Northcliffe and Rosebery contrasts in a Gothic English estate tale
An essayic portrait discusses Bert Northcliffe and Lord Rosebery as contrasting types in England and America, tracing lineage from Sutton Place to Elmwood and Gorres, and exploring Tudor and Geoffrey Weston connections. It weaves in German imperial rulership and capital punishment, ending with a note on Prussian execution practices and a nod to Marquise de Gontency.
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Brentwood Company
Bert Northcliffe
Atlantic
Lord North- Giteene
Spermentre
Lord Northcliffe
County Duin
Erin
Leré Northcliffe
Elmwood
Kent
Gorres
Guildford
Sutton Place
Era Ady Borthatiffe
Francis Weston
Beer VT
Butte Place
Henry VIII
Richard Westen
Gertleman
Sr Richart
Francis
Bluebeeré
Breyn
Ledgeo
Anne
Feith
Henelish Lew
Henry
Eitheld Weston
Kon
Will
Francis W West
Henry Henry
Arundel
France
Gerrer
Eiisheth
Sutton
Westens
Burien Fiace
Francis Henry Seltr
Philip Witham
Lovet Northcliffe
London
Lord Rosebery
England
Bacon's Great Invention Celebrated in tercentennial note
A Lenfion tercentennial piece recalls Sir Francis Bacon's role in the invention of preserving meat by the "sregen" process. It notes New Zealand erected a monument to him and mentions his titles Lord Verulam and Viscount St Alban, with details of his career and family connections.
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Lenfion
Francis Bacon
Tressurer
Gray's Inn
Oa Phileespher
South America
Australia
New Zealand
Francie Bacon
United States
Australarns
Lord Bacon
Sir Francis
Verulam
St. Athens
Fania
Wowlseck
Jesus
Reo
Ee Pacon
Grenadier Guards
Ee Yecht
Grimstone
Verueen
Tonseee Spraker
Comang E Saree
Anne Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Sph
Stier
Gorhami
Albone
Helen Grimstone
Aes K
Cassel
Nile Dam
Fragmentary Notice on Imperial Power and Executioner
The text discusses the chief executioner of Hinggom and imperial governance. It references domestic operations and executions across Prussia over twenty years and hints at succession related to the current Emperor. Names and precise places are unclear due to damaged text.
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Hinggom
Empire
Germany
Reindel
Reme
Prussia
Bowles Engagement Ties Oklahoma Governer’s Daughter
The engagement of Samuel Bowles Jr son of The Springfield Republican editor to Miss Hackett daughter of Governor Charles N Haskell of Oklahoma has been announced Bowles a Harvard graduate and Bryan supporter served as president of his college Democratic Club and is currently in Oklahoma
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the Tribune
Boston
Samuel Bowles, Jr
Harvard
Samuel Bowles
Springfield Republican
Miss Hackelt
Charles N. Hackell
Oklahoma
Young Bowles
Bryan
Democratic Club
Selwyn Photographs Pierre of the Plains at Hudson Theatre
Henry B. Harris made moving pictures of the full performance of Pierre of the Plains at the Hudson Theatre with Edgar Selwyn in the cast. A phonograph captured the dialogue, aiming to produce an exact foreign production without a special state manager and to aid stock companies presenting the play.
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Henry B. Harris
Pierre of
Engagement Noted In Berkshire Society Circles
Lenox October 18 Mrs William B Bacon of Boston announces the engagement of her daughter Emile L to Hamilton Fish Benjamin son of Mrs Samuel Nicoll Benjamin of New York Trinity Church hosts the christening of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George Winthrop Folsom Numerous Berkshire social events are listed with attendees including Mrs Richard Dana Mr Grah am Bowden Miss Emile Tuckerman and many others A busy social week with visits and entertaining at Tanglewood Cold Brook The Kennels and the Maplewood estate is described
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the Tribune
Lenox
William B. Bacon
Boston
Emile L
Hamilton Fish Benjamin
Samuel Nicoll Benjamin
East Tith Street
New York
Trinity Church
Ord
Edward H. Delafield
George Winthrop Folsom
Elizabeth van Rensselaer
Alexandre
Robert Maclay
Curtis Hotel
W. H. Maclay
Edward W Brown
J. J. Staples
E. M. Tartar
Summit
N. J
W. PD. Rishon
Charles F. Wood
Social Notes From Newport Dinners Light Up Quiet Sunday
Newport notices three dinners tonight with Alfred G. Vanderbilt Mrs J Laurens Van Alen and the Misses Brice as entertainers. Mrs Richard Gambrill is expected back from Lerox midweek. Mrs James P Kernochan ends her Newport season tomorrow and returns to New York. Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt plans a Newport visit this week as guest of Mr and Mrs James Laurens Van Alen.
