Amusements and Vaudeville Lineup Listing
A dense schedule lists multiple theaters with show names and times including The Rose of the Rancho Secret Orchard The Warrens of Virginia The Bad Boy and His Teddy Bears The Parisian Model Funabashi The House of a Thousand Candies World in Wax The Witching Hour The Girl Behind the Counter Battle of Port Arthur Polly of the Circus Thief The Reckoning The Talk of New York Polly of the Circus The Merry Widow Madame Butterfly Thais Playing the Ponies Advanced vaudeville Man of the Hour on a Rink Grand Army Man Knight for a Day Burlesque of The Merry.
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SS OF Music
Casas
Gotham
Bammerstein
Vauderville
Ald Square
Port Arthur
Knickerbocker
New York
Liberty
Polly
The
Circus
Madison Square
Madison Square Garden
Manhattan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera House
Publication notice of The Tribune Association details
New York Daily Eribunne lists ownership by The Tribune Association a New York corporation with offices at Tribune Building 153 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer and the officers’ address is the newspaper’s office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Trib
Une
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Senate and House Debates Mark Capitol Session
Senate passes 2.5 million appropriation for New York post office building and confirms Regis L. Post as Porto Rico governor. House debated civil code amendments, with Democrats defeated. adjournment set for Monday. Foreign notes include Rio hospitality for U S fleet and a Moroccan clash. Domestic items cover Panama locks widening, currency emergency limits, and Erie County Gryan endorsement. City items report stock declines, arrests, and firemen’s bodies found. Weather: fair with 39/25 temperatures.
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Congress
Senate
New York Post
Regis L. Post
Porto Rico
House
Edwards
Georgia
Gardner
Massachusetts
Buncombe
Rio de Janeiro
Evans
Amade
Settal
Morocco
Bank of England
Haytiam
Jean Juneau
Gonaives
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Foraker
Ohio
Taft
Agricultural Societies
Albany
Democratic General Committee
Erie County
William J. Gryan
Wadsworth
Boston
George Livingston Richards
John C. Grady
Philadelphia
Provident Life Assurance Society
Joseph A. Wasserman
Stock Exchange
Whitney & Kitchen
New Jersey
Tribune
Budson River
Thawe
Parker Building
McClellan
New York City
Alfred O. Crozier
Metz
Municipal Receivership Urged For New York City Reform
An editor argues New York City must adopt a comprehensive municipal reform to curb waste and overhaul administration. Citing Boston and London as models, the piece urges removing political graft and creating a businesslike system, noting Massachusetts contemplates similar remodelling.
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New York City
London
Boston
Tammany
Massachusetts
The
Transcript
Finance Commission urged to reform Boston government and draft 1909 charter
The piece argues the Boston Finance Commission should continue with authority to rehabilitate city administration and draft a new charter for 1909. It favors temporary receivership over appropriations under the mayor and calls for consolidating and reorganizing City Hall to curb political rings and prevent ruin.
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Finance Commission
Boston
City Hall
Transcript
Massachusetts
New York
Charter Revision Commission
System Wields Power Over City Police Politics
The piece argues the system has set the two city law enforcement leaders at odds, urging General Bingham and District Attorney Jerome to restrain personal attacks and seek cooperation. It warns traitors within each camp may aid the system, and calls for measured, loyal oversight of police affairs.
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Bingham
Jerome
Mr. Jerome
Police
General Bingham
Water Supply Delays Stir City Civic Bodies
Editorial urges prompt Ashokan water works extension as delay worsens costs and harms public welfare. It criticizes the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for holding up funds and attacks unfounded charges against the commissioners, calling for swift action and fiscal prudence.
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Board of Estimate
Commissioners of Accounts
Alice
Mayor to Dismiss Charges, Resume Water Project Urged
Counsel predicts the Mayor will dismiss the charges as unworthy of serious consideration on the recommendation of the Corporation Counsel. The Board of Water Supply should be immediately empowered to resume the great undertaking conducted with signal ability and fidelity to public interests.
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Board of Water Supply
The Chinese Indemnity Senate Resolution Supports Remission
The Senate approved a plan to remit half of the indemnity China paid after the 1900 relief expedition and Boxer period. The piece argues the United States should not demand the remaining funds as punitive profit, upholding a high minded policy of justice and magnanimity.
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Senate
Lodge
China
Peking
United States
McKinley
Prince Rupert as City Beautiful on North Pacific Island
The Grand Trunk Pacific plans a vast project on Karen Island near Alaska, making Prince Rupert the western terminus of a trunk line. Boston architects draft a three level city with harbor channels and breathing spots, but critics warn about subway needs and rising costs and urge local input before proceeding.
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Russia
Danny
Steel Corporation
Gary
Indiana
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
Prince Rupert
Karen Island
Vancouver
Alaska
Greater Northwest
Boston
Utopia
Kissena Park
Winnipeg
New York City
NYC Faces Idle Poor Dilemma with Steerage Rate Plan
The city weighs a $10 steerage rate to house and feed 150,000 unemployed New Yorkers as an economy move. Advocates argue it saves money versus public institutions, while concerns arise over shipper leverage and residents relinquishing rights to their works if sent to sea almshouses.
