Vaudeville show lineup at Alhambra and nearby venues
Amusements listings detail vaudeville acts and showtimes across multiple theaters including Alhambra Astor Joy Man from Home and The Midnight Sons at various 15 and 8:15 start times. Other venues feature The Climax The World in Wax The House Next Door and The Girl from Rector's with listed performance slots.
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Alhambera
Astor
Mississippi
Havana
Ney Island
Dreamland
Luna Park
Aiety
Mexico
Meretein
Ald Square
Jardin DE Paris
FRIC
Axine
New York Daily Tribune June 23 1909 Publisher Details
The New York Daily Tribune dated Wednesday June 23 1909 lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher. Office address Tribune Building No 154 Nassau Street New York. Officers Ogden Mills president Henry W Packett secretary James M Barrett treasurer.
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Tribune Association
New York
Fice
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Henry W.packett
James M. Barrett
Newepaper
Congress Passes 15 Percent Duty on Hides
Summary of the morning news notes Senate vote 46 to 30 approving a 15 percent duty on hides with supporters including McCumber Gamble Heyburn and Taylor and opponents Burton Foster. Other items cover foreign clashes in Albania and Crete, Darwin’s birth centennial, naval waste, Japan China Pratas claim, cholera in St. Petersburg Finland, Queen Victoria of Spain birth, a Kamloops train robbery, a White House tax conference, Taft pardons, and various domestic political and social notes.
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Congress
Senate
McCumber
Gamble
Heyburn
Taylor
Burton
Foster
Kiamil Bey
Darwin
Cambridge University
London
Crete
Japan
China
Pratas Island
St. Petersburg
Finland
Victoria
Spain
Canadian Pacific
Kamloops
Grans
States and Federal Appointments Reform Seen
The House accepted a Senate amendment to the census bill requiring any applicant for federal posts to prove bona fide residence with an actual domicile in the state or territory for at least one year. This shift aims to distribute appointments more widely and equitably, ending technical residence juggling by Washingtonians to claim unexhausted quotas. The change reflects the law’s spirit and intent, with debate over the quota system continuing.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
Senate Conferrees
McCumber
Nationwide Civil Service merit with state balance
The text argues against nullifying state lines in federal appointments and endorses nationwide competition grounded in education. It cites Senator Bailey supporting merit over geography, while urging balanced representation from each state to maintain a just federal workforce and avoid centralization.
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Senate
Bailey
McCumber
Anti-Tammany Fusion Talks Favor Strong City Ticket
A Republican Club resolution signals early anti-Tammany conferences amid a growing fusion movement. The piece argues for a broad, strong ticket over appeasing factional blocks and urges Republicans to lead by selecting candidates who attract independent voters and inspire confidence in better government. It notes many anti-Tammany groups are forming and stresses avoiding overemphasis on minor organizational concessions.
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Republican Club
Friends of
A Disgrace To Somebody In City Politics
The Citizens Union attacks Senators Grady McCarren Sullivan Sullivan, McManus, and Cullen saying their continuance in office is a city disgrace. The piece notes the city cannot elect them and criticizes machine politics while acknowledging district voters’ rights and the limits of reform. It laments the persistence of these figures and calls for moral political overhaul.
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Citizens Union
Albany
Grady
McCarren
Sullivan
Senate
Tammany
Patrick Henry McCarren
Gradys
McCarrens
Sullivans
Nashville American
Do Platforms Bind Democratic Loyalty to National Platform
The article discusses how far a Democratic national platform can bind lawmakers. It cites Bryan’s 1894 rule on repealing the state bank tax, Cleveland’s pledge from 1892, and arguments by Sen. Hernando De Soto Money for broader personal latitude. It notes disputes over interpreting party obligations and platform pledges.
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Bryan
Cleveland
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Hernando de Soto Money
Mississippi
Senate
Denver
Platform Philosophy Sparks Debate Over Democratic Principles
The speaker rejects concrete policy details in a national platform, advocating a clear declaration of principles instead. He argues platforms should avoid legislative details and arguments, fearing holes and misinterpretation, and jokes that Democratic platforms should be written in Chinese for easier interpretation.
