Christmas Births and Political Shifts Across Europe
The piece blends folklore about Christmas births across Europe with political commentary on British cabinet roles. It cites royals like Dowager Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and Prince Viggo of Denmark, and notes London policy shifts as Lord Lansdowne may return to the Foreign Office while Lord Carson eyes India and colonial affairs. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
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Brentwood Company
Grand Duchess of
Luxemburg
Viggo
Waldema of
Spenmark
Marie of Oueart
Francoise of Grieart
Duchesse de Guise
Ani Schilé
Duc de Chartres
Wal
Sey
Denmark
Francoise
Orleans
Europe
Empir
Austria
Geneva
George
Greece
Balkans
Scandinavia
India
Lord Lansdowne
Foreign Office
Lord Carson
South Africa
House of Lords
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Legacy of Leyds and Boer ties shocks British pension plan
The piece surveys Lord Selborne approving Leyds pension amid Boer war memories. It recounts Leyds dual role in Europe, suspected betrayals, Kruger era diplomacy, and postwar finances tied to Dutch rail concessions. It then shifts to notes on German patent disputes and a New York concert review.
Opera Week at Metropolitan House and Two Cities
The seventh week features repeats of Cavalleria Rusticana and Le Villi with original casts under Toccanini and Spetrine. Faust and Parsifal special matinee with expanded forces. Toscanini leads Madama Butterfly and Lucia of Lammermoor with Sembrich and Bonci Campanari. Hammerstein’s company plus eleven opera performances planned between Manhattan and Philadelphia houses.
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Toccanini
Pinkerton
Toscanini
Lucia
Mme. Semtrich
MM. Bonci
Campanari
Spetrino
Mmes
Fremstad Flahaut
Adela Verne
Messrs
Noté
Feinhals
Hertz
Hammerstein
Mth’ Street Impresario
Manhattan Opera House
Philadelphia Opera House
Rizoletto
Mme. Tetrazzini
Constantino
Arimond
Sammareco
Mary Garden
Renaud
Hoffman
Dalmores
Gilfbert
la Traviata
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Tetrazzini
Taccani
Sammarco
Otello
Melba
Doria
Zenatello
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Crabbe
Lucia di Lammermoor
Constantino and
Poles
Consul General Trinidad La Caya Arrives with Message for Taft
Trinidad La Caya Nicaraguan Consul General to the Philippines arrived on the Sarnia from Kingston bearing a political message for President-elect Taft. He will travel to Washington to deliver the message, noting close ties with Taft from his earlier role as Governor General of the Philippines. The message concerns U.S. Nicaragua relations.
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Kingston
Sarnia
Taft
la Caya
Manila
Europe
Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Pacific Fleet sails from Panama to Talcahuano
The Pacific Fleet, after several days at Panama, sailed for Talcahuano. The Colorado stayed at Panama to take on crew for Captain C. B. Moore who will replace Captain Edmund B. Underwood, ill at Mare Island. He will sail on December 2. Washington.
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Panama
Talcahuano
Navy Department
Colorredo
B. Moore
Edmund B. Underwood
Mare Island
Washington
Board of Education Meeting and City Sessions Today
City events list shows a 4 p.m. Board of Education meeting at the Metropolis Room and a 5 p.m. Western Christian Corrigantia session. Also noted are figures for a New York scene and a tax association gathering on Broad Street and Watch Street with uncertain details.
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Corrigancia
Stitt
New York
Staunett
Dewish
P Avenue
Wi.ge
Mente Taxpasere Asso- Broada
Atch Street
New England Ideals Highlighted At New York Dinner
Governor Hughes spoke at the 103rd New England Society festival in Waldorf Astoria praising New England traits and the composite American. Ex Governor Black urged conservatism and attacked the Sherman law while Seth Low toasted the Republic and remembered New England dead.
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New England
Hughes
New England Society
City of
New York
Waldorf
Frank S. Black
Seth Low
Brooklyn
United States
Low
United States.’ There Was Applause and Then A Silent Toast Mr. Low
New
Koenig Dinner Draws Republicans and Democrats in City
Governor Hughes and District Attorney Jerome praised Samuel S. Koenig at Reisenweber's as a Republican district leader and Secretary of State elect. Abe Gruber mocked some party figures while lauding Koenig's record. many GOP leaders and several Democrats attended the event.
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Hughes
Jerome
Reisenweber
Samuel S. Koenig
New England Society
Abraham Gruber
Mr. Koenig
Abe” Gruber
Roosevelt
Henkel, Wanmaker
Erdman
Haffen
Justice Gregerich
John A. Henneberry
New Use Proposed for St John s Chapel as Trinity Plans Close
Trinity Corporation contemplates closing St. John s Chapel in Varick Street on February 1 while Salvation Army offers to operate a post at the building to serve neighborhood poor. Colonel MacIntyre suggests Sunday services and Christmas dinners could continue if Trinity grants the building, costing about 150 dollars monthly, with rent-free use. Senator Kean expresses regret over the shutdown and warns against moving the church uptown. A Tribune reader raises questions about vestry decisions and past actions regarding Rev Charles Gomph.
