Vaudeville and Opera Listings for New York Theaters
Amusements section lists performances at Werrens of Virginia Alps RERA 2-6, The Man from Home, The World and His Wife, What Every Woman Knows, The Travelling Salesman, The Patriot, The Queen of the Moulin Rouge, and many others. Includes venues like MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE, ELLIOTT'S THEATRE, WALLACE'S, WEST END with showtimes around 2:15 to 8:30 PM.
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Virginia
Ee Ae Devil
Mississippi
aSeae
Pesgy Jachree
Mr. Hamlet
Brossway
Musee
Wex
Ammerstein
Birdland
Laty Frederick
Vis
Wireless
EE Sis Ove
Blue Mouse
Madison Square Garden
M— Pothry
Manhattan Opera House
Elliott’s
Stan’ Opera House
New York
Battie Stutvesant
Fighting Hope Wallace
Bors
Betty Weber
New York Daily Tethine Publication Details 1908
The December 30 1908 issue states ownership and publication by The Tribune Association a New York corporation with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York Ogden Mill president James M Barrett secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mill
James M. Barrett
Earthquake Devastates Cala bria and Sicily Tragedy Rising
In Rome estimates place earthquake deaths around 100000 with Sicily and Calabria hardest hit. Messina reported foreign dead and many towns near the strait escaped damage. Royal relief and international aid focus on Sicily as others discuss political shifts and maritime moves amid the disaster.
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Rome
Calabria
Sicily
Messina
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Naples
Cipriano Castro
Berlin
Venezuela
Amacuro
Castro
Gomez
Spain
United States
Des Moines
Willemstad
Maine
Gifford Pinchot
Earl Grey
Ottawa
Washington
Perim
Red Sea
Colombo
Spencer F. Eddy
Argentina
Alcorta
Buenos Ayres
Huntington Wilson
Eddd Y
Pomestic
American National Red Cross
Italy
America
Capps
Frank H. Hitchcock
Augusta
Taft
Beekman Winthrop
Lick Branch
Sonora
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
United Railways
Dsn
Arthur S. Cheney
Cheney
Michaud
Burlington
Storks
Claudia Harms
Horace Plunkett
Irish Agricultural Co-Operative Movement
Delmonico's
Moving Picture Places
The
Stock Exchange
H. W. Poor & Co
Timothy L Woodruff
Adelphi College
The Primaries Elsewhere Analysis
The New York World urges caution on reforming primaries and advocates studying direct systems. It argues Southern primaries are white‑man tests, Populists gain in Georgia, Folk bows to Stone in Missouri, and Oregon’s issue involves direct Senate elections. Wisconsin and Michigan Illinois show mixed outcomes of primaries versus machines.
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New York
Georgia
Missouri
Folk
Senator Stone
Stones
Oregon
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Michigan
Illinois
Direct primaries questioned in political debate
The piece argues about the direct primary system, its real effects, and whether it serves the people or party bosses. It questions the success of states with firm implementations, costs, and voter participation, citing Governor Deneen and broader concerns about influence and accessibility in nomination contests.
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Deneen
New York
Taft Opposes Maryland Suffrage Amendment
President-elect Taft writes to Baltimore's William F. Stone disapproving of Maryland's proposed suffrage amendment as unconstitutional against the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The Tribune warned that the measure targets colored voters, with a separate class for those pre 1869 and their descendants and for non naturalized since 1869. The piece condemns Democratic machine support and urges defeat of the measure next fall.
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Taft
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Maryland
Tribune
Rayner
Warfield
The Indian Situation Policy and caste power shifts across India
The article argues unrest and sedition in India stem from Brahmins and notes support from rulers and non Brahmin castes for new reform measures. It highlights Vaisyas gaining influence through commerce and finance, with rising trade and bank deposits, while concerns about British strength and intent surface among Vaisyas.
