Stage Affaire at Hudson Theatre Highlights Popular Favorite
The Hudson Theatre opens with Robert Edeson as Ned Trent in The Call of the North, a four act drama based on Stewart Edward White’s Conjuror’s House. The cast includes Beatrice Prentice as Julie and De Witt Jennings as Galen Albret with Grant Mitchell, Olive Oliver, and David Torrence in supporting roles. Trent’s two pivotal scenes crown the story as he faces the wilderness council and Virginia’s revealed love.
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Robert Edeson
Hudson Theatre
Ned Trent
George Broudhurst
Stewart Edward White
Hudson Bay Company
Harris
Trent
Virginia
Edeson
Beatrice Prentice
Julie
de Witt Jennings
Galen Albret
Grant Mitchell
Olive Oliver
Brockton
David Torrence
John MacDougal
Thomas McGrath Ooesee
Francis Byrne
Lawrence Eddinger
David Torrence Matthews
James B. Garfield Placide
Miss Crosman as Rosalind in As You Like It
Henriette Crosman closes her Academy of Music run with a revival of Shakespeare’s As You Like It yielding a commendable Rosalind Orlando is Henry Woodruff. Afternoon shows tomorrow and Saturday. Next week The Round-up melodrama arrives.
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Henriette Crosman
Academy of Music
Rosalind
Miss Crosman
Republic Theatre
the Tribune
Shakespeare
Henry Woodruff
Orlando
Academy
Mary's Lamb Returns to New York Theatre
After a vacation in green fields Mary's Lamb returned last night to the New York Theatre to a noisy welcome. Richard Carlie the inventor of the lamb and the chief gambol bring a new list of comical observations. The show entertains all tastes and will run for two weeks with several new faces and Miss Fessie Fontaine's dancing highlighted.
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Green Fields
New York Theatre
Richard Carlie
New York
Fessie Fontaine
Algeria in Atlantic City. Herbert and MacDonough stage play
Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough presented Algeria at the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City. The musical drama features a present-day Algeria plot with a French lieutenant and the Sultana of the Barakeesh, amid a trio of deserters from the Foreign Legion. Cast includes Ida Brooks Hunt, George Leon Moore, Florence Nash, William M. Pruett, Harry Tighe and Jane Grover.
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the Tribune
Atlantic City
Victor Herbert
Glen MacDonough
Algeria
Apollo Theatre
Sahara
Foreign Legion
Ida Brooks Hunt
George Leon Moore
Florence Nash
William M. Pruett
Harry Tighe
Jane Grover
Marrying Mary Opens at Grand Opera House New Haven
The Grand Opera House in New Haven hosted the debut of Marrying Mary with Florence Gear as Mary Montgomery. The packed house greeted the production with cordial reception as Mr and Mrs Jules Murry and a New York party attended. The play will run through the week.
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New Haven
Mary
Florence Gear
Mary Montgomery
Grand Opera House
Jules Murry
New York
Fluffy Ruffies staged in Buffalo at Star Theatre
Buffalo August 24 Charles Fronman presented his new musical comedy Fluffy Ruffies adapted for the stage by John J McNally at the Star Theatre before a large audience There are twenty two musical numbers in three acts Miss Hattie Williams plays the title role with George Grossmith Jr from the Gaiety Theatre London in the company of seventy performers From Buffalo the comedy will move to the Criterion Theatre New York.
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Buffalo
Charles Fronman
Fluffy Ruffies
John J. McNally
Star Theatre
Theatrical News Highlights From New York Venues
The article notes Elphie Snowden in the Valentine dance for Little Nemo, Snowden also in The Soul Kiss, Olympic athletes to attend The Yankee Prince at Knickerbocker. Cohan designed an Irish American flag for theatre decorations, Aida Overton Walker to reprise The Vision of Salome at Grand Opera House, with George Walker in a self designed suit. Hammerstein roof garden hosts Gertrude Hoffmann dances. Bernardi’s run ends. Clifton Crawford adds a verse to Over There in The Three Twins at Herald Square. J C Huffan to represent Shuberts at Munich theatre expo next summer.
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London
Knickerbocker
George M. Cohan
Aida Overton Walker
Wiliams and
Walker
Grand Opera House
Salome
George Walker
Hammerstein
Gertrude Hoffmann
Bernardi
Clifton Crawford
the Three Twins
Herald Square Theatre
Fresh Air Fund helps boy dream beyond tenement walls
A needy boy, first time away from his worn clothes and crowded tenement, receives clothing and a blue jeans outfit from a Fresh Air Fund store visit. He warms to life, boards a party to Litchfield, and envisions a world beyond his grim surroundings as donations pour in across Greene County and nearby communities.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Mie
Hudson Street
Litchfield
Twilight Park
Haines Falls
Greene County
Jeffersonville
Lyon's Falls
Rockefeller Hospital Building Planned by York and Sawyer
Architects York and Sawyer for John D Rockefeller filed plans with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a main seven story hospital and a two story isolation annex of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research. The brick structure, trimmed with Indiana limestone, faces 5th Street east of Avenue A and extends to the river front. An exterior stair and driveway lead to a spacious vestibule, with a connection via steel and stone bridges to the isolation wards. Estimated cost is $405,000.
