Amusements Listings Across The City Venues
A dense OCR of theatre shows lists schedules for many venues including Academy of Music Belasco Astor Broadway Carnegie Hall Colonial Garrick Knickerbocker Lyceum Lyric Majestic Madison Square Garden New Amsterdam and more. Entries mention vaudeville dance theatre operetta and burlesque acts with times and prices such as 2 15 2 30 3 15 and 4 15 pounds shillings and pence, along with titles like The Wolf Polly of the Circus The Merry Widow and The Flower of the Ranch. The list preserves a snapshot of performance options and venues in a metropolitan area.
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Academy OF Music
ASTOR
Belasco
Warrens
Virginia
Bison
Blaney
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Fall
Carnegie Hall
Colonial
Garrick
the Royal Mounted
der Familientag Wackett
Hammersteins
Herald Square
Port Arthur
Hudson
Knickerbocker
Liberti
Polly
The
Circus
Lyceum
LYRIC
Hamiet
Madison Square Garden
New Amsterdam
New York Daily Tribune April 22 1908 masthead note
The New York Daily Tribune details its ownership by The Tribune Association New York corporation. It lists office locations at 154 Nassau Street New York and 1 Ogden Mills, with Nathaniel Tuttle as president and secretary treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Trib
Nessau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
World Fleet Plans and Political Turmoil Loom in Brief
Senate debates naval appropriation with no policy discussion on global fleet. House passes key measures including investigation into the paper trust. Foreign news notes warship dispatches to Venezuela, La Guayra closed for bubonic plague fears, and regional uprisings in Haiti and Guatemala. Domestic items include battleship fleet festivities, Admiral Evans’s improving health, transit bill progress, banking reform, and public service moves. Weather: fair and warmer, yesterday highs 51 lows 34.
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Congress
Senate
House
Cannon
Russell
la Guayra
Port-au-Prince
Nord Alexis
Cabrera
Guatemala City
Belosuvar
John Redmond
United Irish League
Mr. Churchill
Manchester
St. Petersburg
Los Angeles
Admiral Evans
Paso Robles
Loeb
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Washington
Assembly At Albany
Robinson
Senate At Albany
Public Service Commission
Bingham
Board of Aldermen
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Thomas F. Ryan
Grand Jury
Associated Press
Steaming Radius of Ships Surpasses Expectations
The Pacific cruise shows coal use far lower than projected. Twelve ships could cover four thousand miles without recoal, some over five thousand, boosting efficiency and extending range for war needs. Savings exceed one thousand dollars daily, reshaping naval logistics and strategy.
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Navy Department
Maine
Barge
Kentucky
Callao
Magdalena Bay
Long Island Sound
Naval testing through actual cruise proves ship endurance
The passage argues that only a real extended cruise can reveal a fleet’s true endurance and performance across waters and climates. It cites Captain Mahan on the cruise’s practical value and suggests the experience will yield important, reassuring results beyond coal endurance facts.
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Mahan
Mr. Ryan on the bankruptcy of the street railways
The piece critiques Thomas F. Ryans assertion that bankruptcy stems from taxation congestion and the subway rather than stock watering. It questions his transfer system figures, notes rising fixed charges, and argues investment value matters more than cash paid.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Ryan
Rran
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City Railway Company
Bronx
Metropolitan Securities Company
Interborough-Metropolitan Combination
Interborough-Metropolitan
Metropolitan Securities
The Curious Life of a Man Tethered to His Farm
A Catskill farmer, described with ironic wit, lived 98 years in near isolation never leaving a four mile radius from his home. The piece questions fate and circumstance shaping a life without travel or notable adventures while contrasting his station with looser horizons.
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Catskill Country
Fate
Post
Hudson River
Albany
New York
The Sedentary Greene County Farmer and the Moral Law
The piece muses that a Greene County farmer may have lived a century within his township, likening him to Kant in his contemplation of the stars and moral law. It argues that a contented life can yield more than restless travel, despite public suspicion of such sedentariness.
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Mr. Post
Kant
Greene County
Koénigsberg
Public interest at stake in Cobb veteran preference amendment
Senate revived Cobb constitutional amendment granting Civil Service preference to Spanish American War Philippine and Boxer veterans draws fierce opposition. Critics warn it undermines equal access to public employment, demoralizes merit rules and prompts inferior hires, urging Assembly members to resist special interests and defend the merit system.
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Senate
Cobb
Chickamauga
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Rules
Wadsworth
Merritt
Phillips
Robinson
New York
Palmer
Oliver
Executive Chamber
Williams Fiasco Highlights House Clash With Speaker
The Mississippi statesman led a clash with Speaker Cannon over adjournment and a claimed constitutional right to ayes and noes. Williams proposed a censure accusing the Speaker of breaching privilege, but the record shows no formal demand for a division.
