Vaudeville Listings From The Academy of Music Circuit
A compiled string of theater listings reads like a map of late 19th or early 20th century variety venues. Shows span Vaudeville acts at the Academy of Music 845 The 614 Homestead through Astor and Bijou houses with titles such as The Man from Hore The Travel Salesman Devil and Vaudeville acts at Hackett Garrick and Liberty theaters plus variety offerings at Madison Square Garden Liberty and Wallack’s.
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Academy OF Music
Alhamabra
ASTOR
Hore
Brelasco
Mississis
Blaney
Broadway
Algeris
Casino
Marveile
Finfly
Myself
Bettina
Eden Musef
Empire
Jack Straw
Gaiety
Saleeman Garden
Devil
Garrick
Mrs. Peckham
Hackett
Zenda
Hammerstein
Vaudeville
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Madson
Knickerbocker
Gottenders
Liberty
Wiidtre Lycedm
LYRIC
Mahie
Mischief
Madison Square Garden
Majestic
Agnes
New Amsterdam
York
New York Daily Crime Chronology October 6 1908
The Tribune Association publishes The New York Daily Crime from Tribune Building New York City. Officers Ogden Mills president James M Barrett secretary and treasurer hold office at 154 Nassau Street.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M Barrett
Independence claims and European tensions flare in Balkans
Prince Ferdinand proclaims Bulgarian independence at Tirnovo while France England and Russia seek united action to curb Turkey. Germany backs Austria Hungary's annexations but not war on Bulgaria as Russia calls for a congress to revise the Berlin Treaty. Storms hit Bari coa and Cuba coast. the Monterey arrives Havana with a fire. Domestic notes include Taft and Hughes campaigning, a Boston Maine stake, a court arson confession, and New Jersey politics.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Tirnovo
France
England
Russia
Turkey
Constantinople
Germany
Berlin
Austria-Hungary
St. Petersburg
Powers
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Baracoa
Cuba
Monterey
Havana
University of St. Petersburg
Metz
Beckett
Sergeant Bird
Lccense Bureau
Frids
Commissioners of Accounts
Yesterdss
Armard Saander
Socialists Rally Backing in City Campaign
The Socialist movement shows renewed energy with Eugene V. Debs's reception in the city signaling a potential vote increase this year. Analysts note steady growth since 1900 and bank on the panic years to broaden support among the jobless while radicals split from Bryan, boosting socialist visibility.
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Eugene V. Debs
T'S
Debs
Socialista
Wace
Democrats
Bryan
Socialist Party
Nebraskan
Socialism in America and Europe under scrutiny and drift
The piece argues socialism will not topple the nation and cites reforms under Roosevelt and Hughes as curbing its rise. It notes European abuses and militarism fueling socialist gains, while suggesting changes in economic conditions could alter demand for radical reorganization. It warns against opportunism within socialist leadership and predicts future shifts toward new ideals.
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Roosevelt
Hughes
Socialist Party of Germany
Marx
Balkan Ambitions Threaten Turkish Reform and Balkan Peace
The column warns that Bulgaria seeks independence for Turkey and expansion through Eastern Rumelia, Bosnia, and Macedonia, backed by Austria Hungary and possibly Germany. It notes Prince Ferdinand's bid for kingship and a potential push toward a Bulgar empire, risking a Balkan war and chaos in the Turkish reform effort.
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Bulgaria
Hungary
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
Gueshoff
Rumelia
Ferdinand
Budapest
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Macedonia
Mre Ralli
Salonica
Italy
Albania
Germany
Stephen Stambuloff
Austria- Hungary
Prince von Biilow
Forest Servant Fire Incident Denial Rebuttal
A dispute over a disparaging letter about a national forestry service employee prompted Pineh ot officials to respond. Pinchot reported steps taken, noting inquiries to J A Nowell yielded no reply and Libby hotel checks found no Nowell registration. The Libby supervisor says Blackwell attended a trial as a witness after a fire that never threatened the town, and is described as a capable, temperate worker.
