Beach Fun and Midday Shows at Coney Island Street
A cluttered panel lists venues like Farman's Air Ship, The Mimic World, Daly's Girls, Eden Musee, Hammerstein's Roof, Herald Square, Jardin de Paris. Performances run between 2:15 PM and 8:18 PM across Lane Park Creemland and other sites. The page highlights vaudeville acts, Wax World displays, and a 1808 Follies production.
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Merry Witen
Farman
Coney Island
Lane Park
Creemland
Daly’ S
Eden Musee
Vaudeviile
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
New York Daily Tribune details leadership and address
The August 1 1908 issue notes ownership by The Tribune Association a New York corporation with Tribune Building 154 Nassau street as principal office Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttie as secretary and treasurer The officers address is the newspaper office
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttie
Global and Domestic News Briefs On World Events
A digest of international and domestic notes includes Turkey’s ruler possibly becoming emperor, Asquith on universal disarmament, a coal mine entombment in Canada, Venezuela’s protest to the Netherlands, and the House of Lords passing an old age pensions bill. Locally, Roosevelt meets regarding the Panama Canal, a potential federal appointment, hydrophobia treatment for marines, a pistol battle after a burglary, and legal actions in New York involving racing associations. The weather shows high of 84 and low of 76.
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Berlin
Turkey
London
Asquith
Coal Creek
B. C
Paul
Venezuela
Netherlands
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Austrian
Tyrol
France
Bisley
Roosevelt
Wright
Bishop
Oyster Bay
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Panama
Washington
Corbin
Taft
E. C. Converse
Greenwich
Conn
Converse
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States Circuit Court
Boston
Supreme Court
Fitts
Albany
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Buffalo
Henri Farman
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Hitchcock
Urey Woodson
John Mitchell
National Civic Federation
Sea Coast Construction Company
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Richmond Country
Intersouthern
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Bryan's Trust Policy as Practical Xenophobic Strategy
The article criticizes Mr. Bryan's proposed trust policy as arbitrary and unfounded, noting his Commoner editorial standard that bans any firm over 50 percent control and mandates licensing for any with 25 percent or more. It argues there is no evidence that such thresholds reflect actual competitive harm or public interest.
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Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Wall Street Destruction and Bryan’s Flawed Trust View
The piece denounces Bryan for simplistic solutions to complex government issues. It argues he lacks patient fact gathering and underestimates effects of proposals. It compares morality of men to a trust’s capitalization and warns against judging utility by percentages alone.
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New York
Root and Branch
Wall Street
Bryan
Gompers blamed for labor vote delivery controversy
The article argues that Samuel Gompers angered union leaders by backing Democratic hopes with little guarantee of victory. It contends his actions threaten the nonpartisan strength of the American Federation of Labor and may cost him his presidency if Bryan loses.
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Gompers
Mr. Bryan
Federation
Bryan
American Federation
Washington
Chicago
Denver
American Federationist
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Utica Herald-Dispatch
American Federation of Labor
War on the Stray Car in City Dog Control Battle
Dr. Darlington begins a campaign against canine runners amid disputes over muzzle or leash rules. Civilian critics clash with Health Board orders as residents debate enforcement, notice and cruelty concerns. Colonel Wagstaff opposes overreach while authorities defend existing ordinances in effect for weeks.
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Darlington
Rablies
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Wagstaff
John Sherman
Order of the Health Board
Board of Health
General Bingham
Finland’s Diet Faces Historic Crisis Over Independence
The new Finnish Diet opening at Helsingfors confronts a potential constitutional crisis over independence versus subservience to Russia. An imperial order seeks to split Finnish affairs into domestic and imperial domains, assigning imperial matters to a Russian council. The measure, issued without Finnish input, challenges the Finnish constitution and raises tensions between Finland and the empire.
