Amusements Listing with Silent Film and Vaudeville Shows
A dense schedule of theater listings including Denny of Music Modiste Fals The Girl Detective and The Merry Go Round at multiple venues. It mentions NEY'S Neys and various acts with showtimes around 2 8 15 8 30 and 8 20 in venues like Colonial Daly's Amsterdam Torq and Music Hall.
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MUSIC
Modiste
ICAN
Papa Tebonnare Ney
Asino
Circle
Colonial
Daly
Port Arthur
Ba Circus
Onaip
Sceerbocker
Amsterdam
New York Daily Tribune May 11, 1908 highlights
Foreign notes include Taft Panama talks advancing toward treaty negotiations with Colombia and the United States. Cuba’s Governor Ma ween greeted in Havana. Venezuela tensions and plagues in La Guayra. Domestic items cover Roosevelt’s Washington return, Sperry to command Atlantic fleet, a Merrimac River drowning tragedy, and legislative adjournment talk. Also remarks on New York political and social events, banking and fund appeals, and weather outlook.
Independence party platform deemed reactionary by critics
The New York American reprints the Independence party state convention platform, calling it a mountain rising from uncertainty. Critics say Hearst’s papers pushed expansion of government, not its reduction, and accuse the party of echoing Parker against broader governance. The piece argues the party may have moved beyond Hearst toward reaction.
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Independence Party
New York American
Hearst
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hughes
Judge Parker
Tme
Independence Party Platform Emphasizes Liberty and Prosperity
The Independence party defends individual liberty and business prosperity against government interference, appealing as the Sage of Esopus champions limited state power and free enterprise.
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Independence Party
Esopus
Governor Hughes Campaign Strength in 47th District
The governor’s trip to the 47th Senate District is blamed for shifting odds toward the Democrats in tomorrow’s special election in Niagara and Orleans counties. Local Republicans face factional division and a spring voter absence in rural areas, while Democratic money and anti-gambling and anti-boss themes energize their campaign.
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Hughes
Senate
Niagara
Orleans
Wallace
Hugues
Subway bids expose Brooklyn finance and mismanagement
The Fourth avenue subway bid results reveal a cost under 16 million yet the city’s borrowing capacity sits near 2 million, raising questions about municipal finances. The piece condemns the Metz administration for hurried approvals, misallocated funds, and a debt crisis that jeopardizes Brooklyn’s subway plans.
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Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Metz
Meiz
Brooklyn Subway
Old
Rapid Transit Commission
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Manhattan
Board of Estimate
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Gote
Asquith Pension Plan Faces British Debate
Officials at the National Conferences of Charities and Corrections in Richmond condemned noncontributory old age pensions as proposed by British Prime Minister Asquith. The plan would grant 5 orients to those over seventy with income under $120 yearly, costing about $30 million annually and raising questions on funding and future tax needs.
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Scheeme
Mr. Asquith
Asquith
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Huddersfield
Trade Union Congress
Conference of Charities and Corrections
German style pension proposed to curb British thrift failure
The speaker argues that a German like system would require current beneficiaries to contribute to their future fund. He warns the British scheme, by not collecting contributions, will burden the Treasury and may discourage thrift or tempt improvidence according to conference discussions.
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Germany
A New Use for Union Labels
A column riffs on labor unions and language, imagining the United Mine Workers labeling cuss words. It jokes that a miner’s protest chatter could be branded with a union label or dismissed as mere vulgarity, proposing a satirical catalog of acceptable terms and a lofty code of vituperation.
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United Mine Workers
Indiana
Jeff Davis
District Arbitration Board
National Organization
New York World Jubilee Highlights Global Respect for Journalistic Spark
The New York World marked its anniversary with a two hundred page jubilee issue and a special jubilee yesterday. Friends and leaders from around the world sent spoken words and written messages, praising the paper’s influence and sincere journalism.
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New York World
New high year record prices lift market amid cautious gains
The market shows higher year to date prices with 3.5 million weekly shares traded on the stock exchange though overall prices lag May 1967 by 19 percent. Bond issues draw good demand while Treasury withdrawals and foreign purchases shape liquidity. May brings some optimism as building activity and employment ease, but weather and reduced orders constrain some mills.
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Ho O
Stock Exchange
New York City
Treasury
St. Louis Prosperity Association
Novullon
Commodity Markets Show Mixed Signals Across Sectors
Domestic wool prices fall further with the London auction looming. Cotton demand rises on weather fears though crop data remain uncertain. Wool growers ship east. cotton mills cut output as raw material costs bite. Pig iron output near 1907 levels, while wheat futures gain on acreage abandonment and improved export prospects. Europe purchases bolster anticipated shipments despite small current exports.
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London
Utah
Nevada
Europe
Nation Faces Growing Civil Unrest and Military Debates
The piece argues the U S may need a larger standing army amid rising civil strife north and south of the Ohio River with night rider raids in Ohio and Indiana and failing Kentucky authority. It also notes Arbor Day past, tree destruction along roads, saloon doors closing versus bank doors, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice will, and a new borough president’s economy pledge.
