Amusements Listings Include Spring Shows Across New York
A garbled rail of venue names and show notes lists performances across Manhattan and nearby areas. Entries include The Merry Widow at various houses, vaudeville acts such as Hammerstein Roop, and attractions like Ski-HI and The Yankee Prince with scattered times and prices.
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Aprial Garden
Mery
ASTOR
Brighton Beach
Pain
Circle
Geney Island
Bostock
Daly S
Hammerstein
Berald Square
Jardin
Paris
Foriies
Knickerbocker
Mameon Square Roof Garden
New York
Maery
New York Daily Tribune Corporate Officers Listed
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. The Tribune Building at 155 Nassau Street, New York serves as the office and principal place of business. Opden Mills serves as president, Nathaniel Shuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Opden Mills
Nathaniel Shuttle
Global turmoil and notable events from the morning press
Dispatches report a Paraguayan revolution establishing Dr Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro as president while Port-au-Prince endures widespread fires. Other items note Olympic arrivals in London, sails of the Atlantic squadron, and a range of domestic stories from Denver to New York including a funeral in Atlanta and a weather forecast of fair conditions.
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Asuncion
Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Port-au-Prince
Curacao
Wilhelmine
Panama
Sefior Arigs
United States
London
Dieppe
Russia
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Cowes
Denver
W. Murray Crane
Hot Springs
Mr. Taft
San Francisco
Pacific
Atlantic
Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta
Cooperstown
N. C
Brassey’s Naval Forecast Delivers Mixed News for Britain
Mr Brassey’s new Annual rates Britain’s navy as strong under the two power standard, with six modern battleships to rival powers. He notes Britain leads in dreadnoughts, projects a later drop below the standard, and warns Britain must maintain a robust building program to avoid being surpassed by a two power combination.
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Brassey
Great Britain
Mr. Brasey
Germany
United States
France
Japan
Italy
Russia
Brasser
America
Unreadable fragment hints at war era context
Fragmentary text implies discussion of wartime struggle and defense, but lacks specifics. No clear persons, places, dates, or events are readable to identify a concrete item.
Bryan attacks Guffey and party bosses in Pennsylvania
The piece portrays William Jennings Bryan denouncing Colonel James M. Guffey as a corrupt party boss aligned with Standard Oil. It argues Bryan’s stance to purify the Democratic party clashes with his past ties to party bosses like Roger Sullivan and his readiness to accept support when needed.
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Mr. Bryan
James M. Guffey
Democratic Party
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Fairview
Tom Johnson
Colonel Guffey
Bryan
Standard Oil Company
Brian
Roger Sullivan
Tlinvis
Sullivan
Olympic Entourage Dreads Meagre London Games Entertainment
The London games face a fundraising setback as the British Olympic Council cannot raise 350000 for athlete and guest entertainment. Lord Desborough notes the shortfall, while critics point to English customs valuing government funding and amateur ideals.
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British Olympic Council
Lord Desborough
Council
Parliament
Man of Brown
England
Oxford
Olympic Council
Waning of Free Trade Shifts Pudsey By Election Stance
A Pudsey by election in Yorkshire produced a sweeping Unionist victory over the Liberals, signaling a shift toward tariff reform. The Liberal vote fell while the Unionist tally rose, with a Socialist candidate in the field. The result underscores the nationwide move against the government’s tariff stance.
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Pudsey
Yorkshire
Asquith
Westminster
Uniontat
By elections signal tariff reform surge across kingdom
Sixty eight by elections, forty five contested, Liberals win none from Unionists while Unionists gain seven from Liberals. Unionist votes rise by 19,893 as Liberal losses hit 24,459. Result seen as major shift toward tariff reform, foreshadowing a possible tariff reform majority and protectionist law in the next Parliament.
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Cobden
House of Commons
Justice the cheapest policy in Chester strike aftermath
The Chester Traction Company threatens a $200000 bill against Chester Penn for rioting and vandalism during a streetcar strike. The piece argues municipal actions and police failures spurred violence and arson, leaving taxpayers to bear costs while urging lawfulness over mob action.
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Pennsylvanian
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chester
Penn
Chester Traction Company
Traction Company
State Constabulary
Kentucky
Borecott
Pennsylvania
New Jersey Excise Investigation Opens Under Governor Fort
The excise inquiry in Jersey City begins as Governor Fort pushes a practical step toward reform. The commission seeks detailed data from municipalities and major U.S. cities on licenses, fee use, transfers, hours, revocations, and violations to inform fair legislation and curb abuses without prejudice.
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New Jersey
Jersey City
United States
Governor Fort
Total
Market activity at the Stock Exchange shows subdued trading
Money and business note a subdued week with prices nar row and a large signers petition to make Friday a holiday rejected by governors. A $70 000 membership sale signals ongoing market softness while railway earnings in June trend toward improvement amid more freight offerings and fewer idle cars. Industrial activity expects a stronger return as farms harvest and manufactured goods rise in price. A further bank appeal for funds closes the report.
