Promissory notes and centralization in early reforms
The piece critiques sustained promissory notes behind policy moves and central government. It cites commissions on tariff and railway rates, the income tax debate, and Louisiana's referendum question. It argues for local self-government, governors’ control, and a shift from bosses to accountable leaders. It notes gains from scientific farming and improved credit in Wake County, North Carolina.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Tart
Tarrt
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New York Times Advertising Rates and Mailing Details 1910
A compact listing of newspaper pricing and mailing options for The New York Times in 1910. It includes rates for Daily and Sunday editions, monthly and yearly subscriptions, foreign addresses, and Canada pricing. Also mentions second class mail status and delivery through newsdealers or the Publication Office.
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Sewanee
THE
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Canada
Times Weekly Financial Review
New York Times
Secretary Knox on The Spirit and Purpose of American Diplomacy
Secretary Knox’s Penn address argues diplomacy as a humane, peaceful enterprise. He recalls arbitration dating to 1794 and the Jay treaty as milestones toward settling disputes without war. He defends Open Door policies as consistent with American commercial instincts and warns against abandoning peaceful development in favor of aggressive conflict.
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Knox
University of Pennsylvania
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
Atlantic
Appalachians
Mr. Knox
Meeting at Frankfort to steer governors on crisis
A three governor committee from Kentucky South Carolina and Missouri will meet in Frankfort next Monday to plan a conference of seventy eight governors and governors elect after the fall elections. The piece warns of a looming crisis in state and national governance amid corporate power and court cases on monopolies and federal taxation.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Frankfort
Willson
Kentucky
Anse
South Carolina
Hapney
Missouri
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Allied Enterprises
Washington
Farm Reform in the South Aims at Desolate Lands
President Brown of the New York Central, the General Education Board, and the National Government collaborate to revitalize abandoned and debt-ridden Southern farms. The Farmers' Demonstration Work, led by Dr. S A Knapp, reports a remarkable agricultural revolution as agents aid farmers to adopt scientific methods, improve soils, and uplift rural life.
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Wake County
N. C
Brown
Knapp
New York Central
General Education Board
General Board
South
8. A. Knapp
Growing pains at Princeton and rising meat prices
The piece notes Princeton University’s vigorous growth and compares it to Harvard and Yale in student life and rowing. It then shifts to meat prices rising sharply, blaming tariff effects and packers for price increases, while accusing some local butchers of cheating customers with false scales and trimming.
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Princeton
Woodrow Willson
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Personality of aviation and a dubious Roosevelt welcome
The piece notes aviation centers on the pilot as much as the aircraft and predicts a long lasting hero status for individual flyers. It then critiques Mr Woordbour’s Rooseveltl welcoming list as a crude, tasteless insult reflecting factional infighting within the Republican machine.
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Woorrourr
Col. Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Woopxrours
Reforming citizenship by a grand ceremony idea
The writer suggests granting citizenship to qualified aliens through a public, churchlike ceremony with solemn proceedings and vocal qualifications, arguing it would impress new citizens with responsibilities. They question public turnout and fear the plan may remain a dream if mandated by law.
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Ents
Harding
Onlu
Christian Science Letter Harshly Criticized by New Yorker
A New York correspondent describes a Christian Science letter he received while suffering long illness. The writer condemns the faith for insisting there is no illness and claims it worsened a nervous breakdown. He cites doctors who identified real medical causes and warns others against such nonmedical consolation.
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The
New York Times
Christian 6Cievice
New York
National Guard Surpasses Parade for Defense Readiness
The National Guard declares its work is serious and focused on war preparation. Guardsmen drill, study maps, practice rifle skills, attend army schools, and perform field exercises. Many forgo ceremonies and holiday time for duty, impacting families and personal plans. New York, June 15, 1910.
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New York Times
Times
National Guard
National Army
New York
Schoolboys Parade Planned for Independence Day
By request of the Mayor, Stuyvesant students will form an all boys corps for the Fourth of July parade. No teachers will participate, hats and shirtwaist suits to be worn, with school initials on arms. Citizens praise the civic act as patriotic and safe.
