New York Times Publishing Details July 1, 1908
Publication and subscription rates for The New York Times and related editions. Includes daily weekly and Sunday pricing, international rates, and office locations. References to locations in New York City Philadelphia London and Paris.
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Newspaper Subscriptions Offered by The New York Times
Readers may have Daily and Sunday Editions mailed nationwide. Rates are 55 cents per month for Sunday and 60 cents per month for Daily Edition. Orders can be placed through newsdealers or directly to the Publication Office, telephone 1000 Bryant.
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Recount Precedent Stirs Debate on Ballot Law
The recount shows clerks erred in invalidating ballots and highlights watcher gaps. Judge Lambert finds no fraud but notes the ballot law is flawed and difficult to interpret. Hearst gains 1100 plus ballots. McClellan gains 231. The ruling endorses voting machines as more reliable.
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Massachusetts
Currency lessons echo in banknote surges and deficits
The piece notes seven million dollars in notes issued and six point five million retired in six days, boosting currency in low-trade conditions while reserves near 400 million dollars. It criticizes emergency bond based remedies, cites a 60 million dollar Treasury deficit, and questions policymakers who expand or shift monetary supply for expediency rather than principle.
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Vanishing Blessings Narrow City Transit Transfers
Opinion notes the July 10 breakup of Metropolitan lines on Fifty-ninth Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets and the Belt line. It warns transfers will end except within remnants, elevating cross-town fares and reshaping routes as managers pursue self interest and franchise value while avoiding costly transfers.
Magistrate recount warns on voting machines
The text notes a recount of votes and doubts that courts would accept challenges to a perfected voting machine adopted for general use. It discusses the recent disaster for the contestant to Mayor McCleenians title and suggests courts would be unlikely to entertain similar applications.
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Transfers and finances under scrutiny in metropolitan case
The piece critiques transfer heavy revenue schemes and failing capital structures in metropolitan transport. It notes losses, questionable 9 percent guarantees, and passengers paying with worthless paper. It mocks the influence of financiers and ends with a jab at aristocratic names versus plain citizens.
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Women at the polls meet opposition from Nashville Banner
The Nashville Banner argues against women vote solicitors at polls citing propriety and utility concerns. It notes Tennessee nominations by voters and expresses doubt that women and children canvassing for prohibition candidates will meaningfully affect elections and may crowd polling areas.
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Naming a King on a Warm Madrid Day
The article notes the Spanish royal infant, known as Don Jame, receiving eleven names at baptism on a hot day in Madrid, causing the heir apparent to cry. It questions the need for many royal names, arguing few are useful for identification and later remembrance. It suggests the practice honors relatives but that most names fade from memory.
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Pittsburg Miniature Mine To Reproduce Mining Dangers
A model coal mine near Pittsburg will be built and finished by August 1 to replicate every plausible mining hazard. Life support gear for gas and smoke vapors will be tested to detect danger and prevent explosions. Federal investigators will report findings to state mining bureaus, miners, and owners. In 1907 mine mortality reached 3,200 with about 16 deaths or injuries daily, and Congress appropriated 150,000 dollars for the experiments.
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Major Wocoruff Sees Army Reform To Peak Efficiency
Major Charles E WocoruFF of the Army Medical Corps argues that the Spanish war era practices show why the army needs early promotion and long tenure limits. He proposes Lieutenant promotions to Captain at 25, retirement at 30, and a 60 year retirement to maximize efficiency amid resistance from older officers.
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Negro girl wins first prize in national spelling match
In Cleveland a 14 year old African American girl wins the first prize of the international spelling match at the National Education Association convention. The piece notes spelling as a weakened core of basic education and discusses changes in schooling and the gap in literacy outcomes between black and white students.
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Barking Dogs and the Biters
A letter debate defends the bulldog’s bite instinct and warns against underestimating its warning growl. The piece argues bulldogs have undergone generations of training, making them dangerous even without overt provocation.
Barking Dogs and Aerial Ambitions See-Saw in 1900s Debate
The piece laments excessive dog barking as a nuisance yet defends humane limits and warns against harsh punishment. It then shifts to aviation, noting Counterpreumn and Count Zeppelin, contrasting balloons with planes and predicting Americans and French progress in heavier-than-air flight.
