Better Life on Farms Probed by Presidential Commission
President Roosevelt requests five experts to study country life and propose improvements to social sanitary and economic conditions on American farms. The commission includes L H Bailey Henry Wallace Kenyon Butterfield Gifford Pinchot and Walter Page and will report to Congress with recommendations.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Congress
LH. Barker
New York College of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Professor Bailey
United States
South
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Knapp
Agricultural Colleges
L. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Lizzie’s Trip With Fresh Air Fund Revealed
A Tribune Fresh Air Fund tale follows Lizzie, who lied about her father’s work to join a country trip. She confessed, returned home strong, and later joined ninety-nine other girls bound for Litchfield Connecticut as fund organizers plan $1000 daily to cover weeklong costs.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Lizzie
Litchfield
Conn
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Proceeds From Tivoli Lawn Party Disclosed
Proceeds of a lawn party held at Tivoli on the Hudson by three girls Lena S Decker Alice L Schuette and Mildred J Feree totaled 1900 en with multiple patrons listed including Marion R Pell Hanpton Conn 100 Mrs KH H Baird Bethel Conn 500 and William Mason Wallingford Vt 1000. Funds were previously acknowledged for The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Lebanon Penn via H J Shenk and August 1906 noted as total.
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Tivoli-on-the-Hudson
Lena S. Decker
Alice L. Schuette
Beschos
Marion R Pell
Hanpton
Conn
KH. H. Baird
Bethel
William
Mason
Wallingford
Pennsylvania Chautauqua
Lebanon
Penn
H. J. Shenk
Shubert Establishes Julia Marlowe Sothern Foreign Study Prizes
Lee Shubert announced the Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Sothern Scholarship for Foreign Study to send two young actors abroad for a year. Winners aged 20 to 30 must be legitimate speaking-role performers not stars, study at the Théatre Francais, visit London, Berlin and Vienna, sign five-year contracts, and return to profitable engagements with the Shubert organization.
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Europe
Lee Shubert
Julia Marlowe
Edward H. Sothern
Sothern
Marlowe
Shubert
Théatre Francais
Paris
Shupert
New Theatre
Flo
America
London
Berlin
Vienna
Shuberts
WANTS THEATRE TRUST PROBED
The Central Federated Union requested Attorney General Bonaparte to investigate a merger of theatrical interests in multiple cities. President De Veaux of the Actors' Protective Union says the merger amounts to a trust that could freeze out independent companies and harm actors and building trades.
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Central Federated Union
de Veaux
Actors’ Protective Union
United States
Bonaparte
The Regeneration and Other New York Theatre News
Arnold Daly returns to stage in The Regeneration at the national theatre season opening. The Jury of Fate may follow, while The Gentleman from Mississippi is slated for Washington premier with Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. Louis Mann Clara Lipman back from Europe. Cohen Harris minstrels head to Broadway. Cubs and Giants at New York Theatre. Richard Carle repeats at New York Theatre with new song Lagader of Olegp.
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Arnold Daly
Daly
C. 8. McLellan
Paris
London
Liebler & Co
Mississippi
Harrison Rhodes
Thomas A. Wise
Mr. Wise
National Theatre
Washington
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Europe
Mr. Mann
Cohen & Harris
Broadway
Messrs. Cohan & Harris
Cubs
Giants
New York Theatre
Knickerbocker
Richard Carle
A Future Empress And Noble Alliances Across Europe
An 1908 exposé outlines the engagement of Princess Victoria Augusta of Hohengollern to Archduke Francis Charles, heir presumptive to Austria, amid details of dynastic titles and nobility laws across Germany Austria Russia England. It notes the Triple Alliance bonds and the fate of noble status under various legal codes, with historical anecdotes about Scottish heraldry and the Erroll lineage.
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Brentwood Company
Austria
Hohenzollern
Vienna
Victoria Augusta of
Hohenberg
Francis Charles
Hungary
Victoria Augusta
William
House of Hohenzollern
Prussia
Romania
Charles
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Rumania
Prince William
Leopold of
Spain
Leopold
Portugal
Sigmaringen
Flanders
Archduke Charles Ferdinand
Germany
German Empire
Confederation
Empire
Russia
England
Crown
Earl Ferrers
House of Lords
Tyburn
Philip Eusenburg
Berlin
Prince’s Trial Ends In Adjourment Amid Illness and Costs
At adjournment sine die the prince’s trial ends before a verdict amid grave illness of the prince and massive trial costs. Lawyers and physicians concur he cannot defend himself and his recovery is hopeless, with release unlikely until death. The crown cannot act until a decision is reached. Premier at Slains Castle.
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Cruden Bay
Scotland
Duke of Cumberland
Culloden
Charles Edward
England
George III
Robert the Bruce
Slain's Castle
Gilbert of
Erroll
Slain’s
Sir Walter Scott
Earl of
London
Kilmarnock
Tower Hill
House of Stuart
Walpole
Slain’s Castle
Mount Edgecumbe
New York Yacht Club Fleet Dazzles Newport Harbor Event
Newport harbor shines as the New York Yacht Club flag fleet dresses ships in rainbow colors for the colors parade. Commodores and guests tour the US training station amid plans for tomorrow’s King’s Cup race starting at Brenton’s Reef at 10:30 with a four minute handicap.
