Amusements Listings With 1909 Theaters and Show Times
The page lists numerous theatre offerings with show times in 8:15 and 4:15 slots. Venues include Broadway, Dreamland Coney Island, Daly's, Eden Musee, Bammerstein's, Herald Square, Zardin de Paris, and Lyric. Acts feature The Midnight Sons, The World in Wax, The Beauty Spot, Follies of 1909, The Motor Girl, and The Girl from Rector's.
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Broadway
Havena
Coney Island
Dreamland
Luna Park
Eden Musee
Bammerstein
Verdeville
Herald Square
Zardin DE Paris
Zlyric
WEPER
Rector’s
New York Daily Tribune Ownership and Officers Listed
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. It states the Tribune Building address at No 154 Nassau Street, New York, with Ogden Mills as president, Henry W Sackett as secretary, and James M Barrett as treasurer.
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Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New
York
Ogden Mills
Henry W. Sackett
James M. Barrett
Grand Prix winner Verdun tops Long Champs card
Foreign news notes Verdun owner Baron Maurice de Rothschild wins the Grand Prix at Long Champs while Vanderbilt entries fail to place. A gale destroyed the Wellman airship shed last December raising doubts on the Polar expedition. Multiple global and domestic items follow including mutinies, strikes, and local incidents.
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Verdun
Maurice Ge Rothechild
Longchamps
Vanderbilt
Clark
Kan-Su Inee
Russian Delegation Studying Western Systems in England Visit
A Russian delegation from the Douma and Council travels to England for a two week study of educational social and political conditions. The 20 delegates represent nine political parties among 440 Douma members and the Council of the Empire. The effort signals unified national earnestness toward modernizing Russia and aligning with Europe and America.
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Gregory Loroff
Polmer
United Zemstvo Organization of Russia
America
Russia
Europe
North America
England
Douma and Council
Council of the Empire
Sve
United Kingdom
Russia and the world open a door to wiser union
The author reflects on Peter the Great and the metaphor of Europe as a window rather than a door. Russia has looked outward yet misunderstood the West, while the West has glimpsed an opaque empire. Still, a large door has opened for ongoing contact and mutual understanding between Russia and global powers.
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Russia
Peter
Europe
Assembly noms split over direct primaries in Otsego County
In Otsego County, Assemblyman Charles Smith loses to Stephen C. Clark as Hughes forces back direct nominations. Smith, once tied to the Governor, conceded after shifts in support aiming to align with direct primaries. Across nearby districts, results show mixed momentum for the direct nominations movement and party organizers.
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Assembly
Otsego County
Charles Smith
Stephen C. Clark
Assemblyman
Smith
Clark
Hughes
Oswego
Frank L. Smith
Sweet
Malone
Franklin County
Judge Paddock
O'Neil
F. D. Kilburn
Hana
Wayne County
Assembly District
Assembly District Committee
Solferino and Afterward Anniversary Reflections on Italian Bargain
The fiftieth Solferino anniversary closes a year of Italian celebrations with Magenta and Solferino observed. The piece notes Villafranca’s betrayal driven by fear and doubt, and recalls the Plombiéres compact. It argues Cavour sought Sardinia’s growth while France pursued domination and dynastic aims.
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Italy
Louis Napoleon
Magenta
Solferino
Bismarck
Austria
Prussia
France
Villafranca
Cavour
Piedmont
Marsala
Naples
Quirinal
Sedan
Plombiéres
Archives of
Vosges
Lombardy
Venetia
Parma
Modena
Romagna
Sardinia
Tuscany
Umbria
Two Sicilies
Savoy
Nice
Victor Emmanuel
Napoleon
Clotilde
Piombiéres
Noah’s fourfold genius earns honorary naval honor
In Detroit the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers debated granting Noah an honorary membership. He was a ship designer and meteorologist, famed for a vessel noted for capacity buoyancy and sturdiness and for his skill as a seacaptain. The piece praises his broad talents and urges the society to reverse its vote.
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Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Detroit
Noah
Iis
Electric traction improvements on New York Central trains
The Railway Age Gazette notes changes to New York Central electric locomotives including drawbar adjustments and upgraded sliding shoe mechanisms. Extra wheels were added on front and rear tracks to counter lateral rail pressure, with track reinforcement in electric zones. Central engines reach 60 to 70 mph but are limited to 40. Improvements enhance efficiency, aligning with Baltimore and Ohio practice while Newark to Stamford service gains from better generators and a shimmed overhead conductor to prevent kinks.
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Railway Age Gazette
New York Central
Central
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Baltimore
New York
New Haven Company
Stamford
Money market tensions ease as investors hold cash
Stock market shows lacking aggressive buying as investors shift to cash after recent gains. Analysts note cheap money and high rates may cap advances while large holders stay liquid, awaiting lower prices for speculative reentry. Railroad shares average 124.92 early week to 126.9 end. industrials up 1.34 to 91. Money flows favor second grade bonds amid ample currency movement to financial centers.
