Vaudeville and stage bill at Herald Square listings
The page lists a dense program of vaudeville acts and stage performances across multiple venues including Herald Square and NY venues. Featured acts include The Man from Home The Devil a Gentleman From Mississippi Mischief and acts like Three Twins Boxing Ballet in the Skies and Love Watches with concert numbers at Lyceum and Lyric. Also listed are skating numbers at Nicholas Rink and The Wolf with various showtimes around 8 and 9 pm.
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Mississipi
Ervalie
Ruosticens
Ib—Mile
ST Nial
Panne
Nell Snanmersteins
Herald Square
15Three Twins
Ballet
Birdland
Hudson
Amsterdam
York
Innocence
New York Daily Tribune December 1 1908 publication note
The item notes the paper's ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation, with offices at Fridburne Building No 155 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Fridburne
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barret
Insurgent General Simon Near Port au Prince
Morning dispatches report General Simon’s insurgent vanguard within thirty miles of Port au Prince as barricaded streets and a tense stand by President Nord Alexis who may fight or seek a compromise with the Legislature summoned to negotiate.
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Simon
Port-au-Prince
Nord Alexis
Maidla
Colombo
Ceylon
Mme
Steinhell
André
Che-Foo
Israel
Berlin
Castro
Bordeaux
Paris
London
Great Britain
Holland
Germany
Root
Takahira
United States
Japan
Far East
Ways and Means
Congress
Washington
Herbert L. Satterjee
Navy
Jesse C. Joy
Hamilton Bank
Kingston
N. Y
Dana Malone
Massachusetts
Boston
New Haven
State Board of Charities
Albany
State Agricultural School
Industry
Rendeak’s Island Reformatory
Gustav Reyer
Henry Michaels
Chicago
J.P. McNichol
Cits
Philadelphia
John D. Archbold
Charles M. Schwab
United States Rubber Company
Richard Craker
Charles F. Murrey
Tammany Hall
Henry Hudson
Board of
Meowbray
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Colonel Stokes
William M. Ivins
Charter Revision Commission
Codlin
Transfers and Profits Under Public Service Review
Public Service Commission study on transportation statesites shows cash passengers up 5.2 percent in 1907 over 1906 and car earnings per mile rising from 25.58 to 25.80 cents. Transfers grew 18.9 percent yet did not depress earnings, suggesting no transfer loss while crowding increased. It remains to be seen if reduced transfers will boost company earnings or require more cars to handle traffic.
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Public Service Commission
Public Servicee Commission
Transit fares and transfers spark rise in streetcar use
The article argues transfer cutbacks may dampen streetcar ridership, noting historic per capita cash trips rising from 23 in 1890 to 266 in 1008 and referencing Sid WT. It questions revenue gains from fewer transfers and suggests fare boxes as a better path, citing Tom Johnson in Cleveland boosting returns 17 percent.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
City Charter Reform Debate Prompts Governance Dilemma
A skeptical analysis argues against both commission government and concentrated mayoral power. It questions how to secure knowledgeable department heads for police, parks, and street cleaning, warning that lack of expertise and frequent turnover undermines municipal efficiency and accountability. The piece critiques past reform trials and seeks a practical, experienced leadership model.
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Boston
Charter Revision Commission
The
Economic Club
Park Department
Wen
Memorials of Lincoln Ten Year Commemoration Efforts
Preparations for the tenth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth emphasize nationwide and local programs. Lectures, readings of Lincoln's words, and public gatherings in schools churches and halls aim to educate and unite the public. A proposed $500,000 endowment for Lincoln Memorial University at Cumberland Gap Tennessee seeks to create a lasting practical memorial.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
New
Tuberculosis Exhibition Promotes Home Care and Prevention
The tuberculosis exhibition at the Museum of Natural History urges readers to study current cures and protection against consumption. It stresses fresh air and early physician advice, noting hospital stays can often be avoided and home devices or charities may save lives of those with limited means.
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Museum of Natural History
Exhibition of Tuberculosis Charts Inspires Medical Crusade
An exhibition on tuberculosis uses charts and hand models from a 77th street museum to educate doctors and patients. The display, praised for its eye opening impact, showcases thorough campaign organization and world wide cooperation against the disease. The piece notes the effort has saved numerous lives and strengthens resolve to finish the fight.
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77Th Street
Governor Fort’s troop use criticized over Perth Amboy strike
Critics say a state commission, not troops, should have handled the Perth Amboy clay pit strike. The piece argues commissions lack power to enforce settlement and praises the governor for promptly maintaining law and order while noting constitutional questions about intervention.
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Fort
New Jersey
Perth Amboy
Pesh Amboy
Cognoscenti
Middlesex County
The British school bill prospects in Westminster
London report notes a fair chance the new education bill will pass the Commons by a comfortable majority. The measure, a compromise on state control and religious teaching, aims to place state funded schools under secular local authority while allowing denominational instruction at denominational expense.
