Hammerstein issues public letter to subscribers
Oscar Hammerstein vents at critics and subscribers in a forceful letter from Sydney via New York. He defends his Manhattan Opera House program and Luisa Tetrazzi ni as leading additions, argues against financial backers and praises his personal sacrifice while warning of limited opera seasons if public support wanes. He repeats no associates exist and asserts he owns the house and bears all costs alone.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Sydney
Australia
Mme. Melba
Signora
Luisa Tetrazgini
London
Manhattan Opera House
Luisa Tetrazzini
Grand Opera
New York
Boston
Philadelphe
Chicago
Patro
Poscar
Hammerstein
Dozen Hurt in Williamsburg Bridge Car Crash
A dozen people were injured when two crowded cars of the Ralph Avenue line collided on the Williamsburg Bridge. Air brakes failed on one car, sending passengers into a chaotic scramble. several suffered head, facial, and internal injuries. Bridge police and Gouverneur Hospital staff assisted, traffic halted about 30 minutes. Among the hurt listed were William Nawirth, Pearl Nawirth, Hyman Goldstein, Harry Houstenfeld, and Lizzie Brilliant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Bridge
Ralph Avenue
Manhattan Terminal
Julius Sauer
Charles O’brien
Manhattan Anchorage
Leonard Berger
Michael Duffy
Berger
Stevenson
Bridge
Flynn
Gouverneur Hospital
McQuade
William Nawirth
East Seventy-second Street
Pearl Nawirth
Lorimer
Hyman Goldstein
Smith Street
Harry Houstenfeld
East Second Street
Lizzie Brilliant
Saratoga
T Heme
Hats Save Women as Skylight Glass Falls at Arts Club
A skylight pane crashed onto guests at the National Arts Club reception for the American Playgoers night at 14 Gramercy Park. Large hats saved the women from injury as bystanders and men helped remove glass from hats. Miss Hauser suffered a minor blow when her brother shielded her face. no one was seriously hurt among the notable attendees listed.
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National Arts Club
Gramercy Park
Miss Hauser
Pre
Hmerson McMillan
James Henry Parker
R. H. Rucker
Frederick Nathan
James C. Bayliss
A. M. Palmer
John Talbot Smith
Amelia Summerville
Eden E. Greville
James M. Bass
John de Witt Warner
Hanson
Can't Dodge the Widows Seeks Leap Year Marriages
The Chicago Widows' Club at its second meeting voted to use leap year privleges in 1908 to propose marriage to men. Founder Mrs. Marie Russell announced plans to expand with a west side branch and a young women’s branch before New Year. The group and its honorary widowers plan a dinner and a theatre outing.
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New York Times
Chicago
Chicago Widows’ Club
Marie Russell
Forty-first Street
Russell
Clea A. Parker
Monroe Avenue
Mrs. Russell
Widows’ Club
Possums Send Christmas Cheer to White House
Gainesville Georgia December 22 two fat possums shipped by Mrs Helen D Longstreet widow of Confederate General to President Roosevelt at the White House. She notes the possums from near the Wrens Nest Atlanta contending for the Christmas dinner, both sent with loyalty from the South and fed on persimmons.
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New York Times
Gainesvillee
Helen D. Longstreet
White House
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Novel devices for polar auto race
Paris reports revised plans for a New York to Paris motor tour via the Bering Strait. European entrants, including Marchese Boschi and Dr. Vivian, prepare gear such as reindeer skin suits and seal gut bindings. Cars will seat three, with sleeping hoods and double silk shelter tents for day and night travel.
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New York
Paris
Bering Strait
Times Square
Europe
Italy
Marchese Boschi
Dr. Vivian
Russia
Mafin
Tom New York Times
Seattle
Switzerland
Matin
Skagway
Arctic
Insane women go shopping in novel treatment plan
In St. Louis Dr Henry S Atkins superintendent of the State Insane Asylum tests shopping as therapy for milder mental illness. Sixty female patients accompany two attendants to department stores for two day shopping expeditions buying remembrances for friends and enjoying the crowds and moving stairways. The unusual outing aims to blend recreation with treatment.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Henrys. Atkins
St. Louis Insane Asylum
Arsenal Street
Nomal
Atkins
Brokers Turn to Fish in Illinois Central Fight
Chicago report says proxies from John A. Davis & Co Clarke & Dodge and Von Hoffman & Co reach Stuyvesant Fish as Wall Street firms shift away from Harriman. Fish claims brokers blame Harriman for market woes and vow reorganization of Illinois Central with home rule, appointing three Chicago directors immediately.