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York & Sawyer
John D. Rockefeller
Murphy
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
5Th Street
Avenue A
Colonel Vilas in Five Weeks
Madison Wis Aug 24 It is five weeks today since Colonel William F Vilas was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and his condition remains much the same though slight improvement has appeared in recent days
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Madison, Wis
William F. Vilas
Guardian Named For Mrs John Carter Brown
Newport Aug 4 Mrs William Watts Sherman became guardian of the person of her mother Mrs John Carter Brown. The filing asked that F E Matteson of Providence be appointed guardian of Mrs Browns large estate.
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the Tribune
Newport, R. I
William Watts Sherman
John Carter Brown
Speaker Cannon at Luna Park
Speaker Cannon with a party of friends visited Luna Park Coney Island last night arriving after dusk. He attracted attention by wearing an overcoat and a straw hat as the group toured the performances before leaving by automobile toward Sea Girt.
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Speaker Cannon
Luna Park
Coney Island
Mr. Cannon
Sea Girt
Gaetano Merola Returns With Opera Company
Gaetano Merola of Abramson's Italian Grand Opera Company returned aboard the Lusitania after studying abroad and securing contracts for the upcoming season. Singers joined include Eugenio Torre Nuncio Bari Maria Alexina Enzo Canetti Giuseppe Gravina Mme Duce Merola Julia Allen Lina Bertozzi Alessandro Arcangeli Adolfo Pachini Ottilio Belletti Estelle Rogers Maddalina Bossi and Eliza Savarese.
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Gaetano Merola
Abramson
Italian Grand Opera Company
Lusitania
Eugenio Torre
Nuncio Bari
Spain
South America
Maria Alexina
Enzo Canetti
Giuseppe Gravina
Mme. Duce Merola
Carmen
Santuzza
Julia Allen
Lina Bertozzi
Alessandro Arcangeli
Adolfo Pachini
Ottilio Belletti
Estelle Rogers
Maddalina Bossi
Eliza Savarese
Keir Hardie Arrives in Montreal for Trade Congress
British labor leader Keir Hardie arrives in Montreal with his wife and daughter aboard the Hesperian from Glasgow. Local labor leaders greet him on the wharf as he passes customs with baggage in tow. He will attend the Dominion trade and labor congress convention in Halifax next month.
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Montreal
Keir Hardie
Hesperian
Glasgow
Hardie
Dominion Trade and Labor Congress
Halifax
German Ambassador Von Sternburg Dies in Heidelberg
Baron Speck von Sternburg, German Ambassador to the United States, died at the Hotel Victoria Heidelberg after a lung inflammation. His wife Miss Lillian Langham of Louisville stood by him. The lupus was linked to an old injury from India. An uncle of Baroness von Sternburg, Arthur Langham of Louisville, denied cancer and explained facial erosion stemmed from a long-ago insect bite in China.
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Heidelberg
Baron Speck von Sternburg
United States
Victoria
Lillian May Langham
Louisville
India
Europe
America
Washington
Arthur G. Langham
The
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Baroness von Sternburg
May Langham
Langham
Hamburg
Vincenz Czerny
Baron von Sternburg
Czerny
Berlin
Emperor William
Dresden
New York
Germany
Wilhelm
Baron Joseph von Sternburg
Roosevelt
Baron Herman Speck von Sternburg
Ife
Leeds
England
Baron Alexander
Martha (Shaw) Speck von Sternburg
Furstenschule
St. Afra
Meissen
Saxony
Military
Potsdam
Prussia
Peking
China
Belgrade
Servia
British India
Ceylon
London
Calcutta
Samoa
Venezuela
Baron von Holleben
William
von Sternburg
Garfield
Murray
Idaho
Arthur Langham
Cube
Tamps
Fla
Morgan
Havana
Ambassador Hill
Speck von Sternburg
Baron Speer von Sternburg
Albrecht
Francis Joseph
Russia
North American Review
Baron Speck von Brernburg
Death of Bar on Speck von Sternburg Ends Long Diplomatic Career
Bar on Speck von Sternburg, longtime German ambassador to the United States, died after a protracted illness related to a lupus. He had served as minister plenipotentiary and later ambassador, shaping U S Germany relations and guiding tariff discussions. His death prompts notices from friends and officials, with remarks on his influence and the search for his successor.
