Red Mill and World in Was vaudeville mix at venues A brief theater page note
Amusements listing a packed schedule with The Red Mill and The World in Was at multiple venues. Acts include vaudeville shows such as The Man from Home and The Devil, with patrons offered a variety of entertainments from melodrama to musical recitals and operatic fare across theatres like Lyceum, Majestic, and Metropolitan Opera House.
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Samson
Daly
MUSEE
Was
Straw
TRE
Gardeon
Mary Jane
Garrick
Crert
Salvation Neil
Vantertie Rstecn
Anne Herald Square
F Hippodrome
New York Daily Urthane Public Notice Dec 11 1908
The Tribune Association, a New York corporation, publishes the newspaper. Tribune Building at 153 Nassau Street is listed as the principal office. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M. Barnett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barnett
Deep New York morning news wrap on Congress and weather
Senate ratified several treaties and confirmed Knapp and Satterlee nominations while House debated a labor dispute investigation bill. Reports from the Caribbean, Europe, and Washington cover Panama, naval arms, tariffs, elections, and winter conditions across the Northeast with local financial and civic notes from New York City.
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Congress
Senate
Martin A Knapp
H. L. Satterlee
House
Pensions and Taxes Across Nations in Early 1900s
An 1905 French pension law aimed to aid aged and ill citizens with stipends from $1 to $4 monthly, with funding shares from the state, department, and commune. Senate cost projections rose, yet the law passed. by 1908 costs reached $9.6 million and estimates for 1909 projected $18 million amid growing beneficiary counts. New Zealand weighs a national provident fund offering state aided insurance to residents 16 to 45 earning under $1,060 annually, with premiums based on age and benefits starting at age sixty. pensions range from $250 to $6 weekly depending on contribution and eligibility.
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Senate
Dominion of
New Zealand
Ford
Old Age Pensions in Britain Have Financial Repercussions
The article outlines pensions for widows and children, with government and contributor shares, and notes Britain's cost projections. It compares New Zealand and French plans, discusses liquor tax raised revenues, and a proposed land tax to cover deficits. It cites estimates of 30 to 35 million dollars for the first year, potential rises, and a looming budget shortfall.
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Great Britain
House of Lords
Treasury
Pitt
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Cromwell responds to Panama Canal scandal claims
William Nelson Cromwell issues a blunt reply to critics alleging evasions in the Panama Canal purchase. He named accusers as monumental liars and challenged them to provide authenticated refutations of his cited records, urging them to concede defeat or face stronger scrutiny.
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Panama Canal Purchase
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Queensboro Bridge Payments Spark Taxpayer Loss Debate
The Tribune outlines how City Controller payments to the Queensboro Bridge contractor, starting September 2, may have circumvented the pending expert investigation and pushed costs beyond contract limits. It questions responsibility for excess weight charges and bridge stresses, urges a full financial and legal review, and calls for recovery avenues against responsible parties.
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Queensboro Bridge
The
Tribune
Totel
Board of Aldermen
Department of Bridges
City Lab
Manhattan Bridge
Board of Estimate
Opposition to resuscitation of executed inmate at New Jersey State Prison
A report condemns a plan by an official physician to resuscitate a man once judicially put to death. The prison warden vetoed the idea and barred the physician from the execution. The piece notes no legal basis or strong public support for vivisection or similar experiments on capital offenders and warns of possible legal troubles if attempted. The law prescribes that the crim...
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New Jersey
Death by Electric Current Debate in Prison Warden Rejects Repetition
A discussion on executing a criminal again after a revived death by electric shock. The text argues that reversing a life-ending sentence would violate law and nature. It praises the New Jersey State Prison warden for barring such a meddling.
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Nal
New Jersey State Prison
Nobel Prizes for Science and Peace Recognized Globally
Nobel representatives award medals across disciplines. Metchnikoff and Erlich win medicine honors for bacteriology and aging research. Rutherford earns chemistry for radium studies. Lippmann receives physics for color photography. Marconi is debated for physics. Euchen and Nebel linked to literature, with Arnoldson and Bayer sharing the peace prize. The Norwegian Storthing awards the prize to Nordic citizens, reflecting international goodwill.
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Nobel
Metchnikoff
Erlich
Laveran
Pasteur
Berlin
Rutherford
McGill University
Montreal
Manchester
England
Curles
William Ramsay
Lippmann
Marconi
Euchen
Nebel
Arnoldson
Bayer
Storthing
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Castro's Europe Mission as Venezuela's Peacemaker
The piece presents Mr Castro as a transformative figure who travels to Europe not for health but to negotiate directly with European governments to settle Venezuela’s disputes. It describes him as a self made, all powerful leader who acts as his own minister and hopes to gain a square deal from wary European monarchs.
