Amusements Listing from New York Theatres
A condensed program of shows with times and venues across Manhattan and Coney Island including Mistress Nell at Gardens, The Merry Widow at Astor, The Mimic World at Casino, and vaudeville acts at Hammerstein Roof along with other attractions such as Dreamland Daly's Girls The World in Wax and Yankee Prince.
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Rooper
Astor
Brighton Beach
Pain
Casino
Coney
Vaudevilla
A DE Paris
Nickerbocker
Liberty
Falesman
New York
Wallace
New York Daily Tribune Briefs August 15 1908
International and domestic items from the August 15 1908 New York Daily Tribune include naval movements with the American fleet sailing toward Sydney, a London balloon disaster killing two and injuring six, and diplomatic notes on French US tariff talks. Taft’s campaign tone, Guilds appendectomy success, and theatrical trust complaints feature in domestic updates. City news covers gas leaks, auto injuries, a police trial, and railroad fare discussions, with weather indicating fair conditions and a high of 20 degrees.
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Auckland
Sydney
Lovelace
New York Aero Club
London
Panama
Castro
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Clementine
Henry Montagu Hozier
Hussein’ Kiazim Bey
Bucharest
America
Paris
France
United States
Japan
Okuma
William H. Taft
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Wright
Hot Springs
Taft
War Department
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
W. T. Thomas
Washington
Department of Justice
New York
Rochester
Gifford Pinchot
United States Department of Agriculture
International Typographical Union
E. R. Thomas
Democratic State Committee
Joseph H. Choate
Ira PD. Sankey
Brooklyn
Gardiner’s Bay
J. Frank Cordova
New Jersey
Health Department
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan System
Prosperity Congress
Brooklyn Bridge
The Other Side of Grade Crossings
President Peters of the Long Island Railroad argues that automobiler recklessness causes grade crossing disasters. He cites many crossings with gates and flagmen and claims motorists ignore warnings, sometimes praising the railroad for safer measures while blaming drivers for nearly missing trains.
Crossing Safety And Liability At Grade Crossings
A editorial urges abolition of grade crossings but notes labor and cost delay action. It stresses pedestrians and drivers must act prudently when near tracks and supports the Long Island Railroad president’s view that many automobile incidents are not the railroad’s fault.
Near-Hughes and the Near-Hughes Problem in Politics
The piece analyzes the idea of replacing Governor Hughes with a near-Hughes who mirrors his policies and background. It questions the efficacy of promoting a candidate deemed similar, weighs cross party appeal, and notes Democratic and Republican leaders grappling with the same dilemma amid widespread disaffection and calls for a broader, more distinct political alternative.
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Hughes
Senate
Murphy
Conners
Barly Sides
Sincerity and politics in Bryan Sullivan clash
The piece attacks William Jennings Bryan for backing Roger Sullivan, labeling him an embezzler of power and questioning his convictions. It cites Bryan's rail policy views and his 1906 remarks, arguing his platform omits government ownership of railroads and calls for a receiver to settle the clash between sincerity and political expediency.
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Mr. Bryan
Roger Sullivan
Democratic Party
Bryan
Sullivan
Ilinois
Wall Street Journal
Jefferson Club
Chicago
Marine Turbines and Naval Speed Trials Question
The Chester and Salem speed trials spark debate as official reports set Chester at 26.52 knots and Salem at 25.946. Salem’s speed is settled by standardization, while Chester’s higher official speed may not have been reached in its standard trial, leaving doubt about its true peak speed. Standardizing builds a curve of engine speed across measured miles, revealing speed versus revolutions.
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Chester
Salem
Board of Inspection and Survey
Turbine ships Chester and Salem speed test debated
An analysis compares Chester with Parsons turbines and Salem with Curtis turbines. Measured speeds show Chester around 26.5 knots over four hours, Salem about 25.5, while propeller revolutions and curve direction raise questions about true speed. Trials planned with Birmingham and other engines aim to guide engine choice for new battleships.
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Chester
Salem
Curtis
Great Britain
Birmingham
Farmers Prosperity Boosts Republicans in 1908 Election
The article argues that farmers in the Midwest, now prosperous, will favor the Republican party in the upcoming vote. It contends Bryan’s plans to aid farmers with banked wealth and discontent with the current administration lack traction. It predicts farmers will weigh wealth retention over Democratic appeals and reject Bryan as a clear alternative.
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Bryan
Washington
Great
Middle West
Mr. Bryan
End of Panama tale marks final canal company payoff
A Paris dispatch reports the Civil Tribunal of the Seine authorized a final 1 percent payment to Panama Canal Company stockholders, ending the Universal Interoceanic Canal Company affair. The piece chronicles the saga from grand beginnings to ruin, noting sound engineering but faulty diplomacy and vast graft amid epidemics and political turmoil.