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Williams
House of Representatives
Cannon
Mississippi Statesman
Congress
Payne
Speaker
Filibuster Battle Over Congressional Rules In Mississippi Debate
The scene centers on a prolonged out of order dispute in the House where minority leader Williams attempted a filibuster against the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. The Speaker denounced the tactics as futile and urged orderly, rational legislation amid Democratic newspaper criticism.
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Williams
Mississippi Statesman
Public figures weigh reform and politics in strange queries
A column discusses political figures like Mr. Bryan and Police Commissioner Bingham with sarcasm about bolters and elimination. It questions standee policy for subways, anti Murphy forces, and reflects on Mammon and third rail dangers in a series of satirical anecdotes.
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Murphy
Conners
Smoking blamed for red noses in British Medical Journal
The British Medical Journal links excessive cigarette use to red-nosed conditions citing a college man who smoked through his nose. After he reduced smoking and stopped nose-smoking, his condition improved. The note appears amid a column of miscellany from 19th century newspapers.
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British Medical Journal
President Signals Support for Employers' Loyalty Law
The President, after receiving Attorney General Bonaparte's opinion, likely will sign the employers' loyalty bill tomorrow. White House attendance included Senators Stewart Dolliver Daniel Depew Ankeny Borah Hopkins and Representatives Wheeler Gillett Dwight Calder Fassett Neill Knapp. A gala Plaza event raised funds for the Fresh Air Fund with performances by noted artists and social figures.
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The
Tribune Boreas
Washington
Bonaparte
Clapp
Minnesota
White House
Stewart
Vermont
Dolliver
Daniel
Depew
Ankeny
Borah
Hopkins
Wheeler
Gillett
Dwight
Calder
Fassett
Neill
Knapp
Ilam
Taft and
Cortelyou
Notable figures seen in Washington this week
Mrs Root joined the Secretary of State at their home this morning after a week with her mother Mrs Salem Wales in New York. Edward Root will visit Washington late this week to see his parents. Robert Taft heads back to Yale after an Easter break with his parents. Mrs James R Garfield returns from a brief stay at the Virginia estate of Dr and Mrs Wilmer.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Root
Secretary of State
Salem H. Wales
New York
Edward Root
Robert Taft
Yale
Secretary of War
Taft
James R. Garfield
Wilmer
Virginia
Diplomatic figures take trips and summer plans noted
Baroness Hengermalier and her daughter depart for Hot Springs Virginia for health. The ambassador will visit briefly during their stay. They have leased a Bar Harbor cottage for the summer, with Baron Haymerle and others also renting there. Wu Ting-fang attends American Asiatic Society dinner in New York. The Bolivian Minister and Calderons plan a European summer trip starting in June.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baroness Hengermalier
Hot Springs
Bar Harbor
Baron Haymerle
Count Torok
Prince Windisch-Graetz
Wu Ting-fang
New York
American Asiatic Society
Sefiora de Calderon
Sefiorita Elena Calderon
Europe
Washington Society Tonight Fetes Japanese Ambassador
In Washington on April 21 elite dinners marked the evening social calendar. Ex Surgeon General George M. Sternberg hosted the Japanese Ambassador with the Andersons and Becker couples among other prominent guests. A charity ball by the Knights of Columbus drew Cardinal Gibbons and many patronesses.
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Tribone Bureau
Washington
George M. Sternberg
Larz Anderson
George F. Becker
Prince of Parchest
Senator Hemenwar
Navy
Newberry
Matheson
John W. Foster
Richardson
Carpenter
Tiffany Dyer
Portner
Ruth Halford
Pauline Magruder
Fairbanks
Bonaparte
Mayor Des Planches
Mme. Jusserand
Mme
Nabuco
Sefiora de Calvo
Sefiora de Corea
Moncheur
Isabella Howard
Beveridge
Knox
Knights of Columbus
Cardinal Gibbens
New York Society Weddings Highlight Wealth and Style
In St Thomas's Church Miss Clara Wright Barclay wed Joseph Victor Onativia Jr with a large bridal party and reception at Sherrys. Another ceremony joined Miss Nathalie Gourlie and Francis Henry Appleton Jr in Stuyvesant Square, followed by a family reception. A third small wedding united Miss Mary V. Hamilton and Charles F. Swan amid mournings at Gramercy Park. An evening Plaza benefit featured Frank Crowninshield's Neurasthenia satire with notable society hosts and performers.
