New York Times Adopts Pricing in 1908
The front page lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, weekly financial quotation review, and Saturday review. Rates vary by length and region with Canada and foreign options noted. Public notices include postal and pricing details for readers in New York City and nearby areas.
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Publica tion Office Offers Mail Subscriptions
Daily and Sunday editions mailed to any part of the country at two dollars per month. Daily Edition fifty cents per month. Orders through newsdealers or directly to the Publication Office. Telephone 1000 Bryant.
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Life-less Campaign Raises Old Anti Imperialism Questions
The piece assesses the Bryan Tart Gompers anti injunction issues as empty and argues voters will judge by record and character. It contrasts Bryan with Tarr, noting Bryan’s shifting stances on free silver and government ownership in past campaigns.
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Georgia politics and Japan ideas spark national debate
In Georgia Jon Brown leads early acceptances of nominations while Governor elect Brown advocates friendly treatment for capital and opposes harsh corporate punishment. The discussion shifts to foreign policy with analyses of Japan's plans in Asia and potential impacts on U.S. strategy and rail development in Russia.
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Soldier's View of Japan War Prospects
A French officer on a military commission in Japan argues that war with the United States would be entirely unsuccessful and ruinously costly. He says such a conflict would devastate Japan's commerce and likely thwart its goals of primacy in the Orient, assuming Japan as aggressor and drawing implications for future policy.
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Lincoln Memorial at National Capital Proposed for Lincoln Birth Centenary
A plan to honor Abraham Lincoln with a broad highway from Washington to Gettysburg is debated. Critics argue memorial work should start in D C and surrounding states with funding locals, aim to have plans ready by February 12, 1909, for Lincoln’s birth centennial, and place the monument in the National capital.
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Fears For The Waltz And High Hat In Society
Rumors rise as influential members of the International Choreographic Congress in Berlin push to abolish the traditional waltz. They advocate developments of the antique redown and a more undulating wave style, challenging current social dancing norms.
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Medical Men Weigh In On National Health Policy
The Times reports a clash over public health policy with American Medicine urging a National Health Department and backing Bryan and Kern. It notes Tart's support for public health and hints he drafted a diluted plank, while Dems push broader federal health authority.
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Newly Discovered Chestnut Blight Threatens Forests
The Greenwich Connecticut tree warden reports a found chestnut blight described previously in our columns. Dr Murill of the New York Botanical Garden and Dr Metcalf of the Bureau of Plant Industry warn the virulent red parasite may destroy chestnut orchards and forests across the country, especially the Atlantic States, within years unless control measures arise.
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Chestnut Disease Signals Hope From Historic Study
Dr G P Clinton of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station cites a Georgia 1866 paper noting a chestnut bark disease began in 1825 and continued to 1845. He hopes inhibiting natural causes could be identified, or grafting native stocks with European and Japanese varieties may help, despite the fungus diaporthe being ruinous.
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Gaster Joshua Manuscript May Be Pre-Augustan Epoch
William Maude argues the Samaritan Codex of Rabbit Gaster places Joshua's era in 1029 BCE, prior to Augustus’s calendar reform. He cites Asian astrologic dating and cross references with Del Mar and Higgins to suggest Asiatic origin and ancient manuscript age.
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Mrs Sage Name Used by Upholding Justice Society
A letter from Braddin Hamilton denounces the Society for Upholding Justice for using Mrs Rus Sell Sage’s name in relation to the Cohen case. He challenges Henry De Forest to produce written authorization and defends the society’s independence from Cohen matters. New York, July 18, 1908.
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First Chapter Teaser by J W Folby
A playful verse fragment recalls Roosevelt, a hunt, and a rhino in a night scene. The narrator counts words like a contract tally with Kermit assisting. The piece ends with a bedtime cue and a request to title the chapter.
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Inspects New Lee Statue by Virginia Commission in Providence
Ex Judge George L. Christian and Virginia lawmakers Return from Providence after inspecting the Valent ine statue of Gen Robert E Lee for Statuary Hall in the Capitol. Sculptor Edward V Valentine accompanied them to Providence. The commission favors the lifelike bronze piece with exact uniform and details, amid questions of acceptance by the National Government.
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Quebec prepares for royal naval pageantry in 300th anniversary
Quebec hails the Prince of Wales and a fleet including Exmouth Albemarle Russell Duncan Venus Arrogant Leon Gambetta and Admiral Rube as dignitaries gather for Champlain’s 300th anniversary. Vice President Fairbanks arrives to represent the U S government while troops from Canada and the United States assemble for the ceremonial events.
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Mexico Press Flares in Anti Foreign Fury Over Mexicans
In Mexico City July 19 a heated anti foreign campaign intensifies as La Patria calls for Mexico for Mexicans. It rails against Yankees and foreigners while backing a new mining law to bar foreign companies from mining in frontier states and restrict foreign ownership nationwide.
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Government seeks chef for asylum position
Civil Service Commission seeks a chef for the Government Asylum for the Insane with a $1200 annual salary. Duties include allocating food, supervising cooks and nurses, overseeing cooking, reducing waste, and writing a thesis on nutritive value of foods. Age 20 to 40.
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Gunboat Wasp Back Ends War Practice Visit Ends
The gunboat Wasp, training ship of the First Battalion of the New York Naval Militia, returned to Hudson River port after a ten day practice cruise. Lieut De Kay led the division as sailors trained from 5 AM to 7 PM daily with high marks in target practice and battle drills.
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Naval race to build Florida and Utah battleships begins
Naval Constructors at the New York Navy Yard will supervise the 20 000 ton all big guns battleship Florida with bids for needed material to follow. Rivalry with private builders for the Utah promises a swift completion within two and a half years. Florida and Utah will mount 12 inch guns two per turret and include skeleton masts and a 25 inch secondary battery.
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New Battleship Mississippi Visits New York Harbor
The battleship Mississippi, newest in her class and first of her type to visit New York, anchored in the North River near Eighty sixth Street after a successful government trial. She will pick up a naval motor launch for her commander and sail this afternoon for Newport for several weeks before heading to Cape Cod for target practice.
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Royal Greeting and Turners Parade at German Gymnastics Meet
Prince Oscar of Prussia greeted the Turners' Union as they paraded through Frankfort with clubs from Olympic to modern eras. The five American flags were saluted, and massed exercises by 15,000 turners followed before the international contests begin.
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Dinner for Dr Hill in Berlin Hosts and Notables
Prof Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins gave a dinner in Berlin to introduce American Ambassador David Jayne Hill to university and literary circles. Guests included Prof Adol Harnack Count von Baudissin and many Berlin university professors.
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