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Robert F. Munro
St. Andrew's Society
E. K. Beddatt
St. George’s Society
William Temple Emmet
Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
William Jay
St. Nicholas Society
Anthony H. Evans
St. David's Society
George C. Treadwell
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Thomas A. Buckner
John Claflin
W. H. P. Faunce
Harvey Edward Fisk
Charlies R. Flint
George Harvey
H. ©. Havemeyer, Jr
A. Barton Hepburn
Darwin P. Kingsley
Comte de la Fayette
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Frank A. Munsey
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Willard H
William M. Sloane
Columbia University
America
Leonard Wood
Army
Navy
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St. John's Chapel
Varick Street
Trinity
St. John's
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Tribune
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Ald Trinity
St. John’s Park
Cammann
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Central Province
St. John’s Chapel
MacIntyre
United States
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New York City
New York
Second Mortgage Filed on Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn
A second mortgage of 170000 on the Polytechnic Institute property in Livingston Street Brooklyn was filed dated June 17 in favor of Title Guaranteeind Trust Company. President Frederick W Atkinson says no new loans. last year’s income showed a 20500 surplus used to reduce debt. Institute has borrowed 176000 from various banks, now retired and replaced by the new notes. Attendance on key courses has more than doubled and evening classes reach 350 adults. Trustees have donated over 90000 in four years. campaign aims to raise 99004 for current and next two years with 25000 already pledged.
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Polytechnic Institute
Livingston Street
Brooklyn
Title Guaranteeind Trust Company
Frederick W. Atkinson
Restoration of St John s Park Suggested in Century Plan
A letter from A J Bloor of New York argues for demolishing the large building opposite St John s Chapel to restore a park in place of the former green space. He envisions a breathing place and playground while preserving worship, questions viability of the current structure, and asks if the building is purchasable. He also questions Vanderbilt descendants views on commercial use atop the facade.
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ST. John's Park
the Tribune
Gilder
Century Magazine
St. John’s Chapel
Commodore Vanderbilt
Trinity Church
A. J. Bloor
New York
Weather Report Forecasts Storm Northward Movement And Snow
A strong storm over Hatteras moves northeast along the coast with high winds and snow from the mid Atlantic to New York. Forecasts show clearing conditions after the system, with colder temperatures in northern New England and precipitation beginning in the western plateau midweek. District highlights include snow and improving conditions across Delaware Maryland New Jersey Eastern New York and New England.
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Washington
Hatteras
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
New England
Rockies
South Atlantic
Plateau
District of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Regan
New York
Weather bureau daily temperature changes report
Local weather record shows last twenty four hours temperatures and comparisons with last year 1907 and previous thirty three years. Highest yesterday 35 degrees. lowest and averages listed. Local forecast calls for heavy snow today and strong northeast winds shifting to northwest with diminishing intensity Thursday.
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Weather Bureau
Griffis Predicts Japan May Adopt Native Christianity
Dr William Elliot Griffis told a crowd of about five hundred at the Engineering Societies Building that Japan will eventually embrace a Christianity of their own making. He traced Japan's progress from 600 BC to now with illustrations of Perry, Japanese generals, and amply depicted scenes, including a Tokio school founded by Griffis and portraits of notable pupils.
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American Geographical Society
Engineering Societies
West 2Th Street
William Elliot Griffis
Japan
Griffis
Tokio
Death notices and funeral notices in The Tribune
Died notices from The Tribune republished in the Tri-Weekly Tribune with extra charge. Names include Charles Mager Anna Baker Arietta Sturgis Finchid Oscar H Bruen and many others with addresses in Brooklyn Montclair Branford and New York. funeral details and residences listed with dates December 1908 and times. The notices provide locations No 245 East dist st Flatbush 1488 Pacific st Brooklyn 449 Idst No 533 Decatur st and others.
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Tribune
Tri
Crockett
Jones
Bedford Ave
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Undertakers Frank E Campbell Firm Ad
An old funeral home advertisement lists Frank E Campbell at 2413 West 254 Street offering private and public ambulances with telephone numbers 1324 and 124 or 125. It proclaims the firm as the largest in the world and notes a St Merritt reference and a single business location at St. Ave and 1Aelp St.
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Frank E. Campbell
West
St Chapel
Chelsea
St Merritt
Desirable help by consulting the file of applicant lists
Special notices advertise consulting the file of applications of aspirants for various positions at THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE office. Details include office hours, subscription rates, and multiple domestic and international mailing options. Numerous office addresses and overseas bureaus are listed.
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New-York Tribune
Broadway
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