Amusements Listings at Island and New York Theaters
Local paper catalogs show showtimes and titles across venues like Luna Park and Eden Musee including The Taming of Helen The Witching Hour The Merry Widow and The Yankee Prince The Wolf and The Servant in the House with several 2 15 and 8 15 time slots noted for performances across Bostock's Dreamland and Knickerbocker venues. The page mixes vaudeville acts wax world exhibits and musical comedies reflecting a bustling urban entertainment scene.
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Helen
Luna Park
Bostock’s
Dreamland
Eden Musee
HA Erstein
Herald Square
Jardin DE Paris
Knickerbocker
LYRIC
New Amsterdam
New York
Savoy
Wallace
New York Daily Tribune Statement of Ownership
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. It is a New York corporation with offices at the Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Taft Nomination Dominates Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated Secretary Taft for President on the first ballot with 702 votes. The New York delegation pledged its entire vote for James S. Sherman for Vice President. Other items note resignations, a banker’s suicide, a fire at Summit House, and various city and state happenings. The weather is fair and warmer with yesterday’s high 74 and low 60.
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London
William of
Germany
Spike
Quito
Guayaquil
Riddle
St. Petersburg
Ragsdale
Chicago
Taft
New York State
James S. Sherman
John Sharp Williams
Alabama
House of Representatives
Johnstown
N. Y
Montreal
John FE. Eustis
Public Service Commission
1St District
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Fifth Avenue
Gilchrist
E. R
O. F. Thomas and Maclay & Co
Brooklyn
Long Island
Blackwell's Island Bridge
St!ll
National Health and Accident Society
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Republic Iron and Steel Company
The New Cunarders Show Superior Atlantic Speed
German critics doubted Cunarders Lusitania and Mauretania but Sir William H. White argued their speed under real conditions. Lusitania averaged 22.43 knots on seven westward trips and later reached about 25 knots. Mauretania matched this with 24.86 knots. Last voyage times from Sandy Hook to Plymouth illustrate strong performance despite weather delays.
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Cunard
Lusitania
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Leuchthurm
Germany
William H. White
London Times
Sir William
Atlantic
England
Mauretania
Brew Head
Sandy Hook
Lloyd
Herbourg
Sendy Hook
Plymouth
Speed Gap Between Cunard Liners and Rival Shifts
The article notes that miles covered are not yet known but 23 knots is the current mean. Kronprinzessin Cecilie may not have reached top speed, and the same for Lusitania and Mauretania. A roughly two knot difference persists between the best performances of the last named and their new rival.
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Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Lusitania
Mauretania
The Nominee for President Taft Strongly Backed by Republicans
The Republican National Convention chose William H Taft as the best qualified successor to Theodore Roosevelt. Taft's diverse public service including judge, Secretary of War, acting State Secretary, governor and administrator marks him as uniquely capable. The party favors Taft over earlier Cabinet nominees and asserts the nomination reflects voter and administration support, not manipulation.
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William H.teft
Republican National Convention
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Department of Justice
Philippines
Cuba
Isthmian Canal Strip
Albert Gallatin
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Supreme Court
Congress
Republican Party
Republic
Frémont
Grant
Lincoln
Harrison
Blaine
Garfield
Senate
Hayes
McKinley
Platform reflects candidate and Rooseveltian progressivism
The Chicago platform aligns the candidate with the party’s prevailing sentiment on tariffs, injunctions, currency reform, trusts, and railroads. It endorses a non anti injunction plank, calls for a tariff special session, supports elastic currency, and favors refined regulation of interstate corporations without special favors to any class.
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Chicago
Jong
Roosevelt
Railways reforms eyed under Roosevelt platform stance
The platform supports modifying the law to permit beneficial railway combinations and adding government oversight of future stock and bond issues. It notes limited space for discussion, but asserts the party’s planks reflect policies successful in the past and broadly approved under President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Prizefights in the Navy Face Scrutiny After Fatal Bout
A Philadelphia professional boxer killed a Mississippi marine in a slugging prizefight at League Island Navy Yard. The incident prompts calls for Navy Department action to ban prizefights while preserving amateur boxing, noting the ring invasion by a shore fighter and local spectators.
