Two Panics Compared 3907 Not So Bad as 1857
Louis Windmillier of Louis Wind quithier & Roelker discusses similarities between the panic of 1857 and the recent financial low mood. He cites railroads, bank failures, and currency issues, noting cash preservation by some firms and the harsher conditions of wildcat banks.
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Louis Windmillier
Louis Windquithier & Roelker
Ohio Life Ingurance and Trust Company
L. von Hofman & Co
Old Post Building
Hanover Street
Exchange Place
Windrmuler
New York
San Francisa
Europe
San Francisco
Windmiller
Ist
de Rham & Iselin
Speyer
Seligman & Stettheimer
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
Mr. Windmiller
Senkings
Congress
Eames Optimistic On Dry Goods Outlook Despite Vacations
John C. Eames, vice-president of the H. B. Claf ls Company, just back from two months abroad, voiced cautious optimism about the dry goods trade. He cited a strong presence of buyers in town, pending large auction sales, and expected absorption of stock before regular channels drive orders. The undertone is steady with anticipated improvement across lines, and New York merchants plan to extend their reach with favorable rail rates for buyers. The autumn and winter outlook points to a solid season ahead.
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John C. Eames
H. B. Clafls Company
New York
Divorce for Miss Ethel Jackson Ends Interlocutory Case
Miss Ethel Jackson formerly known as Sonia in The Merry Widow obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from John F Oat after a trial before a referee. Greenbaum signed the decree. The case connected to the Nixon Zimmerman circle and Cohan & Harris interests in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Jackson has left The Merry Widow cast and is expected to return in September.
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Ethel Jackson
Sonia
John F
Guar Greenbaum
Immerman
Nixon
Miss Jackson
Inti Malet
Lieutenant Chaffee to Wed Miss Huff in Fall
Atlanta August 3 announces the engagement of Miss Ethel Huff to Lieutenant Adna Chaffee, Cavalry son of Lieutenant General Chatter, retired. The marriage will take place late in the fall. Miss Huff is the daughter of A Dodson, wife of the superintendent of the Tellulah Falls Rain, known as the Railroad in the United States.
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Atlanta
Ethel Huff
Adna
Chaffee
Keith Cavalry
Chatter
Fluff
A Dodson
Te Telluiah Falls
United States
Arch Bishop Farley Visits Vatican and Reports Progress
Arch bishop Farley of New York arrives at the Vatican with a jubilee greeting and offerings from the New York archdiocese. The Pope honors him, praises American liberty, and blesses the New York clergy and laity. Farley introduces his delegation and plans to present the J J McGrane pilgrimage. Cardinal Gibbons arrives at Castel Gandolfo to visit the American College villa and meets students and staff.
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Farley
New York
Vatican
Monsignor
Bissett
Peter
James V. Lewis
D. J. McMackin
A. Cassidy
New Brighton
Staten Island
Edward McCue
Kingston
N. Y
Luke J. Evers
Night Workers
Monsignor Farley
Venice
J. J. McGrane
Cardinal Merry del Val
Frascati
Castel Gandolfo
Lake Albano
Cardinal Gibbons
The
American College
Foley
Detroit
O'Connell
Washington
Monsignor Kennedy
They Want Hughes Letter to the Editor urging support for Governor Hughes to defeat boss rule
Citizenship letter from John Sterling of Watertown New York August 1 48 urges readers to back Governor Hughes in a bid for a second term. It argues the Republican machine aims to replace Hughes with a puppet and calls on voters to pressure politicians and publish their views to preserve law and order and end boss rule. The writer cites Northern New York example where locals backed a suitable judge and won.
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The
Tribune
New York
Hughes
Eli
Supreme Court
Syracuse
New
John Sterling
Watertown
Watertown Times
Bishop Brent Declines Washington Diocese Call
Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Philippines, after nose surgery in Boston, declines the Washington diocese. He attended St Stephen's service but will return to the Philippines as physicians see no serious risk. He plans a rest in Maine before resuming duties in Manila in September.
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the Tribune
Boston
Charles H. Brent
Philippines
Washington
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Manila
Brent
Maine
New York Theatre Minstrels Mix Music With Vaudeville
George Honey Boy Evans leads the Cohan and Harris Minstrels at the New York Theatre in a show that blends melody humor and vaudeville. The act features Thatcher Leonard King and Tenney with Morse as interlocutor and ends with The Belle of the Barbers Ball. The audience approves Evans urging young voters to back Taft.
