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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
6
Fragmentary text from the New York Times front page dated Friday March 90 1908. Contains masthead details about publication frequency offices and mailing data with pricing notes for New York City Greater New York Newark and elsewhere.
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, weekly financials, and international options. It references multiple addresses such as Wall Street and Spruce Street, and formats including with pictorial sections and Sunday supplements.
Washington rumors claim the Civic Federation backs an amendment to legalize labor union boycotts under the Sherman act exemption. The AFL denies official approval and warns the plan could harm public interests as rail trusts push for New Haven Reed style expansion.
A discussion on finance and public springs cites Gladstone on overthinking and touts protecting springs as a public good. The piece laments New York state laxity in safeguarding Saratoga’s medicinal springs while noting France and Germany regulate springs and suggesting federal action.
The Massachusetts Legislature commission report favors merging the New Haven and the Boston & Maine railroads, signaling direction in transit policy. After last year’s hysteria and numerous prohibitory measures, the inquiry revealed mixed views, with two members remaining wary of monopoly despite perceived benefits.
The proposed bill would ban photographing or measuring suspected offenders before conviction. Officers or private individuals who record biometric data face assault charges and six months to one year in prison upon conviction. The measure targets unconvicted criminals and reflects Grady’s stated constituency interests.
The piece notes Saratoga Springs faces risk to its medicinal waters as gas companies drill nearby, extract gas for soda fountains, and challenge local injunctions. Senator Brackett backs the gas firms against Assemblyman Whitney’s bill and City wishes, with an injunction enforced since May 20, 1907.
The piece discusses Katherine Elkins possibly marrying the Duke of the Abruzzi, praising the suitor Prince Surat as an intrepid navigator and scientist. It notes Italian royal consent is required, disputing a morganatic match and contrasting American views of nobility with Italian precedent. It highlights the Duke’s royal lineage and Italian ties.
Col Henry Watterson writes from Florida for his Louisville paper defending Thackeray against claims of sentimentality. He argues Thackeray was a humane observer with tears at flaws, a true humorist, and predicts his fame will endure past realists. He praises Watterson for shifting debate from Bryan and Buckham to literary merit in Kentucky and beyond.
The piece weighs personal confrontations and honor in Russian society noting how the duel, seen as a social phenomenon, reflects broader cultural values and attitudes toward masculine reputation and public discourse.
The essay contrasts Russian dueling culture with Continental practices, noting barbaric spectators at a Smirnoff Fock duel and the grim practicality of Russian honors. It then critiques hypnotism claims by Van Eeden, arguing no mystic fluid exists and true progress comes from scientific methods. Finally, it highlights Bell System figures and the telephone’s rise as a daily necessity and efficiency booster.
Crowds gather at the Times Building in New York to follow the New York Paris auto race. Bulletin maps and car flags mark progress while spectators, many Latin, watch day and night. The regular crowd size stays around a hundred, with occasional variations.
Reader writes to The Times noting William Nelma died at Manassas and was the last of the Noble Six Hundred while asserting a Brooklyn paper once reported another gentleman in that circle who is still alive according to Daily Reader.
A five sculptor exhibition at Bauer-Folsom Galleries 396 Fifth Avenue features 46 pieces. Dolph Evans shows two portrait heads and three medals with strong individuality. Edwin W. Deming presents animal subjects with humorous twists. Richard E. Brooks offers varied medallions linked by a necklace motif. John Flanagan displays eighteen works led by a vigorous athlete bust. James E Fraseur contributes five pieces showing solid technique. A tinted plaster bust of Harry Payne Whitney's son blends authority and vitality. The show may move to Allbright Gallery Buffalo.
J B Dotten of Brooklyn argues the trial of Chester Gillette shows lack of means and influence, calling death by circumstantial evidence and urging a new trial to avert the young man's execution. He compares the governor's burden to the community's responsibility and condemns the era's harsh methods.
R W Vollmoeller of New York writes in defense of the Zust car in the New York to Paris race. He describes a nationwide relay network delivering new tires every 800 miles to prevent tire failure and ensure safety. He praises the service while noting rough track conditions.
A letter to the editor from C W Rhodes cites a Times clipping on urban tree planting. Michael J Kennedy replies that trees may be planted under law but only via assessment on abutting property, not gratuitously.
Civil Engineer from Port Richmond reports a bill in Albany to permit drawing water from Suffolk County to relieve Brooklyn and Richmond water famine. He notes ample artesian water in the counties and derides dependence on Jersey sources or Bodine's Pond.
Poem reflecting on homeland as a motherland and final resting place. The speaker contrasts distant travels with a deep pull toward familiar shores, where memories and love anchor identity and meaning.
The American Art Galleries hosted the opening sale of the Yamanaka collection. The top price was 720 for a lapis lazuli vase with storks pine tree cloud forms and longevity motif. Other notable pieces included a Koltsu ivory carving at 610 and a Sato Chikaaki ivory carving at 510.
The Benguiat textile collection sold on day one at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries with the Metropolitan Museum of Art among buyers. Highlights included Aubusson coats of arms for $2000, a fétechampétre tapestry for $1100, and a Gobelin piece for $1000. Embroidery works and other tapestries fetched prices from $12 to $115, totaling $17,126 for 140 pieces. The sale continues this afternoon and Saturday with on view antique furniture and Chinese lacquer pieces from notable collections.
An exhibition at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries 546 Fifth Avenue features Jacobean Elizabethan and later styles of cabinetwork with pieces from the Duke of Cambridge. It includes old silver such as the renowned centrepiece presented to Chinese Gordon and other notable items. Sales are planned next Monday and Tuesday mornings and afternoons.
Prof. Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago urged the League for Political Education that bridge is worse than drink, arguing night-long play destroys daytime productivity. He urged workers to pursue culture and an extra occupation, criticizing theatre censorship and clerical subservience while stressing women’s important societal role.
Boston March 19 Conservator appointed for John O Shaw chief justice of the Commonwealth son of notable figures in law and business Shaw held a large practice served as president of the Rockport Granite Company and the United States Hotel Company and acted as trustee for several firms.
The New York City transit system introduces pay‑as‑you‑enter cars on the Madison Avenue line next Sunday morning. Cars are 48 feet long with four motors and air brakes, featuring rear boarding platforms and explicit exit entrances. Conductors collect fares on board, signals indicate destinations by colored lights, and officials tout smoother rides and fewer start‑up delays for women and children.
Charles E. Ziegler of the Christian and Missionary Alliance House sent 89 to Controller Metz for the Conscience Fund. He cited Emerson Palmer and said the money was for a January 1905 fine for an alleged Board of Education by law violation. The offer had been refused previously.
William E. Benjamin, Rogers’s son-in-law, arrived from Bermuda on the Bermudian and denied rumors of the financier’s death or critical illness. He stated Rogers left him well during a visit to Bermuda and planned a extended stay in Europe, with Mrs. Rogers and Mark Twain nearby.
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