English trade and American competition reshape Sheffield
The article contrasts Sheffield with Leicester and Northampton, noting Sheffield keeps its iron and steel edge while boot and shoe makers in Leicester and Northampton falter under American labor saving methods. It highlights Sheffield cutlery and steel prowess, export trends to the United States, and calls for better business training to meet foreign rivals. It also profiles Major Church Howe, new Sheffield consul, praised for professional conduct and boosting trade ties.
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Sheffield
Leicester
Northampton
America
New England
United States
Germany
Schefield
William Preece
Society of Arts
London
England
Leeds
Bradford
Huddersfield
South America
China
Yorkshire
Hamburg
Bremen
Berlin
Manchester
Cobden and Bright
United Kingdom
Midlands
Church Howe
Palermo
Nebraska
McKinley
Europe
Major Howe
Italy
Sicily
SheMeld
Fight Over Great Aunt Partridge Will in Surrogate's Court
Attorney William P Burr filed objections on behalf of Charles Henry Sabine challenging Miss Eliza Ann Partridge's will. The petition claims the document is invalid for lack of signature and testatrix capacity amid alleged undue influence and fraud. Nephews John Partridge Jepson and Charles Edward Jepson seek probate and equal residuary division, excluding other relatives.
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William P. Burr
Nassau St
Charles Henry Sabine
Eliza Ann Partridge
Miss Partridge
Henry Hall Ward
John Partridge Jepson
Charles Edward Jepson
Bond St. House
Charles Onry Bine
Burr
John Partridge Seer
Miss Livingston Thrown From Horse Near Westbury
Hempstead Long Island Dec. 4 Miss Maud Livingston daughter of Mrs R C Livingston of Islip and sister of Mrs Maxwell Stevenson was thrown twelve feet over a high fence landing in a lane injuring her right shoulder She rode W L Kernochan s horse St Bridget The incident occurred near Rank Griswold s place as they approached a high fence Mr Kernochan took her to her sister s home Doctors said she would be out in a day F Ambrose Clark also fell briefly before Miss Livingston but remounted and continued with the party
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Long Island
Maud Livingston
R. C. Livingston
Islip
Maxwell Stevenson
MeAdow Brook
Elisha S Converse Dies Not Rallying After Shock
Malden Mass Dec 4 Elisha S Converse a noted rubber industry figure and director of United States Rubber Company has not recovered from injuries sustained a week ago and remains in critical condition causing widespread concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Mass
Elisha S. Converse
Converse
United States Rubber Company
Crawford Speaks at Grolier Club on Italian Literature
At the Grolier Club meeting, Mr Crawford delivered an address on Italian literature from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. He outlined Dante Petrarch and Boccaccio, noting the lives and works of major writers and previewing the club’s exhibited collection of rare early Italian books.
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Grolier Club
Ord
Second St
F. Marion Crant
Dante
Petrarch
Boccaccio
Crawford
Ital
Gabrilowitsch Delicately Feels Out Gently Moods at Daly’s
Daniel Frohman presents Mr. Gabrilowitsch at Daly's Theatre yesterday afternoon. The recital offered a refined tone and intimate style, though not a large concert-scale statement. Brahms variations, a Beethoven sonata, and Chopin pieces framed a poised yet restrained program, with Mendelssohn, Henselt, and Rubinstein works included as encores and additions.
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Daniel Frohman
Daly
Gabrilowitsch
New York
Mendelssohn
Henselt
Chopin
Rubinstein
Mannes Quartet Delivers Concert Of Chamber Music
A Mendelssohn Hall recital by David Mannes and the Mannes Quartet with Mrs. Mannes featured Bach and Tanéien works and Beethoven quartets. The reviewer notes novelty in the Tanéien piece, praise for Mrs. Mannes in the violin and clavier sonata, and finds the performance tender but restrained with warmth lacking except in the second movement and in the Beethoven.
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David Mannes
Mannes Quartet
Mannes
Duse Accepts Six Evening Performances At Metropolitan Opera House
Signora Duse completes plans for six extra evening shows and a special matinee in January at the Metropolitan Opera House. Three evenings will feature Magda with d Annunzio works on others. The matinee closes her American tour and proceeds to Europe.
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Signora Duse
Metropolitan Opera House
Magda
Camille
Francesca
Citta Morta
Duse
Europe
Italy
d’Annunzio
America
The Cavalier Produced in New Haven Weaves Cable Romance
Miss Julia Marlowe opened the Hyperion Theatre engagement with The Cavalier a dramatized George W Cable romance. She drew warm applause after each of the four acts supported by Worthing and Edgar L Davenport with notable stage settings and costumes enhancing the Southern atmosphere and the love story at center stage.
