Amusements listing from seaside venues and vaudeville houses
A compact amusements page lists multiple venues and shows. Entries include Ton Beach Pain's Casino Mimic World Luna Park Dreamland X's 2:15 vaudeville at Ammerstein's Roof Three Twins at Herald Square and Follies of 1908 at Jardin de Paris with various 8:15 start times.
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Ton Beach
Pain
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Ammerstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
New York Daily Tribune July 30 1908 credits and address
New York Daily Tribune published by The Tribune Association lists officers Ogden Mills as president Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer with office at Tribune Building 155 Nassau Street New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Notable World and Domestic News Briefs
Foreign and domestic items cover: the death of Winthrop Sands near Poissy. Russian cholera prep. Chamberlain gravely ill. Willemstad boycott and Paris strikes. Turkish and Persian political moves. Taft in Hot Springs. Standard Oil appeals. Hitchcock campaign offices. Vermont tax violations. reapportionment case. Bryan comments. stock market and political endorsements. smallpox at Fort Hancock. fish protection as an international issue. Gould-H Harriman-Schriff deal. and today’s fair weather with a high 20 and low 70.
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G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Poissy
Russia
Volga
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Joseph Chamberlain
London
Willemstad
Paris
Vigneux
Sayyid Muhammed
Hamadan
Cincinnati
Hot Springs
International Brotherhood of Steam
Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
United States
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Fletcher D. Proctor
Montpelier
Hughes
Supreme Court
Albany
Alexander T. Porter
New York
Thomas A. McIntyre
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Baltimore
W. J. Bryan
Taft
Woodruff
Roosevelt
Edward E. Britton
Frederick Schroeder
Eagle Loan and Trust Company
59Th Street
Municipal Art Commission
Fort Hancock
David Starr Jordan
E. N. Beals
Richard Hudnut
George J. Gould
EH. Harriman
Jacob H. Schiff
Automobile Responsibility and Chauffeur Damages
The Appellate Division holds owners are not liable for chauffeur misuses unless the owner is in the car or the car is used for the owner’s personal business. If used for the chauffeur’s own business or pleasure, the owner faces no liability, though dissenting justices warned otherwise. The piece notes many victims lose recourse except prosecuting the chauffeur, urging owners to enforce better chauffeur selection and discipline.
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Supreme Court
Flint
Seabright
Severe penalty for misusing employer’s machine proposed
A proposal seeks the harshest possible punishment for misuse of an employer’s machine, arguing only the most reckless and abandoned drivers would risk incurring it. The plan aims to deter grave negligence by making consequences unmistakably severe.
The Tribune Ends Silence On Blackwell's Island Bridge Safety
The Tribune’s questioning of the bridges safety spurred an expert examination urged by Mayor and Bridge Commissioner. The En gineering News backs testing of the compression members before public use, urging not to open the bridge until proven by actual tests. No further payments on the bridge are made as experts finish their report amid pressure to approve funding.
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Tribune
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Engineering News
Gustav Lindenthal
Blackwell’s Island Bridge
the Tribune
Attacks on Courts Highlight Taft Reform Critique
The piece analyzes Taft’s critique of Democratic and Republican judicial reform proposals. It contrasts the Democratic plank on injunctions in labor disputes with the Republican call for notices and hearings before injunctions and limited jury trials in contempt cases. Taft warns that Democratic ideas could erode court power and aid the wealthy defendant while harming labor, urging reforms to preserve judicial authority.
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Taft
Democratic Platform
Democratic Party
Gompers
Mr. Taft
Young Turks Press Demand Affects Macedonian Reform Plans
The Young Turks order Austro Hungarian agents to leave Macedonia arguing for no foreign interference under the new constitution. The move, likely unofficial, risks diplomatic friction with the powers and could complicate peace efforts in the region. The Porte’s reaction remains to be seen.
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Macedonia
Constantinople
Turkey’s constitutional experiment and the path to self rule
The piece argues that Turkey’s new constitution signals a capable, self-governing empire, but warns the transition requires time and strong oversight. It notes the government’s machinery is not yet perfected and parliament, legislation, and reforms will take weeks or months to advance before true self sovereignty is achieved.