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Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
J. Laurens van Alen
Brice
Richard Gambrill
Lerox
James P. Kernochan
New York
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
James Laurens van Alen
Devins Celebrate Silver Wedding in Tribune Family
The Rev Dr John Bancroft Devins, manager of the Tribune Fresh Air Fund, and Mrs Devins celebrated their silver wedding anniversary yesterday. In 1883 Dr Devins served in the city department of The Tribune.
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John Bancroft Devins
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Dinner for Japan's Consul General at the Majestic
S Watamabe of Tokio who represents large ship interests will host a dinner tomorrow night at the Hotel Majestic in the Turkish suite. Guests include K Midzuno, Japanese consul general, and 15 prominent Japanese residents living in the city.
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S Watamabe
Tokio
Japan
Hotel Majestic
K. Midzuno
Geners
The
Majestic
Ten Chinese Students Arrive for U S Universities
Ten Chinese students arrived in San Francisco from the Far East. Eight are bound for Harvard Yale and Cornell, two for the University of California. Chosen by the Chinese provincial government, they will study at American expense and return to educate their countrymen.
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San Francisco
Met
Far East
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
University of California
China
Teachers Oppose Hughes Over Equal Pay Bill Campaign
A letter from New York teachers claims they are opposing Governor Hughes for vetoing the Teachers Equal Pay bill. The writer alleges teachers align with racetrack interests and Democratic candidates, urging statewide editorial exposure of the effort as a threat to the Republican ticket.
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the Tribune
New York City
Hughes
New York
Grace Strachan
Interborough Association of Women Teachers
Legislative
Op. T. Pier‘ E
Manuscripts of Theodore Winthrop at Astor Library
New Haven letter reports the Astor Library displays original manuscripts of Theodore Winthrop. It notes unpublished Edwin Brothertoft and a 1863 Ticknor Fields edition found by readers. The writer highlights Love and Skates reissued in Ariel Booklets.
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the Tribune
Astor Library
Theodore Winthrop
Edwin Brothertoft
Tom
Winthrop
M. B. Newbperry
New Haven
Free silver debate drew sharp letters from Boston
In a Liberty New York letter dated October 15 1908 William R Baldwin contests Bryan's free silver stance. He calls the policy a menace to business and criticizes Democratic fundraising claims as weak. He notes Bryan's pledge to publish campaign contributions and questions his commitment to Democratic victory.
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Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Bryan
William R. Baldwin
Liberty
N. Y
Bryan seeks presidency again after hard lessons learned
A reader from Jonesboro Tennessee argues that electing William Jennings Bryan would be disastrous, noting the repeated defeats in 1896 and 1900 and urging voters to apply the learned lesson in the upcoming election.
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The
Tribune
Str
Bryan
Jonesboro
Tenn
Bryan platform proposals on corporate controls and licenses
A letter from J. S. Lynchburg Virginia dated October 15 1908 analyzes Bryan’s three remedies to curb trusts. It questions duplication of directors licenses for interstate firms and a nationwide uniform sale policy and asks whether such measures are constitutional or effective against holding companies.
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The
Tribune
Bryan Platform
Democratic Party
United States
Bryan
Lynchburg
Patriotic appeal endorses Taft for President from Dayton founder
A letter to The Tribune from Lewis G. Reynolds of the McKinley Carnation League of America argues that the nation should rally behind William Howard Taft. Reynolds frames the league’s creed of citizen growth and observance of national days and lauds Taft for proven deeds and high character. Dayton, Ohio, October 12, 198.
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the Tribune
McKinley Carnation League of America
Public Service
Taft
Lewis G. Reynolds
The
Carnation League of America
Dayton
Ohio
President Kelly Improving at Home
Hugh Kelly president of the Oriental Hank has been ill at his home No Washington Square West and was reported last night to be rapidly improving He is expected to recover completely within two weeks.
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Hugh Kelly
the Oriental Hank
Washington Square West
Gadski Triumphs In Carnegie Hall Concert Return
Mme Johanna Gadski returns to Carnegie Hall after summer abroad to a captivated audience in a long afternoon program of German French and English songs. She encoreed Der Ertkonig The Cry of the Valkyrie and other numbers with pianist Frank La Forge amid bouquets and cheers. A second Sunday recital at the new German Theatre featured soloists including Mesdames Chaminadi and Bispham with violinist Kotlarsky and cellist Kronold enhancing the program.
