Amusements and Show Schedule Listings for Theaters
A list of showtimes and acts across New York venues including ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ASTOR, BELASCO, BRIGHTON BEACH, CASINO, CONEY ISLAND, CRITERION, DALY'S, EDEN MUSEE, GARDEN THEATRE, HACKETT, H MERSTEIN'S ROOF, HERALD SQUARE, JARDIN DE PARIS, KNICKERBOCKER, LIBERTY, NEW YORK, WALLACE'S, and WEBER'S. Highlights include 3-Mistress Nell, The Merry Widow, The Man from Home, The Devil, The Mimic World, Isadora Duncan, Girls, The World in Wax, The Witching Hour, Vaudeville, Three Twins, Follies of 1908, Yankee Prince, The Travelling Salesman, Minstrels, The Girl Question, and Paid in Full with various start times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
Nell
Aerial Gardens
ASTOR
Belasco
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Daly’s
Eden Musee
The
Wax Garden Theatre
Hackett
H Merstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
Liberty
New York
Wallace
Weber
New York Daily Tribune owners and offices in 1908
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. The corporate office and principal place of business are in the Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president, Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New
York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
News Snapshot From The Morning Edition
Foreign news reports a battleship fleet arriving at Sydney to cheers from 500000 spectators, while Miss Annie S Peck reaches Lima amid guide illness near Mount Huascaran summit. Dutch moves toward Venezuela settlement threaten naval action. Abd el Aziz may regain Morocco City per dispatch. Vancouver forest fires threaten settlements. cotton wages cut 5 percent risk 200000 lockout. Russian courts hand down 36 death sentences. Domestic notes Republican gains, Taft at Hot Springs, Cary Sher man Hitchcock and Cortelyou to meet at Oyster Bay. Governor Hughes praised at Cortland County Fair. Oneida County opposition noted. Customs receipts reach 820654 with heavy future volumes forecast. Johnson renominated Minnesota governor. appellate court upholds legislative apportionment act. Harvard to open business admin graduate school October 1. City stocks down. essay prize won. Brazil coffee bonds to be placed here. Tragic shooting linked to traveling couple. Lusitania sets record. health board forms new divisions. patrols rescue twenty from tenement fire. Warnings issued for speeding in Long Branch. trolley-truck collision injures four in Richmond Hill. City debt hearing held by General Tracy. Weather forecast fair. yesterday high 80, low 67.
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Sydney
Annie S. Peck
Lima
Mount Huascaran
Venezuela
Castro
d’Amado
Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Vancouver
Lancashire Federation of Cotton Spinners
Taft
Hotprings
James S. Sherman
Frank N. Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Oyster Bay
Hughes
Cortlana
Oneida
Fowler
Washington
United States
Treat
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Harvard University
Frank Hendrick
Congressional Campaign Committee
Hitchcock
Map
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Empire City
Lusitania
Board of Health
New Jersey
BR. Thomas
Long Branch
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Tracy
Corporation Counsel's Office
Admiral Evans thoughtful on naval power and pacific relations
The Tribune notes Rear Admiral Evans retirement remarks praising naval strength as a pledge of peace and rejecting war with Japan. He argues Japan seeks no colonization, favors open trade, and warns America’s main role is maintaining the open door in China, reflecting cautious, statesmanlike diplomacy.
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Paul Jones
Evans
the Tribune
Public Service
Japan
Pele
China
America
Admiral Evans
Admirable Naval Judgment Aligns Two Nations Voice
A naval officer notes high rank and long observation praise for sober judgment shared by Admiral Yamamoto and Admiral Evans. He states there is no cause for war between the United States and Japan and expects no ripple in relations despite hostile intrigues. The two voices are in exact accord.
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Japan
Admiral Evans
Yamamoto
United States
The World Versus Bryan and Democratic Shifts
A critical editorial contrasts The World’s view of Mr. Bryan with the Democratic party, arguing reforms like bank deposit guarantees and federal trust licensing push toward centralization and paternalism. It accuses the party of drifting from its old faith toward radicalism, warns of railroad rate centralization, and questions Bryan’s stance amid Rooseveltian themes.
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Democratic Party
Republic
New York World
Watson
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bryan
Middle West
Greene County fair shows Governor Hughes heartily received
At the Greene County fair on Tuesday night the crowd applauded Governor Hughes and his reference to ending the agricultural fairs dependence on gambling taxes. The event suggested the real public sentiment differs from party leaders reports, as voters across classes expressed support rather than widespread disaffection.
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Hughes
Greene County
Mr. Hughes
Rigid dirigible balloons and the danger of gas design
The article discusses Count Zeppelin's rigid airship concept, noting how subdividing hydrogen gas into compartments was intended to prevent ignition but may have caused a disaster near Stuttgart. It questions vertical control, safety of gas pressure points, and the risks of piercing the reservoir during flight.