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New York City
Dolly
Baedeker
Occult endowment, India aid, and apportionment debates
A testator leaves five thousand dollars to Clark University for an occultism lecture chair, with income deemed sufficient for one year’s “piece work.” The Bar Association hosts a discussion on India’s advancement and humanitarian aid, urging informed, practical effort. Kentucky debates congressional district fairness, while Columbia professors plan a Foucault experiment duplicate as Bryan seeks the Denver nomination.
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Clark University
Columbia University
Foucault
Denver
Bryan
Chicago Adopts New York Police Uniforms
The city standardizes winter dress with dark military caps and precinct numerals on left collars following New York style. A collage of anecdotes on language use, Arctic expeditions, bohemian quotes, and a Q&A about mosquitoes closes this miscellaneous page.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia’s Birthday and City’s Founding Date
The Philadelphia Ledger reports Mayor Reyburn’s Historical Commission fixed the city’s founding at 1683 and pressed for a 225th anniversary civic celebration this year. Researchers found seals and a Harrisburg document calling Penn’s city “the City of Philadelphia,” with surveyor Thomas Holmes using the same term.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Reyburn
Harrisburg
Penn
Philadelphia
Thomas Holmes
City of
Diplomatic Dinner Fetes Roosevelts and Visiting Envoys
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted the annual diplomatic corps dinner at the White House using the historic silver service. Guests included ambassadors from Italy Austria Hungary France and Britain with numerous ministers and their spouses. Also noted were social events surrounding the Szechenyi wedding and several high society gatherings and dances across New York society circles.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Diplomatic Dinner Hosts at Washington Embassy Row
The Postmaster General and Mrs Meyer hosted a dinner with the French naval attaché and Mme de Blanpré along with a circle of diplomats and social figures from the Austrian German Russian Italian British and Italian embassies including Mr von Schubert Baron von Strum Signor Cora and Ralph B Strassburger among guests.
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Count Szecheny
Gladys Vanderbilt
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Meyer
Mme. de Blanpré
Pierre Lorillard
Houghton
Boston
Eleanor Terry
Alice Meyer
Baron Ambrozy
von Schubert
Baron von Strum
Kroupensky
Signor Cora
H. Beresford- Hope
Mr. Hitt
Ralph B. Strassburger
Diplomatic Corps Hails Departures and Arrivals in Washington
Washington names a busy diplomatic scene as Mexican Ambassador and Sefiora Creel delay their three months’ leave until Sunday. Italian counsellor Signor Montagna heads for a March trip to Italy. Austro Hungarian attaché Baron Demeter Hye arrives. Belgian counsellor De Cartier de Marchienne takes over, tied to General Draper’s kin.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mexico
Sefiora Creel
Signor Montagna
Italy
Mayor Des Planches
Demeter Hye
Legation
Sefiora de Pastor
M. de Cartier de Marchienne
M. Havenith
Belgium
Persia
M. de Cartier
William F. Draper
Rome
Washington Society Dinners Hosted by Holmes and Guests
Associate Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes entertained a distinguished company at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page hosted a dinner in honor of Mrs. T. P. OConnor of England. Other hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Legare and Mrs. Nicholas Fish.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Nelson Page
T. P. O'Connor
England
Hugh Legare
Woodbury Blair
Nicholas Fish
John Moore
Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Dinner Party at West Street Home
Mrs Vanderbilt gave a dinner last night at her home on West Sixth Street with guests in attendance.
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John R. Drexel
East 620 Street
Szechenyi
Frederick W. Whitridge
East 11Th Street
Joan Whitridge
Eding Biddle
Helen Alexandre
Anna Robinson
Helen Coster
Dorothy Tuckerman
Marjorie Curtis
Emily Sloane
Ella Boreland
Rosamond Burr
Evelyn Marshall
Eleanor Green
Katherine Steward
Harriet Alexander
Lucy C. Brown
John Cieton Gray
Buell Hollister
J. Gerald Benkard
Henry Pendleton Rogers
Thomas Benedict Clarke
Charles D. Wetmore
Devereaux Wiburn
Moreau Delano
C. Tiffany Richardson
T. Chesley Richardson
Percy R. Pyne
Franklin Plummer
J Francis A. Clark
Gladys Roosevelt
Agnes Gayley
Marguerite Waler
Cyril Charles Hoffman
Sumner Gerard
Marshall Kennochan
Peyton J. van Rensselaer
Edmund Patefax
Jay Gould
Edmund Rogers
Stephen Wan Rensselaer
J. Harry Alexandre, Jr
Lanier Winglow
Alexander Wetherill
John Dix
Mrs. Vanderbilt
West Sith Street
Will of William Rhinelander Leaves 5000 Yearly to Son
The will filed in Albany Surrogates Court assigns William C Rhinelander a yearly $5000 income with abatement if funds are not needed for support and directs the rest of the estate to Matilda Rhinelander for her remainderman heirs. Executors include Matilda, the two sons and Charles C Bull. William C Rhinelander says he will not contest and has signed not to interfere with estate administration. The estate is valued over $10,000 including real and personal property.
