New York Times 1908 Pricing and Editions Notice
This OCR shows a pricing and edition notice for the New York Times dated September 25 1908. It lists daily and Sunday rates for Various editions and locations including New York Jersey City Newark Philadelphia and Washington and various mailing options and foreign rates. It also mentions additional supplements such as the Pictorial Section and Saturday Review.
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New York
Jersey City
Newark
Petage
Aily
Je Sepego
Darcy
NEW York Times
Canada
Wall Street Purge and Baseball Verdict Stir Public Debate
The piece surveys swift stock exchange discipline and bank sector caution, praising New York brokers while criticizing laxity. It notes Umpire O'Day’s fair call and Merkle’s misjudgment, describing the clubhouse and crowd turmoil that followed, with reflections on professional standards.
Filth and Health and the Czarist Sewage Question
A restoration era critique links cholera in the Russian palace to river sewage and fly-borne contagion, compares public health gaps to the United States, cites Merchants' Association findings, and questions accountability while touching Webster, Moeur en, and political links.
Baseball Muddle Clouds NL pennant chase
Dispute between two National League teams at season end may affect pennant chances. If Chicago wins the trophy the controversy could tarnish their victory. if New York prevail the dispute weakens their lead. A large yesterday crowd witnessed the scene.
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Chiago
Queensboro Bridge Name Debate Favors Queensboro
A Queens editorial argues for naming the new bridge Queensboro to honor English-origin place names and avoid alienating Irish Americans. It suggests ending protests and directs Irish to focus on developing Queens Borough, praising their energy and contributions to New York.
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United States
Queensboro
Blackwell’s Island Bridge
Crimmins
Chatham Street
Park Row
Park
O’brien
New York
Queens
New Haven Considers Oct 16 150th Noah Webster Birthday
New Haven debates fitting Oct 16 celebration for Noah Webster birth marking the 150th anniversary. Authorities praise Webster as the great lexicographer and the author of the American Dictionary, noting his earlier works and civic contributions.
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Webster
Connecticut
Yale
New Haven
Maine
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Noah Webster
Johnson
Thack~ Eray
Miss Pinkerton
Wesbstnr
Minerva
New York
Eberhard Case Stimulates Death Penalty Debate
The article criticizes the Eberhard murder trial and its plea of insanity, noting a swift Hudson Valley justice model and questioning why a convicted killer would avoid the gallows or electric chair. It argues for abolition of the death penalty, given the seemingly unjust outcome.
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Eberhard
Hudson
Panics over Roosevelts Congo thoughts and hunting plans
The piece weighs Roosevelt's possible Congo Free State trip as a larger hunt than elephants and seeks details on his purpose. It discusses publishers’ bets on a famous record and Congo atrocities reports, noting officials’ excitement and broader reform versus technical extradition debates.
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NER
Congo Free State
Africa
Roosevelt
Free State
Mr. Roosevelt
Congo
Carnegie to establish Hero Fund in Britain
Andrew Carnegie plans toFound a Hero Fund in the United Kingdom with 1,250,000 in bonds. Trustees of the Carnegie Dunfermline Fund will administer the charity for heroes injured while rescuing others or for dependents of those killed. King Edward approved and medals for peaceful heroism will be aided.
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London
America
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Dunfermline Fund
Dunfermline
North American
British Isles
Edward
European standards and American manners in early 1900s notes
A letter to the editor discusses cross Atlantic views on American men and women, arguing society is in transition worldwide and that both crude and refined traits exist on both sides of the ocean. The writer cites comments from various sources about independence, marriage, and European admiration. JA 7S H. Bates. New York, Sept. 20, 1908.
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John ‘Bull
America
Europe
Paris
H. Bates
New York
Hardworker responds to M T B on old age provision
A letter from HHARDWORKER of New York, Sept 23 1908, argues $2 500 income suffices for a family of five, detailing monthly expenditures including taxes insurance mortgage water rent life insurance and savings. The writer notes life insurance and savings are joint and rebuts M T B’s proposed dual fund plan.
