The Ninety and Nine at Amusements Listing
The compiled program features a slate of productions across multiple Broadway venues including American Theatre Iris Theatre and Knickerbocker with shows like The Desting of the Gots The Mocking Bird and Julius Caesar plus operas and continuous performances at Proctor s and Princess Theatre. Notable entries include A Chinese Honeymoon The World in Wax and Rigoletto along with standard classics Old Limerick Town and The Wilderness at Opera House and Irving Place Theatre listing times around 8:15 pm 8:20 pm and later showings through the night.
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Academy OF Music
SCO
Philharmonic Society of Newco
Iris
Old Limerick Town
Geral Garden Theatre
the Cardinal Opera House
the Wilderness
Square Theatre
Julius Casar
Irving Place
der Kuss
The
Keith
Wallace*s
West End
Winchester
Congress confirms Oliver Wendell Holmes for Supreme Court
Senate approves the nomination of Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice. House not in session. Diplomacy reports show Venezuela’s response to German demands unsatisfactory and Anglo-German action planned. A fire at Dumbarton damaged Dennr shipyards, threatening Lipton's Shamrock II. Domestic items include Buck’s death in Japan, Doane named Doane chancellor, Chicago fire victims, and stock dullness. Weather outlook: rain or snow on the coast, interior snow. temps 29 to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
House
Venezuela
Berlin
la Guayra
T Dennr
Dumbarton
Scotland
Thomas Lipton
Reichstag
Morocco
Elkins
West Virginia
Cuba
State Department
Alfred E. Buck
United States
Japan
Charlies H. Butler
New York State Board of Regents
William Crosswell Doane
Anson Judd Upson
Chicago
Dyer
Austen
Madison Square Garden
Haughey
Odell
Albany
Pennerlvania Railroad
Shaw
Chamber of Commerce
New-York Central Railroad
Public framing of tunnel franchise for city
Governor urges voters to resist outright state grant of a tunnel franchise to the Pennsylvania Railroad. City aldermen are urged to back the project and press public opinion, while labor and political advocates are called on to educate unions and voters to support the city's anticipated improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Public Opinion Urges Tunnel Support Against Obstruction
The piece argues for pushing the tunnel project in Albany style politics, pressing opposition aldermen, and mobilizing the Greater New York Democracy, labor unions, and plain people to demonstrate broad consent. It warns that obstructionists deny public wishes and suggests a mass, community-driven push to prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Greater
New York
Tammany
Chamber of Commerce
Park Avenue Improvement Plan Earns Support
The New York Central submitted a revised tunnel and terminal plan to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, showing willingness to consult with private and municipal interests. It urges track depression and electric power, while urging the city to fund street reconnection north of the yard as a municipal improvement. The plan promises to reduce grade crossings, preserve avenue frontage, and gain broad approval from the mayor and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Company
Board of Estimate
Morris Heights
Fordham Heights
High Bridge
Kingsbridge
Park-ave
Fifty-sixth-st
Central
Park Ave
Forty-fifth
Fifty-seventh-st
Trap debate pits Puget Sound canners against Canadians
A historical column argues Washington salmon canners overreact as Canada threatens to repeal a trap ban off Vancouver Island. It accuses American fishers of overharvesting and trapping, noting Puget Sound’s large cannery and forty traps threatening to deplete waters. The piece condemns both sides and urges self restraint.
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Puget Sound
Vancouver Island
Strait of San Juan de Fuca
Messieurs
Washington
Controlling Salmon Extermination Across Borders
An editorial argues Canadian sealers and American canners threaten salmon stocks and calls for a bilateral ban on traps in US waters. It warns such measures would curb immediate profits, protect livelihoods, and extend industry longevity by preventing extermination of the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Seas
United States
It Can Be Done New York Streets Clean and Profits Grow
The Street Cleaning Commissioner's talk argues against the refrain it cannot be done. Citations show Ashes and garbage separated, land created by waste, and refuse sold for profit. Comparing cities like Vienna Paris and Hamburg, it asserts New York can match these feats and will do so soon. The key is taking action now and stopping wasteful litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League For Political Education
New York
Sandy Hook
Liverpool
London
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Hamburg
New-York
Woodbury
Surgeons Who Succeed In Modern Operations
Surgeons today perform remarkable feats, repairing spinal dislocations and reconstructing the heart’s outer framework. They increasingly remove brain matter in life saving operations after accidents, with American surgeons leading global expertise. Modern surgery is daring and highly beneficial, challenging ancient precedent.
