matthew
Charlotte
Kate John
Jane Matthew
West 17Th St
McEniry
Philadelphia
Penn
Thomas McEntry
Calvary Cemetery
Ft. Murray
New Haven
James C. Murray
Alexander
Catherine C- Murray
Uge
West Seth St
Greenwood Cemetery
Murray
Ocean Parkway
Flatbush
Brooklyn
William
Sarah M. Murray
St. Francis Na&yier's
West 16Th St
Manhattan
Welch
Washington
Mary L
James L. Welch
S A. M
Bristol
Waters
East Greenwich
R. I
Maloney Case in AGs Court Aims for Final Decree
A motion to Supreme Court Justice Gerard will seek to finalize the interlocutory decree granting dissolution of the marriage between Miss Helen Maloney and Arthur Herbert Osborn, a stock broker. The prior motion was postponed but reappeared on the calendar this morning, dispelling rumors.
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Supreme Court
Gerard
Helen Maloney
Arthur Herbert Osborn
Woodlawn Cemetery Access From Grand Central and Trolleys
Readable directions show Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, or by carriage. A lot priced at 150 dollars for Books of Views is offered at 4855 Gramercy with office at 2nd Street Northeast City.
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Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
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