Amusements Listing From A City Theaters
A dense arcade of showings at many venues including Academy Astor Broadway Colonial Eden Musee Empire Gaiety Lyceum Lyric Manhattan Opera House New Amsterdam New York theater listings cover vaudeville opera and drama with performances such as The Man from Home The World and His Wife What Every Woman Knows and Lucia 4 Lammermoor among others along with exhibits and an orchestral season noted.
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Academy
Alhambra
ASTOR
Mississippi
Broadway
Mr. Hamlet
Eden Musee
CKETT
Rammerstein
Rome
Birdiant
Budson
Lady Frederick
CTE
Prims Donna Erty
Wireless Lyceum
LYRIC
Madison Square Gardex
Anhattan Opera House
Sameon
Delilah
Metropolitan Opera House
Emational Academy OF Design
Snj
Amsterdam
New York
SAVOT
Battie Etuyvesant
Fighting Hope Wallace
The_ Bors
Weper
New York Daily Tribune Opens and Publishes Details
The New York Daily Tribune announces its opening and publication by The Tribune Association. It lists Ogden Mills as president and James M. Barrett as secretary and treasurer, with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York.
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Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Royalist assailant and international politics in Paris
A Royalist adherent tried to pull President Fallières's beard in Paris and was arrested. M Iswolsky urged a powers conference to curb Austrian actions, praising the American Japanese agreement. Gelderland arrives at Willemstad from Venezuelan waters as officers of Illinois Kearsarge and Wisconsin slated to enter Naples around January 17.
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Falliéres
Paris
M. Iswolsky
Willemstad
Venezuelan
Naples
Sorbonne
Jacques Lebaudy
Canary Islands
Santa Cruz
Prince Chun
China
Washington
Taft
Augusta
Orient
State Department
Japan
HE. Agar
Princeton
Ind
John C. Proctor
Reading
Mass
Boston
Woburn
Harry Messer
Handkerchief Shoal
Nantucket Shoals
Public Service Coommission
Albany
Hughes
Charitat’e
St. John’s Chapel
Moving Picture Show
Tammany Hall
Public Service Commission
George C. Hurlbut
Lbrarian
The
American Geographical Society
General Bains
Queens County
Long Island
Echooner
Warner Moore
Virginia Capes
Bingham
New York and New Jersey Company
Queens Borough
America
Brussels
Rival Electric Traction Push Near Chicago Progress
A municipal inquiry into smoke and traction favors electricity over steam. The report questions third rail safety for freight yards and notes New York Central’s covered third rail for snow and protection. Strong influences urge Minois Central toward electric power in and near Chicago.
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Minois Central Company
Chicago
Muncipal Commission
Engineering News
New York City
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Illinois Central Electric Traction Debate Shifts to Investigation
The Illinois Central may study the merits of the third rail itself rather than accept a commission’s view. The Pennsylvania system’s use of direct current and third rail in tunnels between East River and North River areas is noted, with joint lines Long Island and New Haven testing different traction systems. Pending outcomes from these experiments will influence PA decisions, though its cautious stance signals uncertainty despite optimistic New Haven claims.
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Illinois Central
Pennsylvania Road
East
North
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Company
Long Island
New Haven
Pennsylvania
W. S. Murray
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Long Island City
Newark
Mayor Halts Moving Picture Shows After Fire Safety Probe
Mayor McClellan ordered revocation of licenses for all moving picture venues pending an investigation. Fire inspectors were deemed insufficient to cover 550 amusement sites amid unsafe buildings and poor exits. Public safety, moral oversight, and censorship were cited as lacking, signaling a temporary halt and a plan for stronger future regulation.
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McClellan
Fire Department
Crowner's Quest and the University Heights Tragedy
The piece argues the coroner system should be scrapped as unnecessary and costly. It questions whether death resulted from felony assault or self harm and calls for thorough investigation by authorities, urging dignity and humanity in the state's public procedures.
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University Heights
Municipal Tendencies in City Governance and Training
Columbia University and the Bureau of Municipal Research join to offer lectures signaling a shift toward treating municipal service as a vocation. The piece foresees professionalized hiring for health police and park roles, critiques political appointments, and highlights Massachusetts style uniform municipal statistics to compare costs and services across cities.
