Amusements listings from early 1900s New York venues
Amusement notices list several attractions across venues such as Aerial Garden, Brighton Beach, Coney Island Luna Park, Daly's, Eden Musee, Mammerstein's Roof, Herald Square, Jardin de Patis, Knickerbocker, and Mainboxn Square Roof Garden. Notable acts include The Merry Widow, The Merry-Go-Round, Vaudeville shows, Three Twins, Follies of 1908, The Yankee Prince, Ski ll New York, and Marr's Lamb.
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ASTOR
M. Pala
Brighton Beach
Prin
URCLE
Coney Island
Luna Park
Bostock’s
Steeplechase
Direarmland
Daly
Eden
Mammerstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Patis
Knickerbocker
Mainboxn Square Roof Garden
New York
Marr
New York Daily Tribune Corporate Details
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. It lists Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, New York as its office and principal place of business. 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
Offcers
Port au Prince Fire Devastates City After Explosion
Dispatch reports that one third of Port-au-Prince was destroyed by fire after a heavy explosion at the arsenal, flames resuming overnight. Also notes international and domestic items from politics, sport, and weather, including Panama marine presence, Venezuelan diplomacy, and New York heat records.
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Furniss
State Department
Port-au-Prince
Arsenal
International Committee of Associated Automobile Clubs
M. Guyot
Dieppe
Paraguay
Naveiro
Legations
Henry Farman
M. Armengaud
Panama
Teheran
Legation
Tabriz
New York
Denver
McCarren
National Committee
Bryan
Washington
Tribune
M. D. Purdy
United States
Lochren
Minnesota
San Francisco
Hughes
Big Green Pond
Adirondacks
Murat Halstead
Cincinnnati
Charlie” Taft
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Midshipmen
New London
Newport
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Henry C. Potter
Cooperstown
N. Y
William S. Hurley
Byrnes
Metz
New York City
L. F. Rand
Williamsburg
Gray
Peary
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
City Tax Board
Kensico
New York and Bermudez Company
Castro
St. Louis Aeronauts
Leon Delagrange
New York Society
MacCracken
New York University
Board of Regents
Exploitation of City Land Deals Questioned by Controller
Controller Metz commends Bureau of Municipal Research for implicating an appraiser in the Finance Department in a Queens farm purchase. The report suggests conspiracy or incompetence, warning private negotiations shield political manipulation and condemns land deals driven by politicians over condemnations, highlighting profiteering through multiple transfers before city acquisition.
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Metz
Police Department
Queens
Bureau of Municipal Research
Finance Department
Byrnes
Brooklyn
Iit
Agstust
City’s Nearly One Billion Debt With Few Visible Gains
Municipal debt approaches one billion dollars amid claims the city has little to show for it. Officials argue investments backed growth, while critics push for more transparency and efficiency measures to justify the high borrowing.
Bryan and Guffey contrast over party loyalty and brash aid
The piece argues Colonel Guffey overstressed gratitude to control Bryan and Pennsylvania delegates. It notes Bryan's alliances with Goebel, Croker, and Missouri Illinois bosses, while praising Bryan's independence from local machines. It also critiques Guffey's notion of perpetual debt and cites The Philadelphia Record on Pennsylvania’s fractured party, urging restraint toward Venezuela and praising U.S. Brazil relations.
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Jim” Guffey
Mr. Bryan
Colonel Guffey
William Goebel
Kentucky
Goebel
Bryan
Richard Croker
Croker
Nebraska
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Denver
Democratic Organization
Charles P. Donnelly
Thomas J. Ryan
Philadelphia Republican Machine
Latin American politics and Panama’s calm leadership praised
The piece lauds Panama for a peaceful presidential transition after June elections with Obaldia set to win, dismisses US intervention claims, and contrasts Paraguay’s decades of dictatorship under the Lopez and Francia regimes. It notes Venezuela and Castronian diplomacy as a tedious ongoing debate.
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Panama
Obaldia
Arias
Republic
United States
Paraguay
Francia
Lopez
Venezuela
Protesting Socialists nominate convicted murderer for president
The Socialist Laborists nominate a man serving a 25 year murder term for the presidency. They defend the choice as earnest protest against modern socialism. Other Socialists split from De Leon and debate Haywood, showing limited progress and risking electoral defeat.
