Amusements and Theatres Listings Across City Venues
A dense scan of shows and acts across venues like Academy of Music, Garden Theatre, Coney Island Luna Park Dreamland, and New York listings. Notes include 3-Mistress Nell, The Man from Home, Devil, The World in Wax, Follies of 1908, Yankee Prince, Minstrel acts, and paid performances with times such as 2:15 and 8:15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
Nell
Gardens
Merry Wisor
Brighton Beach
Pain
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Criterion
Isadora Duncan
Daly's
Eden Musee
Wax Garden
Hackett
Ein
Vauteville
H Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
Liberty
New York
Wallace
Weber
Neto Dork Daily Tribune overview and masthead data
The August 20 1908 issue presents newspaper ownership and publication details. The Tribune Association is listed as owner publisher with office at Tribune Building 155 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Milla serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New
York
Ogden Milla
Nathaniel Tuttle
Global Tensions and Domestic Politics in Brief
Internationally, battleships reach Sydney as crowds cheer. in Peru Miss Annie S Peck faces summit setbacks. Venezuela dispute looms with possible naval action. Domestically, Taft at Hot Springs weighs Republican gains, Hughes praised at Cortland fair, and Johnson renominated in Minnesota amid large-scale political activity. Weather notes predict a fair day with highs near 80.
Admiral Evans Praises Navy and Warns on War Prospects
Rear Admiral Evans, retiring from active duty, lauds the navy’s strength and gunnery, arguing national security and peace hinge on a powerful fleet. He rejects war with Japan as absurd, notes Japan’s compliant stance toward China, defends the open door policy, and voices statesmanlike caution in international affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Evans
the Tribune
Public Service
Japan
Pele
China
America
Admiral Evans
Admiral Evans and Yamamoto Voices in Accord on U.S.-Japan Ties
The passage lauds naval officers for prudent judgments and asserts no war between the United States and Japan. It notes distrust of sensational intrigues and alliances, while praising Admiral Evans and Admiral Yamamoto as speaking in concord with sober US policy and public judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Admiral Evans
Yamamoto
United States
World and Bryan clash over Democratic drift
The World says the Democratic party has shed mischief making alliances and Drifts toward centralization and paternalism under Bryan. It faults bank deposit guarantees and trust licensing as radical shifts toward socialism and calls attention to the party’s pro labor injunction stance and Interstate Commerce Commission expansion as signs of centralization. The piece contrasts current platform with pre Bryan era and Populist roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Republic
New York World
Watson
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bryan
Middle West
Greene County Fair Shows Broad Support for Governor Hughes
At the Greene County fair on Tuesday night the governor was warmly welcomed by a diverse cross section of voters including groups said to oppose his racetrack policy. He spoke in favor of ending the agricultural fair tax on gambling, and the crowd’s enthusiasm suggested the opposition voices were overstated. The event indicated that the broader public sentiment may differ from party insiders who only hear from the most vocal members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Hotprings
James S. Sherman
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Oyster Bay
Hughes
Cortlana County
Oneida
Fowler
Washington
United States
Treat
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Greene County
Mr. Hughes
Watertown
New York Evening Mail
Rigid dirigible balloons and their dangers
The article discusses Count Zeppelin’s rigid frame approach to airships, noting potential advantages like gas subdivision for buoyancy but highlighting a major risk: a puncture could trigger a hydrogen explosion. It questions vertical steering and safety measures, referencing a Stuttgart disaster and general precautions.