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Columbia University
Bureau of Municipal Research
Bureau
Murphy
Darlington
Health Department
Nagles and Martins
Massachusetts
City government shifts toward expert appointed leadership
The piece argues a growing trend toward selecting experienced outsiders for city posts, aligning mayoral appointments with professional expertise. It notes challenges from entrenched machines and voter ignorance, but sees rising public interest in solving municipal problems as essential to welfare amid urban population growth.
The Modern Motor Car Cars at shows reveal industry growth
The article notes the rise of the automobile in commerce and society, with US capital estimated at 198 million dollars, 108000 men employed, 150000 cars in use, and 52000 manufactured this year. Shows at Grand Central Palace and Madison Square Garden will emphasize refinement, efficiency, and growing necessity over startling innovations.
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Grand Central Palace
Madison Square Garden
United States
A Christmastide Privilege and Hospital Aid
The piece urges practical good will during Christmas season by supporting hospitals. It notes two days of generosity funding free beds and services across allied city hospitals, which cared for 67 191 patients last year with about 60 percent treated free. It argues for renewed prosperity to lift contributions above 1906 levels and log the achievement.
Rich plumbers and prosperity questioned at Kansas City meeting
A Missouri Master Plumbers' Association member asks if any rich plumbers exist, arguing wealth is rare in the trade. The piece notes plumbers boast about others with yachts and corporate riches, while the suspected culprit for low profits is the lazy helper who idle sits during leaks and waits for work.
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Missouri Master Plumbers’ Association
Kansas City
German film stock substitute rumors stir cinema firms
Rumors circulate that Germany tests a non explosive substitute for celluloid in film production. Observers question the truth of recent statements and the potential impact on the moving picture industry.
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Germany
Roller skate walk trends in St. Louis and other notes
A mixed notebook of city curiosities and political quirks. References to a new material reducing fire danger, a possible revival of licenses for exhibitions, and the latest in St. Louis roller skate walk. Mentions 1909 fashions in several cities, a boycott against newspapers over race track gambling, and cautions about press influence. Also notes a resignation rumor about Mr. Castro, a Mount Wilson Observatory glass issue, skepticism about a Brooklyn Bridge foundation, Hudson Fulton commemorations, and Cuba’s Christmas Eve election results with Gomez and Zayas.
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New Orleans
United States
Japan forests show centuries of careful stewardship
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent notes Japan’s long practice of technical forestry spanning 1,200 years. Experts thin woodlots every thirteen years and repeat cycles for a century, achieving high financial gains with peak utilization and sacred regard for trees.
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Japan
Pall Mall Gazette
Chinese incense prices and composition in China
Consul J C McNally at Nanking notes cannot give exact US value due to exchange fluctuations. A catty price range is musk first quality 9 cents second 7 cents. putchuck first quality 10 cents second 9 cents. Incense sticks six inches long, Shi Shang black Mong Shang yellow. Ingredients mainly from southern China include bark cloves opium gum sandalwood dust and many others.
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Ohio
J. C. McNally
Nanking
United States
China
Poe Centennial commemorations in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun notes the Poe centennial and memorial services set for January 18 in McCoy Hall. Led by the Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Association and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore links Poe to Maryland, his death and burial place, and aims to fund a more imposing monument over his grave.
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Baltimore Sun
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
McCoy Hall
Maryland
Baltimore
Pose Memorial Association
Christendom
Roosevelt family health routine alters White House day
The President did not go to his office today and received no callers. He spent the morning on a long horseback ride with his son Archie. At luncheon were all their children and Nicholas Longworth, and later the President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted dinner with Rear Admiral and Mrs William Sheffield Cowles, the President’s brother in law and sister.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Archie
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Wiliam Sheffield Cowles
Washington society entertains Post Office families at Masonic Temple
Mrs. Meyer hosted Post Office Department officials wives and children at the Masonic Temple with the Marine Band moving pictures and a Christmas tree for every child under twelve. Officials helped greet guests and a reception followed by plans for dinners and Roosevelt debut ball attendance. The German Ambassador and Baroness Bernstoff with their daughters will stay at the Shoreham while the Embassy is prepared. Mrs Townsend issued invitations for a January ball.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Meyer
Post Office Department
Masonic’Temple
Marine Band
Emily Sloane
New York
Nora Thayer
Boston
Eleanor Greene
Buffalo
General Greene
Elliot Bacon
Harvard
Bacon
Roosevelt
White House
Bernstoff
Shoreham
Richard H. Townsend
New York Society Glitters With Dinners and Dances
Society figures entertained at family dinners and reunions across Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue and East Side locales. Notables hosted or attended at Delmonico s St Regis Sherry s and Lenox sightings. Upcoming Saturday Evening Dance at Delmonico s with hostess lineups. Wedding plans for Miss Kobbé and Curtis Gordon Rand at Short Hills N J.
