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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
8
Announcement page listing multiple editions and prices for New York Times publications. Details include daily and Sunday rates, regional prices for Greater New York and New Jersey, and international rates. Mentions offices in New York, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and timing for various weekly and monthly issues.
In Bryan era figures, New Jersey shows shifts with 1907 governor votes up 82,000 from 1900 as party allegiance wavers. Analysts argue Dems not dead, some align with Republicans in past contests, while Governor race turnout reflects off-year gains and declines amid Roosevelt popularity. The piece also surveys party dynamics and expert opinions on reform and voting patterns.
Logan C. McPherson analyzes Hepburn law complaints to last New Year. Of 902 complaints in sixteen months, 2,105 fell outside Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction, 3473 formal, while 3,374 concerned misunderstandings, clerical errors, or oversights.
Two cars in the New York to Paris event Zust and De Dion reached Tokio after Yokohama. They will travel up Nippon coast to the Straits of Tsugar and ship to Vladivostok then drive to Paris. The American Thomas car trails and may join the same ship. The east coast course poses difficulties versus the Trans Siberian route.
The article reports a Tory Liberal Unionist push in Dundee to defeat Churchill at the next by election and restore him to the House of Commons after his resignation. It notes Irish MPs opposition to Home Rule as a central obstacle for the Liberal government and the hope to reelect Churchill to solidify a cabinet position.
A Washington committee member warns Congress may defer to the President on injunctions while pushing for trust law amendments that let labor and farmers organizations register as good trusts. States like Kentucky and Ohio push tougher actions against bad trusts. Kentucky fines breach of pool agreements. Ohio imposes criminal penalties on officials under state laws as reforms proceed.
The piece muses on a tempestful May Day with cold winds and disrupted travel, notes May’s unreliable early warmth, and contrasts poetry’s flowers with harsher realities. It recalls Milton’s May and the enduring promise of summer, despite ongoing social tensions in New York.
State Medical Association and State Bar Association consider a tentative bill to create officially recognized medical experts. Parties may call other experts at their expense, preserving the right to present necessary witnesses. The bill requires experts to investigate facts, provide written reports, and be available for cross examination, drawn from New York Academy of Medicine and Medical Society rosters.
The piece defends homeopathic lachesis against scientific critique and explains antitoxin use for diphtheria as contrary to homeopathic theory. It also discusses a no-tip barber shop, speculating tipping bans invite lectures and blackmail, and questions the feasibility of abolishing tips despite abuses in the system.
The sword declared by Annie Perry to be Cromwellian failed to lure John D. Rockefeller in preliminary talks. Perry set $300 as a suggested price, hoping for a sale, but Rockefeller refused to buy or remove the weapon from the Custom House. The item will be auctioned, with Uncle Samuel expected to bid based on Perry’s valuation, though buyer interest remains doubtful.
A Richmond editorial rebukes The New York Times and Cosmopolitan Club coverage of a New York dinner. It denounces intermarriage talk, warns of white superiority in the South, and argues the event undermines Black progress while portraying the partygoers as dangerous misfits.
The Philadelphia Record reports on a recent Brooklyn banquet of mingled races where both black and white attendees showed disgust. It argues organizers erred by assuming blacks and whites have shed race feeling and seek full social and domestic integration.
The Cosmopolitan Society in New York held a dinner with over a hundred black and white attendees. After the meal, participants discussed racial equality and intermarriage as a solution to the race problem. Critics call the event a form of social reform activity flourishing in Gotham’s intellectual circles.
The piece lauds Theodore Roosevelt as the sole leader capable of guiding reform and honest governance. It argues his methods expose financial manipulation, bolster law obedience, and strengthen railroads and corporations, urging continued support until his reforms are completed.
Excavations in the Roman Forum reveal a curiously inscribed stone. Latinists debate the meaning while a Campagna farmer reads aloud, concluding the inscription says Questo e Ya via degli asini, meaning This is the way of asses. The scene ends with the Commendatore dismissing the learned crowd.
Dr. Morris and Dr. Park rebut homeopathy in The Times letters responding to Walter Mills on the Bronx Zoo lancehead venom case. They defend traditional toxin therapy, discuss lachesis action, antitoxin production, and warn against misread statistics while noting the limits of stomach administration.
The letter from the Department of Health Research Laboratory in New York critiques Dr Mills on antitoxin science. It explains how antitoxin neutralizes toxins in the body, describes immunization effects, and rejects homeopathic claims that antitoxins contain original poison. The author asserts toxin destruction and antibody production without lingering toxin in blood.
A group of prominent Japanese leaders proposes a loan exhibition of paintings sculptures bronzes and porcelains from imperial national and private collections. The show would travel next winter to New York Boston Philadelphia Washington Pittsburgh Buffalo Detroit Chicago and St. Louis with city sponsors covering transport insurance and management costs.
Oscar of the Waldorf was a purchaser at the Lehme sale. Items included a pair of old cut crystal salt stands for $4 each and a large Savres vase set for $540. A chalk backed settee dated 1740 sold for $4450. totals for the day reached $9496 and the three day run $22271. The fourth sale is scheduled for this afternoon.
Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch urges Equal Suffrage League to back food inspectors to ensure pure food and protect families, arguing funds go to a speedway for the rich while inspectors are overlooked. Mrs Frederick Nathan notes using summer trips to highlight housing and living conditions of servants, and Miss Catherine Utley calls for local action now to aid domestic workers.
Robert Watchorn, immigration commissioner, returns from Europe aboard the Lusitania and is named to head the new Bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor for deporting alien anarchists. He notes Italy’s system for registering citizens and travelers and comments on emigration patterns. Other arrivals include Capt. W. Anderson and J. Farquharson among others.
Kempster B Miller told the Commissioners of Accounts the fire alarm telegraph network is in poor condition and could fail any minute risking millions in property. He urged doubling alarm boxes and updating to modern types, proposing Central Park as the site for a new central station listing.
The Harlem Presbyterian Church at 1224 Street and Mount Morris Park West announces a four part Sunday evening series aimed at men. The first address tomorrow night by Rev. John Lyon Caughey will ponder "Who Governs the State the People of the Race-Track Men?" with Dr. William F. B. Cauthrie of the College of the City of New York slated for May 10.
A union meeting of upper west side churches will be held at Washington Heights Baptist Church on 145th Street and Convent Avenue Tuesday at 8 PM. Rev. Thomas W. Smith I will preside with addresses from Rev. Dr. John G. Fosg George A. Warburton and Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Smith under the Evergelistic Committee of New York City.
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