Amusements and Theatres Listings
A consolidated listings page shows showtimes and venues including Academy of Music, Astor, Belasco, Arden Theatre and others. Acts range from stage plays The Devil and As You Like It to vaudeville and musical performances with times mostly around 8:15 and 8:30, including Dreamians and Follies of 1908.
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Academy OF Music
Aerial Gardens
ASTOR
Belasco
Righton, Beach
Pain
Cagino
New Island
Launa Park
Dreamians
Alys
Gtri
Moe Musee
Axarden Theatre
CKETT
Mmerstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
Liberty
LYCE
New York
Mery
Allack
WEBER
New York Daily Tribune Ownership and Officers Listed
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune in New York. Ogden Mills serves as president, while Nathaniel Tuttle acts as secretary and treasurer. Office and principal place of business is Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nessau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Fleeting Scenes as Ships Depart and Banks Hold Solvent
Foreign news notes the American battleship fleet leaving Sydney for Melbourne with thousands bidding farewell. Domestic items report Roosevelt at Jordanville, Hughes at Ballston Spa, and Taft warning on national bank deposits. also miners trapped near McAlester, and a range of city and state events amid rain and cold.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Friedrichsberger Bank
M. de Reus
Venezuela
Edward
M.clemenceau
M. d’Iswolsky
Marienbad
Etruria
Liverpool
Umbria
Persia
Teheran
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
Jordanville
N. Y
Douglas Robinson
Hughes
Saratoga County Fair
Ballston Spa
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Bryan
Wade Ellis
Ohio
United States
W. J. Bryan
Salem
Hailey-Ola
McAlester
Okla
Ferdinand Pinney Berle
City
Mitchel
Hurley
Coler
Elder
Kings County
Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Annis
Darrin
Queens
Megroes
Sixth Avenue
Bethune
West
Maloney
West Virginia
J. Q. A. Ward
Public Service Commission
Adolph C. Gubner
Progress on Panama Canal Construction Surges in 1907 1908
The piece compares American excavation progress to the French, noting doubling efforts raises pace without proportional cost, and details how by June 30 the project was more than half completed. It lists major expense items: plant accounts, construction and engineering, canal zone sanitation, municipal improvements, and a smaller miscellaneous total.
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Panama Canal
Anl
Canal
Administration claims fiscal economy in enterprise
The report states expenses amounting to 2 146 99677 dollars and a grand total down to June 30 last of 76 047 06272 dollars, excluding purchase price to a French company and Panama royalty. It argues predictions of extravagance were unfounded and praises financial economy alongside technical energy in the administration.
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Panama
Results of the Primaries Boost Governor Hughes Strength
The primaries indicate growing support for Governor Hughes, with strong backing in Clinton County and Erie where resolutions endorsed him. Anti Hughes sentiment remains in Albany and Onondaga but leaders’ machines shape results. yet doubtful districts show public demand for renomination, urging continued effort to secure broad support.
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Hughes
Albany
Onondaga
Clinton County
Erie
Niagara
Porter
Buffalo
Peary plans Antarctic expedition adviser role after North Pole work
Commander Peary announces he will organize an Antarctic expedition when time allows, acting as an adviser rather than leader. He cites long effort since 1904, Navy support, and payments of leaves, with competing plans from Arctowski Shackleton Charcot and others exploring ice transport. He notes his focus on pole finding and coast mapping, while other scientists contribute broader globe research.
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Peary
Brussels
M. Arctowski
Belgium
North Pole
South Pole
Greenland
Antarctic
Shackleton
England
M. Charcot
Mr. Shackleton
Commander Peary
Dr. Cook
Pole
Erichsen
Germany
Antarctica Exploration Plan Should Balance Efforts and Collaboration
The article argues for an American expedition to Antarctica that seeks broad knowledge gains rather than a single dazzling achievement. It suggests Peary’s focused geography work has limits and emphasizes past successful cooperation among England Germany Scotland and Sweden, advocating coordinated global effort and careful division of labor among nations.
