New York Times 1908 Rate Card and Inquiries
The page lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, weekly financial quotes, and international options. It notes offices in New York Philadelphia Washington London Paris and other locations with mailing details and prices, including Canada and foreign rates.
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New York Times Square
Nlabe-P Ora
Spruce Street
Wall Street
Washington
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Ublic Ledger
London
Fleet St. E.C
Paris
Newspaper Subscriptions Offered For Daily And Sunday Editions
The New York Times announces subscription options for readers nationwide. Daily Edition costs 50 cents per month, Sunday and Daily combined at 75 cents per month. Orders can be placed via newsdealers or directly with the Publication Office by telephone at 1000 Bryant.
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NEW York Times Company
Adolph S. Ochs
Prest & Tr. B
Franck
Secy
NEW York Times
Times Square
New York City
Bryant
Bryan's Appeal to Republicans In 1896 Campaign
The piece argues Bryan seeks Roosevelt Republicans by aligning with Roosevelt policies and criticizing Chicago convention promises. It warns that nominating Bryan would push radical platforms, urging Democrats and independents to back a sane, balanced Democrat and Taft as safer for public welfare and morals. It notes Taft would continue Roosevelt policies.
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Bryan
Roosevelt Repubican
Chicago
Tart
Bryn
Roosevelt
Brian
Taft
la Follette
United States
Denver
Duma Reprimands Finance Minister Over Recurrent Fault
A Russian Duma rebukes the Minister of Finance for the same fault previously cited, signaling ongoing parliamentary dissatisfaction with fiscal handling. The exchange highlights friction between legislature and the finance ministry amid broader economic policy debate.
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Duma
Russian Budget Clash prompts call for legal oversight
The Board of Estimate reprimands Borough President Coler M Kolikov-Soff secures from the Czar a ukase validating a loan against the Duma’s budget rule. Corr defies an official declaration forbidding debt without board approval, risking credit harm. Metz cites a one to two million limit, Coler argues millions, urging a judicial fact finder. The piece likens it to Russia’s Duma control and stresses transit and order in London crowds. Beverley Roginson proposes improved voter registration with signed supportive facts to curb fraud.
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Board of Estimate
Coler. M. Kolikov- Soff
Duma
Russian Representative Assembly
Russia
Corr
Corer
Metz
Coler
New York City
Manhattan Bridge and Fourth Avenue Subway Blunders Criticized
An editorial criticizes haste in planning the Manhattan Bridge and Fourth Avenue Subway, arguing flawed traffic connections and misjudged user needs threaten usefulness. The piece questions private operation aided by public funds and warns against repeating bridge-building errors.
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Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Journal of Brooklyn
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue Subway
Brooklyn
Hon Joan Burns criticizes crowds at London bank holidays
The Hon Joan Burns, a Labour cabinet member, denounces English crowds on bank holidays as nuisance to sensitive citizens. He notes the crowd consists of lower middle and upper working class families who flood travel routes and open spaces, with few taking part in actual play beyond occasional dancing in Hampstead Heath or the variety theatres.
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Burns
London
Joan Burns
Iabor
Hampstead Heath
British state and seamanship in the Gladiator tragedy
The St Paul sank the Gladiator less than two months ago and the case ends with the Admiralty dismissing the Gladiator's Captain while the American Captain is cleared by British courts. The decision credits American navigation, notes blame on insufficient warnings and speed, and praises Capt LuMSpEN and his crew for discipline and courage. Mercy is urged in leniency toward the American officer.
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St. Paul
St. Paul’s
Lumspen
Lumsdens
Canadian Parliament Bill Adopts Civil Service Examinations
The government introduces a bill establishing a competitive examination system for civil service appointments and promotions. While targeting Ottawa departments initially, it can extend to the broader outside service by an order in council. Originating in England about six decades ago, this system followed adoption in the United States and represents a move toward sound administration.
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Ottawa
England
United States
Governor Signs Bill From Last Legislature
The governor has signed the bill introduced in the last Legislature by a senator, finalizing the measure into law and marking its enactment after legislative debate.
White House Republican platform secession and union noted
The White House edition of the Republican platform framed a key contrast as secession versus the Union and slavery versus freedom. The passage was among few stricken in committee as observers recalls the President boasting of Confederate links and impending appointment of Gen Wright to the War Department, emphasizing a shift from the bloody shirt era.
