Amusements list from early 1900s shows diverse venues
A fragmented entertainment page mentions venues like Aerial Gardens and Luna Park and acts such as The Midnight Sons and The Beauty Spot. It lists Broadway showings with various times and prices, including Clima, The Girl from Rector, and Follies of 1909, reflecting a bustling urban amusement scene.
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Aerial Gardens
Missis
Bron Reach Park
Pain
Broadway
Midnight Sons
Casino
Ilavane- Conds Island Creare
Luna Park
Berald Care
Ardin
Paris
Follies
WESER
Rector
New York Daily Tribune Publisher Details
The Tribune Association owns and publishes this newspaper. It is a New York corporation with offices at Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street. Ogden Mills serves as president, Henry W. Lockett as secretary, and Janes M. Barrett as treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Henry W. Lockett
Janes M. Barrett
Congress considers tariff schedules and tax amendment
Senate completes tariff schedule review and an income tax constitutional amendment is introduced. House conference report on the census bill approved. Foreign news covers von Biilow resignation, Cuban budget action, Zeppelin deployment, and global diplomacy. Domestic items include Wright brothers weathered winds, a Pittsburgh streetcar strike settlement, and notable deaths and trials. Weather shows showers with highs near 85 and lows around 69.
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Senate
House
Prince von Biilow
Metz
Clark
China
Peking
Tuan Fang
Nanking
Pe-Chi-Li
Canton
J. S. Morgan & Co
American Embassy Association
London
United States
Ernst von Halle
Berlin
Daniel le Roy Dresser
Bove
Iblic
C. H. Kavamaugh
Wright Brothers
Fort Myer
St. Michael's
Robert E. Eastman
Edith May Woodill
Pittsburg
Israel W. Durham
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Kan
Erie Railroad
Sterling
Ohio
Cincinnati
American Sugar Refining Company
Yale
Guy
Cleveland
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Brooklyn
Committee of One Hundred
Bingham
Duffy
Minnetonka
Public Service Commission
Second Avenue Railway
Oppose Special Tax on Stockholders Undermines Ownership
A cautious critique of a proposed corporate tax amendment arguing it targets stockholders while exempting bondholders, increasing dividend losses by 2 percent and bond interest, risking reduced small investor participation, and hindering dispersal of stock ownership following the 1907 panic. The piece contends the measure would push ownership back toward larger holders and weaken the industrial economy.
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Senate
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Protecting property rights to curb attacks on corporations
The piece argues that protecting property rights in corporations would shield firms from unjust assaults and reduce anti business sentiment. It cites The Washington Post noting dangers of a proposed corporate tax. It warns against taxing small stockholders, which could push ownership toward few big holders and undermine broad capitalism. It praises wide distribution of stock as socially beneficial.
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Washington Post
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Liverpool Post
S. RB. Lin
Tatl
B. L
Insurance law in New York expands policyholder gains
Superintendent Hotchkiss advocates the Armstrong insurance law to governor Hughes, praising 1906 reforms for purging life insurance of undue practices, boosting asset values, cutting costs, and increasing returns to policyholders. He contrasts state firms’ policy cancellations with nonstate firms’ steadier growth, arguing excess terminations undermine state companies under the act.
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Armstrong
Hotchkiss
Hughes
New York
McRee
Prince Buelow to Retire After Financial Bills Passed
Prince Buelow plans to retire from the German chancellorship once financial bills are disposed of. The Reichstag faces fierce factionalism as Conservatives and Agrarians resist, with the government pressing for passage to stabilize revenue. The Chancellor warns that continued opposition risks political ruin for these parties and urges unity.
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Prince Buelow
Reichstag
Prince Bislow
Prince Rillow
Statesmanlike policy defeated as author to retire
The passage notes that a previously proposed policy, deemed statesmanlike and patriotic, would be beneficial if maintained. It states the policy has been defeated and its author will retire, while predicting Germany and France will learn that lasting legislation cannot come from a discordant mix of minority factions.
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Germany
France
Georgia Railroad strike settlement analyzed and debated
The arbitrators rule against seniority discrimination by race and mandate equal pay for black and white firemen, sparking questions about a potential test and its impact on labor dynamics. The piece discusses union tactics, potential shifts in hiring, and the broader implications for southern labor, including women and nonunionized workers.
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Georgia
South
Changes at Oxford reshape England's oldest university
Lord Curzon of Kedleston leads a reform of Oxford aimed at aligning the ancient university with modern needs. He plans to drop Greek from matriculation and broaden access to those of modest means, signaling an epoch not only for Oxford but for British public life and governance.
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Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
England
University of Oxford
Oxford
Gladstone
Sandhurst
Isis
Cam
Lord Curzon
Finland's political readjustment plan faces Russian control
A St Petersburo proposal for a Russia Finland unification plan would seat Finnish delegates in the Douma and the Council of the Empire. If adopted the Diet at Helsingfors may be abolished or reduced, yielding a subservient Finnish legislature under a Russian majority. The piece likens it to Britain Ireland and notes potential Finnish discontent. Also mentions unveiling of General Spinner statue at Herkimer and a looming tinplate strike affecting about two hundred mills.
