Redmond Speaks at Lyric on Ireland’s Home Rule Progress
John Redmond and fellow Irish envoys address a large Lyric Theatre audience, praising Parliament’s Irish reforms. Lieutenant Governor Chanler hosts and receives applause. fund-raising follows, with Crimmins and Cochran leading donations toward the United Irish League of America effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lyric Theatre
John Redmond
House of Commons
Mr. Redmond
Joseph Devlin
M. P
Belfast
Commons
John Fitzgibbon
Roscommon County Council
Redmond
Mr. Chanler
America
Cochran
United States
Figld
Devlin
Crimmins
Father Ducey
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Breen
O'Flaherty
J. K. McGuire
United Irish League of America
Happy Father of Twelve Has Triplets in New Year Tale
Samuel Lebowich of 324 East Fifteenth Street celebrated the New Year by caring for his newborn triplets born a week ago. He already fathers twelve children in nine years of marriage and plans to write to the President to request permission to photograph at navy yards. The three girls lie on a bed and a pillow while Samuel praises the lively brood and contemplates names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lebowich
East
Samuel
Sanuel
Navy Yards
Explosion Injures Four Detectives In Philadelphia Jewelry Store
A percussion cap detonated by burglars at 701 Chestnut Street Deschamps jewelry store injures four detectives, a reserve officer loses an eye, another is deaf, and George Campbell suffers facial injuries as the cap explodes during attempted burglary. The blast leaves a dynamite stick nearby untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Joseph H. Deschamps
Chestnut Street
Beaumont
Eschamps
George R. Campbell
Tuberculosis Congress Opens in Washington
The sixth triennial session of the International Congress on Tuberculosis opens at 11 a m in the National Museum with Secretary Cortelyou delivering the welcome address for the United States. Delegates from many countries speak in alphabetical order. Five sections begin work tomorrow as the congress splits into seven sections for brief debates. The White House hosts a reception for delegates on Friday.
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Washington
International Congress On
New. National Museum
Roosevelt
White House
Fur Workers Prepare Strike For Higher Wages
The New York local of the International Fur Workers plans a citywide strike to raise wages for 7000 to 8000 workers. A preliminary meeting at University Settlement Building featured Arthur Kahn Meyer London and other leaders. Wages have fallen from 85 to 12 to 16 dollars weekly, and organizers vow a united demand or a complete trade shutdown if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Association of Fur Workers
International Association
University Settlement Building
Rivington and
Eldridge Streets
Arthur Kahn
Meyer London
East Side
Kahn
Paper Strike Continues In Watertown Area
President Carrey of the Papermakers Union said the strike against International and Great Northern Paper Companies would continue. Unions rejected a 5 percent wage cut proposed in New York and Albany talks, with most locals voting to stay out. A national delegates conference is scheduled for next Tuesday in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Watertown
N. Y
Carrey
Papermakers’ Union
Min
International
Great Northern Paper
New York
Albany
Major Hains Visits Brothers in Queens Jail
Major Jack Hains, then in the West during the Annis murder at Bay Side, I. I., visited his brothers Thornton Jenkins Hains and Peter J. Hains in the Queens County Jail for several hours. He refused to discuss the case on leaving for Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Hains
Jack Hains
West
Bayside
I. I
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Peter J. Hains
Queens County
Manhattan
Maspeth Man Charged With Attempted Extortion
Joseph R. Centoluch of 143 Clinton Street Maspeth L I boasted he would obtain 2000 from Rev Anthony Romawski pastor of Adelbert Polish Roman Catholic Church Elmhurst or the priest would face trouble. He was arrested last night on charges of attempted extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Centoluch
Clinton Street
Maspeth
Anthony Romawski
Elmhurst
Centoluch
Paradise fish tragedy ends in lone survivor tale
An orphan paradise fish in Brooklyn Aquarium narrates a grim legend of murder and bigamy among its kind. The first male killer murdered his mate, then killed a second wife after his offspring hatched, leaving a solitary survivor cared for by Mr. Spencer. The tale blends exotic origin from Japan and Tokio with a cautionary aquarium lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquarium
