Amusements and Shows Listing Excerpt
A scrambled amusements page lists Beach Pain’s Fireworks, The Mimic World at Corzy Island, Lana Park Dreamland, and multiple acts at Ammerstein’s Roof Herald Square Jardin de Paris. Entries show showtimes like 15 and 6:15 with titles such as Three Twins and Follies of 1808.
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Futter Beach
Pain
Corzy Island
Lana Park
Dreamlance
Ammerstein
Vauteville
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
New York Daily Tribune Opening Details 1908
The New York Daily Tribune announces ownership by The Tribune Association a New York corporation. Office and principal place of business are Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York. Opden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Opden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
World News In A Morning Gleaning From Many Lands
A collage of brief items reports on foreign fleets in Honolulu, Turkish upheaval in Tabriz, a Boxer indemnity note from China, Central American revolts, Quebec tercentenary parade, anti foreign sentiment in Mexico, Servian coalition victory, Taft and steam shovel chatter, Hitchcock in Colorado Springs, spring rains ending Maine drought, drownings in Malden and Newport, Guffey leadership in Pennsylvania, balloon endurance, a Connecticut absconder, city union politics, ex judge Pryor’s birthday, a girl’s rabies death, a West 126th street gun incident, Germany’s Paris Bourse stance, Brooklyn Bridge fire delay, noise crackdown, a North Pelham arrest, trolley car dangers, and today’s fair weather with a high near 89.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Auckland
Honolulu
Tabriz
China
Mukéenee
United States
Honduras
Quebec
Mexico
le Patria
Servia
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
International Society of Steam Shovelmen
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Colorado Springs
Maine
Walter D. Martin
Common Council of
Malden, Mess
Central Federated Union
Gompers
Cassidy
Legislative Commission
Roger A. Pryor
Bryan
West 126Th Street
Germany
Paris
Brooklyn Bridge
Coner Island
Reilly
North Pelham
Brooklyn
A Hint on the Canadian Industrial Disputes Act
A physician’s bulletin assesses the act’s impact after sixteen months, noting that the Canadian system curbs public utility strikes via official inquiries. It highlights conciliation boards’ role in shaping public opinion, mixed views from employers and organized labor, and the act’s broader influence on attitudes toward industrial disputes.
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Victor S Clerk
Bureau of Labor
Washington
Canada
United States
Boards
Clark
Friends of the Act
Prohibition of Uninvestigated Ruptures in Industry
The passage argues that securing rights indirectly is flawed and suggests Canada’s ban on uninvestigated industrial ruptures as a guiding example. It highlights the link between maintenance, safety, and continued productive work.
Bryan Readjustment Speech Attacks Unionists and Teachers
The Bryan speech to teachers at Lincoln mirrors his labor union rhetoric, urging a Cabinet seat for a toiling masses representative and promising fairer rewards for service. He claims current prosperity is unequally distributed and attacks corporate leaders, arguing for economic readjustment while questioning teachers’ support for the status quo.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Labor Union
Life Insurance
Immigrants Banks and the Poor Man's Banker
The piece argues that immigrant communities, especially Italians and Croatians, are harmed by petty urban banks run by forwarding agents who store and forward deposits without paying interest. It urges reform through education, banks, and settlement workers, noting a District Attorney probe and Tribune investigations. The danger to laborers' savings is highlighted as a call for back alley bank cleanup and immigrant-focused financial education.
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New York
Funda Ball
the Tribune
Bryan
Indianapolis
Young Men's Holiness League
United States
William O. Bradley
Kentucky
Nostalgia and the city clerk’s quiet revolt
A reflective portrait of a city office worker living in a four room flat, paying 20 percent rent, and enduring a routine life. The piece contrasts his drab grind with brief, costly pleasures, the lure of high life, and a longing for meaning amid urban anonymity.
End of an Era in a Quiet City Hall Corridor
The passage reflects a reclusive figure who shuns public attention, preferring dark rooms and a nameless routine. He sleeps away from the crowd, cares little for home brewed buttermilk or hens on a porch, and remains content in a small circle of acquaintances. Nostalgia marks the final sentiment.
