English Education and Public Schools Compared
A Cambridge man defends English public schools against claims of inferiority to American systems. He argues English grammar and literature training, essay prizes, and rhetoric creation produce superior speakers, contrasting with American slang and pronunciation. The piece also touches on economic overproduction debates and calls for labor to seek productive work rather than revolutionary rhetoric.
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Kings County Grand Jury Backs Direct Nomination Reform
The Kings County Grand Jury completed a May investigation into primary election frauds and filed a report urging direct nominations. Despite some dissent from two foremen aligned with party machines, most jurors supported Travis Green direct nomination, sending the document to Governor and Legislature. The piece notes civic support across the state and calls lawmakers to back reform or explain opposition.
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Editorial on socialism and wealth inequality
The Tribune views socialism as a timely topic, criticizing the spread among intellectuals and opposing the idea of surplus held by the rich and powerful. It argues for fair distribution and questions elimination of guardrails against concentrated wealth. The piece reflects on the era’s economic debate without detailing specific actions or dates.
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Education and Hunger in City Schools Debate
J Welles Murray of Athens Penn writes to denounce reports of hunger among East Side schoolchildren and urges real reforms. He argues current education funding mortgaged by underfed, vulnerable students risks mental and moral decline and calls for state or municipal feeding programs to prevent worse social outcomes. He cites Europe as a model and warns against exploiting child labor while neglecting basic nourishment.
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Appeal for Diet Kitchen aids sick poor families
An appeal from Fanny Garrison Villard and Mrs Joseph W Tilton requests funds for the New York Diet Kitchen Association which provides milk to the sick poor at home and assists tuberculosis and infant mortality campaigns. Donations may be sent to Dobbs Ferry New York or 118 East 72nd Street New York City. June 7, 198.
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Whistling Advocated as Vital to Human Robustness
A New York letter-writer argues whistling strengthens health and civilization, mocking a physician who warned against it. The piece extols the whistler as essential to evolution, cites male mating dynamics, and urges citizens to celebrate the practice as a force sustaining the human race.
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Catch Big Hawk in Washington Square Sparks Outcry
A reader condemns a newspaper article about two boys parading a wounded hawk through a city street until it died. The letter questions police inaction and cites animal protection laws, urging accountability and humane conduct. The writer seeks prosecution of the youths involved.
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Letter Criticizes Street Boys After Incident in 1908
A New York reader lamenting an incident dated June 3, 1908 writes that the admiring crowd and street boys show a decline in American boy hood and manhood. She praises other boys who would not have acted in such a moment and calls for higher standards.
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Lord Dunraven and the New Anti Woman Suffrage Society
Dorchester Mass June 11 1908 Alice Stone Blackwell notes Lord Dunraven’s role in England’s anti suffrage group and recalls his earlier amendment to exclude women from local offices. She cites a Lords vote protecting women’s eligibility and the broader 1908 reform extending rights to higher offices including Lord Mayor of London.
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The New Socratics Editorial Responded To
A reader from East Orange New Jersey thanks the editor for June 10 commentary The New Socratics noting college courses once focused on Latin Greek and mathematics and praising a shift toward practical twentieth century everyday life The letter is dated June 11 1908.
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Aryan stock in Japanese
A San Francisco dispatch questions the view that Japan originated solely from Mongolian stock. It cites studies by Kinzo Hirai and others showing Aryan links in ancient Japanese grammar and vocabulary, aligning with Greek, Latin, Persian and Hindustani names and words. The writer notes Ainu as Aryan, rejects Mongolian exclusivity, and references Mikado’s Empire and Nihong Kojiki. This letter, dated Ithaca June 7, 1908, debates race and language in Japan.
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Jerome Avenue Blockade In City Work Cries For Restoration
Letter from New York cites Jerome avenue torn up for over a year above 168th street with pipes blocking one side and unfinished pavement on the other. It accuses Borough President Haffen of lax oversight allowing contractors to impair the thoroughfare and appeals for action to restore the street to decent condition.
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Palisades Amusement Park Opens Beside Hudson
A new recreation spot near the Hudson across from the 120th street ferry opens as a day resort for all ages. It will not serve alcohol and offers many free attractions. An open-air theatre debuts tonight with The Vassar Girl musical piece.
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Bandits to Sacrifice a Sheep at Mahomet Feast
Sir Hassan Ben Ali has posted bonds for Raisall's bandits to comply with U S laws during their stay in Coney Island. A feast of Mahomet will feature a sheep sacrifice as the troupe is taken to a secluded spot for the rite.
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Good Samaritan Attacked While Helping Friend on Williamsburg Street
Joseph Lansing of 164 Dupont Street Williamsburg sat up with a sick friend when three men attacked and robbed him on Manhattan Avenue near Clay Street. Patrolmen pursued and helped capture the suspects, who were held at Manhattan Avenue police court. Lansing lay in Williamsburg Hospital with a fighting chance of recovery.
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