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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
6
The Washington Post weighs Democratic chances to win a House majority, noting a current 44-seat gap and that insurgent Republicans may gain, while regulars resist. It questions Democratic appeal, Taft Roosevelt harmony, tariff revisions, and the likelihood of a Democratic majority with a Republican President and Senate.
An editorial insists that precise shooting is essential for national defense and property protection. It argues soldiers must be proficient workers with firearms, noting misdirected energy on firing lines, high ammunition use, and the Boer example showing long range accuracy as crucial to success.
The piece argues for disciplined marksmanship and a moderate army to protect commerce and property. It discusses the uncertain success of farmers' cooperatives, their impact on middlemen profits, and the risks of widespread cooperation leading to powerful trusts, then touches on automobile and aeroplane accidents, immigration, and American capital abroad.
Miss Isabelle Conroy faces a clash as Edward Billings and Arthur Denning each show her a marriage license. She plans to consult a lawyer before deciding, admitting she cares for both men but cannot marry both. Billings says six months of courting, Denning says he paid a minister after securing a license. The scene ends with Conroy fainting when both licenses are shown.
The article traces 19th century immigration to the United States, noting Latin and Slav arrivals, Jews from Russia, and English, Irish, and German/Scandinavian groups. It predicts eventual absorption into a homogeneous American identity and a shift of European migrants to Canada, South America, and Africa as new nations rise.
Local doctors study infantile paralysia now seen in the city noting it is not a true new illness, but unfamiliar to them. They caution fatalities remain very few and expect progress from ongoing medical investigation and diagnosis. The piece discusses Pellagra bookworm appendicitis and how civilization and contact with new possessions bring unfamiliar conditions.
A New York man Andrew Miller was fined seventeen dollars after a magistrate ruled he must pay his wife for the spanking she endured in their home. The court suspended his sentence and ordered no further spanking. Miller and his wife left the court with the money awarded to her and tickets for travel.
Lord Clancarty faces bankruptcy troubles linked to previous marriages and alliances. The Irish peer, head of the Trench family, endured disputed settlements with his father and multiple spouses. The saga includes Belle Bliton, Wertheimer, and a dramatic courtroom scene revealing forged or mismanaged support, culminating in a costly compromise that restored part of the ancestral estate as his status wavered. The piece also notes Canon Hervey's death affecting Queen Alexandra and details of the Dunlo family’s public life and social pressures.
The New York Globe reports doctors largely favor automobiling for health. Dr James Tyson notes heart conditions may improve with driving, while Dr D Bryson Delavan sees motor use as a potential therapeutic aid for upper air passages in many chronic conditions. Caution remains for acute ailments and asthma, yet indirect benefits include better air and activity. Insurance firms weigh whether auto use should affect premiums.
In Philadelphia the chimpanzee Susie, guided by Prof. Garner, asks for bamboo sprouts in a new language of simian Esperanto. She meets Wallingford’s Wallingford monkeys later, plans for extended study, while Garner explains Susie's background and vocabulary. Roosevelt and milk anecdote follows in a separate note.
From Ysiper's Basar Maude reports Charlie picks fights with his fiancée over money. Claude confirms he paid and acted to stop buying flowers while he could pay his tailor.
An obituary of pirates off the Oregon coast and a critique of Green Farms burglars. The piece lauds the pirates for daring yet notes their futility, laments a likely drowning, and condemns contemporary burglars as inept compared to swashbucklers. It concludes with a wary preference for pirates over burglars, despite their endangerments.
A collage of verse and prose musing on summertime enchantment and city life. The piece blends mythic imagery with modern urban references, hinting at shifting attractions, fashion, and vanity. It juxtaposes pastoral dreaminess with contemporary social cues and poetic dialogue.
In Nashvilla Banner, a playful anecdote recalls Ernest Shackleton at a tumcheon in his honor given by New York pilgrims. The tale includes a geograph fcal fgnerance and a joking flood reference to Noah and Mount Ararat by a tea time maid, reflecting lighthearted banter of the era.
A humorous look at male vanity in romance with observations on stage love versus letters. The piece contrasts how men and women behave in courtship and notes how wealth, taxes, and living costs shape the bachelor’s fate.
Bargain-counter marriages are seldom satisfactory. A woman hates an enemy longer than she loves a friend. He who loves and trusts may regret some other day. Experience teaches how honest others are. High-priced foods spur invention. A man feels political gravity when he buys a drink for a politician. The average woman fears damaging her complexion more than her reputation.
Visitors at the Shoreham discuss lab grown sapphires and real versus fake stones. Otho Beam recalls Verneuil and Levin. skeptics doubt tailor made sapphires rival natural gems. Other anecdotes cover a sunken steamboat Virginia stranded in a cornfield and a Prescott Arizona breathing cave mystery.
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