The Old Homestead and Vaudeville Listings
A dense amusements page lists shows at venues like Carnegie Hall and the Knickerbocker, with acts such as The Man from Home The Devil and Fluffy Ruffles. Other entries include The Merry Widow Agnes and The Traveling Salesman, with performance times around 2:15 to 8:30 PM across New York venues.
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Mississippi
Algeria
Fluffy Ruffles
Daly
Myself
Bettina
Eden Musee
The
World In Wax
Empire
Jack Straw
Garden Theatre
the Devil
Garrick
Gottenberg
Liberty
Wildsre
Lyceum
Love
LYRIC
Mischief
Madison Square Garden
Agnes
Politan
Chicago
Detroit
New Amsterdam
New York
Savoy
Stuyvesant
Wallace
New York Daily Tribune Details Ownership and Contacts
The 1908 issue lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Crowded Belgrade Protest Threatens King Peter Abdication
In Belgrade crowds gathered threatening abdication if war with Austria is not declared. Skuptschina to convene. Austrian legation heavily guarded. Vienna dispatch cites possible 150000 Austrian troops crossing Servian border in 24 hours.
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Belgrade
Peter
Austria
Skuptschina
Vienna
Servian
Malta
Aegean Sea
Iswolsky
London
Edward Grey
Bulgaria
Mippopolis
Rumelia
Marquis of Ripon
Privy Seal
Farl of
Crewe
Mistchenko
Turkestan
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Hughes
Kansas
Missouri
William F. Stewart
Interior Department
Leeds
Livermore Falls
International Paper Company
Philadelphia
J. Clayton Erb
Chanler
Binghamton
Newport
R. L
R. Livingston Peeckman
Democratic National Campaign Fund
Archbishop Farley
Morgan J. O’brien
John Purroy Mitchel
Coler
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Municipal Research
Metz
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
Daniel le Roy Dresser
Mercanagile Trust Company
Lusitania
Kern and Lewis Impress Carolinians on Southern Tour
North Carolina papers report Hon. John W. Kern and Hon. James Hamilton Lewis touring the state as a royal escort, with Kern winning over Carolinians through his simple dress and poised speaking. Observers praised his masterful presentation and noted Lewis’s strong, if less defined, reception.
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North Carolina
John W. Kern
James ‘Hamilton Lewis
Raleigh Newsland Observer
Kern
Mr.Bryan
White House
Tom” Taggert
Indianapolis
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Mr. Kern
Charlotte Observer
Winston-Salem
Democratic Campaign Rhetoric From North and South
The Raleigh News and Observer praises Colonel Lewis as a polished speaker and notes Kern and Daniels as key figures in the Democratic drive. Observers say the pair excoriated trusts and denounced many corporations while stoking North and South Carolina support for the Bryan-Kern ticket.
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Lewis
North Carolina
Raleigh News and Observer
Kern
Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Caldwell
Charlotte Observer
Henry Watterson
Democratic Advisory Press Committee
Kern and Mr. Lewis
South Carolina
Bryan-Kern
Chanler campaign tied to bosses and gas interests
The piece argues Chanler’s bid is backed by Murphy Conners Ryan Belmont and financial and traction interests. It warns the party platform and Public Service Commission attack signals a reactionary shift harming regulation and voter gains.
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Mr. Chanler
Murphy and
Conners
Murphy
Chanler
Wall Street
Ryan
Belmont
Rochester
Hearst
Public Service Commissions
Mr. Bryan
Public Service Commission
Ryan-Brimont
Democracy
Clash or Concert War Talk in the Balkans Continues
The piece discusses whether the Balkan tensions should be settled by arbitration or a new congress. It notes Austria Hungary Russia Great Britain all demand specific treaty conditions before entering talks, and that a Berlin era congress might be reconvened to address alleged treaty infractions.
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Balkan
Congress of the Powers
Paris
London
Rome
Berlin
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia
Great Britain
Powers argue over congress as Hague treaty urges arbitration
The text notes that Austria-Hungary Britain and Russia clash over a congress while the Hague Treaty promotes mediation and arbitration before war. It mentions a permanent court of arbitration and recalls signatories including Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Montenegro Serbia and Turkey. It questions how seriously powers will implement these commitments.
