Amusements Listings At New York Theaters
A dense schedule lists venues and shows such as the Merry Widow at Brighton Beach Farman's Air Ship, The Mimic World at Coney Island Luna Park, vaudeville at Fannerstein's Roof, The Twins at Herald Square, and Yankee Prince at Knickerbocker with various start times from 2:15 to 8:30.
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Brighton Beach
Farman
Pain
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Daly
Eden Musee
Fannerstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
New York
Wallaces
Neto Mork Daily Tribune Details and Leadership
The 1908 issue notes ownership by The Tribune Association New York with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street. Ogden Mills serves as president while Nathaniel Tuttle is secretary and treasurer. officers’ addresses are the newspaper office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Airship quest ends with wreck in Meyence voyage
Count Zeppelin's airship attempted a twenty four hour flight reaching Meyence, then returned toward Lake Constance after repairs. Casualties and losses were estimated as high as fifty dead and up to seven million dollars in fire damage across the Kootenay region.
Comparative Naval Strength and Future Forecasts
A German Naval League forecast from 1911 predicts Japan rising to third among world naval powers, with Britain first and the United States close to Germany. Brassey’s 1908 notices several new Japanese and German ships, including Dreadnoughts and cruisers, and discusses comparative gun power and future builds in both nations.
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German Naval League
Japan
France
United States
Germany
England
America
Brassey
Michigan
South Carolina
Delaware
North Dakota
Florida
Utah
Washington
Roosevelt Asked for Four New Battleships
The text argues that if Congress had followed President Roosevelt's plea last winter to build four additional battleships, the current supremacy of the United States would be less contestable and more secure against challengers.
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Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Willie Simmonds
Controversy Over Bridge Payment and Atlantic City Excise Policy
The piece questions whether Controller Metz will pay contractors on the Blackwell’s Island Bridge project before an expert report on safety is issued. It argues for protections against loss, critiques local open-town attitudes in Atlantic City, and praises the excise commission for guiding state law changes under Governor Fort.
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Metz
Tribune
Blackwell's Island
Messrs. Boller & Hodge
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Senator Allison Remembered as Master of Senate Leadership
The death of William B. Allison removes from the United States Senate a leading expert in legislation. He served thirty five years and shaped finance and appropriations policy, insisting on patient industry in committee rooms and steady attendance. His influence defined modern Senate leadership and fiscal stewardship.
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William B. Allison
United States Senate
Washington
Allison
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Hoar
Hale
Maine
Cockrell
Missouri
New Jersey Excise Commission Probes Atlantic City
Governor Fort’s excise commission finds Atlantic City rife with open violations and a large secret network of liquor sellers. The inquiry counters critics who accuse the body of partisan bias, affirming non partisan intent and thorough investigation in Republican and Democratic strongholds alike.
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Governor Fort
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Jersey City
Hoboken
Newark
Elizabeth
Steps Toward Currency Reform
The article reports Senator Aldrich's remarks on the National Monetary Commission and its abroad mission to pursue a comprehensive monetary system beyond the Aldrich Vreeland act. It stresses the need for educated public opinion and credit currency advocacy by merchants associations to support reform.
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Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Aldrich-Vreeland
Europe
Germany
France
Canada
New York Merchants’ Association
Congress
Monetary Commission
Cuban Elections Mark Peaceful Vote Amid Debate Over U S Role
The Cuban elections were peaceful and fair with 50 to 60 percent of voters participating. The Conservatives may have won overall, but the United States says it intervened to restore order, not to support any party, and thus should not be judged by the result. The public dispute centers on how the vote reflects self government progress.
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Magoon
United States
Palma
Cuba
Predictions on Cuban election and global trade views
The article argues the U S should demand a stable Cuban government and leave whether it is Conservative or Liberal to Cubans. It criticizes Herman Ridder as a poor prophet, mocks universal strikes in France, and notes doubts about a Central American smash up. It also comments on New York transit issues and the persistence of free trade sentiments in London.
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New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
Bryan
Herman Ridder
Ridder
Noan
Diversions and anecdotes from a bustling era
An informal collage moves from a meet with General Weston in the Philippines to political jibes about publicity and Taft, then shifts to London Jewish leadership, a boyish prank gone awry, a Kensington yacht club youth swimming program funded by a mill owner, and ends with a quip about oratory versus political ambition from Senator Sorghum as cited in the Washington Star.