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India
Lord Morler
Calcutta
Lord Minto
Vaisya Support for Reforms Strengthens Imperial Rule
The Vaisya community, once anxious about imperial policy, shows growing confidence as Morley and Mirrless announce reforms. They believe the empire will pursue India’s welfare and enact desirable plans, aiming to curb nationalist forces. A tariff reform mood in Britain adds hope that Indian interests will endure Cobdenist pressures. The Vaisyas are seen as the key power in stabilizing imperial rule.
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India
Lord Morley
Lord Mirto
United Kingdom
Italy Sees Unprecedented Earthquake Toll Across Regions
An official Palermo figure cites 50 000 dead with Rome papers suggesting 60 000 to 70 000 and latest dispatches raising total to 100 000. The piece compares Messina Calab ria devastation with historical quakes in 1783 1693 and 1456, notes volcanic links and reports broad sympathy and early relief fundraising.
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Italy
Palermo
Rome
Calabria
Naples
Caracas
Arequipa
Straits of Messina
Messina
Lisbon
Catania
Europe
America
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Krakatoa
East Indies
Taxicab Regulation for City Streets
The rise of taxicabs in the city prompts calls for tighter oversight modeled on London and Paris. Uniform tariffs, official taximeter inspections, and stringent licensing for cars and drivers would boost public confidence and ensure consistent charges. Without regulation, riders face varied tariffs and distrust, risking the growth of this new transport sector.
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London
Paris
New York
SANE WORDS ON IRELAND ADDRESS BY SIR HORACE PLUNKETT
A city talk by Sir Horace Plunkett outlines a policy to rehabilitate Ireland stressing peasant proprietorship and end of absentee landlordism. He argues prosperity comes from developing Ireland's agricultural and industrial resources and cites the island as inherently agricultural with knowledgeable insight.
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Ireland
Sir Horace Plunkett
Sir Horace
Ireland can prosper through agriculture says Sir Horace
The author argues that Irish farmers can become successful as reforms remove obstacles. Education in agriculture, intensive farming, modern business methods, and better marketing are urged. Proposals resemble American plans and may aid relief efforts, offering hope for solving the Irish problem.
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United Kingdom
Ireland
Sir Horace
Civil Service reforms and public policy insights
The Commoner cites Civil Service extension in Nebraska as a natural policy expansion and notes conflicts resolved by Governor Hughes's rules. It discusses socialism via J G Phelps Stokes, naval remarks after Perim, and U S citizenship delays under new law, urging adequate clerical support in federal courts.
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Hughes
Civil Service Commission
Congress
The Talk of the Day in The Graphic Snippets
Dr Sven Hedin recalls Tibet adventures in The Graphic with a disguise as a Ladakhi sheep driver and lively humor from Simla. Other notes mention Warsaw goose fairs shoeing geese for long journeys, royal Bulgaria imagery from Sofia, a quip about love and cards, and a Camden doctor urging outdoor schooling to combat tuberculosis.
