Amusements Schedule Page Listing Theatres
The page lists performances across multiple venues including the Gay Leré Quex Moon of Forty World in Wax Richard Carvel Lost River Laigion David Harum The Girl from Maxim's Star and Garter Henry V Arizona The Gold Mine Esmeralda Vaudeville Royal Family etc. It notes continuous performances and show continuities with times and theatre names such as Theatre of 6 4 8 6 8 30 and Koster and Bial's Vaudeville.
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Fiorodora
Musee—The World In
Richard Carvel
Knox Hat Co Announces Quality Workmanship and Location
Advertisement notes tinox Gas and the Knox Hat offering unquestioned quality and highest class workmanship. It lists the address near th Ave Hotel on Broadway at Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
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Knox
Th Ave
Bway
Cor
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Peking Confere nce Pact seen favoring United States views
Foreign Minister Conger to sign the Peking conference agreement with U S views prevailing on punishment and indemnity. General Wood awards Michael J Dady 58000 for Havana contract rights. Sewer Commission report proposing 555684 to Dady likely to be rejected. Storms strike the British Channel with wrecks and missing crew on the Rossgull near Jersey. Congress reviews the Hay Pauncefote treaty and Ship Subsidy bill. Army Reorganization debate opens in the House. Treaty actions and domestic politics mix with stock market swings as executives move on anti Tammany organizing plans.
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Conger
Peking
United States
General Wood
Michael J. Dady
Havana
Sewer Commission
General Mercier
England
Earl of Donoughmore
Peru
Viscount Halifax
Kruger
Cologne
Netherlands
South Africa
British
Jersey
Congress
Senate
Lodge
Frye
House
McCall
Massachusetts
Hull
Iowa
George von L. Meyer
Usetts
Italy
Ways and Means Committee
William Wirt Heary
Patrick Henry
Richmond
City
City Club
Tammany
Hill
Croker
Charles W. Morgan
Consolidated Exchange
Broadway
Guardian Trust Company
Gregorio de Quesada
British Cable Across the Pacific Stirring Global Debate
The British government accepts a private offer to lay a purely British trans Pacific cable costing 8 975 000 dollars with completion in two years. The route avoids Hawaii, Puerto, and direct U S contact, landing at Fanning Island and bypassing Hawaiian landings. The plan strengthens British influence though delays U S cable development.
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Pacific Ocean
Joseph Chamberlain
United Tes
Pacific
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Asia
Philippines
San Francisco
Vancouver
Fiji
Australia
Java
Singapore
Cochin China
Hong Kong
Hawaiiian Islands
Fanning Island
Samoa
New Caledonia
American cable strategy favors Hawaii to Guam route
The passage argues for the United States to control its insular possessions and build a Pacific cable on its own ground. It claims the Hawaii to Guam to Luzon route is shorter, direct, and easier than the British alternative and has been proven by survey. It warns against allowing a British monopoly in the Pacific.
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United States
Great Britain
Vancouver
Fanning Island
Pacific
Filtration proves Hudson water can be purified for New York
Albany data show a sand bed filtration system cut typhoid cases by over half and remove 99 percent of bacteria in Hudson River water. The Tribune argues a Croton alternative is feasible and cost effective, urging modern filtration leadership.
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Albany
New York City
Tribune
Croton
New York
London
Hamburg
Hudson River
North Woods
Lake George
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Elbe
The Defeat of Socialism in Haverhill
The article argues that Haverhill Massachusetts rejected socialism after two years of Socialist governance, with a Republican mayor winning by about a thousand votes as total turnout neared seven thousand. It suggests many voters opposed socialism though some backed the Socialist as anti Republican, reflecting complex local dynamics rather than broad ideological shift.
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Haverhill
Mass
Maverhills
Maverhill
Kansas
Democratic Party
Social-Democratic
Socialism as an Ideal Failing Against Human Nature
The text argues that socialism appears popular only as a cherished ideal, collapsing under capitalism's pressure. When allowed, socialist communities wear out and disband, and towns blessed with socialism overlook their benefits. The author links this to human nature, noting the socialist figure remains largely an abstraction.
Time for vaccination urged as smallpox alarm spreads
The New York Health Department calls for broad vaccination in the city as smallpox spreads from an infected area on the West Side. Authorities urge prompt vaccination, noting vaccines defend against the disease and appeal to citizens to consult doctors and act without panic.