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Turkey
The Guarantee of Bank Deposits Debate
A critique of Mr. Bryan's proposed government guarantee for bank deposits. It argues the plan would reward reckless bankers, shift risk to honest depositors, tempt speculative banks, and erode prudent banking discipline without stronger state oversight. The piece cites Taft's dismissal and Nebraska failures as counterpoints.
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Mr. Bryan
Oklahoma
Taft
Bryan
New York
Nebraska
Alcohol for Industry Hope Delayed by Denatured Alcohol Law
The piece reviews hopes that denatured alcohol would spur power and industry, noting low untaxed spirits prices and scarce investment in new methods. It cites The Engineering Magazine and Thomas L. White as cautiously optimistic about peat and Lagerheim Frestadius processes, exploring feasibility, costs, and U.S. peat access.
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Thomas L. White
White
Lagerheim
Stockholm University
Victor Frestadius
Judge Ritch Defends Primary Law Against Boss Rule
Judge Ritch states the primary law aims to curb arbi trary power and enforce that government is ruled by laws not men. The decision stops a boss from overturning a primary election, but without new party governance laws, outcomes can still be overturned at conventions and committees. Murphy and Conners likely will renew past scandals at the next Democratic State Convention, pushing for new legislation to restrain conventions, as the Legislature failed to act. President Falliéres meets Emperor Nicholas after talks with King Edward, signaling France Russia unity. Britain, France and Russia form a triple entente, offering mutual support and stability.
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Ritch
Murphy
Conners
Brooklyn
Falliéres
Edward
Reval
Nicholas
France
Russia
Great Britain
Jersey justice praised for swift murder ruling in eleven days
The article lauds a record sentencing murderers in thirteen days from commission to death, calling it commendable. It argues Germany’s global role is overestimated in opposition to friendship among neighbors and notes a feature in The Circle magazine honoring Grover Cleveland by Adlai E. Stevenson.
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Jersey
Spain to Copy English Game Keeping on Casa de Campo
The King of Spain, impressed by English methods, plans to boost Spain’s shooting by assigning English sportsman W. W. Watts to organize the season at Casa de Campo. Two thousand pheasant eggs and hens’ eggs accompany his mission. Keepers will be instructed to reduce vermin and improve pheasant numbers across two large parks.
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Spain
England
Casa de Campo
W. W. Watts
Taft Receives Brooklyn Eagle Praise Amid Criticism
The Brooklyn Eagle has balanced criticism of the President with praise for his wartime and peacetime leadership. It lauds Taft for honoring Roosevelt and for his genuine, manly acknowledgment of the country’s leaders, framing him as a forthcoming political figure of integrity.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Eagle
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
New York Society At Saratoga Opens Racing Season
The opening of Saratoga racing draws heavy New York society representation as turf interests gather. Stables of Keene Belmont Hitchcock Duryea Whitney will race, with many socialites renting cottages for the month and frequent travels to Europe and coastal trips noted among the elite.
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Saratoga
New York Society
James R. Keene
August Belmont
Francis Hitchcock
Herman B. Duryea
Harry Payne Whitney
Richard T. Wilson
Frederick O. Beach
August Belmont, Jr
Lenox Social Highlights Brighten Lenoxdale Night
The French Reading Room program featured cottagers entertaining the Breton colony with piano by Charlotte Barnes recitations by Cornelia Barnes and French songs by Gertrude Parsons. Patrons included Mrs Hartmann Kuhn as sponsor. The article notes guests and departures among local residents and visitors, with several moves to Boston Narragansett Pier and the Maine woods.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Lenoxdale
Charlotte Barnes
Cornelia Barnes
Gertrude Parsons
Hartmann Kuhn
William I. Buchanan
George Westinghouse
Erskine Park
Boston
White Mountains
Rowland D. Allen
Aspinwall
Narragansett Pier
Alexander McCreery
Maine Woods
Edward A. Durant
William Bayard van Rensselaer
Albany
Robb Dng Peyster Tytus
Tyringham
W Van Alen Wins Coveted Paris Prize
William Van Alen of Brooklyn won the Paris prize awarded by the Society of Beaux Arts Architects. He earns a 2500 dollar two year and a half abroad stipend, with second prize honor going to Carl C Adams and 100 dollars each to John A Lange Raymond Pwald and J Edwin Hopkins. The competition required an American opera house design on a large city plot and was open to all Americans under 27.
