Amusements Listings of Theaters and Shows
The page lists multiple shows and venues across New York area music halls and theaters. Entries include titles like The Taming of Helen The Merry-Go-Round The World in Wax Vaudeville and The Merry Widow with various showtimes and venues such as Astor Blaney Coney Island Harlem Casino Jardin de Paris Knickerbocker Lyric New Amsterdam and more.
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ASTOR
Pelé
Blaney
Helen
Casino
Circle
Coney Island
Luna Fark
Bostock's
Dreamyand Daly
Edex Musee
Hackett
Hammerstein
Harlem
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
LYRIC
the Watt New Amsterdam
New York
Wallace 'S
New York Daily Tribune details 1908 ownership
The New York Daily Tribune lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher with offices at Nassau Street 155 in New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttie as secretary and treasurer.
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New York Daily Tribune
The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel
Tuttie
International and Domestic News Digest
Foreign items include Lemoine’s dubious diamond method and Turkish forces near Urumiah while Russia considers loans and Baku reports a police death. Domestically, Lodge convenes amid Roosevelt demonstrations and Florida primary shifts. New Orleans banker Giacona fends off Black Hand threats. Pine Camp drills. Hughes hosts Brown University dinner. several indictments and accidents populate the city notes. Weather notes promise fair, warmer with a 72 degree high.
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Henry Lemoine
Tiflis
Belesuwar
Urumiah
Douma
M. Kokovsoff
Baku
Mulai Hafiq
Fez
Roosevelt
J. C. Barbosa
Porto Rico
Lodge
Chicago
Committee On
Burke
Bonaparte
G Johnson
Philadelphia
Pine Camp
Hughes
Brown University
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Hot Springs
Florida
D. A. Fletcher
Senate
A. W. Gilchrist
Bryan
Denver
Pietro Giacona
New Orleans
Federal
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
Sheepshead Bay
Vanderbilt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hearst
Brooklyn
Arnold Daly
Williamsburg
Pendleton
Sinking Fund Commission
United Hebrew Charities
East Side
New Hampshire
Panama
Yonkers
Burke Resolution Sparks Debate On National Convention Representation
The Republican National Convention defeated Burke of Pennsylvania's amendment to base convention representation on presidential vote. Critics warn it could grant double representation to states with women voters and deepen regional sectionalism. Supporters argue voting power limits may be reasonable yet require balancing state rights and suffrage expansion. The narrow vote shows North and West GOP discontent with Gulf states' performance.
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Committee On Rules
Burke
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Jess
Commonwealths
Willson
Kentucky
Republican Party
North
West
Gulf States
the Tribune
Gulf States overrepresentation sparks Republican row
The critique argues that Southern participation in Republican conventions is excessive, with Gulf States showing meager votes yet heavy influence. It urges reform, urging Gulf leaders to reflect the majority will or risk wiping out hundreds of contests in upcoming elections.
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South
Gulf States
Far South
Lodge Speech Frames Republican Plan For Progress At Chicago
Senator Lodge emphasized Republican heritage and adherence to Progressive and liberal ideas. He urged continued support for Roosevelt era policies and contrasted the Chicago convention with the Democratic Party. He warned the rival party recalls past failures while Denver will show its 1904 nomination, Alton Parker.
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Senator Lodge
Chicago
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Lodge
Denver
St. Louis
Alton B. Parker
The Permanent Roll of Republican National Convention Delegates
The credentials committee and the national committee confirm The Tribune’s delegate canvass for Taft. Taft held about 550 of the delegates under three classifications, with minor replacements and shifts from Hughes and uncommitted groups. The Gulf States cases collapsed under scrutiny and the Tribune asserts its impartial, week by week analysis stood up in convention outcomes.
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Tribune
Credentials
National Committee
Taft
Mr. Taft
Hughes
Secretary of
Gulf States
Committee On Credentials
the Tribune
Republican National Committee
National Convention
India faces growing unrest after mutiny anniversary
The fiftieth anniversary of the Sepoy Mutiny highlights rising tension in India. Bengal reports a reign of terror with fears of insults and assaults on English women, sedition, bombings, and assassinations. The government enacts strict explosives rules and press restrictions. Viscount Morley notes anxiety in London, Simla, and Calcutta while Sir Bampfylde Fuller urges attention to Britain’s cautious approach and fear driving policy.
