Times Daily Times Publication Details 1900
Publication data from the Times Daily Times issue dated December 30 1900. It lists pricing by mail and subscription, office addresses in Chestnut and Eighth Streets New York and Park Row Philadelphia, and indicates a six center area and annual rates.
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Daily Times
Ores Ng
Cnartone
Thie City
Sunda
Chestnut
Eighth
Redfa
New
Sansom
New York
Park Row
Philadelphia
Legislature Set to Open January First in Twentieth Century
The Week in Politics notes Congress is out of session and Pennsylvania politics focus shifts to the Legislature’s January meeting on the first Tuesday in January. Harrisburg caucuses will nominate Quay for the Senate, signaling party strength. The piece also discusses French theatre contrasts and actor Rostand vs Coquelin, highlighting drama as literature and poetic delivery.
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Congress
Pennsylvania
Legislative Assembly
Harrisburg
Senate
Representative
House
Quay
The
Times
Coquelin
Rostand
Madame Bernhardt
M. Cogneiin
Camerons
Republican Party
Odell Cee Tae Ee
Questions from China crisis reveal powers’ vague aims
The passage argues the Chinese court seeks clear terms on how much territory the powers intend to seize and for how long, noting that the Western expeditionary action amounts to ongoing war. It accuses McKinley of backing European intrigue and calls for Congress to question the president about his China policy.
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China
Ietze
Berlin War Office
Count von Waldersee
San-Ho-Hsein
Gruber
Pekin
Hiang-Ho-Hsein
French Play and Pennsylvania Senate Clash Highlight Opera and Politics
The season opens with Madame Bernhardt and M. Cognein bringing French drama to the fore, then shifts to Harrisburg where factional battles over the Senate election pit Camerons and Quay against Regulars and insurgents. Counts of votes and expected outcomes dominate the report as the Legislature contends with a tight, possibly tied, battle.
Financial Figureheads and the London and Globe Failure
The London and Globe Finance Corporation and allied stock-jobbing houses fail triggering Exchange panic. The piece critiques noble figureheads like Lord Dufferin as not bankers, noting public esteem may mislead confidence. It warns against speculative expansion and the need to study this loss as a cautionary tale for investors.
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Ondon
London and Globe Finances Corporation
Exchange
London and Globe
London
Lord Dufferin
Asia
Lyndon
United States
Alger Attacks Miles as He Publishes War Book
Ex Secretary of War Gane Alger faces criticism for a forthcoming book seen as vindication of General Eagan and a rebuke of General Miles. The January North American Review excerpt targets the army beef controversy and accuses Alger of incompetence or corruption, predicting old scandals will replay in public view.
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Miles
Alger
Eagan
North American Review
Army Blackguard
War Department
Gane
House power split looms over 208 in legislature
The text argues that with 208 members and 102 needed to organize, Republicans face a choice that can secure Quay’s Senate win or push insurgents and Democrats to appoint a Speaker like Koontz. It warns unity for Democrats, a fair ballot, and sound apportionment as keys to influence.
Porto Ricans Leap Toward Self Government After Revolution
The San Juan session of the House of Delegates, begun December 3, progresses slowly with about forty five bills mainly marginal. No comprehensive code exists and debate centers on police, courts, salaries, loans, telegraphy, railroads, mortgages, schools and woman suffrage. The sole enacted measure declares the Delegate cannot hold other offices, illustrating limited readiness for self rule following revolution. The text notes Porto Ricans gained Orto Rigo without dispute and hints revolution as a catalyst for political maturation.
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San Juan
House of Delegates
Orto Rigo
United States
European unity mocked by tariff debate over industrial control
The piece mocks American high tariff advocates by imagining Europe uniting to counter U S drives for market dominance. It notes French German tensions complicating any tariff union and questions the need for tariffs if Europe can outcompete with cheaper labor.
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Eroy-Beaulieu
Europe
United States
Misunderstandings about America in Europe noted
The article argues a future fuller knowledge of the United States in Europe will lessen misperceptions of geography and politics. It cites past London views of buffalo shooting near New York as an example and mentions a swindler as a contemporary case illustrating improved localization of facts.
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Europe
Buffalo
New York
Debates Over Danish West Indies Purchase Continue in Paris
The discussion centers on Denmark potentially selling the Danish West Indies with Germany’s stance to respect U S influence. Supporters see the islands as a worthwhile, unobtrusive U S investment. opponents including the King reportedly resist. The United States argues it should not rush Denmark and would consider a fair price if sold.
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Denia
West Indies
Germany
United States
Denmark
Roosevelt to hunt mountain lions in the West
The governor plans to kill mountain lions in the West while New York fears the tiger there has only been wounded. The piece notes press aims around Alger’s war book and will showcase new photos of General Nelson A. Miles, shaping the editor’s path amid old grievances.
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Roosevelt
New York
Asa Bird Gardiner
Court of Appeals Sets Rule for Streetcar Conductors
The New York Court of Appeals holds streetcar conductors must not start the car until the passenger is seated. The piece notes a social sting about men who remain seated while women stand and mentions a Chinese merchants group targeting Chinatown gamblers who allegedly pay police for protection.
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Court of Appeals
State of New York
New York
Chinatown
China
Senator Hanna Returns as Magazine Contributor
The appearance of Senator Hanna as a National Magazine contributor offers renewed hope to aspiring writers across the country. His first piece, The Revival of American Shipping, is described as a labor of love and sets a standard for others to follow.
