Amusements Listings for Garden and Park Venues
The page lists show times and venues including Gentlemans from Mississippi, Battle in the Park, Havana, Dreamland Luna Park, The Midnight Sons, The Motor Girl, The Girl from Rector’s and Jardin de Paris. Dates and exact prices appear interspersed with venue names in a busy entertainment column.
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Lege Gardens
Missispnichrow Beath Park
Patn
Midnight Sons
Havana
Dreamland
Luna Park
Jardin DE Paris
Webber's
Rector'’s
New York Daily Tribune Firm Details
The newspaper is owned and published by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. Its principal office is the Tribune Building at 15 Nassau Street, New York, with Gideon Mills as president, Henry W. Seckett as secretary, and James M. Barrett as treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
No. 15
Nassau Street
Ggdeon Mills
Henry W.seckett
James M. Barrett
Congress and Foreign News Wide Brief From Morning Report
Senate debates tax questions after Tillman amendment defeat while Congress addresses income and corporation taxes. In London, suffragists clash with police as more than a hundred are arrested. Dispatches note plans for scholarships to fund undergraduate trips, airmen prep for Channel crossing, and other international and domestic items.
Daylight ordinance debated for Cincinnati plan
The daylight ordinance aims to shift clocks for longer summer evenings but faces objections. Critics note railway timetables and daily schedules would require overhaul, risking missed connections and worker confusion. The plan’s practicality in a single city versus nationwide adoption is questioned.
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Cincinnati
England
Time standard reform proposal for railroad schedules
A discussion argues against rigidly fixed 8 a.m. schedules for seven months and at 8 a.m. for five, noting it would force timetable changes across dates and mislead riders in Columbus compared to Cincinnati. It proposes voluntary adoption by employers and even suggests shifting labor hours in Washington departments as an alternative.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Washington
Bingham and McLellan Face Off Over Police Department Role
The article argues General Bingham challenges Tammany influence in the city police by reforming the department. It notes opposition from the Sullivan and McCarren factions and praises Bingham’s honesty and courage for clamping down on vice districts with help from the State Excise Department. The piece raises whether City Hall will heed these reforms amid the upcoming municipal election.
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Duffy
General Bingham
Tammany Alliance
Sullivan Clan
Murphy
Tammany
McCarren
Bingham
Public Opinion and Law A Debate on Expressing Opinion
Dr. Kirehwey of Columbia Law School argues that law should reflect public opinion but cites wide state law variation and stagnant public sentiment. He suggests an aroused public opinion to harmonize laws and to push amendments or repeal laws not aligned with current views.
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Kirehwey
Columbia University Law School
National Civic Federation
Committee On
Kirchwey
Beresford Urges Imperial Navy Unity and Five-P nation Drive
Lord Charles Beresford speaks at the British Imperial Press Conference urging a single homogeneous navy formed by the United Kingdom and the five empire dominions Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa. He argues the two power standard can only be kept if the empire cooperates with shared naval power and interchanges among all five parts.
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Charles Beresford
United Kingdom
Empire
Dominion of Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
Dominion of New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
Imperial navy plan to bind empire through colonial fleets
The text argues that Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa, with combined populations of 17.5 million and broad commerce, should contribute to a shared imperial navy. It contends such a force would deter sea power rivals, unify the empire, and keep colonies from secession by tying their security to imperial strength. Lord Charles advocates imperial defence and unity.
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Canada
Treasury
Austria- Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Australia
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Empire
Charles
Philadelphia Ex-Boss Israel Durham Remembered Kindly
Philadelphia editors praise former municipal boss Israel W. Durham for generosity and political skill while noting a broken pledge to Elkins and a personal heartbreak that led him to seek solace abroad. The Philadelphia Press Inquirer Ledger and Record offer mixed views on his public impact and ethics. The piece frames Durham’s death through lenses of local sentiment and political history.
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Philadelphia
Israel W. Durham
Philadelphia Press
the Inquirer
Durham
John P. Elkins
Quay
Elkins
Pennypacker
Switzerland
Ledger
New York City
Parcels Post Problems and Proposed System
The article discusses the potential for a comprehensive parcels post system in the United States. It weighs benefits to trade against practical challenges, such as cost, reach, and impact on existing transportation networks. It notes price disparities between express and mail options and questions the feasibility and equity of expanding postal service to heavier packages.
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New York
Difficulties in reforming mail and tea taxes noted
The text discusses the challenges of creating a parcels post system and implementing a protective revenue tax on tea. It notes Florida and South Carolina senators' positions, and mentions attempts to curb bullfighting by the Spanish Interior Minister.
