Elastic currency debate over US treasury surplus signals concern
A critical commentary on Secretary Shaw's report highlights a large US surplus, rising customs and internal taxes, record gold holdings, and a decreasing national debt while warning that an elastic currency is needed to prevent distortion of world money markets. It notes differing views on banking control and cautions against using Treasury resources to aid foreign financial conditions.
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Panama Canal
Treasury
Wall Street
New York
United States
Bank of England
London
Flo
Europe
Treasury Department
Congressmen Salary Increase Examined in Historical View
An editorial argues that the 1872 3 salary grab damaged the Republican Party and calls for a $2 500 yearly rise for members to reflect higher living costs and increased work. It defends the need for dignity and efficiency, noting diminished patronage and urging public opinion to pressure a fair outcome.
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House
Senate
Congress
Secretary’s currency reform stance gains broad support
The Secretary’s approach is praised as capable of advancing various currency reform schemes and shown to strengthen government efforts rather than expand banking functions, signaling influence across financial policy debates.
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Treasury
Compulsory Investigation Of Labor Disputes Endorsed
The Coal Commission proposal for compulsory investigation of labor disputes gains presidential support with caveats. It favors publicity but urges state level action for implementation. President Roosevelt notes the difficulty of compelling voluntary sides to share sensitive business information and warns of substantial practical hurdles.
Roosevelt Policy on Japanese School Case Sparks Debate
The piece analyzes President Roosevelt's congressional discourse on Japanese issues and San Francisco school segregation. It contrasts executive power with legal remedies, citing Harrison's approach and proposed federal amendments to enforce treaty rights. It notes uncertainty over whether treaty rights include school attendance and references pending California suits testing the Mongolian Descent law.
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Roussveut
San Francisco
California
United States
Rhodes scholars analyzed by The London Times
The London Times reviews Oxford Rhodes scholars in their third year with 161 total: 79 Americans, 71 from colonies, 11 from Germany. Americans lag behind colonials in scholastic results, though some excel in sports and law. The piece questions American university systems and stresses pre-Oxford preparation.
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London Times
Rhodes
Oxford
United States
Germany
Quebec
Ireland
Craven
Balliol
Melbourne
Muensterberg
Burlingame treaty promises and Japanese education rights debate
The article discusses the Burlingame treaty of 1868 granting reciprocal educational rights between the United States and China and notes its absence in the Japanese treaty. It praises Japanese Ambassador Viscount Aoki for his understanding, urges for forbearance, good manners, and mutual respect to maintain amicable relations between both nations.
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Congress
United States
China
California
Washington
Viscount Aoki
Roosevelt’s eight hour note stirs readers with pother word
The article analyzes President Roosevelt’s recent message to Congress, noting his humane yet vexing tone. It highlights his Panama Canal stance dismissing an eight hour day as absurd there, and quotes his use of the word pother to express irritation at political opposition while praising his literary command.
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Roosevelt
Panama
Congress
President's Address Praised For Clarity And Dignity
The piece lauds the President's long address for easy reading, lucidity, and directness. It notes its stately tone, seriousness, and elegance despite some dubious phrases. The reviewer highlights the daunting race death paragraph as a bold, effective confrontation of tough topics.
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House of Representatives
United States
Responsibility and Guilty Verdict in Gillette Case
The piece discusses the Gillette trial verdict of guilty despite jurors questioning the victim’s death by drowning and the use of a tennis racquet. It notes jurors considered irrelevant possibilities but affirmed murder based on lung condition and a brain clot, while a judge suggested acquittal if the death resulted from the victim voluntarily entering the water. It also comments on a separate Philippines prison deaths and questions about new medical trials and ethics, urging calm until more information emerges.
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Gillette
Philippines
Gen Taylor Surrender Recalled in Civil War Memory
A reader recalls that after Col Jefferson Davis and the Mississippi Rifles won at Buena Vista, Gen Zachary Taylor spoke again with Davis over his daughter, noting she judged men better than he. The letter, published in a Washington Post excerpt, emphasizes memory's unreliability.
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Washington Post
Zachary Taylor
Jefferson Davis
Times
J. H. Bliss
México
Buena Vista
Col. Davis
Taylor
Col
Davis
B. F. Grady
Clinton, N. C
American Foiled in Poland Finds Treasure to Trifle
An American bought a $5,000 Renaissance iron curiosity in Poland believing it to be a Jewish rites tabernacle. In Paris he rode the underground and found replicas of the item on display, realizing the curio was the top part of a penny-in-the-slot chocolate machine.
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London Telegraph
Paris
Poland
Electric Underground
India’s uneducated millions in British India
The Bombay Gazette notes a population of 231 million with 53 million Muslims where education is scarce. It cites Madras Presidency where only 9 per thousand women can read and write, asking what England would think if only 9 of 1,000 women knew the three Rs.
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Bombay Gazette
British India
Madras Presidency
England
John Bull Bachelor Described as Marriage Reluctance
From London Truth, the phrase John Bull bachelor flags a growing reluctance to wed among Englishmen. The description links this stance to perceived frivolity extravagance and unfaithfulness of modern English wives, noting it could become a common label in the near future.
