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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
8
The text presents the newspaper's masthead and publication details for June 11 1908 including pricing for New York Greater New York Jersey City Newark and Sunday editions. It lists publisher and secretary officers and postal entry information.
A fragmentary directory lists offices in New York Philadelphia and London with street addresses and pricing for The New York Times and related publications. It includes subscription rates for daily weekly and Sunday editions and foreign rates, with scattered mis-spellings and garbled text.
Readers are informed that The New York Times Daily and Sunday Editions can be mailed nationwide for 75 cents per month. The Daily Edition costs five cents per month. Orders may be placed via newsdealers or directly with the Publication Office, telephone number 1000 Bryant.
A Raleigh Journal editorial sinks the Republican platform praising Theodore Roosevelt as exalted, condemning the adulation as sycophantic and arguing the tone mocks democratic values. It questions the platform’s anti injunction stance, warns of economic harm, and urges restraint in federal business control.
A dated discussion argues that courts should not grant injunctions for personal convenience against unions or their members. It notes a ruling by Judge Bischorr protecting unions from annoyance, urges exhausting ordinary remedies first, and critiques proposals to direct court practice. The piece also covers militia, National Guard training, and Balkan affairs facing international power dynamics and Turkey.
The article notes weather hardships for soldiers at Pine Plains and contrasts regulars with citizen soldiers. It describes tent destruction, soaked blankets, and ruined rations, framing the experience as beneficial discipline and a rough but instructive camp life.
The Rev John D Lona National Secretary of the Christian Socialist Fellowship explains the movement as a religious as well as economic revolution. He argues the heaven to come is here below and Christian Socialists promote a redistribution of wealth rather than charity. Clergymen may not be arsonists but the teaching is questioned as followers of Jesus move from spiritual to material aims.
The Times claims unique access to the Republican platform printed in advance. Newsmen and press groups gather in Chicago eager for guidance as the platform dominates the convention's news cycle. The Times notes the platform’s significance and previews how it shapes public expectations and subsequent convention events.
A heated critique of Germany in relation to Balkan affairs is forwarded by the Balkans Communities in London to The Outlook. The letter addresses German policies and potential impacts on regional stability and diplomacy.
Private Secretary Lors notes many planks were amended and submitted. The speaker claims the people's most exalted servant has come to represent not political sovereignty. The President, with modesty, struck out the Lord's anointed phrase.
An editorial blames a 56th Street crash that killed four on driver incompetence rather than the car. It urges a strict licensing system like France, requiring proven skill before anyone may operate a vehicle. The piece argues licenses would curb accidents and change public perception of autos.
The editorial condemns early and noisy fireworks in the city before July Fourth. It blames aldermen for permitting cheap fireworks sold by small traders and argues police enforcement is impracticable for every child, proposing fines for parents to curb the nuisance and danger before the national celebration.
The piece argues that while children naturally delight in loud Fourth of July toys adults demand peace. It discusses Commissioner's push for city action to keep nerves calm, and critiques the Interborough plan to switch from anthracite to semi bituminous coal arguing soft coal can be burned cleanly with proper grates.
A reader from New Jersey argues a couple can live well on one half of $35 weekly while owning a seven room house with gas and bath. He notes high butcher bills and egg and butter usage, says savings cover clothes and small pleasures, and mentions hosting friends for dinners. Weber von Wem. June 12, 1908.
A Times editorial discussion on atonement and forgiveness for financial misdeeds, arguing genuine repentance and restitution should spare a man from ruin if he seeks guidance from a minister and strives to repair harm. The letter invokes moral quotes and Victor Hugo to urge mercy and support for the repentant.
A letter from L. F. HH of New York on June 15 1908 criticizes Hughes race track bills as ineffective arguing they will push bettors to poolrooms. He notes reports of 900 poolrooms opening in the last month and expects 500 more within a week, calling for full enforcement of existing betting laws.
Amid clamor over race track betting reformers from press pulpit and Legislature stay silent on church fair lotteries run in violation of state and federal law. Brooklyn New York June 16 1908.
The article asserts Ellen Tree as Charles Kemble's wife, a claim labeled heterophemy. It corrects by naming Maria de Camp as Charles Kemble's wife and notes New York date June 16, 1906.
The Brooklyn Eagle mocks the Republican platform as a Roosevelt rite and warns that the New York Times and White House deny parts while New York World calls it a Roosevelt testament. It argues the document binds the party to Rooseveltism, with clashes over anti trust, farmers, labor, and Bryanism hurting Democrats.
The New York Press argues the Republican platform is largely ceremonial and vague. It notes the platform draft is cautious on key issues while the convention process shapes the pledges for the campaign and voter guidance.
The New York American blasts the Republican platform as a campaign theater. It argues promises at conventions are hollow and funded by predatory donors, noting real pledges to curb overcapitalization and child labor would be kept only in private.
The Sun notes the 1908 tariff plank published yesterday proposes a new protection principle. It argues duties should equal home production costs minus foreign costs plus a reasonable American profit, a candor unusual in national platform language. The piece questions what constitutes a reasonable profit under government-imposed costs.
In New York on June 15 1908 a writer argues that Republicans should deny the Administration by voting for the Prohibition ticket to satisfy labor demands while maintaining party integrity and civic duty.
At a regular meeting the Board of Estimate weighs approving a river avenue Jerome Avenue branch reroute to use River Avenue from 157th to 169th Street and build north of 157th as an elevated line. The shift reduces expense versus the formerly planned Gerard Avenue route and avoids congested gas and water mains. Approval would require reauthorization of the altered plan by the Board of Estimate. An added platform at Bowling Green is approved to support a shuttle to South Ferry and allow through service to Brooklyn.
The Public Service Commission and the New York City Railway receivers clash as the latter skip a hearing on expanding Eighty-sixth Street cross town line service. The commission seeks sufficient seats or twenty five cars per quarter hour, while receivers Joline and Robinson protest a $9 million outlay. The panel plans alias actions to reveal true construction costs to justify passenger access versus capitalization.
An 1868 notice from New York announces that public school graduation ceremonies are abolished. Students who complete the prescribed course will receive diplomas in their own classrooms rather than before the entire assembly. The change aims to allow working children to graduate privately, though it removes public recognition.
A letter to the editor advocates a subway along Eighth Avenue and Central Park West with West Side Taxpayers Association support and a petition to the Public Service Commission. It argues the Pennsylvania tunnel completion will overload Seventh and Ninth Avenues and claims the route could be built without marring beauty or symmetry.
A poem by J W Foley celebrates country life with images of green fields, flowing brooks, and the scent of new hay. It foresees the season of fried spring chicken and green corn, interweaving rural joy with the coming harvest and the chopping block in a reflective, nostalgic voice.
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