Amusements listings from New York venues on a single date
A compact page listing vaudeville and theater programs across venues like Alhambra Astor Casino Knickerbocker Harlem and HIPPODROME with times such as 2 15 and 8 15. Acts include The Girl and the Detective The Witching Hour Father and the Boys Battle of Port Arthur and Burlesque of The Merry Widow Behind the scenes notes tag numerous shows and prices without full context.
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Academy OF Music
Motiste
Alhambra
Lucia
ASTOR
Papa Lebonnard
Blaney
Casino
Circle
Colonial
Empire
Hackett
Harlem
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Port Arthur
Hudson
Knickerbocker
New Amsterdam
Merry Witow
New York
Savoy
Stuyvesant
the Waerrens
Virginia
Wallaces
Weber Music Hall
Tribune Association publishers notehead details
New York Daily Tribune lists ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. Principal office at Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Washington Morning Briefs On Congress And Global Events
Senate passes post office appropriation of 229 million while Rayner pushes inquiry into Colonel Stewart. Navy bill conference, currency next. Taft peacemaking trip ends. Crete, Creole reforms, and port issues noted. Domestic items include Atlantic fleet reception, Gov Hughes visit, exhumation of George Clinton, and bank/resumption news. Weather signals fair, cooler with yesterday’s highs around 71 and lows 64.
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Congress
Senate
Rayner
William F. Stewart
House
Conference
Isle of Pines
Taft
Colon
Charleston
Belleghem
Courtrai
Reid
London
Edwin A. Abbey
Simferopol
Rodey
Porto Rico
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Crete
Prince Fo
Seoul
Japan
Corea
California Club
San Francisco
Hughes
Washington
George Clinton
New York
Kingston
N. Y
Welfare
Womans Department
National Civic Federation
Mre
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Baltimore
Express
Great Northern
Seattle
Vancouver
Gustave Lindenthal
Blackwell's Island
Brooklyvn Bank
International Trust Company
Queens Borough Hall
New York Life Records
Merchants’ Association
William F. Kine
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
The Currency Bill and Its Proposed Reforms
The article reviews amendments to the Vreeland currency bill, noting improved provisions for emergency Clearing House certificates and strict limits on bank participation. It endorses reserves against notes, likening notes to deposits, and warns the bill lacks redemption facilities to prevent Treasury burdens during panics.
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Vreeland
the Tribune
House
Senate
Treasury
Proper Function Of Banks To Redeem Banknotes
A fragment notes that the function lies with banks rather than the government, asserting banks should redeem banknotes. The text hints at policy debate without detailing authorities or dates, conveying a banking responsibility stance.
Independent review urged on Blackwell’s Island bridge plan
The Tribune calls for an impartial expert probe of the Blackwell’s Island bridge amid concerns about higher weight stresses and deviations from safe, proven practice. It argues a disinterested commission could prevent disaster, citing the Quebec bridge collapse and altered live load estimates by designers.
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the Tribune
Blackwell's Island
Quebec
Bridge Department
City of
New York
Lindenthal
Debates Rise Over Two Thirds and Unit Rules
Democratic leaders and newspapers urge scrapping the two thirds and unit rules as antidemocratic, arguing Jeffersonian majority rule should govern conventions. The Washington Post notes Southern resistance, while several Democratic legislators in Missouri Tennessee Texas call for purer democracy and upholding district sentiments against binding unit rule. In Pennsylvania, delegates dispute efforts to bind them via unit rule, with some urging a single statewide delegate and others preferring instructed delegates within limits of the law.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Arran
Brooklyn
Nebraska
Washington Post
John Sharp Williams
South
Williams
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Robert L. Henry
Morris Sheppard
H. B. Cooper
Texas
Post
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Denver
Philadelphia
John M. Fow
Philadelphia Record
Governor Wallace Victory Shapes State Politics
Governor Singhes claimes a personal triumph as Wallace wins the seat of the late Senator Franchot in a district where Republicans were weak and factional. The outcome strengthens the Governor’s standing and supports his anti gambling agenda, despite a 25 to 25 vote on the bills and Foelker’s illness.