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Europe
Mme
Johanna Gadski
America
Carnegie Hall
Haydn
Mme. Gadski
Franz
Schumann
Frank la Forge
New German Theatre
Hermann Klein
Mr. Klein
Mme. Jeanne Jomeili
Harriet Ware
Ward Stephen
The
Robert Louis Stevenson
David Bispham
Sidney Homer
the Pauper
Cécile Chaminadi
la Savoie
Barcarolle
Kietn
Kotlarsky
Sarasate
Hans Kronold
Carrie Hirschman
Grieg
Victor Herbert Opens Broadway Season With Extended Program
Victor Herbert and his orchestra opened the Broadway Theatre season with a well attended concert. The program grew from its listed selections to include extra pieces, featuring Massenet’s Phédre overture and two new works by Luigini and Burgmein. John M. Spargur and Horace Britt were soloists with encores in the second half.
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Victor Herbert
Mr. Herbert
Massenet
Phédre
Luigini
Burgmein
Pierrft Et
Pierrétte
Algeria
Red
John M. Spargur
Horace Britt
Sousa Band Delights Crowd In Hippodrome Concert
John Philip Sousa and his orchestra drew a near capacity audience in the Hippodrome last night. The program opened with Liszt Les Preludes and ended with The Stars and Stripes Forever as encore pieces. Staged with multiple encores and featured soloists Miss Louise Ormsby and Miss Giacinta Della Rocca with selections by Herbert L. Clarke Jeno Huhay and others.
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John Philip Sousa
Hippodrome
Liszt
Sousa
Herbert L. Clarke
Louise Ormsby
Charpentier
Louise
Massenet
the Angelus
Chadwick
Jubilee
Harrigan
Giacinta Della Rocca
Jeno Huhay
Manhattan Beach
Lincke
Venus On
Earth
Levi's Band Plays Second New York Theatre Concert
Maurice Levi and his band performed the second in a series of Sunday indoor concerts at the New York Theatre. Despite a poor night for indoors, the audience showed appreciation as Levi planned to vary the program and present only light pieces each week.
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Maurice Levi
New York Theatre
Levi
Memorial for Bronson Howard Highlighted by Club Vets
Friends and admirers gathered at the Lyceum Theatre under the American Dramatists Club to honor Bronson Howard the founder and first president. Augustus Thomas Mabie Brander Matthews and F F Mackey spoke as President Roosevelt sent a greeting.
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Bronson Howard
Lyceum Theatre
American Dramatists
C Lub
Mr. Howard
J. J. &. Clarke
Augustus Thomas
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Brander Matthews
F. F. Mackey
Roosevelt
Mr. Clarke
Saratoga
Augustin Daly
American Dramatists’ Club
Hamilton W. Mabie
Howard
Robert Louis Stevenson
Actors Society entertains members at new West 45th clubhouse
The Actors Society hosted a monthly entertainment last night in the society’s new West 45th Street clubhouse library. Local players performed songs recitations and piano pieces while several visiting performers joined. The next salutation is planned for Sunday night November 15.
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The
Actors’ Society
West 45Th Street
Doctor reports Bull in worse condition after night injury
Dr. Joseph A. Blake of Madison Avenue visits Dr. William T. Bull at West 25th Street and says Bull was weaker last night. The two doctors discuss Bull’s health while Bull rests at his home.
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Joseph A. Blake
Madison Avenue
William T. Bull
West 25Th Street
Bull
City milk inspections urged to expand in several states
Dr. Thomas Darlington, New York Health Commissioner, calls for more milk inspectors as only twenty seven cover New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Southern Vermont. He warns dirty handling raises germ counts and endangers infants.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Thomas Darlington
Health Department
Darlington
Board of Health
Greater
Department of Health
National Federation of Women's Clubs
St. Louis
Obituary: Rev Dr J Howard Suydam Dies at 96
The Rev Dr J Howard Suydam died in Philadelphia last Friday at age ninety six. A member of the Holland Society, he was a long time pastor at Fishkill Rhinebeck Park and Philadelphia churches and an authority on early Dutch life in this country.