The Reelection of Hughes Letter to the Editor
A New York physician urges the press to back Governor Hughes for another term in the state. He argues the people strongly endorse his leadership and seeks national attention to influence the governor’s renomination.
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Squalling Babies and New York Nerves
A letter to the editor from New York dated June 29, 1908 defends squalling babies against critics and jokes about transporting infants to the countryside. The writer argues city life tests nerves but blesses babies, lampooning restrictions on parental noise.
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Work for Young Women at St. Michael's Home
David A. Bonnar appeals for funds to cover the coal cost for the current year at St. Michael's Home in Mamaroneck Westchester County. The home houses about sixty girls under the Sisters of St John the Baptist and relies on voluntary contributions. Donations large or small are welcomed to the Sister Superior, St. Michael's Home, Mamaroneck NY, with acknowledgments to donors.
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A Democratic Plank by Charles J. Doherty 1908
Charles J. Doherty of New York argues for a Democratic platform plank denouncing demagogic rhetoric that harms trust in American institutions. He contrasts honest conservatism with fleeting clamor and urges adherence to constitutional limits, citing Grover Cleveland's call for steady party leadership. The piece reflects early 20th century party rhetoric on civics and political integrity.
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Democratic Party
Firecracker Days Allowance Questioned by Reader
A letter from New York on June 29 1908 criticizes Commissioner Bingham for permitting firecrackers on July 8 4 and 5 arguing July 5 falls on Sunday and should not be desecrated. The writer urges reconsideration of the date.
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No Eulogy Over Mr. Cleveland
A Times article dated New York June 20 1908 draws praise for its thoughtful stance titled No Eulogy Over Mr Cleveland. The writer reflects on public reception and the era’s political discourse.
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Chinese Boxer Claims Stay Under Review by State Dept
The State Department continues to process Boxer era claims from Chinese settlement rules. Totals show $1,994,929.18 of U S claims approved through February, with $1,313,107 disallowed. The 1901 protocol allocated $24,440,788.81 for American claims and expedition costs.
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Insular Officers Named for Philippine Posts
Washington reports on June 30 under Secretary Test, the War Department announces President appointments to the Philippines Commission. W. Cameron Forbes of Massachusetts is named Vice Governor of the Philippine Islands and a member of the Commission. Gregorio Araneta of Manila is named a Commissioner and Secretary of Finance and Justice. Newton W. Gilbert of Indiana and Rafael Palma, a Philippine native, are named Commissioners.
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Manila
Newton W. Gilbert
Indiana
Rafael Palma
Panama Canal Zone road project aims for gardenlike Isthmus
After an eleven week trial, convict and local prisoner labor on Panama Canal Zone highway projects proves successful. Officials see the Isthmus developing into a gardenlike landscape, hoping Panama can resemble Hawaii.
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Times Eclecticism and a Call for Broader Content
A New York reader critiques The Times for lacking variety in Sunday features. He cites Helen Taft at School, the Poillon sisters, Lorna Doone, and Steinigan's Pups as examples of promised diversity. He argues for more inclusive topics including jail experiences of female convicts and Steinigan himself, noting the June 20 1908 date.
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Correct Speech in Schools
A letter to the editor laments poor speech by a Brooklyn school principal and urges careful selection of language models. The writer warns that daily mispronunciations and wrong word forms harm students' future communication skills.
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Transfer of Crosstown Lines Looms as Horse Cars Return
Public Service Commission called for appraisal of surface traction companies as transfers shrink. Third Avenue line survives while Forty-second Street and 120th Street lose transfer roles. Central Park North and East River Road faces possible default and receiver action.
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Appraisement of Manhattan Bronx Traction Lines Ordered
Public Service Commission chief Willcox announced Chicago’s Bion J. Arnold will supervise the appraisal of traction properties in Manhattan and the Bronx. Companies must file inventories. work to begin soon. The aim is to verify financial condition and earning power to justify transfers between lines.
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