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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
6
The item lists publication details for the New York Times dated Thursday June 20, 1907. It notes price and mailing information for Greater New York, Jersey City, and Newark with higher rates for elsewhere and a five cent Sunday edition.
The notice lists New York offices including Times Square and 80 Broadway, with postal rates for daily and Sunday editions. It details subscriptions by mail, options for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly plans, and adjusted rates for Canada and foreign countries. This item appears as a historical directory snippet reflecting newspaper delivery pricing.
The New York Times offered mail delivery of the Daily and Sunday Editions nationwide at rates per month and monthly options. Orders could be placed via newsdealers or sent directly to the Publication Office.
The article notes the remit of nearly 27 million dollars from the United States to China, reducing the indemnity from 333.9 million to cover only actual military and claim costs. It recalls Hay’s 1900–1901 diplomacy, McKinley’s stance, and the 1901 protocol assigning the Haikwan tael indemnity and apportioned payments to powers including the United States.
The De Beers Consolidated Mines Company denies reports it plans moving sales from London to New York to dodge British and African taxes. The piece argues the US must improve its banking, warns that capital confidence in America is being undermined by policy and constitutional concerns, and notes a drift of capital abroad despite gold abundance.
The speaker argues against punitive exactions and praises friendly ties with China. Exclusion laws harmed China, while indemnity policy could reduce jealousy and boost trade. The plan is to lead by example, advance Far East interests, and favor long term peace between nations.
The article discusses John Morey as Secretary of State for India and his stance on British rule in India. It notes his support for democracy, his comments in Parliament on the Indian uprising, and the tension between anti imperialist critics in Boston and British governance during a period of rising Indian dissent.
The piece claims a British official argues for keeping India under British rule, insisting natives could not govern peaceably if evacuated. It notes tension between professed political principles and coercive policy, suggesting parallels with retention of the Philippines and citing mockingly a Buffalo figure. It hints at responses from Britons and Indian subjects alike.
Premiums totaling over $300,000 go to owners of winning horses in the June Coney Island Jockey Club meets starting with the Suburban Handicap. English and French prizes pale beside Sheepshead Bay sums, with new stakes like the $25,000 Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes and bonus purses up to $20,000 for the Tidal and $22,000 for the Lawrence Realization. James R Keene’s stable has earned $126,041 in 57 days, averaging over $2,000 daily, and Peter Pan could bring in an additional $100,000 if the “triple crown” is achieved.
A Harper's Bazar piece by Henry James critiques American women's manners, contrasting European influence and imitation with conscience. The article notes hotel bred girls as nuisances, praises a well placed debutante, and discusses domestic conduct and social etiquette among American women.
The speaker asserts American firearms surpass English girls in many aspects and claims American women are their equals in modesty and intellect, presenting a provocative comparison as part of a broader cultural stance.
A Chicago plan uses mail order logistics to spread religious reform by daily letters to targeted individuals. It suggests obtaining address lists and postage to fund moral uplift campaigns, arguing the method mirrors Salvation Army aims and avoids graphic religious street texts.
The Bunker Hill Monument Association marks 132 years since the battle and 84 years since its founding. It proposes memorials to Lord Howe Clinton and other British heroes alongside Prescott SHARP and American figures. The account recalls the battle's courage on both sides with 1,040 British and 115 American deaths among about 10,000 and 1,500 troops respectively.
The piece rebuts claims that the Isthmus has health standards like New York, noting that narrow, selective American crews skew the view. Deaths among canal staff occur after returning North, and tropical residence for Northern races cannot be permanent. Yellow fever can be eliminated with knowledge and prevention.
The piece contrasts views by Charles Finney Education Cox on race, culture, and money with the idea that college education may not guarantee wealth. It notes a shift from self made men doubting education to those funding colleges, suggesting education raises standards of character and honor even if not a direct path to riches.
An editorial warns that silencing witnesses with a death sign from prison or public benches is a disturbing new tactic in New York trials. The piece alleges the Black Hand is a real, organized threat and presses for immediate suppression and punishment of its members to prevent further murders.
Letter to the editor contends the June 16 Times piece mischaracterizes government food and drug guarantees. It explains the Agriculture Department does not certify products and that the guarantee is the manufacturer’s, with serial numbers and potential enforcement actions against false advertising.
A letter to the New York Times proposes city funding for additional attendants at all subway and elevated stations to operate side doors and speed service. The writer cites delays, public safety, and compares city grit to Theodore Roosevelt, urging municipal action in 1907.
June 19 Rutgers College marks commencement with class reunions and the notable appearance of the class of 1904 members dressed as railroad laborers in tribute to Leonor F. Loree of the class of 1877, delayed by illness. Loree’s address, read by Rutgers President Demarest, attacked recent two cent a mile railroad laws and warned that legislation risks mob rule and a bureaucratic government replacing representative democracy.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler telegraphed the Regents of the University of California that he had declined the Presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, despite the post offering $15,000 a year. He remains head of the University of California with a $10,000 salary.
A Yonkers tale recounts a robin pair that raised four young, a male robin deserts then returns with a stranger. The stepfather is rebuffed and the mother robin lays anew, hatching four more. J H Johnston notes the absence of stepfathers among robins.
A reader in Poughkeepsie cites Burns and Swift to critique Taft’s plan to saint James I in a St Louis speech. The letter mocks official pretensions, suggesting a rival verse about a soldier and a saint beyond reach, and notes Dickens usage of a similar nickname.
John W. Cavanagh, letter writer from New York dated June 19, 1907, complains a prior newspaper report alleged him guilty of stealing stock worth 1600 dollars. He says Judge Walsh ordered a case review and he was honorably discharged, asking for a correction.
A verse sketch shows Pop on the grand jury probing graft while Aunty attends a club. The narrator and brothers drift through a quiet afternoon as family life, bridge games, and a mishap with a dog frame a child’s view of growing up amid grown up concerns.
At Fordham University commencement held in University Hall, Archbishop Farley and other speakers rejected socialism as a cure for societal evils. They argued religion provides the moral solution. Honorary Doctor of Laws went to Herbert G. Squires and Thomas A. Emmet. Bachelor of Arts to several graduates including John J. Barry Jr and Edward P. O'Toole. Quinlan and Seiler among discussants with Quinlan and O'Toole delivering notes and the valedictory by O'Toole.
The 1907 class of the Normal College training department received diplomas in a morning ceremony on Lexington Avenue. A 1607 1807 1907 educational program featured, with valedictory and songs. Dr Hunter urged that education must adapt to ability and noted a coachman's daughter who could not read, yet found success as a designer.
Ithaca June 19 A new school of education connected with Cornell University is founded by the Board of Trustees. Dean A Rosshill of the University of Missouri Teachers College is appointed Director. Frank Irvine elected Director of the College of Law to succeed the late E K Huffcuts. Full professors named H E Dunn music Jean Hebrard in architecture design W N Barnard in steam engineering and T W Hastings in chemical engineering.
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