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New Haven, Conn
Julia Marlowe
Hyperion Theatre
The
George Wcable
Mr. Cable
Funeral in East Twenty Ninth Street For T Henry French
The funeral of T Henry French, famed play publisher, was held yesterday at the Church of the Transfiguration East Twenty Ninth Street with Rev George C Houghton presiding. A large gathering included Vanderpool Frohman Wallack and many theater figures. Burial followed at Greenwood in the family plot.
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T. Henry French
Church of the Transfiguration
East Twentyninth St
George ¢. Houghton
A. J. Vanderpool
Charles Burnham
Danial Frohman
Joseph Brooks
T. R. Edwards
Charles E. Wallack
J. 8. Moon
Charles Frohman
Thomas Bardon
Charles Peacock
Theodore W. Myers
Doane Elected Chancellor of New York University
Albany reports Bishop William Croswell Doane was elected Chancellor of the University of the State of New York by the Board of Regents, succeeding Anson Judd Upson. Whitelaw Reid chosen as Vice-Chancellor. The meeting approved Carnegie library acceptances and detailed budget changes for 1903.
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Tribune
Albany
William Croswell Doane
University of the State of New York
Board of Regents
Anson Judd Upson
Bishop Doane
Whitelaw Reld
Mr. Reid
Martin I.townsend
Charles B. Fitch
Whitelaw Reid
William H. Watson
St. Clair McKelway
Daniel Beach
Carroll EB. Smith
Pliny T. Sexton
T. Guilford Smith
Lewis A. Stimson
Albert Vanderveer
Charles R. Skinner
John T. MacDonough
Thomas A. Hendrick
Robert C. Pruyn
William Nottingham
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
New York State Museum
Watson
University of the State of New-York
Abel
Royal University of Christiania
Bodley Library
University of Oxford
L. A. Martin
Binghamton
Willard N. Bell
Ogdensburg
E. R. Ackerman
Brooklyn
F. L. Kilborne
Kelloggsville
No Change in Col Phelps Illness Despite Typhoid Fever
Hackensack N J December 4 Special At Red Towers home of Captain John J Phelps East Hackensack a telegram from Aiken DC says Colonel Sheffield Phelps son of the late William Walter Phelps remains seriously ill with typhoid fever at his winter home in Aiken His chances of recovery were thought slight though his young son stricken with typhoid fever improved and was considered out of danger
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Hackensack
N. J
Red Towers
John J. Phelps
East Hackensack
Aiken
D. C
Sheffield Phelps
William Walter Phelps
Weather forecast and past weather report from Washington
The report details a northeast moving disturbance bringing rain to the South and East, with snow in New England and the lake region, and colder air across the eastern half. Warnings extend along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and the upper lakes, with heavy snow advisories for interior New York and parts of the Northeast. Saturday looks colder with fair conditions inland and brisk northerly winds along coasts.
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Washington
Mississippi
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Canadian Northwest
New England
Lake Region
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Lake Superior
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lake
Great Lakes
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Upper Lakes
Lower Lakes
Cedar Keys
Punta Rassa
Jacksonville
Eastport
Key West
Havana
New-Jersey
New-England
North
South Carolina
Red River
Willamette River
Maine
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
Interior
Lake Erie
United States
Baltimore
Reedy Island
Port Norris
Cape May
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
Passing Throngs Record Fisheries Wetting and Coconuts
The Great Lakes fish supply faces decline despite restocking efforts and anti poaching talk by Lloyd of the Fisheries Department at Murray Hill. He cites wasteful dynamite fishing and heavy annual catches as risks to stock. Cocoanuts are sold directly to inland dealers for the first time, with prices around 325 per bag of 10 as Jamaica’s west indies traders report strong harvests and market overstock in New York.
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Great Lakes
M. G. the Great Lloyd
Murray Hill
C. H. Hunt
Jamaica
Wal- Cocoanuts Darf
New York
West Indies
West Indian Islands
Edison Escapes Legal Pitfalls in Phonograph Case
Thomas A. Edison testified as a witness in a New York Phonograph Company versus National Phonograph Company case. He answered questions on contracts since his invention, remaining confident and humorous while the matter faces extended litigation. The session adjourned to Monday. Also Massachusetts Tech to grant Doctor of Engineering degree after fusion of research programs with sewage, X ray, and fireproof construction projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Shields
New York Phonograph Company
National Phonograph Company
Edison Companies
Edison Phonographs
New York
Edison
Mr. Edison
Hicks
Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henry S. Pritchett
United States
George W. Melville
U. S
Prince Henry
Pritchett
Butler wife of Columbia University president gravely ill
Mrs. Butler, wife of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, is seriously ill at her home, 9 East Thirtieth Street. Dr. Butler said she is very much run down and suffering from nervous prostration but noted she is better tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
East Thirtieth-st
Early mail rates and newspaper subscription offer
Advertisement announces mail train routes across the United States and Canada with varying pricing for daily and Sunday editions. It lists options for weekly farmer sections, six month and twelve month terms, and special rates for Tribune and Tribune Extra editions with catalogue requests.
