Amusements listing from multiple venues and shows
An assorted schedule of theatrical vaudeville and opera performances across venues including the Academy of Music Alframbra and Liberty Opera House. Listings include The Red Mill The Man from Home Faust and The Juggler of Notre Dame with showtimes ranging from early afternoon to late evening.
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Academy OF Music
Red Mill
Alframbra
Mississippi News
ADWAY
Peercatrice
Cavalleria Rusticam
Carbonara
Samson
Daly
Musef
Jack Straw
Mary Jane's Pa
Husaren
Vauderille
Sporting Dove
Baltet
Birdland
Iberty
Via_Wreless
Xyceum
FRIC
Blue Mouse Ajeetio
Libettan Opera House
Jugsler
Notre Dame
Ricoletto
Metropolitan Opera Mouse
Faust
Die Walbvert
Amsterdam
New York
Savoy
Fvglant
Fighting Hope
ST Nicholas Kink
Cestion
Galls Waltacks
Betty
Weber
Rework Daily Methune. 1908 Tribune Notice
The Daily Methune entry notes ownership by the Tribune Association New York and lists Ogden Mills as president James M. Bartt as secretary treasurer. The Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street serves as the officers’ address and main office.
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Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New Poe Ogden Mills
James M. Bartt
Seerstory
Wihe
Foreign and Domestic News Briefs Chronicle
A mixed dispatch from London and Washington reports on Castro’s uncertain return to Venezuela amid rumors of vast wealth, Simon’s forces entering Port-au-Prince, and a Sea City wreck near Cape Ray with 18 to 28 on board. Other items cover Malta talks, Italian Balkan policy, Salvadoran rebels, U.S. internal politics, and city curiosities.
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Hef
Castro
Venezuela
Berlin
Ia Ux
Simon
Port-au-Prince
Sea City
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Cape Ray
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Terai
London
House of Commons
Mannerva
Alfaro
Salvador
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Board of Mediation
Washington
Emest
Chicago
Elizabeth Johnson Mariani
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Federico Mariani
United States
Yankee
Buzzard’s Bay
Maine Mercantile Company
Grand Jury
Portland
Salisbury Beach
Mass
John Raines
Hughes
Albany
White House
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Root
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Rogie Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
Aend
John H. Finley
Clevelanda
O& Memorial
Public Service Commission
Third Avenue Company
Kingsbridge Railroad Company
The Power of Removal in City Government
A discussion asserting the mayor may influence police leadership with unfounded rumors. The piece urges safeguards on the chief executive’s power to remove the Police Commissioner, noting current tenure lacks charges or explanation. It cites recent reforms and calls for clearer public understanding and constitutional limits.
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General Bingham
Srecklin
Qbetter Revision Commission
Bingham
Broocklin
Wac
Therestons
Governor Hughes on removal power and public scrutiny
The article argues for a balanced removal power with safeguards. It contrasts absolute dismissal with executive control and cites the Public Service law requiring charges, ten days notice, and public hearing. It notes potential benefits of extending similar checks to the mayor and calls for reconsideration based on experience.
Court Review Tangle Puts Virginia Courts In Limbo
Virginia newspapers debate the Supreme Court ruling on court review in railroad rate cases. Lower federal judges may review Virginia Supreme Court actions deemed legislative rather than judicial, raising questions about jurisdiction and procedure under state law.
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Virginia
Supreme Court
Virginia Court
New York
Tribune
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of the
United States
Public Service Commissions
Virginia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Germany Moves to Raise 125 Million A Year in New Taxes
Berlin debates ten Reichstag bills aimed at securing 125 million dollars in annual revenue. Conservatives push back on spirits levies and death duties while Radicals and Socialists join opposition. Navy costs and imperial aims color the tax dispute as wages and industry face strain.
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Sydow
Reichstag
Prince Hatzfeldt
Navy
Prince von Biilow
Germany
United Kingdom
Old St. John's Church Faces Demolition Threat
An editorial protests the potential abandonment and destruction of Old St. John's Church in New York. It argues the building's architectural beauty and historic value warrant preservation and suggests feasible ways to keep it as part of Trinity parish or repurpose it for religious use.
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Fure & Furriers
Tribune
St. John’s Park
St. John’s Chapel
St. John’s
Old New York
Rew
Trinity Parish
Noted Political Dilemma Over Taxes in Reichstag
The passage discusses a difficult choice between imposing new taxes and the likelihood that the public would bear the burden. It also suggests that without new revenue, Mr. Sydow and colleagues will seek alternatives to cope. The implication centers on the strained fiscal situation and political maneuvering surrounding tax measures.
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Perous
Reichstag
Sydow
Condemnation costs and reform questions raise public concern
Investigators cite condemnation cases where costs far exceed land value, with awards often high in favor of sellers. The piece notes decades of reports and public chatter, yet reform lags, asking if focused action could yield faster results and urging decisive civic effort.
