Amusements listings across New York theaters
A dense OCR of shows and times from several venues including BEWEY S Vaudeville, BOER MUSEE World in Was, Florette and Patapon, The Witch Hour, The Girl Behind the Counter, Battle of Port Arthur, The Honor of the Family, Talk of New York, Polly of the Circus, The Thief, The Merry Widow, Lonesome Town, The Soul Kiss, Ice Skating sessions, The Music Master, A Knight for a Day, Mignon, Mary Garden, and Burlesque of The Merry Widow across venues like SQUANH KNICKERBOCKER LYCEUM LYRIC MAJESTIC MANHATTAN METROPOLITAN NEW YORK ST. NICHOAS WALLACE WEBER HALL.
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Bewey
Florette
Patapon
Squanh
Port Arthur
Rudson
Knickerbocker
New York
Laiberty
Polly
The
Circus
Lyceum
LYRIC
Isrd Dundreary
Majestic
Manhattan
S—Mary Garden
Metropolitan
Mignon
Xeww
Amsterdam
XEW Cirncle
Lonesome Town
ST. Nichoas RI
Weber
Sic Hall
New York Daily Tribune details owners and officers
The New York Daily Tribune, dated Wednesday March 18 1908, lists ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. It names Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer, with the Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street serving as principal office and business address.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Congress Currency Bill Amendments and Global News Briefs
Congress Senate reports amendments to the currency bill exempting railroad bonds from emergency currency. Foreign items note unrest in Port au Prince and leadership shifts in Britain and Russia. Domestic items include Whyte’s death in Baltimore, engagement news, and Albany banking reform bills. City items report Stoecks’ stock rise, St Patrick’s Day parade crowds, a wall collapse fatality, and a prison sentence update. Weather expects fair today with a high near 40 and a low around 25.
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Congress
Senate
Aldrich
Russia
Alfonso
Kuni
Japan
Madrid
Toledo
Berlin
Diamond
Reichstag
Julius Tower
Potsdam
Empire
General Stoessel
Washington
Wilfey
William Pinkney Whyte
Baltimore
Jackson
Assembly At
Albany
Iowa
Allison
Chicago
Taft
Stoecks
Hughes
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Delmponice’s
St. Patrick's Day
Oriental Bank
East 71St Street
Hugh Bonner
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Corn Products Refining Company
Taft in Brooklyn on race and suffrage policy
Secretary Taft spoke in Brooklyn touching the political phase of the South race problem. He argued for tempering past conflicts with practical justice, supported state choice of voter qualifications, and urged removal of unequal tests like ancestry while recognizing limits of universal negro suffrage. Maryland votes to submit a national amendment to करे
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Taft
Brooklyn
Lexington
South
Maryland
Appeal for Equal Suffrage Under Fifteenth Amendment
The piece argues that grandfather clauses and similar disenfranchisement violate the Fifteenth Amendment. It predicts Supreme Court and Congress actions against unequal tests and contends that states resisting equal rights will eventually adopt fair voter qualifications, aligning North and South toward universal suffrage for all citizens. The Secretary of War praises the amendment as a lasting protection for Black voters and foresees the erosion of state laws excluding colored citizens.
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Taft
United States Supreme Court
Congress
South
Secretary of War
Amended Aldrich Bill Faces Senate Setback
The Senate Finance Committee moves to strike the use of railroad bonds for emergency currency, signaling a likely end for the Aldrich bill. Critics argue limiting securities intensifies objections to base notes on state and local bonds, warning the proposal risks inflation and strained bank access. The piece compares to the German Bank’s elastic use of currency and contraction.
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Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Senate
House
Finance Committee
New Jersey Game Laws Debate and Roosevelts Involvement
A long editorial argues for strict New Jersey game law revisions after discovery of unlawfully taken birds. It cites Roosevelt and Cleveland, recalls LeSarcot's view of laws as sacred, warns against exploitation by city sportsmen, and stresses wildlife protection for New Jersey’s public and nearby urban hunters.
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Jersey City
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Lescarbot
Noah
God
New Jersey
New York
Philadelpha
Bill seeks eight month closed season for game at Trenton
Sen Frelinghuysen introduces a measure in Trenton to close hunting January through September and keep October to December open. It aims to protect breeding wildlife while allowing hunting when game is in peak condition. Opponents include pet hunters pushing for year round market shooting. Roosevelt supports prohibiting all spring and summer shooting.
