Pyrenees Pierced Through a New European Tunnel
The 1908 article notes a railway tunnel piercing the Pyrenees between Pau and Saorguese enabling France Spain train passage. King Alfonso urged the project, with ministers at inauguration and optimistic view of its future impact on Iberian industry and trade. Sven Hedin cited as explorer partially hindered by British Nepalese gatekeeping, while the duke plans to be joined by Alpine guides on forthcoming feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood Company
Alfonso
Atlantic
Spain
Pyrenees
Eugore
Pau
Saersgosse
France
Hedin
Tibet
Himalayas
Great Britain
Edward
Sven Hedin
Crown Prince Advances in German Foreign Affairs
The article describes Prince Augustus William training across Interior, Treasury, and Foreign Affairs to prepare for Alsace Lorraine duties and German diplomacy. It notes Kaiser Wilhelm II remains engaged through the Crown Prince, while Chancellor Bülow faces criticism. A domestic scandal leads to Councillor Hammann's likely dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Wilhelmstrasse
Berlin
Prince Bilion
Augustus William
Department of the Interior
Alsace-Lorraine
Imperial Treasury Department
Department of Foreign Affairs
Herr von Schoen
Wihelmetrasse
Empire
Bismarck
Maximmilien Harden
Prince von Biliow
Hammann
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bruno Schmidt
Royal Academy of Arts
Nccar Nea
Prince von Biilow
von Schoen
Paris Jockey Club Moves Toward Champs Elysées Location
The Paris Jockey Club plans a move as its lease ends in four years, seeking premises near the Champs Elysées. The annual meeting next month will elect a new president, likely Prince Augustus Arenberg, and reaffirm the club’s status as a fashionable, foreign-friendly hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jockey Club
Henry Seymour
Duke of Orleans
Boulevard
Champs Elysées
Duc de la Rochefoucault-Doudeauville
Prince Augustus Arenberg
Suez Canal Company
Institute of France
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Union
The
Agricole
Pommes de Terre
Evils of City Life Prominent in Economic Sociological Talks
Atlantic City reports from a joint session of the American Economic and American Sociological associations. Professors and speakers, led by Charles R. Henderson of the University of Chicago, condemn city life for harming morals and health in large communities. He cites disease, poverty, and degradation as pressing social issues, while Miss Margaret F. Byington discusses the Family of a Modern Mill Community and links low wages to misery in mill districts.
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Tribune
Atlantic City
American Economic and American Sociological Associations
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Margaret F. Byington
Spreckels Will Filed for Probate in San Francisco
Claus Spreckels’s will, executed May 1 1908 in New York, leaves Anna Christina Spreckels a life interest. After her death the estate passes to Claus A. Spreckels Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs Emma Ferriss of Kingswood England. Executors are Claus A. and Rudolph Spreckels. Witnesses include William W. Coon Thomas B Jones and Richard T Thompson.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
New York
Anna Christina Spreckels
Claus A. Spreckels
Rudolph Spreckels
John Ferriss
Kingswood
England
Emma Spreckels
John D
Adolph
Anna Spreckels
William W. Coon
Thomas B. Jones
Richard T. Thompson
Brooklyn
Draper Addresses Teachers on Agriculture Education Needs
Syracuse December 29 The New York State Teachers' Association held a mass meeting in Lincoln Hall with Andrew S Draper State Superintendent of Education speaking on Agriculture and Its Educational Needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
New York State Teachers’ Association
Lincoln Hall
Andrew S. Draper
International marriage seals in Grand Rapids ceremony
Count Adolph Montgelas first secretary of the German Embassy in Tokio marries Miss Fanny Hazeltine of Grand Rapids at her parents home. Cast includes Count Max Montgelas brigadier general and Delia Hazeltine maid of honor. They will sail to Tokio January 3.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Adolph Montgelas
Tokio
Fanny Dickinson Hazeltine
Charles Hazeltine
John A. Schmitt
St. Andrew's Cathedral
Max Montgelas
Munich
Delia Hazeltine
Count Montgelas
San Francisco
New Haven Obeys Court Order on Trolley Lines
Springfield mass Dec 23 The recent Supreme Court of Massachusetts decree directing the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to relinquish its interests in sixteen trolley lines was acted on at a New England Investment and Securities Company meeting. Two trustees resign as directors of the New Haven company Nathaniel Thayer of Boston and William Skinner of Holyoke. They were replaced by A Willard Damon of Springfield and Henry L Higginson of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Springfield