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Baron Vonternburg
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
William
Baron von Brernburg
Berliner Zeitung
Deutsche Tages-Zeitung
Baron von Sternburg
America
Grief of the President on German Ambassador’s Death
President Roosevelt expresses shock and grief over the death of Ambassador Von Sternburg. He lauds the ambassador as a fearless, loyal diplomat who strengthened US German ties and goodwill between nations. Roosevelt notes personal friendship and regret for Americans. Aug 24. Oyster Bay message to Chargé d Affaires Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg Beverly Farms, Mass.
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Foreign Office
Hermann von Hatzfeldt- Wildenburg
Washington
Roosevelt
Baron von Sternburg
Prince von Billow
Count von Goetzen
Hamburg
Herr von Reichenau
Brazil
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Japan
William
Prince von Rillow
Norderney
Oyster Bay
von Sternburg
Beverly Farms
Mass
Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Germany
America
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Weather report and forecast from Washington Aug 24
Showers continued in Virginia and southern states with light rain on the Washington coast and plains. Temperatures mostly below average east of the Rockies, warmer in the Rocky Mountains. cooler in Montana and the Northwest. Forecasts call for more showers in the east Gulf and south Atlantic states, plains, and upper Mississippi Valley, with varying winds and generally fair conditions Norfolk-wise. Local districts from DC to New England show showers today, fair Wednesday, light to northeast winds. Local records note yesterday’s highs and lows and century averages.
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Washington
Virginia
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Missouri
Arkansas
Plains States
Rocky Mountains
Montana
North Pacific States
Rocky Mountain
East Gulf
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
East Gulf States
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Northwest
New England
Middle Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Grand Banks
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Owas
Fleet Review At Centennial Park Brings Kinship Strong
Admiral Sperry sent a message to Victoria noting kinship with Auckland and Sydney as the fleet united for a grand review. About 600 Royal Navy, 3,000 American, 7,000 NSW forces, and 4,000 cadets marched before over 100000 spectators including Lord Northcote and Governors. The day mixed sun and showers with brigades entertained at Government House and shore events followed by a victorious American baseball team.
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Centennial Park
Royal Navy
New South Wales
Lord Northe Te
Australia
Harry Rawson
Richard Poore
Australasian
Admiral Sperry
Sperry
Lady Northcote
Government House
Obituary: William H. Boardingham Jr Dies at 34
William H. Boardingham Jr former Westchester County Board of Supervisors representative for the 4th Ward of New Rochelle died yesterday at his home after a long illness. He was thirty four, in the trucking business, and a Mason Odd Fellow and member of the Relief Engine Company.
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William H. Boardingham, Jr
New Raghelle
Westchester County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Boardingham
Adirondacks
Relief Engine Company
Death of Mrs. Caroline M. Roberts in Yonkers at 91
Mrs. Caroline M. Roberts widow of Roswell A Roberts and mother in law of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson died at her home 150 North Broadway Yonkers from weakness due to age. She was born in Lyme Connecticut soon after the War of 1812 and married in 1844. Funeral will be held at her home tomorrow afternoon with burial in New London Connecticut.
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Caroline M. Roberts
Roswell A Roberts
Willard H. Brownson
North Broadway
Yonkers
Roberts
Harvey and
Martha Fellows Robinson
New England
Massachusetts
Lyme
Conn
Cotton Exchange
Brownson
New London, Coenn
David F. Haynes Dies At 73 Leader Of Pottery Firm
David F. Haynes head of D. F. Haynes & Son, one of the nation’s largest pottery concerns, died at his Baltimore home aged seventy three. Born in West Brookfield Massachusetts, his immigrant ancestor Walter Haynes arrived in 1638.
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Tribune
Baltimore
David F. Haynes
D. F. Haynes & Son
Mr. Haynes
West Brookfield
Mass
Walter Haynes
Boston
Canadian officer dies in Battle Creek sanatorium
Colonel T D B Evens C B of Canada in charge of the Western Canadian military district died here yesterday from apoplexy at the Kellogg Sanatorium where he had been under treatment since August 7 He fought in the Boer War and was a son in law of Governor McMillan
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Battle Creek
Mich
T. D. B. Evens
C. B
Canada
Kellogg Sanatorium
McMillan
William Weighe Dies at Pittsburg After Illness
William Weighe, a member of the immigration bureau's board of inquiry at Ellis Island, died at his Pittsburg home after a brief illness. He fell ill with indigestion in New York last week and was advised to return home. Weighe formerly served as president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of the United States.
