Vaudeville Circuits Hot New Acts At New York Theaters
A sweep of listings shows major houses presenting vaudeville and musical acts including The Mikado The Bachelor’s Baby and The Merry Whirl across venues such as Astor Broadway Fifth Avenue and Knickerbocker. The schedule features matinees and evening shows with multiple time slots and continuous performances.
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Alhambra
ASTOR
Seven Dart
Aeroadway
Coney Island
Brighton Beach Park
Dreamland
Lana_Park
Criterion
Eden Mysfe
World In Wax
Fifth Avenue
Vaudeville
Garrick
Mer Husband
Haammerstein
Herald Square
Tillie
Hudsox
Knickerbocker
New York
Jimmy Vailentine
Index to Advertisements Amusements and More
A busy newspaper page listing ad sections including Amusements Automelodies Bankers brokers and real estate. It shows notices for dogs birds and domestic situations and entries for mortgages loans and surrogates while also listing time tables classified ads and employment, with miscellaneous sections for special notices and work wanted.
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Saele
Deane
Mortzagee
U Tv
Tribune
New-York Tribune President and officers listed
The New-York Tribune states ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. It lists Woden Mills as president, Ogden M. Reid as secretary, and James M. Barrett as treasurer, with the office at Tribune Building 04 Nassau Street, New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nessau Street
Woden Mills
Ogden M. Reid
James M. Barrett
Congress Consider Postal, Public Land, and Railroad Bills
Long morning session sees conference on railroad bill and House action on postal savings bank. Senate spends hours debating public land withdrawal. Foreign news reports a deadly Southern Italy earthquake and Roosevelt’s Oxford lecture. Domestic items note Taft railroad conference outcomes, Lorimer charge referral, and corporate rate agreement pending ICC review. Weather forecast shows fair. highs around 69.
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Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Hezun
House
Senate
Con Sam
Public Land
Italy
Roosevelt
Ramones
University of Oxford
Yucatan
Estrada
Cartago Cert of Justice
Presi
Madriz
Herr Hoffman
North Korea
Reral Aero Club
London
Charles Stewart Rolis
English Channel
Sir William Francis Butler
Bryan centralization and democracy clash in Prohibition debate
The Tribune notes William J. Bryan’s insistence that larger political units bind smaller ones in national prohibition, a view the Houston Post rejects as neither Jeffersonian nor Democratic. The Post argues centralized power threatens democracy and could provoke a civil war level furor.
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The
Tribune
William J. Bryan
Total Abstinence Union
Chicago
Bryan
Houston Post
Texas
Post
Federalism Critique of Prohibition and State Police Power
The piece argues against federal overreach into state liquor regulation, defending state police powers within constitutional bounds. It critiques Bryan’s centralizing proposals as extravagan ce and labels him an extra Hamiltonian Jeffersonian for dissolving state lines with majority rule.
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Hamilton
The
Post
Congress
Jefferson
Bryan
Railroads and Taft Reach Accord on Rate Increases
The agreement between railroads and President Taft eases tensions, deferring rate hikes to the Interstate Commerce Commission and signaling a favorable shift in public sentiment. The commission's forthcoming review will set the legal framework, shifting proof of fairness to the railroads and potentially shaping the pending railroad bill.
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Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Interstate Comececce Commission
the Tribune
Wall Street
Washington
Commission
Interstate Commerce
Pew
Degeneracy in the Fire Department Debate Surfaces
Municipal Civil Service Commission president Mr McGuire defends fire chief Croker’s claim that exams are weakening the department by admitting weaker applicants. He says new recruits are mostly fit, views physical ability as essential, and notes older members exaggerate decline. The exchange touches growing concern over aging standards in firefighting.
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McGuire
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Croker
Waldo
Congo Boundary Treaty Marks Progress by Three Powers
Britain Germany and Belgium reach a new Congo boundary agreement easing disputes near the Nile headwaters. The line moves from the 30th meridian to follow natural features, tracing the Rusisi River from Lake Tanganyika toward Lake Victoria, aligning with regional geography and avoiding harsh straight lines.
