Free Trade Congress prompts mixed views on tariffs and reform
London reports an international gathering of Free Traders from America and Europe backing Cobdenism against tariff reform. Leaders like Churchill and Asquith defend Free Trade while Hobson argues modernized regulation and new finance are needed, warning that imperial prosperity now hinges on reassessing old doctrines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
England
Mr. Asquith
Mr. Churchill
Signor Giretti
Professor Arndt
Herr Gothein
Germany
France
America
Professor Summer
Franklin Pierce
Louis F. Post
United Kingdom
J. A. Hobson
Hobson
Einen Oan
M. Guyot
Mr. Pierce
Masa
Not Party Or Creed Says New York Letter on Governor Hughes
A New York letter criticizes Republican politicians who back Governor Hughes for moral reform. It urges voters to support leaders who fear God and hate covetousness, arguing two more years under Hughes could advance lawfulness and curb gambling horseracing and liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Hughes
New York
Farmers support Hughes nomination effort in 1908 letter
Ira M. Hawkins from New York reports a farm paper canvass showing 9 percent of Republicans favor re nomination of Governor Hughes and oppose efforts to set him aside. He cites ex congressman Wadsworth defeated by stance on beef inspection bills as context. August 18, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Hughes
Wadsworth
Congress
Ira M. Hawkins
New York
Where Saratoga County Stands in 1908 Politics
A Saratoga Springs opinion cites a Tribune piece by A Travelling Man arguing counties except Saratoga favor Governor Hughes for a second term. The Saratoga County Agricultural Society, a representative body, endorsed Hughes amid spring political tensions, challenging belief that local moneyed interests swing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Saratoga
Hughes
Saratoga Springs
Carleton
Saratoga County Agricultural Society
N. Y
Documents of Early New York Matter Revealed by Maria Cox
Maria D. B. Cox recounts the Fernow papers and translations in New York archival history. She notes publications by the Colonial Dames of New York including The Minutes of the Orphan Master’s Court and The Minutes of the Executive Boards of the Burgomasters of New Amsterdam. The letters discuss gaps in Van der Veen notary records and names like Allard Anthony and Elsie Jans, with dates from 1661 to 1664.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Berthold Fernow
New York
Fernow
Burgomasters
New Amsterdam
Walewyn van der Veen
Messrs
Allard Anthony
Paulus Leenderzen van der Grift
Elsie Jans
Hendrick Jogheinsen
Adriaen Peters
Alkmaar
van der Veen
Nathaniel
Boston
Maria D. B. Cox
Setauket
Suffolk County
Long Island
Whitman's Barbaric Yawp gains praise in letter
A New York reader in a 1908 letter lauds Whitman as a poet and agrees with the phrase barbaric yawp used to describe his own work. The writer notes sending the item to a friend in New England and echoes the description as admiring and felicitous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Walt Whitman
New England
Whitman
New York
Denial by New York Children's Society
The Tribune editor receives a letter denying a sensational claim that a 16 year old girl committed suicide after infant removal by the Gerry society. The letter clarifies the three separate New York area child cruelty prevention groups and outlines the investigated case of Maria Sicari Taolmina, detailing marriage, desertion, birth, and family disputes surrounding the infant.
Grandmother Distances Child Removal From Tragic Death
Eighteen hundreds eight tale clarified by New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children secretary. The death by own action is attributed to despair of the mother, not forcible separation. Grandmother took the child to an infant asylum with the priest’s written statement and mother’s approval. Brooklyn charity authorities approved. No involvement by Gerry societies or cruelty societies. Public misperception corrected for readers and press.