England’s criminal appeal law shows mixed results
The English criminal appeal act, in force for months, is praised for catching miscarriages of justice but criticized for letting guilty parties escape on technicalities. Judges may need stricter standards to reject frivolous appeals, a lesson noted by the Lord Chief Justice and compared to American courts.
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Great Britain
American
New York
England
Editorial Snippets Touching Government and Ethics
The column surveys political ideas from the Shah of Persia’s approach to education for constitutionalism to U S governance, court review debates and municipal ferries in Williamsburg. It questions the balance of power, the dangers of rapid policy shifts, and the environmental impact of copper refining fumes.
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Williamsburg
Mandamus
Talk Of The Pay And Various Quips Across The News
Messy clipping notes debates on food purity and restaurant truthfulness. It includes jokes about cannibalism and a Vienna Empress portrait anecdote, plus police dog plans in Washington and a Maine hunter using bicycle bearings as shotgun ammunition.
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Maine
Lewiston Journal
Tragic Endings Echo San Francisco Spectacle
The Hartford Courant notes two linked San Francisco tragedies. A former police chief fell from a police launch and was last seen sober, prompting doubt it was an accident. The piece recalls William Ralston, Bank of California president, whose death after a bank collapse sparked theories of suicide versus disaster.
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Hartford Courant
San Francisco
William ©. Ralston
Bank of California
Ralston
Knoud
Hom
China's Grand Canal described by North China Daily News
The article explains the canal’s grade and the Wei River junction used without locks. Grain fleets of eighty vessels were steered as a unified unit under one officer. Chinese locks consisted of stone gateways and boards lowered to hold water back until depth allowed passage, then raised for the next division.
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North China Daily News
Wei River
A Canal
President to hear Montana copper smelters tomorrow forenoon
Washington dispatch notes the President will receive Montana copper smelters' representatives to discuss injury to agriculture and forest reserves. The article lists numerous callers including senators and representatives, and mentions social events and dinners surrounding the White House activities.
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Triteane Bureau
Washington
Montana
Magoon
Cuba
Cortelyon
Long
Brandegee
Smith
Michigan
Fassett
Bart
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps Guests Dine at British Embassy
British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce host several diplomats including Lord Northcote and Lady Northcote at a luncheon. A dinner honors the Northcotes with guests from France Mexico and Brazil among others. various diplomats attend related receptions and travels.
Taft Party Plans Holiday Route Through Washington and New York
The president elect and Mrs Taft will spend most of next week in Washington then move to New York to attend events. Mrs Taft will stay in Washington with the Boardmans until Sunday. Taft will address the North Carolina Society in New York Monday and join Mrs Taft at the Boardman home Tuesday. He will preside at National Red Cross meetings Wednesday and Thursday and appear with President Roosevelt at the Gridiron dinner Saturday night. They will later stay with Henry W Taft until December 17. Miss Boardman hosts the Taft Philippine party Thursday with about one hundred guests including Representative and Mrs Longworth. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Newberry are mentioned.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Pacific
Sea water cure touted by French physician Dr Robert Simon
Dr Robert Simon, Paris physician and proponent of Quinton theory, returns to New York after lecture tour to demonstrate sea water injections as a treatment. He claims the method treats tuberculosis in early stages, infantile cholera, gastritis, skin diseases, and infant ailments, with rapid improvement and low mortality in cholera infantum.
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Robert-Simon
Paris
Quinton
New York
Robert Simon
Harvard
Columbia
Roosevelt
France
United States
Wea
Gift to Mrs Longworth from Empress Dowager of China
Mrs Nicholas Longworth receives jewelled bracelets from the Empress Dowager of China via Tang Shao Yi during a visit by Taft's Philippines party. Earlier gifts included gold earrings at her marriage. Other presents go to Mrs Roosevelt and the President, including hundreds of volumes for the Library of Congress.
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Washington
Dev
Nicholas Longworth
Empress Dowager of
China
Taft
Tang Shao Yi
Prince Teal Fu
Longworth
Mrs. Roosevelt
Library of Congress
Assistant Secretary Bacon III Confined With Tonsillitis
Washington December 4 Robert Bacon Assistant Secretary of State is confined to his bed with a severe attack of tonsillitis he is reported slightly better today
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Bacon III
Washington
Robert Bacon
Mrs. Longstreet Reappointed Postmaster in Georgia
Postmaster General Meyer announced the President has reappointed Mrs Helen Longstreet widow of General James Longstreet as postmaster at Gaineyville Georgia. Alice Robertson was named postmaster at Muskogee Oklahoma for her recommissioned service.
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Longstreet
Washington
Meyer
Helen Longstreet
James Longstreet
Gaineyville, Ga
Alice Robertson
Muskogee
Okio
New York Society Debutante Events Fill City These Evenings
Mrs James Brown hosted her debutante Angelica Schuyter Brown with a Sherry's to Gerrick Theatre sequence and supper at Park Avenue, drawing a guest list of numerous socialites led by Ethel Roosevelt and a long line of prominent names. Other society notices include receptions for Elsie Lazarus Catherine Sayre Burton and Elizabeth Hare Powell, plus social movement of Vanderbilt Jennings and other families returning to New York for the season.
