Amusements listing of New York theatres and shows
A long line of 1920s era theatre listings across venues such as Academy of Music American Theatre Broadway Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Opera House with showtimes mainly 2 15 to 8 15 and 2 30 p m including The Ninety and Nine Slaves of Russia The Darling of the Gods The Mocking Bird The Silver Sliper A Chinese Honeymoon Jane Daly s Theatre The World in Wax Julius Caesar and Sally in Our Alley among others Continuous performances noted at some venues and multiple titles per theatre
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Academy OF Music
American Theatre
Russia
Frelasco Theatre
Bwlou Theatre
Broadway Theatre
Carnegie Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Criterion Theatre
Circle Theatre
Jane Daly
Eden Musee
Empire Tre
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Limerick Town
Garrick Theatre
Geraldine
Garden Theatre
Harlem Opera House
Herald Square Theatre
Julius Cesaree Au
der Bureaukrat
Knickbreocker Theatre
Madison Square Theatre
Audrey
Manhattan Theatre
Mary of Magdala
Metropolitan Opera House
Tannhineer
Kating
Wallace's
the Cineta
West End
the Four Cohans
Congress Not In Session As Senate Reports Numerous Measures
The Senate was not in session. The House moved several private pension bills and a $1,000,000 foot and mouth disease bill to special order for Tuesday. International news notes England and Germany blamed each other over Venezuelan raids, while a Venezuelan loan plan and war preparations stirred tension. Domestic items cover Havana treaty optimism, arbitration offers, and labor position on the Eight Hour bill. City briefs report irregular stocks, tunnel franchise action, a police chief resignation, an ice-delayed elevated line, and local probate and elections developments. Weather forecasts call for snow and northeast winds with highs around 31 and lows near 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
Germany
la Guayra
Foreign Office
Berlin
Castro
England
London
Venezuela
Mareseilles
Washington
Havana
Cuba
State Department
Great Britain
Bowen
John Barrett
Japan
Roosevelt
A. B. Boardman
Board of Aldermen
Partridge
Low
Gaynor
White Plains
New York Central Railroad Company
Lorenz
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Reform Association
Pennsylvania Society
Waldorf
Sarah N. Waters
Tammany Organization
John A. Verow
Princeton
Harvard
Fiske
Mount Vernon
Tre City Civil Service response to reformers critique
The Municipal Civil Service Commission answers charges of inefficiency and high costs. It defends examination spending, notes internal savings, and rebuts claims of poor reforms. It compares costs with prior years and clarifies differences from federal procedures.
Civil Service reform debate over commission performance
A letter reply defends the Civil Service Commission against critics, arguing reforms progress and denying misused figures. The exchange questions the value of open letters and special examiners while noting overall improvement but urging constructive reform over public attacks.
Castro shifts stance urges arbitration in Venezuela dispute
The article notes Mr. Castro’s change from defiance to plea for U S mediation to submit the case to arbitration. It argues arbitration is best pursued early, outlines Hague mediation ideas, and warns that delay or obstinacy could invite coercive action by Britain and Germany, with the United States unable to guarantee support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Castro
Venezuela
Caribbean
London
United States
the Hague
Great Britain
Germany
Castro
Ice Storm Halts Manhattan Elevated Rail Service Again
The city endures a renewed ice storm that disrupts electric lines of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company. Limited West Side locomotives and overworked surface cars cope, while critics blame the company for delays and underusing modern traction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
Rail snow and ice control ideas proposed amid winter disruption
The article discusses methods to keep rails clear of ice and snow including brushes heat shields and a horizontal cover with a crooked shoe connection. It notes pedestrians and horses struggle in slick conditions and favors fine ashes over cinders for sidewalk traction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Company
Colonel Partridge’s Retirement From City Police
The article argues Colonel Partridge failed to meet sensational reform hopes yet quietly weeded out corrupt officers. It notes obstacles from bad laws and untrustworthy subordinates, praising his steady progress and character while predicting a younger, more vigorous successor.
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Partridge
Tammany
France
Sunday Tribune previews vast 1903 features and tours
The Sunday Tribune announces tomorrow's issue will feature a description and illustration of the Leland Stanford Memorial Church, Plymouth Mass church pilgrimage, Morningside Cathedral progress, Jersey City Mayor Fagan's NY business pitch, Judge Alton Parker profile, Bridgeport railroad upgrades, Iselin yacht anecdotes, Oberlin clergy role talk, New Bedford cattle stunt tale, Morris Canal legislative wrangle, Bowdoin library gift, government food experiments, Vanderbilt’s Biltmore, Waterbury fire recovery, women’s physical culture series, plus reviews and society items.