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Sven Hedin
Tibet
Chaif
Warsaw
Vilna
Poland
Taft invites six civil engineers for Panama Canal tour
The President named six civil engineers invited to accompany President elect Taft on a Panama Canal inspection tour. They are Arthur P Davis John R Freeman Allen Hazen Isham Randolph James Dix Schuyler and Frederic P Stearns. Secretary Toeb will depart for Augusta Georgia to arrange trip details as Taft declines several invitations after Lincoln Day events. The President will meet Count Bernstorff at 2 36 p m Wednesday and White House staff note absentees from today’s cabinet meeting.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Arthur P Davis
Reclamation Service
John R. Freeman
Providence
Allen Hazen
New York
Isham Randolph
Chicago
James Dix Schuyler
Los Angeles
Frederic P. Stearns
Boston
Toeb
Augusta
Lincoln Farm
Kentucky
Count Bernstorff
Wright
Meyer
Root
Ambassador Bryce
Senator Lodge
Justice Holmes
James Fort Rhodes
Lawrence Lowell
White House
Bacon
Cooper
French
Sims
Key
I. Neightell
Edward W. Stitt
William B. Sawyer
California
Marcus Braun
Gardner
Harvard
Diplomatic Corps Dinners and New Year Watch Party
From The Tribune Bureau Washington December 23 Baron Moncheur Belgian Minister returns from Europe. Lieutenant Colonel James British attache and Mrs James host dinner for Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs Oliver Sir John Harrington and Lady Harrington Mr and Mrs Roger Merriman of Harvard and the second British secretary and Mrs Kennard. British secretary and Mrs George Young host an informal luncheon. Mexican Chargé dAffaires and Señora Godoy issue invitations for a New Year Eve watch party with diplomatic corps and society guests to attend dancing music and refreshments.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
George Young
Sefiora Godoy
Diplomatic Corps
Washington society notes mark Miss Munn’s coming out
Mrs Charles A Munn hosted a December Washington ball for her daughter Car rie Louise with dinner for ninety guests and a Marine Band performance. Notables included Miss Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr Kermit Roosevelt Countess Alexandra Bernstorff and many diplomats. The event preceded a week of entertainments for Ethel Roosevelt and a separate wedding at St Margaret s Episcopal Church for Margaretta Spurgin and Lt Edwin Gunner with a full corps of ushers.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles A. Munn
Carrie Louise Munn
Marine Band Orchestra
Munn
Miss Munn
Thomas
Miss Bradley
Boston
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Kermit Roosevelt
Julia Meyer
Alice
Clara Fargo
George von L. Meyer, Jr
Fulton Cutting
Jefferson Newbold
Maurice Roche
Francis Gray
Frank Harding
Hugo de Fritsch
Saydam Cutting
Henry Holt
Barclay Farr
Randall Clifford
H. Fairfield Osborn
Stephen Landon
Edmund Rogers
Munroe Robinson
Robert Potter
Charles Emory
Norman Armour
New York
Charles F. Seaverson
24Th Coast Artillery
William W. Rose
John J. Moller
James H. Cunningham
Horace F. Spurgin
Hitchcock at Augusta Signals Cabinet Focus for Taft
President-elect Taft intensifies cabinet planning with Frank Hitchcock arriving in Augusta to discuss appointments and geography of posts. Senator Knox expected December sixth for State, Hitchcock to stay a week or more, golf and fishing interludes noted, with meetings in store including Charles Clark’s scheduled visit.
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Augusta
Frank H. Hitchcock
Knox
Taft
Hitchcock
Richmond Hill
Columbus
Savannah
Charles Clark
Hartford
Historians Converge in Washington for Joint Richmond Meeting
The American Historical Association closed its Washington session and prepared to travel to Richmond Virginia to join the American Political Science Association at the Jefferson Hotel. Speakers included Joseph A Hil and William Nelson discussing census materials and eighteenth century newspapers. A Rioporto Rico Philippines debate framed the day’s topics.
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Washington
American Historical Association
Richmond
American Political Science Association
Jefferson Hotel
Joseph A. Hil
Census Bureau
William Nelson
New Jersey Historical Society
James Ford Rhodes
Talcott Williams
Philadelphia Press
Lst
Porto Rico
Philippines
James A. Leroy
Fort Bay
New York Society Dance Events Describe Debutantes and Guests
New York society reports detail multiple debutante dances last night. Miss Angelica Schuyler Brown led a pink rose and forget me not themed cotillon at Park Avenue, with guests including Miss Katharine Atterbury and Count Alexander Torok. Additional events at Sherry's and East 68th Street featured numerous social leaders and Bow and Gould families, while Miss Clare Elsworth wed Bernond S. Prentice in a quiet service at the Ellsworths’ East 68th Street home.
