New York Times Rates and Publication Details 1909
The page lists subscription rates and delivery options for daily and Sunday editions in 1909. It details yearly, monthly, and weekly prices, international postage, and different regional editions, including the Washington, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and Berlin offices, with orders through newsdealers or the Publication Office.
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New York
NEW York Times Company
Adolph S. Ochs
Prest& Tr
B.C. Franck
See
NEW York Times
Times Square
Spruce Street
Wall Street
Broadway
Washington
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
London
Fleet St
E. C
Paris
Rue du Sentier
Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
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NEW York Times Weekly Financial Review
Canada
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Detly
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and Atlantic Expansion
The piece traces American westward growth from Continental Congress to territorial expansion across Alaska and the Pacific. It notes the Alaska purchase, wealth prospects, and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as a symbol of progress, evolution, and national development across vast coastal and frontier regions.
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Washington
Continental Army
Continental Congress
Continent
Atlantic
Mississippi
Congress
Georgia
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri
Arkansas
Florida Purchase
Bay of Fundy
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Cape Flattery
San Diego
United States
Mr. Szwartp
Jefferson
Russia
Alaska
J. J. Hunu
Rogues Gallery Photo Use Sparks Mayor Case
A 1907 dispute over Brooklyn police photographing Groven B. Curry for the Rogues Gallery without a warrant or immediate magistrate review. Justice Gaynor accuses Police Commissioner Braham of unlawful acts and multiple improper arrests, while urging return of the photos and adherence to charter protections. The piece questions police discretion and upholds the right to not photograph innocent individuals.
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Gaynor
Brnenam
Brooklyn
Groven B. Curry
Rogues’ Gallery
Curry
Supreme Court
Brac Ham
Burr
Durry
Westward shift of civilization and scientific progress
The text argues that modern culture, irrigation, and scientific advances have unlocked vast new riches across western territories. It credits scientists and trained imagination for wealth previously unattainable, predicting major political and social changes as the population moves westward and adopts new ideas and standards.
Arbitrations Omit the Public in Labor Disputes
The piece argues that arbitration excludes the public and buyers, noting coal arbitration raised coal prices for six years without buyer representation and streetcar farepaying public lacks a voice. It cites the Georgia Negro firemen case and Southern press remarks, questioning how mobs are treated.
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Philadelphia
Georgia
Georgia Rail Dispute Sparks Outcry Over Law Enforcement
The piece condemns Governor Hoxs Smrra for inaction amid railway unrest and urges enforcement of law against mob violence. It notes Southern press views on arbitration limits in labor disputes, stressing humanity and legality over social equality, and mocks pseudoscientific chemistry talk.
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Columbia
S. C
Georgia
Augusta Chronicle
Georgia Railroad
The
Chronicle
New York Childrens Court Seeks Bigger Space
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children backs Justice Hart in pushing for improved Children's Court quarters. After Tuesday crowded with 227 juveniles at Third Avenue and Eleven Street, supporters urge using the CCNY old building at Twenty third Street and Lexington Avenue for immediate relief. The present facilities, eight years old, no longer meet demand.
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New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Justice Hart
Third Avenue
Eleventh Street
Board of Estimate
The
College of the City of New York
Twenty-third Street
Lexington Avenue
New Jersey Beach Sanitation Advances Ready by June
Public health officials announce disposal plants at Point Pleasant Sea Girt Spring Lake Bradley Beach Ocean Grove Asbury Park and Deal will be in operation by June 1. Belmar and Avon尚 not started. moral suasion may urge court action to speed work. Bathers from Deal to Bay Head can safe bathe without fear of pollution.
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New Jersey
New York
Division of Sewage
Point Pleasant
State Camp
Sea Girt
Spring Lake
Bradley Beach
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
Deal
Belmar
Avon
Court of Chancery
Bay Head
Cannibalism as a Science in Early 20th Century Debate
In a Royal Institution lecture on dietetics Frederick Hopkins argues that cannibalism could be the most sensible protein source. The discussion links Osler and Chittenden to provocative claims about species specific blood and dietary experiments, raising questions about scientific boundaries.
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Thomas DE Quincey
OsztEerg
Frederick Gowland
Hopkins
Royal Institution
Heidelberg
Osler
Russeliu H. Chittenden
Chittenden
The Power of the Speaker and a Publisher's Scheme
The June Century review of Mr. Cannon argues the Speaker guides the House with the majority, and defends rules as safe guides. It highlights two episodes from Cannon’s career, including a New York publisher’s demand for 50 000 dollars and a bold offer to control the press for a single bill. The piece asks Cannon to name the second man behind the bold threat.