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William C. Wallace
Franchot
Singhes
Lis
Hughes
Niagara
Orleans
Albany
Wallace
Senate
Foelker
McDonald Opinion Hints Subway Plans Too Costly
The piece critiques John B. McDonald’s argument that subways will not pay, noting his cost estimates for the Broadway Lexington avenue and Fourth Avenue Bensonhurst lines, and his proposal to split routes to create two parallel lines. It questions profitability and the city’s financial burden, referencing Metz’s stance on city support for subway building.
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John B. McDonald
Metz
Subway
McDonald
Lexington Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Pelham Bay Park
The
Battery
Manhattan
Bronx
East Side
42D Street
Southern Boulevard
Westchester Avenue
the Battery
Grand Central Station
West Side
Broadway
46Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Greenwich Street
West Broadway
4d Parliament In Russia
The Douma, once accused of weakness, is now seen as practical and efficient. It actively reviews government schemes including Macedonian reform plans and the Transsiberian railroad project, signaling a mature legislative role and oversight of foreign and domestic policy. The article notes its growing influence and willingness to scrutinize government actions.
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Dourma
Isvyolsky
Macedonia
Douma
Parliament in Russia at Last Says Governing Officials
The article argues that the investiga tion committee exposes the railroad administration and that Stolypin’s weak warning about the Douma’s pushback reveals weakness. It notes Kokovsoff’s gratitude for parliament’s existence, praises the Douma’s stance, and asserts that the autocracy cannot revert to old rule. Progress may be slow but is enduring.
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Kokovsoff
Russia
Stolypin
Douma
Khomyakoff
Extraordinary and regular meetings spark political tensions
A sequence of public meetings is noted with July and November dates as Senator Cassidy signals interest. The piece critiques Oklahoma politics, Taft’s planned negro institute, Tammany Hall shifts, and Frank Brand’s ideas on a national sanatorium for consumptives, arguing private funding could avoid public cost.
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Committee On Public Health
Senator Cassidy
Frank J. Brand
Richmond
Talk of the Day and assorted anecdotes in one column
A Montclair family relocating to Harlem finds their Dalmatian unhappy with the new flat and returns to New Jersey only to find its way back by night. The column also notes Dr. Emil G Hirsch’s plan for a Chicago Jewish institute and modern Y M C A style center with a $4000000 goal, plus jokes and brief items about Stevenson, Napier rings at the Naval Academy, Nobel style letters, and humorous exchanges on sports and governance.
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Dbg
Tribune
Montclair
Harlem
Jersey
Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago
Maine's Champion Forgetter
A man from an upper York County town underwent an appendectomy only to learn the appendix had already been removed in a prior operation two years earlier. He recalled the earlier surgery after awakening from anesthesia and admitted the memory lapse.
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Kennebec Journal
York County
White House Social Roundup and May Events
The President hosted a dinner inviting a long list of officials including the Vice President, justices, governors from many states, and notable Senators and Representatives. Visitors also included Governors Hoch Deneen Norris Crawford and Post, plus several from the Natural Resources Congress. The White House will close to the public from 6 PM today to 10 AM May 16 due to the congress. Also reported are several society weddings and engagements in New York and Boston, with details on attire and attendees.