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Trenton
Frelinghuysen
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Quaker City
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor naval base plan urged after delay
The War Department proposal to build a Pearl Harbor naval station was rejected by a House Appropriations subcommittee. The piece argues the harbor should be developed as a key Pacific outpost for defense and commerce, noting decades of neglect and urging prompt preparation as an impregnable naval base to honor national policy and prevent future conflict.
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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 New World Balkans
In a satirical critique, the piece rails at rising miniature states in the Americas and their clashes against U.S. authority. It likens domestic disturbances to international tensions, cites a Michigan student unrest at Ann Arbor, and argues for a stronger foreign service and army to protect U.S. interests. The author envisions potential American protectorates over unruly neighbors while urging civilizing influence and extended influence abroad.
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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 Haytienne
The Times Will Stay With Current Management
The Times of London will remain under its present management and policy after a surprising litigation over control ends. Observers welcomed the resolution of a dispute that was seen as regrettable and unseemly and could have undermined the newspaper’s dignity and authority.
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The
Times
London
Walter to Head Journal Control at Printing House Square
The piece notes Mr. Walter will lead the corporation now to oversee the journal his family founded, hoping their name remains tied to Printing House Square. It also critiques church pickpockets during Lent, supports urgent primary election reform in New Jersey, and comments on Massachusetts political ambitions and Democratic party shifts.
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Futy
Walter
Printing House Square
Fort
New Jersey
Trenton
Republican Party
Forestry Circular Highlights Global Gains from Proper Use
The forest service publishes What Forestry Has Done, praising forestry’s impact and urging timely action. Germany's forest reform boosted yield from 2 to 65 cubic feet per acre since 1830, tripling saw timber share and sevenfolding profits in 54 years. France and Germany combined spend about 11 million annually on forests for net returns near 30 million, while U.S. spends far less with lower net returns.
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Forest Service
Germany
France
United States
New Derelict Destroyer Seneca to Patrol Coast
The Boston Transcript notes the derelict destroyer Seneca will patrol the coast to remove floating hazards and respond to distress calls. It aims to reduce the annual list of missing ships, while also offering aid like supplying sails and provisions and rescuing crews from sinking vessels.
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Boston Transcript
Seneca
One Advantage of New Style Cars
New York correspondence notes pay as you enter cars fix arrival exit issues. Grab handles are on front door sides forcing women to face the car’s direction when alighting, disarming a common suffrage argument and allowing a graceful exit for women, pleasing admirers of art and nature.
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New York
Pittsburg
White House to host Inland Waterways Commission dinner
Washington reports 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 laid in the state dining room, promising one of the largest White House dinners. Andrew Carnegie dined with the President, while nominations for a federal bench vacancy in Tennessee were pressed.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Inland Waterways Commission
White House
Andrew Carnegie
Senator Taylor
Gaines
John Anderson
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Metcalf
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Taft
New York
Cullom
Burrows
Brown
Piles and Gamble
Jones, Ellis, Gardner and McKinlay
The Abruzzi Duke Visits Washington Embassy
The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches host Prince Luigi Amadeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, who arrived from Florida and will stay until after his marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins on April 2. The Argentine Minister hosted a large dinner for Secretary Root, inviting many ministers and diplomats and their spouses to mark the 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 Guests Plan Red Cross Tableau Benefit
Mrs Stephen B Elkins and Miss Katherine Elkins return from Florida to join a Washington society event. Mrs Newberry hosts a committee meeting for April 2 and 3 tableaux supporting Red Cross Day Camp and Washington Diet Kitchen. Prominent women and their children will perform with boxes and seats already secured by many guests including Senators Brandegee and Warren and Mrs Hope Slater. Dinner parties follow among the social set.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
Katherine Elkins
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Fla
Robert Bacon
Boardman
Murray Crane
George Howard
Gwynn
Richard H. Townsend
L. Z. Leiter
Bulkeley
Newberry
Warder
Warren
Brandegee
Hope Slater
Pierre Lorrillard
Arthur Lee
Robert Hollister Chapman
Society ladies attend New York gathering yesterday
New York Society members including 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 Notable Mendelssohn Hall Concert
The Flonzaley Quartet offered persuasive public performances at Mendelssohn Hall with Betti Pochon and Whiting in a varied program. They displayed a balanced tone and refined ensemble in Tschaikowsky and Haydn works, while Bach’s two violins and harpsichord duo revealed revealing kinship of string and keyboard timbres.
