Amusements and Vaudeville Listings in New York Theaters
The page lists 1900 era entertainment slots across venues like Brighton Park Rambles Daly's Harlem Casing Jardins de Paris Knickerbockers and Madison Square Roof Garden. Acts include The Merry Widow Nautical shows Rigo and his Orchestra The Yenke Prince and The World in Wax with varied showtimes in the evening.
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Blaney's
Brighton Park
Paris
Luna Park
Rostock
Dream Daly
NNSEE
Merstein
Newark Daily Tribune 1908 Office and Ownership Details
The Newark Daily Tribune notes its ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation, with Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street as principal business address. Ogden Mills serves as president while Nathaniel Tuttle is secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Storming the House and Warships in Foreign News
Advocates for women’s suffrage tried to storm the House of Commons but were repulsed by police with windows at Premier Asquith’s residence broken and 29 arrests. Reports also note heavy military mobilization in Europe and political maneuvers in Washington and Denver.
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Woman's Suffrage
House of Commons
Asquith
Douma
Amador
Sfior Arias
Sefior Obaldia
St. Petersburg
William
Nicholas
North Sea
Teheran
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg
Taft
Washington
Burton
Ohio
Vorys
Republican National Committee
William H. Taft
Luke E. Wright
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippine Islands
Denver
Pacific
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Sagamore
Sagamore Peach
Mass
John Mitchell
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
Bangor
Albert W. Jerris
State Commission
Acy
Albany
Harry K. Taan
Lip N. Moore
St. Louis
General Federation of Women’s Rules
Boston
McClellan
Blackwell's Island
Wrest 41St Street
East River
Hell's Kitchen
Building Code Commission
Manhattan
Bronx
van Cortlandt Park
Fishing for the Conservatives in the Democratic Field
The piece analyzes Mr. Bryan's influence on the Democratic convention and the search for a safe running mate like Judge Utray. It discusses possible moderating shifts in the platform, tensions between radicals and moderates, and the challenge of uniting diverse party opinions behind the nominees.
Radical rhetoric underscoring a Cleveland Democrat's bid
The passage notes Democrats may vote for him only if he remains colorless and unremarkable. Tactics from Denver aim to sway broad voter groups seem unlikely. The public agrees with Brian that he is more radical, a view unaltered by platform committee losses or ties to a Cleveland Democrat.
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Denver
Brian
Platform Committee
Cleveland
Tafts Vacation Marks End of Twenty One Years in Public Service
William H Taft resigns as Secretary of War ending a 21 year public career. He leaves office to campaign for the Presidency and enjoy eight months of rest before the March 4 1909 inauguration. Taft’s record includes judiciary work and leadership in the Justice Department plus efforts in the Philippines Cuba and the Isthmian Canal Zone.
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William H. Taft
Taft
Olo
Federal Department of Justice
Philippines
Isthmian Canal Zone
Cuba
Roosevelt
Thaw Sanity Question Before Justice Mills
The article argues Thaw’s sanity has been repeatedly considered by a murder trial jury and two Supreme Court justices, already deeming him insane. It notes he is confined at Matteawan and may gain release if experts doubt his incurable condition, though another verdict could hinge on legal technicalities.
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Thaw
Mills
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Justice Dowling
Matteawan
South Carolina and North Carolina AntBryan Delegation Split
The Charleston News and Courier misreads political sentiment, claiming Bryan will not be instructed as South and North Carolina conventions diverge. North Carolina votes 523 to 194 to instruct, while the Courier’s headlines flip between anti Bryan and unlikely instructed delegations.
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Charleston News
Charlotte
Carolinas
59th Street Case Threatens Crosstown Streetcar Service
The court approves canceling leases on the Hath street line and returns the property to its owners. Central Park North East River Railroad faces loss as it holds no rolling stock. Receivers may rent cars or power temporarily, but long term service remains uncertain and passengers fear hardship.
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59Th Street
50Th Street
Upper East Side
Carnegie Hall
42D Street
Seventh Avenue
Central Park
North & East River Railroad Eyes New Crosstown Service
The North and East River Railroad seeks to offer a satisfactory profitable crosstown service freed from Metropolitan merger constraints. If unable to deliver, the Public Service Commission may intervene.
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North & East River Railroad
Public Service Commission
Prophets Without Honor in Imaginative Forecasts
A reflection on a century of imagined futures from a souvenir issue that mocked early prophecies. It notes editors predicting 50 story towers, airships, and rail lunacies while real progress in New York City and science outpaced such fantasies.
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New York City
Switzerland
Italy
Alps
Count Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Germany
Ohio
Deadlock Over Newark and Paterson Sewage Reform
An editorial notes a renewed stalemate between Newark and Paterson in cleaning the Tassaic River. It proposes combining a trunk sewer to move sewage to a central treatment point with local filtering plants to purify effluent before discharge, urging the cities to unite on shared ground.