Salome
Japan
Tokio
Far East
Brooklyn
New York Aquarium
Spencer
New York
Mr. Spencer
America
Hawks Afflict Bronx Zoo Birds In Fatal Predation
At Bronx Park a pair of red-shouldered hawks nested near the Bronx Park lake. The hawks attacked kingfishers, killing four fledglings and leaving two adults and one fledgling. Zoo staff reported the predator, attempted retaliation, and have not seen hawks since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Park
Firs
Jim Spicer
Spicer
Keeper Spicer
Curator Ditmars
Mr. Ditmars
North Western Line schedules electric trains to St Paul and Minneapolis
New Electric Lighted St Paul and Minneapolis leaves Chicago daily at 10 16 P M via the North Western Line electric lighted North Western Limited at 6 35 P M Other trains at 9 A M and 3 A M The best of every thing R M Johnson 461 Broadway New York
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St. Paul & Minneapolis
Chicago
North Western
R. M. Johnson
Broadway
New York
Hammerstein Composes Verse for Salome Performer
Oscar Hammerstein presented a poem to Gertrude Hoffman after her Salome performances at the Victoria Theatre. He also gave her a ruby and diamond crescent as a token of appreciation for her services. Hammerstein read the self written verses at the Salome dressing room before the performer heads to New York to join The Mimic World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hammerstein
Gertrude Hoffman
Salome
Victoria Theatre
Hoffman
Sousa at the Hippodrome opens concert season with Sousa
John Philip Sousa and his band filled the Hippodrome for the season opener drawing near full seats. Soloists Herbert Clarke performed Caprice Brilliant, Lucy Allen sang Card Song from The Bride Elect, and Rose Reichard played Zapateado. The program also included Liszt Second Polonaise Rubinstein Kammeoni Ostrow Mendelssohn Scherzo Moskowski Scherzino and Chambers Plantation Songs and Dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
John Philip Sousa
Herbert L. Clarke
Caprice Brilliant
Lucy Allen
Sousa
Rose Reichard
Zapateado
Sarasate
Liszt
Rubinstein
Kammeoni Ostrow
Mendelssohn
Moskowski
Chambers
Prospect Park Concerts End Great Sunday Audience
The final Prospect Park Sunday concert in Brooklyn drew over 20,000 people around the bandstand and lawns to hear the United German Singers of Brooklyn. About 32 member groups were represented led by Carl Fique with Thomas F. Shannon's Twenty-third Regiment Band accompanying the singers.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
United German Singers of
Arion Society
United Singers
Carl Fique
Thomas FF. Shannon
Twenty-third Regiment Band
Miss Elsie Janis to Help Bide-a-Wee Animal Home
Miss Elsie Janis will give a benefit in November to aid Bide-a-Wee Home for Animals which faces heavy costs from legal challenges and a recent move to Harrington Park. The Home reports 4000 dogs and cats cared for this year and 2000 found homes, with mortgage support needed. subscriptions may be sent to the secretary at 86 Lexington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Janis
Harrington Park
N. J
Health Department
Humane Societies
Lexington Avenue
Leo Mars Engaged for Part in Miss Innocence Abroad
F Ziegfeld Jr engaged Leo Mars for a role in Anna Held's new musical Miss Innocence Abroad. Mars previously performed with Fritzi Scheff in Mlle. Modiste and travels here aboard the Lorraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Leo Mars
Anna Held
Mars
Fritzi Scheff
Modiste
Lorraine
Jewish Colonists Progress in Palestine Report
The Jewish Colonization Association reports improving material and moral conditions among colonies in Palestine over three years. Harvests were generally good, colonists showed initiative, and when funds failed they sought other resources. Jerusalem loan fund had 30 borrowers at year end with liabilities of 85,455 francs. Nahalat Zion dwellings totaled 52 houses valued at 105,772 francs with 40,750 francs repaid. no new houses built in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Colonization Association
Palestine
Jerusalem
Nahalat Zion
Miss Elkins Silent About Royal Suitor in Rome Report
Washington dispatch notes no official word on the claim that Duke d Abruzzi would sail to America to wed Katherine Elkins in November. Miss Elkins and her parents remain in West Virginia, with Queen Margherita’s stance cited as a key obstacle to a possible marriage.