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St Thomas's Church
Clara Wright Barclay
Joseph Victor Onativia
Henry A Barclay
Wright Barclay
Vera Onativia
Dorothy Bigelow
Alice
Louise Robbe
Ellen Brown
Maid of Honor
Dorothy Brown
Jennie Fincke
Arthur Russell Jones
Clarence Pell
Martin Keogh
Woodbury Seamans
Griswold Lorillard
Henry Coit
Paul Moore
John Brown
Harry Best
Ernest M. Stires
Sherry’s
J. Stevens Ulman
Oakley Vanderpoel, Jr
Sackett Moore Barclay
S. Townsend Burden
Herbert C. Pell
Henry c. Emmet
Douglas Robinson
Ralph Pulitzer
Buchanan Winthrop
John E. Parsons
Nathalie Gourlie
John Hamilton Gourlie
Francis Henry Appleton, Jr
Boston
St. George’s Church
Stuyvesant Square
Miss Gourle
East 31Th Street
Mr. Gourle
Lawrence Gourlay
Julia Freeman
Edith Gourke
Amy Appleton
Mabel Howland
Eleanor Ames
John Saltonstall Appleton
Henry Dupont
Lloyd T. Brown
Mary V. Hamilton
Charles F. Swan
Gramercy Park
William Gaston Hamilton
Hamilton
Helen Morgan Hamilton
William Pierson Hamilton
J. Pierpont Morgan
Theodore Swan
Gerard Beekman Hoppin
Robert ©. Swan
Benjamin S. Young
James Punnett
Philip Rhinelander
Cambridge
Mass
Social Notes From Newport Show Vanderbilt Links
Newport items note Mrs Alfred Van derbilt may buy or lease a farm near Portsmouth after visits to Newport. Possible purchase discussed at the Tam Maxon Rogers estate on River Road while the Vanderbilt farm and family homes are mentioned. William B Wetmore and Misses Skinner are in Newport with Rosa Grosvenor returning to New York.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. I
Alfred @ Vanderbilt
Pormouth
Vanderbilt
New York
Skinner
Rosa Grosvenor
Roebling-Farrow Wedding Ties Noted Engineer Kin
Pittsfeld Mass April records the Roebling Farrow nuptials with Augustus Roebling and Cornelia Wetzel Farrow in C charmed by a Crane home ceremony. The bride wore satin, guests included John A Roebling and Carl Roebling, ending with a train trip and notes on the Roebling family in Trenton.
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Pittsfeld
Mass
Augustus Roebling
Cornelia Wetzell Farrow
Frederick G. Crane
Roebling
Abe
Trenton
Wetzel
Charle
John E Farrow
Charlestor
Colonel Roebling
Brooklyn Brice
John A. Roeblins
John A. Roebling
Oypany
MT A
Som Oo
Carl and
Siegfried Roebling
American envoy plans move from The Hague to Berlin
The dispatch notes D J Hill preparing for a Berlin departure in June as American Ambassador designate to Berlin, with Charlemagne Tower arranging to leave The Hague. A separate note from Tokio documents a April 21 dinner honoring the late David Murray for his services to education and the foundation of the system in Japan.
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D. J. Hill
Hague
David Jayne
Berlan
Charlemagne Tower Rangements
Hague Uiies
Berlin
David Murray
Tokio
Japan
Dean Succeeds Wright in Engineering Faculty
Announcement from Minneapolis dated April confirms Dean F succeeds Henry Parks Wright upon his retirement. The successor is chosen by the Corporation after Wright steps down, marking a transition in the engineering faculty leadership.
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We Learr
Minneapolis
Apri
Henry Parks Wright
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Brooklin
New York Daily Tribune
MR. Ryan
Mr. Bryan
Post Office Department
New York Globe
Cooper Union
Mammon
Mam“mon
Louisville Courier-Journal
9Th Regiment, New York Volunteers
P. J. L. Searing
Chicago
Elmer E. Ellsworth
Lincoln
Newport News
Phelps
General Rush ©. Hawkins
Me.) Chronicle
London
Constantinople
Signor Stravalo
Abdul Hamid
Barytone
Lerald
Swedenborg
England
Sweden
Count Wrangel
Dartmouth
Twan
Pete
Washington Star
Ione Page
Delphine
Lydig Harr Dashiall
Chalmers Wood
E. Roscoe Matthews
Attess Dupons
Sidney Breese
James L. Breese
Miss Porter
Hugh Nesbitt Camp
Sr Costae
Saint-Saéns
Sampson
Della
Mra Adele Baldwin
Gustave Pot
Herbert Shi
Fresh Air Fund
Church of the Forest
Heavenly
Ben Ali Hagein
E. Walker
Eleanor Er. Moran
Eileen Tone
Frederick WW
Charles B. Alexander
E H. Harriman
Sch
J. J. van Alen
Emily Welles
Benjamin Welles
Gran E
Grace Church
Harry Pelham
Marian Stewart Ralston
David Ralston
Cadillac
Mich
Witte, Cunningham
Broadway Tabernacle
Frien
Plaza
Dreme
la Chocolatiere
Neger Gm
Bmfessor
Brander Matthews
Frank Wilt
John R. D
Kronpring
Wilhelm
Corms Fellowes
Carsie Fellowes
Richard Lewis Morris
Union Club
Sturvesant
J. Hampdyp Robb
Cornelia Rett
Esme Howard
Tomerow
Isabel Ward
George's Society
Wallet
Astoria
Howard
Isabella Cloward
William Butler Duncan
I Mitt Avenue
Frederick Townsend Martin
George J. Gould
Francis L. Pruyn
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Roebling-Farrow
Brooklyn Bridge
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