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Jack Tar
United States
Mississippi
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Peter Hagen
Vieter
Navy Department
Navy
Panama politics show Amador neutral stance amid tensions
The report examines President Amador's moves during Panama's presidential contest. It notes the dismissal and replacement of governors, Amador's stated neutrality, and Melendez's resignation to support Obaldia. Correspondence led to insinuations of influence, but officials deny improper actions and uphold impartiality.
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Panama
Amador
Ocasia
Coclé
Anguizola
Chiriqui
Melendez
Colon
Arias
Obaldia
Dr. Amador
Messrs. Arias
Ubaldia
Mr. Melendez
Alcalde
Constitutional
Mr. Obaldia
United States
Taft, Prosperity, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Coal Move
The article argues Taft set the tone for policy while Prosperity looms. the Pennsylvania Railroad plans to burn its own coal to reduce fuel costs, reducing soot and smoke and cutting coal bills, a move presented as prudent though not boosting dividends.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Taft, Hughes, and Douma in a year of political tension
The piece reflects on Taft’s continued influence and a Taft administration's four-year horizon. It notes ex-Judge Taft appointments, Hughes’ potential move to New York, and his program for national impact. It also contrasts Russian Douma rebuking a finance loan with warnings against future loans, and cites Cannon’s endorsement of the injunction plank amid conservative leadership.
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Russia
Douma
Chicago
Total Abstinence Society
Windy City
New York
The Talk of the Day at Paris 1907 Exhibition and Tales
The article cites the International Book and Paper Exhibition in Paris 1907 with a model business office and a reading room holding papers from many nations. It notes The Tribune won a gold medal and diploma sent to the United States, plus assorted witticisms, jokes, and brief items on officials, crime calm, and social tidbits from Harper's Weekly and Illustrated Bits.
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Paris
the Tribune
Italy
Rome
Berlin
United States of America
Taft poised for GOP nomination on first ballot
The Tribune predicts Taft will secure a decisive Republican convention majority. Based on published facts and strong probabilities, Taft is seen as foreordained and likely to enter the convention with well over half of the 980 delegates.
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the Tribune
United States
Taft
President congratulates Taft on nomination and sees Cabinet
The Tribune Washington report notes the President congratulating the country on Taft's nomination and later greeting Taft's secretary at the White House. He skipped a horseback ride due to horses in Oyster Bay, then drove with Mrs. Roosevelt and played tennis with Assistant Secretary Bacon. Various officials and social figures visited or were noted in the morning and at Highland Falls and Seabright, N J, over the summer.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
White House
Oyster Bay
Sims
Butt
Lee
McDermott
Root
Straus
Eral Meyer
Bacon
Aversa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Father Doherty
Catholic University
Charles Henry Butler
Supreme Court of the United States
Peary
Billy
Genewicberry
Cabinet Visit Plans and Taft Wife Travel
Washington dispatch says the Secretary of State will begin with the President on Saturday then travel with him from New York to Clinton New York where Mrs Root already summers. Mrs Taft wife of the Secretary of War is enthusiastic in Washington and spent much of the day in her husband's War Department office and plans to join the Secretary in Ohio next week.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
New York
Clinton
N. Y
Root
Taft
War Department
Ohio
Diplomatic Corps thinning in Washington as ambassadors depart
The Tribune reports that only two of nine ambassadors remain in Washington. The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches left for a summer motor trip to Smith's Point in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Brazil's Sefior Nabuco and Japan's Baron Takahira stay, with Nabuco rejoining family at Hamilton later this month and Takahira awaiting the Baroness before moving the Embassy to Buena Vista, Maryland. The Chilean Minister and Mme Cuz sail to Mexico for three months. Chargé Yoacham plans to return to Washington tomorrow.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Smith's Point
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Mass
Sefior Nabuco
Brazil
Baron Takahira
Japan
Sefiorabuco
Hamilton
Buena Vista
Mme. Cruz
New York
Mexico
Sefior Yoacham
Washington Society Note on Summer Departures
Mrs. Newberry wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy plans a Watch Hill season with Miss Carol Newberry and Miss Sadie Murray. The Newberry boys Barnes and Phelps will join relatives in Detroit on arrival. Other Washington figures depart for Stockbridge and Thousand Islands as Bar Harbor cottages open for summer.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Newberry
Engagement and racing at Sheepshead and society notes
The New York Society column notes a popular Suburban and Long Island turnout at Sheepshead racecourse despite the new racing law. It also reports the engagement of Jacquelyne Jerrold Kelley to Joseph Ballister Russell and mentions Mrs. J Pierpont Morgan at Highland Cragston for the summer.