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India
Bengal
Viscount Morley
India Office
London
Simla
Calcutta
Bampfylde Fuller
London Times
Assam
Zola
Strong leadership essential to govern India with resolve
The piece argues for decisive action over appeasement to curb sedition in India. It praises Sir Bampfylde Fuller for urging self respect and political aspiration, while stressing that courage and firmness must be applied in Calcutta Simla and London for full success.
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London
Calcutta
India
Bampfylde Fuller
Great Britain
Viscount Morley
Simla
Refutation of Guatemalan President Cabrera tale
Washington dispatch debunks a widely circulated claim that President Cabrera vowed revenge against conspirators and their families after recovering from injuries. Ministers from Germany, the United States, Salvador, Britain, Mexico, France, Belgium, Chile, and Peru say no such words were spoken. The piece concludes the story was a malicious fabrication by Cabrera’s enemies and warns of similar unverified tales about Central American leaders.
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Washington
Cabrera
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Salvador
Great Britain
Mexico
France
Belgium
Chile
Peru
Central America
Mock War And Real Lessons At Pine Camp And New York Bay
The piece praises summer military drills as valuable public education teaching discipline sanitation and welfare, linking mock battles by militia and regulars to broader military readiness and civic awareness. It notes the public gains from training and questions how to extend these maneuvers. It mentions the impact on families and a stronger stance against war while endorsing the lessons learned.
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Pine Camp
New York Bay
Jefferson County
Manhattan
Emission of Smoke From Powerhouses Questioned
The subway motive power chief defends using semi bituminous coal for heat while critics argue soft coal can burn with minimal smoke. A USGS report notes many US steam plants now burn bituminous coal with little smoke due to better furnaces and careful fireman work. The piece urges reducing air pollution by fixing furnaces and stoking practices.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Debates and notes on politics and public works in June 1908
The text discusses skepticism toward reports, a potential Brookyn primary clash involving Mr. McCarren, Controller Metz, and Mr. Coler over subway delays, a Worcester church cash register plan, a Valdosta Southern Railway debt seizure, partial recounts of Hearst gains, and a War Department campaign against mosquitoes with army surgeons noting health benefits for civilians and soldiers.
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McCarren
Metz
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Coler
War Department
Flys Typhoid Vessel Warns Health Board Call
Connecticut Board of Health warns flies spread typhoid and urges cleaner streets stables garbage pails and house screening as measures. Also includes a Fourth of July poem and assorted clippings on Saratoga gambling reform remarks and Chopin era anecdotes.
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Connecticut
Roosevelt and Taft: A Citizen's Preference Argument
The Brooklyn Eagle argues Roosevelt, as a citizen and Republican voter in Oyster Bay, has no proven action to promote Taft’s nomination or hinder others. It notes no appointments, removals, or refusals tied to Taft and says his citizen preference is his right and has not been imposed on others.
