New York Times Company Publication Details 1911
The text lists the New York Times publication office addresses in New York and other cities, plus pricing and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, foreign and Canadian mail options, and notices about mailing and second class status. It reflects period advertising and logistical information from June 30, 1911.
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Anne Ve
NEW York Times Book Review
Canada
Times Weekly Financial Review
New York Times
Rapid Transit Co operation sparks city pressure
Editorial argues city should partner with both Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Interborough to expand transit, arguing the Bronx relies on fair terms. It criticizes Assembly Stilwell bill threatening City Hall Park and urges public action and a mayoral veto to preserve the park and home rule.
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Sethh Low
Brooklyn
Interborough
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Manhattan
the Times
TIMES
City Hall
New York
Licely
Garner
City Hall Park
Stilwell
Board of Estimate
Court House
Bar Association
Parks and Playgrounds Association
City Club
People's Institute
Transit contracts and political reform outlined in dialogue
The article examines the Brooklyn Interborough transit plan, criticizing a sole Brooklyn route as crippling and urging symmetrical, shared routes. It praises McAneny policy, party unity, and fair minority treatment while contrasting House and Senate conduct and noting reform aims in France including proportional representation and ballot reform.
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Brooklyn
McAneny
Interborough
Clark endorses Democratic reform and tariff reduction
Speaker CLARK defends Democratic stance in his district letter. He credits the fall political shift to opposition to the Payne tariff and Republican machine rule. He says the mandate was to cut tariffs and free Congress, noting the House has acted with practical efficiency and reform by placing committee naming in Democratic hands.
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Ways and Means
Clark
Payne
Congress
Ode less coronation notes poet laureate silence
A jittery editorial notes the absence of an ode on King George V’s coronation and ponders why the Poet Laureate did not produce verses. It questions if Alfred might have written an unsatisfactory ode and suggests Parliament and poets turned to prose in 1911. It cites Kipling and references earlier odes by William Watson and Büriss Carman.
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George V
Alfred
Epwarp
Japan
Kipling
London
William Watson
Buiiss Carman
France's Ministry falls amid suffrage debate and ballot reforms
The text notes the fall of France's Monis ministry amid suffrage agitation and questions for the new Caillaux administration. It cites the possible shifts to scrutin de liste and proportional representation, contrasting them with the current scrutin d’arrondissement system and local influence in elections.
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M. CatLiaux
Monis
France
United States
Caillaux
M. Monis
M. Morris
Scrutin de Liste
Wages and Negro Policemen in Public Life
The piece discusses living wages and minimum wage debates in Massachusetts, noting commissions to study wage levels for women and minors and potential future legislation. It shifts to consider black policemen, arguing both questions of feasibility and equity, with examples from the West Indies and New York, and ends with a remark on Judge Charles Brand's comments about a Walton County lynching case.
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Massachusetts
Iron Age
Pittsburg
New York
West Indies
St. Lucia
United States
Charles Brand
Georgia
Walton County
Judge questions mercy in militia killings and trial fate
The text questions a judge who spared white citizens from militia danger yet allowed black prisoners to be killed. It questions logical consistency, asking if the judge will also deem murder trials unnecessary now that killings have occurred, hinting at potential remarks from Judge Brand.
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Brand
An Argument for the Lash in a Times Letter
A reader defends corporal punishment for youths who attack police. He cites Rev Dr Madison C Peters and John Josiah Munro arguing flogging as reform, asks why Sing Sing inmates are not improved by whipping, and counters the Times editorial on decency.
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Madison C. Peters
John Josiah Munro
W. H. Blatch
Rentpayers and Rapid Transit Letter From New York 1911
A New York rentpayer argues that the public should not bear subway costs while fares rise and rents climb. He cites Mayor Gaynor’s five cent fare pledge and questions who protects renters as rapid transit expands. The writer laments overcrowding and laments relocation of rents to the Bronx.
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The
New York Times
Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission
Gayror
Rapid
Washington Heights
Bronx
New York
Cruelty in a Classroom Ant Colony Tale
A reader condemns a teacher for teaching cruelty by forcing boys to starve and burn ants in a plant-filled classroom to control flies. The letter questions summer welfare for ants and compares to cruelty to cats left in the country, urging humane treatment.
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New York Times
New York
Subways Lacking Fans Prompt Reader Complaint
Edward Everett Miers of New York writes June 28, 1911 to dispute claims of ventilated subway cars. He says many trains lack fans and the heat and odors are intolerable, urging public service action and PSC pressure on the Interborough to install cooling in all cars.
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The
New York Times
Public Service Commission
Interborough
Edward Everett Miers
New York
Overheated Subway Air Circulation Idea from Brooklyn Bridge
A letter to the editor proposes a ventilation system for the subway. It suggests a mid tunnel fan drawing foul air out and up to create a constant airflow from stations, purifying tunnels as air is replaced through station openings. Author initials F. M. B.
