New York Times Adopts Rates and Offices for 1908
The New York Times announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prices varying by location and format. It lists offices in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and London and notes tariff details for Canada and foreign subscriptions.
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NEW York Times Saturday Review
Exhibits on congestion move to Brooklyn in civic exhibit
The American Museum of Natural History hosts a three week congestion exhibit showing how crowding affects health housing and city life. It highlights two score organizations including charity groups and school gardens and urges ongoing study and action to prevent worse conditions.
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American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn
Municipal
Aldrich Currency Bill Faces Senate and House Hurdles
The Aldrich currency bill passes the Senate amid hope it may fail in the House. Critics argue its emergency notes and Treasury discretion fail to fix currency faults. The Fowler bill, despite flaws, is seen as superior and merits possible amendments.
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House
Congress
Mr. LA Foylette
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Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Fowler
State Farm for Women bill gains broad backing
Assemblyman James L Whitley advocates a State Farm for Women with a board including prison officials and two women. The proposal estimates $100,000 for one year for site and maintenance, arguing the program reduces crime and costs of incarceration by housing 800 city women and 1,000 statewide offenders.
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James L. Whitley
Superintendent of Prisons
State Commission of Prisons
Women’s Prison Association
Auburn
Whitley
Probation Facts and Figures From Local Court
Justices Oum- STED and Due of the Court of Special Sessions describe probation in seven years of borough practice. The pamphlet explains probation as suspending judgment to test character and fit for society. It notes use for adults since 1900 and children since 1902 with cases offering reasonable grounds.
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Oum-Sted
Court of Special Sessions
Birds of Prey and Reform through Rescue Process
The Justices report four of five cases show permanent reform. The rescue method has saved thousands of lives and, financially, hundreds of thousands for the city with future millions in savings. It stops youths from entering almshouses and prisons and protects families and communities from broader harm.
Planning Fails On Blackwell's Island Bridge Use
The article argues the city rushed the Blackwell's Island Bridge without proper plans for rail connections and terminal alignments. It criticizes unresolved routes to Manhattan and Long Island, notes power and operation issues, and calls for aligning bridge use with street and trolley networks to avoid future inefficiency.
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Merz
City Club
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Brooklyn
Fulton Ferry
City debates bridge plan to maximize public value
The article argues for a coordinated plan to optimize the use of vast bridge investments and link bridges as city property. It notes the Brooklyn Bridge cost the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company 2.5 million without revenue and questions how to secure pecuniary returns while preserving public benefits.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Not the Ambassadors Fault in Duke of Abruzzi Rumor
Rome reports claim the Italian royal family blames Ambassador Dees for the publicity around the Duke of the Abruzzi's courtship. The piece defends the ambassador as uninvolved in the sensational yarns and notes the Duke is a public figure known widely.
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London Globe
DeEs Planches
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Florida
The Spring Hats Stir Theatres And Churches
A 1908 complaint about oversized spring hats worn by women. The piece laments their blocking effect in theatres and lectures, proposes removing hats indoors, and compares their intrusion to an umbrella in a lecture hall or church. It argues for space around wearers and questions the appropriateness of such headgear.
Easter Art Section Promises Rare Color Paintings
The New York Times Easter issue will feature a large art section with color reproductions of famous paintings including Constantine Makoffski's Russian Wedding Feast two-page spread. Frontispiece carbon print Carlo Dolci’s Ages with Lily, plus Trister Guardian Angel and more, with orders required this week as no extra copies will be sold Sunday morning.
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NEW York Times
Constantine Makoffski
Deyrolle
Iale
Criticism from ex Police Commissioner McApoo at Institute
Ex Police Commissioner McApoo rebukes New York newspapers in a People's Institute address, accusing them of printing only what aligns with their preferred standards. He emphasizes changes in tone and methods since leaving office.
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McApoo
People’s Institute
New York
Alaska and New York Papers Tilt For Local News
A reader complains New York papers ignore out of town news while noting they still allot space by distance from issue. The North Valdez Daily Prospector chronicles Alaskan winter, climate, and trade notes, contrasting harsh storms with milder Valdez days.
Six Days of Labor in a Neighboring City
William P. Taylor of East Orange New Jersey writes about a society using low wage workers via park authorities to relieve need while encouraging beneficiaries to seek higher paying work. He frames labor as a universal duty and highlights practical social aid.
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New York Times
William P. Taylor
East Orange
N. J
Was the Doctor Present in the Candy Death Inquiry
A nurse asks if Dr P T Leyendecker attended the two children whose deaths were linked to colored candy. She questions how a doctor could state their cause of death without seeing them, dated New York March 28, 1908.
