New York Times July 17 1908 front page pricing and offices
The page lists publication details for The New York Times including offices in New York Washington Philadelphia and subscription rates. It shows daily and Sunday editions pricing and notes foreign country rates.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
Washington Fest
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
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Rue du Sender
Sunnday
THE
NEW York Times
Canada
Let The Times Follow You Daily and Sunday
Advertisement lists mailing options for daily and Sunday editions with pricing and order channels including newsdealers publication office and a contact telephone number in New York.
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Bryant
Turning on the Light about Campaign Contributions
The writer applauds publicity in campaign donations by Tart and Bryan, noting strict limits and penalties in federal law. It cites the 1907 act banning corporate money for elections and outlines fines and imprisonment for violations, urging effective enforcement.
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Tart
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Taft
United States Leads World in Securities Holdings
A Consular and Trade Reports study by M. Neymarck shows the United States holds $34.514 billion of negotiable securities, more than Britain's $26.4 billion. France is third with $19.5 billion, then Germany $10 billion and Russia $7+ billion.
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M. Neymarck
France
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
I. Newmarck
Rise of Corporate Securities and Economic Growth
The text contrasts public and private securities, noting most debt and equity belong to business capital through corporations. It highlights incorporation as a modern invention expanding production, employment, and earnings.
Count Witte Reviews Duma Role in Russia's Future
A Times interview with Count Witte highlights his reluctant support for the Duma as a necessary reform. He notes the institution has grown in influence, stabilizing finances, aiding the empire, and shaping foreign treaties, while cautioning that further suffrage narrowing may occur.
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Russia
Vice President in Cabinet Proposal Draws Criticism
The article argues against Mr. Bryan's plan to make the Vice President a Cabinet ex officio member, noting constitutional hurdles and political impracticality. It suggests a constitutional amendment to let the Vice President act as President pro tempore when the President is away, calling Bryan's idea revolutionary and needless.
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Mr. Bryan
Senate
House
Bryan
Taf
Maria Mitchell Honored in Nantucket Observatory Dedication
Maria Mitchell was remembered in Nantucket with the dedication of an observatory and astronomical library. Daughter of a schoolmaster, she grew up among whaling seamen and gained international fame for Coast Survey work through her studies and observations.
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Maria Mitchell
Nantucket
Coast Survey
MITCHELLS HONORED FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AT NANTUCKET
A Nantucket tribute honors Martia Mitchell, a mathematician tied to Vassar College and MIT, noted for a practical approach to science and her quiet defiance of gender barriers. Her work in astronomy and mathematics emphasized knowledge over speculation and found no obstacle in pursuing research traditionally held by men.
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Vassar College
Mars
Nantucket
Mitchells
Martia
M. Bourcer
Steve Adams Acquitted Amid Alibi Cast
Steve Adams is acquitted of murder after eight men testified to an alibi and denies personal motive in the governor Stein enberg case. The Western Federation faces losses as membership falls and defense costs rise, provoking debate over justice and revolutionary rhetoric.
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Gov
Steinenberg
Haywoop
Adams
Hayrwoop
Western Federation
Hayrwood
Woop
Federation
Peach Favorites Across States Highlight Peach Year
The piece extols peaches from Georgia Delaware Maryland and California praising quality and noting a strong year for the fruit. It mentions Delaware fruit losses but large market distribution and hints at peaches in culture with a nod to peaches Tetrazzini.
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Georgia
Delaware
Maryland
California
Peaches Tetrazzini Garners High Praise in Menu
A brief note extols peaches Tetrazzini as a suggested dish while affirming plain peaches remain satisfactory for any palate. The casual item highlights preference for peach based dishes in a dining context.
Sports and industry notes on health risks and Swiss watch trade
The editorial discusses athletes' heart risks from extreme training and the broader question of sport fostering health versus danger. It then moves to Swiss watchmakers facing strikes and competition, noting a sharp drop in gold and silver case production, and ends with a critique of oxalic acid fuel-saving hoaxes in schools and calls for scientific review by experts.
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Slattery
Commis- Athletics
Sioner Bingham
Melvin W. Sheppard
London
Sheppard
Yale
Harvard
Ups
R. E. Mansfield
Gucerné
Switzerland
United States
Rival Claimant challenges frozen grail poem claim
Walter Beverley Crane of New York challenges D B Wood of Tanerville Mo over Elsa Barker's The Frozen Grail as the century's first inspired poem. Crane says he wrote the first inspired poem but was refused publication and jokes about poets joining crime. he offers to send his poems if Wood pays the postage.
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New York Times
D. B. Wood
Tanerville
Elsa’ Barker
Times of
Wood
Walter Beverley Crane
New York
Jerome Avenue’s Plight From Letter to The Times
BE. L. Atherton writes from New York on July 15, 1908, accusing Borough President Haffen and contractors of neglecting Jerome Avenue north of 168th Street. The author demands action to compel restoration of pavement after partial sewer work and incomplete repaving.
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New York Times
Jerome Avenue
168Th Street
Haffen
BE. L. Atherton
New York
Fevered Electorate Faces Bryan Election Challenge
A Charleston News and Courier piece argues Mr. Bryan cannot win if the feverish dissatisfied and enraged United States favor him, presenting a stark view of public sentiment influencing the election outcome.
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Charleston
Cater Pillars Threaten City Parks
A reader from New York asks how to eradicate cater pillars infesting public parks, signaling growing concern over park quality and pest control in mid July 1906.
MORE THOUGHT FOR HORSES IN THE CITY
A reader urges animal kindness and school and pulpit teaching on welfare for horses. She praises Gen Bingham for police orders protecting lame or overloaded horses and calls for inspectors to enforce care as in London.
