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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
8
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Analysis notes German relations under the Kaiser as Pan German rivals challenge government. The piece discusses Count Bernstorff and the Reichstag, naval expansion, and the political strains in Germany. It then shifts to US policy, Taft Knox executive orders to professionalize the Diplomatic and Consular Service with merit-based advancement and examinations.
A Hudson correspondent disputes our view of prohibition linking to Federal power. The letter argues prohibition lacks direct constitutional authority and condemns making it a national issue, insisting constitutional restraints guide public questions and political action.
The author quips that George Bernard Shaw will not visit for Christmas and welcomes the absence as a relief. They praise Shaw's piercing view of faults while lamenting American social reformers and critics, noting the sea between nations and the nation's busy season with rising toy prices and tree decor.
The passage argues that German finances could improve if naval demands were trimmed to reasonable needs. It says large expenditures to expand sea power undermine Emperor Wilhelm II's peace rhetoric, inviting cautious reception abroad as long as Germany funds armament.
The piece contrasts two constitutional approaches and criticizes Mr. Bryan for ridiculing reform methods. It clarifies that the author does not condemn the Prohibitionist movement, which they feel deserves a wiser lead and better tactics.
Mrs. Clarence Mackay as head of the Equal Franchise Society proposes that once women win the ballot they will push for a uniform divorce law. The plan envisions twenty five governors shaping state legislation through coordinated recommendations, without federal action, on divorce and domestic reforms while keeping suffrage for a constitutional issue.
The Medical Record criticizes public prejudice against a Lakewood preventorium and urges tact in site selection. It favors accepting a free wooded tract near the rail line while warning against yielding to unfounded fears about tuberculosis communities and property values. The piece also weighs strike outcomes and living wages for shirtwaist workers and comments on postal stamp regulations amid suffrage action.
In a letter dated December 5 1909 from New York a resident requests action on absent street signs from sixty sixth to seventy sixth streets. The writer notes confusion especially at night when riding street cars and recalls a conductor agreeing the issue should be addressed by The Times.
A reader predicts the Wright brothers will reveal a new aeroplane that uses gyroscopic stabilization to maintain equilibrium and stability as they launch it to the public. The note is informal and speculative about the mechanism.
In a letter from New York dated December 2 1909 C H Hickok argues Brooklyn subway connections will lower Manhattan rents by shifting business and migration toward Brooklyn. He suggests limiting each boroughs subway improvements to their tax capacity to protect Manhattan property owners.
In this 1909 New York column Brown-Douglass argues meat cuts reflect American buying habits and gas cooking pressures. He recalls Porter and the Porterhouse origin amid French Frenched chops and Delmonico fame, noting technical terms and education at home.
James McNeill of Hudson New York argues that the national government heavily profits from liquor taxes and controls industry, making Bryan’s pro prohibition stance more complex than editorial ridicule suggests. He cites revenue, tax receipts, and federal intervention as reasons government action matters to states and criminals alike.
The piece argues that the U S federal system shows weakness in uniform action for matters left to states such as marriage and divorce insurance child labor and commercial procedure It suggests a House of Governors could improve efficiency and restore uniformity in legislation across states.
The Birmingham Age-Herald argues a new administrative branch the House of Governors is steadily growing. It asserts governors seek Washington influence, threaten to exceed academic roles, and may encroach on Senate powers, claiming states as states deserve direct representation on statewide issues.
The piece recalls a 1930s suggestion to hold a yearly Governors conference. Roosevelt invited governors to the White House in May, eight months after a pamphlet mailing. The article notes support for a Governor House concept and discusses differing views between Mr. Jordan and the Times on the idea.
An Oriental writer laments American courtship and calls for a return to arranged matches. He cites sixty year old married happiness, criticizes affinity theories and free love, and urges parental guidance in marriage decisions.
A speaker argues bachelors should remain single, praising contentment of Benedick and doubting his own fitness for marriage. He notes temperamental clashes harm couples and questions whether taking a wife from a comfortable home would truly raise happiness. He concludes that the woman often suffers in failed marriages.
A newly formed National Association for the Prevention of Mendancy and Charitable Imposture plans a nationwide social police effort to curb professional beggars. It lists 800 photos and 9,000 records to aid police and charities, while focusing on directing the disabled to work and aiding hopeful impostors away from the street.
A 1909 New York letter recounts a Southern woman poor since the war visiting Newport. She wore old sixties clothes, faced no mockery, and received kindness from Northern men whom she praised as chivalrous. The writer contrasts this with the view of a “Working Girl.”
In Lawrence Rhode Island on December 5 it was learned that Dr. E H Perslin of this place was elected to the regular surgical staff of Nassau Hospital Mineola following Dr Louis N Lanehart's resignation. Lanehart helped found the Mineola hospital and was aligned with Mrs O H P Belmont in backing a South Shore hospital chain likely to rival Mineola. Directors felt Lanehart would be too busy to serve both.
Dr Corning clarifies that his early spinal anaesthesia work did not use stovaine. He notes cocaine was the sole local anaesthetic available then and credits Dr Karl Koller with eye surgery demonstrations in 1884. Stovains and other anaesthetics appeared years later than his initial communications.
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