Vaudeville listings at major New York venues
Amusements section lists shows at Academy, Vauderilie, Saaar Art Galleries, Belasco, Laney, Adwayt, Musee, Sibley, Patriot, Vaudeville, Square, Rippoprome, Hadson, Knickerbocker, Liberty, Lyceum, Lyric, Madisson Square Garden, Majestic, New Amsterdam, New York, Savoy, Stuyvesant, Wallace, Weber and West End venues. Features include The World in Wax, The Queen of the Moulin Rouge, The Pied Piper, Little Nemo, Miss Tancence, The Fighting Here, and The Stronger Sex with varied vaudeville acts and concerts.
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Academy
Red Mill
Vauderilie
Saar
Belasco
The
Mississippi
Laney
Mai
Vauudertile
Samsor
Musee
Sibty
Vaudeville Square
Bellet of
Madison Square Gardex
Lpm
New Amsterdam
Little Nemo
New York
Miss Tanccence
SAVOY
the Battie
Styvesant
Wallace
Betty
Weber
West
Tribune Association Owner and Officers Notice
The New York Daily Tribune states ownership by the Tribune Association, a New York corporation, with Tribune Building address at 154 Nescou Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M. Bennett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune
Nescou Street
York
Ogden Mills
James M. Bernett
New
World and Domestic News Briefs Span Global Tensions
Reports from across the globe include Venezuela’s acting president dismissing Castro’s Cabinet and forming a cross faction ministry, Britain’s Taft era tariff debates, Germany’s envoy arrival in Washington, and a naval inquiry into Yankee’s sinking. Also noted are Lisbon’s municipal deficit, stock weakness, and weather turning colder with a 42/31 high low.
Cost of Steel A Look From Carnegie and Gary
The piece surveys Andrew Carnegie and Judge Gary on steel tariffs and protection. Carnegie argues producers need no protection while Gary says independents would falter without it. Figures on pig iron and steel rail costs are disputed. Carnegie questions the bureau figures as unworthy.
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Carnegie
America
Trust
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Payne
Bureau of Corporations
Carnegie Witnesses Question Actual Cost of Steel Rails
The text discusses committee figures for steel rail costs being arbitrary and shows Carnegie challenging them. It notes the gap between claimed costs for pig iron and rails and a claimed $1580 profit per ton, arguing real costs would differ and not rely solely on biased testimony. The passage stresses the need for independent evidence to determine true steel production costs.
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Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Wars and Means
Taft Visited Canal Zone and Weighs Sea Level Plan
The essay praises President elect Taft for planning another Panama Canal visit and favors prudent consideration of canal plans. It notes Roosevelt’s earlier stance and discusses the sea level versus lock plan, urging careful evaluation of new evidence and potential policy change.
British patent law sparks debate on Revocation powers
Editorial discusses the British patents and designs act, its scope for revoking foreign and domestic patents, and how the Controller may require a patentee to begin manufacturing in Britain. It notes potential delays, the hearing requirement, possible extensions, and uncertainty over outcomes amid eleven petitions with no decisions yet.
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Engineering
Loendon
United Kingdom
Commissioner of Patents
United States
Greal Britain
British Isles
England
Questioning Act Interpretation Sparks Alarm Debate
A fragment discusses whether the first half interpretation is correct until officials disclose how the act will be applied and how British courts will construe it, suggesting insufficient reason for alarm at present.
Improper Bond Issues Highlight Rail Credit Rules
The Public Service Commission for the 2d District rejects Delaware & Hudson Railroad bonds to fund a trolley line purchase, deeming the rail credit should serve railroad business only. It notes the trolley deal had no direct railroad relation, price over value, and no direct ownership by the railroad, suggesting United T
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Public Service Commission of
2D District
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company
Electric Road
Delaware & Hudson
Public Service Commission
Delaware & Hudson Company
United Traction Company
Canada Moves to Restrict Coasting Trade to Canadian Vessels
The Dominion government delays full enforcement of a new coast navigation law for two years for large vessels, while keeping its aim to confine commerce between Canadian ports to Canadian ships. After January 1, domestic vessels will carry the trade, with aliens allowed for ships over 1,500 tons for two more years. the move aligns with other nations and faces Cobdenite critique.
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Dominion
Canada
England
Gobbling headlines mix of seas and salvos
A drifting outline of 1900s world notes ships Maine Lisbon etc with playful, skeptical vignettes. It mentions the Haitian and Venezuelan waters, Lisbon treasury shortfall, an American Pompeii in Arizona, the Dalai Lama, Lhassa, Potala, and a flippant line about July heat. Concludes with sugar spending critique.