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Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Jeff Davis
Cost of the Cruise: Navy Repairs So Low
Washington report shows sixteen battleships, valued near 140 million, required repairs after the world voyage. Total repair cost for all ships was 50,280 dollars, about 3,100 per ship, less than a dollar per mile. The fleet returned in perfect condition, vindicating shipbuilders and crews.
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Washington
Oregon
San Francisco
Florida
Cape Cod Canal Aims to Link Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay
Work began on a canal connecting Buzzards Bay with Cape Cod Bay to shorten water routes from Boston to New York by about 150 miles. The project would reduce hazards in Vineyard Sound and Cape Cod and enable a continuous inner coastwise route from Boston to Norfolk, with potential later connections to New Jersey Delaware and Chesapeake Bay. The government weighs military and trade benefits, starting with the north end and planning further links as value is proven.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Massachusetts
Carolinas
Boston
New York
Atlantic
Vineyard Sound
Norfolk
Long Island Sound
East River
New York Bay
Kill van Kull
Arthur Kill
Raritan River
New Jersey
Delaware
Pleasure drive or thoroughfare in Central Park debate
The article argues whether automobiles should be excluded from Central Park. It notes Central Park’s purpose as a pleasure ground and laments noise, smoke, and traffic intruding on its scenery, warning that frequenting autos diminish the park’s charm and restfulness. The piece urges careful consideration of restricting vehicle use to preserve leisure and rural repose.
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Central Park
Broadway
Mauretania Sets Eastward Speed Record for Atlantic Run
The Mauretania’s passengers are finally able to enjoy her famed speed on eastbound crossings. Docking at ten o’clock is late for a ship, but business travelers in haste may welcome the late arrival. The ship previously completed a swift southbound run from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, a longer course when ice is not a factor, and the captain’s cautious approach may have extended the voyage time.
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Mauretania
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
Lusitania Aims For Near Five Day Ocean Crossing
The passage praises the Lusitania for its potential to travel nearly five days across the ocean, suggesting confidence in the ship’s speed and safety. The remark signals a broader hope that the era of the five day crossing may be within reach for transatlantic travel.
Darwin ceremonies and other notes from the week
The week’s events in England mark three days of Darwin observances at Cambridge, avoiding February and January dates. A 102 year old Pennsylvania woman dies after long smoking, and tariff debates shift party platforms. Turnstiles at Brooklyn Bridge face scrutiny while Peary nears the pole. McAdoo’s tunnels may need a west side link, Wright brothers doubt aeronautical safety, and Japan opens a Chile service aboard the America.
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England
Charles Darwin
Cambridge
Darwin
Definition of a Lady Prize Earned by Gentlewoman
The prize in The Gentlewoman London defines a lady as a gentlewoman whose words and actions show sweet dignity and gracious charm. She is pure of heart, tender to the afflicted, helping those in trouble, and courteous to all. A lady accepts no task as beneath her and offers kindness to all.
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Gentlewoman
London
Court of Appeals rules baggage cannot block seat on trains
A New York Court of Appeals decision holds that placing luggage in a passenger seat does not grant ownership of the space. The ruling states passenger cars are for people, not baggage, and a traveler must secure a seat to guarantee sitting. The opinion aims to reduce disputes on crowded commuter trains.
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Court of Appeals of
New York
Taft dinner and cabinet talks on corporation tax amendment
The Tribune reports President Taft hosts a dinner and a Cabinet conference at the White House with Senate Finance Committee and top legal figures, including Senator Root, for final action on the corporation tax amendment. Cabinet meetings focus on the subject. several officials absent, with travel and honors noted. Also details on commutation of a death sentence, social visits, and various society notices from this Washington bureau dispatch.
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Wickersham
Knox
Root
Senate Finance Committee
Cannon
Paine
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Abra Rhodes
Georgia
Society of Neurology and Psychiatrics
Detroit
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Boston
Emanuel Swedenborg
Stuart
Pennsylvania
James B. Gentry
Madge York
Philadelphia
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Representative Payne
Ducky” Holmes
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Europe
Hamilton
Mass
Secretary of the Interior
Williams College
Seattle
Burkett
Brown
Burnham
Gallinger
Owen
Livingston
Johnson
Austin
Brazilian Ambassador Leases Lafayette Square House for Embassy Offices
The Brazilian Ambassador has closed a lease on the Lafayette Square home adjoining the embassy and will move in this autumn. The Symons residence will serve as embassy offices. Maurice Nabuco leaves Washington for Brockport to visit Colonel Shannon before joining his parents at Smith’s Point in Manchester Massachusetts. Rinaldo de Lima e Silva departs to join the ambassador at the summer embassy, accompanied by Gustavo de Vianna-Kelsch. The Venezuelan Minister travels to New York for a short visit.
