Amusements listings for New York venues and shows
A compact listing of entertainment options across venues such as Luna Park Daly's Hammerstein's Roof and Knickerbocker with schedule times and prices. Includes The World in Wax and The Mimic World, plus vaudeville acts like Three Twins and Yankee Prince.
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Ghton Beach
Ferman
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamians Daly
Hammerstein
Vauteville
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
New York
Wallace S
Nero Dork Daily Tribune masthead note
The text presents a 1908 newspaper masthead with ownership details The Tribune Association New York corporation Ogden Mills as president Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer and the office at Tribune Building 154 Nassau street New York This line serves as bibliographic metadata rather than a news item.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Fire Disaster Drains Kootenay Towns Leaving Thousands Homeless
Fire in the Kootenay Valley destroyed Fornie Hosmer and Crow's Nest towns, leaving about five thousand homeless, without food or shelter, and causing seventy deaths. Paris grimly watches a general strike as Dutch authorities bar shore communications from La Guayra to Caracas.
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Kootenay
Fornie
Hosmer
Crow's Nest
Paris
Federation of Labor
Gelderland
la Guayra
Caracas
Venezuela
Legation
Peking
Imperial Hall
Constantinople
Edward
Germany
Holland
M. de Reus
James T. McCleary
Hot Springs
William H.taft
Masontown
Penn
Pittsburg
George J. Gould
F E. H. Harriman
Toledo
Cleveland
Boston
Roosevelt
Newport
Brockton
Mass
Christian Workers
Northfield
Quebec
New Orleans-New York Limited
Southern Railroad
Charlotte
N. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Speer
Bishop Brent
Philippines
Paldwin
Glenn H’ Curtiss
Fort Meyer
Yonkers
Henry Farman
Henry Watterson
Arran
Panama
Washington
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad
Provident Fund
Long Island Railroad Company
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Eastport
Long Island
Getting the Parks Out of Politics in New York
A call for removing park purchases and administration from political hands across boroughs. Urges public spirited citizens to plan a unified park system, criticizing current waste and uneven distribution and warning Central Park’s decline without reform.
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New York
Board of Estimate
Bronx
Central Park
Charter Revision Commission
Suggestion for a parks protection body’s new actions
The newly organized body for protecting the parks may propose measures to safeguard green spaces. It could seek clearer rules for park usage, increased staffing, and collaboration with local authorities to curb damage and ensure access for the community.
Hughes Backing Seen Across New York Press
Editorials echo public support for Governor Hughes amid renomination talk. The Tribune notes Republican and independent papers nationwide favor him, despite critics citing enemies. Party unity hinges on Hughes record as anti gambling bills face scrutiny and voters weigh loyalty against electoral strategy.
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Tribune
Hughes
New York State
Republican Party
New York
Mr. Hughes
Lowville Journal
Republican
GOOD AND BAD BACTERIA DISCUSSED AS FIRE SOURCE
The London Lancet cites evidence linking bacteria to spontaneous combustion in crops and fuels. In coal and lampblock heat can arise from soil organisms, suggesting antiseptic treatment as a possible preventive. Microbes also offer vast potential benefits, with time expected to tilt the balance toward the positive.
Noisy Dilemma In New York Public Peace Debate
The piece notes a shift from tolerating city noise to seeking quieter streets yet argues that silencing major sounds reveals many minor ones. It cites a flood of urban clamor from fishmongers to trolley wheels and mentions the Public Service Commission stepping into the issue.
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New York
Morpheus
Noisy Sixth Avenue Tracks Stir Paterson Protest
Residents complain as work on Sixth avenue tracks disrupts Sabbath quiet with hammering and machinery. Public Service Commission reviews complaints while Paterson mills plan to resume, noise crusaders silent, and the noiseless noise prize remains unclaimed.
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Sixth Avenue
Lower West Side
Public Service Commission
Paterson
An American Renaud Leads Week of Aeronautic Hope
The week opens with Far man continuing aeroplane demonstrations at Brighton Beach while Count von Zeppelin may resume airship operations. Captain Baldwin will begin Washington area dirigible tests near Fort Myer with the government’s first U.S. airship, aiming to prove practicality and trim controls before larger craft are built.
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Farman
Brighton Beach
Count von Zeppelin
Europe
Thomas S. Baldwin
Washington
United States
Fort Myer
War Department
Baldwin
Captain Baldwin
Potomac
Renaud
Friedrichshafen
Fither
Critics Roast Oklahoma Hotel Health Inspection Plan
The Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health plans a hotel and restaurant sanitation scoring system on a 100 point scale. Inspectors will rate owners, cooks, waiters, laundry, washrooms, privacy, sewers, bedrooms, and fire protection while neglecting tips, appearance, and decorative quirks. Critics deride the plan as crude and incomplete.
