Vaudeville and Theatre Listings for 1-8- A Gentleman from Mississippi
Amusements section lists multiple vaudeville acts and theatre performances with show times and venues including Ney's, Adway, Colonial, and others. Notable acts include The Golden Butterfly, The Man Who Stood Still, My self Bettina, World in Wax, The Traveling Salesman, The Devil, The Mollusc, Hasarenfieber, and The Great Question among various theatres in New York listings.
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Mississippi
Ney
ADWAY
Marcelle
Circle
Devil
Garrick
Mrs. Peckham
Hammerstein
Vauieville Erald Square
Ballet of Birdland
Hudson—S
Pierre of
the Plains
SICK
Werber
New York Daily Tribune background and staff list
The item lists the newspaper owner The Tribune Association and its New York office at Tribune Building Nassau Street. It names Ogden Mills as president and James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer. It notes the officers’ address is the newspaper’s office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New Pork
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Balkan Conference Proposal Viewed By Russia And Germany
Foreign news notes Germany may accept a powers conference proposal to resolve the Balkan crisis. Tokyo reports near normal after a fleet visit, some sailors missing then found. The Duke of the Abruzzi met Queen Margherita in Turin. Saskatchewan reports another snowstorm death with fears of hundreds lost. Canadian general elections held. Liberals expected to lead with a reduced majority. The Formosan Railway opening noted. Three men believed American sentenced for French train robberies. Plague reported increasing at Terceira in the Azores. Domestic items: Governor Hughes in Albany. Taft friendship with railroad workers noted. Bowdoin College president denounces Maine laws. Archbold letters denied by Philadelphia judges. other naval desertion charges in Philadelphia. Taft defended by religious leaders. rising demand for silver coinage. City news: Taft reaches New York. Bryan visits. Taft favored by Gozen firms for prosperity. Union endorsements fragment. Taft cited with Tammany threats. Weather shows showers with highs near 70 and lows around 64.
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Germany
Balkan
Tokio
Duke of the
Margherita
Turin
Saskatchewan
Canada
Terceira
Azores
Hughes
Albany
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Railroad
Washington
William H. Taft
Hyde
Bowdoin College
Maine
Superior Court
T. A. Morrison
John Henderson
Philadelphia
Archbold
W. R. Hearst
William A. Stone
Supreme Court
John P. Elkin
Pittsboro
Charles Joseph Magness
Elias Charles T. Hartlove
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Lancaster
United States Navy
Rabbi Fleischer
Dr. Johnson
Boston
Taft
New York
Bryan
Nathan Straus
Gozen
Central Federated Union
Gompers
Timothy L. Woodruff
Chanler
Tammany
Thomas L. Hisgen
Hotel Astor
New York Navy Yard
Ambrose Channel
Charles H. Parkhurst
The
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Taft's Labor Record Highlighted by Roosevelt Letter
President Roosevelt's public letter to P. H. Grace of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen discusses Taft's bench record on labor. It centers on a landmark case where Taft overturned a prior ruling that denied workers damages, asserting protections for labor and challenging the New York voluntary assumption doctrine.
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Roosevelt
P. H. Grace
Brotherhood of Railroad
Mr. Taft
Taft
New York Court of Appeals
New York
Congress
State governments largely under Republican control
A survey shows most states are governed by Republican majorities across executive and legislative branches, shaping policy agendas on budgets, elections, and social issues. Key states with GOP control include major population centers and wilderness regions, influencing national political dynamics.
Why They Hope To Beat Him In the Governor Race
A critic weighs Mark Twain's blunt view of politics and argues the Chanler candidacy centers on defeating a governor who pursued duty and reform. The piece portrays Chanler as opportunistic, lured by office, and warns voters to see through his assurances while stressing party dynamics and the anti gambling battles.
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Mark Twain
Chanler
Mr. Chanler
Mr. Chanier
Hughes
Hearst
Brown
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
Sidney Calhoun
Mr. Bryan
A Discreditable Lobby Attack on New Jersey Legislators
The Tribune denounces the self styled People s Lobby report on last winter s New Jersey Legislature as grossly misleading and untruthful It praises Senator Ackerman Union County for his public service and opposition to bosses and corporations noting the lobby s list mislabels many honest lawmakers The piece warns such partisan efforts threaten representative government and warns that the lobby s conduct undermines capable public servants and trust in elections
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Tribune
People’s Lobby
New Jersey
Ackerman
Union County
United States
Morris Canal
Raritan Canal
Depew
May
Stand Against False Reports in New Jersey Votes
The piece from the "People's Lobby" is denounced as political slander. The editors warn voters that the report is likely the work of a small minority or propagandists and could influence election outcomes. They urge all New Jersey voters to discard the report as worthless propaganda.