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New York Times
Chicago
BE. H. Harriman
Ilinois Central
Stuyvesant Fish
Wall Street
Harriman
John A. Davis & Co
Clarke & Dodge
von Hoffman
Fish
Illinois Central
Gov Hughes Improves and Delays City Engagements
Albany December 22 Gov Hughes condition improved today per Dr George B Gorman He should stay indoors for three to four days making tomorrow s scheduled review of Sportsmen s Show exhibits at Madison Square Garden and dinners at the Hotel Plaza Waldorf unlikely He may attend a Republican Club meeting later if feasible.
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New York Times
Albany
Hughes
George B. Gorman
Gov. Hughes
Sportsmen’s Show
Madison Square Garden
Kentucky Society
Hotel Plaza
New England Society
the Waldorf
Republican Club
A. B. Humphries
Dog Returns Christmas Basket To Deserving Family
In Roseland New Jersey Erastus Napoleon Jones faced hard times this winter. His dog Jack helped by stealing a stray Christmas basket from a butcher shop and delivering it to the Jones home. Villagers then organized a larger collection for the family to share.
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New York Times
Roseland
N. J
Erastus Napoleon Jones
Jack
Joneses
Jones
Rogeland
Jones House
Man Leaps From Hempstead Ferry To Death
A man identified by police as Elias Shaddenden, a 28 year old Sicilian resident of College Point, plunged from the Hempstead ferry as it neared its slip at Thirty fourth Street. A postal card found on deck and bearing his name aided the identification. Witnesses including John Fitzgerald and Henry Bohbrent saw the leap and a card flutter to the deck. Crew conducted a search but found no body.
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Long Island
Hempstead
Thirty-fourth Street
Beneaith
Elias Shahdenden
Fourteenth Street
College Point
Shaddenden
John J. Fitzgerald
Fulton Street
Jamaica
Henry Bohbrent
Dupont Street
Brooklyn
E. Shaddenden
Springfield
Mass
Gardner
the Hempstead
Pilgrim Mothers Amused By Elinor Glyn Luncheon
Mrs Elinor Glyn, author of Three Weeks, dined with the Pilgrim Mothers at the Waldorf Astoria and later recalled the day from her Plaza Hotel reminiscences. She described the group as mostly over sixty and mostly single, with curious middle class manners and striking gowns.
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Elinor Glyn
Waldorf-Astoria
Pilgrim Mothers
London
New York
Stage Wolf Attacks Cast In Daniel Boone Production
In Rome Georgia Miss Leona Leslie and Oscar O Shea are hospitalized with bite wounds after a wolf used in the Daniel Boone play attacks during a scene. O Shea jumped in to rescue Leslie as the wolf then bit him, a Catawba Indian helper restrains the animal.
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New York Times
Rome
Leona Leslie
Oscar O'Shea
Daniel Boone
Miss Leslie
O’shea
Bob” Harris
Eoeret
Leslie
Stewart Hyde Seeks Poor Farm Dinner on Long Island
Stewart Hyde grandson of Isaac Hyde and former Shoe and Leather Bank president applies for admission to Hempstead Poor Farm. Once wealthy from racing capital and bequests, Hyde fell on hard times after losing to racing ventures and misplacing a prize horse at Belmont Park. He has one child and two brothers, with his grandfather famed for leather wealth in downtown Manhattan.
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Freehold
L. I
Stewart Hyde
Isaac Hyde
Shoe and Leather Bank
New York City
Hempstead
Hyde
Belmont Park
Qaar Stewart Hyde
J. Morris Gardner
Nuns in Mexican Riots Around Guadalajara
Riots erupted at Sihudtlan near Guadalajara after a priest was arrested for fighting a townsman. Priests and Sisters of Mercy urged residents to avenge the insult as hundreds of women and youths armed with clubs and revolvers attacked the town lockup and freed the padre. Several priests fled to the countryside.