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Great Britain
Gerany
Belgium
Congo
Rusisi
Lake Tanganyika
Belgium Gains Territory in Central Africa Boundary Accord
The readjustment allocates Kavalli and lands west of Lake Albert to Belgium while Britain gains part of Lake Albert Edward and Mount Ruwenzori, with Germany retaining western Ruanda. The triple point summit at Mount Sabinia marks a clear boundary line, reducing future friction. Belgium orders Colonial Council proceedings published to curb past Congo abuses.
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Colonial Council
Congo
Coun Il
Star Chamber
Council
Corgo
Beacons for Airships at Spandau Light House
A new electric beacon at Spandau Germany guides night airship pilots and fog navigation. Other empire beacons may follow with color and flash variations to identify individual signals. Military planners ponder if such luminous posts could aid or aid an unknown intruder during peace or war.
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Spandau
Germany
Empire
Sero
War Department
Washington Clerks Face Eight-Hour Workday Debate
The article reports on Washington capital newspapers warning that executive department clerks, already at seven hours daily, may be required to work eight hours with no salary increase. Protests arise as critics say extending hours after 4 p m would bar many from attending professional schools and pursuing advancement.
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Washington
Wagner
Fire Department
Public disputes over extended government hours and duties
The piece argues against keeping departments open past five, noting DC workers enjoy seven hours, paid leave, and high salaries, while stressing the inconvenience to shoppers and traders elsewhere. It discusses public service discipline, Kansas politics slang, tetanus serum use, and political railroading fears with Swiftian aside about unions and commissions.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Gaynor
Healthograms and humorous quips from Dr Evans column
A Boston Transcript style feature lists Dr W A Evans Chicago Health Commissioner quotes and parodied lines about health, diet and daily life. It includes wry sayings on vegetarian meals, bathing, milk quality, and playful misuses of common phrases. Also notes about Confucius books in China and a Cincinnati trial where a judge smiled at the jury.
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W. A. Evans
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Iain Dealer
Three Rubens Under the Hammer As Farmers Alarmed
A village newspaper story satirically notes farmers fear enslavement as a humorous item titled Three Rubens Under the Hammer. The tale includes Sophie critiquing a sister and a dramatic letter from David Ben Reuben Penn urging mass repentance and peace.
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Hornbeak
Ezzy
Puck
First Aid to Miners Brings Red Cross Exhibits to Worksites
MaBell T. Boardman of the American Red Cross announces a traveling first aid exhibit car for miners funded by the Pullman company. Dr. M J Shields will lead, with US Geological Survey support, to demonstrate safety devices and explosives handling. Free railroad transport is secured, aims to educate foreign workers in Polish Slovak Lithuanian and Italian, and extend to trainmen sailors city personnel.
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Tribune
American Red Cross
Pullmen Company
M. J. Shields
Red Cross
United States Geological Survey
Shields
Interstate Commerce Commisson
St. John's
St. Andrew's Ambulance
British Red Cross
Mabell T. Boardman
American Red Cross Executive Committee
Washington
Coal in Arctic Regions Unearthed by Polaris Voyage
A reader recalls Navy Polaris reports from 1873 aboard the Juniata detailing coal discovery on the northern coast of Cisco Island, Greenland. Three coal veins yielded fuel enabling escape from ice, with substantial prospects noted as used by Peary and other expeditions.
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The
Tribune
Pathfinder
North Pole
Shackleton
Arctic
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Juniata
de Long
HE. Rhoades
J. D. Keeler
Cisco
Greenland
Peary
Boston
Why Should Ninety Thousand Pay Land Value Tax
Henry Dowling Byrne argues against taxes on land value and for slashing income taxes in a provocative 1910 critique. He questions why ninety thousand people claim nine percent of land value created by ninety million, and why government taxes thug income instead of removing the thug from business. The piece contrasts land value tax with income tax and cites a British Lords’ budget choice.
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the Tribune
Jimmy
House of Lords
Henry Dowling Byrne
New York
Women and temperance letter to the editor
Alice Stone Blackwell from Dorchester Massachusetts writes to the Tribune editor citing Denver observations on women and beer versus no beer, noting women as strong suffrage advocates and temperance workers. She references Wayne Williams of The Denver News and Dr Barton Aylesworth statistics on Colorado towns.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Wayne Williams
Denver News
Colorado
Barton
Aylesworth
Colorado State Agricultural College
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Mass
What Trouble Hunters Get
From The Boston Herald. United States citizens captured as prisoners of war in Central America face limited rights and privileges. the article argues the country would grant even less if the roles were reversed.
