Amusements and Shows Listing for New York Area
A concise listing of venues and shows including AL GARDEN and AMUSEMENTS around 8 to 8:30 PM such as The Merry Widow Penn's Fireworks The Mimic World The Merry-Go-Round Luna Park Dreamland Girls and vaudeville acts at Astaire's Roof and Times Square with charity events and carnival attractions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Garden
Penn
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Astein
Heaat Square
Paris
New York
New York Daily Tribune Highlights 1908 World News
Foreign items report the Honolulu harbor entry of the Atlantic fleet and a deadly launch accident near Manila Bay. Domestic briefings note conservation commission progress, the anti Bryan drive spreading, Taft’s speech draft, and a Prohibition ticket. Local items cover stock strength, a wreck near Greenwich, and police activity amid betting-law enforcement. Weather forecasts show fair, warmer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Manila Bay
Merry
Nicaragua
Honduras
Kopi
Peru
Bolivia
Zeppelin
Jackson
Teheran
Berlin
Boni de Castellane
Princesse de Sagan
Zo Eulenbure
Washington
Commission For the Conservation of Natural Resources
Nebraska
Foraker
Weebington
Ohio
Taft
W. H. Taft
Holmes, Va
NationalConvention
Columbus
Eugene W. Chafin
Ilinois
A. S. Watkins
Boston
W. Wayne Kelvin
Setevenue
Philadelphia
White Mountains
New York, New Maven & Hagstford
Greenwich Station
W. B. Coster
Coster, Knapp & Co
Wall Street
Bryan
Cemirolier Grout
Treorganized Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
T'pien
Gompers
Brean
Benjamin F. Tracy
Bingham Se4in
Andersen
Costa Rica
Ecouny
Central America
iFair
Jhighest
Socialism Defined and Debated Across Thought Traditions
An article surveys how socialism is viewed by critics and adherents, noting forked definitions from Leroux Rebel Proudhon and Bradlaugh, and contrasting with Mill Saint Simon and Marx. It highlights disputes over property, rewards, and distribution within socialist theory.
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Roosevelt
Iz Borant
Rose Paster Stokes
Leroux
Orwen
Kevhand
Proudhon
Kaufman
Pyndman
Mr. Bradlaugh
Bradlaugh
Louis Bisee
Marx
Defining socialism through critics and theories
The passage reflects on Littré's view of socialism as a sentiment without doctrine and Holyoake’s insistence that the idea requires insurrection to gain traction. It argues that without a clear, lasting definition, opponents like Roosevelt may condemn socialism without understanding what it is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littré
George Jacob Holyoake
Mr. Roosevelt
Bryan plan prompts class bias in Democratic fund drive
The author criticizes Mr. Bryan for a proposed honor roll for campaign subscribers with a $100 entrance fee, arguing it creates wealth-based tiers in the party. The piece notes past democratic dinners and questions whether donors giving $10 or $1 would receive equal public acknowledgment or recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Tim” Sullivan
Bryan
Lincoln
Democratic Party
White Mountain Express Wreck and Curved Track Theories
The Greenwich accident showed lighter parlor cars largely spared while heavier cars suffered most. Theories blame a sharp curve, track wear, or rails spread by two heavy New Haven locomotives, with official evidence still incomplete.
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Greenwich
New Haven Road
Bryan’s caucus stance praised as measured political balance
The article argues that Bryan backed Crisp in 1891 after a Democratic caucus nomination and again in 1893 with no opposition. It credits him with avoiding factional conflict during Crisp and Mills’s power struggle, steering a cautious middle course while maneuvering to maximize advantage for his broader aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Watson
Bryan
Crisp
House
Mr. Watson
Mr. Bryan
Mills
Free Traders
Breckinridges
Wilson
West Virginia
Cleveland
Congress
Springer
Ilnois
Nebraska Statesman
Crisp Scylla
Mills Charybdis
City Council Bans Private Fireworks in Fourth of July
Cleveland officials prohibit private use of fireworks and firearms for Independence Day after ten accidental deaths last week. Critics say it harms celebration, but Springfield Mass offers a model of safer festivities with structured programs and speeches to keep youth occupied and prevent injuries.
