New York Times Style Front Matter from 1808
The document presents the New York Times masthead and publication details for a dated issue. It lists the publisher Adolph Ochs and executives, printing address, pricing by region, and mail classification information for a 19th century newspaper edition.
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NEW York Times Company
Adolph G. Ochs
Prest&Tr
B.C. Franck
Beoy
NEW York Times
Times Square
New York City
Bryant
New York
Publication rates and offices for major newspapers
A fragmented OCR listing multiple city offices including New York and Philadelphia, with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It lists prices by week month and year, plus foreign and Canada rates, and mentions The New York Times Weekly Review.
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NEW York Times
Canada
NEW York Mes
Public Interest in Labor and Capital Exemptions
A Washington telegram reflects waning public interest in anti trust hearings and argues for equal scrutiny of labor and capital. It questions Gompers stance on publicity, underscores unions’ nonprofit purpose, and warns against biased exemptions for capitalist trusts while urging fair burdens for all.
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Washington
Gompers
Jenks
Anti-Gambling Vote Weighs In Albany Debate
Albany legislators face a crucial vote on anti gambling bills as Gov. Hugues condemns tricks used to defeat the measures. The piece argues opposition stems from those who profit from gambling and warns that any defeat of the bills would advance gambling.
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Albany
Hugues
Brooklyn
Albany gambling bills gain broad public support
The article argues no plausible opposition exists to the bills and claims a clear majority based on public debate and voter reason. It notes Gov Huches’ Brooklyn reception as reflecting statewide sentiment and urges passage for the welfare of the state and those harmed by gambling.
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Huches
Brooklyn
Albany
Irony at Bryan Denver Banquet With Waiters on Strike
A Denver Bryan banquet featured a waiters strike over pay, seen as a mockery of Jeffersonian simplicity. The piece humorously notes guests served themselves to food and recalls settlers with sugarless tea, calling for a Spartan, self-serve feast to spark conversation.
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Denver
Mr. Bryan
Ben Brummell
Mr. Brray
Bryan
Brian
Diedrich Knickerbocker
New York
The Automobile Parade on Broadway
Thousands of cars lined Broadway in a world class self moving vehicle display. The Times observers praise the festival as a twentieth century showcase of ingenuity and vitality, noting historic models and lavish floats beside commercial vehicles in a carnival that runs through next Saturday night.
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Broadway
United States
TIMES
Manls
Yale Defies Rules With New York Habit
Harvard once tried exempting students from regulations allowing freedom of residence and lectures. The Atlantic Monthly notes a Yale group, in February, awoke at Grand Central in evening dress and decided to flee to Bermuda for a month, buying flannels on Broadway before departing.
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Harvard
Atlantic Monthly
John Corbin
Grand Central Station
New York
Bermuda
Broadway
Yale Electives Traded for Weekend Pleasures
The piece laments Yale students skipping Saturday lectures for weekend trips to the city. It argues for yielding to undergraduate choice and questions the value of the elective system if students overstep limits and neglect chapel and class duties.
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Yale
Jogn Bunyan
Methodists in New York Move to Repeal Amusement Clause
The New York Methodist Conference votes almost unanimously to repeal Paragraph 248’s amusement clause signaling a shift in Methodist sentiment. Across the region scepticism remains but change is expected, with dancing declining among sophisticates and outdoor sports rising in popularity.
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New York
Europe
Rabies Do Exist Despite Supt Freer Claims
The article rebukes Supt Freer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for casting doubt on rabies in dogs. It asserts rabies is a proven disease and condemns his insinuations about vivisectors and the Health Board as reckless and harmful.
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Freer
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Woman’s Municipal League
Baby Wagons on the Drive Nuisance Letter
Citing Riverside Drive as the world’s prettiest promenade a New Yorker asks The New York Times to act against the nuisance of crowded baby carriages on the narrow river side sidewalk. The writer proposes merging the bridle path into the sidewalk and fencing one third of the widened area for baby carriages to ease public strolls.
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The
New York Times
Riverside Drive
E.R. Newey
York
Who Will Watch the Watchers?
A letter from M. Macon questions police grafts and criticizes Joseph Avery and Mr. Bingham for seeking extra funds for a secret police service. The writer asks who will oversee secret service operatives and warns of collusion with regular sleuths in Brooklyn.
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The
New York Times
Joseph Avery
Bingham
Secret Service
Brooklyn
M. Macon
Dead Civilizations and the Greek Roman Uprisings
An editorial remark links ancient slave uprisings to modern repression in New York and Chicago during late demonstrations. It notes the brutal police response and recalls Macrobius's warning that more slaves create more enemies. April 5, 1008 New York.