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White House
Republican Party
Alabama
War Department
Wright
Admiral Semmes
Middleboro plan cuts auto trouble by trust and signs
A Massachusetts town replaces patrol traps with an honor system through a motor club led rule. Signs urging twelve mile per hour passing and a promise of fair treatment reduced speeds and incidents. Police fees also dropped as harmony rose.
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Middleboro
Mess
Scorchers
Motor Club
Bay State
Breach of Promise Narratives and Public Opinion
The piece critiques breach of promise suits to marry, noting rising unpopularity as cases spark perjury indictments and swift witness-stand transport. It argues such suits reveal scorned-woman motives versus male victimhood and mocks the spectacle of public scenes in stations and courts.
Metaphysical tests expose fraud in psychical research
The piece argues that a simple Metropo litan Society test would reveal whether mediums can predict three lines from a random page of a book. It notes that true miracles would be hard to fake while frauds rely on complex setups. The author warns against confusing apparent simplicity with real simplicity and claims professionals are unable to hide deceit.
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Metropolitan Psychical Society
Third Avenue
Psychical Society
Standard Oil Defense At Government Trial Opens
The government resumes its suit against Standard Oil before Special Examiner Franklin Ferriss at the new Custom House. Government lawyer Frank B. Kellogg argues Standard’s sales tactics to railroads, while Standard’s counsel promise witnesses will explain the alleged system.
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Standard Oil Company
Franklin Ferriss
New
Custom House
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard
Galena Signal Company
Galena Company
Yale Scientific Prizes Honor Diverse Engineering Winners
In Yale Scientific School class of 08 awards go to Nejib Hovhanness Jebejian for civil engineering from Aintab Turkey. Raymon Lester Brown wins electrical engineering from Campville Connecticut. Nathaniel Herz of New Haven earns mining and geological prizes. Selim Walker McArthur of Chicago shares Belknap biology prize. Herman Wittstein of New Haven collects sanitary prize. Robert Curtis Lewis of Stratford wins Rogers biology scholarship. Pao Yung Jui of Shanghai takes Penfield mining prize.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Scientific School
Nejib Hovhanness Jebejian
Aintab
Turkey
Raymon Lester Brown
Campville
Nathaniel Herz
Belknap
Selim Walker ,McArthur
Chicago
Tucker
Herman Lewis Wittstein
Rogers
Robert Curtis Lewis
Stratford, Conn
Pao Yung Jui
Shanghai
China
Two Schools Merge Under Berkeley and Columbia Institute
Berkeley School and the Columbia Institute unite to form a single institution. They will operate in the Berkeley building at Seventy second Street and Broadway. Dr Edwin Fowler, Columbia Institute’s longtime principal, will join J Clark Read of the Berkeley as headmaster.
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Berkeley School
Columbia Institute
Berkeley
Seventy-second Street
Broadway
Edwin Fowler
J. Clark Read
Barking Dogs
Reader letter condemns barking dogs as nuisances and challen ges the Health Commissioner to act. The writer argues property rights do not excuse disturbing noise and compares it to injuring a neighbor with a stick or brick. Dated New York June 21 1908.
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The
New York Times
Nuisarces
New York
Enterpriser Coined as Exact French Tech Term in 1908
A 1908 letter from Mortimer Thomson commends the coinage enterpriser as the precise English equivalent of the French entrepreneur. Numa Hartog and Percy A. Sanquinetti reply from New York, noting Hartog’s late death after Cambridge studies and praising their family’s literary and artistic lineage.
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New York Times
Mortimer Thomson
New York
Cambrides
Tuma Hartog
Numa
Percy A. Sanquinetti
Noted Fireworks Chaos Seen, Noted Violent Italians Cited
A harsh Times columnist contrasts annual fireworks noise with violent acts by Italians carrying revolvers knives and bombs. The piece claims New York is becoming an ideal place for a native Saxon amidst rising danger and xenophobic language.
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New York Times
New York
Backwoods Sense on Driving with One Hand and a Mare
The verse by Camilla J Knight humorously argues that modern motorcars demand both hands and constant attention, while the speaker prefers using a mare named Bess as a substitute spark plug for safer roadside travel. The piece preserves rustic humor about early travel and vehicle maintenance.