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London
Westminster
Birrell
House of Lords
McKenna
Runciman
Mr. Mckenna
Commons
Huch Cecil
Lord Halifax
St. Asaph's
United Kingdom
Controller Metz Weighs Mayor Run Amid Tammany Doubt
The article portrays Controller Metz signaling possible mayoral candidacy in Atlanta while noting Tammany opposition and speculation about who would carry the administration’s unpopularity. It mentions a Brookline Mason and a prognosticator counting winter moon age and calendar factors.
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Metz
Atlanta
Tammany
Mets
Republican reflections on dynastic troubles and political caution
A collection of editorial comments touches on Francis Joseph’s anniversary sparking anti dynastic unrest, republican restraint in New York politics, and the uncertain outlook for a peaceful succession. It notes the need for prudent governance, the perils of sensational revolutions, and the cautious path of U S party candidates amid a shifting political landscape. It also mentions hypnotism’s risks and Mr Woodruff’s withdrawal from Senate candidacy aiding Secretary Root’s likelihood of election.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
United States Senate
Hot Springs
Taft
Root
Roots
Vision and humor echo across papers in 1910s columns
Readers are told about an association aiding 30,000 London schoolchildren with defective vision and funding spectacles for two thousand more, plus hospital price cuts. Other items note a Chicago contagious-disease ambulance, taft and middle names chatter, and quips from Cleveland and Philadelphia columns.
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London
Susan A. Lawrence
Association For
Yale Alumni as Governors in Connecticut History
Hartford Dispatch to New Haven Journal-Courier notes that of fifty nine Connecticut chief magistrates, twenty were Yale graduates. Thomas Ficc of Norwalk, class of 1721, served as governor from 1754 for twelve years and died in 1774. Henry Roberts, from this city, was the last Yale graduate governor, graduating in 1877, a year before Taft’s election.
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Hartford
New Haven Journal-Courier
Connecticut
Yale
England
Thomas Ficc
Norwalk
Henry Roberts
William H. Taft
The Suniday Cert Haul From The Emporia Gazette
LL spent five cents for The Suniday Cert and hauled it home in a two wheeled cart. He piled sections high to the kitchen door and hung Chromes on the wall. The yard lay ten feet deep with comic sections and pink and green clippings. There were sheets of music, gowns patterns, a fake mustache, a rubber doll, a deck of cards and a parasol. Now men bury with dray and cart the Sunday Dart.
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Emporia Gazette
Suniday
Debutant and society notices fill New York scene
Washington reports list a flurry of social events and callers. Miss Eleanor Roosevelt and debutantes attend dances in New York while society figures host receptions and luncheons at East 53rd and East 67th streets. Royalty and political figures also figure in the week’s social calendar.
Diplomatic Corps Activities in Washington and Philadelphia
The British Ambassador spent the day in Philadelphia. Mrs. Bryce hosted a luncheon at the embassy for several notable women. Captain C F G Sowerby arrives in Washington to take over as British naval attaché. German attachés, including Frau von Livonius, entertainments mark visits for Count Hatzfeldt and others. Count George von Wedel sails for duty in a week. Henry White sails to Newport to vote and then departs from New York.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Philadelphia
Bryce
James R. Garfield
Wadsworth
Lowndes
James
C. F. G. Sowerby
Horace Hood
Frau von Livonius
Cairo
Henry White
France
Newport
New York
Washington Society Notes Highlight December Guests
Vice-President Fairbanks will host President at dinner on December 19. Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Newberry entertain Miss Ethel Rooseveldt on December 10. Mrs. Pinchot and Lady Alan Johnstone travel to New York to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Ames Eno before Lady Johnstone sails for Europe on December 8. John W. Foster hosts winter guests Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lansing from Watertown, N. Y. Mrs. Alfred E. Bates departs for Philadelphia for several days.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Fairbanks
New York Society Debutantes Attend Winter Cotillion at Sherry's
A large winter debutante assembly gathers for the Junior Cotillion at Sherry's with Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss of State among guests. Stove Phelps to lead with Miss Carol Harriman. patronesses include Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge and Mrs. E. Harriman. Nearby, Miss Ethel Cryder's marriage to Cecil Higgins is set at 4 p.m. at Washington Square. guests limited to near relatives.
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Sherry’s
Arthur Murray Dodge
Charles B. Alexander
E. H. Harriman
William M. W. Hoffman
Charles M. Oelrichs
F. Dana Winslow
Frederick W. Whitridge
J. Hoor Wright
Ethel Cryder
Cecil Higgins
Washington Square
Frances Ogden
Duncan Ryder
F. Lathrop Ames
Boston
William Woodward
New York
Henry Vincent Higgins
William S. Breese
Rupert Higgins
Unruly Boys Become Useful Citizens in State Reform
Data from the State Board of Charities shows about 75 percent of juveniles committed to the State Agricultural School at Industry and the House of Refuge on Randall's Island become useful citizens after discharge. The board notes 45 percent of House of Refuge youths and a portion of Industry inmates have histories in orphan asylums and Protectories.
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Albany
State Board of Charities
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
Austrian Envoy to Japan Named Ambassador to Tokyo
Vienna reports Baron von Carl zu Kulmbach und Rosenburg, first councillor of the Foreign Office, appointed Ambassador to Japan. His career includes minister at Teheran in 1872, secretary of legation at Constantinople in 1883, representation in Berlin in 1894, Minister of Commerce in 1900, and later First Councillor under Baron von Aehrenthal.