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New York Evening Post
National Forestry Service
Spokane
Wash
A. Nowell
Libby
Mont
Pinchot
Blackwell
Questionable Complaint Against Forestry Bureau Is Scrutinized
The bureau questions the foundation of a complaint and doubts the credibility of the accuser possibly using an alias J A Nowell. It notes no remorse from opponents for publishing the attack while praising the national forestry service for its valuable national work and calls for a square deal.
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National Bureau of Forestry
Campaign funds tighten as parties seek broader support
The piece notes a shift after corrupt practices laws reducing campaign money and pushing individual and local funding. It contrasts Democratic reliance on subscriptions and Socialist admission fees with Republican treasury strain and calls on Republicans to contribute for Taft era governance. It stresses citizen involvement and responsible budgeting for effective campaigning.
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Treasuries
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Treasury
Republican National Committee
Mr. Taft
Washington
Honest vote urged as first test for registration law
The piece argues the new registration rule burdens no one to identify themselves and suggests illiterates answers must be guarded to prevent exploitation by repeaters. It criticizes Tammany Republican collusion, oversized precincts, and Mayor McClellan veto over district cuts, calling for cleaner elections and removal of fraudulent voting.
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Parsons
Manhattan
Brooklyn
McClellan
Kissena
Hunt
The Wheat and the Chaif over Wilcox defeats and party shifts
The piece analyzes how Governor Hughes influence shakes Albany politics. It notes five Republican Senators who defied anti gambling bills were defeated, paving Hughes allies into the Legislature. It contrasts Democratic reactions with Fuller McCall and Grady facing new fates under Tammany leadership.
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Benjamin Wilcox
Hughes
Wilcox
Albany
Republican
Fuller
Brooklyn
Ross McCarren
Congress
McCall
Manhattan
Murphy
Grady
Senate
Chanler Sees Party Over Man In State Politics
The speaker argues that parties punish legislators who vote for decency, contending Republicans punish such votes and Democrats punish those aligned with decency. He laments that Chanler claims government belongs to parties, not individuals, urging voters to consider the party system in state affairs.
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Terests
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Mr. Chanler
Registration and politics in a fevered election year
A broad critique urges voters to register despite effort, linking labor to franchise value. It lampoons Bryan supporters and Taft electors while lampooning figures like D A Tompkins and Debs. The piece ends urging immediate registration to secure one’s vote this year.
Thief Catching Device and Tiny Paris Inventions Debut
A security device with a foot operated hidden jack lever locks Jeweler shops and triggers a loud gong to alert passersby. The content also notes a tiny Yiddish weekly from the East Side and a French rotary rudder claimed to revolutionize marine and aerial navigation.
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Jewellers’ Security Alliance
Philadelphia
Those Stolen Letters Spark Long-Simmering Political Fire
The Boston Herald notes the three year old theft of Standard Oil letters has resurfaced in recent political debates. A patriotic recipient’s spark of righteous anger smolders, finally bursting into a consuming fire of public interest.
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Boston Herald
Standard Oil Company
Cornell in the Campaign Centered at Buffalo Dinner
The Buffalo Express notes Republicans rally around Cornell ties with Governor Hughes as a Cornelian by adoption. Horace White and Edward R. O Maher are cited as Cornell graduates and the Buffalo alumni association plans a dinner to unite them all.
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Buffalo Express
Cornell
A Coffin of Match Boxes From Crook Street Chester
William Biddulph Cross of Crook Street Chester died recently and spent ten years making his coffin from empty match boxes. The coffin is of normal shape with an inner wooden shell, and about five hundred match boxes cover the lid, with total boxes likely in the thousands.