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Count Zeppelin
Wirtemburger
Stuttgart
Airship Propeller Position and Design Insights
The article discusses rapid attainment of desired emergency lift, comparesCount Zeppelin airships to La Patrie, and argues for placing screw propellers on a horizontal line through the balloon’s center rather than below it. It contends a rigid frame makes this setup possible and reduces engine power waste.
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Count Zeppelin
la Patrie
Our Fleet Reaches Sydney After Pacific Voyage
The American fleet completes its Pacific crossing with 1264 miles from Auckland to Sydney, entering Australian waters. Sydney, capital of New South Wales, hosts the fleet amid a debate over state rights versus national sovereignty, with a population around six hundred thousand and renowned harbor Port Jackson.
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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
States Move to Sue Municipalities Over Coastal Sewage
The New Jersey State Board of Health has asked the Attorney General to pursue legal action against Atlantic Highlands and Sea Bright for polluting tidal estuaries in the Shrewsbury River and Pleasure Bay. The case could set broad precedents affecting Newark Elizabeth and others, possibly extending to New York City. successful action would curb coastal water pollution, protecting health and shore use.
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State Board of Health of
New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands
Seabright
Shrewsbury River
Pleasure Bay
Newark
Elizabeth
New York Bay
New York City
Injured Innocence Tarnishes a Released Preacher News
A former New Jersey preacher released after a brutal crime claims injury and martyrdom. He abused a church member, abandoned his wife and children, and served his full term amid sensational remarks. Critics argue victims deserve sympathy, not his continued ministry.
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New Jersey
Bryanism, Red Cross dogs, and a gander raffle tale
The letter column questions whether Bryan’s cause can revive in the South and notes Red Cross dogs serving in Europe, with praise for civilian rescue work. It recalls St. Bernards, suggests dogs for police use, and wryly comments on a gander raffle and a Pittsburg man saved from an electric line by a wooden leg guardian.
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Boston Transcript
Red Cross
Italy
Austria
Germany
France
St. Bernards
Oyster diet debate and lighthearted clippings from London papers
A Paris Academy talk endorses oysters as a perfect food for children and the infirm, challenging the superstition of eating oysters only in months containing the letter r. The London Globe notes a Whitstable predecessor, Dr Williams, and a pub portrait beside a punch bowl. The page compiles humorous anecdotes and trivia from Puck, Tit-Bits and Yonkers Statesman, including a German heiress, porcelain factory troubles, and a Scottish captain quoted about watering the deck.
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Chauffard
Paris Academy of Medicine
London Globe
Chaufford
Whitstable
Williams
Bear and Key
The New Roosevelt Seeks Quiet Africa Hunt After Presidency
A personal account from American Magazine describes President Roosevelt toward the end of his term. He voices fatigue and a desire to withdraw for a year or more, planning travel to Italy and Africa with his son Kermit, aiming for a hunting voyage and reflection away from public life. He hints at future economic and moral questions and reflects on his decision against a third term.
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American Magazine
Roosevelt
Grant
William
Germany
Europe
Italy
Austria
Africa
Suez
Italian East Africa
Kermit
Ermit
New York Society Brings News of Social Weddings and Travel
Miss Rosamond Street weds George Peabody Eustis today at the Hermitage Seabright New Jersey, with sister Miss Susan Street as bridesmaid and Willam Corcoran Eustis as best man. European travel continues as the Dodges sail September 1 for Riverdale New York while Mrs Hewitt, Mrs Sheldon, Mrs Hoyt, and others move between Europe and New York.
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Rosamond Street
George Peabody Eustis
Hermitage
Seabright N. J
William A. Street
Susan Street
Willam Corcoran Eustis
Louis T. Hoyt
Europe
New York
Philadelphia
Tig T. Harrington Littell
Littell
York
George D. Otis
Charles L. Raymond
J. Keogh, Jr
Yonkers
Keogh
John M. Cornell
Nina Rhoades
Mises Lang
Ford
Arthur Ryle
East 56Th Street
New Yonk
Bridge
Joseph Hoyt
East Sixty-eighth Stove
Social set gathers at Bretton Woods in late summer
Bretton Woods events include Mrs Joseph Buckney to arrive September 1 with guest Mrs Pierre Lorillard Ronalds of London. Dinner hosts include R B Worral and L A Hamilton of New York and W W Gurley of Chicago. Congressman Butler Ames joins H M Flagler at Mount Washington Hotel. Francis E Dodge arrives from New York for a short visit. Dr Samuel H Austen hosts a dinner honoring the Misses Weaver, 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. W. Gurley
Chicago
Butler Ames
Lowell
Mass
H. M. Flagler
Mount Washington Hotel
Francis E. Dodge
East Thirty-seventh Street
Samuel H. Austen
Philadelphia
Weaver
Metropolis approves Pompeyan frescoes center building
The Municipal Art Commission approved a design for a one story building opening from the central Fifth avenue section to house the Boscoreale room Pompeiian frescos under near original conditions. Also approved are school and bridge projects and a bronze tablet gift for the Aquarium Building.
