New York Times front page note from 1808
The issue details publication by The New York Times Company with Adolph S. Ochs listed as president and treasurer B C Franck as secretary. It notes the Times is published daily from Times Square New York and provides mailing and pricing information for New York City Greater New York Jersey City Newark and Sunday editions.
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NEW York Times Company
Adolph S. Ochs
Prest&Tr
B.C. Franck, Secy
NEW York Times
Times Square
New York City
Bryant
Greater
New York
Jersey City
Newark
New York Times Publication Rates and Addresses
Publication rate details show daily and Sunday options with weekly, monthly, and yearly prices. Several city office addresses listed include Times Square Downtown and 8 Spruce Street, Wall Street, and Philadelphia Public Ledger Building.
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Times Square
Spruce Street
Wall Street
Broadway
Swashington
Washington Post
Miladelphia
Public Ledger
Indon
Fleet St
E. C. Aris
Rue du Sentier
Roosevelt Era Amends Sherman Act via Single Word Change
The Civic Federation proposes a primary Sherman act amendment to permit reasonable restraints while giving the President broad licensing power. The piece argues insertion of the word unreasonable before restraint, urging court oversight over contracts and cautioning against executive overreach and political influence in enforcement.
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Civic Federation
Roosevelt
Congress
Commission
Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
White House
Roosevelt Principle on Civil Service Political Activity
The passage recalls a year old presidential directive to the Civil Service Commission limiting political activity by appointees. It states office holders must not use their positions to influence political movements and must not neglect their public duties.
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Civil Service Commission
Senate
Sugar Trust report prompts call for public tariff scrutiny
The piece critiques the Sugar Trust and other industrials for limited disclosure, noting a $2,449,361 surplus after dividends, a $48,000,000 refinery value, and unclear loan and depreciation details. It argues for more year to year comparisons and public access to tariff impact on business.
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Sugar Trust
Oil Trust
W. B. Thonas
Havemeyer
Plant Gambling House Sparks City Police Shakeup
Commissioner Bingham and Assistant District Attorney Saythe accepted World’s proffer to run a trap gambling den in the White Light District on Sixth Avenue. An inspector is transferred for degradement to captain, with more transfers promised as Grand Jury probes police pay for protection. The Bingham act aimed to create a civilian detective branch, which could have changed the fight against corruption.
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Bingham
Saythe
White Light
Sixth Avenue
Brna Ham
O'Connor
Chorus Objection Sparks Debate Over Choir Membership
A Methodist Episcopal church faces a dispute over allowing a skilled singer who also performs in a comic opera chorus to remain in its volunteer choir. Critics claim prejudice blocks artistic talent, arguing hymns serve worship while some churches use opera-trained soloists. The debate centers on balancing religious devotion with individual artistic careers.
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Methodist Episcopal
Perdition
Church Resists Opera Incompatible Union With Theatre
The article argues singers should not join operatic groups while remaining church members and denounces any union of church and theatre. It states the two institutions have no common aim and that the Church should uplift sinning members, not align with stage careers.
Pay as you enter cars in New York gain early favor
Observers at Grand Central Station report smooth entry and exit with the new pay-as-you-enter street cars. The system steadies crowds, reduces delays, and shows passengers are willing to adapt for order. Critics note space and door issues but improvements appear widespread.
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New York
Grand Central Station
T. P. Shonts
Inmate's plea on visiting CT asylum patients
A Connecticut asylum inmate declares in a letter to The Times that reading Beers's book prompts reform and urges families to visit patients at odd hours to hear truth from the patients themselves. He warns against relying solely on attendants and suggests severe actions if trust is lacking. March 22, 1908.
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New York Times
Connecticut
TIMES
Clifford Whittingham Beers
Beers
New York
Parochial School Law Copies Questioned in 1908 Letter
In response to letters from Superintendents Smith and Thornton the writer asks how often copies of the 1907 laws have been sent to different superintendents. The piece notes their claim that principals receive a copy yearly and urges city inspections of parochial schools citing weather excuses for not holding fire drills.
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New York Times
Smith
Thornton
New York
Urban Beauty in New York Seeks Photographs
A 1908 Times item notes Lorana W Sheldon’s song claims and hints at titles American Beauty and Farmer's Daughter. It requests photographs for a piece titled AN URBAN BEAUTY, dating from New York on March 21 1908.