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St. Petersburo
Russia
Finland
Douma
Council of the Empire
Helsingfors
General Spinner
Herkimer
Fragments on industry, policy and humor in era notes
The column surveys optimistic claims about a tin industry, welcomes ex Vice President Fairbanks on Japan in Korea, jokes about Senate air flow during speeches, reports Georgia lawmakers proposing a ban on drunken driving autos, and cites Amherst Gluten Club proving life can be lived on four and a half cents daily.
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Amherst
Ontario Seeks Domestic Servants Through Emigration
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Canada c C James travels to England to negotiate bringing domestic servants to Ontario homes. The London Telegraph notes strong openings for farmers with capital, farm laborers, and domestic servants within the British Empire's Ontario. The piece mixes varied humorous asides and quoted lines from several papers.
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C. C. James
Canada
England
Ontario
London Telegraph
British Empire
Tribute to Modjeska to be honored in New York and Poland
WACLAW PERKOWSKI notes the body of Helena Modrzejewska will reach New York from Chicago and depart July 3 aboard the Auguste Victoria for Poland. Poland plans statues in Warsaw Cracow and Leopol and a Modrzejewska fund to aid actresses. A national funeral is set for Cracow on July 17. In New York the body will lie in state at St. Stanislaus Church July 1 night and funeral services proceed July 2 at 9:30 a.m. before sailing to Hamburg.
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the Tribune
Helena Modrzejewska
Modjeska
New York
Chicago
Auguste Victoria
Poland
New World
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Cracow
Leopol
Austrian Poland
Modrzejewska
America
Church of St. Stanislaus
7Th Street
First Avenue
Avenue A
Monsignor Lavelle
Hamburg
Waclaw Perkowski
Blood Is Thicker Than Water Letter From 1908
A reader in Buffalo critiques the paper's editorial Blood Is Thicker Than Water, arguing Anglo-American relations expose continued provincialism. He questions English friendship beyond the Spanish-American War and urges frank discussion of why Britain seldom supports the United States when needed.
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the Tribune
Alabama
Liverpool
England
Taft’s day includes whiskey hearing and White House duties
President Taft spent the morning at the office finishing a long whiskey hearing with callers including Senator Dixon and several representatives. He then hosted a luncheon for guests Joseph H. Choate and Lawrence Maxwell before a Chevy Chase golf outing with Bourne and others.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senator Dixon
Mondell
Martin, Morgan
Daizell
Cole
Ansberry
Mr. Taft
White House
Joseph H. Choate
Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
Chevy Chase
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General Edwards
Captain Butt
Representative Mondell
Taft
Ethel Donovan
Deitz
Wyo
Department of Justice
Edward Fleckinger
Galion
Ohio
Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Martin
Clay
McEnery
Money
Crane
Nixon
Piles
du Pont
Davis
Page
Bradley
Chamberlain
Smith
South Carolina
Lorimer
Bingham
Livingston
Bartlett
Sulzer
Prince
Broussard
Michigan
Butler
Lawrence
Iowa
Scott
Bates
Humphrey
James
Kennedy
Huff
Kahn
Burke
Lowden
Diekema
Slemp
Washington Society Luncheon Honors Navy Officials
Mrs. Walter McLean hosted at Chevy Chase Club in honor of Mrs. Beekman Winthrop with notable guests including Mrs. J. Franklin Bell and Rear Admiral Leutze. Many Washington figures plan summer travels and relocations, with several attending launches and weddings.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Walter McLean
McLean
Chevy Chase Club
Beekman Winthrop
Martin
William Barrett Ridgely
W. J. Pettus
Frank W. Coe
Bohn
Miss Cannon
Gillette
Indiana
New York
Europe
Frank L. Denny
Esther Denny
Beaver Lake
Adirondacks
Colonel Denny
William C. Denny
Elvin R. Heiberg
Caryl Crawford
Joseph Crawford
Washington Colony
Herbert Parsons
Lenox
James A. Buchanan
U. 8
S. A
Massachusetts Avenue
Helen Buchanan
George Pullman
Chicago
Arlington Hotel
Sheridan Circle
Nicholas Andersen
Bar Harbor
Marion Leutze
E. H. C. Leutze
Potomac
Annie RK. Bond
W. R. Doores
Coast Artillery Corps
Herman A. Henry
Williamsport
Penn
Robert M. Moore
Henry Hurt
Henry
Los Angeles
Cal
Miss Helen Murray Peabody Weds Pennington Satterthwaite
New York society notes a quiet ceremony yesterday at the Peabody home in West 18th Street. Rev J Lewis Parks presided. Bride given away by her brother George Russell Peabody, whose betrothal to Natalie Clews was announced recently.