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Peary
Antarctica
Scott
Dr. Drygalski
Antarctic
Bryan as an Anti Socialism Target in Indianapolis Speech
The piece critiques William Jennings Bryan for promoting federal ownership of railroads and suppression of free market ideas in Indianapolis. It contrasts his Jeffersonian rhetoric with proposed state control, argues the Republican stance is moderate and gradual, and labels Bryan’s trust policy as radical and inconsistent with party principles. The analysis asserts Bryan flip flops between socialist and anti socialist positions while Taft’s party is portrayed as steady.
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Bryan
Indianapolis
Madison Square Garden
Federal
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Maine
Texas
Republican Party
Roentgen and Becquerel Notable Nobel Parallels
The article compares Roentgen and Becquerel noting their parallel in discovering penetrating radiation. It explains Crookes tube rays versus Becquerel uranium rays and highlights Becquerel's influence leading to Curie discoveries and radium's unusual properties including heat generation.
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Henri Becquerel
Tontgen
Crookes
Becquerel
Roéntgen
Réutgen
Sir William Crookes
Mme
Curie
Radium's Scientific Shakeup Sparks Reexamination
The passage notes unsettled theories about matter as radium prompts chemists and physicists to reassess long held beliefs. It acknowledges uncertainty in judging the truth of the new philosophy arising from the Curies discoveries and their potential revolutionary impact.
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Becquerel
Rainy day keeps canal work alive amid storms and politics
A rainy spell in Ohio drenched the earth with 7.62 inches of water in three hours while workers pressed on with canal construction. The Charleston News and Courier blasts South Carolina Democrats over an Ins tructed Bryan delegation to Denver. The Troy Press urges Alton B Parker for governor after defeat, arguing it is his turn to win. A jokey or critical note on Bryan’s defeats is linked to renomination. A domestic line suggests distrust when a husband abandons his wife for another woman.
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Eohio
Rad
Yellowstone Park
Charleston News and Courier
South Carolina
Bryan
Denver
Troy Press
Alton B. Parker
Mr. Bryan
Talk of the Day and Goats of Goethe in City Notes
The column recalls Moses Zangwill’s death in Jerusalem and his role as father to Israel, Mark and Louis Zangwill, noting his move from Russia to England and later Jerusalem. It juxtaposes Goethe theft lore, Goethes stage relics, and a quip about Mrs. Roosevelt, with snippets from Syracuse Herald and Louisville Courier-Journal on voters and ambidexterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Zangwill
Jerusalem
Israel
Mark
Louis Zangwill
Russia
England
Israel Zangwill
Jerusalem Colony
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Bikur Cholim Hospital
Goethe
Frankfort on-the-Main
Goethe House
Gander and Hen raffle a notable Bryan campaign fundraiser
In Charleston, The Gander remains a top money raiser for the Bryan campaign, contrary to The New York Tribune. Phip Gadsden, owner, values the bird above most possessions and notes potential resale at high price. The Tribune could profit by using the Gander to boost Taft funds, with subscriptions for Taft growing slowly and room for substantial profit.
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Charleston News and Courier
New-York Tribune
Bryan
Phip Gadsden
Tribune
Taft
Dearth of Clergy in England Report Highlights Decline
The London Globe reports a Canterbury committee finding a sharp drop in ordinations from 1885 to 1907. Deacons ordained fell from 514 to a lower figure, with total candidates admitted and ordained showing a shortfall of 6,324 over 22 years. The national church faces unmet spiritual needs amid population growth.
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London Globe
Canterbury
York
New York Society Guests and Travelers Entertained
New York society notes list Mrs Onativia and Mrs Barclay visiting Southampton while others return from Newport Lenox and Europe. Social figures including Harkness Beach Ronalds Blagden Bowdoin de R Koven and Smith attend events and travel to summer and autumn homes across Long Island Newport and the White Mountains.
