New York Times 1906 Publication Details and Rates
The text lists publication offices in New York and other cities, subscription rates for Daily and Daily plus Sunday editions, weekly financial quotation review, and Saturday Books Review, with foreign postage adjustments. It shows multiple city addresses and the overall pricing structure for various editions.
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NEW York Times Weekly Financial Quotation Review
NEW York Times Saturday Review OF Books
Newspaper home delivery offers daily and Sunday editions
Readers may receive The New York Times Daily and Sunday Editions mailed anywhere in the country for 75 cents per month. Orders can be placed through newsdealers or sent directly to the Publication Office.
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New York Times
Pure Food Bill and Cannon clash over reform efforts
In a critical review, J Van Veechten Oxcort questions Speaker Cannon’s stance on the Pure Food bill, noting delays and parliamentary tactics. The piece cites Hepburn’s handling, past pure food attempts, and a powerful lobby opposing labeling honesty and safety standards.
Pure Food bill clash with House over cheating and adulteration
The debate focuses on remedies and a Postal Appropriation bill as HEPBURN resists and the Speaker fails to shield citizens from swindling. Critics question Republican House policy and blame packing interests for weakening support for the Beveridge Meat Inspection bill and Pure Food reform.
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Ing
Hepburn
House of Representatives
Chicago
Beveridge
Willson and Wadsworth clash over meat bill in Chicago
The piece depicts Mr. Willson as a key Chicago packers representative pushing for the Meat Inspection bill and urging a Chicago visit to inspect slaughterhouses. It notes strong packer lobbying in the House and contrasts it with tense questions from Mr. Nerit and Mr. Reynolds as the broader political scene, including Russia, is referenced.
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Willson
Wilson
Chicago
Wordsworth
House Committee On Agriculture
Wadsworth
Witgon
The Duma and the People
A dispatch reports that mill and factory meetings unanimously back the Duma in its clash with the government. It notes the industrial class operatives, the proletariat, showed little interest in prior politics.
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Duma
Russia
Summer work of the Children’s Aid Society appeals for funds
The Children’s Aid Society outlines last summer’s reach including 21 706 beneficiaries across branches. It details holidays for girls at Bath Beach, visits to Health Home at Coney Island, and sick child care through the Sick Children’s Mission. A Farm School vacation program for 2 500 boys and house-to-house relief reduce mortality. Appeals for donations to expand work. Checks payable to A. B. Hepburn or secretary C. Loring Braceh at 103 East Twenty second Street.
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Children’s Aid Society
Bath Beach
Coney Island
Chase National Bank
C. Loring Braceh
East Twenty-second Street
Naval Insubordination Case May Be Withdrawn
The article notes possible withdrawal of Capt Wynne case from naval court martial on jurisdiction grounds. It argues no inherent prejudice against non-graduates in Marine Corps or Revenue Marine, contrasts Army tolerance, and cites expected respect for proven merit over origins, while raising questions about Navy treatment of West Point graduates.
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Wynne
Marine Corps
Annapolis
Germany
Marie Corps
Revenue Marine
The
Navy
Gen. Chaffee
Corbin
Wane
West Point
Navy discipline tale and a captain’s defiant remark
The article recalls Civil War era recruitment from the mercantile marine and a sailor who, after an official reprimand from the Admiral at Brooklyn Navy Yard, quipped he would pay fifteen dollars to have the Admiral repeat the rebuke. It discusses perceptions of merit, discipline, and potential biases against non Annapolis graduates in the Captain Wynne controversy.
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Mercantile Marine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tarry
Nan
Wynne
Marines
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Annapolis
Southern States urged to raise wages for immigrant flow
Commissioner WATCHORN warned Southern delegates that a wave of immigrants will seek higher wages in the North and West. He noted that 399 of 400 immigrants know where they want to go, but argued the South can attract good migrants with intelligent, sustained organization and real inducements. The South rejects low‑order immigrants until its industries improve.
