New York Times rates and editorial offices listed
The page lists publication details for The New York Times dated August 4, 1908 including offices in New York Washington Philadelphia and Paris. It outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and additional publications such as the Weekly Financial Quotation Review and the Saturday Review. It notes post office classifications and pricing for domestic and foreign subscriptions.
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New Acoe
Times Square
Cececeenses
Spruce Street
Wall Street
Broadway
Washington
Washington “Post
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
London
Esse
Fleet St
Earis
Rue du ‘Sender
NEW York Times
Canada
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Pension Bill Origin and Debate in Parliament
A historical overview traces the aged pension bill from 1891 through its passage into law. It cites Chamberlain’s early break from free trade, Royal Commissions, and steady committee work leading to a 1907 enactment, arguing the measure enforces a high import tariff to fund sweeping taxation and budget increases affecting the lower classes.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Enemies Hoanes Faces From Machine Backers
The article argues Republicans oppose Gov. Hueus due to supposed enemies among gamblers and politician by trade. It contends few gamblers tied to races oppose Hueus, while many sober voters lean Democratic and favor Hueus, suggesting machine bosses underestimate this bloc and risk crisis by ignoring it.
England's Folly Critiques Old Age Pension Law
In this critique of Britain's Old Age Pension bill, the article denounces Parliament for passing a socialist measure without robust funding. It contends the Lords failed to amend, condemns the plan as unstable and theoretically justified, and warns of rising Treasury costs from 30 to 150 million dollars annually with uncertain funding sources.
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House of Lords
The Cadets Hazing Case Divergent White House Statements
President and Secretary of War issue opposing accounts on Roosevelt stance toward eight West Point cadets found guilty of hazing. President says no action taken. Wright says he refused to promulgate the dismissal and that the cadets may return to the academy after conference. Further comment deemed unprofitable until agreement on actions.
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Oyster Bay
Wiiter
War Department
Gen. Wright
Military Board
Cuba Election Watershed and U S Policy
The United States shows no strong bias toward Conservatives or Liberals in Cuba's December vote. After recent provincial triumphs by Conservatives and amid ongoing intervention aims to withdraw by February 1, 1909, the U.S. would reassert troops if armed revolt, disorder, or destruction recur, delaying a definite withdrawal.
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United States
Parma
Minneeau
Cuba
Bryan and Western faction oppose centralization shifts
A Lincoln dispatch reports Attorney General BonaPARTE views the Oklahoma National banks following state deposit guarantees as centralizing. It notes Bryan and followers welcome centralized power as a booster for Nebraskan votes amid westward discontent over three recent events.
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Bryan
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
West
Federal actions spark Western criticism of centralization
The piece argues Bryanites oppose federal power in cases like Gompers Mitchell contempt and Standard Oil fine, while Oklahoma’s deposit guarantee law faces a challenge. It contrasts views on federal oversight with the instinct to swim through emergencies, using a long analogy on learning to float and act under pressure.
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Samusz Gompers
Joan Mitchell
St. Louis
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Lanois
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
The
Herald
West
Washington
Oyster Bay
Bonaparte
State Guarantee Fund
National Bank Act
Gompers-Mitchell
Standard
Lessons In Drowning And The Dangers Of Swimming
A reflective piece on swimming safety arguing that avoidance of drowning requires proper technique and respect for conditions. It recounts cases from boats, surf, and river currents, including a father sacrificing himself and practical jokes that hinder rescuers. It warns against overconfidence and ignorance as key risk factors.
Park police overzealously chase smoke emitting taxis
The article notes Park police pursued smoking taxicabs in Central Park last Sunday and argues the action raised attention to automobile smoke as a nuisance and sign of inefficiency. It urges the Board of Aldermen to pass an ordinance per Mayor McClellnan recommending no exhaust smoke after the first ten seconds.
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Park
Central Park
Mechanician
Board of Aldermen
McClellnan
Our Loss in Canada Forest Fires and Pressure on Resources
The Kootenai burns in British Columbia devastates hundreds of square miles of timber, costing about 3 million dollars. Nearby communities face heavy losses while readers in the region sense the threat to their own dwindling forests and future supplies.
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Canada
Kootenai
British Columbia
Canadians Reflect on Forest Fire Devastation and Lessons
The article laments massive forest loss from a fire sparked by careless lumbering and driven by high winds. It urges lessons from Europe, notes erosion and long rebuilding ahead, and argues for preventive measures and foreign examples. It also critiques grade crossings as deadly in automobile era, urging caution and safer crossings to reduce fatalities.
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Europe
Germany
Hughes Bolt Suspected If Hughes Is Denied R nomination
The Brooklyn Eagle reports growing talk that Governor Hughes may run independently if not renominated by the Republican Convention in Saratoga on September 14. He favors honest politics and believes New York Republicans back his work, with support from independent Democrats and groups like the Anti-Gambling Association and the Young Men’s Republican Club of Brooklyn. Steps to revive the Hughes League are being considered.