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Flonzaley Quartet
Mendelssohn Hall
Adolfo Betti
Ferdinand Laub
Messrs
Betti
Pochon
Arthur Whiting
Fidelio Revival at the Metropolitan Opens Series
Mr. Conried announces Miss Herta Morena to sing Fidelio with alternates Mme Leffler Burchard and others as the Metropolitan resumes the opera after a long hiatus. Mahler leads the revival with Vienna designed scenery, presenting a program including Mignon Faust Il Trovatore and Tannhauser with Emma Eames in Gounod Gallia.
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Fidelio
Conried
Vienna
Roller
Imperial Academy
Vienna Opera House
Mahler
Faust
Rutgers Man Wins Rhodes Award in New Jersey
The Rhodes scholarship committee of New Jersey selected Francis Marmaduke Potter of Metuchen New Jersey to represent the state at Oxford. Potter, Rutgers College class of 08, is Rutgers tennis champion and a noted intercollegiate debater, ranking highly 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
Cleveland 71 Today Quiet Birthday at Lakewood
Grover Cleveland the twenty-second and twenty fourth U S president turned seventy one today and will celebrate quietly at the Lakewood Hotel with his family arriving from Princeton in the morning. He walked a long way and said he feels fine in good spirits and health. A surprise cake with seventy one candies is planned at luncheon and congratulatory telegrams pour in from across the country.
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Conesc Oe
Grover Cleveland
United States
Mr. Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
White House
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
Princeton
Lakewood
Grant Autograph Sale Highlights Civil War Letter
Auction of historic letters from Henry C. Bowen estate fetched $75 for Grant to Thomas autographed order to advance on Hood after Nashville defeat. Other items included Whitman manuscript and Whittier galley proofs, with prices ranging from $5 to $35.
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Grant
Thomas
Hood
Nashville
Anderson Auction Company
West 2Th Street
Henry C. Bowen
New York Independent
Worthington
Walt Whitman
Whittier
Chicago University Convocation Honors 120 Graduates
Chicago March 17 at Mandel Hall the University of Chicago conferred 120 degrees during its sixty sixth convocation. Commissioner Andrew Sloan Draper of Education New York delivered the convocation address, speaking on recent limits of academic freedom.
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Chicago
Univ of Chicago
Mandel Hall
Usl
Andrew Sloan Draper
Sioner of Education
New York
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New York Daily Tribune
Wr. Taft
Moran
Massachusetts
Willam J Bryan
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry M. Whitney
Rourke Cochran
Joseph R. Burton
Kansas
Jefferson
New York World
Lannigan
Pal
Centre
Prohibition
Puck
Hercules
Washington Star
Eger
Bohemia
Schiller
Wallenstein
Prague
Die Piccolomini
Jimmy
Bessie
Alfred Testoni
Gioacetino Rossini
Paris
Richard Wagner
Rossini
Vincenzo Bellini
Ernesto Jacconi
Fellaire
Rusty Rufus
Tufford Knutt
Tripune
Criterion Theatre
Bisson
Leclercq
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Cercle Dramatique Francais
John V. L. Pruyn
John Erving
St. Thomas's Church
Hamilton L. Hoppin
Pembroke Jones
Asheville
Foster
Edith Deacon
Phoeniz Ingraham
J. I. Townsend Burden, Jr
John Clinton Gray
James Ely Miller
Charles
Gladys Kissell
Church of the Incarnation
Francis H. Kinnicutt
Ogden Mills Reid
Anson W. Hard
Henry A. Alexander
Theodore P. Dixon
Charles E. Adams
Ellen Rogers
Priscilly Stanton
Elsie Nicoll
Eleanor
Dorothy Kissel
William Baylis
William French Woobour
Henry Spaulding Schley
Alexander von Gontard
Grant Schley
Nursery and
Child's Hospital
Yestereday
Katharine Schley
West 14Th Street
James Brown Potter
Richmond, Va
Mr Potter
St. Regis
John C. Travis
Carnegie Lyceum
Warren Goddard
Building Fund
Riverhead
Wilburtha
O. H. P. Belmont
Plaza
Duchess of Marlborough
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hermann Oelrichs
Harry McVickar
Alonzo Potter
Gordon Bell
Beatrice Crosby
Dorothea Draper
Herbert Shipman
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Elerbert Shipman
Tableaus
Alice Abercrombie-Miller
Mackay-Smith
Bishop Mackay-Smith
F. Ashton de Peyster
Abercrombie-Miller
Lanman Bull
Alfred Wagstaff, Jr
East 54Th Street
Wagstaff
Blanche L. Shoemaker
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Will
His
Chicago University
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