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Cleveland
Springfield
Mass
Old Town
Charities and the Commons
Springfield Fourth Parade Proposal and Firework Reflection
The writer lauds a firework free Fourth of July celebration in Springfield with a morning balloon ascent, afternoon games and boat races, and evening concerts. He notes fewer injuries and argues national diversity events could foster civic pride. cites New York as capable of a grand, peaceful Independence Day pageant.
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Sunday Republican
Springfield
New York
Metropolis
Massachusetts
Profit and Loss for Castro
A correspondent mocks the notion that Venezuela must keep commerce with the United States, arguing the Castronian economy thrives with other nations. The piece recalls past trade figures showing heavy US ties, and notes current low US purchases and exports to Venezuela, concluding with a jibe about mutual hardship if Venezuela endures it.
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Venezuela
United States
America
Can It Be Americanized
Harlem's Little Italy marks Our Lady of Mount Carmel anniversary with confetti shrines and fireworks. Police and observers warn that many street festivities disrupt tenements, draw fights, and waste money, while mutual benefit societies fund the events for promotion. Some advocate shaping the celebrations into an Americanized, civic-friendly form to reduce crime and disorder.
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Harlem
Italy
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Beppo
Elizabeth
Mulberry
St. Sabine
Gondolfo
A Modified Zionism and Its New Focus in Palestine
About 150 delegates from across the United States attended the Federation of American Zionists convention in Atlantic City. Discussions covered movement progress, international greetings, and funding, with debate on Herzl’s dream of a Jewish state. A newer, pragmatic wing promotes industrial development, schools, workshops, and self sufficiency in Palestine.
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United States
Foderation of American Zionists
Atlantic City
Theodor Herzl
Palestine
Herzl
Russia
Austria
East
Africa
Herz
Gaster
London
Cambridge
Jacob H. Schiff
Zionist currents and public discourse in American press
The piece surveys debates within American Jewry on Zionism and economic development in Palestine, contrasts modified Zionism with Gaster's plan, and notes editorial opinions about civic leaders, forest conservation, and international affairs, including reflections on Bryan, Roosevelt, and Japan. It also lampoons the St. Louis Republic anniversary, the San Jacinto to Cleveland forest rename, and ship terminology shifts.
Major Loeffler 50 Years of Government Service at White House
Major Charles D. A. Loeffler, doorkeeper at the White House, marks fifty years in government service with a presidential letter of congratulations from Roosevelt noting his faithful service and relations with eight presidents. His career began in 1861 with the cavalry and later moved to White House duty, rising to major on the reve al list.
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Charles D. A. Loeffler
White House
Loeffler
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
United States
Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
2D Cavalry
Fitzhugh Lee
Washington
Ife
Grant
New York Society Summer Movements At Lake Minnewaska
Mrs Frederic J de Peyster Miss Frances G de Peyster and Miss Augusta M de Peyster spend summer at Lake Minnewaska Ulster County New York Mr and Mrs Frederic Ashton de Peyster expected home next month visiting Mr de Peysters mother at Lake Minnewaska Mrs Frederic Ashton de Peyster formerly Miss Alice Abercrombie Miller daughter of Commodore and Mrs Abercrombie Miller of Washington Married at Lakewood after Easter Mr and Mrs Lewis Gouverneur Morris back from Newport to Yonkers with Mrs J Muhlenberg Bailey mother of Mrs Morris etc.