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Helen Murray Peabody
Arthur J. Peabody
Lth Street
Pennington Satterthwaite
Franklin Satterthwaite
J. Lewis Parks
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
George Russell Peabody
Natalie Clews
John Henry Clews
Eleanor Peabody
Many New Yorkers Prize Winners at Newport Exhibit
Newport takers dominated the June flower and fruit show of the Newport Horticultural Society. Major prizes were won by gardens of Mrs. Robert Goelet and Mrs. Ogden Goelet along with a list of prominent New York residents such as I Townsend Burden J J Astor W W Astor and Perry Belmont. Mrs Goelet offered two cash prizes for best flowering plants and both went to her gardener's displays.
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Tribune
Newport
Newport Horticultural Society
Robert Goelet
I. Townsend Burden
J. J. Wysong
J. J. Astor
R. L. Beeckman
Ogden Goelet
Fanny Foster
W. W. Astor
Japan Honors Hamilton Holt With Sacred Treasure Award
Hamilton Holt editor of The Independent received the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure third class for promoting friendly U S Japan relations. Kokichi Midzuno conferred the honor at an informal Nippon Club dinner hosted by twenty prominent Japanese residents in New York.
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Japan
United States
Hamilton Holt
the Independent
Kokichi Midzuno
Nippon Club
New York
Holt
New Metropolitan Singers Sign Berlin Stars
Berlin reports Putnam Griswold leading Royal Opera baritone bass signed a three year contract with Metropolitan Opera Company New York beginning autumn 1910. His Berlin contract still runs two years with Emperor consent for leave to perform in America Frances Rose American soprano also signed with Metropolitan last Saturday.
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Putnam Griswold
Royal Opera of Berlin
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Griswold
Berlin Opera
America
California
Frances Rose
The
Metropolitan
Social Notes From Newport
Newport social notes list arrivals and visits for summer residents and guests. Frank Work of New York plans to occupy Elm Court with family members joining him including his daughter Mrs. Peter Hewitt and grandsons Maurice and Francis Roche. Various guests and returning residents from New York, Brookline, Philadelphia, and Wellesley are noted along with upcoming entertaining plans and travel.
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the Tribune
Newport
Frank Work
New York
Elm Court
Peter Hewitt
Arthur Scott Burden
Maurice
Francis Roche
Aurel Batonyi
Frederick Cunningham
A. Lanfear Norrie
Hamilton B
Tompkins
William E. Glyn
James B
Haggin
Glyn
Europe
Ida Bliss
Hamilton B. Tompkins
Brookline
Mass
James V. Parker
John R. Drexel
Fordham Mahony
J. H. Mahony
Maul
Philadelphia
FE. C. Knight
Henry Walters
Townsend Burden, Jr
Elisha Dyer
Social notes from Lenox and area visitors
Lenox and Berkshire social round up with arrivals and departures of New York and Philadelphia residents. Mrs J Choate jr visits Mount Kisco. Miss Jay and Miss Barlow host summer gatherings. families and guests from Bar Harbor Allentown Cleveland and Pittsfield are noted at Aspinwall Maplewood and Chesterwood.
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The
Tribune
Lenox
Barclay Hazard
New York
James M. Varnum
Bar Harbor
John C. Binck
Aspinwall
Alice Dalton
Boston
Alice Smith
Philadelphia
Nora Iasigi
Clovercroft
Philip Gordon Birckhead
John Borland
Borland
Walker Smith
John S. Barnes
Bridge
Henry Metcalfe
Charles F. Whelan
Josephine Durand
Mount Kisco
Joseph H. Choate
Morris K. Jesup
Cleverland
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Daniel Chester French
Chesterwood
Glendale
Benjamin C. Porter
Robert Bush Walter Barnum
Gift to Lieut Col Wisser markes farewell in Berlin
Lieutenant Colonel John P Wise ser retiring American military attaché bade farewell to the German general staff at the War Office in Berlin. Captain Samuel G Shartle will succeed him. The Emperor praised his work and said he could shed tears. About fifty American friends gathered at Consul General Thackara’s residence to present a silver punchbowl to Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Wisser, with a letter from Ambassador Hill read aloud.
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Berlin
John P. Wiseser
War Office
Samuel G. Shartle
Wisser
Kiel
Alexander M. Thackara
Thackara
Ambassador Hill
Move to Buy Embassy Homes Activates in London
The American Embassy Association formed to press the UK government for suitable embassy buildings abroad launches an active campaign in London. President E Clarence Jones and committee member Frederick Townsend Martin plus T Sand ford Beatty set up at the Carlton Hotel and plan a July 7 dinner with influential American travellers as guests to rally support.
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London
American Embassy Association
England
E. Clarence Jones
Frederick Townsend Martin
T. Sandford Beatty
Caritom Hotel
Association
Crown Prince Haruni Myi to Visit Alaska Exposition
Seattle dispatch reports Crown Prince Haruni Myi of Japan will visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in August. The Japanese commissioner to the fair confirms the advance advice received today of the royal tour during Expo events and remarks on the significance of Japanese participation.
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Seattle
Haruni Myi
Japan
Fai
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