The New York Times May 23 1908 Publication Details
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Congress Readies for National Campaign Tactics
The piece analyzes Congress and the White House as they shelve labor bills amid demagogy and shifting public sentiment. It argues politicians weighed forces, fears, and party gain, seeing a trend toward an uneasy political balance and cautious readiness for a national race.
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Congress
House
Senate
White House
Hydrophobia scare and dog policy call for calm action
The article argues hydrophobia fear is overblown and urges calm, condemns unlicensed dogs as nuisances, and warns against hasty euthanasia. It notes possible health impacts of fear, cites Mr MarshH death as a scare catalyst, and calls for sensible treatment of dogs and owners.
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Marshh
The Bridge Accident and Trolley Decline
A fragment discusses a trolley runaway toward Manhattan on a steep slope. It cites Linden Tat's criticism of terminal plans on a dangerous curve and notes opposition to location, warning that prolonging the decline could worsen the risk and alter the curve.
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Manhattan
Linden Tat
No Step Backward in Federal Antitrust Case
The piece argues the defendant rail line faces a federal suit challenging its rate schedule and cross‑territorial route expansion. It contends the action aims to regulate combinations under the Sherman Antitrust Act, noting new lines and rate cuts affect competition between southern and northern gateways and the Pacific reach.
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Hartman
Milleen
New Haven
White House
Inter-State Commission
New England
Boston & Maine
Northern Gateway
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Boston
Albany Territory
Pacific Coast
Asia
Platt Scandal Prompts Call for Senator Pratt Resignation
A sharpened editorial blisteringly condemns Senator Thomas C Pratt over a divorce suit and alleged perjury linked to his marriage, calling for his immediate resignation. It laments erosion of public morality, laments the Empire State’s standing, and urges state-wide action before his term ends in 1909.
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Thomas C.puarr
United States
Senate
Thomas C. Pratt
Thos
Platt
Thomas C. Puss
Thomas C. Platt
Trolley brakes and safety on elevated railways discussed
A discussion argues for integrated soft level design to avoid costly terminals and improve traffic links. It notes that a downhill runaway trolley can trigger multiple crashes, suggesting redundant brakes at both ends and better braking coordination like steam railways. Despite alarms, the bridge has operated with few fatalities over many years.
Question of law and policy splits the nation and its capital
The piece argues the need to settle a crucial question affecting billions in invested capital. It warns that popular government faces a turning point as the administration condemns the law and enforces it, while public opinion remains unclear on support for its enforcement. It suggests a broad disruption to railways and corporations if the will demands it.
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Mr. Hulbert
Allen
Hulbert
Japan
Dwight
San Francisco
Yokohama
Korea
Mr. Stevens
Far East
Séul
Ceorge Trumbulg
Ladd
Street Rowdyism Along Riverside Drive Reported
A reader's complaint about street rowdyism on Riverside Drive is confirmed with gangs gathering on pleasant evenings and Sundays, exchanging loud banter and frequently harassing passersby.
City police urged to curb street rowdiness
The writer notes rude epithets and jostling pedestrians as a sign of unchecked rowdyism. They call for larger police patrols and bluecoat presence to curb noisy loafers while reaffirming parks as healthful spaces for all, and demand decency from underbred youths.
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Therive
Salon Pictures and Other Works Featured in Spring Exhibition
The Sunday Times highlights paintings from the Paris Salon including Laurens Beethoven and Faivre Death of Mme de Lamballe. Frontispiece is Louis Broup s The Rush for Fortune. Notable works include Van Papen Drecht Passage of the Beresina and Frank Craic Joan of Arc. A two page photo features the Governors conference at the White House with the President, Vice President, Bryan, Carnegie and other leaders.
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Laurens
Lovuis Broup
van Papendrecht
Beresina
Ricchemont
Fonqueray
Tun Sunpday Times
Harris & Enwiing
Conference of Governors
White House
Bryan
Jr. Hin
Carnegie
Supreme Court
Congress
Dr Mitchell and the charm of credulity in America
The piece questions the aged appearance of Dr Mitchell and his lecture in Philadelphia, noting Americans' tendency to be taken in by novelty and zeal. It discusses belief in psychotherapy, public figures, and the clash between mind and body with a cautionary view of credulity in national life.
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Dr. S
Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell
Soebody
Philadelphia
Sr. Muircchell
Littleness of a man who is also big sparks comment
The remark contrasts the small stature of a person who is nonetheless great with giants. Giants are described as almost invariably stupid. The idea that dwarfs best giants in encounters involves more than pure weight and appears in fairy tales and legends.
