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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1908
Page
7
The Tatler notes Tertrivanes in the invention of M Paul Commi. The 20 foot frame is reinforced with struts and centers a aeronaut with an Antoinette motor. It uses two screws at the ends, planes before and behind the frame to control movement, and a lever to regulate the planes below the screws. Total weight of the apparatus, including fuel, is 385 pounds.
Texas officials pressed for a naval fleet under Moore to sail to Galveston while Congress debated funding. Moore faced opposition from New Orleans observers and war secretary delays, with Texas asserting strategic interests and urging prompt action even as reports covered vessel outfitting and possible penalties.
The text recounts E W Moore’s return to Texas, an ovation, and a government order discharging him. A special court martial acquitted him on most charges except disobedience of orders. President Houston disapproved the findings, Congress offered thanks and a relief bill, both vetoed by Anson Jones. The saga ends with Moore’s later life in Texas.
A German Reichstag incident saw reporters walk out after a deputy insulted them, prompting a long dispute over reporting. The walkout disrupted parliamentary order and delayed a key speech by the Imperial Chancellor, drawing sharp criticism of press conduct and echoing similar tensions in Sydney. The journalists claimed victory as calm resumed and lawmakers returned to prior reporting practices.
A New York reader recalls experimenting with eggs to improve texture by shaking them in shell and even using a milk shake machine with cotton to blend white and yolk. The anecdote extols softer eggs and culinary rituals across cultures, ending with a playful nod to Delmore.
Philadelphia Ledger reports a grave conference among patent medicine proprietors debating whether to market the product as furniture polish. One partner doubts sales while the other lauds a clever loophole to push the item to customers.
English game rounders shaped the origins of town ball and base ball with four bases and a square field. By 1858 a national association formed rules, tours, and early championships. Excelsiors of Brooklyn and Atlantics of New York battled in 1860, while Chicago hosts a parade of freak acts and showpeople amid the era’s baseball rise and social curiosities.
Chicago hosts a thriving freak life with hundreds of human curiosities, many living in modest, quirky homes near State Street. The scene centers on side-show culture, museums dwindled to a dozen, with notable figures like Zelda and Buvillia Rogers shaping Chicago’s status as a home for performers while the midget and dwarf population remains prominent.
Professor Max Herz of Vienna declares heart disease stems from insufficient chest space caused by poor posture and crowding from held positions. He urges upright seating, standing desks, deep breathing, and walking to free the heart and notes such treatments have shown success. A Detroit Free Press quip follows about moving vans and landlords.
An early report describes Laytes a Baltimore engineer testing a heavier than air rotorcraft or helicopter with an 85 foot diameter wing system. The machine weighs about 1000 to 1300 pounds and uses an eight cylinder air cooled engine driving opposing rotating fans to lift vertically. Laytes aims to increase lift to around 1330 pounds and hopes to demonstrate a practical vertical takeoff and descent method, asserting the helicopter will outperform inclined plane designs.
A Newark speaker argues for local self taxation to build a separate detention facility for state prisoners. He recounts a young Newark boy’s path from tenement life to a three month stay in a witness detention cell, highlighting the harsh, unequal outcomes of fines and imprisonment, and urging probation for nonviolent offenses. He contrasts justice for the rich with punishment for the poor, calling for reforms to avoid cycling youth into crime.
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