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Stock Exchange
Exchange
Banka
Treasury
New York
Transvaal
Chicago
Paris
New England
Boston
Oklahoma
Texas
Financial silence as government deposits calm markets
The July cash drain of 45 million sees little market impact amid ample bank reserves and looming 190.009 million dividend disbursements. Banks welcome demand while July Treasury needs, export shifts, and a July 1 industrial resumption signal cautious optimism for the third quarter of 1908.
Tammany Fourth of July, rail schemes, and local odds
A collection of city notes touching champagne at a Tammany Fourth of July event, proposed elevated rail routes in Brooklyn, and political maneuvering around Colonel Bryan and Horace Taggart. It also discusses amusement ventures at Coney Island, a Miss Lee Beyea claim, tetanus risks from dirty wounds, and the Park Commission’s plan to restore Broadway parks with $105,000 in sight.
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the Park Commission
Broad Streetcar Service Debate and Public Policy Snippets
The text discusses using funds to restore Broadway streetcar service from 424 Street South for public benefit. It notes a new association formed to control burglar insurance and suggests creating another to curb burglars. It wryly contrasts real and ideal, and mocks marriage and poetry with light editorial quips.
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59Th Street
German visitor witnesses American honesty tale at newsstand
A German manufacturer on his first US visit tours a city with a kinsman. He sees men take papers at an unattended stand, some pay, some take change, some leave without paying. He is told buyers pay weekly. Later in a restaurant the couple gain credit for a meal, paid next day, cashier accepts a chance, and the guests depart with a cigar. The tale ends with a light quip on storytelling.
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United States
Grossartig
President Roosevelt Spends Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt with their children attended morning services at Christ Church in Oyster Bay. A standard summer crowd gathered on the lawn to glimpse them. The rest of the day was quiet at Sagamore Hill with Secretary Loeb not visiting the village offices.
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Oyster Bay
Platt Returns to Oriental Hotel in Manhattan Beach
Senator Platt takes his old rooms at the Oriental Hotel Manhattan Beach once more. He long led New York Republican summer politics from that hotel and now claims to be largely out of public life. He travels with Mr and Mrs Gustav Abel of Elmerndorf and has kept the same summer home since leaving the Hotel Gotham after marriage.
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James Thom
Thom
Messrs
Belmont, Ryan
Almore
Metropolitan
Fort George
North Beach
Coney Island
Charles F. Lummis
Public
Los Angeles
Cal
Lummis
Senator Platt
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
the Oriental
Gustav Abel
Elmendorf
West Lith Street
Gotham
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mra Janeway
Ione
Governor Hughes Attends Services at Saranac Inn Chapel
Governor Charles E. Hughes and family attended morning services at the Saranac Inn Chapel with Rev. I W Richardson officiating. After the sermon the sacrament was received and the party walked from their cottage to the chapel, the same church Grover Cleveland visited while at the Inn.
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Saranac Inn
Charlies E. Hughes
Saranac Inn Chapel
I. W. Richardson
Grover Cleveland
Fairs Likely to Meet Jay Gould for World Championship
Cecil Fairs defeated E Johnson in Brighton to win the professional court championship and received a challenge from amateur champion Jay Gould. Gould proposed a home-and-home series in New York and London next season for the open world championship.
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London
Cecil Fairs
E Johnson
Eat
Brighton
Jay Ould
Gould
New York
Garrison Tablet Unveiled In Boston Memorial
A memorial tablet to abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison was unveiled without ceremony on the Hornblower and Weeks Building at Water and Congress streets. The plaque marks the site where he began The Liberator on January 1, 1831 with partner Isaac Knapp.
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the Tribune
Boston
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
Hornblower and Weeks
Water and
Congress Streets
German Prosperity in Cassel Reflects Strong Industrial Growth
The article describes Cassel as a transformed German city with 150 000 people, a major railway hub and provincial headquarters. It credits sound currency protectionism and export trade for steady growth, notes low foreign worker displacement, praises education and social legislation, and contrasts German poverty relief with English methods while detailing Elberfeld inspired systems and disciplined aid.
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Cassel
America
Poland
Europe
Rothe
Leipsic
England
Germany
Elberfeld
Pual
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New York Daily Tribune
Cers
Caracas
New York Letter Carriers’ Association
New York Civil Service Reform Association
State Civil Service Commission
City Finance Department
Public Service Commission
Schenectady
Pittsboro
Josiah H. Vose
Burdett & Co
White Plains
Bronx Park
Bryan and Guffey
Olympic Entertainment
Money and Business
Brooklyn
Colonel Bryan
Thomas Taggart
Catholic Standard and Times
Iay
Angie Lees
Angie
Franqois Copaée
Matt
Rosa Garden
Persia
Copnée
Paris Animal Protection Society
Coppée
Montreusel
Salpétrière
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Record-Herald
Platt
Senator
Jay Gould
June Cassel
Prussia
Austria
Wilhelmshire Park
Mypoleon
Sedan
Schloss
Pire
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