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Frederic J. de Peyster
Frances G. de Peyster
Augusta M. de Peyster
Lake Minnewaska
Ulster County
N. Y
Frederic Ashton de Peyster
de Peyster
Alice Abercrombie-Miller
Commodore
Abercrombie-Miller
Washington
Lakewood
Lewis Gouverneur Morris
Newport
Yonkers
J. Muhlenberg Bailey
Morris
Social events fill Berkshire town tonight
Lenox hosts Mrs Richard Starr Dana dinner for Mrs Clay Chamberlin with guests including Mrs Austin Flint Mrs Harold Godwin and others. Mrs James B Ludlow hosts at dinner with Mr and Mrs David Turner Dana and others. Miss Maude Adams visits Allen Winden estate, and Miss Clara Herbert Guests frequent Holmesdale for a hostess night. A nursery fundraiser planned in Pittsfield and Lenox Horticultural Society sets August 15 tower show with notable exhibitors.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Richard Starr Dana
Clay Chamberlin
Richmond
Birchwood Terrace
Austin Flint
Harold Godwin
Frank C. Grugan
Lindsay Fairfax
William R. Bonsal
William B. Bacon
Emily Biddle
Georgiana Sargent
James B. Ludlow
David Turner Dana
Hamilton Cary
Kate Cary
Aleid Schenck
Constance Folsom
Maude Adams
Allen Winden
Charles Lanier
Miss Adams
William Pollock
Holmesdale
Kirnness
Pittsfield
Henry W. Bishop
John A. Spoor
Max Butler
W. H. Eaton
Lenox Horticultural Society
Robert Winthrop
Adele Kneeland
Charles Lanter
Giraud Foster
John E. Alexandre
John S. Barnes
Clara Herbert
Washington
Clara Field
Stockbridge
William Philbrick
Kingdon Gould to Go West After Europe Return
Kingdon Gould returned from Europe aboard the Hamburg America Unter Deutschland and will proceed west with Professor Kemp of Columbia University to study mining engineering firsthand. They previously went to Colorado last year and expect to stay the rest of the summer. Also aboard were Major Spencer Cosby, Sir John Hogers, and Lord Kitchener associate, with Hogers en route to hunt wapiti in Vancouver and fish in Canada.
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Kingdon Gould
Europe
Kemp
Columbia University
Colorado
Spencer Cosby
United States
International Congress of Navigation
St. Petersburg
John Hogers
Pacha
John
Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
Wapiti
Vancouver
Canada
Ambassador Takahira Leaves Washington for Buena Vista Summer
Baron Takahira the Japanese Ambassador and his wife depart Washington for Buena Vista Pennsylvania for the summer. They called at the State Department to bid farewell to Acting Secretary Bacon as they left.
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Washington
Baron Takahira
Buena Vista
Penn
State Department
Bacon
Cortelyous Headed to Huntington for Summer
Secretary Cortelyou and his family depart Washington for Huntington Long Island to spend the warm season. He takes part of his office, with important matters to be forwarded to him. He plans to return in September for tuberculosis congress meetings. Louis A. Coolidge will serve as Acting Secretary in his absence.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Huntington
Long Island
Louis A. Coolidge
the Treasury
Ambassador Riddle Goes to Kislovodsk for Health
American Ambassador to Russia John W. Riddle begins travel to Kislovodsk in the Caucasus to regain strength after a serious illness. He is accompanied by diplomatic secretary Charles B. Curtis, while Montgomery Schuyler Jr. remains in charge at the embassy.
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St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Russia
Kislovodsk
Caucasus
Kislovedsk
Ambassador Riddle
Charles B. Curtis
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
Nationalist party gifts Esther Redmond wedding present
The Nationalist party sent Miss Esther Redmond a silver tea and coffee service mined in Ireland as a wedding gift. She, daughter of John E. Redmond, is to wed Dr. William Thomas Power of New York in London.
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London
Esther Redmond
John E. Redmond
Willam Thomas Power
New York
Ireland
Funeral for Thomas D. Jordan at St Agnes Chapel
The funeral for Thomas D. Jordan former controller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society will be held today at 11 a m in St Agnes Chapel at %d Street and Columbus Avenue. The service will be public.
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Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Rector Street
St. Agnes’s Chapel
D Street
Columbus Avenue
Penny Post praised as boon to Anglo American ties
The London Times notes Independence Day celebrations on both sides of the Atlantic and highlights the American Ambassador’s address at the Hotel Cecil banquet. He stresses penny postage as a boon, praising Henniker Heaton and Reid for accelerating reform and linking English speaking nations to foster peace and progress.