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Vienna
Baron von Carl Zu Kulmbach Und
De Young Bride Weds George Cameron in San Francisco
Miss Helen De Young daughter of Mr and Mrs M H De Young owners of The San Francisco Chronicle wed George Cameron a businessman in a ceremony led by Archbishop Riordan. It marks the second De Young family wedding this month, following Miss Constance De Youngs recent marriage to Joseph Tobin.
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San Francisco
Helen de Young
M. H. de Young
Helsingfors Accepts American Professor Exchange Plan
Helsingfors University accepts the American proposal for an exchange of professors. Professor Donner, a prominent philologist, is appointed to oversee the arrangement.
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Helsingfors
University of Helsingfors
Donner
Newport social notes note arrivals and departures
Commodore Elbridge Terr and his sons are expected in Newport to cast ballots in the city election. Ambassador Henry White is also expected. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webster return to Newport from Hot Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have returned to New York after a few days in Newport. Dr. Howard Collins returns to New York after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Vorman. Miss Beeckman returns to New York from her sister’s. Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. McCagg arrive for a short visit. Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt goes to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt leave for New York and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrews for Baltimore.
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the Tribune
Newport
Commodore Elbridge Terr
Henry White
Sidney Webster
Hot Springs
Perry Belmont
New York
Howard Collins
Bradford Vorman
Miss Bee
Social Notes From Tuxedo Park Winter Season
Telegraph dispatch details a lively winter at Tuxedo Park with many cottagers staying through the season. A club championship in court tennis and racquets begins, while numerous arrivals and formal entertaining mark weekend social life. Notables and families such as Hoffman Miller Mason Bishop Mason Snow Newbold Chappell Conkling Preston Cammann Robbins Grinnell S. Gurnee Tuckerman Kane Rogers Hull Tower Munroe Tilton Herris Baker and others are listed among permanent residents and guests. A dinner at the clubhouse followed by vaudeville is described with attendees including Phelps Pell and Bradish Johnson along with Holland’s De Layng Meyer and others.
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Tuxedo Park
Nalal
Seth
Hoffman Miller
Prtc
Alfred Bishop Mason
F. A. Snow
Condon
Katherine Newbold
Walter Chappell
Alfred R. Conkling
Lewis B. Preston
G. P. Cammann
George S. Robbins
William Morten Grinnell
Tuxedo
Waller S&s Gurnee
Paul Tuckerman
Grenville Kane
H. H. Rogers
George H. Hull
Joseph T. Tower
H. W. Munroe
Newell Tilton
John F. Herris
George F. Baker
Rogers
Arce Parte
FF. Carey
Alexander
Redmond
M. R. Eagar
A. &Arhart
W. BR. Dinsmore
Adelaide Spofford
Andrews
Pierre Lorillard
Din House
S. H. P. Pell
Bradish Johnson
de Layng Meyer
Holland
Herman Vogel
Robert M. Thompson
Howard
Henry
Moncure Robinson
Madison Grant
Philip
Mills
Bayard Tuckerman
The Japanese Agreement Satisfies Hobson and Unites Nations
A collage review from multiple papers lauds the Japan United States agreement as likely to end disputes with Captain Hobson satisfied, offer world wide peace guarantees, and strengthen U S influence in East Asia while opening vast Chinese markets.
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Utica Herald-Disputch
Japan
United States
Hobson
Rochester Democrat and Chronic
Corea
Mane
Srom the
Heston Advertiser
Pacific
Hobsons
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Chicago Automobile Dealers’ Association
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Philadelphia Ledger
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W. J. Locke
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John Barrett
Ethel Roosevelt
Harner
Martha Bacon
Marjerie Gould
Bigelow
Edith Brooks
Angelica Bre Mins Leonie Alexarghe
Susanne Henning
Marie Kilbrethne
Eleanor Hoffman Rodenwald
William MacNeil Rodenwald
West 53d Street
Wo My. Hoffman
Janetta Alexander
Mine Stoddard
Vera Cnativia
Rosamond Burr
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Charlies “A. Peabody
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Georgy L. Peabody
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Keatris Buss
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Vera Onativia
J. Duncan Emmet
Mildred G Townsend
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Rosamund Burr
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Evelin Witherbee
Laura Emmet
Margaret Harris
Grace Fenr
Mortet Morris
J. Warry Alexandrefr Marcullough Miller
Stephen van Rensselaer
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F. Burrall Hoffman
Rudolph Neeser Emmet Harris
Snowden A. Fannestock
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Levi P. Morton
Ellerslie
Eliphalet Nott Potter
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H. Fairfield Osborn
Robert W. de Forest
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Lewis Cass Ledyard
Walter S. Gurnee
Walter P. Bliss
J. T. Atterbury
Cornelius R. Agnew
Henry Hoyt
Dallas B. Pratt
Edward H. Ripley
Charles Do, Halsey
Allen Tucker
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Ricardo de Acosta
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