New York Times publishes rates and offices list
The notice outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, formats for weekly and monthly plans, and per-year costs. It also lists multiple office locations in New York Washington Philadelphia London and Paris and notes mail and foreign rates. The document reflects early 20th century pricing and distribution structure for the Times.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
Philadelphia
London
Paris
Times Weekly
Canada
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Speech at Carnegie Hall Draws Mixed Reactions
The piece reviews Mr. Bryan’s Carnegie Hall address, noting its calm stance on tariffs and criticism of the administration. It contrasts Bryan’s rhetoric with New York politics, mocks his timing, and comments on park and city maintenance and motor traffic under Commissioner Smith.
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Bryan
Carnegie Hall
Brayan
Mr. Bryan
Fall of the Airship and the Race to Flight
A wide survey of early aviation ideas and trials. The piece traces Zeppelins, the Wright brothers, Langley, Chanute, and Episonelabiorated skeptics, notes Wus WikuT and KimBATT, and discusses Sven Hedin explorations, carriage of mail as a government function, and state rights in South Carolina.
Commissioner's Woes Over Skid Chains Law
Park Commissioner Henry Smith laments enforcement struggles after Supreme Court Justice Davis ruled the non skidding chains ordinance unconstitutional. He remains convinced chains prevent skidding and car tires require them for safety despite the ruling.
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Henry Smith
The
Evening Post
Supreme Court
Davis
Sven Hedin's Travels Reveals Scientific Explorer Updates
The indefatigable traveler and scientist Dr Sven Hedin continues to publish results from his extensive expeditions. He documents geographic discoveries, ethnographic observations, and scientific data gathered during his journeys, highlighting new environments and local cultures encountered.
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Sveen Hedin
Training for Farmers and Agricultural Education Push
President Hilu of the Great North rn argues five thousand dollars would not only build an agricultural school but sustain a battleship worth a thousand such schools. The piece notes declining farm yields and fewer people in agriculture, urging education to boost fertility and efficiency. Government and states back agricultural training, rails may cooperate, and Hilu may lead the pace to rapid progress.
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Great Northrn
United States
Hilt
Court backs Judge Pritchard in South Carolina liquor case
United States Circuit Court sustains Judge Pritchard in a state rights dispute over South Carolina dispensary policy. Gov Ansel opposed Federal orders, while state officials and press framed the issue as non federal. The decision centers on whether the state dispensary violated Eleventh Amendment limits and the nature of state liquor commerce.
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Pritchard
Gov. Ansel
South Carolina
Supreme Court of the State
United States
Tillman
Pritcuaro
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Circuit Court
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South Carolina Court
Skyscrapers and Worldviews In The Times
Opinion notes mix curiosity about New Yorks tall buildings with a defense of skyscraper merit. It argues architecture adapts means to ends, counters foreign critics, and envisions a future city of diverse towers with proper streets.
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Carl Clemen
New York
Cholera Epidemic Fears Grip St. Petersburg Officials Under Scrutiny
The piece notes mass cholera deaths rising in St. Petersburg and questions negligent authorities despite the city’s skilled doctors. It emphasizes public alarm over preventable mortality and criticizes officials for failing to curb the outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
American Suitors and the Attractiveness of Latin Men
A reader from New York argues that American women, especially the leisure class well-traveled, find Latin and older civilization men more appealing than American men. She critiques Leroux’s observations in Loves in the United States and editorial opinion, asserting American men fail to satisfy educated, worldly women. New York, Sept. 17, 1908.
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M. Hugues Leroux
United States
Review OF Books
THE
TIMES
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Europe
Mr. Leroux
America
New York
Maine election results and national influence argued
Mount Vernon letter to the editor contends independent newspapers misstate the impact of local versus national issues in Maine's 1908 elections. It asserts Republican leads for Congress and Governor, with a 26 172 plurality for Congressmen, and stresses national themes swayed voters.
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New York Times
Taft
Maine
Congress
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Ticket Speculators In New York Need Tax Licensing
The writer argues that ticket speculators will persist despite resident efforts to block them and proposes licensing through a tax to deter the trade. He cautions against banning the trade and urges practical regulation rather than paternalistic suppression.
Is this the party that the fathers gave to govern?
A fiery political denunciation blaming democracy and a modern candidate for moral decline. The speaker exhorts voters to judge the man against Lincoln Washington and Roosevelt, urging them to shape him or reject him to preserve the nation’s ideals.
Cholera Deaths Rise in St Petersburg Garrison
Cholera spreads rapidly in St Petersburg with 400 soldiers ill and 26 new deaths in a 36 hour window. City closes primary schools for six weeks and converts school buildings to hospitals as 831 patients are treated in facilities. Odessa reports seven deaths and quarantines shipyards and lodgings while authorities stamp out the disease.
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League of Russian, People
Odessa
Black Sea
Manila Cholera Receding Amid Storm May Aid Cleanse
Manila reports 23 new cholera cases and six deaths in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday. A great storm drenches the city, expected to aid cleansing while typhoon conditions persist offshore.