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New York Times
Washington
Elkins
West Virginia
Rome
Duke
Abruzzi
America
Katherine Elkins
Italy
Miss Elkins
Falliehurst
Saratoga
Bar Harbor
Atlantic
Madrid
Duke d'Alba
Spain
Mathilda Townsend
Miss Townsend
Townsend
Miss OGorman Engaged to Dudley Malone
Miss Mary OGorman eldest daughter of Justice James A OGorman is engaged to Dudley Field Malone of 448 St Nicholas Avenue. The announcement was made at Justice OGorman's home 318 West 108th Street in the company of friends. Malone is a Fordham graduate and longtime associate at Battle & Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Malone
Mary O'Gorman
Supreme Court
James A. O’gorman
Dudley Field Malone
St. Nicholas Avenue
Justice O’gorman
West 108Th Street
Miss O'Gorman
The
Holy Cross Academy
Malone
St. Francis Xavier Academy
Fordham University
Battle & Marshall
Missing Silk Importer Sought by Wife in New York
Elizabeth G O Sullivan seeks John T O Sullivan a missing silk importer from A J O Donovan Co of Fifth Avenue New York The couple resided at a three story West 159th Street house between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue A J O Donovan said he left the firm April 1 and has no knowledge of O Sullivans whereabouts
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John T. O'Sullivan
A. J
West 159Th Street
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
Rule 29 Sparks Debate Over Police Information Policy
Commissioner Bingham will issue today an order clarifying Rule 29 in his Green Book from last Tuesday. The rule restricts sharing police records to the Commissioner Deputy Commissioners Chief Clerk or by due process of law, a change that has unsettled reporters and some young Lieutenants who fear revealing names in ongoing cases such as the fatal hit and run involving Solomon Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Solomon Schultz
Birth announcements for Cahm Friedman Katz Witt families
On Sept 22 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cahm. On Sept 22 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Friedman. On Sept 23 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Katz. On Sept 20 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Witt.
Marriages listed with Sept dates in Jersey City notices
A bridal list records multiple September marriages in Jersey City including Lilian Karger to Leo Abraham and Jessie Rhodes to Rollin Baker among others. The notices name brides and grooms such as Maude Asch and Isidore Block, Jetta Seligman and Gustave Brown, and many additional couples with dates and publishing locale.
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Abraham—Karger
Lilian Karger
Leo Abraham
Baker—Rhodes
Rollin M. Baker
Jessie RR
Rhodes Block
ASCH
Maude F. Asch
Isidore I. Block
Brown
Seligman
Jetta Seligman
Gustave Brown
Brazier
Laurent Elle
Eglantine A. Laurencelle
R. H. Brazier
Buxbaum—Schwartz
Eve Schwartz
Isidor Huxbaum
Burden—Freeble
Jersey City
Sarah Freese
Charles Bunien
Church—Johnson
Sidney Newton Church
May “Jeanor Johnson
Cohn—Mann
Martha Mann
Sidney Cohn
Feig Dillon
Obituary notices from Passaic and Brooklyn area
Death notices and funeral details for Leonora Bates, Ida Carter, John Low Chapman, Ellen Coffey, Julia Emmet, Ruth Gillespie, Edward Graff, Henry Hard, Florence Martin, James W. Paul Jr, Susan Spedden, Jacob Tanzer and others with service times, residences, and burial plans across New Jersey and New York in late September 1908.
