Amusements listings from a 1920s theater page
A dense catalog of theatre showings across major venues including Academy of Music Astor Broadway Gaiety Knickerbocker Lyceum Lyric Herald Square and Wallack with titles such as The Man from Mexico The World in Wax and What Every Woman Knows. The page notes show times in a run of 15 to 30 minutes per act and lists numerous dance vaudeville and musical offerings across New York venues.
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Academy OF Music
ASTOR
Eco
Mississippi
Blaney
Havana
Coney Island
Dreamland
Luna Park
Garrick
Mexico
Lyceum
Lyric
John Ganton
Elliotts
Blue Mouse
Stuyvesant
Wallace S
Rector
New York Daily Tribune June 4 1999 masthead details
The item lists the 1999 June 4 edition masthead including ownership by The Tribune Association New York and officers James M. Barrett Henry W. Sackett and the office address at The Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York indicating roles of president secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune
Nassau Street
New
Congress Clash and Riots Mark Early Session
Senate clash over German wage statement and tariff bill debate opened the first night session. House adjourned after failing to secure a quorum as absent members waited. Foreign notes report Roosevelt voyage to East Africa and Barth death in Baden Baden. Domestic items note rioting in Philadelphia and a broad strike wave affecting Baltimore Ohio Boston and Pittsburg. City coverage covers stock activity, legal appeals, Dudley suit, and subway expansion costs. Weather notes show showers with highs and lows.
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Congress
Senate
Aldrich
Stone
House
Stenday
Payne
Roosevelt
Kijabe
British East Africa
Souik
Theodor Barth
Reichstag
Baden Paden
MacGill University of Montreal
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
James Earl Russell
Teachers’ College
Cits
Japan
Messina
Giolitti
United States
France
Portugal
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
H.C. Frick
Gary
Boston
James Farmer
Mary Farmer
Auburn
Sarah Brennan
Brownville
Jefferson County
Albany
Pittsfield
Mass
Gaynor
George Duffy
Brooklyn
Timothy L. Woodruff
Dudley
United States Express Company
Platt
Stock Exchange
Paris
United Copperay
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
University of Moscow
Philadelphia Strike Shows City’s Sympathy for Transit Workers
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company controls surface, elevated, and subway lines and appointees run city affairs. A mass meeting failed to move management, which offered a penny raise. Workers struck for higher pay, seizing a rare chance to voice grievances beyond protests.
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Philadelphia
Street
New York
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Interborough Metropolitan
Anterborough
Manhattan
Rapid Transit Company
Metropolitan Traction
Public Service Commission
Traction Company
Political tensions rise as Philadelphia fares loom
The city faces potential upheaval as higher streetcar fares approach amid a disputed partnership with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Boss Mc Nichol seeks a settlement to protect his endangered group while critics note political ties to the transit contractor.
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McNichol
Traction Company
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Ashbridge
John Wanamaker
Tariff issue fractures parties as debates over protection intensify
The Philadelphia Record argues that protectionism remains a Republican stronghold while the Democratic party has abandoned its tariff stance. It cites intra party divisions, insurgent Republicans, and a spectrum of Democrats supporting varying tariff levels, questioning whether tariff policy can ever be a true party issue again.
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Philadelphia Record
Union
Tribune
Philadelphia
Senate
Finance Committee
la Follette
Aldrich
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Bailey
Mills
Wilson
Cleveland
Watterson
Robert J. Walker
Congress
Virginia
John W. Daniel
Democratic Organization
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
South
Samuel J. Randall
Magenta anniversary marks start of decisive Italian wars
The fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Magenta is observed with mixed feelings. The victory, though not the largest by numbers, signaled allied momentum and inspired Italian hopes for unification. It foreshadowed Solferino and Villafranca, while revealing French backstabbing that disappointed Sardinia and Italians.
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Battle of
Magenta
Italy
Alps
Two Sicilies
Piedmont
Hapsburg
Bourbon
Venice
Rome
Aspern
Napoleon Magenta
Metternich
Sardinia
Louis Napoleon
Anniversary of Magenta Ties Italian Salvation to Liberty
The passage lauds Magenta as the birth of United Italy, urging Italians to rely on themselves for salvation and to press from Milan to Turin to Florence to Naples and to Rome. It frames Magenta’s anniversary as a military birthday of a unified Italy and urges patriotic gratitude and global sympathy for liberty lovers.
