Amusements listing with vaudeville and concerts
A dense catalog of theater and concert listings including vaudeville acts at ADEMY-S HAMMRA R and others, with acts such as The Man from Home The World and His Wife The Queen of the Moulin Rouge plus opera at the Metropolitan and New Amsterdam, and various performances at Carnegie Hall, Hackett, and Wall locations.
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Af Ademy
al Hammra
Mississippi Xney
Dadway
Malta
Carnegie Hall
Criterion
Samson
Daly
Epex
Gate TV
Salvati Hammerstein
Herald Square
Hipodromf
Hudson
Frederick Knickersocker
Liberty
Eyceum
LYRIC
Metropolitan Opera
Fecuse
Gotterdammerung
New Amsterdam
New York
SAVOY
Tvesant
Fighting Hope Wallace
Betty
Weber
Gan
New York Daily Tribune details 1908 ownership
The New York Daily Tribune dated December 10, 1908 lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher with principal office at Tribune Building 154 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
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Congress Debates Government Supervision of Interstate Securities
Senate bill proposes government oversight for railroad telegraph and telephone company securities. Taft era discussions include census act, tariff revision talks with Cannon, and reports from Treasury War Secretaries. International news covers Castro's voyage, Haiti unrest, Nobel prizes, and US diplomacy notes. Weather: fair and colder with highs near 36 and lows around 27.
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Congress
Senate
Dolliver
Hale
House
Castro
Santander
Bordeaux
Ively
Hélie de Sagan
George Gould
Haiti
Tacoma
Port-au-Prince
Gonaives
Eucken, Lippman and
Rutherford
Drs. Ehrlich and
Metschnikoff
Cuba
Duchess of Norfolk
Great Britain
Count von Bernstorff
William
Roosevelt
America
Taft
Cannon
Ways and Means Committee
National Conservation Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Fairbanks
Ambassador Bryce
Andrew Carnegie
Seth Low
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Department of Agriculture
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island and
Frisco Lines
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
J. P. Morgan
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs
Harvard
Newport
Barnsdall
Middle West
Coler
Martin W. Littleton
Southern Society
Jerome
Bingham
International Bankers
Cortelyou
Outlook for Conservation Echoes Taft Plan
The article notes Taft’s endorsement of Roosevelt conservation aims. It urges comprehensive inland improvements funded by annual appropriations or bonds, cross state cooperation, and swift action on forest, waterway, and headwater protection. It calls for extending federal forest control and evaluating inland waterway projects with honest, competent leadership.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Taft
The
Conservation Commission
Allied Organizations
Congress
Ohio River
Inland Waterways Commission
Governors urged to back national conservation push
An inventory of the country's natural wealth is due soon with recommendations to follow within days. Over the next two to three months many state governments will have opportunity to show sympathy with the conservation movement begun last May. Forty-plus state legislatures meet in January and will hear governor messages urging cordial approval of national priority cooperation in conservation.
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White House
Atlantic
Pacific
Cortelyou Urges Budget Reform and Central Bank
Secretary Cortelyou stresses budget reform to curb soaring ordinary government expenditures, urges a joint committee to revise the budget against anticipated revenue, and favors a central national bank to stabilize currency. He also proposes an international gold certificate to ease gold movements after a national currency system is established.
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Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Congress
Corteliou
Washington
United States
Hayti in the Depths and Simon's Provisional Rule
The article discusses General Simon's installment as provisional president of Hayti with limited violence, weighing hopes for a constitutional future against fears of renewed despots and national degradation. It notes U.S. responsibility and neighbor involvement, urging cautious support without destabilizing meddling.
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Simon
Hayti
Ger Simon
Black Republic
United States
President Tamps Revolt Suppression and Arms Trade
The president aims to curb incitement to revolt and stop the supply of arms to insurgents, addressing a harmful trade that has exploited many unworthy Americans for profit.
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The
Republic
Good news for motorists in New Jersey from two high profile cases
The New Jersey Auto and Motor Vehicle Club expelled a long notorious violator, while another driver who killed a man and fled was detected and committed without bail on manslaughter charges. The piece notes local highway law illiberalities and credits authorities for actions benefiting motorists.