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Haywood
de Leon
Socialist Party
Debses
Haywoods
Germany
Fourth of July carnage cited in national census totals
The Record laments a rising toll from Fourth of July celebrations with 72 dead and 2,736 seriously injured, plus $525,935 in fire losses. It notes many casualties go unreported and warns tetanus may swell the lists, urging reform but doubting action before next year.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
A Prophet in Hard Luck in Carolinas
The Charleston News and Courier admits missing its Bryan delegation forecast for both Carolinas. It notes South Carolina delegates to the state convention may have acted against instruction, yielding Denver support for Bryan by default. The paper cites The Columbia State and The Charlotte Observer discussions of the NC situation.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Columbia
Denver
Bryan
Providence
North Carolina
News and Courier
Charlotte
Denver Dispatch Sparks Anti Bryans Rise
The Chronicle discusses political maneuvering around the Denver convention. It notes that despite small delegate counts, North Carolina’s indorsement for Bryan affected national perception. It cites Guffey’s control in Pennsylvania and reports on anti-Bryan conferences, Parker’s regularity, and ongoing contest preparations as delegates gather for the convention.
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Colonel Guffey
Pennsylvania
Guffey
The Talk of the Pay and Notable Bits
A collage of witty remarks by Sir Victor Horsley, Jamaica strike news, and brief anecdotes from American and British papers. It includes a Kingston cigarmaker strike over free smokes, Baltimore high pressure fire system testing, a joke about blindness, and a Fort Kearny commemoration led by Brig. Gen. Carrington with Red Cloud’s Crow.
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Kingston
Jamaica
New York Society Abroad Sees Many at Newport Summer
Commodore and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry return to New York from London to take up Seaverge Villa at Newport for summer. The Gerry family, Wells, Peters, Gurnee, Kip, Corbett, Cameron, Vanderbilt, Bradley, Havemeyer, Sloane, Polk, Brown, Beeckman, and others plan Newport stays or Europe departures. Prolific social circuit reports note arrivals, motor trips, and summer homes from Bar Harbor to Lenox.
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Commodore
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gerry
London
Paris
New York
Newport
Seaverge
Robert L. Gerry
Willard Brown
Europe
Helen
Kate Brice
Julia Berwind
Edward
Whitridge
Land's End
Thomas Janney
Baltimore
A. Andrews
William H. Osgood
Avenue
Oak View
James Brown
Social Notes From Newport Charity Lawn Fete
Newport summer residents will contribute to a Wednesday lawn fete at Alfred G. Vanderbilt's estate for St Marys Church Portsmouth. Notables include Mrs Reginald C Vanderbilt Mrs Elisha Dyer Mrs Edward C Knight Jr and others. Visitors Mr and Mrs Elbridge T Gerry sail tomorrow for Europe joining families in Newport social rounds.
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Newport
the Tribune
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
St. Mary’s Church
Portsmouth
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Elisha Dyer
Edward C. Knight, Jr
Sidney J. Colford, Jr
James Laurens van Alen
Theodore K. Gibbs
Theodore M. Davis
Philip M. Lydig
Arthur Emmons
Edmund J. Curley
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. C. Mailery
William Tbull
Martha Codman
John Nicholas Brown
H. F. Mahony
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Europe
Hughes Gets Trout In Adirondack Fly Fishing
Governor Hughes enjoyed successful fly casting for trout at Big Green Pond in the Adirondacks. He traveled from Saranac Inn with his son and aides, guides ferried the portage, and the party feasted on an Adirondack luncheon after a day of fine speckled trout fishing. Jim Patterson praised the governor as a top fly caster.
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Saranac
N. Y
Hughes
Big Green Pond
Saranac Inn
Upper
Adirondacks
Mineola steamer arrives in Vancouver for world yachting trip
The Mineola, converted from a North Atlantic liner into a luxury steam yacht by Colonel Thompson, arrived in Vancouver with a notable party including Judge and Mrs. Nesbitt, Admiral Hemphill’s daughter, and Mrs. Thompson. They plan to depart the next day to sail around the world, visiting Porto Rico, the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Burmah, Java, Manila, China, Korea, and Japan before returning to New York via Cape Horn.
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Vancouver
B. C
Mineola
Hner
Colonel Thompson
Ontario
Coleone
Thompson
Wallace Nesbitt
Toronto
Hemphill
Admiral Hemphill
Ruth Thompson
Mme. Kjama
Frederick Cruger
Trevithi
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York
Porto Rico
Mediterranean
Egypt
India
Ceylon
Burmah
Java
Manila
China
Corean
Cape Horn
Funeral of Murat Halstead in Cincinnati Pallbearers noted
The funeral for editor and author Murat Halstead was held in Cincinnati today with pallbearers including Judge Alexander L. Huston Stephen Gerard Henry Watterson Mayor Leopold Markbreit Senator J. B. Foraker and others. Bishop John M. Walden conducted simple services at the home and Spring Grove Cemetery burial followed.
