1909 New Year Celebrations Planned Across City Hotels
The article details a bustling New Year’s Eve in 1909 with crowds gathering at Old Trinity and Broadway cross streets, strict crowd control by Inspector Schmittberger, and large hotel and restaurant bookings. It notes churches offering watch services, charitable efforts for lodging and meals, and public entertainment by Produce Exchange, vaudeville acts, and baskets for families. The French Benevolent Society and St Andrew’s chimes organize festivities, while YMCA branches host open houses with Major General Leonard Wood as a guest.
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Inr
Old Trinity
Glone Park
Broadway
Gingham
Schmittberger
Brooklyn
Mission
Charity Department
Vms
French Benevolent Society
West 34Th Street
Wll
Society Assistace
St Andrew's
127Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Sweet Home
Church of the Holy Angels
Ninth Avenue
8Th Street
Cooperative Progressive Society
Sid
Young Men's Christian Association
Leonard Wood
Ith Company
A. C
George D. Russell
United Spanish War Veterans
Old Guard
West List Street
Café Martin
Cavanagh’s
234 Street
Café Boulevard
Second Avenue
10Th Street
Café Lafayette
Brevoort
Russell Sage’s Cashier Osborne Retires
Charlies W. Osborne, longtime cashier for Russell Sage and later for the Russell Sage estate, retires today after thirty years of service. He will be succeeded by Joseph J. Slocum, brother of Mrs. Bage. Osborne notes he has earned rest and remains a director or officer within several railways and financial firms, including Albia & Centreville Railway and Sag Harbor Savings Bank.
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Osborne
Albia & Centreville Railway Company
Golf Car Heating and Lighting Company
Hamilton Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company
Hastings & Dakota Railway Company
Iowa Central Railway Company
Lookout Fuel Company
Minnesota Railway Construction Company
Jackson, app Arbor @ Detroit Railway Company
Sag Harbor Savings Bank
Miss Anna Glaser Hupfel Weds Paul Lawrence Kiernan
Miss Anna Glaser Hupfel daughter of John Christian Glaser Hupfel married Paul Lawrence Kiernan in the chapel of 8 Petrick's Cathedral. The bride’s attendant was Mrs. Henry Silleck with Justice Frank lin Chase Hoyt as best man and ushers Henry W. Goddard Charles M. Billings Chris G. Hupfel Adolf G. Hupfel. A reception and dinner at the Hotel Savoy followed the ceremony.
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Anna Glaser Hupfel
John Christian Glaser Hupfel
Paul Lawrence Kiernan
Petrick’s
Henry Silleck
Franklin Chase Hoyt
Henry W. Goddard
Charles M. Billings
Chris G. Hupfel
Adolf G. Hupfel
Hotel Savoy
Vatican denies O'Connell appointment as Coadjutor in San Francisco
Rome reports the Vatican denied the appointment of Bishop Dennis O'Connell of the Catholic University as Coadjutor Bishop of San Francisco with right of succession to Archbishop Riordan. It is likely he will be named Archbishop of San Francisco in the near future.
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Rome
Dennis O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington
San Francisco
Riordan
Vatican
O'Connell
Msde Aumiisty
Maxine Elliott Opens New Theatre With The Chaperon
The opening night at Maxine Elliott's Theatre featured Marion Fairfax's play The Chaperon with Miss Maxine Elliott in Madge Countess Van Tuyle. The critic lauds the theatre's dignity and charm while criticizing the play for improbability and lightweight character work, noting Elliott's restrained, artful performance and the production's overall promise.
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Maxine Elliott
Sth Street
Broadway
Marion Fairfax
New York
Lucre
Augustin Daly
Madge
Countess van Tuyle
Paris
Adirondack
Mr. Vanderbilt
Miss Elliott
Last Night's Operas At Manhattan and Metropolitan
A holiday audience at the Manhattan Opera House heard Rigoletto with Mme Tetrazzini as Gilda and Constantina as the Duke, praised Sammarco as the title role, Armandi Sparafucile, Maddalena Ponzano, and Campanini conducting. At the Metropolitan Opera Sembrich and Bonci led Puccini's La Bohème, with Sparkes Musetta, Campanari Marcello, Didur Colline, Rossi Schaunard, and Spetrino conducting.