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St. Petersburg
Finland
Council of Ministers
Russia
Finnish Diet Faces Russian Decree Clash in Helsingfors
A purely Russian council will approve any local or imperial measure for Finland before it can be introduced to the Finnish Diet meeting in Helsingfors. The Diet must decide whether to acquiesce, risking deeper subjection to Russia or triggering another constitutional conflict with the grand duke.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
Plehve
Bobrikoff
Responsibility of Drivers on Imperfect Roads
The piece argues drivers must share blame for crashes, not only road conditions. Even in bad roads, a properly alert driver should slow on known hazards, expect tire problems or steering failures, and recognize personal responsibility for safety amid temptations of speed.
Mischievous Mockery Denounced By Trenton Priest
Monsignor Fox of Trenton denounces a prize wedding as a sham promotion that exploits a resort and desecrates marriage. He warns Catholics and others against attending or endorsing mock weddings and compares them unfavorably to a mock communion.
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Monsignor Fox
Trenton
Aerial Possibilities and Threats From Air Smuggling
Treasury officials eye Captain Baldwin’s Fort Myer airship as a potential tool for smugglers. The article warns aerial flight could complicate customs enforcement, notes vast share of import costs, and imagines capabilities of dirigibles to carry stones and furs across borders while evading patrols.
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United States
Treasury Department
Captain Baldwin
Fort Myer
Uncle Sam
Winthrop
Darius Green
Farman
Count Zeppelin
Hudson Bay Company
Abolished Titles and Dignities Stir Late 19th Century Debate
The passage muses on Abdul Hamid renouncing the Sultanate for Emperor status, warns of unroofed continents of valuables, and notes jokes about a “Minnesota educated mule.” It recalls Chicago’s Tower Building versus the Tribune and comments on Justice Goff in a case involving “The Frogs” actors, contrasting propriety in naming with historical cartoons of social clubs.
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Tribune
Bryan home and press tent stand on Fairview Hill
A correspondent reports Mr. Bryan's Fairview home near Lincoln Nebraska and the press tent set on Fairview Hill with trees and a cool breeze for visiting reporters. The article blends light quotes about business fortune and a travel note on vacations from The Boston Transcript and a humor fragment about a donkey named by a nurse.
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Fairview Hill
Fairview
Ages of Cabinet Ministers Compared in Two Countries
The Dundee Advertiser reports a calculating Canadian deeming the Canadian cabinet older on average than Britain's. The British cabinet averages 52, Canada 61. ten Brits are under 50 vs three Canadians. none under 40 in Canada, two in their thirties. The youngest Canadian, Lemieux at 42, recently pursued talks with Japan over immigration.
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Dundee Advertiser
Asquith
Churchill
Runciman
Lemieux
The
Mikado
Canada
Appellate Court Upholds Damages Against Saloonkeeper
The Chicago Evening Post notes the Appellate Court preserved a $3,000 verdict against a saloonkeeper for selling liquor to a drunkard. The case involved the drinker's sister suing for damages for loss of her brother's support. The court upheld the lower judgment, stressing prohibition of liquor sales to intoxicated individuals and urging punishment via financial penalties.
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Chicago Evening Post
Court of Appeals
Marriages and society events in Long Island New York
Miss Janet Macdonald will marry Joseph P. Grace at Westbury Long Island this afternoon in a small ceremony at her parents home. Guests include sister Frances as maid of honor and William Russell Grace as best man. The couple will sail to Europe on Tuesday for several months abroad. A Southampton lawn fete benefits the Fresh Air Home for Crippled Children featuring a Dance of the Flowers. Other notices cover society arrivals and travels of Gould, Astor, Rockefeller families and various guests at hotels and estates in Greenfield Bar Harbor Paris and Islip with multiple engagements and plans through August.
