Washington Post Remittance and Delivery Notice 1910
Remittances should be made by drafts checks money orders registered letters or express to THE WASHINGTON POST CO Washington D C Entered at the post office Washington D C second-class matter Foreign Advertising Representation Paul Block Fifth Avenue New York Chicago TUESDAY AUGUST 2 1910 Let the Post follow you Washingtonians leaving the city should not fail to have The Post follow them Addresses may be changed as often as declared and the paper will come promptly to any part of the country Send orders to Post Always give old as well as new address Subscription rates noted above.
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Claude Swanson enters the U S Senate after long Virginia service
Senator Claude A Swanson joins the U S Senate bringing twelve years in Congress and one term as Virginia governor He pushed rural mail delivery and led reforms in state services including public schools health board and highway aid Gov Mann praised his fit to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dante.
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No Valid Objection to Lee Statue
A 1920s-style briefing argues Attorney General and President approve placing a Robert E Lee statue in Statuary Hall. It asserts Lee symbolizes postwar reconciliation and loyalty, forgiving the Lost Cause while acknowledging dissent may persist in some quarters.
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An Analysis of Flirting by a Clark University President
The article notes Dr. G Bentley Hall of Clark University in Massachusetts has analyzed flirting as a scientific pursuit. He claims teens must flirt, with older New England women still skilled at the craft. He also links flirtation to love and to sports like golf tennis and canoeing. Cupid figures in as supporting evidence.
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Domestic science study urged for girls and praise for American matrimony
The piece extols marriage and children, urges girls toward domestic science, and argues matrimony is desirable. It then shifts to a critique of American policing as Inspector Dew from Scotland Yard instructs Dr Crippen and Miss Le Neve, stressing rights, fair procedure, and avoidance of coercive confessions in a case hinging on circumstantial evidence.
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Spain faces long political clash over church state split
The article analyzes Spain's civil tension as clerical presses inflame the split between government and Vatican. It notes Premier Canalejas commands broad support in both houses, potential for a large majority, and warns that public sentiment and election manipulation could shape a protracted struggle with limited likelihood of insurrection.
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Old Inns and New Progress in Modern Cities
The piece reflects on replacing historic inns with modern structures as urban life grows, noting government politics and church splits abroad, and the emotional toll of landmark hotels like the Fifth Avenue and Astor House yielding to real estate development. It contrasts Elizabethan eras with contemporary moves toward elevators and bellboys, stressing progress over sentiment.
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Demand for Coast and Geodetic Survey Probe Reaches Congress
The New York Sun urges Senate commerce committees to investigate the coast and geodetic survey amid complaints of decline since civilian control. It cites chart inaccuracy, civilian overstaffing, and abuses such as the Bache withholding steamship use, calling for an impartial review to reform the bureau.
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Perpetual motion clock claim from English electrician
From Bur ton-on-Trent England Mr P Bentley declares he solved perpetual motion for stationary clocks. He cites a Liverpool 1902 gold medal clock still running after ten years without winding and a new electric powered mechanism drawing current from the earth. The clock reportedly runs steadily with a friction light design, driven by electricity into the earth, and Bentley seeks patent recognition while predicting many years of operation if gears do not wear.
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Too Many Parasols for Him in Popular Magazine
Representative Gilbert M. Hitchcock discovers a mistaken bill for 123 parasols made out to Frank H. Hitchcock the Postmaster General. The bill stems from a hosting favor at a banquet, with Hitchcock retorting the purchase was not his and noting the error in a cabinet notice. The piece then drifts into a collection of light, pithy opinions and humorous quips about timing, proportion, and everyday life.
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Denials Follow Engagement Rumors Of Royal Claimant
Selected A bride Ben Jarm s denies rumors of six engagements to Miss Anne Morgan daughter of Pierpont Morgan and notes only one meeting in his life He warns that a dynastic match must be with a Roman Catholic princess. Frederick W Menzies newlywed lieutenant faces extinction of his baronetcy but may gain clan chieftainship of Menzies amid legal battles and past financial disputes involving Sir Robert Menzies and heirs.
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Insect courtship myths, Wheeler says insects feel love
Cambridge dispatch reports Harvard’s William M Wheeler arguing insects show jealousy hate and love with humanlike courtship. Males perform scorpion eye contact dances and cricket cricket leaps while females play coy as rivals duel for mates.
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Market garden under Metropolitan Opera House shadow
Andrew Ghobie, master painter formerly of Staten Island, has established a 100 by 100 foot market garden on the J. B. Wendell estate plot between Broadway and Seventh Avenue at Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets, near the Metropolitan Opera House. He grows potatoes, lettuce, beets, cabbages, beans, carrots, geraniums, lilies, and chrysanthemums, guarded by a guard dog and night watchman, tending the plants before and after work and on Sundays, hopeful for fresh vegetables if neighbors keep hands off.
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Slid Down Pike's Peak on an Old Shoe
Tourists I Holden and Harry L Hartshorne claim a Pike’s Peak descent in twenty minutes using a shoe and rock as a toboggan on the Cog road. They exhibit the improvised vehicle to prove the feat while staying at Manitou.
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Ataxicabibua and Odd Egg Discovery
A cryptic tale from the Popular Magesipe includes Assistant Secretary Bigte Adesaoe waiting for a taxicab after leaving a State Department building and a quip about “letometer ataxicab.” In a separate note, J Vosbura, a G A veteran, finds a perfectly formed cherry inside a soft boiled egg, explained by his wife as cherries picked for canning fed to the feng the day before.
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Bottomless hole sinks Florida land near Alachua Lake
A new sinkhole near Alachua Lake in Florida expanded from about 10 to 40 feet in diameter on Wednesday, swallowing earth and creating boiling water-like motion. Trains on the Atlantic Coast Line were halted after the Leesburg Jacksonville line report. Conductor Frederick and Section Foreman Thigpen reported the discovery and rapid growth of the hole, which measures about 125 by 100 feet, with a depth remaining uncertain. Local snakes live nearby as the sink continues to widen and fill.
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Alachua Lake
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Frederick
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Airship Dream and Love in Four Verses
A playful lyric scene blends a bold Minnie Mooney yearning for flight with a suitor Jimmie Cooney and a chorus of biplane romance. Readings shift to a tranquil canoe vision as lovers drift, the verse song weaving longing, flights of fancy, and tender questions beneath calm waters.
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Chicago Journal
Calf Marked Like Mark Twain Born Near Alburtis Pa
A calf born April 21 1910 near Alburtis Pennsylvania bears a white marked image on its side resembling Mark Twain as the author dies this moment. Owner W F Walker plans no sale and reports crowds visiting his farm to view the curious marking amid other local quips and jokes from the era.
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Mark Twain
Alburtis
America
W. F. Walker
Reflections of a Bachelor Opinion Piece Fragment
A fragmented reflection piece cites the author’s blunt view on marriage and respect. It notes a bachelor’s confident smile and occasional defensiveness toward others and suggests a skeptical stance on improving temper through matrimony. The text hints at dating dynamics and advice for women in relationships.
Capital's Visitors Hear on German Labor and Esperanto
F W Tanzer of Stettin and F C Dart of Chicago discuss German labor organization, savings culture, and labor exchanges shaping employment and strikes across Prussia. Also noted are medical advances in fever treatment and a pro Esperanto outlook by L. Ryerson, with views on its future international role and education spread.
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