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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
16
The New York Times outlines its policy to keep advertising columns free of misleading notices and fraud. Advertisements are handled confidentially at Times Building and 8 Spruce Street with inquiries about three and seven time rates.
A collage of Lost and Found notices from April 1908 lists certificates and items lost or found. Entries include a New York Produce Exchange membership certificate lost by Charles J. Kershaw and various personal belongings such as handbags, jewelry, hats, and clothing reported missing or recovered across New York City and nearby transit hubs.
East and West Side listings offer large and small front rooms with board and running water, elegant baths, and home cooking. Features include proximity to subways, elevator access, and private families. some include meals, others emphasize quiet, homelike surroundings and refined clientele. Locations include Gramercy Park, Madison Avenue, River Street, and Bensonhurst with multiple room options and rate ranges.
Furnished rooms in Manhattan Bronx and Brooklyn area listed with phone contact. Descriptions include private house rooms near Columbia University and subway, breakfast options, references, and daytime or evening availability. Some postings note doctor or private family settings with private or shared spaces and prices per week.
Classified notices show multiple entries for STENOGRAPHER and TYPEWRITER positions with varied experience requirements and locations including Times Downtown and Times Square. Other listings seek ACCOUNTANT AUDITOR, CORRESPONDENT, CARPENTER, CHAUFFEUR, and a YOUNG ATTORNEY seeking secretary or legal private work with references and moderate salaries.
Testimony described damaged ballot boxes and unguarded storage at Mott Street loft in January recount probe. John T. Dooling testified boxes were torn or broken and photographs showed stubs and ballots, some marked Democratic and Republican, with seals loose and boxes mishandled. The inquiry continues with witnesses noting storage at Manhattan Warehouse and guards at the time.
The advertisement offers this season's fabrics including Blue and Black serges. Suit to measure priced at 20 dollars. Coat and trousers 17 dollars, separate trousers 5 dollars, marking a 40 dollar value.
The Hamburg American liner Deutsch land arrived after overhaul and improvements. It completed the crossing in six days three hours twelve minutes at 21.1 knots. The grill room is now an a la carte restaurant under Ritz Carlton direction and the main dining saloon has small tables. Passengers include Mr and Mrs Adolf Muller who celebrated their silver wedding on board, Prof and Mrs Pfannenstiel, and Nathan B Stern.
Four masked men entered the Indiana Club clubhouse in Hot Springs Arkansas, forced occupants to line up, and looted the premises of a large amount of money estimated between five thousand and ten thousand dollars. Police investigated as details remained incomplete at press time.
The Solvay Process Company which controls Semet Solvay has arranged through Tailer Co a ten year extension of its debentures and those of its controlled company maturing November 1 next. Solvay manufactures coke ovens and coal by product recovery.
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