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Tassaic
Newark
Paterson
Passaic
Passaic Valley
New York Harbor
Diamond swindles and a Paris court case involving Sir Julius Wernher
The article recounts an audio of diamond frauds led by Frenchman Henri Lemoine who promised fake greenbacks and a colossal carat diamond to Sir Julius Wernher, a British MP. Wernher reported lending over 300000 to Lemoine for diamond experiments and a Paris court displayed an envelope with alleged notes.
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Henri Lemoine
Julius Wernher
Lemoine
Julius
Edward
Paris
Imprudent Diamond Claim Rambles Through Public Notice
The article describes Moissan’s limited success in crystallizing earbur and the small market value of his diamonds. It notes Sir Julius Wernher’s misled stance and warns that genuine diamond production yields no profit, suggesting others heed the caution and avoid the deception.
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Moissan
Julius Wernher
Inequitable Building Nicknamed by New York Students
The New York convention vote shows 523 to 194 to undersee and instruct for William J. Bryan after most delegates left. The piece notes discrepancies in delegate counts, contrasts Tennessee losses with Bryan and Watson, and warns New York could flood the Denver nominating stage with vice presidential hopefuls.
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Inequitable
New York
William J. Bryan
Charlotte Dispatch
The
New York Sun
Martin W. Littleton
Denver
Record Sizing the Puget Sound Lumber Harvest
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer report notes record lumber yields from a ten acre tract on Puget Sound north shore. 5,100,766 feet from 361 trees equals 510,076 feet per acre though the acre yielded 59,048 feet, far above the 25,000 normal. a single fir on that acre scaled 22.14 feet.
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Puget Sound
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Melba in Paris Brings Rare Ovation at Opera Gala
The Dundee Advertiser recounts Mme. Melba’s Paris opera gala reception with extraordinary applause and a past Moscow like tribute in St. Petersburg. Fans crowded the station next day, serenades continued at her hotel, and admirers tore apart her autograph pencil as keepsakes.
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Dundee
Mme
Melba
Paris
St. Petersburg
Guinea Pigs Used in Flea Targeted Plague Campaign
Seattle officials shifted focus from rats to fleas after finding fleas spread bubonic plague. Flea traps house live guinea pigs as bait along the waterfront, with about thirty placed for observation. Daily care given. periodic lab checks show no plague fleas on the pigs yet.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New York Society Arrivals and Summer Plans
Mrs John R Livermore and Baron von Bonin lead a list of society figures arriving from Europe aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Many plan Newport Attire social seasons with travels to Europe and summer homes in Lenox Bar Harbor Saratoga and Northfield while others depart for Europe or stay at homes like Birnham House and Hawxhurst.
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John R. Livermore
William Douglas Sloane
Baron von Bonin
Guatemala
Egerton L. Winthrop
Europe
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Social Notes From Newport Summer Scene
Newport society reports Mrs Reginald C Van derbilt and other summer residents join St Marys Church lawn fete plans at Portsmouth on July at Oakland Farm the Vanderbilt home Elisha Dyer returns from New York Lispenard Stewart hosts White Lodge dinner for James J Van Alen Peggy Goelet Gerry and others noted at Seaverge and Casino arrivals Mrs Mortimer Brooks back from Europe to join husband in Newport.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. I
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
St. Mary’s Church
Portsmouth
Oakland Farm
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lispenard Stewart
White Lodge
James J. van Alen
Elisha Dyer
New York
Frederick H. Allen
Cottage Colony
W. B. Bristow
Baldwin Cottage
Walter Howe
U. S
Aldrich Museum Opens with Notables Attending Dedication
A large Portsmouth gathering honored poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich as his boyhood home reopened as a museum. Guests from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Boston and New England attended the dedication with Mayor Wallace Hackett presiding and Major Talbot Aldrich directing. Notables included Governor Curtis Guild Jr. Mark Twain's associate Samuel L Clemens and Thomas Nelson Page. The event featured a poem The Singing Heart by Robert Bridges.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich
Music Hall
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
New England
Wallace Hackett
Thomas Pailey Aldrich
Protest Against Street Noises on Eighth Avenue
A New York City letter from June 29 1908 complains to The Tribune about persistent street noise on Eighth Avenue. The writer cites broken cars unsafe wheels and multiple street sounds from elevated structures and bicycles, urging action by Public Service and police to enforce the law for vulnerable residents.
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the Tribune
Public Service
Eighth Avenue
Atcon
E. M. Benham
New York
Deweys Headed to Summer Home in Buena Vista
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey left Washington for Buena Vista Pennsylvania to spend the rest of the summer at their summer home.