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James Brown
Park Avenue
Angelica Schuyler Brown
J. Harry Alexandre, Jr
Miss Brown
John Rutherford
Riley
Moses Taylor Pyne
Sherry’s
Walter Brooks
Edith Brooks
J. Victor Onativia, Jr
Katharine Atterbury
Marjorie Gould
Antonella Kans
Gladys Waterbury
Beatrice
Constance Pratt
Katharine Duane
Rene Gould
Alice Borland
Dorothy Bigelow
O. de Lancey Coster
Edmund Fairfax
Count Alexander Torok
Washington
Jay and
Kingdon Gould
Fulton
Beyard Cutting
Maurice and
Francis Roche
William Allen Butler
East Tid Street
Lydia C. Butler
William Allen Butler, Jr
Lyman C. Butler
Mary Edgar
Catherine L. Hamersley
Susan Glover
Marion Smyth
Wilam E. Shepherd
Horace Holt
Clare Elsworth
Bernonds
Prentice
Social Notes From Newport Show Plans Hint at New Horses
Telegraph reports Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt plans to buy two show animals on returning from Europe to expand her racing string. Max Agassiz has left Newport for Cambridge. George H. Benjamin of New York is in Newport to inspect Brent Ledge. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who spent Christmas in Newport, has returned to New York. Belcourt, Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont’s summer home, is reportedly on the market.
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the Tribune
Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Europe
New York
Belcourt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Knox Names Winthrop Assistant Secretary of State
Beekman Winthrop of Massachusetts accepted the office of Assistant Secretary of State under the next administration. The nomination came with President-elect Taft's consent and Knox’s recommendation. Winthrop, 34, Harvard educated, previously served as secretary to Taft in the Philippines and held posts in Porto Rico and the Treasury.
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Taft
Washington
Beekman Winthrop
Massachusetts
the Treasury
Knox
John Winthrop
Cut
Orange
N. J
Harvard
Harvard Law School
New York
Winthrop
Philippe Islands
Islands
Court of First Instance
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
The
Treasury
Pr Roosevelt
Kno
Pinchot Invited to Ottawa for Forestry Conference
Gifford Pinchot head of the United States reaches Ottawa on invitation to a convention to discuss conservation of North American natural resources. He is met at Government House by a Canadian official and will meet the Governor General during his stay. The Canadian government will invite representatives to discuss forestry minerals fisheries power and related resources.
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Gifford Pinchot
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
United
Earl Grey
Government House
Governors appoint Hudson Fulton Commission members
Governor Hughes names prominent New Jersey figures to the Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission upon recommendation by Governor Fort. The list includes Edward C. Stokes James Kerney Franklin Murphy John F. Dryden Wallace M. Scudder William T. Hunt Henry M. Doremus John W. Griggs Foster McM. oor hees George T. Werte Otto Witt penn John Dyneley Prince King Thomas Hillery Keonton Matthew Ely Hoboken and Port Jervis appointee. confirmation of cross-state interest in the event.
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Hughes
New Jersey
Fort
Albany
Edward C. Stokes
James Kerney
Trenton
Frankelin Murphy
John F. Dryden
Wallace M. Scudder
Wiliam T. Hunt
Henry M Doremus
Newark
John W. Griggs
Paterson
Foster mM
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Ossigh
New York Daily
Tethine
MR. Tapt
Lincoln
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Suez
Spangler
Philadelphia Record
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sofia
Ferdinand
Queen Eleanore
School For the Blind
Millicent
Alexander McAllister
Camden
McAllister
Blobbs
Stobbs
Philadelphia
Gunner
Madison Barracks
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
William Edgar Shepherd
East 68Th Street
Maude G. Shepherd
Muriel Morris
Frances Dickey
Leonie Alexandre
Sarah Robbins
Violet Cushman
John R. Suydam, Jr
Henry Oelrichs
Stephen van Rensselaer
Gilson Fahnestock, Jr
George Henry Warren
Frederick Brooks
Edith A. Brooks
Brooks
East 52d Street
Joseph
Auerbach
Colony Club
Katheryn
St. Regis
Oliver Gould Jennings
Fairfield
Conn
John R. Drexel
Gerald Livingston Hoyt
Staatsburg
MR. Pinchot
Hudson-Fulton Commissioners
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