Mass
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New England Investment and Securities Company
New Haven Company
Nathaniel Thayer
Boston
William Skinner
Holyoke
A. Willard Damon
Henry L. Higginson
Oey
Dinner honoring Sir Horace Plunkett at Delmonico's
A dinner at Delmonico's honored Sir Horace Plunkett, hosted by prominent Irish Americans and presided by Justice Martin J. Keogh. Plunkett spoke on Ireland's agrarian future, peasant ownership, and the need for improved farming through cooperative systems and government support, citing Ireland's land, farming smallholders, and potential land redistribution. He noted the Irish Agricultural Organization Society's growth and urged farmers to adopt intensive farming, cooperative buying, and collective action for better living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmonico
Sir Horace Plunkett
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court
Wyoming
Ireland
Agricultural Co-Operative Movement
Irish Agricultural Organization Society
Rocky Mountains
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
Europe
Fety
Gaelic League
Conservation Commission
Country Life Commission
McCall
Goff. Gaynor
O'Gorman
Arthur Brisbane
Peter F. Dunne
Guglielmo Ferrero
Daniel F. Cohalan
Charles F. Murphy
John B. Yeats
William Temple Emmet
John Delahunty
Francie P. Garvan
Robert J. Col Q Ler
J. Sergeant Cram
M. J. O’connelly
NEXT WEEKS OPERAS AT THE METROPOLITAN
The first performance of La Wally will be at the Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday evening next week. Emmy Destinn heads the cast with Afra Ranzenberg L Huillier Walter and more. Toscanini will conduct a rich week including Tristan und Isolde and Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera House
Alfredo Catalani
la Scala
Milan
Emmy Destinn
Ranzenberg
Afra
Miss L'Huillier
Walter
Tales of Hoffmann
Chartier
Mischa Elman
Cleeofonte Campenini
Scholarship Established For Opera School Student
Mrs Otto H Kahn has sent a $1000 check to Henry Russell to establish a scholarship for the most successful student in the opera school of the new Boston Opera House. The winner will have an opportunity to debut operatically at the Boston Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto H. Kahn
Henry Russell
Opera School
New
Boston Opera House
Metropolitan museum free admission and events list
Today there are free admissions to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History plus a Luncheon of the Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Hotel Astor. An executive committee meeting of the Board of Education is on Park Avenue and 8th Street at 4:30 pm, with other events including a Republican club gathering at 101 West 42nd Street and a lecture by Rev Dr William Hayes Ward on Old Babylonian Scene and Art at the National Arts Club.
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Metropolitan Museum
American Museum of Natural History
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Hotel Astor
Board of Education
Park Avenue
8Th Street
Assembly
West 42d Street
William Hayes Ward
National Arts Club
Gramercy Park
Sete Beta Tau Irternity
Motel Aston
Taft Album in Ohio Caucus Fight Sparks Senate Ballot
Ohio readers watch a high stakes Senate race as Taft Burton Foraker and Keifer clash over a Saturday caucus plan. Burton signals openness to future votes while Foraker and Keifer oppose an early party conference. Geographical splits and upcoming floor vote shape a likely long legislative contest with potential deadlock and a possible compromise among lesser candidates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore E. Burton
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Mr. Burton
Senator Foraker
J. Werren Keifer
Burton
Foraker
Cleveland
Senate
Charlies Dick
United States
Congress
Mr. Foraker
Cincinnati
Taft, Burton
Akron
Warren G. Harding
Medina County
Harris
Harry Daugherty
Henry A Williams
State Executive Committee
Walter Brown
State Central Committee
Roosevelt Laughs As Debutante Ethel Attends White House Event
President Roosevelt laughs with delight on the White House porch as his debutante daughter Miss Ethel joins a young guest party. A crowd of house guests attends the dinner and dance hosted by Mrs. Charles A. Munn for her daughter Miss Carrie Louise Munn. Carriages overflow, with riders sitting on laps or beside drivers as the celebrations begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ethel
Charles A. Munn
Carrie Louise Munn
Yale Stroke Dwight Griswold Dies After Stroke
In San Francisco a message announced the death of Dwight T. Griswold, Yale varsity crew stroke who starred in the June race against Harvard in New London. A Erie, Pennsylvania native, he was twenty three. The Harvard win followed the collapse of Griswold and Hunt as they pulled No. 4, Griswold being taken from the shell.