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Milan
Turin
Florence
Naples
Rome
Italy
Woodruff urges anti-Tammany fusion for NYC campaign
The Hon Timothy L Woodruff now favors a broad fusion of anti-Tammany forces for the upcoming municipal race. He endorses a Republican mayoral candidate from Manhattan and suggests the rest of the ticket need not be restricted to Republicans, warning against perfunctory deals that could dampen voter enthusiasm.
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Timothy L
Woodruff
Battleship output shows strong British capacity
The London Times quotes Vickers and Armstrong Whitworth promising three Dreadnoughts within 30 to 36 months with potential production of one ship every six months thereafter. England has multiple yards and naval facilities to sustain eight ships annually if needed, easing fears about naval supremacy.
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim
London Times
Barrow
W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
United States
England
Portsmouth
Devonport
Theorized airship taxi meter and Taft tea tales
A jumble of 1900s opinions discusses ideas from airship taxi meters to Taft’s tea habits in Pittsburgh. It praises Theodor Barth as a German liberal leader and notes his influence on German politics, journalism, and sympathy for America amid tariff disputes and international relations.
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Theodor Barth
Germany
America
Dr. Barth
Liberal
Reichstag
Bismarck
Safe and sane Fourth celebrated with new city rules
Indications point to more peaceful Fourth of July celebrations across the United States as cities enforce new ordinances. Cleveland touts anti explosives laws, Washington plans boy-friendly events, Albany allows limited firecracker use, Chicago tightens enforcement. Boston worries about the day, while others reflect on Memorial Day traditions and urban growth including Lackawanna’s rapid rise near Buffalo.
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United States
Cleveland
Washington
Citizens’ Committee
Albany
Chicago
Boston
New York State
Iist
Lackawanna
Erie County
Buffalo
Hughes
Lackawanna Steel Company
Eeity
Rochester Herald
Taft aides luncheon with wife and brother at White House
Washington June 3 The President decided midday meals are necessary and yesterday and today he dined with his wife and brother Charles P Taft. Senators Gamble Crawford urged appointing Howard Shober to Auditor of the Treasury for the Interior Dept. Harland petition and tariff bill progress noted. New York society updates two dozen social figures and their summer plans.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles P. Taft
Gamble and
Crawford
Howard Shober
South Dakota
the Treasury
Interior Department
Robert S. Person
Burke
Martin
Taft
Congress
White House
Briggs
Wetmore
Carter
Johnson
Brown
Elkins
Dwight
Hill
Graham
Hamlin
Douglas
Adamson
Higgins
Delaware
Helmes
H. C. Corbin
J. Franklin Bell
Genevieve Longfield Lane
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Diplomatic Corps Hosts Dinner in Washington
Washington reports a June 3 dinner hosted by the Japanese Ambassador and Baroness Takahira honoring Vice Admiral and Baroness Urtu. Guests included Speaker and Miss Cannon, several Cabinet officials, lawmakers, and military officers. The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce plan a summer stay in Northeast Harbor. Italian officials head to Highland cottage in Manchester mass on June 20. Professor Antonio Ravaioli to remain as embassy duties require.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baroness Takahira
Urtu
Miss Cannon
Huntington Wilson
H. C. Haines
W. W. White
F. J Moses
C. A. Doyen
Mabel Boardman
William H. Gartley
E. Weller
W. H. Stayton
Charles W. Stewart
Hirage
Hanihara
Bryce
Northeast Harbor
James Gardner
Marchesa di Montagliari
Signor Cora
Signor Centaro
Highland Cottage
Manchester
Mass
Antonio Ravaioli
Washington Society Notes From The Tribute Bureau
Washington society notes recount a luncheon hosted by Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson for Vice Admiral Uriu and guests including Secretary of the Navy and ambassadors. A Mount Vernon excursion for a party led by Beekman Winthrop is planned, with tea on return. Admiral Dewey departs for Annapolis to deliver diplomas, Miss Taft attends Chevy Chase Club luncheon, and RO Hinckley Wickersham wedding notices and other social events are listed.