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Stock Exchange
Market optimism grows as industry rebounds in summer
Enormous inflows from the West and South spur speculation and loan liquidations in New York. Foreign exchange strengthens amid light export demand and gold shipments to Europe and South America. Crop prospects boost confidence in national wealth, with rising bank clearings and railroad earnings supporting optimistic trade outlook. Industrial activity expands in iron and steel, dry goods demand improves, and raw materials rally with finished goods.
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New York
Europe
South America
London
Looney 8
Inventions, Health Hazards, and Lotteries Across Nations
A written miscellany notes costly loss from smoky fires and fireworks, warns of indirect harms like disease, and praises physician guidance. It critiques Castro’s self-styled title, jokes about a mosquito invasion near a glass factory, and contrasts Cuba embracing a state lottery with France moving to suppress lotteries.
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Cuba
France
Lottery Popularity Surges Despite Tax System Flaws
A commentary notes that people favor buying lottery tickets over paying taxes while criticizing the tax system as radically dishonest and unsound, highlighting public tolerance for gambling as a workaround to fiscal mismanagement.
Talk of the Day and Curiosities Across The World
A mixed column notes Professor Pravdt teaching aeronautics at Göttingen and airship models by students, with similar programs at Stuttgart and Dresden. It recalls Decoration Day humor from Maine schools, Washington cigarette enforcement plans, Syracuse cat club aims, and humane horse rest farms in Baltimore. Also featured are verses on holding up one’s end, a Detroit Free Press anecdote on a man’s household finances, a claim about a Chinese almanac as the world’s most printed book, and a phrenology joke from Detroit.
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Pravdt
Göttingen University
Stuttgart
Dresden Institute of Technology
Maine
Isaac L. Rice
Society For the Suppression
Syracuse
Salt City
Baltimore
Boston
Baltimore Sun
Paris
Peking
Imperial Press
The
Tribune
Singer Building
Lberty
George Washington
Ellis Island
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Bostom
Overman
Josiah C. Pumpelly
New York
Tariff talk and Cuba policy in mixed editorials
A compilation of editorial extracts from Hartford Courant Chicago Daily News Kansas City Star Milwaukee Wisconsin Boston Herald and Chicago Record Herald debating tariff policy toward Cuba Dingley duties and pineapple imports Hides tax and packing interests downward revision and budget economy proposals. Root appeals to plain duty in context of Cuba treaty and pineapple tariff signs conflict over tariffs and economic policy across several papers.
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Hartford Courant
Elihu Root
Senate
Chicago Daily News
The
Boston Herald
Senate Committee
Chicago Record-Herald
Root
Cuba
Letters to the Editor urges women suffrage vote
A 1909 letter argues in favor of woman suffrage, claiming women would vote responsibly once enfranchised and noting taxation without representation. It suggests women could help fund elections and would participate in civic duties, closing with Whittier verse and signed by George F. Pentrick on June 23, 1909.
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the Tribune
Leary
Republic
Whittier
Mammon
George Fpentrick
Society backs Graubard act to curb dancing schools
E F Jenkins of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children urges support for the Graubard act. He says it reduces immoral dance places by restricting under sixteen year olds, noting it won’t affect respectable academies and has they warned offenders and even used legal means.
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the Tribune
Graubard
Lower East Side
E. F. Jenkins
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Ready to Withdraw from Public Eye and Tax on Immigrants Reconsidered
Letters discuss Bryan’s potential renomination, noting public approval and strategic views within parties. A second letter analyzes immigrant head taxes, urging higher contributions from steamship lines and endorsing The Tribune’s stance on reform and funding Ellis Island facilities.
Revision Upward and New England Faith in Protection
A letter urges tariff revision to protect American workers and offset higher domestic costs. It cites Dingley and rising U.S. machinery output, comparing labor costs in Germany and the United States, and argues to keep wages high. Another letter lauds New England’s $53,000,000 in cotton machinery investment as proof of faith in protective policy before Taft’s inauguration.
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The
Tribune
Europe
Germany
United States
Joseph E. Wood
Glove Leather Association
Gloversville
New England
the Tribune
Senate
Taft
Herbert W. Ladd
Providence
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Bankers & Brokers
Savings Banke
Toormestic
New York Daily Tribune
the Tribune Association
New York Corporation
William H. Hotchkiss
Ballinger
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cordele
Georgia
William K. Shepard
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Westerly
West 26Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Grand Street
Leon
Elsie Sigel
Harlem
Newark
Sullivan
Africa
Marty” Reese
City Hall
J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
General Spinner
Herkimer
Atlantic City Express
May's Landing
Money and Business
Lancet
Worcester
McComb
Emmanuel Movement
Venezuelan Congress
Castro
Weather Bureau
Bryan
State of
Washington
Seattle
Allus
Thele Eben
Washington Star
Blobbs
Abe Wilkins
Detroit Free Press
Justice TO
Kansas City Star
Bailey
Texas
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Internal Revenue
MR. Bryan
Colonel Bryan
William R. Bamin
Liberty
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