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Manhattan Opera House
Mme. Tetrazzini
Gilda
Constantina
Duke
Sammarco
Armandi
Sparafucile
Mile
Ponzano Maddalena
Campanini
Metropolitan Mine
Sembrich
Bonci
Puccini
Miss Sparkes
Musetta
Mr. Campanari
Marcello
Mr. Didur
Colline
Mr. Rossi
Schaunard
Spetrino
Destinn to Sing Madama Butterfly in Baltimore Opera
Not yet officially announced when Emmy Destinn will star as Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Theatre Baltimore on January 25. Geraldine Farrar had been slated for Baltimore's first Puccini performance, but Destinn substituted with Caruso as Pinkerton. Baltimore audiences will also hear Tetrazzini in Lucia di Lammermoor and La Traviata roles.
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Mlle
Emmy Destinn
Metropolitan Opera House
Lyric Theatre
Baltimore
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan
Mr. Hammerstein
Oriole
Miss Destinn
Miss Farrar
Mr. Caruso
Pinkerton
Mme. Tetrazzini
Today’s Civic and Cultural Events in New York
Free admission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. French Benevolent Society hosts clothing drives and a dinner for the poor at 450 West 5th Street at 8 PM. Produce Exchange charity entertainment for poor children in the afternoon. New York County Branch of the Woman's League meets at 8 PM. New Year’s celebration and ball at 8:80 PM at the 18th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn. Professor J P Mahaffy speaks on The Genius of the Greeks at 6:20 PM at the Hotel Plaza. New era festivities at Nations Aria Club near Gramercy Park.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
French Benevolent Society
West Sth Street
New York County
Woman's League of New York State
Waildorf
Astoria
18Th Regiment Armory
Elliott Theatre Opens With The Chaperon Debut
Maxine Elliott celebrates the opening of her West S street playhouse with The Chaperon. The venue features a nearly finished interior yet to be fully dressed, a star-studded audience including Mrs De Navarro and many notable figures, and Miss Elliott expressing joy at owning and managing her dream theatre as the curtain rises.
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Maxine Olliott
West S?th Street
Miss Elliott
Maxine El-iott
de Navarro
Mary Anderson
Justice O'Gorman
Justice McCall
Justice Newberger
Otto Kahn
Clarence Mackay
Henry R. Winthrop
Winthrop Ames
W. H. Cheesebrough
John Corbin
E. Clifford Potter
Oliver Harriman
William Klein
Clyde Fitch
Hoff
Jules Bache
Clarence McDowell
Baltimore
Marsden Perry
Providence
Thomas Blarke
Adolph
Ochs
F. Ku
Major Isaac Maclay Dies After Long Public Service
Major Isaac Walker Maclay U S A (retired) who helped carry President Lincoln from Ford's Theatre died at his Yonkers home. Born in New York City in 181 he pursued West Point and served at Watertown and Springfield arsenals, later guiding topography and rail real estate ventures in Yonkers. He attended Ford's Theatre night of Lincoln's assassination and aided the President. funeral set for tomorrow at Soa check with burial at Woodlawn.
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Isaac Walker Maclay
Lincoln
Ford
Palisade Avenue
Yonkers
New York City
Maclay
New York University
The
Military Academy
New York
Fort Wadsworth
Ordnance Corps
Washington Arsenal
Watertown Arsenal
Springfield Armory
Department of the Platte
Watervilet Arsenal
West Tror
Rome
N. Y
Vergennes
Fayetteville
N. c
Rock Island Arsenal
Department of Parks
156Th Street
4Th
21Th Wards
Long Island Railroad
William K. Davies
Maclay & Davies
Major Maclay
President Lincoln
J. Wilkes Booth
Dodd
Seward
Pelhamdale Land Company
Westchester Trust Company
Westchester-Bronxville Realty Company
People’s Savings Bank of Yonkers
Rapid Transit Commission of
Laura A. Havemeyer
William F. Havemeyer
Soa
Woodlawn Cemetery
Senator Bernier Dies in Winnipeg at 62
Senator Thomas Alfred Bernier, longtime St. Boniface representative in the Canadian Senate since 1892, died in Winnipeg at age sixty two. Born August 11, 1844, he trained at the College of St. Hyacinthe and the Quebec Bar, practiced in St. John's Therville, served as Manitoba education superintendent for Catholic schools, registered at the University of Manitoba, and was mayor of St. Boniface. He also edited for Revue Canadienne and contributed to Manitoba studies.