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Count Grzymala
Chopin
London
Eduard Zeldenrust
Mme. Potocka
Rossini
Bellini
Mozart
Lablache
Viardot
Concert Society
Brooklyn Eagle
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Taft
President plans country ride amid Chicago convention ovation
The President, gratified by the convention reception, prepared for a horseback ride in the country before the ovation ended. Gifford Pinchot introduced reserve supervisors to Press as authorities outline duties. Departments to close at 12 30 Saturdays from June 20 to Sept 19.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Chicago
Gifford Pinchot
Press Reserve
Dent
Newberry
Panama
Aversa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Oriente
O’connell
Catholic University
Taft
Meyer
Dana Estes
Brookline
Mass
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Diplomatic Corps Abroad This Summer
Washington dispatch reports Mme Portela wife of the Argentine Minister will join in New York then visit Boston for a season. The Colombian Minister and Mme Cortes plan a Blue Ridge Deer Park Buena Vista tour before choosing headquarters in New York. The Nicaraguan Minister and Mme Corea will spend the season at Deer Park then Atlantic City. The Mexican chargé d affaires and Mme Godoy host guests and travel to Atlantic City and North Shore resorts for the summer.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mme. Portela
New York
Boston
Mme. Cortes
Buena Vista
Blue Ridge Mountains
Legation
Mme. Corea
Deer Park
Chargé D'Affaires
Mexico
Mme. Godoy
Perrin
Camemizo
Camimizo
Godoys
Atlantic City
North Shore
Washington Society Notes Summers Abroad and Travel
Washington society highlights include Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver and Miss Oliver leaving June 29 for Murray Bay Canada. Mrs. Richard Townsend and Miss Mathilde Townsend head to New York then Bar Harbor for summer. General and Mrs. Johnston depart for Clayton New York for the season. Mrs. Merritt joins General Merritt at Lake Sunapee New Hampshire for months. General and Mrs. Eugene A Carr go to Portsmouth New Hampshire for the season. Mrs. Stanley Matthews visits Miss Winifred Parsons then Vermont and Poland Springs. Satterlee party heads to a summer home near New York. Mrs. John A Logan leaves for Chicago for a bust unveiling and Springfield relic installation. Mr. and Mrs. Harriman travel to New York.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Robert Shaw Oliver
Oliver
Aassistant Secretary of War
Murray Bay
Canada
Richard Townsend
Mathilde Townsend
New York
Bar Harbor
Johnston
Clayton
N. Y
Merritt
General Merritt
Lake Sunapee
N. 21
Eugene A. Carr
Portsmouth
N. H
Stanley Matthews
Winifred Parsons
Vermont
Poland Springs
Open air horse show to begin with week of hospitality at the park
Tuxedo harbors a week of social activity as the annual open air horse show opens tomorrow. Guests from nearby country places head to the park for house parties and receptions while cottages empty for the event. Also notes several society weddings and upcoming summer plans of local families and travelers.
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Saratoga
Mark M. Cohn
Saratoga Board of Education
America
Nathan Hale Statue Gift Urges Yale Memorial Action
Yale alumni press report notes Partridge statue offered as Nathan Hale memorial. Charles T. Catlin leads the committee and will meet press at Hotel St George, Brooklyn 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. daily until June 22 as Yale authorities consider the sculpture.
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The
Tribune
Yale
Nathan Hale
Partridge
New York
Fourth Avenue
Charles T. Catlin
Morse's Son to Wed Harvard Graduate in Cambridge
Benjamin Wyman Morse son of Charles W Morse New York financier and Harvard graduate obtained a marriage license in Cambridge to wed Elva May Pevey daughter of Cambridge city solicitor Gilbert A Pevey. The wedding will take place on June.
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Cambridge
Mass
Benjamin Wyman Morse
Charles W. Morse
New York
Harvard
Elva May Pevey
Gilbert A. Pevey
Tuxedo Park to Host Large Local Horse Show
The TURE Sing show at Tuxedo Park racing track on Friday and Saturday draws thirty classes with competitors from Orange County New York New Jersey New York City and nearby Rockland County. A trotting and racing reception is planned Saturday followed by a special show parade for attendees without lodging at the Tuxedo Club. Executive committee members include Theodore Fylinghuyse n president George Griswold and others. Judges include Frank Sturgis R J Pepairn J G Marshall. Boxholders feature Harriman family and other prominent locals.