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Washington
Dewer
Buena Vista
Penn
In The Berkshires Mrs Burden Calls for Town Meeting
Society notes from Lenox Massachusetts list residents and guests at villa openings and social events. Mrs Joseph W Burden urges annual meeting at Curtis Hotel. many families and visitors from New York and Boston attend society gatherings across Stockbridge and nearby towns.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Joseph W
Curtis Hotel
Tessissa Lenox Association
Frederick Bull Cave
Stevens Glen
Richmond
Frederica Bull
Frank K. Sturgis
Chipsters
Grange
Adirondase
Clementine Furniss
Edgecomb
Joseph H. Cheate
New Marlboro
Cheate
Wiliam Draper
Miss Draper
New York
Alexander Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Stockbridge
Presbyterian Hospital
Charles Astor Bristed
Lakeside
George T Maxwell
Oyster Bay
Albert Stickney
Charles McBurney
F. W. Dennett
H. Brekaw
T. Sloane
C. Day
Heaton Hall
Charles
Dana
Thomas Shields Clarke
Fern Brooke
Parkeman Shaw
Frederic S. Deladeld
Walter Nettieton
Lindsay Fairfax
H. Hichlister Pease
Trinity Church Parish
Marshall R. Kernechan
Marion Burbank
Pittsfield
A. A. Strasue
Chicago
John Barnes
George Pollock
Wiiliam Pollock
Holmesdale
William
B. C. Field
Highlawn Farm
William D- Sloane
Alexader Webb
Jos E. Alexandre
James Bryce
H. L. de Forrest
William K. Morris
Hotel Aspinwall
President Roosevelt Enjoys Picnic With Family and Lee
At Oyster Bay on June 30 the President and Mrs. Roosevelt with their children spent most of the day on a picnic at Lieveds Neck near Sagamore Hill. Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee joined the outing aboard the Sylph and the boys traveled by skiff. Secretary Loeb and Mrs. Loeb visited friends in Seabright while Congressman Cocks called on Loeb.
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The
Tribune
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Seabright
N. J
President Roosevelt declines Sea Girt invitation
President Roosevelt refused Governor Forts invitation to visit the Sea Girt military camp during July 13 to 15, saying he desires a good rest this summer.
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Trenton
N. J
Roosevelt
Governor Fort
Sea Girt
William Winter III In Los Angeles After Train Wreck
William Winter III, dramatic critic for The New York Tribune, arrived in Los Angeles from Winslow after a wreck on the Santa Fe California Limited. He was shaken and under a physician’s care with no serious heart condition. Winter rests at his Riverside summer home, accompanied by his son Jefferson Winter and Jefferson’s wife, who traveled with him from New York on a special train.
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Los Angeles
Wiliam Winter
New-York Tribune
Winslow
Artz
Winter
Riverside
Jefferson Winter
Mr Winter
New York
Chemists Gather at Yale for American Chemical Society Meet
New Haven hosts the thirty-eighth annual American Chemical Society gathering as chemists and pure food law experts register. President Hadley welcomes visitors and recalls Taft in the Philippines. Seventeen reports expected over three days with papers by A L Winton of Chicago and Professors Browning and Richardson.
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New Haven
American Chemical Society
Yale
Hadley
Taft
Philippines
Marsi.e Bogart
Society
A. L. Winton
Chicago
Philip E. Browning
W. D. Richardson
Ambassador Riddle Improves as Health Strengthens
St. Petersburg June reports say John W. Riddle American Ambassador to Russia grows stronger under care. Doctors deem his condition satisfactory as he hopes to leave hospital soon. Earlier pessimistic notes about surgery were unfounded and based on a misprint.
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Ambassador Riddle
St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Russia
Riddle
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Tennessee
Thomas FE. Watson
Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Alfred Soderman
Worcester
Pat
Connemara
Fits
Amherst College
Galusha A. Grow
House of Representatives
Capitol
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Henry Ward Beecher
William H. Moore
Lyman Abbott
Harris
Johnson Chapel
Willie Peterson
Life
Paint and Powder Club
Baltimore News
Union Protestant Infirmary
Augusta
Florence Kolleck Crocker
Universalist Church
St. Paul's Church
Jamaica Plain
J. H. Crooker
Louisville Courier-Journal
NEW York Society
Spotswood
Dr. Schenck
Nathalie Schenck Collings
Tuxedo
Asey
Mr. Schenck
H. van Rensselaer Kennedy
F. Robert Schell
Town
Saratoga
Birnham House
Northfield
Francis O. French
Sir Lewis Beaumont
Devonport
England
Charles A. Perkins
Stanley Mortimer
Edith Mortimer
Stanley Mortimer, Jr
Brayton Ives
Sidney C. Love
Tiffany Dyer
Gothan
Miss Roelker
William G. Roelker
Hawxhurst
Edward J. Berwind
Mrayg Torrey
W. S. K. Wetmore
Hamilter Fish Webster
Griffith
Sidney Webster
Pencraig
Oliver Iselin
New Rochelle
Benjamin P. Yoakum
Craig Biddle
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Barger Wallach
Monson Morris
G. M. Hutton
Miss Hutton
Aphrodite
Oliver B. Payne
Lloyd Pheni
Aldrich Museum
Berkshires
Lee
William Winter III
Mr. Taft
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