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J. Learie Barclay, Jr
Southampton
Long Island
Bar Harbor Visit After Morton Departure
Paul Morton left Bar Harbor on Tuesday for Old Orchard and then New York. He was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by Franklin H. Hazleton. Mrs. Morton to stay at Kragmyr for a period while the Malvern midweek hop concludes.
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The
Tribune
Bar Harbor
Paul Morton
Old Orchard
New York
Franklin H. Hazleton
Hughes Candidacy Drives Support for Governor Hughes
Editorials from multiple papers urge Governor Hughes renomination as a necessary but not painful move. They praise his leadership, argue the people should choose the governor, and note his impact on reform, morality, and the national ticket.
Americans Sail For Home From Kronprinz Wilhelm
London dispatch lists passengers aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm sailing from Southampton and Cherbourg to New York. Included are Senator Daniel of Virginia Representative Vreeland of New York Representative Overstreet of Indiana Huntington Wilson third assistant secretary of state and Mrs Wilson, KEK Bassett of the New York Public Service Commission G L Garden of commerce and labor Nate Goetwin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Southampton
Cherbourg
New York
Daniel
Virginia
Representative Vreeland
Representative Overstreet
Indiana
National Monetary Commission
Huntington Wilson
Wilson
Spain
Kek M. Bassett
New York Public Service Commission
G. L.garden
The
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nate, Goetwin
Newport Social Notes Amid Rain and Dull Summer Day
Telegraphed from Newport Aug 26 describes a quiet day as rain dampened the national tournament and social life. Mrs Henry S Redmond hosted a luncheon at Clam Bake Club afternoon while Mrs James B Hegagin hosted another at Arleigh. Several dinners were held including by Mrs William Grosvenor and Colonel Charles L F Robinson. The Grosvenor engagement of Miss Grosvenor and Dudley Davis is set for Emmanuel Church Monday followed by a wedding breakfast at Roslyn.
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Tribunal
Newport
Henry S. Redmond
Arleigh
James B. Hegagin
William Grosvenor
Roslyn
Philip M. Lydig
Charles FP
Charles H. Baldwin
John Nicholas Brow
Richard Camphrill
Peter Fenelon Collier
Gibson Fahnestock
Charles L. F. Robinson
Freya
James Laurens van Alen
H. S. Vickar
New York
Eleanora Sears
Boston
Grice
F. L. W. Hoppin
Pembroke Jones
E. D. Morgan
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Willem Murray
Walter Hows
Gathered Social News From The Berkshires
Miss Stephin Furniss and Mrs. John E. Zimmerman hosted a luncheon at Edgecomb Villa in honor of Mrs. H. Eames. Mrs. William B. O. Field hosted another luncheon and Mrs. B. Frederic Schenck offered a small luncheon at Valley Head. Mrs. George Winthrop hosted today for Mrs. Alleyne Haynes and Mrs. Churchill Satterlee, with Miss Constance Satterlee departing for Newport. Mrs. Sidney Haight and her children are guests of Mrs. George Winthrop Folsom. Mrs. John E. Alexandre entertained at dinner for her sister Miss Anne R. Webb. Mrs. Robert Maclay has arrived at the Curtis Hotel for the fall season. Francis Dana Winslow and son Carl returned today to their country home in Washington after a European trip. Miss Anna E. Wright, formerly at the Curtis Hotel, departed today for New York.
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Tribune Lenox
Stephin Furniss
John E. Zimmerman
Edgecomb Villa
H. Eames
William B. O. Field
B. Frederic Schenck
Valley Head
George Winthrop
Newport
Sidney Haight
George Winthrop Folsom
John E. Alexandre
Anne R. Webb
Robert Maclay
Curtis Hotel
Francis Dana Winslow
Carl Winslow
Europe
Washington
Anna E. Wright
New York
Rockefeller as a Humorist Letter Read at Humorists Convention
John D. Rockefeller sends best wishes to the American Press Humorists convention at Forest Hill Cleveland August 19. He praises jokes by the group, notes his own amusement and calls for fellow humorists to be united in their wit. The convention reelected officers and discussed sites for next meeting including Panama City.