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Ez Backwoods
Bess
Camilla J, Knight
Opticians Laud New Optometry Law At State Convention
The Thirteenth Annual State Optical Society meeting at the Savoy Hotel celebrated the optometry legalized profession. President E E Arrington said after Jan 1 1910 every eye exam by an optician carries a certificate of competence. The convention approved a State Board of Examiners in optometry to be appointed July 1 with members from Rochester New York Syracuse and Buffalo.
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The
State Optical Society
Savoy Hotel
E. E. Arrington
State Society of Opticians
Waldar
Andrew J. Cross
Theew York School of Optometry
New
State Board of Examiners In Optometry
W. Ae Bissell
Rochester
New York
H. C. Watts
Syracuse
Buffalo
School contracts halted as contractors press for payments
Contractors for new school buildings and improvements say they cannot proceed without timely payments from Controller Metz. Seventy-one contracts started work but funds have not been released, forcing some workers to be laid off and delaying fall openings. Metz attributes delays to billing errors and insists funds are available if requests are properly processed.
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Metz
Department of Education
Newspapers as detectives in crime reporting
Lincoln Steffens in The American Magazine argues newspapers are the best crime detectors and should be notified first. He cites Mickey Sweeney and urges victims of robbery to call newspapers before police to reveal detection rates and spur police action.
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Bingham
Lincoln Steffens
American Magazine
Steffens
Mickey Sweeney
New York
Food of School Children Underfed, Says Board Panel
Chairman Thomas J. Higgins reports from the boards special committee that in a 20 000 pupil lower east side population fewer than 200 children are underfed. Testimony from district principals and local boards indicates ill nourished children are about 1 percent of the area’s students. The panel met at School 65 Eldridge Forsyth Streets and will reconvene next Monday with charity group representatives. The Children's Relief Society says 259 to 275 children are fed daily at Canal Forsyth lunchroom, about $3 940 raised so far.
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Lower East Side
Thomas J. Higgins
Board of Education
Eldridge
Forsyth Streets
Higgins
J. H. Hamilton
Children’s Relief Soafety
Canal and
Hearing on newsdealers permit sale ban before aldermen
The Laws and Legislation Committee heard Alderman Dowling's proposal to penalize newsdealers who sell city permits and bar future permits. Independent dealers and unions argued the ordinance harms honest stand owners while Dowling cites a gang selling permits to nonreaders. Hearing adjourned to next Monday at 2 o'clock.
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Laws and Legislation Committee
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Dowling
Newsdealers’ Union
Newspaper Carriers’ Union
Boot Blacks’ Union
Dowling
Vacation plans announced for McGowan and mayoral duties
Mayor President McGowan of the Board of Aldermen will take a three week vacation starting next Friday to Newport, his former home. He will return to town briefly before heading to the Adirondacks for a short stay. Controller Metz likely will not take a long vacation this year.
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McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Newport
Adirondacks
Metz
Minority stockholders clash over Mechanics and Traders Bank plan
Dissension grows among Mechanics and Traders Bank holders over a proposed $1,000,000 loan from Equitable Trust to resume operations. Key figures include David A. Sullivan Leo Schlessinger and the Grout brothers with voting trustees named to reopen under deferred payment terms amid court supervision and depositor waivers.
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Mechanics & Traders Bank
Clark Williams
Equitable Trust Company
Equitable Trust
Leo Schlessinger
Grout Brothers
Paul
Edward M
Morgan J. O'Brien
William H. English
The
Empire. Trust Company
J. C G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
A. B. Hepburn
Chase National
Lounsbury
Commercial Exchange Bank
King
Columbia Trust Company
Grout
O'Brien
English
Chuseti
Equitabel Trust
Mohantes and Traders’ Bank
Eawarn M. Grout
Banks
Williams
Pine Pictins
Mechanics and Traders
David A. Sullivan
Firemen Memorial Fund Reaches New Total
Contributions to the Firemen Memorial Fund rise to 54 137 with aim to erect a monument for New York firemen killed in the line of duty. A forthcoming event, Firemen's Night at Luna Park, is set for July 15 with Frederic Thompson donating a bound illustrated souvenir. Bishop Potter chairs the memorial committee which will choose the design and location in the early Fall.
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New York
Luna Park
Frederic Thompson
Potter
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Opticians
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