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The
New York Times
Lorana W. Sheldon
New York
Littlefield Resigns Congress to Lead Anti Labor Legal Branch
Representative Charles H. Littlefield of Maine resigns to head a new legal division of the Citizens' Industrial Association of America led by C. W. Post. Gompers calls him a hostile foe and praises his removal from Congress as progress against organized labor.
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New York Times
Washington
Charles H. Littlefield
Congress
Organized Labor
Maine
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
C. W. Post
Littlefield
Labor
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tit
Citizens’ Industrial Association
Gompers
Battle Creek
Mich
Supreme Court
Littlefield to Aid Morse in Indictment Fight
Eugene P. Carver announced Wallace MacFarlane former United States District Attorney will argue key points for Charles W. Morse against the federal indictment. It is also understood Representative Charles W. Littlefield of Maine may join Morse’s counsel staff as he resumes practice law in the city. Carver handled Morse demurrer to bankruptcy proceedings as Wing for Receiver Hanna answered. Dowling in the Supreme Court denied Morse access to Grand Jury minutes.
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Eugene P. Carver
Wallace MacFarlane
United Sates
Charles W. Morse
Grand Jury
Carver
Charlies W. Littlefield
Maine
Congress
Morse
Littlefield
United States District Court
Hanna
Thomas E. Wing
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Carter faces fight to rejoin army after Chicago ruling
Oberlin M Carter declared that Judge Kohlsaat's conviction on conspiracy to rob the Government was vindicated. Army officers dismissed the claim as irrelevant, noting the Judge Advocate General's view that the Supreme Court never ruled on Carter and citing Greene and Gaynor decisions upholding the Government.
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New York Times
Washington
Oberlin
Carter
Chicago
Wkohlsaat
Judge Advocate General
Kohlsaat
Army
Supreme Court
Greene
Gaynor
Sulzer Speech Expunged Sparks House Row
Washington March 23 The House ordered the printing of Representative Sulzer’s speech as printed in The Record for Saturday stricken from the record A bitter personal clash followed with Sulzer denouncing unanimous consent rules and predicting a fight for every concession He claimed twenty five Democrats pledged to back him in the matter.
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New York Times
Washington
Representative Sulzer
Sulzer
Italian Reader Thanks Thomas Motor for Civility in Apology
An Italian letter from Joseph F. Raus of New York dated March 22, 1903, thanks the Thomas Motor Company for apologizing for unkind epithets toward Italian cars and drivers. He credits the newspaper for fair coverage and hopes for universal merit in the race ahead toward Paris.
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New York Times
Thomas Motor Company
Il Progresso Italo-Americano
Mathewson
Pacific
Paris
Joseph F. Raus
New York
Lilley Seeks Bar Over Submarine Hat Contract Probe
Washington reports Representative George L Lilley released letters showing 1896 fees paid by Electric Boat Co to the law firm led by ex Senator Matthew C Butler. The letters are cited as corroboration of Butler's testimony that he served as attorney for the company as the controversy over submarine hats resurfaces.
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New York Times
Washington
George L. Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Matthew C. Butler
South Carolina
Butler
Lilley
Ouse
Bucketshop test case witnesses reveal stock manipulation
George W W Ely secretary of the New York Stock Exchange testified in the United States case against Percy Wade a bucketshop broker. He said a room trader may buy stock in the morning and sell what he has not by night. Ogden B Budd president of the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange described flawed account forms used by the defendant.
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Washington
George W.W. Ely
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Percy Wade
Mr. Ely
Ogden B. Budd
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Negroes See Roosevelt Over Jim Crow Railcar Issue
A delegation of African Americans from the South meeting President Roosevelt complained of unequal railroad accommodations under Jim Crow laws. The President asked for a written submission and promised careful consideration of their contentions.
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Washington
South
Jackson Before Grand Jury In Receiver Fee Inquiry
Attorney General Jackson testified before the March Grand Jury about allegedly asking Hamilton Bank receiver Frank White to share his fees. He entered at 2 20 and left near 4, with Assistants Smyth and Perkins present for part of the session.
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Jackson
Grand Jury
Frank White
Hamilton Bank
Saxe Resolution Aims to Probe Attorney General Office
Albany March 23 Senate Finance Committee to consider a Saxe resolution to investigate the Attorney General's office over bank receiverships. Senator Saxe said there is no known basis linking ex-Senator Brackett to the committee counsel job.
