Isman Buys Belasco Site Sparks Theatre Row
Felix Isman announced a bid for the Belasco Theatre site at Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street, provoking denials from the Gerry and Davidson estates and a sharp rebuttal from Oscar Hammerstein. Hammerstein claims long leases and ground ownership, warns of moves to limit his roof garden, and notes a tense battle over control of theatres Belasco, Victoria, and related properties.
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Felix Isman
Belasco
Actua
Hammerstein
Victoria Theatre
Mr. Isman
Seventh Avenue
424 Street
Oscar Hammerstein
Davidson Estate
Tty
Gerry
Mr. Hammerstein
Isman
Victoria
Davidson
Belasco Theatre
Saratoga
N. Y
Belasce
A. L. Erlanger
Duck
Mr. Belasco
Ben” Roeder
David Be-lasco
David Belasco
Roeder
New York
United States
William Morris
Broadway Theatre
New Circle
William “Morris
Lincoln ‘Square Theatre
Old Streetcar On Display For Mr Underwood
Telegraph report from Milwaukee Aug 2 describes an old-fashioned streetcar arriving at Wauwatosa on a fat car. Owned by F W Underwood president of the Irie Railroad the artifact is among his valued possessions. He recalls riding the car in Ohio and says it inspired him to see rail traffic. It will be placed at his home grounds and converted into a reading room.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
F.W. Underwood
Irie Railroad
Coroner faults railroad over Bogota crossing death
In Hackensack inquest into the deaths of Donald Holmes of Paterson and his chauffeur Robert Shaw killed by a locomotive at the Susquehanna & Western crossing in Bogota the coroner held the railroad responsible for not adequately protecting the crossing. A second item notes English swimmer T W Burgess failing sixth attempt to cross the Haglieh Channel from Dover, with a long submersion record.
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Hackensack
N. J
Curry
Donald Holmes
Paterson
Robert Shaw
Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Bogota
Torsing
Dover
England
T. W. Burgess
Tomote
Dwarfs Big Buildings Plan To Erect World Scale Skyscraper
William H. Chesebrough of Century Realty backs an immediate 34 million plan for a 35 story office tower on West and Washington streets in Manhattan. The 52,000 square foot site aims to redefine the skyline, overtopping the Singer and City Investing buildings and altering views from lower Bay ships.
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William H. Chesebrough
Century Realty Company
West
Washington Streets
Chesebrough
Manhattan Island
Battery Park
Whitehall Buildings
Whitehall Building
Battery Place
Old
New York
Singer
City Investing
Trinity
West Street
Whitehall
Women to race in air over Long Island Sound
Four prominent women from Philadelphia and New York will undertake a long distance balloon ascent from Huntington Bay, Long Island, next Saturday. Dr. Eldridge and Dr. Simmerman will pilot the Philadelphia guided by the Philadelphia Aeronautical Society for the Eldridge Simmerman Ladies Aeronautical Cup. The plan includes a south wind crossing of about fifteen miles over the Sound, with power boats for safety and gas-filled, water-tight compartments in the basket.
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Philadelphia
New York
Huntington Bay
Long Island
Thomas E. Eldridge
George H. Simmerman
Philadelphia Aeronautical Society
Eldridge-Simmerman
Eldridge
Simmerman
Huntington
Huntington Harbor
Long Island Sound
Fire destroys five story drying building at Bush Docks
A early morning blaze at the H. W. Johns asbestos and Roofing five story drying plant in South Brooklyn destroyed the structure and threatened Bush Terminal Docks. Fireboats A. S. Hewitt Seth Low David A. Boody and George B. McClellan fought flames from the river. losses estimated at 30000 with no confirmed fatalities. Fire origin remains a mystery as winds spread flames toward warehouses and paper works along the waterfront.
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H. W. Johns Asbestos and Roofing Company
Brooklyn
39Th
40Th Street
Bush Terminal Docks
A. S. Hewitt
Seth Low
David A. Boody
George B. McClellan
Bush Docks
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Fort Hamilton
Asbestos Company
Marcus Ward Paper Company
Municipal Ferries
American Killed in Mexico Near Acapulco
Consul Maxwell K Moor head in Acapulco reports Grant A Price of Winona Minnesota died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Manuel Salada at Pie de la Costa near Acapulco. Price, a Mexican Pacific Company employee of Seattle, died last night as Mexican authorities pursue Saluda.
