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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
6
An older issue page lists publication offices in New York and other cities, with mailing details and subscription rates. It notes daily, weekly, and Sunday options, plus foreign rates and additional sections like the Saturday Review and Financial Quotations. The text serves as a catalog of offices and pricing for various editions and services.
Readers can receive the Daily and Sunday Editions anywhere in the country by mail at 75 cents per month for both, or Daily Edition at 50 cents per month. Orders available via newsdealers or direct to the Publication Office. Telephone 1000 Bryant.
The author argues the South cannot rely on Bryan for electoral victory. Bryanism grew from Republican policies like black suffrage and protective tariffs, uniting varied Southern interests in opposition. The piece urges the South to sever ties with Bryan, embrace independence, and support stable national governance and progressive industry.
The nation’s papers jointly urge restraint on fireworks and gunpowder use, stressing safety and warning of dangers never seen before. Editors emphasize a persistent, earnest campaign to curb risky celebrations nationwide.
The piece laments loud fireworks celebrations and injuries from fireworks across the country. It notes public opinion growth against the practice, urges new laws or better enforcement, and argues reform is needed to make Independence Day safer and saner.
Director S N D North forecasts the thirteenth decennial census for the United States and territories will hire about 70 000 people outside civil service at a cost near 14 million dollars. The piece critiques civil service exemptions for such surveys and warns of political influence on staffing and accuracy. The author urges safeguarding the census from ward heelers and urges timely five year censuses for population and agriculture.
The Inter-State Commissioner questions rail earnings post panic and warns that grain roads alone may not restore prosperity. He notes gains for roads not tied to coal steel and lumber but warns a sustained drop in dependent lines risks broader hardship. Farmers face limits to national prosperity without strong coal steel and lumber sectors.
Mr. Henniker Heaton advocates penny ocean postage and cheap cable rates. He envisions a future with rates as low as a penny, while urging a moderate near term reduction to 5 or 10 cents a word to aid current business and boost company incomes.
The Independent urges action on conserving national resources by empowering small farmers. Prof L H Battery of Cornell argues that developing power on a million farms matters more than harnessing Niagara. He warns that farmer mismanagement risks depleting waterways and futures, while youth must stay connected to rural sources to prevent foreign land ownership.
The Mexican Herald notes Americans in Mexico avoided confetti thrown at President Diaz during the Fourth of July celebration. It argues confetti is a nuisance at public festivals and urges curbing the habit, comparing Southern customs to broader international behavior. It calls for criminalizing possession of confetti bags to end the practice.
In patriotic fervor a July Fourth scene is described with a warning that any American who risks being pelted with confetti while strolling public streets should face severe punishment. The Mexican Herald is urged to curb influences that would undermine this custom.
Consul General Guenther of Frankfort explains fermented leaf preservation using ferns as a substitute for grapevine leaves. He notes salty food and strong odor deter insects, and that English now favor ferns for packing fruit fresh butter and meats. Manx ships also use fern leaves for herrings and long keeping potatoes in prime condition.
The piece argues daylight saving is an economic sham, noting the clock does not alter actual hours and illustrating public confusion. It then warns about poison ivy in spring, detailing exposure risks, general treatments, and a dubious sodium sulphite remedy, urging avoidance through plant recognition.
A compact note on verbal versus written forms and the place of verbal terms in English usage. It discusses how oral language contrasts with written forms and notes the acceptance and stability of verbal terms in dictionaries.
The passage argues against extending the term verbal to cover spoken and written words alike. It notes Prof LounsBURY criticizes the distinction as absurd yet urges keeping verbal to its natural meaning. It suggests phrases like by word of mouth as clearer than overused verbal.
Agnes C. Thompson reports on New York City school gardens with Public School 54 at 104th Street and Amsterdam Avenue highlighted as a leading example. The garden spans about eighty by four and a half feet, with continuous rows, class plots, and student planting guided by teachers. Students tend sweet alyssum radishes nasturtiums beans and lettuce while some classes grow roses ivy cosmos and tomatoes. The School Garden Association backs the effort with 750 teachers as members and invites all supporters to join.
A letter signed Ambitious argues a poor youth can gain a broad education by enlisting in the U S Navy where instruction in seamanship navigation electricity steam engineering carpentry and more is provided. Recruits receive pay from entry and access to advancement opportunities, with care for health and morality in a disciplined path. New York July 1 1908. B S Osbon.
Mary R. Cranston suggests a public information drive like the summer baby care cards. She urges multilingual cards on hot weather care for adults, noting beer, meat, stale food, and bathing awareness, and public baths as important resources. She proposes distributing them on the east side.
A Brooklyn reader endorses lemon tea as a refreshing hot weather beverage. He describes brewing regular tea, adding lemon juice to create an amber drink, praising its pleasing appearance and guest reactions. He urges editors to advocate iced tea as a proper summer drink.
A musician in New York asks readers if a private family offering board and room with a piano available for careful, judicious use can be found. He has checked the advertising columns without success. June 18, 1908.
A letter to the editor from New York dated June 30 1908 asks for help in locating a school that offers low tuition for a young woman of limited means. The writer reports correspondence with several schools over the past year without success.
A lyrical verse portrayal of a sunlit countryside with white clouds a calm river and golden hills. The narrator notes feathered birds joyful whispers on a stream a barefoot boy on a bridge and a peaceful rural scene beloved by Lurana W. Sheldon.
The Civil Service Reform Association released a letter to the New York State Civil Service Commission accusing Controller Metz of using political ends to influence appointments. The filing cites improper merit certifications, a cashier appointment for Martin Whitty, and a 144-person list dominated by Democrats. It requests a formal investigation under Section 6 of the civil service law into enforcement and conduct in the public service.
Sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet, fresh from dry dock and fully armed, prepare to sail from San Francisco next Tuesday for Honolulu on the first leg of a round the world cruise. Admiral Sperry leads the force as it plans stops in Auckland Sydney Melbourne Manila and Hampton Roads returning February. Public access to ships ends today with tomorrow limited to officers’ relatives.
Final ten day period of Pine Plains maneuvers begins as joint encampment of regular and State troops expands with National Guard and incoming Pennsylvania Connecticut and Maryland units. Officers expect a 50 000 trooper encampment next year and government plans depend on a Grant commission report.
Depositors received a letter from John S. Cole, State Bank Examiner, urging immediate signature to a deferred payment plan to obtain Banking Department consent for reopening. The plan runs sixteen months and aims to lift restrictions within a short time after resumption.
The arctic exploration steamer Roosevelt, now at the East Twenty-fourth Street berth, will sail this afternoon toward Sydney and Cape Breton. Commander Peary, the Peary Arctic Club directors, and President Roosevelt’s party board for farewell while escort tugs and a large cargo of useful Eskimo presents and scientific gear are loaded for the voyage.
Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees prepare tariff revisions aided by data from the Board of United States General Appraisers. Members cite the board’s eighteen years of expertise and a deep catalog of customs materials. Thaddeus S. Sharretts notes the board can judge duty effectiveness for home industries and indicate where rates are too high or too low.
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