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London Morning Post
John Hyde
Royal Societies Club
Japan
England
United States
Boston Herald
Central America
Yale Director Chittenden Under Fire Over Discipline Action
The Boston Advertiser reports that Director Chittenden of Yale Sheffield Scientific School disciplines athletes in a way that affects their athletic chances. The article notes the controversy and the professor’s pressure to find a solution amid the upheaval over the policy.
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Boston
Chittenden
Yale Shefield Scientific School
Congratulatory notices mark rail conference and society links
Washington June 7 The president received congratulations by letter telegraph and telephone on the conference with Western railroads and discussed the railroad freight case and pill with Cabinet. Attendees included S M Felton F A Delano and multiple senators representatives and railroad presidents amid society wedding notices and engagements.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Western Railroads
White House
S. M. Felton
F. A. Delano
Brown
New York Central
McCrea
Pennsylvania
Finlex
Southern Railway
Wickersham
Crane
Representative Mann
Gamble
Warren
Smith
Michigan
Madison
Terrill
Diekema
Davidson
Austin
Calgerwood
Butler
Mann
Washington Society Notes From The Tribune Bureau
Washington society reports June events as Vice President departs for Wisconsin and Iowa trips follow. Mrs Sherman plans stays in New York and Utica with Boundary Castle hosts John B Henderson to Bar Harbor for summer. Fortescues honeymoon at Hot Springs while Leupp prepares marriage in Tyringham Mass and Le Gro arrives for St Margaret’s Church ceremony with bachelor dinner at Shoreham.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wisconsin
Bar Harbor
Glen Eyrie
Granville R. Fortescue
Hot Springs
Francis E.leupp
Tyringham
Mass
Katherine Leupp
Reginald R. Johnson
Diplomatic Corps Attends Summer Plans in Washington
Baroness Uchida wife of the Japanese Ambassador returns to Washington from Atlantic City. The ambassador and Baroness will entertain Prince and Princess Fushimi of Japan arriving tomorrow. A large suite in the New Willard is secured. Cuban Minister and Mme Justiz head to Manchester Mass for summer. Colombian Minister and Mme de Borda depart for Atlantic City for the season. Roberto Centaro Italian Embassy secretary will visit Tuxedo Park then Manchester. Yung Kwai Chinese Legation secretary and Mme Kwai visit New York and Boston.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Uchida
Atlantic City
Princess Fushimi
Japan
Willard
Mme
Justiz
Manchester
Mass
Mme. de Borda
Roberto Centaro
Tuxedo Park
Yung Kwai
Legation
Mme. Kwai
New York
Boston
Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald Weds Gerald Livingston in New York
Miss Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald, daughter of W MacNeill Rodewald, married Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston of St Paul yesterday at the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Roses and peonies adorned the chancel as the bride wore white satin charmeuse with seed pearl embroidery and orange blossoms. A reception followed at the church with a large turnout of family and attendants including Marie Louise Rodewald as maid of honor and several bridesmaids in pale blue satin and blue jazz. The ceremony was led by Rev Her bert Shipman with Rev Gerald Cornell assisting.
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Eleanor Hoffman Rodewald
W. MacNeill Rodewald
Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston
St. Paul
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Filies-Of-The-Valley
Marie Louise Rodewald
Abby Livingston
Marion Stoddard
Helen Farnesworth
Boston
Vera Onativia
Rosamond Burr
Anzelica Brown
Marie Hoffman
Charles Frederick Hoffman
John Duncan
Stuart Duncan
Sidney Hutchinson
Philadelphia
Gouverneur and
Stoddard Hoffman
Theodore Griggs
Reeve Newport
Louis Livingston
McRae Livingston
Johnstone Livingston Redmond
Herbert Shipman
Gerald Cornell
Maine University President Resigns After Student Strife
George Emory Fellows of the University of Maine resigns after long student opposition and chapel strike threats over campus rules. Trustees have not acted. Fellows defends educational mission and warns against lax morals, while Henry Clews seeks Mayor Sugie’s support for a World’s Fair committee in New York City.