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New York Times
Albany
Saxe
Senate Finance Committee
Brackett
Memorial Exhibition Highlights Early American Art Masters
The Macbeth Galleries present a memorial group show spanning over a century of American art. Works include Copley portraits, Washington by Trumbull, Tyler by Sully, Van Buren by Mount, and Whistler studies, with later pieces by Inness, Robinson, Twachtman, Hunt, Wyant, and Fitz. The exhibit contrasts bold lineage with Whistler’s refined, harmonious approach, bridging eighteenth to late nineteenth century styles.
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Macbeth Galleries
Jonathan Blackburn
Ee Copley
Copiey
Timothy Folger
Miss Hall
William Holmes
Copleys
Martin van Buren
S. A. Mount
John Tyler
Thomas Sully
George Washington
Trumbull
Washington
Francis Hopkinson
Drayhorse
Sully
Tyler
Whistler
Boston Museum
Thomas Cole
George Fuller
George Inness
Theodore’ Robinson
John H. Twachtman
William Morris Hunt
Benjamin Fitz
Wyant
Academy
Albany Assembly Advances Bills to Third Reading on Race Track Gambling
Preliminary Assembly action on Gov. Hughes backed reform bills to curb race track gambling. Amendments proposed by Assemblyman Cuvillier would lift penalties under the Percy-Gray law and allow higher track admissions to fund premiums, creating a potential gambling role for racing associations. A Sept. 1 effective date was defeated, signaling further debate and possible delay to Sept. 1.
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Albany
Assembly
Agnew-Hart
Gov. Hughes
Assemblyman Cuvillier
New York
Thea Racing Associations
Cuvillier
Tarlmary
Hughes
Senate
Senate Codes Committee
Seeley Removed Again From Erie Canal Repairs Post
Frank B. Seeley, longtime Superintendent of Repairs for Erie Canal Section 10, was ousted for a second time in two years. Supt Frederick C. Stevens of the Department of Public Works cited incompetence and misconduct as the grounds. Earlier in 1906 Seeley had been removed by Franchot for the good of the service, then reinstated by court direction before Rochester hearings.
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Albany
N. Y
Frank B. Seeley
Erie Canal
Frederick C. Stevens
Department of Public, Works
Seeley
Nicholas V. V. Franchot
Court of Appeals
Stevens
Rochester
No Tariff Revision Planned By Republicans
Washington dispatch reports no tariff revision this session by Republicans. A joint resolution will pass acknowledging some changes are needed in the tariff.
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New York Times
Washington
Keep Takes Post At Knickerbocker Trust Board
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles H Keep assumed duties yesterday as Knickerbocker Trust Company reorganizes its board at 68 Broadway. Twelve new directors attended, five old members resigned, and Samuel J Peters of Williams Peters Broadway was nominated, bringing directors to thirteen with two vacancies remaining. Opening preparations continue for Thursday.
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the Treasury
Charles H. Keep
Public Utilities Commission
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Jnt
Knickerbocker ‘Trust Company
Broadway
Samuel J. Peters
Wiliams & Peters
Peters
Miniature and mede dallions loan exhibition at Gotham Hotel
A loan exhibition of miniatures and medallions will be held in the ballroom of the Hotel Gotham on April 1 and 2. The Reception Committee includes Mrs Grover Cleveland, Mrs Richard Watson Gilder, Mrs Lucia Fairchild Fuller, Mrs M Lesley Bush Brown, Mrs Gilbert Colgate, Mrs John W Alexander, Miss Cecilia Beaux, Miss Alice Beckington, Mrs Eila Condie Lamb, William T Baer, and Richard Watson Gilder. Tea will be served at 4 o clock.
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Gotham
Grover Cleveland
Richard Watson Gilder
Lucia Fairchild Fuller
M. Lesley Bush-Brown
Gilbert Colgate
John W. Alexander
Cecilia Beaux
Alice Beckington
Eila Condie Lamb
William T. Baer
Tobacco Hearing Concludes in U S Tobacco Case
The hearing before United States Commissioner Shields to dissolve the American Tobacco Company closed yesterday with the examination of William R. Harris, vice president of the defendant company and chairman of the British American Tobacco Company board.
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United States
Shields
American Tobacco Company
William R. Harris
British-American Tobacco
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