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Senate
Emperor backs Prince Rislow in budget clash
The article notes German Emperor's support for Prince Rislow against the Reichstag over revenue bills and commends the Chancellor for loyal service, highlighting strong backing amid political conflict.
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Prince Rislow
Reichstag
Treves defended against misquotation on vivisection
In a letter to Professor Keen, Sir Frederic Treves rejects a misrepresented British address on vivisection. The noted surgeon, former surgeon general in South Africa and head of British Red Cross, is cited as a humane advocate. The piece also notes a Civil Service Commission table on DC, Maryland, and Virginia appointments and Congress's tweaks to apportionment law.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
W. W. Keen
Philadelphia
Frederic Treves
Sir Frederick
Keen
England
America
Frederick Treves
King Edward
South Africa
British Red Cross
Federal Civil Service Commission
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Congress
Shakespeare Society to stage Much Ado at Stratford
Circulars announce third annual British Empire Shakespeare Society performances at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon with four productions of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Acton Hond on July 27 28 29 and 30. Railroads offer reduced rates to attract American visitors. Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein will attend.
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British Empire Shakespeare Society
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
Acton Hond
England
Marie Louise of
Schleswig Holstein
President's whiskey hearing dominates Washington schedule
The Tribune reports a busy morning with two hours on the whiskey hearing followed by a Cabinet meeting. Briefs are due by July 10, with ten days for responses, and Taft will study the matter before a decision. The Cabinet discussed appropriations and department staffing.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Archibald Butt
Mischler
Secret Service
Olympia
New Haven
Yale
Helen Taft
Robert Taft
Silas Witherbee
Port Henry
New York Lake Champlain
Washington Society Notes Growth of Summer Travel and Marital Rite
Washington society reports include the French Ambassador and Mme Jusserand returning to the embassy after Western travels, Austro-Hungarian envoys planning a September return and Lenox autumn apartments, multiple families relocating for the season, and the marriage of Miss Monia Smith at Whitehall Aquasco Prince George County with local clergy officiating.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mme. Jusserand
Hengé Smiiher
Lenox
J. Davis Brodhead
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts North Shore
Medorem Crawford
Cazenovia
N. C
William Belden Noble
Yule E. Noble
Lake Champlain
Bar Harbor
Benjamin Reeves Russell
Sea Girl
N. J
Misses Russell
Russell
Almyra Sessions
Bessie Sessions
L. D. Baxter
Jillian Baxter
Ontario
Kennebunkport
White Mountains
Francoise RR. Moran
Chevy Chase Club
Sternberg
Atlantic City
S. Lawrence Heap
Pansy Bloomer
Buena
New York
Jones
Woodbine
John R. Williams
Frances Williams
Williams
Howry
Mary Howry
Charlies B. Howry
Syracuse
York Harbor
Judge Howry
Monia Smith
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church
C. Ernest Smith
Joseph Egbert Williams
North Carolina
Whitehall
Aquasco
Prince George County
Canon Austin
St. Thomas's
New York Society Members Headed for Europe
Among those booked to sail for Europe today are Mr and Mrs J Allen Townsend and Miss Viola Townsend with Miss Adeline Townsend for an automobile tour of England and Scotland returning in autumn to Ardsley. DeLancey Nicoll and Daniel Lathrop Lawton will travel in England and the Continent until fall. Mr and Mrs Levi P Morton sailed for Europe to remain abroad until end of August. Mr and Mrs Arthur Scott Burden, after a Newport weekend, returned to their country place near Hempstead Long Island. Mr and Mrs Gerald Livingston Hoyt will return.
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Commodore
Elbridge T. Gerry
Misses Gerry
England
New York
Teutonic
Newport
Europe
J. Allen Townsend
Viola
Adeline Townsend
Scotland
Ardsley
DeLancey Nicoll
Daniel Lathrop Lawton
George Perkins Lawton
Levi P. Morton
Arthur Scott Burden
Hempstead
Long Island
Secret Wedding Ties Howland to Leslie Wallace
Samuel S. Howland, brother-in-law of August Belmont, secretly wed Leslie Mosby Wallace in San Francisco. The license was obtained quietly from County Clerk Mulcregg and Judge Cooper performed the ceremony. The couple boarded the Manchuria for Hong Kong the same day, returning to the hotel before sailing. Howland manages Belmont Park racing interests for August Belmont.
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San Francisco
Samuel S. Howland
August Belmont
New York
Washington
Leslie Mosby Wallace
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Howland
Belmont Park Racetrack
Social Notes From Newport Summer Society Gathers In June
Newport society notes list Vanderbilt plans for Harbour Court stay and possible summers, arrivals include Miss Mildred Townsend and Miss Margaret Stewart, plus many invitations and visits from New York and Boston figures. Mentions of dinners, lunches, and upcoming entertainments mark a bustling season.
