Summer Carnival Opens at Asbury Park With Lake Tableau
Asbury Park announces the start of its carnival season with a boat carnival on Deal Lake. Forty young girls will perform tableaux on a floating stage before a 14 000 strong grandstand crowd. Lifesavers report heavy rescues and a noted kiss by a lifeguard amid beach activities.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Deal Lake
Canoe Dock
Main Street
Park Avenue
Deal Lak
Carnival Association
Fourth Avenue
Arthur Dunn
Dunn
Asbury Avenue
Narragansett Pier Social Life and Summer Hotel Scene
Special correspondence from Narragansett Pier Rhode Island describes perfect midsummer weather drawing crowds to the Mathewson Hotel for dances and musicales while the Casino hosts social activity and an anticipated national tennis tournament at the Country Club. It notes guests from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, plus prominent visitors like Judson Harmon, with detailed mentions of local hotels, shore scenes, and summer fashions.
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Commercial Tribune
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Narragansett
Mathews
Thackeray
Tennyson
Ciety
Pietro
Italy
Frank L. Freeman
Charles H. Dorr
Kenneth Murchison
New York
Mathewson
Paradise
Charlevoix Inn
St.Cloud of Versailles
Lake Michigan
Pine Lake
Michigan
Charlevoix
Beaver Island
King
Strong
Inn
Judson Harmon
Mt Clemens Springs Lure Ohio Visitors Amid Prosperous Season
Mt Clemens Michigan experiences a strong summer business as warmer weather attracts Southern and Ohio guests to the springs. Notables from Cincinnati and several Ohio towns register at local hotels such as Olympia Park Sherman St Joseph Plaza and Timberlake with numerous residents from Columbus Marietta Youngstown and other cities noted among guests and visitors.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Clemens
Mich
H. F. Koking
Park Hotel
Lipman Levy
The
Sherman
H. Mayer
J. Rosenberger
Paul Jones
the St. Joseph
Cora Khain
Sarah Leppert
Plaza
E. Futterborn
Ohio
G. B. Kirchbaum
Youngstown
J. Moroney
Tiffin
F. D. Hamilton
A. J. Eggleston
Delaware
I. J. Voight
J. J. Hirsch
Akrop
J. E. McGee
Marietta
J. E. Whitman
Columbus
C. H. Kramer
John Bundt
Canton
Harbor Springs Known For Its Charm And History
Harbor Springs Michigan August seventh readers learn of L Arbre Croche and Petite Travers of early Jesuits and French traders. The piece describes Little Traverse Bay natural harbor warm shores primeval woods and a mission school aiding Indians. It lists numerous local Clevelands Cincinnatians and families such as Mr Mrs E C Seligman and Mr Mrs Findleton and children among others.
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Commercial Tribune
Harbor Springs
Mich
Petite Travérse
New Arbor Springs
Northland
Traverse Bay
Great Lakes
Mission School
Cincinnations
E. ‘C. Seligman
Findleton
George
Rowe
Margaret Rowe
D. H. Rowe
Eleanor Teaver
William Traver
Prescott ‘Smith
M. Bohm
A. J. Cook
Theodore Fague
Woodward
Jane M. Smith
Tod
Wequetonsing Michigan Resort Reflected in Historic Account
Wequetonsing Michigan describes the name meaning little bay and its growth as a summer retreat at the harbor mouth. The article notes the Pete Marquette ferry landing near the Wequetonsing Hotel a leading Northern resort lodging with a casino social venue and golf links nearby.
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Commercial Tribune
Wequetonsing
Mich
Pete Marquette
Wequetensing
Bay
Lake Michigan
Resort activity peaks as Pere Marquette ferries 1300 visitors
From Petoskey Michigan on August 7 the Pere Marquette carried 1300 passengers to Charlevoix in one day. The resort corridor shows record crowds and lively hotel activity with large transient traffic and extensive leisure offerings. Names listed include R T Wellington J B Maescher Maeschear Henry Scherer and John C Schaeble among others.