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Cannon
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
Justice White
Justice McKenna
Justice Holmes
Justice Day
Justice Moody
Interrior
Agriculture
Senator Newlands
Bankhead
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Virinia
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Kentucky
Ohio
Louisiana
Indiana
Mississippi
Ilinois
Alabama
Missouri
Michigan
Natural Resources Congress
White House
Hoch
Kansas
Deneen
Illinois
Norris
Montana
Crawford
South Dakota
Post
Porto Rico
Watson
Congress
Carter
Gamble
Guggenheim
Taliaferro
McCreary
Warren
Clark
Wyoming
Borah
Hepburn
Kahn
Stephens
Henry Burnett
Cooper
Madison
Diplomatic Reception At Japanese Embassy In Washington
Washington May 12 Three hundred guests attended a Japanese Embassy reception hosted by Baron Takahira at 10 pm In attendance were Cabinet members Supreme Court officials and notable military figures Also present were ten Japanese bankers visiting to study the U S banking system Viscount De Alte Portuguese Minister met President Roosevelt at the White House Later Mme Nabuco wife of Brazil's ambassador attended a luncheon hosted by Mme Cruz wife of the Chilean minister with a prominent guest list
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baron Takahira
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Army
Navy
Viscount de Alte
Roosevelt
White House
Mme. Nabuco
Mme. Cruz
Sefiora de Portela
Sefiora de Cortes
Sefiora
Washington Society Tea Honors Ogden Nills in May Social
In Washington on May 12 Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles hosted Ogden Nills of New York at a tea. Official and resident society members attended while Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Cowles joined welfare committee sessions. Nearly two hundred Congress Club members gathered for a late afternoon reception hosted by Mrs. John B. Henderson with Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. Scott pouring. Representative and Mrs. Herbert Parsons then traveled to Glenelg Manor in Howard County Maryland to visit Mrs. Parsons’s cousin, Mrs. Knox.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Sheffield Cowles
Ogden Nills
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Welfare Committee
The
Civic Federation
Congressional Club
John B. Henderson
Nathan B. Scott
James Breck Perkins
Henderson
Herbert Parsons
Glenelg Manor
Howard County
Parsons
Charles Wilbur Knox
Racing Opens at Belmont Park Draws High Society
New York society notes racing begins at Belmont Park and runs through month end drawing attention from Long Island houses and Meadow Brook district parties. The Turf and Field Club at the old Manice homestead near the track becomes a daily rendezvous for the fashionable set at luncheon hour and during race days. Florence Adele Macy, daughter of Mrs. Will...
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Belmont Park
Long Island
Meadow Brook
Turf and Field Club
Manice
Luncheon in London Honors Edwin A Abbey at Savoy
Distinguished guests attended a Savoy Hotel luncheon for American artist Edwin A. Abbey who will soon sail to the United States. Whitelaw Reid presided and proposals included health to King Edward and President Roosevelt. Abbey spoke of moves from England to America and his four years on Capitol paintings.
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London
Savoy Hotel
Pilgrims
Edwin A. Abbey
America
Abbey
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Edward
Roosevelt
W. Butler Duncan
New York Pilgrims
Reid
Mr. Abbey
Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema
Mr. Reid
Sir Laurence
England
Ambassador Reid
George T. Wilson
Laurence Alma-Tadema
William Macdonald Sinclair
William G. Nicholson
Douglas Straight
Pall Mall Gazette
Charles W. al. Douglas
Frederick W. R Fryer
Augustus Spencer
Royal College of Art
James J. Shannon
Joseph Norman Lockyer
Alfred Arnold
Alfred Sutro
Viscount Deerhurst
Sydney Brooks
Hi. G. Selfridge
Arthur H. B. Brittain
Joseph Lawrence
E. H. Butler
Buffalo
C. A. Pearson
John H. Gibbons
Sydney A. Cleman
Count Ward
Cliifton Robinson
Emperor Receives Baron Rosen at Tsarskoe-Selo
Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador to the United States, on leave of absence, was received in audience by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe-Selo today.
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Baron Rosen
St. Petersburg
United States
Emperor Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo
Avebury bill seeks ban on plumage imports in Lords
Lord Avebury introduced a bill in the House of Lords to prohibit the importation of plumage except for specified species. The measure mirrors New York State law, with heavy penalties for violations. He warns that without action, many beautiful birds face extinction.
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England
London
Lord Avebury
House of Lords
New York State
New York
Social notes from Newport for the season
May 12 telegraph notes list arrivals and plans for Newport residents and visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw return to New York after arranging their cottage. Several families including Dolan Ginn Neilson Murray Goelet plan to arrive in the coming month. Paul Rainey leases Alfred Coates villa for the season. Wanderer’s Henry Taylor aboard to await villa readiness. Max Agassiz reviews yacht Kerin. Whitneys, Sydings, Knight Colford group to spend summer. Additional arrivals include Mrs E C Post and Mrs C L F Robinson with guest Mrs Hugh Norman.
