Vaudeville and stage listings mix at New York venues
Amusements section catalogs a busy slate of vaudeville and musical acts across theaters including Astor Belasco and Lyceum. Performers cited include The Man from Home, The Devil, The Traveling Salesman, The Merry Widow, Follies of 1908, and Paid in Full with various showtimes and venues such as Coney Island Luna Park and Hammerstein's Room.
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Coney Island
Luna Park
Criterion
Fluffy RuMes Dalt
Girke EN Muser
Garden Theatre
Devil Gaerrick
Me Fiackett
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Fudson
Call of the Knickerbocker
Witc the Lyceum
LYRIC
Amsterdam
New York
SAVOY
Diana of
Dobson's Wallack
Sever
Dave—Circus
Wth
Gottenberg
Neto Park Daily Tribune details leadership and address
The Neto Park Daily Tribune is published by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation. Office and principal place of business are Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president, Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer. The officers’ address is the newspaper’s office.
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Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Papal procession in London and world events brief
The Papal States procession in London for the Eucharistic Congress proceeded with large crowds and no vestments, as authorities faced crowd control. Reports note British actions toward Australia, Danish naval movements, social unrest in Budapest, and political shifts in the U S contexts including Governor Hughes. Weather forecast calls for fair conditions with yesterday’s high and low given.
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London
Dezkin
Australia
Copenhagen
Great Britain
Jutland
Budapest
Bartholdt
Berlin
Buenos Ayres
Jockey Club
Hargin
Montevideo
Theatre Managers Target Sidewalk Ticket Speculators
The Theatre Managers Association seeks Board of Aldermen action to cancel licenses for sidewalk ticket brokers in front of theatres and other venues. They argue brokers obstruct free passage and inflame pricing, while hotel ticket agencies provide a needed shortcut at a fixed advance fee. The piece endorses Frohman’s view against excessive speculation, aiming for reforms to improve seating access.
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Theatre Managers’ Association
York
Board of Aldermen
New York
Banki Frohman
Frohman
Regulated Box Office Access and Curb Brokerage
The article argues for regular turnover of desirable seats to hotel agencies to ensure fair access at the box office. It notes that curbside speculators worsen conditions for both out of town patrons and local buyers and urges stricter licensing control to curb misuse of municipal authority.
The People s Candidate for Governor Hughes Re-nomination
The upstate leader criticizes opposition to Governor Hughes as futile and predicts his renomination on the first ballot. The piece argues the governor’s popularity stems from a voluntary, unorganized public movement and warns careful selection of state ticket allies to avoid damag ing associations.
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Hughes
Upstate
Saratoga
The
Tribune
Republican Party
Springfield
Chanler
New York State
Forest Fire Loss Could Fund Naval Fleet, Expert Says
An editorial argues recent forest fires cost millions across Northern states from Montana to Maine. It urges proactive steps such as patrols and firebreaks, plus forester guidance, to prevent repeats. Wasteful timber cutting and Roosevelt era conservation are cited as lessons.
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Montana
Maine
Roosevelt
United States
Arguments For A New Croton Reservoir Link At Cornell Dam
The piece argues for strong public support of a further Croton reservoir near Cornell under Aqueduct Commission direction. It notes engineers once estimated the dam could impound nearly all Croton River flow and asserts future flows will likely stay well below the Cornell spillway, citing earlier and ongoing reservoir projects at Muscoot Mountain and Cross River.
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Croton
Aqueduct Commission
Corneil
Croton Lake
Cornell Spillway
Cornell
Muscoot Mountain
Cross River
Buffalo
New York
Taft
Hughes
Critics Smash Plan For New Cornell Dam Project
The piece argues the proposed dam near the Cornell site lacks public value and criticizes engineers estimates as faulty. It questions feasibility and costs, suggesting a completion timeline of five years after the Catskills system and warns of political motives by the Aqueduct Commission. It also notes potential land compensation delays for Paterson residents and mocks optimistic projections.
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Cornell
Croton Hydraulics
Catskills
Aqueduct Commission
Paterson
No Excuses Past Promises Haunt Mayor McClellan
The city opens with 52 000 of 660 000 public school children without seats and others sharing spaces. The piece rebukes Mayor McClellan for failing to fulfill his 1903 pledge of seats for all children, noting slow contractor progress and upcoming new buildings as partial relief. It questions the claim that part time classes deny elementary education and urges accountability.
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McClellan
Low
New York
Mayer McClellan
Bulgars in Turkey adopt pragmatic stance in Macedonian affairs
In a Salonica Bulgar club, a platform calls for Bulgarian culture in Macedonia while pledging joint effort with other nationalities to strengthen the Ottoman Empire. It rejects dismemberment and urges coexistence under Turkish rule, signaling a cautious path for the Young Turk revolution era.
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Macedonia
Balkan Peninania
Boris Sarafoff
Salonica
Bulgaria
Money and business market recap shows mixed signals
The article notes last week’s railway stocks rose to post-panic highs while gross earnings lagged 20 percent and many dividends were cut or suspended. Experts blame manipulation, with easy money fueling the rise ahead of a presidential election and commodity clause-driven demand.