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Commercial Tribune
Petoskey
Mich
Pere Marquette
Petoskéy
Charlevoix
New Arlington
R. T. Wellington
J. B. Maescher
Maeschear
Henry. Scherer
Cincinnati
Cushman House
John C. Schaeble
Troy
Robert Rohrer
Tirecanoe City
Atlantic City Seashore Carnival Lures Big Crowds
The August rush at Atlantic City highlights a booming tourism season with 13,000,000 first class mails handled annually and plans for a summer carnival marking a new lighting scheme for Atlantic Avenue. City officials push safety and order as benches and lighting extend, while beach fashion and tented health camps add to a lively resort scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Avenue
Tmnto
Rudolf
Stoy
Battle Fields
Chelsea
Charlotte Corday
Jace
Queen of the Carnival race fuels Ocean City buzz
Voters finalize nine finalists for queen as eight aides await rewards while beach marshmallow toast signals holiday fun. Ocean City advances a new tract named Ocean City Gardens linking Atlantic to Great Egg Harbor Bay with a rail ferry plan from Longport and a joint Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad union station amid coastal growth.
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Commercial Tribune
Ocean City
N. J
Ocean City Gardens
Atlantic
Great Egg Harbor Bay
Inlet
Pennsylvania Railroad
Longport
Gardens Tract
Reading and
Taft Speeches and Helan Richie Blind Edition Noted
Dodd, Mead & Co publish Present Day Problems volume of William H. Taft speeches, praising his Panama Canal and Philippine governance topics as he nears potential presidency. Also highlighted is The Awakening of Helena Richie as a widely requested library book for the blind, produced by Mrs. Dela nd’s uncle William Wade of Pennsylvania who prepared several assistive editions for Helen Keller.
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Dodd, Mead & Co
William H. Taft
Panama Canal
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mrs. Deland
Helena Richie
New York
Dickens
George Eliot
Helen Keller
Radcliffe
Omar’s Rubaiyat becomes temperance tract by Le Gallienne
Richard Le Gallienne adapts Omar Khayyam into a temperance pamphlet with Fitzgerald’s translation allowing clever parodies yet failing to capture the Persian cycle’s core. The volume, printed by Mitchell Kennerly, is praised for its clear type and generous margins and for starting each stanza on the prior page.
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Omar
Richard le Gallienne
Fitzgerald
Mr. le Gallienne
Mitchell Kennerly
Economic Functions of Vice by John McElroy
John McElroy editor of The National Tribune Washington has released The Economic Functions of Vice a compact volume presenting Darwinian views with a humane twist The essays blend witty reflections with serious themes making the work an engaging read for readers with any stance on the subject
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John McElroy
The
National Tribune
Washington
Question of death and the future life
A child asks a mother about dying and heaven, wondering what he will wear to button his pants on after his soul goes to heaven. The anecdote appears in The August Delineator.
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Little Newman
Vera the Medium review shows disappointment and trivial tale
The critic finds Vera the Medium by Richard Harding Davis unconvincing and threadbare. The motive is hard to discover and the twenty four hour love thread lacks beginning or end, making the book trivial and beneath the author's previous successes. Vera disappoints both readers and followers of Spiritualism.
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Vera
Richard Harding Davis
Dress August issue highlights personality in fashion
The August Dress blends art and technique in apparel. Ada Lewis recalls a starter costume for a banker's daughter costing two dollars and made of cheese cloth, while a focus on dominant personal note shapes outfits. Elaborate tailored hats are featured.
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Ada Lewis
Miss Lewis
Chaminade to Tour America with New Program
Mme Cecile Chaminade the famed French composer will sail for America in October for her first visit and perform at Music Hall around November 15 with an all original program. The Chaminade Club, organized by Alice Hardeman-Dulaney, has grown to twenty active and fifteen associate members.