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New Jersey
Bryan urged to answer Gompers on labor plank
The text notes a demand that William Jennings Bryan address whether he endorses Samuel Gompers’s interpretation of the Democratic platform labor plank. It accuses Bryan of avoiding a direct answer since the President’s letter to Senator Knox was released, calling his responses a shabby pretence.
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Bryan
Gompers
Denver
Democratic Party
Labor
Mr. Bryan
Senator Knox
China’s Promised Constitution Marks Progressive Step
The Peking promulgation outlines a gradual path to a constitutional system and aims to model China after Japan or Russia. The Emperor’s initiative, without popular pressure, earns unique credit and signals a notable, though cautious, move toward parliamentary governance.
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Peking
Minerva
China
Japan
Russia
Annals of China
Market climbs to new highs amid election anxieties
The prior week saw the highest security prices since May 1907 as the seventy active railways average rose above 96 with industrials and traction shares advancing. Despite gains, investors doubt a post election boom and expect a potential downward drift after Taft’s victory. Banks show ample reserves, money remains cheap, and gold stocks hit new Treasury highs as Paris accumulates bullion.
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Stock Exchange
Bank of France
Paris
London
Economic Conditions and Trade Trends in Early 1909 Outlook
A sweeping market summary notes rain easing drought harming coal shipments. improves winter wheat prospects. retail trade steady amid high temperatures. Cotton gains supported by mills purchases and exports. price activity mixed with lagging Lancashire. Industrial activity rising in iron and steel, railcar orders, and textiles. water power remains poor.
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United States Treasury
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Fall River
Lancashire
Census Bureau
Lisbon
London
Prohibition Candidate Predicts End of Presidential Tickets
The Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin predicts that the party defeated on November 8 will never run another presidential candidate. He notes Chafin’s own varied candidacies and mocks party names as malleable. The piece cites Georgia figures Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson, and comments on campaign funds and political machine rhetoric.
Odd Government Note Oddities Found in Chicago
A Chicago bank teller found two government stamped notes from First National Bank of Albuquerque. One side shows $100 with back markings 60 and L, the other $50 and doubles in value when flipped. Both share the same number, indicating printing on one sheet and later passed to a coin and paper money collector.
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Chicago
First National Bank of
Albuquerque
N. M
Ancient Pottery Find in Samaria Temple Site
Harvard archaeologist Professor David Gordon Lyon reports Greek and Roman pottery found at a temple site near Sebasti eyh, linked to Herod the Great. The excavation, led by Professor George Reisner with funding from Jacob H. Schiff, aims to continue next spring after the rainy season.
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David Gordon Lyon
Hollis
Harvard University
Samaria
Herod the Great
Sebastiyeh
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Harvard
Holy Land
George Reisner
Taft Southern tour sparks northern votes and unity
National campaign comment surveys Taft's southern swing as a statesmanlike bid to unify the Union. Editors from Rochester to Boston praise his reach, while critics question sincerity and Bryans's stance as the race moves through Southern traditional loyalties toward changing political loyalties.
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Taft
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
South
Substantial Demand for Subsidiary Silver Signals Prosperity
The Mint director notes signs of revival in U S commerce as subsidiary silver coin demand grows. After a panic, the Treasury held about 24.5 million dollars in small change, then saw an outward flow as trade revived, with five and a half million dollars returned to circulation recently.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Frank A. Leach
Mint
Treasury
United States
Uncle Sam
Sir Edward Grey A Great Diplomat in Europe
In London on October 17 Sir Edward Grey emerges as a skilled and reserved diplomat. He brokered Anglo Russian French moves toward a European conference to restore treaty honor and support Turkish reform. The piece lauds his cautious, lucid, and steady leadership, noting his public reticence and private vigor in guiding diplomacy toward peace.
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London
Edward Grey
Yr Iswolsky
Europe
Lord Bework
Balkans
Russia
Servia
Montenegro
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Sir Edward Grey
England
France
Lord Beaconsfield
Evelyn Baring
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Viscount Mortéy
Foresten
M. Iswolsky
Edward
Austria
Paris
Berlin
Eecmne
Macedonia
Menia
Lordfield
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Asasee
Adveranys Saee
Oesece
Orean
Oo Financial
Trust
New York Daily Tribinee
MR. Tafts
Republican Party
Prohibition
Eugene W. Chafin
Chafin
Governor Hughes
Oliver Cromwell
Democratic National Committee
Hoke Smith
Democratic Campaign Fund
Little Joe” Brown
Charleston News and Courier
Lower Manhattan
East Side
Ridder
Cleveland
Johnson Political Machine
Mack
Cadale
Philadelphia Inquirer
Stubb
John
Mr. Stubb
Chicago News
Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago Commercial Association
American Israelite
Mrs. Darley
Darley
National Campaign Comment
Boston Journal
SANE
Chicago Evening Post
Tennessee
North Carolina
Louisiana
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