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Washington
Huntington Wilson
Uriu
Navy
Takahira
Philander C. Knox
More
Longworth
Haines
Baroness Urtu
Admiral Dewey
Annapolis
Dewey
Helen Taft
Chevy Chase Club
Edmund K. Webster
Frances Webster
Mary de Lagercrantz
Edith Southerland
Marjory Aleshire
Katherine Alvord
Janet Wood
Marie Stevens
Alice Boyd
Malory Church
Rosalie Hinckley
Robert Parker Hinckley
New York
Cornelius Wendell Wickersham
Wickersham
St. John’s Church
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Sunridge
Hinckley
Lawrence
Mr. Wickersham
Harvard
Juliet Patten
England
Elizabeth Taggart
Hugh T. Taggart
Sankey Bacon
U. S&s
South Dakota
Pacific Fleet
Dr. Bacon
Emily F. Brewer
Justice Brewer
Stockbridge
Richard H. Townsend
Spain
Beer and whiskey debated at brewers convention
At the brewers convention in Athletic City speakers urge that beer should be treated separately from stronger liquors as a path to social progress. They argue beer, when pure and well managed, is largely harmless and could reduce disorder if licensed distinctly. The piece notes German beer as a model and calls for broader beer sales and licensing reforms. It ends with a pivot to Wall Street and Bryan’s tariff stance, suggesting broader political context.
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Athaetic City
Miss Beatrice Thaw Marries Italian Noble in Rome
In Rome on June 3 Miss Beatrice Thaw daughter of Alexander Blair Thaw of Pittsburgh married Don Francesco Theodoli. Witnesses included Major J F Reynolis Landis. The ceremony in the conservatory led to St Peter's by auto then Naples trip.
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Rome
Beatrice Thaw
Alexander Blair Thaw
Pittsburg
Francesco Theodoli
Italy
J. F. Reynolis Landis
Marchese Theodoll
Conservatory
St. Peter's
Naples
Tariff Talk Across Papers Warns of Political Manipulation
A compilation of editorials from The Kansas City Star Indianapolis News Buffalo News Knoxville Journal and Tribune and St Louis Globe Democrat argues tariff revision should be expert and nonpartisan rather than political. They urge downward revision and criticize partisan use of tariff policy in elections.
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The
Kansas City Star
Consumer
Buffalo News
Senate
Buffalo
Canada
United States
Engagement announced for Elizabeth Murray Gilldea and William Azro Tracy
Boston June 3 reports the engagement of Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Gilldea of Detroit to William Azro Tracy of Boston. The notice records the forthcoming marriage in the local society pages.
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Boston
Elizabeth Murray Gilldea
Detroit
William Azro Tracy
Rockefeller party departs Hot Springs for New York
After a ten week journey at Virginia Hot Springs Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller and party leave Hot Springs for New York in their private car tonight Mrs Rockefeller has recovered from her illness and they plan to proceed to Pocantico Hills at once
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Hot Springs
Virginia Hot Springs
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Lenox fund aids Berkshire Easter fire victims largest gifts
A Lenox summer residents fund of more than 0.0 percent was distributed today to sufferers of the Easter fire. Notable donors included Mrs. William D. Sloane and Cortlandt Field Bishop among many society names. Remaining notes list guests and arrivals at local homes and hotels, including the Bristed and Biddle families, with several outings and travels reported.