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Paris
Society of Beaux Arts Architects
Ecole Des Beaux Arts of
Louis E. Jallade
William van Alen
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
Donn Barber
Carl C. Adams
Seventh Avenue
John A. Lange
Raymond Pwald
J. Edwin Hopkins
The
Newburgh Democrat Praises Portrait Fund for Cleveland
The Newburg Democrat notes progress on multiple projects to honor Grover Cleveland with memorials, highlighting a New York Tribune led drive to fund a high quality portrait for the Albany State Capitol executive chamber. More than three dollars has been subscribed, with calls to increase the total.
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Newburg Democrat
Grover Cleveland
New- York Tribune
Cleveland
State Capitol
Albany
the Tribune
Memorial fund for Grover Cleveland lags in growth
From The Elmira Advertiser the New York Tribune fund for a Grover Cleveland memorial advances slowly. The note highlights slow progress and modest contributions amid ongoing fundraising efforts.
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Elmira
MR CLEVELAND SOCIAL SIDE IN ADLAI E STEVENSON ARTICLE
The piece recalls Adlai E Stevenson in The Circle August noting Mr Cleveland as a sociable host and keen humorist. It describes his visits with Governor Knott and to Arbor Lodge Nebraska to unveil Sterling Morton's statue, his tears recalling old friends, and his interest in the Nebraska State Asylum for the Blind with a touching address to its inmates. The passage honors Cleveland as a singular figure in American history with noble civic character.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Mr. Cleveland
Arbor Lodge
Nebraska
Sterling Morten
Colonel Lamont
Morton
State Asylum For the
Nebraska City
Social Notes From Newport Dinners and Arrivals
Newport social brief lists dinners hosted at the Naval Torpedo Station and Newport households. Notable arrivals include Mrs. William B. Leeds and Warner Leeds, Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim, Isaac E. Emerson, and Edith Colford returning after illness. Reginald Vanderbilt sent show horses to Long Branch. Charles H. Baldwin to return August 15 from Europe.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
James V. Parker
Charles F. Hoffman
Royal Phelps
J. Thompson Spencer
Austin Kautz
Naval Torpedo Station
William B. Leeds
Warner Leeds
Bar Hanbor
Leeds Villa
Rong Point
Richard Gambrill
Lenox
Long Branch
Charles H. Baldwin
Europe
E. C. Knight, Jr
Peter F.chiller
Stephen H. Brown
Carol E. Brown
James Brown
Peter G. Gerry
Harry Oelrichs
Newport Golf Club
H. W. Bookstaver
Emma Cecilia Thursby
Ina I. Thursby
New York
J. A. Hoogewerff
S&s. N
Chicago
T. Shaw
Stanley Mortimer
J. de Wolf Cutting
James McLean
New Cliff Cottage
Daniel B. Fearing
St. Paul's Church
Rome
Reginald Brooke
Westbury
Lispenard Stewart
Sidney Love
Robert Goelet
Student Daily Post to Be Free Yale Campus Paper
A new daily will debut at Yale this fall with first issue on September 21. The Student Daily Post will be circulated free to every student, funded by advertising, and will include staff from every university department to promote unity across Yale.
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Student
Daily Post
New Haven
Yale News
Yale
Student Daily Post
Post
Heywood Heywood MacArthur wedding at Northampton street
Miss Rachel Holman Heywood daughter of Mrs Caroline Heywood wed Rev Kenneth Caldwell MacArthur son of Rev Dr and Mrs Robert Stuart MacArthur of New York. Ceremony was by the bridegroom's father at Heywood house with adviser Rev H H Morrill. Over 300 guests attended after which the couple headed to Tremont for residence. Miss Martha Heywood bridesmaid and Howard S F Randolph best man. ushers included Alanson Fox Robert Davis Douglas Cook and George W Prentiss. The bride a Vassar graduate. Later in Altoona Pa Daisy Lee Lines married to Harry Mors.
