New York Times Rates and Publication Details, 1908
The notice lists daily and Sunday newspaper rates for the New York Times and related publications. It details pricing by year and month, with foreign postage, and notes offices in New York Philadelphia London Paris and Jersey City. It also mentions acquisition classifications and subscription options for Canada and international readers.
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New York
Jersey City
Newark
Times Square
Spruce Street
Wall Street
Washington
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
London
Fleet St
Paris
Rue du Sentier
NEW York Times
Canada
NEW York Times Saturday Review
New York Key To 1908 Presidential Outcome
Anaysis in Top Times argues neither Tarr nor Bryan can win without New York votes. It predicts New York’s 8 million residents and vast economy will rally to defend national interests, fearing an inexperienced candidate could threaten stable administration. The piece notes past vote trends and Hughes versus Hearst dynamics.
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Tmms
Tarr
Bryan
New York
Hparst
Parker
Hughes
Roosevelt
Hugues
Hearst
Hucues
Brian
North Woods
Presi
Tennessee Murder at Reelfoot Lake Demands Prompt Punishment
A state editorial condemns the killings at Reelfoot Lake as cowardly murders by an ignorant class driven by revenge and a rejection of judicial authority. It praises Governor's vigorous action to capture the assassins and urges they face the full penalty of law. The piece stresses there is no racial motive and no fault by the attacked men beyond their lawful conduct.
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Tennessee
Eelfoot Lake
Conspiracy to Loot Property Spurs Governor to Action
The article notes a deliberate conspiracy by disguised assailants who came as a body under a leader to seize property and commit violence. Gov Patterson offers the maximum legal reward and orders regional militia to assist in capturing the criminals, highlighting the seriousness of the incident.
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Gov. Patterson
Socialist Movement Prompts Public Interest in Election
Evolne V. Dess predicts at least a million votes for the Socialist Party next November amid campaign vitality. The article outlines party aims from the New York Call and Dess campaign text, detailing collective ownership, abolition of rent, interest, and profit, and the shift toward a social order ending class rule. It notes controversy over private property, government ownership of monopolized industries, and the potential impact on bonds and stocks. The piece cites Morris Hillquit and links East Side immigrant politics to rising Socialism activity.
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Evolne V. Dess
Socialist Party
Mr. DeBs
Mr. Dees
Socialist Democratic
Socialist Labor
Malloney
New York Call
Dess
Mr. Dess
Morris HiLcuit
Congress
Ths Times
Russia
East
East Side
Hunters
Hrevarr
Socialists and education in the east side debate
A discussion argues against revolutionary socialism in the United States and criticizes East Side education, warning that ignorance of government breeds Socialism. It contends foreigners may be swayed by propagandists, notes class warfare dynamics, and suggests reforms but defends recent legislation as largely sound despite needed amendments.
Povuren Case May See Rehearing For Russian Refugee
Commissioner Shields considers a rehearing for Povuren, the Russian refugee Pouren, after new evidence. The Secretary of State aims to prevent a return to a Russian prison over a technical defense flaw. Earlier affidavits by twelve Lettish revolutionists suggest he is a political fugitive, and experts urge a fair opportunity to present further evidence.
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Shields
Jan Janofy Povureen
Pouren
Povuren
Streeps
Root
Russia
Tom Times
Insurance report notes 1907 policy decline and shift in New York
Supt Kelsey reports 159303 life policies in 1907 down from 1906 and a $241,496,308 drop in insurance written. Panic arrived late October but April legislation mostly drove the trend, reducing artificial policy taking. New York companies gained $27,825,504 in assets amid discouragements, while other states added $38,172,489.
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Kelsey
New York
New York Times Autumn Book Number Preview
The Autumn Book Number will publish in two sections within the week, offering a rich list of season books and concise descriptive material. It includes new letters between Charles and Maria Beadnell, an interview with Isaac Zangwill, reviews by many authors, and features on ghost-story technique and theology.
