vaudeville and stage listings at New York venues
A dense am user listings page shows multiple theaters including Academy of Music and New York venues. Acts span vaudeville, plays like The Man from Home and The Prisoner of Zenda, plus concerts and recitals at Xegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. Names include Betty Bettina, Mrs Peckham, and Agnes.
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Cademy
Mississippi
Ney
Bees Way
Marcelle
Man
Vaudeville
Fluffy Ruf Fes
Largs
Myself
Bettina
Musee He World In Wax
FIRE
Jack Straw
Arden Theatre
Devil
Garrick
Balie
Birdland
Hudson
Pierre
the Plains
Xnickerbocker
Liberty
Wildfire
Byceum
Love
LYRIC
Mischief
Madison Square Garden
Miaiestic
Agnes
New Amst
Merri Widow
New York
N—S
Gavoy
Maier
Stuyvesant
Wallace
Warrens
Virginia
Nero Mork Daily Tribe. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1908
The Tribune Association publishes this issue from Tribune Building at 15 Nassau Street New York with Ogden Mills as president and James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
No. 15
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Maritime and political briefs from the morning news
Wireless dispatches report a fleet delay off Luzon after a typhoon near Amoy and a $200,000 damage estimate to Chinese government buildings. Other items note balloon Plauen survivors, Bulgaria's stance on indemnity, Balkan Anglo Russian talks, and the Duke of the Abruzzi buying jewelry. Domestic coverage includes Taft speeches in Tennessee, Bishop election, Goethals hearings, Roosevelt labor cautions, and Governor Hughes tours. Weather forecast: fair, south winds, temperatures high 82, low 60.
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North Sea
Hull
Hergesen
Turkey
Bulgaria
Paris
Protestant Episcopal
Washington
War Department
W. F. Brothers
Goethals
T. J. Dolan
International Brotherhood of Steam
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Cortland
Binghamton
Sidney
Oneonta
N. Y
Morse-Curtis
National Bank of North America
John W. Kern
Brooklyn
New York
Fairbanks
T. W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Belt Line Company
Nathan Straus
Bryan Business Men’s League
Wall Street
Sheldon
Reading Company
Kansasity Southern
Larence J. Shearn
Hughest
A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Candidate Chanler
The piece labels Chanler as a rare Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde figure. It claims he pleases voters with Hughes era aims while courting gamblers, Wall Street interests, and reform critics for funding and support. The analysis portrays dual personalities guiding his candidacy and loyalties.
Ghanler Faces Choice of Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde in Race
The candidate weighs two personas in a political battle, aiming to win support from Democrats and Governor Hughes opponents. If he leans fully one way, he risks losing the other base, creating a double personality dynamic in the race and raising questions about his ultimate stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hyde
Hughes
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Ghanler
Taft and Bryan Compared In Presidential Race
The letters between Roosevelt and Taft confirm Taft chose duty over personal gain when declining a 1906 Supreme Court seat. The piece contrasts Taft as candid and principled with Bryan as power driven and opportunistic, noting Taft’s consistent definition of public trust against Bryan’s shifting platforms and quest for the Presidency.
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President Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Taft
Supreme Court Bench
Bryan
Supreme Court
Philippine Islands
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Sewage Fight Over Passaic Valley Tunnel Is Beset By Questions
The New York suit against New Jersey to block discharge of Passaic Valley sewage into New York Bay through a tunnel is seen as a major step toward abating a widespread nuisance. Debates center on pollution, potential reductions, cost, and the logic of purifying vs continuing to pollute.
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New York
New Jersey
Passaic Valley
New York Bay
Delaware
Hudson
Bay
Bergen Peninsula
New York and New Jersey Sewage Dispute Calls for Practical Settlement
The piece argues New York seeks a practical, inoffensive disposal of New Jersey sewage in the Passaic Valley, citing that other communities handle waste similarly. It suggests Manhattan’s system may not keep all crude sewage out, but notes large-scale changes have occurred elsewhere and may come to pass.
