Amusements listing with show times and venues
A compact summary of multiple entertainment listings. AERIAL GARDENS offers The Merry Widow and Pain in Full with times near 30 and 20 minutes. Coney Island features Lana Perk Dreamian with Y'S Gtris. Others include Wax World at Musere and Follies of 1908 at Jardin de Paris with several short slots.
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Aerial Gardens
Pain
Coney Island
Lana Perk
Musere
Ammerstein
Vanteville Ald-Square
Toree
New York Daily Tribune 1908 Publication Details
The New York Daily Tribune dated Friday July 24 1908 lists ownership by The Tribune Association a New York corporation with office at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York Ogden Mills as president Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer and notes the officers address as the newspaper office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Cerretery
Foreign and Domestic News Briefs Across the World
The morning bulletin reports the Prince of Wales meeting with Vice President Feirbanks in Quebec and a Turkish memorandum to the Sultan’s representative amid potential parliament action. Tabriz fighting continues with the governor in near captivity. In Brazil, feuding families claim ten magistrates’ lives. Timor eyes independence as revolutionaries push for a republic. Bayreuth opens the Wagner Festival with Lohengrin under Siegfried Wagner. Roosevelt orders retrial in Standard Oil, Honduran revolutionaries reportedly subdued, Kern opens Gary harbor, and Rayner’s son returns from Suffolk. Bryan says he will step back from active campaign work. West Point cadets face hazing suspensions. Raines is renominated for the Senate. A fatal fight with tramps occurs in Middletown. In Washington, Cortelyou and Coolidge attend a National Military Commission meeting. In New York, stock markets rise, Taft’s Jersey City trip draws crowds, and Steel reports favorable subsidiary news. a police slayer inquiry ties a search to Irving Square Park. Public Service plans a fare increase on Money Island & Brooklyn Railroad. The weather foresees rain with highs around 86 and lows near 72.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
Feirbanks
Young Turks Party
Anastir
Tabriz
Timor
Bayreuth
Lohengrin
Siegfried Wagner
Roosevelt
Washington
Honduras
John W. Kern
Gary
William B. Raymer
Isador Rayner
Baltimore
Suffolk
W. J. Bryan
Lincoin
Democratic Campaign Fund
Military Academy
West Point
John Raines
Canandaigua, N. Y
Money Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Taft
Jersey City
New York
Manhattan
Oyster Bay
United States Steel Corporation
Irving Square Park
Standard Oil
New York Central
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
Fleeming
Gould
Georgia
Kentucky
Above the Law and the Court of Appeals Decision
The article discusses the U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruling overturning a 29 million dollar fine. It argues that no one is above the law and cautions against overreaction, urging adherence to due process and careful punishment within legal limits. It contrasts Judge Grosscup with Judge Landis and stresses lawful reform through proper legal avenues.
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United States Circuit Hoart of Appeals
Singhes
Judge Landis
Landis
Grosscup
Lan@ie
Purity crusade urged to follow the law not moral fury
The speaker argues that moral indignation should not override law or facts. The nation must pursue business purification and legal equality without acting above the law. A soberer path is possible and preferable to confront those deemed above the law.
Taft Loyal to the Republican Cause Amid Criticism
The piece argues that critics misunderstand Mr Taft and urges recognition of his long loyalty to the Republican party and his close ties to McKinley and Roosevelt administrations. It contends his visit to the President reflects continuity, not subservience, and defends Taft against charges of disloyalty or opposition to policies.
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Mr. Taft
Oyster Bay
Taft
Cuba
Bedlam
Republican Party
McKinley
Roosevelt
A Trying Summer Shows Unprecedented Heat in East
The United States Weather Bureau notes a striking, prolonged heat wave in the East this summer. Thirty-three days show only five cooler days, with twenty-five abnormally hot, and cooling relief arriving in three brief installments. Nocturnal breezes have been rare, compounding suffering and strain on all ages. at least one day caused twenty-four deaths and seventy prostrations, with totals likely to set records.