Bar Harbor Social Notes Brighten Summer Season
Bar Harbor society items list arrivals and arrivals at cottages for summer. New York residents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gurnee and family have opened their coastal retreat after a European voyage aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Others, including Mrs. Kingsland, Mrs. Tillinghast, and Mrs. Lake, join the seasonal occupancy along Kebo Street and nearby cottages as ex judge Graham and staff prepare cottages.
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Tribune
Bar Harbor
W. S. Gurnee
New York
Gurnes
Belle and Marie Gurnee
William H. Kingsland
William H. Tillinghast
J. Clarence Post
the Malvern
Guests Arrive as Berkshire Season Opens in Lenox Stockbridge
Mrs. Mo Stone of New York lies ill at Curtis Hotel while wedding party preparations ramp up in Lenox and Stockbridge. Invitations go out for a Swann Sedgwick wedding dance. dozen guests from New York and Detroit are noted at local hotels and houses.
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Tribune Lenox
Mo. Stone
New York
Curtis Hotel
John Swann
Main Street
Swann-Sedgwick
Eben Norton
Bainbridge Colby
Alexander Sedgwick
Dorothy Whitney
Lorraine Roosevelt
Dorothy Tuckerman
Janet Dana
Eleanor L. Whitridge
Susan R. Sedgwick
Arthur W. Swann
Stockbridge
John B. Swann
Detroit
W. c. Furst
Cleveland
Aspire Wall
George H. Morgan
R. C. Sturgis
J. C. Peters
Samuel D. Davis
Lenox
Henry Leaves All To Hospitals In Philadelphia Will
The estate of Harry S. Henry, about 1500 dollars, directed by his will admitted to probate, reverts on the widow and two sisters’ deaths to five Philadelphia hospitals for beds for white children. Henry, a noted art collector, recently bought Miller's Going Work Dawn of Morning for 50000 dollars. his paintings are to be sold in New York as soon as feasible.
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Philadelphia
Harry S. Henry
Henry
Miller
New York
Mayor Proclaims Children’s Day Event
Mayor McClellan issued a proclamation urging public cooperation for Children’s Day on October 2 as part of the Hudson-Fulton celebration. The Hudson-Fulton Commission sets the day for a children’s carnival with pageants parades and educational aims, asking schools and local groups to help prepare and participate.
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McClellan
Hudson-Fulton Commission
Hudson-Fulton
Horeb Society for Deaf Mutes Absorbed by New Management
A letter to the editor from H. Pereira Mendes announces the Horeb Society for Deaf Mutes will be absorbed by the Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes in Lexington Avenue. The institution will be strictly Jewish under new management, but will continue its work under the old Horeb Society name. June 29, 199.
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the Tribune
Lexington Avenue
Horeb Society For Deaf Mutes
Tt. H. Pereira Mendes
New York
Kaiser Gives Up North Sea Trip
Berlin reports Emperor William has abandoned his annual summer yachting voyage to the North Sea and will stay in Germany until the current political crisis is resolved. The Tagliche Rundschau notes the change in the royal itinerary.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Emperor William
North Sea
Tagliche Rundschau
Germany
Ambassador Leishman Arrives in Genoa En Route to Rome
John G A Leishman newly appointed American Ambassador to Italy arrives in Genoa from Constantinople with Mrs Leishman and Mrs Knox. He plans to travel by automobile to Rome and reach there tomorrow night.
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Genoa
John G. A. Leishman
Italy
Lioyd C. Griscom
Constantinople
Rome
Librarian Association Opens 31st Meeting With Large Attendance
Bretton Woods New Hampshire June 2 The American Library Association began its thirty first annual meeting with more than seven hundred delegates in attendance and expected to grow. The morning program focused on Library Coordination including storage and reservoir libraries as centers of systems. Speakers included F P Hill Brooklyn Public Library N D C Hodges Cincinnati Public Library Miss Mary L Titcomb Hagerstown J L Gillis California State Library H W Wilson Minneapolis and John Davidson Empire Theatre Company New York.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
American Library Association
F. P. Hill
Brooklyn Public Library
N. D
Bequest Valued at 500000 To Rose Institute
Susan Frances Heminway bequeaths about 500000 to Rose Polytechnic Institute, one of Mr. Roses heirs. She also leaves the Rose home stead a full city block to the school for its use, in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Susan Frances Heminway
Rose
New Librarian Selected for St Louis Public Library
Arthur E. Bostwick of the New York Public Library chosen to succeed Frederick M. Cruden who resigns due to ill health. Cruden had served as librarian in St Louis and steps down after illness.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
Arthur E. Bostwick
New York Public Library
Frederick M. Cruden
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