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Senator Hanna
National
Thanksgiving ruling on turkey and New Year symbolism
General consent elevates turkey as Christmas centerpiece while convivial insistence champions the swallow as the emblem of the New Year. The piece contrasts tradition with festive cheer and cultural symbolism.
Congress to Return as Boxing Clubs Face Closure
Authorities may shut boxing clubs but voices persist about the Treasury surplus. The mood among observers is that Congress will not take decisive action when it reconvenes, despite ongoing concerns.
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Congress
Treasury
New Year Reflections on Power, Hazing, and Police at City Hall
A sardonic review critiques China as an underdog and yellow dog in a power play. It notes New Year promises of reform rarely lasting, mocks hazing as a joke, and links the Crowe Cudahy kidnapping case to black reputation. City Hall police parade foreseen as a harmless display.
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Crowe
Cudahy
Not to be Taken Seriously by a Pretty Woman
A collection of witticisms and misquoted lines from a humorous page. It features quips on New Year clubs, time, streetcars, a father with a distracted professor, language mishaps, and a romance interrupted by a doorstep scene.
Holyrood Palace and Mary Queen of Scots Tale
A guided stroll through Edinburgh’s Waverly Station area to the Royal Mile ends at Holyrood Palace. The tour covers the abbey ruins, Mary Queen of Scots rooms, Rizzio’s murder chamber, and portraits of Scottish kings, with history of Mary’s troubled reign and dramatic fate.
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Edinburgh
North British Railway
Waverly Station
Waverly Gardens
Princes’ Street
Europe
Princes Street Gardens
Scottt
Christopher North
David Livingstone
Loch Nor
Royal Institution
National Gallery
Old Town
Arthur's Seat
Salisbury Crags
Palace of Holyrood
Holy Cross
David I
England
Margaret
Malcolm III
Scotland
David
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood
James IV
Queen Mary
James V
Mary
Charles II
James VI
Charles I
James II
Prince Charles Edward
Duke of Cumberland
George IV
France
Abbey
Chapel Royal
Charles L
Charles 1
David II
Mary of Gueldres
Lord Darnley
National Picture Gallery
Macbeth
Duncan
Shakespeare
Prince Charles
Arthur
Darnley
Mary Queen of Scots
Rizzio
Henry VIII
David Rizzio
Ruthven
Lindsey
Elizabeth
James I
Holyrood Palace
Henry Stuart
Kirk o’Field
Bothwell
Langside
Philadelphia society hosts dances and dinners in festive week
A holiday dance at Lucien O Carpenter's academy and a private cotillon on Chestnut Street highlight a busy social scene. The Art Club hosts the first performance in the city of The Daisy Chain by Liza Lehmann set after its Tuxedo debut. Alumni, dignitaries, and families attend university luncheons, dinners, and card parties across multiple residences, including the Bellevue and Spruce and Walnut streets. The Triangle Fraternity holds its annual dinner at the Bellevue as Miss Ze'la Krumbhaar Peson and Charles Frederic Hoffman wed in a lavish ceremony at Tuxedo N.Y.
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Lucien O. Carpenter
Academy
Columbia Avenue
Chestnut Street
Liza Lehmann
Art Club
America
England
Tuxedo
New York
Philadelphia
Seabury Ford
Marguerite Hall
Mackenzie Gordon
Myron Whitney, Jr
Ze'la Krumbhaar Peson
Charles Frederic Hoffman
Tuxedo, N
State Teachers Seek Bureau of Education Reorganization
The Colorado State Teachers Association in session adopted resolutions urging Congress to reorganize the Bureau of Education to a broader, department-level plan. They call for elevating the bureau to a national educational department with expanded scope and authority.
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Education Bureau
Denver
Col
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
Congress
Bureau
Educa
Icocenic
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the Times
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Loch Katrine
D. L. D. Granger
Providence, R. I
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Lulu Biddle
Miss Watts
Miss Vance
Florence Vance
Laura Biddle
Bickley
Effie Carr
Miss Moore
Sue Moore
Edward C. Knight
the Bellevue
Knight
Alfred C. Harrison
John Madison Taylor
John C. Groome
Edmund Browne
Francis I. Gowen
Sidney F. Tyler
George D. Widener
Norton Downs
William Henry Pancoast
Miss Peters
Florence Pancoast
Andrew Gray
Andrew Wheeler, Jr
Thomas Ridgway
Edward Moore Robinson
Eighteenth
Walnut Streets
Violet Whelen
Esther White Harrison
Eilen Drexel Paul
Bertha Lippincott
Edith Stotesbury
Silvia DeGrasse Fox
Messrs
Samuel Chew
Horace Hare
George Brooks, Jr
A. P. Sturgis
George McFadden
Emmett Church
Paul Mills
F. Percy Smith
Misses Smith
Walnut Street
Colonel
Mrs. Furey
Miss Gardiner
Blanche Graham
West Walnut Street
B. Brown Osborn
Beaumont Avenue
Miss Osborn
Cincinnati
Harry McCormick
Osborn
Walter N. Gourlay
Lilie D. Jenks
Robert
Ralph Pulitzer
E. Willard Roby
Horace Pettit
Spruce Street
Florence Wetherill
Kathryn Leidy
Katherine S. Smith
Lovie Lennig
Adelaide Jordan
Thomas White
George R. Howell
Triangle Fraternity
Haverford
Bellevue
Countess Wachmeister
Court of St. James
Madison Square
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