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New York
Long Island
Sheepshead Track
J. D. Jerrold Kelley
Jacquelyne Jerrold Kelley
Joseph Ballister Russell
Boston
Ambassador Riddle Better After Illness in St Petersburg
John W. Riddle the American Ambassador to Russia was declared thoroughly convalescent after a week in hospital from a cold and threatened pneumonia. Illness traced to a Riviera vacation and early June exposure. James W. Ragsdale arrived as the new U S consul general in St Petersburg and began duties.
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St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Russia
Riviera
Riddle
Christoffsky Island
James W. Ragsdale
California
United States
Mrs. McCormick Catches Kaiserin Outbound
Mrs. Robert S. McCormick wife of the former Ambassador to France rushed from Chicago on the Pennsylvania to catch the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. She boarded the liner with about twelve minutes to spare while at the Republican National Convention she discussed the President's renomination pledge and Mrs Roosevelt's fears for her husband’s safety.
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Robert S. McCormick
France
Chicago
Pennsylvania
McCormick
Nicholas Longworth
Mrs Sage to Host Sag Harbor Children Picnic
Mrs Russell Sage will entertain all Sag Harbor children at her summer home for a simple age based picnic after school ends. She will attend along with other guests at Park Ground Grove for the event.
Reverend Dr Kinsman Accepts Delaware Episcopal Bishop Post
Wilmington June 18 The Rev Dr Kinsman of New York has accepted election as Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Delaware.
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Wilmington
Del
Kinsman
New York
Delaware
Travellers Arrived From Abroad Listed In Mix Of Names
A list of travelers arriving yesterday from various countries includes passengers aboard the ships Deutschland from Hamburg and Friedrich der Grosse from Naples. Names mentioned include Phili L. Boas Miss H. M. Wood Mr and Mrs F. B. Shep Mrs J. L. Lockwood Carl Arhens Mr and Mrs E. P. Butler CC Atherton Clarke John A. Pres radiate von ses Mrs E H Every Mrs L C Riggs Mr and Mrs J B Duer Clarence Overend Ronald F. Webster Mise 4 B Hall and others.
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Hamburg
Phili L. Boas
H. M. Wood
F. B. Shep
J. L. Lockwood
Karl Arhens
E. P. Butler
CC. Atherton Clarke
John A. Pres
Southampton
E. H. Every
L. C. Riggs
J. B. Duer
Clarence Overend
Friedrich der Grosse
Naples
Edward L
Oliver S. By- Keyes
Ford
Gertrude EB. Simonds
Ronald F. Webster
Hall
Newport Social Notes Highlight Seasonal Arrivals and Meeting
Telegraph notes from Newport discuss a special meeting of the Newport Reading Room members to decide dues for stockholders, with many society figures arriving for the season. The report lists Elsie French Vanderbilt heading to Europe with family, Belmont estates being inspected, and numerous arrivals at Harbour View, Bellevue avenue, and Jamestown cottages as prominent residents and visitors converge for the Newport season.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Newport Reading Room
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Europe
F. French
William Henry Vanderbilt
Miss North
Vanderbilt
Harbour View
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belcourt
Duchess of Marlborough
Henry F. Eldridge
New York
Joseph Harriman
Ogden Jones
Seth Barton French
T. A. Havemeyer
Anna Sands
Henry Barton French
Robert I. Gerry
Providence
Peter Goelet Gerry
Whitney Werren
Brice
R. M Cushing
Bellevue Avenue
Walter Andrews
William Murray
W. W. Tompkins
Henry W. Bookstaver
Henry Spies Kip
Lewis Quentin Jones
Joseph Sailor
Germantown
Martin Barney
California
Julia B. Thornton
Newburg
N. Y
Jamestown Cotteges
Social Notes From Lenox