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Dalai Lama
Lhassa
Fordham Poe cottage urged as city museum
The Westchester Magazine urges city purchase of the Edgar Allan Poe cottage at Fordham as a repository for Poe relics. The house housed Poe from June 1846 to his death in Baltimore, Virginia Poe’s death there, and Poe’s early drafts and poems were written in the cottage. The piece highlights the cottage as New York’s premier literary landmark.
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Westchester County
Edgar Allan Poe
Fordham
Poe
Baltimore
Virginia
Annabel Lee
Eldorado
Anni
Greater
New York
Fragmented Excerpts From Old Papers on Policies and Jokes
A collage of quotes and brief notes. Prohibitions on noisy firework items contrast with playful quips from Puck and The Philadelphia Record. Mentions include Boston schoolboy Abraham Rosenstein, a Newsboys' Union note, and commentary on ten hour day debates.
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Hnteen
Phillips Gram English High
Abraham Rosenstein
Eigh Ton
Union
Harv Rosenstein
Met
Boston
Milton Dinner Toast Honors London City and Milton Tribute
Ambassador Reid honors Milton at the Mansion House tercentenary in London. He praises Milton’s role in the press freedom struggle, cites Shakespeare’s Chicagoic-like London, and salutes the Lord Mayor and London as the poet’s home, birthplace, and guardian of his tomb.
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Ambassador Reid
Mansion House
London
Milton
England
Mediterranean
Shakespeare
New England
Lord Mayer
Liberty
New German Ambassador Arrives in Washington
Count Bernstorff, recently named German Ambassador to the United States, arrived with his wife and daughter aboard the Hamburg American liner America. He expressed pleasure at the assignment and pledged openness and good faith in German aims, aiming to foster mutual goodwill and fair play between the United States and Germany.
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Count J. Bernstorff
United States
Amerika
Washington
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Europe
Germany
President peaceful Panama Canal visit described as precaution
Washington December 21 The President said Taft and expert engineers will visit the Panama Canal Zone for a precautionary investigation late in January. He and his family will spend Christmas Day at the White House. The Lincoln farm celebration is discussed for February 12, and Sir Florace Plunkett with Gifford Pinchot visited on agricultural matters.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
White House
Detal
Lincoln Farm
McCreary
Kentuc
Florace Plunkett
Dublin
Gifford Pinchot
Cale
O'Cconnell
Aversa
Cuba
Dennis Flynn
Homer Davenport
Green
Karl de
von Lewinski
Berlin
J. I. van den Burg
J. Chester Allison
Mrs Root Returns From New York Visit For Christmas
From The Tribune Bureau Washington December 21 Mrs Root wife of the Secretary of State has returned from a short visit to New York The Secretary and Mrs Root have not decided where they will spend Christmas but will probably remain here on account of Mr Roots temporary lameness Mrs James R Garfield wife of the Secretary of the Interior entertained a number of guests from diplomatic and resident society at a tea this afternoon in honor of Miss Amy Everett who is her house guest.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Root
Secretary of State
New York
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Diplomatic and Resident Society
Amy Everett
Diplomatic Corps Arts In Washington Prepares Holidays
Washington reports a busy diplomatic scene as Italian Ambassador and Baroness de Planches depart for a ten day tour ending in New York. British Ambassador and Mrs Brice host a grand dinner for high officials including Vice President Fairbanks and numerous ambassadors. Japanese Ambassador and Baroness Takahira hosted a reception for 9 to 11 pm with hundreds from cabinet and society. Swiss Minister Dr. Vogel to New York tomorrow for Christmas, Austrian counsellor Ambrozgy due back soon, Baron Demeter Hye returns after handling affairs in Mexico.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayer Des Planches
New York
Brice
Fairbanks
Mme. Nabuco
Mme. Gude
James
Harrington
George Lambert
George Young
England
Demeter Hye
Mexico
Washington society wedding for Harriet Tooker Hussey
Mrs Harriet B Tooker married Lieutenant Commander Charles L Hussey U S N at the Brownson home with family present. Rev Charles Wood officiated and maid of honor was Caroline Brownson. Best man was Robert K Crank. The couple depart for a short honeymoon before serving in New York. Vanderbilt lease noted for New Hampshire avenue house.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Harriet B. Tooker
Charles L. Hussey
Willard H. Brownson
Charles Wood
Caroline Brownson
Robert K. Crank
Hussey
New York
New Hampshire
George Vanderbilt
New Hampshire Avenue
Beriah Wilkins
Robert N. Travis
Dr Abbott on President Plans for Mayor Candidacy
Dr Lyman Abbott says President Roosevelt will not run for mayor next fall. Roosevelt will be abroad for fifteen months starting after March 4, sailing to Africa. Abbott notes Roosevelt will publish political essays in The Outlook after his term ends.