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New York Times
THE
TIMES
Charles
MaRia ‘Beadnell
Tim
Isaae Zangwill
Jessip B. Rittenhouse
Gilbert Chesterton
Lew Melville
Edward S. Crown
Suc
Russ Carman
Edwar Cary
Hildegarde Hawthorne
Florence Finch Kelly
The Medical Debate on Innovation and Skepticism
A discussion on doctors resisting new methods and the defense of scientific skepticism. The piece cites Dr. Morris's praise of open contest in medical ideas and notes the personal and social costs borne by innovators. It also weighs the reception of American visitors in Tokyo and the difficulty of singing The Star-Spangled Banner in Japan.
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Bret Ren
New York Medical Record
Robert T. Morris
National Anthem Mystery Hints at Fragmented American Identity
The dispatches show uncertainty about what should be America’s national anthem. Correspondents heard songlike sounds they assumed to be the anthem, but experts doubt any existing tune suffices. The piece argues America lacks a truly unifying patriotic hymn.
Politician’s lineage misleads voters in Rhode Island race
An RI Democratic candidate, Robert Sedgwick, revealed he is a great grandson of William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration. The piece argues such ancestry proves nothing about his legislative ability and could alienate voters who seek proof of competency, suggesting he should have kept quiet.
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Rhode Island
William Ellery
Lute
Robert Sedgwick
Mr. Sedgwick
Public Schools Critique on Education Spending in 1908
Letter to the editor endorses a School Review critique urging focus on teacher quality over grand school buildings. It questions lavish architecture and equipment while class sizes and teaching hours remain unchanged, citing Col. Larned and a call for taxpayer willingness to fund genuine education.
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The
New York Times
School Review
Col. Larned
West Point Academy
New York
A Reader's Tribute to The Times Increase
G MERCER ADAM commends The Times on its circulation rise and quality reporting. He praises the newspaper as well priced and well conducted, noting particular fondness for Saturday and Sunday issues and the Book Review supplement. He compares favorably to The London Spectator and expresses difficulty obtaining extra copies.
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The
New York Times
Times
England
London Spectator
G. Mercer Adam
New York
Lonely Bachelor's Quandary
A letter to The Times argues church involvement as a cure for loneliness while noting personal restraint toward church work or saloon visits. The writer, in four years in the city, has only one unmarried acquaintance added to a broad business contact base, rejecting church socializing as a path to meeting people.
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The
New York Aoe
Tisres
FLL. O
New York
Birthday Mission Fund Suggestion Echoed by Reader
A New York reader advocates a Birthday Mission Fund for the American Board of Foreign Missions. He offers a personal birthday gift of $5 and urges inaugurating a yearly drive where donors give according to ability, hoping the idea spreads as a charity initiative. Dated October 16, 1908.
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New York Times
American Board of Foreign Missions
New York
Mother Daughter Flight Advice in Old Verse
Advice in a rhymed quatrain from Lurana W. Sheldon encourages caution and poise for a young girl seeking to fly. The poem frames risk with guidance to avoid tumbles and stay shipshape while pursuing ambitious aims.
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Lurana W. Sheldon
Art Club Exhibition Showcases Fall Sketches at National Arts Club
The National Arts Club hosts a fall sketch exhibition with a diverse mix of oils, watercolors, and pastels reflecting summer landscapes and flowers. Notable works include George Wharton Edwards’s rock and sea studies, Léon Dabo’s Bonn landscape, Tiffany studio interiors, Emma Lambert Cooper’s Canal at Pittsford, and Nantucket studies by Harriet Thayer, plus about thirty sculptures by listed artists.
