Amusements in Early Shows and Theaters Listing
A compact catalog lists vaudeville acts and musical performances including The Red Mill The Man from Home The Devil A Gentleman from Mississippi Vanderrille Pecestrice and Cavalera Rusticana and more at venues like Liberty Square Bippodrome Square Garden Manhattan Opera House Majestic Metropolitan Opera House and local rinks with showtimes and prices noted for each act.
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Red Mill
Vauderilie Art
Eco—S
Mississippi
Vanderrille Dway—S
Pecestrice
Cavalera Rusticana
Mischief
Queen of the Moulin Rouse
NIAL
Vandertile
Samson LY
Tre
Jack Straw
Mary Jane
Creti
Saltetlon
Neil Ammerstein
Birdland
Sc Rats
Lady Frea
Dxicqkerrocker
Liberty
Vic Wireless Fcecm
Square Garden
Manhattan Opera House
Majestic
Metropolitan Opera House
Amsterdam
Xework Daily Crime Advertisement and Publisher Details
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the Xework Daily Crime. It is a New York corporation with principal offices at Tribune Building 155 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills is president James M Barrett is secretary and treasurer.
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Oea
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Taft Enters Washington as National Affairs Move Ahead
President-elect Taft arrives in Washington and meets the President on plans for the Canal Zone trip. The day includes a dinner honoring enlisted service members and remarks at the event. The National Civil Service Reform League orders a congratulatory message to Roosevelt for reform work.
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Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
Rayner
Marine Corps
Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Constantinople
Rostoff-on-the-Don
State Department
Simon
Haiti
Castro
Caracas
Lord Morley
India
Henry McCallum
Ceylon
Manuel
Taft
Washington
Canal Zone
Washington Young Men's Christian Association
Army
Navy
National Civil Service Reform League
Roosevelt
Cass Gilbert
American Institute of Architects
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Pullman Company
Chicago
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Philadelphia
Frederick C. Hewitt
Owego
N.Y
Hains
Thornton
William F. Annis
du Pont Powder Company
Powder Trust
Wall Street
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Hughes
Agricultural Opportunity and Government Advertising
An analysis argues how government advertising could inform farmers about land profits while noting Canadian ads lure Western farmers away from high priced lands. It highlights reclamation projects in the West, irrigation benefits, proximity to markets, and attractive conditions in the South for Northern immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Iowa
Old Confederate Soldier Sees North As Builder Of Future
The speaker argues Northern magnates helped rebuild the country, citing Northern success as proof that his state offers opportunity. He laments a lack of local energy due to easy living and notes emigration to Canada as farmers seek better prospects, urging attention to closer opportunities at home.
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North
New York State
Mississippi Valley
Horhe
Canada
Taft’s tariff revision stance outlined at Ohio Society dinner
Mr Taft outlined a tariff plan promising an honest revision aligned with the party platform. He argued for no revision unless it truly lowers excess profits, protects consumers, and limits protectionist gains for manufacturers. He urged inviting foreign competition only where American costs justify fair profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Ohio Society
Debts and land losses push city borrowing limit beyond view
The Charter Revision Commission assesses the city debt at 29.34 million dollars above Metz figures, mainly due to land acquired liabilities. It faulted using assessed land values and urged explicit rules on what counts toward borrowing capacity. The report says the city likely exceeded its debt limit earlier this year by a small margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Revision Commission
Metz
Charter Commission
The Turkish Parliament and the Ottoman Reform Era
The article argues for cautious optimism about the Ottoman Empire's move toward constitutional government begun at Dolma baghtche palace. It cites parallels with Russia, Persia, China, and Iran while praising the Young Turks for steady reform and criticizing peasant tax myths and law misunderstandings.
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Dolma Baghtche Palace
Ottoman Empire
Persia
Iran
China
Turkey
Constantinople
Empire Chamber Reflects Ottoman Unity Under Young Turks
The text notes a diverse Chamber of Deputies and Senate reflecting Bulgarian Greek Armenian Jew and Ottoman Turkish representation with the Young Turks as the leading force guiding deliberations. It praises the Sultan for his reformist stance and marks recent events at St Sophia as auspicious for humanity.
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Chamber of Deputies
Empire
St. Sophia
Propontis
Bosporus
Bricks Without Straw Denounces Democratic Fear of Sanity
The Springfield Republican notes the Democratic party’s lack of enthusiasm for a safe and sane platform four years hence. It recalls the Whig party’s 1848 convention and Henry Clay’s defeats, pondering whether a new national figure could emerge or if Bryan’s dominance will persist without gain.
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Democratic Party
McCarren
Guffey
Roger Sullivan
Springfield
Whig
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
Louisiana
Kentucky
Winfield Scott
New Jersey
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
John McLean
Ohio
John M. Clayton
Delaware
Bryan
Cosmopolitanism in Universities Expands Across Nations
The article notes a rising cosmopolitan movement in universities with teachers and students from varied lands. It cites historical exchanges, rising international student presence in Europe and America, and new cross border professorial exchanges with Denmark Finland and beyond, aiming for global academic representation.
