Amusements Listing and Schedules
The page lists theater and vaudeville show times and titles including The Squaw Man The Witching Hour Polly of the Circus The Merry Widow The Talk of New York and The Servant in the House plus circuses and music hall acts with 2 to 8:20 p m showings across multiple venues. Event names include Port Arthur Battle Ballet Circus Randanna Land Amsterdam York and Hurlesque of The Merry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gtris
CRMAN
Goetz von Herichingen
Ckett—S
Port Arthur
Ckerbocker
New York
Polly
Circus
Crum
C—S
Randanna Land
Amsterdam
York
Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune Details 1908 Ownership
The April 6 1908 issue notes The Tribune Association as owner and publisher. Ogden Mills serves as president while Nathaniel Tuttle holds secretary and treasurer roles. Office located at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Campbell Bannerman resigns as Prime Minister and Asquith acts
The article reports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigning the Premiership and the King accepting. Asquith is summoned to Biarritz to form a successor while Britain awaits new leadership. It also notes Lisbon riots, deaths, and political turmoil abroad alongside domestic moves in the United States and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
Biarritz
Great Britain
Lisbon
Beron Rosen
America
Manchuria
Abruzzi
Rome
Hayti
Tokio
Mount Okuma
Japan
Washington
Democratic Party
Judge Gray
Delaware
Ea Hall
Ellsworth
Ill
Powder
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Fairbanks
Root
Crosby Stuart Noyes
Washington Evening Star
Andrew S. Draper
New York State Library
Finley
Southern Railway Company
Wesson, Miss
Mobile
Ale
Herman Robinson
Central Federated Union Meeting
Day
Public Service Commission
Lexington Avenue
Keene
Hughes
Justice Davis
Metropolitan Railway
East River
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Automobiles and Road Safety Proposals Stir Debate
A Massachusetts style reform bill in Albany proposes a weight based auto tax and state registration with highway funding links. It would remove the speed limit and regulate chauffeurs, while opposing widespread anti skidding devices, urging caution on curves and urging drivers to halt for restless horses.
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Armstrong-Merritt
Albany
Secretary of State
Highway Fund
Massachusetts
Establishing a True Standard of Speed Accountability
The article argues that holding chauffeurs responsible for fast driving depends on a clear standard. Without a fixed maximum, courts assess all circumstances to form a practical accountability standard and protect drivers when illegal speed cannot be proven.
Attitudes Toward Hayti In Atlantic World Opinion
A reflective editorial questions sensational Haitian news and the reliability of reports from Port-au-Prince to Paris. It urges restraint and sympathy for Haiti's government, opposing foreign meddling while defending the need for prudent, benevolent policy toward the island republic.
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Hayti
Port-au-Prince
Paris
Washington
Haitian
Guantanamo
Haiti
Burke
Insular Republic
Opium and Alcohol in China
The article argues China’s opium export ban may curb opium use domestically with Chinese authorities aligned. It weighs whether a post opium era will bring total abstinence or persistent intoxication, noting historical alcohol temperance in China and the global pattern of addiction.
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China
Mahomet
Omer
California
New York
Drunkenness and Opium in China Through Ages
The article traces China’s drink culture from rice wine and koumiss to grape wine and opium, noting kings and commoners have long fallen to intoxication. It warns against a shift from opium to alcohol and fears Western influence reviving drunkenness amid social reform efforts.
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Confucius
China
Europe
America
Greenhorns or Cossacks in American Policing
The piece debates police behavior in New York and argues officers look like Cossacks or greenhorns due to politics and training. It cites a Ninth avenue incident where two plainclothes officers clashed, highlighting lack of discipline, clear etiquette, and the need for stricter drills and professional standards in urban police forces.
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Europe
England
Ninth Avenue
50Th Street
Bresnalan
Nerney
Bresnahan
America
Artificial coal advances in peat fuel manufacture
Mr. Warner reports a vacuum drying method that bursts peat cells to remove moisture, yielding a dense briquette resembling anthracite. The fuel burns with little smoke and leaves almost no ash, suitable for naval ships and clean urban use. By products include ammonia tar and oil, lowering overall cost. About seven cubic yards of peat yield a ton of dried peat and thirteen hundred pounds of artificial coal with high calorific value.
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Warner
Leipster
Germany
Ireland
Artificial coal from peat could become common fuel
The installation of complete plant including dredges gas reservoirs etc for manufacturing from thirty to fifty tons of coal a day would cost about 25000 and need from twelve to fifteen men. These figures show that peat of suitable quality in sufficient quantities can produce fine artificial coal at a price suitable for general use.