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Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Servia
Turkey
Georgia Joins Democratic States in Disfranchising Negro Voters
The piece argues that Georgia plus several other states use unequal voting tests to disenfranchise Black voters. It accuses Democratic groups of backing this system and warns that Southern influence could rise if such policies spread nationally. It criticizes Mr. Bryan for not opposing disfranchisement and links Black enfranchisement to citizen status and political power.
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Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Maryland
West Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Delaware
Kentucky
New York
Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
Bryan
North
South
Thaw Case Card: Legal System under Fire in New York
A critique of the Thaw case during 1913 highlights how lawyers secured repeated releases and luxury confinement for Harry K. Thaw while judges and the public faced sensationalism. The piece questions the fairness and cost of two trials, calls for moving habeas corpus issues to New York, and condemns the Dutchess County jail transfer as scandalous.
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Thaw
Matteawan
New York
England
Jerome
Westchester County
Dutchess County
Mills
Metteawan
Thaw case urged to uphold law against escape myths
Justice Morschauser ruled insanity in June after Thaw, but with only paid alienists as evidence the case raises concern over trial fairness. The state pleads for court discretion to protect society and prevent the perception that wealthy criminals dodge justice.
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Morschauser
Shonts Blames Public Service Commissions for Transportation Death
In Chicago Mr Shonts declared that New York transportation is dead not paralyzed and blamed the Public Service commissions. He argued the fatal blows were struck before his arrival and before the commissions existed, likening the situation to a coroner and undertaker.
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Mr. Shonts
Chicago
New York
Public Service Commissions
Tammany’s cadence in New York political theater
The piece notes Mr. Murphy’s humor and Tammany’s habit of placing top candidates in Republican districts. It cites Hughes, Taft, and state campaign activity, blaming sluggish support from Republicans and press, including The Evening Post, for Hughes’s renomination effort. It also mentions Independence Party stance on surrogates Beckett as aligning with Tammany’s spoils system.
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Murphy
Tammany
Hughes Cam Te Taftew York
The
Evening Post
Hughes
New York Evening Post
Independence Party
Surrogate Beckett
City Club notes rise in pavement costs and requests
The City Club reminds the Board of Estimate and Apportionment that in 1902 133 miles of block pavement cost 560 780 to maintain, while this year Borough President Ahearn seeks 654 507 to care for 93 miles. It cites the impact of the cost of living on politics and budgets.
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Board of Estimate
Ahearn
Georgia Gates Presidential Primary With Georgia Nominated Ticket
The Liberal party of Chattanooga nominates a Georgia based Presidential candidate Thomas E Watson for President with John Temple Graves on the Independence ticket for Vice President. Senator Dixon notes Governor Hughes will campaign in New York while joining national efforts out West. Voter registration urged with polling places in Manhattan and The Bronx open 7 am to 10 pm.
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Georgia
New Liberal Party
Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas E. Watson
John Temple Graves
Independence
Dixon
Hughes
New York
Taft
New York Times
Manhattan
Bronx
Epworth Memorial adopts full time business manager plan
Epworth Memorial Methodist Church in Cleveland introduces a full time business manager to handle finances, benevolences, dues, and committee records, freeing the pastor for pulpit work. The move follows high regard from Dr. G. K. Morris who predicts wider adoption.