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National Arts Club
East Nineteenth Street
Tilden
George Wharton Edwards
Léon Dabo
Bonn
Germany
Louis C.tiffany
Montone
Roccabonne
Emma Lambert Cooper
Pittsford
Mr. Hincknell
Mr. Vezin
Conient Johnson
Edward Hoyt
Merrydille Hoyt
Randal Hoyt
Charles H. Niehaus
Chester Beach
H. A. MacNeil
K. Hinton’ Perry
Charles Keck
Atsoph Weinman
A. St. L. Eberle
Edmund T. Quinn
Henry Linder
John J. Boyle
J. Massey Rhind
Meira Beatrice Wilson
Lady Cook Sails For Home From Oceanic Voyage
Lady Cook, advocate for woman suffrage, sailed to London on business and plans to return soon to press the suffrage movement. She argued that a candidate embracing universal rights could secure White House victory and long term party power, urging Taft or Bryan to back suffrage as a national issue. A letter from Harriet B. Mage, wife of the Democratic National Committee chair, affirmed Western support for suffrage and noted Ruth Bryan’s voting role. Miss Alice Eves will handle Lady Cook’s communications at 217 West Thirty-fourth Street. Also cited is an appeal challenge to seat Julia Seton Sears as elector filed by Miss Mary Coleman for the Suffragettes.
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Cook
London
Taft
Bryan
United States
White House
Ile
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Met Bryan
Mr. Taft
Norman E. Mack
Lady Cook
Democratic National Committee
New Hoffman House
New York City
New York
Mr. Bryan
Ruth
Jane Jefferson Club
William J. Bryan
Harriet B. T. Mage
Alice E. Ives
West Thirty-fourth Street
Supreme Court
Truax
Julia Seton Sears
Mary Coleman
English Channel tunnel seen as eventual possibility
W E Mande lick, secretary of the London Underground Railway, said before sailing on the Mauretania that English promoters and investors have watched the Trudson River tunnels with interest for a possible Channel crossing. He did not expect immediate work but believes the project could be undertaken and completed in the long term.
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Cunard
Mauretania
W. E. Mandelick
London Underground Railway
Trudson River
English Channel
England
France
To Day and To-morrow from the Vedas by Arthur Guiterman
A compact verse vignette explains the origin of Day and Night from ancient lore. The speaker, Arthur Guiterman, frames Yama and Yami as the first beings whose grief prompts the gods to create Night, while Dawn arrives quickly to erase sorrow and blur the line between today and tomorrow.
Powder war shows Du Ponts crowding rivals via rebates
Government witness R S Waddell testified how the Du Pont De Nemours powder trust used price cutting and railroad rebates to squeeze independent powder firms. He detailed the Gunpowder Trade Association, pool pricing from 1878, and the fall of Ohio and King powder prices to defeat competitors as part of the Sherman act case.
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Sorcaled Powder Trust
R. S. Waddell
Buckera Powder Company
du Pont-De Nemours Powder Company
New Jersey
Delaware
Waddell
Department of Justice
du Ponts
Th Hazard Powder Company
du Pont-De Nemours Corporation
Whilliam Mahaffy
Wilmington
Custom House
Powder Company
I.coleman du Pont
Republian National
John c. Spotner
David D. Marvel
W. S.hilles
Mr. Seymour
Seymour&. Seymour
J. Tisrwood Graves
James Scarlett
U. N. Roadsrum
Scarlett
Gunpowder Trade Association
Hazard Company
du Pont-De Nemours Company
Ohio
T! Powder Company
The
Southern
Pool Co
Weddell
Tribute to Prof Spingarn Reflects on Norton Death
Professor J B Spingarn of Columbia's comparative literature department mourns Harvard professor Norton. He calls Norton the last representative of a great era in American culture and praises his life as a monument to ideals of the New England Renaissance. Norton's work and influence are commended for shaping high-minded scholarship and aristocratic cultural standards.
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J. BE. Spingarn
Flolumbié
Abe Ec
Norton
Harvard
Rugkin
Carlyle
Runver
Prof
Spingarn
Congress
Tigi
Roosevelt
West Presbyterian Church seeks new mortgage loan
Darwin G. French, president of the church trustees, reports Supreme Court approval to mortgage 22 3 and 56 West Forty-third Street for 550,10 to the Bank for Savings of New York. The church, debt 45060 on existing Russell Lake estate mortgage, aims to reduce interest from 5% to 4% with a three year loan. Additional debts include 70000 owed Astor Trust Company due Oct 29 and 5500 in current expenses.
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Darwin G. French
West Forty-fifth Street
West Presbyterian Church
West Forty-second Street
Supreme Cort Justice
Russell Lake
Astor Trust Company
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