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Kensington
Philadelphia
Young Men's Christian Association
Society Notes On Travel Marriages And Visiting Locals
Long Island arrival of Jr. and Mrs. Morgan with plans to sail for Europe. Mrs. J Pierpont Morgan to join abroad next month. Mr. and Mrs. R Fulton Cutting arrive Aix-les-Bains for a short stay. Twombly family abroad return late September then to Madison New Jersey for fall. Ledyards sail from England to New York. Newport visit likely late August. Isabel Wetherill to wed Samuel Henderson at Winter Harbor Maine today. Henderson Pennsylvania graduate with social clubs. B Ritzema de Grove to sail Kronprinzess Cecilie August 19. NJ coast stay. Alfonso de Navarro sailed to join Whitney party at Holwick Hall. Thompson to sail next week. Bliss family at White Mountains after Oceanic stay. Beatrice Boyd to wed William Peters September 2 at Larchmont Manor. Polk at Mount Washington Bretton Woods August. Janet Fish visiting Brewsters camp Spitfire Lake Adirondacks. Pearson and Effie Pearson expected next month. Mrs Harton Baldwin arriving tomorrow. Oliver Belmont expected September. Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt expected this month. Stewart Brice joins sisters at summer home. Miss Eleanor Sears at Newport for tennis. Merrell and S. C. registration at Casino. William Storrs Wells returns for short stay. New York General Horace Porter now at Bar Harbor. Rollins Morse visiting Bar Harbor today. Powel party travels Adirondacks. Mrs Swan hosting Clambake Club event. Casino Cup tennis draws announced. Colliers expected to visit Peter Collier tomorrow.
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Asquith
Great Britain
John de Witt Warner
Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Hot Springs
South
Hughes
Saranac Inn
N. Y
United States
Allison
Iowa
Dubuque
Cummings
W. J. Bryan
Fairview
Uniformed Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Boston
Tompkins County Republican Committee
Ithaca
Senator Cassidy
War Department
Fort Myer
Virginia
Pittsburg
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash
Charlies W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Morse
Blackwell's Island Bridge
General du Pont
Speakers’ Bureau
Hitchcock
William F. Willcox
Joseph Bermel
Queens
Europe
Townsend Wandell
Italy
Produce Exchange Bank
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
New York
London
59Th Street
Bronson Howard
Avon by-the-Sea
Lackawanna
Switchmen’s Union
Alfonso de Navarro
Harry Payne Whitney
Holwick Hall
Yorkshire
England
William Payne Thompson
Elms
Frederick Pearson
Effie Pearson
Bar
Harton
H. Baldwin
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Stewart Brice
York
Eleanor Sears
Newport
John P. Merrell
Bronn William Storrs Wells
Horace Porter
Edward J. Berwind
Bar Harbor
Totarang E. Rollins Morse
Henry Clews
Cana Bar Harbor
S. C. Powel
Adirondacks
James A. Swan
Nora Iselin
Earth Roteh
Ma Lorillard Spencer, Jr
Alice Pugter
Barger- Wallach
M. Inches
E. Scott
Freda Paine
Louise Scott
Margaret Bush
Edna Barger
Robert J. Collier
Peter F. Collier
Social and sporting attractions in Newport
Telegraph report from Newport notes a busy day with polo at Westchester Club golf and bridge at Newport Golf Club and the first drag hound hunt of the week. A Clam Bake Club luncheon for sixty hosted by Stanley Mortimer and a luncheon by Peter F. Collier are listed, with Mrs. Edward J. Berwind announcing a Friday dinner and another event the next evening.
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the Tribune
Newport
Westchester Polo Club
Newport Golf Club
Clambake Club
Stanley Mortimer
Peter F. Collier
Edward J. Berwind
The Hughes candidacy in New York politics
A collection of editorials from The Brooklyn Times The New York Tribune Yonkers Statesman Syracuse Herald Oswego Daily Times Rome Sentinel Utica Press Binghamton Republican Jamestown Post Buffalo Express and Pittsburg Dispatch discuss Governor Hughes renomination. They argue party leaders risk alienating voters if they reject Hughes praising his reforms and note his broad support among the electorate while contrasting machine opposition.
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Brooklyn Times
New-York Tribune
Hughes
Machine Organization
The
New York Times
Republican Party
Oswego Daily Times
Buffalo Express
New York
Public Service Commissions
Maine
California
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Five Italians Arrested for Hay Fever Pine Bough Relief
In Pittsburg Dispatch notes five Italians from Negley Run seized pine boughs at Highland Park to ease hay fever. Sergeant Patrick Meenan arrested them after they stripped trees. Police station cell block echoed with sneezing last night.