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New Haven
San Francisco
Dwight T. Griswold
Yale
Harvard
New London
Griswold
Erie
Penn
Hunt
Shell
Committee
Estate Contests End As Widow Accepts Bequest
Philip H Adee and William B Coster executors of Marion Story death by own action at Brook Farm Port Chester sue Elizabeth Grey and others to fix bequests in the will. widow agrees to settle by probate continuance and withdraw suits, accepting 200000 as her share. Story mansion in Rye valued at 450000. Justice Keogh signs order.
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Philip H. Adee
William B. Coster
Marion Story
Brook Farm
Port Chester
Elizabeth 8
Keogh
Paintings Bring 18000 At National Academy Exhibition
Twenty paintings sold at the National Academy of Design winter exhibition in the Fine Arts Building have brought about 18000 so far. Before closing January 9 sales are expected to reach about 30000, with negotiations reported for possible acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sales mark the largest in the academy's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Academy of Design
Fine Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Academy
Cassatt son resigns from Army to Manila service
Captain Edward B. Cassatt of the 13th Cavalry and son of the late Pennsylvania Railroad president resigns his army commission. The resignation takes effect when the 1ath Cavalry sails to the Philippines in March, Washington reports.
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Cassatt
Washington
Edward B. Cassatt
13Th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Railroad
1Ath Cavalry
Philippines
TCHAYKOVSKY IN PRISON
Nicholas Tchaykovsky writes in The Independent about his time in the Trubetzkoi Bastion in St. Petersburg after arrest and the role of international pressure in his release. He describes his undercover travel, prison cell conditions, diet, discipline, letters, and study while incarcerated.
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the Independent
Nicholas Tchaykovsky
Trubetzkoi
St. Petersburg
United States
England
France
New York
London
Tchaykovsky
Leeds Estate Valued at 14 Million Dollars in Nassau
The late William B Leeds estate valued at 14 064 466 78 with 82 296 92 state tax shows widow Nannie Stewart Leeds receiving 5 493 533 50 plus 150 000 cash. Son William B Leeds Jr gets 1 911 259 Rudolph Gaar Leeds 1 000 secretary James F Elder 325 00. Administration costs total 5 854 215 38 leaving 2 211 040 to distribute.
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Mineocla
Long Island
William C. Whitney
Nassau County
William B. Leeds
Paris
France
Nannie Stewart Leeds
Rudolph Gaar Leeds
James F. Elder
Tuberculosis Exhibit Faces Immediate Closure for Funds
The International Tuberculosis Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History will close at once due to a lack of funds. The Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis says $16,000 must be raised immediately to cover installation, maintenance, and closing costs after attendance surpassing initial projections. Contributions are urged to go to the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis at 105 East 22d Street, New York City.
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Museum of Natural History
Committee On the Prevention of
Committee On the Prevention
East 22d Street
New York City
Weather Report Forecast and Cold Wave Across Regions
Official record and forecast indicate a storm centered north of Minnesota with a trough extending to Texas. Rain in central valleys and southern districts, with a cold wave spreading from the Northwest to the Trans Mississippi Valley by Thursday. Local forecast expects rain or snow Thursday, warmer today, cooler tonight.
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Washington
Minnesota
Texas
Colorado
Middle States
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Transmississippi Valley
Middle and Eastern States
Misassat River
Oklahoma
Texas Ate
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Delaware
Weather Bureau
Tyler Whittlesey and Susan Master Marry in Plainfield
Marriage notice in Tri-Weekly Tribus lists Tyler Whittlesey of Plainfield and Susan master of Mrs William Anguesse Whittlesey as married by Rev Calvin Stephine and Rev William W. Darin. Notice requires full names and addresses for marriages and deaths.