Sullivan feud tests toll tunnel benefit for New York
The confrontation over the Pennsylvania tunnel underscores its potential edge for New York, as the pro and anti camps clash intensely. Supporters argue the project will shift traffic and trade advantages, while opponents warn of costs and delays.
Westward raids prompt calls for armed guards
The article questions whether troops should be deployed to halt train robberies in the West or if rail companies must muster armed guards to protect passengers and cargo. Bandits on major lines have grown bold, prompting discussion of stronger security measures.
Medical career prep dominates students in German universities
A newspaper note reports that about a quarter of German university students prepare for medicine, while medical training is described as thorough under the Kaiser. It adds that critics of the municipal government don’t claim a surge in poolrooms and fare banks since Chief Devery’s era, and many professional gamblers have left their trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutonic Empire
Wacht Am Rhein
Devery
Public funds demand for city improvements and crime talk
Statement notes the need for large public expenditures for street repaving in Brooklyn and Manhattan’s roads, while criticizing lax enforcement of crime with Canfield the gambler going free after a chat with the District Attorney. It contrasts social concerns from a Maine murder case to Block Island life described as idyllic with no jail or workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Broadway
Park Row
Sixth-ave
Seventh-ave
Canfield
America
Block Island
Providence Plantations
The Talk of the Daf and Oddities in Print
A Philadelphia Record advocate praises blind masseurs as a promising new vocation for the blind. The column also blends humorous snippets on tailoring charges, railway christenings, melancholic verse, and assorted curiosities from London and New York, including a joke about a goats capital and a witty jury verdict in England.
Delegations at the White House and social notes
At the White House on December 4, delegations from the United Society of Christian Endeavor and from the Sanitary Conference of the American Republics were received in the state dining room. President Roosevelt, officials, and several members of Congress met with doctors, nurses, and social leaders including Dr Anita Newcomb McGee. The Social Register’s 19th issue shows a shifting fashionable center northward toward Fifty-second Street and notes Newport and other cities hosting gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Francis J. Clark
William Shaw
Clarence E. Eberman
George B. Graff
Sanitary Confernee
Wyman
Lieutenant de Faramond
Loubet
Francé
Presidentoosevelt
Roosevelt
de. Faramond
Ohio River Improvement Society
House
Gill. Bramwell and Taylor
Ohio
Hemenway
Indiana
Dovener
West Virginia
Kehoe
Kentucky
Congress
Lodge
Nelson
Clay
Elkins
Daniel
Loud
Gibson
Tompkins
Robinson
Fletcher
Hull
Crumpacker
Finlapd Pount
James F. Statesman
George P. Heywood
George R. Chambers
West Grove
Penn
Society of Friends
Butler
Washington Gossip on Cabinet Members and Comes Home