Hudson River Commission Seen as Protective for Highlands
The piece argues for a permanent Hudson River Commission to safeguard the river's scenery and the Highlands. It notes similar efforts like the Palisades and Stony Point and suggests such a body could prevent spoliation while preserving natural beauty and historic relics for the people.
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Albany
Hudson River Commission
Highlands
Palisades
Hook Mountain
Stony Point Reservation
The
Hudson
Hudson River
Palisades Commission
Market conditions show steadier funds and adsorbing pressure
The article notes muted selling pressure as quotations hold with little decline, and railway shares trade about a dollar below a week earlier. Erie note financing and Wall Street action attract attention, while rail earnings trends and factory orders hint at gradual improvement amid easing financial conditions and mixed trade signals.
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Erie
Wall Street
Paris
New York
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Northwest
Drouth
United States
Northwestern Flour Mills
Economic shifts and wage readjustments amid 1908 market trends
The article notes wage reductions signed with little dispute after initial postwar unrest. It reports fewer unemployed in leading industries outside fuel, rising steel demand tied to railway orders, and foreign financing in one case. It mentions a weaker hide market from cattle slaughter drops, leather sales, strong tan footwear demand, and low Boston wool shipments in Q1 1908 despite cheap wool.
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Ing
Boston
Governor Hughes Declines To Name Delegates At Large
Governor Hughes refuses to name the delegates at large from this state to the Chicago convention, aligning with his general stance on political details. The convention is expected to nominate men who will advance New York Republicans’ wishes in Chicago, presenting Hughes as their candidate.
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Hughes
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel Landmark Faces Demolition
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, a noted New York landmark, faces preservation challenges as the city contends with the high cost of saving newer historic sites. History groups may find it hard to justify hallowed ground for modern buildings given New York’s expensive real estate.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Proving a negative on Black Hand in North American Review
The article argues Mr. Gaetano d Amato fails to prove a single world Black Hand, instead describing many small local gangs. It notes thousands of Italian criminals in the United States and limited, primitive bands, while criticizing overall police incompetence and political influence shaping crime reporting. It also mentions boxing terms and Democratic nomination politics.
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North American Review
Gaetano d'Amato
Spain
Italy
United States
d'Amato
Mr. d'Amato
World League
Russian Jew chosen as Witnois presidential elector
Julius Liebling editor of The Jewish Daily Press and longtime Chicago resident is named the first Russian Jewish presidential elector from the 5th Congress District. He opposes Zionism and quips about government office as pie while noting the era’s political tumult.
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Witnois
Chicago Post
Julius Liebling
5Th Congress
Press
Chicago
Liebling
Wives Travel at Half Price in Norwegian Rail Policy
A new Norwegian regulation lets wives travel at half fare when paired with husbands. The aim is to boost family travel by encouraging couples to ride together. Passengers must show marriage certificates and swear an affidavit that the spouse is indeed the wife to prevent booking-office collusion.
France and London echo marble arch plans in May visit
London reports that the French President will view the revamped Marble Arch during his May visit. The transformation plans remove the lodge structures and elevate the arch at Constitution Hill as part of a Franco British exhibition prep. French culture and diplomacy are highlighted amid theatre notes and missionary ambitions in Paris and Algeria.
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London
George IV
Buckingham Palace
Constantine
Hyde Park
Park
M. Falliéres
Herd’s Bush
Napoleon
France
Edoward
Paris
Palace
Trafalgar Square
Constitution Hill
Whitehall
L'Entente Core
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Queens
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New York Daily Tribune
the News
Automobile Regulation
Money and Business
Earth
Heaven
Johnson
Bryan
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Navahoe
Standard Oil Company
Atlantic
Browning’s Magazine
Trieste
Herlin
Lehar
Agram
Mortenegrins
Serajevo
Catholic Standard and Times
Park Row
Marjorie
Dartmoor
Squires
Scarlet
Marjorie Strode
Mason
Coventry
Devonshire
Nele Christopher
Mr. Ainley
Miss Sevening
Crri! Maude
Alfred Bishop
Hartzell
Mauretania
General Methodist Conference
French Africa
Africa
North Africa
Algeria
Lea
Algiers
Mediterranean
Egypt
Peter the Hermit
Llinois Prairies
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