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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
6
The New York Times announces a Wednesday edition dated June 24 1908. It lists city and postal details, pricing for Greater New York Jersey City and Newark and the Sunday edition price. The page header credits Adolph S. Ochs as president and treasurer B C Franck secretary.
The page lists subscription prices for The New York Times and associated publications. Rates cover daily and Sunday editions, weekly reviews, and annual plans. It includes foreign country options, Canada pricing, and mail postage details.
The notice explains that The New York Times editions, daily and Sunday, can be mailed nationwide with monthly rates. Orders may be sent through publishers or directly to the publication, detailing subscription availability and delivery options.
The article argues that Lincoln set a standard for leadership and that Roosevelt proved how people respond to strong reforms. It asserts Roosevelt’s policies should be continued and developed, and that a successor may skip novelty if not proposing a new program, per Tart’s piece in Collier’s Weekly.
A clash over two Harvard oarsmen and the Yale race prompts a rebuke aimed at Theodore Roosevelt. The piece contrasts Roosevelt's influence with Taft’s steadier reform approach and defends Harvard President Eliot’s stance on discipline and fairness.
The piece argues Canada may require British registry for waterborne carriage on routes partly in U S territory and links to a 50 percent customs tax demand on Canadian ship repairs in U S yards. It notes Canada imitating U S actions such as licensing Canadian fishermen in New York waters and urges reciprocal accommodations over retaliation.
An Ottawa dispatch notes Canada will oversee its own coasting trade. the piece signals a shift in policy and hints at friction with the Dominion. The summary reflects the domestic stance and Ottawa’s stance on trade autonomy.
The piece argues the Philippines trade policy was not driven by mercenary aims. It cites Department of Commerce data showing U S trade with the islands at about 15 million, hemp dominates imports, and U S export potential in cotton goods and metal trades remains limited compared to Britain and Spain. It notes insular affairs optimism that American factors could capture half the Philippines cotton trade with modest effort.
The speaker argues that limiting markets for island products harms trade growth with dependencies. Opening markets would help both sides, though tariff advocates oppose this, prioritizing protected home interests over broader profits and mutual gain. The focus is on tariffs and mercantile policy.
The city credits sanitation and charity with lower mortality in Manhattan and Brooklyn, noting better milk and meat quality and fly-control efforts. It warns higher meat prices hit the poor, laments public costs for sewer projects and harbor pollution studies, and questions public funding for ongoing measures.
The London Times expands coverage to social pages describing the Ambassador's daughter's wedding garments, drawing broader attention to private life than parliamentary debates. The Saturday Review critiques, while observers note public interest in fashion and the duties of wealth, status, and society.
Readers note in depth coverage of Miss Reip's wedding garments as a precise, technical description. The piece emphasizes fabric choice, tailoring, and stylistic elements reflecting the era's fashion reportage.
In 1905 Bialystok riots 73 Jews were killed and 82 wounded while 11 Christians died and 23 were wounded. After nearly three years trials ended with one prisoner given three years and 13 others to under a year. 15 acquitted. Prosecutors claimed a Jewish reign of terror amid alleged government conspiracy, highlighting flawed courts and biased testimony.
The article questions the Board of Health plan to muzzle all roaming dogs with immediate death for at large dogs. It argues for balanced limits, warns of public resentment, and favors training over extreme measures while noting dogs’ role in society and the practicality of city life.
The fragment reflects on Genghis Khan’s vast, brutal reach and its faded successors in China. It also analyzes a royal wedding bracelet note to Miss Whitlaw Reid, pondering why Edward R. addressed her by her husband’s surname and the hyphen in Whitlaw Reid.
A letter to the editor from a British traveler in New York in June 1908 denounces American limits on liberty. He cites police brutality at a racecourse, bans on drinking and betting, park restrictions in Bronx Park, and calls for judicial reform, comparing U.S. rule to Russia.
A New York reader defends Formosa Oolong as the most hygienic tea and argues against blends and milk. He cites Bally’s brewing method, notes that Oolong benefits from lemon and disputes milk in tea, contrasting English and Japanese habits.