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New York
Chicago
Macrobius
Greece
Rome
Hale Attacks Taft Trigger Heated Senate Clash
In Washington on April 7 Senator Hale delivered a pointed attack on Secretary Taft, sparking a clash with younger Republicans and the Senate organization over the Army Appropriation bill. Hale alleged War Department plans to raise the army to 125 000, questioned the acting secretary and faced a signal defeat as his motion to reconsider failed when Burkett and Frye intervened.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Hale
Senate
War Department
Maine
Warren
Beveridge
Burkett
Frye
Admiral Evans Better After Calming Springs Visit
In Palo Robles California on April 7 Rear Admiral Evans shows improvement and is in better spirits. Dr P E McDonald says he had a good night and will likely not rejoin the fleet in San Diego or attend Southern California events. The Ajax brought mail and passengers from Magdalena Bay with reports of record-breaking scores in battleship target practice. The White and Bradshaw observed fleet improvement with every ship beating past records. Roosevelt replies to Britain’s invitation for the world voyage with thanks while awaiting final arrangements for the voyage home.
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Palo Robles
Hot Springs
Cal
Evans
P. E. McDonald
Lieut. Evans
Admiral Evans
San Diego
California
Ajax
Magdalena Bay
Bradshaw
White
Washington
London
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Cruiser Chicago Ends Long Voyage Homeward Bound
The United States cruiser Chicago completed its long journey from the Pacific Coast and entered Hampton Roads after passing the Virginia Capes. The ship flew a homeward pennant from its maintop as it sailed in.
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Chicago
Norfolk
United States
Virginia Capes
Pacific Coast
Hampton Roads
Why Democrats Should Embrace Johnson as Leader
A 1908 letter argues the party should abandon symbols like raven or donkey and avoid nominating defeatist Bryan. It predicts a filling of the vacuum by Minnesota Governor Johnson, a rising national figure with proven state wins, urging the Dems to unite behind him.
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The
New York Times
Democratic Party
Bryan
Cap
Bella
Caesar
Northwest
Gov
Johnson
Minnesota
P. BP
Staten Island
N. Y
New York Quote on Gray Vote from 1908
A 1908 New York note quotes John V. Craven questioning Gray’s support on the first ballot. Craven argues Gray would win New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and Connecticut while Western men cannot. The remark reflects electoral tensions in the era.
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New York Times
New York
Gray
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Connecticut
John V. Craven
Turtle identity debate at the station agent say
Herbert Edwards recalls a chuckle over a turtle mystery from a Punch issue. The station agent reportedly declared pigs are dogs and cats are dogs but a turtle is an insect, a playful quip reflecting old magazine humor.
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New York Times
Punch
Herbert Edwards
New York
Somethin about an old sweetheart recital remembered
An audience member recalls a lyric about an old sweetheart told by a reader named O Reilly. A stranger sits nearby, tears form as Spring memories rise, hinting at shared emotion and unspoken past ties between strangers in the lecture hall.
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O' Reilly
Feller
O'Reilly
Nex
Anti-Gambling Vote in Senate to Day
Albany April 7 The battle over the Agnew Hart bills to abolish race track gambling resumes in the Senate with final action due. Grattan Knapp and Wilcox face strong opposition from racing interests and political leaders. Grattan pledges support. Knapp noncommittal. Wilcox argues betting on elections is similar. A tight vote hinges on these three and a possible Sept 1 delay.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Grattan
Knapp
Clinton
Wilcox
Cayuga
William Barnes, Jr
Hughes
Barnes
Raines
Grady
McCarren
Assembly split over Governor reforms in Albany
Senate Finance Committee favors adjournment on April 23. Republicans in both houses show hostility or indifference toward the Governor’s reform agenda. Key reforms at risk include Public Utilities control, Direct Primary, Massachusetts Ballot, subway debt exemptions, labor, tuberculosis in cattle, Pure Food, National Guards changes, Quarantine Commission, and port warden cuts. The Governor may push through via special messages.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate Finance Committee
Wadsworth
Assembly
Senate
Times
Repubiicans
Commission
Massachusetts
New York City
National Guards
Banking Bills Advance in State Senate Reforms Reserves
Albany April 7 The State Senate passed two banking reform bills and amended two more to raise reserves for State banks and trust companies. Final reserve levels set at Manhattan 25 percent with cash constraint, Brooklyn 20 percent with cash constraint, and other areas 15 percent. Trust companies require cash reserves from Manhattan 15 percent, Brooklyn 15 percent with two-thirds cash, elsewhere 10 percent with half cash.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate
Clark Williams
Special Banking Commission
Assembly
Manhattan
Brooklyn
House Democrats accuse Republicans of quorum trick
Washington April 7 Democrats denounce a Republican quorum break in the Committee on Election of President and Vice President over the McCall bill. Judge Rucker moved to report the bill for publicity of campaign contributions. Gaines whispered to Ruck er and Diekema, then left, leaving the committee without an an drum. Democrats call the act a filibuster tactic and pledge to publicize the incident.
