Amusements listings for New York theaters
A dense OCR listing of theater showings and times across venues like Astor Belasco Hippodrome and Liberty. It lists vaudeville acts and plays such as The Royal Mounted, The Witching Hour, Polly of the Circus, and The Merry Widow with showtimes around 2:15 to 2:30 PM and 8:15 to 8:20 PM at multiple houses.
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Colonia
Pmpire
Garrick
The
Royal Mounted
Mackett
Hammersteins
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Port Arthur
Hudson
Knickerbocker
Liberty
Polly
Circus
Lyceum
LYRIC
Wolf
Madison Square Garden
Amsterdam
New York
Savoy
Etuyvesant
Wallaces
Werpa Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune Statement of Ownership
The newspaper is owned and published by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation with offices at Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
Congress and World Affairs Briefing
Senate debates Elkins resolution delaying the commodity clause for twenty months. Foreign dispatches report Honduras massing on Guatemala's frontier with executions blamed on Cabrera. Britain’s shipbuilding dispute unresolved and a 250000 man lockout looming. Churchill arrives in Dundee to contest a seat. Domestic notes include Taft sailing for Panama and a Stetson bankruptcy petition, with snow in Jamestown and a $16 million April deficit. Weather forecast calls for fair today, highs near 80.
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Congress
Senate
Peking
Japan
Great Britain
Berlin
Paris
United Kingdom
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Edmund Robertson
Koln
Alderney
Hughes
Albany
Harvey J. Donaldson
Ballston Spa
Taft
Panama
William A. Stetson
Boston
United States
Federal Treasury
Ithaca
N. Y
Schurman
Cornell University
Jamestown
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis Express
Pittsburg
Express
Cleveland
Why Brooklyn Celebrates The Subway Extension Milestone
The Brooklyn extension from Borough Hall to Atlantic and Flatbush avenues links with the Long Island Railroad creating a direct ferryless route from Manhattan and Long Island suburbs. It promises shorter trips, time savings of fifteen to thirty minutes, and stronger ties between central Brooklyn and lower Manhattan while benefiting eastern residents and Jamaica traffic.
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Brooklyn
Borough Hall
Atlantic
Flatbush Avenues
Long Island Railroad
Manhattan
Long Island
14Th Street
Jamaica
Rockaways
Long Island City
North Shore
Subway
Great Central
Prospect Park
Lower Manhattan
Wall Street
42D Street
Brooklyn and city plan to ease East River barrier with new transit links
Editorial argues Brooklyn and surrounding boroughs will flourish as subway expansions to Flatbush and Atlantic avenues and a Willisburg loop bridge connect to Manhattan and relieve the East River bottleneck. Better transit is seen drawing New Jersey exiles home, boosting tax values and overall city prosperity.
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Harlem
Bronx
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
New York
New Jersey
Kings
Queens
East River
Reform in Queens Defeat Stirs Uncertain Reform Prospects
The piece weighs whether Joseph Cassidy’s loss signals a setback for reform in Queens or whether Lawrence Gresser’s victory, backed across parties, signals ongoing reform. It notes Bermuda and Bermel ties, questions grand jury zeal, and fears a lingering clash between reformers and the Bermel faction amid a pending Bermel European trip.
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Joseph Cassidy
Joseph Bermel
Europe
Queens
Cassidy
Bermel
Bailiwick
Bermel Gang
Lawrence Gresser
Reform
Gresser
Berm
Bronx
Kissena Park
Kissena
Mr. Bermel
Bingham's police reform proposals face cost questions
General Bingham outlines four reforms for the New York Police Department including a ten year commission term a secret detective service a fixed patrol ratio and tighter pawnbroker and weapons controls. Critics question the patrol force size and the $3,000,000 annual cost to reach the proposed ratio versus other cities like London Boston Philadelphia and Berlin.
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North American Review
Bingham
New York Police Department
General Bingham
New York
London
Boston
Philadelphia
Berlin
Call for police reform through smarter administration
The argument notes that smaller patrols may protect more people in dense blocks than in sparse districts and critiques General Bingham on urban area fragmentation. It stresses Manhattan, The Bronx, and Brooklyn dense beats, private watchmen, and the need for better laws and administration to empower the police commissioner.
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Bingham
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Metropolis
Boston
Philadelphia
London
Socialist Fizzure Shows Limits of May Day Parade
A New York commentary argues that sanctioned socialist events fail to draw attention, noting police dispersal in Union Square and the publicity gained by parlor socialist Robert Hunter. It calls repression a magnet for publicity and criticizes press hysteria over socialism as an advertisement for the movement.
