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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1908

Page

32

Washington Post Publication Office Rates and Addresses

The Washington Post publication office lists delivery by carrier in Washington and Alexandria with options daily and Sunday, various durations, and mail rates prepaid. It notes postage prepaid options, remittance methods, and post office entry in Washington D C with multiple city offices and manager Paul Block.

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Let The Post Follow You In Washingtonians Departing City

The Post offers to keep Washingtonians informed about Capital affairs and promises prompt home delivery nationwide. Address changes are welcome and orders can be sent directly to The Post via telephone at Malin 4205.

Public needs in Washington jail reform and vivisection debate

The piece argues for Congress to fund a modern jail in Washington to handle growing crime and inmate segregation issues, warning that current facilities are inadequate. It also explores the vivisection controversy, presenting surgeon and anti vivisectionist views on animal experiments and their role in medical progress, emphasizing ethical debate and potential middle ground.

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Dutch US talks in Venezuela dispute stalled blockade risk

The article discusses US Holland talks over Venezuelan friction and the possibility of a peaceful blockade of Venezuelan ports to compel Castro. It notes risks to American shipping, and the potential for Britain guided seizures of customs houses or even an inland landing if measures fail, all framed by caution toward US involvement.

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Virginia and North Sou th united in prosperous progress

The piece praises Virginia as a model of unity beyond sectionalism, blending Northern energy with Southern charity. It extols a thriving, educated populace welcoming Northern ideas, rebuilding after ruin, and promising prosperity through industry and civic virtue. It notes broader political cynicism and media satire of the era.

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Roosevelt and George Shiras to Photograph African Expedition

Washington dispatch reports George Shiras, 34, slated to accompany Roosevelt on an Africa trip as a leading photographer. Shiras, famed for wildlife negatives and isochromatic plates, plans to shoot night and day with a Hillnear camera, while Roosevelt hunts. Shiras, son of Justice George Shiras II, has hundreds of prized negatives, including a doe with twin fawns.

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European Diplomatic Intrigues and Royal Marriages in Paris

A garbled 1900s diary-like sketch details Serb envoy Vestitch in Paris, pried by German envoy Radolin, with Belgrade street sweepers and King Alexander’s era. It recounts Arsene Karageorgevitch’s bar life, Zizi manager Isabel Voisin, and royal marriage refusals. It notes two American women becoming British ambassadresses, and Sir Alan Johnstone’s Vienna posting with wife Nellie Pinchot linking to US society and royal circles.

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Ozone Plant Experiments Aim to Purify City Water

In Pittsburg a $10,000,000 ozone plant at a Homeopathic Hospital site conducts trials to purify water by electrolysis, removing organic matter and bacteria. Work began four months ago and finished two weeks ago. Experiments test water from city pipes and sewers, plus disease germs, with claims of rapid cold cures from inhaled ozone and prospects of safe, pure water using the Kiln process.

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Death in Many Forms From Manchester Ideas

A 1890s critique notes rising speed and risk in modern life, counting 52 500 possible manners of death and 1 700 annual fatalities from swallowing objects. It laments speed obsessed progress, electric hazards, unsafe homes, and urban devices, arguing express trains feel safer than domestic settings. A Berlin dispatch adds tales of a bear on a train smashing crates and a pair of drinkers breaking pouring records.

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Push and Pull Exercise Sparks New York Fitness Craze

A New York man promotes a novel training method in his basement using wheeled heavy objects. A 2 ton safe and a 9,000 pound chain box borrowed from a Staten Island ferry are moved by pushing and pulling, plus a 1,603 pound bullion cart that can be loaded with pig iron to 15,300 pounds. The man’s extraordinary strength is noted with no muscle-binding.

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Tragic suicides and strange body trade tales

Fred Vincent, 42, who sold his body to physicians and faced cancer, died after swallowing 52 grains of poison at the Royalty Club. His plight led to a public sale of his body, with various surgeons having purchased his remains. Also noted are a poet’s family lament and a sensational but false medical claim from Newark about blood transfusion changing a woman’s character.

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Reflections of a Bachelor From the New Fork

A light essay style piece notes women pride in figure, men pride in sports and catechism knowledge. It mocks evasion of truth and promises weeklong trips home. It jokes about dentist fittings and a wagon wheel’s fatigue while asserting common vices and foibles.

Interviews With Capital's Visitors in Washington Notes

Senator Robert O'Connor of Louisiana, who cast the deciding vote for the anti race track bill last spring, defends his stand at the Riggs House. Clergyman J O Meara of Cincinnati denounces reform furor in Atlantic City while Herbert K Brown recalls Havana graft and a $1.50 police bribe. A. McLoughran cites cigarette law evasion in the Northwest and smoking bans in the South.

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Military Art critic at Met finds old rifles in Meissonier painting

Four artillerymen toured the Metropolitan Museum gallery and paused before Meissonier’s Friedidnd-1907. Two soldiers, including a sergeant, noted the Old Guard in the background and remarked that the figures appear to be carrying old-fashioned Apritteldeld rifles.

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