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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
10
The notice lists daily and Sunday subscription rates by mail and details for domestic and foreign addresses. It includes publication offices in New York City Stark numbers for several locations and rates for daily, Sunday, and weekly editions along with special sections and foreign Canada pricing.
The piece critiques a Republican tariff strategy tied to paper tax amendments and probes Liberal and Progressive stances. It also covers the New York Court House design competition, listing architects and critiquing openness. A Canadian reciprocity review argues Canada-US trade politics and public opinion.
The Outlook editorial argues Roosevelt fights against organic boss domination within the Republican Party while Taft supporters back the bosses. It claims three quarters of Republicans in preference primaries support boss rule, with Roosevelt drawing about a quarter of votes and many abstaining. William Barnes of Albany is cited praising self government and democracy against autocratic rule.
The piece weighs the waiters strike over union recognition amid hotel abuses and tipping debates. It notes employers promised reforms, public sympathy favors the employers, and two solutions proposed are hiring women or colored waiters, with concern over imported labor and tips. It then shifts to Wilbur Wright and aviation progress. It reflects on honesty in a lost theatre ticket episode and comments on a Washington libel case with a suspect England connection.
The passage criticizes Progressives for backing a monopolistic combination in American industry and politics and closing reciprocity with Canada. It warns that leaving the door open could allow Canada to join, enlarging markets for both nations, and urges reconsideration or abandonment of the stance.
Major J. C. Hemphill longtime editor of The Charleston News and Courier and The Richmond Times Dispatch leaves The Charlotte Observer to join the editorial staff of The New York Times as a member of their team.
The New York Times ran 842275 lines of advertising in May, up 103225 from May 1911, marking the largest monthly advertising volume ever printed in the paper across Tot New York Times at 2807 columns.
The piece mourns Wilbur Wright, noting the depth of public grief and the shared credit with Orville for inventing the first practicable flying machine. It argues Wilbur guided the work and that aviation progress will continue but more slowly without him.
A May 27 1912 Bronx letter compares Woodrow Wilson to a scholar lost in politics. It praises his earlier scholarly aims and laments the pull of public life, calling him a figure of great yet abortive achievement. It notes his possible roles as a university man, legislator, and governor, and questions his fit for the arena of political tumult.
A letter from New York on May 28, 1912 laments litter left on Riverside Park slopes at sunset. The writer notes no trash receptacles and complains people discard newspapers, spoiling the park’s beauty.
John D Crimmins argues for relocating the Lenox Library from its high ground site to a new location west of the West Drive in Central Park near Sixty-sixth Street. He contends the limestone building by Richard M Hunt is valuable and should serve as a parks administration building. He proposes moving sheep from the meadow to Bronx Park and carting materials via Transverse Road to minimize park disruption, noting proximity to transit and ease of future sheepfold reassembly.
The piece notes few women in library reading rooms and trains, contrasts male readers' placid focus with women's limited presence, and jokes about women’s interest beyond fiction. It muses on education, quiet intellect, and restrained ambition among male readers while highlighting gendered reading habits.
Congressman Sulzer and Parks and Playgrounds Association leaders criticize Henry C. Frick's offer to rebuild the Lenox Library in Central Park and oppose park encroachments. They urge preserving park space, advocating a Riverside Park extension for museum needs and removal of park offices and other buildings.
A New Jersey reader argues the New York hotel waiters strike harms finances of restaurants already strained by rising food costs and overheads. He warns against wage hikes triggering higher prices and more bankruptcies, urging waiters to return to work for public and industry welfare.
Public address by Irving Bacheller defending the President against opponents who label him a liar and insult the nation. The speaker urges loyalty, condemns attacks, and honors the flag and the presidency as sacred to the nation.
Board of Education committee hears admissions of coaching for teacher and principal licenses. Witnesses admit forecasting exam questions while others denounce the practice. Officials question the coach who boasted of supplying answers. inquiry ends with a firm halt. May 31, 1912 New York.
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