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United States Weather Bureau
National Weather Service
New York City
Cuba’s Dr Zayas vows loyal defeat in election
The declaration from Dr Alfred Zayas in Santiago de Cuba pledges that if his party is defeated they will accept the outcome and support the victors to preserve Cuban constitutional principles. The note praises Panamanian civic spirit under Governor Magoon and cautions against prophesied chaos or American coercion.
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Santiago de Cuba
Alfred Zayas
Cuba
Zayas
Panama
Magoon
Dr. Zayas
Election Promise Emphasized as Key in Looming Vote
The statement underscored that the pledge will be central in the forthcoming elections, signaling its importance to voters and campaign strategy. A spokesman claimed the commitment will shape policy priorities and mobilize support ahead of polling.
Bryan and the Negro Vote in Democratic Strategy
Southern papers fret over William Jennings Bryan courting the colored vote. The Charleston News and Courier questions party promises on disfranchisement, accusing Bryan of opportunism. The piece argues Bryan's stance lacks courage and that black support would yield no real gains, while the South would dominate if he wins the White House.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Ollie” James
Kentucky
James
Charleston News and Courier
Democratic Party
News and Courier
Cooper Union
South
Middle West
Denver
Congress
New Zealand Debates Sweeping Industrial Arbitration Reforms
New Zealand moves to replace old boards of conciliation with councils of conciliation led by a magistrate and industry assessors. If unresolved, disputes go to a Court of Arbitration with industry assessors. The plan sets fixed needs and exertion wages and imposes heavy fines for strikes and lockouts, aiming for a fair yet stringent system.
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New Zealand
Boards of
Court of Arbitration
Louisiana blue law on drinking on trains a curious rule
A Louisiana law bans drinking from a passenger’s own flask on trains with a narrow exception for illness. Brakemen may arrest offenders and hand them to a justice at the next stop, as train hands gain authority to arrest, a move praised for public comfort but risky for abuse.
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New England
Virginia
Louisiana
Connecticut
Debates on city finance and public transit conduct
A column critiques traction company employee conduct and proposes handling drunken rows in public transport. It muses on Samoa and Australasian seas, Quebec’s flags, Mr. Bryan’s grocers remarks, debt limits and city taxation. It warns glitter not gold and questions arresting money discarders.
The Talk of the Day and Vacation Scenes
A blend of cultural notes and social snippets from the era. It covers a dance congress appeal to preserve the waltz, a Madrid Castelar memorial described by a German paper, Chicago’s chop suey decline with Chinese restaurateurs meeting over the slump, a New York bragging exchange, and a Russian professor’s Moscow faculty appointment amid gender barriers.
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Chicago
America
Portrait oversight at Albany Capitol prompts subscription
The New York Tribune notes missing portrait of Governor Cleveland among state leaders in the Executive Chamber at the Albany Capitol. Ex Governor Higgins is present, along with many earlier governors. The Tribune calls for a public subscription to rectify the omission.
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Buffalo
New-York Tribune
Higgins
Roswell P. Flower
State Capitol
Albany
Cleveland
the Tribune
Work for a Vice-President
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that Fairbanks fills idle time during Senate recess with unofficial duties. He likens the Vice-President’s role to the Prince of Wales, heir apparent who must avoid meddling in government yet can serve in quasi public functions. Fairbanks has found success in these informal tasks.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Fairbanks
Senate
Prince of Wales
Society notes from New York residents abroad and at home
New York society circles report Mr and Mrs Henry S Redmond arriving from Tuxedo to Newport for the season. Mr and Mrs William Manice move from London to Paris and back to the US in September. The Osborns depart from Garrison for a Western trip. Edwards relocate from Mount Kisco to Bar Harbor for the 夏. Atterbury spend summer at Dark Harbor Maine. Morris and Kobbé engagement set for October 8 at Short Hills. Various lists of arrivals, travels, and entertainments include Van Nest, Read, Van Rensselaer, Schley, Robbins, and others enjoying residences, trips, and social events along New York, Bar Harbor, Bretton Woods, and Lenox.
