Amusements and Theatres Listing 1909 Circuit Highlights
A condensed roster of 1909 Broadway and New York amusements listing many venues such as Embassy Empire Albermar, Gaiety Garrick and Daly’s with shows including The Man from Home Havana The Climax The Word in Wax The Mollusc The House Next Door and The Motor Girl among others. Items include vaudeville acts like The Midnight Sons The Beauty Spot and Follies of 1909 with venue notes and show times.
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Emy
Aerial Gardens
Belasco
Mississippi
Midnight Sons
Havana
Coney Island
Dreamland
Luna Park
DALY
Blue Mouse
Rector’s
New York Tribune Publisher Details
The New York Tribune is owned and published by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. Its principal office is Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York, with Ogden Mills as president, Henry W. Beckett as secretary, and James M. Barrett as treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Henry W. Beckett
James M. Barrett
Congressional and world events mix in early 1900s report
Senate tariff provisions and taxes discussed while foreign affairs feature British fleet mobilization, Japanese labor unrest, and a Russia Britain conflict. Domestic notes cover Taft Wickersham draft, forest fires in Maine, Cornell commencement, Wright brothers events, stockyards probe, theater and Wall Street notices, and a fair weather forecast.
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Congress
Senate
Woodburn
Helsingfors
Mme
Nordica
London
House of Commons
Mary Agnes Ruiz
Hawaii
Japan
St. Petersburg
Taft
Wickersham
Aldrich
Maine
Echo Lake
Cornell University
James S. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game
Albany
Adirondacks
Catskills
Hughes
New York
Orville
Wilber Wright
Dayton
Ohio
East St. Louis
Black Wand
Postofice
Oldfield
Cincinnati
Union Dime Saving Institution
Greeley Square
Ray
Atlanta
Gould
Herbet Schmidt
John Hugh Kirkpatrick
West 87Th Street
Howard Gould
East Side
Wall Street
Eugene Lamb Richards
McClellan
Richmond
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
The
Stock Exchange
E. H. Gary
Benser
John R. Early
W. S. Rainsford
California
Political Rainbow and the Taft Bryan Electoral Debate
The piece critiques The New York Times suggestion that Bryan could inherit Taft policies. It analyzes electoral math, noting Taft's 321 votes vs Bryan's 162 and exploring how defections from Iowa Minnesota Indiana Wisconsin Kansas Illinois Ohio could flip the balance. It argues the Times rainbow idea misreads 1910 electoral dynamics.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Nebraska
New York Times
Taft
Senate
Iowa
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kansas
Illinois
Ohio
Mr. Bryan
Milnois
Tariff Battle Divides Republicans and Democrats in 1912
The piece argues Mr. Bryan could seek a fourth presidential nomination, but doubts any state will favor Democratic rule over Republicans given tariff disputes. It lauds Republican plans for a data driven tariff commission and a scientific approach, while criticizing Democrats as split, undisciplined, and unfit to craft tariff policy.
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Bryan
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
South
Popular Committee Shapes Anti Tammany Drive in New York
The Committee of One Hundred marks a more democratic anti Tammany movement, drawing from ordinary voters rather than finance elites. It vows nonpartisan municipal reform, aiming to mobilize clerks, rent payers, small traders, and workers to sustain a government that reflects the masses.
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Committee of One Hundred
Committee of Seventy
Citizens Union
Tammany
Hearst
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Wyse a Founder of Panama Canal Vision
Lucien Wyse, linked to Napoleonic lineage, was a noted navigator and promoter who helped spark interest in a canal at Panama. He explored the Darien coast, sought concessions, and joined a circle of French imperialists around Lesseps. His efforts foreshadowed American involvement in the canal project.
