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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
6
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Senator Depew warns French investors chase Wall Street margins while farmers, praised by Treasury officials, show less excitement and prefer farming. The piece contrasts Paris bourse profits with New York speculation and jokes that the sure path to riches is farming, with money implied to come from farmers’ pockets as they plow and drive automobiles.
A dated critique asserts Illinois politics are corrupt with Douglas and Lincoln factions buying votes in a market of influence. It laments Chicago as a foreign city tainted by diverse bloods and dual governance, predicting it will outgrow current malaise as England once did.
The Canadian home office notes over half of farm heads own their land, a boast echoed as a civic core. The article links land ownership to Patriotism, citing Scots roots and historic declarations of independence, arguing that land sustains national identity as surely as crops.
The piece argues that New York faces a direct primary debate similar to California, risking Republican unity. It notes opposition to radical election reform, cites Gov Hughes and Gov Harmon positions, and suggests factional conflict could lead to a Democratic victory or a scorched-earth split at Saratoga.
An essay on language growth from pioneers and a report on the British and Foreign Bible Society outlines how new words arise under stress and how the society, in 1904, issued over 220 million Scriptures. It notes six new languages added, a complete Bible, New Testament, Braille outputs, and 1,100 Bible carriers, highlighting worldwide reach and impact.
The piece surveys language origin notes and social terms, then notes Wilkinson Call's political career. It traces postwar South leadership, Call's Senate tenure from 1876 to 1894, and his conciliatory, forward looking stance. He aided Florida and the South through national oriented policy while avoiding extreme secessionist posture.
Describes the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia as a region of exquisite beauty and deep history. References Civil War echoes, Front Royal, and nearby historic sites, with nostalgic notes on Waterlick and old Virginia charm. Includes snippets of humor and reflections on the era’s social scene.
The article notes King George the fifth seeking to make his eldest son the prince his close companion and confidant, including sharing a royal train berth. It then shifts to Italy’s new ambassador to Washington, Count Confalonieri, his family’s role in Italian unification, and a lengthy account of the Talbot de Malahide lineage and Malahide Castle in Ireland, highlighting its age, architecture, and notable treasures.
A Harper's Weekly piece narrates an ant battle over a fly as large ants attempt to open a gallery and larger thieves clash with tiny myrmidons. The scene shifts to the ant hill as the author studies engineering by ants and the stubborn grip of a myrmidon tenaciously clinging to a hind leg.
John Parr, a 70s to 80s year old retired farmer from Howell Colfax county Nebraska, left a want ad at the Union Station Information Bureau seeking a wife. He has money, cannot write English, and desires a companion who is a good cook and ages 50 to 70 with modest looks.
Sugar is condemned as a social danger in a Harper’s Weekly discussion on new vices. A Hoboken dentist warned the State dental convention in New Jersey that cheap sugar causes degeneration and energy loss, arguing alcohol’s long history has not ruined humanity. The piece hints at sugar trust troubles and questions if the W C T U should investigate this peril.
A New York Times tale recounts a feline with a pianist owner and a piano in a flat. The cat initially panics at the instrument then cautiously traverses the keyboard from midrange to treble noting tone changes before settling, purring contentedly, without further fear. The observer invites readers to draw their own conclusions about animal intelligence.
The New York Tribune examines convict labor and notes Minnesota uses prisoners for binding twine while Texas moves to end convict leasing. A Texas governor signed a bill to employ inmates on state farms, expanding land to 30 000 acres and assigning 2000 convicts to agricultural work as a model for humane labor policy.
The notebook preserves two poems after Henry's death. One laments war and calls for a woman's heart, while the other describes New York Sunbonnets and a fiddler who dies, transforming into crickets as maidens flee under starlit wheat.
Our Paris correspondent notes the Mont de Piete is losing favor as the better-off class shuns the state pawnbroker. Valuables and pictures are rarely entrusted now, as private lenders offer more discretion and larger advances. The shift follows fewer orders from small manufacturers in tough times.
A fragmented Chicago News excerpt ponders social signals and ambition in small towns. It notes that investments and reputations affect a man’s prospects and hints at gender and age expectations, while suggesting that interactions with older people can reveal harsh truths about life and reputation.
A fragmented snippet titled Reflections of a Bachelor muses on belief in fallacy over nothing. It wittily notes fewer things matter to the stoct and humorously asserts that a capable housekeeper can also hold a husband. The piece parodies gender roles with quips about lawsuits and wild oats.
In a Shoreham lobby tale, Miles S. Cole reports Rudolph Meyers from Kansas City pursuing a 50 mile rail line between Jetmore and Garden City with plow, scraper, and mules. Meyers works alone, seeks no subsidies, and faces daunting bridges as he progresses, hailed by locals as a bold but mysterious venture.
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