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John Bull
Briton of the Hotel Tale Noted as Likely Writer
London reports the NYT published interviews with New York hotel managers denying charges of discourtesy against hotels. The St James's Gazette editor says the letter writer on American hotels is well known in both England and America and would be recognizable if named.
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London
New York
New York Times
St. James's Gazette
St. James’s Gazette
England
America
English and Japan alliance questioned by reader
A letter in The Times cites Japanese editorials on Anglo Japanese ties and warns that Japan may abandon Britain if Russia declares war. The writer argues Britain should issue twelve months notice to end the alliance if such an interpretation is shared by Japanese rulers. New York, Nov. 26, 1906. A. E. B.
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New York Times
R. Kayahara
the Times
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United States
England
France
Russia
Germany
Kagahara
Great Britain
New York
Inadequate Service on the Ninth Avenue Elevated
A letter by H. ER. M. notes poor transit on the Ninth Avenue Elevated and criticizes Interborough Rapid Transit for not boosting service despite traffic increases since August. It cites a state board recommendation to raise service by ten percent after November and highlights congestion as a serious issue. Washington Heights residents are praised for pressuring improvements.
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New York Times
H. ER. M
Ninth Avenue
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of New York
Washington Heights
Mecontent
New York
Mary Mortimer Maxwell's Stories The Philanthropy of Henry Hackett
A reader letters discuss Mary Mortimer Maxwell's clever story The Philanthropy of Henry Hackett in a New York paper. The debated puzzle centers on who owns a purse and whether Nora is involved, provoking family dinner room discussion.
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Mary Mortimer Maxwell
New York Times
Henry Hackett
Nora
Miss Maxwell
Manhattan
New York
Felicitations to Mr Hammerstein on Opera Triumph
Cecelia Lenson sends greetings and warm felicitations to Mr Hammerstein for his evident success at last evening's opera. The crowded attendance shows music lovers will have chance to enjoy opera and partake in its appreciation.
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New York Times
R. Hammerstein
Cecelia Lenson
New York
President Thanks for Readable Form of Encyclical Message
James Morris Whiton writes from New York on December 5 1906 praising The Times for presenting the President’s encyclical in a convenient readable form addressed to Congress. He thanks the paper for courtesy and technical presentation to the American people.
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New York Times
Times Today
Congress
James Morris Whiton
New York
Empire State and Other U.S. State Nicknames
The London Chronicle surveys American state nicknames from the Empire State to Rhode Island, noting New York's boast of wealth and influence and contrasting other designations such as the Keystone State Mother of States Old Dominion and Little Rhody. It lists California as the Golden State Nevada as the Silver State Ohio the Buckeye State and Louisiana as the Creole or Pelican State.
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London Chronicle
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Mr. Hughes
New York
Empire State
Pennsylvania
America
Virginia
Old Dominion
Rhode Island
California
Golden State
Nevada
Ohio
Louisiana
Legacy Returns at Christmas Haunt of Old Friends
Poem recalls long lost faces and old time voices as Christmas approaches. The speaker notes signals from bygone friends and daily callers filling every hour with flattery, suggesting a legacy left behind explains the renewed contact. Lurana W Sheldon signs the verse.
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Lurana W. Sheldon
New Woman's Hospital Opens on Cathedral Heights
Builders and donors of New Yorks Woman's Hospital at 108th Street and Amsterdam Avenue unveil a seven story Italian Renaissance landmark costing over 1 million dollars. The facility promises advanced sterilization, patient care, and a roof garden with 125 beds and private rooms priced 7 to 75 dollars weekly while seeking city aid to sustain expansion.
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New York
Woman's Hospital
108Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Bishop Potter
Columbia College
Barnard College
St. Luke's Home
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke's
Columbia
Grant
Forty-ninth Street
Lexington Avenue
Frederick F. Thompson
Andrew Carnegie
Morris K. Jesup
Malcolm Graham
A. D. Juilliard
D. O. Mills
John E. Parsons
Board of Governors
Abby Sherwood Jesup
Parsons
D. B. St. John Roosa
Ellison to Quiz Ahearn in Manhattan Borough Probe
Corporation Counsel Ellison to conduct a full inquiry into the office of Manhattan Borough President at the request of Ahearn following charges of incompetency favoritism and negligence raised by the Citizens Union through its City Betterment Bureau Ellison says he will personally supervise gathering exact facts and proofs and asks for all related information to aid the investigation The entry of Ellison into the probe surprised Ahearn who did not anticipate such a wide inquiry with the Commissioner of Accounts likely to review the Borough President's books and documents under Ellison's supervision.
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Ellison
Borough
Manhattan
Ahearn
Citizens’ Union
City Betterment Bureau
Department of the Press
William B. Ellison
Corporation Counsel
Trial Trip of Battleship Kansas Begins from Camden
The battleship Kansas left the New York Shipbuilding Company yards in Camden this afternoon for her trial trip to Boston after being scraped and painted there. She will conduct a speed run to Penotscot Bay.
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Boston
Penotscot Bay
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