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George E. Fellows
Maine
Henry Clews
Sugie
Orono
George Emory Fellows
University of Maine
Fellows
Mittee
Gad
Pia
Dinner plan for new Democratic Committee chairman
At the regular Democratic Club meeting last night a dinner was decided to honor the new committee chairman. The club will host the event at 17 Fifth Avenue with Mr Dix chosen to speak, date unspecified.
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Oe Democratic Club
Fifth
Social Notes From Newport June Guests at Summer Homes
Newport social notes list visiting and staying guests at various summer homes and cottages. Notables include Lady Herbert with Mr and Mrs Shaw Safe at Providence, James J. Van Alen with Mrs Vanderbilt, E R Rider of New York, Lispenard Stewart visiting, and families such as the Goelets and Drexels preparing for the season.
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Tribune
Newport
Lady Herbert
Land
Shaw
William Gammell
Providence
Joseph
Dil
James Laurens van Alen
James J. van Alen
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
E. R. Rider
New
Charles de Loosey
New York
D. Lanier
Lispenard Stewart
Newta
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Henry
R. S&s R Hitt
Washi
John Clinton Gray
Munchinger King
Lell Clark
William B
H. Casimir de Rham
Charles H. Berriman
R. Livingston
Daniel B. Fearing
Suffolk Club
Long Island
Robert Goelet
John R. Drexel
Zabriskie
In the Berkshires By Telegraph to The Tribune
Brief notices from Lenox and nearby towns list residents traveling to Newport New York and Chesterwood. Mr Lowndes, Miss Sargent, and several couples plan trips or returns, with Johnson Iselin and others visiting Stockbridge and Great Barrington.
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Bunaed Lenox
Mass
Lowndes
Newport
James Phelps Stoker
Chesterwood
Glendale
Harry Livingston Lee
Eournet Lenox
New York
Georgiana Sargent
Conew York
C. L. Wetherbee
All Great Barrington
Robert Underwood Johnson
Stockbridge
Konapot Columbus CD
Iselin
York
LeRoy Ball
A. Ditmars
W. L. Watson
Penn
Curtis Hotel
Henry FP
Jaques
Europe
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Ont
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Dartmouth College
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Reilroad
Atchison
William Rockefeller
Richard Parr
New Haven Railroad
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Sugar
Gill
Long Island Railroad Company
Jamaica
Kansas
Topeka
Sunflower Statesman
Dr. Cook
Little Joe’ Brown
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Cicero
Brooklyn Eagle
Napoleon
Cesar
George Washington
Boston Transcript
Homiletic Review
China
Confucius
Doyle
Dickens
Dumas
Scott
Washington Post
Sophie
David Ben Reuben Penn
Abraham
Women and Temperance
Mr. Rodewald
West
A. Leontine Rodewald
Charles B
Harriet
Janetta
Francis Dena Winslow
W. M. W. Hoffman
and Rodewald
Albert
Robert R. Livingston
Dana Winslow
Grenville Kane
Grace Bigelow
Charlotte
Philip Livingston
H. Coster
Paes
Margaretta Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel
St. Margaret's Church
Mildred Carter
Nellie Pose
Edith Wayne
Finch Hatton
Constance Combe
Rhoda Astley
Sibyl
Letta Manners
Botticelli
Alice Borland
J. Nelson Borland
M. Orme Wilson, Jr
Church of the Incarnation
Trinity Church
Anita Calef
Shreve Calef
Boardman
Bradford
Richard
Frank Brookfield
Edward c. Cortlandt Hay
Clara Boardman
Miss Calef
Ruth Winsor
Alfred Winsor
Hugh Minturn
Jane
Brookline
Winsor
McDougall Hawkes
Charles Scribner
Harry
E. Francis Hyde
Clara Hyde
Hyde
George G. Haven
Migg Haven
Francis P. Kinnicutt
Morristown
N. J
Dark Harbor
Mrs. Birdseye
Millbrook, N. Summer. Y
Richard & Kell
Plainfield, N. J
Guerite Alice Campbell
Grenville Strong
Strong
Setauket
IN Washington Society
the Diplomatic Corps
NEW York Society
Alw
Bes & Mr. Mayer
John Claflin
John Wa Straus
Louis Stern
Theodore
George Boldt
New York City
John
Neweport
Berkshires
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