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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1910
Page
20
The Washington Post 1910 notice lists daily and Sunday subscription options with prices, payment methods, and delivery details. It urges readers to keep the paper with them when leaving the city, notes address changes, and provides contact instructions for postal and telephone orders.
Crippen appears to have evaded detection aboard ship due to the wireless era enabling a chase by London police. If Crippen confesses or is proven guilty remains uncertain amid circumstantial evidence. Separately, the District National Guard marched through the Avenue with expert drills after two weeks on Get henburg field. Public reception was warm but a formal home coming was not arranged, though plans for a later appreciation program are possible.
The article explores how farming life in Kansas shifted with the automobile becoming a common tool. It notes 10,000 motor cars in the state, many owned by farmers, bought recently, and valued as an economic necessity enabling quick trips to town and improved market access.
The article discusses President Taft cancelling engagements to deliver political addresses, signaling a shift toward a nonpartisan presidency and predicting reduced appearances this fall. It contrasts public demand for speeches with a tradition that presidents should refrain from overt campaigning.
An aging recount of Rosebery Smith, famed for a sensational 1876 double, his rise from backer to notable owner, and his enduring influence on racing lore. It notes the public celebrity around his bets, the mud stained finish, and his later business success with Bon Marche Brixton, amid reflections on public opinion shaping racing legend.
Dr William C Gorgas revolutionized sanitation for the Panama Canal project cutting disease death rates among 8500 Americans and proving tropical work health feasible The Sanitary Department handles hospitals quarantine street cleaning drainage and more while costing about 3 million annually with broader civic and engineering ties noted.
A long analysis argues that U S Supreme Court holds ultimate judicial power and warns that expanding censorship via Congress or post office control could erode the freedom of the press. It recalls Ex parte Hogan and the lotteries case, urging Congress to preserve a government of law over men and restore constitutional balance.
A sprawling profile traces Sir Charles Dunbar and the Rolls family, noting a German university divinity degree, past roles from archdeacon to Pretoria bishop, and a willingness to serve American churches. It also surveys Charles Rolls’s aviation fame, aristocratic lineage, and Southern African connections, plus a digression on diplomatic postings and the Marquis de Fontenoy copyright notice and a dramatic hawk versus snake encounter on the Juniata.
Thomas E. Watson argues that national party conventions should use proportional representation for minority states. He cites Georgia and Pennsylvania as examples and calls for reform to prevent Republican or Democratic minorities from receiving full convention votes in their respective parties.
Altoona dispatch reports two incidents near Piney Creek and Ebensburg where water snakes demonstrated sport by tackling trout. A large snake, 6 feet 4 inches long, was seen attempting to swallow a 7 inch trout, and a pig in Ebensburg was found encircled by a black snake before being killed. The tales illustrate snakes’ hunting prowess and local reactions.
Interrelated comments from G Russell of the North Carolina and St Louis Railroad and others in Washington warn Southern railroads must raise freight tariffs to cover skyrocketing wages. They cite pending ICC actions, old tariffs, and the need to fund wage increases while Hawaii statehood talks, muskrat farming in Texas, Georgia crop woes, and Senator Lodge’s political standing in Massachusetts frame broader national concerns.
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