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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1907
Page
11
Publication Office details subscription terms for The Washington Post with prices, remittance methods, and office locations in Washington New York Chicago. The piece closes with an April poem praising spring’s arrival and anticipating May.
A Bourbon County Ky. suit ended with the plaintiff awarded 19000 in damages after claiming the Republican county committee “read him out of the party.” The case, dismissed as a political detour, sparked debate on party orthodoxy and vetoes within campaigns and highlighted the era’s partisan labeling practices.
The special committee of associated Charities urges stronger backing for its preventive campaign. It notes 779 Washington deaths from consumption last year, likely preventable, costing the city about 46 000 dollars daily. The message calls for vigorous public education and full support in money and sympathy.
A florid ode to April as a regal, benevolent monarch guiding Washington life. The piece extols April’s gifts in parks, fishing, baseball, and culture, defending the month against critics and praising its cheerful, even majestic, influence on the city.
Yale professor Fisher led a test comparing 47 subjects, 32 vegetarians and 15 meat eaters, on endurance with a horizontal arm hold. Vegetarians surpassed meat eaters, with many holding the position for extended times up to and beyond an hour. The study suggests notable vegetarian endurance, warranting further exploration.
The Springfield Republican condemns Treasury refunding circulars and the present bank-note system. It argues funds could retire 116 million in 4 percent bonds, saving about 1 million yearly, and questions why idle money isn’t used to pay off debt. It notes ample cash, large gold, and harmful taxation to sustain national bank circulation, criticizing currency laws since 1897.
The Kennebec Journal warns that Maine faces rapid railroad expansion east of the Mississippi with three lines Bangor and Ardostook, Somerset, and Rumford Falls granted permission to stretch northward to the Canadian border. It argues hundreds of miles of new track will unlock vast forest wealth, farming areas, and tourist regions, reshaping Maine’s industrial future.
The column riffes on spring’s arrival and cold feet, surveys progressive Indiana laws for child care, notes on politicians from Roosevelt to Taft, and urban quips. A New York watch shop reports weather shifting temperatures affecting clockwork and watch repairs.
A serialized discussion on women’s influence in politics and diplomacy, noting Napoleon and Bismarck quotes, the shift from social lobbyists to formal petitions, and the role of wives and clubwomen in shaping laws. It references the Capitol, army canteen bans, pure food laws, child labor, and Mormon Church issues, concluding with cautious praise of women’s broader political impact. Also includes an anecdote about Gunda the Bronx Zoo elephant attempting to jump two fences and needing help to descend.
Kansas reformer and former Pension Commissioner Eugene F Ware known as Ironquill asks for a 12 dollar monthly service pension under the last Congress act. He plans to donate the pension to a Topeka girl whose brother serves in the Philippines. Davenport will issue the pension and Ware hopes for a rhymed record of the act.
A garbled Chicago News paragraph offers a jumble of moral musings on temperance, love, money, and social behavior. It references a paperhanger, Cordela, Alonzo, and a woman with a baby, though many phrases read as stray fragments.
A historical overview details how British peers and magnates hold advowsons the right to appoint parish rectors or vicars. It notes how patronage crosses religious lines, specifics the Crown the bishops cathedrals universities and private peers share the patronage total, and recounts cases including Lord Chesham’s efforts to remove an unsuitable rector and purify the Burlington Arcade.
In season the summer girl is a dream of soda vichy and ice cream autumn girl brings visions of par waie qual and woodcock rare winter girl revives thoughts of blue points and champagne springtime match is high so for shad roe and buck heart
The Blaine Mulligan incident, one of Congress's most dramatic moments, unfolded in June during the Forty fourth Congress. Mulligan revealed letters claiming Blaine brokered railroad securities while Speaker, triggering a heated House investigation and a famous defense speech with the letters read aloud.
A Denver Republican piece reflects on Native American dance as a powerful cultural summons, noting the Crow and other tribes’ devotion to rhythm and ceremony. It contrasts government efforts to curb dancing with the enduring lure of music and tradition. The text also relays a light anecdote about artificial legs, crediting John Cork as the inventor.
Middletown Dispatch to the New York Herald reports farmers blame heavy blasting during the Erie and New Jersey Railroad construction for ruined poultry. Tremors from blasts allegedly prevent eggs from hatching, mirroring effects of thunder, causing heavy losses among poultry raisers.
Nine years after the Maine explosion the battleship remains a navigational obstacle in Havana harbor. The U S government must remove it, Cuba lacking capacity to do so, while theories persist about a powder-magazine fire due to heat from coal bunkers. A Lewiston pharmacist’s wife reportedly foresees the disaster in a vivid dream, fueling local superstition.
A St Bernard mourns owner Homer S Woolwebber of Briggenort near South Dakota. The dog stayed by the coffin, followed the hearse, and lingered at the grave, even digging toward the coffin until authorities restrained it. The tale blends with a verse on ideal husbands from the same page.
Gov elect Hoke Smith of Georgia arrives in Washington and plans weeks in Harops before taking office. He defends railroad reform, recalls past battles with railways, and predicts a strong Georgia government. Gen C C Watts of Charleston WV discusses WV politics and Virginia ties. Jacob Riis in Raleigh comments on Roosevelt Harriman and third-term hopes. Paul Fenlon from Philadelphia praises Jamestown Exposition progress and Norfolk's growth. Alexie Torrey notes business revival in the South and travel to home.
The Portland Virginian notes a peculiar bird, not singing nor shedding plumes, that nonetheless aids vital statistics by inhabiting residence districts and assisting civic records.
A humorous column of jumbled, satirical lines about love, attire, and social mores. It mocks cucumber stomach ache romances and fashion conceit while poking fun at men’s vanity and etiquette in a breezy, quotable parlance.
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