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Brooklyn
Charles F. Murphy
Joseph Cassidy
John H. O’brien
Lawrence Gresser
John J. McNulty
City College
R. H. Macy's
McIntyre
Trinity Church
Dix
CC. W. Morse
Hanna
Bank of North America
Union Square Park
New York
Union Square
Robert Hunter
Marseillaise
The Passing of May Day Across Generations
The essay reviews three major shifts in May Day: weather permitting open air celebrations with frequent moves of households, the decline of Red May Day fears, and evolving social norms around celebrations. It notes lingering questions about timing and overall optimism for future observance.
No-Tip Barber Tale Sparks Debate in City
The piece questions a reported barber shop that bans tips and claims a surge in business after a shift back to tipping. It notes the lack of notary certification and hints at broader implications for the metropolis and its racial dynamics.
Public musings on reform and urban progress in Brooklyn
The piece critiques conservatism among various groups amid new ideas. It lauds Alexander E. Orr for subway success and notes Brooklyn’s growth through through trains to Manhattan. It ends with a quip about hunters licenses and exemption certificates.
Boat in a knapsack creases river crossing plans
Merchep an Servian proposes a foldable linen boat with rubber coating and cork seat for a single person that can be enlarged to carry troops and baggage for river crossings. Naval experts tested it on the Seine praising its potential in war.
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Merchep
Seine
Washington Census Credits City With 339 000 Inhabitants
The census of Washington reports about 339 000 residents placing the capital in a class with Edinburgh Mexico City Lisbon and Stockholm. Washington is a made capital whose influence comes from being the seat of Congress and the federal government not large commercial power. The city draws residents seeking climate and urban conveniences without big city noise and congestion.
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Boston Transcript
Washington
Edinburgh
Mexico
Lisbon
Stockholm
United States
Washinton
Wankiington
Hoyle and the origins of scientific whist
The article recounts Hoyle as the first to publicize scientific whist rather than its inventor. It notes his Irish barrister background, role as Registrar of the Prerogative, birth in 1670 and death in 1767, a £1000 publisher’s payment for his treatise on waist, and his lessons priced at a guinea. It highlights his probability calculations during a rubber and a mathematician who advised players in coffee houses for tea.
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Dundee
Hoyle
Ireland
Cavendish Square
President sends condolence to Japanese emperor on Matsushima loss
The President expressed the grief of the American people to the Emperor of Japan for the Matsushima training ship disaster. He declined to attend the Grand Army encampment in Toledo on August 2, and Cabinet members attended a morning meeting with Fairbanks to represent the United States at Quebec for the Prince of Wales visit.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Japan
Matsushima
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Warner
John C. Black
John R. King
James R. Tanner
Piles
Smith
Long
Porter
Jones
Andrus
Madison
French
Parsons
Murdock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Metcalf
Bonaparte
Fairbanks
United States
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Christine Roosevelt
New York
Edith Stearns
Virginia
White House
Washington Hosts Dinners For National Guests
The Secretary of State and Mrs Root host their daughter Mrs Grant visiting for the first time since marriage. They will dine tomorrow night and issue invitations for a dinner next Thursday. The Postmaster General hosted a dinner tonight for the Massachusetts delegation in Congress with guests Speaker Cannon and numerous senators and representatives.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of State
Root
Grant
Massachusetts
Congress
Cannon
Lodge
Crane
Lawrence
Gillett
Washburn
Tirrell
Butler Ames
Gardner
Roberts
McCall
Kelcher
O'Connell
Peters
Weeks
Greene
Lovering
Last Day at Home for Baroness des Planches in Washington
Washington May 1 The season ends with a social day at the Italian Embassy as Baronesse des Planches hosts a gathering attended by Washington society. Guests included Mr de Thal of the Russian Embassy Mme de Blanpré wife of the French naval attaché and Mrs Francis Batchelier. The event featured a musical programme and spring floral decorations in drawing rooms and tea tables.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
de Thal
Mme. de Blanpré
Francis Batchelier
Washington Society Hosts Gladys Ingalls Dinner Benefit
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth entertained guests at dinner in Washington to honor Miss Gladys Ingalls of Cincinnati. A later musical benefits the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital with patronesses including Mrs. Taft and Mrs. von L. Meyer. Mrs. Richard H. Townsend and Miss Mathilde Townsend plan a New York trip and Bar Harbor residence for the season.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Gladys Ingalls
Cincinnati
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Roosevelt
Cabinet
William H. Taft
George von L. Meyer
Murray Addison
Richardson Clover
New York Society Hosts Lakewood Horse Show Weekends
Lakewood will be very gay today with the annual horse show gymkhana and sports organized by the Country Club. Many go from town for the event and weekend parties are planned by George J Gould and Joh P Gilford. Pauline Le Roy French, who will wed Samuel Wagstaff in Newport Tuesday, hosts a dinner at Harbour View for her bridal party.