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Panama Canal
America
France
Lesseps
Hernando Cortez
Saavedra Ceron
Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse
Lucien Bonaparte
Napoleon
Sir Thomas Wyse
O'Connell
Ireland
Letitia Bonaparte
Lucien Wyse
Lucien
Cavour
Urbino Rattazzi
Chile
Argentina
Patagonia
Strait of Magellan
Panama
Gogorza
Strait
Darien Isthmus
Etienne Turr
Armand Réclus
Elisee
Paul
Ferdinand Lesseps
Wyse
Darien
Bogota
Nicaragua
New York
Wyse and Lesseps Promoters of the Panama Canal
Wyse forged plans for a sea level canal and promoted the project with the Panama Railroad Company. He collaborated with Lesseps at the International Engineering Congress of 1879 and helped start the Universal Interoceanic Canal Company on February 1, 1881. His faulty plans and the subsequent failures shifted French efforts and influenced American choices toward Panama.
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Panama Railroad Company
Paris
Société Civil Internationale du Canal Interocéanique
Lesseps
International Engineering Congress
Panama
Universal Interoceanic Canal Company
Wryse
Wyse
United States
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Léon Gambetta
France
Culture With And Without Work At Harvard
The writer rebuts Dr. Eliot’s five foot shelf of books arguing a liberal education isn’t cheapened by athletics and social life. He contends a college atmosphere enhances growth, not merely memorization of classics, and questions if critics aim to boost or curb undergraduate registration.
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MacCracken
Dr. Eliot
Eliot
Harvard
John Woolman
William Penn
Epictetus
Governor Hughes
Marcus Aurelius
Adam Smith
Milton
Dante
Darwin
Plato
Lowell
Wilson
Wages and Prices in a Post Panic Economy
The piece notes July 1 wage restorations by New Haven Railroad Independent steel firms and Boston and Maine Railway, with rail wages returning to ante panic levels. It observes general wage stability among skilled labor, minor reductions for unskilled work, and predicts a new growth period with top wages. Commodity prices mirror this trend and may remain high barring new shocks.
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New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
South
Ranger and Bonhomme Richard Led American Naval Fame
The article praises the Ranger under Captain Jones for exploits near Carrickfergus and Flamborough Head, highlighting its role in making the Stars and Stripes a maritime power. It notes Ranger as a key vessel in the American navy beside the Bonhomme Richard and hopes for the log of Jones’s command to illuminate early naval annals.
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Carrickfergus
Drake
Ranger
Simpson
John B. Hopkins
Jones
Duc de Duras
Bonhomme Richard
Flamborough Head
Indefinite Postponement of Alderman Duel Sparks Talk
The Homeric clash between Alderman Reggie Doull and Alderman Kenneally is postponed. Little Tim Sullivan pursues Nobel prize. Socialist attacks on the army draw concern over courts martial authority amid government concessions. Pennsylvania Republicans praise tariff revisions at Harrisburg. Minnesota enforces speed laws while public mood questions a new Jeffersonian Democracy and sun eclipse interest.
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Reggie” Doull
Kenneally
Tim” Sullivan
France
Bean soup cure for Burlington County tramps shocks readers
The Burlington County Sheriff tried a bean soup regimen to deter vagrants, feeding it at every meal until the tramps reportedly begged for change. The scheme, mocked as moralistic, allegedly emptied the county jail of the “looking for work” class.
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Burlington County
N. J
Last Husband in Black and Zion Invites Quotation
A compilation of dispatches from The Jewish Morning Journal and The American Israelite notes Ahmed Riza inviting Russian and Romanian Jews to migrate to Turkey under Young Turk rule. It cites the road to Zion opening and questions how many will go, amid debate on fidelity to reported plans. Included are mosquito warnings from Philadelphia Health and a humorous exchange about a paper factory president and a vacant lot.
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Jewish Morning Journal
Ahmed Riza
Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Turkey
Russia
Romania
Zion
The Ranger Log Reveals Jones Early Navy Heroics
The log of the Ranger promises rare insight into John Paul Jones and the early U S Navy. It records his ascent from the Providence to the Alfred and then the Ranger, with two prizes seized en route to Nantes. In December 1777 the Ranger earned France’s first foreign salute, signaling a turning point in American maritime history.