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Count Zeppelin
Wirtemburger
Stuttgart
Airship Propulsion and Design Considerations Discussed
The article argues that rapid access to emergency lift is desirable and that airships like Count Zeppelin’s could outperform others in such cases. It favors placing screw propellers on a horizontal line through the balloon’s center, via a rigid frame, to reduce power waste and improve efficiency compared with propellers placed below the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Zeppelin
la Patrie
Our Fleet Reaches Sydney After Pacific Passage
The fleet completes its Pacific voyage with a 1264 mile run to Sydney, Australia. Sydney, capital of New South Wales, sits on Port Jackson and hosts a harbor famed as among the best. The city, once a penal colony, now thrives as a major world capital, promising cordial receptions for the American fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Auckland
Tasman Sea
Sydney
Straits
Indian Ocean
Wilmington
N. C
South
Commonwealth
United States
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
America
New South Wales
Port Jackson
Australans
Legal action urged over coastal sewage pollution in New Jersey
The New Jersey State Board of Health asks the Attorney General to sue two towns for polluting tidal estuaries. The cases threaten a legal shift by treating coastal waters as subject to pollution controls, potentially restraining Atlantic Highlands and Sea Bright and setting precedents affecting Newark, Elizabeth, and even New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health of
New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands
Seabright
Shrewsbury River
Pleasure Bay
Newark
Elizabeth
New York Bay
New York City
Injured Innocence in Ex-Prison Preacher Scandal
A former preacher released from New Jersey State Prison after a crime spree involving a church member. He abused a wife and children, was imprisoned, now criticizes pardon while claiming martyrdom. He offers forgiveness to all, drawing public debate over his punishment and future ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Ile
Bryanized Democracy and Red Cross Dogs Spark Debate
The Charleston News and Courier argues over Bryan and the Denver outcome, noting South Carolina Democrats’ lukewarm support. It questions using trained rescue dogs in service, citing Italy and Alpine history, and suggests humane police use. A cheerful aside recalls a hen and gander raffle folly.
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Boston Transcript
Red Cross
Italy
Austria
Germany
France
St. Bernards
South Carolina
Bryan
Denver
Charleston News and Courier
Pittsburg Man Rescued From Live Wire by Wooden-Leg Guard
A Pittsburg man was pulled to safety from a high power rail by a guard with wooden legs acting as insulators. The unusual rescuer suggested here could inspire traction firms to employ wooden leg guards to protect crews during third rail incidents.
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Pittsburg
Oyster fad lampooned in Paris talk and proverbs
In a Paris Academy discourse Dr Chauffard promotes the oyster as a perfect food for children and the ill, condemning the custom of oyster eating only in months with an r. London Globe recalls Whitstable’s Dr Williams who presided over oysters and stout, while various light vignettes and jokes from Puck and Tit-Bits headline a miscellany of notes on porcelain, cards, and social foibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauffard
Paris Academy of Medicine
London Globe
Chaufford
Whitstable
Williams
Bear and Key
The New Roosevelt Seeks Africa Hunt After Presidency
The article recalls Roosevelt's late night wish to retreat from public life for a year or more to be alone with his son Kermit. He plans to travel from Italy through the Suez to Italian East Africa, hunt big game, and study the wilds. He hopes for a simple voyage with few attendants and asserts that future issues will center on moral questions and economic reform.
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American Magazine
Roosevelt
Grant
William
Germany
Europe
Italy
Austria
Africa
Suez
Italian East Africa
Kermit
Bota
Miss Rosamond Street Weds George Eustis at Hermitage
New York society notes a high society wedding today as Miss Rosamond Street marries George Peabody Eustis at the Hermitage Seabright New Jersey. Families and guests including Miss Susan Street and William Corcoran Eustis attend with a tide of society movements and travels across Europe and the U.S. to and from Newport St. Moritz and Riverdale.
