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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1910
Page
6
Publication office details for Washington Post subscribers are listed, including delivery by carrier in Washington and Alexandria and subscription numbers. The clipped text notes address near Fourteenth Street and mentions delivery and contact lines for subscribers.
Washingtonians urged to keep The Post with them as they move. Addresses may be updated to ensure prompt delivery nationwide. Subscription rates listed and orders to be sent to Post Office or telephone.
The article weighs conflicting accounts of the Ozark voyage allegations and navy testimony. It notes that public opinion leans toward hardship claims, but official findings stress seaworthiness and blame for the experienced crew. The piece argues truth lies between extremes as investigations proceed.
A British House of Commons debate on women voting shows strong cross party support but warnings that the bill remains a thin wedge. Radicals push for universal suffrage regardless of property, while many see the bill as only a step toward a broader charter. The period’s history reflects hopes deferred across decades as reforms advance.
The piece notes a long history of women’s suffrage bills in Britain with second readings passing in several years and rising support, and details a U.S. Senate inquiry into Gore charges against Vice President Sherman. It reports the White House conference and Hammon’s influence, plus prospects of no prosecutions but potential lobby restraint.
An English journalist probes Paris favorite dueling spot by a Seine wheel. A $10 fee funds ground workmen. many bouts end with a mere wrist scratch under Baudry method. duels public or private. gherchez la femme motive most. Rougler Corcieres is leading etiquette expert. Boxing gains popularity, hinting at future French cricket or baseball roots.
A London public morals conference reveals rising public conscience and philanthropic intent to reform education for parenthood, youth surroundings, and media influence. Experts debated controls on publishers, news agents, libraries, journalists, and authors amid wide topics and earnest calls for improvement.
The Beta News Agents and Booksellers' Union opposed censorship by a distributor unable to screen all publications. Clergymen argued indecency should not be left to merchants. W T Stead spoke on theater and morals, urging targeted support for high ideals amid practical challenges. The conference sparked cautious optimism about future impact.
A court ruling on front yard gardening critiques curbside policy and city beauty ideals. Citizens Winnie defend lawn farming as a lawful, modest relief from dull maintenance, while concerns rise about new paternalism and overreach. The piece argues sustainable limits and hints at political change needed to shape enforcement.
The piece satirizes Upton Sinclair proposing a three year endowment for promising poetry fiction and prose writers with one prize 1000 and two 500 annually for five years. Critics doubt selection methods and wonder if such endowment would harm true genius while noting poets like Poe Keats and Chatterton.
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin profile describes a city woman’s summer in town ritual. She carries camphor water lotion, absorbent cotton, a small atomizer, powder, and a homeopathic vial of ammonia, plus a fresh linen collar. She treats heat and fatigue with cleansing, scent, and frequent dressing-room refreshes to appear reinvigorated.
The Boston Transcript notes rising child personal crisis reports in state institutions and cites the Medical and Surgical Journal. Census data from 1880 to 1903 show many self harm cases among youths, with 29 in ages 5 to 14 and 246 in ages 15 to 19, highlighting that causes are often unclear or trivial and that mental frailty appears in many cases.
In the Los Angeles Examiner account the Golden Rule methods of Chief Matron Gilbert and Police Chief Galloway foster humane work in the city jail. Women prisoners sew wrappers and work in the laundry to stay busy, clean, and hopeful, with sunlight in the sewing room and orderly routines.
In Copenhagen a milliner faced ruin after a Paris rival sent twenty showy hats to market basket women. The French hats drew sun protection and crowd favor, prompting local customers to switch. The Paris shop closed as natives reclaimed business, leaving the rival competitor bankrupt.
Sir Weetman Pearson, English contractor and Standard Oil competitor, takes the title Lord Cowdray from Cowdray Park in Sussex amid legends of a curse. The estate, spanning 14,000 acres with a 600 acre deer park, is linked to a string of misfortunes in the Browne Montagu and Egmont lineages and was bought after much history of fire and sorrow. Meanwhile the Mansel baronetcy saga unfolds in which Courtenay Mansel's line faces legal questions over pre marriage legitimacy under Scottish law and England’s succession rules, reshaping titles and who may bear them.
The Fat Mall Gazette condemns the practice of letting a child cry it out arguing it weakens the will and damages the spirit. It urges quiet firmness and external guidance from infancy to cultivate self control, contrasting forceful training with broken spirit.
A passage notes how Berlin and Paris compete for American visitors while London stays aloof. It praises Paris for allure and museums but credits Berlin with nightlife and shopping that attract American women, suggesting Paris remains ahead in flagship attractions.
New York Times reports on Shakespeare folios from Bishop Gott’s collection auctioned at Sotheby's in London. Four folios sold for 14 780 pounds, repeating a 19 250 pound result in 1907, with prices reflecting abundant copies in recent seasons. The Gott second folio brought 1 050 pounds and the rare third folio in 1662 imprint sold for 4 560 pounds. The fourth folio, 1685 edition, brought 380 pounds.
The Philadelphia North American reports an Anglo Italian syndicate plans a modern casino resort on two small Lago Maggiore islands near the Swiss frontier. A rich Irish owner planted tropical fruit trees there years ago, and now a large casino, hotel, theater, gardens, and yacht ports are planned at an estimated cost of 750000 dollars. Concessions were secured from the Italian government via Signor Serao, a Rome lawyer and director in the syndicate. Work to begin at once on the new Monte Carlo.
A fragment from August Lippincott recalls Captain M. in Mindanao amid a birthday punch with two lieutenants. A later disturbance ends with the lieutenant found sleeping on the floor, illustrating old bachelor humor and reflections on weddings, scandal, and reform.
Delegations in Washington discuss Japanese British exposition benefits, Piedmont apples, and Southern immigration boosts. Speakers tout growing US Japan friendship, Cullman Alabama race policy, and Mississippi immigration funding amid a diverse array of regional topics and economic outlooks.
A New York Tribune article advises pairing flowers by scent rather than color. It recommends avoiding clashes like lilacs with hyacinths, suggests complementary blends such as mignonette with sweet peas, and notes how scent layering enhances bouquets for luncheons with roses, honeysuckle, and carnations.
A grave senior subaltern refuses to swap berths insisting a second lieutenant may take the upper seat while he, a first lieutenant, keeps the lower and then turns away. A separate scene shows Tommy asking Grandma if glasses make things look bigger and jokes about cutting his cake.
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