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The
New York Times
P. T. Leyendecker
M. D
TIMES
New York
Negro Co operative Plan Incorporates in New Jersey
The Colored Co operative Company of Yonkers has been incorporated under New Jersey law with capital stock of 160000 after four years of operation and dividends totaling up to fifty percent. Directors include Rev J J Smyer president and officers Scott Moultrie Lane Webb Green. The firm runs a Yonkers factory and a store supplying essentials and owns property across Yonkers Tarrytown Poughkeepsie Mount Vernon Larchmont valued at 63000 21000 10000 33000 5000 respectively.
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Jeremiah Webb
John R. Green
Yonkers
Tarrytown
Poughkeepsie
Mount Vernon
Larchmont
Clerks Protest Receivers Pay at Knickerbocker Trust
A Knickerbocker Trust clerk denounces receivers and lawyers, arguing that receivers earned 75 000 each by no labor and that clerks' acquaintance with depositors drove consent. The letter notes clerks will never earn such sums and voices frustration over resumed operations in New York on March 27 1908.
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New York Times
Knickerbocker Trust
Knickerbocker
Cat Opens Kitchen Door Against a Thumb Latch
John A. Dailey of East Orange New Jersey recalls a 1856 57 Newport Kentucky cat named Tom that learned to open a kitchen door by pressing the latch with one paw and swinging the door ajar. Tom reportedly could bypass the latch through the door top and relied on observation not training to enter for raw meat.
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New York Times
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Monmouth Street
Madison and
Jefferson
Newport
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John A. Dailey
East Orange
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Cred creditors oppose unanimous offer at Anzelewitz meeting
In a New York bankruptcy gathering for A Anzelewitz Co creditors disputed a 100 percent offer in six to twenty four month notes. About eight thousand dollars of fifty four thousand liabilities resisted, urging court examination of the firm and books before any settlement. Notes: LOwIS J JACOVES March 28 1908.
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A. Anzelewitz & Co
Cred
Itors
Lowis
J. Jacoves
New York
Clock With Largest Diameter In Zurich St Peter’s Church
W F Osborne of Brooklyn writes to The Times replying to the 7th story Biggest Clock Comes Here. He states the largest diameter clock known is at St Peters Church Zurich Switzerland at twenty nine feet.
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New York Times
Times of the 7Th
St. Peter's Church
Zurich
Switzerland
W. F. Osborne
Brooklyn
Echoes of a Touche Hancock in Time
The verse asks who borrows money and meals, drains your purse, occupies your chair, and demands attention while offering little in return. The speaker recalls a companion who speaks of love and woes, drives you to distraction, and finally invokes the echoing refrain LA TOUCHE HANCOCK.
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Echo
LA Touche
Hancock
Dramatic Authors Seek Protection Against Phonograph Use
Dramatic authors and managers urge Congress to deny moving picture companies the right to reproduce plays. They cite theft of manuscripts and lithographic material, and warn of ruin for writers if protection isn’t extended. Officials argue against extending copyright to perforated rolls and disks.
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Congress
Washington
Lignon Johnson
Dramatic Authors
Joint
Congressional Committee On Copyright Today
William A. Brady
Chicago Concern
Brady
Harry Doel Parker
National Association of Producing Managers
Mr. Smoot
Parker
Daniel Frohman
Charles Kline
New York
David Belasco
Supreme Court of the United States
John P.o'connell
Horace Pettit
Victor Talking Machine Company
Frank L. Dever
Edison Manufacturing Company
Whaever
Bellevue Willows Cut Down At Psych Ward
Bellevue Hospital authorities ordered the removal of several aging weeping willow trees near the psychopathic ward No. 22 after expert foresters declared them dying beyond treatment. The trees had long shaded the ward and amused patients and staff during spring, ending a local landmark in the hospital grounds.
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Bellevue Hospital
Bacchus
Dinner in Honor of Gay Bradt Berth of Advertising Manager
Sixty friends of Gay Bradt, an advertising manager, hosted a dinner at Reisen weber's last night in honor of his approaching marriage. Notables present included Franck Strauss, Max Simsen, Pp. T. Williams, Samuel Bloomingdale, Robert Frothingham, John Jane, de Harley, Frank Preslery, T. Corning, C. B. Beyer, and Dr. Squire.
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Gay Bradt
Reisenweber
Franck Strauss
Max Simsen
Pp. T. Williams
Samuel Bloomingdale
Robert Frothingham
John Jane
de Harley
Frank Preslery
T. Corning
C. B. Beyer
Dr. Squire
Dinner Honoring Joseph G. Robin At Delmonico’s
A private dinner at Delmonico's last night honored Joseph G. Robin, president of Washington Savings Bank, with about fifty friends in attendance. Guests included William H. Willcox, Public Service Commission chairman, and Edward M. Morgan, Postmaster.
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Joseph G. Robin
Washington Savings Bank
Delmonico’s
William H. Willcox
Public Service Commission
Edward M. Morgan
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