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Tribune
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Tuxedo
Orange County
New Jersey
New York City
Rockasg County
Edward H. Harriman
Ambrose Mowell
Richard Degfield
T. Wyman Porter
Oscar J. Brand
Henry G. Redmond
Price Coliier
W. Pierson
Frank K. Sturgis
R J. Pepbairn
Ag J. G. Marshall
Min Ky Harriman
Charles B. Alexander Yy
George F. Baker
R. Fulton Cuttings
Thayer Robb
George Griswold
W. B .Dingman
Grenville Kane
Charles Cooper
Social notes from Newport tease season at the casino
Newport society items list arrivals and expected guests for the summer season. Mrs. Barger Wallach heads afternoon teas at the Newport Casino while Mrs. Oliver H. Belmont and several New York and Philadelphia residents prepare for extended stays at Elm Lodge and other summer homes. Notables include Miss Mary Astor Paul, Col. Oliver Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Biddle, and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Phipps as well as various others arriving or returning for the season.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
Barger Wallach
Horseshoe Piazza
Oliver H. P. Belmont
James Brett Stokes
New York
Tlye
Walker Breese Smith
Elm Lodge
Anna R. Horn
Mary Astor Paul
Philadelphia
Craig Biddle
Mary Pomeroy
Mss. C. Pomeroy
Oliver Payne
Ben
Harry P. Cross
Providence
Frederick van Horn
Augustus Jay
Howard Cushing
Boston
Thomas Hitchcock
Edward J. Curley
J. S. Phipps
James B. Haggin
Fordham Mahoney
W. S. Wilsom
Berkshire travels and society notes from Lenox
Lenox report lists Mrs. David Thomson seeking 2900 against an express firm for damages to a barn harp in transit. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Choate visiting Pittfield, the Chicago convention comment, and various social guests at Lakeside and local hotels.
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the Tribune
Lenox
Mass
David Thomson
New York
Eva Thomson Purdy
Joseph H. Choate
Pittfield
Stockbridge
Register of Deads
Bretton Woods
Jane Anderson
Lakewood
and & Harris
Tarrytown
Della Gherardesca
Charles Astor
Lakeside
Frank F. Sturgis
Pat Smith
Adirondacks
Robert Winthrop
Mra LD Wood
Boston
New Thed
President Holds Up Appointment To Porto Rican Executive
San Juan Puerto Rico June 17 President has delayed the appointment of Dr J C Barbosa to a third term on the Porto Rican Executive Council. Barbosa a Republican affiliated with a Naor alists leader and the action follows protests from various groups while Secretary Loebe in Washington notes many objections but no final decision.
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Dr. Barbosa
Porto Rican Executive Council
San Juan
P. R
Presi
Barbosa
Republican Party
Gent
Rosserero
Bate
Washington
Loebe
J. C Barbosa
Belmont Will Filed After Long Island Death
The will of Oliver H. P. Belmont, who died June 10 at Hempstead Long Island, was filed yesterday afternoon by Jay Candler representing Alva E. Belmont the widow and sole executrix. The document valued at about two thirds of a sheet is dated January 16 and witnessed by Francis B. Pecks Mumford Denbury and Charles K. Burdick. The real and personal property values are listed as unknown and the petition names Alva E. Belmont as executrix with next of kin Perry Belmont and others cited.
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Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Long Island
Jay Candler
Ff Alva E. Belmont
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the Government OF India
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Worcester
Valdosta Southern Railway
Southern
McClellan
Johnny
Jimmy
Tommy
Layton Brewer
Seadle
the Tatler
Max Winter
Brooklyn Urion Society
White House
Vienna
Brooklyn Singers
Arion
Fatherland
Atlanta Constitution
Roosevelt and Taft
Adela Colgate
Ton
Ratte Dg
Mr. Trevor
Mr. Demy
Wilmerding
East 77Th Street
Ludag
Moses Taylor Campbell
Los 4
John de Ruyter
Moses Taylor Pyne
A. D
Mrs
Alexander ‘Robb
St. Lawrence
Denny
Percy R. Pyne
Pemachnee N. J
Albert B. Boardman Wi Deng
Southampton
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Henry Spies Kip
Europe
Cedarhurst
Mr. Kip
George R. Schieffelin
Dorothy Schieffelin
Antoinette W. Maclay
Mark W. Maclay
Church of the Ascension
Frederick Johnson
George Johnson, Jr
William H. Maclay
Percy S. Grant
C. A. Hamilton
St. Margaret's Church
John Henry Hammond
Milton Point
Rye
Caroline M. Wilmerding
John B. Trevor
Yale Corporation
Co. W. Morse
Berkshires
Belmont
St. Petersburg
Joseph
Berlin
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