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Health Department of
New York
North River
All Nations
West Side
Murphy
The Abbot and the Two Minute Mile Dream
The Abbot, owned by John J. Scannell the New York Fire Commissioner, is aimed at a two minute mile in 1901. Hamlin and Village Farm boosted the trotting speed with The Abbot, praised for stamina and action while Maud S. is cited as a historic benchmark.
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C. J. Hamlin
Abbot
Hamlins
Hamlin
Leland Stanford
Robert Bonner
Maud S
William H. Vanderbilt
John J. Scannell
Fire Department of
New York
Tammany
Scannell
City ownership doctrine fails against burglars
City ownership of public utilities may be an excellent doctrine, but it is a poor weapon with which to drive burglars out of a house.
League of Women Fights Trolley Hooliganism and Road Aid
Dozens of women form a league to curb rude conduct by streetcar conductors and rear platform criers. They urge respectful boarding and alighting, while Washington backs road improvements with a proposed 150000 dollar appropriation to model stretches. The note ends with reference to naval officers injured in the line of duty.
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Attorney -General
Prolific pests and curious claims fuel sweeping, oddball notes
A mélange of topics traverses agriculture and animals as Colonel Sellers aims to cross Belgian hares with jackrabbits to feed Americans, while Australia fights cotton tails. The piece references bullfighting near Mexico, New York prizefighting, and a floody Ramapo plot with questions about waterproof conspirators.
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Colonel Sellers
West
Prairies
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Philadelphia and Ohio notes and a Colorado hunting trip
A Penn Club reception honors Rear Admiral Silas Casey as he nears retirement from League Island Navy Yard to command the Pacific Station. Bishop McLaren marks 25 years in Chicago with a diocesan service and laity reception. Mme Christine Nilsson room stories, a Hobby Club dinner for Justice James T. Mitchell, and Oxford College inaugurates Rev. John H. Thomas with his family’s teaching lineage. Meeker reports Roosevelt’s Colorado hunting plans before the New York Legislature session opening to hunt mountain lions.
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Penn Club
Philadelphia
Silas Casey
League Island Navy Yard
Pacific
Philadelphia Ledger
Casey
League Island
William E. McLaren
Episcopal Diocese of
Chicago
Mme
Christine Nilsson
Hobby Club
James T. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mitchell
General von Moltke
Cressau
Ludwig II of
Bavaria
von Moltke
Germany
John H. Thomas
Oxford College
Oxford
Ohio
A. A. E. Taylor
Dan Millikin
Hamilton
Thomas
Yale College
J. H
Oxford Institute
J. H. Buchanan
Faye Walker
Morris
Meeker
Roosevelt
Colorado
New York
Transatlantic Travellers From Genoa and Naples Arrive
On the steamer Columbia of the Hamburg American Line arrived yesterday from Genoa and Naples Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Abel Miss Abel the Rev. M. F. Burke Bishop of St. Joseph J. H. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Utley Paul Warren and J. E. Willing. Also booked to sail on La Gascogne for Havre today are Manuel Garcia de Acula attaché to the Spanish Legation Captain G Muzard J. C. Hamlen and Miss Marguerite Hayes.
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Columbia
Genoa
Naples
J. H. Abel
Abel
M. F. Burke
St. Joseph
J. H. Gray
Charles H. Utley
Paul Warren
J. E. Willing
la Gascogne
Havre
Manuel Garcia de Acula
G. Muzard
J. C. Hamlen
Marguerite Hayes
Wealthy St. Louis heir walks to Chicago seeking work
James Eads How, a young man from St. Louis famed for wealth yet choosing hardship, walks to Chicago with minimal belongings. He plans to earn fare by possible jobs and notes Salvation Army rag time coat auctions. He also comments on leaves and birds offering lessons as he travels.
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James Eads How
St. Louis
Chicago
Salvation Army
Setback for Dady in Havana sewer bid dispute
Havana December 5 The Municipal Council rejects Colonel Black’s recommended award of 58,000 to Mr Dady for partial Havana sewer interests and favors a lower plan. Black says other plans cover more area and cost 7 500 000 versus Dady 12 600 000. General Wood backs Black’s fair estimate despite appraisers’ higher award.
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Havana
Colonel Black
Engineering Department
Dady
Delladenaranen
Cady
Sewer Commission
Michael J. Dady
Sefior Villalon
Met Opera Traviata in English Falls Short
A Met performance of La Traviata in English last night drew a small audience and fails to inspire. Germont was well sung by Mr. Paull, while Miss Strakosch offered intelligent acting but unsuitable voice and lyric style for Verdi.
