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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
28
The Washington Post outlines subscription terms and delivery, plus a long Glance Ahead column praising Rock Creek open valley park plans to transform the creek bed into a broad park corridor from Massachusetts Avenue to the Potomac, noting benefits for beauty and outdoor life in Washington.
A naturalist who spent time in African forests notes that animals rarely vocalize as much as domestic creatures. Wild beings rely on scent and hunting by night, yet some species like gorillas occasionally break into speech. monkeys are chronic chatterers, while overall social intimacy drives vocal behavior.
A Baltimore widower, a retired New England manufacturer, claims he and his late wife still exchange intimate talks as they did in life. Professor M L Haskins of Boston notes the man’s devout belief and sincerity, while the departed’s spirit is said to hover at the dinner table, where her chair remains, and to converse with him as before.
A Prolonged life with moisture and te vilizatin is shown by Sqnre Salyers of Dooley Wise County Virginia who just celebrated his fifth birthday by cutting a third of tee a ard rale Ing a salt of coal. The Big Stone Gap correspondent notes Salyers rides horseback with ease reads without glasses and has served as a justice of the peace for all years. He is described as a robust elder with a long family history and ties to West Virginia. Also contrasted is Chief Joe of the San Manuel Reservation in California who died at JUL age, dried up and found in his chair, per coroner, with vague notes on nurture and fate.
The piece debates Raisuli's fate and fame, noting ambiguity over whether he survives, and recounts his legendary status in the Rif and Fez. It highlights narratives of captives praising his hospitality and his feared, influential presence in regional history.
The Bescon Terald notes Brazilian snakes including the deadly lance head viper sought in New York for an operation to obtain nearly extinct serum. Descriptions cover the suru cucu alleged to kill in hours and the jararoca with a tawny yellow hide and brown to black tail.
The piece contrasts repeated cyclones and fever cycles across the South with perseverance and faith. It recalls historic storms damaging Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama, then highlights resilience in belief, Providence, and old time civic ideals amid disaster.
Public interest grows around John Hays Hammond the mining engineer whose annual pay is rumored at fifty thousand dollars while other leaders earn vast sums in banking railroads and government. The piece notes Hammond as possibly the foremost mining engineer and discusses salaries and influence.
The Baltimore American recalls the first dining car on the Chicago and Alton Railway between Chicago and St Louis. It describes crude features like oilcloth—an era before mahogany interiors and elaborate menus.
Mme von Rosthorns bold dash at a Teheran government department guards station saved two women from a sentinels rifle fire. She seized the weapon, wrested it from the guard, and held him until kawass and police arrived to detain the shooter. The Austrian envoy wife and the Russian envoy’s spouse escaped unharmed. The assailant later faced hanging after trial.
A discussion debunks old fashioned snake venom remedies and the Lachesis medicine craze. It explains venom is harmless when swallowed and criticizes clinicians who promote ultra diluted snake preparations as cures while noting the real aim is antitoxin immunity via injections.
The article traces meteorology from ancient lore to scientific practice, noting Greeks began regular observations in the fifth century B C and Romans lagged. It highlights wind vanes, the Tower of Wind at Athens, and early rain measurements, with science reviving in the thirteenth century and truly advancing in the nineteenth century, while popular prognosticators remain common.
Governor Hughes objected years ago to a horse bearing his name causing Ellison to rename the thoroughbred Sir Navarre. The royal strain horse, once valued at 6500 as a yearling, proved speedy only in trials while named for Hughes. Later he failed to win in the South and Cuba, was returned to New York, and sold for 50 to a truck driver after deserting the trainer. thunder caused insanity and death.
In New York a striped male cat in a Columbus Avenue grocery store rides dogs as a quirky habit. The cat ambushes from behind a barrel and leaps onto passing dogs, clinging with his claws, riding them a block or two before jumping off and returning to his store. The behavior has persisted for over three years with no known reason.
A Seattle citizen facing intoxication wanders homeward through an impervious forest. He bumps into a tree thirteen times, laments his lost path, and encounters an iron tree-guard, feeling his way around in despair and muttering curses as he is effectively locked in.
The New York Herald notes a month deficit of 12 million and a likely annual shortfall near 70 million. It urges passage of the Aldrich Vreeland bill to provide emergency currency by suspending solvent banks in a crisis, arguing the measure offers a safe, nondisruptive fallback without rebuilding the entire system.
A multi-source clipping juxtaposes a Workers’ chant praising labor and strength with satirical vignettes from American papers. It echoes the ChicagoPost ode to forged iron and race with reflections on wage, hope, and the ironies of daily life in 19th century urban life.
An honest man Good be in politics but he wouldnt What a girl Akes about being married is the clothes she does it in Intellect could earn a fairly decent iro ny for a man if it were merely Intelli gence Some peepe ceem 10 get a heap of sate 'isfaction out of 'beng disissed with ever thing The average man seems to think that 'when he has impressed the office boy, with his greatness the world will be con vinced.
A New York Times report, filed from the Willard, quotes William H. Russell urging Democrats to back Johnson or Culberson over William J Bryan, arguing New York and the South hold key electoral votes. He warns Tammany Hall would rally to McClellan if Johnson or Culberson were on the ticket.
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