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the Tribune
Lenox
William D. Sloane
John EF
John S. Barnes
William B. Osgond Field
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
Mranchep Fairfax
William H
William Curtis
Cortlandt Field
Kave Cary
Richard C. Dixey
George Hissinron
M. Haven
Morris K. Jesup
Frank K. Sturgi
Robert Winthrop
Anna B. Shaw
Hear H. Pease
Charles Lanier
Greenville
Richard Greenleaf
Richard TL Austin Jenkins
Charles Astor
Franklin Osgood
Hote
F.S. Taylor
Ellen Taylor
Francis Builard
W. A. Moore
H K. Welles
New York
W. C. Beach
Washington
Thomas Biddle
Philadelphia
Emily Biddle
Breezy Corners
Fordham Morris
Charles S. Mellen
Stockbridge
New Haven
Mellen
Louis L. Lorillard
Louis Lallard, Jr
Red Lion Ing
Stee Bridge
George Westinghouse, Jr
Mr. Westinghouse
Social notes from Newport on early June arrivals
Telegraph reports Newport society registering guests and expected visitors over the weekend. Names include Manson Smith, Alice Little, Richard Williamson, Mr and Mrs Lehr, Mr and Mrs Warren, John and Mieke Drexel, Mrs Drexel, Adele Van Brunt, Charles Bull, Charles Hutchinson, Jol Botchford, Dr and Mrs Mohr, George Gordon King, and Mrs Oelrichs with Blancs Oelrichs.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. Manson Smith
Alice Little
Richard Williamson
Te Casino
Harry Symes Lehr
George Henry Warren
John R. Drexel
Mieke Drexel
Charles M. Bull
Charles Hutchinson
Washington
Jol Botchford
New York
Des Foss
F. Mohr
Providence
George Gordon King
C. M. Oelrichs
Blancs Oelrichs
Robert Goelet
Hill Cottage
Taft to Fellow Masons in London
The American Lodge of Masons for American citizens in London was consecrated by the Grand Lodge of England in London. Lord Ampthill presided with sixty grand officers and F C Vandyser as deputy grand master. Robert Newton Jane named first grand master and James MacDonald warden. membership includes other Americans. Taft sent congratulations by cable to Lord Ampthill and the lodge. a reply from the president followed.
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London
R. Masons
Grand Lodge of England
Lord Ampthill
Vania
F. C. Vandyser
Robert Newton
Jane
James MacDonald
Taft
United States
French birth rate increase in 1908 vital stats
Paris reports 1907 excess births 1930 687. 1908 births 18 067 more than deaths. deaths decreased by 3 755. Governor Hughes begins vacation June 3. to visit Saranac Inn in advance and plan several weeks rest.
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Paris
Hughes
Albany
Saranac Inn
Chase Buys Italian Estate With Arno Valley View
William M. Chase buys an old Italian villa overlooking the Arno Valley near Florence. The property lies near Fiesole with medieval cathedral features and famed paintings. Mr and Mrs Chase plan a several week visit in June and later continue their travels.
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M. Chase
William M. Chase
Florence
Italy
Arno
Fiesole
Mrs Chase
Mr. Chase
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Atc
New York Daily Tribune
MR. Woodruff
South Carolina
Peale
Charles and Courier
China
Charleston
Canton
Interborough Company
Trenton
N. J
Atlantic City
Joe Hooker Post
Chicago Record-Herald
Jack
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Boston Transcript
NEW York Society
John E. Parsons
Stoneover
Mrs. Newbold Morris Oehurst
FE. S. Harkness
St. Regis
John H. McCullough
Lydia Hoyt
Julia Hoyt
Staatsburg
Europe
Jother
Gerald Livingston Hoyt
Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne
Millbrook, Ey
Pierpont Davis
Bar Harbor
R. H. Williams, Jr
William MacNeil Rodewald
Eleanor Rodewald
Count
Countess von Holstein
Walcott Fae
Bayshor Long Island
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
Wall Street
Bryan
Alexander B. Thaw
Dorothy Buckingham Bacon
Heathcote Muirsom Woolsey
Centre Church
Benjamin Bacon
Yale Divinity School
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Richard Ely Danielson
Marguerite Almy
Norwich
Conn
Hugh Smith Knox
Murray Sargent
Arthur G. Camp
George Glaenzer
Theodore P. Dixon
Philip L. Dodge
New York City
Philip Goodwin
Hartford
Leonard Bacon
New England
W. A Allen
Buckingham
Connecticut
Woolsey
Yale
Theodore S. Woolsey
Church of the Redeemer
New Brighton
Staten Island
Mary Jewett Hicks
George F. Hicks
Walter Lancelot Allwin
Hobart Clark
Bertha
Adelaide Irving
Dorothy Wendel
Miss Hicks
Edward Thompson
Henry Low
John Donnetly
Richard Spofford
Commission Plan
Indianapolis News
Platform and Income Tax
Knoxville
Tenn
Journal and Tribune
Denver
Rockefellers
Berkshires
Earl Grey
seatTle
Ottawa
Ontario
Frank
Militia
William Templeman
Inland Revenue
Sydney
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