Amusements listings and showtimes at New York venues
A scanned page lists vaudeville acts and plays across multiple theaters such as Academy of Music Colonial Hamnerstein Booker Majestic Manhattan and more. It details showtimes from 2:15 to 8:20 with titles like The Witching Hour Polly of the Circus The Soul Kiss and The Boy wonders. It also notes a few skating and burlesque entries.
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Academy OF Music
the Windsarrens
Virginia
Broadwa Casino
Criterion
Holland
Sdeville
Hamnerstein
Herald Square
Port Arthur
Booker
New York
Polly
Circus
Iard Dundreary
Majestic
Manhattan—S
Mary Garder
Metropolitan
York
ST. Nicho
Stuyvesant
Hall
Tribune Association publication details and officers
The New York Daily Tribune lists ownership by The Tribune Association with headquarters at the Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills is president, Nathaniel Tuttle is secretary and treasurer, and the officers’ address is the newspaper’s office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Congress and World Turmoil Across 1909 Headlines
Legislative wrangles over currency and pensions mix with global unrest as Britain, Germany, and Russia maneuver in Europe. Reports note Port au Prince unrest, royal travels, and election talk. Domestic items cite judges, engagements, Albany banking reforms, St Patrick parade, and a weather forecast of fair skies with a 40 degree high.
Taft Speech in Brooklyn on Southern Suffrage
Secretary Taft in Brooklyn on Monday discussed the political phase of the South's race question. He argued for cautious reform, viewing suffrage as a privilege and urging states to improve the electorate through fair tests while criticizing ancestry-based barriers as unequal and often invalid.
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Taft
Brooklyn
Lexington
South
Legislar
Maryland
Equal suffrage and the Fifteenth Amendment stance
The text argues that grandfather clauses and other tests disenfranchise Black voters violate the Fifteenth Amendment. It forecasts a Supreme Court veto and Congressional action against discriminatory state laws, insisting that, over time, all states will apply equal suffrage tests to Black and white voters alike and that the Constitution will be construed to curb illegal discrimination.
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Taft
United States Supreme Court
Congress
South
Secretary of War
The Amended Aldrich Bill Faces Stronger House Opposition
The Senate Finance Committee struck out rail bonds as emergency security, signaling the bill’s decline. Amended terms shrink available securities, raising bank difficulties and inflation risk. The piece argues for sound, elastic currency with restrained note expansion amid German bank contraction trends.
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Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Senate
House
Finance Committee
New Jersey Game Laws in Need of Revision
A Jersey City discovery of unlawfully taken game birds prompts support for tightening New Jersey game laws. The piece notes Roosevelt and Cleveland’s interest, debates on protecting wildlife versus sport and profit, and harms caused by selfish hunters. It contrasts urban sportsmen with local gainseekers and argues for welfare of the people and regulated hunting.
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Jersey City
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Lesearbot
Noah
God
New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Frelinghuysen Pushes Yearlong Closed Season for Game
A bill introduced in Trenton by Senator Frelinghuysen would close eight months of the year January to September 1 for all game, leaving four months open for hunting. It aims to protect breeding birds while allowing hunting when game is in peak condition, opposing market hunting by pet hunters.
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Trenton
Frelinghuysen
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Quaker City
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Pearl Harbor Naval Base Delay Calls for Action
The War Departments proposal for a Pearl Harbor naval station has been disapproved by a House sub committee. For over twenty years the harbor has remained underutilized despite calls by President Harrison and others to occupy fortify and connect it by cable. Its strategic value for commerce and national security argues for prompt equipment as an impregnable base in peace and war.
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War Department
Pearl Harbor
House Committee On Appropriations
Hawaiian
Pacific
United States
Harrison
San Francisco
Hawaii
Congress
Pacific Ocean
Naval Affairs Committee
Petty Powers and the Rise of American Protectorates
An essay argues that small, unruly nations in the Americas threaten U S interests as Europe meddles abroad. It imagines United States responses from militia mobilizations to establishing protectorates while defending civilization and extending diplomacy and a larger standing army.