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Cannon
New York
Federal Treasury
Not a Hopeful Case for a Contest
The case centers Bridget Torry who left about $30,000 to James Edward Johnson a nonrelative and a Black man her longtime kitchen assistant. Relatives plan to contest the will arguing undue influence but question remains whether they can break the will. The story notes strong social tensions between races and employer servant dynamics in a late 19th or early 20th century setting.
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Bridget Torry
Bridget Torpy
James Epwarpd Johnson
Ireland
James Edard Johnson
Bridget Thorpay
Bailey and Baileyism Spark Texas Democratic Rift
Waxahachie Texas letter writer accuses Joe Bailey of grandstanding and kerosene odor, urging national readers to know that genuine Texas Democrats refuse to back Baileyism, reflecting intra party dissent in 1909.
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Mr. Bailey
New York Times
Joe
America
Texas
Alamo
Bailey
Open Car on Staten Island Trolleys Sparks Heat Relief
A Staten Island letter to the editor criticizes open trolley cars that lack front or rear protections and side curtains. The writer notes riders get soaked in rain and laments the absence of weather protection. The comment is dated June 1, 1909, and targets public service policies.
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New York Times
Staten Island
Public Service Commission
Staten Islander
Rubber-Tired Locomotives On Eleventh Avenue Rails
In a New York Times inquiry letter the writer questions the fuss over Central's tracks on Eleventh Avenue arguing rubber-tired locomotives travel at high speed while slow moving engines should ride fixed rails. The letter is dated June 1, 1909, from the Inquirer.
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The
New York Times
Central
Eleventh Avenue
Inquirer
New York
Executive heads and the path to reform in government
GAMALIEL BRADFORD argues from Jerome’s Cooper Union appearance that a unified executive with responsible ministers and frequent legislative scrutiny would render government continuous and coherent. He urges leaders to guide public opinion toward elected accountability and reforms in 1909.
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New York Times
Jerome
Cooper Union
Lucy Stone remembered as model of public duty and family life
Benjamin MacMahon of New York praises Lucy Stone as a blueprint for balancing public reform with wife and motherhood. He cites remarks by her husband, Livermore, and Garrison praising her domestic virtue and reform work, asserting that active public involvement did not unsex a woman.
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The
New York Times
Alice Stone Blackwell
Lucy Stone
Benjamin Macmahon
New York
Will of ex judge Cooper filed in Tennessee estate case
The will of William Frierson Cooper, a Tennessee ex judge who died May 7 at age 90 in New York, was filed with the Surrogate by his brother Edmund as executor. The estate is valued under $300,000 with annuities and specific bequests to relatives, and a large residue to siblings and nieces. The document dates from 1890 with a late codicil, and Cooper, a Yale graduate, had lived in New York since leaving active practice.
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William Frierson Cooper
Tennessee
Wilbraham
Fifth Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Edmund Cooper
Cooper
Col
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
E. W. Carmack
Col. Cooper
Christine Cooper
Henry Cooper
Mary A. Lawson
United States
G. T. Coit
Eldridge Cooper
Booker Cooper
Fannie Milner
Emma
Milner
Davidson County
New York
Yale
Thers — Alonzo Taft
Woman's Role in Shaping Society Emphasized
A letter to the editor recalls Margaret Doane Gardiner's Womdah's Logic and Mrs Corbin's claim that "The woman has under God the forming and rearing of men in her own hands." The writer calls this grand, linking neglect of women's opportunities to the world's sorrows. New York May 28 1909. E F H
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New York Times
Margaret Doane Gardiner
President Butler for British Embassy Urged by Observer
A 1909 letter from an observer urges President Butler be appointed ambassador to Great Britain citing his England Germany friendships and diplomatic tact. The writer argues Butler’s knowledge of Europe and ability could aid both nations and humanity, hoping for quick ratification from Washington.
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The
New York Times
Butler
Great Britain
England
Germany
Europe
Washington
New York
New York murder law long standing since 1829
P L Houses of Riverhead, New York notes the Revised Statutes of 1829 define murder by depraved indifference. He asks how much earlier the section was law and suggests it has been the law since 1829 or earlier. The letter is dated June 1, 1909.