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Paris
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Universal Interoceanic Canal Company
France
Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse
Stephen Turr
la Société Civile Internationale du
Panama
de Lesseps
Niumber
le Lesseps
French Academy
Henri Martin
Thiers
Gambetta
Panama Canal scandal and collapse in late 19th century narrative
The text recounts the French Panama project fiasco, detailing embezzlement, swindling, and moral depravity associated with the scheme. It notes bankruptcies, lawsuits, and executions, and traces the transfer of control to the Americans as a pivotal, cautionary chapter in modern canal history.
The hazards of golf and politics lace a cautious year
The piece voices lively opinions on golf equality while criticizing press views on Newfoundland fisheries, praises the American fleet’s era dawn, notes Cuban court rulings against revolutionists, mocks political platforms, urges American Automobile Association to curb speed, and predicts Panama market gardening will thrive with the canal’s opening.
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Japan
Monument to Spinner sparks women clerks tribute
A fragment from a paper notes Maria Wolff praising Francis E Spinner birthplace Herkimer New York. It credits him for placing women in federal clerical roles during Civil War era and mentions his statue debate in Washington. The item includes jokes and brief quips from various sources.
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Francis E. Spinner
Treasury
Abraham Lincoln
Herkimer
N. Y
Maria Wolff
Hamburger Nachrichten
United States
Spinner
Washington
New York Society Notes Chambered for Summer Travel
New York society crowds appear in Europe and domestic resorts. Oliver Harriman and John Turner Atterbury stay at the Belmont while Lucius Wilmerding and Cortlandt Bishop tour Geneva and Aix-les-Bains. Hoyt couple plan Staatsburg fall, Beekman rumor hints political move.
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Mrs. Oliver Harriman
Belmont
John Turner Atterbury
Augustus Jay
Cortlandt F. Bishop
Aix-les-Bains
B. A. Bend
Beatrice Bend
Dorothy Whitney
Paris
Switerland
Social notes from Newport on a warm August day
Newport August 14 Today was very warm and quiet for the cottagers. Dinner parties were hosted by Mrs Philip M Lydig Mrs William Storrs Wells and Mrs Richard Campbrill. Mr and Mrs H Havemeyer Jr are to have further gatherings.
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Anita Peabody
Caroline
Rose
Anita Grosvenor
Laura Swan
James Stillman
New
Philip M. Lydig
Newport
EF. Livingston Beeckman
the Tribune
William Storrs Wells
Richard Campbrill
H. ©. Havemeyer, Jr
A Chance for Waste in Blackwell's Island Bridge Critique
The Tribune editor is urged to consider that the city charter makes final certificates of completion binding on the city. The piece argues that a disinterested financial official should review construction works, with payment tied to verified conformity to specifications and timely engineering reviews to prevent excess or misdirected payments. It questions certifying authorities when a project is under investigation and advocates withholding payment until reports are issued.
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the Tribune
Blackwell's Island
Ath
Department of Bridges
Charter Revision Commission
Board of Estimate
Finance Department
Romance of Admiral Cogswell on a South Sea isle
Milwaukee August 14 A tale linked to Admiral Cogswell recounts a South Sea incident from over a decade ago. An American warship wrecked in the Southern Pacific left the crew stranded on a deserted isle with gull eggs and fruit for weeks. Led by Cogswell they built an improvised boat from wreckage and reached Honolulu where they were rescued, most nearing death.
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Milwaukee
Admiral Cogswell
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pacific Ocean
Cogswell
Honolulu
Passengers Listed for Sailings to Antwerp Glasgow London and More
A list of passengers aboard multiple ships includes Mrs Charlotte Derr and Mr William Foster aboard THE NEW YORK, families of Abbe Cor Lori Lake Thomas and others, with sailings to Antwerp Glasgow London Naples and Liverpool among names such as Mr and Mrs George M Book Mr and Mrs Richard P Morte and Rev Thomas M and Mrs Cora Kaimore.
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THE
New York
Charlotte Derr
William
Foster
B. E. Libby
Finland
Robert Abbe
W. B. Cor
Bila A. Lake
John D. Thomas
Californi
George M
Richard P Morte
William Murr
In the Berkshires A Telegraph Dispatch Update
Lenox August report lists Mrs Richard Starr Deas hosting Beechwood Terrace for the 90th birthday of Mrs David T Turner. Several visits and arrivals noted include Duncan Cryder’s family at Haggard cottage, Herbert Parsons from Newport, Victor Sorchan and Caroline King Duce leaving for Southampton, John E Parsons hosting dinner at Stoneover, Augustus Schermerhorn to spend weekend at the Dormers, Dr Charles McBurney buying farmland near Cherry Farm Stockbridge, Anna B Shaw hosting dinner for Grant Walker of Boston, Mrs John Sloane visiting Greenwich Conn, and Charles Astor Bristed returning from Cape Cod.