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Tribmune
Newport
R. I
Benjamin Thaw
New York
Clarence W. Dolan
Wiliam E. Ginn
William Neilson
William Murray
Robert Goelet
Paul J. Rainey
Alfred Coates
Mr. Rainey
Henry A. Taylor
Max Agassiz
Cambridge
Kerin
Whitney Warren
Philip M. Sydng
F.C. Knight
Philadelphia
Sidney Jones Colford
E. C. Post
C.L. F. Robinson
New Yo
Hugh K. Norman
Hughes In Washington Set For Governors Conference
Governor Hughes with military secretary Colonel Treadwell arrives in Washington after 6 PM and is greeted by Representative Bennet of New York and William Calder of Brooklyn. A crowd gathers as he receives an impromptu reception at high hotel. President Roosevelt hosts a White House dinner for governors ahead of the natural resources conference. Hughes plans to attend the opening session and depart tomorrow afternoon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Hughes
Tread Well
High Hotel
W. S. Bennet
New York
William M. Calder
Brooklyn
Bennet
William Hughes
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Wear House
United States
White House
Gov Fort
East
Cambridge to honor William James with honorary science degree
London May 12 Oxford University conferred the honorary Doctor of Science on Professor William James, Harvard philosophy professor from 189% to 2% Other prelates Daniel S Tuttle of Missouri and William Lawrence of Massachusetts are listed among those Cambridge will soon confer the degree upon, joining the notable international group of scholars and church leaders.
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London
Oxford University
William James
Harvard University
Daniel S. Tuttle
Missouri
William Lawrence
Copal
Massachusetts
University of Cambridge
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John M. Garman
A. V. Dively
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C. Hi. Gregg
MR. M'Donald
Committee On Political Health
Oklahoma
State University
Guthrie
Taft Institute
Pat’’ McCarren
Tammany
14Th Street
Frost
Naval Academy
Washington Star
Robert Louis Stevenson
W. EL. Clair
Chronicle of the
London Missionary Society
Samoa
Stevenson
Joakley
Coakley
Philadelphia Press
Edwin Warfield
Mr. Warfield
Milwaukee
Biliinger
Maine
Sam H. Macy
Richard King Thorndike
Quincy Thorndike
Boston
St. Thomas’s
Ernest M. Stires
Alfred Macy
Lilles-Of-The-Valley
Elizabeth Wyatt Wise
Baltmore
Josiah Macy
Harry H. Thorndike
George PB. Dabney
George R. Thorndike
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Sidney IL. Beals
William J. Mixter
Robert M. Derby
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George G. Frelinghuysen
Ruth Twombly
William A. M. Burden
Casimir de Rham Moore
George H. Macy
George Quincy Thormedike
Brooks Fenno
John Thornet
Thorndike
Henry N. Munn
Orsey D. Munn
Charles Monn
R. H. Williams
R. H. Williams, Jr
Grace Church
Maria Sheafe Douglas
M. Sheafe Douglas
Joseph Meredith
William F. Meredith
Henry Montgomery
Bertrand S. Drake
Whitmag Haff
Payson Thompson
Frederick W. Douglas
William T. Meredith
Mr. Meredith
James Alfred Roosevelt
Mary C. Willis
Charles E. Willis
Woman's Club
James Roosevelt
Harvard
James A. Roosevelt
E. Reeve Merritt
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Lord Charles Kennedy
Great Lakes
Marquis of Allsy
Earl Cassillis
William H. Falconer
Europe
Adriatic
J. F. A. Clark
Dorothy Bigelow
Gustav Amsinck
Herbert Shipman
Edson Bradley
St. Lawrence River
Tuxedo
Francis Hrde
Minnesota
West Virginia
Colorado
Alexander MacKenzie
Andrew Case
James J. Hill
George Pardes
John F. Hill
John Mitchell
Herbert Knoxth
Gifford Pinchot
W J. McGee
F. H. Newell
Charles 3. Brom—well
Frank R. McCoy
Archibald W. Butt
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Florence Adele Macy
Will
E.A. Abbey
Pilgrims’ Entertainment
Oxford
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