Isman bids for Belasco site sparks theatre row
Felix Isman announced he had acquired the Belasco Theatre site at Seventh Avenue and 424th Street though not in possession. Hammerstein counters with leases and ground ownership disputed by the Gerry and Davidson estates. A legal clash looms over roof gardens, with Isman and Belasco linked to a wider battle among theatre syndicates and managers.
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Victoria
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Belasco Theatre
Victoria Theatre
Saratoga
N. Y
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David Be- Gnesco
David Belasco
Roeder
Inman
New York
Eai
United States
William Morris
Broadway Theatre
New Circle
American
Broadway
Lincoln ‘Square Theatre
Old Streetcar Arrives for Mr Underwood Reading Room
An old-fashioned streetcar arrives in Wauwatosa on a fiat car. Belongs to F W Underwood, president of the Fire Railro, and one of his prized possessions. He says the car sparked awareness of street rail traffic and rode it in Ohio as Fred Underwood. It will be installed at his home grounds as a reading room.
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Wauwatosa
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Fred” Underwood
Ohio
Beoth of Holmes and Shaw Tied to Crossing Failure
Coroner Curry in Hackensack inquest held last night blamed the Susquehanna & Western Railroad for the fatal Beoth of Donald Holmes the Paterson lawyer and his chauffeur Robert Shaw at Bogota crossing on August 2 citing lack of proper crossing protection. Dover swimmer Burgess makes sixth failed attempt to cross the English Channel starting at Dover at 1 am and failing after three hours in cold seas.
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Paterson
Robert Shaw
Susquehanna & Western
Bogota Crossing
Dover
England
T. W. Burgess
Dwarfs Big Buildings Plan For World Largest Office Block
William H Chesebrough of Century Realty plans immediate construction of a 35 story office skyscraper on a 52000 square foot site fronting West and Washington streets New York City The project represents over 34000000 in investment and aims to reshape the Lower Manhattan skyline amid improving realty conditions and lingering postwar financial disturbances
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Century Realty Company
West
Washington Streets
Chesebrough
Manhattan Island
Battery Park
Whitehall Buildings
Whitehall Building
Battery Place
New York
Singer
City Investing
Trinity
West Street
Whitehall
Four Women Aeronauts Plan Long Ride Across Sound
Four prominent women from Philadelphia and New York will attempt a long distance balloon ascent from Huntington Bay Long Island next Saturday with pilots Dr Thomas E Eldridge and Dr George H Summerman aboard the Philadelphia Aeronautical Society event for the Eldridge Simmerman Ladies Aeronautical Cup. The craft will cross Long Island Sound to Connecticut in about an hour if winds favor a southerly path, escorted by power boats for safety.
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Huntington Bay
Long Island
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George H. Summerman
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Eldridge
Simmerman
Huntington
Huntington Harbor
Long Island Sound
Fire Devastates Brooklyn Docks Complex Near Bush
A massive early morning blaze at the H. W. Johns asbestos and roofing plant in South Brooklyn engulfed a five story drying building and nearby structures from 39th to 40th streets. Fireboats battled flames along the river as millions in goods at Bush Terminal Docks faced danger, but no lives were reported lost and the drying building was completely destroyed.
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Brooklyn
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Bush Terminal Docks
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Seth Low
David A. Boody
George B. McClellan
Bush Docks
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Fort Hamilton
Asbestos Company
Marcus Ward Paper Company
Municipal Ferries
Auburn for Hughes Opposes Wilcox in County Scene
Auburn and Cayuga Cortland and Seneca counties rally behind Governor Hughes as Senator Wilcox faces a tough primary battle for re nomination. The anti Wilcox effort concentrates in Cayuga with Osbourne as a potential challenger and local Republicans fear a late start could cost Wilcox his seat.
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N. Y
Hughes
Cayuga County
Cortland
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Cayuga
Congress
Wilcox
Thomas M. Osborne
Public Service Commission
Osborne
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
Governor Hughes Strongly Favored for renomination
State leaders, meeting amid Oyster Bay discussions, indicate broad support for Governor Hughes to be renominated while denying any final decision. National leaders and local delegates foresee the renomination, with Chairman Hitchcock conducting district polls to gauge sentiment and influence the pacing of any official announcement after primaries.