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Tribune Bureau
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Lafayette Square
Thomas W. Symons
Maurice Nabuco
Mme. Nabuco
Brockport
Shannon
Smith's Point
Manchester
Mass
Rinaldo de Lima E Silva
Gustavo de Vianna-Kelsch
New York
Washington Society Highlights A Summer of Travel and Previews
Miss Helen Taft graced Highwood for a dinner hosted by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Beekman Winthrop. Marion Oliver plans a trip to Mount Kisco and New London for boat races before joining her mother at Murray Bay for summer. Major General Bell pursues an Alaska visit with plans for the Alaska Yukon exposition and Fort Leavenworth graduation. Miss Minnie A West to wed Orville Breckinridge Crown in autumn. The Luquers relocate to Hot Springs for summer. Lieutenant Commander Walter Harshman sails to a summer abroad in New York. Mrs Sturets and children will spend summer with her father in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Helen Taft
Highwood
New London
Murray Bay
Canada
General Bell
Alaska
Bell
Fort Leavenworth
School of the Line
Henry Litchfield West
Minnie A. West
Orville Breckinridge
Nicholas Luquer
Hot Springs
Walter Harshman
Naval Academy
Harshman
New York
Samuel D. Sturets
Sturgis
General Staff
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Mr. Bement
Wisconsin
New York Society Heads Abroad for Summer
New York society figures sail to Europe for the summer. Cuyler, Baker, and Speyer depart with Mrs Belmont and the Munns with Paul linkage. Mrs Belmont shifts plans to Newport. Lady Herbert and Mr Barclay arrive from abroad.
Mrs Roosevelt to sail June 26 on White Star liner
Ex President's wife Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and three children Miss Ethel Archie and Quentin will depart New York on June 26 aboard the White Star steamer Cretic for Gibraltar and Naples. They will spend a month with Miss Carow near Rome then tour France for Miss Ethel's benefit before returning to America around November 1.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Archie
Quentin
New York
White Star Line
Cretic
Gibraltar
Naples
Miss Carow
Europe
Nile
King Edward to Visit Wrest Park in July Weekend
London June 2 King Edward will spend a weekend with Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid at Wrest Park toward the end of July.
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London
King Edward
Americans at King's Levee in London
Ambassador Red and Craig Wadsworth attended King Edward's levee at St James's Palace. They presented to the king several Americans including Thomas Nelson Page Mitchell Harrison W J Sewall Major T Bentley Mott and Commander Edward Simpson the naval attaché in London.
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London
Red
Craig Wadsworth
St. James's Palace
Thomas Nelson Page
Mitchell Harrison
England
W. J. Sewall
New York
T. Bentley Mott
Paris
Edward Simpson
Gift of Radium to San Mateo Hospital
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid wife of the U S ambassador to Great Britain has sent a tiny bottle of radium from London to the Red Cross Guild Hospital at San Mateo. The metal is to be used for experimental purposes near D C Mill’s home, where Mrs Reid grew to womanhood.
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San Francisco
Maynooth professor dismissed over Irish language pamphlet
Dublin reports Rev. Dr. O'Hickey has been dismissed from the Maynooth College Irish professorship by the bishops trustees after his pamphlet An Irish University of Else in which he urged making the Irish language compulsory for entrance to the new National University.
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Dublin
O'Hickey
Maynooth College
Irish University of
Else
National University
Mrs Rogers Leases Greenwich Country Place for Summer
Mrs Henry H Rogers will occupy Mrs Henry Lorillard Cammann's country place in Greenwich Connecticut for the summer season. Pease and Elliman acted for Mrs Rogers in the lease transaction.