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Leland Stanford
Fagan
Jersey City
New York
Alton B. Parker
Bridgeport
Iselin
Oberlin College
New Bedford
Morris Canal
Lake Hopatcong
Bowdoin College
T. H. Hubbard
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Waterbury
Sunday World News Preview Seeks Widest Readership
Describes plans for a comprehensive Sunday edition featuring foreign correspondence and full world news. Promises a most complete, acceptable newspaper readers cannot miss.
Front Platform Workers Face Harsh Winter On NYC Cars
In bitter winds and low temperatures front platform workers on surface transit suffer severe exposure. The author asks why New York lacks vestibules like other cities and urges Mr. Vreeland and Mr. Greatsinger to protect wage earners amid winter work.
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New York
Vreeland
Greatsinger
Third rail system questioned after recurrent East River delays
Winter brings grievous accidents and delays on elevated lines on both sides of the East River raising public confidence doubts in the third rail electric system. Urgent improvements are urged to restore service reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River
Cleveland officials inspect courthouses to plan a new temple of justice
City inspectors from Cleveland review the Criminal Courts Building on Centre Street and condemn it as a botch. The piece notes crime probes, Christmas money shipments, poisons discovered, and forest guardians opposing evergreen destruction, but calls the era headstrong in its praise of holiday bounty.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
New York
Scrooge
Marley
The Talk of the Day and a Row of Fractured Bits
A report curates assorted clippings from a Chicago era paper including an anecdote about Uncle Joe Cannon and a circus tale. It sketches brief vignettes on Christmas tree economics in Maine and a quip exchange about dress or redress, plus stray notes from Philadelphia and Baltimore humor columns.
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Chicago
Joe’ Cannon
Eph
White House Cabinet Meets Briefly On Venezuelan Affairs
Washington December twelfth special report says the cabinet session lasted nearly two hours but focused mainly on routine matters not foreign policy. No warships will be sent to the Venezuelan coast as the administration maintains patience and awaits developments. General Bliss reached agreement with the Cuban Cabinet on future commercial relations. Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a second tea of the season with hundreds of guests in the receiving line.
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Washington
Hay
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Bliss
Root
War Department
Lacey
Bates
Pennsylvania
Flynn
Oklahoma
William Alden Smith
Livingston
Jones
Millard
Jaeckel
New York
Cushman
Capers
South Carolina
Pga Jenkins
Charleson
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Bingham
Cowles
Loeb
Barnes
Rixey
McCoy
Poole
Louise van Dyke Jones
Payne
Hagner
Diplomatic Corps Update Delayed Embassy Entertainment
The British Embassy announced no formal entertainment before January 1 due to renovation delays. Italian Ambassador and Signora des Plan ches host a theatre party in Philadelphia tonight and will return tomorrow morning from the Hotel Stenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert
Signora Des Planches
Philadelphia
Stenton
Washington Society Notes Special Dinners and Luncheons
The Adjutant General of the Army and Mrs. Corbin hosted a dinner with guests including Herr von Holleben the German Ambassador Senator and Mrs. Depew and several Supreme Court wives. Mrs. Fuller hosted a luncheon for Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes with prominent attendees. Mrs. Colton celebrated her niece Miss Margery Colton with a fashionable afternoon reception and a large debutante guest list.