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George “Honey Boy’ Evans
New York Theatre
Bill’ Taft
Billie’ Bryan
Cohan and Harris Minstrels
George Thatcher
Eddie” Leonard
John King
Ernest Tenney
Messrs. Cohan
Harris
George Evans
Harry M. Morse
King
Tenny
Thatcher
Leonard
Goodby
Julian Eltinge
Moral issue on Hughes renomination debate
Martin Heermance argues in a Poughkeepsie letter that Republican leaders seek to mold primary sentiment to oust Governor Hughes. He warns such maneuvers would backfire, recalling Folger Cleveland era and urging renomination as a moral issue for the party and electoral ticket. August 1, 198.
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the Tribune
Republican State Committee
Hughes
Upstate
Folger-Cleveland
Cornell
Martin Heermance
Poughkeepsie, N
Wallack's Theatre Opens Season with The Girl Question
Wallack's Theatre opened last night for the season. The musical comedy The Girl Question by the authors of The Time the Place and the Girl was presented to a large audience. Further notices will follow in The Tribune.
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Wallack’s
the Tribune
Hughes or Defeat in New York State Politics
Letter from F. G. Hall of Dansville dated August 1, 1908, arguing Governor Hughes represents right, honor, and justice, resisting machine influence, urging the Republican convention to nominate a candidate the people want to sustain reform, drawing parallels to Harrison and Blaine.
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the Tribune
Hughes
New York
Harrison
Blaine
Dansville
F. G. Hall
Hughes Candidacy Roars Across Party Lines
Across Utica Brooklyn Rochester and Watertown pages the press argues party leaders must steer the party toward its chosen path. Woodruff’s neutrality is questioned as the state machine aims to defeat Governor Hughes. Voters are urged to choose a governor without machine interference and defend a free primary.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Woodruff
Republican State
Hughes
Knickerbocker Theatre Hosts Cohan in The Yankee Prince
George M. Cohan and company drew a large audience at the Knickerbocker Theatre last night in The Yankee Prince. The show, a staple of the Knickerbocker run, closes around September 1 with a national tour planned. George Parsons and Grace Kimball join the cast.
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George M. Cohan
Knickerbocker Theatre
Knickerbocker
Mr. Cohan
George Parsons
Grace Kimball
Theatrical News at Hammerstein Roof Garden This Week
Willy Zimmerman Winsor McCay and the Three Madcaps with Aathan the armless wonder appear at Hammerstein's Roof Garden this week. Elsie Janis arrives from abroad and will star in a new George Ade play next month. Lotta Faust had her picture taken for the Casino Theatre. Edifying dance by Salome with Fealy Migman Eames and Roberts featured. John Cort manages and will present Commencement Days etc.
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Willy Zimmerman
Winsor McCay
Three Madcaps
Aathan
Hammerstein
Miss Hoffman
Bernard
Elsie Janis
George Ade
Lotta Faust
Casino Theatre
Salome Maude Fealy
Max Migman
Mme
Emma Eames
Florence Roberts
John Cort
Dewey to Unveil Farragut Tablet at Altar of Navy House
Portsmouth dispatch says Admiral Dewey will unveil a bronze tablet marking the Farragut death house on August 14. The home, current residence of the naval yard commandant, will host many prominent naval officers and government and state officials at the ceremony.
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Tribune
Portsmouth
N. H
Farragut
Dewey
Mavy Yard
Two Irish Girls Seek Country Aid Through Fresh Air Fund
Maggie and Annie Cline, two East Side orphans, misused Fresh Air Fund aid after years of dispossession. Their mother works hard while the father left, leaving the family in poverty. The girls pleaded to go to Rutland Vermont, joining nearly three hundred others bound for country homes as August 3, 1906.
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Maggie
Annie Cline
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Annie
Green Fields
Rutland
Child Travels 10000 Miles Alone Homeward
Eight year old Ida Baccash traveled alone from Damascus to Marseille then boarded a steamer to Chicago followed by a New York bound train. A Syrian protector robbed and deserted her before she found aid at a hotel. Her father in New York arranged funds and relatives met her in New York then she headed west.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Ida Baccash
Chicago
Damascus
Syria
Marseilles
France
New York
Mrs Dale Inherits All From Rubber Trust Leader
Mrs Jennie Tt Dale widow of Charities H Dale head of the rubber trust dies at his villa in Larchmont and leaves an estate worth about 25000 under his will filed at the Westchester Surrogate's Office White Plains. Dale stated no relatives or employees receive under the will though he had given property away previously. He arranged fife positions for most staff and remembered servants. Mrs Dale is named sole executor without bond.