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Juvenal
Memorial Portrait for Grover Cleveland in Albany Executive Chamber
The Brooklyn Eagle and New York Tribune urge public subscriptions to fund a Grover Cleveland portrait for Albany’s Executive Chamber. They argue his presidency and conscience merit a full Governor collection, noting many subscribers already support a high quality likeness to honor his service and inspire citizenship.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Cleveland
Albany
White House
New-York Tribune
Grover Cleveland
Executive Chamber
The
Tribune
Higgins
Roswell P. Flower
Mr. Cleveland
Dominican results show progress in American receivership
The examination of the Dominican customs and debt operations highlights a successful rehabilitative effort under American oversight. Since 1905, sinking fund deposits and structured settlements have reduced debt, with creditors accepting cash and bonds, while avoiding war or new obligations for the United States. This record portrays unprecedented cross‑border finance stability and a path to renewed prosperity for Santo Domingo.
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Santo Domingo
Washington
New York
Republic
United States
Military Afronautics and the Future of Airships
The chief signal officer advocates modern airships for the army citing past balloon value at Santiago. Four American tests are planned at Fort Myer with two aeroplane types and a dirigible, led by General Allen who favors dirigibles but will test both. Projected progress depends on evolving airship designs, comparing ascent ease, maneuverability, stability, speed, range, and vulnerability in hostile airspace. The piece notes German Emperor interest in Zeppelin and references Langley, Santos-Dumont, Wright brothers, Herring, and Scott.
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United States
Santiago
Allen
Fort Myer
Washington
the Tribune
Langley
Santos-Dumont
Wright Brothers
Herring
Scott
Germany
von Zeppelin
Navy Department
Florida
Lfe
Airship or airplane would face fire risk at Strasbourg
The article discusses whether Wurtemberger’s air ship can outrun gunfire at Strasbourg, weighing the vulnerabilities of dirigibles versus airplanes. It notes possible outcomes from a hit, stresses safety concerns and proposes controlled tests by General Allen to assess practical vulnerability for future government use.
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Strasbourg
Money and Business Markets Show Strength and Activity
The markets prove resilient with new highs in some rails and steel stock. United States Steel leads speculation as investor optimism grows amid inflation debate. Banks hold large surpluses, and gold reserves reach over $1.01 billion. Trade expands slowly. freight rates and wages spark debate as mills plan August reopenings and cotton output looms large.
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United States Steel Corporation
Mon Etock
Paris
Union Pacific
Treasury
Iron and Steel
London
New England
Liverpool
Hell a Specialty and Other Oddities
A collage of brief items and snippets from late 19th century humor and news. The notes mention a tavern sign shortened by heat, a Rome official funding a marble grave marker, coins of heraldry wax colors, a humorous exchange about a thrashing, a gospel wagon touring the West, and assorted quips about mourning dress, rail pilgrimages to Medina, and lighthearted exchanges.
Price rise despite tight markets spurs speculative activity
Prices advanced under aggressive speculation as traders bet on scarce old crops. Early week drought threatened spring wheat, but rains improved outlook and final yield estimates held. Weakness showed in reduced Argentina exports and stronger foreign demand, yet market remains driven by manipulation amid crop scarcity.
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Argentina
Bryan Suggests Vacation for Tolling Masses
The tolling masses he speaks for would likely enjoy a complete vacation from their labors under a Bryan administration.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
President Lewis and Gompers clash over union politics
Warnings from President Lewis to Samuel Gompers reveal a rift with one of the federation’s strongest unions. Most workers will keep silent while dissent simmers. police orders to curb noise are questioned by those who hear city din daily. Chicago River water flaws spark doubt about drainage canal changes.
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Lewis
Samuel Gompers
United Mine Workers
Gompers
Bingham
France’s President Travels North for Peace and Prestige
The French President’s tour to the Russian Emperor and other European sovereigns is viewed in France as promoting peace and boosting French prestige. Once unwelcome in European courts, France now sees its leader respected as equals to monarchs, reflecting a shift toward Republican legitimacy.
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Europe
France
French Republic
M. Falli@res
Kaiser
Hughes Strength as a Vote Getter for Hughes
The Utica Press argues Governor Hughes is strong with the people and would perform well at the polls after renomination. It suggests politicians, if the people demand it, would back him despite reluctance, warning against underestimating his electoral appeal.
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Utica
Hughes
A Real Democratic Dark Horse at Baltimore Convention
A Kennebec Journal readers note Franklin Pierce as a dark horse in the Democratic convention at Baltimore. He was nominated on the forty-ninth ballot, after gaining a single vote on the thirty-second ballot and a rebound to one vote on the thirty-third, making him the darkest horse to win the nomination.