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Rosamond Street
George Peabody Eustis
Hermitage
Seabright N. J
William A. Street
Susan Street
William Corcoran Eustis
Social Season Opens at Bretton Woods Guests and Dinners
Bretton Woods New Hampshire reports Mrs Joseph Buckney to arrive September 1 with guest Mrs Pierre Lorillard Ronalds of London. Several dinners hosted by R B Worral New York L A Hamilton New York and W W Hurley Chicago. Congressman Butler Ames Lowell joins Mount Washington Hotel party with H M Flagler. Francis E Dodge East Thirty seventh Street New York visits. Dr Samuel H Austen Philadelphia hosted a dinner for the Weaver sisters daughters of ex Mayor Weaver.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Joseph Buckney
Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
London
R. B. Worral
New York
L. A. Hamilton
W. Whurley
Chicago
Butler Ames
Lowell
Mass
H. M. Flagler
Mount Washington Hotel
Francis E. Dodge
East Thirty-seventh Street
Samuel H. Austen
Philadelphia
Weaver
Met Museum approves Pompeian frescoes project in Fifth Avenue plan
Municipal Art Commission meets with Robert W. de Forest presiding approving a one story pavilion to house the Pompeiian frescos from the Boscoreale room under near original conditions. Additional designs approved include an elementary school with auditorium extension in Brooklyn and bridge work for Wanamaker Stewart buildings. A portrait donation by Caroline E Lawrence Ingersol is accepted.
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Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Municipal Art Commission
Robert W. de Forest
Central Fifth Avenue
Lbrary
Caroline E. Lawrence Ingersol
Josiah Ingersoll
Port of New York
Porter Avenue
Ingraham Street
Harrison Place
Brooklyn
Wanamaker
Stewart
National Society of
Deming to Exhibit Abroad with Indian and Animal Works
Edwin W. Deming, the Indian and animal sculptor and painter from Macdougal Alley, ships a score of paintings and bronzes to London for a one man show. The works center on American Indian life, mythology, and war scenes with bronzes of American wildlife. Berlin and Paris exhibitions follow after European interest shown by the German Emperor.
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London
Edwin W. Deming
Macdougal Alley
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Artists to Honor John La Farge at National Arts Club Dinner
The National Arts Club led by president Spencer Trask will host a September dinner honoring John La Farge. Invitations extended to premier American artists to celebrate him as dean of the profession and the world’s greatest colorist. Expected speakers include Frederic Crowninshield Frederick Dielman Sir Caspar Purden Clarke and Edwin Howland Blashfield.
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National Arts Club
Spencer Trask
John la Farge
United States
Alexander R. McKim
la Farge
Frederic Crowninshield
The
Fine Arts Federation
Frederick Dielman
National Academy of Design
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edwin Howland Blashfield
Harriman Marries May Brady Hall at Newport
Newport, R. I. Aug. 19 A formal notice reports Mrs May Brady Hall and Herbert M. Harriman were married this morning in Newport summer colony. Ceremony signer remained secret with few knowing. The couple departed Newport this afternoon, likely for New.
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Tribune
Newport
R. L
May Brady Hall
Herbert M. Harriman
Newport Summer Colony
Neuritis Fears Arm Loss For Kenyon Cox
Telegraph report from Bradford Vermont on August 19 states the rumor of Kenyon Cox losing an arm was false. Cox has been treated for a severe neuritis attack in his right arm and is nearly recovered after earlier fears he might lose the limb.
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the Tribune
Bradford
Kenyon Cox
Miss Kneeland Hosts Garden Party in Lenox Scene
In Lenox on August 19 Adele Kneeland hosted a garden party for a group from the Girls Friendly School of Canton Connecticut. Notable guests included Senator W Murray Crane Acting Governor Eben Draper and Mrs Parker of Boston along with multiple Boston and Hartford society members. The event featured dinner and bridge at Tomsstead with callers like Miss A R Williams of Hartford and Miss Anna Wright.
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Lenox
Adele Kneeland
Canean
Conn
W. Murray Cranes
Fben S. Draper
Hertery Parker
Boston
Franklin Farrell
Hotel Aspinwall
F. W& Son
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Emerson
Misa Emerson
Wilmington
Anna B. Shaw
Tomestead
A. R. Williams
Hartford
Charles Bristed
John A. Hadden
Helen
Amy Farnum
Isabel Shotter
Heloise Meyer
Irvine Keyser
Beverley
Henry M. Gittings
Baltimore
Anna T. Wright
Edward R. Wharton
Canada
J. Apgar Smith
Charleston
Social notes from Newport at national lawn tennis tourney
Telegraph report from Newport Aug 19 details a bustling second day at the national lawn tennis tournament with brilliant play, numerous luncheon parties, five dinner gatherings hosted by Mrs Biddle and others, a reception by Mrs Grosvenor, and the Newport Reade Room annual meeting showing no officer changes. Notables guests include tennis champion William A. Larned with hosts Mr and Mrs George S. Scott, and arrivals/visits from Col Delancey Kane, Gen Horace Porter, and society figures from New York and Bar Harbor aboard the Wanderer and other estates. Registered at the Casino include John Darragh, Thomas Crane, R L Bacon, and Ella Borland among others.
