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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
15
A compact listing of seaside amusements with show titles and venues. Includes Lama Park D TDaLy 5 15 Girie and Follies of 1808 at Jardin de Paris plus vaudeville at Roof and other acts. Nine venues cited with varied performances and prices.
The issue notes ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer. Office and principal place of business listed as Jethune Building, 155 Nassau Street, New York.
News items note travel plans of foreign fleets, political shifts in Serbia and Mexico, and storms easing Maine fires. Domestic items cover Taft, Hitchcock visit, labor union politics, drownings, a prison escape liaison, and a wild gun incident. Weather expected to be fair with highs near 89 and lows around 74.
A Washington Bureau of Labor bulletin reviews sixteen months of Canada’s Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. It notes widespread acceptance among employers and mixed views in labor, adds that boards helped prevent many strikes and shaped public opinion on industrial disputes. The piece contrasts Canadian practice with U S conditions and urges American interest.
The text argues that safeguarding rights hinges on securing them and cites Canada as a model for prohibiting uninvestigated industrial ruptures, noting maintenance of global work depends on such controls.
The Bryan speech to Lincoln teachers mirrors his labor union address, casting a Cabinet seat for a labor representative and promising fair rewards for service. He urges teachers to compare their pay with corporate leaders and argues for an honest realignment of society’s rewards. Opponents say he lacks understanding of complex business dynamics and fear his reforms could disrupt the economy.
The piece condemns petty immigrant banking by storage and forwarding agents who mimic banking by holding or forwarding funds from immigrants. It notes Croatian complainants to the District Attorney, contrasts with Italians, and urges reforms via reputable savings banks and settlement workers to educate and protect the poor from swindlers in the immigrant districts.
A Chicago Record Herald essay critiques city life through a bucolic youth’s portrait. It follows a clerk with four-room flat, paying 20 percent rent, working in an office, living among strangers, dreaming of a better break, while society’s gears grind him quietly.
A fragment hints at a lone figure in a City Hall space who avoids public notice, sleeping in dark rooms and preferring anonymity. He questions public interest, cherishes a small circle of acquaintances, and rejects home comforts, ending with a retrospective nostalgia.
The Brooklyn Eagle and New York Tribune urge public subscriptions to fund a Grover Cleveland portrait for the Albany Executive Chamber. They note his presidency and conscience, call for a complete governors gallery, and urge substantial contributions to sponsor a high quality, representative memorial.
The examination of the American receivership of Dominican customs shows a praiseworthy program for debt service. Since a new scheme in 1907, $1,000,000 has been added to the sinking fund, with about $2,000,000 paid toward cancellation. Creditors accept 200 percent cash and 80 percent bonds, $20,000,000 issued. interest remains $1,000,000 yearly, enabling eventual principal reduction without war or conflict. The United States costs nothing, avoids entanglement, and restores prosperity and constitutional order.
The chief signal officer advocates modern airships for the army, noting past value of captive balloons at Santiago. Trials at Fort Myer will compare dirigible gas bags and aeroplanes, with General Allen favoring dirigibles but testing both. The piece weighs ascent, maneuverability, speed, and vulnerability for scouting or combat roles amid German Zeppelin interest.
A cautious discussion weighs whether the Wittenberge dirigible or a modern airplane could survive artillery fire near Strasbourg. It notes risks to passengers and engines, plus balance loss if Zeppelin compartments were punctured, urging practical vulnerability tests by General Allen similar to Navy Florida experiments for future guidance.
Market reports show equities firming with United States Steel leading speculative interest as railways and industries express cautious optimism. Freight rate talk, wage disputes, and currency movements color the scene while banks hold large reserves and gold stocks rise. Industrial output improves, cotton and wool markets hold, and grain sections report favorable weather as exports and imports adjust.
A crowd gathers before a downtown eating house to read a weathered sign that once read Shell Fish a Specialty now shortened by heat to Hell a Specialty. The piece mixes yesteryear jokes with brief quips from the era, including items on heraldry and a gospel wagon trip.
Prices advanced under aggressive speculation despite a strong statistical position that keeps short selling risky. Spring wheat faced earlier threats in Dreuth, later eased by rains with yield estimates unchanged. Strength appeared in lower Argentina exports and improved foreign demand, yet manipulation and crop scarcity drive the market.
The phrase tolling masses expresses Mr Bryan's interest in their welfare and suggests they would welcome a complete vacation from toil if Bryan were to lead again.
The piece argues Lewis's warning to Samuel Gompers shows resentment from a leading labor union. It contends most unionists will silently resist the leader's political dictates, while police noise controls and Chicago River water issues are also noted with critical tone.
France views the President of the French Republic’s round of visits to the Russian Emperor and other northern sovereigns as advancing peace and boosting French prestige. The piece recalls a past era when republican leaders were less welcome at European courts and notes M. Falk res is now seen as a peer to kings and emperors, reflecting improved republican standing.
The Utica Press notes Governor Hughes is strong with the people and would be a formidable vote getter after renomination. Politicians may doubt his delegate strength, but public support would compel party leaders to back him despite reluctance.
The Kennebec Journal notes Franklin Pierce as the darkest horse ever to secure a Presidential nomination. Pierce, from New Hampshire, won his first votes on the thirty-second ballot and gained only one vote on the thirty-second before losing on the thirty-third.
Telegraphed Newport notes report a flurry of entertaining at summer homes including dinners for Wells and Robinson parties, yacht gatherings aboard Venetian and North Star, and visits by notable guests such as Vanderbilt, Widener, Gerry, and Eldridge. Casino attendance, a Sunday night concert, and several New York arrivals and departures mark the day.
Lenox Massachusetts reports a breezy summer day with churchgoing crowds at Trinity Church. Notables attend from Sloane, Hammond, Kneeland, and Crane families. Berkshire Hunt stewards named for September 12 at Lee Pleasure Park. seven races planned. Local golf results note Elminator cup winner Frank W. Dutton and A A Sprague surviving match play in Pittsfield. Various guests and residents are listed at summer inns and country places across Lenox, Stockbridge, Dalton, and Pittsfield.
Tableaux vivans staged at Meadow Club in Southampton on July night to raise funds for the Southampton Summer Colony settlement and the Uplands Vacation Home for Combined Girls. Performers included Mesars Forest and Red, Mr Butler, Mr Brown, James L Breese, Mrs Conner, W Harping Jr, Miss Clark, Mrs Archibald Brown, Jack Larkin, Mile Varas, with patronesses led by Mrs F Purrell Hotman and others. Nearly $1,000 was realized for the two institutions.
Readings and talks centered on Sunday school work and home missions were delivered by Rev. N Fay Smith of the Northfield Com procational Church. Activities included an afternoon mission study lesson, wagon outreach to farm children, and an open air Round Top meeting led by Mrs J Stuart Holden.
A dinner in Berlin last evening introduced Ambassador David Jayne Hill to university and literary circles at Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore. Attendees included Adolf Harnack Count von Banuchsain and many university professors.
From the Boston Transcript summary notes Balzac's residence at 142-138 Balzac lived in a single surviving dwelling in Paris. Visitors may request conservateur permission to view the tablet bearing the inscription honoring Honoré de Balzac and his Comédie Humaine.
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