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New York Times
TIMES
Hhardworker
New York
New Russian Tuberculosis Serum Shown at Congress
Dr G A Saxe of this city will present a paper on tuberculinum purum at the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington. A Russian serum, based on Koch serum but with harmful components removed, is tested in 75 cases with claimed 90 percent benefit, though doctors urge caution and further observation. Samples offered free to physicians. no sale abroad per cable from St Petersburg.
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Russia
G. A. de Santos. Saxe
West Forty-fifth Street
Saxe
Washington
J. Gabrilowitch
Imperial Sanatorium For Consumptives
Halila
Finland
St. Petersburg
Koch
Gabrilowitch
Dr. Saxe
Tuberculin Society
United States
5. B. Gragg
Marine Hospital Service
Straus milk exhibit at International Tuberculosis Congress
Special to The New York Times reports on the Straus pasteurized milk demonstrations at the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington. Dr Detre of Austria showcases a three-serum test to distinguish bovine from human TB within 24 hours, aiding diagnosis and treatment decisions. The New York exhibit will display the Calmette tuberculin eye test as a faster though less specific method.
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New York Times
Washington
Straus
Nathan Straus
New York
D. Laszio Detre
Austria
Calmette
Dr. Detre
Koch
Detre
Camillo Carleia
Alfonso XIII
Box Office Speculation Complaints From Local Theatres
W. W. Hallock reports standing at city box offices unable to buy seats while sidewalk speculators obtain tickets for the same performances. He notes others share the same experience and sounds a warning about unfair practices.
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New York Times
W. W. Hallock
New York
Haskell Targeted in Early Roorback Claims
Bayonne dispatch dated September 23 1908 reports that Mr Haskell is among the first to suffer from what supporters call roorback attacks aimed at the President amid escalating political strife.
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New York Times
Haskell
Bayonne
Roosevelt accused of pernicious partisan activity
The speaker condemns President Roosevelt for engaging in partisan activity and backing his successor, noting he acts as if campaigning, in a Brooklyn statement dated September 23, 1908.
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Dresden maid described as Indian squaw in poem
A verse titled CHANGED. A Dresden china maid is depicted with exotic features and skin notes, ending with a blunt label calling the maid an Indian squaw. The poem, credited to LURANA. .W.SHELDON, presents a controversial racial characterization.
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Lurana
W.sheldon
Tuberculosis Congress delegate injured in streetcar accident
Special representative at the Tuberculosis Congress was thrown from a street car near Fourteenth and I Streets while en route to dine at the Spanish Legation. He is much better today and not expected to be confined to his rooms at the Normandie Hotel. Dr Giuseppe Bastianelli from Rome will attend the Congress and noted a funding miscommunication between Italian and American committees.
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Tuberculosis Congress
Normandie Hotel
Calleja
Legation
Fourteenth
Giuseppe Bastianelli
Rome
Washiston
Will of Winfield Tucker Bequeaths Large Charitable Gifts
Local institutions gain from the will of Winfield Tucker a real estate operator who died Sept. 5 at Lake Toxaway North Carolina His residuary estate goes to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church Endowments total 385000 to Presbyterian Hospital 3000 to Fresh Air and Convalescent Home and 5000 to a dozen organizations including New York City Missionary Society and the Cathedral of St John the Divine Several relatives receive 1000 each and others 20000 to Robert A Smith and 10000 to Ellen Frances Neilson and Annie Caroline Neilson of White Plains
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Winfield Tucker
Lake Toxaway
North Carolina
Tucker
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Presbyterian Hospital
Joseph, Isabella
Adeline Tucker
Summit
N. J
New York
House of Rest
Inwood On
The
Hudson
Mr. Tucker
Charles Tucker
Mary Tucker Fiske
Edwin Tucker
Walter C. Tucker
John Jerome Tucker
Sarah
Maria S. Heiser
Robert A. Smith
Ellen Frances Neilson
Annie Caroline Neilson
White Plains
Valerie C. Moseley
Nassau
New Providence
Bahamas Islands
Anastasia McGurgan
New York Library Association Holds Sagamore Convention
The eighteenth annual New York Library Association convention at Sagamore Hotel, Sagamore, N Y, runs through Saturday with over 200 delegates. Dr W H Allen speaks on educational opportunities in the library budget, Walter M Briges discusses libraries and city government, and Paul Elmer More lectures on the neglected scholar.
