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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1907
Page
10
Inquiries and subscription options stated for The Washington Post with daily and Sunday plans and payment methods. Includes drafts checks post office orders and registered letters. Payment handling and postage under Washington DC mailing details. Dated August 11 1907.
A brief notice urges readers to keep informed about affairs at the Capital by following The Post. It notes ways to receive the paper promptly anywhere in the country and directs readers to notify the carrier or send orders to The Post at Main 4208 via telephone.
A column argues that trusts and railroads shape prosperity yet unrest grows. It defends rail transport’s public value while urging fair regulation and less demagoguery. The piece also notes issues with Washington’s treatment of visitors and calls for courteous public service nationwide.
A discussion argues for federal involvement in mining safety and information, proposing an interior department bureau to study explosives, mining dangers, and public access to findings. It notes state failures and a growing need for coordinated national action to prevent accidents and disasters in coal fields.
A Weather Bureau study on thunderstorms shows Maryland and nearby states suffer high lightning death rates. Regions from New England to the Deep South have varied frequencies, with the highest around the mid-Atlantic and southern states. occupations and buildings influence risk. The report notes barns and sheds as most dangerous, churches and schools safer, and cautions against standing under trees or near fences during storms.
A poem speaks of a dead mother as a white rose in a broken pot on a city windowsill. The speaker mourns, finding beauty in loss, while a narrative about a Democratic driver in Butte, Montana, recalls Roosevelt’s visit and a witty exchange, ending with a Baltimore poem bidding goodbye to storm and worry as sun returns.
The Brussels court case over Mile Waddington’s letters to Balmaceda unfolds with claims of public letters as evidence and a plan to publish. Waddingtons seek to block surrender. Balmecedas prepare a pamphlet campaign alleging Balmeceda’s integrity and Waddington’s alleged temptress. The saga weaves through diplomatic ties and European media. The piece shifts to Lord Gort and historic Irish factions, tracing Prendergast and Vereker lineages, noting Nash’s work at Cowes and the Gort family’s storied estate history and sporting fame.
Glasgow notes the remarkable Wurm Settle, a totally blind broommaker and inventor, who designed and built his own cottage on Front Street. He cut rafters, laid floors, and did carpentry and cabinet work, with a bold midnight letter steel sculpture as a civic showpiece. He uses a typewriter and values self reliance, embodying the motto Try.
A Baltimore American feature riffs on a man with a chip on his shoulder, portraying him as quarrelsome and critical of society. The piece contrasts his self-righteousness with the world’s faults as it references social satire, fame, and public behavior in a brisk, period voice.
A Nashville paper recounts a Meridlem man who wore a raccoon hair ball on copper wire around his neck during the Civil War. He claimed it kept him safe from injury and illness, crediting the charm to the raccoon hair and an old necro woman’s tale.
Fragmented OCR recalls a titled British lord, Lord Clanwillan, and the Tord mbit of the mare Shines. It mentions a succession to a family, an elder brother’s death, training of children, and various aristocratic figures in late 19th century society. The text is garbled with names and obscure phrases, including references to a captain of the Royal Horse Guards and others.
The writer contends Americans are slow in pace and manners, contrasts New York with London, notes delays in luggage handling, barber visits, and trains, and observes Americans’ boastful chatter about speed and wealth while acknowledging some exceptions like certain express trains. He argues Americans confuse rapidity with wealth and social pace, ending with the claim they are only beginning to grasp riches and speed.
Ten year old Nathan Greenberg faced a dangerous electrocution attempt when copper wire on a cord wrapped bread caused a shock. His sister Jillian and a bystander were shocked as the dog seized the live wire and released it. He survived but suffered burns to head chest and arms and was rushed to Mount Staal Hospital.
Wilmer Aho, thirteen, testified before Magistrate House about a wagon accident caused by James Deever. Doctors at Philadelphia Hospital confirmed the heart had shifted from left to right side and then returned to place with daily progress. The boy, who was helping for fun, is expected to recover without future harm.
Budapest professor D Apathy touring the United States to attend an international sociology congress lauds Washington as a premier capital and compares it favorably to Budapest Parliament and Paris. The article weaves in prohibition debate and remarks by Georgia's Albert Pridgen and Virginia's W H Long, plus anecdotes about political visitors at the New Willard and a San Diego booster praising climate and society.
A farmhand employer Mulligan recounts Democratic scenes in Swinefield N J and Danville amid talk of Roosevelt. Speakers Nicol Lindsay Gordon defend the President while locals question party loyalty. Mulligan recalls a later mishap and recovery, with tensions over Roosevelt and party position.
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