Washington special reports Mrs Root plans to reach New York next Wednesday. Secretary Root travels to attend the funeral of his father-in-law Salem H Wales. Mrs Hay widowed wife of Secretary Hay receives social calls after bereavement. Miss Knox daughter of the Attorney General returns from Pittsburg with guests. Miss Hitchcock daughter of the Secretary of the Interior visits New York for a short stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miss Knox
Pittsburg
Misses Williams
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
New York
Washington Society Opens Holiday Season With Remarkable Dinner
In Washington on December 4 a dinner honored Princess Porgia Suasa of Rome and the Marquise de Talleyrand of Paris. Ambassadors and notable figures from Britain Italy Belgium and the Navy and Army high society attended a later musical. Debutante Rose Bradford introduced by Mrs Bradford was celebrated at the Washington Club with tea. Recipients and hostesses wore formal attire as guests circulated among parlor and music room decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Speciah
Thomas F. Walsh
Porgia Suasa
Rome
Marquise de Talleyrand
Paris
Signora Des Planches
Herbert
Moncheur
Cowles
Hanna
van Rensselaer Cruger
Senator Hale
Munchhoff
Kohler
Bradford
Washington Club
Rose Bradford
Reid
Colonel Reid
Marine Corps
Rixey
Navy
Engs
Newport
R. T
Punch
Miss Bradford
Southerland
Margaret Sands
Ida Stevens
Ethel Seckendorff
Elizabeth Goodwin
Lee Goodwin
Downing Missie Seymour
Howard
Annapolis
Debutantes and weddings mark New York society season
New York society gathers for multiple debutante receptions led by Mrs. M Dwight Collier for Georgette Collier and others at East Forty eighth Street and East Twenty first Street. Isobel Wetherill and Katherine Lyman debut as families host Thursday gatherings while Mary Newbold Lawrence weds Heth Lorton at Trinity Chapel. Guests include notable names such as Cynthia Roche, Stanford White relatives, and General Lee’s grandson Dr. George Bolling Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Dwight Collier
Georgette
East Forty-eighth-st
Collier
Cynthia Roche
Elsie Waterbury
Adelaide Barclay
Constanze Livermore
Julia Adee
Gertrude Pell
Miss Collier
Cagepen
J. Bloomfield Wetherill
East Twentyfirst-st
Isobel
Stanford White
Prescott Hall Butler
Clinch Smith
Trinity Chapel
Mary Newbold Lawrence
Heth Lorton
William Wibbert
Rosalie Gardiner Jones
Catherine Newbold
Mary Rowland
Anne Berrick
Carola Churchill
Catherine Wissner
George Bolling Lee
Robert E. Lee
Joseph F. Simmons
Sydney L. Smith
Richard F. Goldsborough
Julien J. Mason
George E. Bell
Arthur Wiley
Colonel Skelton
Virginia
Harwood Huntington
Edwin Stevens
Stephen Pell
Cortlandt van Rensselaer
Delancey Coster
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Marriages at Plattsburg Barracks and Nearby Homes
First Lieutenant Charles Bertody Stone and Katherine Bonesteel wed at Plattsburg Barracks in a quiet ceremony amid recent family bereavement. The bride's father, Major C H Bonesteel, died en route from Manila, and is buried in Bridgeport Conn. The couple will reside at Plattsburg Barracks Suffern NY after a brief southern wedding trip. Also wed are Agnes Ellen Tilton and Louis Irving Snyder at her parents home with Rev Edgar Tilton Jr officiating. Edith Potter and Ralph Ormsby Smith marry in Nyack with a church ceremony and multiple family members serving as attendants. receptions and future home plans noted.