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Cincinnati
Murat Halstead
Alexander L. Huston
Stephen Gerard
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Leopold Markbrelt
J. B. Foraker
John J. Pratt
Captain J. Banks
Edmund Lunken
Thornton M. Hinckle
Charles P. Taft
Frank Wiborg
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas to be Interred in Newport
The body of Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas will be taken from Del Monte California to Newport Rhode Island for interment. His widow and son a lieutenant on the Kearsarge will accompany the funeral party. His death will trigger promotions for Captains J E Pillsbury Adolph Marix and Raymond P Rogers to rear admiral.
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Washington
Charles M. Thomas
del Monte
Cal
Newport
R. L
Thomas
Kearsarge
J. E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Adolph Marix
Lighthous Board
Raymond P. Rogers
Washington man presented to King at St James’s Palace
Clarence Moore of Washington was presented today to King Edward by Ambassador Reid at a levee at St James's Palace in London on July 6.
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London
Clarence Moore
Washington
King Edward
Ambassador Reid
St. James's Palace
Lenox Fire Destroys Stable Owned by Richard Dixey
Firefighters battling a blaze at Richard C. Dixey’s stables in Lenox drove residents to Elm Court for safety and halted diversions to golf and tennis. The Seavey fire brigade of fifteen men faced heavy losses with several onlookers and guests at Elm Court watching fireworks postponed by the weather.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Masc
Society
Richard C. Dixey
de Boom
Tanglewood
Dixey
Mise Dixey
T. Dana
Eleanor Crosby
Alexandre
Divine Emily Bacon
Deppie
Elm Court
Sloane
Margaret Browley
G. Beekman Hoppin
J. Bowers
Newbold Morris
Daisy Holling
Brookhurst
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
New York
Free Lance
Atlantic
Bar Harbor
William Williams
Joseph H. Choate
Naumkeag
Torn
William D. Sloane Ag
Malcolm D. Sloane
J. Howers-Lee
Beekman Hoppin
Peyton van Rensselaer
Gerriey N. Y
Charles H. Platt
New Yor
Charlies Bray
Stacy W. Bray
Louis
Aspinwall
Bishop Potter Improves Amid Heat in Cooperstown
Cooperstown July 6 Bishop Potter shows improvement despite extreme heat and growing confidence in his recovery His son Alm Potter and son in law Charles Russell left for New York and Mrs Potter s niece Mrs Robert Mackey returned A 930 bulletin notes a comfortable day slight strength gain regular respiration and light nourishment taken freely The report also denies any plan to move to Christie or mental science treatment.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter Hs
Alm Potter
Charles Russell
New York
Bishop Potter
State funeral for Jonas Lie in Christiania
The Storthing voted to accord Jonas Lauritz Edem Lie a state funeral for the Norwegian poet and novelist who died in Christiania. His body will be buried at Fredericksværn beside his wife.
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Christiania
Storthing
Jonas Lauritz Edemi Lie
Norwes
Frederiksvaern
Paris Council approves purchase of The Seller painting
The Municipal Council of Paris agrees to buy Richard Miller’s picture The Seller after Miller displayed multiple works at the spring salon of the Société des Artists Fran. The decision underscores support for local art and the artist’s reputation in the annual event.
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Paris
Richard Miller
Postmaster General Mesillness and Annapolis rest update
Washington July 6 Postmaster General Mes, who was made somewhat ill several days ago after eating unwholesome sport, returned today from a over Sunday trip to Annapolis where he went a quiet rest. Mr. Meyer has entirely recovered.
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Washington
Mes
Annapolis
Meyer
American envoy farewells in Berlin before Rome move
Berlin July 6 John W. Garrett second secretary of the American Embassy here, recently promoted to secretary of the embassy at Rome, attended a farewell hosted by American, German and diplomatic officials. Garrett is set to leave for Rome about July 1.
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Berlin
John W. Garrett
Rome
Garrett
American Ambassador Riddle Recovers From Pneumonia Illness
John W. Riddle, United States ambassador in St. Petersburg, convalescing from a threatened pneumonia attack and is now able to sit up. He expects to leave the hospital as weather improves.
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St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Russian cigarettes and the mouthpiece myth
An Philadelphia Record item quotes a prominent critic describing Russians using a hollow pasteboard mouthpiece on cigarettes. The device supposedly allows smoking with less tobacco exposure and avoids contact with the burning end, reflecting cross cultural myths about Russian smoking practices.
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Philadelphia Record
St. Petersburg
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