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New York Times
Bingham
London
New York
Health Boards Should Not Provide Free Engineering Aid
A Bement argues in a Chicago letter that municipal smoke inspectors should be engineers to enforce rules, not to offer free engineering guidance. He contends that public bureaus burden municipalities and confuse policy by attempting to supply technical advice to boiler and furnace owners.
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New York Times
George H. Cushing
Review of Reviews
Smoke Board
Health Commissioner
A. Bement
Chicago
Central Park In Worst Shape Says Letter From New York
A July 15 1908 letter from New York condemns Central Park conditions. It attacks rubbish lacking waste baskets benches in disrepair and broken paths endangering children. The writer urges spraying to save trees infested with caterpillars and daily grass care and soil renewal by a skilled gardener.
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New York Times
United States
Europe
New York City
Central Park
Department of Parks
McClellan
New York
Real Baseball's Backlash: A Verse On Old Time Ball
A poem laments science in modern sport and longs for the old fashioned game. It contrasts high tech pitching and slogging with hardy crowds enjoying simple, prolonged play and home runs.
Tariff Commission Meets In Paris To Plan Work
The joint Franco American Tariff Commission held its initial session at the Foreign Office with Edmond Bruwnrert presiding. The group outlined a program to examine tariff relations and visa versa to reduce vexatious regulations, aiming to inform any potential U S tariff revision and a possible reciprocal double schedule.
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Paris
Diplomatic Council
Foreign Office
Edmond Bruwnrert
French Commission
American Commission
United States
France
Portugue se Panama scandal list shows illegal advances
Lisbon reports publish long list of officials generals nobles who, like King Carlos, received advances from the State Treasury. Generals Cuva Costa and Lopez each got 350 44 The Portuguese minister to Peking also drew twenty years in advance. Cash misuses total several million dollars as cabinet intrigue continues under Castro's Regenerationists.
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Panama
Carlos
Gens
Cuva
Costa
Lopez
Peking
Franco
Senhor Castro
Regenerationists
Progressists
Aspregueira
Castro
Porto Ricans in Ceuta Prison Repatriation Sought
Governor Regis H. Post of Puerto Rico states he cannot return the twenty Porto Ricans held in Ceuta, a Spanish colony in Africa, and urges the Legislature to fund repatriation. Spain proposed releasing them if Cuba and Puerto Rico accept their citizens. Cuba is arranging returns.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Regis H. Post
Ceuta
Africa
Spain
Gov. Post
Cortes
Cuba
Barbados Favors Canada Tariff Preference on Goods
The Barbados Legislature passes a law granting Canada 20 percent preference on a list of goods including flour, cheese, hides, and iron products. The scheme aims to preserve a $6.72 per ton sugar advantage for West Indian sugar, shifting benefit away from American producers and widening the tariff to all British colonies. Canada accounts for 74 percent of Barbados trade, with America at 40 percent and Britain at 45 percent.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Canada
America
Great Britain
French Arrest German in Casablanca Mail Incident
A Casablanca dispatch says a German letter carrier was arrested July 8 by French soldiers who searched his mail and ordered him not to approach French pickets or be shot. The German Consulate protested the act. Germans in Casablanca also resented forced participation of natives under German protection in the French National fete of July 14.
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Berlin
China to send students and a commissioner to Washington
Peking announces in reply to the US proposal to remit part of the Boxer indemnity that China will annually send students for study in America until the award is paid. A high commissioner, likely a Princely envoy, will go to Washington to convey thanks and affirm the voluntary nature of China’s education program.
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Peking
United States
China
America
Washington
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society Performs in Dresden
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society arrived from Leipsic and presented a brilliant concert in Dresden. They were hosted with hospitality and attended a kommers with a warm welcome from Herr Koutschmar. The group then departed for Chemnitz for another concert.
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Dresden
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Leipsic
Brooklyn
Notable French minister injured in car crash near Alencon
Eugens Eti enne former Minister of War and Interior and his chauffeur were seriously injured in a high speed car crash near Alencon France. Mme Etienne also badly hurt as vehicle left road and hit a ditch.
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Alencon
France
Eugens Etienne
Interior
Here
Mme. Etienne
Prince zu Eulenburg Courts on a Stretcher in Berlin
The trial of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg in Berlin continued today on perjury charges linked to last year’s court scandals. He was carried back to prison on a stretcher due to extreme weakness, with testimony held in camera and a two and a half hour session limit before adjournment.
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Berlin
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg
Charity Hospital
Ernst
Zu Eulenburg
Kistler
Histler
Olice
Boni Sues For Custody Of Three Children
Count Boni de Castelane files a suit in Paris seeking custody of his three children from Anna Gould. He cites the Prince de Sagan as a close relation to the children and faults the mother for traveling with Sagan before the marriage. He asks $20 000 per child annually for maintenance, while counsel predicts a long fight and a likely fall term argument.
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Paris
Count Bont de Castellane
Dlvorce
Anna Gould
New York
Count Boni
Prince de Sagan
The
Sagans
M. Cachard
Princess de Sagan
Cocnt Boni
M. Cachardé
Quiet Iran back under Shah as Jackson departs Berlin
John B. Jackson, the American Minister to Persia, said Teheran was in complete quiet as he left twelve days earlier. He credited the Shah with reasserting executive authority and ending the rule of secret societies that had tried to govern through Parliament. European residents were not in danger.
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Berlin
John B. Jackson
Persia
United States
Mr. Jackson
Teheran
Jackson
China seeks Japanese consent to curb morphine imports
Peking reports China has asked Japan to consent to restricting morphine imports and injection instruments. All other powers have agreed. the move aims to back measures at the January Shanghai opium congress. China says consent is essential to limit the drug flow.
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Peking
China
Japan
Shanghai
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