New York Times Masthead and publication details 1902
The page lists the New York Times motto and daily publication schedule for 1902 with office addresses in New York Harlem Philadelphia and Washington. It notes postal filing and printing locations including The Times Printing House Square London and the Public Ledger in Philadelphia.
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New York
Publication Office
Park Row
Harlem
West 125Th Street
Washington
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
London
the Times
Printing House Square
B.C
Subscription Rates for Daily Newspapers
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with and without magazines and supplements. Foreign postage for daily and Sunday editions adds 1.10 dollars per month.
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Arrel
Occeeseers
Pyle
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Debates Over War Blockade and Mexican Currency Shift
The piece analyzes Britain and Germany amid tensions with Venezuela and questions blockades versus declared war. It also examines U.S. political shifts on statehood for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico, plus Mexico’s silver to gold money policy and its impact on imports and prices.
New States Bill Stirs Limited Public Interest in Senate
The pending Senate bill to admit three new states highlights vast national territory and interests. If enacted as House plan, the addition would raise the total to six states in the Senate, reflecting the sprawling growth of the country and its political implications.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Senate
New York State
House
Quay
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Beveridge
Union
Congress
Silver Dilemma in Mexico
The article examines Mexico's monetary crisis tied to silver. It notes that gold-based payments demand strong foreign exchange while silver fluctuations deter capital. It also cites mass conservatism. workers insist on silver, resisting a shift to a gold standard.
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Mexico
New York Water Loss Study Aims At Leaks and Measurement
The article describes a method to locate and quantify water leaks in New York by subdividing districts to isolate serious trouble and using simple cheaper meters. It compares to Liverpool results and plans to validate figures with Venturi meters, aiming to reveal unaccounted water and inform city water supply policy. Commissioner Monroe receives praise for initiating the study backed by the Mayor's Commission.
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Liverpool
New York
Monroe
Messrs
Freeman, Burra
Hering
City water waste measured by new precincts grid
City scrutiny of water waste outlines district metering under Chief Engineer Hitt and Commissioner Monroe. A pitometer system records minute by minute flow in half square mile districts while house to house checks seek to stop leakage and isolate unmetered consumption.
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City Club
New York
Merchants’ Association
Monroe
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Hitt
Education reform urged to speed up professional training
A Rochester alumni speech by Chancellor MacCRACKEN urged condensing pre college work and aligning final year electives with the first year of professional studies to hasten degree attainment while preserving liberal education. Mount Vernon taxpayers block a city probe, arguing recovery costs justify inquiry. critics warn that punishing past misdeeds hinges on asset recovery. The New York Medical Journal lauds Austrian Lorenz for improved orthopaedic care and early detection of congenital dislocation for better patient outcomes.
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Rochester
Maccracken
Mount, Vernon
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernion
Lorenz
New York Medical Journal
Orthopaedics Visionaries and Public Support Rise
The expert opinion of Prof. Lorenz highlights lasting benefits from specialist treatment and orthopedic surgery. Wealthy patrons are likely to fund orthopedic hospitals, dispensaries, and teaching, while public esteem grows for the field.
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Lorenz
The Country's Condition in December 1902
A letter to the editor from New York reflects on the economy's unusual strength and strain. It cites record crops and metals, high railroad earnings, and a car and locomotive shortage while warning of excess bank lending and tight money. It urges elastic currency and further treasury deposits to steady business through six weeks. It also cites census figures for wage earners and capital to illustrate national industrial heft.
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The
New York Times
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Elevated Railroad Conditions Raise Boarding Concerns
M G Horf from New York writes after John D Bowne’s letter noting severe crowding on the Eighty first Street station. He reports southbound trains were 20 to 25 blocks apart while northbound trains carried 100 passengers every two minutes and suggests switching northbound to southbound tracks to relieve crowds without affecting schedules.