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Wahether
New Jersey
New Jersey Auto and Motor Vehicle Club
Police statistics show gains under General Bingham
The article reports that arrests rose to 64,290 and convictions to 38,538 in the third quarter, up from 1907 and 1906 figures. It notes improving conviction rates and three-year trends, praises new systematic practices and better discipline under Commissioner Bingham, and argues that complete statistics were lacking under earlier leaders.
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Bingham
Central’s electric system praised for Harlem division service
The New York Central’s decision to extend electric service from Mount Vernon to White Plains on the Harlem division is hailed as successful over two years. It notes minimal accidents, benefits of reduced smoke and faster acceleration, and favors the third rail with direct current, while cautioning that alternating current requires high voltage and exposed lines.
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New York Central
Mount Vernon
White Plains
Harlem
Park Avenue
Central
Hudson River
Critics debate policy in Far East and Monroe doctrine clash
The piece mocks critics who blame imagined alien schemes for Buffalo on Broadway while debating a Far East policy declared as a treaty. It suggests posthumous censure of James Monroe for entangling alliances, comparing past doctrine to current politics.
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Far East
James Monroe
Free trade and school displays spark constitutional debate
The text argues against protectionism while noting the absurdity of blasting a General Sherman image in schools as insulting descendants of Confederate soldiers. It condemns labeling a Chinese emperor the "Good Emperor" and jokes about a thirty day jail term and a $250 fine for a reckless joyride.
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General Sherman
Sherman
Limit on Penalties Sparks Debate in City
Chicago fears tightening penalties as officials discuss raising the limit. The Public Service Commission seeks less funding for 1909 than in 1908, drawing sharp political reaction. Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink threaten the annual lake social season if the budget dispute persists.
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Chicago
John
Hinky Dink
Public Service Commission
Talks on Parsifal at Buenos Aires Opera House
A Buenos Aires Herald note says Parsifal will be staged next season despite protests. Fiorello Giraud, heard at La Scala, joins the cast. The item appears among a collage of humorous items and social notes from American papers.
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Cosima Wagner
Buenos Aires Opera House
New York
Fiorello Giraud
la Scala
Milan
The Independent Anniversary Fifty Years of The Independent
The Independent marks its sixtieth anniversary with a lavish issue featuring founder Henry Chandler Bowen and early owners. William Hayes Ward writes on the paper’s Beecher era shift and its indominational stance, alongside portraits and facsimiles of notable contributors’ manuscripts.
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Independent
Henry Chandler Bowen
The
William Hayes Ward
Mr. Bowen
Seth B. Hunt
Theodore McNamee
Jonathan Hunt
Simneon B. Chittenden
Leonard Bacon
Joseph P. Thompson
Richard Salter Storrs
Joshua Leavitt
Henry Warg Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Edward Eggieston
Wendell Phillip Garrison
Justin McCarthy
Beecher
Ward Sayse
Mr. Beecher
President hosts varied officials and society figures in Washington
In Washington the President received delegates from the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and U S Potters Association. A commission was named to review whiskey markings rules. Kansas City drainage interests sought federal aid for Kaw River projects. Carnegie and several dignitaries met him, and he played tennis with the French Ambassador and others. A grand dance for Miss Mariel Morris drew about a hundred guests with elaborate decor and a second supper. A charity sale at Sherry's benefited the Convalescent Home to Babies at Sea Cliff and society notices followed including receptions and charity events through January.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
United States Potters’ Association
Wilson
Internal Revenue
Capers
F. I. Dunlap
Bureau of Chemistry
Drainage Board
Kansas City
Kan
Kaw
J. W. Osborne
New Light
Andrew Carnegie
Meyer
Beekman Winthrop
Wright
Bacon
Leonard Wood