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Wall Street
Financial markets and trade show tentative optimism amid mixed signals
The report notes that a 1% rate for weekend loans signals stock market strength amid ample bank reserves, with gold and currency movements tied to parity debates. It highlights rising sterling, domestic trade gains, and improved customs receipts, while caution persists until Taft's election. Exports and manufacturing show uneven but hopeful momentum across grains, textiles, and iron and steel.
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Sterling Exchange
Paris
New York
United States Treasury
Taft
Vance
Liverpool Cabie
Lancashire
Weert
Iron and Steel Industry
South America
Republican appeal for stable, progressive governance voiced by Governor Hughes
Governor Hughes in Youngstown, Ohio argues the Republican party embodies public confidence, efficient administration, and anti corrupt stability. He contrasts it with the opposing party, claiming the latter offers a monument and guidepost that would erode business certainty and confidence in industry and trade.
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Republican Party
Hughes
Youngstown
Ohio
What is Democratic and who are Democrats
The piece notes that party strength grows with Democratic zeal and Bryan’s courage as opposed to Rooseveltism, while questioning who qualifies as a Democrat. It points to Congressman Herbert Parsons as a pivotal force at the Saratoga convention, employing influence for the party’s benefit.
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Bryan
New York World
Herbert Parsons
Saratoga
Humiliation in politics and subway repairs at 72nd Street
The text contrasts political scandal with daily transit issues. It notes Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst as symbols of a crisis of leadership while detailing dangerous subway repair debris at 72nd street. Piled stone near the northbound express rear, without railings or lanterns, risks passengers during rush hours.
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Mr. Bryan
Mr. Hearst
72D Street
Ice blockage hinders exit from two train cars
Large ice cakes were dumped opposite the gates of two train cars on Wednesday to hamper egress. The remark asks if any justification for such recklessness can be provided and expresses a desire to hear it.
State campaign comment overboard no rescuers
A compilation from multiple papers notes Senator Cassidy’s renomination defeat by his 41st District constituents and discusses Hughes’s statewide strength, independent voters, and the Republican stance on Taft and Hughes. It highlights Cassidy Burr and Knapp losing renomination for voting against a racetrack gambling bill and upholding the constitution.
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Syracuse Herald
Cassidy
Lockport Journal
Owen Cassidy
Carll
Burr, Jr
Wallace H. Knapp
Hughes
Albany
Knapp
Burr
Metropolitan Opera Season Prices And New Management Plans
The Metropolitan Opera House opens ticket sales for the coming season with prices unchanged from last year across all seating tiers. The new management aims to enhance ensemble over individual star power and plans a twelve performance series at reduced rates, plus a new English language opera production and a benefit fund for pension and endowment. A diverse repertoire includes works by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and composers' novelties, with notable casts announced for 1908-09 and new debuts among sopranos and other principals.
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Metrolitan Opera House
Opera House
Sing
Orchestra
Sevnes
Hammerstein
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Opera House
Beethoven
Prozart
Beneft
Gatti-Casazza and
Dippel
the Tribune
Frederick S Converse
Harevard
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel Und Gretel
Goldmark
Enetis
Albert
Massenet
Wagner
le Villi
Mr. Hammerstein
Manhattan
Donizetti
Faust
Hume Perdinck
Leoncaval
Pagliacet
Mascagni
Meyerbeer
Mozart
Dom Giovanni
Ponchtelli
Rossini
Thomas
Humperdinck
Emmy Destinn
Ester Adaberto
Frances Alda
Bernice James
Félicie Kaschowska
Lenora Sparkes
New York
Sembrich, Eamesstad
Farrar, Morena
Mattfeld
Fornia Pold
Lina Cavalier
Entraitos
Marta Gate Boehm
Matis
Marianne Flahaut
Clara Niessen-Stone
Mary Ranzenberg
Josephine Jacoby
Louise Homer
Helen Mapleson
Henriette Wakefield
Paula Woehning
Caruso
Bonci
Burgstalter
Mary
Bayer
Reiss
Teceht
Angelo Bada
Rinaldo Grassi
Carl J5rn
Koch
Erik Schmedes
Barytones
Palazale Amato
Frits Feinhals
Eduardo Missiano
Jean Noté
Bese Loomer
Campanari
Will Scott
Gorttz
Bégué
M Stracciaris
Herbert Waterous
Sueacribers
Allen Hinckleys
Bostonians
Herbert Witherspoon
New Yorks City
Adamo Didur
Enzone
Ivan ‘Thelar
America
Atre
Paulie Mows
Monte Carlo
Cornetto Paterna
Giulio Erik Schubert
Blass
Pine
Burrian
Martin
Walte
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Reitman
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American Museum of Natural History
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Money and Business
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Uncle Sam
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Neue Freie Presse
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Atlanta Constitution
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