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New York Times
John D. Bowne
Sunday Times
Eighty-first Street
M. G. Horf
New York
Reminiscence Nugget About Christmas Gift Gag
A brief reminiscence recalls a joke exchange about giving a child a Christmas gift. Johnnie agrees to give nothing substantial, joking he already gave his brother the measles last year in a quip attributed to the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Johnnie
Chicago Record-Herald
Wigg I Feel That Borrowell Owes Me An Apology
In the Philadelphia Record a note expresses a grievance where a speaker insists Borrowell owes an apology and a wage demand echoes the claim. The exchange presents a personal dispute framed as a public record item.
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Borrowell
Wage
Philadelphia Record
Knife steel sparks customer dispute in New York Weekly
A reader letter notes the knife sold is soft and dull on first use. The dealer replies that the steel will sharpen easily, reflecting a wartime era trade claim in the New York Weekly.
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New York Weekly
Rich uncle in India inspires a wary diplomat
In a Washington Star snippet, Miss Cayenne notes a character pretends to enjoy all to curry favor with her wealthy uncle who has lived in India. The line underscores social maneuvering and staged affection for advantage.
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India
Ikes
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Fishers for Seats
Three workmen running to catch a street car as sunset fades. Each thinks of the waiting woman and the Beef Trust steak cooking brown, while groceries weigh heavy. Three downtown women board with bundles, and the men concede a seat, asserting farmer must stand and women sit.
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The
Indianapolis Journal
Banking bill would allow national notes up to 25 percent capital
Representative Fowler introduced a new banking bill to permit national banks to issue notes up to 25 percent of paid up capital with Treasury and currency controls. Banks must deposit 5 percent in bonds or gold as a guarantee, pay a semiannual tax, and notes would lien bank assets with protection for the U.S. in bank failures.
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Washington
Fowler
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Depew Pushes Emergency Currency Bill
Senator Depew introduced a bill authorizing the Treasury Department to issue emergency currency. It would supply up to 50 percent of a National bank's capital, with extra funding only during serious money market stringency risking values and business interests.
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Washington
Depew
Treasury Department
Consul General Nast Dies in Guayaquil of Yellow Fever
The New York Times reports Consul General Thomas Nast died in Guayaquil Ecuador from yellow fever after a brief illness. In an earlier letter he described Ecuador as reasonably healthy inland but very unhealthy on the coast during the wet season with malarial fevers dysentery and other coastal diseases.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Thomas Nast
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Minnesota
Smuggling Ring Sparks Seizure in San Juan Porto Rico
In San Juan Porto Rico on December 17 collector Citizen seized several hundred cases of liquor brought from St Thomas aboard the US lighthouse tender Laurel. Report says army and navy officers and prominent citizens are implicated. Case to go before Federal court with Bureau of Insular Revenue action. Smuggling alleged for eighteen months with goods worth thousands landed locally.
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San. Juan
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
United States
Laurel
Army
Navy
San Juan
Bureau of Insular Revenue
Tariff for the Philippines debated in Washington
Ways and Means Chairman Payne reported a bill to exchange goods with the Philippines at 23 percent of Dingley rates. A civil government bill fixes Philippine duties at 7 percent. Debate centered on free merchandise versus maintaining 25 percent of present duties to aid U S Treasury.
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New York Times
Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Philippines
Richardson
Tennessee
McClellan
New York
Massive Diamond Seizure Reported at El Paso
Special Agent J. F. Evans reported to the Treasury Secretary a seizure at El Paso of diamonds valued at 24 000 dollars believed smuggled from England via New York. The jewelry is held by the El Paso Collector of Customs awaiting a hearing. One necklace contains 192 gems, mostly diamonds.
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Treasury
el Paso
Texas
Washington
J. F. Evans
Secretary of the Treasury
England
New York
Gems Hidden in El Paso Case Linked to Wealthy Lady and Palmist
A brooch containing about 600 small diamonds is tied to a case in El Paso. A wealthy local woman and a young man, a professional palmist from India, are described as connected to the gems or their history.