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New York
New Jersey
Passaic Valley
New York City
Manhattan Island
Not the Man but the Cause in Governor Hughes Race
A persuasive speech argues for Governor Hughes against Chanler, warning that defeat would discourage young ethical men from public service. It stresses Chanler’s silence on key issues and Hughes’s insistence on an impartial, clean government free from politics and special favors. The speaker says voting choices affect the state’s future and political integrity.
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Mfe
Chanler
Hughes
Our Fleet in Japan Sees Warm Welcome and Bond
The article notes that the American fleet is welcomed in Japan with keen interest and respect, highlights shared Pacific naval power and peaceful aims, and argues allied-friendly, entanglement-free policy fosters strong ties with both Japan and Australia while avoiding rigid alliances.
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Japan
Pacific Ocean
America
Pacific
United States
Australia
Great Southern Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Speed on English Railways Surpasses Historic Limits
An Engineering review notes steady English railway gains over the past decade with more long nonstopped runs, restaurant cars, and higher speeds. The Caledonian, Great Northern, London North Western, and Great Western lines report sustained 56 to 61 mph on multi mile stretches, while American expresses often rival these on straight tracks.
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England
Sach
Caledonian
Great Northern
London & North Western
Great Western
European and American rail speeds compared in early reports
The article notes English rail records near US levels with a 400 mile London to Glasgow span at about 50 mph. It highlights a 223 mile Great Western run at 56 mph without a stop and compares this to the New York Central’s Twentieth Century Limited from New York to Chicago covering 977 miles in 1,080 minutes at 54 mph, claiming American long-distance honors.
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England
United States
London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Great Western
New York Central
Chicago
America
Campaign fund list for Bryan in New Jersey raises questions
The published donor list shows only three $100+ subscriptions and a $200 gift, sparking skepticism about support from key Hudson County and Essex leaders. The piece hints at misgivings about campaign backing and likens a certain donor to the Duke of Gloucester, while also noting Turkey’s discontent with Balkan power talks.
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Bryan
New Jersey
Robert Davis
Hudson County
James Nugent
Mr. Bryan
James Smith, Jr
Akchmond
Essex
Thanes
W. C. Gebhardt
W. Dixon
Silence and partisan questions in New York campaign
The piece notes a candidate's reluctance to pledge positions amid pressure from Hosea Biglow style questions. It cites Haskell not funding the Democratic fund, Chanler’s public stance on Hughes era policies, and the growing public demand on racing gamblers and traction looters issues.
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Hosea Biglow
Haskell
Democratic
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Hughes
Anecdotes and anecdotes on cities, dentists, and horses
A collage of reminiscences and light vignettes from early Melbourne auctions to Buffalo equine Day, with a Punch cartoon voice and a Cleveland jab about a general. It weaves a colonial tale of how Melbourne’s allotments soared in value, a Scots dentist’s quip, and a parade of humorous misperceptions in urban life.
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Australia
George Street
Sydney
Melbourne
Roosevelt Hosts Open Air Play Benefit at White House Lawn
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt attended a Ben Greet Players performance for the Washington Playgrounds Association on the White House lawn with guests including Miss Elizabeth Walcott Parker and Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Cabinet met without Secretary Wilson to discuss political matters. Various diplomats and officials visited, including Senator Knox, Ambassador Thompson, and naval attachés. Mrs. Julian James returns to Washington and opens her Connecticut Avenue house for winter.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Ben Greet
White House
Washington Playgrounds Association
Presley M. Rixey
Elizabeth Walcott Parker
Richard Wayne Parker
Ethel Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
Wilson
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
Europe
David E. Thompson
Mexico
Bacon
Simon B. Buckner
Kentucky
Buckner
T. Johnstone Irving
British and Foreign Sailors’ Society
American Seamen's Friend Society
Sefiora Godoy
Sefiora de Cruz
Kwei Chih
Kwei
Signor Centaro
Signor Cora
Baron P Preuschen von Und Zu Liebenstein
Preuschen von Und Liebenstein
