Amusements AERIAL GARDEN and New York Theatres
Listings of 1908 theater and amusement acts including The Merry Widow Our Cinderella The Merry Go Round World in Wax and three twins at Herald Square Jardin de Paris and Knickerbocker featuring Yankee Prince and Marys Lamb with showtimes across venues such as Coney Island Dreamland and Madison Square Roof Garden.
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ASTOR
Blaney
Cinderella
Circle
Coney Island
lLama Park
Eden Musee
Hammerstein
Vandeville
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
Madison Square Roof Garden
New York
New York Daily Tribune Staff and Ownership Details
The Thursday July 2 1908 issue lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher. It names Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Record Airship Flight and Global News Briefs
Foreign notes report Count Zeppelin and crew setting a world airship distance record of twelve hours at an average speed of thirty four miles. Also: escape of F G Bailey from a Norwegian steamer at Puerto Cortez. International conflicts, new Dominican president, and U S political moves in domestic news plus weather outlook and temperatures.
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Zeppelin
F. G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
Uistein
Puerto Cortez
New York
St. Petersburg
Lord Curzon
Craigie
University College
London
Rdvices
England
M. Khomyvakoff
Douma
Ramon Caceres
Santo Domingo
Luke E. Wright
William H. Taft
John A. Mead
Rutland
Gray
Denver
Norfolk & Southern Railroad
Norfolk
Trust Company of America
Harry Orchard
Boise
Idaho
United States
Agricultural Department
Washington
Kansas City
Monroe
Mich
Niagara Falls
N.Y
George H. Daniels
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Lake Placid
N. Y
New York and Bermudez Company
Castro
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Albert C. Triaca
Leon Delagrange
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Egrees
New Idea Republicans Face Nomination Controversy in New Jersey
A debate in Essex County over New Idea party members seeking or accepting office. The piece defends New Idea officials like Senator Colby and Sheriff Sommer, arguing reformers can win nominations and should implement their policies if chosen by the party.
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New Jersey
Essex County
New Idea
Republican Party
Senator Colby
Sheriff Sommer
Bissex County
Colby
Govteia
New Idea movement cautioned against raids and empty promises
The speaker warns it would be deplorable for a New Idea movement to become a raid for spoils or to drift into empty rhetoric and unfulfilled promises.
Hearst Claims Recount Secures Republic At Great Expense
Hearst telegraphs from London asserting the recount safeguards the Republic's safety and curbs election fraud. Critics note his motive is self advertising and question the cost to taxpayers, while supporters say recounts deter future fraud despite the high price.
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Hearst
London
Republic
Ahearn Case and Voters' Responsibility in New York
The court clears that Justice McCall may view Ahearn's eligibility as a constitutional issue, potentially allowing reappointment despite removal. The piece argues the public must bear responsibility for restoring or rejecting officials, noting Tammany’s known disregard and urging citizen vigilance in local governance.
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Justice McCall
Ahearn
Kansas
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Ahearn
Tammany
New York
Amusement Park Threatens Bronx Quiet And Homes
The New Yorker warns that a new amusement park near Van Cortlandt Park may bring noisy crowds, hoodlum pranks, and depreciated property values. Opponents urge Mayor McClellan to withhold approval while a hearing next week considers the license.
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van Cortlandt Park
Evils of Separate Schools Spark Japanese Migration in Seattle
The article warns that agitation against Japanese in Seattle public schools pushes Japanese families to form separate native schools with Japanese teachers. It argues segregation harms American assimilative goals and cites a New Jersey example of Italian-heritage children in a segregated school.
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Seattle
Japan
New Jersey
Italian teacher condemns forced segregation in communities
The text argues that segregation is not voluntary by Italians but imposed by other residents to drive real estate speculation, branding it an evil practice regardless of motive and condemning alien colonies within American towns.
Zeppelin Trials Hint at Future Airship Feats and Defenses
Reports from Friedrichshafen describe Count von Zeppelin testing his third airship with stronger engines and improved control. Trials suggest a four hundred mile voyage is feasible, while questions about combat resilience and gas-loss protection drive further experiments before winter.
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Count von Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
von Zeppelin
New York
Chicago
Langley
Towne District Faces Democratic Vice Presidential Fight
The column weighs in on the Democratic Vice Presidential race with Charles A. Towne declaring his candidacy in Chicago, backed by Bryan’s stance, while Judge George Gray rejects nominations. It notes McCarren’s Denver dash for credentials and hints at Denver air as a sunny relief from New York’s worries.