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the Tribune
Gerry Society
News Exchange
Long Island City
New York
Brooklyn Society For
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond County Society For
Richmond
New York Society For the Prevention
Manhattan
Bronx
Maria Sicari Taolmina
Lim
Brooklyn Department of Charities
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
E. Fellows Jenkins
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Devils Draw Crowds as Arliss Tops The Devil at Belasco
The Belasco and Garden Theatre crowds burst with interest as George Arliss’s Devil lures patrons. Belasco lauds Arliss as a great artist while Harrison Grey Fiske places Arliss among stars, fueling speculation and bold bets on the show’s success. Speculators surround box offices, selling out by nine o clock as Sav age offers rewards if Fiske can prove author royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Savage
Mr. Fiske
the Devil
Belasco
the Tribune
Garden Theatre
David Belasco
George Arliss
Devil
New York
Mr. Arliss
Mr. Belasco
Harrison Grey Fiske
42D Street
Seventh Avenue
Belasco Theatre
Madison Square Garden
Savage
Actors’ Fund Society
Fiske
Ferenc Molnar
MISS DUNCAN AT THE CRITERION
Isadora Duncan appears on the Criterion stage with a modest costume and graceful, expressive movements. The performance of Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide drew large applause as she depicted joyful boisterous dances, Chalkis maidens, and the Scythes, ending with Strauss's Blue Danube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadora Duncan
Criterion
Gluck
Chalkis
Miss Duncan
Strauss
Brilliant Day at Bar Harbor Horse Show Delights Crowd
The Bar Harbor horse show draws a large fashionable crowd as Miss Mathilde Townsend wins the Victoria class and Miss Anne A. Thompson takes the saddle pony class. Gilbert Keech secures the saddle pony blue, with W S Kuhn second. J L Ketterlinus wins for Maine bred harness horses. Bar Harbor cup goes to Miss Anne Thomson with a strong field. Park four class postponed to tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Bar Harbor
Association
Mathilde Townsend
Anne Thompson
Gilbert Keech
Colonel Morrell
Warner M. Leeds
J. L. Ketterlinun
John I. Kane
Ashurst
Carola T. Warburg
J. L. Ketterlinus
Philadelphia
Biue
Red
Maine
Anne Thomson
Philip Livingston
Plandome Mills Stable
Frank B. Keech
New York
Lewis R. Ashurst
D. P. Edwards
A. Butler Duncan
J. A
Rowland Ness
Slice V. D. Whiting
Weather Report Forecasts Cool Northern Zone and Rains South
Official record notes fair cool conditions in the north east of the country and freezing temps in Manitoba. Unsettled rain and lower temps from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with fair cooler weather expected in the north over the next 2 3 days and copious rains in the Gulf and south Atlantic states. Winds shift along coasts and Great Lakes with variable upper lakes. Local forecast details New England to Grand Banks and DC to VA show rain and cooler days with shifting winds. Historical temperature figures listed for 1907 1908 and present twenty four hours.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi
Gulf
South Atlantic
Plains States
North Pacific
Rocky Mountain District
New England
Middle Atlantic
Great Lakes
Krecord
Weather Bureau
Frank Hendrick Wins $150 Essay Prize
Frank Hendrick a city lawyer and Union League Club member won a $150 prize from the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee for an essay titled Why the Republican Party Should Be Successful Next November. The Harvard graduate authored the piece and has long campaigned for Republican leadership in the 29th Assembly District. He was once nominated for Congress from the 13th District by the Independence League and has written on railway regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hendrick
Union League Club
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Hendrick
Harvard
Congress
Independence League
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
John A. Sleicher
Henry L. Stoddard
New York Evening Mail
Congressional Committee
George W. Gallagher
Geddes
Arthur J. Dodge
Washington
Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels
Notable guests checked into hotels including Wu Ting Fang in Washington and William W. Lawton at Anne Plaza in Havana. The Rousseaus arrived in Wonktnata with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Rousseau. George Gouzerles, Greece’s vice consul, stayed in Lowell Massachusetts, with additional names from Havana and other locales appearing in the listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Anne Plaza
William W. Lawton
Havana
Ham
H. H. Rousseau
Wonktnata
A Gaorge Gouzerles
Greece
Lowell
Masa
Fresh Air Fund aids city children in De Ruyter visit
A caravan of 163 needy children from De Ruyter and Cortland enjoyed Tribune Fresh Air Fund placements. Churches including Middle Collegiate and St. Cornelius praised the program as uplifting, with many hosts requesting repeats next year. A party of fifty girls was sent to Litchfield, while funds from a Quogue fair supported the effort.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Patrick
de Ruyter
F. D. Webster
Cortland
Mr. Webster
Webster
Middle Collegiate Church
Dr. Devins
Church of St. Cornelius
West 46Th Street
Isaac C. Sturges
Sturges
Litchfield
Quogue Field Club
Quogue
Long Island
Lizzie van Aee
Hazel
Laura Trimble
Passaic
N. Con
New Jersey
Second Congregational Church Sunday School of
New London
Conn
William H. WiGenes
SeeeNit
Presbyterian Sunday School of
Amenia
L. F. Eaton
Stockbridge
R. M
Friend of the Children
Waterbury
St Bay
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
W. G
Silas C. Halsey
Ss. F. L
Tata Agee Moros
New York
Newspaper Delusions Stir Editorial Association Talk
At the National Editorial Association session John A. Sleicher of Leslie's Weekly denounced sensationalist press practices that chase circulation. He urged restraint, accuracy, and less biased reporting, warning that daily papers should print less but better news and avoid attacking individuals and institutions. A. L. Lawshe addressed post office attitudes to newspapers and second class matter, supporting current rates but opposing a rate rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
National Editorial Association Today
John A. Sleicher
Leslie
Sleicher
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Gladstone
Ainst
General Gordon
Soudan
United States
A. L. Lawshe
Postoffice Department
The Celtic May Carry President Roosevelt
Report from the city claims White Star Steamship Line plans to carry President Roosevelt on the first leg of his Africa safari voyage. The plan envisions sailing from New York on March 6 aboard the Celtic to Madeira, then transferring to a Union Castle Line steamer to continue to Cape Town via Madeira.