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Pittsburg
William Weighe
Board of
Immigration Bureau
Ellis Island
N. Y
New York
Weighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of the
United States
James P Acree Dies At 53 In Danville Tobacco Trade
James P Acree of Danville a leading tobacco warehouse man and capitalist died after several months illness at age 53. He and his brother E F Acree founded Acree's warehouse the largest plant of its kind in the South.
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Danville
James P. Acree
Cocks and Peters Visit Roosevelt at Sagamore
Oyster Bay August 24 Congressman W W Cocks of Westbury and Ralph Peters president and GM of the Long Island Railroad were the only official visitors received by President Roosevelt today They arrived on Peters private car and said they wished to pay respects to the President whom Peters called the first citizen of Long Island The call was brief.
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Oyster Bay
W. W. Cocks
Westbury
Long Island
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Roosevelt
Peters
Humorists Open Sixth Annual Press Convention in Denver
The sixth annual convention of the American Press Humorists Association began in Denver on August 24 and will run through the week. A Wednesday night entertainment at a local theatre will raise funds for the Bill Nye monument fund. Also noted is a medical tip about Horsford's Acid Phosphate for exhaustion.
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Denver
American Press Humorists’ Association
Bill Nye
Obituary notices from The Tribune list several deaths
Death notices list William Balfour eight, John T Carroll, Mary Clarkson and others with funeral details. Balfour dies aged eight, funeral at Methodist Memorial Church Home on 92d Street and Amsterdam Avenue, interment Woodlawn. Carroll dies August 23 1908 at Fort Green Place residence. funeral from No 77 Fort Green Place. Clarkson dies August 1 at Chiddingstone Tivoli on the Hudson. services at St Pauls Tivoli August 27. Craven dies August 22 1908 at Spring Lake New Jersey. funeral at residence Washington and 4th Aves. interment Mount Pleasant Newark-bound train.
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William Balfour
Cornell Memorial Church
Methodist Meniacgal Church
Amsterdam
Woodlawn
Carroll
John T. Carroll
Minnie Nurent
Fort Green
Brooklyn
Clarkson
Chiddingstone
Tivoli-on-the-Hudsom
Mary
Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson
St. Paul's Church
Tivoli
N. Y
Grand Central Station
Craven
Spring Lake
N. J
Elizabeth Gertrude Moore
Elijah R. Craven
D. D
Philadelphia
Penn
Stephen van Rensselaer Moore
New York City
Washington and
4Th Aves
Cortlandt St
New York
West 23
Learey
Windham
Jane Learey
John Learey
Jay St
Lloyd
Park St
Orange
Phoebe M
John Lloyd
Watkins
Lock Wood
New Canaan
Conn
Mary Hoyt
Samuel K Lockwood
Joseph S. Silliman
Ai m
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al Osre Crh
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Broadway
Ian District Telegraph Office
eSee
Harlem
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FIC
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Tsee Amansa
Will
Tribsun
Brussels
Montague de la Cour
London
the Tribune
Danes Ing House
Strand
American Express Company
Haymarket
Thomas Cock & Son
Tadienee de Brown, Shipley & Co
Pail Mall
Speyer
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Eagle Aresa
Cambon
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Haussmanm Crédit Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangers
Continental Hotel Newss
Figaro
Saarbach’s News Exchange
Scribe Brentano's
Avenue de Opéra
Nice
Geneva
Lombard, Odler & Co
Union Bank
Florence
French, Lemon & Co
N ‘Tornabuons
Ced Guay & Co
Milan
Saarbach
Montorte
Hamburg
Ferdignandstrasse
Mayence
Obituaries and funeral notices excerpted listings
A run of death notices across multiple New Jersey and New York locales lists August 1908 deaths including Sarah Delaplaine Ocean City and Mary Ann Dooley of Trenton. Other notices mention De Witt, Duhain, Gordon, Learey, Lloyd, Lockwood, Macbean, Roberts, Storer, and Wilcox with funeral details, residence mentions, and dates August 25 or 26 in various cities.
Private and public ambulances reach city network
The notice lists ambulance services with contact details, noting accessibility via Harlem trains from Grand Central, and lines Webster and Jerome Avenue. It provides a telephone contact at 1524 Chelsea and mentions Frank F. Campbell at 2413 West 234th Street for book of views and office inquiries.
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Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Frank F. Campbell
West
Chelsea
Resignation notice from Robt W Meacham in New York
Special Notice states Robt W Meacham has resigned and is no longer connected with the agency. The sole office of the agency is in St. Louis and no other offices exist. Barr Widen Mercantile Agency, St. Louis, Mo.
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W. Meacham
New York
St. Louis
Barr & Widen Mercantile Agency
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