Social notes from Lenox Mass list arrivals departures and visits. Mrs Frederica Crownine shield hosted at her cottage on the Great Road Miss A Roosevelt left for Boston Mr and Mrs W B O Field arrived at By Court W W Rutherford arrived from New York Mrs William B Postlethwaite arrived for the season William Adams Delano stayed at the Curtis Hotel Miss Nora Iasigi visited New Canaan Miss Adele Brewer departed for New London Mrs Alexander B Trowbridge and Mrs George D Pratt arrived from Port Washington and Glen Cove Miss Clementine Furnisa left for New Milford Mr and Mrs John Hadden Jr left for York Harbor Maine
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Lenox
Mass
Frederica Crownine Shield
Grea Road
Stockbridge
A. Roosevelt
Susan Sedgwick
Boston
W. B. O. Field
Sloane Country Place
W.W. W. Rutherford
New York
William B. Postlethwaite
Washington
William Adams Delano
Curtis Hotel
Nora Iasigi
New Canaan
Clementine Furnisa
Richard C. Dixey
John Hadden, Jr
York Harbor
Maine
Fresh Air Fund collection in Stamford Sunday School
The Tribune notes a Fresh Air Fund collection conducted at Universalist Sunday School Stamford Connecticut with contributors Julia E Strobridge Mrs Brown Mrs Rapeires Elmira Miss Raymor Miss Honeyman Washington Henry Honeyman Gusta G Hamilton Rev George T Washburn and others supporting the Orphans Home and Asylum and Piercefield See 30 Piercefield N through the Presbyterian Church In memory of C M F J W Gates and George W Collard.
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Universalist Sunday School
Stamford
Conn
Julia E Strobridge
W. ‘Brown
Charles E. Rapeires
Elmira
L. P. Raymor
Alice H Honeyman
Washington
Henry H. Honeyman
Gusta G. Hamilton
George T Washburn
Mert- Deee Eer
The
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Gates
George W. Collard
Orphans’ Home and Asylum
Emma J. Lapham
Piercefield
Burton Declines Umpire Post on Panama Land Claims
Washington report notes Representative Theodore F. Burton has declined appointment as umpire of the Panama land claims commission, leaving the position open as of mid June.
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Washington
Theodore FE. Burton
Panama Land Claims Commission
Mark Twain Sees New Home In Redding Estate
Danbury Connecticut June 1 Mark Twain viewed his newly built Italian villa estate in Redding and praised the property saying it delighted him and he would stay there He has named the residence Innocence at Home.
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Danbury
New Director Named for Cooper Union
The Cooper Union trustees appoint Charles R. Richards as director of the institution effective immediately. Richards, currently head of the manual training department at Teachers College Columbia University, has long promoted industrial education and has traveled in India, China and Japan. He is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate.
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Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art
Charles R. Richards
Teachers College
Columbia University
Pacific Cruise Orders for Pacific Fleet Ships
Orders from the Navy Department dispatch armored cruisers Tennessee Washington California South Dakota and torpedo boats Perry Preble Farragut to depart San Francisco June 8 for a practice cruise to San Diego. Afterward Tennessee and Washington will proceed to Puget Sound Navy Yard for repairs.
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Washington
Navy Department
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Pacific Fleet
Perry
Preble
Farragut
San Francisco
San Diego
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
No Children On Stage In Summer Policy Stated
Mayor McClellan announces a summer stage policy with Superintendent Jenkins of the children's society. No consent will be granted for children to perform on stage from July 1 to September 1, 208. The measure aims to protect public visibility and welfare during hot months.
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McClellan
Jenkins
Children's Society
Cnca
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