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William Biddulph Cross
Crook Street
Chester
England
Roosevelt receives wide array of visitors amid busy day
The President met Secretaries Root and Garfield and Attorney General Bonaparte and spoke with Justice Harlan. Alabama Governor Comer discussed railroad rate actions in the South. Maryland Representative Mudd and ex Senator Allee called. Mexican official Dr Liceage delivered a message from President Diaz.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Columbia Theatre
Root
Garfield
Bonaparte
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Comer
Alabama
Representative Mudd
Maryland
Allee
Delaware
José F. Godoy
Eduardo Liceage
Mexico
Liceage
Diaz
Charles Bennett
Senate
New York
Henry C. Corbin
Charles H. Treat
United States
Profesor Irving Fisher
Yale
John G. Capers
Internal Revenue
James F. Kelly
John W. Goodall
S. D. Dickinson
William L. Stottsbury
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
David J. Fleming
California
W. H
Mexican delegates hosted at dinner by chargé d affaires
The Mexican chargé d affaires and Seflora de Godoy entertained the Mexican delegates to the International Congress on Tuberculosis at dinner. Prince Windisch Graetz, Austro-Hungarian envoy, has gone to Lenox to join the ambassador and Baroness Hengelmillier for October there.
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Diplomatic Corps
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Seflora de Godoy
Prince Windisch-Graetz
Lenox
Hengelmillier
Washington Society to Benefit Play by Ben Greet Woodland Players
Washington social circles await a Friday October 16 afternoon performance on the White House lawn at 4 o'clock under Mrs. Roosevelt's patronage to aid the Washington Playground Association. If rain, the event moves to the Belasco Theatre. Notables will attend and Miss Mabel Boardman heads from tuberculo sis Congress and Red Cross work before visiting New York and Massachusetts. Captain Marcus of New York returns to the city. the Marcus-Butler wedding is planned for January in Switzerland. Mrs. Hennen Jennings and daughter Katherine return from New York, and Harriet Blaine Beale has opened her house.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Washington Playground Association
White House
New York
Massachusetts
Crane
Caprn Marcus
A. B. Butler
Wendell Mansion
Mrs. Butler
Europe
Mr. Marcus
Gladys Butler
Switzerland
Hennen Jennings
Katherine Jennings
Harriet Blaine Beale
Columbia Follows Precedent in Trustee Elections
Columbia University fills vacancies on its board following the deaths of Bishop Potter and Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. Bishop Greer and Rev. Dr. William T. Manning are elected. A $100,000 endowment from D Willis James supports a geology chair. Librarian funding and several faculty appointments are announced.
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Greer
William T. Manning
Trinity Church
Columbia University
Potter
Morgan Dix
Columbia
D. Willis James
Sara Currier
William A. Hervey
Rudolf Tombo, Jr
Tombo
Serennial
Columbia University Quarterly
Abraham Yohannan
Thomas W. Ludlow
Arthur Stedmans Gift to Yale Fund Established
Yale University will receive $2000 from the will of Arthur Stedman son of Edmund Clarence Stedman if his residuary estate exceeds that amount. The Laura Hyde Woodworth Stedman fund will support Yale general purposes with principal kept intact. If residue is under $4000 Yale gets half its net value. remainder goes to Laura Woodworth Stedman. John P. East named executor.
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Yale University
Arthur Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Laura Hyde Woodworth Stedman
Yale
Laura Woodworth Stedman
John P. East
Yale Corporation Sets Year with Record Enrollment
New Haven Oct 5 at the Yale Corporation meeting for 1908 1909 the number of students enrolled would exceed 3400 the largest gains seen in the law school and the Sheffield scientific school East Divinity Hall Edwards Ufall is named and West Divinity Hall Taylor Hall honors Jonathan Edwards and Nathaniel W Taylor prudential committee is appointed including President Hadley and several ministers and businessmen from New Haven Hartford New York and Boston
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New Haven
Yale Corporation
Law School
Sheffield Scientific School
East Divinity Hall
Edwards Ufall
Jonathan Eedwards
Yale
West Divinity Hall
Taylor Hall
Nathaniel W. Taylor
Prudential Committee
Hadley
Palmer
Parker
Hartford
Cooper
New York
Eli Whitney
Henry F. Dimock
Alfred L. Ripley
Boston
Gilford Robinson Nuptials at Red Roof in West Chester
Mrs. Thomas Lannan Robinson and Thomas Buchanan Gilford Jr wed at Red Roof West Chester. Ceremony by Rev Arthur Rogers with Mrs Robinson's mother giving away the bride. Matron of honor Adolph Rosengarter and best man Samuel Gilford. The couple will reside in New York City.
