New York Times masthead from 1908 issue
The page shows a dated New York Times front with address blocks in New York City and London, pricing, and notices. It lists offices in Times Square Wall Street Spruce Street and 280 Broadway, with distribution rates for daily and Sunday editions and foreign allowances. It reflects early 20th century newspaper logistics and subscription terms.
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Ambitious push for Aldrich and Vreeland bills faces Republican opposition
Washington report outlines Representative Vreund Anp's optimism on his Aldrich variant while noting strong Republican resistance. It highlights concerns over redemption provisions, Treasury gold depletion, and the risk of doubled banknote volume under the bills.
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Washington
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Tribune
Congress
Aldrich
Vreeland
Treasury
Gortelyou
Anti- injunction arguments during strike unrest
A dispatch from Ngasa ecia notes that an injunction against striking street railway employees brought quiet to Pensacola and similar cities with additional troops arriving. The events fuel urgency in Washington to aid Mr. Gomprrs and labor in the presidential year, while also strengthening the anti injunction legislation case.
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Pensacola
Chester
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Judges Warn Against Injunctions Replacing Strikes
The writer argues judges misuse injunctions to suppress labor actions and delay community changes. He warns that preserving order and property while postponing rights leads to a preference for injunctions over strikes, with insufficient remedy.
Our Army Missing Pages and Costs Ahead
The Times contrasts two high authority views on U S military strength. Captain Bjornstad urges 250 000 trained troops ready for instant mobilization while the Secretary of War favors about half that in peacetime. Both condemn current insufficiency and urge Congress to expand the force despite high costs. The piece defends the army as essential and cost effective compared with other departments.
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Times
United States
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Miliary Service Institution
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Bjornstap
Congress
Treasury
Secret Service Debate Over Bryenam Fund
Aldermen oppose funding for Commissioner Bryenam’s secret service. Advocates note possible benefits in targeting anarchists and black hand groups, while opponents worry about abuses seen in federal practice. A restrained force with checks could deter crime and curb the policy system, though risks remain.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Canada withholds emigration aid amid London job duty clash
London counsels Canada to aid the unemployed of London while Ottawa vetoes a fifty man emigration to Canada promoted by the Church Army. The clash suggests Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Friday remarks about population streams changing to a human tide may misstate the situation.
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London
Asgent
Church
Wirk
Laurier
Emigration to Western Canada Draws U S Seeds of Vigor
A Dominion newspaper reports emigration to Western Canada surges with most bound for Saskatchewan and Alberta. Five special trains pass St Paul in one day as home seekers move from Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma. Canada promotes railways and offers farms at rising values, attracting both population and capital while U S railways face criticism.
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Cania
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Canada
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Education in the South Conference Draws Southern Hope
The Memphis conference on Southern education reports progress in taxation for schools, longer terms, and better teachers. Northern and Southern educators engage in mutual study, with plans for a visit by Southern superintendents to New York and Boston to learn methods and share challenges. The piece highlights industrial training as a key public schooling goal and stresses equitable, community-wide education benefiting all.
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Tenn
South
Robert C. Capen
Southern Education Board
New York
Boston
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Uate
Tipping Abuse Across Regions Draws Times Letter
A reader in The Times denounces tipping as outgrown and pervasive worldwide. The letter cites Continental Europe and North America, noting waiter expectations in London and the excessive charges in country houses, urging reform of the tipping custom.
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Smoky Mountains
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New York
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London Times
Mass Meeting in Honolulu Backs Chinese Labor Restriction
Report from Honolulu describes a large Chinese mass meeting where resolutions urged restricting the number of laborers allowed into the islands. The piece notes active Chinese unions and boycott pressure, framing anti immigration sentiment as elevating Celestial workers to Occidental standards.
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Few or none creative women poets writers leaders, says reader
A reader asks how many real creative women in arts and thought have borne children. The editor doubts many, suggests the question may be moot, and notes the risk of sensational claims while defending feminine achievement with a cautious, light tone.
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Chilren
Columbus Day holiday bills before Congress
Letter to the editor urges passing two bills in Congress to establish October 12 as a holiday in the District of Columbia and as a national holiday across the United States. The writer notes Columbus's discovery as the sole basis for the holiday and appeals to American patriotism.
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New York Times
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
America
Christopher Columbus
New York
Notice to The Editor on J. Lampton baseball writer
A letter from York dated April 25, 1908 commends The New York Times for securing J. Lampton to cover baseball. The writer praises his broad appeal and accuracy and urges continued assignment, closing with thanks.
Philosophical musings on past lives and marriages
Arthur Gusterman of New York reflects on karma in a 1908 letter discussing reincarnation in love. He cites Buddhist and Hindu legends including Yasodhara, Draupadi, and the Mahabharata to argue that fate and imagination shape who marries whom across existences.