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A. D. Smith
Cincinnati
New Clarion
A. H. Gorrell
Lawrence
Mme
Cecile Chaminade
America
Music Hall
Alice Whardeman-Dulaney
College of Music
Chaminade
Mme. Chaminade
St. Cecile
Nordica
Blauvelt
Plancon
Strueck
Saint Saens
Paris
le Vesinet
Conservatory of Music
Frederic Shailer Evans
Europe
Theodore Bohlmann
Bohlmann
New York
Conservatory
Stern Conservatory of Music
Berlin
Wilhelm Kraupner
Bertha Baur
Miss Barr
Keschetesky School
Kraupner
Evans
Miss Baur
John A. Hoffman
Cincinnati School of Expression Publishes 1908 09 Prospectus
The Cincinnati School of Expression issues its 1908 09 prospectus and catalogue. A National institution since 1894, it offers five departments including elocution acting music literature and languages. It grants certificates and diplomas to help graduates obtain positions. The music academy is led by Alfred Benton formerly of Leeds England.
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Cincinnati School of Expression
Jennie Mannheimer
America
Lyceum
Music Academy
Alfred
Hats Win Prizes At Conclave Of Fashion Heads
Fashion notes highlight hats in decorative pot shapes as the season turns. The boudoir department offers lingerie scents sachets and coiffure trends while dress fashion secures a leading role in the latest authority on style.
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Department of the Boudoir
Various Books and Authors Advertised in Chicago Philadelphia and Cincinnati
Book listings and prices for titles across publishers including Louis Rhead Bird books by Mitchell Kennerly and Richard Le Gallienne. Also noted are works by Hubert Wales C B Whitford George F Burba Grover Cleveland and Mary F Nixon-Roulet with illustratons and price points across cities and publishers.
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Louis Rhead
Mitchell Kennerly
Omar Repentant
Richard le Gallienne
Hubert Wales
the Outing Company
B. Whitford
George F. Burba
Chicago
Lincoln Temperance Press
Lincoln
Eugene Chafin
Rayon
Philadelphia
Henry Artemus
Grover Cleveland
Bert Small
Maynard & C
Edwin George Pinkham
Lester Ralph
Cincinnati
American Book Company
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
Shirley
John B. Shirley
Paris by Night by Marie Van Vorst in Harper's August issue
Marie Van Vorst, famed for a descriptive series on the world’s rivers, pivots to Paris by Night in the August Harper’s. She describes illumination along the Seine with misty bulbs and first person observations, noting Paris as a central base in her travels.
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Marie van Vorst
Harper’s Magazine
Paris
Seine
Miss van Vorst
City Hall notes on Weatherhead Place contract award
The Service Board awarded Weatherhead Place improvement to L. Drach Construction Co for 5388.25. Val Duttenhoffer Jr protested oiling McGregor Avenue as ineffective. Scales on Fifth Street by the Federal Building were denied, pending a better site. Government Place may be sought.
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Service Board
Weatherhead Place
L. Drach Construction Company
Val Duttenhoffer, Jr
Board of Public Service
McGregor Avenue
Fifth Street
Federal Building
Government Place
Recent Publications Show New York Books and Authors
A period listing reviews and notices for recent books from Dodd, Mead and Co., Putnam's, Monetary Publishing, Fenno, Frank Allaben, McClure Company, and others. Titles include Present Day Problems by Taft, The Mys of the Four Fingers, The Twentieth Century American, Monetary and Banking Systems, Entering the Kingdom, and Jee Maudet Ernest Oldmeadow among others with illustrators noted.
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New York City
Dodd, Mead & Co
William H. Taft
W. J. Watt
Houghton Townley
Inakee
Mr. Freda Ylhite
Will Grefe
G. P. Putnam's, Sons
H. Perry Robinson
Monetary Publishing Company
Monetary and
Maurice L. Muhleman
L.M. R. F. Fenno & Co
Allen
Amorose Pratt
EB Wood
Frank Allaben
John Watts DePuystes
McClure Company
Jee Maudet
Ernest Oldmeadow
Vera Th
Richard H Vis
Frederic Shree
Park department leaders depart for national meeting
Director Harry Manss with Superintendent Rodgers of the Park Department left the city yesterday afternoon to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of Park Superintendents in Minneapolis Minnesota next week.
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Harry Manss
Rodgers
Park Department
American Association of Park Superintendents
Minneapolis
Minn
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