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Louise Lovett Kobbé
George S. Kobbé
William A. Manning
Short Hills
Alexander van Rensselaer
Alice van Rensselaer
Europe
East 37Th Street
Bar Harbor
Berkshire Hunt Cups Promised for Races in Lenox
Lenox Massachusetts July 23 Giraud Foster president Berkshire Hunt and J Watson Webb of Shelburne Vermont Hunt offer cups for trophies in Berkshire Hunt races Gentlemen riders to compete in both contests Mrs William D Sloane entertained on occasion of Mrs Elliott Shepard birthday at Elm Court with a dozen guests Rowland D Allen hosted a Laurel Lake party this morning bass caught for breakfast at Hotel Aspinwall boathouse others noted at Curtis Hotel Mount dinner and tea by Miss Charlotte Barnes
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Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Giraud Foster
Berkshire Hunt
J. Watson Webb
Shelburne Vermont Hunt
Foster
Webb
William D. Sloane
Elliott F. Shepard
Elm Court
Rowland D. Allen
Laurel Lake
Aspinwall Boathouse
John W. Hunt
Katheryn Schley
Robert L. Major
Austin F. Riggs
Dark Harbor
Benjamin Welles
Reiman G. Duval
Nannie G. Duval
Stansbore Hagar
New York
Curtis Hotel
Edward R. Wheaton
the Mount
Charlotte Barnes
Condition of William Winter in Los Angeles Hospital
William Winter, drama critic of The New York Tribune, remained in unchanged condition at California Hospital after nervous shock from a Santa Fe train accident. He passed a comfortable night and, barring unforeseen complications, is expected to recover within a reasonable time.
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Los Angeles
Willliam Winter
New-York Tribune
California Hospital
Santa Fe
Wiliam Winter
the Tribune
Roosevelt for Senator in a Letter to the Tribune
B F Dexter M D of Lockport New York argues Theodore Roosevelt should be the Republican successor to Senator Thomas Platt, noting Roosevelt’s long service and fitness. He urges the nation to consider Roosevelt as the best choice for senator as the 1909 term nears.
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United States
Thomas €. Platt
Roosevelt
Platt
Theodore Roosevelt
B. F. Dexter
M. D. Lockport
A Democrat Defined in Liberty Letter 1908
A reader from Liberty New York July 15 1908 defines a Democrat as an American citizen with a tendency to grasp the wrong end of everything and cites William J Bryan as a prime example in response to The New York World inquiry What is a Democrat.
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New York World
William J. Bryan
William R. Baldwin
Liberty
N. Y
Socialists, Bryan, and Taft in 1906 Letter
Francis B. Livesey of Sykesville Md argues in a July 21 1906 letter that The Baltimore Sun highlights Bryan’s socialist drift and Debs influence, while Life-long Democrats abandon Bryan for Taft. He urges Republicans to heed Hanna’s warning that the next fight is socialism versus Republicanism.