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Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Municipal Art Commission
Robert W. de Forest
Central Fifth Avenue
Library
Caroline E. Lawrence Ingersol
Josiah Ingersoll
Port of New York
Porter Avenue
Ingraham Street
Harrison Place
Brooklyn
Wanamaker
Stewart
National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812
State of New York
Aquarium
White Plains Road
Bronx
Hancock Place
Manhattan
Deming to Exhibit Abroad in London and Berlin
American artist Edwin W. Deming will ship about twenty paintings and six bronzes to London for a Europe first one man show of American subjects. His works focus on Indian life, war scenes, mythology, and studies of an oldtime Indian, with bronzes of American wild animals. Exhibitions planned for Berlin and later Paris follow the European openings.
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London
Edwin W. Deming
Macdougal Alley
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Artists to Honor John La Farge Dinner Planned
The National Arts Club led by president Spencer Trask will host a dinner in early September to honor John La Farge. Major American artists are invited to pay tribute to the dean of the profession and the world’s greatest colorist with addresses expected from Frederic Crowninshield Frederick Dielman Sir Caspar Pur don 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 in Newport
A formal notice reports the marriage of Mrs. May Brady Hall to Herbert M. Harriman in Newport R I this morning. The ceremony was kept secret with few aware of it beforehand. The couple left Newport this afternoon likely bound for New York.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
May Brady Hall
Herbert M. Harriman
Newport Summer Colony
Neuritis Misreported as Arm Loss of Kenyon Cox
Bradford Vermont August 19 The Tribune reports a rumor that artist Kenyon Cox lost his arm in an accident. The fact is he suffered a severe neuritis in his right arm and has nearly recovered after the scare.
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the Tribune
Bradford
Kenyon Cox
Lenox Social Roundup in the Berkshires
Miss Adele Kneeland hosts guests at a floral garden party from the Girl's Friendly School in Canaan Conn. Senator W Murray Crane entertains with Eben S Draper and Herhey Parker. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Franklin Farrell of Ansonia and Edward R Wharton returning from Canada.
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Lenox
Adele Kneeland Cave
Aig
Girl's Friendly School
Canaan
Conn
Bng
W. Murray Crane
Dayton
Eben S. Draper
Herhey Parker
Boston
Franklin Farrell
Ansonia
Jy Emerson
Emerson
Wilmington
Anna B. Shaw
Homstead
A. R. Williams
Hartson
Charles Bristed
John A. Hadden
Helen
Amy Farnum
Isabel Shotter
Heloise Meyer
Irvine
Newport social notes from the casino and yacht town
Newport society pages detail a busy day at the Newport Casino with tennis bouts and luncheons. Notables registered include William Larned and Ella Borland. several dinners hosted by Biddle Dyer Hoffman Goslet and Lydig. Horace Porter and others travel between Newport Bar Harbor and Saratoga.
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Tribune
Newport
Henry
Redmond
Craig Biddle
Elisha Dyer
Charles Hoffman
Robert Goslet
Philip & Lydig
William Grosvenor
Newport Reading Room
William A. Larned
George S. Scott
Ella Borland
New York
Henry Barton Jacob
Henry A. C. Taylor
Herman Leroy Emmett
Bar Harbor
Emma and
Ida Thursby
Henry W. Bookstaver
Hughes Candidacy in New York Press Echoes Debate
A compilation of editorials from The New York Evening Sun, The Buffalo Commercial, The Watertown Times, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The New York Evening Mail, and The Rochester Herald endorsing or questioning Charles E. Hughes. The pieces discuss his public welfare stance, potential for a second term, and contrasts with Republican insiders. They praise his honesty, criticize party machine tactics, and reference support from various regional outlets.
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Buffalo
Hughes
National
Taft
Sherman
New York Evening Mail
Republican Party
Bacon begins vacation trip from Washington
Secretary of State assistant Robert Bacon departed Washington for a mountain region vacation today. He plans to spend about a month away, seeking rest and recreation in the scenic mountains.
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Robert Bacon
Newport
Washington
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Piscos & Organs
Merriexes
Desthe
Ocean Steamers
Ower
Werk
New York Daily Tribune
the Tribune Association
the World
and MR. Bryan
Mahomet
South Carolina
Denver
Charleston News and Courier
Pittsburg
Bobbie
Mary
Ethel
Freddy
Tsumakimura
Puck
Anna Morgan
Vienna
Manhattan Post Co
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
England
Gunjfa
Scotland
NEW York Society
Cleveland H. Dodge
Misses Dodge
Riverdale
N. Y
Peter Cooper Hewitt
St. Moritz
Switzerland
George R. Sheldon
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. Juillliard
Frederick Bronson
Switerland
Lloyd Griscom
Rome
Griscom
White Mountains
MR. Deming
Berkshires
New York Evening Sun
Ughes
William Jennings
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Wordsworth
Watertown
Rochester Herald
Mount Banks
Bill Barnes
Albany
Syracuse Herald
Charles FE. Hughes
Ent
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