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Epworth Memorial Methodist Church
Cleveland
Epworth Memorial
G. K. Morris
Social figures and official visits noted in Washington
Secretary Metcalf announced a Pacific fleet review at Hampton Roads on February 2 before a New York celebration. Various political and social figures visited the White House, including Senators Briggs and Reynolds, interior and legal officials, missionaries, and prominent families planning autumn stays and upcoming engagements in Hot Springs, Long Island, Newport, and New York.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Metcalf
White House
Hampton Roads
New York
Senator Briggs
New Jersey
James B. Reynolds
Frank Pierce
Interior
George W. Woodruff
Leopold
Norbert
Arizona
Father McGuigan
John McGuigan
Piedmont
W. Va
Cabinet meeting leaves two secretaries absent
Washington report notes Secretary Garfield and Secretary Wilson were absent from today’s Cabinet session. After routine business, talk centered on a possible new army surgeon general with a forthcoming announcement expected soon. Secretary Root traveled to Utica for a niece’s wedding and will register in New York on Monday. Secretary Straus went to New York to register and may return Monday.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Garfield
Wilson
Army
Root
Utica
N. Y
New York
Straus
Diplomatic Corps News From Washington October Visit
Baron Hengelmuller Austro Hungarian Ambassador left Washington after explaining Balkan developments to the President and State Department. He will regroup with Baroness Hengelmuller and daughter at Lenox and likely stay until November 1. Mme Nabuco and family return to Washington from Hamilton Mass. and will move the Brazilian embassy to No 22 Lafayette Square. The Swedish government seizes a large house on 16th Street near the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Count Ugglas arrives as secretary of the legation. he and Mr Ekengren are at Bar Harbor. Brazilian second secretary and Mme Chermont return to Washington from Hamilton and Bretton Woods.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baron Hengelmuller
State Department
Hengelmuller
Lenox
Mme. Nabuco
Hamilton
Mass
No. 22
Lafayette Square
16Th Street
John B. Henderson
Sweden
Count Ugglas
Legation
Ekengren
Bar Harbor
Mme. Chermont
Bretton Woods
Washington Society Highlights Return of Justices and Weddings
Associate Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and William R Day return to Washington from summer in Massachusetts and Mackinac Island respectively. Mr and Mrs Rufus Day join Day family for winter. Miss Georgette Burrell West wed Captain William Kelly in Greensburg Pennsylvania with guests including Mrs Cobb and Captain Poole. Rear Admiral and Mrs Harris return from Europe and open their Rhode Island Avenue house for winter.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
William R. Day
Mackinac Island
Rufus Day
Peckham
Altamont
N. Y
Murray H. Cobb
John H. Poole
Greensburg
Penn
Georgette Burrell West
James M. West
William Kelly
Army
Cobb
Captain Poole
Mr. Cobb
Christ Church, Greensburg
Cabin Hill
Representative
Huff
Miss West
Captain Kelly
H. B. Harris
Europe
Rhode Island Avenue
New York Society Wedding Excitement Across Two Cities
Miss Julia Freeman, daughter of Mrs. Frank Morgan Freeman, marries Benjamin Tappen Fairchild at Christ Church Greenwich Conn with a Grand Central special train for guests. bridesmaids include Miss Louise Freeman and Miss Constance Fairchild. Another wedding tops society notes as Miss Gladys Onderdonk weds Pradford G Weekes at Oyster Bay Christ Church. Mrs. Robert Bacon hosts a dinner dance at Westbury Long Island.
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Julia Freeman
Frank Morgan Freeman
Benjamin Tappen Fairchild
Christ Church
Greenwich
Conn
Grand Central Station
Louise Freeman
Eleanor Hoyt
Constance Fairchild
Mary Vanderhoef
Evelyn Cr
New York
Gladys Onderdonk
Andrew Onderdonk
Pradford G. Weekes
Arthur D. Weekes
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Robert Bacon
Westbury
Dogs at Large Menace to Deer and Grouse Fine
Albany reports a Adirondacks ruling fines Leslie Gehring of Auburn $200 for letting hounds roam in Clifton St. Lawrence County. State official James S. Whipple learned of the decision by Supreme Court Justice Spencer Gloversville. Separately D F Busch of New York was fined $190 for close‑season grouse possession. the birds came from Wales and the violation was deemed unintentional.
New York State Historical Association to Meet in Albany
The annual meeting in Albany runs Monday to Wednesday with talks by James Ten Eyck Dr James A Roberts Richard H Nelson John M Clarke Victor Hugo Paltsits A J F Van Laer Simon W Rosendale Henry W Hill Henry F Warren Joseph A Lawson Clark Bell Joseph Hooker Frank J Gilbert and Henry L Taylor.
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Albany
New York State Historical Association
James Ten Eyck
Albany Institute and Art Society
James A. Roberts
Richard H. Nelson
Episcopal Diocese of
John M. Clarke
New York State Museum
Victor Hugo Paltsits
A. J. F. van Laer
Simon W. Rosendale
Henry W. Hill
Buffalo
Henry F. Warren
Joseph A. Lawson
Clark Bell
New York
Joseph Hooker
Durham
Conn
Frank J. Gilbert
Henry L. Taylor
Record Year at Columbia University Registration
All records for registration at Columbia University have been broken this year. The total, including the summer session, reaches 5 774 and may drop to about 5 500 once duplicate names are removed.