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H. Dale
Rubber Trust
Larchmont
Westchester
White Plains
Dale
Fife
Mrs. Dale
Bonde
Mount Vernon Hotel Keeper Dies Aboard Rail Train
Michael F. Kane, hotel keeper of Mount Vernon New York, died suddenly of heart disease today aboard a Reading Railroad train en route from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. He had traveled with his wife seeking health. Coroner Fithian Camden issued a death certificate and the body was sent to Mount Vernon.
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Philadelphia
Michael F. Kane
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Reading Railroad
Atlantic City
Kane
Fithian
Camden
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Listed by City Names
Prominent guests checked into hotels including Colonel H Coleman May in Washington at the Hotel Albemarle, Senator W M Crane in Maat nunen, and Senator N W Aldrich of Rhode Island at the Plaza. Other arrivals: Dr David Stern in Cincinnati, W R Angell in Chicago, Bailie Gage in Dublin, and D R Hanna with Mrs Hanna in Ravenna Washington.
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H. Coleman May
Washington
Maressman
Edward B. Vreeland
Salamanca
Slmont
W. M._ Crane
Jud
W. F. Beasley
North Carolina
Imperial
George N. Bliss
Boston
Manhattan
David Stern
Cincinnati
Murray Hill
W. P. Kellogg
Syracuse
Plaza
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Prince George
John Mitchell
Seville
W. R. Angell
Chicago
D. R. Hanna
Ravenna
Waldorf-Astoria
Bailie Gage
Dublin
Weather Report Forecast for District Regions Aug 3
Official record notes Monday’s heat with 90 to 98 degrees in Missouri Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. Local thundershowers in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota. elsewhere fair with temps steady. Localities DC MD Eastern PA to Ki winds southerly. DE NJ fair with southeast to south winds. NY NE fair warmer. W NY fair with south to southwest winds. Western PA fair and warm.
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Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
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Illinois
Michigan
Michigan Peninsula
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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Middle Atlantic
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Gulf Coast
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
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Obituary: Ex-Congressman E W Greenman Dies in Troy
Edward W. Greenman, former U S congressman from the Rensselaer Washington district and cashier of National City Bank of Troy, died at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. Born January 1840 in Berlin N Y, he pursued mercantile and manufacturing work, served as Berlin supervisor in 1860s, held county clerk posts, and won election to the 58th Congress in 1886 as a Democrat.
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Edward W. Greenman
Rensselaer-Washington
National City Bank of
Samaritan Hospital
Berlin
Rensselaer County
N. Y
New York
James J. Phelan Dies. Longtime Tammany Figure in New York
James J. Phelan ex Dock Commissioner and Tammany stalwart died of cancer at his Allenhurst New Jersey summer home after months of illness. Born in New York, he built a career in retail and importing before guiding West Side politics with Hugh J. Grant. He helped found the Narragansett Club, served as Dock Commissioner, and amassed ties to the American Contracting and Dredging Company. Survived by wife and six children, his funeral will be held at his West 55th Street home on Thursday.
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Tammany
Cedar Avenue
Allenhurst
N. J
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Old Sun Ward
St. Francis Xavier College
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Phelan
Hugh J. Grant
American Contracting
Manhattan Storage Company
Hugh Grant
Dock Commission
Strong
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Roman Catholic Benevolent Legion
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Death of Dr Frederick K H von Lucanus in Berlin
Dr Frederick K H von Lucanus the chief of Emperor William s civil cabinet died in Berlin at age 72. He shaped court judgment on civil officials and advised the Emperor on personnel matters with calm, detached authority. Known for his blue envelopes used to inform resignations, he preferred influence through counsel over politics.
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Berlin
Frederick K. H. von Lucanus
William
von Lucanus
Moses Horace Dorman Dies After Illness in Brooklyn
Moses Horace Dorman longtime wholesale dress goods and commission business figure in Leonard street district and Park Slope Brooklyn died at Prospect Heights Hospital after a fortnight of illness. Born March 10 1841 in Boxford Massachusetts he came to New York with R M Bailey Co later joined Lawrence Co and about twenty five years ago Lorraine Manufacturing Company of Pawtucket Rhode Island and for six years served as their New York general agent. He was a Wool Club member and survived by three children Jesse Thomas Dorman Anna Cheever Bailey and William R Dorman.