A Newark reader endorses hot tea for thirst quenching and favors Darjeeling or Ceylon over Formosa. The letter from E. D. W. dated June 22, 1908, aligns with a Times correspondent on tea as a cooling beverage.
Buffalo correspondent argues over iced tea uses and dismisses a claim about a soldier with the iron jaw fighting Zulus in the Soudan. Writer signs H. B. D. from Plainfield New Jersey dated June 22, 1908.
A New York letter from June 18 1908 argues Roosevelt faces no strong rivals as his popularity grows. It claims Grover Cleveland Horatio Seymour Blaine Tilden and others failed to stand up to his blunders and tricks, with Bryan as the sole adversary.
A New York reader argues that Europe’s peace is endangered not by the Kaisers speech but by others. The writer calls the line Let them all come defensive and peaceful, contrasting with editorials in the Times about the speech. The letter is dated Jung 2% 1008.
The battleships Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron departed Honolulu at 10 25 am for Manila. They will stop at Guam on July 7 and are due in Manila on July 21 under Capt. Giles B Harber. The ships will partly serve as the Atlantic fleet escort from San Francisco.
Admiral Sah of the Pei Yang Squadron has arrived to help prepare Amoy for the U S battleship fleet. Cecil A V Bowra and Taotoi Liu lead arrangements with local customs and foreign residents aiding the entertainment. The schedule includes official visits, foreign-hosted events, sports for sailors, and receptions aboard fleet ships.
President Caroline Hazard announced that the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics will merge with Wellesley College and a gymnasium costing 100000 dollars will be built. An endowment of 160000 dollars is in sight to fund the project by 1909, with graduates noting the class of 246 this year.
Amherst Mass June 23 The class day exercises opened with ivy planting by Heath E White senior class president James P Fleming gave ivy oration William Halls read ivy poem Edward Powley delivered class oration Holbrook Bonney class poem Afternoon seniors gathered in the grove for class-mats compositions Grove oration Frederick P Smith grove poem William S Washburn delivered concluding pieces
In a July 23 1908 letter F H M urges publishers to hire diligent copyists to preserve accurate given and family names in the City Directory. He notes common misspellings like Frederic versus Franks and stresses consistent spelling across bills and listings.
Harriet Stanton Blatch challenges delegates and press in Chicago for assuming women do not count. She argues the representation resolution would affect more than the South, noting states like Colorado Wyoming Utah and Idaho would gain delegates where women vote. She letters New York June 18 1908.
A 1908 letter from M. M. P of New York urges insanity as valid divorce cause. She describes twenty years with an insane husband and argues divorce laws are unjust, whether insanity existed at marriage or developed later.
Letter to THE TIMES argues against daily updates on Roosevelt travels and wildlife counts. The writer pleads for restraint, asking reporters to wait for the president’s book rather than ongoing coverage of his movements and animal kills during the Africa trip.
A humorous verse recounts delegates telephoning to Roosevelt for guidance, waiting for word from the White House, and finally hearing the message that the race began and to go home. The ballad features names like Hiram Snodgrass Reuben Scratchwill Peter Trotter and Homer Brown, capturing campaign mood.
A Princeton University Board of Trustees report calls for sweeping curtailments in athletic and non athletic student organizations, reducing upper class club absences, and reshaping Triangle and musical clubs. Changes target baseball and other sports, with tennis and golf needing fewer absences, and propose a new open university club site for all upper classes.
Secretary Straus announces a plan sending 1 025 000 double postal cards to rural employers to shift labor across seasons. He aims to distribute immigrant and domestic labor from large cities to agricultural regions, with T W Powderly opening a bureau office in Chicago to coordinate harvest labor in the Midwest.
A. B. Pugh reports the land conspiracy case ended with Hyde and Schneider convicted and Benson and Dimond acquitted. Government trial cost $48,360, but the Land Department gains include restoration of over 110000 acres valued around $1000000 to public lands.
The Panama Minister Sefer Arango states dispatches published in this morning's papers claiming his recall and replacement by Mejia of Salvador are erroneous. He explains the confusion arose from a Panama press dispatch saying Mejia passed through Panama en route to Washington, though Mejia has been on leave and is returning to his post.
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