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Charles A. Towne
Chicago
Bryan
Greatest house move planned for Northwestern station site
A Chicago firm will move a five story brick and steel building weighing about 6000 tons a half block using railroad iron and hand jacks. The project costs 50000 and lasts about three months as part of cleanup for the 20000000 Northwestern Railroad station site.
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Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
Prospect Park Abuses Prompt Calls for Radical Action
The piece condemns rising vandalism in Prospect Park and endorses strict police action after Sunday arrests. It cites flower plucking, twig breaking, and public indecencies as reasons to curb disorder and restore the park as a safe, orderly leisure space.
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Prospect Park
Central Park
the Tribune
Manhattan
Editor targets cigarette smokers and flies in city life
William Abbott labeled a pious grouch by smokers on streetcars engages in enforcing Penal Code rules on Madison Avenue. The piece urges stricter fly control and condemns flies as purveyors of disease while noting public figures like Bryan and Judge Gray in a broad social critique.
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William Abbott
Magazine of History
Abbott
New York City
Madison Avenue
Europe
Signs of Returning Prosperity in American Industries
President J. W. Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers cites improving indicators across the United States. Bank clearings, railroad earnings, and gold movements show narrowing gaps, with re employment days spreading and steel plants resuming operations by early August. Agriculture predicts farm product value near 5 000 000 000, surpassing 1900 levels, signaling a strong post recession outlook.
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National Association of Manufacturers
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Is Field
Department of Agriculture
Washington
J. W. van Cleave
Twombly and Burden party sail for Europe aboard Amerika
Social figures populate the St Regis as Mr and Mrs H M Twombly Miss Ruth Twombly and Mr and Mrs W A M Burden prepare to sail today on the Amerika for a European summer. Fellow passengers include Archibald Russell H Berkeley Parsons and Frederic Halsey among others awaiting further plans.
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H. McK. Twombly
Ruth Twombly
W. A. M. Burden
St. Regis
Europe
Amerika
Archibald D. Russell
H. de Berkeley Parsons
Frederic R. Halsey
Washington Society Dinner Hosts Taft Retinue before Farewell
In Washington the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Beekman Winthrop hosted a dinner at their Chevy Chase home for ex Secretary of War William H Taft. Guests included Secretary of War Luke E Wright and Postmaster General George vonL Meyer. General and Mrs Bell escorted Taft to Fort Myer Virginia for departure to Hot Springs Friday afternoon. Miss Helen Taft left for Savannah to visit schoolmate Dorothea Baldwin. Brigadier General Edwards hosted luncheon with Wright Taft Helen Taft Charles Taft and others at Lafayette Place.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Lafayette Place
Wright
Taft
Helen Taft
Charles Taft
Post Wheeler
Lenox
Garden House
Cold Brooke
John S. Barnes
New York
Earth Rodgers
Barnes
Charlotte
Cornelia Barnes
John Alexandre
William B. Bacon
Francis Barlow
Pierre Jay
Mra Roberts
Joseph W. Burden
Wharton
K. Sturgis
Helen Parish
Richard Dixey
Gertrude Parsons
Adeleland
Henry Munroe
F. C. Grugan
Goodman
Robert W. Patterson
C. Greenleaf
Henry L. Lee
Oscar
Giraud Foster
Richards
Dana
David Lydig
Henry W. Gray
Warren Salisbury
Pittsfield
Henry Ives Cobb
William Postlethwaite
Clementine Furness
Lenoay
Adolph Obrig
Aspinwall
Richard Watson Gilder
Four Brooks Farm
Phebe Cormick
Cleveland
Phyllis de Kay
Richard St. Dana
Beech Terrace
John & Barnes
George W. Folsom
S. Parkman Shaw
Anna Bo Shaw
Charles Floulke
Curtis Hotel
New Y
John A. Hadden, Jr
Austin Flint
M. D. Post
Baldwin
William A. Douglass
Buffalo
Tn Curtis Cottage
President denies real estate rumors about million-dollar purchase
Telegraph dispatch from Oyster Bay reports President Roosevelt denying rumors that he will buy Union Theological Seminary property or raze existing buildings for a private mansion. He states he has only one house at Sagamore Hill and dismisses such tales as sensationalist boilerplate, noting prior booms and scare headlines.