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New York Times
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Riverside Park lawn rule sparks public anger
A letter to the editor protests daily Park Department orders that drive people from Riverside Drive lawns. The writer, citing women and children and the heat, asks for reasonable access to shaded or lawn seating rather than benches in the sun.
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The
New York Times
Riverside Drive
Park Department
Riverside Park
New York
King case cited in relief effort for Russian Baptists
Mrs Henry C Rice notes Dr Jonas King a American missionary condemned for preaching Orthodox Greek Church doctrines and fined and imprisoned. Intercession by Roger A Pryor secured full indemnity and an apology from President Pierce. References to Reminiscences of Peace and War and other sources. New York June 29 1911.
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New York Times
Russia
Jonas King
King
America
Roger A. Pryor
Pierce
Limiting Steam Whistle Noise From Hudson Steamers
A letter from ALBINO FLECK in New York asks if the duration of steam whistle blasts from Hudson River steamers can be limited. He notes some boats whistle louder than the Olympic, which sailed today with almost no noise, suggesting engineers curb excess steam venting.
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The
New York Times
Hudson River
Albino Fleck
Wnaw
Ann Arbor Honors Public Health and Noted Leaders
The University of Michigan conferred Doctor of Laws on President Harry Pratt Judson Gov. Chase Osborne Judge Rufus Thayer and Henry Prout. It also awarded the first Doctor of Public Health degrees to Dr. W. A. Evans and Dr. Guy L. Kiefer for their work with Chicago and Detroit health departments.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Harry Pratt Judson
Chicago University
Chase Osborn
Michigan
Rufus Thayer
United States Court For China
Henry Prout
New York City
Equatorial Provinces
University Regents
W. A. Evans
Chicago
Guy L. Kiefer
Detroit
Prisms in the Air and the Landlord’s Grounded Pride
In a 1911 New York letter the writer rails at landlords who would trap aviators with subterranean ambitions. He contrasts prism based property with pyramidal theories, argues lines are parallel or radii, and warns that restricting air freedom risks driving birdmen to defy rules and seek the skies despite earthly greed.
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The
New York Times
the Times
A. Hog
New York
The City Garbage Carts At Night Draw Complaint
A reader voices frustration with nocturnal garbage carts used by the Cleaning Commissioner. The letter compares the carts to guillotine transport in Paris and pleads for quieter collection to avoid disturbing residents at midnight.
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The
New York Times
Paris
Mme
Roland
Marie Antoinette
Mr. Edwards
Dr Wiley praised for protecting public from impure foods
Albany New York June 28 1911 J F Snow comments on Dr Wiley and the Ad vertisers Protection Association urging enforcement of pure food and drug laws. The welfare of the people is more important than advertisers business and Wiley’s work is commended for safeguarding the public from impure foods and fraudulent drugs and quack medicines.
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The
New York Times
Wiley
Albany
N. Y
J. F. Snow
The Babes in the Wood in Central Park
A verse tale by W J Lampton describes two Innocents wandering lost in Central Park. They struggle to find shelter as days pass and finally rest beneath a bush, discovered by birds but with no leaves to cover them.
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Central Park
W. J. Lampton
Banks condemn Grady banking bill and its warned consequences
Banks and trust companies protest Senator Grady's plan to amend banking laws forcing withdrawal from the New York Clearing House. The measure would raise cash reserves and trim resources by about 660 million dollars. A protest meeting at Guaranty Trust Co. was planned to oppose the bill.
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Grady
New York Clearing House
New York City
Guaranty Trust Co
Clearing House
Trust Company
Clearing House Association
New York
New Yorks
Pupils to be awarded for safe and sane Fourth of July essays
Silver and bronze medals will be awarded to vacation school and playground pupils for compositions on a safe and sane Fourth July. District Supt Stitt selected topics. entries due by July with a 500 word limit. Sign full name address age school and vacation site. Medals bear a sword broken by a pen and a Columbia laurel motif with inscriptions noting first prize in New York City.
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Stitt
Eigen
Iore
Newark
Gaynor
New York
Columbia
New York City
Honor to Dr Schechter Honored by Harvard for Doctor of Letters
Dr Solomon Schechter president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, one of four Harvard conferees of the Doctor of Letters, leaves for the American Zionists convention in Tannersville New York. He has forged world renown for Genizah manuscript collection and Rabbinic leadership at Cambridge and Berlin.
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Solomon Schechter
Jewish Theological Seminary
Harvard University
Tannersville
N. Y
Schechter
Lowell Harvard
University of Cambridge
Palestine
Egypt
Italy
Cairo
Berlin
Claude Montefiore
Israel Abrahams
Appellate Court Upholds Sprinkler Installations Rule
The Appellate Term upholds City Charter Section 672 empowering the Fire Commissioner to order automatic water sprinklers for property owners and to levy penalties for noncompliance. The ruling supports a Municipal Court award against John Christman, a piano manufacturer on East 137th Street, who challenged the ordinance as unconstitutional abridgment of property rights and conflicting with the Building Code.
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Supreme Court
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