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Pittsburg
Negley Run
Highland Park
Patrick Meenan
Fast End
Berkshire society hosts charity theatre in Lenox
Lenox social event opens in the Empty Theatre Pittsfield for a day nursery fundraiser. Attendees include Miss Carmen Martinez Marshall R Kernochan Miss Jessieg Bishop and many notable names. Several arrivals and clashes noted with Mrs Parsons hurt in Stockbridge incident, purse theft, and guests at Red Lion Inn Stockbridge and other local hotels.
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Tribunal Lenox
Lenox Society
Kirnness
Pittsfield
G Day Nursery
Carmen Mantinez
New York
Marshall R. Kernochan
Jessieg Bishop
W. Murray Crane
Marshall Crane
Albro
Katheryn Peck
Isabelle Kennedy
Dorothy Weston
Henry W. Bishop
Robert P. Parker
George H. Tilden
E. M. Buss
Charles I. Hibbard
Brags
Merrick
William Nugent
J. J. Nelligen
Be. A. Austin
Witte
D. Machinnes
Charles Astor
Newport
Henry Ivison Parsons
Stockbridge
Parsons
Red Lion Inn
George P. Curtis
B. Hibbard
George Pitkin
Hamilton Perkins
Thomas Allen
Boston
Joseph Billings
Charles Orris
D. W. Horton
E. F. Sage
Aspinwall
Samuel Frothingham
Overlee
Belated Sympathy Note From Luzon Governor
A belated message from Francisco Soriano, Governor of Toco Norte, Northwestern Luzon, expresses condolences on the death of former President Grover Cleveland. Sent via the Philippine government to Mrs. Cleveland, it arrived at the War Department and was transmitted to Washington by the Governor General.
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Washington
Far Sway
Toco Norte
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Insular
War Department
Gravat Cleveland
Francisco Soriano
Wsnila
Manila
Decos Norte
Cleveland
Funeral of S. E. Moffett Attended by Twain and Writers
Samuel Erasmus Moffett’s funeral drew many literary figures at his Chester Hill home in Mount Vernon. Rev. Owen Lovejoy delivered the address. Robert Collier and staff from Collier's attended. Mark Twain, with a Connecticut home, was present. Burial planned for Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, New Jersey.
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Samuel Erasmus Moffett
Archer Avenue
Chester Hil
Mount Vernon
Owen & Lovejoy
First Congressional Church
Robert Colliers
Collier's
Adirondacks
Mark Twain
Connecticut
Rosehill Cemetery
Linden
N. J
Widow may sue Masury over Dr Flint death
In Long Branch New Jersey August 4 a coroner inquest heard twelve witnesses on the death of Dr Carleton Flint struck by an automobile owned by John W Masury and operated by Louis La Francois. The jury found the death resulted from the car being driven carelessly without lights at speed. Mrs Flint the widow is expected to sue Masury for damages.
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Tribune
Long Branch
N. J
Carleton Flint
New York
Am Su Mobile
Louis la Francois
John W. Masury
W. Gill Wylie
Fes
Flint
Seabright
Man Sues for 30000 After Lightning Strike Wires Not Removed
William A Wertman files a suit in Canton alleging paralysis from a lightning bolt carried by unrepaired wires at a Central Company site. He seeks 30000 in damages claiming negligence and failure to remove the hazard.
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Canton
Oh!o
Meveland Plain Dealer
William A. Wertman
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J. P. Morgan, Jr
New York City
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Cobden
Army and Navy
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Wood
Weston
Army and Navy Club
Thomas Ryan
Ss. M. C
London Times
Herrmann Adler
Sorghum
Washington Star
NEW York Society
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Madison
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Isabel Wetherill
Samuel Price Wetherill
Samuel Jones Henderson
William E. Wyatt
Winter Harper
Henderson
University of Pennsylvania
Rittenhouse
Cornelius N. Bliss
Oceanic, N. J
White Mountains
Beatrice
William M. Polk
Mount Washington
Bretton Woods
N. H
Janet Fish
Hamilton Fish
George 5. Brewster
Spitfire Lake
Yonkers Statesman
Syracuse Herald
Rome Sentinel
Platt
Utica
Binghamton
Jamestown Post
Berkshires
Soriano
S. E. Moffett
DR. Flint
Masury
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Abe
J. G Blaine
Folger
William M. Beck Walton
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