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Tribune Almanac
United States
Canada
Mexico
Manhattan
Tribune
Ett Tribune Index
the Tribune
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
New Tiateworks
Remi
Express
Postoffice Notice of Weekly Mails December 1902
The notice details weekly and special mail closings for parcels and regular, supplementary, and Transpacific mails from December 1902. It lists cutoffs for Europe, Central America, and the Americas, with ship names and routes, and notes adjusted times for Saturday and Friday sailings and foreign station closings.
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Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Pennsylvania
Europe
Central ‘America
Colm
France
S. la Champagne
Havre
S. S. Campania
Queerstow
Italy
S . Lahn
Netherlands
S. & Ryndam
Belgium
Zeeland
Nces
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Miss Livingston
Elisha
Converse III
MR. Crawford
MR. Gabrilowitsch
H&ll Caine
Nat Goodwin
Heinrich Conried
Irving Place
Harvard University
Cambridge
Hall Caine
Miss Elliott
Penn
Caine
Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Boabdil
Luscombe Searelle
All Jungles
South Africa
Central Hall
Isabelle Underwood
Sam” Edwards
Edwards
Miss Underwood
Carnegie Lyceum
Verdi
Campanari
Otello
Mme. Mantelli
Artemisia Bowen
Delmonico’s
the Cavalier
New-Haven
Meeting OF Regents
Col. Phelps
the Weather Report
Tageteen
Perry
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts “Tech
Graduate School For Engineering
Nicholas Murray Butler III
Barnett
Lyall—Lambert
Asher Lambert
Johnson Ave
Newark
William Lord Lyall
Passaic
Cecelia Lambert
Daniel H. Martin
Marshall—Waller
Chicago
Virginia Alexander
James B
Lucy A. Waller
Fielding Lewis Marshall
New York City
Baldwin
John Wingfeld
Arthur P
Caroline G. Baldwin
West 124Th St
Boyd
Harriett
Samuel L. Boyd
Greenwood Cemetery
New Orleans
Carter
Martha Howard Thurston
Charles M. Carter
Commonwealth
Lancaster
Coates
Goshen
N. Y
Alma Wisner Coates
Josephs L Coates
St. James's Church
Erie Railroad
Chambers St
Twenty-third-st
Coutts
Perth Amboy
Frances H
George M. Coutts
New Jersey Central
Liberty St
Staten Island
Whitehall St
Providence
R. I
Springfield
Fisher—Schuyler Lyon
William Hubbell
Mary Lyon Fisher
Cincinnati
Ohio
Canon City
Col
Spring Grove Cemetery
Gearon
Antoinette Ford
Edmund A. Gearon
Joseph and
Mary de Forest
Ireland
West 145Th St
Cleveland and Albany GS
Love
West Fifty-eighth St
Lillian
Joseph Love
Woodlawn
Meeker
Jane E. Meeker
David Edward Meeker
Jefferson Ave
Amit
Noyes
Stonington
Conn
Frankace
Her
Stiger
Mendham
Anna Iga
Foot Barclay
Christopher
Bissuepaence
City of
New-York
Salem
Howe
Southampton
Piewse
Saranac Lake
Henry Oltmans Zollinhefer
Stephen Merritt
Tsiness Stherea Anc
Wsth-St
Tech
Caswell
Massey & Couws
Florencine
Daily and Tribe
Bove
Syick
Credit Paris
Monroe & Co
John Wanamaker & Co
Rue Des Petites
Morgan Harjes & Co
Ji Boulevard Haussman
Crédit Lronnziz
Bureau Des Caneee
Gratel
Brentano's
Avenue
Popéra
American Express Company
Geneva
Lombtard, Odler & Co
Florence
French
Leman & Co
Nea Hamburg
Genoa
Sanrena
Antwerp
el Victoria
Savoy Hotel
Brenan Otel
Owa
Adelphi Hotel
Liverpool
Queen's Hotel
Midland Hotel
Midland
Morecambe Bay
Derby
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Biueen's Hotel
Uppaer
Norwood
Royal Pier
Southsea
Portsmouth
Scotland
St Enoch
Glasgow
Station
Ayr
Statino
Dumfries
Ae Et Hotel
Chatham
Alston
Prance
Monte Carlo
Riviera Palace
Monte Garter Royal Hotel
Rome
Gran
Cap
Mantone
South
Central America
Newfoundland
A.m
Brazil
S. S
Inagua
Haiti
Bermuda
Pretoria
Curacao
Newfoundlands
North Sydney
Miquelon
Port T
Mexico City
Overland
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Belize
Puerto Cortes
Uaccarsio
Ricay
Transpacific
Australia
West Australia
New Zealand
Francisco
Fiji
Vancouver
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Samoa
Cunard
Zealand
Phily Islands
S. S. Nippon la
S. Empress of India
Shanghai
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