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Municipal Civil Service Commission
Croker
Lake Mohonk Conference Deliberates Armament Limitation
May 22 Lake Mohonk New York delegates debated whether the platform should call for armament limits. A split over opposing big arms was abandoned to maintain harmony. The platform praised The Hague Conference and noted many recent arbitration treaties. Bar on Korogo Takahira spoke, joined by Dr. Henry C. White, Joseph Swain, and William P. Rogers.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Baron Korogo Takahira
United States
Henry C. White
University of Georgia
Joseph Swains
Swarthmere College
William P. Rogers
Law School
University of Cincinnati
Exiled Russians protest Czarist justice and exile relief
The letter to the New York Times laments detention without trial of Nicholas Tehaykovsky and Catherine Breshkovsky, urges support for Russian political exiles, and cites shortages and bans on exile aid. It details funding appeals to G. M. Trevelyan and Alice Stone Blackwell and lists prominent signatories and organizers.
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New York Times
Duma
Nicholas Tehaykovsky
Catherine Breshkovsky
Stolypin
Siberia
Tchaykovsky
Canon Scott Holland
Arthur Cecil
Edward Caird
Balliol College
Princess Kropotkin
T. Fisher Unwin
London
England
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boutwell Avenue
Dorchester
Mass
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Residents complain of cinders from Edison Power Company chimneys
Residents of West Thirty-eighth Street recount persistent cinder and dirt showers from the Edison Power Company at Thirty-eighth to Fortieth Street and First Avenue. The ground remains damp and sticky, clothing ruined, roofs damaged, and many tenants have moved away. May 21, 1098.
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New York Times
West Thirty-eighth Street
Edison Power Company
Thirty-eighth
Fortieth Street
First Avenue
James Smititi
Nailed a Smokemaker in Park Row Building Window Shot
A satirical note mocks Health Commissioner Darlington and suggests he could nail Uncle Sam by taking an office facing the Post Office in Park Row. The piece hints the west wind would carry smoke directly through an open window, framing the jab as a public pest theme from New York.
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Times
Darlington
Park Row
Uncle Sam
New York
Max
Report on Matsushima disaster victims reaches New York
In Tokyo wires an official list names Second Lieut Uru and Cadet Oyama among Matsushima tragedy victims. The letter notes Miss Tsuda, a pioneer Japanese woman educated in the U.S., lost her father on April 24. May 22, 1908.
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New York Times
Matsushima
Marshal ‘Oyama
Admiral Aria
Tokio
Uru
Oyama
Tsuda
A Chapter of Finance Warns About Wall Street Sharks
A verse piece by R. H. Titherington satirizes a bogus Golden Glory Mine scheme. It touts a stock offered at twenty cents aiming to rise to fifty, then vanishes into nothing. The piece contrasts fake hype with the real stock market where genuine dividends are paid.
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Wicked Stock Exchange
R. H. Titherington
Possible Rembrandt Masterpiece At Chicago Art Institute
A painting hanging in the Hutchinson Gallery of Old Masters may be a genuine Rembrandt. The work, signed in faint letters as Rembrandt, is valued by the owner at tens of thousands of dollars and could exceed fifty thousand if authentic. Ferdi nad Bol is listed on the frame as Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt, and Director W M R French helped confirm the signature.
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Chicago
At Rembrandt
Hutchinson Gallery of
Chicago Art Institute
Rembrandt
Allison V. Armour
New Jersey
Ferdinad Bol
Bol
W. M. R. French
The
Art Institute
New York Building Trades Unions Granted Charters
The Building Trades Department AFL grants New York City five boroughs charters for affiliation with a condition that an advisory council be formed with delegates from three affiliated international unions per borough. Bricklayers and plasterers not AFL affiliated may join only if their central bodies are AFL affiliated.
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Washington
Executive Council
Building’ Trades Department
American Federation of Lator
Building Trades Unions of
New York City
Building ‘Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Metz Fires Dr. Pflug From Finance Department
Controller Metz dismissed Dr Charles J Pflug medical officer of the Department of Finance. The move cites politics at City Hall and notes Pflug was appointed last December on the recommendation of Democratic leader William R McGuire of Brooke lyn. McGuire now backs Tammany backer Murphy. Pflug refused to break with old ally.
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Metz
Charles J. Pflug
Department of Finance
Pflug
William R. McGuire
Brookelyn
McGuire
Tammany Lewier Murphy
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