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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
6
Public notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions in 1906. Rates shown for weekly, monthly, and yearly plans include foreign postage supplements and a weekly financial quotation review. Offices listed in New York Philadelphia and London.
The New York Times announces home delivery for its Daily and Sunday editions across the country at a monthly rate. Orders may be placed via newsdealers or sent directly to the Publication Office.
The amended Meat Inspection bill declares that no transport of uninspected meat and products can occur across state lines or US territories. It pledges inspections, marks, and compliance, aiming to end packinghouse abuses and restore public confidence in Chicago meat and exports.
The article argues the French loan to Pennsylvania Railroad shows prudent capital risk and security for French savers. It notes the value of investing in the railroad, Cassatt's plan, and the concept of making Manhattan a major rail hub as central to the scheme. It contends the transaction promises well despite rising estimates and questions how to provide adequate trackage beyond Manhattan Island.
The article argues that the Pennsylvania system justifies massive outlays for new steel cars and expanded capacity. It notes a projected income from Long Island commuters and asserts the plan will be unique, long lasting, and worth the cost. It cites a large capital increase and a strong surplus as defense against future reverses.
The article details Frau Wagner’s vendetta against Mme Weed for participating in Parsifal in New York, describing a Bavarian boycott in Baireuth where hospitality and even room access are denied. It argues the motive is Wagnerian self interest and local populist control, not artistic merit.
The piece argues that Ireland was once the most distressful country and that our era returns a similar success, praising Speaker Cannon for voicing these sentiments, though the exact words from our contemporary The World cannot be quoted here.
A plunge into early 20th century industrial capitalization and production shows capital 1900 to 1905 rising from 5.17 to 7.88 trillion and output from 6.81 to 8.98 trillion, with wages up 82 percent and materials 31 percent. The piece notes profits depend on saleability and warns against overvaluation while praising overall growth and McKinley era foresight.
The article cites Senator Knox advocating a lock canal as the preferred path, while contrasting earthquake risks and historical Panama reports. It notes San Francisco quake era landslides that shifted mountains and compromised foundations, including Gatun dam borings, leaving the ultimate choice between easier construction and durable permanence unresolved.
The Med Thinkingical Journal credits Lucien Jacquet with a new explanation of baldness claiming nervous origin and higher incidence among intellectuals. The tone questions the idea as familiar and hints at other factors like lack of fresh air and overwork among thinkers.
A June 19 1906 letter from New York defends Roosevelt against plagiarism charges. The writer claims the president borrows moral platitudes from old copybook headings guiding speech and notes a sample line for letter A Avoid malicious company. The piece frames the president as echoing traditional maxims rather than new thought.
A Paris man named Rougier, once a platewasher and later a chemist's assistant and banker, is arrested for fraud. He marketed cures based on cigar ash to numerous clients, mostly women, with letters praising the remedies found in his room.
The London Chronicle notes a postal misaddressed letter to Hall Caine, Isle of Man, as evidence of local postal inefficiency. It mentions Caine as a legislator and novelist and suggests he relocate to Guernsey, analogizing with a prior tale of letters to Victor Hugo reaching a Channel island.
The training department at Normal College held its graduation exercises for 100 female graduates aged 17 to 26. President Hunter, William N. Wilmer, and President Winthrop attended with Wilmer presiding and presenting diplomas. Miss Josephine B. Warschauer gave the valedictory and Miss Mary Low read a poem to Dr Hunter. Winthrop delivered the address and Hunter spoke afterward.
An Orientalist letter reports a Gink, known in China as gink-ko, found on a vessel near land after drifting from an Asiatic port. The note recalls Canton sightings and the local amusement of inhaling chandoo fumes as context.
A brief humorous verse dated June 18 1906 from New York by A. W. W. expresses disdain for ginks and jokes about changing drinks to avoid becoming one.