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New York Times
Darragh
New York
P. L. Houses
Riverhead
N. Y
Song of the Men of Fifty
A poem celebrating aging workers with a refrain praising the doctor and family while lampooning obsolescence. It depicts men over fifty as worn out yet defiant, ending with a toast to continuing battles and death as the only constant.
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Osler Brothers
Walter Beverley Crane
Great Northern plans home port for Minnesota in Seattle
James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern board, toured the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition then Tacoma and Portland. He announced the Minnesota will make Seattle its home port and discussed steamship terminal locations, British flag advantages, and future railroad development linking Spokane to Vancouver along with improvements to Seattle lines.
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Seattle
Wash
James J. Hill
Great Northern Board
Tacoma
Portland
Minnesota
Mr. Hill
Vancouver
Tf Congress
Great Northern
Spokane
Hughes Talks at Brown University Chapel in Providence
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York spoke to Brown University students in the chapel, while visiting his Brown senior son C. E. Hughes Jr. He urged college men to maintain independence and integrity, warning against yielding to others’ demands. The audience cheered as the address ended.
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Providence
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Brown University
Chapel
Hughes
C. E. Hughes, Jr
Brown
Roosevelt
Harvard
Taft
Yale
Gov. Hughes
Albany Adopts Temporary Auto License Fee Ruling
Secretary of State Koenig decides a $2 New York auto registration for a U S Army machine in New York City is not a tax but a license for identification purposes. He notes the War Department should advise whether the fee may be charged, and encloses a metal seal to prevent delays.
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Albany
N. Y
Koenig
United States
New York State
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
New York City
E. P. Brewer
War Department
Washington
Brewer
Brooklyn Homes for Consumptives Welcomes New Superintendent
Miss F M Perkins, former head of a Asheville sanitarium, becomes superintendent of the Brooklyn Homes for Consumptives. She succeeds Miss Elise P Smith, who resigned with the staff amid differences with Board President Mrs Franklin W Hopkins. Hopkins says a new physician staff is being assembled and denies opposing physicians.
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IF. M. Perkins
Asheville
N. C
Brooklyn Homes For Consumptives
Elise P. Smith
Franklin W. Hopkins
Hpkins
Hitchcock and Mack to testify on libel case over Panama Canal
In Indianapolis on June 2 the court granted a continuance to Oct 11 in the criminal libel indictment against Charles R. Williams and Delavan Smith of The Indianapolis News. The trial could feature witnesses including Hitchcock Mack Cortelyou and Morgan staff members as the defense seeks to rebut allegations of a graft in the canal purchase. Postmaster General Hitchcock declined to comment on the suit.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Panama
Washington
Charles R. Williams
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Panama Canal
United States
Anderson
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
George B. Cortelyou
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Stuart McNamara
Charles W. Miller
Hitchcock
National Republican Committee
Tanama Canal
Ormal
Autograph Notes Fetch Sums At Auction
A collection of historical letters and manuscripts sold at Merwin-Clayton's with Roosevelt autographs valued at $1 a word, Holmes and Coggin letters, a Fredericksburg battle MS by H W Perkins, Gerry and Heyward signed papers, Lafayette broadside, Lowell and Mitchell notes, and Moore and Motley letters realizing varied prices.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Merwin-Clayton
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
F. S. Coggins
Boston
Battle of
Fredericksburg
H. W. Perkins
Elbridge Gerry
Thomas Gerry
Thomas Heyward, Jr
Paris
Lafayette
National Guard
James Russell Lowell
Donald Grant Mitchell
Edge
Thomas Moore
Lothrop Motley
Lothrop Motley To Gen. Badeau
Gen. Grant
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Newark
Prey Ar
NEW World
Arctic Circle
Tropics
the “ Rogues’ Gallery
Braeham
Hoxs Smrra
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Gamaliel Bradford
President Butler
Secretary of State
War Auditor
Miss F. M. Perkins
Miss Smith
Institution For Consumptives
Mage
Call J. P. Morgan
Senate
Rea
William Nelson Cromwell
Senate Investigating Committee
Cromwell
Walker Commission
Nicaragua
Miller
McNamara
Mr. Cromwell
Charles P. Taft
Douglas Robinson
J. Pierpont Morgan
Messrs. Hitchcock
Mack
New York World
Indianapolisens
J. P. Morgan
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