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Winnipeg
Man
Bernier
St. Boniface
Ottawa
Thomas Alfred Bernier
College of
Manitoba
Revue Canadienne
Death of Brown University Professor B F Clarke
Providence notes the death of Professor Benjamin Franklin Clarke emeritus of mechanical engineering at Brown University after a long tenure since 1863. A Brown graduate, he often served as acting president in the president’s absence. Also noted is the death of Professor Clarke's wife last Thursday.
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Providence
Benjamin Franklin Clarke
Brown University
Co: Institution
Brown
Clarke
Narke
Kenora Board of Trade Chief John Dean Dies
John Dean secretary of Kenora Ontario Board of Trade and United States Consul for the Lake of the Woods district died today in Winnipeg Manitoba. The loss removes a prominent regional business and diplomatic figure.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Dean
Board of Trade
Kenora
Ont
United States
Lake of the Woods
Socialism Debate Planned After Savoy Play
The Battle at the Savoy Theatre will host a public discussion next Sunday night led by Wilton Lackaye and featuring a belligerent faction figure. The program will explore economic questions in relation to socialism with emphasis on prominent participants.
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Savoy Theatre
Wilton Lackaye
Thet Playhouse
Socialists and Allies to Debate in Public Forum
A public event lists socialist advocates and their dissenters as speakers with distinguished educators and ministers among the participants. Cleveland Moffett will preside over the gathering.
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Cleveland Moffett
Aid Through the Red Cross for Italian Earthquake Sufferers
The President and William H. Taft cabled Italian authorities pledging Red Cross aid for earthquake victims. Governors and mayors urge New York residents to send contributions to Jacob H. Schiff at 600 Fifth Avenue.
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United States
William H. Taft
American Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Hughes
McClellan
New York
Jacob H. Schiff
New York State
The
Fifth Avenue
Defence of Trinity Denies Clergy Misconduct Claims
The Rev Dr William T Manning rector of Trinity Church refutes claims by St Johns Chapel members that Trinity Corporation mistreated their curates. He says Gomph’s appointment ends August 1 and salary continues, denies low pay, and defends vestry visits as routine observation. He avoids commitments on St Johns fate or congregational makeup and cites broader church apportionment disputes with Bishop Greer and other parishes.
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William T. Manning
Trinity Church
St. John’s Chapel
Trinity Corporation
Varick Street
Gomph
St. John’s
St. Luke’s
Trinity
Dr. Manning
Tribune
Mr. Gomph
William Jay
Corporation
Francis S. Bangs
Manning
Trinity Parish
St. John's
Dix
St. Paul's Chapel
Trinity Chapel
St. Agnes's
Banner Chapel
St John’s
Board of Missions
Grace Church
The
Incarnation
St. Bartholomew's
St. Thomas's
New York
Whitney Talks P S C Work Before National Associations
Travis H. Whitney secretary of the Public Service Commission for the 1st District of New York addressed the American Political Science Association convention in Richmond describing the commission’s first year and a half and the law behind its creation. The American Historical Association session focused on geography’s influence on history with Edwin E. Sperks of Pennsylvania State College presenting.
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Richmond
Travis H. Whitney
Public Service Commission
New York
American Political Science Association
American Historical Association
Whitney
Edwin E. Sperks
Pennsylvania State College
American Music Society Concert Draws Packed House
David Bispham president of the New York Centre of the American Music Society opened with remarks on the society’s aims. Francis Rogers performed five songs including Kipling's Seal Lullaby. Edith Goold sang five numbers. Fabbri If and Water R. Rummel's Heymans The Hills received applause. Heinrich Gebhard played Omar Khayyam poems by Foote and Johns Vaise in A major plus Farwell Tudian pieces including Navajo War Dance. The finale featured Arne Oldberg's sharp minor quintet with the composer at the piano and a noted quartet.
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Mendelssohn
David Bispham
New York
American Music Society
Francis Rogers
Kipling
Robert W. Atkinsim
Edith Goold
Fabbri
Breno Hubn
Water R
Harold E. Knapp
Lewis R. Blackman
Alfred G. Walthall
Day Williams
Consolidated laws bills prepared for next Assembly
Albany reports the consolidated laws bills will be introduced when the Legislature convenes next Wednesday after nearly five years of work by the Board of Statutory Consolidation. The board, appointed in 1900, includes Adolph J. Rodenbeck chairman and members William B. Hornblower John G. Milburn and Adalbert Moot. The laws cover general statutes from 1778 to date and aim to provide a basis for future legislation with text and repeal schedules. FRANK G. REINAU DROPS DEAD in Atlanta.