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Celtic
White Star Steamship Line
Roosevelt
Africa
New York
Madeira
Union Castle Line
Southampton
Cape Town
Odd Fellows Meet And Visit To Coney Island
Odd Fellows of high and low degree numbering about three hundred with wives and families visited Coney Island last night after a strenuous day at the Grand Lodge session in the Metropolitan Temple Seventh Avenue and 49th Street. The next annual meeting will be at Saratoga. Rochester was the other mentioned location. An already-made monument for Past Grand Sire John Stebbins of Rochester will be erected in the order’s plot there. The final session was to be held today with committee reports on appeals judiciary and petitions.
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Saratoga
Coney Island
Grand Lodge
Metropolitan Temple
Seventh Avenue
Lth Street
Rochester
John Stebbins
Acting Mayor declines Portland Olympic heroes reception
Acting Mayor McGowan was informed by Lieutenant Colonel Charles O. Davis that the ith Coast Artillery would not participate in the August 2 reception for returning Olympic athletes. An officers meeting decided the national guard should not be used for the celebration, despite the unit’s reputation as an athletic regiment with four Olympians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGowan
Charles O. Davis
Ith Coast Artillery
National Guard
Brooklyn
George W. Wingate
Lth Coast Artillery
Athletic Regiment
Obituary notices and funeral details from August 1908
A varied page lists obituaries and funeral arrangements from August 17 to 21 1908. Entries mention Edwin A Bradley 2d Gertrude Strobell Martha West John Dayton Anne Henke and others with funeral dates locations in Montclair Brooklyn Indianapolis Bay Shore Hempstead and Greenwich, including church services private funerals and interments at Holy Cross Washington Cemetery and Dover. The back pages advertise The Woodlawn Cemetery services Tribune subscriptions offices and global Tribune distribution details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mestivier
Julia Mestivier
Sumpter St
Brooklyn
Ernoom
Holy Cross Cemetery
August W. Miller
Clinton St
Hempstead
Long Island
Rosenthal
Sarah Rosenthal
Bedford Ave
Washington Cemetery
Strobell
Zimeiine Opdyke
Edward C. Strobell
George Opdyke
West
Martha W. West
Mary Anderson
96Th St
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Free Trade Congress
Asquith
London
Free Trade Press
Italy
Saratoga County
N. Y. Children’s Society
Belasco and Garden Theatre
the Weather Report
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Congress Campaign Committee
New Yorker
Republican Party
National Wealth
Custom House
Party OF Progress and Prosperity
Constructive Party
Democratic Party
Party OF Statesmen
Horsford
Tri-Weekly
Pringle
Dodds Ferry
William Pringle
Tie
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
New York City
Undertakers
Frank EF. Campbell
St. Chapels
Chelsea
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Mexico
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Almanac
Tribune Index
Masten
Sunday Tribune
Europe
Universal Postal Enron
Assay Street
Thadway
Jean District
East 125Th Street
West 125Th Street
F Street
Newark
Frederick N. Sommer
Broad Street
Brussels
Montague de la Cour
Offic
Danes Inn House
Strandamerican Express Company
Haymarket
Thomas Cook & Son
Ludgate Circum Brown, Shipley & Co
Pall Mail Speyer Brothers
Lothbury
Paris
John Monroe & Co
Scribe
John Wanamaker
Daily Sunday Tribune
Hotel Victoria
Savoy Hotel
Chariton
Ritz Hotel
Hotel Metropole
Land Grand Hotel
Norfolk Street Embankment
Adelphi Hotel
Liverpool
Midland
Manchester
Queen's Hotel
Leeds
Bradford
Wellington
Tunbridge Wells
Land
Morecambe Bay
Eaton Hollier’s
Shanklin
Isle of Wien
Scotland
Glasgow
Station
Ayr
Dumfries
Gibraltar
Cecil
Heatel Continental
Rice
Astoria
Hotel Chatham
de l Athenée
Tel Lilie
Albion
St. Et
Albany
Montana
Bal
Vichy
Belgium
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel de Europe
Weber
Antwerp
Splendidt
Hotel de la Plage
Ostend
Holland
Hotel Des Indes
the Hague
the Kurhaus
Keveningen
Bristol
Central Hotel
Elite Hotel
Alexandria Hotel
Hotel Coburg, Royal, Hotel Aussie and Hotel Pariserhof
Berlin
King of Prussia
Moneogel
Cence
Fogne
Dlevue
Tel Continental
Aeeas
Dresden
Park Hotel
Royal Hide
Angleterre
Ems
Moncpol
Westminster
Frankfurt
Sommer
Esplanade
Palace Hotel
Hamburg
Luxemburg
Savoy
West End
Hannover
Carlsbad
Tygot Jans Kop
Konigsville
Franzenbadmar
Klinger
Switzerland
Victoria
Rivage
Geneva
Interlaken
Thunerhof
Rome
Gentwa
Milan
Daniell
Gene
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