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Newport
Henry S. Redmond
Clambake Cah
Craig Biddle
Elisha Dyer
Charles & Hoffman
Robert Goslet
Philip Lydig
William Grosvenor
Newport Reade
William A. Larned
George S. Scott
Ella Borland
New York
David King
King Cole
John & Darragh
Thomas Crane
R. L. Bacon
Wiliam & Larned
Seth B. French
Seymour Bilaff
Alexander Brown
Eleventhworth
Delancey Kane
Saratoga
Co. L. F. Rouson
Horace Porter
Bar Harbor
Henry Barton Jacobs
Henry A. C. Taylor
Herman Leroy Emmett
Emma and
Ida Thursby
Henry W. Bookstaver
The Hughes Candidacy in a National Spotlight
A mosaic of editorials from New York and Buffalo papers debates Governor Hughes. Advocates praise his honesty and courage, while opponents warn of machine politics and seek to publish donors. The Times notes Watertown visits. Rochester Herald hints at replacing Hughes with more mercenary rule.
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Rochester Herald
New Yurk
Hughes
Mount Banks
Bill Barnes
Albany
Bacon Begins Vacation From Washington State Office
Wes Washington reports Robert Bacon Secretary of State left Washington for a month long vacation in the Mountain region. He will seek rest and recreation and expects to return after about thirty days in early August.
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Robert Bacon
Newport
Wes Washington
Washington
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Piscos
Neto Dork Daily Tribune
the Tribune Association
Tion
Annie S. Peck
Lima
Mount Huascaran
Venezuela
Castro
d'Amado
Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Vancouver
Lancashire Federation of
Frank Hendrick
Congressional Campaign Committee
Sheldon
Foraker
Ohio
Empire City
Lusitania
Board of Health
B. Thomaz
Long Branch
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Tracy
Corporation Counsel's
the World
and MR. Bryan
Mahomet
Bobbie
Mary
Ethel
Freddy
Tsumakimura
Puck
Anna Morgan
Vienna
Manhattan
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
England
Gunjfa
Scotland
NEW York Society
Cleveland H. Dodge
Misses Dodge
Riverdale
Peter Cooper Hewitt
St. Moritz
Switzerland
George R. Sheldon
Louis T. Hoyt
Henry Bancel Binsse
Summit, N. J
West 11Th Street
Lady Augusta Fane
Earl of Stradbroke
House of Roys
Lady Augusta
Melton Mowbray
Cecil Fane
Earl of Westmoreland
William Church Osborn
Garrison-on-the-Hudson
Constance Folsom
Noroton, Conn
Edward R. Delafield
William S. Fanshawe
Plaza
J. F. Fahnestock, Jr
Moreton Frewen
Clara Jerome
George Cornwallis West
Manchester-by-the-Sea
J. Nelson Borland
Tuxedo
Augustus D. Juiflliard
Frederick Bronson
Lloyd Griscom
Rome
Griscom
T. Harrington Littell
Littell
George D. Otis
Charles IL. Raymond
Keogh
John M. Corre York
Nina Rhoades
Mise 4. Langford
Arthur Ryle
New Toy Friends
J. Keogh, Jr
Yonkers
Bridge
Joseph Hoyt
East Sixty-eighth
Tomy
White Mountains
MR. Deming
Berkshires
New York Evening Sun
Friends of the Personal
Ughes
Tiliama
Buffalo Commercial
Lincoln
Sherman
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Wordsworth
Syracuse Herald
Times
Charles E. Hughes
Dax
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