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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
24
Publication office listed and subscription options shown for Washington and Alexandria. Rates include daily and Sunday editions with varied options such as monthly and weekly plans, with notes on carrier delivery and inclusions.
Washington residents are urged to keep The Post with them as they move, ensuring prompt delivery to new addresses anywhere in the country. The notice notes flexible address changes, ongoing subscription rates, and the paper’s commitment to keeping readers fully informed about affairs at the capital.
The Rhode Island senator Aldrich faces charges and defends his role in shaping the Taft program into law. The piece highlights his stance on union, industry, and revenue, portraying him as a pivotal, fearless figure guiding the stalwart campaign and challenging opponents with a strategy to repeat past mistakes.
A British Medical Association congress in London, attended by about 4000 to 5000 delegates, debated cancer treatments, anesthesia, X rays, radium, alcohol effects, and new therapies. Dr Rentoul urged drastic segregation of “mentally unfit” groups, noting US states advancing such laws, while critics warned of moral risk and enforcement challenges.
Taft seeks to break solid South as Tennessee Republicans plan to exploit the Carmack Cooper split. Optimism centers on defeating Patterson and winning the governorship, with a view to securing a Republican majority in the state legislature and a senator's seat. Party dissensions and cross-votes complicate the outlook.
Kipling proposes a pneumatic helmet and armored collar to cushion the head and shoulders in a fall from an airship or airplane. The device would inflate at the crown and back to reduce concussion and potential spinal injury, aiming to save lives at lower heights. In Germany strict ascent rules now require experienced pilots and government inspection before any flight.
Facts emerge on Prince Rupert of the Rhine born Prague 1618, second son of Elizabeth and the Palatinate ruler. He fought before eighteen, led as general of the horse at twenty three, and became a famed cavalry figure in the Civil War, earned as a wizardly, romantic nickname, with recent efforts to vindicate his memory after two centuries.
The Delaware peach crop known for decades as a market leader yields to a shift toward apples. State growers, led by public and professional opinion, praise the new fruit’s potential as Oregon and Washington apples set the benchmark. Meanwhile Iowa Governor Carroll proposes cutting public highways to 40 feet, freeing 20 feet for corn to boost a larger harvest, a sign of intensified cultivation in the upper Mississippi valley.
Obituary and scattered opinions recount the life of Thomas P. Cleaves, longtime clerk of the Senate Appropriations Committee, praising his municipal service and district insight. The piece then pivots to reverent critique of Rupert Prince Palatine and broader reflections on historians, politics, and modern figures across nations.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Prof Rein of the University of St Petersburg estimates that about 7 000 Russians have died this year from cholera. The epidemic spreads rural areas with 14 000 cases in St Petersburg last year and only sixteen in Moscow. Comparisons to Bangkok Pangasinan and Punjab highlight global mortality while U S public health safeguards confer strong immunity here.
From the New York Times: owner Mr Drew charters a Continental Pullman car for his French bulldog Radium. Critics mock the expense while noting the owner’s devotion. The tale highlights canine affection and public waste concerns amid a humorous Boston Traveler aside about Hannibal and Roman foes.
In a lighthearted exchange Tilmes Groucher and Kratchett compare wives to capricious weather, noting their partners’ indecision from minute to minute. The conversation plays on uncertain moods and shifting forecasts.
A quirky, fragmentary meditation on social norms and self worth. The piece riffs on neglect and reward, marriage, seasickness, and control, zinging with paradoxes about plans, cures, and clever talk. It hints at human foibles and vanity in a tongue in cheek tone.
The article recalls King George III setting policy on Royal Academy exhibitions, noting rare royal removals of works and praising executive prerogatives. It then profiles Archduke Rainer, an Austrian royal, detailing his 50 years of collecting ancient manuscripts, his wealth, and his humble London stay with incognito manners.
Ambassador Bryce in the New York American extols lifelong education and civic duty. He argues public opinion must be educated, praises English and American traditions of law and popular participation, cites Washington and Lincoln as moral exemplars, and urges America to set a peaceful, inclusive democratic example for the world.
A New York observer argues that a local corset maker unfairly claims to define the American woman's figure. The piece contends corset trade bias distorts beauty, noting historic designs mislead and that true form mirrors the Venus de Milo, not constricted fashion.
The Boston Transcript presents a poem about the speaker reflecting on love and longing for a departed beloved. Dawn reveals a vibrant world while tears rise, and a desire to roam old sacred paths returns, but at dusk the speaker resists calling the beloved back to mortal life.
A poem styled with humor about learning grafting from everyday urban figures. The speaker mimics Kipling and riffs on a landlord landlady farmhand and other locals who drain small sums, sharing sly, satirical observations of graft in daily life.
A New York court revealed a sleeping car porter earned $25 a month with tips averaging $75. Tipping funds go to the company, not the porter, boosting dividends and profits. The practice props up high sleeping car prices and profits, while workers receive little base pay.
A Louisville Times scene at a country club terrace shows nongolfers tea sipping while debating golf. Quotes compare golf to billiards on grass and joke about land use, athletic weariness, and the sport’s purpose, with colorful quips from locals and a famed angler.
A mix of social notes includes remarks on European hotel education and multilingual managers, Austro-Hungarian locust control efforts, and anecdotes about Col Lyon’s banking prank in Washington. Observers from Geneva to Des Moines share opinions on tourism, regulation, and travel lore.
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