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Washington
Maxwell K. Moorhead
Acapulco
Mex
State Department
Grant A. Price
Winona
Minn
Manuel Salada
Pie de la Costa
Price
Mexican Pacific Company
Seattle
Saluda
Hughes Backed in Auburn for Wilcox Opponent Fight
Auburn, N Y August 21 The city Cayuga Cortland and Seneca counties backing Governor Hughes and opposition to Senator Wilcox who voted against anti gambling bills The anti Wilcox forces organize in Cayuga County with leaders George Underwood Truman A Mitchell James A Wright and the Hughes Republican Club of Cayuga County The campaign features rival tickets in favor of Hughes and against Wilcox with representation disputes over the Senate district basis and Cayuga County control expected to prevail
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the Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
Hughes
Cayuga County
Cortland
Seneca
Cayuga
Ben” Wilcox
Serena E. Payne
Ways and Means
Congress
Wilcox
Thomas M. Osborne
Public Service Commission
Osborne
Public
Senator Wilcox
A. P. Rich
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
State Committee
Senate
Tribune
George Underwood
Truman A. Mitchell
Brutus
James A. Wright
Moravia
the People’s Advocate
Hughes Republican Club
Benjamin C. Mead
Charles A. Wright
Irving Bacon
6Th Ward
Ontario
Wayne
Yates
Payne
Congressman Payne
Underwood
Brooklyn
Rich
Governor Hughes Likely Renominated by State Leaders
State leaders signaled strong support for Governor Hughes to be renominated, with national figures at Oyster Bay also indicating broad backing. Officials stress no final decision until after county and city primaries, while Woodruff and Hitchcock prepare to communicate the stance to the party.
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Hughes
Weeek
Oyster Bay
Sherman
Mr. Woodruff
Rye
Michael J. Cady
Hitchcock
Pell
Banker Isidor Gordon Ends Life After Bankruptcy News
Isidor Gordon, president of the Gordon Cloak Company at 88 Spring street, shot himself at 117 Compton Avenue Brooklyn after learning an involuntary bankruptcy petition had been filed. He had struggled with creditors and reportedly warned that bankruptcy would drive him to suicide. The filing listed $2,975 in claims. Frank J. Waldeyer was named receiver as the estate reportedly valued at about $1,000 with $500 in unsettled accounts.
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Isidor Gordon
Gordon Cloak Company
Spring Street
Compton Overdue
Brooklyn
Gordon
Manhattan
Talowitz
Westfield
Charles I. Emanuel
Frank J. Waldeyer
Wright Performs First Aeroplane Flight at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright piloted an aeroplane at Auvours near Le Mans, achieving a 75 foot rise and safe landing after an incident with the machine. Spectators gathered despite barriers, with soldiers posted to restrict access and one woman slipping behind a shed to view the trials. A French army officer praised Wright, who previously tested in the United States in 1895, while postal authorities installed a telephone in the shed.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Auvours
Wright
United States
City Real Estate Valuation Reaches 6.14 Billion
The Tax Department under President Lawson Purdy reports the 1908 total assessment of real and personal property at 7.158 billion, with ordinary real estate at 5.1415 billion and a rise of 437.49 million. The per capita personal property assessment in New York City is 98 cents, far higher than Buffalo 18 cents, Niagara Falls 5 cents, Watervliet 2 cents, and Rensselaer 1 cent, while the table shows broad differences across cities.
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Lawson Purdy
Tax Department
McClellan
Florida
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oregon
Wyoming
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Watervliet
Rensselaer
New York City
Death of Dr George H Smith due to blood poisoning
Dr George H Smith a leading homoeopathic practitioner in Kings County died from blood poisoning after an infection during an operation. He lived at 531 Reid Avenue Williamsburg and earlier worked as a Brooklyn physician for over thirty eight years. He was active in church and fraternal orders and leaves a wife three daughters and two sons. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Greene Avenue Baptist Church at 2 PM.
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George H. Smith
Kings County
Smith
S31
Reid Avenue
Williamsburg
Dr. Smith
Milton
Ulster County
N. Y
New York
Homeopathic Medical College of New York
Brooklyn
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Masonic Veteran Association of Purity Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
United States Lodge
Knights of Honor
Burnside Council
Royal Arcanum
Union League Club
Lafayette Trust Company
Trust Company
Origin of "Shall the People Rule" slogan
Telegraph report from York Pennsylvania dated August twenty first notes William J Bryan owes the slogan to his late ally Chauncey F Black. It cites a pamphlet by Black titled Shall the People Rule, or Shall the People Be Ruled, held by E D Zeigler the Democratic nominee for the district.
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the Tribune
York
Penn
William J. Bryan
Chauncey F. Black
Pennsylvania
E. D. Zeigier
Black
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Boston frees 551 prisoners at once in record act
A Boston mayor freed 551 prisoners today, a city record, as mass arrests of crooks and tramps flood stations and Deer Island jail, which holds up to 1000. The released men, all charged with minor misdemeanors, nearly swamped the city ferry as they celebrated. Tomorrow the mayor will address other penal institutions.
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Tribune
Boston
Massachusetts
Deer Island
Platform collapses during Bryan speech in Des Moines
While William Jennings Bryan spoke at a Des Moines ball park, the wooden platform failed sending several hundred spectators into the area. No injuries occurred and Bryan resumed from the grandstand after a five minute interruption.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Bryan
Ball Park
Bryan
Taft Replies to Bryan Question in Virginia Rally
Taft addressed over four thousand Virginians and West Virginians on Virginia soil urging suffrage for Republicans. He defended Roosevelt and the GOP record, criticized Democratic tariff policies, and praised enacted reforms while noting gaps in antitrust and interstate commerce law. The scene featured strong crowd enthusiasm and frequent affirmations.
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Hot Springs
Virginia
William Howard Taft
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Republican State Committee
MR. Wright
City Realty
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