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Barytones
Metropolitan Opera House
Germont
Paull
Mrs Gould Hosts Free Christmas Party for Sands Point
Mrs Howard Gould of Fort Washington Long Island plans a large Christmas event at Liberty Hall on Christmas afternoon. The celebration includes a Punch and Judy show a live Santa Claus and two big Christmas trees with gifts for village children aged five to ten all at no cost.
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Fort Washington
Long Island
Howard Gould
Sands Point
Liberty Hall
Towne Nominated to Fill Davis Senate Vacancy
The Pioneer Press reports Charles A. Towne of Duluth has accepted an appointment as United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. K. Davis. Governor Lind reportedly refused to confirm or deny, but the source insists it is trustworthy. Towne was the Democrats’ choice four years ago in the Davis re election bid.
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St. Paul
Pioneer Press
To-Morrow
Charles A. Towne
Duluth
United States
C. K. Davis
Lind
Towne
Davis
Anonymous Penn prize fund for biology and interior design
A donor unnamed to the University of Pennsylvania establishes prizes in the biology and architecture interiors schools. Each prize worth 550 dollars annually. The piece also notes various humorous anecdotes and a Mint recoinage scene with 175000 in half dollars and dimes moving from Sub Treasury to the Mint.
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University of Pennsylvania
School of Architecture
Canal Commission Backs Nicaragua Route for Isthmian Canal
The Canal Commission reports Nicaragua as the most practicable U S route for an isthmian canal noting Panama’s exclusive concession and unwillingness to sell stock. It argues Nicaragua is nearer the United States and English Channel trade routes. Panama could be faster but lacks necessary concessions.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Canal Commission
United States
Panama
Panama Company
New-York
Commission
Nicaragua
English Channel
Chamberlain family member launches legal action
London reports that a Chamberlain may have begun legal proceedings over published allegations that Joseph Chamberlain and other family members are linked to financial interests in government contracts.
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London
Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Austen, Laemberlain
Oahens
Theamily ‘E
London News and Views on Donoughmore and Halifax
London dispatch notes Lord Donoughmore's role in Peru and his death after a brief illness. It also reports Viscount Halifax denying a Catholic conversion and references the political stance of the English Church Union and the Dominion visitors' reception.
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Lord Donoughmore
Viscount Halifax
English Church Union
Lvr
Kentucky officers stay in Constantinople during Solamik period
Captain Colby M. Chester Lieutenants William P. Scott and William A. Moffett and Ensign Leigh C. Palmer of the US battleship Kentucky remain in Constantinople through Friday after the Solamik. Other Kentucky officers are to visit Constantinople. Chester met the Vali and naval authorities at Smyrna and praised the turret system. Telegraphs from Smyrna to the Kentucky were halted. The party was invited aboard the guardship Imogene for a Bosporus excursion in honor of the Allied ceremony.
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Constantinople
Colby M. Chester
William P. Scott
William A. Moffett
Leigh C. Palmer
United States
Kentucky
Smyrna
Chester
Vali
Yrna
Lloyd C
Imogene
Bosporus
German Minister’s Demand in Morocco Backed by Sultan
Berlin reports from Tangier that Baron von Mentzin gen demands for the three injured Germans and one offender have been granted by the Sultan, easing the dispute with Germany over compensation.
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Berlin
Tangier
Baron von Mentzingen
Morocco
Bennett Will Validated by Orphans Court
Judge Hanna upheld Colonel Joseph M. Bennett's will and codicils valuing his fortune at about 2 million dollars. He left nearly all to the University of Pennsylvania and the Methodist Orphanage, while his daughter Imogene Bennett Wellens received nothing after her challenge alleging unsound mind was rejected.
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Philadelphia
Hanna
Orphans’ Court
Joseph M. Bennett
Bennett
University of Pennsylvania
Methodist
Imogene E. Bennett Wellens
Colonel Bennett
Count and Countess Bont de Castellane Seek London Home
Vanity Fair reports the Count and Countess Bont de Castellane negotiating for a London house. They plan to spend part of the year there as the Count seeks greater sympathy from friends and compatriots following a recent disappointment.
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London
Count
Countess Bont de Castellane
Vanity Fair
Count Bont
Condition of the Czar Improved at Livadia
Official bulletin from Livadia reports Emperor Nicholas has passed four hours well with generally favorable signs. His pulse and temperature show improvement, and he experiences no ill effects from sitting up for meals. Court discusses early return to St. Petersburg.
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Livadia
Nicholas
Bfe
Petersburg
Wick
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