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Janet Macdonald
Phenix Lodge
Charles Blair Macdonald
Westbury
Long Island
Joseph P. Grace
William R. Grace
New York
Frances Macdonald
William Russell Grace
Mr. Grace
Europe
Southampton
Peter B. Wryckoffs
Henry G. Trevor
Goodhue Livingston
Edward van Ingen
George G. de Witt
Catherine Choate
Mount Kisco
Mabel Choate
Au Stockbridge
H. O. Canfield
Bridgeport
Roilin A. Keyes
Katherine Keyes
Chicago
John A. Culbertson
Hotel Aspinwall
John W. Hunt
Aspinwall
Dallas
Tex
Hunt
Lenox
Adrian B. Herzog
Frederic D. Tappen
Curtis Hotel
Thomas Hunt
Boston
H. P. Platt
George L. Hammond
W. B. Thomas
Rye
Forsythe Wickes
Sunny Croft
Arizona
Charles Astor
Lakeside
George W. Folsom
Sunnyside
Spencer P. Shotter
Shadow Brook
New Orleans
Shotter
John B. Head
Vermont
Mary Lawton
Dorothea Sc
Lenox Horticultural Society to Exhibit August 12
Lenox Massachusetts July 31 The Lenox Horticultural Society will hold its annual exhibition in Sedgwick Hall on August 12 featuring forty seven classes. Premium cards diplomas and certificates will be awarded. Exhibits come from the gardens of John B. Alexandre Charles Lanter William D. Sloane Mrs Robert Winthrop Miss Adele Kneeland Mrs John E Parsons Mrs Morris K Jesup John S Barnes George Westinghouse Girard Foster George E Turnure and Mrs Frank K Sturgis.
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Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Lenox Horticultural Society
Sedgwick Hall
John B. Alexandre
Charles Lanter
William D. Sloane
Robert Winthrop
Adele Kneeland
John E. Parsons
Morris K. Jesup
John S. Barnes
George Westinghouse
Giraud Foster
George E. Turnure
Frank K. Sturgis
Cuban Elections In Havana District Marked By Peaceful Outlook
Reports from across Cuba indicate peaceful provincial and municipal elections with notable factional friction at Guines Batabano and Guira de la Melena. The governor dismissed the Guira de la Melena chief of police for alleged partisan activity as Conservative strength grows and coalitions form to defeat the Zagistas. Polls open at 7 and close at 6. results outside Havana are unlikely before Sunday.
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Havana
Guines
Batabano
Guira de la Melena
Foltz
Miguelista
Zagistas
Rockefeller Gives $25,000 for Tarrytown Hospital Fund
J D Rockefeller donated $25,000 toward the building fund for a new Tarrytown Hospital. Treasurer A Patteson received the check yesterday on the condition that the community raise $50,000 in total.
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A. Patteson
Tarrytown Hospital
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Verité Brings Fallieres To Christiania Visit
The French battleship Verité arrives at Christiania with President Fallieres aboard, greeted by King Haakon. Landing at the royal castle, the two leaders ride together as crowds cheer the French president amid festive decorations.
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Christiania
Verité
President Fallitres
Haakon
M. Falli@res
Royal Castle
France
Newport Social Notes Highlight Summer Guests and Hosted Dinners
Newport Rhode Island July 31 report details a humid day for visitors and a flurry of hospitality. Dinners and luncheons are hosted by prominent society figures for visiting New York families and notable names. Guests include Emma and Ida Thursby, Mrs Henry W Bookstaver, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and figures such as Smith Hollins McKim, J D Nichols, and Arthur Curtiss James. The season opens with a Beacon Rock musicale hosted by Mrs Edwin D Morgan and several guests arriving by train and yacht.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. I
Peter F. Collier
Dineer
Elisha Dyer
Edward J. Berwind
Seth Barton French
Theodore K. Gibbs
Emma
Ida Thursby
New York
Henry W. Bookstaver
Nathaniel Thayer
R. L. Beeckman
J. L. van Alen
James P. Kernewing
Henry Clews
Edwin D Morgan
Beacon Rock
Harry T. Peters
Mr. Peters
William Storrs Wels
Cheiwode
Smith Hollins McKim
McKim
Orchard
J. D. Nichols
Gibson Fahnestock
North Star
Winston Churchill
Hamilton Fish Webster
Philip M. Lydig
James B. Haggin
Wiliam E. Glyn
Henry Watters
Pembroke Jones
James Stillman
Austin Gray
Thur Iselin
George Collard
Armthur Scott Burden
E. R. Morse
Thomas Ridgway
Philadelphia
Craig Biddie
Political Points and Comparative Sorrows Unfold
A curio of editorials from multiple papers commenting on Taft Bryan and Gompers. They discuss labor, elections, and the idea that Bryan’s defeat would affect AFL leadership, union injunctions, and Philippine policy in 1908. The opinions span Oswego Rochester Utica Philadelphia and Hartford origin, noting party shifts and potential consequences.