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House Committee Upon Ways and Means
Panama Canal
Senate
Platt
American Canal
Watchorn
South
medical association color line sparks southern arias
A Texas doctor asks if the American Medical Association allows any practitioner from any school including black doctors. Secretary G H Simmons replies that eligibility rests with state associations. The issue triggers Southern calls for secession and sharp commentary from the Charlotte Medical Journal.
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American Medical Association
F. E. Daniel
The
Texas Medical Journal
G. H. Simmons
Association
Texas
Simmons
J. Marion Sims
Charlotte
S. C
Texas State Medical Association
Medical Union
Lone Star
South Carolina
Signatures for office scandal expose graft and recalcitrant officials
The piece condemns phony signature drives used to obtain nominations, noting bold grafters, including current officeholders, manipulated the petition process. It cites Justice Scott on Max Eckman’s fined misconduct and questions why leniency was granted for a guilty plea in a county-backed case.
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Max Eckman
Scott
Man regains speech after twenty one years
A Chicago man who had been mute for 21 years speaks at last and asks his brother, Is this hot enough for you? The brother is shocked and troubled by the recovery, recalling the long silence and the familiar maddening question the moment it returns.
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Chicago
Gaines Gains Boisterous Ovation in U.S. House
Special to The New York Times reports John Wesley Gaines received the greatest ovation of his career in the Hall of Representatives. Amid unquiet chatter and Senate confusion, Gaines proclaimed there is no power on earth that can close his mouth, provoking prolonged applause before he exits in a dramatic moment.
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New York Times
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Hall of Representatives
Gaines
House of Representative
Senate
Enator Bacon
John Wesley
Tennessean
Remarkable Earthquake Tale From 1906 San Francisco
A San Francisco resident recounts a house collapse during an earthquake where bricks and rafters formed an arch over an infant in a cradle. The Bible lay nearby and opened to the Twenty third Psalm, seen as a miraculous sign. The letter appeared in The New York Times on June 7, 1906.
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The
New York Times
San Francisco
New York
P. O. TATO Trouble in Garden Patch
A playful rearrangement of the proverb about judgment and patience under the guardian of the garden patch, with wordplay on meat and people.
Heaven and Chicas Contrast in Cumulative Testimony
A Providence Journal brief notes a quotation about Heaven sending good meat and draws a comparison between Heaven and Chicas, using the remark as a framing device to highlight fundamental difference.
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The
Providence Journal
Garrick
Hudson Poem by Arthur Guiterman Recalls River Imagery
The piece extols Hudson River waterway from Adirondack sources to the sea. It invokes forests, cities, and highlands, praising the river’s changing depths and cooling embrace. The author Arthur Guiterman signs the verse, suggesting nostalgic youth and riverine companionship.
Japan’s Sigh of the Case
The Japanese Embassy released a statement disputing claims that Japan refused to restore American mining properties near Port Arthur. It said no valid mining concession existed in April 1905 and that private property was briefly held only to determine rights, with restitution handled promptly.
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New York Times
Washington
Chee-foo
Port Arthur
Danny
Emperors reaffirm allied unity easing Triple Alliance doubts
Vienna reports telegrams between Emperor Francis Joseph, Emperor William, and King Victor Emmanuel expressing unalterable friendship. Berlin notes the cordial exchange ends doubts about German Austrian Italian solidarity. Public reaction is favorable as discussions show mutual good will among leaders and foreign secretaries.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
William
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Berlin
Mortgage Tax Opinion Defines Page Law Effects
Albany June 7 Attorney General Mayer issued an opinion clarifying the Page law removing the 1905 mortgage tax and instituting a recording tax of one half of one percent on mortgages filed after July 1. Existing mortgages remain taxable as personal property under prior law, unless refinanced or replaced.
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Albany
Mayer
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Ohio Miners See War as Likely After Talks Fail
Dillonvale Ohio June 7 The failure of agreement between operators and miners at Columbus is seen by union miners as a grim omen. Officials warn of a fight to the end as negotiations end and operators may reopen mines under the 1804 5 scale. Of 71,200 troops due Monday, half head for Columbus tonight.