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The
Tribune
Oyster Bay
New York City
Union Theological Seminary
Loeb
Atlantic City
Great Neck
F Island
Washington
Caspar Whitney
McClure
J. T. Williams
Sagamore Hill
Swat
Governor Hughes Resting at Adirondacks Cabin
Governor Charlies Hughes and his family are staying in a rustic Adirondack cabin at Saranac New York taking rest away from public life. They declined social invitations and will not entertain visitors as workers build a pier and landing for the governor launch and Adirondack guide canoes. The trip marks his longest vacation in two years while he completes official business from Albany.
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Saranac
N. Y
Charlies Hughes
Adirondack
Hughes
Albany
Plans for Abruzzi Wedding
Turin reports preparations at the royal castle for the reception of the Duke of the Abruzzi and his prospective bride Miss Katherine Eiking.
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Turin
Conigt
Duke of the al
Katherine Eiking
Queen Amelie Improves After Diphtheria Attack
Lisbon July Queen Amel ie of Portugal widow of King Carlos and widow of King Manuel has been recovering from a mild diphtheria attack with improvement and no danger remains.
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Lisbon
Amélie
Portugal
Manuel
Carlos
Oxford Honors Americans
Oxford University conferred honorary degrees today to two Americans, Frederick Rogers, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai, and McKim, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Tor to, both receiving the Doctor of Divinity.
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Oxford
Oxford University
Frederick Rogers
Shanghai
McKim
Wedding in Rye England Unites Mrs Sara Eddy and John Marsh
Paris reports Mrs Sara Hershey Eddy wed John Marsh of London at Rye England. The couple plans a summer at Mrs Marsh's Manor Denouval near Pars with Mrs Marsh.
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Paris
Sara Hershey Eddy
Rye
England
Johnson Marsh
London
Mra Marsh
Vanderbilt to Close Biltmore and Sell Horses
It is reported that George W. Vanderbilt will close Biltmore House within a year and offer the estate horses for sale. All servants at Biltmore have been dismissed as Mr Vanderbilt and his daughter Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt plan to leave Biltmore on July 8.
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the Tribune
Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore House
Biltmore
More House
and Vanderbilt
Corneliaderbilt
Marriage of Dr Exerton S Jackson and Mary Elisabeth Sedgwick
Dr Exerton S Jackson wed Mary Elisabeth Sedgwick yesterday at the bride’s home No. 1% Washington Brooklyn with only relatives present. The Rev St Clair Hester of the Church of the Messiah officiated and the couple plan a Canada trip before Jackson resumes work.
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Exerton S Jackson
West Street
Mary Elisabeth Sedgwick
Clarence W. Sedgwick
Henry Mangels
Washington
Brooklyn
St. Clair Hester
Church of the Messiah
Canada
Jackson
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Country Board
Ijumewass Dun
Winidend
Siotiona
New York Daily Tribmte
NEW Ideas
George Gray
Pat? McCarren
McCarren
Colorado
Murphy
Conners
Peary
Johnny
Moses
John Charles Day
John
High Court
Liverpool
Catholic Standard and Times
Merchants’ Hall
Garrison
Transcript
Isaac Knapp
Philadelphia Ledger
Congress and
Water Streets
Boston
Merchants’ Association
Mr. Bryan
Judge Gray
Mr. Stanchfield
William Lloyl Garrison
NEW York Society
Warren C. Beach
Saratoga
Richard Gambrill
Newport
Edwin D. Morgan
Westbury
Long Island
Meadow Brook Club
Mr. Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Highland Falls
Nicholas Murray Butler
Lorraine
Alexander & Webb
John E. Alexandre
Geraldyn Raymond
Lodge
Oceanic
Mrs. F. Burrall Hoffman
Southampton
Charlies Hall
J. Hampden Robb
Cornelia Robb
Bar Harbor
Marguerite Chapin
Bassy
Tokio
Frederick ©. Chapin
Tritons
R. L
Lispenara Stewart
James J. van Mr. Stewart
White Lodge
Dudley G. Gautier
Elisha Dyer
Dung
William Binney
Providence
Hag Cottage
Catharine Street
William Greenough
Lady Herbert
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Beaulieu
Lispenard
J. S. Phipps
Fair Lawn
Edmund J. Curley
Dr. Wolcott
Casino
William Storrs Wells
Wood
R. Livingston Beeching
Peter Collier
Coats
Nelson Buckley
Phil Benjamin Thaw
Sidney C. Love
Charles M. Oelrichs
Joseph R Dilworth
Mason Janney
Green Md
Paul & Drews
A. Derouche
Sig
BE Huntington G. W. van Dyke
W. Fp.ford
Miss Bliss
Quatrefoll
IN Washington Society
Berkshires
Gov. Hughes
Amelie
MR. Vanderbilt
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