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Henry Lorillard Cammann
Greenwich
Conn
Henry H. Rogers
Pease & Elliman
Rogers
Social Notes From Newport Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport social notes from June 22 list arrivals and visits. Mrs Elsie French Van derbilt to return from abroad with sister Lady Cheylesmere. Duchess of Manchester guest of James J Van Alen at Wakehurst villa. Notables at Golf Club include Prescott and Kathryn Lawrence Edith Wetmore and Bargar Wallach. Casino attendees include Caroline Jones Hermann Oetrichs Howard Spencer Graham Jr H H Wang and Herbert M Harriman. Count and Countess Von Hapsburg may visit Mr and Mrs Henry G Me Vickar. Kenneth Safe operated on for appendicitis. Mrs Albert L Lewis to return to Bear Creek Penn until September.
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Elsie French Vanderbilt
Cheylesmere
Land
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James J. van Alen
Wakehurst
Richard Gamorill
Prescott Lawrence
Kathryn Lawrence
Edith Wetmore
Bargar Wallach
Caroline
Jones
Hermann Oetrichs
Howard Spencer Graham
H.H. Wang
Herbert M. Harriman
W. K. Vanderbilt
K. Wy
Count
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Henry G. MeVickar
Vera Gilbert
New York
S. J. Colford, Jr
Andrew Robeson
Boston
Kenneth Safe
Shaw Safa
Albert L. Lewis
Bear Creek
Penn
William Fitzhugh Whitehouse and Sons
Seasonal visitors gather in Lenox and Stockbridge notes
Telegraph dispatch lists numerous arrivals and departures across Lenox Stockbridge and nearby towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs John C Black of Chicago at the Curtis Hotel, Mrs Frederic D. Tappen with niece Ethel Brooks, and many other visitors from New York Boston and Chicago. Activities feature motor trips commencement visits boat races and afternoon entertainments at local houses and hotels.
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John C Black
Chicago
Curtis Hotel
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Grace Brownell
Stockbridge
Utica
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Islesboro
Maine
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New York
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Webb
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William Armstrong
New London
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Richard C. Dixey
Harvard
Rngefield
Conn
Edith Kohlsaar
Morristown
N. J
Reed Whittemore
Charles S. Mellen
Steelbridge
Lake Mohonk
Harris E. Adriance
H E Adriance, Jr
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George R. Nichols, Jr
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Freehold
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East Orange
Maplewood
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Katherine Baird
W. A. Burnham
Burnham
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James M. Varnum
Robert Varnum
Barclay Hazard
5. & Rogers
E. B Rogers
J. & Harris
M. E. Ramsedell
Joseph W. Burden
Underledge
Mary de Peyster Carey
the Gables
Alexander Mason
Richard Starr Dana
Alewanrder S& Webb
Birchwood Terrace
Magee will bequeaths $1 million and fountain to university
The will of Mrs Sieur Magee filed in Pittsburg disposes of private estate valued at $1,090,000. Among bequests is a marble drinking fountain costing $30,090 to be erected in the yard of the University of Pittsburg for the remembrance of Pittsburg youths. Magee reportedly traveled from Rome a year ago to confer with the university and pledged secrecy.
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Tribune
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Young
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Rome
International Literary Congress Opens in Copenhagen
The thirty ninth International Literary and Artistic Congress opened at Copenhagen University with King and Queen present. Professor Georg Brandes gave the principal address praising U S treatment of foreign writers. Attendees thanked Dr Maurice F Egan for U S government support and justice to authors. Names mentioned included Robert Underwood and Thorvald Solberg.
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Copenhagen
International Literary and Artistic
Georg Brandes
United States
Maurice F. Egan
Congress of
Robert Underwood
the Century Magazine
Thorvald Solberg
Register of Copyrights
Washington
MR FAIRBANKS AT SEOUL AROUND THE WORLD TRIP
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks will extend his stay in Seoul beyond the planned departure to pursue Corean affairs. He will meet the Emperor on June 22 and visit Ping-Yang An-Tuns and Moukden, visiting Americas missions along the route and addressing schools hospitals and associations. He urged Corean people to seize opportunities offered them.
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MR. Fairbanks
Seoul
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Corea
Corean
Fairbanks
Ping-Yang
An-Tuns
Moukden
Americas
Map of London County valued at 30000 dollars
A detailed map of the county of London compiled by the County Council surveyors nears completion. Spanning from Stamford Hill to Lower East Ham and Plumstead to Putney the map will show every house, shop and property. Originally projected to cost 12000 to 14000 pounds the project faced delays but is now finished.
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London Daily Mail
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County Council
Stamford Hill
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