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Ranger
Jones
Providence
Lambert Wickes
Ireland
Gustavus Conningham
Congress
Europe
Portsmouth
N. H
Nantes
Quiberon Bay
le Motte Piquet
Dublin
Whitehaven
President Taft hosts a busy day as calls and plans unfold
Washington June 17 The President received many callers led by the Attorney General and cabinet secretaries. Discussions centered on Taft’s message to Congress endorsing corporate net earnings tax and a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to tax incomes. Taft may present diplomas June 22 at Washington Normal School. Social rounds and engagements follow, with golf at Chevy Chase and several society notices and engagements announced.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
White House
Taft
Congress
Senate
House
Scott
Perkins
Newlands
Warren
Payne
Bennet
Dwight
Alexander
Focht
Cullop
Crumpacker
Austin
Taylor
Cooper
Hitchcock
Howell
Hayes
Knowland
Garner
Bartlett
Livingston
Madison
Murdock
Maguire
Morgan
Bingham
Washington Normal School
Egbert Gossford
Sprightly
Schneider
Tomlin
James J. Hill
J. H. Carroll
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Charles B. McMichael
Philadelphia
Watson
Bourne
Chevy Chase Golf Links
Clarence R. Edwards
The Cabinet. Wickersham and Meier in New York Travel
The Attorney General travels to New York for his son Cornelius Wickersham's marriage at St John’s Church Far Rockaway with a breakfast at Sunset Hall Lawrence Long Island. Secretary Meyer’s Dolphin departs Washington for Europe then Hamilton Massachusetts arrival. Interior Secretary to Williams College commence June 28 then Westward trip. Commerce and Labor Secretary to attend National Sangerfest in New York on June 23.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
New York
Cornelius Wendell Wickersham
Rosalie Neilson Hinckley
St. John’s Church
Far Rockaway
Sunset Hall
Samuel Parker Hinckley
Lawrence
Long Island
Marshfield
Cedarhurst
Meyer
Dolphin
Williams College
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
The Diplomatic Corps
Washington June 17 The German Ambassador will return tomorrow from the Massachusetts coast where he attended house parties Count von Wedel will return at the end of July and Countess von Wedel will come back in the fall The Salvadoran Minister will stay near Washington through summer Sefiora de Mejia and her two elder daughters will visit Atlantic City Bar Harbor and other resorts The minister's sons camp on Lake Ontario and the younger girls stay at Mount Washington Seminary Mme Wu wife of the Chinese Minister will visit Atlantic City in July with her son and daughter in law and stay until the minister returns from Peru around early August
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Massachusetts
Count von Wedel
Germany
Countess von Wedel
Salvador
Sefiora de Mejia
Sefiorita Amalia Mejia
Sefiorita Paulita Mejia
Atlantic City
Bar Harbor
Lake Ontario
Mount Washington Seminary
Baltimore
Mme. Wu
Peru
Washington Society Sends Notables to Summer Homes
Mrs. John Hay, widow of Secretary Hay, leaves Washington for Cleveland then Newburyport to visit relatives and spend summer at The Fells. Mrs. Bowers relocates to Gloucester for the season. Retired Col Heyl and family, Walter Andrews, and Brig Gen Hall party plan Newport and Vineyard Haven respites. Townsend family divides plans between New York and Bar Harbor.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
John Hay
Hay
Cleveland
Fells
Newbury
N. H
Payne Whitney
New York
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Geneseo
Bowers
William P. Hall
Vineyard Haven
Richard H. Townsend
Mathilde Townsend
Europe
Bar Harbor
New York Society Members Depart for Tuxedo Horse Show
Many members of New York society left town yesterday for Tuxedo where the annual horse show opens. The event brings social leaders together for the season’s first major gathering.
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Tuxedo
Dinner for Archbishop Farley in Rome
In Rome on June 17 Rev. John Dolan hosted a dinner for Archbishop Farley with guests including Cardinal Vannutelli and bishops from Newark Scranton Baltimore and Brooklyn. Toasts honored Farley and Vannutelli. Pope appointed three priests as private chamberlains and two as domestic prelates granting the title monsignor.