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Lenox
Richard Starr Deas
Beechwood Terrace
David T. Turner
Duncan Cryder
Haggard Cottage
Misa Cryder
Herbert Parsons
Newport
Henry Clews
Victor Sorchan
Caroline King Duce
Southampton
Long Island
John E. Parsons
Stoneover
Augustus Schermerhorn
Monrow
Ellen Auchmuty
Dormers
Charlies McBurney
Stockbridge
Anna B. Shaw
Grant Walker
Boston
John Sloane
Greenwich
Cone
William E
Griswell
Charles Astor
Cape Cod
Hughes Unable to Attend Maine Campaign Visit
Governor Charles B. Hughes of New York writes Byron Bodd he cannot join Maine state campaign due to prior engagements. He notes many county fairs and agricultural meetings demand his attendance and cites a September 5 trip to Youngstown Ohio as a rare exception, expressing regret and best wishes for a successful campaign.
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Augusta
Charles B. Hughes
New York
Byron Bopd
Republican State Committee
Hughes
Saranac Inn
N. Y
Maine
Youngstown
Ohio
Proctor
Vermont
Hughes Leaves North Woods for Albany After Stay
Governor Hughes departs Saranac Inn with family heading to Albany arriving late evening after brief stop at Tupper Lake. He plans a trip to county fairs next week delivering four or five speeches weekly for three weeks.
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Saranac Inn
Hughes
Albany
Tupper Lake
Spanish King Goes to Bilbao Regatta Trip
King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Bordeaux from San Sebastian and met surgeon Professor Moure for a nose examination with a favorable report. He departed by yacht Giralda to Bilbao for a regatta, while Queen Victoria of Spain reached Paris with officials welcoming her at the station.
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Bordeaux
Alfonso of
Spain
San Sebastian
Paris
Queen Victoria
Sam Sebastian
Bois de Boulogne
London
Pichon
Republican Guard
British ambassador to Germany to retire and be replaced
Berlin Aug 14 Sir Edward Goschen ambassador of Great Britain at Vienna is to succeed Sir Frederick C Lescelles the British Ambassador at Berlin who will retire on October 4 on account of age.
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Berlin
Edward Goschen
Great Britain
Vienna
Frederick C. Lescelles
Hughes Candidacy Posed as Prudent GOP Course
From The Boston Globe and Collier's Weekly the piece argues Governor Hughes should be renominated by New York Republicans as the safest path. It contends his renomination would secure broad support and election prospects, presenting a case that a Hughes second term might yield stronger political gains than a bid for a different outcome.
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Boston Globe
Hughes
Re Belican Organization
New York
Collier's Weekly
Massachusetts Lot
Ais
Bad politics and governor renomination debate across papers
Multiple editorials from Buffalo Hartford Sullivan County and Chicago discuss Governor renomination and political support for Hughes and Taft. They note Republican and independent sentiment, potential electoral impact in New York and the nation, and the role of Hughes in shaping the gubernatorial and presidential ticket with calls for lawful conduct and reform.
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Buffalo
Sullivan County
Taft
Hughes
Gare
Empire State
Chicago Evening Post
York
New York
Charles B. Hughes
Nead
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Weete
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Aeceese
New York Daily Tribune
Tribune Association
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Milla
Nathaniel Tuttle
President Peters
Long Island Railroad Company
Peters
Long Island Railroad
Mishay
Rome
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Arton
le Grand Français
American Isthmus
Toon
American Automobile Association
Farmer Corntessel
Fats
Washington Star
Kaiser
Tommy Figg
Johnny Briggs
Burbank
Pittsburg
Post
Gwendolen
Chuckaluck
Kansas City Journal
NEW York Society
Ernest la Montagne
Saratoga
Lucius K. Wilmerding
Geneva
Hotel
Beau Rivage
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Hotel Ritz
Gerald Livingston Hoyt
Ipswich
Mass
Staatsburg
Ambrose C. Kingsland
Henry B. Hall
Regnala C. Robbins
Hamilton, Mass
J. Sergeant Cram
Scotland
Mrs. Hamilton Fish Kean
Adirondacks
Lady Orford
D. C. Corbin
Dorothy Walpole
Earl of Orford
John B. Trevor
Europe
la Bourboule
Auvergne
Robert Mansfeld
Eaward H. Richard
R. & Walker
Antwerp
A. _N. Powless
John Potter Murphy
Glasgow
James Ambercrombie
David T. Warden
Leander C. Claftin
Co. Drake
W. Osborne
Loftus
H. H. Robertson
H. S
Thomas A. Esanvier
Uury
Koenigin L
A. M. R Bavelay
Joseph A. Delaney
Cora Kaimore
Umbria
Atkinson Tee
Arthur G. Pereher
Liverpool
W. Ww
Berkshires
Gov. Hughes
North Woods
Bilbao
Germany
Hartford Courant
Sullivan County View
Philadelphia Ledger
Pepee
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