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Lyman Abbott
City Hall
Cleveland Memorial Committee
Roosevelt
Abbott
Brooklyn
Dr. Abbott
Africa
Oyster Bay
Preacher Contented in Poverty, Says Brooklyn Pastor
Dr Curtis Lee Laws of Greene Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn told a Madison Avenue and 31st Street ministers conference that a poor preacher can be contented and less pitied than a wealthier businessman. He argued ministers could amass fortunes if they pursued business like thrift.
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Curtis Lee Laws
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Madison Avenue
31St Street
Ter. Laws
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Dr. Laws
Colonel Colenbrander weighs elephants detour for Roosevelt
Washington December 21 Colonel J W Colenbrander former Boer war scout leader born in South Africa told President Roosevelt today he would likely miss elephants if he follows his Central Africa route. He plans a long two year hunting trip in South Africa starting April and said the President would need a wide interior detour from Lake Victoria Nyanga to have a chance at any elephants.
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Washington
J. W. Colenbrander
South Africa
Hoosevelt
Central Africa
Colenbrander
Lake Victoria Nyanga
The Year’s Shortest Day at Winter Solstice
The Hartford Courant notes December 22 marks the winter solstice when the sun appears to stand still before turning toward the equator. The article contrasts this with the June solstice and explains equinox periods and common beliefs about length of days and storms.
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Hartford Courant
New York Society Dinners Debutantes and Parties
New York society sets for debutantes with Mrs E H Harriman hosting a Fifth Avenue dinner dance for Miss Carol Harriman and Mrs J Allen Townsend hosting a Madison Avenue dance for Miss Viola Townsend. Mrs William Armstrong Greer hosted a West Street cotillon for Miss Noe Johnston. Additional events include a theatre party for Miss Mary McKim Wilde and various art and musical gatherings, with engagements and travels noted among prominent families.
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E. H. Harriman
Fifth Avenue
Carol Harriman
J. Allen Townsend
Madison Avenue
Miss Viola Townsend
William Armstrong Greer
H Street
Noe 1
Johnston
J. Herbert Johnston
Clive L. du Val
Miss Johnston
George Cobb Wilde Wills
Metropolitan Club
Mary McKim Wilde
Social Notes From Newport Delancey Kans Christmas Plans
Newport telegram reports Mr. and Mrs. Delancey Kans will leave tomorrow to spend Christmas in New Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hunter returned from New York. Mrs. Harold Brown went to New York today. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer returned to Newport from New York this evening. Mrs. Barger Wallach, after a Newport stay, has returned to New York. William K. Brice returned to New York after a brief Newport visit. Daniel Le Roy Dresser, visiting his sister Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, has left Newport.
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the Tribune
Newport
Delancey Kans
New Rochelle
William R. Hunter
New York
Harold Brown
Elisha Dyer
Barger Wallach
William K. Brice
Daniel le Roy Dresser
John Nicholas Brown
Queen Alexandra Sends Message to General Booth
Queen Alexandra telegrammed General William Booth to wish him a speedy recovery from cataract surgery. She expressed sympathy and hope that his sight would soon be restored as physicians reported progress and optimism for his complete recovery.
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London
Signers of St. Johns Plea Praised in Tribune Letter
A Tribune reader thanks supporters of St. Johns Chapel memorial praising a steadfast group. The letter criticizes Trinity Corporation for profiting while closing old church spaces and questions funds for the building project. The writer urges preserving St. Johns and its local uplifting role amid city changes.
St John’s Chapel donation idea from reformers letter
A letter from a New York reformer urges Mrs. Russell Sage and Miss Helen Gould to purchase St John’s Chapel and transfer it to the Reformed Church for use by its worshippers. The writer proposes coordinated funding by wealthy Reformed congregations to cover current expenses, dated December 20, 1908.
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the Tribune
Huntington
St. John's Chapel
Russell Sage
Helen M. Gould
Trinity Corporation
St. John’s Chapel
Reformed Church
Reformed Churach
New York
Governor Hughes to Attend New England Society Dinner
Albany Dec 21 Governor Hughes will go to New York tomorrow to attend the New England Society dinner and will return by Christmas Day with his family to the mansion.
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Morrow
New York
New England Society
Albany
Hughes
Pastor Accepts Call to Brooklyn Church
The Rev. Arthur Mercer of Baltimore has accepted a call to the Swedenbergian Church of the New Jerusalem at Monroe Place and Clark Street. The Rev. Dr. John Curtis Ager steps down after 44 years, resigning last April and leaving the church in January to become a theology professor at a New Church school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mercer is a graduate of Drew College and the New Church Library? Brooklyn.
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Arthur Mercer
Baltimore
New Jerusalem
Monroe Place
Clack’ Strest
John Curtis Ager
Cambridge
Mase
New Church
Cal School
Mercer
Oew College
Traryan
Brooklyn
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Ndustrial and Labor Statistics of
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Detroit Free Press
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Philadelphia Record
Count Bernstorff
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