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Baltimore Sun
Bryan
New-York Tribune
Debs
William R. Hearst
Taft
Republican Party
Mark Hanna
Francis B. Livesey
Social Notes From Newport Center Social Lights Bennett Family Hosts
Newport social season centers on the St Marys Orphanage fair with summer residents aiding. Notable guests include Dudley Gautier Lispenard Stewart and Mrs Kernochan with gatherings at White Lodge Casino and Robison. Guests from New York and Westbury join hosted luncheons and dinners as regatta of society continues.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. S
Stoneville
James Gordon Bennett
St. Mary's Orphanage
Providence
William F. Grosvenor
James A. Swan
William R. Hunter
Elizabeth Betton
Dudley S. Gautier
New York
Lispenard Stewart
White Lodge
Richard Lawrence
Henry P. Cross
Hitchcock
George B. Fearing
K. Winslow
George Schermerhorn
J. Wilmerding
General Wilson
Robinson
William F. Fullam
Horace Porter
Stephen B. Luce
French E. Chadwick
J. H. Upshur
John P. Merrell
Edward J. Berwind
C. L. F. Robinson
George H. Benjamin
M. Orme Wilson
R. T. Wilson, Jr
Ogden Goelet
Reginald Brooks
Westbury
H. Mortimer Brooks
Wagner Festival Opens at Bayreuth With Lohengrin
The Bayreuth festival opened with a new Lohengrin under Siegfried Wagner. The audience included French, British, and American guests such as Andreas Dippel and Mrs Dippel, John B Jackson and Mrs Jackson, plus the Queen of Wurtemberg, the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Edyth Walker sang Ortrud. Frau Cosima Wagner was ill and absent.
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Bayreuth
Bavaria
Lohengrin
Siegfried Wagner
Andreas Dippel
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Dippel
John B Jackson
Persia
Ortrud
Frau Cosima Wagner
Boston Transit Commissioner Gargan Undergoes Operation
Berlin July 2. Thomas J. Gargan a Boston transit commissioner was operated on for a stomach affection by Professor Koerte and Dr. Franz Jung. Doctors reported Gargan came out of the operation strong and in good condition.
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Berlin
Thomas J. Gargan
Boston
Koerte
Franz Jung
Washington
Ambassador Riddle Improves in Caucasus Healing Stay
St Petersburg July 23 Advices say John W Riddle the American Ambassador is making good improvement under treatment at Kislovodsk a spa town in the Caucasus where he traveled to recuperate from his recent illness The embassy reports steady progress and hopeful outlook for a full recovery.
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St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Kislovodsk
Caucasus
Colonel Vilas in unchanged condition after hemorrhage
Madison July 23 Colonel William F Vilas remains in unchanged condition following a Monday hemorrhage.
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Vilas
Madison
Wis
William F. Vilas
John Bright Memorial School Prize Ceremony at Llandudno
The John Bright Memorial School in Llandudno held a prize ceremony in its new building with John County School, Llandudno, featuring awards and certificates. Sir George Reid showcased a portrait of the Ambassador. Mr Picton outlined the history of the American War of Independence and praised English as a global language. The headmaster’s report noted steady progress in twelve years, with scholarships to university and new classes in cookery and manual training.
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Liverpool Post
John County School
Llandudno
Bassador
Amlan Reid
J. Allanson Picton
Sovernors
Sir George
Scottish Academy
Pictom
Peuce
Wales
Charter
Aroomson
W. J. Eliot
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Henry S. Redmond
Tuxedo
William Manice
London
Paris
William Church Osborn
Miss Osborn
Garrison, N. Y
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John Turner Atterbury
Dark Harbor, Me
Henry Lewis Morris
Mount Washington
Bretton Woods
Alexander T. van Nest
J. Stewart Barney
William A. Read
East 624 Street
White Mountains
J. Montfort Schley
Katharine
Marguerite Schley
Aspinwall
Adirondacks
Allan Appleton Robbins
Cold Brooke
Parkman Shaw
Miss Goodman
Tol
Harold Godwin
Robert S. Brewster
Clarkson
Edward A. Burdett
Herbert Parsons
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Winifred Rogers
Pony Brook Farm
John E. Alexandre
Spring Lawn
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J. Harry Alexandre
Saratoga
Duncan Cryder
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
Ellen
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Edmund Nash
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Rye
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John C. King
H. A. Didbree
Bacon Villa
E. J. Dougherty
Dougherty
Robert Gibson
Helen Gibson
Charles
Howard Gibson
Howard Ridgeley
Ernest Warrin
Lee Road
Arthur Grannis
Oscar Iasigi
Stockbridge
Berkshires
William Winter
Senator
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Sykesville
Commissioner Gargan
Ambassador Riddle
John Bright Memorial
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