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London Times
Atlantic
American Society
London
Cecil
Great Britain
United States
Henniker Heaton
Whitelaw Reid
Social notes from Newport highlight summer gatherings and polo prep
Telegraph report from Newport lists dinners and entertainments at Clambake Club and Goosberry Island. It notes Westchester Polo Club preparing its field for the season and Polo practice by Paul Rainey and other visitors. The piece mentions multiple attendees including Mrs. Whitney Warren, Mrs. Berwind, Peter F. Collier, Lispenard Stewart, Rear Admiral Coghlan, Payne Whitney, and Elisha Dyer among others at dinners, luncheons, and social events.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
Paul Rainey
New York
Whitney Warren
Edward J. Berwind
Peter F. Collier
Nathaniel Thayer
Gooseberry Island
James de Wolff
Lispenard Stewart
Newport Golf Club
DeLancey Kane
New Rochelle
Robert Goelet
Canada
Thomas Hitchcock
Joseph B. Coghlan
J. Fred Pierson
S. W. Woodward
Washington
F. H Strawbridge
Germantown
Penn
Jamestown
Payne Whitney
Colona
Democratic Campaign Commentary Across Newspapers
A collection of editorials and excerpts from the Richmond TimesDispatch Macon Telegraph New York American New York Times Baltimore Sun and others debating Democratic nominee William J Bryan factors in the 1900 campaign including South support Kern's vice presidency Hearst's Independence League and divisions within parties. The pieces explore loyalty abstention and potential shifts among Southern voters conservative and radical factions and implications for Taft and Bryan.
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New York American
John W. Kern
Tom Taggart
Mr. Bryan
White House
Kern
Wie House
The
New York Times
South
Brian
Unien
North
Bryan
Baltimore Sun
Hearst
Ieee
Taft
Independence League
Mr. Hearst
Republican Party
Oklahoma Public Lands Sale Initiative Considered
Oklahoma voters will decide in November on selling 3 000 000 acres held in school and public buildings funds under the initiative law. The measure outlines terms and methods of sale and would take effect without legislative action.
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St. Louis Republic
Oklahoma
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Powling Suggdir
Asacewessass
Avan
New York Daily Tribune
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
White Mountain Express
Opportunist
Castro
Denver
New York World
Grover Cleveland
San Jacinto National Forest
Cleveland National Forest
Congress of Governors
National Commission For the Conservation of Natural
Hobson
Ambassador O'brién
Japan
Houston Post
Texas
Missouri
St. Louis
Blackstone
Cork
Louisville Courier-Journal
Byberry
West Philadelphia Asylum
Washington Star
Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta
Uncle Remus
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. Varris
Peremewers
Puck
NEW York Society
Lloyd S. Bryce
Roslyn
George W. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
St. Regis
William Douglas Sloane
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Adirondacks
Henry Lewis Morris
John Duncan Emmet
Town
Joseph Drexel
Torresdale
Pennsylvania
Walter G. Oakman
Helen
Katherine Oakman
the Meadows Club
Southampton
Lewis L. Delafield
Riverdale
Bar Harbor
H. Holbrook Curtis
Marjorie Curtis
York Harbor
William M. W. Hoffman
Tuxedo
William M. Kingsland
Henry Dibhier
Rock ‘Awn
New Hampshire
Mreiz Olin
Rhinebeck
Ralph Hamilton
Frederick Hussey
Paul Bellamy
John Sicoane
W. P. Thompson
Miss Davison
Wyndhurst
John Zimmerman
Sophia Furniss
Edgecomb
Charles J. Bonaparte
Sarah G. Haydock
Hotey Aspinwall
John Patterson Duncan
Amy L Duncan
Hotey Wall
Bennet J. King
Frank J
Schuyler - Wheeler
John J. Sutton
Berkshires
Columbia
Miss Redmond
Jordan
Penny Post
Democratic
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Times-Dispatch
Macon
William J. Bryan
Tims
Kern and Taggart
Public Lands
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