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New York Times
Mr. Crane
Siddartha
Yasodhara
Araupada
Drupada
Draupadi
Arthur Gusterman
New York
Elizabeth Barrett Browning as Mother and Poet
Martha Foote Crow argues that Elizabeth Barrett Browning proved motherhood and prolific poetry, citing Aurora Leigh and The Cry of the Children. She defends observers who question women poets' motherhood and praises Browning as the voice of fully endowed womanhood through art and domestic life.
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New York Times
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Florentine
Swinburne
Aurora Leigh
England
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Barrett
The Eighth Commandment in Modern Wealth and Property
John D. Long argues that corporate wealth often functions as stolen goods under current values. He condemns stock watering and expropriation but urges that time will bring true values and better observance of the Eighth Commandment as property titles vest in the people during industrial democracy. New York, April 25, 1908.
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New York Times
John D. Long
New York
To Professional Fault Finders
A terse verse asks why critics avoid self examination and duty, urging them to practice what they preach and resist temptation while contrasting carefree daylight hours with serious duty.
Peacock Window by La Farge Inspires Impassioned Art Critique
A detailed critique praises La Farge's Peacock Window, a three foot high glass panel with a peacock, jewel like colors, and background peonies. It lauds its complex mediation of color and form, noting the lack of barbarous color and the work's cultivation of refined beauty. The piece is highlighted as a landmark in the city's art history, shown by invitation in the artist's private studio.
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Balzac
Mr. la Farge
Ralph Connor Sermon at Fifth Avenue on Youth and Opportunity
The Rev Dr Charles W Gordon preaching as Ralph Connor spoke under his pen name at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church yesterday. He urged young men to seize opportunity and described the rich young man who asked how to inherit eternal life, noting he lacked nerve to act. Evening event extended due to growing interest. services continue in the chapel.
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Twenty-third Street
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Union Theological Semfart
Thirty-sixth Street
Parlor Socialists Probe Dr Lyman Abbott at Christ Church
A West Side audience at Christ Church on West Thirty-sixth Street tested Dr Lyman Abbott after his talk on Christianity. Socialists in the pews challenged his statements on sectarianism capitalism and individualism. Abbott defended views but faced sharp questions about slavery hospitals and civilization.
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Missionaries censured as Liberia defended from prejudice
Mrs. Spurgeon wife of Creed Spurgeon ex Secretary of the United States Legation spoke at Bridge Street AME Church BrackTVn Liberia as an asylum for American negroes. She contrasted African and American climates while noting missionaries teaching Christianity often emulated by themselves and praised West Coast women for dignity and refinement.
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Spurgeon
Creed Spurgeon
United States Legation
Morrovia
Bridge Street
African Methodist Episcopal
America
Africa
Shea
Theosophists Rename Society in America Reorganization
In Dayton Ohio at a Theosophical Society meeting Mrs Ada Gregg of Brooklyn was re elected Secretary and HH B Mitchell of New York was re elected Treasurer The society will drop the words in America from its name and operate as Theosophical Society.
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Ohio
Theosophical Society In
America
Ada Gregg
Brooklyn
HH. .B. Mitchell
New York
The
Theosophical Society
Election Bill Before Mayor Hearing At City Hall
Mayor McClellan holds a morning hearing on a Legislature passed measure cutting city election districts from 500 to 400 voters. The bill would raise annual election costs by 200000 dollars and increase the number of districts by about 20 percent.
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The Times Sunday Magazine praise from H C Taylor
Reader H C Taylor of New York praises The Times Sunday Magazine in 1908, calling it the best magazine section he has seen in a daily paper. He notes the main article is strong but plus many good features, and asserts the section does not overshadow with its high intrinsic importance.
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New York Times
H. C. Taylor
New York
Dramatic Society Produces Merchant of Venice at East Side Settlement
The Dramatic Society of the East Side Settlement House staged The Merchant of Venice. The senior club, ages 20 to 26, performed the play on the East River area near Seventy sixth Street. Edward H. Burger served as acting president of the society. April 25, 1908.
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New York Times
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Dramatic Society
Eward H. Burger
East Side Settlement House
Yorks
Ascension Talk on War in Parish House Discussion
A Sunday night conference at Church of the Ascension in New York followed Rev Alexander Irvine's sermon arguing war is costly glory and connects to democracy. Speakers, mostly socialists, critiqued militarism. Platon Broune spoke broken English about Christ and God. others discussed police, tariffs, and international law amid a lively debate.
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Alexander Irvine
Manila Bay
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Percy Stickney Grant
Misa Charlotte Teller
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Irvine
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America
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Taft Denies Unauthorized Resignation Claim
Secretary of War Taft called a dispatch from Haryana quoting Thomas P. Bean as entirely unfounded. He said there is no basis for the claim and that he plans to depart for speaking engagements in Bridgeport and New York City, returning Wednesday.
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