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Tyler Whittlesey
Thestar
Pittafiaid
Mase
Calvin Stephine
William W. Darin
Susan
William Anguesse Whittlesey
B. Tyler
Plainfield
Death notices from The Tribune republished in Tri-Weekly Tribune
A list of obituaries and funeral notices dated December 1908 from New York and surrounding areas. Entries name the deceased, residence, and funeral details such as dates, times, and locations, including St A%jra Erie 2 CLAPP and numerous others in Brooklyn Manhasset and Long Island.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
St. A
Jra
Dow Funeral Hecentter
Tueaday
Norton Walker Funeral
Keese
Homewood
Roslyn
Long Island
John Keese
Briage
Ing House
Manhasset
Smith
John 4
Edwina A
Fune-Al Vices
Sturvesant Ave
Halsey St
Brooklyn
Lome
Woodlawn Cemetery Advertises Accessible Location
Readable text notes the cemetery near Harlem trains from Grasd tral Station with trailers on Jerome avenue. It lists lots from $150, contact via telephone 4853 for Book of Views or representative, and mentions private and public ambulances with Chelsea numbers. References Rev Merritt and E Campbell with unclear addresses.
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Harlem
Grasd Tral Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Desirable help quicky via special notices at The Tribune
The Tribune announces a file of aspirants' applications for various positions available at its Uptown Office No 1964 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are day and evening. Subscriptions and rates for Daily Weekly and Sunday editions are listed with international offices and agents.
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Uptown
THE
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Bates
Sunday Tribune
Postal Union
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Alfonzo XIII
Kaiser and Bulow
Mount Everest
Luigi
Abruzzi
Nepaul
Mount
St. Elian
Alaska
Mount Ruwenzori
British East Africa
Everest
Prof
C. R. Henderson
DR. Draper
Maurice Untermyer
Guggenheimer
Columbia Law School
School of Mines
Untermyer
Richard Croker
Croker
Criterion
Lotos
the Press
Democratic Clubs
American Fine Arts Society
Pittsfield
Susan Tilden Whittlesey
Willam A. Whittlesey
Wendell Avenue
First Church
William A. Whittlesey
William A. Whittlesey, Jr
Frances W. Bruce
Elizabeth Sabin
Katherine Peck
Margaret R. Tyler
Plainfield, N. J
Stuart Johnson
Frederick W. Goddard
Thomas van Boskerck
Philadelphia
Isabel Biddle
Anthony J- Drexel Paul
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Alfred G. Mortimer
Endicott Peabody
Grotonool
Alexander Williams Biddle
Paulte
James Paul, Jr
Ving
Trubetskoi Bastion
Trubetzko Bastion
Leeds
Tinplate Man
the Weather Report
Berry
Bers St
Zhurstae
Schock
Fusarel
Olin DE Klyn
John Floyd Delando
Pia
Mra David Glover
Mead
Orange, N. J
Jacob
San Antonio
Tex
East 48Th St. Wi
Meredith
Mary R. Meredith
Wiliam Meredith
West 30Th St
Mudge
Emily Ellen Mudge
Daniel Coles Mudge
Archibald Carr
Flatoush Ave
Brocklyn
the Sacred Heart
Clermont Sre
Emma Wiliams
Woodlawn
Undertakers
E. Campbell
West
Merritt
Chelses
SARLY
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronix
Sisco
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Martha
Tribune Almanac
Nassau Street
William Street
East 125Th Street
West 125Th Street
West Street
C. Iton
F Street
Newark
Frederick NS
Somes
Broad Street
the Tribune
Brussels
Montague de ‘A Cour
Dansel Ip House
Strandamerican Express Company
Hage Market
Thomas Cock & Son
Lathbury Speyerthers
Nothburyee
Naon
Sentems
Serra John Weamaker
Tornaducal
Wieenstach
Hamburg American Express Company
Fudinandestrasse Mayence
Saardacs
Exrabange
Sundat
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