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el Paso
India
Newfoundland Treaty Sparks Senate Hearing Clash
Senate Foreign Relations panel hears Maine and Massachusetts fishery reps oppose the Hay Bond treaty with Newfoundland. Critics warn ratification would flood U S markets with Newfoundland fish, shifting billions in value and duties, while conceding little in bait trade.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Maine
Massachusetts
United States
Newfoundland
Maddocks
Booth Bay Harbor
Senate Honors Death of Senator Sewell of New Jersey
In memory of the late Senator Sewell of New Jersey the Senate, led by Mr Kean of New Jersey, expressed its regret and paid tribute to his life and character. Addresses followed by several senators, and at 4 05 P M the Senate adjourned until Saturday as a mark of respect.
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Washington
Senate
Kean
New Jersey
Sewell
Messrs. Cockrell
Allison
Iowa
Morgan
Ala
Cullom
Proctor
Daniel
Warren
Wyoming
Penrose
Penn
Depew
N._Y
McComas
Quay
Dryden
Volcano Erupts in Samoa After Long Dormancy
A U S consul report from Apia Samoa states two supposedly extinct craters in Manga Api volcano on Savaii island erupted on November 2 after heavy earthquake shocks. No lives were lost.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Weinrod
Apia
Samoa
Manga API
Savaii
President nominates Marine Corps general and revenue cutter engineer
The President sent to the Senate nominations including Brigadier General Charles Heywood of the Marine Corps for Major General and George M. Kohler of the Revenue Cutter Service as Second Sonar Engineer.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Charles Heywood
Marine Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
George M. Kohler
Newark
Senate Passes Pension and Urgent Deficiency Bills
The Senate approved the Pension Appropriation bill totaling $199,847,000 and an urgent deficiency bill of $1,140,400. The latter includes $500,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to stamp out the foot and mouth disease, now spreading in the New England States.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
New England
Senate Receives Reciprocity Treaty With Cuba
The reciprocity treaty between the United States and Cuba was sent to the Senate in executive session and referred to the Foreign Relations Committee without being read. The agreement does not address the disposition of the Isle of Pines.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Cuba
Committee On Foreign Relations
Isle of Pines
United States Spain copyright pact restored to effect
Minister Storer in Madrid reports to the State Department that the reciprocal international copyright arrangement of 1895 is back in full force through diplomatic notes. The 1895 proclamation by President Cleveland lapsed during the Spanish-American War.
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House of Commons
Venezuela
Baalfour
Great Britain
Balfour
Germany
Venezuelan
Republic
United States
Castro
Washington
Storer
Madrid
State Department
Spain
Cleveland
President Cannot Attend Dinner In New York
The President declined a Jan 29 dinner invitation extended by Representative Douglass of New York and the West Side Republican Club due to a White House reception on that date.
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Washington
Douglass
New York
West Side
Republican Club
McKinley
White House
Service Bands May Compete
The House killed the bill prohibiting military and naval bands from competing with civilian bands.
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Washington
House
Prof Germain Martin Lectures on French Scientists Influence
Prof Germain Martin of the University of Paris lectured in French at the West Side Y M C A Auditorium in New York as part of the Alliance Francaise program. He highlighted Claude Bernard and Pasteur as pivotal figures in positive science and described their methods of observation and literary prowess.
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Germain Martin
University of Paris
Fedération of the Alliance Francaise
United States
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
Alliance Francaise of
New York
Claude Bernard
Pasteur
Martin
France
Mme. Pasteur
Bryan to confer with Mexican leaders on silver crisis
In Mexico City Col. W. J. Bryan is reported to meet President Diaz Minister Limantour and other officials to discuss the financial situation and seek suggestions on policies to relieve the slump in silver prices. Confirmation details remain unavailable.
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The
New York Times
Mexico
City
Col
W. J. Bryan
Diaz
Finance Limantour
Col. Bryan
Bryan
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House Ways and Means
Senate Committee
MR. Sewell
Alliance Francaise
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