Amusements rundown with a fevered show slate
A jumble of theater and cinema listings: AERIAL GARDENS shows The Merry Widow at 2:30 and 1:30?. PAID IN FULL runs 2:20 to 8:30. many acts including The Mimic Wort and Three Twins. venues include TUN BEACH and CASINO. acts named Brien, Pak, Wes, and Prince appear amid vaudeville and minstrels. a dense schedule of times and acts across multiple theaters.
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Herald SQ
Paris
New York
Allacks
News from The New York Daily Tribune August 8 190
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC items summarize strikes, naval movements, political events, bankruptcies, and weather. Notable notes include Canadian Pacific labor standoffs, Lambeth Conference encyclical, Russian actions at Tabriz, Taft and Roosevelt discussions, cadet suspensions at West Point, and market shifts following control transfers in the Smelting Trust. Weather forecasts predict fair conditions with highs near 77 and lows around 70.
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Canadian Pacific Lines
London
Palace Camarilla
Constantinople
Auckland
New Zealand
St. Petersburg
Tabriz
William H. Taft
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Wiitcheack
New York State
Wright
Scott
West Point
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Captain Baldwin
Auburn
Hugues Club
Cayuga County
Henry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Roger O'Mara
Boston
Asbury Park
N. J
Mack
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Guggenheims
Standard Oil
Ohio
Inter-Southern Insurance Company
Provident Life
Brooklin
Tthe Public Service Commission
Eleventh Avenue
New York Central
Justice Goff
Public Service Commission
Metropolitan Street Railway
19Th Street
William RR. Willcox
Hughes
C. J. Fendt
Board of Health
Hudson River Electric Power Company
New Zealand Hosts Fleet Amid Pacific Hospitality
The article extols New Zealand as a remote, picture perfect colony with temperate climate and varied scenery. It notes Auckland as the main harbour for the visiting fleet, outlines population from census figures, and highlights New Zealand’s agricultural prowess, education level, and autonomous dominion status. It also observes strong Anglo sentiment and close ties to the British Empire and the United States.
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New Zealand
Great Britain
Atlantic
Maine
Virginia
New York City
Colorado
New York
United States
Auckland
Pacific
Preservation of a benevolent hegemony tone hinted
Fragmentary line suggests an earnest stance toward maintaining a benevolent global leadership. The text hints at preserving influence and authority without detailing actors, dates, or events. Further context from the source is needed to identify the responsible parties or the specific timeframe.
Transfer cuts push riders to walk as fares rise citywide
The cutback of free transfers on Manhattan Island has forced many passengers to pay extra or walk, with two thirds of transfers abrogated. Cars run about one sixth as many riders, shifting demand to longer walks and stressing rail companies and city policy amid broader subway competition.
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Sth Street
Manhattan Island
Chicago
Cleveland
Law Breakers Argument and Atlantic City Policy
A New Jersey opinion piece attacks the excise commission critique of Atlantic City’s Sundays liquor sales. It challenges the notion that financial gain justifies breaking the law, arguing law enforcement protects public order and morals, not profits, and questions the city’s broader attractions beyond bars and gambling.
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Atlantic City
Excise Commission
New Jersey
Monmouth Park
Guttenburg
Martyrs to polar research and the Erichsen case
The article argues the fate of Arctic explorer Erichsen is a rare tragedy amid modern safer methods. It notes Andrée’s death as a result of ill conceived planning, praises improved precautions, and recalls Peary’s historic Greenland run toward the pole with Cape Morris K. Jesup.
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Erichsen
Denmark
Franklin
Greely
Andrée
Greenland
Arctic Explorer Erichsen Dies Amid Greenland Mission
The report recalls Erichsen crossing Greenland to Independence Bay and mapping the northeastern coast. He aimed to complete surveys by reaching a great ice dome, planned westward regrouping, and hoped his expedition would yield valuable results despite his death on an ice floe. The fate of his associates remains uncertain, but their return and the news dispatches signal resilience and progress.
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Greenland
Independence Bay
Cape Bismarck
Erichsen
Duc d’Orleans
Peary
Nansen
Naround
Copenhagen
Ireland
When is Ultimately government rail ownership coming
The writer questions Mr Bryan's promise of ultimate government ownership of railroads and asks when this would occur. It challenges whether Bryan would endure a full term pursuing regulation he believes temporary and whether he would reveal his true long term aims. The piece suggests fear of pandering and seeks a clear commitment.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Remarkable Woman Katharine Wormeley Passes in Newport
Katharine Prescott Wormeley, renowned for intellect and gentleness, dies at Newport. A nurse and reformer in the Sanitary Commission era, she enriched literature with Balzac translations and epistolary writings. Her keen memory and wit shaped letters and social commentary, while modesty and noble pride marked her life and work.