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Washington
the Army
Corbin
Herr von Holleben
Depew
Slater
Julian James
Hitchcock
Hanna
Clement A. Griscom
Fuller
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Knox
Attorney General
Harlan
Brewer
Shiras
Peckham
Eugene Hale
Henry Cabot Lodge
Kean
New Jersey
Postlethwaite
MacVeagh
Pierce
Brooks Adams
Wood
Rockhill
Arnold Hague
Gordon-Cumming
Colton
D. D. Colton
California
Connecticut Ave
Margery Colton
Carolyn Huff
Congressman Huff
Pennsylvania
Florence Field
Pansy Bloomer
Marina Jones
Diane Morgan-Hill
Elsie Seymour
Frances Sands
Gwendolin Ffoulke
Sally Schroeder
Louise van Dyke Jones
Jean Crosby
Jean Loring
Gertrude Brown
Frances Downing
Perkins
Henley- Smith
Downing
Theodosia Martin
New York Society Hosts Puccini Opera in Grand Style
A large, brilliant New York audience attended Puccini’s La Tosca featuring Mme. Eames. Notable attendees included Mrs. Astor, Mrs. J. Hood Wright, and many society figures. Debutante receptions, dances at Delmonico’s and the Waldorf, and a Sherry’s ballroom cotillion highlighted a busy social week with focus on debutantes and society events. The Wilson Industrial School fundraiser and engagements announcements also marked a packed social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puccini
Mme. Eames
Ogden Godet
Edward Cooper
J. Hood Wright
Oliver Gould Jennings
John Sloane
Astor
Richard Gambrill
J. J.wysong
George E. Dodge
William H. Fahnestock
Bradish Johnson
Adrian Iselin, Jr
R. Fulton Cutting
H. C. Fahnestock
Trenor Lark
WEDDINGS IN CHATHAM AND RIDGEWOOD
Miss Miriam Gladys Howells and Raymond Wright Carrington married at the Howells home with a reception and a southbound wedding trip. They will reside in New York. Miss Florence Rhoda Clark and Oscar Ludeman also wed at the Clark home in Ridgewood with the ceremony performed by Rev. J A Van Nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham, N. J
Miriam Gladys Howells
William H. Howells
Chatham
Raymond Wright Carrington
East Orange
Mr. Humphreys
Morristown
Amelia
Alice Howells
George Robinson
Brooklyn
Mrs. Carrington
South
New York
Ridgewood
N. J
Florence Rhoda Clark
Edwin Clark
Oscar Ludeman
J. A. van Nest
Major Hancock Stricken While At Desk In Pension Office
Washington December 12 Major John Hancock chief of the stationery division of the Pension bureau and father in law of William R Merriam of the Census was stricken with illness at his desk today He is in a serious condition and is being attended by physicians
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hancock
William R. Merriam
General Scott Hancock
Stockholm
Sweden
John A. Enander
Chicago
Hemlandet
Vasa
Enander
Augustam College and Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Vester Fgeda
Amer
Denmark
Silaceeb William
Count Golitchowski
Oeelrichs Ill in San Francisco after poisoning attack
Dispatches report Hermann Oeelrichs ill in San Francisco with a suspected poisoning attack on a foot. Relatives say the condition is not serious, though the ailment requires attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Oeelrichs
San Francisco
Notable Passengers Sailed and To Sail on Multiple Steamers Today
The list shows travelers sailing today on the Kronprinz Wilhelm to Plymouth Cherbourg and Bremen including Baron Charles Alcotti secretary of the Italian Em Emerson, Mr and Mrs R Somers wees Countess Grace von, Mr and Mrs Franklin eve Walker, A Hayman J Brooks Young. Also sailing to Antwerp on the Finland are S Baldwin Professor and Mr Eliot Cowdin Smyth Mrs G M Di Booked to sail to London on the Manitou Elfen Bates and others. Also expected tomorrow from Rotterdam on Noordam are William EB Bates Dorothy Miller, G Dee, A ward and Yvonne D Herbilly. On the Umbria bound for Liverpool are M C Buck Rev George Hudges Alfred Mosely C So well Rev Peter O Malley Colonel W F Cody H M Peasy J W Cratz Sonal H B Ramey Michael Davitt and The Bishop of Thetford.
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Antwerp
Finland
S. Baldwin
Eliot —O Cowdin
Smyth
G. M. di
Rotterdam
Noordam
William EB
Dorothy Miller
Bates
Dee Ee W
Arabilly
A. Ward
Yvonne D’ Herbilly
Kennedy and
Cecilia Loftus
William Wa
Addison T.' Zeler
Umbria
Liverpool
M. ¢. Buck
George Hudges
G. G. Black
Alfred Mosely
C. Sowell
Peter O'Malley
W. F. Cody
H. M. Peasy
J. W. Cratz
Sonal H. B. Ramey
Michael Davitt
Thetford
Noted Dublin Woman Rose McDowell Dies at Peak of Talent
In Dublin Miss Rose McDowell aged eighty one dies. she once captivated Daniel O Connell and reportedly refused his suit influencing his illness. Also updates on Dr Edward R Shaw becoming Rochester Schools superintendent, art in Massachusetts Senate, and Swedish honors for Dr John A Enander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Rose McDowell
Daniel O'Connell
Miss McDowell
Daniel O
Edward R. Shaw
University of the City of New York
Rochester Public Schools
Charles B. Gilbert
Dr. Shaw
Bellport
Long Island
Lafayette College
School of
Shaw
Benjamin F. Butler
Senate
Massachusetts State House
Danish Crown Prince Intervenes In Scientist Visit
American doctor Dr. George G. Hopkins meets Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark in Copenhagen during a Finsen light therapy session. Frederick offers guidance and notes the royal family’s interest in the therapy, underscoring cross‑Atlantic ties in medical advancement. The piece also profiles Boer War hero General Benjamin J. Viljoen, praised for bold, decisive actions and his modest demeanor.