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Rome
John Dolan
Mount Carmel
New York
Archbishop Farley
Cardinal Vannutelli
Seton
Newark
Michael J. Hoban
Scranton
C. B. Corrigan
Baltimore
John F. Kearney
John S. Barrett
Brooklyn
W. G. Murphy
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Francis H. Wall
M. Kugelmann
Pallottini Fathers
Father Dolan
Farley
Hoban
Cardinal Vannutell
James V. Lewis
Daniel J. MaeMackin
James M. Connolly
James J. Flood
Monument to War Poet Worth Unveiled in Hartford
A monument honoring Henry Clay Worth author of Marching Through Georgia was dedicated at Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut. Senator Bulkeley delivered the principal address Governor Weeks represented the state and Rev H Kelsey praised the poet. Local Grand Army posts attended the ceremonies.
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Hartford
Conn
Spring Grove
Henry Clay Worth
Georgia
Bulkeley
Frank B. Weeks
H. Kelsey
Grand Army
Newport Social Notes Show Summer Arrivals and Guests
The Newport Telegram reports a bustling start to the season at Newport Golf Club with cottagers in attendance. Names include Stevens, Duryea, Gambrill, Stewart, Hague, Van Alen, Lyman, Dolworth, WaHtlach, Curtiss, Kane, Clarke, Rives, Webster, Kean, Wysong, Barney, Safe, and Whitridge among others arriving or hosted at White Lodge, Edge Hill, and local cottages as of mid June.
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Tribune
Newport
Newport Golf Club
Richard Stevens
Herman B. Duryea
Edge Hill
Richard Gambrill
Lispenard Stewart
White Lodge
Rhinelander Stewart
Arnold Hague
Washington
Thny
James J. van Alen
Newport Sune
Canada
Annie Lyman
Boston
Joseph R. Dolworth
Blanche
Jeanne WaHtlach
Commodore
Arthur Curtiss Js
Delancey Astor Kane
Pomfret
Conn
Philip A. Clarke
George L. Rives
Lispenard Stewart Haw
New York
Sidney Webster
Elizabeth Kean
John J. Wysong
Mees
Inger King
J. Stewart Barney
New Yow
Sam
Lenox Eyes Testimonial as Lee Prepares School Bond Push
Lenox telegraphs a plan for a testimonial to Rep Robb de Peyster Tytus for securing funds toward an automobile highway over the Hoosatonic range and Housatonic valleys. Local figures including Frederic S. Delafield and George Batymie back a $22 bond issue to finance a new school, while residents travel and entertain visitors in Berkshire society.
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Tribune
Lenox
Lee
Robb de Peyster Tytus
St Hoosie Range
Housatonite
Carios de Heredia
Vera Bloodgood
Bost
Alfred W. Bates
Windsor
Edith Kohlsaat
Frederic S. Delafield
George Batymie
Samuel Frothingham
David T. Dana
Boston
Messrs
Dana
Frothingham
St Jay
Arsene
Wyndhurst
New York
Bridal couple reach Berlin in past days travel
Count and Thoss arrived in Berlin today from their lodge. They lunched with Mr and Mrs R Hit and the American Embassy official before proceeding to Silesia to visit the count and mother. The countess is Muriel White, daughter of the American Ambassador in Paris.
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Seth Low Pierrepont
Ifn Old Trinity Chae
France
Pierrepont
Meg Elihu Chauncey
Berlin
Thoss
Rs. R. Hit
Backus Memorial Remodel at Packer Institute Library
Brooklyn news notes plans to remodel the Packer Institute Library Memorial honoring Theodore Truman J. Backus. A bronze bass relief depicting an Indian figure with an education torch will be reintroduced in a monumental fireplace setting with a new four color scheme, with dedication shifted to the fall opening.
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Theores
Truman J. Backus
Packer Institute
Tillterday
Brooklyn
Solon H
Peeter
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J. Allen Townsend
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Robert H. McCormick, Jr
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