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J. Howard Suydam
Philadelphia
Holland Society
New York
First Reformed Church
Fishkill
Rhinebeck
Park Reformed Church
Surdam
Hiram Harper Peck Dies in Cincinnati at 59
Hiram Harper Peck a leading Cincinnati capitalist and well known to New York bankers died at his home from paralysis linked to injuries from the Jamaica earthquake. He was in Jamaica when the quake struck and never recovered. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
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Cincinnati
Hiram Harper Peck
New York
Jamaica
Mr. Peck
Mrs Emma Gertrude Halsey Dies at Home
Emma Gertrude Halsey wife of Frederick R Halsey a well known New York lawyer and former paymaster general on Governor Flower's staff died yesterday at 22 West Al street The funeral will be held at her home tomorrow at 4 PM and burial will be in Watertown New York
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Emma Gertrude Halsey
Frederick R. Halsey
State of
New York
Roswell P Flower
West al Street
North
L&w RR
Waline
Tesavine Segue
Blomfield Cemetery
General Orloff Dies at 70 Amidst Baltic Campaign Legacy
St. Petersburg reports the death of Major General Orloff long trusted by the Emperor and famed for leading the punitive Baltic expedition of 1996 08. He safeguarded order with stern measures and earned imperial decorations though recent reports say his mind declined.
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St. Petersburg
Orloff
Edward Schenck Dies. Noted Lawyer Laid To Rest
Edward Schenck a lawyer of this city died at St Vincent Hospital Staten Island after a Saturday night illness. He was born in Fonda New York sixty two years ago the son of Edward T Schenck also a lawyer. He belonged to the Union College Alumni and the Society for Medical Jurisprudence. Burial will be at Fonda.
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Edward Schenck
St. Vincent Hospital
Staten Island
Fonda
N. Y
Edward T. Schenck
Schenck
Union College
Society For Medical Jurisprudence
Major James A Clark Dies at 67 in Laurel Maryland
Major James Albert Clark aged sixty seven, long serving supervising inspector of immigration at Washington, died at his Laurel Maryland home from peritonitis. He founded The Scranton Daily Times, was a Civil War veteran, and a lecturer on philosophical topics.
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the Tribune
Beltimore
James Albert Clark
Washington
Laurel
Clark
Scranton Daily Times
Scranton
Penn
Veteran Mississippi Pilot Dante Able Dies at 81
Captain Dante Able, a veteran Mississippi pilot and river politician, died in St. Louis aged 81. He began on the packet Ocean Wave in 1816 and helped found the St. Louis and Memphis Packet Company. He served as sergeant at arms for the 1876 Democratic National Convention.
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St. Louis
Dante Able
Memphis Packet Company
Tilden and Hendricks
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
Captain S A Staunton arrives at Albemarle. Senatee Soares Peabody Wetmore visits Felmont Newport R I. J ale E Cutler from Cleveland at Empire. Dr F Thiesen from Albany at Hollands. Stuart Pittsburgh F Regis Hincks Bridgeport Conn at Seville. DPr S Benedict Athens Ga at Seville. F H aodlengaeten Philadelphia at Waldorf Astoria.
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S A. Staunton
Felmont—Senatee Soares Peabody Wetmore
Newport
R. I. Empire J. Ale
Weather Forecast and Official Record from Washington
A barometric low covers the southern Rocky Mountains with low pressure near 2048 inches at Santa Fe New Mexico. High pressure spans from the Missouri Valley to the upper lake region while scattered showers appear in the Rockies and plateau districts. Forecast calls for fair conditions in the East with unsettled weather from the Mississippi Valley to the southern Rockies and cooler northeast winds in the Northeast. Steamers to Europe face westward winds and fair weather toward the Grand Banks. Local notes indicate fair conditions in New England and Eastern New York with fresh winds and cooler Western Pennsylvania and New York ahead.
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Santa Fe
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Missouri Valley
Upper Lake Region
Plateau
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Mississippi Valley
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Mississippi
Missouri
New England
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Light
South Atlantic
East Guilt
West Gulf
European
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Marriage notices republished in The Tribune
Notices of marriages and deaths to be indorsed with full name and address when republished in the Tri Weekly Tribune with each extra charge.
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Tribune
Tri
Tribone
Tri-Weekly
Death notices from The Tribone memorial list published
Obituary notices dated October 1908 list multiple individuals with funeral details and locations. Entries include Berry Martin B and Clark Fannie Jens Namee with private service, Halsey Trude, Hanna Pete-Lancelot, Knopfiel Caroline, Russell F., Sammis John M., Strong Harriette Fleet, Surdam J Howard, Whiton William Henry, Willets Mary C., Willets Erle R., and others with service dates, residences, and burial arrangements in New York City area cemeteries and churches.
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Clark
This City
Fannie Jens Namee
William Henry Clark
Theodors and
Emeline McNamee
Tribune Announces Reader Services and Subscriptions
The notice lists subscription options for the New York Tribune and Weekly Farmer, with daily and weekly rates for domestic and foreign readers. It also mentions reading rooms and hotel partnerships across London and international locations.
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Isle of Wight
Ecotlam
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Viony
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