Viscount de Chambrun
Mme. de Blanpre
Do Amaral
Vianna Kersch
Corbin
Suiing James
Mrs Garfield to open Washington house for season
Mrs James R Garfield wife of the Interior Secretary will come to Washington from Mentor Ohio tomorrow and open her Mass avenue house for the season with the younger children. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor left Washington on a campaign trip accompanied by Mrs Straus and they will not reopen their Washington house until after the election.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Mentor
Ohio
Massachusetts Avenue
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Diplomatic Guests To Stay With Cowles Family
Washington reports say British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce will visit Farmington Conn hosted by Rear Admiral and Mrs William Sheffield Cowles for several days. The Ambassador and Mrs Bryce plan to return to Washington on October 2. Masanao Hanihara the Japanese secretary has just completed a long U S tour and was pleased with the country.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bryce
New Haven
Farmington, Conn
William Sheffield Cowles
South
United States
Secre
Washington society: Midas and the Golden Touch staged for playgrounds
The Great Woodland Players produced Midas and the Golden Touch on the White House lawn for the Washington Play Grounds Association. The event drew a near full diplomatic crowd and society figures, with Patronage by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Attendees included ambassadors from Italy France Japan Brazil Belgium and Persia, plus officials and society leaders observing the 4 PM performance.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
Great Woodland Players
Roosevelt
Washington Playgrounds Association
Meyer
Bonaparte
Metcalf
Mayor Des Planches
Mme. Jusserand
Takahira
Mme. Nabuco
Baron Moncheur
Morteza Khan
Bard of Missions Ends Meeting in Brooklyn
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions adjourned at noon after appealing for 250000 more to fund missions this year. President Dr Samuel B Capen aims for about one million dollars in available funds and urged each Congregational church to increase subscriptions. The Plymouth Church gathering heard brief mission addresses and thanks for hospitality from the Brooklyn Brotherhood of Pastors.
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American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Minneapolis
Samuel B. Capen
Congregational
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
James D. Eaton
Chihuahua
Mexico
Bixiey
Brooklyn Brotherhood of
Newell Dwight Hillis
E. E. Strong
Founders and Patriots Meet With Edward Hagaman Hall
Edward Hagaman Hall, governor of the New York Society of Founders and Patriots of America, lectured at the first literary meeting of the season. The event at the Hotel Manhattan featured stereopticon views illustrating his experiences among Indians of the Southwest.
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Edward Hagaman Hall
New York Society of Founders and Patriots of America
Hotel
Manhattan
Southwest
Taft Labor Record Praised by Union Voters Across States
A compilation from The Zanesville Times Recorder Wheeling Intelligencer New York Evening Mail and The Times notes Taft’s labor decisions praised by union crowds in Ohio and Wheeling. It cites Taft’s injunction rulings as fair to organized labor and an 1880s Wabash strike case where Taft’s reasoning supported workers’ rights, boosting Taft among labor groups.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Times-Recorder
Taft
Bryan
Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling
Panama Canal
Akron
Gompers
Buffalo Express
Brotherhoods of
Wabash Road
Brotherhoods
Adams
New York Society Social Notes on Long Island and Travel
New York society columns list many summer and autumn movements. Mr and Mrs James I Breese plan to return to town Tuesday from The Orchard Southampton. The Hon Hugh Melville Howard and spouse sailed for Europe after a Western visit and remain at Southampton Island until month end. Various society figures attend bachelor dinners and season closures in Newport Bretton Woods Hot Springs Westbury Mount Kisco Hyde Park and Tuxedo. A marriage license was issued in City Hall to Kate Rogers Nowell and Shephard Knapp De Forest.
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James I. Breese
Orchard
Southampton
Long Island
Hugh Melville Howard
Southampton Island
Europe
Mr. Howard
B. Aymar Sands
Kate Rogers Nowell
No. 126
East 4Th Street
Alexander
Rogers
Shepherd Knapp de Forest
Lakewood, N. J
City Hall
Dr Mann declines bishopric Washington church
Washington Oct 16 Rev Dr Alexander Mann rector of Trinity Church Boston declines the office of Bishop of Washington to succeed the Right Rev Henry Y Satterlee. He cites unfinished work in Boston as the reason. A new convention will be called to choose a bishop.