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William Rhinelander
William C. Rhinelander
Matilda
Thomas Jackson Oakley Rhinelander
Philip Rhinelander
Charles C. Bull
Albany
Green Street
New York
Mr. Rhinelander
The Real Flag of Socialism Letter to the Editor
Katherine Nichols from Newton Mass argues Jesus founded socialism and that its emblem is a cross and crown with the motto In the Name of Jesus We Conquer. She asserts Anarchy has nothing to do with socialism. January 15 1908.
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the Tribune
Lord Jesus
Jesus
Katherine Nichols
Newton, Mass
Where Have All the Birds Gone in Westhampton
A Westhampton Beach reader requests information on a seasonal decline of garden birds. Citizens report scarce chickadees sparrows and bluejays while few quail appear in nearby fields. The letter asks neighbors if others observe the same shortage and seek light on the subject.
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the Tribune
Westhampton Beach
Long Island
Metropolitan Museum Director to Speak on Christian Art
Professor J H Van Amringe announced that Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will address the New York Church Club on Christian Art on March 2 at the club rooms on Madison Avenue and 56th Street. The club’s annual dinner will be at Delmonico's on February 2 with Bishop Potter presiding.
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J. H. van Amringe
New York Church Club
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madison Avenue
S6th Street
Delmonico’s
Social notes from Newport include Astor return to New York
Newport society items list John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent at St. George's School in Newport, then returning to New York. W Rogers Morgan and daughter Miss Morgan come back from New York. Mrs Sidney Jones Colford among arrivals from New York tonight.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. IL
John Jacob Astor
Vincent
St. George's School
New York
W. Rogers Morgan
Miss Moregan
Sidney Jones Colford
Case Settled After 122 Years in Massachusetts Courts
A 122 year legal saga ends as Judge Grant orders William W. Bish to pay the State Treasurer 105 to settle nine creditors' claims from the Ellis Gray estate. Deposits totaling 10,256 were made in 1838 for creditors, but heirs were never found.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Grant
William W. Bish
Ellis Gray
Dinner for Baron Takahira Highlights Rome Visit
King Victor Emmanuel hosted a dinner in Rome on January 16 for Baron Takahira the Japanese Ambassador with Queen Helena Signor Tittoni and the entire Japanese embassy present. The departure is regretted yet Takahira receives warm congratulations for his new post as Ambassador to America.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Baron Takahira
Helena
Signor Tittoni
America
Loving Cups for Spencer Trask at Gramercy Park
Two silver loving cups will be presented to Spencer Trask president of the National Arts Club and the National Society of Craftsmen next Wednesday evening by those organizations at their home in Gramercy Park. John G. Agar will preside. Addresses honoring Mr Trask will be given by William T. Evans Frederick S. Lamb George Foster Peabody J William Fosdick and Charie De Kay.
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Specer Trask
National Arts Club
National Society of Craftsmen
Heme
Gramercy Park
John G. Agar
Mr. Trask
William T. Evans
Frederick S. Lamb
George Foster Peabody
J. William Fosdick
Charie
de Kay
Carmania Sails to the Med with Gliddens Aboard
The Cunard liner Carmania departed yesterday for the Mediterranean with 2 576 steerage passengers. Among its travelers were Mr and Mrs C J Glidden en route to a world tour via Cairo. The ship carried over 150 steerage passengers left on the pier. Ray I Forde released 175 balloons along the Nile offering goodwill and urging care for the Gliddens.
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Cunard
Carmania
Mediterranean
C. J. Glidden
Cairo
Ray I Forde
Nile
New Year Dinner for 73 Horses at Acton Home
The Acton Home hosted a New Year banquet for 73 horses. The menu included 40 carrots 34 lumps of sugar 27 biscuits 1 piece of white bread 18 pieces of brown bread and 12 apples. An elderly donkey guest was noted among the attendees.
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London Daily Mail
Acton
Mac
Monger
Ted Om
Dace
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Bryce
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Mme. de Marees van Swinderen
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Sefiora de Portela
Ecuador
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Uruguay
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Japan
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Chow
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Root
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Carew
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Nelson Dingley
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Hill
Cooley
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Gifford Pinchot
Government Forest Service
Humphry Ward
Freda W. Whitridge
Sherry
Charles E. Sampson
Fritz Kreisler
Emilio de Gegorza
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W. Butler Duncan
Pierpont Morgan
W. Pierson Hamileton
Paul Dana
James Tolman Pyle
Adelia Pyle
Colony Club
Pyle
Alice Potter
Francis Henry Potter
Bishop Potter
Newton Adams
Thomas B. Adams
West 39Th Street
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W. Gordom Cogan
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
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Mrs. Glidden
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