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Utica
Cleveland
Bryan
Parker
Richmond voters who usually back Democrats may back Taft
The Richmond News Leader estimates 1000 plus Richmond voters who normally vote Democratic may cast ballots for Taft this time and urges Bryn support though many are respected city leaders. The Virginia Pilot claims about 300 white Norfolk citizens who are 3% Democrats will vote Taft in November and advocates offsetting them.
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Richmond News Leader
Richmond
Taft
News Leader
Bryn
Virginia Pilot
Democratic Campaign Fund
Norfolk
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New York Daily Tribune
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Lincoln
Abdul Hamid
Mr. Castro
India
Our Lady of the
Snows
Boston Transcript
Frederic W. Coburn
Coburn
Simeon Ford
Herbert Copeland
Tommy
John H. Whallen
Louisville
Basil Dike
Whallen
Alexandria
Cincinnati
Whaller
Luisville
NEW York Society
Greenport
Long Island Hospital
Frederic Gallatin
John B. Barnes
J. Nevett Steele
Garrett B. Kip
Stephen Peabody
Maturin L. Delafield
George J. Gould
Marjorie Gould
Jay Gould
Plaza
Catskills
Atalanta
Ernest M. Stires
Mount Washington
Bretton Woods
N. H
William Douglas Sloane
Mrs. Sloane
Elliott F. Shepard
Bar Harbor
Thomas W. King
Maple Holm
Greenfield
Colonel
Mrs. John Jacob Astor
Paris
Ritz
Herman B. Duryea
Saratoga
Bishop Place
Nelson Avenue
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Glen Cove
Mrs. H. K. Bloodgood
the Belmont
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
Rockwood Hall
Mrs. Dodge
Mrs. William Rockefeller
Tarrytown
James Speyer
Carlsbad
Alice Hasell
Lewis Cruger Hasell
New London
Berkshires
J. D. Rockefeller
M. Fallieres
F. E. Drak
T James L. Hays
Charles E .Eutegte
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W. A. Perry
Hughes
Kroonland
Antwerp
John B
Lau- Byrne
Vener
W. P. Anderson
P. T. Straub
U. S A
Margaret W. Lock
John FR Wood
Thomas, Jr
Campania
G. Howard Bright
Carroll
Rev. S. Parkes
Cnd
Prinzess IR
H. BK. Tyson
Charlies J. Tobin
E. M. Wheeler
A. Hull
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E. O. Adams
Richard Peene
A. D. Chaffee
Columbia
Chauncey By. Baker
James T Isles
Liverpool
W. D. Hayward R. M. Peterson
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Glasgow
Joseph M. Trolland
Robert Lablaw
Mrs. W. 8. McKee
Lusitania
A. H. Alde Bishop
Candler
J. Campbell-Macmlan
S. R. Guggenheim
LA Savoie
George Biddle
Albert de Barres
J. BP. Bigelow
Baltic
Henry Say Ur
Jose Brooks
Willis Clud
B. G. Gunther
Joe Lewis
John R. Carter
John O'Neill
Harrison Rhodes
Hartford Courant
Judge Taft
Beach
Msryan
Rochester Post-Express
New York Press
Oswego Times
Fin Conners
Tne
Philadelphia Inquirer
Spers
Bryan and
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
W. F. Oldham
Mr. Taft
Democrats
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