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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
18
The piece discusses a proposed New York tramp colony with subscription terms, delivery by mail, and debates over funding. It notes the public interest, costs around $2000, and contrasts the potential burden shift if the plan proceeds, while reflecting on hobos and their towns.
The text surveys the social image of the tramp, noting how investigators link work patterns to a broader Industrial context and the personality types within the hobo caste. It references Old Mortality and Apple Seed Johnny as famed figures, but shifts focus to the ordinary tramp and the sympathetic interest in his daily life and conditions.
Historical European tensions unfold with mutinies in Melilla and Barcelona, martial law, and executions. King Alfonso faces civil unrest while Spain searches for a path to peace. A cultural aside notes Eliot and Khayyam, then a Tennessee tale of Taft and baseball humility amid political chatter.
A reflective essay traces shifts in taste from Thackeray to Trollope and Eliot, noting Montgom ery and quotes about borrowed aphorisms. It then surveys Argentina and Bolivia, detailing geography, population, resources, and history, including border disputes, governance, and economic potentials.
Belgians rail against royal pillage of masterworks as art treasures leave the country. Tales recount Napoleon and Dutch royalty seizing pieces, with Bruegels and other Flemish masters dispersed to Paris London Berlin Vienna and beyond, fueling nationwide outrage and calls for restitution.
The piece lauds ongoing efforts to beautify Washington DC parks and boulevards. It argues improvements reflect Col Cosby’s estimates, serve both residents and visitors, and align with Elftnant’s early vision, stressing pace with urban expansion and lasting public works.
Two Wysox men hiking on Table Rock Mountain in Pennsylvania watched a copperhead strike, fall from the edge, and sail 1400 feet through air into the river below. They described the improbable flight and a near-miss for the onlookers as the snake splashed into deep water.
Marytine Ulepateh, a teenage girl from a farm near Maryville, was stung by a honey bee and fell unconscious. Her tongue swelled and her body turned livid as doctors race to determine if a rare blood condition or an unusual reaction is to blame. State scientists plan to test the bees at the danger site for a new poison suspected in the stings.
The New York Press discusses how to pronounce automobile with long debate. Authorities and dictionaries weigh in on whether to stress the first or second syllable and which forms move into common usage.
An educated Lakeland cat seemingly reads human talk and acted after Florida lawmakers legalized alligator killing. Hostor Hetherington reports the cat cornered and killed a small alligator that wandered near a family home, leaving the animal dead and the scene secured by Posey.
A neighborhood woman who weaves rugs supports a large family. A patron comments on the potting smells from her stove. She notes they have dinner almost every day, but a toothless elder cannot chew. The piece hints at improving train travel and rising costs.
A garbled newsward surveys proposed laws across states Georgia Oklahoma Kansas and Tennessee. It references Representative Wright of Stewart County and includes oddball measures from banning certain medicines to requiring English menus and red danger lights in saloons. The piece mixes partisan humor with absurd provisions and notes poetic skies in Tennessee.
An odd transcription mixes a police incident with a Massachusetts bird tale. It notes London policemen at a home raid, a struggle, and two robbers jailed, then shifts to a Duxbury mockingbird sighting. Neighbors observed two young mockingbirds building a nest near an apple swamp, attracting local watchers.
Lysander Johnapletony fixed a house of Aveems for many years crowded beyond belief. A recent extra income lets his big wife add rooms, provoking chatter across Kinville. Kinville and Appletons spread the tale, claiming Lysander Johnsimbs are tied in knots as old man and others react.
Selections titled Pointed Paragraphs from Chicago Vows and Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press offer sharp, humorous maxims on love, money, and human foibles. The quirks of courtship and male folly are played for irony and social bite in brief, wit filled phrases.
Veteran New York reporter surveys pack of political forecasts centering Jerome as Tammany’s likely district attorney and potential gubernatorial path, with notes on West Virginia reform, Charleston graft talk, and US-Argentina trade growth including Buenos Aires immigration.
The passage notes a tiny London street linking Pall Mall to St James Square near James Street, where the name John Street has been removed. It mentions two doors in the street, one connected to Pall Mall and the other to a public house, with the sole row of houses shrinking as John Street is absorbed into St James Square.
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