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New York Times
Washington
John Sharp Williams
House
McCall
Bourke Cochrane
Perry Belmont
National Publicity League
Judge Rucker
Gaines
West Virginia
Cannon
Iie
Rucke
Pennsylvania
Diekema
Michiigan
Messrs
Rucker
Hardwick
Gillespie
Free print paper on tariff pledge in Congress
Herman Ridder claims 68 Republican Representatives vow to back free print paper legislation before the session ends. He says Payne and Dalzell block, but expects Ways and Means to report a bill and Senate approval follows. He cites tariff effects raising U.S. paper price to 2.50 per 100 versus Canada.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Herman Ridder
Payne
Dalzell
House
Ways and Means
Aldrich
Senate
Canada
Fireproofing Schools Moves Backed by Board of Education
Pendleton urges the Board of Education to approve fireproofing steps for New York public schools. The plan demands fireproof stairways exits and altered interiors with protected ceilings, revised boiler and shaft access, and doors opening outward to speed safe evacuation. The Building Committee backs the measures and funding is in place.
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Pendleton
Board of Education
Fire Department
Bureau of Buildings
New York
City Bureau
Edward S. Murphy
Manhattan
Corporation
C. B. J. Snyder
Department of School Buildings
Board of Estimate
Annon Wh
Corporation Counsel
Snyder
Senator Owen Faces $310000 Suit In Indian Fee Case
A Court of Appeals ruling could require Senator Owen of Oklahoma to pay Dudley and Michener Washington 310000 plus interest as part of the 3730000 Indian fee for the Cherokee claims against the United States. The decision hinges on whether the Supreme Court would sustain the appellate ruling.
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New York Times
Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Dudley & Michener
Owen
United States
Fortifications Bill Passes Senate With Amendments
Washington April 7 The Fortifications Appropriation bill carrying about 12 million dollars passed the Senate with amendments after House passage of about 8 million dollars. Senate committee restored 3 million cut earlier mainly for Hawaii and the Philippines. Senate adjourns until Thursday then Monday. No pressing measures expected this session.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
House
Hawaii
Growing Interest in Flying Spurs Patent Applications
Washington reports a surge in aeronautics interest with a 100 percent rise in patent applications in the past year. Inventors from the United States and abroad are joining the effort, reflecting wide public enthusiasm for aviation advances.
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Washington
Legislature Dead in Senate on Jackson Probe
Albany April 7. The Senate rejects the Saxe resolution calling for an investigation of Attorney General Jackson. Senator Raines says the initiative won t come from the Senate and that action rests with the Assembly or Gov Hughes. The Governor remains noncommittal.
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New York Times
Albany
Jackson
Gov. Hughes
Senate
Raines
Assembly
Civic Forum of New York Incorporation Filed
Albany April 7 The Civic Forum of New York organized to maintain lectures and classes in social and political science filed a certificate of incorporation. Directors include Robert J. Coiler E R L Gould E Ely Deege McAneny Emerson McMillan M M Marks Morgan J O'Brien James B Reynolds and Isaac M Seligman.
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Albany
Civic Forum of
New York
Robert J. Coiler
E. R L. Gould
E. Ely
Deege McAneny
Emerson McMillan
M. M. Marks
Morgan J. O'Brien
James B. Reynolds
Isaac M. Seligman
Governor Signs Harburger Bill Restricting Embalming
Coroner Julius Marburger said Gov. Hughes signed the Harburger bill making it unlawful for an undertaker or any person to embalm a body of a person who dies under suspicious circumstances before it has been viewed by a coroner.
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Julius Marburger
Gov. Hughes
Perso
New Brooklyn School Buildings to Cost Over Four Million
Brooklyn will receive the lion’s share of upcoming school projects. The Building Committee proposes several new school buildings and additions across Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens totaling 3.9115 million dollars plus interest, grand total 4.107 million.
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Brooklyn
Metz
Board of Estimate
Departement of Education
Manhattan
111Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Eimer Street
Twenty-firs Avenue
Big Y-Third Street
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Forty-third Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Suydam Street
Benson and
Seventeenth Avenues
Foursteenth Avenue
Cavert Avenue
George Street
Ridgetwood
Ridgewood
Middle Village
van Alstine Avenue
Low Island City
Pledge Request for Y M C A Building Cornerstone
A. K. Hickag writes to President Roosevelt asking for a token to lay the cornerstone of the Long Island Railroad Y M C A building to be laid April 30. Roosevelt replies with a card bearing a White House portrait and handwriting noting best wishes, while Mrs. Russell Sage contributed $85,000 to the project showing esteem for the L I R R men.
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A. K. Hickag
Long Island Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Long Island City
Roosevelt
Young Men’ Christian Association
Sieeel-Engrav
White House
Thheodore Roosevelt
Russell Sage
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