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Iber
Passaic Park
Erie RH. R
Chambers St
Buhler
Lucy “A
Daniel Buhler
Lucy A. Katz
Dean St
Brooklyn
Carter
Ida E. Carter
C.M. H. Carter
Chapman
Ridgefield
Conn
John Low Chapman
J. Chapman
St. Stephen's Church
Lexington Avenue Terminal
Grand Central Station
New York and
P. M
San Francisco
Gillespie
Stamford
Edward J
Scarsdale
West
4Th Street
Hard
Sterling Place
Henry Earl Hard
Philo
Emma E. Hard
St. Mark's Church
Adelphi St
Woodcrest
Radnor
Penn
Broad Street
Radnor Station
Spedden
Tuxedo
Susan Douglas
Edgar Spedden
J. Frederic Tams
Lexington Av
Tanzer
Jacob Tanzer
Julia Tanzer
Albert Tanzer
Berta Tanzer
Louisa Zucker
Gouee 12Th St
Obituary notices from New Jersey and New York area
Local death notices list ages, addresses, and funeral arrangements for residents including Joseph ims Berry Colin Rover Ellen Cahill Mary E Costa Mary A Curry Micajah Davids Harry J Diener Valentine Dietrich Doerr William Driscol Lawrence Fulham Dr Fred Gotwols Margaret Gough Patrick Graham Alice Haher Karl Heindel Ann Lang Mary Lynch Bridget Maguire Edward Metalinzh Elizabeth McDowell Meta Meyer John Morse Alice Maynahaan Dorothea Orth Edna Ward Pinner Thomas Richardson Paul Sens ti Elizabeth Schwartz Sophia Scofield Washington Stinemyer Elizabeth Sullivan Charles V Tucker Marietta Van Riper Vitus Vath Katherine Vaughn Emma Wesch John Whaten Jennie Wiley Jacob Zaser Adam Zink plus many others named with addresses and dates.
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Androvett
Fiitenenet Park
Helis Androvett
Rbanks
Van Reipen_Av
Tersey City
Joseph Ims
Berry
Huntington
L. T
Maryie Berry
Herkiner St. Brodkivn
Colin Rover
Byrne
East
John Byrne
Jersey City
Micajah Davids
Diener
Astoria
Harry J. Diener
Dif Prich
Rondoint
Valeentine
Dietrich
Doerr
West Sth
Loui Doerr
M. Driscope
6Th St
Wiliam Driseel
Fulham
White Plains
Grant A
Newark
Patick Graham
Haher
Alice Haher
Heindel
Huds Heights
Faraline Heindel
Kenny
Patrick J. Kenny
Lang
1St St
Ann Lang
Lynch
Tleecker St
Mary Lynch
Toemorey's
A. M Maguire
van Sicken
Brooklyn
Rartara Maguire
McCare
West 25Th St
Peridget McCain
McCullough
Sheridan Av
Bronx
Edward Metalinizh
McNowelis
East Side St
Fagie
Paul
Sens Ti
Schwartz
A. West Hoboken
Elizabeth Schwartz
Scofield
Moorestown
N. UL
Sophia
Sherlock
Kent St
Margaret Sherlock Stinemyer
Onderdonk
Washington
Stinemyer
Sullivan
East 4Th St
Elizabeth Sullivan
Tucker
Monnie St
Charles V. ‘Tucker
van Riper
Marietta van Riper
Wath
Fort Hamilton
Jennie Wiley
Zaser
East 217Th St
Williamsen Bridge
Jacob Zaser
Zink
East Rutherford
N. J
Adam Zink
bootblack poet Alexander Stephanopulos writes autumn poem
A Newark bootblack and Greek youth, Alexander Stephanopulos, is credited with an autumn poem sent to his teacher. The verse laments approaching winter, urging appreciation of fall colors and air before cold weather and heavy clothing make walking less pleasant.
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Alexander ‘Stephanopulos
Newark
Albany Historical Society Annual Meeting Promised
The New York State Historical Association will hold its annual meeting in Albany at the Albany Historical and Art Society building on October 15. The symposium will focus on Albany as a Colonial Centre with addresses by James A. Roberts Victor H. Paltsits and John M. Clarke.
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The
New York State Historical Association
Albany Historical and Art Society
Albany
James A. Roberts
Victor H. Paltsits
John M. Clarke
State Museum
Brooklyn Men Bitten by Four Month Old Bull Pup
Carl and Milton Herz of 62 Middleton Street Brooklyn were bitten at home by a four months old bull pup they were raising. Police report states Policeman Uhly from Clymer Street Station shot the pup in self defense after a losing struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Milton Herz
Middleton Street
Brooklyn
Policeman Uhly
Clymer Street
Mass for James Cunnion at St Raphael Church
Mass for James Cunnion is set for September 2 at 10 40 A M at the Church of St Raphael. The notice lists funeral details and church location for the rites.
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James_Cunnion
J. McMaho
A. M
Church of Sp Cokes Ees Ee
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Alfred Wertheimer
Whyte
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Albany Historical Society
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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