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James Brown
Angelica Schuyter Brown
Sherry
Reginald B. Rives
F. Burrall Hoffman
Moreau Delano
Seymour Johnson
William Rhinelander Stewart
Oliver Iselin
William F. Hoffman
Alfred Loomis
Arthur Mason Jones
Francis Roche
Harry Alexandre, Jr
Reginald Livingston
Karo] Sands
Jay Gould
Gallatin
Frank V. Burton
Catherine Sayre Burton
Day Foy
Robert J. Powel
Elizabeth Hare Powel
Gotham
Olin Macrea Ingersoll
Theresa Ingersell
Social notes from Newport travel to Europe and New York
Telegraph dispatch notes Mr and Mrs T Shaw Jafe and son leaving Newport for New York to sail to Europe tomorrow. Mrs Stuyvesant LeRoy and Mrs Amos Tuck French family depart for Tivoli at Tuxedo. Colonel Delancey Kane returns from New York. William Turnbull of New York visits Colonel Daniel B Fearing.
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Tribune
Newport
T- Shaw Jafe and Son
New Yerk
Europe
Stuyvesant LeRoy
Amos Tuck French
Tuxedo
Delancey Kane
New York
William Turnbull
Daniel B. Fearing
Guild Blames Congress For New England Deterioration
Governor Curtis Guild Jr. denounces Congress for blocking modern equipment for the national guard and failing to pass forest protection legislation. He warns that obsolete rifles and unsafe forest management threaten New England rivers, forests, and public health, blaming Congress and Speaker for neglect.
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Boston
National Guard
Congress
New
Massachusetts
Lextham
Baltimore
Can
Speenwenis Patie
Jenieers
Wole
New England
England
West
National Forester
King Edward Letters Create National University of Ireland
Dublin follows a long dispute and accepts the royal patent making the National University of Ireland the official title. The decision ends controversy with broad approval from all parties involved.
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Dublin
King Edward
Naf University of Ireland
Pennsylvania Society to Dine Marks Tenth Anniversary
The Pennsylvania Society hosts its tenth anniversary dinner on December 10 at the Waldorf. Chief Justice James T. Mitchell and six Supreme Court justices are expected to attend, with Governor Stuart as toastmaster. Senators Pen and Knox and Attorney General Tedd from the state will attend as honored guests.
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Pennsylvania Society
Waldorf
Supreme Court of
Transatlantic Travellers Listings From Ocean Liner Departures
Passengers listed for multiple ships heading to Southampton Liverpool Naples London Glasgow and other destinations. Names include W R Clarke Gertrude Gelder Alf Jenkins A Wilkinson P Knilt J M Bust T Shaw Sa Charis N Daniels Geers Muirhead H W Webb G Bates Loomis and spouses John Collins Charles Bert Potts Frank J Hald Lawson Reominent travelers noted aboard The New York Cedric Carpathia Minnetonka California and other liners.
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THE
New York
Southampton
W. R. Clarke
Gertrude Gelder
Alf Jenkins
A. Wilkinesn
P Knilt
Cedric
Liverpool
J. M
T. Shew Shaw
Charis N. Daniels
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Public Service
Tangle
Old ST. John's
Persia
New York Times
the Times
Moorfield Storey
Philippines
Blauvelt
Great North Woods
Chicago News
Vienna
St. Louis Exposition
Prince Pu Lum
Bacon
Robert
Yonkers Statesman
Celestine
Richard Sylvester
Belgium
China's Grand Canal
Nicholas Fish
F. B. Moran
Robert 3. Wynne
Ethel Roosevelt
Honer
Titian 3
William
Langfitt
J. Franklin Beil
Foraker
16Th Street
Depew
Crane
the Diplomatic Corps
Bryce
Lord Northcote
Australia
Lady Northcote
Joseph Pope
Canada
Pope
Webster
Innes
Overy
Martin
Sefier de Casasas
Mexico
Sefiora de Casasas
Sefiora de Godor
Sefier
Mme. Chermont
Marguerite Moncheur
George Holmen
IN Washington Society
Mrs. Longworth
NEW York Society
Charles P. Howland
Elsie Lazarus
West 1
Evelyn Witherbee
Martha Robbe
Rosaline Smith
W. K. Bord Emerson
Henry & Satterlee
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Oliver Gould Jennings
Fairfield
Conn
Charles Henry Coster
Helen Coster
Ith Street
Ter DP. Martin
Holland House
J. Laurens
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Hyde Park
Robert Sedgwick
GUILD
NEW Irish University
the Minnetoner
H. A. Coles
Mire
John Collins
Charles Bert Potts
California
Glasgow
Frank J Hhbald W. Ramage Lawson
Mra J. Re
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