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Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Queen Victoria
Miss Worneley
Sanitary Commission
Newport
Balzac
George Eliet
Harriet Martineau
Jane Austen
Mary Lamb
Charleston paper raises dollars for Bryan campaign fund
The Charleston News and Courier reports a $25 contribution to the Bryan campaign fund as “going some.” Justice Gaynor’s view on a thrifty golfer betting with friends questions whether such betting could be treated as a business. The town’s health is tied to walking virtue if not exaggerated.
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The
Charleston News and Courier
Bryan
Justice Gaynor
Ferry service continuation praised amid debate over arrangements
The article praises the continued ferry link between Manhattan and Brooklyn as essential for traffic, while noting debates on the arrangement. It references Dr. Darlington's reports and hints at political commentary about Colonel Bryan's campaign plans and the Young Turks proposing a single wife for the Sultan, raising social implications for the harem.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Suffrage Debate and Oddities Across the Nation
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe replies to Mrs. Humphry Ward defending American woman suffrage with figures from New York, Michigan, Chicago, Maine, Iowa and Kansas showing strong petition support and a Massachusetts referendum favoring suffrage. Also noted are a Chinese lottery method in Philadelphia, a petty court clash in Chicago, and a humor vignette on bearded presidents and politicians in Philadelphia.
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Julia Ward Howe
New England Woman Suffrage Association
London Times
Humphry Ward
America
Michigan
Chicago
Maine
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Hughes Candidacy Signals Renomination Debate
Various papers discuss Governor Hughes potential renomination. Some say party organization favors him. others report opposition from factions and counties like Otsego and Yennago. Articles note public desire for renomination, with mentions of Fassett Wadsworth and other leaders.
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Morris Chronicle
Woodruff
Mr. Hughes
Otsego
Yenango
I. Sloat Fassett
James Wadsworth
Hughes
Trascott
Jimmy" Wadsworth
Newport Scenes With Yacht Club Guests And Social Season
Newport spotlight on social gaiety as New York Yacht Club visitors watch races for Astor cups off Newport. European arrivals from the Mauretania include Mrs. George von L Meyer and Misses Meyer, while many families sail, winter, or summer at Islip, Cheltenham, Mamaroneck, and Westchester. Weddings for Miss Evelyn Parsons and Miss Sylvia Parsons are planned, with notable social events like a Newport Golf Club bridge tournament and a tennis ball set for August.
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Newport
New York Yacht Club
John Jacob Astor
Newport Golf Crid
Frederic M. Davies
Pinecroft
New York
John Drexel
W. Hyde Neilson
Europe
Daniel Chauncey
Paul Rainey
F. K. Sturgis
George L. Rives
Swanhurst
R. Livingston Beeckman
Newport Golf Club
Ella Dyer
Fanklin Mott Guenther
Devereaux
Roslyn
Long Island
Herbert Parsons
Pittsfield
Henry Clews
Arthur Iselin
C. P. H. Gilbert
James Stillman
Commodore Henry Walters
Pembroke Jones
Newport Yacht Set Arrives as Fog Delays Social Week
Newport R I Aug 7 The New York Yacht Club fleet arrived amid fog delaying social exchanges with Newport cottagers. Mrs Edward J Berwind Mrs E T Gerry and Mrs Robert Goelet hosted dinner parties while a large musical at Mrs Seth Barton French home drew many guests. Mrs Berwind plans a dance at The Elms tomorrow. Paul Rainey to attend Saturday dinner. Ogden Mills and Beatrice Mills join Henry Carnegie Phipps at Ocean View. Weather forced postponement of outdoor tennis and other events.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
New York Yacht Club
Edward J. Berwind
E. T. Gerry
Robert Goelet
Seth Barton French
Berwind
the Elms
Paul Rainey
Ogden Mills
Beatrice Mills
Henry Carnegie Phipps
Ocean View
THE PRESIDENT S BUSY DAY
Oyster Bay August 7 President Roosevelt received a steady string of guests at Sagamore Hill including Secretary of War Wright Colonel Hugh L Scott and National Chairman Hitchcock. Also welcomed were H L Higginson John Perkins Gerritt Forbes and others.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Wright
Hugh L. Scott
Military Academy
West Point
Hitchcock
H. L. Higginson
John Perkins
Boston
Gerritt Forbes
John
York
Heckscher
Conklin
Vernon
Huntington
Dinner for President's Children in Manchester
Mrs. Charles A. Munn of Washington hosted a dinner for Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his sister Miss Ethel Roosevelt at the Essex Country Club Manchester on August 7. Sixty invitations went to prominent North Shore youths, with Munn’s son Charles A. Munn a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt.