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Denmark
Europe
George G. Hopkins
Brooklyn
de Hopkins
Copenhagen
Finsen
Crown Prince
Frederick
England
Dr. Hopkins
Ont
Finsem
Kins
America
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Pace
Peaces
Sennen & Brokers
Hoare and Koon
Cerp
Ares
Senne
Sporting
Surrogete
Noti
Tribune
Evropesa
Oneal
SKS
Newe Dork Daily Tribune
Tre City
New-York
Commission
Treasury Department
City Civil Service Office
Boston
Nantasket Beach
Coney Island
the Sunday Tribune
Central Park
Titus
Ann Arbor
Philadelphia Press
Maine
Singleton
Miss Willing
Chicago News
Mass
Rochester Post-Express
Merrie England
Ambrose Pare
Charles IX
Roche-Sur- Yon
Rondeletius
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
Vancouver's Island
Esquimans
Philadelphia Record
London West End
Bill
Baltimore News
White House
Mary E
Edna Clark
Gertrude
Edwin Smith
the Diplomatic Corps
Notes OF Society
NEW York Society
William Baylis
Adelaide
Fifth-ave
Lillian Holmes
Artemas Holmes
Madison-ave
Oulse Trowbridge
Elizabeth Clark
Anabelle van Nostrand
Winifred Ives
Ada de Acosta
Albert C. Bostwick
Ernest H. Crosby
Eleanor Crosby
John H. Eden
Ruth
West Fortyxth-st
Delmonico’s
Kieckhofer
Waldorf-Astoria
Hilborne Roosevelt
Lexington-ave
Dorothy
Miss Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Eleanor, Roosevelt
Christine Roosevelt
Ethel Clark
Archibald Alexander
Dallas Bache Pratt
Katharine Pratt
George Rutledge Gibson
Gibson
Edwin Stevens
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Bloomfield Wetherill
Morgan J. O’brien
Genevieve
Sherry’s
Laura Swan
Natalie Schenck
Julia Edgar
Cathleen Neilson
Marie Harmon
Evelyn Parsons
May Solevy
Louise Trowbridge
Jessie
Louise Lynch
Marie de Neufville
Phenix Ingraham
Louis Iselin
Jules B. Neilson
Inald Vanderbilt
William R. Grace, Jr
Duncan G. L. Haven
Forbes Morgan
Thomas B. Clark, Jr
George R. Schieffelin
East Forty-fifth St
H. de Berkeley Parsons
Madison Ave
Charles Meyers
Hempstead
West Seventieth St
Jeannette
Adelaide Baylis
Isabella Wetherhill
Kate Richardson
Elizabeth Masten
Miriam Blagden
Margaret Lloyd
Josephine Russell
Margaret Russell
Wilson Industrial School For Girls
Frances Ogden Jones
No. Ti Parkave
Marion Hopkinson Smith
F. Hopkinson Smith
Heron Charles Goodhart
Constantinople
Mr. Goodhart
Henry Neve Goodhart
Langley Park
Kent
Francis ‘Tress Barry, Bart
M. P
Ketss Castle
Caithness
Scotland
Hermann Oelrichs III
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Baron Charles Alcotti
Wees
Grace von
Frankiin Eve
Walker
A. Hayman
J. Brooks Young
Manitou
Elfen Bates
Benarg
J. Dixer
Scriven
Ae Family
Edith Stage
R. Herrick
Pauline B. Townsem
George A. Bramley Moore
W. & Johnston
Taxu Tug and Lighter Company
Taku Forts
Johsston
Benjamin J. Viljoen
The
Tugel
Viljoen
Villon
Wynand Viljoen
Tembuland
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