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Washington
Boston
Alexander Mann
Trinity Episcopal Church
Henry Y. Satterlee
Mann
Bryce on Self-Interests and Public Virtue at Yale
Ambdées d or Bryce, speaking at Yale, warns that selfish interests threaten democracy. He praises rising public virtue, urges publicity to curb self interest, and calls for party lines not to align with economic lines as America pursues peaceful solutions to economic questions.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Ambdéesador Bryce
Yale
America
Bishop Potter's Funeral Tuesday at Grace Church
The funeral for Bishop Potter will be held Tuesday in Grace Church and attended by bishops from across the country and about four hundred New York diocese clergymen. The date marks the twenty fifth anniversary of his consecration. Admission is by card only and there will be no addresses. Bishop Greer will conduct the service followed by a procession to the Cathedral of St John the Divine on Morningside Heights.
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Potter
Grace Church
New York
Greer
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Mamningside Heights
Cleveland Memorial in Chicago to honor Grover Cleveland
Chicago, Oct 16 Definite action was taken for the erection in Chicago of a memorial to Grover Cleveland. The Cleveland Memorial Association announced that meeting papers would be filed soon and that necessary funds were assured.
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Chicago
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland Memorial Association
Meet
Monument Unveiled For First Keystone Senator Samuel MacLay
In Lewisburg Pennsylvania on October 16 a monument to memory of Samuel MacLay the first UPted Senator from the state was unveiled. The granite shafts were erected by a city commission under executive authority. The exercises featured an address by Samuel R MacLay of Mineral Point a great grandson. The monument was unveiled by Miss Helen Argy Maclay a great granddaughter.
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Lewisburg
Penn
Samuel MacLay
Capa State Commission
Samuel R. MacLay
Mineral Point
Helen Argy Maclay
Son of Professor Cornwall WEDS Miss Louise Willard Mix
Ellsworth Bedinger Cornwall, son of Prof. Bedinger Cornwall of Princeton, married Louise Willard Mix daughter of J Rowland Mix manager of Scribner's Magazine at the bride's home 206 West 99th Street on Thursday. The ceremony was performed. N Ellsworth Cornwall.
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Cornwall
Louise Willard Mix
J. Rowland Mix
Scribner's Magazine
Ad Ellsworth Bedinger Cornwall
Bedinger Cornwall
Princeton University
West 99Th Street
D R Memorial Arch Cornerstone to Honor Battle of Stony Point
The Daughters of the Revolution of New York will lay the cornerstone of a memorial arch at Stony Point Park at noon to mark the 151st anniversary of Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga. City attendees are told to take the 10:15 trail from West 42nd Street.
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Daughters of the Revolution
State of New York
Stony Point
Stony Point Park
N. Y
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Wast 42d
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Mr. Chanler
Walltreet
Public Service
Murphy
Conners
Ryan
Denver
Congress of the Powers
Buffalo
Erie County Society For the Prevention of
Miss Blank
Dash Theatre
Mr. Stox
United States Army
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Solomon
Hugh Bixley
Chicago Record- Herald
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
Bard OF Missions
Founders and Patriots’ Meeting
Judge Taft
New York Evening Mail
Gomperss
New York ‘Times
NEW York Society
Paul G
Trowbridge Callaway
Elsie Mcintosh Kellogg
All Angele Church
Delmontco’s
Frederic de Rham
Aymar Johnson
Russell Sard
Frederic Pruyn
H. Mortimer E Brooks
Newport
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hot Springs
Mr. Vanderbilt
Joseph Stickney
Bretton Woods
N. H
Frank Gray Griswold
William Everard Strong
Alice Strong
George S. Brewster
Virginia Hot Springs
Frederick A. Snow
Tuxedo
Frederick A. Havemerer
Westbury
William Sloane
California
Mount Kisco
Arthur ©. Blagden
Hyde Park
Mrs. Blagden
Arthur Mason Jones
MR. Bryce
Bishop Potter
Cleveland Memorial
Keystone
D. R. Memorial Arch
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