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New York Times
Stuyvesant
J. B. Steinert
Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y
The
Herbert Chara Molineux
New York
Roosevelt annotated letter on Western civilization and migration
J Schuyler of Larchmont Manor, N Y , argues in a letter to The Times that Roosevelt's Oxford lecture omits questions about westward civilization and the people behind it He links Western progress to migrations from the East and the Americas and cites Volkerwanderung as a parallel force, asserting ongoing genetic and cultural shift.
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New York Times
Roosevelt
Oxford University
Times
Roosevel
America
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
J. Schuyler
Larchmont Manor
N. Y
Church Taxes and the Value of Religious Training
A philosophical editorial argues that tax exemptions for church property reflect public support for religious instruction. It contends subsidies are misnamed, praises religious training as economically and morally valuable, and quotes BP defending tax relief as patriotic despite political concerns.
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The
New York Times
Morton
New York
Strange Scheme to Relieve Congestion on Fifth Avenue
A letter to the editor suggests an automobile express subway under Fifth Avenue with street side exits and entrances from Fifty-ninth Street to Park Place and Washington Square. The proposal calls for a 5 cent toll to fund upkeep, claiming cars could move faster than by the bridge to Harlem.
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New York Times
Fifth Avenue
Gaynor
Fifty-ninth Street
The
Park
Washington Square
Park Place
Broadway
Harlem
W. Volehardt
A Smart Wife and a June 14 Leisure Thought
A reader laments the idea of a smart wife who uses deceit to gain favors and profiting from clerks. He warns that such behavior taints children and fuels social ills. A second note recalls two well dressed men joking that June 14 is the French Fourth of July.
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The
New York Times
New York
Dissertation on the Lobster by Lurana W Sheldon
A playful poem describing a lobster as a gentle creature who roams the shoreward brine seeks a placid home and resists being boiled or dismayed by humans It traces its travels from Maine to New York and hints at the lobster trade and the dangers from unscrupulous lobstermen while adopting a whimsical tone and a maritime setting.
Wonders of the new Pennsylvania Station impress electrical society
More than 450 members of the New York Electrical Society toured the new Pennsylvania Station at Seventh Avenue and Thirty-second Street. Guides highlighted 30,000 electric lights, metal construction, ventilation via trains, separate tubes for inbound and outbound air, and advanced signaling for ticketing and passenger flow.
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New York Electrical Society
Ter Friends
New
Pennsylvania Station
Arcade
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Sasembiet
Robert Lozier
H. L. Doherty
A. McAllister
Ernst Woltmann
Vic
George H. Guy
Henry A. Sinclair
Lozier
Guy
Mr. Lozier
New York
Pennsylvania
New York Subway
Thirty-third Street
Frank J. Sprague
N. C._Cornell
J. Mme Wakeman
T. C. Martin
W. D. Larent
G. O. Smith
F. A. Schefner
Dr. Doremus
Augustus Post
Society
Law firm barred from condemnation hearing on West Farms Road
The condemnation commissioners paused the West Farms Road case after attorneys A C and F W Hottenroth of United States Award and Assessment Company sought exclusion arguing a corporation cannot practice law. Dutton and Butterfield argued the point. next meeting will hear further arguments.
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West Farms Road
la Howell Lamotte
West Broadway
A. C
F. W. Hottenroth
United States Award and Assessment Company
Hottenroths
Sopees
Dutton & Butterfield
Broadway
League to Meet in Fall With Taft Attending Possible
Republican Clubs push the National League event from June 25 to September after consulting President Taft. Secretary B. B. Atherton said Taft desires to attend both the dinner and convention but cannot if held as scheduled. Hammond, president of the league, supports postponement to accommodate the president. Kent plans to travel to Heverly after Congress adjourns.
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Taft
National League of Republican Clubs
B. B. Atherton
League
John Hays Hammond
Atherton
Roosevelt
Kent
Heverly
Congress
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