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Weeek
Oyster Bay
Sherman
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
Parsons
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
State Committee
Adirondack Woods
Upstate
Republican State Committee
Mr. Woodruff
Rye
Michael J. Cady
Mr. Cady
Hitchcock
American dies in Mexican gunfire near Acapulco
Consul Maxwell K Moor head at Acapulco reports Grant A Price of Winona Minnesota died from a gunshot wound at Pie de la Costa near Acapulco. Price, an employee of the Mexican Pacific Company of Seattle, was killed last night as Mexican authorities hunt Manuel Salada to capture him.
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Maxwell K. Moorhead
Acapulco
Mext
State Department
Grant A. Price
Winona
Minn
Manuel Salada
Pie de la Costa
Price
Mexican Pacific Company
Seattle
Saluda
Isidor Gordon Takes Own Life After Bankruptcy Notice
Isidor Gordon, president of Gordon Cloak Co of 83 Spring St, Brooklyn, killed himself at 117 Compton Ave after creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition. Neighbors and his wife were away. a shot was heard around midnight. A receiver, Frank J. Waldeyer, was appointed as claims totaling about $2,975 for money and goods were filed. The company’s stock is valued at $1,000 with about $500 in outstanding accounts.
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Gordon Cloak Company
Spring Street
Compton Avernue
Brooklyn
Gordon
Manhattan
Talowitz
Westfield
Charles I. Emanuel
Frank J. Waldeyer
Wright Tests First Aeroplane Flight at Auverns
Wilbur Wright conducted his initial post accident flight at Auvenis near Le Mans on August 21. The aircraft rose to about seventy five feet and landed safely amid crowds kept back by soldiers. A curious spectator slipped past guards to view the trials. a French army officer congratulated Wright, who had flown in the United States in 1895. A shed telegraph line or telephone was installed by postal authorities for the event.
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Wilbur Wright
Auvenis
Wright
Auvours
United States
New York City Leads State In Property Assessments
City realty is assessed at 6.14 billion with total real and personal property valued at 7.16 billion for 1908. Ordinary real estate stands at 5.14 billion, up 437 million. The report, sent to Mayor McClellan by President Lawson Purdy and the Tax Department, notes wide gaps in per capita assessments and states personal property in New York City is more fully taxed than in other cities.
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oregon
Wyoming
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Watervliet
Rensselaer
Blood Poisoning Kills Physician in Williamsburg
Dr George H Smith a renowned homoeopathic practitioner in Kings County died from blood poisoning after an infection during an operation at his home 831 Reid Avenue Williamsburg He had long served Greene Avenue Baptist Church and held roles in multiple fraternal and civic organizations Funeral at Greene Avenue Baptist Church Sunday at 2 pm He leaves a wife three daughters and two sons
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Kings County
Smith
No. S31
Reid Avenue
Williamsburg
Dr. Smith
Milton
Ulster County
N. Y
New York
Homeopathic Medical College of
Brooklyn
Greene Avenue B 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 origins
York Pennsyl Aug 21 For his campaign slogan Shall the people rule William J Bryan is in debted to the memory of his close friend and admirer the late Chauncey F Bleck a notable Pennsylvania Democrat E D Zeigier Democratic Congressional nominee from this district has a brief written several years ago by Bleck entitled Shall the People Rule or Shall the People Be Ruled
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the Tribune
York
Penn
William J. Bryan
Chauncey F. Bleck
Pennsylvania
E. D. Zeigier
Mayor frees record 651 prisoners in Boston
A Boston record was set when the mayor released 651 prisoners at once amid a crime wave. Police stations and jails were crowded as crooks, vagrants and tramps swelled the system. Deer Island held 1.0 max but housed 1.6. The released men faced minor misdemeanors. Tomorrow the mayor plans action on other penal institutions.
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Tribune
Boston
Massachusetts
Deer Island
Platform collapses during Bryan speech in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on August 21 during William Jennings Bryan’s talk at the ball park the temporary platform collapsed. Several hundred people were present but 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 at Virginia Rally
Taft addressed a Virginia crowd in a rare on soil appearance. The Republican candidate praised Republican rule and Roosevelt era reforms while highlighting Democratic tariff and money policy failures. He cited repeals, new laws, and enforcement actions that boosted wages and living standards amid concerns about railroads, trusts, and corporate power.
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