Graff
Marshall
Ellis
Mousers
Austin
Kronmiller
Smith
Georgia
Kibbey
Arizona
Warner
Michigan
Seth Low
E. H. Butler
Raines
New York
T. Fisher
W. H. Walch
Baltimore
P. P. Pickett
Tennessee
W. C. Anderson
Colorado School of Mines
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mariel Morris
Miness
Louis Seizeganlands
Elisha Drer
Raccng
Miss Morris
Mra Oglins
Louis Setze
José Victor Onattina
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
James W Wadsworth
Malcolm D. Wigman
Harry Payne Whitney
J. Norman de R. Whitehouse
Harray Alexander
Janetta Alexander
Eleans B. Alexander
Helen I. Alexandre
Sphelica Schuyler Brown
Gwendo
Ruth V. Twomigg
Jean Whitridge
Margaret Winslow
Mig Dorothy Whitney
J. Harry Alexandre, Jr
L & Burden, Jr
Warren Burden
Snnton
W. Charles Dana
Robert Waiton Goelet
Kingson
Jay Gould
Phoenix Ingraham
Frederick Townsong Mertin
A. Perry Osborn
Harry Oviricha
Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt
Moncure Robinson
George E. Roosevelt
Willing
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Sherry’s
Louis Lee Stanton
Heh Hasteman
E. D. Morgan
Charles Steele
Richard Mortimer
Stanley Mortimer
Henry P. Loomis
Charles Pratt
Henry Parish, Jr
Harry Pelham Robbing Mire
Frederick Edey
Howard C. Dickinson
Charles M. Connfelt
May Bird
Janetts Alexander
Cabinet Entertains Roosevelts as First Dinner Hosts
Washington December 9 The Secretary of War and Mrs Wright plan January 12 dinner for the President and Mrs Roosevelt as others shift dates due to mourning and entertainment needs. Secretary Wright will visit Memphis December 20 for Christmas prior. Garfield and interior circle entertained tonight with a diverse guest list including Vogel the Swiss Minister and Russian naval attaché. Secretary Newberry elected president of the Yale Alumni Association of Washington.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of War
Wright
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Neboisine
Lee
Newberry
Yale Alumni Association of Washington
Diplomatic Corps Update from Washington and Madrid Ties
Austro Hungarian ambassador and Baroness Hengelmuller returned to the embassy after a New York visit. The First Spanish Secretary and Mme Pastor hosted a luncheon in honor of the American Minister to Spain and Mrs. William M Collier, reflecting ongoing cordial exchanges between Washington and Madrid.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Hengelmuller
New York
Mme. Pastor
Spain
William M. Collier
Washington society dinners honor Taft entourage and guests
The President elect and Mrs Taft were honored at a Washington dinner hosted by Mrs Richard H Townsend with guests including diplomats, justices, senators, representatives, and military officials. Other hostesses entertained prominent guests at dinners and luncheons, highlighting a busy social season in the capital.
Kaiser's Message to President Roosevelt Delivered in Audience
Count von Bernstorff newly named German ambassador to the United States met Emperor William in Berlin and received a private message for President Roosevelt. He will sail with his wife and daughter on the Amerika to New York the day after tomorrow.
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Berlin
Count von Bernstorf
Germany
United States
William
Roosevelt
New York
Amerika
Lord Northcote to be entertained by Pilgrims Society
Governor General of Australia Lord Northcote who helped welcome the American battleship squadron in Melbourne will be hosted by the Pilgrims Society executive committee and members at a Friday luncheon at 1 o'clock at the Lawyers' Club before his Saturday departure for England.
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Lord Northcote
Australia
Melbourne
Pilgrims Society
Lawyers’ Club
England
Rabbi Hirsch on the saloon opens Sabbath plea
Dr Emil G Hirsch Sinai Temple pastor told Ravenswood Woman's Club that open drinking reduces stigma and that German cafés show higher moral tone due to family participation. He argued for broader Sabbath observance in line with Continental practice and urged restraint on neighborly interference.
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Chicago Record-Herald
America
Germany
Emil G. Hirsch
Sinai Temple
Ravenswood Woman's Club
Stations by Numbers
A new scheme for calling out stations would place an indicator in the upper right corner of each end of a car. When the train left a station the brakeman would pull a lever to show the number of the next station. Cost would run about $100,000 for the system with $20 per ace station.