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Persia
Russia
Turkey
Balkans
Old World
United States
Port-au-Prince
New World
State Department
Middle West
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
China
la Hautienne
The Times to Remain With Current Management and Policy
The Times of London will stay under its present management and policy after recent litigation over control ends. Observers note relief at the conclusion of a contest seen as regrettable and potentially damaging to the paper’s dignity and authority as the world’s leading newspaper.
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Times” of
London
The
Times
Walter to Head Journal Trust in Printing House Square
The article notes Walter will remain head of the corporation controlling the journal created by his ancestors, keeping the family name associated with Printing House Square. It mentions Lenten observances by the wicked, pickpockets in church, and ushers helping with collections. Governor Fort pushes a bill for primary election regulation, arguing cost is negligible against honesty. Moran seeks Massachusetts governorship. Henry Whitney criticized. Cochran joins Democratic ranks. Burton aligns with Jefferson and Jackson. troubles mount for the What is a Democrat editor at The New York World.
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Walter
Printing House Square
Moran
Massachusetts
William J Bryan
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry M. Whitney
Rourke Cochran
Joseph R. Burton
Kansas
Jefferson
Jackson
New York World
Forestry Circular Highlights Global Lessons On Use Of Wood
The Forest Service issued a circular titled What Forestry Has Done reviewing forestry work in foreign countries. It notes timely action, reduced waste, and that Germany increased yield per acre from 2 to 65 cubic feet between 1830 and 1904, while raising saw timber share and returns. France and Germany together spend about 11 million dollars yearly on forests and net 30 million, versus the United States with far lower returns on its national forests.
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Forest Service
Germany
France
United States
New Derelict Destroyer Spearheads Coastal Protection
The ship Seneca will patrol the coast to clear derelict hazards and respond to reports from ships or wireless messages. It aims to shrink yearly lists of missing vessels, assist distressed ships with sails and provisions, and rescue crews from unseaworthy or sinking craft.
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Boston Transcript
Seneca
One Advantage Of New Style Cars
New York correspondence, Pittsburg Dispatch notes pay as you enter cars solve exit direction. Front side gr handles force a woman to face the car’s movement when alighting, ending a long debate on suffrage by offering a graceful exit that pleases lovers of art and nature.
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New York
Pittsburg
White House to host Inland Waterways Commission dinner
The President will host a May 12 dinner for Inland Waterways Commission members and conference governors to discuss national resource conservation. About ninety covers will be set in the state dining room, one of the largest White House dinners. Andrew Carnegie dined with the President earlier today.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Inland Waterways Commission
White House
Andrew Carnegie
Taylor
Gaines
John Anderson
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Metcalf
Admiral Evans
Atlantic
San Francisco
Taft
New York
Custom
Burrows
Brown
Piles and Gamble
Jones, Ellis, Gardner and McKinlay
The Abruzzi Duke Visits Washington Amid Diplomatic Circles
The Italian Ambassador hosts His Highness Prince Luigi Amadeo Duke of the Abruzzi at the embassy. He arrived from Florida and will stay until after his April marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins. The Argentine Minister hosted a dinner for Secretary Root and visiting ministers to honor Pan American conference capital selection.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Prince Luigi Amadeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco
the Abruzzi
Florida
Katherine Elkins
Secretary Root
Root
Washington Society Prepares Pageant To Aid Red Cross
Mrs Stephen B Elkins and Miss Katherine Elkins return from Florida visit. A committee meeting at Mrs Newberry's house sets plans for April 3 tableaus to benefit Red Cross Day Camp and Washington Met Kitchen. Two matinees led by Mrs Garfield and others will feature prominent society women and attractive children. Boxes sold by Mrs Townsend Mrs Leiter and others. social hosts include Mr and Mrs Lorrillard and Mr and Mrs Chapman.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
Katherine Elkins
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Fla
Robert Bacon
Miss Boardman
Murray Crane
George Howard
Gwynn
Richard H. Townsend
L. Z. Leiter
Bulkeley
Newberry
Boardman
Warder
Senator Warren
Brandegee
Hope Slater
New York Society Attendees Host Afternoon Gathering
Mrs William Douglas Sloane Mrs M Orme Wilson Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Mrs Charles H Marshall Mrs Charles B Alexander Mrs Van derbilt Mrs E H Harriman Mrs H Van Rensselaer Kennedy Mrs Richard Mortimer Mrs J West Roosevelt and Mrs J Russell Soley were among those present yesterday afternoon at the event.