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Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Francie
King Louis
Mr. Castro
The Turkish Proposals and Balkan Conference Deliberations
The article reviews Turkish proposals for a conference among powers over the Balkan dispute. It notes seven points on Bulgaria, Eastern Rumelia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Servia and Montenegro compensation, and treaty reform. Proposals aim to protect Turkish interests, end foreign post offices, and grant commercial freedom amid cautious but temperate diplomacy.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Rumelia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Servia
Montenegro
Berlin
Late Westminster session vets Liberal Free Trade house debate
A Liberal Free Trade in Westminster House of Commons keeps uneasy hours as MPs sit through the night, extending to 2 20 in the morning. The extended sitting underscores intense debate over policy and party stance.
Political Scribbles on Colleges and Harmony in Politics
A satirical prologue critiques college age rules and the Minnesota professors' layoff policy. It lauds Bryan as harmony itself, mocks the Democratic Party, and muses on the Queensboro Bridge's odd bird roost use while lampooning Cobden Bright and Villers as figures to provoke attention.
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University of Minnesota
Maria Favard dies after long Paris stage career
Paris Matin notes Maria Favard star of the Comédie Française in the 1860s and 70s, retired after a dispute with director Perrin. Her long ascent at court theaters ended with a final farewell and a life shadowed by a bruising episode. The item blends with quips about theatre and seasonal observations from Chicago and Washington Star.
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Rachel 2
Paris
Matin
Maria Favard
Comédie Française
Moliére House
Variétés
Perrin
Favard
Taft Speech on the South Evokes Gratitude and Debate
The Atlanta Journal notes the South’s gratitude for Taft’s statements supporting reform of the franchise and cooperation toward national unity. Philadelphia publications call Taft a seer, urging the South to join a new era of reunification and liberal political effort.
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The
Atlanta Journal
South
Mr. Teft
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mr. Taft
White House social round of December delegations
Washington reports a busy day as the President hosted three East Coast groups including the Deep Waterways Congress committee, the National Council of Commerce, and a friend delegation for Representative Goulden. Taft met the new Panama Minister C. C. Arosemena. Loomis of Tokyo commission discussed expo matters. Vast lists of officials and guests attended receptions and luncheons with the Fairbanks, Pinchot, and Crane entourages. Mrs. Taft's visit with the Philippine party concluded the events.
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Washington
Deep Waterways Congress
National Council of Commerce
Party of Friends of Representative
Goulden
New York
Panama
C. C. Arosemena
Taft
F. B. Loomis
Tokio Commission
Connellsville
Wright
Sherman
Clapp
Hemenway
Simmons
Dixon
Scott
Beveridge
Owen
McGuire
Kahn
Holliday
Page
Weisse
Sabath
McKinney
Howell
Calder
Richardson
Hardwick
Sims
Gilliams
Ashprook
Foelker
Cooper
Beale
Neel
Missisippi
Carter
Hawaii
Martin A. Knapp
F. K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stubbs
Kansas
H. Bayard Cutting
G. §. Koenig
Emerson Hough
J. T. Bass
J. E. Ralph
Roosevelt dinner guests include naval officers and diplomats
In Washington on December 10, Miss Ethel Roosevelt was hosted at dinner by the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Newberry. Guests included Miss Bacon, Miss Munn, Miss Hoyt, Miss Carolyn Murray, Miss Helen Downing, Miss Newberry, Captain Cheney, Lt. Cmdr Cleland Davis, Lt. Shackford, Signor Centaro of the Italian Embassy, Franklin Bellis Jr., Frederick Brooke, and Huntington Jackson.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ethel Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Miss Bacon
Munn
Hoyt
Carolyn Murray
Helen Downing
Miss Newberry
Cheney
Cleland Davis
Shackford
Signor Centaro
Franklin Bllis
Frederick Brooke
Huntington Jackson
Diplomatic dinner guests at Washington embassy event
The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches hosted at the White House dinner with numerous ambassadors and attachés from Austria France Brazil Germany Russia and Britain as well as notable officials. Professor Ferrero and his party were guests with others including Baron Haymerle and Baron von Richthofen among attendees. Professor Shadwell of England left for New York after the gathering.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Signora Ferrero
White House
Hengelmuller
Mme. Jusserand
Mme. Nabuce
George C. Lodge
Nicholas Fish
Rospoptchine
Wiley
Thayer
de Chambrun
Revaiocli
Preuschen von Und Zu Liebenstein
Mme de Blanpré
Mme. von Livonius
Francis B. Crowninshield
Filippo Camperio
Baron Haymerle
Count Torok
Prince Windisch-Graeta
Nebelsine
Baron von Richthofen
James
Interior
Garfield
Bryce
J. Franklin Bell
Wotherspoon
Professor Ferrero
Professor Shadwell
England
New York
Taft Luncheon and Reception With Washington Dignitaries
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft hosted a luncheon at Brigadier General Edwards home with high level guests including Secretary of War Wright Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Beekman Winthrop and Secretary of the Navy Satterlee. An afternoon reception at Thomas Walsh home featured the Trans Mississippi Congress and a dinner with Miss Mabel Boardman and party from the Philippines voyage.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Wright
the Treasury
Seattle Art Exhibition Planned at Alaska-Yukon Expo
George L. Berg announces Seattle June 1 to October 16 art show in the Palace of the Fine Arts with 300 paintings. Half from private collections and leading museums, 150 from contemporary masters and 150 from old masters via Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and the Metropolitan Museum. An insurance policy near 2 million dollars backs the display to invite pictures regardless of value. Fireproof Moorish Doric Palace will hang all works on the line for individuality and lasting ownership.