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Europe
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
Japan
China
Agassiz
da Ponte
Goldwin Smith
James McCosh
France
America
Germany
Denmark
MacCracken
New York University
University of Copenhagen
Jespersen
Columbia University
Finland
H. M. Donner
City’s condemnation costs questioned by Cassidy committee
Witnesses critiqued city savings in condemnation cases noting Hunt’s Point Park land cost 252000 with a claimed saving of 79000, while net loss risks bankruptcy. Hearst Independence League vote fell nationally and in New York, signaling weak prospects against Democrats. The National Organization of Supervising Weights and Measures inspectors mentioned.
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Cassidy Committee
Hunt's Point Park
United States and Society in Debate Across Vignettes
A column of varied observations critiques liberal risk, metric standards, and mechanical jurors. It notes a veteran American soldier’s savings counsel, discusses Portugal's rotativismo, and questions Haiti’s elections amid potential intervention. It laments a hoped national arts bureau and preservation of St. John’s Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau of Fine Arts
American Institute of Architects
St. John’s Chapel
Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Bishop Cheney Celebrated in Chicago
The talk of the day marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the consecration of Bishop Charles Edward Cheney of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Born in 1836 in New York, he graduated Hobart College in 1857 and was ordained in 1860. He helped organize the Reformed Episcopal Church and served as missionary bishop to the Northwest in 1873 and bishop of the Chicago synod in 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Cheney
Reformed Episcopal Church
Chicago
Cheney
New York State
Hobart College
Ele
Northwest
Synod of
Roosevelt Hosts First Season State Dinner With Cabinet
Washington December 17 The President and Mrs Roosevelt host a first season state dinner for the Cabinet and guests. Attendees include Vice President Fairbanks and many cabinet members along with senior officials and society figures. The day features White House calls and a lunch with President-elect Taft, plus a plan for DC government reform.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Secretary of the Treasury
Wright
Bonaparte
Meyer
Maud Pauncefote
Congress
District of Columbia
White House
Bryce
Nixon
Ankeny
Fulton
Brown
Cleatt
Martin
Chapman
Payne
Candler
Graham
Landis
Rausch
Adair
Diplomatic Moves and Holiday Plans Hit Washington
The Danish Minister and Countess Moltke will visit Boston for Christmas with Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Thayer as their new legation on 16th Street prepares for entertaining. Captain C F G Sowerby arrives as naval attaché to succeed Captain Horace Hood. W A Reynards hosts a farewell dinner for Viscount de Chambrun, with bachelor diplomats and debutantes attending.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
W. A. Reynards
Netherlands
Legation
Viscount de Chambrun
France
Debutante Season Opens as Taft Daughter Arrives in Washington
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the President elect, will stay with Brigadier General and Mrs. James B. Aleshire until Saturday and attend debut teas and Yale Glee Club events. Debutantes and society figures fill the season with dinners hosted by Mrs. John R. McLean and others.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Helen Taft
Taft
James B. Aleshire
Capital
Aleshire
Marjorie Aleshire
Marie Michie
Robert EB. L. Michie
Garlington
Miss Garlington
John W. Timmons
Fairbanks
Timmons
Philadelphia
Idaho
John F. Rogers
Prominent Figures and Miscellany Highlight Global Notes
A patchwork of quotes and brief notes. Yale adopts direct primaries for class elections with preliminary ballots and final candidates. Washington Star jokes about writers’ originality. Bishop Stringer plans a Yukon expedition. humane education linked to crime reduction cited in London school. humorous exchanges from Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rev. Dr. John H. DeForest receives Japanese honor for 35 years of mission work in Japan. lighthearted quips from Louisville and other papers.
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Shered Scientific School
Yale University
Yale Alumni Weekly
Yukon
Stringer
Anglican Church
Dawson
Herschel Island
Washington Star
Boston Transcript
London
England
John H. DeForest
Sendai
Japan
Order of the Rising Sun
DeForest
Civic Forum to Host J Keir Hardie Address January 12
J Keir Hardie MP will speak at the Civic Forum in New York on January 12 on A Revolution in British Politics and Its Lessons for America. He travels to America for ten days on invitation and this will be his only public address in New York.
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J. Keir Hardie
M. P
Labor Party
House of Commons
Civic Forum
Eliot
Charles F. Abed
Hardie
America
New York
New York City
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Folk
Missouri
Knox
Pennsylvania
Paul Milyoukoev
St. Petersburg
Carnegie Hall
God Save the King Time Standardized Across Bands
The army council orders faster tempo for God Save the King set at four crotchets per minute above previous speed. The King and royal family favored a brisker rendering, noting the slower tempo was dirgelike. Music sheets for four hundred bands to reflect the change.