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the Tribune
West Chester
Penn
Thomas Lannan Robinson
Mary Hibbens Hooton
Anna Penrose Hooton
Francis Carpenter Hooton
Thomas Buchanan Gilford, Jr
New York City
Red Roof
Arthur Rogers
Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity
Third Masonic Poet Laureate Crowned in Chicago
Fay Hempstead of Arkansas, now with Ravenswood Lodge Chicago, was crowned poet laureate of the Masonic fraternity. He becomes the third to receive the honor after Burns and Robert Morris of New York.
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Chicago
Fay Hempstead
Arkansas
Ravenswood Lodge
Mr. Hempstead
Robert Burns
Robert Morris
New York
Society Scene Records Winter Arrivals and Nuptials in New York
Miss Caroline McCook marries John Morgan at her West Side home with close relatives present followed by a small reception. Charles Acton Ives wed John Du Fats in Newport in mourning. Notables like General Fred Pierson, Mrs. Benjamin Brewster, and Miss Marguerite Chapin arrive at St Regis or prepare wintering in New York as society moves into season.
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Caroline McCook
John Morgan
Ciety
West Sith Street
John J. McCook
Charles Acton Ives
John du Fats
Newport
Fred Pierson
Benjamin Brewster
St Regis
Cea
Marguerite Chapin
New York
Lorraine
St. Regis
Parker Denies Writing Rochester Platform
Alton B. Parker writes to The Tribune stating he did not author, dictate, or suggest the Rochester platform or its planks. He notes confusion over support for railroad regulation by commission and asserts he remains aligned with Denver on reform, while denying the Rochester stance.
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the Tribune
New York
Alton B. Parker
Sane
Rochester
Denver
Passenger List for Europe Sailings and Recent Arrivals
Among today’s European departures are the Kronprinz Wilhelm and Statendam with passengers including Mrs W H Crocker and Mrs H L Croll Townsend. Arrivals yesterday include the Finland from Antwerp with Mrs Albert J Barr and Miss K Parker, and Mr and Mrs Lamont, Mr and Mrs Prenil, Mrs W Kubn, Scott.
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Europe
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Sremes
W. H. Crocker
Mnal R
H. L. Croll
W. Savage
S. H. Wisen
Lester M_ Spier
Finland
Antwerp
Albert J. Barr
K_ Parker
T. W. Lamont
Prenil
Fy W. Kubn
Scott
Campaign notes praise for Hughes across papers
The Cleveland Leader, New York Times, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Watertown Times, Jamestown Post, and Albany Journal discuss Governor Hughes as a campaign figure. They highlight his public focus, intelligence, and dignity, while noting Chanler's positions on gambling and votes against Grady, and the governors veto as a restraint on radicalism.
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Cleveland
Hughes
New York
The
New York Times
Dem
Jamestown Post
Senate
Chaniler
Grady
Orror
Chanler
State of
New Ven
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the Treasury
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Tirnova
Taft
Hong Kong
Gadsden's Green
North Carolina
D. A. Tompkins
Hitler Caldwell
Charleston News and Courier
Hemphill
Mr. Bryan
America
Sandy Pikes
George
Lower East
Porter
Sydney Bulletin
Willie
Satan
Judge
Paris
Fred
K Street
Augusta
Lyman Tiffany
Alexander Andersen
IN Washington Society
Bishop Greer
William Manning
NEW York Society
Mrs. Dudley Devis
W. K. Vanderbilt
Hays
Rome
Bristol
New
Saet
Oaxdale Island
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
James A. Burden
London
John S. Waterbury
Gotham
Town
N. J
Mrs. Newbold Edgar
William H. Force
Porce Iain
Wolcott
East
Mrs. H. van Renseeleer Kennedy
Long Island
Fierbert D. Robbins
John Innes Kane
Bar Harbor
Casimir de Rham Moore
Grace Arnold Moore
East Street
Judge Parker
Statendam
Rotterdam
George H. Clark
R_ Welles
Lucy Post
May
Garland
Hughs
Democrat and Chronicle
Tammany
York State
Charles F. Murphy
Watertown Times
Gow
Vere
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