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William Douglas Sloane
M Orme Wilson
Stuyvesant Fish
Charles H. Marshall
Charles B. Alexander
Vanderbilt
E. H. Harriman
H. van Rensselaer Kennedy
Richard Mortimer
J. West Roosevelt
J. Russell Soley
Flonzaley Quartet Delivers Refined Mendelssohn Hall Program
The Flonzaley Quartet offered a well received concert at Mendelssohn Hall with Betti Pochon Whiting performing Haydn and Bach. The quartet displayed balanced tone and refined ensemble though the Adagio from the Laub quartet lacked the expected tragic depth. Bach and Haydn numbers delighted the audience showing the ensemble’s adaptability and skill.
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Flonzaley Quartet
Mendelssohn Hall
Adolfo Betti
Ferdinand Laub
Metropolitan to revive Fidelio with Morena in title role
The Metropolitan Opera under Mr. Conried will revive Fidelio for the first time this season with Miss Berta Morena singing the title role on Friday. Mme Leffler-Burchard will alternate with Morena, and Mahler oversees the revival with Vienna inspired scenery. The program includes Mignon Faust Il Trovatore Tannhauser and a Sunday Gallia concert featuring Mme Emma Eames.
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Fidelio
Conried
Vienna
Roller
Imperial Academy
Vienna Opera House
Mahler
Faust
Rutgers Man Wins Rhodes Award
Francis Marmaduke Potter of Metuchen New Jersey Rutgers College class of 09 was chosen by New Jersey Rhodes scholarship committee to represent the state at Oxford. Potter is Rutgers tennis champion and an intercollegiate debater with high marks in music and scholarship.
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Princeton
N. J
Rhodes Scholarship Committee
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
H. B. Fine
Princeton University
W. H. S. Demarest
Rutgers College
Francis Marmaduke Potter
Metuchen
Oxford
Potter
Rutgers
Grover Cleveland to celebrate seventy first birthday
Grover Cleveland will quietly celebrate his seventy first birthday in Lakewood New Jersey with family visiting from Princeton and congratulatory telegrams pouring in. The former president, still in good health, walked a long riverfront path and enjoyed attention from locals and visitors while plans for a 71 candle cake unfold. Dr. Joseph D Bryant said Cleveland appears in good spirits and health as he recuperates with no public political remarks expected.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
Mr. Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
White House
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
Democratic Party
Princeton
Grant autograph sale recounts Civil War orders and literary deeds
A Grant autograph letter to General Thomas advancing on Hood sold for 15 dollars at Anderson Auction, tying to Nashville battle history. Other items included Walt Whitman and Whittier manuscripts with Whitman galley proofs, Whittier corrections, and a dated unsigned poem, all fetching small sums.
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Grant
Thomas
Hood
Nashville
Anderson Auction Company
Henry C. Bowen
New York Independent
Worthington
Walt’’ Whitman
Whittier
Sid
Chicago University Convocation Graduates 120 At 66th Ceremony
At Mandel Hall on the university grounds the University of Chicago conferred 120 degrees during the sixty sixth convocation. Andrew Sloan Draper Commissioner of Education of New York delivered the convocation address, speaking on the racesal limits of academic freedom.
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Chicago
Univ of Chicago
Mandel Hall
Unive
Andrew Sloan Draper
Cosioner of Education of
New York
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