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London Standard
God Save the King
Army Council
Weddings at St. Luke's Brooklyn unite Ward and Southack in ceremony
Miss Josephine Allen Ward wed Bogart Greenwood Southack at St. Luke's Church Brooklyn with a large bridal party headed by Dorothy Woodruff Ward as maid of honor and Leroy Christy as best man. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the Ward home 319 Garfield Place. In Chicago on December 17 Mrs Catherine Young Hobart married Dr Walter Foreman Wyckes, its details noting her previous divorce and the family fortune.
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Frederick W. Whitridge
East 11Th Street
Joan Whitridge
Dorothy Bigelow
Marjorie Gould
Helen Dorothea Kane
Virginia Murray
Anna Robinson
Ella Borland
Pauline Riggs
Janetta Alexander
Evelyn Smith
Frances Dickey
Edna Biddle
Eleanor Whitridge
W. O'D
W. Merle-Smith
West Sith Street
Dorothy Merle-Smith
Sophia Townsend
Harriet Alexander
Margaret Sloane
Adelia Pyle
Julia Loomis
Barbara Armour
Princeton
Jean Delano
Gertrude Beegman
Emily Coe
Josephine Ostorn
Anne Gardiner
Muriel Morris
Gertrude Cheever
Anna Olyphant
Ruth Davis
Helen Miller
Angelica Brown
Tiffany Richardson
Alfred Loomis
Harold Imbrie
Alfred Olcott
Charles Dana
William Coffin
Stephen Landon
William Manice
Geoffrey Dodge
John Terry
Robert Neeser
Orson Munn
Richard Lounsbery
St. Luke’s Church
Brooklyn
Josephine Allen Ward
Rodney Allen Ward
Bogart Greenwood Southack
Frank Tilden Southack
West End Avenue
Manhattan
Timothy L. Woodruff
Rodney C. Ward
2D Regiment
Dorothy Woodruff Ward
Louise FP. Means
Manchester
N. H
Marjorie Allen Curtis
Marguerite A. Coghlin
Anne Allen Ward
Grace F. Lamb
Ruth Koward
Ruth Thurston
Edith Thurston
Leroy Christy
Montclair
Rodney A. Ward, Jr
Marshall M. Bartholomew
Arthur W. R. Thompson
George Emmons
Chicago
Catherine Young Hobart
Otto Young
Walter Foreman Wyckes
Baltimore
Wyckes
Byron Hobart
St. Louis
Chinese Euphemisms From Dundee Advertiser Death Customs
The Dundee Advertiser notes Chinese mourning terms after the emperor's death differ from common speech. Officials, ministers, and the emperor avoid direct words for dying, using phrases like crash and demise. Coffins are called longevity boards, and the one hundred days ritual affects plays and barber mourners.
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Dundee
China
Municipal Art Society Exhibition Plans Revealed
Charles H. Israels announced a municipal themed exhibition to showcase New York City official works across city plan trees parks schools monuments and public buildings. The event aims to include prints photographs and future plans, with sections aligning past present and proposed improvements. It is slated for February at the National Arts Club.
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Municipal Art Society
Charles H. Israels
New York
John G. Agar
Mr. Israels
City of
Society of Municipal Engineering
Varius City
National Arts Club
New Coadjutor Bishop Named for Virginia
Alexandria report says Rev Dr Berryman Green formerly with the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia was elected bishop coadjutor at the Episcopal convention last night in Virginia.
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Virginia
Alexandria
Berryman Green
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia
Diocese of Virginia
Governor Hughes Returns to Albany After New York Trip
Governor Hughes returns to the capital from New York where he attended the Ohio Society dinner. He proceeds to the Executive Chamber where a large correspondence awaits him.
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Albany
Hughes
New York
Ohio Society
Executive Chamber
McAuley Mission Board Reelects Officers and Adds Trustee
At the McAuley Water Street Mission annual meeting at R Fulton Cutting’s offices Joan and Huyler were re elected president, Cutting re elected treasurer, Curtiss re elected secretary. William Halls, jr. and Dick T. Hopkins were elected trustees to replace the late M. Smith and the removed A. Ryerson. Mrs. John F. Wyburn was elected a missionary.
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McAuley Water Street Mission
R Fulton Cutting
Joan & Huyler
Mr Cutting
B. de F. Curtiss
William Halls
Ick T. Hopkins
M. Smith
A. NS. Ryerson
Maine
John F. Wyburn
Today’s events vary from free museum admission to social clubs
Free admission to the American Museum of Natural History and Zoological Garden. Rhode Island day at the tuberculosis exhibition. Afternoon social at Century Theatre Club. Hotel Astor events at 2:50 pm and 7 pm. H E Hulbert speaks on Americas Duty to the Far East. Fifth Avenue Baptist Church service at 5 pm. New York Railroad Club reunion at 29 West 30th Street. Greeters ball at Terrace Garten. Rochester University dinner at Hotel Astor. NYU Alumni smoker at Hotel Astor. Madison Square Garden Tow exhibition. Company K smoker at Hotel Astor.
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American Museum of
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