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Park Slope
Brooklyn
Prospect Heights Hospital
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Boxford
Essex County
Mass
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Danversport
New York
R. M. Bailey & Co
Boston
Lawrence & Co
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Pawtucket
R. I
Wool Club
Jesse Thomas Dorman
Anna Cheever Bailey
Bellevue
Penn
William R. Dorman
No. 4
Wall Street
Dr Elias J Marsh 73 dies in Paterson New Jersey
Dr Elias J Marsh aged 73 of Park Avenue Paterson N J died today from heart disease He served in the Civil War after graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons New York He was taken prisoner at Gaines Mill and later served on General Shermans staff He retired to become chief medical director of Mutual Life Insurance He was active in public life in New Jersey and served on multiple local boards He leaves a wife two sons and two daughters including Dr Elias J Marsh and Robert Marsh.
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N. J
Elias J. Marsh
Park Avenue
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
Virginia
Gaines Mill
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Marsh
New Jersey
Passaic Valley
Free Library Trustees
Robert Marsh
Snodgrass
Sarah Marsh
Captain Don Pollard Civil War veteran dies at home
Captain Don Alonzo Pollard born March 17 1837 in New York City died yesterday at his home 9 West 18th Street after a lingering illness. He served in the 7th Regiment during the Civil War rising from private to captain and retired in 1898 due to ill health. Pollard also worked as a civil engineer for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad before the war and later for Manhattan Consolidated Gas Company until recently.
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West 18Th Street
New York City
Pollard
Delaware, Lackawana & Western
Manhattan
Consolidated, Gas Company
Mrs A Lawrence Mason Dies At York Harbor Me
Mrs A Lawrence Mason daughter of the late Admiral Charles Steedman died at York Harbor Maine where she had been confined since mid June following grief over her brother E J Steedman s death. She married Dr Mason on Sept 30 1874 and leaves a daughter Mrs Richard T Wilson Jr and sister Mrs E Rollins Morse of New York with in law connections to Ogden Goelet Cornelius Vanderbilt Lady Herbert and M Orme Wilson.
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Boston
A. Lawrence Mason
York Harbor
E. J. Steedman
Mason
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Charles Steedman
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
E. Rollins Morse
New York
Obituary notices for Leeds Dimmick Kellogg and Solon Pomeroy
Josiah W. Leeds reform worker dies in Westchester Pennsylvania aged 75. The Rev F Dimmick Methodist clergyman of Cincinnati dies in Delaware Ohio. Epworth League formed in Cleveland. Major R D Kellogg Iowa legislator dies in Des Moines. Solon Pomeroy Niagara County assemblyman and pioneer mentions.
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Westchester
Penn
F. Dimmick
Cincinnati
Delaware
Ohiro
Cleveland
Dayton
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Epworth League
R. D. Kellogg
Iowa
Des Moines
Solon & Pomeroy
Niagara County
Newspaper Man Dies in Callicoon at 77
Obituary notes a newspaper man who died yesterday in Callicoon aged seventy eight. The brief item mentions his career in journalism and his final illness. An unrelated advertisement promotes Hereford's Acid Phosphate as relief for headaches insomnia nervousness and digestion issues during hot weather.
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Callicoon
Obituary notices republished in the Tri-Weekly Tribune
Death notices list several individuals with service and funeral details, including Elbridge G Brown, Harriet Buckham, Harriet Crabtree, Florence Felter, and others. Notices cover hospitals, towns like Stockbridge and Brooklyn, and dates in August 1908 with funeral arrangements and private interments.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Brooklyn
Florence Sissey
Harriet
John K Felter
Aspirants' Applications File Opened at Uptown Office
The Uptown Office has just installed a file of applications from selected aspirants for various positions. The move aims to streamline hiring and speed up processes across departments.
List of Hotels Hosting Daily and Sunday Tribune Readers Abroad
The notice lists hotels in multiple countries where TRIBUNE readers abroad may access the Daily and Sunday Tribune. It covers venues in England Scotland Gibraltar France Belgium Holland Germany Austria in a broad overseas reading-room arrangement.
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