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Tribune
Holyoke
Mass
New York
Heywood
Northampton Street
Rachel Holman Heywood
Caroline Heywood
Kenneth Caldwell MacArthur
Ant
Robert Stuart Macarthur
H. H. Morrill
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Martha Heywood
Howard S. F. Randolph
N ® York
Alanson Fox
Robert Davis
Douglaas Cook
Worcester
George W. Prentiss
MacArthur
Tremont
Baptist Church
Vassar
Brooklyn Singers Visit Riodesheim and Bears Memorial Wreath
The Brooklyn Artone visited Riodesheim near Wiesbaden on July 2 and laid a wreath at the Germania memorial. Officials welcomed them, and a concert followed in the town with a fireworks display marking the evening performance.
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Wiesbaden
Brooklyn
Artone
Riidesheim
Germania Memorial
Vice-President Fairbanks visits Quebec harbor
In Quebec on July 2, Vice-President Fairbanks and guests toured the harbor as two Frenett battleships remained and the Indomitable and Wales troop ships departed at midnight. The New Hampshire and other British vessels also left, while Fairbanks and guests were soaked by rain after a day of ceremonies.
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Quebec
Frenett
Colonel Scott On Hazing at West Point
Colonel H L Scott writes to the Tribune stating support for anti hazing efforts at the United States Military Academy, asserting the need to strengthen the hands of authorities and noting long standing issues with hazing at West Point.
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Colonel Scott
the Tribune
States Military Academy
H. L. Scott
G. Soperta
West Point
Boy City Hears From Mr Fairbanks
A letter from Vice-President Fairbanks is read to a thousand boy residents of Boy City Warsaw Indiana urging an awakening among the people and a demand for clean politics in theory and practice. He condemns those who profess decency but fail to carry propositions into effect.
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Boy City
Fairbanks
Warsaw
Ind
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Automobile Responsibilities
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YOUNG
Alcohol For Industry
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Circle
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Puck
Berlin
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Tom
Tess
Milan
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Pius X
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Pepi
Vatican
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Jimmy
Pop
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Episcopal Church
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Grace Church, Providence
Chicago News
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
Maryland
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Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad
Baltimore Sun
Chestertown
President
Lewis Spencer Morris
Morristown
N. J
Thousand Islands
Herbert L. Satterlee
William Pierson Hamilton
J. Pierpont Morgan
Walter Cutting
Mount Kisco
Pittsfield, Mass
Henry W. Bishop
Eben Richards
William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr
Oceanic
Potter Palmer
Pauline Kohleaat
Colonel
Robert M. Thompson
Southampton
Long Island
Plaza
Walter Courtney Bennett
Bennett
Miss Bennett
Reginald Walsh
Ronalds
Ritchie
Reginald Ronalds
Erie
Penn
Herbert Coppell
Town
Maine
Percy R. Pyne
Bernardsville, N. J
Mrs. Pembroke Jones
Belmont
Baty Blake
Charles Lanier
Gertrude Sons
Clinton G. Gilmore
Elizabeth Hannah
York
George Baty Blake
Prank Sturgis
Henry W. Gray
George Cabot
Giraud Foster
Joseph W. Burden
Robert Woodworth
Echo Lake
W. S. Thompson
Miss Dustin
St. Louis
Curtis Hote
John Hall McKay
W'lliamp
Elbridge Gerry Snow
John W. Hung
Adelaide Munn
Hylda Jurgensen
Meredith Howland
Daniel S. Torrence
Curtty Hotel
Katherine Grimmell
May Gramell
New Bedford
Curtis Hotel
Thomas Garretson
P. F. Robbé
Stockbridge
Henry P. Vaux
W. S. Peck
Berkshires
W. van Alen
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Cleveland Portrait Fund
Hinghamton
N. C
Harry @ Mors
Altoona
Daisy Lee Lines
Great Bend
Grace Pal
Brooklyn Singers
Bingen
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