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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1908

Page

18

Washington Post Subscription Rates and Addresses

Publication office on Pennsylvania Avenue details daily and Sunday delivery options in Washington and Alexandria. Includes rates by mail and carrier, with accepted payment methods and multiple city offices managed by Paul Block at New York and Chicago branches.

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Let The Post Follow You In Washingtonian Towns

The message requests readers to have The Post follow them as they leave the city to stay informed about affairs at the Capital. It notes that addresses may be changed anytime and the paper will be delivered promptly anywhere in the country. Orders to The Post should be sent directly, with the telephone number Malin 4205.

Congress must fund modern jail in Washington

The article urges Congress to authorize new public buildings and a modern jail in Washington to replace inadequate facilities. It warns current jails cannot hold rising crime, inmates, and public health cases, calling for swift congressional action before the next session and noting needs align with Roosevelt's support. It also discusses vivisection debates, courtesy in Virginia, and sectional tensions impacting education and culture.

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Dutch plan in Venezuelan dispute sparks US view

The piece discusses US and Holland talks over Venezuela and possible Dutch actions. It notes US neutrality on the dispute, preference for peaceful measures, and possible Dutch blockade or seizure of customs houses if needed. It warns any blockade could affect US shippers and stresses intergovernmental agreement before any armed moves.

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Virginia and the South United in Prosperity and Politics

The piece reflects on Virginia eschewing sectionalism for unity, praising its progress and social vitality. It notes the merging of Northern ideas, rising prosperity, and a reshaped political landscape with shifting party loyalties and wary optimism about a nation’s direction amid turbulent campaigns.

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Shiras to Join Roosevelt Africa Safari as Expert Photographer

George Shiras, 34, likely to accompany President Roosevelt on an Africa trip as the district’s leading wildlife photographer. He plans to use isochromatic plates and flash powder for night work, with shots of animals and hunters. Shiras, son of the late Supreme Court Justice George Shiras, Jr., has amassed over 3,000 wildlife negatives and won gold medals at major expositions.

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Servian Envoy in Paris and Diplomatic Echoes

Reports recall the Servian minister plenipotentiary in Paris and Prince Radolin's claim of familiarity, with tales of Belgrade street sweeping and King Alexander era incidents. The piece also notes marriages and roles of American-born women within British diplomacy and the Johnstone family heraldry tied to Vienna postings.

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Ozone Water Purification Experiments at Pittsburg Plant

A new ozone production plant at the Homeopathic Hospital in Pittsburg aims to purify water by destroying organic matter and bacteria. Electrolysis creates ozone from air heated through lime, with tests using city water and sewer water. Four months work, two weeks complete, cost over 710,000, and Prof Girard of Belgium influenced the design. Reports claim rapid cold relief after inhaling ozone, and trials include disease germs and sewer water to prove the method's value.

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Death in Many Forms and Calamities of Modern Life

A fragment from the Manchester Ideas extols rapid progress and rising dangers of modern life. It cites rising accidental deaths from everyday objects and electricity, laments speed, and notes home hazards from wires and gas. A Berlin dispatch recalls a bear on a train wrecking crates and a separate tale of two men breaking drinking records.

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Push and Pull Exercise Impresses Fat In New York

A New York man, noted as stout, uses a basement setup with wheeled heavy objects for exercise. Devices include a two ton safe a nine thousand pound chain box from a Staten Island ferry and a bullion cart of sixteen hundred pounds that can be loaded with pig iron up to fifteen thousand three hundred pounds. He pushes and pulls these vehicles across a jewel cone floored room claiming notable strength growth with no muscle binding.

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Body suicide and strange body trade tale from Royalty Club

Fred Vincent 42 committed suicide by swallowing 52 grains of a drug at the Royalty Club saloon after selling his body to medical men for years. He died in his room, leaving behind a history of cancer, experimental treatments in Chicago, and a bizarre note about his alleged body being bought by surgeons who later died. The tale blends sensational detail with medical curiosity from the era.

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Reflections of a Bachelor From the New Fork

A collage of aphorisms and quips on gender, pride, debt, truth, and social manners. It ridicules vanity in photographs, boasts of baseball knowledge, and jokes about dentists and fortune, as published in a humorous column from the era.

Controversy Over Antirace Track Bill and Atlantic City Graft

Senator Robert O Connor of Louisiana in Washington discusses voting for a measure that would halt racing in New Orleans, arguing it benefits the city and state, while critics fear economic harm. Clergymen and travelers from Cincinnati and Chicago offer political and social commentary on reform, graft, and laws affecting smoking and vice, with anecdotes from Havana to Atlantic City highlighting public tensions and enforcement.

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Military Art, Critic at Met Meissonier Portrait

Four artillerymen toured the Metropolitan Museum and eyed Meissonier's Friedidnd-1907 painting. Two servicemen, including a sergeant, approached the Old Guard in the background and remarked that the figures carry old fashioned Apritteld rifles.

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