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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
19
Philadelphia surgeon Dr Hearn explains the dread of hydrophobia drives imaginative persons into panics that simulate hydrophobic symptoms. He notes dog catchers are not affected by the fear or disease.
Dr Hearn argues that hydrophobia fears are social delusion caused by sensational reports. He notes no verified rabies cases in his 20 years of practice and cites letters from officials and officers reporting many dog bites without hydrophobia, urging caution with first aid but not panic. The piece emphasizes common sense care and questions official fear campaigns.
The Rev A S Hobart of Chester Pa preached on being born again at Calvary Baptist Church interpreting Johns gospel metaphors. He said John uses figurative terms to describe spiritual life and the kingdom of God as a state of mind rather than a place or enrolled church. He emphasized inner perception and entry depend on this mental state.
A Bethany Chapel sermon by Rev Copp argued the biblical flood was a real geological event caused by a shift in Earth’s axis. He said polar ice buildup upset balance, triggering a sudden wobble, fountains of the great deep broke, and oceans rose to flood mountains, citing scripture amid modern skepticism.
Miss A B Shaughnessy, longtime matron at Union Station, leaves Washington for a ten day vacation and will join a new terminal company while keeping an August 17 return to her Pennsylvania duties. She praises Union Station facilities and describes staff roles, passenger welfare duties, and charity help for stranded travelers and those lacking funds for travel.
Police report two lodgers on the third floor of 1117 First Street northwest robbed of cash from their rooms. Other incidents include open window entries, a burglary of Reynolds’s cleaning and pressing establishment on Louisiana Avenue, and a nine foot bateau stolen at the Eleventh Street wharf. Detectives Pratt and Howlett arrest two suspects in connection with the larger thefts while police note multiple imposter observations and language barriers among those questioned.
A crowd gathered at a star marked spot near Pennsylvania Station where Garfield had been killed years earlier. Mrs Shaughnessy described seeing a woman in the crowd gazing at the floor and casing for pockets. She alerted a policeman who arrested the suspect, who was taken to Chicago to face charges.
Local advertisements list items for sale at J. T. Pyles stores including 10¢ cakes of three kinds, 100 pricing on mammoth glycerine and scouring soap, 10¢ blue soaps, 5¢ washing soda, naptha borax 4¢, starch 4¢. Mentions Heurich's beer sales for twenty years, Arlington Bottle Company, and Chicago Jewel Gas. Muddiman & Co. at 616 Ith St. contact details implied.
Archbishop Fateconto, papal delegate to the country, denied via his secretary that any authority backs a report he will be made a cardinal at the upcoming consistory. Friends of Holy See officials say chances look favorable, noting predecessors Martinelli and Satalh became cardinals. The consistory is set for November. notification usually comes months ahead.
Vernon Daley eleven year old son of Capt Daley of the Ninth police district escaped serious injury after colliding with a companion on a bicycle while avoiding an automobile driven by J F Bayne near Nineteenth street and Rhode Island avenue northwest. Bayne carried the injured lad to Daley's home.
Paymaster's clerk William Neumeyer amid resignation charges alleges officers on the training ship Oneida used militia funds for personal laundry. He claims shirts and underclothes were sent to Washington laundries and billed to napkin and table sage accounts. Neumeyer, not a battalion member, says issues involve Boatswain Nickerson and authority clashes aboard the Two training ships.
Editorial urges uniform, swift justice to curb lynching and lawlessness. Taft argues two-tier law harms public faith, cites miscarriages, corrupt judges, and juries. calls for top-to-bottom court reform, swift punishment, and elimination of delays. Emphasizes equality before law and condemns ambiguous legislation and class biases.
One thousand five hundred militiamen from Fort Washington and Fort Hunt arrived in Washington aboard the Moseley after a 15 day encampment. They faced heavy rain, fatigue, and packed crowds as they hauled gear to the Center Market Armory. Guards retrieved tents, weapons were inspected, and informal muster-out followed. A separate incident involved a Captain striking a private during a quarrel.
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