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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
6
A historic subscription notice outlines varieties of deliveries including Daily Sunday included and Sunday excepted options. It details one month and one year terms, mail prepaid postage, and advance payment instructions.
The Ballinger Pinchot committee faces a split as Republican majority edges toward a non malfeasance finding and signals personal malice behind attacks. Insurgent and Democratic factions plan separate reports, delaying final publication to September 5 and pressing for a unified conservation policy to guide future congressional action.
The Nashville American notes inexorable change in public life with Genet Gordons renomination in the benth district. It recalls Confederate era figures and soldiers, highlighting Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky with per capita wartime service. It cites Senators Martin and Lamb as among current delegates who fought in the Civil War and reflects on destiny's unyielding progress.
A professor brings a monkey from Africa and documents a growing lexicon. He built a bamboo cage after losing a steel one and spent days listening to gorilla and chimpanzee sounds. The animal may join the University of Pennsylvania for further study.
An analysis of urban population dynamics compares city rivalries, park and sanitation efforts, and census outcomes. It notes New Orleans growth lag despite sanitation plans and questions river and canal commerce as drivers, citing Pittsburgh St Louis and Kansas City as examples.
The commissioner of weights and measures Clement Driscoll campaigns against short weight and short measures, revealing a yearly consumer tax of about 18 million dollars in New York City. He argues the issue affects dry goods and groceries, noting the burden on the poor who buy in small quantities, and calls for clearer standards and safer phone orders.
The piece discusses social manners in Washington era and Thackeray’s portraits of American women, then shifts to Kentucky feuds. It recalls the Hatfield and McCoy lore, notes lingering vendettas, then hints at political shifts with Champ Clark, Tammany, and copper finds affecting 1910s mood and upcoming November changes.
The text notes Hewlett portrays a pretty young American girl who speaks of Sir Marcus Ordayne as a quaint, hard to understand man. Sir Marcus admits the observation, admires the girl, yet feels slight annoyance while the writer praises the girl as the nicest in the world and hopes she preserves her bloom.
The piece lauds Spain's political renaissance led by Senor Jose Canalejas y Mendes as it moves toward freedom of worship and a break from temporal power. It praises U S separation of church and state and hopes for Vatican openness while urging support for Spain's evolving liberal path.
New York World reports De Lancey Nicoll discovered a quirky golf practice on Shinnecock Hills. Ike Wright, ex governor general of the Philippines and Secretary of War, drives a ball that accidentally strikes Nicoll on the head. Nicoll recovers, vows comeback, and boasts he now plays better golf.
A sweeping_inventory recounts Prosper d Arenberg losing his ducal and princely titles and status transforming into Prosper Blenden after exile to Argentina. It details prior crimes including murder in German Southwest Africa, multiple court-martials, devolution of rights, and the Arenberg lineage with connections to Ligne, Egmont, and historic Belgian nobility.
In New York City, one year old Dennia Shea died after a drug clerk mixed up a prescription, giving half an ounce of a caustic substance instead of laxol. Cantor fled after the error was discovered, and police seek him as coroner orders an autopsy and investigation into the fatal incident.
A chemist's assistant recounts being called to compound prescriptions at night. He jokes about the difficulties of working in semidarkness and recalls taking a penny from a customer, implying occasional mistakes.
From the Exeter Express and Echo invitations have been issued for tomorrow's official ceremony to 200 leading district residents. With their wives the total expected attendance is nearly 500, filling the hall's full capacity.
Post philosophy notes remark on winking at faults versus blind virtue. An orator tires before applause, and restraint in anger prevents self harm. Deliberation helps recover what a dueller overlooked. Temptations unmet fast fade away while fear slows effort. Some politicians trade dignity for votes.
Prof Dalla Osso reports the Belmonte excavation reveals two ancient Amazon warrior burials beneath chariots in Etruria. The tombs, dating to about the eighth century B C, include amber jewelry, bronze and ivory ornaments, and a two horse chariot with intact bronze fittings.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt describes Wareham on Cape Cod locked in matrimonial doldrums with no marriages in a year. Merchants launch an anti-anti-marriage program offering homes, jobs, and brides to spur weddings amid a male surplus and prosperous residents.
In a crowded railway carriage an old bald headed man boasts of being a self made man, deriding the poor of England. A stuttering man beside him tries to respond, but the exchange ends with the pompous speaker collapsing in his seat.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes Des Moines struggles under the commission system as reform groups accuse the police chief of tolerating gambling and disorderly resorts. Council in a five member clash delays suspension while public pressure pushes the chief to trial, challenging the reform era’s promised curb on corruption.
A poem recalling a return to a place where a departed figure once moved gently. The speaker contrasts silent footsteps and subtle presences with a charged confrontation when the subject emerges from the shadows. The verse meditates on life, meaning, and the search for understanding through lingering memory.
Reginald M Cleveland prints Night Song from Hampton's Magazine praising the night and a loved one while the Philadelphia Press comments on Taft era Republican leadership. It credits Taft with pushing party pledges and securing measures despite conservative hesitations.
A satirical column mocks a bill good only as far as it goes and jokes about gender roles. It suggests a man dislikes being bossed by his wife yet tolerates it when convenient. The piece notes time as money, ideal women, honesty, and changing days, ending with a quip about a musician and his business.
A satirical reflection on gender, money, and social woes. It contrasts biliousness with lovesickness and the burden of generosity versus stinginess. The piece notes women deserve more yet often receive little, and mocks male flamboyance in private versus audience perception.
Denis Porter describes the presidential private car of Argentina in Buenos Aires during the Pan American session. The coach spans about 40 feet, features a Louis XIV style drawing room with a real fireplace, a marble bathroom, and a bedroom bearing the coat of arms, plus a mahogany library and servant berths, illustrating opulent travel for heads of state.
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