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Dillonvale
Ohio
Columbus
Andl-Omen
Ex-Judge Mills Endorsed by Westchester Republicans
Delegates at Republican district conventions in Mount Vernon White Plains and Ossining unanimously endorsed ex Judge Isaac Mills of Mount Vernon as Westchester's candidate for one of three Supreme Court Justice nominations in the Ninth Judicial District. Mills, a twelve year County Judge and longtime Westchester lawyer, previously served a term in the State Senate. The conventions also endorsed Congressman John E Andrus and Senator Francis M Carpenter for renomination.
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White Plains
Ossining
Isaac Mills
Westchester
Ninth Judicial
Judge Mills
Solid
State Senate
John E. Andrus
Francis M. Carpenter
Divided On Congo Question At German Meeting
Berlin June 7. An acrimonious Congo question debate is expected at the German Colonial Society gathering. Some authorities call for international action against native ill treatment while others led by Dr Wirth argue other colonies face similar abuses and Germany should stay aloof.
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Taw
New York Times
Berlin
Congo
Wirth
Germany
Empress's Birthday Observed as General Holiday
In St Petersburg on June 7 the Empresses birthday was observed as a general holiday. The Lower House of Parliament adjourned for the day without specifying the reason, planning to meet again tomorrow.
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Duma
Petersburg
What are you doing Willie
A Chicago Evening Post piece describes a girl asking Willie what he’s doing while he washes jam from his hands and face. Willie replies with a muffled sh and explains he sneaked into the pantry while mother was out and is now taking an immunity bath.
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Chicago Evening Post
Willie
Automobile Not a Symbol of Liberty, Says Western Speaker
The Dutch Reformed Church in America marked its centennial with a high profile session at St Nicholas Church on Fifth Avenue. President Roosevelt sent regrets. Rev Mackay presided as delegates from across the country attended, with remarks by Vance, Diekema, and Raymond.
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Dutch Reformed Church In America
A. V. V. Raymond
Union College
Edward B. Coe
James M. Farrar
Roosevelt
General Synod
Duiin Reformed Church
Westbership
Roe
Roe, Suce Ely Yours, Wheodors Roosevelt. the Rev. de. Edward. B. Coe
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Wirth Avenue
New York
N. Aa
Vanee
Duten Reformed Church
Dore
Diekerma
Spanish War Claims Commission
Diekema
Obegins
Raymond
Dutch Reformed Church
Reformed Church In America Union
West Point
Hudson River
West Forty-second Street
Lusitania Launched as World's Largest Liner at Clydebank
The Cunard steamer Lusitania, the world’s largest liner, was launched at Clydebank with Dowager Lady Inverclyde naming her. Sir Charles McLaren led a 500 guest luncheon as naval attachés and the American Consul attended. The ship measures 760 feet, 88 feet beam, 60% depth, displaces about 4,000 tons, and is designed for speeds of 24 to 25 knots with 35,000 tons of material in hull and machinery. Cabin capacity totals 550 first, 500 second, and 1,200 third class passengers, with a crew around 0.
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Clasgow
Scotland
Cunard Line
Clydebank
Great Britain
Miners Congress Backs Uniform International Card
The Miners International Congress in London adopts a resolution favoring a uniform international card for members who move between countries. J. P. White, American delegate and President of the Miners' Association, is elected President for tomorrow's session.
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London
Miners’ International Congress
J. P. White
Miners’ Association
Matron's Place Vacant After Real Estate Speculation
Miss Charlotte Godley of Bayside resigns as matron at Hunter's Point Police Station Queens. She sold a land gore just outside Bayside for about $30 then bought a house in Long Island City and left the police department for good.
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Hunter’s Point
Long Island City
Charlotte Godley
Bayside
Bingham
Miss Godley
Long Island Railroad
Gore
German Empire Finances Reported by Imperial Office
The Imperial Statistical Office reports 1905 debts of the German States at 3.04525 billion dollars and the Empire at 756 million, with 21.00006 billion in short term bills. State railways are valued at 3.49076 billion, exceeding total state debts, while states own 1,748,465 acres of cleared land and 11,230,414 acres of forest land.
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Berlin
Imperial Statistical Office
Empire
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