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Manchester
Mass
Charles A. Munn
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel Roosevelt
Essex Country Club
North Shore Colony
Miss Grace Archer Hosts Barn Dance at Allendale Home
Miss Grace Dean Archer daughters of Dr and Mrs Harry M Archer hosted a large barn dance last evening at their Allendale Bergen County New Jersey home. The decorated barn featured college colors and ferns with supper served on the lawn under colored electric lamps.
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Grace Dean Archer
Harry M. Archer
West $24 Street
Suny Berkshire Weekend Draws Villa Set Again
Lenox Massachusetts Aug 7 after three days of rain the sun broke through and dried roads. Villa owners return from shore resorts as a livelier weekend begins with notable visitors and arrivals to Hotel Aspinwall and local country places. Prominent guests include Fryer family of Buffalo and Boston visitors, Irvington residents, New York couples, and officials like Francis Leupp arriving at Tyringham country place. Multiple social engagements and departures are noted amid a festive resort mood.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Robert Livingston Fryer
Pases Pratt Fryer
Marguerite M. Fryer
Liveingston Fryer
Buffalo
Daniel Manning
Albany
Henry Lapham
Boston
Francis Hartshorne
Clinton Elliott
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
H. (. McEldoney
Pitts
Burras
New York
Moore
W. K. Moore
Pittsboro
Aspinwall
Henry 8. Kearney
Robert Gibson
John Hall McKay
Emily Tuckerman
Ridgefield
Conn
T. H. Collins
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
New Britain
Arthur Lawrence
Lawrence
Francis
Barlow
Pierre Jay
Fancis E. Leupp
Tyringham
Ethel St. Leupp
Dublin
N. H
New York Hospital For
Herbert Parsons
Newport
Henry Clews
Richard S. Dana
Fom Loss Island
Richard T. Dana
Charles Lanier
Allen Winden
Wiliam Douglas Sloane
Elm Court
Charity Get 3 500 900 From Mrs Lowry Will
Philadelphia August 7 half a million dollars out of an estate of six hundred thousand is given to charity by the will of the late Mrs Annie L Lowry of this city probated today. The income from ten thousand dollars is to Violet Peark for the care of cats and parrots. when they die the trust ends. Among other bequests American Sunday School Union ten thousand dollars for a permanent fund and various societies and homes receive sums including ten or fifty dollars. Nearly fifty institutions are named. Mrs Lowry had no immediate relatives but cousins figure in the bequests. Three servants receive amounts totaling three thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Annie L. Lowry
Violet Peark
American Sunday School Union
United States
Permanent Fund of the Union
Women’s
Pennsylvania Society of the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
BAL
American Anti-Vivisection Society
American Humane Educational Society
Boston
Women’s Missionary Society of America
New York
Atlantic City
Lowry
Cardinal Gibbons Recovers. Plans Vatican Visit
Rome Aug 7 Cardinal Gibbons once weak from an intestinal disorder grew much better today rising and believing his Saturday condition will allow a Vatican visit to present to Pope Pius the canons of St Maria in Trastevere where he is archpriest. He expects to pontificate Aug 5 Assumption Day and said he feels entirely recovered.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Vatican
Pope Pius
Basilica St. Maria In
Trastevere
Signor Puccinelli
House of the Apostolic Palace
Signer
Cardinals Satelli
Vincenzo Vanutelli
Martinelli
Estate of Dr John Ordrona ux valued at 2.54 million
Transfer tax appraiser reports the Roslyn based physician Dr John Ordrona ux estate at about 2.54 million with $2.56 million transfer. The bulk goes to three sisters Floring J Bringus Clara Molan and ria Servatina. Bequests include Dartmouth College 10000 May Hitchcock Memorial Hospital 9000 University of Vermont 10000 Trinity College 1000 Old Colony Historical Society of Taunton Mass Morton Hospital Taunton Mass 0 Lostes University 2000 Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire 5000 Helen Newridgley 15000 Leonice Moulton Shaw 15008 Lilie Judik 23000 Louie A Servatius 15000 Jane L Servatius 10000 plus several smaller gifts to distant relatives and friends.
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Mineola
Long Island
John Ordronaux
Roslyn
Floring J. Bringus
Clara Molan
Ria Servatina
Dartmouth College
May Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
University
Jane L. Servatius
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William FE
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Islip
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Stephen M. Weld
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W. Barclay Parsons
Here
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Cedric
Thomas L. Hamilton
van Wyck
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William Halpin
Wynne Smith
S. H. Talbot
S. M. Prior
Hamilton
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