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Albany
Board of Statutory Consolidation
Adolph J. Rodenbeck
William B. Hornblower
John G. Milburn
Adalbert Moot
Frederick K. Wadrams
Oppose Stadium Plan for Central Park Faces Protest
A broad protest erupted against the New York Stadium Company bid to build a 100000 seat stadium in Central Park. Leaders including Bartow S Weeks and James E Sullivan defend a central site or nearby parks, while critics like Seth Low and Mayor McGowan vow to defeat the plan as harmful to the park’s character and breathing space.
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New York Stadium Company
Bartowns
James E. Sullivan
Central Park
Shepherd’s Bush
London
van Cortlandt Park
Macombs Dam Park
Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union
Athens
Eighth Avenue
106Th
Fifth Streets
Gustavus T. Kirby
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Weeks
Charles ©. Hughes
Seth Low
R. D. Wrenn
Richard Watson Gilder
Dr. Potter
Bronx Park
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Joseph H. Choate
R. Fulton Cutting
David H. Greer
Henry Smith
Bartow
J. T. Mahoney
Frederick W. Rubien
John J. Walsh
Matthew P. Halpin
D. P. James
George W. Wingate
D. F. Cohalan
Frederick Toombs
Charles J. Dieges
C. Ward Crampton
Thomas J. Hughes
J. Dalton
Walsh
George D. Pratt
T. Dowling
W. L. Jones
August Belmont
C. B. J. Snyder
Victor J. Dowling
John J. Dixon
Julian W. Curtiss
Luther Halsey Gulick
Charles C. Hughes
NG. N
Louther H. Gulick
Supreme Court
Y Victor J. Dowling
Seventy May Be Dead In Va Mine Blast
Tennis Virginia December 30 Twenty two bodies have been removed from the Lick Branch coal mine after an explosion yesterday Eighteen miners escaped unaided five others were rescued alive by rescue parties It is believed thirty five to fifty men remain unaccounted with no hope of survival The toll may reach seventy or more
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Tennis
Lick Branch
Weather report notes shifting storm centered in Ontario
Weather Bureau records show a storm centered in Ontario with a broad trough reaching to the Gulf of Mexico. Conditions east of the Mississippi were cloudy with precipitation but clearing in the west, a northwest cold wave reaching Lake Michigan, and forecasts for fair, colder weather across the country through Friday with coastal winds shifting from southwest to northwest and rain or snow in some regions. Local records compare temperatures to last year and indicate a colder trend ahead.
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Voreraft
Washington
Ontario
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Rockies
Lieve
Middle Ami North Atlantic
Eurogean
Grand Banks
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
Tresworth
West Gulf Coast
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Obituary notices and funeral details from Yonkers and Brooklyn
Death notices list Isaac Walker Maclay Emily Ellen Mudgewaite Marie Rippel H Rollinson Année Rutledge Laura Wiley Ruttkay Shearer Helena Sullivan John Trimble Adelaide Vogt and others. Services include at home church and cemetery interments with dates December 1908 to January 1909 and locations Yonkers Brooklyn Summit and Toronto Boonton.
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John Reid
Ber
Rippel
St. Brooklyn
Marie Rippel
Henry Rippel
Solemm
St. Agnes’s Church
Rollinson
Sumerit
N. J
Springfield Ave
Summit
Delaware
Greenwood
Ruttkay
Laura Wiley
Major Ruttkay
IT. S. A
The
Baptist Church of the Redeemer
You Road
East
Fistbush
Shearer
Hearer
Robert Shearer
Lissie Burley
Marcy Ave
Brooklyn
Sullivan
Helena
Timothy Sullivan
Division Ave
Trimble
10Th St
John
Trim
O'Elect
Toronto
Boonton
Vogt
Adelaide Wogton
Washington
New York Tribune opens file of aspirant applications
The Uptown Office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets announces a newly installed file of applications from selected aspirants for various positions. Office hours run from 9 a m to 6 p m.
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THE
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Tribune Subscription Rates and Foreign Mail Details
The Tribune outlines domestic and foreign subscription rates including daily and weekly options, special rates for the Weekly Farmer and Sunday Tribune, and mail distinctions for Europe and Universal Postal Union countries. It lists interim arrangements with hotels in London and other cities for convenient access to the paper.
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United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Ad Tribune Index
Om Mail
New York City
DAINY
Sunday Tribune
Weekly Farmer
Europe
Universal Postal Union
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Scribe
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Nice
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