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United States
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Commonwealths
Mississippi Valley
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Taveens Weld
Public health campaign targets mosquito breeding in Baltimore
Baltimore health authorities renew efforts to exterminate mosquitoes and breeding spots. property owners would drain swamps and oil water. funding slated at a fraction of last year’s appropriation.
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Baltimore
A. H
Staten Island
Health Department
Daisy Brig to Bring Antarctic Fossils and Life Samples
New Bedford May 10 The Daisy brig under Captain Benjamin D. Cleveland will sail to Desolation Island to collect Antarctic life forms including birds fish and vegetation as well as fossils for several museums. Scientists from American Museum of Natural History Brooklyn Institute and Yale Peabody aim to gain new knowledge while preserving specimens for study.
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New Bedford
Mass
Desolation Island
Kerguelen Island
Daisy
Benjamin D. Cleveland
Cleveland
Antarctic
Reading
Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Lucas
Brooklyn Institute
Lull
Peabody Museum
Yale
Men of the Daisy
Captain Cleveland
Memorial Service for Rev Dr Charles C Tall
A service in memory of Rev Dr Charles Cuthbert Tall former president of Union Theological Seminary was held yesterday at Brick Presbyterian Church. Directors faculty students and alumni attended with speakers including Dr Charles A Parkhurst Dr George William Knox Dr William R Richards Dr Thomas S Hastings Dr Marvin R Vincent and Dr Henry M Sanders. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia spoke on behalf of the university.
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Charles Cuthbert Tall
Union Theological Seminary
Brick Presbyterian Church
Charles A. Parkhurst
George William Knox
William R. Richards
Thomas S. Hastings
Marvin R. Vincent
Henry M. Sanders
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Dr. Parkhurst
Robert €. Geden
Tribute to Augustus Ledyard at Yale campus flagstaff
Members of Yale class of ’98 plan a memorial flagstaff near Woodbridge Hall during commencement week to honor Augustus Ledyard, a Yale man who died in the Philippines. The granite base rises to a solid block with a bronze pedestal and a seventy foot recon pine flagstaff. Ledyard, son of Henry Ledyard of Detroit railway fame, served in the Yale Battery and later as a second lieutenant in the Philippines. His sister, married to Karl von Whetteler, the German ambassador to China, survived the Boxer siege after his death.
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Speciajs
Yale
Woodbridge Hall
Augustus
Ledyard
Philippines
Henry Tedyard
Detroit
Yale Battery
Mr. Ledyard
Karon von Whetteler
Trerman
Joe China
Peking
Social Notes From Newport Dinner Guests Arrive
Newport society notes list Mr. and Mrs. William G. Roelker and family invited for the season tomorrow while Mr. and Mrs. J Laurens Van Alen to arrive Friday. James J. Van Alen expected at Wakehurst early next month. Robert Howe has returned to New York after a short Newport visit.
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the Tribune
Newport
Celoenel
Fairbanks Speaks at St Stanislaus School Dedication
Chicago May 10 Vice President Charles W Fairbanks was the chief speaker at the dedication of St Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic parish school building the largest of its kind in the United States Forty five hundred pupils will receive instruction from a staff of more than one hundred teachers
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Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus
United States
Schoo
Cleveland Shows Continued Improvement At Lakewood Hotel
Grover Cleveland spent a comfortable twenty four hours with his condition continuing to improve. Reports from the Lakewood Hotel tonight say flowers fill the Cleveland apartments as friends send tributes. Mrs Cleveland left the patient twice today to attend church services and take a walk.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Presbyterian Church
Hughes and a Second Term
The Brooklyn Eagle reports an Albany extra session will discuss Governor Hughes recommendations, likely focused on anti gambling measures and reform projects. If the governor seeks policy gains, he may retire to private life, while opponents expect the fight to continue into a state campaign. A Hughes gubernatorial bid would drive party leaders' reactions.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Albany
Hughes
The Strongest Candidate for New York Governor
The Republicans could not name a stronger candidate than Governor Hughes for the New York race. His track record in office plus his Rambling position give him edge, though enemies have shaped opposition. He might reconsider serving again.
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New York Times
New York
Hughes
No Yellow Fever Fear Quarantine Eases for Cuba Passengers
Dr A H Doty health officer returned from Cuba says there is little risk of yellow fever in the United States north of Washington and urges no broad detention for Cuban passengers. He supports targeted quarantine for southern-bound travelers via New York and details health certificates issued in Havana to limit departures of exposed individuals.
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A. H. Doty
Cuba
Army of Occupation
Havana
United States
Washington
Dr. Doty
New York
Ohio
Hoffman Island
Br Doty
South
Homor
Dr. Dety
Ir Ammesse
Jefferson R. Kean
Ammesse
Kepen
Tvwo
Pr. Doty
Eery
Camegner
Keans
Army Luaich
Doty
Kean
Java
Hall
Henry St. Denys Thomason Eg A
Santiago
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