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George L. Berg
Seattle
Washington
Tribune
Palace of the Fine Arts
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Berg
Purdon
Metropolitan Museum
United States
Milton Window for Dr Hillis at Plymouth Church
A stained glass window depicting John Milton at his desk writing his plea for religious liberty will soon grace the study of Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis at Plymouth Church Grace Court Brooklyn. The window was made due to Hillis interest in Miltons influence on religious freedom and the craftsman was Frederick F. Lamb.
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John Milton
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Grace Court
Brooklyn
Shonts Family Returns From France. Grandson’s Name Unsaid
Theodore P. Shonts and his daughter Miss Marguerite Shonts arrived from France aboard the White Star Oceanic near Piequiny. They plan April return to New York with newborn Duc de Chaulnes, whose given name remains unclear. Theodora Shonts prompted by smiles announced the nephew’s long full title Emmanuel Theodore Bernart Marie Luynes dAilly, Duc de Chaulnes.
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Theodore P. Shonts
Marguerite Shonts
France
White Star
Mner
Duchesse de Chaulnes
Mr. Shonts
Shents
New York
Duc de Chaulnes
New York Society Highlights Private Receptions and Weddings
Mrs Henry Emmet hosts two charity receptions this evening at Sherry’s for Miss Laura Emmet, while Miss Cornelia Hoyt and Miss Elsie Lazarung receive at Park Avenue addresses. Miss Daisy Taylor wed Stephen Chase in a Boston linked ceremony at No 10 West 3rd Street. guests included Commodore Gerry and Mrs Carroll. The society notes list travel plans, new residences, and upcoming events at Sherry’s, the St Regis, and various clubs, with Lord Northcote in town and many patrons attending charity entertainments.
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Jesse Hoyt
Park Avenue
Cornelia Hoyt
Chariey P. Howland
Elsie Lazarung
West Lth Street
Alfred Duane Peil
Fifth Avenue
Estelle Morris Crosby
Daisy Taylor
James Taylor
Stephen Chase
Boston
Frederick Edey
Leighton Parks
Wiliam D. Morgan
Robert R. L. Clarkson
Tivoli-on-tha- Hudson
Theodore Chase
Harcourt Amory
Howard Townsend
Chase
Dedham
Mass
Hall of Casts Reopens at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met reopens its Hall of Casts after summer and fall rearrangements. Nike at the bow of a galley from Samothrace centers the display with restored pedimental groups from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. New catalogue, updated wall treatments, and redisplayed casts mark the revival. A German art exhibition reception is planned for January 4 with the New York Symphony Orchestra.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nike
Samothrace
Zeus
Olympia
Wizard
John Tarlee Johnson
Marquand
New York
American Institute of Architects
Musem
Egypt
Ders
Miellet
Lythgoe
Amenemhat
Secole
Morga
New York Symonowl? Orchestra
General McClellans Orderlies Question at Hearing
At a city hearing on ticket speculators Maher recalled serving as an orderly for General McClellan. The mayor joked about not knowing the exact number, estimating that Maher might be one of about nine thousand orderlies during McClellan’s command of the Army of the Potomac.
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George B. McClellan
William P. Maher
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Maher
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Pitt Avenue
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Northcote
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Melbourne
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St. Regis
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May Westherbes
Walter Brooks
Sherry's
Edith A. Brooks
José Victor Onativis
William A. M
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M’clellan
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Army of Potomac
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