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Philadelphia
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Gumors
Governors Hughes to Speak at George Washington
George Washington University plans a Washington's Birthday convocation with Governor Hughes of New York delivering the keynote address. The event highlights the university's push to expand its college of political science into a premier government service training center.
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Gov. Hughes
Washington
College of the Political Sciences
George Washington University
Hughes
New York
Rear Admiral Coghlan Buried With Military Rites at Arlington
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after a full military ceremony. His body lay in state at St. John's Episcopal Church where Rev. George W. Smith conducted services. A Marine Band, four Marine companies from the Washington Barracks, and a bluejackets company formed the ceremonial escort.
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Washington
Dec
Joseph B. Coghlan
New Rochelle
N. Y
Arlington National Cemetery
St. John’s Episcopal Church
George W. Smith
Navy
Marine Band
Washington Barracks
Estate of James E. Martin Settled in Mineola
United States Trust Company as trustee filed final account with Surrogate Jackson. The balance goes to the daughter $229 247 20 and to grandson James E Martin 2d $458 9004. James E Martin was killed in a Great Neck car crash two years ago and son James E Jr died in Paris last year. The estate mostly went to widow and infant.
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Mineola
Long Island
United States Trust Company
James E. Martin
Jackson
Martin
Great Neck
James E., Jr
Paris
Fruit Shipments East Double as California Grows Exports
San Francisco December 9 Figures from the Southern Pacific Railroad show California fruit growers shipped 12,917 carloads of fruit out of state this season, nearly doubling last season's total. The data underscore a sharp rise in outbound shipments, reflecting expanding markets and robust production across the state.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Social Notes From Newport Return Attendance In New York
Newport society items note Mr and Mrs Sidney Welste and Mr and Mrs Hamilton Fish Woebeter attended a funeral in New York and returned tonight George W Collard is in town for a few days Louis L Lorillard has returned from New Yam.
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the Tribune
Newport
Sidney Welste
Hamilton Fish Woebeter
New York
George W. Collard
Louis L. Lorillard
New Yam
Commentary on the Presidents Message Across Papers
Newspaper excerpts from Syracuse Utica Boston Washington Rochester Hartford and Philadelphia discuss Theodore Roosevelt forests judiciary labor navy staff and public policy. They reflect cautious praise and critique of executive action and constitutional limits with emphasis on preservation, state rights, and administrative efficiency.
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MR. Cortelyou
Police Statistics
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Broadway
China
Cleveland Plain Dealer
University of Michigan
Cheboygan County
Charles C. Bogardus
Douglas Lake
Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
Maine
Kennebec
Chicago News
Marie Heller
Prussia
Philadelphia Ledger
the Independent
Ington
C. B. Woods
Kingsbury
NEW York Society
Charles M. Odrichs
Blanche Oclrichs
J. Duncan Emmet
Madison Avenue
Percy R. Pyne
Bernardsville
M. J
Stephen H Olin
Rhinebeck
Nursery and Child's Hospital
Walder Astoria
J. Francis Aloysius Clark
East 38Th Street
Josephine McCubloch
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
Richard H. Townsend
Mme. Jusserand
Bryce
Countess Moltke
Moody
Aldrich
Kean
Nicholas Longworth
Bourke Cochran
Augustus P. Gerdner
Cowles
MacCawley
Laurence Townsend
Baroness Hengelmiller
Joseph P. Sanger
Robert Shaw Oliver
Ten Eyck Wendell
Norway
Herbert Peirce
Tiffany Dyer
Edward McCauley
Loring
R. H. Chapman
J. W. Henry
James W. Pinchot
Waah
Kaiser
President
Emperor
Mes
Senger
Rabbi Hirsch
Rear Admiral
Coghlan
Syracuse Herald
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Utica
Boston
Washington Post
Rochester Union and Advertiser
Porto
New Zea
Hartford Courant
the Navy
Boston Herald
Navy Department
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