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Columbia University
Social Notes From Newport Farewell Dinners
Newport social roundups note Professor Alexander Agassi plans to depart for the winter after a farewell dinner. Mrs Cameron McR Winslow Mrs William Storrs Well and H Mortimer Brooks hosts close the season mid month for New York. Ledgard Knight Ward Hitchcock Wysong remain or return as details fade.
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the Tribune
Newport
Alexander Agassi
Cameron McR. Winslow
William Storrs
H. Mortimer Brooks
New York
Commodore
Lewis Cass Ledgard
Morris
Sunset Ridge
Edward Knight, Jr
Knight
R. H. Ward
Thomas Hitchcock
J. J. Wysong
October Mountain Picnic Drifts Through Berkshire Notes
Lenox October Mountain hosted a large picnic and nutting party returning with sacks of chestnuts. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs Samuel Frothingham and several Lenox visitors such as Miss Marguerite Chadwick and Mrs Harry Livingston Lee. Social rounds feature whist at a villa and multiple arrivals at local inns with summer visitors departing for New York.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Samuel Frothingham
George E. Turner
Marguerite Chadwick
Morris
David T. Dana
Harry Livingston Lee
Bryan Turner
William Dayton
Frank K. Sturgis
Louise Gilmore
Byram K. Stevens
New York
George R. Schieffelin
John W. Minturn
Ehot Lee
E. M. Motley
Frederick D. Tappen
Ethel Brooks
Newbold Morris
New Yorks
Mary
Gertrude Parsons
Stoneover
Frederic Bull
E. H. van Ingen
Eleanor Shotter
Paris
W. J. Boardman
Washington
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
W. Murray Crane
Charlotte Barnes
Tuxedo Park
Cornelia Barnes
Barnes Garden
Coldbrooke
H. W. Witmerding
Thomas Rodman
Chicago
Philip M Lydig
Clipstom Grange
le Roy W. Baldwin
Lucille Baldwin
Warren E. Scoville
E. Johnson
W. E. Dickermann
Hotel Aspinwall
F. R. Swift
D. O. Wickham
Maplewood
Pittfield
Mrs Heckscher's Cottage Robbed in Westchester
A $7,500 burglary at Mrs Johan Heckscher's Westchester home near White Plains Road was reported to police yesterday. The thieves gained entry via a ladder to a second story window, stealing jewelry from the bedroom closet while leaving silver untouched.
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Johan Heckscher
McClellan
New York
Westchester County
Heckscher
White Plains Road
Frank Mahler
Richard Croker
Mary Steckbridge Bacchus Weds Rev Frederick Danker
Miss Mary Steckbridge Bacchus daughter of Rev John G Bacchus rector of the Church of the Incarnation Brooklyn married Rev Frederick Harrison Danker formerly an assistant at the same church The ceremony took place at 4 o clock Dr Bacchus officiating The bride was attended by her sister Miss Josephine Stearns Bac Usher were Clifton H Brewer Gilman Paris fany Goodwin Smith Walter S Danker Rev C C Harriman Steelbridge Bacchus The groom son of Rev Alpert Tanker of Melrose Mass now in charge of St Johns Church Palmetto Pa Announcement also of the engagement of Florence Talcott Rogers of New Britain Conn to Walter Ewing Hope of Brooklyn Hope a Princeton graduate and lawyer with Masten Nichols at 49 Wall Street
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Mary Steckbridge Bacchus
John G. Bacchus
Church of the Incarnation
Brooklyn
Frederick Harrison Danker
Church the Incarnation
Bacchus
Josephine Stearns
Walter S. Danker
Worcester
Clifton H. Brewer
Gilman Paris Fany
Newbury
Goodwin Smith
Hartton
C. C. Harriman
New York
Steelbridge Bacchus
Alpert Tanker
Melrose
Mass
St. John’s Church
Palmetto
Pen
Florence Talcott Rogers
New Britain
Walter Ewing Hope
Hope
Princeton University
Masten & Nichols
Wall Street
Maarhattan
Appointment by Dr Draper in New York Library
Clarence Lester of Indianapolis was appointed by Commissioner Andrew Draper of the State Department of Education as legislative reference librarian in the New York State Library. The selection was made from the Civil Service eligible list.
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Albany
Clarence Lester
Indianapolis
Andrew S& Draper
State Department of Education
New York State
Ust
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