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Mexico City
Sihudtlan
Guadalajara
Sisters of Mercy
Old Port For The Gripe
A terse fragment notes a historical port reference tied to a gripe or illness, with scattered OCR text suggesting a maritime or city setting. The readable wording hints at a place name and a health theme, lacking full context.
Hamburg American Lines to Equip Ships with Gyroscopes
The Hamburg American Line buys German gyro scope rights and plans to install the device on small North Sea and Channel boats. The first fitted vessel will be the Silvania with a gyro mounted in the stern to reduce rolling.
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Hamburg-American Line
North Sea
Channel
Silvania
Vulcan Iron Works
Stettin
Silvania J
Senator Mallory Dying in Pensacola
United States Senator Stephen Mallory, stricken by a general breakdown, began with paralysis on November 20 and is sinking rapidly. He is unconscious, and doctor says the end may come at any time.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Stephen Mallory
Kennedy
Emergency holidays end in California banking system
Gov. Gillett declared legal emergency holidays ended at midnight to aid banks during financial stringency. Homer King, president of the San Francisco Clearing House, said banking conditions have returned to normal, gold is plentiful on demand, and Clearing House certificates are being retired.
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San Francisco
Gillett
Homer
King
Miners Rescued Progress Report From Alpha Shaft
Rescue team reached 500 foot level at Alpha shaft as they seek two men trapped at 1,000 feet. Ground below appears solid and work is expected to speed. Entombed miners report three weeks of provisions and estimates place rescue in about two weeks.
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Ely
Nev
Alpha
Wekerle and Polonyi Duel in Budapest
Dr Wekerle Hungary’s Premier and ex Minister Polonyi dueled over political dishonesty allegations in Parliament. The bloodless swordsman encounter ended with both uninjured and reconciliation as Polonyi apologized and the Premier sent a report to the Emperor who sent congratulations.
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Budapest
Dr. Wekerle
Polonyi
Saloon Money for Church in Des Moines Scandal
Rev M L Everett testified before Des Moines Associated Charities that United Churches of God took from ten to twenty dollars monthly from three saloons for non prosecution. He accused solicitors of dishonest begging and a dinner funded by church solicitations. Grand Jury to investigate.
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New York Times
Des Moines
United. Churches of God
M. L. Everett
Des Moines Associated Charities
Everett
Body of Albert H. Jackson Recovered From Pawtucket Falls
The drowned man Albert H. Jackson was found at 10 30 this morning after his foot and leg were trapped in a rock crevice at Pawtucket Falls. Robert Byrne used a line and Capt Crandall's oyster boat aided by an oar lever to free the body from the rock.
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New York Times
Providence
R. I
Albert H. Jackson
Pawtucket Falls
Jackson
Robert Byrne
Byrne
Crandall
C. H. Johnson
Edward Williams
John Neville
Capt. Crandall
Through Window to Dodge Burglars
George Opdyke a Newark carpenter became suddenly insane in his home at 240 Plane Street early yesterday. While his family tried to quiet him he dashed out believing burglars were after him and fled from them.
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George Opdyke
Plane Street
Newark
N. J
Pastor Aked Declares Church Needs 7000 to Clear Debt
At Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Rev. Charles F. Aked urged a mandatory $7000 contribution to cover a past deficit and criticized the existing church financing. He demanded the money before departing the service and warned against naming the church after wealthy members while noting the unequal burden. The amount was reported as raised by service end.
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Servicd
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Yeaters
Charles F. Aked
Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown
Mr. Robinson
John D. Rockefeller
John Cbd
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Waters
Aked
Sams
Dr. Aked
Mr. Aked
Window smashing on Williamsburg Bridge by two men
Two men in a stalled Williamsburg Bridge car kicked out four windows to free passengers claiming a tire blocked escape. A woman passenger fainted and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Police arrested Merk Lowenthal and Barnet Blumenstein on Inspector Steinert’s complaint. they told magistrate Steinert they acted to allow women to escape.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Bellevue Hospital
Mangood
Delancey Street
Jacob Steinert
Merk Lowenthal
East 119Th Street
Barnet Blumenstein
Hester Street
Steinert
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Pawtucket
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