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Kennebec Journal
Franklin Pierce
Baltimore
New Hampshire
Newport Social Week Celebrations Close Weekend
Newport social notes detail a busy July evening with dips parties at summer homes hosted by Mrs. William J Wells Mrs. Philip Lydig Mrs L F Robinson and Eigarten Winthrop a farms party aboard the Livermore yacht Venetian and entertaining at Incheon Plus a Castine concert drawing villagers and cottagers yacht visits by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Widener brothers and social registration at the casino with prominent names aboard vessels Electra North Star and Josephine through Newport society figures like G A Cormack P A R Widener and Joseph E Widener.
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Newport
R. I
William 3. Wells
Philip Lydig
L. F. Robinson
Eigarten Winthrop
Livermore
Venetian
James P. Kernochan
James A. Swan
Incheon
Philadelphia
New York
Josephine
Electra
Eno Calman
F. Fldridge
Hig
Henry F Eldridge
Coghlan
Berkshire social notes drive in Lenox and surrounding towns
Crips breezes drew locals and guests to church in Lenox and nearby villas. Notables including Mrs Hammond and Miss Kneeland attended services, while gatherings on Trinity Church lawn highlighted society life. Lenox horse show planning, Berkshire Hunt stewards named, and numerous clan visits mark a bustling summer in the Berkshires.
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the Tribune
Lanex
Mass
William Douglas Sloane
John H. Hammond
Elliott F. Shepard
Margaret Bromley
Henry W. Monroe
Adele Kneeland
Fair Lawn
Miss Kneeland
Newbold Morris
Marguerite Chadwick
Trinity Church
Lenox
Giraud Foster
Canada
Berkshire Hunt
Lee Pleasure Park
Samuel Frothingham
Frank K. Sturgis
Clinton G. Gilmore
David T. Dana
Guy A Ward
Joseph W. Burden
Banger Clarkson
Wellington
Benator
W Murray Crane
Boston
Georges K. Storm
New York
Curtin
Constance Stillman
New London
John M Crafts
Henry L. Lee
Denberg. Com
Isabelle and
Elizabeth Shotter
Richmond
Robert Homans
George Paty Blake
Pine Needles
Charles W. Hower
Dorothy Hogar
Thomas M. Hodgens
B. B. Thayer
Maplewood
Pittsfeld
Tableaux Vivans for Charity in Southampton Colony
Near $1,000 raised for Mead settlement and Uplands Vacation Home for Consumptive Girls at a Southampton tableaux vivants event. An amateur vaudeville program featured Forest and Reid, Butler and Brown duets, Breese’s clog dance, and dances by Mrs Conner, with numerous patrons and hostesses listed.
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Long Island
Southampton
Colless Settlement
Uplands
Messrs. Forest and
Reid
Butler
Mr. Brown
James L. Breese
Conner
W. Harping. Jr
Mise Clark
Archibald Brown
James Fly
Jack” Larkin
Mile. Varast
F. Burrall Hoffman
Chester Griswold
Henry B Barnes
Charles H. Godfrey
Peter Bwee
Sunday events mark Northfield mission gatherings
In Northfield Mass on July 19 the summer school for Sunday school workers and the women s home missionary conference were addressed by Rev N Fay Smith of the Northfield Congregational Church. Afternoon teen conference classes taught mission study lessons while books were distributed by visiting wagons to farm children.
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Northfield
Mass
Women’s Home Missionary Conference
N. Fay Smith
Pff Bristow
Ington
Dinner for Ambassador Hill in Berlin hosts J H Us circles
In Berlin on July 19 Professor Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins University gave a dinner to introduce Ambassador David Jayne Hill to university and literary circles. Participants included Adolf Harnack and Count Baudisa among a large professor presence.
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Berlin
Paul Haupt
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
David Jayne Hill
Jessor Adolf Harnack
Count Won Baudisa
Balzac's House Inscription in Paris Permits Visit
From The Boston Transcript the piece notes Balzac’s residence at 142-1948 becoming a protected site labeled an hiete ment. It instructs visitors to request permission from the conservateur and seek the tablet bearing the inscription about Honoré de Balzac, the lingering home of the Comédie Humaine author.
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Hell
New York
Boston Transcript
Belzac
Paris
Conservateur
Raymond
Honoré de Balzac
Comédie Humaire
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