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New York Times
Sagamore
N. Y
New York Library Association
Sagamore Hotel
W. H. Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York City
Walter M. Briges
Brooklyn Public Library
Paul Elmer More
the Nation
Annie Carroll Moore
New York Public Library
Mary Douglas
Anna C. Tyler
Pratt Institute Free Library
Sarah Byrd Askew
New Jersey State Library Commission
Association
Lake George
Australian flotilla plan gains admiralty support
Melbourne dispatch reports the British Admiralty approving a Commonwealth plan to form a local navy core with six torpedo boat destroyers nine submarines and two depot ships. Parliament is expected to authorize 6 250 000 for construction with 1 200 officers and men provided by the imperial navy but paid by the Commonwealth.
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Melbourne
Bbritish Admiralty
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
Imperial Navy
Commonwealth
Australian
Leguia Inaugurated as Peru President in Lima
Augusto B. Leguia was sworn in as Peru’s new President this afternoon in Lima and pledged to modernize codes, boost revenue without taxing, and focus on sanitation immigration irrigation education and railways while remaining independent of party passions. He promised equality before the law and actions guided by public opinion right and justice.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Fail to Find Smuggled Arms in Moscow
Moscow police acting on a tip searched warehouses of leading American importers for three days. They opened about 6 000 cases of typewriters and hardware but found no evidence of arms smuggling for revolutionary purposes.
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Moscow
Majestic Reaches Plymouth After Three Day Gale
The Majestic arrived from New York at 12:09 this morning twelve hours late. A terrific gale lasting three days battered the steamer with mountainous seas reaching the bridge and nearly forcing a reduction in speed to seven knots.
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Majestic
Plymouth
New York
Neak
Tang Shao Yi to travel with new minister to succeed Wu
Tang Shao Yi leaves Peking with Chung Men Yew to succeed Wu Ting Fang in Washington. The pair, with a large mission and eighteen secretaries, will study financial, industrial and political conditions in the United States and Europe. The entourage includes diplomats, students and officials, and gifts are shipping to U.S. leaders as Boxer indemnity remissions are noted.
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Peking
Tang-Shao-Yi
Ile
Chung-Mer#-Yew
Wu Ting-Fang
Washington
Wu Ting- Fang
Tang-Shiro-Yi
Tang Shao-Yi
United States
America
Great
Britain
Japan
France
Germany
Foreign Board
Mukden
Roosevelt
Nicholas. Jongworth
Smithsonian Institution
Tang-Shao- Yi
Prince Tsaifu
Ching
Chung-Men-Yew
Yung-Kwai
Europe
Manchuria
Tang- Shao-Yi
Order of the Double Dragon
Li- Hung-Chang
Yuan-Shai-Kai
Tang- Shan-Yi
China
State Department
Legation
Wu_ Ting- Fang
Ting-Fang
Germany’s conciliatory Morocco reply strengthens talks
The German reply to the Franco Spanish note on Morocco was received in Paris. It praises the conciliatory tone and notes that every principle in the Franco Spanish note was admitted. France plans to meet Germany’s minor reservations in the same spirit at Ram bouillet after a cabinet meeting.
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Morocco
Paris
Berlin
Cambon
Rambouillet
Germany
Emperor William Welcomes Press Congress in Berlin
The Emperor acknowledged the greetings from the International Press Congress in session in Berlin. He urged attendees to enjoy themselves and to place the new ties formed on this occasion in service of the civilizing mission of the press.
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William
International Press Congress
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