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Alice Leavitt Kobbé
George C. Kobbé
Curtis Gordon Rand
Christ Church
Short Hills
N. J
Martha L. Kobbé
Social notes from Newport during Christmas season
Alfred G. Vanderbilt returned to Newport from New York to spend Christmas at Oak land Farm in Portsmouth. Reginald C. Vanderbilt hosted a Christmas tree at Sandy Point Farm for daughter Cathleen Vanderbilt. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown and her son John Nicholas Brown also received and entertained at Newport cottagers' Christmas trees.
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the Tribune
Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
New York
Oakland Farm
Portsmouth
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sandy Point Farm
Cathleen Vanderbilt
John Nicholas Brown
The Terminal Building Delay in Brooklyn Subway Loop
The Brooklyn subway loop plan to ease traffic around the bridge may be postponed for months. Bridge Commissioner Stevenson seeks approval from Edward S. Murphy, Manhattan Superintendent of Buildings, who blocked the plans citing excessive weight. New specs calling for four tons per square foot may be required.
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the Tribune
Brooklyn A
Stevenson
Edward S. Murphy
Manhattan
Municipal Terminal
Murphy
New York Buildings Chief Rejects Terminal Foundation Plans
Edward E Pees Superintendent of Buildings in Manhattan challenged Bridge Commissioner Stevenson over the municipal terminal building plans. He disapproved the foundation plans saying the fine sand soil would support only three tons per square foot, not the eight tons required.
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the Tribune
Edward 8. Pees
Manhattan
Stevenson
Murphy blocks Centre Street municipal building plan
The New York Times reports Edward S. Murphy, Manhattan Superintendent of Buildings, disapproved the Centre Street and Park Row project plans for an 8 million dollar building, citing inadequate soil foundations. The New York Evening Journal confirms Murphy had disapproved the 5 million dollar plan, noting the same site and official.
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The
New York Times
Centre Street
Park Row
Edward S. Murphy
Manhattan
New York Evening Journal
Low Water in Mammoth Cave From Harper’s Weekly
A prolonged drought across Kentucky reduced rainfall for ninety days and dried Echo River in Mammoth Cave. Water levels fell exposing routes long submerged enabling long boat travel and revealing new grottos and inlets while intensifying the cave’s famed echoes to uncanny clarity.
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Harper's Weekly
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Echo River
Rats Cause Massive Crop Damage, Calls for Inquiry
Consul Maxwell Blake relays a Scotch extract urging Lord Carrington to appoint a commission on vermin damage. It claims Britain loses about 15 million pounds annually from rats, based on one rat per cultivated acre and rats harming crops daily, with Indian plague mortality also linked to rat activity.
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Maxwell Blake
Dunfermline
James Crichton Browne
Duke of Bedford
Lord Carrington
Board of Agriculture
Great Britain
India
United Kingdom
Tager Ie
Asquith faces budget clash with Lords veto risk
London December 16 analysis argues the budget battle could define a struggle over Lords veto power and fiscal policy. It predicts the Lords may reject or defer the budget to force an election, while the government bets on land taxation and higher duties to pressure reform and defend Free Trade.
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London
Asquith
Commons
Lords
William Harcourt
Lord Lanadowne
Treasury
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New York Daily Cothnne
Rival Electric Traction Systems
Sular
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kalamazoo
Castro
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Queensboro Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Henry Hudson
Hendrick
John
Messrs. Gomez and Zayas
Cuba
Katong
Prussia
Adam
Seca
Eve
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Record-Herald
Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Record
Esperanto Association of America
Elo
Esperantists
Cleveland
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
J. Pierpont Morgan
Madison Avenue
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
St. Regis
Frederic Gallatin
Delmonico’s
Charles R. Huntington
EB. Morgan Grinnell
Charles 5. Sands
F. Livingston Pell
John Clarkson Jay
Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
Mrs. Newbold Edgar
Mrs. Payne Whitney
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