A reader letter from Eve of Warwick New York June 18 1906 argues that many women pursue wages and business instead of marriage. She contends self-respecting women shift from marriage to work to support relatives and avoid despised traditional roles.
A reader argues that the upper Fifth Avenue is as dusty as the lower part and warns of disease risk from volatile dirt. The letter urges The Times to publish a protest and asks the Health Department to investigate the issue.
In a 1906 note from Yonkers New York dated June 19, K. Vv. W. argues that disease cannot be reduced to nothing, thus it must have been a nonentity to begin with. The piece ridicules the notion by comparing a lecture that vanishes to nothingness with the idea.
A June 19 1906 dispatch from New York laments widespread ills including stolen water, spoiled meats and canned goods, unsafe transport and subway fires. The writer urges restraint on investigations, warning results may be fatal.
A nurse proposes a simple cooling method for hot days. She places a folded old blanket pad on the stone window ledge and keeps it wet all day. Evaporation cools the room and relieves invalids.
A reader praises the paper’s Topics of the Times column for its discerning, gentle observations that amuse without derision, saying the pieces strike the right point and provoke smiles from the reader.
The Broadway tunnel between 103rd and 110th Street stations still has a charred wood and smoke odor from a fire more than two weeks old. A car was destroyed by the short circuiting fire reported as the cause.
From The London Globe, Dr Emil Reich argues imagination prevents baldness by avoiding stifling thoughts. He claims imagination replaces restorer use and notes no bald policemen testify in speed limit cases. The piece wryly links creativity to hair health and legal appearances.
The Columbia State notes the Railroad Rate bill returning to the Senate for further debate and consideration amid renewed attention.
From The Washington Star and The Louisville Courier Journal comes a satire on English meat and jam makers. It notes Packingtown’s stench and hints at dubious goods like potted tongue and ham amid urban food markets.
At Royal Ascot the Longworth and Reid families attended the royal enclosure with King Edward present. American guests in Windsor and Ascot numbered many, including Carter and Vanderbilt clans. Autos replaced carriages as crowds gathered under improving skies for June races.
Major Gen Roe files charges against Major William H Romer of the Eighth Regiment National Guard New York. Major Robert Edwards Jr accuses Romer of disobedience to orders disrespect to superiors conduct prejudicial to good order and performing duty while under arrest during a Creedmoor rifle practice march to the ferry.
William Nelson Cromwell repeated refusal to answer questions from the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals regarding Isthmian canal affairs. He cited confidential relations with his client the New Panama Canal Company. The committee adjourned until next Tuesday without a verdict, and a court certification this session seems unlikely.
John H. Grant assistant commissioner of agriculture in Buffalo sues for promotion to the New York City post left vacant by F. J. Kracke. Grant, a veteran, asks mandamus to compel Commissioner Wieting to appoint him. Salary cited is $3,000 for the city post versus $1,500 in Buffalo. Writ returnable June 22 in Erie County Special Term.
Delegates of the National Association of Stationers convened at the Hotel Astor for their annual meeting. Acting President Elias Goodman welcomed the group, Fletcher B. Gibbs discussed local association organization, and plans were made to hold next year’s convention in St. Paul Minnesota. The delegates spent the evening at Coney Island.
E J Berwind testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission that Berwind-White paid freight on estimated weights set by the Pennsylvania Railroad, not actual weights. He cited limited car availability during the 1902 strike and noted a link to Robert Cassatt’s Keystone Company, urging fair competition and an even playing field.
The Civil Service Commission obeyed Justice Marean's order to rate Policeman Klepper as demanded. The board faced contempt and jail earlier but was released to implement the rating. An appeal to a higher court is anticipated, and an error in Klepper's papers may offset earlier issues. President Baker warns the commission may have breached Civil Service rules.
A reflective poem recalls the dying sun and nightfall as a wish to seek a modest height. It contrasts optimism and sorrow through repeated questions about gloom, joy, and hope. The speaker voices a shared human ache and a final resignation.
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