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Manila
Eorst
General Luard Ends Life After Murder Suspicions
Major General Charles Billward Luard retired, long-linked to the murder of his wife near Sevenoaks, committed suicide by stepping in front of a railroad train at Teston Crossing in England. A note blamed scandalous rumors. an inquest resumes next week with witnesses noting no enemy relations and contradictions about the shooting. Luard’s son, an army officer, is en route from the Transvaal.
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Wateringbury
England
Charles Billward Lillard
London
Elis Laniv
Luard
Charles Hdward Warde
Teston
Col Warde
Gen. Liard
Sevenoaks
Transvaal
Carnegie Letter Stirs Interparliamentary Union Meeting
Berlin reports Richard Bartholdt, president of the American group, gave a speech presenting two resolutions on the next peace conference and read a letter from Andrew Carnegie from Scotland. Carnegie’s note claimed Emperor William could end war by uniting Britain, France, and the United States, prompting applause. The emperor telegrammed thanks, expressing hope the conference will preserve world peace.
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Berlin
Richard Bartholdt
Interparliamentary Union
Andrew Carnesie
Scotland
William
Great Britain
France
United States
Carnegie
Bartholdt
Union
Pope Celebrates Golden Mass Anniversary in Rome
The Pope received thousands of telegrams and felicitation addresses from Italy and abroad on the fiftieth anniversary of his first mass. Mass was held at St Peters due to crowd demand, with about 4,000 attendees including eight Cardinals Archbishops bishops and Patriarchs from various nations. United States representation came from Archbishop Farley of New York and his suite who were warmly greeted by other dignitaries.
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Italy
St. Péter’s
United States
Farley
New York
Staten Island Inhabitancy Call for Transit Reform
A Staten Island resident argues Interborough Transit neglects Richmond Borough. He notes fare costs for Manhattan commutes from Stapleton or southern Staten Island, compares with Brooklyn access to 281st Street, and urges action to encourage local living in Richmond. Letter from BE Lehmann dated September 17, 1998.
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Interborough Transit
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New York
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Staten Island
Stapleton
Brooklyn
281St Street
Opinion on The New York Times and The Sunday Times
A reader praises The New York Times for fit news and the Sunday Times for its wealth of matter. The Pictorial Section pleases, though half of it misses the writer’s interest in bridal victim pictures and Mrs. Vanderbilt art reproductions.
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Times
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New York
Postal address note from 1908 about Dryan and Bryan
In Williamsburg County D C a town called Dryan is not the Post Office Taft. Uncle Sam calls it Bryan as the official postal address. Nathan Hendricks New York September 17 1908.
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Taft
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Bryan
Hendricks Nathan
New York
American Fleet Sails For Manila From Western Australia
Admiral Sperry leads the American battleship fleet from Albany toward Manila with the Connecticut delayed for repairs. The Premier N. J. Moore of Western Australia sends a farewell message praising hospitality and friendship.
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West Australia
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Manila
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Princess
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United States
Alfred Deakin
Private Cars Rule Narrowed in Intercity Distribution
Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission says the court of appeals ruling limits private car allocations to owners. Private cars count toward a shipper's share, with only excess needed from railroads for other customers, and Standard Oil cars won’t be given to rivals. The view aligns with Attorney General Benananotte as printed in the Times.
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Martin A. Knapp
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Frcuit Court of Appeals
Pitcairn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Knapp
Benanatte
New Yorn Times
Armour Car Boss Warns of Private Car Rule Impact
Chicago August 18 George B Robbins president of the Armour Car Company says a circuit court ruling at Richmond could trouble private car owners if applied nationwide. He notes cars are in constant use for shippers and railroads and stresses the impracticality of using private cars for many tasks while defending their limited role in transporting fruits and meats by other firms.
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Mr. Bryan
Republican Party
Chicago
Oyster Bay
Taft
Roosevelt
George B.robbins
Armour Car Company
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Richmond
Push Powder Trust Suits Planned by Justice Dept
The Justice Department will file suit to break up the Powder Trust, Du Pont Nemours & Co. after conferences with Attorney General Bonaparte and John Scarlet. Scarlet prepares the case for immediate action. Bonaparte said Oyster Bay talks with the President led to the decision, intended as a strong Republican response before election day.
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New York Times
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Powder Trust
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
John Scarlet
Pennsylvania
Scarlet
Oyster Bay
Bombardment threat as Tabriz siege looms
In Tabriz Persia a decisive clash between the Sultan and Nationalists looms. Ain-ed-Dowleh orders Satar Khan to surrender within 48 hours or the capital will be bombarded and the Nationalist quarter stormed. Satar Khan rejects surrender and braces for defense.
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Persia
Ain-ed-Dowleh
Satar Khan
Satar Kha
American Embassy official visits battleship Alabama in Naples
Robert Mason Winthrop Second Secretary of the American Embassy at Rome arrived in Naples to visit Captain Tea Eyck Veeder of the American Battleship Alabama. The Alabama and the Marine had reached Naples two days earlier on their world voyage.
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Robert Mason Winthrop
Rome
Tea Eyck Veeder
Alabama
The
Marine
Rio Janeiro
Jose Carlos Rodriguez
Journel of Commerce
Irving B. Dudley
Brazil
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Diplomatic Corps
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