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Piattsburg
N. Y
Charles Bertody Stone
3D Infantry
C. B. Stone
San Francisco
Katherine Bonesteel
C. H. Bonesteel
Piattsburg Barracks
Mary Bonesteel
Philip Stone Baker
Manila
Bridge . Conn
South U
Stone
Plattsburg Barracks
Suffern
Agnes Ellen Tilton
Edgar Tilton
Louis Irving Snyder
Edgar Tilton, Jr
Second Collegiate Reformed Church
Harlem
Mabel Ruleson Mansfield
Resa Aet Oem
Eric W. Wallen
Ban
Bete Louis Corvin
Flatbush
Lawrence Whitney
Brooklyn
Chester =. & Whitney
Charles I. Allen
Sigetakers
Psi U. m
Soreer
Sa‘tern
Nyack
Berths Lawrence Potter
Eve Potter
Ralph Ormsby Smith
David Ditch
First Baptist Church
S. J. Skevington
Florence Edythe Potter
Elsie Potter
Margaret R. Maynard
Linn Maynard
Charles F. Wheaton
Yonkers
Raymond B. Potter
Grand View
William S. Baldwin
Frederick V. Green
Julian Ralph Much Improved After Hemorrhage
In St. Louis on December 4, Julian Ralph, noted newspaper correspondent, suffered a severe hemorrhage last night but is reported much improved today. His wife is expected to arrive by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Southern Hotel
Julian Ralph
General Wager Swayne Improves at Home
The condition of General Wager Swayne who has been ill at his home, 11 West Forty third street, was said yesterday to be much improved and he would probably be able to sit up today in a sign of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wager Swayne
Notable Lives and Events Across Continents
A series of brief notes honors Mrs. L Goodman the oldest female artist at ninety in London, and General George C Meyers leads a drive to purchase Beauvoir for a Confederate home. Yale historian Dr. Frederick B Percy and Rev Dickie pursue education-related projects abroad, plus appointments and obituaries mark changes in St Helena governance and Northwest history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Goodman
London
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Frederick B. Percy
Brookline
Mase
Yale
Harvard
Dickie
Berlin
United States
Henry Lionel Gallway
St. Helena
W. T. Ford
Pension Office
Polk Ae
Frances Fuller Victor
Oregon
Northwest
Portland
Chosen Head of the Sulpicians in Canada
Montreal December 4 Father I M Lecon director of the Grand Seminary elected Superior General of the Sulpician Order in Canada to succeed the late Abbe Colin Born in France 184 and ordained September 1870 Came to Canada 1881 elected director of the Grand Navy at Montreal Rome December 4 A requiem mass was held today for Superior Louis Colin founder of the college who died in Montreal November Archbishop Bruchesi officiated at a pontifical mass
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Montreal
I. M. Lecon
Grand Seminary
Sulpician Order
Canada
Abbé Colin
Father Lecoq
France
Grand Navy
Rome
Canadian College
Louis Colin
Bruchesi
Midshipman Reginald Carpenter Ill With Typhoid at Annapolis
Annapolis Md Dec Special Midshipman Reginald T Carpenter of Portsmouth left guard on the academy football team is dangerously ill with typhoid fever. His sister Mrs Shipley of Washington is his nearest living relative. Attending surgeon: outcome cannot be foretold for several days.
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Annapolis
Reginald T. Carpenter
Portsmouth
Shipley
Washington
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Suomen
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Eamere City Prep
Tribune
New York Daily Tribune
Park Avenue
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sub-Arctic
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London Chronicle
Africa
Bulawayo
Salisbury
Earth
Capricornus
England
Mark Twain
North American Review
Mamma
Mrs. Eddy
New Brunswick
Carnegie Library
Vermont
Bridget
Eleanor Russell Morris
Sirs
Henry Lewis Morris
Robert Hall McCormick Morris
Edward C. Hoyt
East Sixty-seventhst
Woodbury Babcock
Henry D. Babcock
Grace Chauncey
Danitel Chauncey
Bross” Ans
William F. Fanshawe
Misses Fan
East Forty-fifth-st
George W. Wickersham
West Forty-seventh-st
Rudolph Flinsch
Miss de Neufville
J. Langdon Schroeder
Marie de Neufville
West Thirtyninth-st
Germany
Thomas Hitchcock
Newport Euchre Club
East Twenty-ninths
Edward
Order of St Michael and St. George
Austin Lee
Warren de Wolf Smith
Bylar
de Wetaylor
Lady Lee
Social Register
Fifth Ave
Riverside Drive
Washington Place
Fourteenth-st
Madison Square
Twenty-sixth-st
Forty-fourth-st
Fiftieth-st
Fifty-second-st
Notes OF Society
NEW York Society
Hart Lyman
Katherine Lyman
Marion Lyman
East Fiftyfourth St
Katarine Suse
Peter Marie
Friederich Suse
Misa Margaret Ivins
William M. Ivins
East Twenty-fifth St
Waldorf- Astoria
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
Theodore Havemeyers
Madison-ave
St. Bartholomew's Church
Swayne
Charles
Romania
Plevna
Louis Lombard
Trevano
Sulpicians
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