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Gov. Hocuss
Republican Party
Bken
Huanes
Hueutis
Mr. Hoenes
Brooklyn Eagle
Hughes
Saratoga
New York State
Gov. Hughes
Anti-Gambling Association
Canon William Sheafe Chase
Young Men’s Republican Club of
Brooklyn
Hughes League
Letter of praise from Elias Udell to The Times
A Brooklyn resident Elias Udell writes to The New York Times praising the newspaper and stating he has read every issue since August 1905. He declares personal preference for the Times above all New York City newspapers and signs with his location and date August 8, 1908.
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New York Times
New York City
Elias Udell
Brooklyn
Flashlight Colosseum View Of Republican Convention
From the British Journal of Photography in The Times New York Sunday edition June 28 a large flashlight photo shows interior Colosseum at the Chicago convention with over 500 faces clearly recognizable. Six men spent 24 hours preparing as 45 bags of powder exploded simultaneously to expose the plate for a historic memento.
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British Journal of Photography
New York Times
Colosseum
Chicago
TIMES
The Turkish Situation and Reform Promises
A Providence letter from July 30, 1908, critiques Turkish reform history under Abdul Hamid II. It argues that repeated charters failed amid massacres of Armenians, Christian oppression, and treacherous dealings with the Young Turks. The writer urges genuine, mass-backed constitutional reform or risk renewed bloodshed and disruption.
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New York Times
Turkey
George Herbert
Abdul Medjid
Europe
Lebanon
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Gladstone
Sultan
Hamid
Sassoun
Constantinople
Hunchakist Patriotic Association
Young Turks
Young Turkish
M. Levally
Providence, R. I
The Beggar and His Dog Letter to the Editor
A letter criticizes Health Board dog control, recounting a Chamisso tale of a tramp who could not pay the dog tax and drowned his dog before killing himself. The writer argues City Charter grants only muzzling and leashing power, not euthanasia, citing the Constitution and lamenting municipal cleanliness.
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The
New York Times
Health Board
Chamisso
Darlington
United States
Constantinople
Louis
Windmueller
New York
Indignation at dog killing ordinance in New York
Frances C. Stimson of New York writes to the editor denouncing the city board of health action as excessive and harmful. She recalls a brutal dog shooting witnessed by an orphan boy and urges reconsideration of the policy on humane grounds and city welfare.
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New York Times
Board of Health
Frances C. Stimson
New York
Manhattan Mosquitos Bite Quiet Town After Bingham Noise
A poem by W. J. Lapton laments a surge of mosquitos in Manhattan as they move from New York to New Jersey seeking quieter areas after local noise declines. The verse personifies insects swarming streets, homes, parks, and yards, biting indiscriminately and dampening community life. It accuses reduced racket of inviting the pests until civic disturbances resume.
Currency Reform Convention Planned by Merchants Group
The New York Merchants Association proposes a National Currency Convention with Chicago Philadelphia and others to seek a sound permanent currency law. Irving T Bush of the association’s Currency Committee notes broad business support and hints at a new league to press elastic credit currency co insurance and regional boards.
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Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Merchants’ Association of
New York City
United States
Geome
Central West
New York Merchants’ Association
Chicago
el 4Emacy Buisiness
Nousé Committee On ‘Banking and Currency
Alarich
Merchants’ Association
Association
Currency League
Aldrich-Vreeland
League
Fowler
Irving T. Bush
Lush Terminal Company
Bush
Revolt Bill Reduced in Dominican Republic Fiscal Note
Washington reports a U S official letter cites lower revolution costs in the Dominican Republic with Interior and Police expenses set at 38235 for general extraordinary needs. It contrasts with 1905 when government funds were scarce. current fiscal year income is estimated at 3 048 500, the republic’s largest.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
W. E. Pulliam
United States
Republic
New Post Office Plans Approved by Treasury
Washington August 3 Acting Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop approved plans by McKim Mead and White for the New York City Post Office. It will likely take six months to prepare the plans for bid submission on construction.
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Washington
Treasury
Winthrop
McKim, Mead & White
New York City
Complaint on Post Office letter misplacement and tracing
A New York reader laments mail misrouting from a former address with letters returned to the postman and lost items including checks and a manuscript. The writer urges a fixed centralized bureau filing system and notes letters cannot be traced, asking for rule reforms at the Post Office.
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New York Times
Independent Republican Letter Urges Hughes for Governor
Frank B. Battelle of New York writes as an independent Republican supporting Mr Hughes for a second term, criticizing expediency and parties populating offices with bosara rings and creatures, dated August 1 1908.
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New York Times
Hamemond
Fidkill
Hughes
Frank B. Battelle
New York
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NEW YORKE_TIMES
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New York Post Office
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Jersey City
Newark
Mr. Bryan
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Boston
Polk
America
Eagle
the Times
Sultan Hamid
Manhattan
Bingham
W. J. Lapton
Aldrich Law
Currency Committee
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