The Senate and the Spoils
The Senate faces a choice on the census bill and the hiring of clerks. Non competitive appointments would follow patronage, while competitive exams promise higher quality staff and cost savings. The piece argues for Senate rejection of spoils methods to protect census integrity and public trust.
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United States Senate
House
Washington
the Civil Service Commission
Congress
Roosgevelt
Census Bureau
Carroll D. Wright
Senate
A Happy Exile and Castro’s Folly in Berlin Feasts
A report claims President Castro dined in Berlin before a sanitarium visit, indulging in fifteen courses and six bottles of wine at $12 each. The piece notes his political missteps, amid Caracas protests stripping statues and looting monopolies while Hollanders seize his gunboats, casting doubt on his return to Venezuela.
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Castro
Berlin
Caracas
Venezuela
End of a turbulent career praised as a fading Castro figure
The passage notes the subject has ample cash for a life of leisure in European capitals health permitting. It argues his career was not glorious but filled with adventure, provoking many statesmen. It claims he may be the last of his kind, with Venezuela standing alone in the region capable of producing another Castro.
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Europe
South American
Venezuela
Earliest Man Skeletal Finds Challenge Missing Link Idea
French savants compare the Southwest France skeleton to Neanderthals and place it with early humans. The piece notes that science no longer supports a missing link between ape and man, while discussing possible reversions and shifts from racial mixing in the United States.
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Europe
France
Darwin
Belgium
Kemp
Columbia
Science
High Wages as a Cure for Panics Declares New Principle
A Civic Federation dinner features Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell promoting high wages as countering economic panic. The piece contends wage preservation must be balanced against widespread layoffs as railroads cut operating costs by about 100 million dollars while labor shares rise.
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Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
United States
Federation
John Mitchell
Mirchel
Marchell
Mitchel
Gourers
Police reforms and crime data prompt calls for records
The Times cites Commissioner BinegaHam’s police reforms with arrests and convictions up in the first nine months of 1908, while the uniformed force shows improved figures. editors urge better record keeping and public engagement to track crime, patrols, and district needs amid staffing shortages and growth.
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the Times
BinegaHam
Bincham
Bingham
Wage doctrine debated amid railroad layoffs and gains
The article argues that about 25 percent of railroad workers were idle in the first seven months, while 75 percent keep full wages. It notes Gomperes and Mitchell pushed the doctrine, and that Gomperes was re elected president of the American Federation at Denver despite a minority that lost jobs and savings.
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Gompers
Mitchell
American Federation
Denver
Entente Cordiale Hopes Amid Strained Administration
The piece notes cordiality between Mr Tarr and Mr GomPears contrasting with other notable events of the era and urges support for a similar urban restraint within the Administration to come. It warns that prudent safeguards against overexpectation are needed as political realities loom.
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Tarr
GomPears
Advice for a Honest Butcher Facing Tip Demands
The piece urges a butcher troubled by cooks and stewards demanding commissions to refuse tips. It notes a 1905 law against gifts to agents but finds no penalty for accepting tips. It argues the butcher should publicly state he will not accept such gratuities, risking some patrons but gaining others who value integrity.
Jurors Not to be Kept in Guarded Confinement
Justice Crane faces criticism for allowing jurors in capital cases to be free when not in court. The ruling aims to ease abuse and reduce private harm, arguing jurors are no more susceptible to influence than judges. Critics doubt the existence of widespread jury fixing.
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Justice Crane
Hains
Crane
Jurors and justice amid colonial animal warnings
The article discusses juror integrity amid concerns about jury fixing, noting Justice Crane's view that locking up jurors is unnecessary in murder trials with little risk of bribery. It then shifts to colonial wildlife, warning gray squirrels can multiply and become destructive. comparisons are made to rabbits in Australia and monkeys in Jamaica, with regional differences in handling these animals.
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Eng- Largeland
Oes
Australia
Jamaica
United States
England
Suffragette Reply to the Editor From New York 1908
Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner replies to a Times letter arguing that women need the vote for genuine representation. She asserts that influence through male voters fails to shape laws and urges ballot power to elevate women in legislatures and public policy. New York, December 15, 1908.