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Tribune
Newport
BR. L
North Star
New York Yacht Club
Queen
Elmina
Aurora
Istalena
Avenger
William Gould Brokaw
Commodore Vanderbilt
G. Bourne
J. D. J. Kelley
Willian
Butler Duncan
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Belmont and Nearby
Prominent arrivals include B R Upham of Pittsburg at the Belmont Hotel and Judge W F Easley of North Carolina. Other guests: Dr F Augustini of Paris, Fs Croft of Aiken, Capt R F Hull of Washington, Capt J J Kahler of Baltimore, Dr D E Sprague of Minneapolis, Capt M Gray Zalinski of Washington, Signor A Ceriano of Turin, Dr J Hutchings White of Muskogee, and more at the Manhattan Seville hotels.
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Belmont
B. R. Upham
Pittsburg
Breslin
W. F. Easley
North Carolina
Hoffman
F. Augustini
Paris
Der
Fs. Croft
Aiken
Holland
R. F. Hull
Washington
J. J. Kahler
Baltimore
D. E. Sprague
Minneapolis
Manhattan
M. Gray Zalinski
Signor
A. Ceriano
Turin
Italy
Seville
J. Hutchings White
Muskogee
Okla
Weather Report Forecasts Unsettled Conditions Ahead
Official weather record notes below normal pressure across the U S with high heat in the western half and widespread rainfall in the mid-Atlantic and eastern Gulf regions. Unsettled weather expected for two days, with showers Monday and Tuesday in several zones and little temperature change except cooler in the extreme northwest.
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Washington
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
California
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
Reforming New York Criminal Law Administration
A letter argues New York criminal procedure is slow and abusive, created by timid judges. It contrasts New Jersey and Paterson trials with New York, praising simple speedy systems in Jersey and England, and urges newspapers to criticize local judges to drive reform. Dated August 5, 1908.
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The
Tribune
New York
Patrick
Thaw
Court of Appeals
New Jersey
Paterson
Jersey
England
Americans asked to send views on prohibition and schooling
A 1908 appeal from Kawakawa New Zealand asks U S readers to answer questions on liquor prohibition Bible use in schools and state populations for publication in New Zealand papers. It urges responses via Vancouver and lists multiple New Zealand newspapers for distribution.
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the Tribune
New Zealand
Vancouver
the Times
Kawakawa
America
Auckland
P. S
Evening Post
Wellington
Lyttelton Times
Christchurch
the Dominion
The
Daily Times
Dunedin
the Herald
John G. W. Aitken
Macaronic Poem Variant Circulated by Readers
Arthur M Clark of Dubuque Iowa forwards a set of macaronic verses credited to Greene Hendrick. He shares collated versions and presents his preferred edition, noting the playful doggerel mixes Latin and English about cats and rats and ends with a brief moral and caution.
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the Tribune
Greene Hendrick
Bishop Potter and vivisection as reform effort
A reader praises Bishop Potter for supporting early efforts to reform vivisection and animal cruelty. The letter notes Potter and other church leaders opposed current scientific exploitation of animals and left a legacy of reform in the Episcopal Church.
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the Tribune
Bishop Potter
Huntington
Grace Church
Potter
Protestant Episcopal Church
Tribune
A . Cleghorn
Death notices and funeral entries from Mount Kisco to Chelsea
Memorial notices list names and ages including Crawford Curtis Mary Ann Fisher Lawrence Littlewood Pease Pryer Scott Skidmore with funeral details and locations across New Rochelle Watertown New Britain and New York City. The classifieds note services at Kensico Cemetery Lenox Green-Wood and private chapels with transport and contact details.
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Crawford
Mount Kisco
N. Y
Thomas Crawford
East
York
Kensico Cemetery
Grand Central Station
Curtis
York Harbor
Maine
Mary Ann Curtis
W . Edmond Curtis
Watertown
Conn
Lawrence
Farmington
J. Awtt
Stephen Russell Lawrence
New Britain
Littlewood
New Rochelle
Botton
Frank Littlewood
Beauchamp Place
Pease
Mary Hollister
Walter A. Pease
New York City
H. H. Pease
Lenox
Masa
Pryer
Adeline Pryer
Ave
Desirable help for employers in Uptown Tribune office
An advertisement from The Tribune lists recruitment assistance and fast access to applicant files at the Uptown Office, with multiple subscription options and international mail rates. It also details numerous office locations, foreign and domestic mailing rates, and hotel offices abroad for Tribune readers.
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Tribune
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
The
Brom
Cube
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Alma
Tribune Index
New York City
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Felis ET Mures
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Otlose
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Iowa
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Thun
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Danleil S
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