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Denver
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Amercan Press
American Press
John D. Roc
J. Edmund Vance Cooks
Frank J. Searight
Los Angeles
Panama
Rockefeller's Pastor Ill With Typhoid Fever
The Rev. Dr. Charles A Eaton, pastor of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, member John D. Rockefeller, is seriously ill with typhoid fever in Cleveland. He was taken to Boston weeks ago, but diagnosis confirmed last night.
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Cleveland
Charles A Eaton
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Eaton
Boston
Etruria Collides With Lighter Near Liverpool
The Etruria and a lighter collided as the liner moved to the landing stage in Liverpool. The lighter wreckage fouled the propellers, preventing the Etruria from sailing today. Three lighter crewmen were thrown into the water with one missing. the lighter sank after attempts to separate the vessels. Passengers will transfer to the Umbria, bound to sail Friday.
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Liverpool
Etruria
Umbria
Jase
Carnegie aid for miners relief in Wigan explosion
Andrew Carnegie allocated 7000 pounds to aid families of seventy miners who died in the Maypole coal mine explosion near Wigan England, with relief arranged this afternoon as the disaster prompted charity.
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Wigan
England
Andrew Carnegie
Maypole
Ambassador Speck von Steinburg's Body to Leipsic
Aug 26 Heidelberg reports the body of Baron Speck von Steinburg, Germany's ambassador to the United States, shipped to Leipsic for funeral rites. Baron von Heintze to represent Emperor William. details note a four-horse hearse and military detachments.
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Heidelberg
Speck von Steinburs
Germany
United States
Leipsic
William
Weissenreck
Baron von Heintze
Hunt
Vor Dem Bussche Haddenhausen
Barom Ornburg
Dewa
Also Mentioned on This Page
aSpeneaees
New York Daily Tribune
Antarctic Exploration
Democratic Platform
Mr. Taft
Roentgen and Others
Mynheer de Reus
Sefior Castro
Holland
Weill
Seri Fasin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Beega Steefe
Polateek
Wan de Reecha
Geeva ‘Tallaman
Dessa
Watta
Joe
Syracuse Herald
P. T. Barnums
James Crichton-Browne
Cambridge
Sir James
Elsie
NEW York Society
José Victor Onativia, Jr
Onativia
J. Stevens Ulman
Clara Wright Barclay
Henry A. Barclay
Mr. Quatma
St. Thomas's Church
Mrs. Newbold Morris
Lenox
William Appleton
George B. de Forest
New London
Conn
William B. Dinsmore
the Belmont
Mrs. Edwards
Harkness
Frederick O. Beach
Saratoga
R. Livingston Beechman
Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
Reginald Ronalds
Penn
Joseph Stickney
White Mountains
William @. Birney
DeLancey Nicoll
Ossining
Arthur C. Blagden
Arthur Mason Jones
Switzerland
Mrs. Blagden
Temple Bowdoin
Baltic
J. Norman de R. Whitehouse
Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne
Millbrook, N. Y
Reginald de Koven
R A. To
Elsinore Cottage
J. Hopkinson Smith
Paul Mortom
Kragmyr
William C. Potter
Maine Coast
Chicago Record-Herald
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Buffalo Express
Charles E.i Hughes
Montgomery County
Fort Plain
Free Press
Boston Globe
Binghamton Republican
MR. Hazard
Frederick R Hacard
Solvay Process Company
Hinghes
Hazard
Francis Hendricks
Horace White
Post- Standard
Watertown Times
New York City
Newporr
Berkshires
MR. Rockefeller
Carnegie
Chicago
University of Chicago
Johan D. Rockefeller
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