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John N. Bogert
Lakewood
Country Club
George J. Gould
Joh P. Gilford
Pauline le Roy French
Samuel Wagstaff
Newport
Harbour View
Elizabeth M. Cutting
Caroline Grosvenor
Edith Kane
Gladys Pell
Margaret Steward
Marian Clark
Dorothy Kane
Vice-President Fairbanks to Represent U S at Quebec Visit
The United States will send Vice-President Fairbanks to Quebec for the Prince of Wales 30th anniversary celebration, with a battleship likely to attend under Captain Winslow. A Cabinet decision followed Ambassador Bryce’s invitation. formal notices to come. The VP will travel separately from the battleship.
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Washington
Fairbanks
United States
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Champlain
New Hampshire
Winslow
Canada
Bryce
Dominion
Lip reading lessons offered to hard of hearing readers
E H Logan of New York writes the Tribune to promote Lip Reading Simplified by Edward B Nitchie. A donor funds pamphlet copies, available to readers who mail a postal card with name and address to Courage editor at No 156 Fifth Avenue. May 1, 198%
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the Tribune
Edward B. Nitchie
Courage
Fifth Avenue
E. H. Logan
New York
Bishop Potter Improves After Illness
Bishop Potter, ill for ten days, shows slow but steady improvement. Dr. J F Janvrin and Dr. G F Nelson report he is recovering from overwork, able to attend to correspondence, and hopes to be out soon though no engagements tomorrow.
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Potter
J. F. Janvrin
G. F. Nelson
New York
Mayor and Secretary Begin Auto Trip for Rail Relocation Inspection
Mayor McClellan and his secretary William A. Willis started at 8 this morning for an inspection trip to Ithaca Kingston and the Catskill watershed to review relocation of Ulster and Delaware railroad tracks displaced by the Ashokan dam. Damages appraisals are under way and the trip continues through Sunday night with a Cornell University address planned Tuesday.
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McClellan
William A. Willis
Ithaca
Kingston
Catskill
Ulster & Delaware
Ashokan
Binghamton
Social Notes From Newport May Gossip and Arrivals
Newport notes detail Mrs John Carter Brown improving at her Newport cottage while the Brown family prepares for summer visits. Guests arriving include Samuel Wagstaff and Miss Maude Wetmore with other society names like Alfred Vanderbilt and Perry Belmont noted for upcoming seasons and estate inspections.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
John Carter Brown
Providence
Arc
Vinland
Mary Brady Hell
Ogden Mills
New York
Samuel Wagstaff
Miss North
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Harbour View
Arnold Hague
Willing Spencer
Philadelphia
James P. Kernochan
Edward J. Berwind
Perry Belmont
Maude Wetmore
Washington
Washington Statue Vanishes From City Monument
The George Washington statue on the east side of the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument at Sith street and Riverside Drive disappeared about two weeks ago. The base shows Pater Patriae while the figure is moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition. Pedestal remains and inscription may mislead visitors.
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George Washington
Sith Street
Riverside Drive
Washington
Smith
The
Tribune
Metropolitan Museum of Art
City of New York
Secretary Taft Sails for Panama Voyage Sets May 6 Panama arrival
Secretary Taft sails from Charleston aboard the Prairie at 12 30 p m with General Counsel R R Rogers and W W Misehler. The party expects to reach Panama May 6 and Taft plans a Nashville speech May 21 before the Tennessee Bar Association with no other stops en route. He will return on the Prairie and land in New Orleans or Pensacola.
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Taft
Panama
Charleston
S. C
Prairie
R. R. Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
W. W W. Misehler
Secretary’s Office
Nashville
Tenneseee Bar Association
New Orleans
Pensacola
Widow awarded control of $1 estate after senility ruling
A court decision grants Mrs. Joseph Boardman widow of an Oakland capitalist full control of the $1 estate. She had married at sixteen while he was over seventy. His last will left most to charity and only $150 a month to the widow, forfeitable on remarriage. Judge Waste rules Boardman senile.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Joseph Boardman
Oakland
Boardman
Waste
Beardman
Passengers aboard multiple liners bound for Europe
A long passenger list shows travelers sailing to Liverpool Hamburg Southampton Antwerp Naples and Glasgow on ships including the Carmania Philadelphia Konig Albert A rato Caledonia and Lusitania. Names include Herbert Parsons Mrs P F Collier George Carsons Mr and Mrs James Porter and many others with arrivals from abroad such as Gatthee Coffee Watchorn Ballantine Baxter and Redmond.
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Europe
Carmania
Herbert Parsons
P. F. Collier
George Carsons
James C. Potter
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