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Fastern
Oklahoma
J. C. Mahr
Young Commonwealth
Maler
Guthrie Boniface
Mahr
Oklahoma Baedeker Learns About Oriental Tidiness
A fragment notes diners and large rats eyeing soup as chop suey houses gain fame from mystery and unspoken suspicion around their kitchens. The Oklahoma Baedeker is said to have much to learn from these observations.
New high security prices amid active trading in 1908 markets
Last week saw record high prices in securities with brisk trading but little public interest. Reading and Union Pacific led gains while copper securities rose, and a stock exchange membership sold for 79,000. July railway earnings fell slightly. crop movements and bank liquidity shaped the broader picture as August disbursements rose.
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Reading
Union Pacific
Stock Exchange
Canada
Central Pacific Railroad
Treasury
London
Bryan
Taft
Lloyds
New York
Dakotas
Horseflesh as delicacy and other curious notes
Paris doctors urge hippophagic meat for invalids with horse steaks praised by an English tourist in Paris. a Cincinnati teacher clarifies English usage while witty quips on language and social scenes from The Liverpool Daily Post and Pick-Me-Up summarize a mix of humor, travel, and cultural moments.
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Paris
London
Bryan seeks own voice to speak beyond home
The article humorously notes Mr. Bryan tires of home bound speeches and wishes to become his own phonograph. It speculates on the Belt Line by Third Avenue Railroad and touches on transfers possibly triggering bankruptcy theory. The visit of Servian prince seeks heiresses, with life insurance rates for Servia's royal family said to be lowered amid oil industry dispatches from Tampico.
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Mr. Bryan
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Arthur Tcherep-Spiridovitch
Servia
Peter
Wells Promise Shift in Oil Imports and Democratic Funds
Consular reports indicate wells of great promise near Tampico and in the State of Viera Cruz, potentially ending United States crude imports. Bonaparte’s decision would limit Democratic campaign funds to Oklahoma state banks. Bryan’s New York speeches and Mack's chairmanship together may boost vote getting. The Medical Record tests a circular opposing vivisection, finding many names unlisted in Polk's Medical Directory and few with modern bacteriology training. The passage notes the circular's warfare tactics suit politics more than science.
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Tampico
Viera Cruz
United States
Bonaparte
Oklahoma
Mr. Bryan
New York
Mr. Mack
Polk
Hughes for Governor Dominates News Commentary Across States
A compilation from The Brooklyn Standard Union and others argues Hughes stands ready for renomination and would unite Republicans, with editorials noting his independence from party bosses, broad support in upstate New York, and wide voter appeal. The essays stress his ability, patriotism, and dedication to public service amid varied regional takes.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hughes
New York
Chicago Record-Herald
Summer plays in Paris open air theatre season end
The Paris season yields lavish open air entertainments across private gardens and sites from Versailles to Norman orchards. Mme de Greffulhe hosts a glittering gala at Versailles with dances, operatic scenes, and a misty candlelit Grand Canal. A. Noziére presents The Beauty and the Beast in Maisons-Laffitte with Dessonnes Worms and Cormon among cast, hinting at future high profile productions abroad.
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Paris
Orange
Bézier
Lillebonne
Corneville
Champigny
Conservatoire
Versailles
Louis XIV
Thesis
Grand Canal
Roi Soleil
Comtesse de Greffulhe
Grand Auditions Musicales
Corps de Ballet
Opéra
Gluck
Greece
Persia
Byzantium
Alceste
Mme
Félia Litvinne
Mounet-Sully
Victor Hugo
Marieux
Apollo
Hippolyte Et Ariete
Louis XIII
M. Gaston la Touche
Comte Robert de Clermont
M. Noziére
Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre
MM. Dessonnes
Jean Worms
Guilhen
Mmes
Nelly Cormon
Blanche Toutain
Mile Sandrini
Coryphées
Théatre Francaise
Berlin
New York
London
M. de Clermont-Tonnerre
Voltaire
Babylon
Louis M
Prince de Choisen
M. Nazi@re
Mar
Rubis
Opale
Turquoise Fubis
Rock
Mansour
Violet
Mile
Sandrini
Turquoise
Wonderland
Opaie
Miss Violet
Fot Pel
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