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New York Times
TIMES
State Federation of Women’s Clubs of
New York
Woman's Forum of
New York City
Civic Federation
Hotel Astor
Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner
Divided Over Hudson Bridge Site Debates Continue
New York and New Jersey Inter-State Bridge Commission discussed bridge sites on the Hudson as cost and local impact sparked district protests. Arguments centered on Fifty-seventh, 110th, 170th and 179th Streets with opposition from Union Theological Seminary and Columbia affiliates. The panel adjourned without a decision.
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Hudson River
New York and
New Jersey
Fifty-seventh Street
110Th Street
170Th Street
Union Theological Seminary
120Th
122D
Columbia University
Barnard
Horace Mann School
Teachers’ College
Charles Campbell
North Side Board of Trade
179Th Street
Albert E. Davis
Civic League of the Bronx
McCleye
Cliffside
N. J
Bergen County
San Francisco
McCleve
11Uth Street
de Wvyrall
Ridgewood
Manhattan
Butler
Columbia
Taxpayers
Rennenberg
Union Jill
Robert Thompson, Jr
Confederation of Civic Clubs
Hudson County
Retailery Goods Association
Lester Graff
Staten Island
Calvin Tomkins
Distinction Proposed in Vagrants Commitments
Observer from Brooklyn argues that homeless vagrants sent to Blackwell's Island face unjust stigma. The writer suggests using indeterminate commitments, with discharge when employment or shelter is found, to reflect true circumstances and avoid lifelong stain.
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New York Times
Blackwell's Island
Observer
Brooklyn
Palmer as potential successor to the presidency
The London Illustrated News notes Vice President-elect James S. Palmer could someday become president. It recalls Roosevelt’s rise after McKinley’s death and suggests Palmer would likely succeed Taft if needed, by precedent.
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London
James S. Palmer
United States
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Palmer
Christmas Cheer Pushes Volunteers of America Appeal
Ballington Booth appeals for holiday aid to deliver clothing fuel and meals to needy families. He cites last year’s reach of over 10 000 people and shares a child’s plea to Santa Claus. Donors are urged to send subscriptions to the national headquarters in New York.
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The
New York Times
Santa Claus
Papa
Santa Clause
Ballington Booth
West Twenty-eighth Street
the Volunteers of America
Lost jeweled brooch recovered after newspaper ad effort
Mrs May Riley Smith of 241 West Seventy fourth Street Manhattan writes that a valuable jeweled brooch lost on a Sunday during churchgoing was recovered after advertisements in three morning papers and a timely Lost and Found column report by The Times. A Broadway car conductor demanded restitution, and a kind Times representative aided the owner in reclaiming the jewel.
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New York Times
THE
TIMES
Tur Times Office
May Riley Smith
West Seventy-fourth Street
Manhattan
New York
Minister Visits Family Amid Gift Mixup
In a domestic scene Ella A. Fanning notes a minister calling on Mother dear and expressing a desire for slippers and old gifts. Big Brother Jack dismisses cigars for a pipe, while Mother frets over mismatched gift choices and the town shop selections.
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Mother Dear
Jack
Mother
Ella A
Fanning
City saves on land seizures via low park purchase price
Witnesses reveal that for Hunt's Point Park the city paid 246000 after owners sought 328000, a claimed saving of 79000. Bureau official Dunn defends awards as fiscally prudent, notes uncollected assessments, and cites ferry operation losses as part of city finances.
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John P. Dunn
Bureauf
Cassidy
Dunn
Bureau of
Paradise
Jimmy
Oliver
Merritt
Mr. Dunn
Bureau
Hunt’s Point Park
Charles A. Berrian
Mr. Berrian
Berrian
Assemblyman
Staten Island
A. Ninth Street Ferries
John F. Ambrose
Thirty-ninth Street
Danish professor exchange praised by Roosevelt letter
A Roosevelt letter published by Nordlysel editor G S Strandvold expresses pleasure at US Denmark university professor exchanges. The note from White House dated November 27 endorses the program linking American and Danish scholars and cites ongoing lectures tied to the Copenhagen University initiative and Columbia University involvement.
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Roosevelt
United States
Denmark
G. S. Strandvold
Nordlysel
Brooxlyn
White House
Washington
Thesodore Roosevelt
MacCracken
New York
Hope to Restore Gen Booths Light
London dispatch reports Gen William Commander in Chief of the Army underwent surgery this afternoon. Doctors say he will completely recover and resume duties after careful treatment and rest.
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Booth
London
William
Laiv Ary
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Canada
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